Ten days later, the city of Beijing.

In the past few days, the atmosphere in the yamen of the ministry has been quite depressing, and everyone has been extremely careful in handling things and speaking, and they dare not make any mistakes. Because they all know that Hu Butang must have been in a bad mood recently, and it is not good to provoke him not to be angry, after all, he is old.

Hu Hui took a fancy to Lu Jin, and his desire to keep his good cultivation for great use has long been known to the dynasty. And this young man, who had made a lot of fame in the capital and was regarded by Hu Butang as the future pillar of the imperial court, was completely cut off from his official career because of a turmoil in Hangzhou, which must have dealt him quite a big blow.

has that heart is careful enough, and even found that in just a few days, Hu Butang's face has many more wrinkles than before, and his hair is much whiter than before. From this, it can be seen that although he didn't say anything, he was quite troubled and incomprehensible in his heart.

I admire this immediate boss and the officials at all levels. This is not only because of his rich experience and identity that has not fallen through the four dynasties, but also because of his daily way of dealing with people. In the face of anything, Master Hu can deal with everything calmly and impartially, and he is never bribed by others, and he is also quite virtuous to subordinate officials.

It is precisely because of him, the secretary of the ministry, who leads by example, that today's ministry can be regarded as the cleanest yamen among the six departments of the imperial court. Even the relevant officials of the Wenxuan Division, who have always been regarded as fat and can knock down the bamboo poles of low-level officials, will not do anything in the selection of officials.

But such an old man who is deeply loved by his subordinate officials is heartbroken this time because of Lu Jin's incident, which makes many officials hate to help him turn over the case for Lu Jin.

It's a pity that they can only think about this. Everyone knows that this verdict was made by the will of the Son of Heaven, and the cabinet and the celebrant stamped it, so no one would want to turn over these three mountains to turn over the case for Lu Jin. If you really do this, you can only put your future into it, even Lord Hu, I'm afraid you are powerless.

On this day, several more officials gathered together, glanced at their own adults who were handling official business in the hall with concern, and whispered: "In the past few days, the old man seems to have lost some weight. ”

"Yes, Xu blames himself, after all, the boss failed to withstand the pressure from above to speak for Lu Jin."

"Hey, in fact, there are still a lot of doubts about the case in Hangzhou this time, why is Your Majesty so anxious to finalize the case?"

"It's not that Your Majesty is afraid that there will be party disputes. The Tang and Song dynasties all declined because of this, and our Ming Dynasty can not repeat the mistakes of the past. Now Heqing Haiyan, as long as the whole mind is one, I will be able to live for a long time in the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Hey, it's a pity that Lu Jin......"

While they were discussing, an errand officer walked in with a strange look: "A few adults, this is an official document sent from Zhejiang. It's really strangely tight, it was actually sent by a military post horse, but it was not a war report. ”

"And this?" An official strangely took the official document sealed with fire paint, and his eyes swept over it, and his heart moved. Because there are a few words written on it: "Ministers and other officials of various government offices and yamen in Zhejiang risked their lives to ask Lu Jin's case to be played".

Could it be that Lu Jin's case is still likely to be reversed? As soon as they saw this official document, the faces of several people changed, and then a few of them smiled.

Even if there is no relationship with Hu Hui, they are quite sympathetic to the result of Lu Jin's sacrifice, which may be the empathy of the rabbit and the fox. Because their official position is not high, they know that in an unknowable court turmoil, they may be affected at any time and eventually sacrificed.

And after having Hu Hui's relationship, they hope that Lu Zhen can escape this catastrophe. So after glancing at each other a few times, these people rushed straight to Hu Hu with the official document in their hands: "Your Excellency, ......"

"Huh? What's the matter with you? Seeing that these people suddenly came over together, and there was still some excitement on their faces, Hu Hu didn't feel a little strange, and stopped his pen and asked.

"My lord, maybe it's not that bad. Look at this ......" One person couldn't hold it back, and immediately handed over the official document.

Hu Hu took it casually, looked down at the name on the paperwork, and his eyebrows twitched. However, he is a person who has experienced too many winds and waves, and at this time, his face was silent, and he did not see joy or sorrow, but just picked up a knife and picked up the layer of fire paint seal, and then took out several documents inside.

The officials in front of them all subconsciously stretched their necks, wanting to see what was written on it. However, Hu Hu immediately raised his eyes and swept them, so that they did not dare to be presumptuous, and quickly lowered his head and waited for the result.

Hu Hui is an old minister who has to deal with countless political affairs every day, and he only spent a meal to browse through all the documents. Then, he touched his beard and fell into deep thought.

