The next day, there was a light snow in the sky, and the entire capital was covered in silver, becoming a white world, as if coming to a white fairy tale country. Eighty-one? Chinese?? Net (1) ??.? ８?

As soon as the gate of the imperial city opened, the people who had been waiting in front of the city gate flocked in and ran straight to Fusi, the north town of Jinyi Wei.

These people are the family members and old colleagues of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others, and this time they came to pick up the bodies of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others, and all of them wore filial piety to show their remembrance of the deceased.

Although the current atmosphere in the capital is not suitable for coming to the edict, after all, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others are still guilty of serious crimes, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei are the same party to arrest Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others everywhere, but the character and reputation of the literati still make many colleagues in the officialdom come to see Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others on their last journey.

Of course, the officials who can come today are all members of the Donglin Party, because the Donglin Party and the Qichuzhejiang faction are like fire and water because of the party dispute, so the officials of the original Qichuzhejiang faction who have friendships with Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou did not come, and this is a matter of position for them.

A large number of pro-soldiers and brocade guards have gathered at the gate of the Imperial Prison, responsible for maintaining order and avoiding any incidents.

In addition, the East Factory also sent a lot of people to inspect the scene, and once the existing people wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, they would be arrested immediately.

With the split of the civil official group and the heavy damage of the Donglin Party, Dongchang and Jinyiwei ushered in the most glorious period and reached the peak of power.

In fact, in the final Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs and Dongchang and Jinyiwei were honest most of the time, and people's perception of Dongchang and Jinyiwei's flying and lawless mainly came from the Apocalypse Dynasty.

This is not only the reason why the Emperor of the Apocalypse used Dongchang and Jinyiwei to suppress the civil official group, but also the factor that the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were pampered and arrogant and took the opportunity to do evil, which can be described as a manifestation of the centralization of power in the Ming Dynasty.

The door of the edict prison was tightly closed, although the Emperor of the Apocalypse had issued an edict to let the people of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi bring the corpses of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others back for burial today, but the will did not say the time, so the people of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi naturally could drag it out, how could they hand over those corpses smoothly.

It was close to noon, and the door of the edict was still closed, which made the people waiting outside the door who were already covered with snowflakes couldn't help but stir, after all, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were already dead, and there was no need to make things so difficult.

However, although they felt angry and dissatisfied in their hearts, they could only wait in silence when they were in prison, and if anyone dared to make trouble, they would definitely be arrested by the Jinyi Wei and the people from Dongchang.

"Young Master is here!" Just as the people were buzzing and talking anxiously, a surprised voice suddenly sounded from the crowd.

When everyone heard this, they looked over, only to see a few people coming over from the snow curtain received in the distance, and they could vaguely see that the person holding the umbrella in the lead was Li Hongyu.

"Young Master is here?"

"If it weren't for the young master's intercession, Lord Yang and Lord Zuo would still be detained in the edict!"

"It's good now, those hateful fellows don't dare to make things difficult anymore."

"Young Master and Lord Yang are fellow villagers, Lord Yang has always been very important to Lord Young Master, and now that Lord Yang and others are in trouble, he will naturally not stand idly by."

"I heard that the young master came day and night after receiving the official letter from the ministry, and entered the city in the snow yesterday, but unfortunately he was still a step late."

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The appearance of Li Hongyu made the tense and depressing atmosphere on the scene dissipate suddenly, and people's mood became relaxed, if there is anyone who can fight against Wei Zhongxian now, it is Li Hongyu, who is also the confidant of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Young Master!" Subsequently, people at the scene rushed over like a tide to greet Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu, who was surrounded by everyone, comforted the families of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and other six people, after all, people can't be resurrected after death, so let them mourn and change.

The few people who followed Li Hongyu were not his entourage, but the Jinshi from Huguang who had obtained the Jinshi in the same scientific examination as him, and now he was working in the major ministries and institutes in the capital, and they had all been cared for and valued by Yang Lian before, so this time he followed Li Hongyu to see Yang Lian on his last journey.

Obviously, Li Hongyu and others didn't want to come to the edict, but just wanted to send Yang Lian's coffin out of the city when it left Beijing.

However, when he learned that the bodies of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others were detained by Jinyiwei and refused to be handed over to their families, Li Hongyu had to come forward to solve the matter, and once it dragged on past noon, it would become very unlucky.

"Young Master." Li Hongyu's arrival immediately alarmed the people in Fusi, Jinyi Weibei Town, and Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, hurriedly led officials of all sizes to greet him.

Although Jinyiwei is now gaining momentum, and it is divided into two different systems from the major ministries and yamen, there is no need to look at the faces of the officials in the court, but Li Hongyu is different, even Wei Zhongxian is polite to three points, let alone them.

"Xu Yishi, why don't you let you collect the corpse now?" Li Hongyu knew that Xu Xianchun was also acting on orders, so he asked quietly.

