Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 188 Suing More Than One Official

One day in the court, "Minister Li, I heard that there was an assassination attempt at your house yesterday. Did you catch the assassin?" Xiao Xuanjing asked on the dragon throne.

"Your Majesty, this assassin is quite tenacious." Li Ziyan said.

"Hmph, assassinating a court official should be punished by beheading according to the law. Since you won't tell me, just grant me the death penalty." Xiao Xuanjing said.

Liu Gui's palms were sweating.

"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to report?" Xiao Xuanjing asked.

Li Ziyan naturally knew that Xiao Xuanjing was asking him, after all, he had been asked to investigate corrupt officials for the past half month.

Li Ziyan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Xu Wenhe, Lin Muchen and Zhou Aoyang looked at Li Ziyan, "Lord Hu robbed the common people's women, Lord Xue formed a clique for personal gain, Lord Fu protected the legitimate son who robbed the common people's women, Lord Yang colluded with others to beat people, Lord Qu bullied the people in the street, Lord Di seized good land, and Lord Liu, you visited brothels at night and lived in gambling houses for a long time, etc."

"You, you are talking nonsense, Your Majesty, I did not do that." Liu Gui had nothing else to say and could only make excuses.

"Nonsense? Why don't you ask the entire Chunhualou? They all know that you took three girls for three days and didn't even pay for them."

Liu Gui was so angry at Li Ziyan that he fainted. In one day, more than a hundred officials were sued and dismissed by Li Ziyan.

"Lord Li sued more than a hundred officials in one day. Yesterday morning, he was again accused of being unfilial."

"Yes, I just heard that Marquis Guangping whipped Lord Li more than 20 times in the court. It was so miserable. The key point is that no one dared to say that Lord Li was unfilial after this whipping."

Zhao Junning, who was out purchasing goods, heard the news and hurried back to the mansion. At the door of the mansion, he heard Li Ziyan crying, "Look at the way you beat me. Can I still see people?"

"Didn't you ask me to cooperate with you? No one will dare to accuse you of being unfilial if you get beaten." Li Yin said, rubbing his nose.

Li Ziyan covered his buttocks and cried, "Who would be beaten like this for being filial? You are not cooperating with me. You are just seeking revenge. Mom, look at how my father beat me."

Mo Yu shouted, "Master, the young mistress is back..."

When Li Ziyan heard Zhao Junning coming back, he stood up and ran to the door, holding his buttocks, "My wife, you are back."

As he said this, he hugged Zhao Junning and cried, "You don't know, when you were not around, Dad beat me and it hurt me so much."

Li Yin's eyes widened. "You little bastard, you rashly sued more than a hundred people at once, and they turned against you. You came to me and asked me to cooperate with you, and now you blame me?"

Li Ziyan turned his head to look at Zhao Junning, who said, "Okay, okay, let's go back to the house first."

"No, you have to take charge of the matter for me. I, the Shangshu, was beaten." Li Ziyan said unreasonably.

Li Yin put his hands on his hips and said, "Call the shots? It's only natural for me to beat my son. Oh, now that Lord Li is the Shangshu, I can't beat him."

Li Ziyan said: "Well, I am still the head of this family. If you hit me like that, I won't lose face."

"Then I'm still your father." Li Yin said again. Xu Zhiwan pulled Li Yin: "Say less."

Zhao Junning said, "Okay, grandpa did that because he thought you were being criticized by so many people and he's worried about you. Get up quickly." Then he pulled Li Ziyan who was sitting on the ground.

Li Ziyan frowned: "I can't stand it. I have no face to face so many people beating me."

Zhao Junning was also annoyed, "Can you get up?"

Li Ziyan: "If you are mean to me, I will die. I am beaten and still mean to you."

Zhao Junning threw away Li Ziyan's arm, "You're not going to get up, are you?"

Li Ziyan said, "I can't bear it."

Zhao Junning said, "Okay, since our Lord Li can't get up, Mo Yu will go see if there is any pear soup in the kitchen and bring it to your young master so that he can drink it and continue crying."

Mo Yu said, "It's the young lady."

Li Yin discovered that only Zhao Junning could control Li Ziyan.

After making the arrangements, Zhao Junning was ready to go back to the house. Li Ziyan asked, "Hey, Junning, you won't persuade me anymore, you won't pull me anymore."

Zhao Junning waved her hands and said, "I won't persuade you anymore. Sir Li, please cry if you want. I'm tired and need to rest."

Li Ziyan lowered his head, and Li Yin looked at Li Ziyan who was sitting on the ground: "Are you still crying?"

Li Ziyan stood up and dusted off the dust, "Humph, my Jun Ning is tired, let's talk about it tomorrow."