Meng Tianchu was nervous and happy, fortunately, Zuo Jiayin got Jinyiwei 800 miles to expedite, otherwise, I am afraid I would have to rush to take care of the aftermath. Now fortunately, I arrived in time, and more than a dozen ministers have died with a cane, it seems that this time it is not a joke, Old Man Xia is already single, not to mention that he is one of the backbone elements in this batch who cry the most fiercely and crying, it is difficult to ensure that he will not be beaten to death by a negative example, but fortunately, there is still a night to think of a way.

Meng Tianchu introduced Mrs. Xia and Zuo Jiayin. For the Di Tuiguan next to him, although Meng Tianchu had helped Di Tuiguan deal with the case of Wen Po's false infanticide last time, he had never seen it (of course Di Tuiguan knew Meng Tianchu), so he only made a vague introduction. said that Zuo Jiayin was a good friend, and there were some connections in the capital that could help, so they came together, and Xia Fengyi and they came later.

Zuo Jiayin gave a salute to the two, and Mrs. Xia heard that Zuo Jiayin had a relationship and could help, so she hurriedly pulled Zuo Jiayin to shed tears. Zuo Jiayin hurriedly comforted her softly.

Di Tuiguan persuaded: "Old sister-in-law, since Meng Xian's nephew is back, this matter will be handled by him, I am afraid that it will cost a lot of silver taels to dredge the relationship, you hurry up and give it to the virtuous nephew." ”

Xia Fengyi was busy going to the inner hall to get a large bag of silver taels that had been prepared and handed it to Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu was not polite, took the silver, checked it, to say the least, there were thousands of taels, this is probably all the cash that the Zuo family can come up with, this is for some use, he doesn't have this money himself.

First go to the "Haoling Heavenly Master", and strive to get the identity of Meng Tianchu as the Heavenly Master tonight, and then go to the Emperor Shu to ask for pardon for Xia Hong's crimes.

Haoling Heavenly Master lives in a majestic Taoist temple "Heavenly Master View" built by the emperor in the capital for the Heavenly Master. Zuo Jiayin has been here, and she herself is also a heavenly master, so she can enter and leave this temple freely.

The two of them hurried to the "Heavenly Master Temple", this Taoist Temple was protected by Yu Linwei, Zuo Jiayin lit the Heavenly Master's waist card, took Meng Tianchu into the Taoist Temple, and went straight to find the Taoist Master Haoling.

Zuo Jiayin made a recommendation, and asked Meng Tianchu to present the letter of recommendation from Daoist Jin Ling, and then presented the smoking gun to Daoist Hao Ling, who had never smoked the golden pill (opium pills made by Zuo Jiayin's master and apprentice). But after reading the letter from Daoist Jin Ling, he saw that Daoist Jin Lingdao highly respected the smoking gun invented by Meng Tianchu. decided to enter the palace the next day to recommend Meng Tianchu to the emperor.

Meng Tianchu was in a hurry and had to wait until the next day. This was too late, so he had no choice but to tell his father-in-law Xia Hong about the prison because of Zuo Shunmen's case, and the matter of the court staff at noon tomorrow.

This Hao Ling Dao Chief already knew about the Zuo Shunmen incident, and he was also a warm-hearted person, and he also knew that this matter should be sooner rather than later, so he decided to immediately enter the palace with Zuo Jiayin and Zuo Jiayin with that set of smoking utensils. Sponsor Meng Tianchu.

Meng Tianchu sat on pins and needles in the Heavenly Master Stork, and waited for almost two hours before the two of them, Daoist Hao Ling and Zuo Jiayin, came back.

Seeing that Zuo Jiayin was still holding the cigarette under his armpit, Meng Tianchu's heart was cold, and he knew that it must not have been done, sure enough. Zuo Jiayin said guiltily: "Brother Haoling and I didn't see the emperor, the emperor is studying important government affairs with the cabinet ministers in the Qianqing Palace, and we have been waiting for a long time." After inquiring with the father-in-law of the celebrant on duty, I learned that the emperor was discussing how to deal with these ministers of Zuo Shunmen, and how to pursue the matter of entering the temple, I am afraid that it will not be known until dawn. In desperation, I had to come back. ”

