Then there is no more

The plot of "beating the drum of injustice" can also have a plot with ups and downs in the drama, and finally have a happy ending.In reality, unless the superiors wanted to take this opportunity to bring down some people, they acquiesced in the whole thing and took action to protect the civilian who sued the imperial court, then the accused high official might be brought down.Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the defendant cannot be sued.

Duke Zhen encountered this kind of thing just after returning to Beijing to report on his duties. The common people are still waiting and watching, but the nobles all have their own tacit understanding.In their view, if the emperor wants to get rid of Zhen Guogong, then Zhen Guogong is guilty.If the emperor still doesn't want to get rid of him, he is innocent.

It's just a game of power.

These nobles who thought they had seen through the truth forgot that the real sufferer was Gao Fei, and the person who could really come up with evidence was also Gao Fei.

In such an environment, Gao Fei's situation is very bad.

If Lord Zhen insisted that he was innocent, and if the emperor felt that the stability of the Northwest was more important than anything else, then even if Gao Fei presented solid evidence, the evidence could still be regarded as forged.When Gao Fei died in prison, who else could uphold justice for him?In Liu Jiahui's dream, Duke Zhen didn't act as if he was ready to abdicate at any time, so the emperor had some doubts about him, and he thought Gao Fei's appearance was a good opportunity.But judging from the current situation, the emperor wants the stability of the Northwest, and he does not intend to touch Duke Zhen.

It doesn't matter what the truth is, Gao Fei is just a little person who can be sacrificed at any time.

However, unexpectedly, facing such a small person, Duke Zhen's attitude was very good.He heard that someone was beating the drum of injustice against him, so he changed his official uniform and hat, wore only a linen suit, tied his hair with a wooden crown, and took the initiative to live in the prison of the Secretary of the General Administration.The officials of the Tongzheng Department were all trembling by his actions. Although the emperor handed over the whole matter to the Tongzheng Secretary, the matter is still under investigation. The emperor did not say that he would convict Duke Zhen!They have publicized Zhen Guo now, if things change, wouldn't they want to offend Zhen Guo Gong?

However, Duke Zhen said that since the man named Gao Fei wanted to sue him, and Gao Fei put on the shackles according to the rules, then he should also live in the cell according to the rules.Of course, he maintained his innocence.No matter how Gao Fei misunderstood him, he believed that the emperor would return his innocence.

It has to be said that the attitude of Lord Zhen Guo made the emperor a lot of comfort.

The emperor has been gathering military power over the years.This time someone beat the grievance drum, and there must be many people muttering in their hearts, thinking that this is a trap deliberately set by the emperor for Zhen Guogong.If they were Lord Zhen Guo, how dare they hand over the initiative to the emperor!But Zhen Guogong made a gesture that the emperor was completely in charge.The emperor didn't know that Duke Zhen had already prepared for it. At this moment, he would be moved by Duke Zhen's loyalty!

No matter what the emperor thought before, he really believed in Duke Zhen's selflessness now.

With the cooperation of Duke Zhen, Gao Fei has no one to embarrass him.Even if they are diehards of Lord Zhen, they feel that Lord Zhen will never do anything bad, and they regard Gao Fei as a clown.But because they were as straightforward as the old man, they didn't bother to find Gao Fei's fault.In their view, as long as the facts prove that Lord Zhen is innocent, then Gao Fei will suffer the consequences.

And Duke Zhen cooperated so much that Bian Jiayu, the nephew and son-in-law, was not busy at all.Bian Jingyu gave him an idea.

In Bian Jingyu's view, Gao Fei is not the kind of person who is aimless, and he must have conclusive evidence in his hand.Mr. Zhen Guo is very frank, and he is afraid that he really didn't participate in what Gao Fei said about killing civilians to claim his military exploits, but what if someone here is cheating?As long as this matter is done by Duke Zhen's subordinates, even if Duke Zhen doesn't know about it, then he is considered to be ineffective in supervising it, and this will also seriously damage Duke Zhen's reputation.

Therefore, Bian Jingyu asked Bian Jiayu to guide public opinion.

The first step of public opinion is to talk about the merits of the previous Zhen Guogongs and the sacrifices of many men in their mansions, so as to arouse the gratitude of the people to them.

The second step of public opinion, on the basis of the first step, in order not to let Zhen Guogong be suspected of having made great achievements, so as not to hinder the emperor's eyes, he emphasized that Zhen Guogong had always wanted to resign, and praised him for his integrity , Do not envy rights.In short, we must put Zhen Guogong on a high ladder.In this way, even if everyone in the capital is extolling Duke Zhen's achievements, the emperor should be relieved when he thinks of Duke Zhen's selflessness.

The third step of public opinion is to emphasize that if someone in the Northwest Army commits a serious crime, as long as Zhen Guogong does not cover up that person, then Zhen Guogong is not a big mistake.After all, some people are born with human faces and beast hearts. If they pretended to be good at the beginning and gained everyone's trust through deceit, who would have imagined that they were such bad people before their crimes were exposed?Duke Zhen doesn't want such a person to exist either!

