In March of Yangchun, the willows are dancing with their waists, pink peach blossoms are all over the branches, and the whole earth is full of spring.
Brother You, standing with Yuxi under the peach blossom tree, said with a smile: "Mother, I heard that the Wu family planted a lot of strange flowers and weeds. Mother, I want to see it!"
"Do you want to see flowers or people?" Just think carefully about this, how can you hide from Yuxi.
Brother You said cheerfully: "Look at flowers, and people also see. The second young master of the Wu family has married the eldest sister, but I still don't know what he looks like!" I only heard that he looks good, but how much It looks good and there is no specific statement.
Yuxi didn't stop, and said, "Go if you want. If you don't go to other homes, you must know the etiquette." For the six children, the etiquette was the worst, and Liu'er was the best. As for the triplets, they are pretty decent.
Brother You smiled happily: "Mother, don't worry, you won't lose the face of you and father." When they walked out, they represented the image of the palace. How could they do anything to go beyond.
The next day, the triplets went to Wu's house. Wu Kuo had already gone to Jiangnan at this time, and it was Fang Shi who received the triplets.
After Fang's salute, Xuan Ge'er said: "Mrs. Wu, we heard that the second young master is good at planting flowers and cultivated many varieties, so I came here admiringly. If there is any interruption, please forgive me."
When Fang heard this, he understood the purpose of the triplets' arrival, and said with a smile: "It is an honor for our Wu Mansion that the three young masters can come."
After a few words of courtesy, Fang took the triplets to Wu Jinyu's yard. Looking at the potted plants in the yard, and these potted plants are quite good, Brother Xuan couldn't help but said: "I have always heard that my eldest brother-in-law can grow flowers and plants, now it seems that the rumors are true!"
Brother You coughed twice and said: "Brother, mother said that Young Master Wu can plant flowers, how could there be fakes?" Influenced by Qihao, before Zaozao and Wu Jinyu were married, he too I'm not called my brother-in-law anymore.
The smile on Fang's face suddenly stopped, but it quickly recovered.
When Wu Jinyu heard a visitor coming, he quickly walked out of the house and left. Seeing that it was the three of Brother Rui, they were busy saluting: "I have seen the Second Young Master, the Third Young Master, and the Fourth Young Master."
Brother You looked at Wu Jinyu, and saw that Wu Jinyu held her hair with a peach hairpin, and was wearing a moon-white brocade embroidered with green bamboo patterns. He looked pretty as rumored.
Brother Rui asked curiously: "How do you know us?" They haven't seen Wu Jinyu.
Wu Jinyu said: "I have seen three young masters in the garden of the palace." However, he was with Yu Huajian at the time and did not appear in front of the triplets.
"Oh, that's it!" He said that he was so beautiful that he couldn't be unimpressed if he had seen it.
Wu Jinyu's friendships are relatively poor in this respect. He only talked to the triplets, but didn't know how to greet the three of them to come into the house for tea. Still Fang said, "Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, you must be tired after walking so far. You will have a cup of tea when you enter the house to rest!"
Brother Rui said hurriedly: "My mother said that we are still young and it is not suitable to drink tea. Just prepare boiled water for us." On weekdays, triplets can often drink juice. Sweet and sour juice is their favorite. s things.
Fang Shi smiled and ordered people to bring the water.
Upon entering the house, Ge Xuan's eyes fell on the pot of orchids on the rosewood flower stand. .. After watching for a while, Brother Xuan asked, "I don't know why I chose this potted flower in the house?"
The petals of this orchid are very small, and the leaves are thin and long in rows of willow leaves. The veins of the leaves are clearly visible. They look like a pile of grass and are very simple.
Wu Jinyu smiled and said, "You see the lush green leaves are as if water will come out with just one poke. They are tender and weak. But they are positively growing and appear so strong." He liked this spirit very much.
Brother You felt very interesting after hearing these words: "Listening to you, it seems that they are all alive?"
Wu Jinyu didn't even think about it and said, "They are alive originally." Wu Jinyu really feels that these flowers and plants are all alive, and treats them like friends, so he will be very dedicated when he takes care of them.
Brother You is very thoughtful, and he tore off a few green leaves when he heard this.
Wu Jinyu couldn't stop him, his face changed when he looked at the green leaves in Brother You'er's hand.
Fang clan looked at something wrong, and hurriedly pulled Wu Jinyu and said with a smile: "If the Fourth Young Master likes this potted plant, he will be sent to the palace later."
