Chapter 813: The Excalibur Unsheathed (II)

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"Look, you're here again!" Seeing that he was about to lose his temper again, Yang Yushu said helplessly: "Brother Gangfeng, such a big matter is entrusted to us, you and I have a big burden on our shoulders, but we are stepping on thin ice!" Can't you just listen to me? ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Hai Rui stopped, waiting to listen.

"I only have one sentence, and I will stop at the point!" Yang Yushu said.

"What do you mean by a stop-and-finish point?" A hint of disapproval flashed in Hai Rui's eyes.

"What's not to understand about this? This incident, from Hu Zongxian's arrest, to his bizarre death, to someone openly killing people in the criminal department, it can be described as bizarre and frightening step by step. But in fact, who is fighting behind it, the court officials basically know...... Don't look at so many people who write books asking for strict investigation and scolding shady, but they are all bluffs, and no one dares to go deeper! Why didn't anyone dare to say it? It's just a rat trap! Yang Yushu said bitterly: "We are the same, we can strictly investigate when it comes to 'rats', and when it comes to 'instruments', we can't ask a word, let alone check!" ”

Hai Rui began to look at Yang Yushu with a strange gaze, and for a moment he couldn't figure out whether he was saying it after careful consideration, or if he was instructed by someone. There was a sudden trace of separation in my heart, and this complexity was revealed in my eyes.

Of course, Yang Yushu felt his demeanor, and a wry smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Don't look at me with this kind of eyes, I have been in Dali Temple for more than ten years, can I still understand this matter?" He said in a low voice: "Those criminals have the most dirty thoughts, and in order to avoid crime, they will pull everything to it." With this pull, the case will not be tried a word. When the time comes, the problem will be transferred to you and me, and we won't be able to do it! So stop talking about it, just enough to convict, don't ask too much and too deeply! ”

"Do the two elders think the same way?" Hai Rui stopped looking at him, and said with a faint mockery on the corner of his mouth.

"This ......" Yang Yushu was a little stunned: "I haven't seen him yet." But after a pause, he said, "But it can be expected that they think the same way." ”

"How can you be sure?" Hai Rui turned his head and stared at him tightly.

"Don't look at who they are...... students" Yang Yushu said lightly: "Brother Gangfeng, I said that the last sentence is out of proportion, no matter how lively the fight is, there is still a teacher above, so we don't need to mix." ”

Hai Rui looked at him quietly for a moment, and said, "Finished?" ”

"Ah, that's it." Yang Yushu nodded.

"Let's go, then." Hai Rui stepped forward.

"Then I said it for a long time," Yang Yushu hurriedly followed: "Did you listen to it?" ”

"Thank you for your teachings." Hai Rui strutted his head and said, "I also have some reasoning, and I want to ask the adults to correct them." This case is only a few short sentences, but in the meantime, it is treacherous, and there is no bottom in sight, and if it is written into a case file in the future, I am afraid that it will pile up! ”

"Exactly." Yang Yushu nodded and said, "So if you and I step into the void, we will never recover!" ”

"How dare you say which step is empty and which step is real?" Hai Rui said in a deep voice: "Since it is a fight between the gods, if there are those who want us to go east, they must want us to go west, if you go this way, you will offend that side...... You think it's a good idea to stop at the point, but there are always immortals who want to investigate deeply, and you offend them, and it's not the same as suffering. After a pause, he said: "If you go further, such a big case will definitely be famous in history!" Eighty percent of them will be made into dramas, commentaries, and repeated interpretations, do adults want to be regarded as a gourd official by future generations, and when they mention it, they will scold and say: 'Whether it is really confused or fake confused, in short, it is a fool'! ”

Yang Yushu was stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't help but be impressed by Hai Rui. This man, whom he had always thought was a tenacious and bullish man, still had such deep thoughts, and his admiration for him arose spontaneously for a while, and he asked softly: "Then how should I deal with myself?" ”

"It's very simple," Hai Jui said in a deep voice, "according to the law, according to conscience, and speak fairly!" The body is not afraid of the shadow, who dares to find us! ”

"Hehe......" Yang Yushu looked at his momentum, and called timidly: "Brother Gangfeng......"

"My lord, I don't need to say more!" Hai Rui said in a deep voice: "The Holy Decree is Huanghuang, and he clearly wants us to thoroughly investigate this case, give Hu Zongxian justice, return the truth to the people and hundreds of officials, and give me a bright future!" I've made up my mind, no matter what, I'm going to get to the bottom of it! If you don't want to check, you can call yourself sick, what do I do, you don't care! I will take the responsibility alone, and I will not affect the adults! With that, he threw off his sleeves and strode forward.

