Chen Kai one way to Luoyang Palace Gate.

This is different from the past, in the past, Chen Kaizhi entered the court, most of them were like a city, but today, it is very deserted, only a few dozen people have arrived, Liang Wang Chen Jinjin was surrounded by the stars like the moon, looking high-spirited and energetic.

Chen Kaizhi immediately understood the deep meaning of the Empress Dowager.

She is both interfering and not interfering.

What is interference, interference is this, she cares.

But what does it mean not to interfere? That is, if you don't make a big fuss, you will invite those involved in this matter, and the rest will be turned away.

This is the equivalent of treating the matter as if it were a household matter.

And such an arrangement is not only that the empress dowager is unwilling to interfere too deeply in the affairs of the court, so that she can withdraw from the court and politics, but at the same time, she is in charge.

Sometimes, Chen Kaizhi admires the Empress Dowager very much, this is the real use of power to the extreme.

I can take care of what I want to do.

But I don't care about other things, and if something happens, it has nothing to do with me, because I live deep in the palace, and you can carry this pot.

Chen Kaizhi arrived in front of the palace gate, it seemed that there were still people who had not arrived, and there were already eunuchs looking around, that Chen Jinjin led everyone, looked at Chen Kaizhi coldly, and there was a smug smile in his eyes. Chen Kaizhi knew very well in his heart that these people had done a good job, and they just waited to see that they were unlucky.

Thinking of this, the corners of Chen Kaizhi's mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, revealing a faint smile, and the next moment he stepped forward with his head held high, saluted King Liang first, and pursed his lips and said, "Your Royal Highness King Liang is good." ”

"Okay." Chen Jinjin's attitude was cold, and his tone was as cold as frost.

Chen Kaizhi stood aside and simply said nothing.

Finally, the people from the Spiegel Division arrived, but it was just a spiegel, although the affairs of the Spiegel Division were actually not light in the Spiegel Division, but the Empress Dowager summoned her, but only such a person came, which seemed to mean that the Spiegel Division was only assisting the six divisions in the trial.

Next, it was the old lady who came to cut off the link of this business.

Everyone entered the palace, all the way through countless pavilions and pavilions and Yongdao, this way, Chen Jinjin was secretly observing Chen Kaizhi, in fact, he was a little 'jealous' of Chen Kaizhi, this guy often played cards out of common sense, would it be, caught some mistakes in this case.

Thinking like this, his heart was a little drumming, but then, he became confident again, all the traces were cleaned up, there was no possibility of mistakes, he put his heart down, to the side hall, a total of more than a dozen people, in addition, in this side hall, the queen mother has been sitting high, the queen mother is standing side by the queen mother, four cabinet scholars, have already been sitting, waiting here.

The Empress Dowager smiled, and without waiting for everyone to salute, she said with a smile: "Wu Zhi, I haven't seen you for so many years, but you are thin." ”

Wu Zhi, the secretary of Dali Temple, was busy bowing down: "It's rare that Niangniang still remembers Weichen." ”

The Empress Dowager still kept a smile on her face, her eyes drooped slightly, and she sighed very much.

"Yes, more than ten years ago, you were still in Hanlin, the mourning family remembers, the first emperor was still young at that time, and often had to go to the palace to speak, one day, His Majesty specially praised you, saying that you "Zhou Li" is the best, at that time, the mourning family also called you, but at that time, you were pot-bellied, unexpected, today is a lot thinner."

Wu Zhi is embarrassed, but he has a faint and honorable appearance.

When the Empress Dowager saw Wu Zhi, she couldn't help but think of the past, and couldn't help but sigh deeply in her heart, and then said: "There is another one, named Zhou Tiezui, but are you?" You've become a squire in the Criminal Department now? ”

Zhou Jin, the waiter of the Criminal Department, hurriedly came out and bowed down: "That...... It's just a name that others make fun of, and I don't think Niangniang still remembers. ”

"Why don't you remember." The Empress Dowager smiled: "Twenty-three years ago, you were just a small imperial history, but in the Imperial Procuratorate, you were the most upright, you were in front of Emperor Jing, and you were bitter about the mistakes of hundreds of officials, and Emperor Jing was annoyed with you, and repeatedly complained about you, saying that you were an iron mouth." ”

Zhou Jin said with a ashamed look: "When the minister thinks of the past, he is also full of emotion. ”

The Empress Dowager looked at him with a smile: "Now, is the Qing family's mouth still made of iron?" ”

Zhou Jin said: "It's already rusty." ”

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows: "The rust is not tight, as long as it is still iron, the mourning family will appreciate it." ”

She smiled, as if it was really like a family affair, pulling the family routine, recalling the past, just like an old lady who missed the old, she seemed to see a person, and stared at the affairs of the Spiegel Division: "Who is the Qing family?" ”

The servant hurriedly said: "The subordinate Zhu Ming, I am the secretary of the Spiegel Division." ”

The Empress Dowager's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at him very seriously, and said with great satisfaction: "Ming Spiegel Division, has always been loyal only to the palace, everyone, is iron-faced, selfless, loyal to their duties, the previous emperors, are full of praise, the mourning family saw that you were silent, quite a little upright, very good." ”

Zhu Ming hurriedly said: "Niangniang praises." ”

The Empress Dowager finally looked around, looked at everyone around, and then continued to smile: "What about you, there are a lot, the mourning family has seen the face, but it makes the mourning family, remembering a lot of the past, but the past is like smoke, the old things in the past are not mentioned, today, please come, not to fight or kill, let alone to count the past, only one thing, is to judge a right and wrong." ”

"In this world, the most difficult thing to determine is right and wrong, you see, on one side is King Liang, is the Ming Spiegel Division, as well as Zhou Tiezui, there are Wu Zhi these loyal and good, back then, the mourning family can remember that among these people, there are a lot of them, but they are all iron-clad, if you say that the mourning family believes in your officials and officials, the mourning family does not believe it, dare not believe it!"

