Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard Zhang Shixing finish speaking, and his eyes widened.

It turned out that Jin Yiwei had officially filed a case, and all the examiners and reviewers such as Liu Sanwu, Bai Xindao, and Zhang Xin were imprisoned, but the crime was not scientific examination fraud, but the Hu Dang case, Bai Xindao had confessed that Jingning Hou Ye was promoted to the same party, and it seems that many people will be implicated in the follow-up, and a huge bloody storm will be set off in the court.

Originally, after Zhang Xin's re-examination results came out, Liu Sanwu's innocence was proved, and Jiang Huan, the Jinyi guard, had to be told by his grandson that he had been polite to Liu Sanwu and others, and just waited for the holy decree to send them out of prison.

However, the ceremonial supervisor transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to report, but the Liu case turned into a major case of Hu Dang's rebellion, and he didn't care about it, except for Liu Sanwu, everyone else was tortured, under the five trees, to take and ask, and it was about to be completed as an iron case, a major crime of rebellion, and the people involved in the case had to be executed by Ling Chi, and they had to be connected with the nine clans.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Fang Xiaoru anxiously and asked, "Teacher, how should this be." ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "I can only ask Your Majesty for this matter." ”

Zhu Yunwen said with tears in his eyes: "I have begged the imperial grandfather last time, and he said that he would order someone to re-examine him, and he would not embarrass Duke Liu." When I heard the results of Zhang Xin's review, Liu Gong was innocent, and I thought that he would be released from prison soon, but who knew that it would be today's situation. ”

Fang Xiaoru sighed and said: "There must be someone who is playing with right and wrong and adding fuel to the fire, lest the world will not be chaotic." ”

Zhu Yunwen said hatefully: "It must be that Zhan Hui." ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "Zhan Hui is a talented and decisive person, diligent in managing affairs, and is rewarded by His Majesty. However, his temperament is dangerous, so that he can get a glimpse of the will, so it seems that Liu Gong is in danger. Taisun, go and ask Your Majesty for extrajudicial mercy, you just have to kowtow and cry, you don't need to say anything else, Your Majesty will naturally let Liu Gong go. ”

Zhu Yunwen got the idea, hurriedly threw down the book, and ran to the Qianqing Palace, running too fast along the way, and even lost a shoe, he didn't care about it, he kept running into the Qianqing Palace, and cried on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in surprise: "Good grandson, why are you doing this?" ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't speak, just cried.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him for a long time, sighed and said, "Yun Wei, you get up, I will spare Liu Sanwu's life." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he burst into laughter, kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang to thank him, and stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly and said: "The sophistication of the world and the family and the country, which is more important, I see that you still don't know how to entrust this huge country to you." ”

Zhu Yunwen said proudly: "People's hearts are back, and grandchildren are very clear. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip and said: "It is important to have people's hearts and minds back. However, the emperor must know how to manipulate people's hearts and use them for my own use, rather than being trapped by people's public opinion. ”

Zhu Yunwen was unconvinced: "Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people have won the world, and Master Yasheng Mengzi once said: 'There is a way to win the world, to win its people, and to win the world.'" There is a way to win the people, to win their hearts, and to win the people. ’”

Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "Don't you respect Liu Sanwu, why don't you read his Mencius verses, read some messy books, and come to me to talk nonsense." Fines for half a month, get out. ”

Seeing that the emperor's grandfather was really angry, Zhu Yunwen stuck out his tongue and retreated.

The riverside wharf of Jinchuanmen outside the Beijing Division, the sails are lined up, the Yangtze River is rolling, the mighty east goes, and the pedestrians come and go, in an endless stream.

Zhu Yunwen stood next to the city gate, looking forward to it. It was only at three o'clock that the sound of chains mopping the floor came from the city gate, and two officials in soap clothes slowly walked out of the city with an old man in shackles.

Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he immediately greeted him, hugged the old man, and said with tears in his eyes: "Liu Gong, I have done my best, originally the Criminal Department sentenced Ling Chi to death, but now due to old age, he has been exiled to Beiping Mansion. Liu Gong went to Beiping Mansion here, thousands of miles away, along the way, you have to take care of yourself. ”

Liu Sanwu clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Thank you for taking care of your grandson, I, Liu Sanwu, can leave this old life." "Then kneel down and give thanks.

