northernbook Chapter 731 My father is Prince Li, he will punish you!
Chapter 731 My father is Prince Li, he will punish you!
They also heard about this, so they wanted to go and see the details.
Xizhu and Xuanfeng followed and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Baili Moqing, Shuhe and the others were fine.
It was the first time Yi'er had heard the word "suicide." She didn't even notice she was being held by someone else. She just asked curiously, "Mom, what happened? What does 'suicide' mean?"
Baili Moqing said with a serious face: "Let's go and take a look."
He wanted to see what Zhu Guang was doing that could make the people so desperate that they were willing to risk their own lives to wake up the officials!
Several people followed the crowd and walked towards the Dali Temple.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of Dali Temple, I saw that the entrance was surrounded by people.
Two yamen runners in front of the Dali Temple drew their swords and looked warily at an old man in cloth clothes and with gray hair at the door.
The old man held a kitchen knife against his neck and cried out to the sky, "This is so unfair! Is there still law in this world?!"
"You, the Dali Temple, are ignoring the suffering of ordinary people. You are doing nothing in the face of their demands. Do you think that the Dali Temple only deals with the cases of the rich and powerful in Kyoto?!"
"My two sons have been missing from Zhang's Fireworks Shop for a month, and you, the Dali Temple, haven't given us an explanation yet, not even sending anyone out to look for them!"
"Do you care about the people?"
"Aren't the lives of us poor people our lives?!"
His words caused the crowd to talk endlessly, and they accused the Dali Temple of being unfair, ignoring the suffering of the people, and being unworthy of being the parent government of the capital!
After hearing these words, the faces of several yamen runners from the Dali Temple changed again and again, but they did not dare to say anything more.
"Old Zhao, don't be impulsive! Didn't I already tell you that this matter is under investigation? But investigating a case takes time!"
The speaker was Xu Min, a judge at the Dali Temple. He was in charge of the trial and review of the case, and he knew the details of the case best.
When he heard that Old Zhao was causing trouble, he was so scared that he almost lost his soul.
The new Dali Temple Minister Zhang Tongpu is a close confidant of the Eighth Prince. He is ruthless and decisive. If anything goes wrong, he will lose his position!
"I'm not impulsive? If I'm not impulsive, will you guys really handle the case?"
"Tell me, when will my son be found? When will you give me an explanation?"
Xu Min stepped forward and tried to take away his knife, but Old Zhao was no fool. He immediately swung the knife at him twice and shouted, "Don't come over here!"
"Okay, okay, I won't go over there. I won't go over there!" Xu Min had a terrible headache, and a vicious look flashed in his eyes.
"Old Zhao, today is the day that Lord Zhang, the Minister of Justice, takes office. Do you really want to make this a big deal? If you really die at the gate of the Dali Temple, you will never see your son again!"
"It's been a month. Will I still be able to see my son?" The old man's face was filled with sadness, and he was filled with despair and helplessness. "They should all be gone..."
"I only have these two sons. If they are gone, what's the point of me living?"
"Well, I'll use this worthless life to let the whole of Kyoto know what a useless place your Dali Temple is!"
As he said this, he picked up the kitchen knife and slashed it across his neck.
Everyone was so frightened that they covered their faces and dared not look. Only a small figure rushed forward and grabbed the old man's clothes.
"Old man, what are you going to do? Are you going to kill yourself?"
Yi'er was puzzled. Is this what "suicide" means?
The old man looked at the little man who suddenly appeared in front of him, and his face immediately became helpless. He raised the knife in his hand high, as if he was afraid of hurting the child in front of him.
"Child, who are you from? Why are you here? It's dangerous, go away!"
As the old man spoke, he carefully pushed Yi'er away.
At this time, Xu Min, the judge of Dali Temple, quickly asked the yamen runner next to him to step forward and snatch the kitchen knife from the old man's hand.
When the old man lost his weapon, he angrily cursed, "Today is the day when the new Supreme Court Justice takes office, and you dare to cause trouble? You are so bold! Come on! Take this old man to jail!"
After hearing this, the runners from the Dali Temple immediately stepped forward to arrest the old man.
Baili Moqing was about to walk out when he saw this, but Shu He stopped him. She said, "Wait a minute, take a look."
He looked at her in confusion. What was she waiting for? What if those people hurt Yi'er?
Just as he finished worrying, he saw Yi'er standing in front of the old man and glaring at the yamen runners, "What are you going to do?"
When Xu Min saw the little girl, he glared at her and cursed, "Where did you come from, you little bastard? Are you looking for death? Get out of here!"
"And you, what are you all standing there for? Why don't you hurry up and catch them? If the adults hear about this, none of you will have an easy time!"
The yamen runners came over immediately to take the person away, and said to Yi'er, "Little girl, get out of the way!"
"Don't mess around! Don't arrest the old man! He's hurting himself, not you. Why are you arresting him?"
The crowd of onlookers heard this and quickly spoke up, "Old Zhao didn't do anything against the law. He just wants justice for his son! What right do you have to arrest people at the Dali Temple?"
"That's right! Even a child understands this, don't you, the yamen runners, understand it? No arrests! And give us all an explanation for the frequent disappearances of young men in Kyoto!!"
"Yes, explain!"
Seeing the public outrage, Xu Min's expression changed again and again, "Shut up!"
"What do you all know? The Dali Temple is investigating those missing people. Who said they won't investigate anymore?"
"But if everyone is like you, coming here to make trouble even though the case is not solved, then how can we at the Dali Temple solve the case? How can we still do our work?"
"We're arresting this old man today to serve as a warning to others! Anyone who dares to cause trouble again will be thrown into jail!"
After hearing these threatening words, the crowd kept talking, but no one dared to speak.
Seeing this, the old man immediately protected Yi'er behind him and said, "Hurry up, kid! They are a bunch of unreasonable bastards. Don't let them hurt you!"
"Grandpa, don't be afraid. They won't dare to hurt me! My father is Prince Li. He's very powerful. He will protect you!"
After saying that, she shouted at the yamen runners, "Don't come over here! My father is a prince. If you dare to arrest people unreasonably again, he will definitely punish you!"
After hearing this, the expressions of the people in the crowd were all different, some were surprised, some were suspicious...
Only Baili Moqing had an expression of uncontrollable ecstasy on his face, while Shu He just smiled without saying a word.