"Weichen, Beijing Daxing County, ordered Lu Zhen to meet His Majesty. Long live my emperor, long live! After being allowed to enter the Wenhua Palace, Lu Zhen bowed to worship with a long face and sat behind the imperial case with a long face.

Seeing this familiar scene and hearing this rather sycophant, Zhu Qizhen quickly remembered the scene a few months ago: "You are the county magistrate from the north who spoke at the court meeting that day?" If it weren't for the impression that Lu Zhen left on him that day, the emperor really wouldn't have remembered him. However, if Wang Zhen was on his side at this time, he would definitely be glad that he had made his previous decision and did not trouble Lu Jin, after all, this is the person who was impressed by the Son of Heaven.

Lu Zhen still knelt on the ground, but said in his mouth: "It's Weichen, Your Majesty can still remember the events of the minister's day, which really flatters the minister." ”

"Well, you can get up and talk back." The first impression of Lu Zhen was still good, so Orthodoxy did not attack on the spot, but told him to stand up. Then, his gaze fell on him fixedly, and he asked, "Lu Jin, was the Dengwen drum you beat outside the palace just now?" ”

"It was Wechen who had the courage to ring it." Lu Zhen nodded without hesitation.

"You're so bold, can you beat this drum casually?" The Emperor immediately snorted: "I ask you, what is it about you that you need to go to such great lengths?" ”

Shrouded by the gaze of the Son of Heaven and feeling the spirit of the legendary king, Lu Zhen didn't see the slightest panic and nervousness, but just bent down again and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister beat the Dengwen drum, just because there is a big case to drive forward." And because the minister is light-hearted, he can't see His Majesty's face in ordinary ways, so he has to make this decision, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive his sins! ”

"The facts of the case? But is there a grievance? Orthodoxy subconsciously asked, and then remembered something, and said: "Since there is an unjust case, you should report it to the court yamen!" Whether it is the Shuntian Mansion or the Criminal Department, or even the Dali Temple Metropolitan Procuratorate can accept it, why do you have to report to me? ”

"It's just that the minister's case is very important, and I am worried that these adults in the yamen are suspected of harboring criminals, so I can only play the Son of Heaven directly and let the candle of the Holy Son of Heaven be broken!" Lu Jin said without any concealment, and slapped the orthodox emperor on the back by the way.

Orthodoxy just wanted to say that he was messing around, how could it be that these yamen were shielding the murderers, but the latter sentence made him secretly happy in his heart. How could he not like to be so flattered and flattered by his young heart? So he turned the rebuke to his mouth and said, "What kind of case can make you hesitate to risk such a big disapproval?" If you can't tell the reason, I will punish you severely. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this case involves dozens of innocent people who were killed, and it was Guangning Bo Liu Xun of the imperial court who killed them! Because the matter involved the nobles of the court, and was implicated in the Shuntian Mansion and the Criminal Department, the minister had to play the Son of Heaven directly. ”

"What did you say?" When orthodox heard him say this, the whole person was a little confused, and subconsciously shouted: "Is this true?" ”

"The minister doesn't dare to bully the king!" After Lu Zhen said a word, he said again: "If you want to talk about it, this matter has to start with the Criminal Department handing over an unsolved case that happened in the capital in March this year to my Daxing County Ya for trial......" Seeing that he had aroused the emperor's curiosity, Lu Zhen told the matter as it was.

He started from taking over the murder of Feng Changchun, and talked all the way down, until he took Tang Qianchuan to interrogate the inside story, and then encountered an attack, and got clues from Tang Qianchuan's mouth before he died, pointing directly to Guangningbo's Mansion, and finally said that he had just dug up a large number of bones from Guangningbo's Mansion to make a knot.

When these words were spoken, the orthodox and the attendants around him were dumbfounded. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Zhen didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of the Son of Heaven, they would all think that this was something he had made up.

In the city of Beijing, such a heart-wrenching massacre happened under the emperor's reign? Someone was so bold that he dared to attack the official office at night and assassinate the official of the imperial court! This one thing is enough to shake the world, and in the end, all the spearheads are pointed directly at the earl of the imperial court, this series of things is too sensational and difficult to accept.

But Lu Zhen was able to come up with empirical evidence, and the bones dug up from Guangningbo's Mansion could not be faked, even if someone wanted to defend him, he was afraid that he would not be able to come up with any reason.

After being stunned for a long time, the face of the Son of Heaven changed sharply, first becoming a little iron-blue, and then a trace of flushing, and his body trembled for a while, and then he slapped the imperial case heavily: "How can this be reasonable!" ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the attendants below were suddenly frightened into quails, and they knelt on the ground one after another, not even daring to breathe. However, Lu Jin, the initiator, still stood there bent over, without the slightest panic, and felt like he stood out from the crowd.

