flstandardbreds Chapter 135 Suing the Prince Consort
Chapter 135 Suing the Prince Consort
In Luancheng, what makes Zhao Sheng feel most accomplished is founding a hospital and a workshop.
The second is the enlightenment school.
As for the steel mill and weapons manufacturing plant in Jing County, they are all incidental. If there is no war, Zhao Sheng is not interested in them.
Zhao Sheng did not stay in Nanliu Village, but went to the hospital with the guards.
Someone in the village knew Zhao Sheng and whispered to the Wang family that they had offended the princess and her husband, the son-in-law of Dingzhou County.
Good days are coming!
Mr. Zhao came to the hospital and Liang Dong was still guarding him.
"How's the kid?"
"Your Highness, the doctor has examined him and found him to be suffering from malnutrition, multiple frostbites, burns, injuries from beatings, and..."
"Okay, stop talking. Can it be cured?"
Zhao Sheng didn't want to listen any further. This was a terrible world and he met terrible people.
"The doctor said that if she takes good care of herself, she can recover. Wang Daya is not very old, only thirteen years old, so she can recover."
"Thirteen, but I think she looks seven or eight."
Wang Daya was lying inside, holding hawthorn and persimmon cakes in her hands, with a smile on her face.
"Did she eat dinner?"
Mr. Zhao asked with concern.
"The doctor said you should drink something nutritious. I've asked someone to make some porridge."
"You're smart, kid. Send two people here, and you can do a check behind to see how many people like this there are in our county. If we can't support them, our county lord's mansion will take them in."
Zhao Sheng had taken in orphans before, so in their opinion, the prince consort was not doing this on impulse.
The corn porridge contains eggs and meat soup. Although the quantity is small, it tastes great.
Wang Daya's hair was completely cut clean by the doctor with scissors, and she was also dressed in a complete set of clothes.
"Your name is Wang Daya, right? Just stay here and get treated. Once you're well, you can decide what you want to do next."
Looking at the person in front of her, who seemed to be the father of the two cubs, Wang Daya felt grateful. The cubs were so good, their parents must be good people.
As for whether it is right or not, Wang Daya thinks so.
"What kind of world is this? My family raised a child for twelve years, and he was kidnapped just like that..."
At the Luancheng government office, County Magistrate Li Weiguang received the complaint early in the morning.
"What is the complaint filed by the person in front of the hall?"
The gavel rang and the master began to try the case.
Li Weiguang asked the people below while reading the petition.
The complaint stated that the prince consort's men abducted the granddaughter of the Wang family in Nanliu Village last night. The complaint was to accuse the prince consort of forcibly abducting a woman.
Many people stopped in front of the yamen, wanting to see what was going on.
"Do you think the Wang family are crazy? They dare to sue the Prince Consort?"
"I think this must be a false accusation. The Prince Consort never bullies the poor."
"I heard that the missing girl from the Wang family was often beaten and scolded by them. I don't know what's going on here."
……
The discussion outside the hall quietly sounded and became increasingly noisy.
Li Weiguang took one look and was like, "Wow! Whose men are these? Are they so fierce? Suing the Prince Consort in the Princess's Residence? Fine!"
"Everyone in the hall, you want to sue the Prince Consort of Dingzhou County for abducting decent women. Do you have any evidence?"
The person kneeling below is Wang Daya's father, named Wang Laoshi. He was very sad about the injustice suffered by his daughter yesterday.
As a result, a man came in the middle of the night and gave the old lady of the Wang family some silver. As for what was said, Wang Laoshi didn't know, but this morning he had a petition in his hand and asked him to submit it to the county government office.
The villagers have already told the Wang family that he is the prince consort, but they don’t know who gave them the courage to submit a petition.
Li Weiguang read the complaint and the gavel sounded again.
"Wang Laoshi, please think carefully about the words in the complaint. The crime of falsely accusing you is not a small one."
Wang Laoshi thought, this petition was given by his mother, and he was just an errand boy, what crime could he have committed?
Then he stiffened his neck and said, "The complaint was given by my family. Every word in it is true. I will take full responsibility for the guilt."
"Bang..." The gavel sounded again
"How dare you, a daring commoner, sue the Prince Consort of the County Prince's Mansion, claiming he kidnapped your twelve-year-old child. It also states that the Prince Consort is a pedophile. Isn't that just a rumor?"
Wang Laoshi was completely confused and asked quietly, "Sir, what does this pedophilia thing mean?"
"You don't even know what pedophilia is, yet you dare to report it to the authorities? I bet you won't find a way to kill him. Come, give the prisoner ten strokes of the cane and then take him to jail!"
In ancient times, when common people sued officials, they would be beaten with a stick first, whether they had a reason or not. That was the rule.
Li Weiguo's actions can be said to be well-founded and reasonable.
But poor Wang Laoshi still doesn't understand that his complaint yesterday actually made his mother unhappy. Just then, someone gave her son money to file a lawsuit.
I could have refused it, but the offer was simply too much.
The old lady of the Wang family couldn't refuse.
However, Li Weiguang could not be so careless about this matter, so he reported it to the princess.
Li Shuya knew about this and saw Li Weiguo coming.
"Fourth Uncle, this happened yesterday. It's like this..."
After listening to Li Shuya's introduction, Li Weiguang was filled with hatred.
He did something shameful and even left the chamber pot in the princess's mansion.
"Order that all members of the Wang family be detained and brought to court for trial this afternoon."
In the afternoon, Luancheng yamen runners were beating gongs on the streets.
"In Nanliu Village, Wang's father, Shi, abused his children and maliciously sued his son-in-law. The public trial will begin this afternoon..."
"What's going on? A villager is so bold as to stir up trouble in the Princess's Mansion."
"I saw their whole family arrested this morning."
"The whole family was arrested? What's going on?"
The Lantern Festival had just passed, and Luancheng was filled with joy again. In today's world of lack of entertainment, people happily took to the streets.
The gate of the county government office was opened, and all the members of the Wang family inside were arrested and made to kneel on the ground.
Only a young man stood in front of the hall without kneeling.
This person is Wang Changqing, a scholar from the Wang family who already has the status of a scholar.
This is probably the only thing the Wang family can rely on.
Wang Daya was carried to the county government office. The slap she received yesterday was not fatal, but the doctor said today that she had to be carried by someone when going out, otherwise she would be paralyzed and crawl on the ground.
Wang Daya didn't know how it felt to be treated like a human being all night.
But when she learned that her family had sued her son's father, accusing him of kidnapping and abusing her, she felt extremely unwilling to accept the situation.
"Didn't they say that Wang's daughter was abducted? And she was treated inhumanely by the Prince Consort."
"What nonsense! I saw it with my own eyes yesterday. Wang Daya was beaten unconscious by his grandmother and was sent to the best clinic in Luancheng."
Discussions started again.
"Silence! People of the Wang family, look, is the person you are talking about Wang Daya in front of you?"
The Wang family members kneeling on the ground, including Wang Changqing standing in the hall, all looked at Wang Daya who was wearing clean clothes.
The clothes were isolation suits specially used in clinics, and the girl was also wearing a protective hat.
But it is not difficult to recognize that the person in front of him is Wang Daya.
Old Mrs. Wang buried her head in her chest guiltily, while Old Shi Wang looked at her in confusion.
Wang Changqing looked at Wang Daya with eyes full of anger...