The emperor sat cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed, he was wearing a fragrant leaf Dao crown on his head, and the long Taoist robe on his body dragged on the gold bricks on the ground, and he didn't move for a long time. It's as if I'm asleep, and it's as if I've been too empty.

Zhai Jian, a waiter in the Criminal Department, knelt in front of the Son of Heaven, with a large stack of documents on the floor beside him, raised his head and looked at the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with a calm gaze.

The emperor's complexion was very poor, and his face was so blue that he could not see a trace of blood.

At the beginning of autumn, autumn tigers were raging, and the entire city of Beijing was sunburned into a steamer by the autumn sun. The doors and windows of the Jade Xiaoxi Palace were wide open, but there was no trace of wind, and the tulle curtains were all motionless and tiredly lowered. Although there were three basins of ice in the spacious room, it was still very hot.

The mule had only sat for half an hour. The whole body was drenched in sweat, and the whole person felt as if he had just been fished out of the water.

When Zhai Jianji entered the West Garden, the emperor had taken the pill and was now sitting on the futon to scatter the pills. Therefore, since entering the house, he has not said a word to the emperor, so he can only sit quietly in front of the emperor and wait.

On such a hot day, I encountered such a big event. If you change to someone else, you can't hold back the irritability in your heart for a long time. But Zhai Luan is forty-three years old this year, and he has been trained in officialdom for more than 20 years, and he has been trained to be in an empty state of mind. Even if he is impatient, he maintains a calm and calm expression.

He was a native of Shandong, and in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, he was changed to a Jishi, and he entered the Hanlin Academy to do editing. Later, because of his outstanding talent, he was promoted to the head of the Criminal Department by Emperor Zhengde, and was later promoted to the left waiter of the Criminal Department, which can be regarded as a rising star in the political arena. If nothing else, with his qualifications, he should be in the cabinet within twenty years. Of course, the premise is that there is a vacancy in the cabinet, and he can also do a good job in this squire position.

on this. Zhai Luan is full of confidence.

A eunuch crept over, holding a cotton cloth towel, wet in the golden basin. Wring it out, you have to wipe the emperor's face.

At this time, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes, pointed at Zhai Luan, who was covered in sweat, and did not speak.

The eunuch understood, walked over lightly, and handed the towel to Zhai Luan.

The tanuki thanked him and put the towel on his face, and a cool breath penetrated his face, so comfortable that he almost moaned. However, this cool breath could not make his troubled heart a little calm.

He knew that he was now sitting on the crater of the volcano, and if he was not careful, he might be burned to ashes by this raging situation. But if you can deal with this hot potato, you will inevitably be trusted by the emperor. Being able to gain the emperor's trust is very beneficial to the realization of his ambitions.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the autumn of Shuntianfu has become a joke. First, the student Sun Dan suddenly broke out of the examination room and reported that there was fraud in the examination room, and then, the former ceremonial supervisor Bingbi eunuch Qin Cha Governor Dongchang Official School Office Eunuch Bi Yun took people and horses to cooperate with Sun Dan and control the entire examination room.

Things have come to this point, and it is already a big case, but this is it. At that time, something even more strange was born. The great eunuch Huang Jin also rushed to the examination room with the people from Dongchang, saying that he wanted to arrest Sun Dan, the criminal of fraud in the science field.

As a result, the men and horses on both sides fought indiscriminately through the gate of the Tribute Academy, so that Qiao Yu, the chief examiner of the Shuntian Mansion, was seriously injured.

Shuntianfu is the foot of the Son of Heaven, the area of goodness. This year's autumn is the emperor's enthronement again, whether it is a courtier or an emperor, they are very concerned about this township test. The success of the township test. It is not only related to the dignity of the imperial court, but also to the majesty of the emperor. It is a bit unbelievable that such a strange situation witnessed in the past 20 years has been violently staged in the city of Beijing.

And the most strange thing is that the parties to this case are Huang Jin and Sun Dan, who are the emperor's henchmen. It is said that such an important imperial examination is related to the emperor's face, and these two people should not touch the bad head of the Son of Heaven.

But these two bold guys actually chose this time and this place to fight each other.

To be honest, Huang Jin is a big straw bag, since the emperor ascended the throne, he has also relied on his special relationship with the emperor to fly and dominate, very annoying, in the minds of the courtiers, alive and free from a Channing-style eunuch. As for Sun Dan, although he is talented and has an outstanding reputation in Shilin, because his performance in the battle for the heir some time ago was too eye-catching, Zhai Luan also had some opinions: A gentleman should follow the right path to enter the office, and what to do in this kind of dragon art, he was not stunned to ruin his reputation.

Zhai Luan was still snickering in private with the idea of watching the excitement, but when the matter fell on his head, he couldn't laugh.

When Sun and Huang made such a fuss, Emperor Long Yan was furious and immediately mobilized the troops of Jinyiwei and Jingying. indiscriminately, arrested a cadre and others in prison.

Sun Dan, Huang Jin, Bi Yun, Qiao Yu, Sun Henian, and more than 100 examiners, transcriptions, and officials in the examination room, as well as more than 100 eunuchs in Dongchang, were trapped.

Among them, the East Factory suffered the greatest loss, and the officials above the Fanzi level were all dismissed, and the factory was empty.

Thinking about it, it is also a good Dongchang and Jinyi Wei are the privileged organs in the hands of the emperor. But because of Zhu Huan, the Jinyi guard has completely replaced the people inside, and to this day, the affairs of the guard are still in a mess. And the East Factory was all planted this time, and it was completely paralyzed.

The two yamen were not angry, which made the emperor lose face greatly.

Because this fraud case involved Dongchang and his two confidants, the emperor was furious. The three divisions of the Inspectorate, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department were instructed to try the case.

But the officials of these three departments are all old fritters. I know how powerful this case is. No matter how the case is judged in the future, it will offend a character who cannot afford to offend.

So, when the matter came, everyone hid to the side to watch the excitement, and no one wanted to come forward to be this sharp judge.

In the end, the matter went to the emperor and the cabinet, and the core decision-makers of the Ming Empire met and discussed for a long time, and decided to let Zhai Xiaoluan be the chief judge.

Hearing this appointment, Zhai Luan almost vomited out a mouthful of blood.

Who are Sun Dan and Huang Jin, they are the emperor's people. Sun Dan is the designer of the emperor's future policies, and Huang Jin is the emperor's chief butler. These two people, one inside and one outside, are the hands and feet of the emperor.

To put it mildly, you have to look at the face of the owner to beat the dog. No matter who is right or wrong of these two, no matter if he Cheng Luan does it and takes one, what awaits him is endless troubles in the years to come.

He thought about it carefully, and then he came back to his senses, and there was actually a certain amount of truth in being the chief judge himself.

The key reason: He Zhai Luan is too maverick on weekdays, has no friends and no party, and does not belong to any of the forces in the DPRK and China.