See the moon again

Chapter 48 Planning to Be a Man

"Forget it, I haven't seen the Queen Mother for a long time, so I just wanted to ask about it."

After making a plan, the emperor muttered to himself, "Emperor Mother should have brought some delicious food and drink back when she went out, so I can go and spend some time, when the time comes..."

The emperor was filled with curiosity by his wife's obsession, and was about to get up to look for the Supreme Emperor, when a note was hurriedly reported.

"Your Majesty, it was submitted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Jingzhao Yamen."

Not intending to sit back and read it carefully, the emperor directly took the notebook, and saw that it read: In the Taiyuan Anshi Anmu case, a prisoner committed suicide in prison, leaving a blood book.

This has not yet settled the marriage between his ignorant son and Miss An's family, and the reversal of the case back then has encountered resistance, and the emperor feels more and more headaches.

The matter of An Mu before, because An Mu committed suicide in prison to prove his innocence, was hastily settled, which in itself was a pity for such a pillar family like the An family.

Now that his son wants to break off the engagement, he is sorry for the An family's daughter... Not to mention, that girl from the An family is a good girl, so she must be sad.

The emperor doesn't care about his son's private affairs, and now he feels even more guilty.

"Come here, tell the Queen Mother that I will go to see the Queen Mother later." After thinking about it, the emperor put down his curiosity and dealt with the important matters at hand.

"Ask all the officials handling the case to come to the palace, bring the evidence they have, the prisoner they have caught, and the relevant files, and bring them to the palace within an hour."

After rubbing his temples, the emperor only felt a headache.

It is said that it was the fortune teller who died this time, saying that he committed suicide in fear of crime. In fact, these officials below have transcribed the contents of the bloody documents submitted, and most of them are stating their crimes.

Orphans are insignificant, and immortals teach them.Wisdom, foolishness, and evil thoughts never give up.If you fail in three years, go out to look for life.Find a good man and serve the master.If you have a good son, everything will be ready.

The fortune teller is not illiterate, how can he be stupid if he can understand those scriptures and learn those spells?
Fortune-telling is poor, and evil ways are easy to enter.Talk about a lot of money, fame and fortune.I wanted to keep the festival and kill my wife and son.Father and brother have the right way to help the poor.It's so hard to eat, three uses for one money?For my wife, money blinds my eyes.

Unwilling to cause disaster, his wife was robbed.Help others, offend innocent.Over time, the house was burned.Being alone, why not ghosts and gods?It is difficult to live in the right way, and gold and silver in the evil way.Since it's like a walking corpse, what's the harm in walking the flesh?

The emperor could see the accusations written in the bloody book. The imperial court had heard about these things, but it was not a day to do it.

Just like how recently the third prince Li Mu often reports that there are bullies and thieves who use the name of ghosts and gods to do evil - the court doesn't ignore it, but it's deeply intertwined, and it's hard to get rid of it for a while.

Before those officials came to the palace, the emperor held the transcribed blood book in his hand and continued to read:

Always gold and silver, not afraid of life loss.Ten strings of gold and silver, so why not die?Hundreds of gold and silver, five thunders are not afraid.If you don't die for money, you can't live without money.It is hard to return to knowing the right way.The three souls and seven souls should be destroyed after death.

Then there was a story about how, because of money, he collaborated with An Cheng, the third son of the An family, to kill An Mu, and then plotted to get rid of An Che's family.It's a pity that except for some magic techniques and the process of spreading rumors, there is no real evidence left, and the emperor still has to send officials to look for it.

Looking at the sky outside the palace, the emperor was a little confused. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, there are still people who use ghosts and gods to persuade people to do good. Is there something wrong with the court's folk customs, or...

What the emperor didn't expect was that, no matter what you seek is good or evil, the righteous way will never give you what you don't deserve. The difference between good and evil makes the evil way seem more effective and attracts more believers.

(End of this chapter)