It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 633: Chang'an has a grievance that is difficult to redress

The old man had a look of grief and anger on his face, and was yelling something.

There were quite a few people watching, but soon the Chang'an defenders came running over and drove the old man away. If it weren't for his age, they would have probably hit him with a few sticks, leaving him bleeding on the spot.

There was a temporary disturbance in the streets, but it soon calmed down and returned to its previous hustle and bustle.

Yang Xianrong glanced at the defenders and suddenly asked Liu Yao, "Why do these people look unfamiliar? They don't look like your Black Obsidian Army?"

At this time, after Liu Yao returned to the dynasty, he changed his army's flag to the word "Yao" with a black background, and also named it the Black Obsidian Army.

Liu Yao also took a closer look before saying, "Originally, your sister-in-law's men were here to guard the city. Now that she has handed over her military power, I'm afraid there must be changes again, right?"

"They are Jin Zhun's men." Deputy General Guo Jin said, "The order was issued yesterday, saying that General Li... Oh, General Yang's wife has returned to the backyard, and her men should be reorganized and incorporated into other armies."

"Isn't this nonsense? That's Liu Yue's army. They have always been well-trained and have strict military discipline. Even if Li Lianhua is not the commander, anyone who has them will definitely be a great help." Liu Yao's face darkened a lot.

"But Jin Zhun doesn't like it." Guo Jin's voice became much softer, and his meaning was very clear. Because Liu Yao had also handed over his military power and was idle at home, these things gave Jin Zhun the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and mess around.

Yang Xianrong looked back at Liu Yao and said nothing more. After all, the current situation has become confusing again. Emperor Liu Cong is becoming more and more bizarre. According to Cao Zheng, Liu Cong has not come out of the palace for ten days. There are concubines and four queens coming in and out at the same time, and they look happy.

Liu Yao had also discussed with her about handing over military power, and they both agreed that it would be best not to show off their strengths for the time being.

"Let's go and see what's going on with that old man first." Yang Xianrong finally sighed, and went to a restaurant nearby with Liu Yao to eat something first.

When they had almost finished eating, Guo Jin turned back and talked about this matter.

It turned out that the old man's surname was Xie, and he was from Cangzhou. His son was Xie An, a small leader of the garrison in Cangzhou. He came to Chang'an a few days ago to deliver an official document to report on the current situation in Cangzhou.

When he arrived in Chang'an, he wanted to stay in the official post station to rest before going to the Chang'an government office to submit documents. But he didn't expect that the post station was full, so he had no choice but to go to a nearby inn to rest. It happened that this inn also provided meals. It was already noon, so he planned to eat something before going to work.

Who knew that after the meal, he felt very sleepy and fell asleep on the table. He didn't wake up until the next morning. He felt something was wrong, but he still wanted to finish the work first.

So he took his sword and documents, opened the door of the inn, and went out early.

But he didn't expect that before he had walked far, he was surrounded and beaten by a group of people, and then taken to Chang'an Prefecture.

It turned out that on that night, the owner of the small inn, Mou Huaizhong, was murdered in his room, while his wife survived because she had returned to her parents' home two days ago.

The inn was small, with less than 20 people staying. Except for Xie An who left the inn early in the morning, the rest of the people were still in the inn. Therefore, Shuan Zhu, the innkeeper who first discovered that the boss had been killed, was the first to suspect Xie An. He believed that Xie An had killed the boss in the dark, and then fled in a hurry before people got up.

Shuanzhu was also very clever. On the one hand, he had people watch over the other guests and not allow any of them to leave. On the other hand, he took the cook and others to quickly chase Xie An and intercepted him halfway. And the sword found on him was also stained with blood... It was like catching him red-handed. Jin Xi, the prefect of Chang'an Prefecture, had just taken office for ten days and was unfamiliar with many things. He was awakened by the yamen runners early in the morning to go to court to try a case, and his face was still sleepy.

However, when he saw that it was a murder, he was also shocked. He immediately asked the yamen runners to check the murder weapon and whether Xie An had any injuries or blood on his body. He also immediately summoned the witnesses and recorded their statements one by one.

However, Xie An refused to admit that he had killed someone and kept shouting in the hall. But the yamen runners found blood on Xie An's clothes and that he had fresh wounds on his hands that were still bleeding.

Even if Xie An didn't admit it, the prefect Jin Xi thought about it and decided to torture him. After all, he had just taken office and had never seen any execution scenes. He simply let the yamen runners use all the torture instruments on Xie An.

Poor Xie An was only a human being, how could he endure such torture? In the end, he was tortured into confessing, thrown into death row, and waited for execution in the autumn.

Jin Xi also immediately wrote a report and reported it to Guanglu Doctor Jin Zhun.

Soon, Jin Zhun asked for an imperial decree, agreeing with Jin Xi's conclusion. In addition, because Jin Xi solved the case quickly and investigated the details, he was given a special reward of 1,000 taels as an encouragement.

After Xie An was sentenced to death, the news spread back to Cangzhou. Xie An's mother and wife fainted at the time, but Xie An's father did not believe that his son would kill someone, let alone run from Cangzhou to Chang'an to kill someone, so he must have been wronged.

However, the case has already been investigated by the emperor, and it is really not easy to rescue my son!
But he couldn't bear to see his son die unjustly, so he was determined to go to Chang'an to seek justice at all costs.

He ran to Chang'an Prefecture to appeal for justice, but Jin Xi refused to see him.

There was also a yamen runner in Chang'an Prefecture who felt sorry for him and quietly told him the case in detail. The reason why they confirmed that Xie An was the murderer was because of the sword he carried. After comparing it with the wound on the innkeeper's body, they confirmed that this sword was used to kill him.

The evidence is truly irrefutable and there is no way to overturn the verdict.

But Xie's father refused to acknowledge him. He shouted and screamed, but it was of no use.

Later, he thought that since this was where the emperor stayed, he would go to the emperor to file a complaint and seek justice for his son. However, the palace was heavily guarded, so how could he get in?

Moreover, he later found out that Jin Xi, the prefect of Chang'an, was the nephew of Jin Zhun, the Grand Master of Imperial Households. He was able to sit in this position at such a young age, all thanks to his uncle.

Emperor Liu Cong did not attend court, and the news that Jin Zhun was controlling the government gradually spread. It seemed that Xie An was doomed to die.

Father Xie knelt alone on the street of Chang'an City, wearing a white robe with the word "injustice" written on his back. He had no other options. If he could save his son's life, he would even sacrifice his own life.

Guo Jin explained the whole story in a low voice. Liu Yao and Yang Xianrong had already frowned. They were disgusted by Jin Zhun's name again. Not only because he wanted to control the government, but also because he continuously contributed Wushisan to Liu Cong. This was really annoying.

I will update another chapter later.