As soon as Li Shizhen withdrew, Emperor Jiajing's face changed and said to Ma Sen: "Go and check, are there also bastards in Dongchang?" Emperor Xin was suspicious and deeply angry that Shen Mo could invite Li Shizhen in prison.

Ma Sen hurriedly took the order and left, but the whole of the East Factory had already been beaten by the Shen family, and the people were short in hand and short in the mouth, and naturally no one squeaked until it was absolutely necessary...... Moreover, Ma Sen himself had already received 50,000 taels of silver tickets secretly sent to the outer house by the Shen family, so of course he would not ask hard.

In fact, even without this money, no one will squeak. After all, there is a lot of anger in the edict, they know each other, and none of them are clean, and they pull out the radish and bring out the mud, which is certain, so as long as they are not caught by the hands and necks, no matter how lively the investigation is, no one will be confessed.

After making a fuss in the yamen of the Dongji Factory, Ma Sen returned to Jiajing early the next morning and said: "No one was allowed to visit Shen Mo, nor did he pass on anything, and in the past half a month, Shen Mo has indeed been isolated from the world. ”

Jiajing was puzzled at this time, and said, "Then why did Li Shizhen say that he came to him silently?" ”

"There's only one possibility." In the face of the 50,000 taels of silver tickets, the Mason Gang said silently: "Even if he was a year ago, he had already sent someone to find him." ”

"Yes......" Jiajing fell silent. After the year and the year, even if it is only one day, the difference is huge...... If it is a year ago, it is a silent heart of loyalty and filial piety, which can learn from the sun and the moon; If it is a year later, this person's power has reached the point of shaking the emperor, and not killing him is not enough to calm his heart.

Now the evidence points to loyalty and filial piety, but the content of "Journey to the West" is hovering in Jiajing's mind, Shen Mo and Hai Rui are like the master and apprentice who learn from the scriptures, the former is a seemingly loyal monk, and the latter is a hateful Sun Monkey, but in any case, the two are single-minded, and they are in opposition to the emperor and Taoist priests above.

In fact, after a few silent pasts, except for this time, the rest of the performances can be called consistently loyal, but why do you recommend this rebellious "Journey to the West"?

Should you trust him or not? Jiajing's heart was full of entanglement, and at this time, the outside reported, and the first assistant of the cabinet, Xu Jie, asked to see him.

Although he didn't want to see these ministers at all, it was not a way to hide all the time, Jiajing's face changed for a while, and he spit out a mouthful of turbid air and said: "Xuan." But he lowered the beaded curtain anyway.

Xu stepped up to the hall, and after bowing, Jiajing sat down and asked, "Shoufu came, what is the matter?" ”

Xu Jie's buttocks had just touched Jindun, and when he heard the emperor's question, he quickly stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, how should the case of Hairui slandering the king be tried in the case of Hubu Langzhong Hairui, please show the emperor." ”

"How to interrogate, how to interrogate." As soon as Hai Rui was mentioned, Jiajing's gaze was extremely cold and said: "I have to read it every day for the past few days, do you want to read it again when the beast scolded me?" ”

The resentment passed through the bead curtain, stabbing Xu Jie's bones into the wind, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Please forgive the emperor." ”

"Forgive whom?" Jiajing said coldly: "Shu Hairui? ”

"It's the old minister." Xu Jiedao: "That piece is too terrifying, and the old minister can't bear to watch it a second time." ”

"Well said." Jiajing gritted his teeth and said, "Is it bearable, which is unbearable?" Speaking of this, his temples jumped suddenly, and he said inexplicably: "Your cabinet, together with the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, the Criminal Division, and the Suppression Division, will try the results through the Di Newspaper, so that the world will know that he is a wicked animal without a king and a father!" Evil beasts! After saying that, he gasped violently.

This is the Six Halls Trial, the Ming Dynasty has never had such a high standard, but think about it, and there has never been a minister who dared to point his nose and insult the king. Since this can make the emperor relieve his hatred, Xu Jie no longer has any objections.

"The Ministry of War, Shangshu Jiangdong, told the old man to return to his hometown, and the cabinet has sent it back twice, but he is resolute and asks the emperor to show it." Xu Jie's direct entry into the next bone and said softly. If he can not bother the emperor, he tries to decide it himself, but such a big personnel change, unless he is tired of being crooked, how dare he be self-dictated.

"That's right." Jiajing said with some sadness: "Jiangdong has been fighting for the imperial court for decades, and he is indeed sick, but now that Yang Bo is back, he can also rest." He raised his voice and said: "Add the seal of Jiangdong Young Master and Shaobao, give, loyal and unparalleled, plaque, python robe, silver seal, food Shuanglu, and the rest of the treatment will be according to the rules of Zhishi University."