"What can I do?" Meng Tianchu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "It will be tomorrow at noon, the emperor can't keep discussing until that time, Dao Chang and Miss Zuo, you two take this cigarette gun and wait outside the door, and wait until the emperor dismisses the meeting, okay?" ”

Zuo Jiayin said: "This is no problem, I'm afraid that if the emperor decides at the meeting, after the meeting is over, I am afraid it will be difficult for the emperor to change Chrysostom." ”

Meng Tianchu nodded again and again: "That's right, this matter must be done before the emperor decides, but the emperor is studying government affairs, and even the two of you Heavenly Masters can't go in, so who are you looking for?" ”

Hao Lingdao said: "Don't worry, according to Lao Dao's view, this time there are one or two hundred people in the court staff, and the emperor probably doesn't have a clear idea of who to kill, it depends on the individual's creation, and the emperor will not particularly care about one more death and one less death, and the emperor is more concerned about whether these ministers will continue to make trouble." ”

"Makes sense, so what should we do?"

"So we don't have to keep thinking about how to get the emperor not to kill Lord Xia, maybe the emperor doesn't have a clear idea of who to kill with the court staff, let's deliberately intercede, it may attract the emperor's attention, and it will backfire. Anyway, the eunuch who is specifically in charge of the court staff is the celebrant eunuch, let's directly open this joint, let him leave a way for Lord Xia to live, and we can save Lord Xia's life. ”

Meng Tianchu suddenly opened his mouth and said happily: "You are right, the county officials are not as good as the current management, they may not necessarily find the top leader, they only need to find the local people who can play a decisive role in this matter, okay, it's decided, let's go to the eunuch Si Li!" ”

Zuo Jiayin said: "The celebrant has the first and second eunuchs of the palm print, the first and second eunuchs of Bingbi, these three people are on duty in turn, and they are in the inner court of the palace when they are on duty, and they live at home outside the imperial city when they are not on duty. Let's inquire and see who the celebrant and eunuch are on duty tomorrow. Find the right talent. ”

It turned out that there were so many ways in this, Meng Tianchu thought to himself, fortunately he brought Zuo Jiayin this time, otherwise, he really couldn't handle this matter.

At that moment, Daoist Hao Ling and Zuo Jiayin entered the imperial city again, and this time they came back soon. Said excitedly: "On duty tomorrow, the person in charge of the court staff is the second eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, and the hot spring father-in-law Wen who is also the one who punishes the hundred households in the East Factory, he is not on duty tonight, he should be at home, let's go directly to his house." ”

Damn, punish 100 households, that's the No. 3 person in Dongchang, amazing! Looks like you've found the right person this time.

Meng Tianchule hurriedly held the big bag of gold and silver, followed the two heavenly masters, and took a sedan chair to the mansion of the second eunuch of the celebrant and the princess of Wen. I walked in a hurry, but I forgot the basket of Hangzhou specialties brought by the long journey.

The Heavenly Master is naturally extremely noble, and even the big celebrity celebrant and eunuch in front of the emperor have to be polite and greet him in person. ushered the three into the living room.

After taking his seat, Daoist Hao Ling made a brief introduction, and when Gonggong Wen heard that Meng Tianchu was the son-in-law of Xia Hong, a member of the Ministry of Works, he immediately understood his intention for coming, but he didn't show any emotion, still smiling and listening to them.

The time was urgent, and he didn't dare to delay, so Meng Tianchu said the intention directly.

The eunuch hot spring pondered for a moment, and said with a very embarrassed expression: "You also know this case, it was approved by the emperor's imperial pen himself. It's tricky. ”

Of course, Meng Tianchu knew that this favor could not be for nothing, so he took out the bag of gold and silver. It was unfolded, and the yellow and white flowers inside were gold and silver ingots. Meng Tianchu calculated that the equivalent of RMB is five million, to say the least. He didn't know how much silver to spend, but he knew that the more silver, the greater the insurance factor. So all the bribes were given to this Bingbi eunuch Hot Springs.

