Your Highness, you stole my heart

Under Fa Yi's deliberation, Peng Ji didn't take a step out of the room, and Qi Shilang was no longer destined to enter Peng Ji's room.

Followed closely by Fa Yi, the guard of honor finally arrived in Quanzhou. When passing Fengyuan Inn, several people returned to the big team.

The new Quanzhou prefect led all the county magistrates and government soldiers to welcome Princess Pengji at the gate of the prefect's government office. The common people who got the news stood on the side of the road and watched from a distance. Suddenly, this seemed to be the most important thing in Quanzhou city.

In the carriage, Fa Yi pressed Peng Ji's shoulders, "Your Highness, it seems that the Quanzhou mob incident is just an exaggeration, presumably the purpose of the people behind the scenes is not to cause chaos in Quanzhou, it seems that they just want you and me to come."

Peng Ji enjoyed it very much, although this person's massage method was not as comfortable as Zhuxiang's, but she was very happy in her heart.

How could the ruthless Shashen Tingwei be treated like this by her.

Only myself, the only one.

"On the first day I came here, I realized that the seriousness of this situation was much better than imagined. I think the son-in-law has already figured it out."

Fa Yi gave a pause, it seems that His Highness already has a little understanding of himself.Knowing that I have already checked a lot secretly.

But she didn't ask much, presumably because she already had trust in herself.

"Your Highness, according to the opinion of prison wine, since we are here to investigate the case and appease the people by order, we must act according to the order."

Peng Ji patted Fa Yi's hand and signaled her to stop, "The Royal Father's order is stamped with a jade seal, so I must follow the order."

Seeing that Peng Ji didn't need a massage, Fa Yi sat next to Peng Ji, gently touched Peng Ji's with his right hand, and then simply held Peng Ji's left hand in his hand to play with.

She squeezed the softness in her hands, and Peng Ji let her make trouble.

"Your Highness is certainly right."

Zhu Xiang, who has been silently minding that the son-in-law is stealing her work again, said: I don't see it.

Plum Blossom was outside with the guards, Master Liu and Prince Qi were riding outside on horseback, it was a pity that she had to stay in a carriage with these two couples who did not distinguish between day and night and occasion.

After a while, the carriage stopped, and only a male voice full of air was heard outside.

"My humble minister, Hong Zheng, is meeting Her Royal Highness."

Then I heard many voices talking.

Fa Yi got up first, and lifted the curtain for Peng Ji, Peng Ji gave her a look, then looked away from the carriage with a serious face.

When Zhuxiang followed her out, she gave Fa Yi a sad look.

The son-in-law is afraid that he wants me to lose my job.

Peng Ji stood on the carriage frame, looked at the people kneeling on the ground at the gate of the yamen, stepped on the stool slowly, supported Fayi who jumped off the carriage with a wink, and when her feet touched the ground, she After retracting his hand, he said, "Get up."

A resounding "His Royal Highness Xie Princess" sounded from the crowd.

Peng Ji glanced at the common people who were still kneeling on the ground behind her, "Master Hong, today is a bit hard work."

That Hongzheng is also a man of vision, and he can tell what the person above him means with just one look, but this Highness is too expensive and fierce, and he has lost most of the momentum he prepared, so he quickly explained: "Your Highness, people When we heard that His Highness is coming to Quanzhou, we would rather put down our work and come to see His Royal Highness."

"My palace is here to appease the refugees. It is not a general who has returned in triumph. The people should not value it so much." She said, "Meihua, go and disperse the crowd. Remember, don't be rude."

"Yes." Plum Blossom bowed her hands and led her back.

Peng Ji didn't lower her voice when she said these words, the county magistrates present all listened seriously, lowered their heads one by one, and no one dared to make any more noise.

Even the prefect of Quanzhou, like the quail now, his hands are shaking a little, and he hangs his head waiting for orders.

Peng Ji was very satisfied with the appearance of these people, "Let's go in and discuss the matter first." Just to let these little officials who are usually domineering know that this palace is here to rule you.

Peng Ji led her group of people into the yamen first, followed by the magistrate and dozens of county magistrates, the scene was huge.

An Hong saw that Her Royal Highness was so cold and serious, so he didn't dare to say anything, but he had to speak up because of the matter in front of him, "Your Highness, can I stay here first? I have arranged for Your Highness to stay in the mansion. Alright courtyard."

Peng Ji raised her hand to stop his words, "No need, I have my own arrangements for my residence. Lord Hong, take me directly to the meeting hall, and please disperse the irrelevant personnel."

Na Hong wiped the sweat off his forehead with trembling hands, and replied, "Yes." Then he hurriedly dispersed the dozens of county magistrates.

When they arrived at the conference hall, Peng Ji sat at the top, followed by Fa Yi, and then Qi Shilang and Liu Chunxi sat at the bottom.

Behind the Quanzhou prefect were two men in official uniforms.

"Your Highness, these two are Gang Changjiang Bao of the Wanggang Pavilion and Fang Wen, the chief of the pavilion."

But Peng Ji set her eyes on Fang Wen, the pavilion chief.

He has two beards, but his body is clean, and he looks about 35. "Are you the pavilion chief who risked his life to go to Beijing to sue?"

When the man heard that he was called, he quickly knelt down and said, "Reporting to Your Highness, it is a villain." The pavilion chief said he was an official, but in fact he was just a steward appointed by the yamen, and he didn't even have a rank.

