Dongzhi Gate.

Before Wang Pu could get out of the city, he was blocked by the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, Wang Pu, Scarface, Big Beard, Xiao Qi and more than 50 family members were all arrested, Wang Pu was directly sent to the prison, and Scarface and other 50 family members were escorted to the prison of the Criminal Department.

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The next day is the early dynasty.

The ministers in the main hall are raging, shouting and shouting to kill, beating their chests and feet, and crying bitterly, I really don't know if they are excited about the heinous crime committed by Wang Pu, or purely to show their loyalty, patriotism and nobility in front of Emperor Chongzhen and hundreds of officials?

No matter how noisy the officials were, Emperor Chongzhen Yanjing sat firmly on the dragon chair and never expressed any opinion.

In fact, since the second year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen rarely expressed his opinions directly at the court meeting, although this lord did not receive a systematic royal education, but he was born with the ability to control people, otherwise it would be impossible to overthrow the eunuch Wei Zhongxian at the beginning of the throne.

However, not expressing his opinion does not mean that Emperor Chongzhen has no ideas in his heart, or that sentence, he is waiting, waiting for the clever minister to say what he wants to say, speaking from his heart, Emperor Chongzhen is indeed very dissatisfied with Wang Pu's series of wanton behavior, but these are not enough for him to kill Wang Pu.

Zhou Yanru is a smart man, he quickly figured out the thoughts of the Lord Long Live from Emperor Chongzhen's expression of not being sad or happy, and suddenly took two steps forward and knelt down under the Danqi, and sang loudly: "Long live, the minister Zhou Yanru has something to play." ”

"Zhou Aiqing, please speak."

Emperor Chongzhen's tone was indifferent but revealing indescribable majesty, and the whispering sound in the hall stopped abruptly like a knife cut, and it was so quiet that it was audible in an instant.

Zhou Yanru said: "The minister thinks that what Wang Pu did is of course a great rebellion, but after all, he has made great achievements for the imperial court, and it is a brilliant feat that has never been seen since the Liao incident. ”

"Hooray." Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, hurriedly went out of class and echoed, "The minister thinks that what Zhou Ge Lao said is extremely true, General Wang first resisted the order, and then robbed the law field may be for a reason, if you don't say anything and kill him, wouldn't it make the soldiers of the Nine Sides chill and the people of the world chill?" ”

So far, whether Chen Xinjia wants to or not, he and Wang Pu are already grasshoppers tied to a rope, if Wang Pu is finished, he Chen Xinjia will not be able to fall well, and now protecting Wang Pu is protecting himself.

"Nonsense!" Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of Zuodu, couldn't hold it anymore, and went out of class to scold, "If there is a reason, then you can't resist the decree and rob the law field!" Robbing the law field is a rebellion, and Wang Pu has no national law and discipline in his eyes? To resist the decree is to ignore the king, is there long live in his eyes! Is it necessary for such a rebellious minister and thief to give him a chance to defend himself? ”

"What Lord Zhou said is extremely true." Li Banghua, the imperial history of the right capital, went out of class and echoed, "If you kill a rebellious minister and thief like Wang Pu, the soldiers of the Nine Sides and the people of the world can only clap their hands and applaud, how can they be chilled?" ”

"Long live, Wang Pu's crime is extremely evil, and An Lu should be beheaded."

"Long live, Wang Pu is rebellious, and his sin is unforgivable!"

Liu Zongzhou and Li Banghua, the two Qingliu bigwigs, did not fall into their voices, and the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six departments and thirteen provinces echoed their words, and for a while, the hall was full of condemnation, and the voices of Zhou Yanru and Chen Xinjia were immediately drowned out by the angry condemnation of the Qingliu Fangguan, and Emperor Chongzhen still didn't say a word, but his brows became more and more furrowed.

"Hooray!" Chen Xinjia shouted loudly in a hurry, "Anyway, Wang Pu still has a gold medal in his hand. ”

The angry imperial historians and officials looked sideways, and they remembered that yesterday at noon, Emperor Chongzhen happily gave Wang Pu a gold medal for avoiding death, with this gold medal for avoiding death, no matter how big the crime Wang Pu committed, he could be exempted from death, at most he would be dismissed from his post and investigated.

