Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 119
The official wives did not disappoint Yu Maojian. As soon as Yu Maojian and the others left, the official wives began to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves on their husbands.They even went home and took their young sons and daughters to an unlucky place like prison, making the children kneel down and beg their father to let them live.

His son is his hope for the future, and his daughter is his caring little cotton-padded jacket. He watches his young children kneel in front of him and beg him under the instigation of their mother.Thinking about the tragic fate of his wife and children if he refused to admit his mistakes, it didn't take long before nearly [-]% of the offending officials chose to compromise and wrote down their own "notes of apology" and asked the jailers to send them to Yu Maojian, Tu Qiao and Li Xiang.

Seeing that most of the prisoners had compromised, the women who had not yet convinced their husbands became even more anxious and stepped up their efforts to persuade and educate their husbands.Even the most stubborn Li Mo, his wife borrowed a knife from the jailer in order to force him to bow down, planning to self-mutilate herself and her children, and let her husband, who refused to bow his head, watch her and their children bleed. .

Li Mo is 53 years old this year. His current wife, Chen, was the one he married after his wife died of illness seven years ago.After Chen's marriage, she became more confident and gave birth to another pair of children for Li Mo.My son's nickname is Zhuangzhuang. He is five years old this year. He has a tiger-like head and a big head. He is usually naughty and is often scolded by Li Mo.But in his heart, Li Mo still likes his youngest son very much. After all, this is his son. After all, people are afraid of silence when they get older and like to have children jumping up and down beside them.

If we say that Li Mo likes his son Zhuangzhuang very much.The little girl, Dudu, who is three years old this year, is Li Mo's pet peeve.The little girl is three years old and is loved by everyone. Her face is plump and plump, she looks very cute, and she has a sweet little mouth.Whenever Li Mo sees her, his mood is full of spring, and he can't bear to let go of her.

So now when he saw Chen holding the knife against his young son and daughter, Li Mo went crazy.He rushed over desperately, snatched his children from Chen's hands, protected them behind him, and angrily scolded Chen: "You are crazy!"

"I'm crazy! Is this concubine crazy, or are you too cruel, sir? Master, you are the official of the imperial court, and you know a lot more than this concubine. You should know that if you refuse to bow to the emperor this time, we will What will happen to the family next? Let’s not talk about Zhuangzhuang, let’s talk about concubine and Dudu. If you refuse to bow your head, then our mother and daughter will have to be sent to Jiaofangsi. Master, what kind of place is Jiaofangsi? You don’t need me to tell you this! Dudu is the flesh that fell from my body. I don’t want to let those men give her to her when she grows up...! Wuwuwu"

At this point, Mrs. Chen couldn't talk any more. She held the knife and held her head, then squatted on the ground and howled loudly.

yes!The Jiaofang Division, the Jiaofang Division is a government-run brothel. Once you are confiscated into the Jiaofang Division, what will happen to your wife and daughter?Thinking of this, two lines of heroic tears rolled down Li Mo's cheeks for a while, and the hand that was protecting the two children just now let go.

As soon as Li Mo let go of his hand, his young son and daughter broke away from him and ran to their mother's side. They hugged their mother and they also burst into tears.

After crying enough, Ms. Chen finally had a showdown with Li Mo. She asked the two children to kneel down in front of their father like she did.With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Chen said coldly to Li Mo: "Master, you understand everything. As long as you refuse to bow your head, then life will be worse than death for me and our children. Rather than that, Master, you Don't stop me, just let me take the first step with my two children! This way, my two children and I don't have to suffer, and we don't have to insult your Li family's family tradition. Our family now has the ability to arrange funerals for me and our two children. Master , I’ll ask you one last time, bitch, are you humble or not?”

"You, you, you, you woman, you are trying to bring me into injustice!"

"In that case, that bitch won't embarrass you, Master. Come, Zhuangzhuang, Dudu, nibble your head to your father and say goodbye to your father." Seeing that Li Mo still refused to bow his head, Mrs. Chen also got angry. , greeting his children to bid farewell to Li Mo.

When five-year-old Zhuangzhuang and three-year-old Dudu were confused, their mother held their heads in one hand and looked at Li Mo after they finished eating.Gritting her teeth, Chen put the knife on the little girl Dudu's neck, so frightened that the little girl burst into tears immediately.

And seeing the sharp steel knife placed on the neck of his beloved, Li Mo's heart of stone melted at this moment.With a look of despair on his face, he said softly to Mrs. Chen: "Come on, come on, I bow my head, I bow my head, don't embarrass the two children."

