Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Of course, I originally wanted to give it to him, but then I thought about it and let it go. I will give it to him during the Chinese New Year. This guy must be very happy."

"According to my concubine, he won't be happy."

"Why?"

"He won't leave. My lord, you must have misunderstood. This time, you are wasting your time."

"No? I asked someone to inquire about it. He has been inquiring about the house for more than a month, and he took all the money away. There is nothing wrong with it."

"In short, the concubine doesn't believe it."

"Anyway, I'm done. Besides, it's time for him to enjoy his blessings."

"My lord, let's take another look. If you make a mistake, it will not make him happy, but make him sad."

"Okay, okay, listen to Madam." De Fang put the letter back in the envelope, "I will give it to him sooner or later."

"My lord, my concubine heard that someone went to the palace gate today to complain about grievances. I don't know what it is?"

"Oh? Why didn't I know?"

"My lord, you have been in and out of the palace all day, why don't you know anything about it?"

"After going to court, I went to the Ministry of War, and after lunch, I entered the palace and went to the Chongzheng Hall. However, the guard did not say anything about someone complaining in front of the palace. But since you know about it, madam, I should know even more. .”

"The concubine knew it because Ke'er saw it. In the morning, the concubine made soup. She guessed that you were going to court, so she sent it to Ke'er. She waited at the gate of the palace, but the guard said that you had gone far away. When I was about to come back, I saw a person rushing to the gate of the palace to cry for grievances."

"Is that so... That means that after I went to the Ministry of War, someone complained about it, but why didn't the guards mention this when I entered the palace again..." Defang took a sip of tea, "I'll ask tomorrow , after all, shouting injustice in front of the palace gate is not a trivial matter."

The next day, Defang entered the palace to go to court, and before going to the Chongde Hall, he suddenly remembered what Concubine Di said, so he called Baili, "Baili, go to the gate of the palace and ask, is there anyone who went to the gate of the palace yesterday?" Go ahead and cry out for injustice, and ask what is the matter."

"Yes, my lord." Baili ran to the palace gate, when Jia Jun saw Baili walking out, he stepped forward and asked, "Baili, why did you come out?"

"My lord asked me to ask something." Baili turned around and said, "Hey! Come here!"

The guard officer ran a few steps quickly, "Eunuch Bai, General Song, I would like to greet you both."

"Well, let me ask you, did someone come to complain at the gate of the palace yesterday?"

"How do you know?"

"Is this really the case?"

The little official looked around and said in a low voice, "Eunuch Bai, our captain won't let you talk about this."

"What? You're out of your mind! Now it's the prince who wants to ask!"

"Yes, yes, the young one dare not dare, but Bai Gonggong, that... Don't say that the young one told you."

"Okay, okay, let's talk."

"The young one doesn't know much. After the court yesterday, an old man ran over. The young one thought he was a beggar and was about to drive him away. Who knew he wanted to sue, so the young one said he wanted to go to the Kaifeng mansion. , he said he would sue the royal court."

"A lawsuit?" Song Jiajun and Baili were surprised, "And then?"

"The little one asked him about the pleading paper, and he really took out one, but the little one didn't understand after reading it for a long time."

"You can't read?"

"No, that's not a pleading paper, it's a painting, and I can't understand anything in the painting."

"Painting?" Baili was startled, "What happened after that?"

"The old man insisted that this was the pleadings, so the younger one informed the captain. The captain asked us to take him to the barracks where he was on duty. Later, we heard that the old man was locked up."