Chapter Fifty-Eight: A New Prisoner
"Your Highness, you haven't been wronged here." The cell door opened, and Chiyuki eagerly entered.
"I didn't suffer any grievances, but I just couldn't see you, and I was a little worried." Jing Ge said with a smile.
When Qianxue heard this teasing words, she pursed her lips slightly, His Royal Highness's romantic affairs are not in vain, and he will not change his life even if he is in prison.
"What's going on out there?" Jing Ge asked, he had been here for three days, and it was only today that Qianxue had come to visit, and there must have been some changes.
"After Kou Huai's death, on the day of the imperial meeting, Empress Wu appointed Shangguan Junyue, the daughter of the great general Shangguan Junhong, as the superintendent of the imperial history. As the temporary acting prime minister and with full responsibility for investigating the prime minister's murder case, many officials in the DPRK and China objected, but Empress Wu ignored it and announced that he would retire from the DPRK. And .....," Chiyuki said.
"And then?"
"Then the new Inspector Shi ordered the arrest of more than 300 officials on charges of embezzlement and bribery, deducting military salaries, colluding with bandits, and suspected of murdering the prime minister." Chiyuki looked around.
In the past two days, Jingge has more than 300 neighbors, and the prison cells are not enough, so they are locked up in groups.
"Fortunately, Ben Shuai came early and occupied a good position." Jing Ge patted his chest and muttered to himself.
"Yes, Your Highness, you are in good luck." Qianxue couldn't cry or laugh.
"Presumably, these guys are the most ferocious and the most disobedient." Jing Ge glanced at it, more than three hundred, eighty percent of the officials in the DPRK and China.
"Seems to be." Chiyuki replied.
"What about the vacant position?"
"Vacancies are selected and appointed from the Great Imperial Examination."
Qianxue looked at Jing Ge, who was silent with his hands on his back facing the wall, and said in a low voice, "Most of these officials are unclean, but if they are all cleaned up at once, it will inevitably cause great turmoil." The forces behind them are intricate, there are three sects and nine streams, and they may even hurt the foundation of Great Qin. ”
Quick knife to cut through the mess, so bold. Although it was Yue'er's order, it was also what she meant.
Jing Ge looked in the direction of Weiyang Palace, as if through the walls to see the peerless figure standing proudly on the top of the high-rise building, the nine dragons robes and robes, the four seas and eight wildernesses, all the people came to the court, and the scene of the achievement of the empress through the ages.
This is probably her ambition and ambition, in this era of male respect. She wants to borrow Yue'er's hand to eradicate those who oppose her, but anyone who does not accept Yue'er as a minister will not be able to support her to ascend the throne as emperor. Is she paving the way?
"It is inevitable to cause some unrest, and it is enough to suppress it with iron and blood." Yi Yue'er's temperament is most likely like this, Jing Ge guessed.
"By the way, Your Highness, Madam asked me to ask, what happened to Kou Huai's death?" Qianxue suddenly remembered Madame's instructions.
"He died of poisoning." Jing Ge replied.
"Poison? The food in the Prime Minister's Office has been strictly scrutinized, how can anyone be poisoned. "Chiyuki is strange.
"There is an ingredient that is not poisonous in itself, but when you eat it, you smell the smoke of a special spice, and when the two are mixed, it becomes highly toxic." Jing Ge said.
"Ah, and such a strange poison? It's just hard to prevent. So who did it? Chiyuki was surprised.
Jing Ge didn't answer, the reason why he knew about this poison was because he listened to the person holding his hand on the way home. And now, that person is already the overseer of the imperial history, one person is above ten thousand. And knowing that he was being locked up here, he didn't come to take a look.
Well, after all, she had just taken over the reins and must have been busy to death. It's normal that I can't get out of here, so I reluctantly forgive her. Jing Ge muttered to himself in his heart.
But if you can't take it off, let people let me out, won't you forget me, don't you have a little me in your heart? You ruthless little Bichi.
Qianxue saw Jing Ge in a daze, not knowing his mental activity at the moment. If I knew that he was so hypocritically broken, I would definitely faint with laughter.
At this moment, Shangguan Junyue is indeed very busy, and the appointment and handover of new officials are underway.
