When the emperor came to Changle Palace, he happened to bump into Li Yuheng, and Li Jingxing's roar came from Changle Palace.
All the maids and eunuchs knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
Morning next day.
Duke Qing asked for leave from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and did not go to court.
But this could not be delayed. The imperial censor bombarded Lu Mingyue and Qing Guogong with words.
The emperor issued an order on the spot to dismiss Lu Mingyue from his position as Yulin Commandery. As for Qing Guogong, he was only fined one year's salary because of lax discipline.
After Wen Jinhe heard the news, his breath spread all over his body, and his whole body felt light.
I thought the matter would end like this, but unexpectedly, within a few days, three women and three elderly couples came to the capital government office.
A piece of complaint brought Lu Mingyue to the government office.
They accused Lü Mingyue, the legitimate son of Duke Qing, of raping civilian men and then murdering and silencing them, committing adultery and murder.
Rumors in the capital were at a fever pitch. As soon as this incident came out, even the mansions of dignitaries began to talk about whether the Duke of Qing's mansion was going to end!
The Lord Magistrate looked at the people who were kneeling in the hall and crying heartbrokenly, full of grief and anger. He was troubled and at the same time felt very angry.
It turned out that Lu Mingyue liked strong men, so he sent Hongwu to arrest people in the farmland outside the city, and all of them were young adults.
After the families of the arrested men found out, they wanted to go to the Yamen to seek justice. Lu Mingyue sent someone to threaten them and threatened to kill their entire family.
After the three young adults were humiliated and tortured, their bodies were dumped in a mass grave and finally picked up by their family members. There were at least hundreds of injuries on their bodies.
Forced by the oppression of the Duke of Qing and the bad reputation of the matter, they had to compromise and survive.
The first thing that happened to Lu Mingyue and Hong Wu was exposed, and they lost their official positions as captains of the imperial forest. Only then did they dare to go to the Yamen to file a complaint.
A large number of people watched outside the government office. They saw an old couple over eighty years old kneeling on the ground in grief, as if they were about to cry to death. They were filled with indignation and shouted to the prefect to arrest Lu Mingyue.
After the prefect found out the whole story, he sent people to the Duke of Qing's Mansion to get the person, and on the other hand he sent people to find Hong Wu.
The family members of the victims kept saying that Hong Wu went to the farmland to arrest the people. If Hong Wu could not be found, no one would accuse Lu Mingyue of being the mastermind behind the scenes.
The yamen sent to the Duke of Qing's Mansion were stopped by the servants of the Duke of Qing's Mansion.
Duke Qing Guo dragged his sick body and said in a dignified voice, "The emperor has already decreed that I should be dismissed from my official position. This is a matter of your own free will. Why do you want to come to arrest me?"
Duke Qing was extremely angry at Lu Mingyue, but no matter what, he was still his biological son.
The yamen servant looked at Duke Qing's pale face, thinking that he still didn't know what happened in the yamen, "Back to Duke Qing, three families came to the yamen today, accusing the prince of raping civilian men and killing them to silence him afterwards. I am here to take the person back for interrogation on the orders of the magistrate, and I also ask Duke Qing to cooperate. "
Duke Qing's eyes widened and his legs trembled. If it weren't for the help of his servants, he might have fallen to the ground.
Princess Qingguo's face turned pale, she covered her mouth with her right hand and fainted.
The second son of the Duke of Qing, Lu Mingyue's younger brother, opened his mouth blankly. Since the incident, the first marriage he had planned for has been canceled. I am afraid that no daughter of an official family will be willing to do so in the future. After marrying into the Duke of Qing's palace, outsiders even suspected that he also had that habit.
Lu Mingyue was finally taken away by the government officials.
Along the way, the eyes of millions of people were focused on him.
After entering the court, three widowed women jumped on Lu Mingyue, tore his hair and beat his body.
Lu Mingyue was a martial arts practitioner and he pushed them to the ground in a few seconds.
"Quiet, quiet." The prefect kept banging on the gavel wood and hurriedly asked the government officials to separate the two groups of people.
After the scene calmed down, the prefect began to interrogate Lu Mingyue.
Lu Mingyue, who has enjoyed a prosperous life since he was a child, fell from heaven to hell in a very short period of time.
He was blamed by his family at home, scolded and looked down upon by others outside, the good reputation he had accumulated over the years was ruined, and his official position was lost.
The fair, sickly young man's face became much darker at this moment.
But even so, he could not be charged with murder, and Hongwu had already obeyed his order and escaped. As long as the Yamen could not catch anyone, he could not be convicted.
"Sir, I have absolutely no knowledge of what they are talking about, and I have never seen the man he talks about. Maybe Hong Wu did it himself and has nothing to do with me." Lu Mingyue objected, and even tried to pin all the charges on Hong Wu, who had disappeared. body.
Lu Mingyue probably knew where Hong Wu was hiding. If he killed the person after he returned, there would be no proof.
The family members of the victims in the lobby stared at Lu Mingyue with hatred in their eyes, shouting that they could not let this villain go.
The people standing outside were talking a lot and pointing at Lu Mingyue. This person is so shameless.
The prefect had a headache due to the shouts of the people, but if Hong Wu could not be caught, he would not be able to convict Lu Mingyue, and he would have to find other witnesses.
Just when the situation reached a stalemate, the team of government officials who went to look for Hong Wu hurried back and captured Hong Wu.
Lu Mingyue looked at Hong Wu who was tied up with five flowers in horror, his heart beating in fear.
The sad expression on the magistrate's face suddenly turned serious, and he took a photo of the alarm, "Hong Wu, Lu Mingyue said that the kidnapping, rape and silence of civilian men were all your fault. He didn't know anything about it. Is that true?"
Hong Wu's nostrils were dilated, he was sweating and breathing heavily, "That's nonsense. He clearly asked me to catch those three people, but they were killed. Sir, in fact, ordinary people are also forced."
Hong Wu was hiding well at first, but two men came out of nowhere and beat him up. Then he was thrown on the street and the government officials happened to catch him.
As soon as he heard that Lu Mingyue put all the blame on him, he immediately exploded.
"Sir, the common people are just slaves of Duke Qing's palace. They were arranged by Duke Qing to be with Lu Mingyue since he was a child. He has no human rights and can only obey orders. He has been touched by Lu Mingyue since he was a child. He has suffered all kinds of humiliation. He has already suffered terribly. ." Hongwu felt so sad when he thought about what he had experienced since childhood, that the strong man burst into tears.
Lu Mingyue rushed forward and wanted to hit Hong Wu, but the officer tried his best to suppress him, "What are you talking nonsense, you lowly slave?"
The people watching regretted not taking some melon seeds. This was really dog eating dog, one drama after another.
When Lu Mingyue and Hong Wu were first taken into the cell, a servant of the Duke of Qing's Mansion who was hiding outside hurried back to report.
As soon as the matter was mentioned, Mrs. Qingguo passed out again.
Duke Qing was so angry that he couldn't even clench his fists, and he roared in his throat, "Open the ancestral hall, call all the clan elders over, and remove them from the family tree."
Although the emperor did not weaken the military power of Duke Qing, once this incident came out, the Duke of Qing would probably not dare to appear in public again for decades.