"My Emperor is merciful." Xu Jie hurriedly said: "The old minister thanked the lord Longen on behalf of Jiangdong. ”

"Alas......" Jiajing's sadness became heavier, and he said slowly: "There is a way that clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as before, in my place, clothes are old and good, and people are even older and closer, I can't bear these old ministers, but I think he can get a good death, and I am happy for him......" said that his eyes turned red and said: "I don't know if I can have his blessing......"

Xu Jie accompanied the emperor to cry at first, but the more he listened, the more he didn't taste it, and finally came back to his senses and said in his heart: , what can't the king of Chengping die well? Will they still die? It's just that I'm worried that my holy name will be tarnished by Hai Rui. At this moment, of course, he can only follow the emperor's wishes, Xu Jie said to Jiajing, the emperor's meaning Lao Chen understood, and he must let Na Hairui realize that he was very wrong.

'It's almost ......' Jiajing's expression was much more relaxed, and he listened to Xu Jie's words: "Bu Riting pushes, I plan to raise three cabinet scholars, and as soon as Jiangdong goes, I will push another military department secretary, may I ask the emperor what he thinks." ”

"Accurately." This is all a good thing that has been discussed for a long time, and Jiajing will naturally not make a new building

"There are also ministers who are concerned, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is silent, why did he go to prison?" Xu Jie asked softly: "I hope the emperor will give an explanation, so as to calm the people's hearts and minds." ”

"I suspect that he is behind Hai Rui's mastermind", Jiajing frowned, "This is going down, right?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was already impatient, Xu Jie had no choice but to retire in a witty manner.

After Xu Jie retreated, the emperor's face tightened again, in fact, in addition to "Public Security", he was also worried about "Journey to the West", but he was even more worried that it would have a worse impact if it made a big fuss...... Hai Rui's "Public Security Sparse", he was dizzy at the time, so he ordered Jiuqing to watch it, but the result became bigger and bigger, and it almost couldn't end.

Afterwards, Jiajing often thought that if he had kept it public and secretly killed Na Hai Rui, this matter would have become an unsolved case in history at most, and he would not have put himself in the situation of being tried like now, which would have been difficult to ride a tiger.

Accepting the lessons of the former, Jiajing was very secretive about the book "Journey to the West", and even Xu Jie didn't know it, and he was still speculating about the reason why Shen Mo was imprisoned.

Therefore, unlike the open trial of "Public Security and Sparseness", and "Journey to the West", which has to be secretly investigated, it is still the criminal department who accepts this task......

Shen Mo was in a daze in the prison when he was brought to the torture chamber full of torture instruments.

The torches in the torture room were bright and bright as day, and it took a while for the silent eyes to get used to the furnishings inside before they could see the furnishings inside, and they couldn't help but gasp, good guy, all kinds of bloodstained torture instruments were hung all over the walls, and it was estimated that they couldn't stand it.

Fortunately, the eunuch was just looking for a place to ask, and he didn't intend to invite him to taste the delicious food inside, he sat at one end of the square table by himself, pointed to the other end and said, "Lord Shen, please sit down." ”

When he looked silent, he didn't look like he was about to be tortured, so he calmed down, sat opposite the eunuch for punishment, and looked at him calmly.

He was a little embarrassed by him, and the eunuch coughed dryly and said, "I was ordered by the emperor to interrogate." ”

Shen Mo stood up and wanted to kneel to reply, but he heard the eunuch say: "The emperor's decree, you can sit and reply." ”

Shen Mo was not polite, his butt returned to the bench, and said, "Father-in-law, please ask." ”

"Lord Shen, you are guilty." The eunuch asked in a deep voice.

"What is the sin?" Shen Mo said with a puzzled expression.

"Why do you publish evil books to slander the present?" The eunuch did ask questions according to the emperor's instructions, and the questions and answers of the two were recorded, and they would be transmitted back to Shengshou Palace as soon as possible.

"I don't understand this." The incomprehension on Shen Mo's face became even stronger, and he said: "I am only a shallow learner, and I have never published any books, so how can I talk about evil books?" He naturally knew that this was the opportunity to wash himself away, so he asked the eunuch who was sentenced: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what kind of book is that?" ”

The eunuch was depressed, because he didn't know it, so he could only say loudly: "Since it is a rebellious statement, how can our family see it!" ”

"You should know the title of the book, right?" Shen Mo asked.