The official documents on the case are like mountains, Shangguan Junyue tirelessly reviewed them, the speed is extremely fast, and after looking at them, the decisions and dispositions are just right, and they really have the ability to govern the world, which is convincing.
"My lord, what should the officials in the prison do?" The subordinate asked.
"Public trial, disposed of in accordance with the laws of Great Qin." Shangguan Junyue said.
"Huh?" The subordinate officials were taken aback. "Most of them should be beheaded according to the law."
"That's it, slash!" Shangguan Junyue raised her head, her eyes were clear, and she replied coldly.
"But many of them have private government soldiers, and many of the soldiers in the imperial capital are their subordinates, I am afraid that doing so will cause extremely serious consequences." The subordinate whispered in return, he felt that the woman in front of him was crazy, and the back under the robe was wet with cold sweat.
"Anyone who dares to disrupt law enforcement will be killed."
The subordinate who was bowing down in front of the case took a piece of the talisman she tossed, which was half a tiger talisman for dispatching the guards of the imperial capital.
"Yes, yes." The subordinate retreated.
"I'm afraid there will be a rebellion among the city guards." A handsome middle-aged man entered.
"That's why I specially asked my father, you to send the Iron Cavalry of the River Legion to be stationed outside the city, just in case." Shangguan Junyue chuckled.
"Have you ever visited your mother after returning to Beijing?" Shangguan Junhong looked at her dotingly and asked.
"Not yet, I'm busy with everything, and I can't get out." Shangguan Junyue replied, looking different for a while.
"Yes, now you are the overseer of the imperial history in place of the prime minister." Shangguan Junhong said slowly.
"After I left the imperial capital, why did my mother separate from you?" Shangguan Junyue asked. "Is it because of that?"
Shangguan Junhong stiffened slightly for a moment, and then replied, "You have to remember that no matter what happens, she is always your mother. ”
"Know, where is she now? When I'm done dealing with this place, I'll go see her. Shangguan Junyue asked.
"I opened a mutton restaurant in the south of the city." Shangguan Junhong walked out of the main hall.
"Mutton Restaurant?!"
Yes, the most memorable thing when I was a child was the mutton soup cooked by my mother, the osmanthus cake of Aunt Jing, and the glutinous rice balls made by Aunt Yang. When he was still in the imperial capital as a child, his father fell out with two uncles and did not get along. But I was very close to that guy. From time to time, he brought osmanthus cakes and glutinous rice balls to his house.
Speaking of that guy, he's still in prison.
"Yao girl, let's go, let's go to the prison to inspect it." Shangguan Junyue greeted his personal maid.
"Miss, it's only been a few days, and you're thinking about him?" Lu Yao has been by her side since the first day she arrived in the Medicine King Valley and is like a sister to her.
"Not really. Just go and see the officials. ”
"The slave still doesn't know the young lady's careful thoughts? I'm afraid that Mrs. will blame if she finds out. Lu Yao said.
"You were arranged by her side for me, so, is she spying on me?" Shangguan Junyue turned her head and asked softly.
"Ah, the slave doesn't dare." Lu Yao hurriedly knelt down, "Madame did instruct the slave maid at first, and Miss had something to report to her. But for more than ten years, the young lady has treated me like a sister. The slave maid had already identified Miss as a person, and she would definitely not betray Miss behind her back. ”
"Get up, panic, if I don't believe you, I won't tell you everything in my heart." Shangguan Junyue helped her up, "Now that I have just served in the court, everything is under the eyes of Empress Wu's mother, she will definitely not risk sending someone to keep an eye on me." Don't worry too much, I need to find a chance to tell him everything and make it clear to him. ”
"Everything? Does it include our purpose? Lu Yao asked.
Shangguan Junyue nodded.
"Isn't that too risky? In case he ......"
"He's not going to put me in danger, I trust him." Shangguan Junyue smiled slightly, and a hint of a little woman's posture appeared as if she were nothing.
"But this doesn't help our plan, what will happen to him if he knows that you plan to marry the second prince."
"You don't have to go that far, even if you really get to that point, it's just a temporary marriage." Shangguan Junyue replied.