Brother You looked at the leaves in his hand and smiled and asked, "Didn't you just say that it has vitality? Then do you think they hurt?"
Wu Jinyu said without even thinking about it, "Don't you see the whole orchid trembling? It just hurts so much that it can't stand it." Brother You pulled the leaf, and the potted plant swayed naturally. But in Wu Jinyu's eyes, it was Hua that was trembling with pain.
Brother Rui was so startled that he couldn't close his mouth.
Brother You laughed, "You are really a nympho!" The leaf in his hand was still on the ground, and then he greeted Brother Rui and Brother Xuan to go home.
Wu Jinyu was unwilling to send off the triplets, but squatted on the ground, picked up a few green leaves, and buried them in the pot.
After leaving the Wu's house, Brother Xuan said, "Ayou, your behavior just now was too rude."
Brother You smiled and said, "It's just a few leaves that you are rude? You are too finished, Brother You asked with great interest: "Don't you think he is funny? It is said that flowers have vitality and that flowers also know that they hurt. "Everyone is crazy.
Brother Rui very much agrees with You Brother's words: "I don't know what the eldest sister is interested in him? It seems that I can't help but forget it, and there are problems in my mind."
Brother You said directly: "The eldest sister wanted to marry because of the beauty of her parents. But speaking of it, this Wu Jinyu does look good." That face was pleasing to the eye.
Brother Xuan said displeasedly: "Ayou, you are too insulting to say this, so he is also our eldest brother-in-law." The eldest sister has already married Wu Jinyu, which is an unchangeable fact.
Brother You said with an innocent look: "Am I wrong? He doesn't look good?"
Brother Rui said, "Don't talk about it. I heard that Fu Ji Restaurant has introduced a few new dishes. We will try it later." Fu Ji Restaurant only needs to keep accounts for meals without paying.
The triplets returned home after eating and drinking. Hearing that Yuxi was still dealing with matters in the front yard, the three returned to their yard.
Half an hour ago, Yuxi received the paper from Liang Songbai, and is now discussing the corruption case of Niu Jingyi with Tan Tuo, Tang Chengye, Cao Boting and others.
Tan Tuo said: "Wang Hao, behead Niu Jing for thirty thousand taels of silver. Is the sentence too heavy?" There was a saying in the past that one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver was used to clear the prefect in three years. This means that even if an incorrupt prefect who is not corrupt and perverts the law, after three years of tenure, he will only receive a hundred thousand taels of income from all kinds of bad regulations. Niu Jing became the prefect of Jinling and only got thirty thousand taels of silver for several years, which is not much.
Shangshu Tang Chengye of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs favors severe punishment, because if you don't kill Niu Jingyi, you can't deter others.
The prosecutor Cao Boyan also believes that it must be severely punished: "Thirty thousand taels of silver is considered a huge sum of money. Corruption of so much money is not severely punished. Once this unhealthy trend occurs, the impact will be very bad." Therefore, Niu Jingyi must die.
Yuxi didn't plan to let Niu Jingyi lightly. Since he dared to embezzle, he had to be prepared to die. She called everyone here this time to amend the law: "I think the existing law penalizes corruption and bribery is too light, and the punishment must be increased."
Modifying the law is not a matter of the upper lip touching the lower lip. It has to go through complicated procedures. But Yuxi made a decision, no matter how complicated it is, he has to make it.
Dragging her tired body, Yuxi returned to the backyard. When the triplets saw her like this, they didn't say anything about Wu Jinyu.
After dinner, Yuxi asked, "How do you feel about seeing your eldest brother-in-law?"
Brother You said with a smile: "The eldest sister-in-law looks very good-looking, mother, I will also find a beautiful daughter-in-law in the future." The marriage has been settled, and it is still his elder sister's preference. No other effect. So he didn't plan to talk about what happened in Wu's house.
Yuxi smiled and said, "You can't just look at the appearance of a wife to find a wife, but also depends on your character, temper and education."
Ge Er Xuan interjected: "Marriage matters, parents' orders, and matchmakers' words. Naturally, mother and father are in charge of our marriage."
Brother You said: "Mother, we have to go back to do our homework. Mother, you should rest when you are tired and stop doing things. If you are tired out of your body, the gain will not be worth the loss." Looking at his mother like this, I really feel distressed. . It's a pity that he is too young to help his mother.
From being busy in the morning until now, Yuxi is indeed tired: "Mother, go to bed after bathing."
