Confiscated and exiled, the down-and-out general became the queen

Chapter 394: The Box of Unjust Cases

Just at this moment, a woman came in and said happily: "Brother, I saw my father."

Jiang Wu stood up happily when he heard this, "Sister, how is father?"

Seeing that Shopkeeper Xu was also here, the woman bowed to him and said, "Although my father has suffered some torture, he is fine."

Jiang Wu frowned when he heard this and said, "This county magistrate is from the Wang family. Will he let my father go so easily?"

When the woman heard this, she took a deep breath and said, "Do you remember that your father used to make clothes for a coroner?"

Jiang Wu nodded when he heard this. His family sold ordinary cloth, and many people who came to the store were ordinary people or people from the slums.

Among these people, there is a special one, that is the coroner.

Because of the smell on his body, he would be rejected no matter where he went to make clothes. However, his father was an upright and honest man and would never look down on others.

So after that, the coroner came to his house every day to order clothes, and over time, the two became good friends.

However, later on, the coroner was transferred to Lin County, so this time, when they wanted to see their father, they couldn't find him.

But after hearing what his sister said, Jiang Wu was shocked and asked, "Could it be that Uncle Hu is back?"

The woman nodded. "Uncle Hu rushed back after hearing about my father's situation, but he didn't know where we were, so he stayed outside the cell. He only showed up when he saw me."

Jiang Wu was happy when he heard this, but what happened next shocked him even more.

"Uncle Hu said that he was not transferred back, but came back on leave. After seeing that we were fine, he would go back.

However, before leaving, Uncle Hu told me to stay out there and find a way to redress my father’s grievances, and not to worry about his safety.”

Jiang Wu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked uncertainly: "Sister, what does this mean?"

The woman took a deep breath and said, "His Majesty issued an order two days ago that if you want to execute a prisoner, the execution document must be signed by the name of the superior."

Hearing this, Jiang Wu was even more confused. He frowned and asked, "Boss?"

The woman nodded and said, "I don't understand this either, but Uncle Hu said that Magistrate Wang's superior is the Minister of Justice. If Dad was really wronged, Magistrate Wang would not dare to report it.

If he hadn’t reported it, there would have been no inexplicable deaths of prisoners.”

Shopkeeper Xu was also listening nearby. Hearing this, he asked curiously, "Why?"

"Because Her Majesty said that if the private use of torture resulted in the death of the prisoner and it was not reported, she would determine that the county magistrate wanted to kill the prisoner to silence him."

Hearing this, Jiang Wu stood up and said, "So, as long as my father doesn't plead guilty, County Magistrate Wang won't dare to ask the Minister of Justice to sign.

Without his signature, if something happens to my father, Your Majesty will sentence Magistrate Wang?"

The woman nodded and said happily, "Yes, Uncle Hu asked us to find a way to redress my father's grievances. He couldn't stay here for a long time, so he went back first."

When Jiang Wu heard this, he remembered what Shopkeeper Xu had just said and said happily, "I'll write the petition right away.

If it doesn't work, I must see the Minister of Justice even if it means risking my life."

When Shopkeeper Xu heard this, he laughed out loud, "Yes, a man should not be discouraged when encountering something."

Jiang Wu heard this and nodded and promised: "Uncle Xu, don't worry, I will definitely rescue my father."

After saying this, without waiting for Manager Xu to speak, he turned around and went into the house, then started writing the complaint.

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Xu hurried back. The woman, looking at her brother writing in the room, curled up the corners of her mouth slightly.

Uncle Hu said more than just that. He also told her that if the Minister of Justice and others would not intervene, she could go and knock on the Dengtian drum at the palace gate and file a complaint with the emperor.

However, after the people filed a complaint with the emperor, they had to use their own lives to dye the Dengtian Drum red before His Majesty would hear the case.

She had made up her mind that if the time really came, she would use her own life to exchange for her father's release.

Jiang Wu had no idea what his sister was thinking. After he finished writing the petition, he took another look at it. Seeing that he had clearly written down the cause, process, and result of the incident, he put it down with satisfaction.

From what Uncle Xu said just now, it seemed that there was more than one, so he thought of writing two more.

After he finished writing and the ink dried, Jiang Wu rushed to the street.

Because it was late at night, there were not many people on the street.

He searched street after street, and when he found the place, he put the complaint inside.

He put all the written petitions in there, then went around other streets in the capital out of worry. When he found that there were still five boxes that had not been delivered, he went back.

When I got back to the house, I wrote five more copies. On the next day, I put in all the ones I had missed last night.

When I got home, I saw my sister and mother clearing the land in the yard.

Seeing this, Jiang Wu hurried forward and said, "Mom, your health is not good, don't live a heavy life anymore."

The woman beside him heard this, stopped what she was doing, and said helplessly: "Little brother, when you come, try to persuade mother. She won't listen to anything I say."

When Jiang Wu's mother heard this, she coughed lightly and changed the subject, "Wu'er, have you put all the petitions in?"

Jiang Wu nodded, "Mom, put them all in."

While Jiang Wu was waiting for the result, in the palace, the eldest son Wang Yuan was listening to the report of the secret guards. When he heard that no one had returned from yesterday, he frowned and asked, "Are you sure that no one has returned?"

The secret guard nodded and said, "Master, we have confirmed that all those people have disappeared, and even their bodies have not been found.

However, we found suspicious bloodstains on one street."

When Wang Yuan heard this, he frowned even more tightly. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Have you found out who they are?"

The secret guard nodded and said, "The slightly older man is called Leng Haohui, he is the eldest son of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion and the right deputy general in the suburban military camp.

The other younger one should be Leng Haoxuan, the second son of the Leng family who left the family when he was young."

Wang Yuan didn't expect that the two people he met that day had such high status.

He pondered for a while, then said in a cold voice: "Go and warn the Second Young Master that if you meet these two people again in the future, you must not offend them."

The secret guard nodded and left quickly.

The second son is called Wang Li, and he is a biological brother of Wang Yuan from the same mother.

There were only two heirs in the entire Wang family, so Mr. Wang doted on his youngest son a little, and he became a bit overbearing.

At this moment, when he heard his eldest brother told him to take a detour when he saw the two, he angrily asked, "Why?"