The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May originally had the implication of warding off evil and driving away poison, therefore, the servants of the Tianfu Ya posted a list of articles all over the street, saying that on this day, Zhao Qin was tried in the case of Zhao Qin's encroachment on the fields and usury and the embezzlement of grain, etc., which naturally aroused a sensation in the city of Nanjing for a time. At the beginning, there were Qingliu who talked about Zhao Qin being an official, which was really unseemly, and the imperial court also had the purpose of eight discussions, but the four gentlemen of Nandu led by Zhang Mao all said that they would go to observe at that time, and others would not dare to say more.

Therefore, on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, starting early in the morning, the West Splendid Workshop at the main gate of the Tianfu Ya was already crowded with people, if it were not for the East Splendid Workshop where the old interior was located was guarded by the right guard of the government army early, even it would be crowded, I am afraid that there are not thousands of people, and the noisy sound can be heard half a mile away. Fortunately, Fu Rong directly sent more than a dozen guards to Xu Xun to push the crowd all the way to open the way, otherwise he would not have wanted to find a way to get in, and the car could only be parked at the intersection of West Jinxiufang and Fudong Street.

When he finally squeezed all the way to the front of the gate of Yingtianfu, Xu Xun was already in a hot sweat. There are white lines painted on three sides in front of the door here, but the crowd of onlookers does not dare to crowd like this. I saw that the servants of Ying Tianfu were holding whips in their hands, and there were soaps shouting loudly and suppressing them, so that no one in all directions dared to take a step beyond the thunder pool. He stood there and looked around, and saw more than 100 villagers standing on the left, all of whom had been beating drums in Yingtianfu before, and Yu Hao was among them. The clothes on this middle-aged man are also clean, and he doesn't look like he has suffered hardships.

On the right-hand side, Shen Guang stood there alone, and he didn't bring anyone with him. In just half a month, his cheeks have lost a lot of weight, and the green shirt is empty on his body. When Xu Xun stepped forward to say hello, his blank eyes looked over, stared at Xu Xun for a moment, and then smiled bitterly.

"You're here too."

In the past half a month, the Shen family has almost turned the entire city of Nanjing over, and the Qinhuai River has searched up and down countless times, and I don't know how much silver money has been taken out, and similar female corpses have also been found, but no one in the family dares to recognize it, and the loss of the Shen family has become one of the topics of sighing in the neighborhood. In the end, Shen Guang still couldn't hide the sick old lady, Shen Fang's family came out sick and only said a word, and the family stopped.

"It's better to pack up Yue'er's original clothes and set up a grave to bury them than to bury the person who doesn't know who it is into the ancestral grave of the Shen family, there is no result, what's the use of just crying!"

It's just that Shen Guang really couldn't hold on like his mother Shen Fang's suddenly, and he was still a little confused at this time. He said a few words to Xu Xun listlessly, and only heard a loud roll call from inside.

"Qin Cha Jinyi Wei Du commanded Tongzhi and led Beizhen Fusi Ye Guang to arrive!"

"The right Cheng Fei of the Dali Temple of Qincha has arrived!"

"Ying Tianfu Yin Wuxiong has arrived!"

After these three roll calls, followed by such as Wei Guogong Xu Li, Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu, Fu Rong, Zheng Qiang, Zhang Mao, etc., one after another roll call voices made the onlookers amazed, and the hundred and ten bitter masters over there were led to stand in their respective positions after the initial scratching. At this time, the maintenance of order has become the brocade guards, and the servants are dragging water and fire sticks back to stand on duty, and the long-term shouting of "oh-" echoes over the wide West Splendid Fang, and after a while, the whole street gradually quiets down.

Today, I will not preside over the trial in the lobby, but put it in front of Ying Tianfu's Zhaobi to try the case, which is exactly the idea of Yin Wuxiong of Ying Tianfu. His reason is very simple, the matter is full of turmoil in the city, and this public trial has allowed all the people to come and listen, which can just play the role of preaching and educating. The most important thing is that Ye Guang and Fei Kai have no objections. Therefore, even if he, Yin Ping, Ying Tianfu, ignored the name of the sentence, this time he still went into battle with illness in person. At this time, seeing that all the officials sat down one by one, he nodded to the two Qin almost on the left and right, whose faces were sinking like water, and ordered in a deep voice: "Take someone to commit a crime!" ”

Zhao Qin was taken out of the dungeon of Nanjing Jinyiwei last night, his eyes were covered with black cloth, put on a carriage, and he was transferred to a room in a circle. Ever since he received that note before, he had been waiting for the opportunity to break through the clouds, so he had to regard this time as Ye Guang's last struggle. So, at this moment, when two brocade-clothed men carrying embroidered spring knives entered the room with their faces sinking into the room, bringing a lot of light to the stuffy room, he only felt ecstatic for a while, and actually laughed.

"Twenty years in Hedong and twenty years in Hexi, even if you Jinyiwei can't do whatever you want on the ground in Nanjing!"