Seeing this, everyone who was familiar with his habits did not dare to disturb, so they could only wait silently to see what the old man's reaction would be.

After a while, Hu Huo opened his eyes. And some of the subordinates who had been waiting a little eagerly asked urgently: "My lord, can the things mentioned in these official documents help Lu Jin?" ”

"Yes." Hu Hu didn't hide it, and nodded lightly: "On these documents, although the facts of the previous cases have not been fully explained, and the murderer who really killed He Huizhou, the envoy of Zhejiang, has not been caught, but it is also reasonable and evidenced, which is enough to clear Lu Jin's charge this time." ”

"Great. In this way, the old man can finally help him get back to his official position. One of the young officials couldn't help but cheer.

But in response to him, it was Hu Hui's silence. In the eyes of everyone full of questions, Mr. Hu rearranged these documents and put them back, and then pressed them under his pile of documents: "This matter will stop today, don't mention it again, remember?" ”

"Huh?" These people were immediately dumbfounded. Why does the old man have such an attitude, doesn't he want to cultivate Lu Jin? Isn't he depressed because Lu Zhen was dismissed? This time, he could clear his name for Lu Jin, why did he suddenly change his mind?

Hu Hu didn't mean to explain to them, just waved his hand: "You all go and get busy, don't worry about it." This matter is stopped, and it must not be mentioned again! ”

"Yes! The next officer receives the order! Although everyone was full of doubts, in the face of Hu Hui, they could only disperse obediently, not daring to have any more nonsense.

It wasn't until these people retreated that Hu Hu exhaled a long breath: "Shansi, I, as a gentleman, can only wronged you first." I hope you can understand my hard work, and don't blame me. ”

The people below didn't understand the mystery of this matter, but Hu Hu quickly understood the danger behind it after thinking about it.

Indeed, as long as he, Hu Butang, takes this table of statements of officials in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, as well as the evidence clues related to the case to the Son of Heaven, Lu Jin's case is likely to be turned back.

Only, is this considered a victory? Hu Hu thought otherwise, he even felt that he was harming Lu Jin.

What is it? This is pointing out that the Son of Heaven made a big mistake and wronged a courtier, which will be written into the history books. In other words, today's orthodox emperor may have to leave a faint infamy in the history.

Perhaps, with a Shengming like today's son, he may not blame Lu Zhen and Hu Hu, but will compensate Lu Zhen because of guilt. It's just that this is really from his heart?

Jun, after all, Jun! When a vassal crosses a certain line and touches the scales of the Son of Heaven, even the most gentle emperor will hate him to the core. Even if he admits his mistake this time and spares him, when he has a chance in the future, he will only retaliate even harder.

Tang Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was very virtuous, right? Wei Zheng is very clear and upright, and he can advise, right? This is a story of a pair of kings and ministers that has been recited through the ages, right?

But this is just a warm lie. The real inside story is that Tang Taizong almost killed his entire family after Wei Zheng found a crime after his death. What a resentment that is.

Companion is like a tiger, this is not just talk.

Hu Hui has experienced four dynasties, and he has already seen all this through, and knows that it is very, very irrational to overturn the case for Lu Zhen at this time. Now that it has become a foregone conclusion, since the Son of Heaven has issued an edict, it can only be admitted.

Of course, this matter is not completely impossible to overturn. But not now, but in the future.

When everything had passed and everyone had almost forgotten about it, he would show it to the Son of Heaven alone. In this way, it can play a role in saving Lu Jin's future.

"Only for the future. Shansi, can you understand the old man's distraction? Hu Hu gently pressed his hand on the official document that he had pulled out again, and read a sentence thoughtfully in his heart.

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At the same time, in Hangzhou, Lu Zhen also woke up suddenly.

Although he does not have as rich experience in officialdom as Hu Hui, his familiarity with history still allows him to discover the problems behind this matter.

This made him extremely uneasy. Once the imperial court really accepts everything said in this official document and thus rehabilitates him, then what is a good thing in the eyes of others is the end of his Lu Jin.

Lu Zhen really wanted to recover this official document. can be counted as days, everything is almost in the capital. This is the first time that Lu Zhen has felt that the traffic hundreds of years ago is so good.

The only thing to look forward to is one point. That is, in order to ensure that things work, they were sent to the officials who were most closely related to Lu Jin, perhaps with Hu Hui's experience, he could see the problems and help himself stop this disaster.

"Sir, now I really can only rely on you to protect me......" Lu Zhen stood in the courtyard, facing the north, looking at it stupidly, he didn't want to leave the officialdom like this, he still wanted to do more for the country and the people here!