Since it was Zheng Xin who spoke, Cai Min had nothing to say, and said with a gloomy face: "Li Shenshi, if you have any questions, just ask." ”

Li Shenshi had already gone out, wiped the sweat and blood on his forehead with his sleeve, and said unhurriedly: "Lord Cai, I just want to ask, who is the biological mother of the new little boy who was added to your mansion a few years ago?" ”

When Cai Min heard this, he suddenly sweated profusely all over his body, and stammered, "You...... What do you mean by that? My youngest son...... What does it have to do with this case? ”

Li Shenshi repeated: "It doesn't matter, it's not Lord Cai who said it." Just tell me, Your Highness and this full house of officials, the little prince in your mansion, who is the biological mother? ”

Cai Min saw that Li Shenshi was so unrelenting, but he still didn't let go, and reprimanded: "Li Shenshi, this is the yamen hall of Jiangnan Provincial Mansion, and behind this official is His Royal Highness the Great Prince in front of the current saint, how can you be allowed to talk nonsense here?" ”

Li Shenshi still clenched his bite and asked, "What Master Cai said is extremely true. However, I am afraid that above this hall and in the government office, everything discussed may not be above board. You might as well talk about it, who is the biological mother of Lord Cai's little son? ”

Cai Min had been cornered by Li Shenshi's questioning, and said to Zheng Xin behind him almost pleadingly: "Your Highness, the criminal Li Shenshi asked like this, it is clear that he is still breathing, insulting Sven, and I ask His Highness to punish him heavily." ”

Zheng Xin listened, although he couldn't guess what Cai Min's youngest son had to do with this case, but he also knew that Li Shenshi's question did ask Cai Min's sore spot.

So he smiled and said, "Lord Cai is right, in the dignified national government yamen, it is indeed inappropriate to talk about these private matters. But he changed his words and added, "But what is the right time in what we are talking about today?" Lord Cai, please answer the questions truthfully. If it's really Li Shenshi's bloody mouth, I'll make the decision for you. ”

Cai Min listened, but was still reluctant to answer.

Today's hall, it has been delayed from the hour to the future, Zheng Xin is already hungry, hearing Cai Min is still delaying, he can't help but be angry, and said: "Lord Cai, if you really don't want to talk about it, I have my own way to make you speak!" ”

When Cai Min heard this, he was smart, but he was still reluctant to speak, and he rushed to the doctor and said to Yin Chengliang, who had been silent for a long time: "Lord Yin...... This one...... This ......"

Although Yin Chengliang and Cai Min have a harmonious relationship, they are inseparable behind the scenes; However, they are now grasshoppers tied to a rope, and Yin Chengliang really wants to help Cai Min maneuver a few words.

But now it is not Li Shenshi, the former county magistrate of the small Shanyin County, who is forcing Cai Min to ask, but His Royal Highness Zheng Xin who is sitting in the hall - Yin Chengliang is not a stupid person, of course he will not offend this powerful His Highness for Cai Min, not to mention that his own ass may not be clean.

So after thinking about it, Yin Chengliang could only turn his head and pretend not to hear Cai Min's words.

Zheng Xingao sat in the hall, Cai Min and Yin Chengliang made a little move, he saw it in his eyes, and when he saw them twisting and ugly like this, he reluctantly held back a smile and said: "Okay, since Lord Cai can't think of it, do you want to try these torture tools in front of you?" It is said that each one has a refreshing effect! ”

Cai Min realized that although he was still in an official robe, in Zheng Xin's eyes, he was already an out-and-out prisoner. But the origin of his most beloved youngest son is really difficult to say, so that after thinking about it, he still doesn't want to answer.

At this moment, I heard the monk Miaozhen who was kneeling on the ground say: "Master Cai's affairs, Poor Dao also knows a little, can Poor Dao give adults a wake-up?" ”

When Zheng Xin heard this, he laughed cruelly and said to Cai Min: "Lord Cai, you have heard everything. Li Shenshi's question, this heinous demon Dao actually knows the answer. Since Lord Cai doesn't say it, then it's the same for me to call this demon Dao. But at that time, adults will be passive! ”

As for that, Cai Min knew that he had been forced into a corner step by step, and Li Shenshi was desperate, and he could empathize with it at the moment.

So he looked up to the sky and sighed and said, "Xiaguan, the biological mother of this little son...... It is a Taoist aunt in the Ciyun Temple outside the city of Yuezhou......"

Before he finished speaking, the yamen hall of Jiangnan Provincial Government fell silent instantly, and the twenty or thirty officials sitting in the hall were all speechless, and even the "gurgling" sound made by Cai Min's Adam's apple when he was moving up and down could be heard clearly.

However, this silence did not last long, and the hall immediately erupted into a bustling roar, and for a moment the originally solemn lobby became full of people and noisy.

Zheng Xin saw that there was no commotion in the hall and couldn't continue to try the case, so he hurriedly slapped a few previous cases fiercely, and shouted: "Silence...... Quiet! ”

The noisy voices of the officials finally calmed down.