Hot Spring's face sank: "What do you mean by this?" Do you want to bribe our family? Our family has always been loyal to the emperor and has never been corrupt and bent the law. Yizheng Yan stood up and waved his hand. Turning around and entering the back hall, the little eunuch next to him shouted: "Send off guests~!" ”

The three of them slipped out of the room, not knowing which one the hot spring was singing. Meng Tianchu had met this hot spring for the first time, and he had never heard of it before, so he didn't know what kind of person he was, so he asked, "Is this hot spring really so upright?" ”

Hao Ling Dao Chang has been in the capital for many years. He was very familiar with the hot springs, shook his head with a smile, and said in a low voice: "This Father-in-law Wen is famous and recognizes money. The master who only takes money to do things, how did he blow us out today, this is really puzzling. ”

When Meng Tianchu heard this, he was immediately relieved, and said with a smile: "I understand when I hear the Taoist chief say this, it must be that we have been there a lot just now, and this kind of thing is the most taboo for others to be present, so let's do it, you wait for me in the distance, and I will go in alone." ”

Meng Tianchu took the big bag of gold and silver and turned around and entered the hot spring mansion again, and asked the little eunuch to go in again to report.

After a while, the hot spring came in with square steps, and saw Meng Tianchu sitting alone in the living room, the big bag of gold and silver was placed on the coffee table next to him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked in a sharp voice: "Brother Meng, why did you go and return?" ”

When Meng Tianchu saw the hot springs coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "Father-in-law, Xia Hongxia's father-in-law, Xia Yuanwailang, has the grace of nurturing him, and he married his only daughter to him, and his great kindness is unforgettable." Today his old man is in trouble, tomorrow he will be caned, in the heart of the anxious, my father-in-law his old man is old and frail, can not stand this kind of torture, I heard that my father-in-law is righteous, I came to ask my father-in-law for help, please save his old man's life. ”

Hot Spring nodded, sighed, motioned for Meng Tianchu to sit down, and he also sat down on the main seat: "Brother Meng's gratitude is reciprocated, our family admires it very much." The matter of Zuo Shunmen, alas~! Lord Xia is also dedicated to the country, and he owes it to think about it~! ”

"Yes, please ask my father-in-law to bother a lot about this matter, and I also know that this matter is difficult to do, so I prepared some silver taels, and I want to trouble my father-in-law to give me a little bit of a little bit of money, if we can save my father-in-law's life, we will always feel the great kindness of my father-in-law!" After that, it's another deep bow.

"Brother Meng wants our family to help be a good person, this is easy to do." Hot Spring patted his chest and said in a low voice: "This matter is on our family, Brother Meng, please rest assured, tomorrow at noon, just pretend to beat Lord Xia lightly, and ensure that he can walk home for dinner." No problem. As long as he survives this court staff, he will be reinstated. ”

Meng Tianchu was overjoyed, and was assured by Gonggong Wen, the No. 3 person in Dongchang who was also in charge of tomorrow's court staff, that the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

said goodbye, and said to Zuo Jiayin and Hao Lingdao, and they were very happy that the matter was done.

The three of them left Wenfu and returned to the Heavenly Master Temple first, and talked for a while, seeing that it was late at night, and they were tired all the way, Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin were sleepy, and Qin ordered the twenty-two Heavenly Masters to have a fixed residence in the Heavenly Master Temple, but Zuo Jiayin didn't want to live here, and wanted to go to Xia Mansion with Meng Tianchu. After the two of them said goodbye to Daoist Hao Ling, they rode back to Xia Mansion.

Now that the gold and silver have been done, there is no need to send a basket of local specialties, bring it back to the Xia Mansion to filial piety to the two old men.

The two returned to Xia Mansion with that basket of Hangzhou souvenirs, and told Gonggong Wen what he had just said, Mrs. Xia heard that she had bought off the celebrant eunuch who would be in charge of the prison tomorrow, and now she had hope, and she was so happy that she burst into tears. Holding Meng Tianchu's hand, he remembered that he looked down on this uncle at the beginning, but he didn't expect that now it was all up to him to deal with this matter, and he wanted to say something guilty, but he didn't know where to start.

Mrs. Xia had already ordered the accommodation of the two of them to be arranged, and Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin had been running around day and night in the past few days, and only then did they relax and go back to their rooms to sleep.

There was something in his heart, although Meng Tianchu was very sleepy, he couldn't sleep peacefully. I woke up several times in one night, thinking that I would have a court rod today. Although the joints have been bought, after all, the matter has not yet been implemented. The heart was still hanging, so as soon as the day dawned, he got up.

