Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"What is this! The lonely king sees that you are drinking too much and going to court! Stand on one side!"

Hu Yanzan curled his lips and stood aside and stopped talking, De Fang said, "Your Majesty, I am serious."

"Okay." Taizong pointed his finger at the corner of his eyes, Defang looked at it and thought: As for it, she laughed so much that tears almost came out.

Taizong took a few deep breaths, "Nephew, why did you draw this? You brought that madman this morning?"

"Your Majesty, that's not a madman, but a wronged person."

"Oh? The wronged person?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this person's name is Zhang Si. I met Chen Nan when he was patrolling Longcheng. Zhang Si's family originally lived in Caijia Village outside Longcheng. Beaten to death, the government's investigation is unclear, Zhang Si's family has a grievance that is difficult to appeal, his daughter-in-law and grandson fled away and his whereabouts are unknown, the bully even made Zhang Si sign unnamed debts, Zhang Si and his wife can only pick up rotten vegetables from the city every time To pass the day, the minister was very angry when he heard about this, so he left this pleading paper and asked Zhang Si to go to Beijing to sue the imperial court." Defang held the golden mace and said, "The minister left him more than one tael of silver and wanted them to buy some rice. I spent the winter, but I didn't expect that it was just one or two taels of silver that killed another person..."

Taizong was also very angry when he heard this, "There is such a bully, nephew, why did you kill a person by leaving money?"

"After the minister left, Zhang Si bought rice and repaired the donkey cart, but at this time, the bully's relatives said that he had made a fortune, so the bully brought his servants to the door to ask for money, but Zhang Si refused to pay, and the bully smashed the house. , and wanted to snatch the donkey cart, Zhang Si’s wife stepped forward to stop him, was kicked by the servants, and died within a few days, but the bully still wanted him to pay back the money, Zhang Si had no way out, so he had to come to the city with this pleading paper. The capital, but he encountered evil things at the palace gate."

"Palace gate?"

"Your Majesty! Zhang Si had complained at the palace gate four days ago, but he was imprisoned by Cai Dahuai, the captain of the palace gate. If I hadn't learned about this, Zhang Si would have died a long time ago."

"Four days ago? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Your Majesty, Cai Dahuai, the captain of the Palace Gate, is the elder brother of the bully Cai Erhuai! He knows that Zhang Si sued his younger brother, so he deceived the emperor and abused his power. Your Majesty, he insisted that Si is outside the palace. The officials of Tianlao and Hua Commander also know about it." , I would like to testify, and "De Fang continued, "The servant sent by His Majesty to the palace gate early in the morning did not question Zhang Si at all. Redress the grievances and punish those who deceive the king!"

Taizong nodded, "Okay, bring Zhang Si and everyone involved in this case into the palace."

Zhang Si, Hua Tiangang, Gao Kuo, the bound servant, and Cai Dahuai all entered the palace. Zhang Si cried and complained about what had happened. Taizong was furious, and immediately said to Defang, "Imperial nephew, I approve what you say, and you have full authority to handle this case." , do whatever you want."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Defang first beat the servant with fifty army sticks and sent him to work in the utility room, then threw Cai Dahuai into the dungeon. Cai Dahuai kept begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare me!"

"Forgive me? Okay," De Fang said, "The lonely king will imprison you for a day, as long as you don't die, the lonely king will spare your life!"

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

"But" Defang motioned to Baili, and Baili picked up water and poured it into the dungeon. Cai Dahuai shouted, "My lord! If you add more water, you will die!"

"It's okay, Gu Wang has bricks here, 100 taels a piece, you can buy them and put them under your feet."