"This ......" the eunuch said in a muffled voice: "The title of the book cannot be mentioned, it is a sin to mention it." ”

"How do you answer this?" Shen Mo spread his hands and said, "I dare to swear by my ancestors, and I have never published any evil books. ”

The eunuch was poor in words, and he couldn't move the punishment, so he could only keep his face black and keep silent.

After an awkward silence, the door of the torture room opened, and it turned out to be the chief of the celebrant and the chief of the celebrant Bingbi Ma Sen arrived, and the eunuch hurriedly got up to greet him, and Ma Sen said with a straight face: "You all go out, let's ask Lord Shen alone." The eunuch was eager to be relieved, so he responded and left with all his men.

When there was no one else in the torture room, Ma Sen said to Shen Mo: "Lord Shen, we don't talk darkly, what's going on with "Journey to the West"?" Why should you recommend this book? ”

"Journey to the West?" A look of confusion flashed across his silent face.

"Let me remind you again", Masson said in a deep voice: "Last year, whether the adults were in the southeast, recommended the publication of a batch of books. ”

"That's the thing." Shen Mo nodded.

"It's on the bibliography!" Ma Sen took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, on which was recording the number of silent recommendations for publication, and "Journey to the West" was indeed listed: "Do you remember? "This is the Qin case that the emperor pays close attention to, even if he takes a lot of bribes, he has to be clear on the surface.

"I remember......" Shen Mo touched the back of his head, as if he thought hard, "There is such a book, but is there anything wrong?" I think it's good, huh? ”

"And you said it was good?!" Ma Sen was really angry now, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Shen, how does the emperor treat you?" ”

"Grace is like a mountain." Silent and colorful.

"Then why did you hold it and ...... Teasing the emperor? Ma Sen knocked on the table and said: "People have to talk about conscience, even if everyone in this world says that the emperor is not, you can't, you know?" ”

"Ma Gonggong was confused...... "Shen Mo's eyes were full of confusion and said: "Although the recommended books below cannot be said to be carefully selected, they definitely dare not obstruct the public." This "Journey to the West", I read this book in "Daozang", and I agreed with Fu Zhang, but I am dedicated to promoting Taoism for His Majesty, how can I deliberately move the emperor? He swore an oath: "If you have this heart, the sky will thunder!" ”

Ma Quan looked at Shen Mo's sworn appearance, and said in disbelief: "You mean that there is this book in "Daozang"? ”

"Looking for ......" in the Shengshou Palace, Jiajing was lying on his back on a soft chair, his eyes looking straight at the top of the palace.

The little eunuchs hurriedly moved down the stacks of books on the bookshelves on the west side of the hall, and each hugged a stack of them, looking at them nervously. The sound of rustling books in the hall was like a spring silkworm eating a miscellaneous cow.

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was a long time, but suddenly a little eunuch whispered and said, "I found it, it's really good." Then he hastened to present the book with both hands.

Huang Jin took it and held it in front of Jiajing, Jiajing still looked at the top of the hall, and said quietly: "Nian ......"

Huang Jin read unhurriedly: "Changchunzi is covered with Taoist people. Since middle age, the old man has risen and changed. Those who advocate clouds will have Hongmeng for a long time............

Hearing this, Jiajing straightened up, stretched out his hand, took the book "Journey to the West" and looked at it, it was a local Taoist classic, which recorded the famous Taoist priest in the late Southern Song Dynasty, Changchun Zhenrenqiu, at the invitation of Genghis Khan, went to the Western Regions to tell the story of immortality, which recorded a lot of customs and customs, as well as health preservation methods, but there is absolutely no Sun Monkey, let alone the country of Wuji, Chechi and the like.

Jiajing's eyes were puzzled, how could this be? After thinking for a long time, he said to Huang Jin: "Let Ma Sen ask, if Shen Mo can retell the contents of the book, he will ......."

"Just what?" Seeing that the emperor paused, Huang Jin asked in a low voice.

"Then he will be transferred to the edict of the Suppression Division." Jiajing closed his eyes and said tiredly.

"Changchunzi is covered with a man of the Tao. Since middle age, the old man has risen and changed. "Silence is worthy of being the top six champions, and his excellent memory is really talented, and he actually memorized a "Journey to the West in Changchun" word for word, and said: "Hate it and see it, the winter of my own Mao, the rumor is at sea, and the emblem of the car is next spring, and the fruit is second to Yan ......."......

But let Ma Sen, who was holding the book for comparison, surprised and sighed, and said in his heart that if he hadn't seen it himself, who would dare to believe that there was such a person who would never forget? Fortunately, there are still clerks to testify, otherwise the emperor will definitely think that it is collusion.