"But on the other hand, isn't Chen Kaizhi trustworthy? This is not right, the child of Chen Qing's family, the mourning family is very impressed, he has made great contributions, so let's be together, distinguish the merits, okay, who should say it now? ”

She smiled, and everyone looked at each other, and the silence in the hall was terrifying, and the sound of pins could almost be heard.

Empress Dowager Mu only stood sideways, her eyes gently swept over everyone's faces, and the corners of her mouth narrowed slightly, even though she saw through many people's minds, she was still expressionless, like a person who had nothing to do, calm, dignified and noble.

At this time, Zhou Jin was the first to speak: "The minister will speak first." ”

Empress Dowager Mu smiled: "Sure enough, it's still Zhou Tiezui, it's still iron-mouthed, okay, just ask you to talk about it." ”

Zhou Jin bowed down: "Niangniang, the minister sued Chen Kai for the crime of false accusation, Guang'an Horse was not guilty, and Chen Kaizhi took people for no reason, and his relatives and relatives said to take it, why?" This is Chen Kaizhi's connivance with Jinyiwei has always been the reason, since the establishment of Jinyiwei, these Jinyiwei's wrestlers, all eyes above the top, thinking that someone is supporting, everywhere arrested, tortured, I don't know how many people have suffered from it, the people are afraid of it like snakes and scorpions, good night and night, I don't know when someone will invade the door, but never thought, they not only do not know how to reflect, but more rampant, this time, actually took the nephew of Guang'an Horse, tortured to extract confession, and then took Guang'an Horse, if it wasn't for Zonglingfu to learn the news, decisively reported to the palace, and went to Beizhen Fusi to rescue, but I am afraid that I don't know how this Chen Kaizhi is going to torture Guang'an horses. ”

This Zhou Jin is clearly organized, and the charges given to Chen Kaizhian are also infuriating, but Chen Kaizhi did not refute, but listened quietly.

"Niangniang, the minister has nothing to do with Guang'an and the horse, and usually has no personal relationship, he is the emperor's family, and the minister is the servant of the criminal department, but the court has its own law, but Jinyiwei is in Beijing, making chickens and dogs jump, everyone is in danger, dare to ask, they claim to govern Beijing with the king's law, but where is the king's law?"

"The minister sued Chen Kaizhi for false accusations, and the second sued Jinyi Wei for harming the people, please distinguish between right and wrong!"

These words can be said to be reasonable, but the Queen Mother was strained and nodded: "What you said is the truth?" ”

Zhou Jin is righteous and awe-inspiring: "What the minister said is all true. ”

The Empress Dowager squinted, her eyes swept over the slightest coldness, but it was only a flash, and she immediately raised her eyebrows and said solemnly: "If what is told is true, then Chen Kaizhi will become a chaotic minister and thief, and Jinyiwei is even more terrifying, right?" ”

"Yes."

The Empress Dowager sighed deeply in her heart, and immediately glanced around at everyone, and asked, "Then what do the Qing family say?" ”

Wu Zhizhengse, the former Dali Temple, said: "The minister is the Dali Temple, the same as Zhou Shilang, is in charge of the punishment, the Guang'an horse case, the six divisions made a special trip to try it, every detail, are carefully verified, dare not be negligent, the minister dares to say, this case, is indeed a false accusation, the minister dares to take the head of the person as a guarantee." ”

His words were loud and awe-inspiring.

The other personnel of the Zongling Mansion and the Metropolitan Procuratorate bowed their heads one after another, echoing and said: "Niangniang, in the past, most of the Qin cases were tried by the three divisions, in order to get to the bottom of the matter, but this time, it was the trial of the six divisions, if you want to protect and protect the officials, isn't it worth believing the ministers of the Manchu court?" Inside and outside the government, there are so many loyal ministers and direct ministers, even if there will be some unscrupulous people, but the ministers dare to speak, there must be loyalty, if you want to make the six divisions all the same, unless it is the truth, it is absolutely impossible. I beg the mother to discern. ”

What they said is actually very reasonable, this is the sixth division of the trial.

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, thinking about how to solve it in her heart, and also thinking about what kind of person Chen Kaizhi was, so she sighed deeply in her heart, and then said lightly: "What you said is very reasonable, but the mourning family still has to ask someone." ”

At that time, except for Chen Kaizhi, only Zhu Ming, the secretary of the Spiegel Division, had been silent, and she glanced at Zhu Ming sideways: "Zhu Qing's family, the mourning family wants to hear what opinions the Spiegel Division has." ”

Zhu Ming bowed down, although his voice was respectful, but there was a hint of coldness: "Niangniang, the Spiegel Division has checked, and there is indeed no fault in the whole case, and Guang'an is not guilty." ”