Zhou Yanru took the opportunity to play again: "The minister thinks that what Lord Chen said is not unreasonable, Wang Zongbing first resisted the decree, and then robbed the law field may really be for a reason, long live why not issue an edict to let Wang Zongbing play the palace right?" ”

"Hmm." Emperor Chongzhen saw that no one objected to Zhou Yanru's proposal, so he bowed his head and said, "Just follow the Qing's play, Wang Chengen." ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The slave is here." ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Take Wang Pu to the palace." ”

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed, opened his throat and shouted, "Long live the purpose, take Wang Pu to the palace......"

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The Penal Department Prison.

Xiao Qi said leisurely: "I don't know how the general is now?" ”

Scarface said, "You can't kill the general anyway, right?" The general has a gold medal in his hand. ”

"Ugh." Xiao Qi sighed and said, "Even if the general doesn't die this time, I'm afraid he will be dismissed." ”

"I hurt the general, if it weren't for saving me, the general wouldn't have resisted the order, let alone robbed the law field, I hurt the general, I hurt the general, what ...... I harmed"

The bearded man suddenly began to cry, slamming his head against the wall as he cried, and the pain was palpable.

"Bearded, calm down." Scarface hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the bearded man, and scolded, "Don't be like a girl, isn't the general still dead, just howling here, depressed or not?" ”

"It would have been better to know that this would have been better than to die in Liaodong in the first place." The bearded man said in chagrin, "What kind of ball do you still have?" ”

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Wang Pu was soon taken to the main hall.

"Wang Pu."

Without waiting for the Qing Sect to make a difficulty, Chen Xinjia preemptively drank and asked, "Why did you resist the decree, and why did you rob the Dharma field?" ”

Chen Xinjia is worthy of being an old fritter in the officialdom, this question is very knowledgeable, after he asked, the focus of the question immediately shifted to why Wang Pu resisted the decree and why he robbed the law field, if Liu Zongzhou and Li Banghua were asked first, the focus of the entanglement must be what crime should be sentenced for resisting the decree and robbing the law field?

"Hooray, ladies and gentlemen." Wang Pu said loudly, "The minister is resisting the decree, but it is to save people." ”

"Nonsense." Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of Zuodu, shouted, "Are you still justified in resisting the decree?" ”

"Wang Pu." Zhou Yanru also came out of the class and asked, "You said that the purpose of resisting the decree is to save people, is the robbery of the law field also to save people?" ”

"That's right." Wang Pu said proudly, "It's to save people." ”

"It makes no sense." Li Banghua, the imperial history of the right capital, said angrily, "Saving people actually went to rob the law field, could it be that the prisoner sentenced by the Criminal Department is the person you want to save?" ”

"That's right." Wang Pu said loudly, "The prisoner sentenced by the Criminal Department is the person I want to save!" ”

"What kind of person is that?" Chen Xinjia deliberately wanted to lead the topic in a direction favorable to Wang Pu, and continued to ask, "Is it worth it for you to resist the decree first, and then rob the law field to save him?" ”

"He's my savior." Wang Pu said, "When I was in Shengjing, he saved my life!" The eldest husband has to be responsible in life, he will repay his kindness, and he will seek revenge, so I have to save him even if I have my surname! What's more, this person is still a meritorious veteran of the Ming Empire, and he is not guilty at all! When I save him, I am saving the loyalty of the soldiers of the Nine Sides to the court and to the Lord of Long Life! ”

Zhou Yanru asked, "Are you saying that this veteran once followed you to Liaodong?" ”

Wang Pu said: "It's not just that I've been there, this veteran is still the first Ming soldier to enter Shengjing City, and if it weren't for this veteran with fifty brothers to lead away the cavalry of Jiannu's brigade, none of the more than 1,000 elite soldiers under the minister and his command would be able to return to Daming alive. ”

"So this veteran has meritorious service to the court, so why was he sentenced to beheading?" Zhou Yanru's gaze suddenly turned to Liu Zeshen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and asked, "Lord Liu, what is going on?" ”

Liu Zeshen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Liu Zong, the imperial historian of the Zuodu, are also the backbone elements of the Qing school, and Zhou Yanru is of course happy to take this opportunity to suppress and suppress.

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