"Don't carry it." After reciting a few pages in silence, Masson stopped, "Do you know that there is a book with the same name as this one?" ”

After thinking about it silently, he shook his head and said, "I only know this book of Journey to the West." ”

"It is recorded that the Tang monk and apprentice learned scriptures from the West." As soon as Ma Sen's words came out, everyone stared at Shen Mo to see if he had any flaws.

"I don't dare to hide it from the emperor, I have read the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written by Master Xuanqi, and the "Biography of the Three Tibetan Masters of the Great Ci'en Temple" written by his disciples." After thinking for a long time, he said: "But "Journey to the West" is indeed a record of the story of Qiu Chuji going to Huathornzimo in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the difference between the two is hundreds of years. ”

Ma Sen only hated himself for being a shallow learner, and when he came to such an academic question, he glared, and naturally couldn't ask any more questions, and said to the clerk: "That's it." Nodding to Shen Mo as he spoke, the two walked straight out of the torture chamber.

There was only one silence left in the torture room, and no one came in for a long time, he has changed a lot these days, and he doesn't care if he is decent or not, seeing that there are a few plates of snacks and fruits on the table, he reached out to take food and put it in his arms, ready to bring it back to Hai Rui to taste.

"Open the door." A familiar voice rang out outside the cell door.

The silent movements froze, and before he could swallow what was in his mouth, he puffed out his cheeks and slowly looked back at the cell door.

A pair of eyes that were shining with lanterns, and they were also looking at him at this time, and they were still shining with tears, it was Zhu Wu of Jinyiwei.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then turned their heads back to silence and slowly swallowed what was in their mouths.

When the cell door opened, Zhu Wu strode in.

Shen Mo had swallowed what was in his mouth and sat there looking at him. I saw Zhu Wu with his back to the prison door, and arched his hand in the direction of Xiyuan: "I am ordered to transfer Lord Shen to the Beizhen Fusi to take care of it." After speaking, he turned sideways and stepped out of the way: "Your Excellency, please." ”

Shen Mo's eyes lit up, tears almost poured out, he took a deep breath, held back the tears, and said to Zhu Wu with his head held high: "Let's go." ”

The two walked out of the torture room, silent but not in a hurry to go to the ground, but said slowly: "I'm going to get something." ”

"What's that?" Zhu Wudao: "I'll send someone to get it." ”

"My official uniform, let's take it myself......" After saying that, he walked deeper into the dungeon.

Walking outside the cell where he and Hai Rui were, the silent voice finally trembled a little: "Open the door." ”

"Open the door!" Zhu Wudao said.

"Fifth master, I don't dare to open the door without an order from above." The cell boss who was accompanying him said cautiously.

"What are people afraid of here?" Zhu Wu stretched out his big hand and said, "The key, I'll open it myself!" ”

The cell boss knew that Jinyiwei was powerful, so he had to obediently hand over the key to the cell, and Zhu Wu opened the cell door and said to Shen Mo: "Please." ”

Silently walking into the prison, Hai Rui looked at him with concern, and saw that he was intact, so he lowered his eyelids and continued to recuperate.

"I'm going to be transferred to prison." Shen Mo said softly.

Hai Rui's eyebrows twitched imperceptibly, and then he regained his composure and said, "It's a good thing, the situation will never be worse." "If there is a worse environment in Dongchang Prison, it will only be hell.

He was leaving, but Hai Rui had to continue to stay up, Shen Mo felt very uncomfortable, took out the snack from his arms, placed it neatly in front of Hai Rui, and said softly: "You have to take care, I will let the family send some money over, and if you need anything, just ask the jailer." ”

Hai Rui nodded and said softly, "You also take care of ......"

Shen Mo still wanted to say something, but Zhu Wu behind him said loudly: "My lord, it is not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's leave quickly." ”

Shen Mo said softly, "Can you take care of him as much as possible?" ”

"He is the No. 1 prisoner ......of Tianzi," Zhu Wu was a little embarrassed: "But I can let them wash the cell and move the bed and chair in!" ”

Shen Mo knew that this was already the limit, nodded and didn't say anything more.

Leaving the hellish Dongchang dungeon, Shen Mo thought he would see the long-lost sunshine, but who knew that it was still dark outside, and it turned out to be night now.

"Keep it a secret, so choose this time." Zhu Wu explained softly, and at this time, a tightly covered sedan chair was lifted, and he lifted the sedan curtain and said, "My lord, please get on the sedan chair." ”

Silence took a deep breath of fresh air, full of self-conscious freshness, although it was about to be lost again, but it would not be dark again.