"Ah, ah, ah" Li Mo finally gave in and he and his two children were saved. Chen also cried loudly for the rest of his life.

After crying out all the grievances in her heart, Mrs. Chen hurriedly apologized to Li Mo. She also greeted the two children and nodded to their father to thank them.

Chen was ecstatic that he and his child could live, but Li Mo was devastated at this moment. He knew that if he took this step today, his status as Qingliu's leader would be gone.

Ignoring Mr. Chen who was grateful, Li Mo walked out of his cell, and when he came outside, he made an impassioned speech in a loud voice, to the effect that it would hurt all his colleagues. Well, now that I, Li Mo, have surrendered, so have you. Stop holding on and accept it!

As Li Mo's declaration of "surrender" went on, the few remaining die-hards in Qingliu who were prepared to sacrifice their whole families to clear their name suddenly lost their faith and resigned in despair. My own daughter-in-law.

The more than 100 officials who committed crimes that day all handed in their "letters of apology," which made Yu Maojian, Tu Qiao, and Li Xiang extremely happy.As soon as the more than 100 "reviews" were collected, the three of them went through them separately to prevent anyone from being shady and playing word games.

After checking and confirming that there was nothing wrong, the three of them went to Xiyuan to seek an audience with Emperor Jiajing with these "letters of apology", regardless of the darkness.Holding this pile of "Reflections" in his hand, Emperor Jiajing read a few copies and then asked: "My dear friends, you have read these. Is there any fraud in them?"

"Back to Your Majesty, these ministers and three others have all seen it. I guarantee with my own head that these criminals have sincerely confessed their guilt and repented, and there is no fraud."

"Reporting to your majesty, I, Tu Qiao, would like to follow my lord Yu and vouch for those criminals."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, those criminals sincerely confessed their crimes and repented, and I, Li Xiang, are willing to be their guarantee."

As soon as Emperor Jiajing asked, in order to save the prisoners, Yu Maojian quickly came out to vouch for the prisoners.Following Yu Maojian, Tu Qiao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Xiang, Minister of Dali Temple, also came out to vouch for the prisoners.

After listening to the guarantees of his three confidants who were absolutely worthy of their character, Emperor Jiajing didn't know what to say.After raising his head and thinking for a while, Emperor Jiajing said to Yu Maojian and the others: "Tomorrow at six o'clock, this case will be in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. It will be interrogated by your Sanfa Department and supervised by the Li Supervisor and Jinyiwei. At that time, we will organize six departments, nine ministers, and five yamen in Beijing. Officials with grades and above, as well as people from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College, went to listen together."

After saying these words to Yu Maojian and others, Emperor Jiajing ordered Lu Fang beside him: "Tomorrow you go to the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment to supervise the trial and bring the decree of pardon. If those criminals are sincerely repentant, you can read out my pardon to them in the hall. , the main criminals Li Mo and Xu Jie were demoted three levels and fined for one year, and all the other criminals were demoted one level and fined half a year. And if they want to tease me, you can bring me your decree."

"The old slave obeys the order"

After Emperor Jiajing gave the order, Lu Fang hurriedly stepped forward to receive the order.After Lu Fang received the order and retreated, Emperor Jiajing said to Yu Maojian and the others: "I know that you three have always wanted to protect those people. Well, I will give you this face, as long as those people really repent. , I can give them another chance. But if those people still have no king and no father tomorrow, then I hope that your verdict from the Sanfa Division tomorrow will be beheading. How about you three dear friends, is my will clear enough? "

"This is your Majesty, I obey your orders."

"Subordinate to the order"

"Subordinate to the order"

"Hahahaha, just obey the order, just obey the order! Come on, my dear friends, you have errands to do tomorrow, so go back and rest early!"

"I would like to thank Your Majesty. I will take my leave."

"The minister retire"

"The minister retire"

After talking about the matter, Yu Maojian, Tu Qiao, and Li Xiang exited the Longevity Palace.After leaving Xiyuan and coming outside, Tu Qiao asked Yu Maojian anxiously: "Master Yu, the emperor has arranged for so many officials to come to listen tomorrow. If Li Mo and the others talk nonsense in the lobby tomorrow, how will this end? "

"Hey, if Li Mo and the others really want to court death, there's nothing they can do about it. The emperor just told us the content of the amnesty decree, and how we should be sentenced in case Li Mo and the others play tricks. Now, don’t you understand what the emperor means? Forget about Master Tu, the three of us will go to your prison for a while, and explain the emperor’s meaning to them. As for what will happen tomorrow, you and I We can only do our best and obey fate.”

"Hey, that's all we have to do, please come, Master Yu and Master Li."

(End of this chapter)