"Master Hui, Master Hui, the relevant procedures are being handled inside just now, and now you can collect the corpse." Xu Xianchun naturally didn't dare to perfunctory Li Hongyu, and hurriedly bowed down and said.

"In that case, let's get started." Li Hongyu frowned slightly when he heard this, and then said in a deep voice, he didn't want to worry too much about this matter, and the top priority was to let the families of Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others collect their corpses as soon as possible.

"Yes." Xu Xianchun hurriedly bowed in response, and then waved his hand to the person behind him.

The brocade guards of Beizhen Fusi hurriedly carried out the six corpses wrapped in white cloth with wooden planks and placed them side by side at the door, it was Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou.

Li Hongyu noticed that Yang Lian's six people had obvious scars on their faces, and they looked like they had been tortured, and he suddenly shook his head helplessly in his heart.

Especially the edict, let alone being punished, even if you die inside, you can consider yourself unlucky, do you want to seek justice from the emperor?

Seeing that Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others died tragically, the family members at the scene immediately cried bitterly, crying, and the colleagues and friends around them couldn't suppress their grief and wept one after another.

This made Xu Xianchun, who was standing next to Li Hongyu, embarrassed, if it weren't for Li Hongyu, he wouldn't have appeared here.

However, to Xu Xianchun's relief, Li Hongyu didn't seem to pursue the punishment of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, because it couldn't be investigated at all, at least not now.

In a situation like the current situation, if you want to overturn the case for Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others in the future, then the only way to do so is to hold on to Xu Xianchun and fight back on the grounds of his torture.

Of course, whether the case can be overturned mainly depends on the emperor's intentions, and only the emperor can decide the fate of this kind of imperial case.

Since the bodies of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou have been retrieved by their respective families, Li Hongyu did not stay at the scene for long, and left after appeasing the family members for a few words.

"Master Xie, Young Master." Without waiting for Li Hongyu to leave, the family members present knelt down for Li Hongyu one after another, if it wasn't for Li Hongyu, God knows when they would be able to bring back the bodies of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others for burial.

"Hurry up, please get up, it is the emperor who thinks that you have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty in the past, and you have worked hard, so you have specially sent down the decree."

Seeing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly helped up an old man in front of him, he couldn't recognize this kindness, after all, this was the imperial case, so he said loudly to everyone, "This is the emperor's grace, you should thank the emperor for his grace." ”

"Thank you for your grace."

When the old man heard this, he knelt down facing the direction of the Forbidden City, and said sadly with his hands on the ground, "Your Majesty, the villain is waiting for injustice, and I hope the emperor will be the master." ”

With the old man's action, the rest of the family members also knelt in the direction of the Forbidden City, and they all opened their mouths to cry out for grievances.

Li Hongyu couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and led those Huguang Jinshi from the same department to leave, he really couldn't give Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others a head for this kind of thing, and as a Chu party, he was not suitable for the Donglin Party to give this head, otherwise wouldn't it be a betrayal of Qi, Chuzhe and other factions that were wantonly suppressed by the Donglin Party, this kind of indiscriminate good people can't be deserved.

In fact, it is really rare for Li Hongyu to come to the edict today to send Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others on a journey, so how could he intervene in the trial of the case of sealing Xinjiang.

For the Donglin Party, it is natural to hope that Li Hongyu will try this case, Li Hongyu has shown outstanding trial ability before stepping into the official career, the key is that he acts fairly, so that everyone will be happy.

But then again, how could Li Hongyu, a member of the Chu Party, try this case, this is a matter of principle, otherwise it will not only chill the officials of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, and other factions, but also make the officials of the Donglin Party despise him.

You must know that Li Hongyu's move harmed the interests of Qi, Chuzhe, and other factions, and those who vacillated their positions were the most shameful and were often regarded as traitors.

Moreover, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would definitely not agree to this matter, otherwise he would not have "matched" Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin out of Beijing, because he didn't want the two of them to get involved in all kinds of dirty matters, including the Xinjiang closure case.

Li Hongyu's return, the most happy in the capital must be the officials of the original Qi, Chu, Zhejiang and other factions, although they have now taken refuge in Wei Zhongxian's command, but they have a lot of friendship with Li Hongyu, and they all regard Li Hongyu as their leader in the court.

Moreover, Li Hongyu was notoriously loyal to the imperial power in the court, and Wei Zhongxian was a confidant of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so they were still in the same boat.

The panicked officials of the Donglin Party also breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Hongyu's attitude was quite mild compared to Wei Zhongxian's ruthlessness.

Clear-eyed people can see that Li Hongyu returned to Beijing this time to deal with the aftermath and settle the dispute in the court, otherwise how could Li Hongyu be summoned to the capital at this time? And if Li Hongyu is in charge, the Donglin Party will not be uprooted by Wei Zhongxian and wiped out.

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