Chapter 722: Go to the Cabinet
Heaven and earth are the princes, the three outlines and the five constants, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness...... Maintaining the two capitals and thirteen provinces, hundreds of millions of Li people, and the territory of thousands of miles is a layer of invisible and intangible, but real rules!
Only when everyone respects the rules can there be gentlemanly politics and peace in the world. Why does Tingtui become the only way to select scholars and high-ranking officials in the ministry, because Tingtui represents the consciousness of hundreds of officials and represents everyone's recognition, even if it is the emperor, it must be obeyed, not to mention the first assistant.
Xu Jie desperately suppressed the meritorious Tang Yi, supported Zhang Juzheng, who had been playing soy sauce for more than ten years, and threw aside the rules of the election of officials, even as a hardcore henchman, Zhao Zhenji couldn't stand it, and now the fire in the Dong Mansion is even more infuriating.
Dong Fen is the left servant of the Sanpin Minister's Department, even though he is recognized as a member of the strict party, but the court did not convict him, but he died in a fire in a daze.
However, according to Yan Hu's confession, Dong Fen had contacted Xu Jie before, and he actually wanted to save Yan Shifan.
Now that Dong Fen is buried in the fire, the easiest thing to think of is that someone killed people and killed people.
Who dares to kill the servant of the Ministry of Officials, who else can there be besides Xu Jie?
has been constantly persuading himself, it is Zhang Ju who is making trouble, and the teacher is blinded, and he doesn't know at all...... But in the face of the fire in the Dong Mansion, Zhao Zhenji could no longer deceive himself.
No matter how great Zhang Juzheng's ability is, without Xu Jie's instruction, can he move Dong Fen?
It turns out that everything is a teacher-uh no, it's Xu Jie, who has been fighting with Yan Song for more than ten years, no matter how much he does, he can find a high-sounding reason, but now? Yan Song has fallen, there is no traitorous party in the court, but he is desperate, forcing the three-grade master to death, and throwing the court law and ancestral rules out of the clouds, such an act is worse than Yan Song!
Zhao Zhenji stood in front of the fire, trembling all over, a burst of green, a burst of white, his lips kept trembling, he turned around suddenly, and actually walked in the direction of Xiyuan, with a fierce momentum, as if he was desperate.
"Brother Dazhou, you wait!"
Zhu Heng ran a few steps and grabbed Zhao Zhenji!
The old master flicked his sleeves twice, Zhu Heng grabbed it tightly, Zhao Zhenji turned his head suddenly, and his eyebrows stood up.
"Zhu Shinan, do you still let me settle down? No, let me tell you, the surname Zhao doesn't want the skin on his body, he doesn't want this old life, and he also wants justice! Whoever dares to stop it, it is Zhao Zhenji's enemy! ”
The old man is murderous and possessed.
Zhu Heng smiled bitterly, "Brother Dazhou, in your eyes, am I, Zhu Shinan, actually a villain who does not distinguish between right and wrong?" Zhao Zhenji blackened his face and did not speak.
"Brother Dazhou, what can you explain clearly when you are looking for Xu Ge Lao now? On the contrary, it will cause criticism, if it wasn't for Xu Ge Lao's doing, others would also say that you helped Xu Ge Lao annihilate the evidence. ”
The implication is that it was Xu Ge Lao who did it, and you are ventilating the news.
Zhao Zhenji's brain was not slow, but he was confused, and was reminded by Zhu Heng, and finally calmed down.
"Brother Shinan, I've offended a lot, tell me, what should I do now?"
"Brother Dazhou, I will keep an eye on the Dong Mansion, let them put out the fire, and see what happens to Lord Dong. If you go to interrogate Yan Hu, you must find out everything about how he and Dong Fen discussed, and ...... Don't forget that decree! ”
"That's right! I'd like to see if there is or isn't. ”
Zhao Zhenji didn't say a word, and immediately killed back to the criminal department and called Yan Hu up.
This Yan Gongzi is really not as tough as his father, he has been pampered since he was a child, and after staying in the prison for a while, he was so frightened that he was soft, and he didn't need to be tortured if he asked anything or anything.
Yan Hu told him everything he knew, before and after, including his plan to use a false holy decree to blackmail Tang Yi.
"Have you seen Lord Tang?"
"Nope."
"Then Dong Fen has ever contacted Tang Yi?"
"Probably not, he told me that the situation has changed, and Xu Ge Lao wants to kill Tang Yi, and he can exchange the evidence for Xu Ge Lao's help."
Yan Hu didn't want to, but he really hadn't touched Tang Yi, and after a brief question, he completely picked Tang Yi up.
There is still one hope!
What Zhao Zhenji is most worried about is that Tang Yi is also involved, and Xu Jielai will lose both, and the mental study that has just had the image of prosperity will be over.
No, there's a damn thing!
Zhao Zhenji suddenly slapped the shocked wood, and said angrily: "Yan Hu, you keep saying that there is any fake holy decree, where is it?" ”
"In ......" Yan Hu didn't want to say, that thing was a life talisman for their father and son, and it would be over if he handed it over. Just as he was hesitating, the officials on both sides came up with clamping sticks.
"This official wants to see how hard your bones are, torture!"
"Don't, I recruited it, it turned out that when I caught the little one in Baiyun Nunnery, I had already brought it."
When Zhao Zhenji heard this, he hurriedly asked people to move up the several boxes they had found. Yan Hu trembled, found one of them, opened it carefully, and took out a red sandalwood box with a copper lock on it, which was very delicate.
