The leader of the brocade guards said: "I just received a report that someone is talking about the government in this inn. Do you identify which one is talking nonsense? ”

The shopkeeper peeked at the people in the lobby, and said timidly: "Here are all the people who went to Beijing to take the exam, and they were all planning couplets and exams with each other just now, and I didn't hear that anyone was talking about the government in vain......"

Before he finished speaking, the brocade guard raised his hand and slapped, "You are not honest!" Hum! If you don't want to speak, it's simple, take me to the edict, there are ways to make you speak. ”

As soon as the word "edict" was mentioned, the shopkeeper's face turned colorless in fright, and cold sweat immediately broke out from his forehead, saying: "Military ...... Master Jun, it's not been a year or two since the villain opened a shop here, and he has always abided by the law and paid taxes according to the rules, so don't wronged a good person! ”

Jinyiwei's eyes showed a fierce gleam, and he said: "Wronged a good person? How can there be bad people in the edict? How can you wronged a good person? Your words alone are enough for you to go through prison. ”

In fact, at this time, as long as the shopkeeper identifies the people who are talking about the government indiscriminately, then he can get out of the clutches of this brocade guard - but there are different opinions, I don't know how many people have talked about the inside story of the court, and now there is no way to identify them one by one; And if you open a store here, what you do is the business of lifting people, and if you come forward to accuse the person who lives in the store, then your own store will come to an end.

The shopkeeper was still hesitating, but Jinyiwei showed no mercy.

I saw that he was very skillful in untying a chain from his waist and putting it around the neck of the shopkeeper, while ordering the people in the hall: "You can't leave here, and if you dare to leave here, you will violate the court decree and abscond in fear of crime", while dragging the shopkeeper who kept shouting injustice out of the door.

At this moment, Li Yan took the case and said: "This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, how dare you eagle dog minions wronged a good person like this in front of everyone?" Don't put the shopkeeper away yet. ”

When Jin Yiwei heard this, he immediately wanted to come forward to arrest Li Yan, but when he looked up and saw that he was dignified and extraordinary, he was afraid that he might be a child of a family who could not be provoked, so he had to endure and said: "It's okay to put the shopkeeper away, you can identify me, which one here is talking about the imperial court?" You point one out, and I'll let the shopkeeper go. ”

Among those scholars in Fang Caitang, many of them argued fiercely with Li Yan, for fear that he would take the opportunity to retaliate, and if he pointed at his face, it would bring a catastrophe to himself!

Unexpectedly, Li Yan straightened his chest and said: "I forgot what anyone talked about the court, but I did talk about a few words about the government just now, if you want to arrest me, arrest me!" ”

Jin Yiwei was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically: "Who is Jin Yiwei, you should have heard of it, right?" You know what the hell is, right? I'll give you another chance to think about it. ”

Li Yanshu was angry, not timid, and was about to open his mouth to agree again, but he heard someone next to him say: "Everyone, everyone, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!" This brother of mine is usually this kind of character, and this military master also asks for forgiveness. ”

Li Yan turned his head to look, but it was Ji Qingwen who walked up with a smile on his face.

I heard Ji Qingwen say again: "I don't know which one is full of food, let's talk about a few couplets here, compare the length of each other, and quarrel a few words, so we will provoke the military master to run in person." Come, you have worked hard, I invite you to drink tea and drink. ”

As he spoke, Ji Qingwen secretly stuffed a silver ticket in his sleeve into the hand of the brocade guard.

Jin Yiwei saw that the silver ticket was clearly written with the words "Tattooed Silver One Hundred and Two", and the serious expression on his face immediately relaxed a lot, and his attitude turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and he changed his words: "Okay, it's good to make it clear." This is Jingshi, and you are all going to take the entrance examination, and your future and fame are important. Forget about this today, don't talk nonsense in the future. ”

As he spoke, the brocade guard hid the silver ticket in his sleeve and wanted to collect the team back.

