After Zeng Pu thought about it, he also strode out.

Zheng Tonghe stood in place for a moment, suddenly woke up, and then hurriedly left the prison of the Criminal Department with a few followers.

The next day, Zheng Tonghe, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zeng Pu, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Wang Qi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, petitioned for the crime at the same time, and the three of them had different tones, but their calibers were almost the same. All of them showed that they could not continue to try the case, and Zheng Tonghe's compromises even hinted at someone interfering with the trial.

Liu Ji, a cabinet scholar, was the first to see these twists and turns, but he was a person who was good at shirking responsibility, and such a hot potato would naturally not be held in his arms.

Without saying a word, after throwing the potato to Wan An, he simply came to escape, pretending to be dead, and told Wan An to leave with a dead face, and escaped from the cabinet like a mouse.

Wan An just looked at the fold, and without saying a word, he took the token and entered the palace.

He is the first assistant, and he can enter the palace with a token, but as soon as he enters the palace gate, there will be a little eunuch leading him away, and he will not be allowed to walk around casually.

Outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, Wan An took a deep breath before walking into the pavilion with his back bent, the emperor was still the same as if he was hanging, but when he entered, Liang Fang straightened his body slightly.

"Chen Wan'an, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Holy Ann!" Wan An knelt on his knees, pressed his hands together on the ground, and rested his head lightly on the back of his hands.

"Get up!" The Emperor's voice looked a little tired.

After Wan An stood up, he didn't pat the dust on his knees, and said directly: "Your Majesty, regarding the case of Zhang Ru, several presiding judges have encountered great problems. Today, they have confessed their crimes and asked His Majesty to change the person for interrogation. ”

Zhu Jianshen raised his eyebrows: "Oh. What's the situation? Zhang Ru is only a young man less than twenty years old, could it be that the three of them, who are more than two hundred years old together, can't even play with Zhang Ru as a yellow-mouthed child? ”

Wan An bowed his head in fear: "The emperor is angry, and the ministers have no way to lead it." Several adults are important ministers in the court, but Zhang Ru holds a brocade guard. Before his guilt was confirmed, he was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and those Jinyi Guards would not reason with a few old men. ”

Liang Fang interjected: "Our family doesn't think that Jinyiwei is not as good as before, and they won't do anything chaotic and slanderous." ”

Wan An's face changed slightly: "Father-in-law Liang has forgotten the ancestral system?" Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, you are going to blatantly interfere in politics! ”

Liang Fang couldn't say a word when he robbed him, his whole face turned white, so he had to kneel on the ground and plead: "The old slave deserves to die, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Jianshen waved his hand: "Okay, it's not a big deal, you don't need to pay baht." Xun'an, the commander of the Jinyi Guard has always been in the air, and Zhang Ru is a commander, and he is not so capable of controlling my Jinyi Guard. As far as I know, in the past few days that Zhang Ru has been imprisoned, Jinyiwei has not made any moves. Since you can't try it, let Jinyiwei try it! ”

Wan An hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed!" Zhang Ru was originally the commander of Jinyiwei, and if Jinyiwei was in charge of the interrogation, he would definitely not be able to interrogate. In the end, it is nothing more than a cover-up, giving the people of the world a thing that has no real evidence. Dare to beg Your Majesty to take back your order! ”

Zhu Jianshen sneered: "Yo, our Long Live Pavilion Elder, when did you become so tough?" You say, did you recently invite a teacher who is profound, so that your backbone, which has been bent for most of your life, suddenly becomes tough? ”

Wan An, who has always been obedient to the emperor in the court and never dared to disobey the emperor's will, was rarely tough in front of the emperor, which immediately aroused the suspicion of Zhu Jianshen, who was originally very smart but didn't like to manage things.

At this point, he couldn't talk anymore, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "The big husband has something to do or can't do, it's a matter of the Ming Dynasty, and the minister doesn't dare to obey." ”

Zhu Jianshen's body suddenly straightened, and a pair of eyes were cold: "According to Aiqing's meaning, what should I do?" ”

Wan An didn't even dare to look at Zhu Jianshen, otherwise he would definitely change his tone immediately.

He didn't realize that that sentence that didn't dare to obey had almost pushed Zhu Jianshen to the position of the faint monarch. Only the faint king, the courtiers below will use the word vain.

"The old minister thinks that there is no other choice for anyone in the world who can judge Zhang Confucianism except His Majesty." After thinking about it for a while, Wan An was clever and threw this hot potato to the emperor.

He thought in his heart that although Zhang Ru had his hands and eyes to the sky, he couldn't play with moths in front of the emperor. didn't know that the emperor was determined to protect Zhang Ru.

Zhu Jianshen actually nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will personally interrogate him to see if what this loyal man of the Manchu Dynasty said is right, or if I am wrong, the Governor of the Nine Sides is right." ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Wan An fell to his knees again.

encountered such a cabinet chief, not only Zhu Jianshen, but even Liang Fang was a little bitter. Upward and downward effect, when the first assistant is this kind of cowardly nature, what backbone can you expect the people below to have?

The emperor's personal trial of the case is not a trivial matter, and the whole court is mobilized, but Wan An ignored one point, that is, Zhang Ru, who was originally imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, has now come out of the shell.