Yang Yushu was stunned for a long time, his eyes were so wide that he looked at Hai Rui, his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and a feeling of breaking the formation when he heard the drum became stronger and stronger.

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When Hai Rui was about to enter the cabinet, he saw Yang Yushu following from behind, and he smiled faintly: "My lord has figured it out?" ”

"I don't care what you do, I don't care what I do!" Yang Yushu said angrily: "It's really unfavorable for the passing year, stand up to you as a partner!" ”

"Hehe," Hai Rui knew that this was already Yang Yushu's limit, so he turned sideways and said, "My lord, please first." ”

"Alas......" Yang Yushu suddenly lost his momentum and said, "You also please." ”

When the two entered the cabinet, Si Zhilang came out to greet them, saying that Zhang Ge was already waiting for them.

In officialdom, this is a grand meeting. It stands to reason that you should first worship the holy decree in the lobby, and then report your official name to Zhang Juzheng and pay homage. But the two were led to Zhang Juzheng's duty room, and after entering the door, they saw Zhang Juzheng wearing civilian clothes and sitting in front of the big case with his hair tied up to read the file. According to the regulations, official clothes are not allowed to worship in casual clothes, so the two had to stand in the middle of the room.

"After reading the case file all night, I didn't have time to change my official uniform, so the two of you don't have to be formal." Zhang Ge Lao slowly closed the case file and stood up slowly, he had an excellent demeanor, and his gestures were all with a graceful bearing, and he stretched out his hand and said: "It's not the first time you have seen each other, you don't have to be formal, please sit down." ”

Yang Yushu and Hai Rui sat down in the chairs by the window.

This is, Zhang Juzheng's scribe came up with a saucer and served tea to the two adults.

Zhang Juzheng said to the scribe: "I have important matters to discuss with the two adults, don't let people disturb me." ”

"Yes." The scribe withdrew.

Zhang Juzheng did not return to the bookcase, but sat down opposite the two and briefly greeted the two.

In officialdom, there are no meaningless moves, every move has content. Zhang Juzheng was not in the main hall without official clothes, and sat with two subordinate officials, which was a manifestation of his confidant...... Yang Yushu is the same year as him, of course, there is no need to do this, so Zhang Juzheng deliberately did it, but it was actually for Hai Rui alone.

Yang Yushu sighed in his heart: "I'm afraid it's going to be in vain." Then he looked at Hai Jui. Hai Rui didn't show anything at this time, and sat there straight, as if he didn't notice anything.

Zhang Juzheng was also looking at Hai Rui, although the two had met many times, this was the first time he had taken a closer look at this famous Hai Qingtian. But I saw that his eyebrows were high, his nose was concave, and he had a very majestic appearance, sitting there upright, neither humble nor arrogant.

Zhang Juzheng sighed secretly in his heart, and spoke first: "Both of you have received the holy decree, and the trial of Hu Zongxian's case will start tomorrow, and I will call you over today, one is to represent the emperor and Yuan Weng, to cheer you up, don't have any worries, just investigate to the end, and the cabinet will be your strongest backing." ”

Both of them knew that this was just empty talk, and the drama was behind, so they quietly listened to him continue: "Second, on behalf of the emperor and Yuan Weng, I want to make a few requests to you. ”

"Elder Ge, please speak." The two sat up straight and listened to Zhang Juzheng's words.

"First, be just; Second, it should be comprehensive; Third, go deeper. Zhang Juzheng said in a straight tone: "The so-called justice is to ask you to uphold a public heart, and to judge the case is to judge the case, don't be swayed by other things, and don't mix with other things; As for comprehensiveness, the case this time is special, the cause is some old cases from a few years ago, if you want to investigate, you must find out all clearly, don't be afraid of trouble, what we have is time, we have to dig out all the ghosts, snakes, and gods hidden behind it, this is the third point, go deep...... Do you understand? ”

Yang Yushu and Hai Rui were silent for a moment, and the former said gloomily in his heart: "Sure enough, Hai Rui is right, Zhang Taiyue wants to borrow our hands to dig deeper, and he will not let me pass the test easily because of the same year." ’

He was in a trance, so he heard Hai Rui say loudly: "The lower official has something unclear, please give advice to the elder." ”

"Please." Zhang Juzheng is very self-contained.

"I don't know if these three requirements were put forward by the emperor or Yuan Weng?" Hai Rui asked.

