Chapter 43: Ascension to the Court [II]
The matter of children's affection, after all, is a trivial matter.
Besides, Wang Shouye doesn't like Zhao Hongyu yet, but more of a covetous ......
Belch~
It is more due to men's yearning for beautiful things.
Otherwise, there would be no option to 'kill people'.
In short, after briefly appeasing Zhao Hongyu for a few words, Wang Shouye returned to the court.
It's not like it's trying to continue interrogating anything.
Now that the facts of the case are basically clear, just wait for Zhao Kui to bring the human-faced fish back, and then he can make the final closing statement.
Wang Shouye returned to the hall, mainly to calm down and sort out the gains and changes brought about by this situation.
The most obvious harvest is naturally from a small flag to a hundred households.
The most enviable harvest is that he won Yan Shifan's favor.
Another thing is that after more than ten years, let Dongchang reappear as a supervisor in Beizhen Fusi - this is undoubtedly a big plus in the eyes of He Tao, the head of Dongchang.
But what Wang Shouye really values is not these.
He believes that his biggest gain in this time is that he embodies a certain 'irreplaceable' nature.
In the future, no matter whether the Buddha Light Relic continues to stay in Jinyiwei or is accepted by the East Factory, he will take it upon himself and occupy a dominant position among the guardians.
Although this talisman is not a gold medal for avoiding death, it is much more secure and long-lasting than the identity of Dongchang Fanzi or Jinyi Wei Baihu.
And there are two with one.
If something similar appears in the future, the imperial court will definitely be the first to think of itself......
Belch~
That doesn't seem like a good thing.
"Your Excellency!"
Just thinking about it, I saw Zhao Kui walking into the inner hall quickly, bowing down and reporting: "For some reason, those two human-faced fish have ...... It's been a long time since I've been dead! β
"Dead?"
Wang Shouye Huo Ran got up, his face full of shock.
But in fact, he was relieved.
In the eyes of those powerful bigwigs, the value of these two human-faced fish is undoubtedly above the Buddha's light relics.
But it is precisely because of this that Wang Shouye regards this thing as chicken ribs.
After all, even if he got it, he couldn't keep it at all.
Besides, this thing needs to absorb the life of the person in order to complete the transformation, and every time the lip beads are picked, they have to be re-'recharged'.
If you really keep it by your side, it is tantamount to taking the initiative to help the enemy create a handle to attack you.
Zhao Kui didn't know that Wang Shouye was acting, and then his waist bent a little more, and he turned his back and beckoned to the door, and Zhao Sanli and Ma Biao immediately brought in a small bath bucket.
Zhao Kui pointed to the bath bucket and reported again: "My lord, the corpse of the human-faced fish is in this bath bucket, but it looks a little weird. β
Weird?
Wang Shouye got up and bypassed the public case, walked to the bathtub and looked in, but in the evening, how easy was it to see the condition at the bottom of the bucket?
Seeing this, Zhao Kui hurriedly took the lantern and carefully hung it on the water.
This time, Wang Shouye finally saw it clearly.
I saw the remains of two human-faced fish, lying quietly at the bottom of the barrel.
But the strange thing is that the corpse only has the lower half of the body, and it is covered with flesh and skin, and the upper half including the head and pectoral fins, only Sensen's white bones remain.
Wang Shouye raised his head, frowned and asked, "What's going on?" β
"I heard from the guards in the edict prison that when Wu Jingzhong took Yan Gongzi there before, these two fish were in good shape - but what we saw were only two corpses."
In this way, this is mostly influenced by the Buddha's light relics.
Although the Buddha's light relics are mentioned now, they all feel that they are ominous.
But in the final analysis, people are also Buddha treasures.
It will have a special restraint effect on such an outright evil thing as a human-faced fish, which is simply normal.
After roughly analyzing the causes and consequences, Wang Shouye turned around and returned to the back of the public case, turned his head and asked: "Ge Baihu, what are the omissions in the confession that was recorded just now?" β
Ge Changfeng is usually in the sub-character, and he is responsible for the work of the case, so he took the place of the scribe of the Beizhen Fusi.
At this time, listening to Wang Shouye's question, he got up respectfully and reported: "The confession is very detailed, and the evidence of the crime of bending the law for personal gain and disregarding human life is complete, and there is nothing wrong with it. β
As he spoke, he swept Chu Mingchong from the corner of his eye, and then leaned over to Wang Shouye's side and whispered: "But these are all about Wu Jingzhong, Chen Yanbin and others, and they have nothing to do with this Chu Mingchong." β
Truly.
Except for conspiring with Chen Yanbin and wanting to use Yan Hongjian as a gunman to deal with Wang Shouye, Chu Mingchong basically has no selfish intentions in this matter.
But Wang Shouye has a ghost in his heart, and he is unwilling to delve into this matter.
And since he pretended not to know, Chu Mingchong, Chen Yanbing and others would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to expose them.
In this way, at least on the surface, Chu Mingchong was just implicated at the right time.
But he can't just leave like this, right?
Wang Shouye thought about it for a while, and immediately ordered: "Add one more, Wu Jingzhong, Chen Yanbin, Chu Mingchong and others deliberately deceived the imperial court, causing strange treasures to be dusty. β
After a pause, he added quietly: "You depict the effect of that person's face and fish lips more carefully, and then try to lean on the cultivation alchemy." β
Ge Changfeng heard this, and his heart was full of joy.
