Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

Chapter 1398 351: The noble family is like an ant under the knife

Zheng Qishuang got the news very quickly. He was shocked. He didn't expect Jiang Ci to be so cruel. He slapped the grandson of the patriarch of Taiyuan Wang family so hard that eight of his teeth fell out. He also said shamelessly in public that Taiyuan Wang family was nothing.

The most important thing is that this matter was carried out by the butler in his house, and he was not aware of it.

This matter has been discovered by Jiang Ci during his interrogation. In this case, the matter has become really serious.

That night, two dark shadows came to Zheng Qishuang's mansion. Their first goal, of course, was to find the courtyard where the Zheng mansion's housekeeper was.

Each of the two men held a large sack in his hand.

After knowing that the butler was in that room, the two men immediately rushed in, put a sack on him, and started beating him violently. By the time they left, the butler's limbs were bent at an abnormal angle.

That night, the hands of all the male members of the Zheng family in Zheng Qishuang's mansion, except Zheng Qishuang, were disabled.

The illegitimate sons of the Zheng family were all frightened and collapsed by the inexplicable fear.

The next day, when Zheng Qishuang discovered the miserable state of the Zheng Mansion and the miserable state of his illegitimate sons, he roared in anger: "Whoever did this, I will tear him into pieces."

No one answered Zheng Qishuang's words, because some of them were flirting with the maids in the previous second, but were put into a sack and beaten in the next second. Not only that, but their writing hands were also broken.

Zheng Qishuang now felt that he was doomed. The clan leader would definitely have to change the head of the family because his heir's hands were broken, so what use was he? He secretly swore in his heart, whoever did this, so vicious, better not be discovered by him, otherwise, he would definitely kill him.

Then he went to the court meeting. It seemed that there was something else going on today, so he had to attend the court meeting.

He also wanted to report this matter to Li Shimin, because the villain was too arrogant.

When Zheng Qishuang arrived at the court and stood firmly, he saw Jiang Ci and Li Xiaogong chatting and laughing. Not only that, Li Jing, Yuchi Gong, and Zhangsun Wuji were also there.

Some time ago, Yuchi Gong and Zhangsun Wuji went to quell the rebellion caused by Li Yi's rebellion. As a result, as soon as they set out, Luo Yi's head was sent to Chang'an, which was quite outrageous.

Soon, Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, and Wang De began to speak in a shrill voice: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court."

Jiang Ci immediately stood up and said righteously: "Your Majesty, I impeach the magistrate of Lantian County, Wang Datong, for bending the law for personal gain, accepting bribes, and trying to force a confession by relying on the fact that he is the grandson of the Taiyuan Wang family leader. I ask Your Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation and give justice to all those who have been wrongly accused."

After Jiang Ci impeached the Taiyuan Wang family, he immediately continued, "I also want to impeach Zheng Qishuang. Mr. Zheng, he asked his housekeeper to gamble with the cold drink shop. The owner was unwilling to sell it, so they teamed up with Lantian County Magistrate Wang Datong to torture the person involved into confessing. If I hadn't arrived at the Lantian County Office in time, the person involved might have confessed under torture."

At this moment, Zheng Qishuang was stunned. He really didn't know that the housekeeper in his house was so presumptuous.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, slapped the dragon table hard, and said to Li Xiaogong: "Minister of the Ministry of Justice, is what the prince said true? Tell me."

Li Daozon naturally knew about this matter, and Changsun Wuji also knew about it, after all, people from the Changsun family were present at the time.

Li Daozon nodded and said, "Your Majesty, what Prince Xian said is similar to what I have investigated." Li Daozon's words were equivalent to confirming that Zheng Qishuang allowed his steward to harm the people.

Zhang Sun Wuji also stood up at this time. He said, "Yesterday, the manager of the ice shop also saw it with his own eyes. The Lantian County Magistrate not only committed the crimes impeached by the Prince of Xian, but also appointed people based on personal connections. The younger brother of one of his concubines worked as a yamen runner in the county government office. He was attracted to the owner of the cold drink shop, Xu Li, and took advantage of her. Fortunately, the manager of the ice shop stopped him at that time. Otherwise, how could the owner of the cold drink shop face her husband?"

Although the customs at that time were more open, men and women were not allowed to touch each other, and married women were not allowed to have physical contact with other men, otherwise there would be big problems.

Li Shimin knew that the owner of the cold drink shop was from Jiang Ci's mansion. Although she was He Yong's wife, she was the number one person around Jiang Ci in He Yong's eyes and they had a very close relationship.

Now that the Minister of Justice has investigated the whole story,

Li Shimin immediately made the decision: "The magistrate of Lantian County has been corrupt, committed bribery, and bullied the people. From today on, he will be dismissed from his post and investigated. As for the yamen runner who was appointed by him for personal connections, he will be sent to the Ministry of Justice." Li Shimin didn't care at all whether Wang Datong lived or died. If he hadn't estimated that Wang Datong was the direct grandson of the Wang family of Taiyuan, he would have definitely had that guy executed by slicing.

"As for Zheng Qishuang, Lord Zheng, do you have anything to explain?" Li Shimin narrowed his eyes and stared at Zheng Qishuang.

Zheng Qishuang knew that Li Shimin was angry.

"I did not participate in what the Prince of Xian said about letting the housekeeper cause trouble in the cold drink shop. Your Majesty, please investigate." Zheng Qishuang knew that if this matter was really true, his fate would be imaginable. Then he continued, "Your Majesty, this morning, all the male members of my Zheng family had their hands broken, and even children of a few years old were not spared. Your Majesty, please investigate and give justice to my Zheng family."

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin glanced at Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci touched the tip of his nose. This was not done by him, so he shook his head.

But Li Shimin understood Jiang Ci's lip movements, "He Yong," which meant that it was He Yong who did it. But thinking about how his wife was almost slandered by the Zheng family, and then almost tortured into confessing by the Lantian County Magistrate, and how the entire Zheng family was not massacred, this was considered a good thing.

At this time, the head of the Wang family stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there are also many men in my mansion whose hands have been broken. Please take a closer look."

"Li Junxian, go and investigate for me what is going on." Li Shimin asked Li Junxian to investigate.

Jiang Ci felt that if they could find out what Liang Hai and He Yong did last night, it would be weird. After all, there was no surveillance in this era.

No one in the entire Tang Dynasty dared to speak up for Wang Datong, the grandson of the Taiyuan Wang family, for what he did. After all, he was just messing with the head of the idle prince. He was simply courting death.

Then, Honglu Temple Minister Tang Jian said: "Your Majesty, Japanese envoys will come to the Tang Dynasty in a while, saying that their king sent Tang envoys to study in our Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin said indifferently: "Okay, then we can treat them well. After all, they are guests from afar." Then he changed the subject and said: "By the way, Minister of Rites, have you prepared the hundred-day banquet for the prince and princess?"

Li Xiaogong smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty, everything is being prepared in an orderly manner."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Let's leave the court."

After saying that, Li Shimin slipped away. He still felt comfortable in the villa. After all, there was constant temperature air conditioning in it, and the comfort level was extremely high.
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(End of this chapter)

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