Chapter 1034 You Must Push One Person to Take the Blame

Ding Jiahua felt cold all over.

In Nanling, except for the royal family, anyone else is forbidden to keep private guards in captivity. Once discovered, they will be punished severely.

Just like Liu Zhixia has been the magistrate of Yunzhou for more than two years, and he has no personal guards around him until now. If there is something to travel, at most he can only transfer the official sent by the imperial court to accompany him.

He Ta Ding's family is just a well-known merchant family, ranking last among scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants. A head wife of the family actually brought twenty guards with her when she went out, and even opened her mouth in the street to beat and kill ordinary people on the spot. How arrogant and domineering?

As Liu Zhixia said, even he doesn't know how many souls died under his wife's hands. It's not that there were no troubles before, but they were all suppressed later. And after Yunzhou replaced Liu Zhixia, most of the troubles caused by his wife were concentrated in the house and were not spread to the outside world, so there was no conflict with the new prefect.

Only this time he didn't dodge it, and the collision directly hit Tai Sui's head.

So he didn't know how to answer Liu Zhixia's question. Bringing bodyguards without permission, disregarding one's life, and running rampant in the countryside, none of these crimes are light.

It would be fine if it only targeted individuals and did not affect the Ding family. Once it is affected, the Ding family can be directly removed from the four major families in Yunzhou.

Seeing his younger brother's dazed expression, Ding Jianian showed shame, "Lord Liu, it's true that my younger brother can't control this matter. As the head of the family, he can't control a woman in the back house. I'm really ashamed. This matter After the incident happened, our family couldn't sleep well, thinking that we must confess to Mr. Liu and explain, so we visited Mr. Liu as soon as he came back. The old man had the cheek to beg Mr. Liu, can he be lenient? Accommodating? If Lord Liu is willing to nod, I guarantee that such a thing will never happen in the future."

"Lord Ding has been an official in the court for many years. Although he is a fourth-rank official with this subordinate, his seniority in the court is much higher than mine. You should know that my Nanling has strict laws. I walked through the market with my private guards and wantonly killed people. I don’t take the law seriously at all! Such evil deeds, once discovered, should be severely punished. If I just let a few people plead for mercy today, and look at the friendship in the past, it would be self-serving and perverting the law. The following What is the use of a parent officer?"

Liu Zhixia's words left people speechless and helpless.

After a long silence, Ding Jiahua asked in a hoarse voice, "Master Liu, are you really not accommodating at all?"

"My words and deeds have always been one thing and two things. Since I became the magistrate of Yunzhou, I have never bent the law for personal gain, and I have never wronged the innocent. Madam Ding's affairs can be done as they please. If you only come here for this matter, please Come back."

Hearing Liu Zhixia's order to evict guests, Ding Jiahua became a little impatient, and gritted his teeth, "Can you give me some time? Wait for me to explain. This matter is caused by my wife, but it really has nothing to do with the entire Ding family. We wait We all know that adults are fair and honest officials, and will never involve innocent people!"

Liu Zhixia hung his eyes and didn't speak immediately, and waited until the people in front of him raised their hearts to the extreme, then said, "I have been in Yunzhou for the past two years, and I have heard of the Ding family's reputation, and the people still praise the entire Ding family." Added. I can trust Patriarch Ding's character. If it turns out that the incident has nothing to do with the Ding family, I will not involve the Ding family in it."

Ding Jianian and Ding Jiahua looked at each other, they both knew the meaning behind Liu Zhixia's words.

Whether the Ding family is really clean or not, in fact, everyone knows it well. Mrs. Ding is the head of the house, so it is impossible for the Ding family to be ignorant of what she has done over the years. Until now, Mrs. Ding still stays in the position of the mistress, which shows that the Ding family has never done anything to her, and what's more, they are covering up.

Now that something happened, they wanted to pick the Ding family out, Liu Zhixia didn't understand, but he acquiesced.

That also means that the Ding family must push someone to take the blame, and there is no doubt about who this person is.

Humiliated the old lady of the Liu family, how could Liu Zhixia, the magistrate, really swallow this breath? A lot of things are said on the surface with a high-sounding sound, but in private, everyone is tacit.

After thinking it over, Ding Jiahua gritted his teeth and prepared to go all out, but Ding Jianian was by his side and did not stop him. They have the same idea now, Mrs. Ding can fall into it, but nothing will happen to the Ding family. Once the major families fall, it will be very difficult to get up again. They cannot use their entire family to be buried with others.

No matter how deep her background is, can she surpass Liu Zhixia?

If the magistrate of Yunzhou was replaced by anyone else today, the Ding family would find a way to continue to protect him. The person sitting in that position is Liu Zhixia.

His background is so deep that even the emperor can't touch it, let alone the emperor is also one of his backgrounds.

Taking a deep breath, Ding Jiahua began to explain, during which both Ding Jianian and Ding Wenxuan were unusually silent.

"I said that this incident has nothing to do with the Ding family, because the bodyguard brought by my wife that day was not kept by the Ding family. It was her personal bodyguard, which was given to her by her natal family. What has my wife done these years? I really don't know very well, because her identity background is much higher than my Ding family. Since she joined the Ding family, she has always been high in the family. Because of her background, even the old mother at home has to treat her She retreated three points, how dare I control her more? In the end, things will turn out like this. Of course, I am also at fault, but I am really helpless."

"Mrs. Ding's background is much higher than that of Ding's family?" Liu Zhixia raised her eyes faintly, "I don't know what is the identity of Mrs. Ding?"

During his stay in Yunzhou, he was busy with government affairs most of the time, and occasionally had social contacts with the dignitaries in the city, and he met all the heads of the families. He has never inquired about the wives of the families or other female family members with status and background, so he doesn't know much about them.

He had never heard of Mrs. Ding's name before this incident happened.

Ding Jianian sighed, "My brother and sister, if you say that your family background is not high, it is just a daughter of an ordinary merchant family in the capital, marrying into my Ding family can be said to be a high marriage, but there are relatives in her family Her status in the court is extremely high, which also increased her status, so after marrying into the Ding family, she has the capital to be arrogant."

Because the clansmen always respected her and offered her offerings, she developed a more domineering temperament, which led to her troubles today.

Everything happens for a reason.

"She is the grand-niece of Lord Yuan, the elder of the three dynasties."

Liu Zhixia's eyes fluctuated, and an old figure appeared in his mind.

Master Yuan, the elder of the three dynasties, was highly respected. He always remained neutral in the power vortex of all parties, and his prestige was extremely high. I didn't expect him to be so involved with Mrs. Ding.