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly held him up, and ordered the two officials to say, "Don't give Liu the public shackle yet." ”

The two officials hesitated for a moment, and one of them said boldly: "The imperial grandson, this is illegal, and the villain doesn't dare." ”

Zhang Shixing drew his waist knife and shouted: "If you still don't obey the order, believe it or not, I cut down you two straight thieves with one knife." ”

These two officials can not be afraid of the emperor's grandson, but when they saw Jinyiwei, they were like mice seeing cats, so they hurriedly took off the seal and sticker, and unloaded the ten-pound flail, and then untied Liu Sanwu's shackles, and helped him to the big stone bench on the shore of the dock to rest.

The eunuch beside Zhu Yunwen had already put the table away, opened the food box, and placed the dishes on it, Zhu Yunwen picked up a glass of imperial wine and handed it to Liu Sanwu, and he also picked up a glass of wine, drank it all, and said: "Today, I will see off Liu Gong, I will do it first as a respect." ”

Liu Sanwu hurriedly stood up, his gray beard curled up with excitement, and said: "If I can get my grandson to practice for me, I have no regrets in dying." ”

At this time, a voice came from afar: "Liu Gong, you are in good health and live a long life, I am still waiting for you to return to Beijing to chant poems and paint together." ”

While talking, a few people walked quickly, and the three people led by Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, Fang Xiaoru, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Huang Zicheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, followed by several long followers, carrying a load of gifts.

The three of them walked in front of Liu Sanwu and bowed down and said, "We are not talented, we can't save Liu Gong from fire and water, so I am here to apologize today." ”

Liu Sanwu shook their hands one by one and said: "My life and protégés are all over the world, and today I am deeply involved in the Hu Dang case, and no one has come to see them off, and the people are warm and cold, which can be seen." You have no relatives and no reason with me, aren't you afraid that all the old men will join you in forming a party for personal gain? ”

Fang Xiaoru snorted, raised his head and said: "We are the party of the Ming Dynasty and the party of the Confucian scholars in the world, whoever wants to participate can participate." ”

Qi Tai said: "I know that there will be post stations all over the road, and I want to take care of Liu Gong, and Liu Gong can go with confidence." ”

Huang Zicheng pointed to those gifts and said: "Liu Gong, this is a little bit of our family's heart, things to use on the road, I hope Liu Gong will not dislike it." ”

Liu Sanwu was moved with tears in his eyes and thanked him one by one.

Zhu Yunwen said: "I have sent someone to send a letter to the fourth uncle, asking him to take more care of him in Beiping, and after this matter settles, I will ask the imperial grandfather to transfer Liu Gong back to Beijing and reinstate the official." ”

Liu Sanwu shook it to the ground, and then thanked him: "How can I, Liu Sanwu, be so virtuous, I am really ashamed to be so gracious and grateful." ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his hand vigorously and said: "Without Liu Gong, Yunwen can't go so far, some trivial things, why worry about it." ”

The two servants were waiting beside them, and when they saw that no one paid attention to them, and saw that they had brought so many gifts, all of which were used on the road, without much oil and water, they were quite dissatisfied, and they bowed down and said, "The imperial grandson, my lords, the hour is not early, we should go on the road." ”

Zhang Shixing pulled the two of them aside and said, "What's noisy, it's good to serve, and your benefits will be indispensable." ”

With that, he took out a golden bun from his bosom and stuffed it into the hands of one person.

When the man saw it, he smiled, nodded and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the lord of the hundred households, everything is at your command." ”

Zhang Shixing pointed to the gift and said: "You carry this load of things all the way, and use them as you go." Along the road, you can take a car, you can take a boat, you can take a boat, how comfortable you are, how to walk. The cost came from the ingot. It's not enough to spend, so you'll come back and ask for me. If anyone asks, they say that they are on the orders of the emperor's grandson. After that, he took out a letter from his bosom, the envelope was stamped with the seal of the imperial grandson, and then said: "This is a letter written by the imperial grandson to His Royal Highness King Yan. ”

"You sent Liu Ping'an to Beiping, it is a great achievement, if Liu Gong has three long and two short on the road, see if I don't pick your skin and smoke your tendons."

The two officials crooked their mouths, and said with a sad face: "Master Baihu, you see that Liu Gong is over eighty years old, and it is thousands of miles away from Beiping, who dares to ensure that there is no headache and brain fever on the road, in case there is a horse stirrup short, it can't be blamed on the heads of the little ones." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Then I don't care, you just waited for your grandfather to travel at that time." ”

The two errand officers complained repeatedly, expecting so many high-ranking officials and dignitaries to send Liu Sanwu to always get some oil and water, who knew that such a drudgery was shared.