"Why do you ask this?" Although Zhang Juzheng was displeased, he still replied to him: "What if Yuan Weng brought it up." ”

"Then the officials can't accept it all." Hai Rui said: "The holy decree is to let the lower officials try the case of Hu Zongxian's murder, and then the lower officials can only investigate after he is escorted to Xia Zhen...... The previous events had nothing to do with his death, and the lower officials were not allowed to make a holy decree and had no right to inquire about it. ”

Zhang Juzheng was furious in his heart, no one gave you an edict at the beginning, how dare you impeach the emperor! Why are you so timid now? He was angry, but his expression was quite relaxed, and he said lightly: "What Yuan Weng means is that these must be checked...... Since you're here, I'll show you something first. As he spoke, he picked up a file from the bookcase and handed it over.

Hai Rui took it and opened it to see that it was the file of the Metropolitan Procuratorate investigating the case of Hu Zongxian's forgery of the holy decree, which recorded the detailed process, and also attached Hu Zongxian's handwritten letter and forged holy decree...... Seeing this, Hai Rui's face really became solemn.

Zhang Juzheng kept staring at Hai Rui, and when he saw that he was really in, his mood finally relaxed a lot...... He just wanted to take advantage of Hai Rui's inability to rub sand in his eyes, so that he hated Hu Zongxian deeply, so as to change the trend of the case. So he didn't rush, just sipped tea there leisurely, waiting for Hai Rui to finish reading the dossier.

After a meal, Hai Rui finally closed the file, and Zhang Juzheng asked, "What do you think?" ”

Hai Rui said slowly: "The facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, even if Hu Zongxian is alive, there is no way to argue. ”

"That's right," Zhang Juzheng said happily: "Hai Shaoqing must dig deep from this aspect, not let this case be superficial, and dig out deep things." ”

"What does the elder mean, the lower officials don't dare to agree." Hai Rui shook his head and said, "The case of forging the holy decree can already be closed, and there is no need for the lower officials to add to it...... It's better to go directly to the mansion and report to the daylight. ”

Zhang Juzheng's nose is going to be crooked, if the report works, I still need to talk nonsense with you? Newspapers in the south and the Sangonghuai Forum in Beijing have long defined the matter...... If you want to say that Hu Zongxian is a widow, but where is the widow now? If you want to say that Hu Zongxian conspired to rebel, but he honestly handed over power, was honestly arrested, and was honestly put to death, the crime of rebellion was not established at all, it can only be said to be an 'expedient measure', at most some unscrupulous means.

A person like Hai Rui, who regards the "Da Ming Law" as a guideline, will definitely not accept this statement, so Zhang Juzheng really hopes that he can take the case and get started, so that Hu Zongxian's bribery and corruption crimes will all be investigated...... It depends on what kind of face that silence has, playing the sad card with his 'old brother' all day long.

However, what Zhang Juzheng never expected was that this Hai Rui actually grasped the words on the holy decree and came up with a three-no's policy of 'not denying, not caring, and not being involved', which made his abacus fall through. couldn't help but be a little angry and said: "That picture allows you to go by the way, do you want to refuse this!" ”

"Not in his position, not in his politics." Hai Rui said word by word: "I'm afraid that the lower officials are going to disappoint the elder Ge." ”

"What about you, Lord Yang?" Zhang Juzheng then remembered that there was still a chief judge on the side.

"Oh, me......" Under Zhang Ju's knife-like eyes, Yang Yushu's face became pale, and he swallowed and spat with difficulty: "I feel it...... Hai Shaoqing said...... Reasonable! ”

Hai Rui looked at Yang Yushu unexpectedly, and Zhang Juzheng was even more surprised. He was so fucking surprised today, first Hai Rui, who was a tendon, actually knew that 'there is something to do and something not to do'; Then he never expected that Yang Yushu, who had always been like a good gentleman in the same year, would also dismantle the stage for himself.

"You, you ......" Zhang Juzheng was angry for a while before calming down and said: "Since the two of you are so insistent, the appearance is not reluctant, so please do it yourself." After speaking, he served tea and sent the guests, and he didn't want to go down with them for a moment, which was very different from the talented Corporal Lixian.

Walking out of the cabinet and returning to Chang'an Street, Hai Rui arched his hand to Yang Yushu and said, "I blame my lord, Hai Rui can't compensate you." ”

"Forget it," Yang Yushu waved his hand and said, "I just don't want to be used as a gun." He laughed and said, "It's Brother Gangfeng who impressed me, and I thought you didn't know what proportion was." ”

"I really don't know what to do." Hai Rui said lightly: "But I know that I have to consider the consequences when doing things, and I don't do it when I am sold and help count the money." ”

"Hahaha......" Seeing that he had told a joke in a serious way, Yang Yushu couldn't help laughing-

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