However, after a burst of laughter, what Zhao Qin didn't expect was that two men actually came up and grabbed his arm from left to right, and just carried him out easily. He had been locked up in the dungeon for more than half a month before, and last night it was transferred overnight, and he had hardly seen the sun, plus the poison early in the morning on this day, although he tried his best to close his eyes, the beads of sweat on his forehead still rolled down one by one, and people also felt a burst of panic.

"You ...... What are you going to do! Seeing that the two big men only ignored him, he suddenly became even more flustered, broke free for a while, kicked his feet there again, and shouted hoarsely, "I am still an official of the imperial court, you can't ...... me like this."

Before he finished speaking, the two men had already carried him around the big photo wall. Seeing that Huo Ran was cheerful in front of him, Zhao Qin's heart was just relaxed, and the next moment he saw a crowd of onlookers under the black pressure, the three tables on the left, the middle and the right and a long chair on one side, and he was panicked for a while. When he recognized Shen Guang and Xu Xun, and saw the faces of the other side that were either angry or timid, or contemptuous or happy, when his feet fell to the ground, he only felt that his eyes were dark, and he almost had no strength to stand.

What's going on? What's going on here?

Bang-The shocking sound once again suppressed the whispers of the surrounding crowd, followed by a loud shout: "Zhao Qin, why don't you kneel!" ”

This voice suddenly made Zhao Qin shake his spirit. Looking around at the people in the hall, he saw a lot of old acquaintances from the previous meeting, but these people were smiling and laughing with him and introduced him as a confidant, but at this moment, they either avoided his sight, or showed a look of contempt and disdain. At this moment, no matter how sluggish he was, he knew that the situation was not right.

Almost instantly, he calmed down and immediately raised his head: "Lord Wu, I am an official of the imperial court, are you wrong to call me?" ”

Seeing Zhao Qin's situation, Wu Xiong's face immediately sank. However, before he could be shocked by Tianfu Yin again, Ye Guang on the side stood up with a dry cough, picked up a piece of paper on the left hand side and unfolded it slowly, cleared his throat and read: "Zhao Qin of Nanjing Engineering gave the matter, disregarded the grace of the saint, ran rampant in the township, forced people to die, and was dismissed from his official position. This order. ”

Thinking of this, seeing that the crowd around him was buzzing, he looked at Zhao Qin's snow-white face, gently raised the piece of paper in his hand, and said word by word: "Zhao Qin, do you want to check it, this official is drafted, the cabinet is approved, and there is even an official document written by the emperor himself?" You are really smoking from your ancestral tomb, how many of the many chapters in the world can be approved by the emperor himself? ”

Xu Xun on the side was open-minded. Since the Ming Dynasty since Yingzong, most of the so-called Zhu Criticism are actually red celebrants, and most of them are not even the emperor's hands at all. Looking at Zhao Qin's trembling body as if it would fall down at any time, he couldn't help laughing.

After suffering for many days, what he waited for was a dismissal order, and I don't know if Zhao Qin was so injured that he was about to vomit blood!

"Zhao Qin, aren't you kneeling yet?"

Wu Xiong has dragged his sick body to ask questions one by one these days, and the slightest suspicion that still exists is gone. In addition, a few errand servants who were ordered to investigate went to the countryside of Jurong, and the villagers who had no scruples because of the Zhao family's decline almost wanted to pour out all the bitter water for many years, so he naturally hated such a black sheep. At this time, seeing that Zhao Qin still had no reaction, he slapped the shocked wood again for a while, and shouted: "Left and right, press him to kneel down for me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the two brocade-clothed lieutenants who had escorted Zhao Qin up came forward, and one of them pressed his shoulder socket on one side, and then skillfully kicked into the crook of the knee, and immediately kicked Zhao Qin to his knees. Zhao Qin, who had never suffered such treatment, couldn't help moaning when his knees fell heavily to the ground, and it was easy to stop. However, as if they were afraid that he would struggle, the two lieutenants still pressed their shoulders from side to side and did not let go, obviously they were used to this errand in the Jinyi Guard.

Seeing Zhao Qin kneeling, Wu Xiong shouted and brought a witness. In a moment, a few errand servants led the more than 100 people forward, and Xu Xun and Shen Guang were naturally missing. Because there were too many people, except for Yu Hao and another villager who seemed to be more clever, only Xu Xun and Shen Guang stayed, and the rest were led to kneel to the side. Although Zhao Qin was pressed to death, he still tried his best to look at the people around him. After discovering Xu Xun's salute, Wu Xiong ordered him to get up and speak, and he immediately gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Lord Wu, this Xu Xun has no background and no fame, why can he stand and speak!"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Xun looked at Zhao Qin, and when he saw that his eyes stared at him as if they could breathe fire, he couldn't help but smile back. If it were Zhao Qin in the past, he wouldn't even look at him too much, where would the accounting be more trivial than something that is not worth mentioning? But now, after only a few months, he can finally look down on this person condescendingly!

(To be continued)