Seeing that a turmoil was about to calm down, the youngest of the three people who was sitting at the same table with Ji Qingwen suddenly got up and asked, "Okay, you Jinyiwei actually dare to accept bribes in public, is there no royal law?" ”

When the Jinyi guard heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then he smiled and said: "It's strange today, Lao Tzu's case was blocked three times and twice, and it was really a shame for the Jinyi guard." Okay, even if you're unlucky, don't even think about leaving today, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up! ”

Unexpectedly, the young man was not timid at all, and said: "You framed a good person just now, and it can be regarded as a means of inducing a confession." Later, it was already a violation of the royal law to openly accept bribes, and now it is really bold and lawless to deal with it regardless of the good and the low! This court really needs to be rectified, why did it cost so many people to raise your class of moths! ”

The young man's series of scoldings not only made this brocade guard speechless, but even Ji Qingwen, who was watching from the sidelines, secretly complained in his heart when he heard it:

He just spent a hundred taels of silver to fool Li Yan about offending Jinyiwei; Why did a young man who didn't know what to do or bad have appeared, and offended this brocade guard to such an extent, and in this situation, I'm afraid that spending money will no longer have any effect......

After a moment of silence, the brocade guard finally reacted, and said with a look of anger: "Okay, I have figured it out, it seems that the person who just discussed the government and intended to rebel is you." Come on, take this thief for me and push him into prison, I will report to the commander and interrogate him carefully! ”

The other brocade guards agreed in unison, then pulled out the embroidered spring knife at their waists, and slowly surrounded the young man, together with an old man and a middle school around him.

The name of Jinyiwei is known to everyone in the Jingshi, and no one knows it, and any person can tell a few tortures unique to Jinyiwei, and tell a few stories about Jinyiwei capturing thieves or framing Zhongliang......

However, in the face of such a ferocious Jinyi guard, the three people did not have the slightest look of timidity on their faces, and saw the middle-aged man among them get up and say, "What? Are you going to take people to prison? As you just said, there are no good people in the edict prison, and if you arrest us, won't there be good people in the edict prison who have been wronged? ”

The brocade guard immediately scolded back: "Good man? If you rebel against Jinyiwei, you are rebelling against the imperial court, and if you rebel against the imperial court, then you are not a good person! ”

"Rebelling against the imperial court is rebelling against Jinyiwei? Resisting Jinyiwei is the bad guy? The middle-aged man immediately sneered, "Then let me ask you, is Yang Lian a good person?" Is Zuo Guangdou a good person? Have they ever rebelled against your brocade guards? Was he persecuted to death in prison? ”

Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were the backbone of the Donglin Party, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, he naturally regarded it as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, so he instructed Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard at that time, to frame the remaining five people, including these two people, and die.

These seven people are the famous "Seven Gentlemen of Donglin" in history.

However, now the government has changed again.

Emperor Tianqi died in August, and passed the throne to his own brother King Xin, who will be changed to Chongzhen after the year. Emperor Chongzhen had not yet officially ascended to the pole, so he issued an edict to dismiss Wei Zhongxian from all his errands and sent him to Fengyang to guard the ancestral tomb, and Wei Zhongxian committed suicide in the post station halfway through.

The eunuch party is about to disappear and collapse, and the Donglin Party, which was originally persecuted, will naturally make a comeback.

Although the Donglin Party members are upright, they are not big-minded, and they must be investigated to the end for the great hatred of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou who were persecuted and killed.

This matter is like a sharp sword hanging on the Jinyiwei signboard with a thin line that can't be thinner, I don't know when the line is broken, the sword is about to pierce down, and then I don't know how many Jinyiwei will be implicated in this matter!

Therefore, when this imposing Jinyi Wei heard the middle-aged man mention the names of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, he immediately looked like wheat seedlings under the scorching sun, and moved his lips and asked in a low voice, "You...... You...... How do you know these things? ”