When Wan An told Wang Qi that he wanted to raise someone from the Criminal Department for interrogation, Wang Qi knew that the head of the court had already eaten his brain by a dog.

The three of them vaguely proposed that Zhang Ru is no longer in the prison of the Criminal Department, but Wan An was clever and didn't show the emperor the twist. Now the emperor wants to interrogate, where can they find people?

"Is the pavilion always going to be embarrassed?" Wang Qi is not a good-tempered person, the other party knows that there is no one in the criminal department, and he still wants to come to embarrass him, and he is not afraid.

Wan Anpi said with a smile: "This official is here by order, Lord Wang still don't embarrass this official, otherwise he won't be able to pay the difference in the saint, and it will not be just Wan who will be punished at that time!" ”

Wang Qi's face turned blue and white for a long time, and then he lowered his voice and said in Wan An's ear: "Brother Xun'an, is this going to force the old man to death?" ”

Wan An also lowered his voice and said: "If you can't make a plan, you can only make another one, this is all an order from above, and the old man is helpless." Zhang Ru is not dead, if he doesn't jump out this time, then report it according to the truth. Brother Guofu don't worry, the princess should help in this matter. ”

Wang Hao frowned: "But now the Criminal Department can't come up with anyone!" ”

Wan An said strangely: "It's not a big deal that the Criminal Department can't get someone, you only need to report in a book, and you can put all the blame on Zhang Ru." ”

"What does Brother Xun'an mean.?" Wang Qi asked a little overwhelmed.

Wan An whispered: "Brother Guofu, write to Your Majesty, just say that Zhang Ru dug a tunnel overnight to escape from the prison of the Criminal Department, and I am afraid that he is at large, and everything can be solved." ”

Now that the emperor has promised to try the case in person, if Zhang Ru is not guilty, he naturally needs to go to court, but now that the others are gone, there is no suspect in the court, even if he has no responsibility, he has become afraid of crime and absconded.

Wang Qi secretly said in his heart that this plan was vicious, and nodded solemnly.

He arched his hand and said loudly: "Don't hide it from the elder Ge, Zhang Ru, the prisoner last night, has absconded from prison and is missing for the time being. The old minister was about to write to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to punish him. ”

Wan An's face changed greatly: "What? How good is this, how good is this! Lord Wang, you have made the old man miserable! ”

Wang Hao's face was calm: "There is no need to worry about the elder of the pavilion, the official will write to His Majesty on this matter, and it has nothing to do with the elder of the pavilion." ”

Wan An said: "The matter has come to this, and it can only be like this." ”

The two of them pretended to be like that, at least, the people around them didn't know that the two of them were acting.

The guilty plea fold that had not dried was put into Wan An's sleeve, and he appeared in front of Zhu Jianshen with the fold, and without waiting for the emperor to ask, he began to criticize Zhang Ru: "Your Majesty, this Zhang Ru is simply bold!" He was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he absconded overnight, and now the criminal department has issued a sea arrest document, and he will be arrested and brought to justice in a few days. ”

Zhu Jianshen squinted his eyes and said, "Xun'an, when did you become so arbitrary?" The dignified Governor of the Nine Sides, such a big person, can he still disappear directly from the prison of the Criminal Department! ”

Wan An took out the fold from his arms, handed it to Zhu Jianshen with both hands, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, it's not that the old minister is arbitrary, it's really that Zhang Ru's shaft is too lawless." ”

Zhu Jianshen took the fold, and said without looking at it: "You don't have to worry about this, I can guarantee that Zhang Ru will appear during the interrogation." ”

Wan An chuckled in his heart, could it be that the emperor already knew that Zhang Ru had escaped from the prison? Listening to the emperor's tone, it seems that he doesn't intend to blame Zhang Ru, could it be that the emperor has already made a decision?

What he was thinking in his heart, the emperor naturally couldn't know, but Liang Fang was like an old fox, and he could see through what he was thinking at a glance.

Lao Liang was robbed by Wan An last time, obviously didn't take it to heart, and said again: "Elder Ge, Your Majesty is tired, do you have anything else?" If it's okay, let's go and prepare for the court! Tomorrow, His Majesty will personally interrogate, but it can't be too shabby. ”

Wan An, who had something in his heart, couldn't care about reprimanding Liang Fang, and after being stunned for a moment, he turned around and left Dongnuan Pavilion.

After Wan An left, Zhu Jianshen threw the fold to the ground: "Liang Fang, burn this, let the people of Jinyiwei keep an eye on Wan An, I want to see who my cabinet minister is doing things for." ”

Liang Fang picked up the bamboo basket that he threw into the side, and said with a smile: "Wan'an, this old fox has already changed his course, Your Majesty's move is really wonderful!" ”

Zhu Jianshen chuckled and said, "You can see my tricks?" ”

Liang Fang said with a smile: "The old slave can't see it, but he thinks it's exquisite." ”

Zhu Jian gave him a blank look: "Okay, don't be a sycophant, let someone tell Zhang Ru that the show is about to appear, and tell him that if he can't catch it all this time, I will let him go home and farm." ”

Liang Fang responded briskly: "Hey, okay! ”