Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Lord of the Heavens
Su Wanyan wanted Fu Yin to be retried the next day, but before she could speak, Fu Yin had already opened her mouth to make a judgment.
"The name of the victim in your Huichun Hall, the evidence is conclusive, and the Yin of this government sentenced to immediately raid the store and immediately detain the two principals."
Su Wanyan didn't expect him to be so sloppy, so she panicked for a while and scolded.
"You dog official, you will make a judgment before the matter is clear, I suspect that you have accepted bribes and bent the law for bribes, you wait, someone will come to clean you up."
"Lock them up, hurry, hurry!"
Fu Yin immediately asked people to close the yamen to block the onlookers outside, and asked the yasmen to tie up Su Wanyan and the shopkeeper Sun and detain them.
The matter soon spread, and early the next morning, as soon as the morning dawned, Duanmu Rui led people to beat the drum in front of the palace office, and the government got up from the warm bed, and ascended to the hall very unhappily, wanting to see which one was not long-minded and disturbed him to sleep.
I saw a man with a long body, wearing a black brocade robe, and a majestic man walking in, with two guards behind him.
When Fu Yin saw this person's handsome face, he immediately recognized it as Duanmu Rui, and his somewhat chaotic mind suddenly cleared up, and he turned very fast, thinking about where he had offended this nobleman.
His mind spun quickly, and his feet quickly came up to salute.
"The prince has something to say in private, and the lower officials can't do it well, how can I bother you to come here. Quick, quick, please take your seat. ”
Fu Yin wanted to lead Duanmu Rui to sit up, Duanmu Rui waved his hand, "Just bring me a stool." ”
How to bring a stool, Fu Yin immediately asked someone to carry the Taishi chair, and Duanmu Rui sat under the hall.
Fu Yin hurriedly took his seat back in the hall and cautiously asked Duanmu Rui what was going on.
"I heard that yesterday you tried a life lawsuit for taking medicine and eating death, and I want to see the documents you have on file."
Fu Yin remembered for a while that the woman surnamed Su yesterday said to let him wait, someone would come to clean him up, but he really didn't expect that she would be locked in it and have the ability to alarm the prince, he panicked for a while, cold sweat came out, and he hurriedly wiped the sweat with the sleeve of his official uniform, and asked the master to submit the paperwork.
Duanmu Rui glanced at the paperwork, threw it on the table with a "snap", and said sarcastically: "My lord's trial is really fast, this king wants to ask you, how did you conclude that those medicinal materials came from the Rejuvenation Hall, did you find the same moldy medicinal materials from the Rejuvenation Hall?" Did you ask people to find out the real cause of death of the so-called person who died by taking medicine? ”
Fu Yin sat on pins and needles, wiped a handful of sweat, stammered, and couldn't even speak clearly, "No, no, no." ”
Duanmu Rui slapped the table and shouted, "Then why did you close the case?" ”
Fu Yin shrunk his neck, not daring to squeak,
"I've brought you evidence and suspects, you might as well re-interrogate."
After Duanmu Rui finished speaking, he asked the guards to bring people up, and the guards brought the shopkeeper of the Hundred Medicine Hall and a box of moldy medicinal materials that were searched from their store.
Looking at the shopkeeper, Fu Yin was sweating even more, his eyes were closed, and he looked like he was going to die today.
"Trial, this king is waiting for you to find out the results." Duanmu Rui scolded, as if he had placed a life talisman.
As soon as Fu Yin asked, the shopkeeper of the Hundred Medicine Hall couldn't help but tell the truth and confessed the fact that he bribed Fu Yin and framed the Rejuvenation Hall.
Duanmu Rui immediately ordered Su Wanyan and Shopkeeper Sun to be released, and asked people to take his handwritten letter to send Fu Yin to the Criminal Department, so that the Criminal Department could handle it impartially.
At this time, there were already three layers outside the door, and many people gathered on the three floors outside the door, and everyone hated the dog officials who were corrupt and bribery, framed good people, and caused unjust imprisonment.
