Nan Yi thought that despite all the criticism, there were still many people who knew about Xie Queshan's injustice, and these people would be willing to stand up and speak for him.
But first of all, the Xie family actually chose to remain silent. After all, the concept of monarch and minister has been deeply rooted in the family's bones. Considering the current situation of the new dynasty and the official family, Xie Jun cannot withstand such a storm. Once the court becomes unstable, the short-lived peace that was finally achieved with the Qi people will be easily broken.
Then the Yucheng army can always testify for Xie Queshan, right? Then Nan Yi was awakened by another word, that was the army. If Ying Huai brought so many Yucheng troops to the capital to avenge the guilty minister, what would it be like—forcing the palace or treason?
Nan Yi's judgment on many things was originally extremely simple, black or white, good or bad, but when these political intricacies were nakedly displayed in front of her, she was greatly shocked. She felt extremely aggrieved, but she couldn't blame anyone.
But things were getting worse every day. The front door of Wangxuewu was surrounded by people who came to insult and demanded that Xie and the rebels cut off their seats. The solemn door was smashed into a mess with rotten eggs, rotten leaves, lime plaster... Even if the person is dead, the "just" people still refuse to give up.
Nan Yi tried to argue with them, but found that what these people wanted was not an answer at all, but to vent their emotions. Therefore, no matter what she said, she would be misinterpreted. Some people even called her Xie Queshan's parallel woman, trying to make her bow her head by humiliating her as a slut. She finally understood that people's words are frightening, and why a powerful person like Xie Queshan chose to remain silent from beginning to end, because proving one's innocence was like fishing for the moon in the sea. Not only was it in vain, but it would also make one's own clothes wet.
But give in like this?
No.
Nan Yi insists on going to Jinling. She insisted on suing for this imperial edict. I want her to admit it unless she dies.
Seeing that everyone had tried to persuade her and could not stop her, Xie Jun finally waved his hand feebly and said: "Let her go."
This matter is a foregone conclusion. The Xie family can't do anything. She is a woman who went to Jinling and is not familiar with the place. What can she do? Xie Jun thought that the child just couldn't accept the death of the third child and was acting nonsense in such an extreme way.
He was distressed and powerless. Maybe she could move forward only after venting her feelings. Then let her go and make trouble, and she will come back when she hits a wall.
But Xie Jun underestimated Nan Yi's determination, and she had no intention of looking back. Even though she has only a small amount of power, she still believes that everything depends on human efforts and God has a way.
One day... one day he will be able to see the light again! For that day, even if there are thousands of people, I will go.
Nan Yi left one by one.
As she walked outside the city gate, she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind, and the clatter of horse hooves chasing her. Nan Yi thought it was someone from the Xie family who had gone back on their word and came to arrest her, so she hurried forward even more anxiously.
Mrs. Gantang finally caught up with Nan Yi and forced her to stop her horse.
Nan Yi's heart beat, and he looked at Mrs. Gantang warily. I saw her hurriedly dismounting, anxiously handing a small package into Nan Yi's hand, and holding Nan Yi's hand with affection.
Nan Yi was a little stunned, obviously she was not here to persuade her to go back.
"Nanyi, I'm sorry, we can't do anything ourselves, but let you run so hard for our third brother. Please understand, my father has his reasons for doing this. Since ancient times, we have been bound by these barriers and shackles. , can't jump out..." Mrs. Gantang choked up slightly, "But today you are going to Jinling to avenge your third brother, and you need an identity to facilitate your actions. Although you and him have never been married, I believe you have already regarded each other as The person who has entrusted this life to me. There is a new official document in the package. If you are willing, you will be his wife from now on."
Tears fell from Nan Yi's eyes. She didn't dare to say. In fact, she had no idea what to do or what to do when she was on the road. She was so panicked that she started to panic, and when she heard the chase, she subconsciously wanted to run away. However, the second sister, who she thought was coming to stop her, actually gave her a reassurance.
"Second sister, let me make a long story short. As for whether third brother is treasonous, the game behind it is more complicated. When Bianjing was captured last year, heroes from all over the country rose up in rebellion, but the old ministers and noble families in the south of the Yangtze River still supported the royal family of the Yu Dynasty. The capital was established in Jinling, firstly because of the appeal of the century-old royal family's orthodoxy, and secondly, it was actually to maximize the interests of Jiangnan. Jiangnan was prosperous and peaceful, and they didn't want to go to war. To put it bluntly, they didn't want to support Lidu Mansion in the first place. Now this The situation is that the third brother sacrifices himself to make those opponents unable to explain themselves, so that the officials can fight against all opinions and send troops. But if the emperor's decisions frequently make mistakes, will the ministers still support him? When you arrive in Jinling, remember one thing - -What you want to refute is not the emperor's order. This is something as difficult as going to heaven. What you want to sue is the ministers. It was someone's mistake that led to an unjust case, so that things can turn around."
"Second sister, I remember." Nan Yi nodded vigorously and looked at Mrs. Gantang with great gratitude.