"Will he agree with you, Miss, to do this? What will happen to him then? Lu Yao said.
"Him." Shangguan Junyue was silent, even if he knew everything, according to his character, he definitely couldn't accept his own actions. That day in Anyi City, the swordsman looked at him more and he felt unbearable. He's actually a stingy guy. Alas!
He's probably going to make a move, and that's the time. If she knew, I was afraid that for the sake of safety, she would definitely get rid of him.
Thinking about it like this, I still can't tell him.
There is only hope that when the dust settles, it will not be too late.
Lu Yao followed Shangguan Junyue, walking through the damp aisle of the prison, and around the corner, Shangguan Junyue suddenly raised her palms with a smile on her face, signaling them to stop.
Behind the corner is the first cell of the prison.
"I've put up with you for a long time, and I've been chirping crookedly since I came in, and I've been noisy to death, can't I be a beautiful man as quietly as Ben Shuai?" Someone shouted loudly, drowning out the prisoners' swearing.
"Yo, isn't this the prince of Zhenguo, Feiyang Waiting for the Lord? I think it's here. ”
"He killed the Prime Minister, so why did the little lady arrest us in."
"Why is he alone in a cell, does he have a leg with that Shangguan bitch?" A prisoner shouted.
"Aren't you talking nonsense, Yue'er is my fiancée, she must have a leg." Jing Ge rolled his eyes in response.
When the entourage who followed Shangguan Junyue heard this, they all quietly peeked at her, and Shangguan Junyue looked as usual, without waves.
"That stinky bitch, little girl, dares to touch the official, and she must look good when I go out." An official said indignantly.
"Hey, that big bald fat pig, who are you scolding?" Jing Ge shouted through the cage.
"How do you scold your bitch fiancée?" The bald official was not afraid of Jing Ge, who was also a prisoner, not to mention that King Qi had always disliked him, and maybe it wouldn't take long for him to hit the ground. "When I get out, it's not just as simple as scolding her." He laughed lewdly.
There was laughter all around.
"Grandma, it's really unbearable, force Ben Shuai to greet your ancestors for eighteen generations, top you XXOO, XXOOOOXX......" Jing Ge scolded like a gangster on the street, and at first the hundreds of officials could still reply with a sentence or two. After a while, all of them were pushed back by Jing Ge, and those adults who were so noble on weekdays could scold the gangsters in the market.
Jing Ge scolded for half an hour, without repeating the dirty words, until the entire prison was silent, except for his scolding and the chatter of the old woman in the first cell.
"Wow, Master Hou, where did you learn so much foul language?" Lu Yao asked with a dull expression mixed with adoration.
"I must have learned from Ben Shuai's teacher." Jing Ge crossed his hands in front of his chest and replied with a smug expression.
"Master Hou, who is your master?"
"Of course, he is the first person in the world, Murong Yuanshan, the protector god of the country." After three months of messing around with that old beggar, the skill of scolding the street is naturally proficient.
"That's enough, get out." Shangguan Junyue held back a smile and ordered someone to open the prison door with a cold face.
"Yue'er." As soon as Jing Ge stepped forward, he was stopped by his entourage.
"It's Lord Overseer." Shangguan Junyue replied.
"I haven't seen you for so long, don't you want to find a place to secretly have a relationship?" Jing Ge said with a smile, he was very proud to see Shangguan Junyue finally come to let him out.
"Let's go, don't get in the way of this official's official business." Shangguan Junyue turned around and said.
Okay, Jing Ge spread his hands and walked outside. Sigh secretly, it's really a woman's heart, a needle under the sea!
"Wow, these scum are useless!" Lu Yao looked at the hundreds of prisoners who fell to the ground trembling and twitching, with white foam on the corners of their mouths, almost unconscious.
Shangguan Junyue glanced at her, "If you are scolded for half an hour with lion's roar, you won't be much better." ”
"He's still a lion's roar?" Lu Yao was surprised.
"He'll have a lot of things." Shangguan Junyue said, "It's really naïve, it's always causing me trouble, and I have to wake up those people again to interrogate." ”
"But, miss, why do you keep giggling?"
"Am I laughing?"
"Yes, I've been with you for more than ten years, and you only laugh like that when you mention him."