Chapter 65 Rush to the Heart

The old man and his son-in-law were really embarrassed to meet like this, and after bowing to each other, Yue Su coughed dryly, pointed to the Jizhen criminal officials standing below, and said, "Lord Ruan, these officials, you can know them." ”

"These are all officials of Jizhen Town, the old man inspected Jizhen under the emperor's name and saw it there." Ruan Zhenmei said with a grin.

"It's good to know." Yue Su turned his head to the clerk and said, "Read the confessions of these adults to Lord Ruan." ”

"Yes, sir." The clerk stood up, picked up the confession he had just recorded, and began to read it.

The confessions of these Jizhen prisoners are roughly divided into two links. One link is to admit that the incumbent drinks the blood of soldiers and eats empty quotas; Another link, that is, when Lord Ruan inspected the border town, he gave Lord Ruan a few gifts and asked him to assist in covering up.

There are human witnesses and physical evidence, and at this time, it is self-inflicted humiliation to quibble again. As the second assistant, Wei Guangwei has to hang his head and admit his guilt when the evidence is conclusive, let alone others.

When the secretary finished reading all the confessions, Yue Su smiled at Ruan Zhenmei and said, "Lord Ruan, what else do you have to say?" ”

Ruan Zhenmei held her head high, as if she hadn't heard Yue Su's words at all, and she didn't say a word. Seeing that he didn't speak, Yue Su raised his voice and shouted: "Ruan Zhenmei, you accepted bribes and concealed the truth about the border town, and now the evidence is conclusive, do you plead guilty?" ”

This Ruan Zhenmei, I don't know what's wrong today, still straightened up, and still didn't speak.

Zhou Yingqiu, who was sitting with his hands down, thought that this was some trick set up by Yue Su and Ruan Zhenmei, and immediately slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold Ruan Zhenmei, now that the human and material evidence is there, if you don't confess again, don't blame the official for being unkind to you!" ”

Ruan Zhenmei ignored him and didn't say a word as usual. This is good, but all the officials of the eunuch party said to Lord Yue together, led by Zhou Yingqiu: "Lord Yue, now that the evidence is conclusive and the case is like a mountain, Ruan Zhenmei still denies it. The lord holds the banner of the king's order, and has the right to act cheaply, and at this moment, even if the punishment is used, it is within the law. ”

This is true, although the imperial court has not completely reformed Ruan Zhenmei's official position and fame, but when the human and material evidence is complete, you still don't confess, don't you just take the three law divisions in your eyes. Yue Su has the banner of the king's order, and he is not honest now, what is the difference between him and looking for a fight.

"What Lord Zhou said is good." Yue Su nodded his head, sank his face, and said, "Ruan Zhenmei, now that the evidence is conclusive, if you don't have it, just as Lord Zhou said, I will punish you!" ”

"Humph!" Ruan Zhenmei snorted coldly, her eyes glared at Yue Su fiercely, and she didn't speak.

"Come on, pull Ruan Zhenmei aside and hit the big board!" Even if he is his own father-in-law, he is not allowed to show favoritism in the public court when he comes to this step of the field.

As soon as the words fell, the two servants made a promise, came to Ruan Zhenmei's side, dragged them directly to a spacious place, pressed them to the ground, picked up the board, and beat them hard.

"Crackling" only a few boards down, Ruan Zhenmei was beaten and cried for her mother. This old guy, who is not old, has always been a heirloom of poetry and books, where has he suffered such suffering, after the five boards are beaten, the person has passed out.

"Wake people up with cold water!" When Ruan Zhenmei fainted, Zhou Yingqiu was the first to shout loudly.

In the lobby of the Criminal Department, Yue Su was the authority, Ren Zhou Yingqiu shouted at the top of his voice, and the errand still raised his head to Lord Yue. Yue Su bowed slightly, and said, "Use cold water to wake people up." ”

With his words, the errand dared to get rid of it, and after waking Ruan Zhenmei up, the old guy said weakly: "I ...... hurt me."

"Since you know that it hurts, let's do it truthfully, so as not to suffer from the flesh and skin." Zhou Yingqiu smiled coldly.

Ruan Zhenmei didn't even have Zhou Yingqiu, she reluctantly raised her head to Yue Su and said, "Lord Yue, even if Ruan dies in the hall today, he will never confess." If you have the ability, you can kill the old man. You are Aoyue's husband, and you are also half of my Ruan Zhenmei's son, you are disobedient and unfilial, aren't you afraid of retribution? People are doing it, the sky is there, if you commit a crime, he will be punished by heaven every day, I am afraid that in the future, it will be more difficult for you to die than the old man! ”

"Rampant!" Yue Su shook the wood and shouted loudly: "This is the lobby of the criminal department, the headquarters is impartial, the so-called loyalty and filial piety can not be both, today is loyal to the emperor, please forgive me for not doing filial piety for my father-in-law!" Come on, clamp stick! ”

"Yes!" The messenger promised, took the clamping stick, and walked towards Ruan Zhenmei.

And at this time, Ruan Zhenmei was scolding. "Yue Su, Yue Su, even if I was scared at the beginning, I married my daughter to a white-eyed wolf like you. You are full of great benevolence and righteousness, not for your own reputation in the sky, you are also raised by your parents, and now you can't have both loyalty and filial piety, okay, if I have a spirit in the sky after I die, I will make you live this life, and I don't want to see my parents again! ”

"Bastard ......" After hearing Ruan Zhenmei's words, Yue Su was furious, stood up suddenly, slapped the table hard, and shouted: "Move me...... Flutter ......"