As long as Zhen Guogong himself is innocent, under the guidance of these three steps of public opinion, his prestige can still be preserved.Of course, if Zhen Guogong really made a big mistake, then no matter how well the public opinion is guided, it will be useless.Public opinion itself is not used to exonerate a crime, and a truly guilty person cannot be said to be innocent.

Although Bian Jiayu acted cautiously when guiding public opinion, he was also spotted by the Zhenguo government.Because Zhenguo Kilometer took care of many retired veterans, they hid in the market, this time they were entrusted by the old man, and they also planned to guide public opinion.As a result, as soon as they started doing this, they found that a favorable public opinion environment for the Zhen Guo government had already formed.After careful investigation, they discovered Bian Jiayu's hard work in it.

When everyone was watching, Bian Jiayu's ability to do this really made the people in the government of Zhen Guo see it and remember it in their hearts.

The old man thought to himself, this grandson-in-law is an honest person, so he can love him more in the future!

Things quickly progressed.Gao Fei was indeed well prepared and produced a lot of evidence.One of them is a private letter with the official and private seal of Zhen Guo, which is the most critical piece of evidence.The whole incident can be connected in series through the evidence he produced.Gao Fei's mother clan is considered a small tribe, because the people in the original tribe had differences, dozens of people including his parents were separated to form a new tribe.Originally, although their life was a bit difficult, they could still live on.But on a certain day of a certain year, the Lord Zhen Guo sent a team of personal guards to attack the tribe at night and killed them all.

They are all innocent and good people!In the end, he was killed as a barbarian!And here there is absolutely no possibility of error!Half of the dozens of them are women and children. The only iron tools they have are two large iron pots, and they don't even have a decent weapon. How could they be barbarians!

Lord Zhen carefully studied the private seal on the evidence and said, "This is indeed my private seal."

The situation is extremely unfavorable to Zhen Guogong.

However, because the current Duke of Zhen admitted it very happily, the person who tried the case subconsciously wanted to excuse him.For example, although the private seal is true, could it be stolen?Is it possible that it was imitated?In short, they still lack crucial evidence.

Under the letter with the official and private seals of Zhen Guo, there is also a list of clan members who died in vain provided by Gao Fei, and each name is written very hard.When Zheng Guogong observed the private seal, his eyes flicked across the list, and he sighed in his heart.The Liu family has guarded the frontier for generations in order to keep the barbarians out of the ten cities in the northwest, so that the common people can live a stable life.As a result, dozens of people who were supposed to be protected were killed.

They didn't die in war, they died in conspiracy.

This is the most deplorable!It is also the one that makes Duke Zhen the most angry!

It's just a few dozen heads, which military achievement is less than these dozens of heads?The reason why they died was because someone reached out to the Northwest Army, and they set a trap with the lives of dozens of people, trying to drag the Duke of Zhenguo into a trap of death!These people who can only talk and conspire have no idea what war means!To them, as long as they can get rid of Duke Zhen and take charge of the Northwest Army, what is the death of dozens of innocent people?If it wasn't for the ancestors entrusting the children in the family with dreams, it would be impossible for Zhen Guogong to stand up.

It would be great if the ancestor's Tuomeng could come earlier, then they would be able to save these people.

It's a pity that when Liu Jiahui woke up from the dream, everything had already happened.

Duke Zhen was dressed in commoner clothes, with a wooden crown on his head, and slightly closed his eyes.He doesn't believe in Buddhism, so he doesn't recite the mantra of rebirth. Probably the only thing that can make the dead rest in peace is to swear to avenge them.Whoever stretches out his claws will chop off his arm; whoever owes a blood debt will pay with his blood.

The case of Zhen Guogong and Gao Fei was not heard in public, and the person who tried the case was given a password ban by the emperor, so neither Bian Jiayu nor Bian Jingyu got any news.Bian Jingyu felt a little guilty, because Gao Fei was brought to the Shen family by him and Shen Yi from the Kongshan Temple.In fact, he has no prejudice against Gao Fei. Even the sharp-eyed monk in the Kongshan Temple thinks Gao Fei is a good person, which shows that Gao Fei's character is passable.But if Gao Fei's appeal this time really has a bad influence on the Zhen Guo Gongfu, Bian Jingyu is afraid that the Liu family will turn their heads and hate the Shen family that once took Gao Fei in.

If my sister-in-law's natal family hates my "daughter-in-law's" natal family, what should my elder brother and I do?

Bian Jingyu thought, if things really got to this point, he had no choice but to elope with Shen Yi, ah no, they separated.He and Shen Yi took the initiative to take responsibility for their faults, so as not to destroy the friendship between the Bian and Shen families, and also made the Liu family speechless.Although he wishes to split up the family, he will never call off the engagement.

As long as they don't live under the eyes of the eldest brother and sister-in-law, it shouldn't make the eldest brother feel too difficult.

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Shen Yi received a letter from Bian Jingyu, which said something about Gao Fei, and also proposed an elopement invitation.

"What did Bian Er say?" Shen Si asked.

"To put it simply, he and I are invited to seek development abroad and build a harmonious family together..." Shen Yi said euphemistically.

"Why does it sound like you are encouraging you to separate?" Shen Si frowned.

There was a moment of silence among the brothers.Shen Yi was shocked: "Hey, brother! Put down your whip!"