Natural Born Winner: 70. Princess Wanan

Two days later, the case came to light. It was the housekeeper of the Cao Gang who accidentally fell from the building while having an affair with another steward, and the steward framed Zhu Youyuan for murder in order not to be discovered by others.

An unjust, false and wrongly decided case that did not kill anyone at all, but almost resulted in a person being sentenced to beheaded.

Even if the case was overturned, when Zhu Min's father was released from the prison, his pen-holding hand was beaten so badly that it was torture used by the jailer to make him confess his guilt.

Zhu Min almost cried when he saw his father. Although his father was cleared of his innocence, he could no longer take the imperial examination and was unable to do other things. What will happen to their family's livelihood in the future?

In the end, Wei Shaosi healed Zhu Youyuan. Although it may take a long time, it can be cured. And Zhao Xin also asked Dan'er to leave a hundred taels of silver to the Zhu family, and asked Zhu Minke to work in the medicine hall and learn medical skills.

The person who revealed to Zhu Min about the whereabouts of the princess was also found out. In fact, there was no so-called conspiracy. It turned out to be a ranger. Because he accidentally saw the royal token on the waist of the guard, he discovered the whereabouts of Princess Luohe. Later, I happened to see that Zhu Min's sister and brother were pitiful, so I told her to seek justice from Princess Luohe.

Although Dan'er and the guards were saved from worrying, the unjust, false and wrongly decided cases in the hands of low-level officials in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the fear of the Cao Gang, were shocking.

County magistrate Wang Sheng has been in Jinshan County for many years, and he has also been friends with the Cao Gang for an equally long time.

Ten days later, Wang Sheng, who was dismissed from his post, was convicted and sentenced to beheading, and a list of petty officials who were acting as minions were also convicted and sentenced to death.

Zhao Jin, who was far away in the capital, also focused part of his attention on the Jiangnan Cao Gang.

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Although Yangcheng is still some distance away from the border, the air is extremely dry. When you stop carefully, you can feel some wind with fine dust on your face.

No one around Zhao Xin complained of suffering or tiredness, even Dan'er and Li'er, who were women, had been with the princess for so long, and they were no longer as delicate and weak as when they were still in the palace.

Over the years, Zhao Xin has traveled to many places in the north and south of the river, and the fiefdom has also returned.

I still remember that when I arrived in the South China Sea last year, she was a little excited to go to sea, but unfortunately the current shipbuilding technology is not good enough, if Zhao Xinruo really goes to sea by boat, I am afraid that this world will end early.

Zhao Xin is mainly interested in the famous commercial roads near Yangcheng. He heard that he not only does business with the nobles of Dadi, but also has many small countries with unique customs. Therefore, after autumn, there are fairs held by merchants from various countries. , lively.

The yellow sand is all over the sky, the sun is scorching,

A group of black shadows lying on a sand dune, all dressed in foreign races, the leader stared at the distant city like a falcon, and when the spies came back, he showed a cruel smile and pointed in the direction of the city. The people below said in Da Di's language,

"Did you see it? That is Daxi's city, with the best food, white and juicy Daxi women, and countless gold, silver and jewels. You are all good sons of my Daxi, what do you want? Go grab it, go kill it."

Hearing these words, Di Ren, who has been fighting with wild beasts all year round, turned red-eyed.

Seeing that everyone was aroused to kill and ruthless, the leader Huyan was very satisfied. He had completed the task of the Great Khan this time, and he would definitely be rewarded heavily when he returned.

"It's not good, Di Ren is calling, run away."

The Di people have seized two cities and three counties in a row, not to mention the large and small border towns and villages that were plundered. Because it happened too fast, and the Di people were cunning, they avoided the border guards. In just two days They hit the vicinity of Yangcheng.

Because Yangcheng is close to the commercial road and receives a lot of oil and water every day, the prefect of Yangcheng also has a round stomach. Hearing the news, he was so frightened that he almost fell off his chair. It was safe and sound, but unexpectedly a Di Ren came over to kill him suddenly.

I listened to the report from the servants that all the Di people were burly and powerful, and killing people was like chopping melons and vegetables. The blood flowed into rivers in Taicheng, and there were piles of heads everywhere.

The **** was sweating all over, so he rode on the best fast horse in the government office overnight and ran away.

Even the prefect of the lord of the city fled looking at Di Ren, and the officials in the government office were in a mess, tidying up the little things, worrying and worrying.

Zhao Xin at the inn heard the news rather late, and the maids and guards around her couldn't help being stunned, it was so sudden,

Zhao Xin was slightly surprised, and immediately made a decision, "Go to the Yangcheng government office."

Yangcheng government office, after the guards took out the princess's warrant, no one dared to stop them. The officials in the government office were even more frightened. Princess Luohe was actually in Yangcheng. The family will be implicated.

