Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 121 Part 2: Setting Off
Ye Ming Yu pondered over it and felt that what Jiang Li said was right, so he agreed.
The road back to Xiangyang was faster than when they traveled to Tongxiang. Perhaps the people could not wait to get the official order from the Xiangyang magistrate so they could enter the capital to rehabilitate Xue Huai Yuan, so they hurried on the road, faster than before and not a single person procrastinated. Feng Yu Tang, locked inside the prisoner’s carriage, followed the crowd, and a few of his subordinates went forward listlessly, along with the carriage.
They could not run, could not move, aware that their influence was gone, each and every one of them was discouraged. Jiang Li asked Ye Ming Yu’s people to pay attention to Feng Yu Tang and the others, afraid that Princess Yongning’s people received news and tried to kill people to shut their mouths. If Feng Yu Tang and his party were killed, there would be no evidence left.
However, Jiang Li thought that with Ji Heng around, this kind of thing should not happen. She herself, after going around in such a big circle, only managed to complete a bit of this. Since Ji Heng loved watching dramas, allowing just anyone to mess in this drama would not let him achieve a satisfactory ending.
When they arrived in Xiangyang, Jiang Li did not immediately return to the Ye family residence, but asked Ye Ming Yu to find a place to settle the people first. Then she directly brought people to look for Tong Zhi Yang.
Tong Zhi Yang was not in the magistrate’s official residence, but with his outer room and son, stayed in a small, ordinary courtyard.
The news was that after Madam Tong, He-shi, quarreled with Tong Zhi Yang, on the same day, she immediately returned to her maiden home. Father He was furious and was going to kill Tong Zhi Yang to vent He-shi’s anger. Tong Zhi Yang was afraid and did not even dare to sit in the magistrate’s office. In fact, he would not be able to do it anymore. His position was originally obtained by relying on He-shi. Now that he had committed an offense towards He-shi, he could no longer keep his official position. He hid in this small courtyard, together with his outer room and son, all day long, keeping his tail tucked between his legs and behaved well.
Jiang Li did not speak superfluous words with Tong Zhi Yang and said, “I need an official order, is Master Tong going to give or not?”
Towards Jiang Li, Tong Zhi Yang was angry but did not dare to refute. He said, “Miss Jiang second, I don’t even dare to enter the magistrate’s office now…..”
“Your madam is so domineering, but it’s only because He-shi’s younger sister’s husband is a Prefect of the Office of Coinage in Yanjing2.” Jiang Li said, “You seem like a fair person, not afraid of being chased and killed by He-shi. In that case, let He-shi has no place to rely on by making her younger brother-in-law lose his position.” She glanced at Tong Zhi Yang, “If you make this warrant well for me, I’ll make He-shi’s younger brother-in-law no longer be an official in Yanjing. Without anyone to rely on, the He family naturally will not dare to lay their hands on you.”
Tong Zhi Yang’s eye lit up and he asked Jiang Li, “Is what you said true?”
“I’m the chief assistant’s daughter,” Jiang Li smiled, “you don’t believe me?”
“No, no, no,” Tong Zhi Yang said at once, “I believe, I believe.” He naturally believed. It had not been long since Jiang Li came to Xiangyang, yet she managed to make the Prefect of the Weaving Chamber1 from Yanjing hurried to Xiangyang in a few days to handle the Ye family’s case. Looking at the order that she wanted, it was to help the criminal Xue Huai Yuan to get rid of his crimes and reverse the verdict. All these things needed to be done especially carefully and a bit of carelessness might implicate oneself. If it were not a hundred percent confident, who dared to do this. It was also because she was a daughter of the Jiang family, thus dared to do this as she had a backing. If Jiang Li said that she could do it, then it certainly could be done.
“Miss Jiang second, I still have a presumptuous request.” Tong Zhi Yang wiped his sweat. “If He-shi’s brother-in-law lost his official position, then naturally, those things in the Ye family were things that they came up with. I was just following orders….. I’m loyal and faithful to Miss Jiang second and the Ye family! Can you let me continue sitting in this magistrate position, I guarantee in the future, I will definitely take care of the Ye family!” He looked at Jiang Li with eyes full of hope.
The smile on Jiang Li’s face was put away and she indifferently spoke, “Master Tong, a man who is never content, is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Moreover, as the in-laws of the Jiang family, I believe whoever sat as the magistrate in Xiangyang will take care of the Ye family. This bit does not need to trouble Master Tong. Besides, the current Master Tong cannot even protect the mother and son inside the house and you, yourself are still in danger. I can make He-shi’s brother-in-law lost his position, at least you no longer have to hide and don’t have to worry that Tong Yu will be harmed by others. It is already a fortune in the midst of adversity, it’s excessive that Master Tong still wants more.”
Tong Zhi Yang looked at Jiang Li and could not help shrinking his neck. Jiang Li’s words were not heavy, but the warning was very clear.
Of course Jiang Li did not intend to help Tong Zhi Yang. As far as she was concerned, the Right Minister who helped Cheng Wang would sooner or later be her opponent. He-shi’s younger brother-in-law was the Right Minister’s person and removing him was easy for her. As soon as she arrived back in Yanjing and made the Ye family affairs known, that Prefect of the Office of Coinage would naturally be in trouble. People in bureaucracy, Jiang Li did not believe that the crafty Right Minister would talk about justice, even more to deal with a mere Prefect of the Office of Coinage.
As for Tong Zhi Yang, a prefect who once listened to the instruction of others to frame the Ye family, she definitely would not give the other party a second chance. Now the entire city of Xiangyang already knew that the relationship between the Ye family and the Jiang family was not that bad, so no matter who the new Xiangyang magistrate was, they would be somewhat courteous towards the Ye family. There’s really no need for Tong Zhi Yang’s guarantee.
Tong Zhi Yang knew that he was in the wrong, so he did not say anything. He said to Jiang Li, “Miss Jiang second, please wait for a moment.” Then he got up and entered the room.
In a short while, Tong Zhi Yang brought an official order over. This official order was written following the existing template. What Tong Zhi Yang needed to do was to stamp a seal. Thankfully, He-shi did not ask him to hand the official seal out so writing this official order for Jiang Li was a simple matter for Tong Zhi Yang.
Jiang Li obtained the official order, took a quick look at it and saw that it was usable, and immediately smiled at Tong Zhi Yang and said, “Many thanks, Master Tong.” Then she turned around to leave.
Tong Zhi Yang trotted from behind and said fawningly, “Miss Jiang second, don’t forget the matter about the Prefect of the Office of Coinage!”
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After getting the official order, Ah Shun received orders to take Jiang Li back to the Ye residence. Ye Ming Yu had settled the residents of Tongxiang carefully and had already returned to the Ye residence. Such a huge group of Tongxiang people entering Xiangyang had naturally attracted a lot of attention. Such a shocking matter, the Ye family had probably interrogated Ye Ming Yu at this time.
Footnotes:
Finally found a scholar’s note of the ranks and titles, so here it is
1: Prefect of the Office of Coinage previously written as Zhong Guan Ling.
2: Prefect of the Weaving Chamber previously written as the Weaving Room Unit.