Her arrival gave Nan Yi a sudden confidence. Before this, she was actually very disappointed with the Xie family, but now she realized that it was not that they did not want to speak for Xie Queshan, but that they had no position and were afraid of making a mistake.
Only a duckweed like her has the courage and possibility to do this regardless of the consequences.
"Cherish your journey and come back safely."
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The wind of the great victory also blew to Jinling, and the officials ordered the market to be opened for three days, and everyone celebrated. There are endless singing and dancing in the capital day and night. Aoshan with colorful lanterns is set up in the west, and gongs and drums are noisy. No matter how undercurrents are turbulent in the court, the joys, anger, sorrows and joys of the people are simple. A victory gives them hope of living and working in peace and contentment. .
For the first time, the Dengwen drum, which had been silent for a long time, started to sound. The sound of the drum was thick and continuous, reaching the deep palace of Jiuzhong.
In order to listen to the opinions or grievances of his subjects, the king would hang a drum outside the court hall and allow his subjects to beat the drum to hear the news, which was called "dengwen drum".
Anyone who beats the Dengwen drum will be judged personally by the emperor.
This was the first time since the founding of the new dynasty that people who had done something good on the streets rushed to tell each other that the person beating the drum to complain was a woman.
Someone asked curiously: "Who is she?"
Nan Yi knelt in the bright hall, facing the emperor, and said firmly: "This villain is the wife of the sinner Xie Queshan."
"What are you telling me?"
"My husband, Queshan, has never committed treason!"
A sonorous sound shocked everyone in the hall. One of the accompanying officials scolded: "You are a bold and fierce woman, talking nonsense in front of officials!"
Xu Zhou looked at Nan Yi and said, "Go on."
He had been waiting for the arrival of such a person, but he could not imagine that anyone in this world could be so rebellious. If Xiao Liu is still there, that person must be Xiao Liu. But fortunately, Xie Queshan still has a courageous widow in this world.
"... He sneaked into Daqi in disguise of his identity in the 22nd year of Yongkang. During this period, he provided a lot of important information to Bingzhusi. On the 20th day of the Western month of this year, he helped Bingzhusi complete the Nirvana plan, blow up the keel ship, and make more than ten thousand people famous in Qi. The soldier was buried in the river, and his identity was exposed to the Qi people. After that, he stayed in the army and worked hard to defend Lidu Mansion. Unexpectedly, he was framed and stigmatized. For the sake of the overall situation, he humiliated himself and confessed, and died like this. , It’s really unfair, please let the officials take a closer look, catch the traitors, and eliminate the imperial gang!”
Nan Yi pinched her sleeves, her palms already dripping with sweat. She had considered every word she spoke at this moment countless times, fearing that she might not be able to express it properly and miss the mark.
"What you said is not consistent with the facts learned by the court. Do you have evidence?" Xu Zhou asked patiently.
"I have no evidence, but there are quite a few people who know what he did. As long as the officials are willing to reopen the case, they can gather witnesses from all sides!"
Obviously, this statement did not satisfy the three ministers on the jury. They whispered and shook their heads frequently.
Xu Zhou is still waiting. He cannot immediately express his eagerness to retry the case. Once this statement is made now, it will definitely arouse discussions among the ministers, and the focus of the discussion will become "whether it needs to be retried." It extends to his policies and strategies for governing the court, the layout of the court... and so on, rather than the case itself. Everything the emperor does will trigger many chain reactions, which are definitely not something he can decide at will, so he also needs a powerful opportunity to make everyone shut up and nod.
But Nan Yi didn't know what Xu Zhou was thinking at this time. She looked at the silence in the hall in despair. Although the person was still kneeling on the ground, her body and mind were falling into the abyss.
She had passed by this king in some moments in the past, but she had never seen him. When she finally saw Tianyan, the young monarch already looked so mature and majestic, and the sense of distance was natural. She was not sure at all. Could the king remember his old achievements and take a risk for Xie Queshan?
But why, just based on these few words of hers? Even she felt that she was overestimating her own abilities.
At this moment, the imperial guards in front of a hall hurriedly ran into the hall.
"Official family! Outside the city..."
"What happened?"
"Hundreds of Yucheng troops took off their armor and weapons and knelt outside the Zhuque Gate in white clothes. They did not dare to enter the city to avoid suspicion, but they came here to avenge...the guilty minister Xie Queshan!"
Nan Yi raised his head in surprise. When she began to understand the affairs of the court, she understood that it was an extremely risky thing for an army to express grievances for a traitor with such a clear-cut flag. If you can express grievances neatly today, will you rebel tomorrow? ? If they offend Long Yan, no matter how much they follow the dragon, they will become a life-threatening talisman. But the Yucheng army still came. She was in the city and they were outside the city. They were her backing.
A surge of water quickly filled her body, and she hit the bottom of the abyss, but the expected shattering did not come. There were many people holding her up, holding them up.