"The next official pays homage to Princess Luohe, thousands of years old."

Zhao Xin said in a deep voice, "Is the prefect here?"

You look at me one by one, I look at you, and finally a group of old officials with gray eyebrows said, "The prefect has left Yangcheng, just last night."

To their surprise, the young royal princess was not in a hurry to flee for the prefect to abandon the city, and lost her temper regardless of the behavior of the people's safety, she just frowned slightly and said.

"Since the prefect is not here, the matter has to be done urgently. I will take the place of the prefect to sit in Yangcheng temporarily."

Everyone was surprised, including Zhao Xin's maids and guards. They all put Zhao Xin's safety first. Even if Di Ren came to attack, the first thing they thought of was to protect the princess and leave safely.

However, no one will raise any objections. They all know that once the princess has made a decision, she will not change it.

The officials in the government office dare not say anything. The princess's status is much higher than them. It is only natural to take over the power of a city at this time.

The first order Zhao Xin gave was to close the city gate and not allow anyone to enter or leave.

It was too late to let the people escape. The Di people rode horses, but they were all fat and strong, and the fleeing people would be caught halfway.

Facts also proved that Zhao Xin's decisiveness was correct. Less than half an hour after closing the city gate, Di Ren came.

At the same time, the news of the Di people's invasion has spread all over Yangcheng, and people are panicked. Although there has been no war at the border for many years, most of the people in Yangcheng live here for their ancestors, and they have heard too much about the cruelty of the Di people. deeds.

During the period of the first emperor, Di people often violated the territory, and the court even married two clan girls to maintain the superficial peace.

Zhao Xin ordered the officials to call all the people of Yangcheng to the front of the mansion, and show up in person to show their identities.

"My palace is the princess of Luohe in the current dynasty, and I will temporarily act as the prefect to sit in Yangcheng. I will share the difficulties with the people of Yangcheng and prevent the people from entering the city to hurt the people."

The people of Yangcheng outside the government office were shocked, but no one doubted her identity after the princess' warrant, the government officials' servile attitude towards her, and Zhao Xin's extraordinary demeanor.

In fact, Zhao Xin doesn't really like calling herself the palace, but obviously at this time, the more she shows her identity as a princess, the more confidence and comfort she can give the people.

Now even if the **** abandons the city and flees, it will not disturb the hearts of the people.

After issuing a few more orders to arrange the people of Yangcheng, Zhao Xin inspected Yangcheng's military equipment. To be honest, it was not a good idea, let alone stop the Di people outside the city.

It will take six or seven days for the nearest border guard to relieve the danger of Yangcheng, but one day is enough for the Di people to plunder a city.

Perhaps it has been peaceful for a long time, and the border cities are a little lax, but Taicheng and the other three counties were easily captured by the Di people.

This is also the reason why Daxi often loses in the confrontation with the tribes of the Di people. When it comes to wars, there are victories and losses for each other, but the Di people plundered border prefectures and counties very quickly. When the frontier troops arrived, they had already returned to the desert. It was their natural barrier, and there were not many Di people who could go deep into the desert to kill. There were not many people in the Daxi Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

However, in the past, when the Di people plundered the frontier Guanzhou counties, they came to Daxi to rob when they had no water and grass or the weather was cold.

It's different this time,

However, it is not important to study the reason for Di Ren's surprise attack at this time. I will leave it to the people in the court to think about how to defend Yangcheng when Zhao Xin has to think about it.

Yangcheng is at the time of the market gathering season. There are merchants from all walks of life. People looted and had no power to fight back.

Even though the city gate was closed quickly, some spies spread the news.

When Huyan received the letter tied on Feiying, a smile appeared on his dark and scarred face,

"God bless me, Dadi, there is actually a Daxi princess in Yangcheng, and she is a real princess."

Huyan can already imagine how much gold and silver treasures he can exchange with Daxi after capturing this princess, maybe even a city, and he will get more rewards from the king. Daxi's emperor is very cunning, the two princesses who used to marry as dowry were not of royal blood, they were just used to fool them.

Hu Yan immediately ordered, "Try your best to capture Yangcheng and capture Princess Daxi."

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Although the border gate is thousands of miles away, the imperial court was not slow to get the news. The main reason is that if a large number of troops at the border gate were to be mobilized, the emperor would need urgent orders.

All the courtiers speculated about Di Ren's surprise attack intention, whether it was a test or a prelude to a big war, and different reasons were also related to how to order the border troops.

In just two days, one city and three counties were looted by Dadi. Does this mean that the Dadi tribe intends to tear up the peace treaty with Daxi in the past and want to start a war.

When Zhao Jin frowned, he suddenly rushed into the palace with another report, "Princess Luohe is in Yangcheng."

The memorial in Zhao Jin's hand immediately fell to the ground.