Over there, Liu Sanwu has said goodbye to everyone, he boarded the boat and waved goodbye under everyone's eager gaze, this situation, let him feel a lot of emotion, blurted out his poems in previous years: "The building is not a wooden branch, and the sages are lost." If it weren't for the Heavenly Cloud Dragon Club, who would solve the Shonan Sandpiper clam holding? The wings of the sunset go far away, and the crane returns late. Striving for a heron forgets the opportunity, and still has no intention of being in Shuimei. Sending envoys to the imperial capital for many years, the name is not true. There is only southern Hunan in Eyuan, and the government and the opposition still boast of soldiers on paper. Zhuzhen is just like the end of the Tang Dynasty, who is Li Changcheng? The mountains and rivers are still like water, and I listen to the sound of the jackdaws at dusk. In Khotan for several years, on Taoyang, the difficult side is a soldier. But it is said that the eagle is hungry and edible, and it is better to know that raising a tiger is not light. Tu Poor backlash devoured Sanxiang land, and swept the Changqi Bagui City. Chang Wu does not sing and is old, and the pipa has made the sound of a boat. ”

The boat drifted away, and the figures of everyone slowly disappeared under the Lion Rock.

Under the archway at the intersection of Xi'an Gate Street and Erlang Temple, it is the place where today's execution is carried out. The archway is engraved with the word Qingren, under the archway by hundreds of soldiers and horses of the five cities to surround a vacant land, on the stone steps of the shop on the street to attend the shed, the middle position sits on the left of the imperial Shi Zhan Hui, the left head is the commander of the Jinyi guard Jiang Huan, the right head is the criminal department Shangshu Yang Jing. The crowds of spectators were crowded, and some people even stood on the top of the roof wall, craning their necks and looking in.

Three cross logs were erected in the center of the field, and three people were tied to them, who had been stripped of their clothes, it was Bai Xindao, the deputy chief examiner of this scientific examination, Zhang Xin, the last champion of the reviewer, and Hou Yesheng of Jingning, all three of whom had walnuts stuffed in their mouths, and they couldn't make a sound, their heads were lowered, and they were lifeless.

Next to the three of them, each stood a big man, with a red scarf on his head, his belly bare, and a sharp blade in his hand, waiting for orders.

At noon, Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, shouted: "The hour has come, and the execution will be carried out according to the law, and 3,600 knives will be cut." ”

Only three cannon shots were heard, and the executioners responded in unison, and the sound shook like thunder. The onlookers also shouted and applauded in unison.

I saw the white light flashing on the brush, and the executioner had unscrewed more than ten pieces of meat of an inch size on the prisoner's chest, and threw them into the bamboo basket on the side, leaving only one piece, inserted in the tip of the knife, the executioner held the knife high, circled the field, and the surrounding people applauded.

At this moment, the prisoner's blood flowed down from the wound, and the executioner's apprentice hurriedly picked up a basin of cold water and poured it on his head.

In this way, the executioner spent more than an hour removing the flesh and bones of the prisoner, cutting off the heart and lungs, cutting off the heart and lungs, tying them to a rope, and someone pulled the rope to the top of the thick wood to show the public.

The onlookers saw that there was another burst of cheers, Huang Zhan and Wang Shu also crowded into the crowd to watch, seeing this, Wang Shu clapped his hands and praised: "Who let you cheat for personal gain, you are really relieved." ”

Huang Zhan couldn't bear it, so he pulled Wang Shu out of the crowd and said, "Although it is too cruel to relieve qi. ”

Wang Shu said: "You don't understand this, this is Your Majesty's Bodhisattva heart and thunderbolt means." ”

Huang Zhan sighed: "I hope that after this case, I will be forever in the Ming Dynasty." ”

The two did not wait for the execution to be completed, and then returned to the Shanxi Guild Hall.

On the execution ground, after the heart, lungs, liver, gallbladder and other internal organs of the prisoner were cut clean, the executioner finally cut off the head, and hung it on a big tree, and the execution was completed.

At this time, the prisoner's body skeleton was still there, and the back muscles were cut into strands, fluttering in the wind.

The captain of Jinyi held a red flag, and the Pegasus reported to the palace, returning to the emperor, and the prisoner was punished, and the number of knives was the same as that of the Ming Dynasty.

As the officials exited, the surrounding people poured into the arena and paid the executioners for the meat cut from the prisoners, which was said to be a cure for scabies.