Chapter 52: "Why are you staring at me?"

Soon, the person was brought over, followed by Xu Wenlang, the magistrate of Yongping County.

Without knowing when, Gao Yuan appeared beside Chen Yuan and whispered, "Brother Chen, am I not late?"

Chen Yuan smirked, "The timing is perfect. If we were a step late, Old Song wouldn't be able to hold on."

"Is everything settled?"

"Don't worry, everything has been settled." Gao Yuan gave him a reassuring look.

Song Renjie didn't know what exactly was going on, but he still had a lot of faith in Chen Yuan. So he sternly asked, "Who are you, and what urgent matters do you have that you are causing such a commotion outside the Marquis's residence?"

"Sir, this common woman is the old brothel mistress of Chunxiang Ge in Yongping County. She has a grievance in her heart. I request Sir to help me."

Song Renjie remained composed and asked, "The grievances of the visitor should be dealt with by the county magistrate's yamen. Why did you come to Zhen Nanhou's mansion to seek justice?”

"Sir...S...Sir...The County Governor's Office said they won't handle this case and they kicked the woman out. The woman had no other choice and pleaded the sir to help her."

Hearing this, Song Renjie frowned and pondered in an official tone, "The Marquis of Zhennan's Manor is not a law enforcement office. Even if the local County Governor's Office refuses to handle it, it should be reported to the Ministry of Justice."

In order to prevent the excessive power of the Imperial Censor, the current emperor has established the Yezhe Tai and the Sili Tai.

The Yezhe Tai is responsible for carrying out imperial orders, representing the court in visiting local areas, consoling the people, and reporting any wrongful cases encountered to the court.

If you're going to put on a show, then you have to go all the way. If you want to file a case, and the local government refuses to handle it, you can give feedback to the Office of Petitions. Going to the Marquis of Zhennan's mansion to seek justice is not following the proper procedure.

The others didn't immediately react either. They looked at the glamorous woman in confusion.

It should be noted that the Zhennan Marquis Mansion does not belong to the government, it is just the residence of the Zhennan Marquis.

If there is any case or injustice, one should go to the local government office to file a complaint. Therefore, after hearing Song Renjie's words, no one felt anything inappropriate.

But Yuwen Huaji is a bit embarrassed. He intended to lead a large group of soldiers in the name of imperial edict to go and arrest Song Renjie, but now this has happened.

All the soldiers of the Yanlin Army under my command are stranded here, unable to leave or stay, so they can only endure the unhappiness in their hearts and wait patiently.

"Sir, the Ministry of Rites is far away in the capital city, it is unknown when they will arrive in Lingnan. Now, I implore you, sir, to intervene on behalf of the people and women."

As they were talking, the lady burst into tears, which made Chen Yuan feel a bit embarrassed to watch.

However, Song Renjie felt even more embarrassed because the Imperial Inspection Office had never visited Lingnan before.

The woman's words are simply telling everyone that complaining to the Yezhe Tai is useless.

Because the Yezhe Tai can't meddle in Lingnan affairs at all.

Now that there is grievance in Lingnan, who else can we turn to if not your Zhen Nan Hou Mansion?

Damn it, I was so immersed in the acting that I forgot about this.

Seeing that no one noticed this, Song Renjie pretended a bit, and then said solemnly, "Where is the magistrate of Yongping County?"

Xu Wenlang had long been waiting and as soon as he heard his name being called, he hurriedly stood up and politely said, "I am here, Your Excellency."

Seeing this, Yuwen Huaji's brows furrowed. The magistrate of Yongping County actually referred to himself as Your Excellency in front of Song Renjie?

This Song family is really covering up the sky in Lingnan. If it was just the Marquis of Zhen Nan, it would be fine, but why does a general like you have the authority to manage political affairs?

What qualifications do you have?

Song Renjie looked dignified and asked, "Tell me, why do you want to..."

"General Song!"

Song Renjie's words were interrupted by Yu Wenhuaji before he could finish, "It's not too late to deal with this matter when I come back. Let's hurry up and handle our duties."

Song Renjie shook his head and said, "General Yu Wen, your words are mistaken. As the saying goes, the people are the most important, followed by the state. Our Southern Marquis Manor was entrusted by the late emperor to govern the people of Lingnan. How can we neglect our responsibilities?"

"Lord Xu, please explain why you refuse to accept the grievances of the people?"

It was clear that Mr. Xu had rehearsed his lines and showed no sign of panic. He explained, "In response to General Song's question, the matter involves soldiers in the military camp and is outside the jurisdiction of Yongping County, so..."

"Oh?" Song Renjie was taken aback, and then snorted, "Speak up and let me see which camp these soldiers are from. Once this general finds out, justice will be served."

"Um..." Xu Wenlang looked hesitant to speak, but kept glancing towards the direction of Yuwen Huaji, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Yuwenhua's face turned black, and he grumbled, "What the heck are you looking at? Am I not a warrior in our camp?"

The uneasy feeling in his heart grew stronger. Could this be the hidden move of the Song family?

However, he thought about it and it seemed that he had not left any handle for the Song family himself?

But the general behind him shivered all over, his face turned slightly pale, and his eyes became a little uncertain.

Song Renjie frowned and looked displeased: "Why are you beating around the bush, Xu Sir? Hurry up and get to the point."

"In response to General Song, the people of Chunxiang Pavilion want to file a complaint against the Feathered Forest Army soldiers under General Yuwen's command. As General Song knows, the Feathered Forest Army is not within our jurisdiction, so we did not handle the case."

The madam on the side shouted, "Please General Song make a decision for the woman and the people."

As she spoke, trembling with excitement, she pointed her arm at Yu Wenhuajie and the general behind him, angrily saying, "It's him, it's him."

Clang.

The words of the old madam immediately caused a commotion among the hundreds of soldiers.

Even the horses neighed, and a soldier tightly held onto the reins.

"Bold rebel, spouting nonsense."

Yuwenhua and Nu Dao yelled out, and looked at Song Renjie with a stern expression, saying: "General Song, do not listen to her nonsense. I think you and I should quickly go on our mission."

"General Yuwen, don't rush. Let's first hear what the matter is. If the soldiers of the Yu Lin Army have been wronged, I, as the general, will never spare anyone."

"Please go ahead and tell us what happened."

Yuwenzhua and Yan Chen both had gloomy expressions. Seeing Song Renjie's persistence, they were somewhat helpless.

However, at this point, they also realized that this was definitely intentional.

It was very obvious that they were deliberately dragging out the time. Hmph, this general wants to see what tricks you're playing.

Do you think playing this game can disrupt General Ben's deployment?

Hmph, wishful thinking!

Yuwenhua also wants to have fun, since you want to play, then fine, I will see what tricks you can come up with.

The old madam began to speak with tears and snot, and as she continued her tale, everyone's gaze involuntarily turned towards the general.

Even Yuwen Huaji, not exempt from this, saw the old madam's genuine expression and wondered if it could be true.

"Sir, that general and some soldiers were having a merry time in my Chunxiang Pavilion that night. They got drunk, caused a disturbance, scared away all the guests, and even broke a lot of things. They left without paying, sir. You must seek justice for us women."

The face of Yuwen Huaji turned dark, and at that moment, he finally remembered that something felt off that day.

Some had a bruised face and bloody nose, but he only casually asked and didn't inquire further. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be like this?