When the maid and servant of the family came to the living room after serving him and washing, he found that Zuo Jiayin was already talking to Mrs. Xia in the living room.

A few days ago, I had already been notified that the last group of family members of the officials who had been beaten by the court staff today were waiting outside the noon gate to bring back their respective locals, and they went back alive to burn high incense. Find Lang Zhong to heal his wounds, and the dead can only take back the corpse to take care of the aftermath.

So Mrs. Xia got up early in the morning, and had already found Jiang Wen, the famous old man of "Jirentang" in the capital, in advance, and brought a box of healing ground on his back, ready to be treated at any time. Although Grandpa Wen has promised that he will just pretend to beat lightly, he can guarantee that he will come back on foot. After all, I am worried in my heart, in case one of them is not allowed to be injured, this healing Lang Zhong will also use it.

Meng Tianchu saw that Mrs. Xia was so careful. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, not afraid of 10,000 just in case, I decided to bring my forensic physical evidence investigation box, which contained some medical equipment for biopsy and a set of first-aid blood transfusion equipment, which was used in case of emergency use when the deceased was found to be alive during the investigation.

The servants also prepared the soft couch, and even if they could walk at that time, it was best to carry it. In addition, a carriage was prepared so that I could heal my wounds when I came back all the way.

After all the preparations were made, Jiang Wen and Jiang Langzhong also came, Mrs. Xia sat in a sedan chair, Meng Tianchu and Zuo Jiayin were still riding horses, taking maids and servants, carrying soft couches, driving carriages, and the group came to the noon gate.

Those who are good friends with Xia Hong on weekdays, for fear of being affected at this moment, they all hide far away and dare not close to the side, and even Di Tuiguan only dares to come to visit quietly at night, but they dare not go to take care of Xia Hong outside the gate at noon.

Outside the martial arts gate, thousands of officers and soldiers and the inner guards have already set up a cordon, there are two guards, the carriage can only be outside the outermost line, and family members can enter the inside and outside.

At this time, there were already some family members waiting there, looking forward to it. The ministers who were sent by the court staff have not yet been escorted out. In the middle of the noon gate, a Taishi chair was empty, but there were more than a dozen Jinyi guards and Dongchang fans standing on both sides.

After finding a place to settle down on the soft couch, Meng Tianchu, Zuo Jiayin and Mrs. Xia also came to the cordon and waited anxiously.

After waiting for more than an hour, it was almost noon, and then a column of ministers with wooden flails and a languid expression was escorted out of the noon gate. Most of the canes have been used in the past few days, and there are still about forty ministers who are the last to be sceptered today.

Seeing that their relatives were escorted out, for a while, crying and shouting outside the cordon, Mrs. Xia saw Xia Hong, who was escorted in front, and also cried.

Xia Hong heard it from afar, stood up and looked over, he hadn't seen him for a few months, he was already haggard, he first smiled at Mrs. Xia, and then saw Meng Tianchu, a little surprised, and then showed a relieved look.

The officers and soldiers escorting him behind him pushed him violently, pushed him to a foot, and then slowly walked forward, looking at Mrs. Xia with a pair of eyes squinting and fixed.

After being escorted to the place of execution, they took the wooden flail and laid them on the ground in turn, and the officers and soldiers of the execution checked them in turn, and ripped off the clothes of the ministers, and the pants were faded to the crooks of the legs, exposing the back, buttocks, and thighs, and the white flowers were all over the place, and the scene was indescribably strange. Each minister was accompanied by four brocade guards armed with wooden sticks, who were in charge of the execution.

It was almost noon, and the second eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Hot Spring Wen Gonggong finally came out of the noon gate with two teams of inner guards.

Meng Tianchu was very happy when he saw that it was indeed a hot spring, and said in a low voice: "We have found the right person, it is really Grandpa Wen!" ”

Mrs. Xia nodded happily, and Heshi prayed silently.

The hot spring finally shook in front of the row of ministers lying on their stomachs, and glanced at it with a pout. At this moment, the hot springs are no longer as pleasant as yesterday, and they have changed to a domineering style, with a sense of anger in their eyes, coughed, and shouted in a sharp voice: "According to the emperor's holy decree, for the rebellious ministers who disturb the court outside Zuo Shun Gate, each of them will be executed with a staff of one hundred and thirty~!" ”