Someone recognized Duanmu Rui, and when he said it among the people, he was naturally full of praise for him, and this matter spread rapidly in the community, and even the Mr. Speaker in the teahouse made up this story into a tortuous story and told it vividly.
The emperor also soon learned about this, and he immediately became suspicious, thinking that Duanmu Rui was deliberately buying people's hearts, and immediately summoned people into the palace.
I didn't expect the emperor to react so quickly, Duanmu Rui knew that it was not easy to fool this time, and he was ready in his heart.
When he entered the palace, the emperor was playing a chess game. During this time, Duanmu Rui did not go to the court under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries, and the emperor was also happy to see that he did not ask about political affairs, and there was nothing that he should not be disapproved, and hoped that he would never get involved in the court.
He greeted him with false affection, and seemed to invite him to play chess on a whim, "I haven't played against you for a long time, today is just right, come, let's play a game." ”
"However, the younger brother has always been bad, and according to the old rules, please let the third son first."
"Okay, no problem." The emperor stroked his palm, as if his chess addiction had been hooked.
In fact, he tested Duanmu Rui in this way, and he had to be careful when playing chess, and what kind of chess he played could see what the mood of the people playing chess was.
Duanmu Rui didn't understand what he meant, this was not the first time the emperor had tested him in this way, the countermeasures were ready-made, he only needed to hide clumsy, occasionally attacked, and most of the time was defensive.
Naturally, he lost again, and the emperor was very happy, so he drank tea and talked about his interference in the Yamen's trial.
"I heard that the emperor's brother recently went to the palace in person for a case to expose the corruption and perversion of the law by the palace, which was praised by the people, and the emperor's brother was recuperating at home, how could he suddenly care about this matter?"
Duanmu Rui showed a look of remorse, "Hey, my brother is also on a whim, wandering on the street, listening to the people's discussions, and he was angry for a while, thinking that this Fu Yin was simply bold, and he could actually do this kind of thing in this imperial city, so he took care of it a little, and he also felt annoyed afterwards." ”
The emperor smirked, "Haha, if the emperor's brother doesn't make a move, he will win a good reputation among the people as soon as he makes a move, I don't know if it's luck or if there is another purpose." ”
Speaking of the back, he already had a fierce face, and his majestic voice echoed in the hall.
At this time, the chamberlain came in and said that the prince had come, and the emperor motioned for him to come in.
The prince came in and saw that Duanmu Rui was also there, the atmosphere in the hall was a little tense, he immediately knew what was going on, and said in a strange manner: "Uncle Huang has been in the limelight in the city recently, and the people call you the most holy prince, saying that you are honest and wise, love the people, and what else do you have military exploits, hum, interesting, you are the most holy, what about the father, isn't he holy?" ”
Duanmu Rui knelt down with a puff, his face turned pale in fear, "Brother Huang, my brother is really just a whim, I want to play prestige, I have no other ideas, and I will never do this kind of thing in the future." What the prince said was an exaggeration of the people, and it cannot be taken seriously. ”
Seeing that he looked weak, the emperor felt a little relieved, and he didn't want to push him too much in face, but he was afraid that it would be too much, but it made him resist.
He stretched out his hand to help Duanmu Rui up, and said to the prince: "What do those people know, a little thing will turn the sky upside down, let's close the door and the family won't say those false words." ”
He eased his expression and said to Duanmu Rui: "The officialdom is treacherous, and the whole body is affected by one shot, you don't know how many people are behind this mansion Yin, the imperial brother doesn't want you to be involved in these troubles, you can't deal with it, and you may lose yourself in the end, the imperial brother is out of protection for you." ”
People who don't know the truth will definitely be moved to tears when they hear his words, but Duanmu Rui knows his true purpose best, which is to make him obedient with a fist and a date.
With tears in his eyes, he said gratefully: "The younger brother has always known the intentions of the imperial brother, but the younger brother is not good, and the younger brother didn't expect that he would make such a big fuss in a momentary mood, and he really won't dare to do it again in the future." ”
"If only you understood." The emperor patted him on the shoulder and said, "This has happened, I hope the imperial brother will be cautious in the future." ”
"Yes, the younger brother must keep it in mind."