How poisonous is this?!
Who doesn't know that today's saints are most concerned about this matter of cultivating and refining pills?
Based on this charge alone, no matter who the final case is handed over, he will never dare to indulge Chu Mingchong.
Ge Changfeng pushed others and himself, and his heart was chilling.
So he secretly decided that after the case was understood, Yiding would try to solve the 'misunderstanding' with Wang Shouye.
Luckily~
He didn't publicly belittle Wang Baihu like Gao Shiliang before, so there was still room for maneuvering.
Ge Changfeng was so glad in his heart, and when he looked at Gao Shiliang again, he felt more and more that the other party was as stupid as a pig.
At this time, I suddenly heard Wang Shouye's instructions: "Brother Liu, please go and inquire to see if the number of people affected by the relics this time has been countedβif it has been counted, copy a list and come back." β
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North Town Fusi, front yard side hall.
Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo, sat on the throne with a calm face, and he hadn't spoken for a long time.
He didn't speak, and others didn't dare to speak rashly, so although the side hall was full, it was as silent as death.
Knock knock knock~
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.
Mao Zongwang, the pacification envoy, looked at Zhu Xizhong's face, and then raised his voice and responded: "What's the matter?" β
I heard a report from the door: "The human-faced fish has been destroyed by the Buddha's light relics, and only two bones remain." β
"What?!"
Mao Zongwang got up: "Have you checked it out?" Won't be dropped by anyone? β
"My lord, that fish bone is extremely strange, and it should be difficult to forge in a short period of time."
Mao Zongwang's face was bitter, and he slowly sat back.
After Li Mubai became a staff member of Cheng Guogong, Mao Zongwang heard about the human-faced fish.
But at that time, he only thought it was a harmful evil thing, and thought that it would be excellent to stay in Wu Jingzhong's hands and make a criminal evidence, so he didn't investigate it deeply.
It wasn't until I heard the report that I knew that this thing still had the effect of strengthening the body, dispelling diseases and eliminating disasters, and prolonging life.
At that time, Mao Zongwang regretted it a lot, and he hated to take it immediately, and then dedicated it to Emperor Jiajing with Chen Guogong.
Before he could figure out how to do it, there was such bad news again.
"Humph!"
Zhu Xizhong couldn't help but snort coldly, and reproached: "I told you to be more attentive, you want to be captured." β
Mao Zongwang hurriedly bounced up from the chair again, bowed down and said, "My lord, ...... your humble position."
"Alright."
Zhu Xizhong didn't want to listen to his ramblings, waved his hand and motioned for him to sit back, and asked in a loud voice, "What's the matter?" β
"Back to Guogong, the people from Dongchang still want to copy a list of losses that we just counted."
"Daydreaming!"
Mao Zongwang jumped up for the third time and scolded: "It's not even a hundred households, and you want to shout five and six in my Beizhen Fusi?" I ......"
"Sit down and talk."
Zhu Xizhong glanced at him, and Mao Zongwang sat back stupidly, but said to himself: "Guogong, the people in Dongchang obviously want to take the opportunity to sit big and climb on top of us like before - this matter must not be tolerated!" β
"What do you think?"
Zhu Xizhong lowered his head and looked at the tea cup in his hand, and asked expressionlessly: "Do you want to drive out all the people in Dongchang?" β
"At least don't let them be so arrogant!"
Mao Zongwang gritted his teeth with hatred, but he really wanted him to think of an idea to deal with the current situation, but it was tantamount to asking for blindness.
"Alas~"
Zhu Xizhong sighed slightly, put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and looked up at the person at the end of the bureau.
That person is thin and old-faced, but if it is not Li Mubai, which one else can it be?
Seeing Zhu Xizhong looking at him, Li Mubai immediately got up and said respectfully: "Guogong, in the opinion of the students, this matter has already shaken the government and the opposition, and if you want to leave the Buddha's light relics, I am afraid it will be even more difficult." β
"In this case, why don't we push the boat down the river, first take the initiative to admit our negligence, and then propose that Jinyiwei and Dongchang select capable people and set up a new yamen."
"Set up a new yamen?"
"That's right, a yamen who specializes in strange people and strange things!"
Li Mubai said eloquently: "Since we took the initiative to propose, this yamen should be dominated by Jinyi Guard, and besides, Dongchang can't draw much manpower at the moment." β
"This time, I can take the opportunity to get rid of the original shackles between the factory and the guard; Second, it is fortunate that in this unprecedented change, we have seized a little opportunity. β
Listening to what he said about 'unprecedented changes', Mao Zongwang was a little unimpressed, but it was not easy to show it in front of Zhu Xizhong.
However, after thinking about it, Zhu Xizhong took the initiative to question: "But with that Wang Shouye, we want to squeeze out the people in Dongchang, I'm afraid it's not so easy." β
"Guogong is too worried."
Li Mubai smiled slightly, and said confidently: "The Buddha's light relics can't be separated from him for a moment, and at that time, Wang Baihu will lack skills, so he naturally can't manage these many trivial matters." β
[There is also at night.] γ