Without any damage, Yan Hu suddenly turned his head, poked out two fingers, stretched them out to his throat, and then made a vomiting sound, Zhao Zhenji looked at it with a blushing face, and after a while, Yan Hu trembled, took a thin thread from his teeth, and then found the key in a pile of vomit.
With a slight stab, the lock was wide open, and Yan Hu gasped: "That's it, it's here." ”
Zhao Zhenji hurriedly asked people to get to the front and took out all the things in the box, and at the bottom, there was a letter, and the cover was written by Hu Zongxian to Yan Song.
Sure enough, there is!
Zhao Zhenji's hands trembled, he had already decided that Tang Yi was wronged, and regarded him as the hope of Xinxue, Zhao Zhenji didn't want Tang Yi to have an accident, but if Hu Zongxian really faked the holy decree, that sin would be too great.
In any case, Hu Zongxian can't be saved, and Tang Yi will also be implicated.
Teacher, Master, why do you have to destroy the Great Wall, you are also a disciple of Yang Minggong, and you can help each other from the bottom of your heart, and you will prosper the Ming Dynasty, isn't it?
You have to fight to the death!
He thought of Tang Yi again, over the years, there have been misunderstandings and friendships, especially after serving as the governor of Caoyun, Zhao Zhenji has become more and more aware of the difficulty of doing things.
Back then, Hu Zongxian was in order to Zhao'an Wang Zhi, even if he made a false holy decree, it was understandable, he was not a rebel at all. But a few years later, he was caught and made a big fuss. It seems that it is really difficult to do things in the Ming Dynasty.
I'm also an accomplice, framing Zhongliang, if it's true...... The old man also has no face to gain a foothold in the court.
Zhao Zhenji gritted his teeth, took out the letter, and when he started it, he felt a little wrong, picked up the envelope, and read it carefully several times.
"Yan Hu, is this true?"
"Of course it's true."
Yan Hu did not hesitate, the key on it was only carried by himself, from beginning to end, only Dong Fen had seen it once, and then it was put away, when Zhao Zhenji came to arrest him, he hid the key in his stomach in a hurry.
The sandalwood box was specially made, with gunpowder in it, and if it was opened violently, it would explode and blow things to the ground. The box is in perfect condition and the thing is definitely fine.
Yan Hu patted his chest and assured that Zhao Zhenji had something to do, and asked the scribe who recorded it to write down every word of Yan Hu, and he told the story again, carefully describing the situation of the box and the letter.
After doing everything, Zhao Zhenji took out the letter from it, read it from beginning to end, pasted it on the paper again, and sniffed it carefully, like a dog.
At this time, Zhu Heng and Mao Kai also rushed back, and when they saw Zhao Zhenji like this, they also came over.
"Hehe, you all take a look, this is the so-called Hu Shaobao's fake holy decree!"
Zhu Heng and Mao Kai approached, learned from Zhao Zhenji, and after careful inspection, Mao Kai's face darkened.
"According to the time, this is a letter written six or seven years ago, but the paper seems to be new, and I think it was clearly a forgery not long ago."
"That's right, and don't care about counterfeiting, whether it's paper, ink, ink, ink, seal, it's all wrong!" Zhu Heng said: "I also think this letter is fake!" ”
When Hu Zongxian was in the southeast, his life was considered extravagant, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone he used were not ordinary, and the most important thing was that a letter would have a unique personal seal, which could not be faked at all.
This is also the reason why Tang Yi has to get the truth in his hands, otherwise, no matter how clever your methods are and how reasonable your justification is, you will not be able to wash away the charge of forging a holy decree.
With Dong Fen's help, he got the real one out, destroyed it, and stuffed Yan Hu with a fake product. But that day, Yan Hu was distracted, and his brain was mushy, so he didn't check it at all. No matter what, he couldn't have imagined that Dong Fen, who was dedicated to their father and son, would harm them, and the whole person was stupid, but Zhao Zhenji and the three were not stupid.
They alone were not enough, and they brought in professionals who were proficient in appraisal from the Criminal Department, and after unanimous confirmation, the so-called holy decree drafted on behalf of others, judging from the ink and paper, could be at most three months, or even maybe it was the stuff of the past few days, and Hu Zongxian's suspicion was completely gone.
So how can we explain it?
The three elders looked at each other, and the situation they were least willing to see appeared.
Framed, definitely framed!
In order to deal with Hu Zongxian and Tang Yi, some people did not hesitate to use Yan Shifan to open the knife, arrest him, and then force Yan Hu to come up with a forged evidence.
It's really deliberate and well-intentioned!
Zhao Zhenji slapped the table, "Brother Shinan, how are you over there, does the Dong family have a living mouth?" ”
"Nope!" Zhu Heng shook his head, "The fire was extinguished, only a few of the Dong family and their mother-in-law ran out, as for Dong Fen, he was burned to death in the study, and his body became charcoal, which could only be identified from the jade pendant he carried." ”
"Kill people and kill people!"
A series of incidents, without limits, completely angered Zhao Zhenji, as well as Zhu Heng and Mao Kai. In their hearts, they are all shouting, where are the rules, where are the rules?
"Two, do you dare to accompany me to Xiyuan?"
"Hahaha, Brother Dazhou, this case is the chief trial of our Criminal Department, you should accompany me Zhu Shinan on a trip!" Three respected ministers joined forces to kill the cabinet...... (To be continued.) )