Duanmu Rui returned to the mansion and didn't even leave the mansion for many days.
He was afraid of the dark, so he slept all night with a lamp lit in the house, and this night, he was sleeping soundly, when suddenly a gust of wind blew out from nowhere, and then a person came in silently, and there was a flurry of slashing on the bed, if he hadn't pressed the mechanism on the bed in a hurry, the bed turned over, and hid him in the secret passage below, he would have died thoroughly, but serious injuries were inevitable.
Since that day, he has been confined to bed to recuperate and has not been seen outside for many days.
On this day, he was sitting under the window reading a book, and there was a spider on the roof of the house hunting with a spider web, and he hated that there were insects in the house, so he slapped the spider in the air, and the spider was blown out of the window by the palm wind along with the cobwebs.
Hearing the sound of birds outside the house, it was already the middle of winter, where did the bird come from, he flew out of the window, and took the bird back in a moment, it turned out to be an injured young goose, probably unable to follow the wild goose flock south to fly through the winter, somehow it arrived in the house, he checked the wound and bandaged it, and called someone to take it out and release it.
He came and went with ease, his skills were still agile, and there was no sign of injury on his body.
In the evening, when his subordinates came to report the matter, he asked about the movement outside, and his subordinates said: "Everyone thinks that there are assassins in the prince's mansion, and no one suspects it at all." Those words that overpraised the prince were secretly guided and spread by someone, and when the source was found, it was the prince who operated behind the scenes. ”
"A good prince, take this opportunity to secretly investigate him, and find out what he has done behind his back, the more detailed the better, especially to find out whether he has formed a party for personal gain and colluded with all forces."
When the emperor heard that he had been assassinated, he thought about it for a while, and was afraid that he was not confused, and he didn't remember to send someone to assassinate him, and he specially asked his close attendant, who said that there had been no such order recently, and he thought that he was either him or the prince.
He was immediately unhappy, Duanmu Rui was also the elder of the prince, although he knew that he wanted to get rid of Prince Duanmu Rui secretly, but he didn't say hello to him and did it, which made him feel that the prince had a heart of arrogance.
When the prince heard about this, he naturally thought that the emperor had done it, so he secretly felt that his father was too soft-hearted, otherwise the people in his hands would not be good, and he had assassinated him several times, but he had not succeeded.
But this time, Duanmu Rui learned a lesson, and he should never dare to stretch his hand so long in the future. Nafu Yin had given him benefits, and he was secretly defending him, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to accept bribes so blatantly, but his actions were too stupid, and it was easy for people to catch the handle.
Su Wanyan heard that it was Duanmu Rui who came forward to solve the matter for her, and the hateful Fu Yin was also imprisoned, she was full of gratitude to Duanmu Rui in her heart, but later she heard the praise of Duanmu Rui, let him be loved by the people, and even said that he was the prince of Shengming, so she sweated for him.
She guessed that someone was behind the trouble, and was about to find a way to remind him, but when she heard that he had been assassinated and was recuperating from his wounds in the house, and she didn't see anyone, she knew that this person must have his own way to solve it, so she no longer worried about him.
That night, she was bathing, and the house was burning a charcoal stove, very warm, the water was just the right temperature, and the fragrance was lingering, and she rested happily against the bathtub with her eyes closed.
Suddenly there was a noise outside, she thought it was a maid, but after waiting for a moment and not hearing the sound, she felt strange and called Lingxiu, but did not get a response, her heart jumped, quickly came out of the bathtub, wrapped two clothes randomly, just fastened the belt and saw a figure through the layers of curtains and ran out.
She was furious, where did the thief come from, he actually broke into her house, would he peek at her bathing.
She tore off the curtain, and it fell just over the man's head, and she flew over to start the fight, but the man reached out very well, and with a dagger in his hand cut the curtain, and got out of it cleanly, and ran to the other end of the window.
Su Wanyan chased after her, and the two fought back and forth in the house a few times, but the thief was very powerful and cunning, and he couldn't catch it like a loach.