Peng Ji glanced at Fa Yi, and as soon as Fa received the signal, she asked, "What did you report that day? One by one, tell the truth."

That Fang Wen seems to be a strong man, his eyes did not dodge in any way, and his voice was powerful, "The villain wants to sue the former magistrate Liu Qian for private filial piety, and order the county magistrate to search for the people's fat and people's anointing. The people in the 23 counties below Quanzhou are miserable. Word."

Fayi knew about this matter in advance, but Peng Ji hadn't heard about it, "You mean, the former magistrate accepted bribes? Did you know that Liu Zhifu's entire house was destroyed?"

"The villain knows it. It was the villain who reported this matter to Jingzhou in the first place. It is completely the villain who knows. Liu Zhifu collects a lot of money every year, and all of it is given to a nobleman in Jingzhou." He kowtowed to the ground He said, "If we don't find out who is behind the scenes, there will definitely be a second prefect Liu in the future. I beg Your Royal Highness, the son-in-law will be careful."

Fa Yi thought for a while and asked, "I have read your confession in Jingzhou that day, and I didn't mention the above-mentioned matter. I just reported the killing of the Quanzhou magistrate. Why?"

"It's just because the villain is afraid that there will be no return. The villain is the last person to see Liu Zhifu. I sneaked into Liu's residence that day. I wanted to find out the real person behind it, but I hid on the roof and saw it with my own eyes. Seeing that tragic family extermination case, ignorant women, children, and three-year-old children were all killed with a knife." Fang Wen's mouth choked up as he spoke.

Fa subconsciously looked at Peng Ji's face, and found that His Highness was frowning, so he drank the cold tea in his cup, then poured hot tea from the teapot and handed it to Peng Ji.

Peng Ji naturally reached out to drink it up, and gave Fa Yi a reassuring look.

Fa Yi then continued to ask: "Is this all based on your own words? Is there any evidence?"

But the man stood up suddenly, lifted his own robe, tore off a piece of cloth from the inside, and under the cloth was a booklet. He knelt down and presented it with both hands, "The villain is leaving the capital under the protection of His Majesty's people." Yes, the villain was ordered to go back to Quanzhou to pretend to be a fool, and kept this thing. This was given by Liu Zhifu with a last sigh of relief. From this account book, the villain also found that the villain’s Shangguangang Yangtze River Bao Jing is also a corrupt official, and the prefect Liu orders 20 taels of silver to be handed over every year, but the villain clearly remembers that Mr. Jiang collects 30 taels of silver every year at the port."

That Jiang Bao was stunned, he never thought that Fang Wen, who seemed honest and honest, was still hiding this trick. He was the one who recommended Fang Wen to report the case of the Quanzhou prefect.

As soon as he realized it, Jiang Bao jumped up angrily, pointed at Fang Wen and yelled, "You are talking nonsense, you bastard, I was the one who pulled you up from the coolie pile, you ungrateful bastard."

Said that Jiang Bao wanted to rush up to fight Fang Wen, but was stopped by the Quanzhou magistrate with shaking hands, and the yamen soldiers on the side also came up to help hold Jiang Bao.

As soon as Fa saw this, he reprimanded heavily, "Presumptuous, when I am questioning the case, I will never allow anyone who messes around." She shouted again, "Siqi, go and pull this person down, so that he can be taken care of." .”

Fa Siqi, who had been standing at the back, came out to answer, walked to Jiang Bao's side, and flicked a certain part of his body, Jiang Bao fell limp all over, and Fa Siqi carried him out with one hand. .

But Peng Ji looked at Fa Yi, unwilling to look away.

It turned out that the son-in-law was so majestic when handling the case.

Thinking of how she looks in front of me... She has always been subdued in front of me, but it really hurt her.

As soon as Fa felt the gaze, he looked over subconsciously, but saw that His Highness was staring at him without blinking.

A bad feeling spread in my heart, I must have frightened His Highness with such a fierce appearance.

It's over, it's over, I finally got some good impressions in front of His Highness, now I won't cause trouble because of this ignorant little harbor chief.

Even though there are outsiders around now, the case is still being tried, Fa Yi forced himself to quickly restore a smiling face that she thought was the most amiable and gentle.

Peng Ji coughed twice, and said in a slightly cold voice, "My son-in-law, continue."

She was reminding her son-in-law, don't forget that you are handling a case at this time, and she doesn't care, but she is afraid that you will lose your head.

Sure enough, this reminder was still useful, she glanced at Peng Ji with a deep smile, that look seemed to tell the other party, don't be afraid, Your Highness, prison wine is very gentle, not fierce at all.

But when he turned his gaze and looked at Fang Wen who was kneeling on the ground, his face changed suddenly, with a serious face and a serious look.

Fortunately, except for that Qi Shilang who has been silently watching Peng Ji's side, saw this scene.

The rest of the people were either afraid to look up, or they were thinking more about what the truth was.

However, not many people saw that face-changing appearance.

After all, Fa Yi was the one who already knew the general circumstances of the case. She just suffered from lack of evidence, and now suddenly an account book appeared. It was simply God helping her.

She originally wanted to get up and take the account book, but Peng Ji seemed to know her intentions, reached out and pressed her hand, gave Zhuxiang behind her a look, and the latter stepped forward to take the account book.

After getting the account book, Fa Yi turned two pages, and his face became more solemn, "Fang Wen, this case has been accepted by the official, and I will investigate it clearly. Now you go back first, and the official will send someone to I will protect you day and night, go down."