Before he could finish his words, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and his body fell backwards.

"Bang!"

The body was first planted in a chair, but as he got used to it, he leaned back and fell to the ground with the chair.

"Your Excellency!"

Tie Qi and Tong Xuan, who were standing on the side, were shocked in their hearts when they arrived at this scene, and hurriedly went over to support. The officials of the Three Law Divisions were also stunned, and hurriedly got up and ran over to inquire.

"What's wrong with Lord Yue?" "Is there anything wrong with Lord Yue?" ……

Tong Xuan probed Yue Su's snort, saw that there was still breath, and said, "The adult is not dead, but he fainted, go and ask the medical officer to come for treatment." ”

The prisoner fainted in pain, he could be splashed with cold water to wake up, this Yue Su was not a prisoner, he fainted, who dared to splash him. Tong Xuan and Tie Qiu hurriedly carried Yue Su to the back of the room to rest, and other officials were not allowed to continue the trial, and told them to put the prisoner in prison, and if they should go to report to the emperor, they should go to the emperor to report to the emperor, and if they should go to the back to accompany them, they should follow the escort. Corrected, this case is no longer adjudicated.

The emperor is now working in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and when he received the report, Yue Su fainted in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and immediately became anxious, and immediately sent a decree to send the imperial doctor to the Imperial Department, and personally drove the Criminal Department.

When he arrived at the Criminal Department, the big officials had to come out accordingly, and Carpenter Zhu didn't have the time to pay attention to them, but just asked how Yue Su was doing.

"Back to the emperor, the medical officer has already diagnosed and treated, and Lord Yue was in a hurry and fainted. The body is fine. Li Chaohai was the first to answer.

After hearing this answer, Carpenter Zhu's nervous mood calmed down. Walked straight inside, led by the officials, and came to Yue Su's duty room. The emperor did not let anyone in, but only brought the imperial doctor into the door. Tie Qiu and Tong Xuan hurriedly greeted the emperor, and Carpenter Zhu didn't understand, waved his hand, and walked to Yue Su's bedside.

First, he glanced at Yue Su's anger, felt that it was not bad, turned his head to the imperial doctor, and said, "Come and check the pulse of Lord Yue." ”

The imperial doctor almost ran to the bedside, sat down to check Yue Su's pulse, called for a while, got up and said, "Long live Qiyu, Lord Yue's body is not in serious trouble, the reason why he fainted should be caused by a moment of impatience." If you drink two flavors to concentrate your mind and clear the fire, you should be able to heal. ”

"Then you don't go and prescribe a prescription quickly." Since the imperial doctor's words are the same as the doctor's, Carpenter Zhu is also at ease. But he then wondered, Yue Su was so good in the early days, why did he suddenly rush to the heart. He said to Tong Xuan and Tie Qiu, "Do you know why Yue Qing was in a hurry and fainted? ”

"Back to the emperor, today my family will hold a court to try Lord Ruan, this Lord Ruan is the father-in-law of my family......" Tong Xuan immediately told Carpenter Zhu everything that happened when the case was just tried.

Zhu Youxiao listened, nodded his head, and said, "I see." Yue Qing is indeed my first loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult for him. In this way, you stay behind to take care of Yue Qing, and you go out to spread my will, so I want to ascend to the court now and try this case on behalf of Yue Su! ”

"Yes!"

Tong Xuan promised, and immediately ran out to pass the word, as soon as he heard that the emperor was going to try it in person, and the ministers had anything to say, they could only take orders to act, and they were promoted to the court for the second time in the lobby of the Criminal Department.

It's strange to come, and I don't know if it's caused by Carpenter Zhu's Huangwei, or some other reason, as soon as he sat in the lobby, as soon as he opened his mouth to ask, Ruan Zhenmei immediately confessed to his guilt. Carpenter Zhu asked him why he didn't just now, Ruan Zhenmei would also say that only Yue Su was his son-in-law, and it was against the principles of heaven to let his son-in-law come to judge his father-in-law, and he would not confess if he was killed.

His words were reasonable, Carpenter Zhu nodded his head, and immediately asked Ruan Zhenmei to sign and draw the pledge, and pronounce the verdict on the spot. "Distribute Yunnan, never use it!"

The distribution is already considered a heavy sentence, second only to the death penalty. Carpenter Zhu sentenced like this, although the officials of the eunuch party were dissatisfied, but in the lobby of the criminal department, those minions dared to fart.

Moreover, this distribution is very skillful, Yue Su's other old man, Mu Qiyuanshizhen, the Duke of Qianguo, Yunnan, you sent Ruan Zhenmei over, it was exiled, and it was white, not to let him go to the Mu family to retire.

It can be seen that Carpenter Zhu is really not thin on Carpenter Yue.

It's a pity that Carpenter Zhu didn't know that he had fallen into Yue Su's trap. In other words, in fact, it also entered Li Yuanchen's calculations.

This idea was also thought of by Li Yuanchen, he asked Yue Su to eat more tools that were easy to fire these days, and the night before the witness arrived in Beijing, he asked Ruan's family to go to the prison of the Criminal Department to visit the prison, and told Ruan Zhenmei that on the day of the trial, even if she was killed, she would not recruit her, and scold Yue Su for being unfilial by the way. After Yue Su was scolded again, he bit the tip of his tongue, spit out blood, and then pretended to faint. There is no other explanation for his illness than the explanation of the rush to attack the heart, and it is a langzhong, and the city is so.

It's just that Li Yuanchen didn't expect that Carpenter Zhu would interrogate him personally, but he only expected that the emperor would be lightly punished.