This is the biggest difference between being a civil official and a eunuch. The former is not completely dependent on the Son of Heaven, so sometimes you don't have to care too much about the likes and dislikes of the Son of Heaven; The latter, on the other hand, can only exist by relying on imperial power, so whenever the Son of Heaven is happy or angry, their reaction is often the greatest.

After a few quick gasps in anger, the orthodox glanced at Lu Zhen deeply, and then spoke: "Spread my will, let the celebrant Wang Zhen, several cabinet ministers, the British public Zhang Fu, and the six Shangshu, the left capital of the Imperial Inspectorate enter the palace to discuss matters!" ”

The eunuch beside him glanced at the sun, which was already a little slanting to the west, and wanted to say that it was not too early, but it seemed a little inappropriate to invite these adults into the palace at this time. But after glancing at the emperor whose face was so gloomy that he could drip water, he immediately changed to a voice: "Obey the order!" So he hurried out.

"Lu Jin, you ...... Stay here for now, and then tell them the details when they arrive!" After a moment's hesitation, Orthodoxy spoke again.

Lu Zhen naturally had only the right to agree, and then bowed down and retreated to the side.

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The Ming Dynasty has long established a rule that the palace gate will be locked after dark, and no one is allowed to enter or leave unless there is something big. So generally speaking, it is impossible for the courtiers to enter the palace again after Shen Shi, because that will make him unable to leave the palace in the end, so he can only spend the night in front of the palace.

But today, this rule has been broken, although it is the time of the unitary card, there are still many officials who have serious expressions and rushed into the palace one after another, and they are all the most respected positions in the court. This strangeness also alarmed countless people again, and everyone began to speculate whether this matter was related to the Dengwen drum that suddenly sounded just now.

This concert between the monarchs and the ministers lasted for more than two hours, but no one felt how long. Because they were completely shocked by Lu Jin's case.

If what this Daxing County Order says is true, the severity of this case may be widely implicated, but it is rare in these years, if the Son of Heaven must find out, I am afraid it will lead to a big case like the Hu Lan case of the Hongwu Dynasty!

Once this is realized, even upright officials like Hu Hu and Yang Pu feel a little panicked, not to mention people like Wang Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who are inseparable from this case - the murder of Feng Changchun, who led to such a big case, was almost sealed by the Criminal Department as a death case, and if no one in the Criminal Department did anything, I am afraid no one would believe it.

The most serious question facing the ministers now is, what is the attitude of the Son of Heaven, and will he rise to prison because of a moment of anger? If that were the case, they would do everything they could to stop it!

There were a few pairs of dissatisfied eyes staring at Lu Jin, a small county order actually caused such a big incident, what did he want to do? Is it just to flaunt his integrity, or is there something else going on? These people can't help but have dark thoughts.

Finally, after venting in front of the ministers, the orthodox look recovered a little, and then he asked: "How do you think you should deal with this case?" After a pause, his gaze fell on the British Duke Zhang Fu: "British Prince, as the head of the military ministers and nobles, you can talk about it." ”

When he said this, everyone turned their attention to this respected old general, which made Zhang Fu's body feel stiff. After a slight sigh, Zhang Fucai said slowly: "If this case is indeed true, it is indeed appalling. The minister thinks that it should be thoroughly investigated, no matter who is involved, whether he is an official of the DPRK and China, a general in the army, or a relative of the noble country, he must not be tolerated! ”

His statement made the orthodox face look a little better. The emperor was obviously a little afraid that this matter would be opposed by other lords because it involved nobles, and now that Zhang Fu, the oldest British public, had made a statement, the pressure on the imperial court was much less.

Thinking about it like this, he felt that his attitude towards Zhang Fu just now was a little excessive, so he said with a slight softening: "Then according to the British public's will, who should judge this case?" ”

With this question, everyone's hearts were raised again.

The reason is very simple, if this case is handed over to the factory guard by the Son of Heaven to handle, the people involved will be difficult to control, and it is likely to re-follow the old path of the Yongle Dynasty Ji Gang and the chaos of the dynasty. However, it is probably unrealistic for them to propose that it be handed over to the Yamen of the Criminal Department to be decided, after all, the Criminal Department itself is not clean now.

Zhang Fu also frowned, it's not easy to say. But since the Son of Heaven asked, it was impossible for him to avoid it, so after groaning, he gave a reply that he thought was more pertinent: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is impossible to let only one yamen judge such a big case. Therefore, the imperial court can only send the three legal divisions to try it together, so that the truth of the case can be impartial and win the trust of the world! ”

"Will the three divisions be tried?" Lu Zhen immediately understood what he meant, and nodded unconsciously, this is indeed the best choice now.

And the other officials also understood, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief, they echoed one after another: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the British public is very good at what he said, and it is the old man's theory of seeking the country!" "Indeed, there is no more convincing and reassuring way to deal with it than the triage of the three divisions.

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