Justice prevails in people's hearts, and she is not alone. And his noble and honest efforts have not gone to waste.
But even so, the officials still did not agree to immediately retry the case. They only said that the matter needed careful consideration before making a decision.
Yucheng's army knelt down like this, and the people first exploded, and the matter spread quickly. Whether you believe it or not is another matter, but curiosity is a given. Everyone came up to talk about it, so more and more people hope to reopen the case and find out the truth.
Nan Yi waited anxiously at the inn, not knowing what the official was still hesitating about and what else she could do. The next day, a servant from Hu Ruhai, the minister of the Ministry of War, came and said that it was about the case of Xie Queshan and asked her to come to the house to talk about it.
Nan Yi didn't know where this man came from, but he had heard that he was an old minister stationed in Jiangnan. He was the loudest among the ministers who opposed sending troops at that time. She felt a little uneasy, but thinking that she was now in the public eye, he couldn't kill anyone and silence him, right? What's more, she couldn't let go of any possible opportunity now, so she went for it.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Hu is not as sinister in appearance as imagined, but a strong and powerful martial artist with a voice as loud as a bell and a somewhat impatient temper. After seeing Nan Yi, he looked her up and down, doubtful, and obviously didn't take her as a woman seriously, so he asked directly.
"Besides Yu Chengjun, is there anyone who can corroborate what you said?"
Nan Yi hesitated for a moment. Could it be that he was just trying to destroy the body and eliminate all traces of it? But then I thought about it, Mr. Hu couldn't move at all about the character she mentioned.
"Ling Fu Diji," Nan Yi stared into Mr. Hu's eyes without hesitation, "Xie Queshan's code name in Bingzhusi is Yan. I can tell you Yan's joint method. You only need to ask. Di Ji, when Xie Queshan was recuperating at Wanyan Jun's house, did he ask her to make connections on his behalf? If the connection method is consistent with what I said, it would prove that Xie Queshan was working for Bingzhusi."
Hu Ruhai didn't expect this little woman's thinking to be so clear.
He suddenly felt a fierce desire to attack in her. The place she stood was justice, and what she said was truth. Darkness will be shattered.
Even before he had time to check, Hu Ruhai had already had his first sleep.
——He did something wrong.
And Di Ji's answer proved that the woman was right.
Hu Ruhai sat down with a dead look on his face, not caring that Nan Yi was still waiting for the result with him in the hall. His mind was extremely messy, and everything he believed in and built began to completely collapse.
Not long ago, he knew that Xie Zhu had defected to Daqi, but the officials suppressed the matter and did not allow it to be made public. There is no other reason. If there is another traitor in the Xie family at the cusp of this crisis, then the entire Xie family will be in danger. The officials deliberately favored the Xie family.
Hu Ruhai never expected that Mr. Xie, who seemed to be upright and selfless, would be a traitor who collaborated with the enemy. But he shuddered when he thought about Mr. Xie's previous attitude. He did not express much attitude on the issue of sending troops to Lidu Mansion or his nephew, but such silence just proved that he already had a tendency.
But now that Xie Zhu is a traitor, what about Xie Queshan who was executed with his acquiescence?
The idea had already sprouted. Today, when Hu Ruhai heard that someone was beating drums to cry out for Xie Queshan, he felt even more uneasy. Then he hurriedly invited this lady over, just to verify what Xie Queshan was like. He wants to know whether his persistence in court is right or wrong.
Only now did he confirm that the group of real and fake deserters who came with information was a trap set up for him. Someone used his head to make a murderous knife. At that time, he was afraid that the officials would be deceived. He firmly believed what he saw, that Lidu Mansion was a trap. He could not let the army fall into the tiger's mouth, so he objected louder than anyone else.
His sword finally killed a loyal minister and good general.
It turned out to be Shen Zhizhong's student. Like his teacher, he was a scholar with a strong heart.
Nan Yi did not speak to interrupt Lord Hu's silence. She just felt that this Lord did not look like a bad person.
After a long time, Hu Ruhai raised his eyes and looked at Nan Yi: "If Mr. Shen were still here, the official family would not be walking on thin ice... nor would short-sighted people like me influence the official family's decision. Madam , fortunately you are here."
Nan Yi seemed to have caught a glimmer of hope: "Then are you willing to help me with this case?"
After thinking for a long time, Hu Ruhai said: "The official is unwilling to nod for a retrial because it is not yet time. He wants to use public opinion to force the court and make the officials speechless to refute. The official is waiting for an opportunity."
Nan Yi was stunned. She was in the middle of the game and really didn't expect this level.
So there is nothing Mr. Hu can do?
When leaving that day, Nan Yi was a little depressed. Although she could convince Mr. Hu, they all knew that this was not enough to convince everyone in the world. The most difficult thing about this matter is that it has nothing to do with right or wrong. Too many people who know the truth are forced to close their eyes and allow injustice to happen. The individual and the overall situation are in fierce conflict all the time.
And when is the time for the officials to wait?