This night, Ok-hee had a good night's sleep, and went to the front yard the next day vigorously. After entering the study room with the front foot, Yu Zhi came over with the back foot to report the matter.
Yu Zhi handed a letter to Yuxi, saying: "Wang Hao, this was sent by Yang Duoming and received it at midnight last night." Because it was not an urgent letter, he didn't reply immediately.
Yuxi took the letter and opened it, looking a little ugly after reading it. After a long time, Yuxi said, "Painting skin and flesh is hard to draw bones. You can't change your nature by pretending to be."
Yu Zhi heard a little strangely, and asked, "Is the princess talking about Niu Jingyi?" Niu Jingyi's case had a great influence, and it was spreading outside now.
Yuxi handed Yang Duoming's letter to Yu Zhi and said, "Look at it yourself!"
After reading the letter, Yu Zhi was shocked: "I thought Niu Jingyi was wronged."
Niu Jingyi had served as the prefect of Jizhou before. During his tenure, Niu Jingyi was very clean and fair, and he was loved by the local people. Later, he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown in Jinling because he did not want to go with other officials. When he returned to his hometown, he frugalized and supported the poor students, doing his best to help the poor and helpless people. It is also because of his actions that made him quite famous in Jinling.
Yun Qing captured Jinling, and when he heard about this person, he sent someone to inquire and confirm that the rumors were true before he appointed him as the prefect of Jinling.
Yuxi smiled and said: "There is a difference between the outside and the inside, and they are talking about people like Niu Jingyi." Yang Duoming got the order from Yuxi to conduct an in-depth investigation, and found that all fairness and cleanliness are all deceptive. He is no less greedy for money than other officials. It's just that he was very concealed and better at disguising, and he deceived everyone. When he returned to Jinling, he took out part of the money to earn a good name for himself. It is a pity that the greed in nature does not disappear with time.
Yu Zhi asked: "Wang Hao, such officials are not only Niu Jingyi."
Yuxi said, "That's why I have to amend the law. Only by increasing the punishment will make them hesitate and dare not reach out."
Yu Zhi said: "This time, the person in charge of the prosecutor found that Niu Jingyi had taken bribes of more than 30,000 taels of silver, but Yang Duoming found out Niu Jingyi's bottom line. Princess, I think we must establish another supervision agency." Obviously, Yang Duoming is more powerful than the people who press the inspector.
Yuxi nodded and said, "I'm also considering this." To establish another supervisory agency, a lot of things need to be done, and she doesn't have this energy for the time being.
The evidence is conclusive. Niu Jingyi was convicted of beheading, his family property was confiscated, and his family members were reduced to official slaves and sold by the government. None of the other officials who were collaborating with each other were spared.
At the same time, Ling Ruoyuan embezzled and accepted bribes of more than 7,000 taels of silver. In addition to being dismissed from office, his family property was confiscated, and he was also required to go to jail for six years.
Ling Ruoyun passed out after hearing what Xu Wu said. When he woke up, Ling Ruoyun took Xu Wu's hand and cried and asked, "Master, I'm just such a younger brother, please help him!"
Xu Wu said: "This incident aroused the princess' anger. It took me a lot of effort to save his life. He couldn't escape the six years of torture."
Ling Ruoyun couldn't help crying: "He not only ruined himself, but also a few children." According to the law, three generations of criminal officials cannot enter official positions.
Xu Wu said: "Although you have to suffer a lot, at least your life will be saved. Don't think too much about it. It's already like this. It's useless for you to feel sad. By the way, Zhao's family is returning with a few children. On the way to Haocheng, all their property is confiscated, so you can find a good place for them first." Like Ling Ruoyuan's situation, even if his wife and children weren't caught in prison, they would still live on the streets. That is why Xu Wutuo took care of Fang Xing, otherwise it would be a big problem whether it was safe or not, let alone Ho City.
Ling Ruoyun heard this and said: "Widows and orphans live outside, and they will inevitably be bullied. Master, there are vacant courtyards in the mansion, so let your younger brothers and sisters live in the mansion with a few children!" Ruo lives Their family has no such worries.
Xu Wu didn't agree and said, "You can buy a small house and give some money. After they settle down, don't worry about it."
Ling Ruoyun burst into tears: "Master, how can I feel at ease if I let my younger siblings live outside with a few children? Master, I beg you, let my younger siblings live in the house with a few children!"
Xu Wu said with a cold face: "Stop talking, I'm determined not to let Zhao live in the mansion." After speaking, he got up and left and returned to the palace.