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”I have been reinstated, but am temporarily idle at home …” Ershan replied, ”As for that matter, they did not use torture or force anyone to confess. They captured a few people and locked them up in the prison, planning on wasting their time like this.”
”So from the very beginning, you charged in with your sword in order to shake the Prime Minister's Estate?” Ling Chaofeng asked, ”So you can make the Mrs. Bi surrender?”
saw that his brother knew what he was thinking and immediately felt comforted. Although he had not been in the government office for a long time, he had already understood the profound meaning behind it. If he were to formally arrest him from the yamen, the Grand Councilor Counselor-in-chief Bi would have countless of ways to cover this matter up.
The only thing he could do was to make a big fuss and alert the emperor, but in the end … Still.
He knew that if the Emperor wanted peace in this world, it was the most important thing for such a trivial matter to disturb the peace between the officials of the court or for him to stir up a certain force. The Emperor's governance of the imperial government was based on balance, followed by right and wrong. Only when the world was at peace and didn't affect anyone would there be right and wrong.
”The world is clear, and the imperial court is not completely dark. However, the sun could not shine in this corner, so the emperor chose to ignore this.” Ershan laughed desolately, ”Brother, that woman killed my mother, and now she has also killed my child. In the end, you can't even give a single justice to Lian Yi, nor can you give a single justice to your heavenly mother. ”
Ling Chaofeng walked up and patted him on the shoulder, and said calmly: ”From the moment you decide to step onto the path of a official, you will have to shoulder this helplessness every step of the way, or leave it behind, distance yourself from the path of a official, or carry it on your shoulders, and go do many more meaningful things for more people.”
”But my child, and Lian Yi …” Ershan's eyes turned blood-red. In front of his brother, he was about to cry.
”There will be a way. Don't worry.” Ling Chaofeng said, ”Go and pack up, come with me to visit Lord Tang.”
Ershan's eyes bloomed with hope as he nodded his head vigorously.
Ling Chaofeng said: ”You must also understand in your heart how you and your siblings should face this matter. Ershan, if you were to become the capital city official, you might have to live here for half a lifetime.
After the two of them finished speaking, they went back to the inner courtyard and saw the Aunt Zhang making some soup and were feeding it to Lian Yi.
Lian Yi had always been strong, and had experienced so many hardships. She was not afraid even if she died, but she could not take this blow.
It was not only the pain of losing a child, but when all the good and virtue were exchanged for the evil in the world, it was as if the faith that was held in life had collapsed, as if living for so long in this life was wrong.
Ershan walked into the room and took the bowl and chopsticks from Aunt Zhang, but when Lian Yi saw him, she couldn't eat anymore. She threw herself into her husband's embrace and cried, crying sorrowfully.
When the Aunt Zhang left, she saw Ling Chaofeng standing outside the door, sighing: ”A storm is brewing and you're all here, this child better not be able to get by.”
An hour later, Lian Yi fell asleep under Ershan's consoling. He changed her clothes and followed her big brother into the Lord Tang's Palace.
The Lord Tang was one of the top officials in the capital. The manor was tightly guarded, and even the respectable nobles and dukes would not easily be unable to enter through the gate. However, Ling Chaofeng and Ershan easily entered.
On the contrary, it was extremely simple. The elder stood under the roof to welcome them and smiled leisurely at Ling Chaofeng: ”I knew it, when you came to find me, you would definitely not have any good news. You sure are lucky. At the end of last year, I thought that you were sick and that you were going to abandon my old partner. ”
They had entered the room to discuss and research on how to resolve the situation this time. Naturally, what Ling Chaofeng and Ershan wanted was only the murderer's method.
Thousands of miles away, Qingling Village's lynching still continued, but today, the sun was scorching hot, and in the early spring, people were waving their fan, the villagers said that the heavens had released their might, wanting to bask the dogs in the sun and kill them.'s family was so anxious, they had to take their breaths a few times.
In the afternoon, the scorching sun had scattered, dark clouds gathered, and a light drizzle fell. Xiaowan saw that Aunt Wang was sitting on her donkey cart as she went out, and seemed to be looking for reinforcements.
Although Wen Bao and Wen Juan did not see their mother's miserable state, they still knew what had happened. When they woke up, they would cry, and they wouldn't listen to their mother cry at all.
When dusk arrived, the rain had stopped and Xiaowan was splashing water on the ground in the courtyard. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside and the Wang Family's donkey cart came from the field. When it arrived at the gate, everyone carried a person in, and someone shouted at her, ”Xiaowan, bring your mother back.”
Xiaowan ran out to see, and her head was revealed using a straw mat as a cover, as if she was dead. The people at the side said: ”Quickly drag him back, there's still one breath left, she's not dead.”
He didn't know who Aunt Wang went to beg from, but the Village Chief finally showed mercy and released him after three days of being under the sun. The naked woman rolled on the ground, scaring the Xiaowan so much that he hurriedly took off his own clothes and covered her up. Wen Bao and Wen Juan ran out to see, only to be scolded by her.
In the end, he begged the people in the village to help him carry Madam Xu in.
Wen Bao and Wen Juan were crying in a corner, making Xiaowan feel a headache. It was the first time in her life she had yelled at them, ”If you continue to cry, I'll tie you up and take you to the fields.”