It has come to this point, and there is nothing to hide anymore, so Shen Chen hummed and said, "To tell you the truth, we were sent by the Ministry of War on official business. The Ministry of War felt that this matter was suspicious, so they specially sent us to investigate it."
Shen Chen did not deny it. He deliberately glanced at the scholar and his wife and continued indifferently, "It is said that it was done by the Zhennan Prince, but the evidence is only a servant of the Zhennan Prince's family. The other physical evidence was found in the Zhennan Prince's office. It is still unclear whether it can be taken seriously. Moreover, we heard that Dong Siyuan has been a thousand households in this thousand households for a long time. Such a big thing, such a big case, he has nothing to do with it? Is it really so clean?"
The scholar became emotional and spat fiercely on the ground: "I knew you had bad intentions, you are the running dogs of the King of Zhennan!"
Han Bo immediately kicked him and warned him coldly: "Shut up if you don't want to die!"
Wei An then turned his gaze to the fat woman again and asked her in a low voice: "Does the boss lady know Zhao Er?"
Zhao Er
The fat woman was obviously stunned for a moment, then she came to her senses and nodded: "I know, I know..." She wanted to sigh again: "Zhao Er retired with my boss. He could have returned, but for some reason, someone else took over his job. Later, he couldn't make ends meet, so he went out to work on the ship. He only came back two or three times a year. He was so cold that he didn't even have clothes to wear, and his lips were all blue and purple..."
Some people's dilemmas are just that direct.
Wei An was silent for a moment, then said, "He went to assassinate the Prince of Zhennan."
The husband of the fat woman next to them immediately stopped what he was doing and stared at Wei An and Shen Chen.
Shen Chen saw it and nodded immediately following Wei An's words: "He thought that the Prince of Zhennan was the culprit, so he risked his life to assassinate the Prince of Zhennan's son. Now he has been caught by the Jinyiwei."
The fat woman was speechless for a long time. She took a few quick breaths before asking, "What about his son? How is his son?"
"He was sent to his sister's home to be raised. I heard he was hungry and sick and was about to die." Han Bo sighed, observing their expressions for a while before telling them, "I heard that one of your captains told him that the Prince of Zhennan killed his father, so he instigated him to go and assassinate the Prince of Zhennan's son."
Han Bo glanced at the two of them, approached them curiously and asked, "Is that true? What is the origin of your Qianhu?"
The fat woman was still a little hesitant.
But her husband threw the tea bowl in his hand without hesitation, and cursed with his hands shaking with anger, and then sneered directly: "What background?! He has a great background! His ancestors started to guard Hebei Wei, and he was a hereditary general of the fourth rank when he was born. Later, he came here to serve as a thousand households. He has someone behind him, and he keeps a close eye on us..."
The fat woman lowered her head and coaxed her grandson without saying a word.
The scholar couldn't help but loudly warn them not to talk nonsense.
But the fat woman's husband ignored him and said coldly, "It's not like no one has sued us before, but it's useless. All we got in return was the destruction of our family. He has plenty of people up there, so who would care about us, the military households down there?"
The information given by Young Master Lin was indeed accurate. Shen Chen raised his chin towards him and asked him, "If that's the case, why didn't you say anything when the Ministry of War came to investigate?"
The fat woman wiped her tears and smiled bitterly: "Why should we make a sound? The Prince of Zhennan has been imprisoned, but the commander is fine, and he continues to be our commander. If he makes a sound, will he still be able to survive in the future? Do we still need the subsidy money? We are all poor and miserable, how can we have the courage to make a sound?"
Wei An then asked, "What about the so-called servant of the Zhennan Palace? Was he really the one who came to collect rent and beat people to death and raped women?"
The scholar had been kicked so hard by Xuesong and the others that he couldn't even stand up. The fat woman and the others didn't have anything to worry about anymore. Anyway, they had already opened up the conversation. They immediately said, "The people who testified against him are the Wen families in the village. They are all lackeys of Lord Dong. Of course, they will do whatever Lord Dong says. As for those of us who are under him, we just need to show up and agree, and then sign the ten thousand word letter..."
Shen Chen asked again: "How many families are there with the surname Jiang?"
The fat woman hummed, looked at them and said, "We can take you to find them."
Shen Chen nodded, retracted his feet, looked at them, and told them: "Since the child is sick, he should stay outside. Go inside. We will leave two people to watch over you, and you can make some medicine for the child. You lead us to find those people with the surname Wen, and we can investigate this matter."
The fat woman responded simply, and just as she was about to move, she heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the other end of the official road.
There is no training here usually, the training venue is somewhere else. Such a large number of people must have just arrived. Wei An glanced at Shen Chen with a sneer on his face: "It seems that there are secret sentries. I'm afraid we will be targeted as soon as we come in."
Dong Siyuan is quite vigilant.
They hadn't actually entered Chenjia Village yet. They had just been sitting in the teahouse at the entrance of the village for a while when they heard some movement and someone came over there.
What a quick reaction.
The more this happens, the more disheartening it is.
Han Bo and Xuesong exchanged glances with each other, and the people nearby understood and came over to surround Shen Chen and Wei An in the middle.
Dong Siyuan came running all the way, and before the horse could stand still, he jumped off the horse first, walked quickly in front of Shen Chen and the others, and asked angrily: "Who is causing trouble here?!"
Dong Siyuan was not a Beijing official, and Shen Chen was raised by Prince Linjiang. He had only returned to the capital in the past two years, so he had never met him and did not look very respectful.
It was the scholar who saw him and shouted with his eyes shining with excitement: "Sir! Sir! They are here to cause trouble. They said that you wronged the Prince of Zhennan and they are here to cause trouble for you on purpose!"
Dong Siyuan's expression changed instantly.
He stared at Shen Chen and Wei An carefully, then looked at the dozen people around him, and his expression changed from shock to calmness: "The court is still investigating the matter of the Prince of Zhennan. Whether it is an injustice or not, the court and the Ministry of Justice will naturally give an explanation. Why do others cry out for injustice?"
He glanced at Shen Chen, Wei An and the others, frowned and asked: "Who are you guys?!"