But I heard Zheng Xin sneer and say, "Lord Cai, look at the good things you have done!" ”

Cai Min hurriedly argued: "There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest." In the year of the Mandate of Heaven, there were no heirs, so I wanted to lend the belly of Dao Gu to leave a way for my Cai family, and I asked His Highness for forgiveness. ”

"Hahaha!" Zheng Xin listened to Cai Min's explanation and said with a dumb smile, "So, you are still a filial son?" Since ancient times, filial sons have been loyal ministers. I didn't expect that in the Yuezhou Mansion, there was still a loyal and filial son like you. Do you want me to play the holy hearing, let the emperor commend it, publish it all over the world, and put gold on your Cai family's face? ”

Rao is no matter how stupid, dull, and stubborn Cai Min is, he can already hear the obvious sarcasm in Zheng Xin's mouth. Naturally, he couldn't continue to sit on the presiding judge's seat, so he quickly stood up, shook Zheng Xin to the end, and said: "Although His Highness intends to ridicule, this matter is indeed a loss of Confucian dignity, and the lower officials have nothing to say. ”

"Humph!" Zheng Xin laughed in his nostrils, and then said, "You have a good conscience when you say this. Your sin is not great, but your reputation is too bad. I see that you can't do it today, so take off your official hat and stand next to Li Shenshi! ”

This is to seize Cai Min's official position.

This Yuezhou Governor is a five-grade official who is not big or small, and he is inconspicuous in the capital, but he is already a great official in the Yuezhou Mansion - Cai Min went to the examination room three times to get the 254th Jinshi in the country in order to get this black gauze hat; Because of the low ranking, Cai Min doesn't know how many years he has tossed in the camp to get such a position.

Of course, Cai Min was reluctant to wear this black gauze hat, but now there was no room for him to resist or bargain, he could only carefully take off the official hat on his head, and reluctantly put it on the several cases in front of Zheng Xin, paced beside his former subordinate Li Shenshi, and stood with his head down and silenced.

Li Shenshi saw that Cai Min was robbed of his official position because of his actions, and he was side by side with him, as if he had forgotten that his life was still on the horizon, and the corners of his mouth actually raised a smile.

Such a small expression couldn't escape Zheng Xin's eyes, but he heard him say to Yin Chengliang: "Lord Yin, look at these two officials under you!" After committing such a big crime, he is shameless, and he still has the face to laugh here! ”

Yin Chengliang is still too busy to take care of himself, just looking at the fire that Zheng Xin lit himself, don't burn it on himself, where is there room to excuse his two subordinates?

So he hurriedly got up and said slightly: "Your Highness's lesson is that your highness is not strict with your majesty, and you have a negative grace, so please punish Your Highness!" ”

Zheng Xin glanced at Yin Chengliang with slanted eyes and said, "Your brain is quite clear, your sins, and let me discuss it later!" ”

He said to Miaozhen who was kneeling in the hall again: "Miaozhen, you just said that you also know the details of Cai Min's youngest son's biological mother. Then tell His Highness now, what Cai Min said is true? ”

Miao Zhen seemed to smile interestingly and said: "Several teachers in the poor Daotong 'Ciyun Temple' are also often moving around, and Master Cai can be regarded as a ...... above board."

When she said the words "bright and fair", she suddenly burst out laughing, and finally stopped laughing, and then said: "He did borrow the belly of a master in the Ciyun Temple to give birth to a son. As for who this master is, and whether he is still alive in this world, it is not known whether he is poor. If His Highness wants to find out the truth, he must also ask the people in this Ciyun Temple. ”

Zheng Xin heard Miaozhen say it conclusively, and thought that she was not deliberately framing, so he asked Cai Min: "Cai Min, Miaozhen is telling the truth?" ”

Before Cai Min could speak, he heard Miao Zhen say again: "However, Lord Cai has some words, but they are not the same as what Poor Dao knows. ”

Zheng Xin listened, hurriedly turned his head back, and asked, "What's the difference, you can listen to it." ”

Miao Zhen smiled and said: "Poor Dao has been kneeling here for a long time, and he has said a lot of words, and his mouth is already dry. Can you ask Your Highness to show mercy and reward me with a drink, so that I can tell the truth? ”

"It's easy." Zheng Xin agreed, so he called a soldier who was standing in the hall, poured a bowl of cold water, and waited for Miaozhen to finish drinking, then said, "You have also drunk the water, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

Miao Zhen smiled: "Thank you for the nectar given by Your Highness." Lord Cai just said that because he had no queen, he moved the idea of borrowing his belly to ask for a child, and Poor Dao saw that this was a bit biased. ”

"Oh? Then you say that Cai Min is a mess with the Taoist aunt in the Taoist Temple, but what is the reason? Zheng Xin couldn't wait to ask.

Before he finished speaking, he heard an official in the hall say, "Your Highness, the lower official has something to say!" ”

Zheng Xin raised his eyes, but saw a young official wearing a seven-grade uniform, standing calmly out of the queue, bowing deeply towards Zheng Xin, and then standing up with his head held high.

Zheng Xin saw that although this person was a humble person, he was also quite well-established, and he was not lazy, so he said, "Who is the speaker?" Notify your name first. ”

The young official said: "Xiaguan Zheng Tinghang, one of the sixty-nine Jinshi of Enke this year, is a member of the Ministry of Labor, and is assigned to be in charge of the maintenance of Cao Yun in Jiangnan Province. ”

(Zheng Tinghang - Sun Jiagan)

Qiu Yizhi's current ranking is very high, whether it is the queue or the deer banquet, it is far from Zheng Tinghang, the sixty Jinshi.

Therefore, he looked carefully at Zheng Tinghang, who was standing proudly in front of the hall, and saw that although he was quite magnanimous, his appearance was extremely ordinary, and even a little ugly, and he really couldn't remember that there was such a number one person in the same year.

But I heard Zheng Xin say: "Zheng Tinghang...... You are a national surname, but a royal family? ”

Zheng Tinghang slightly arched his hand and said, "Don't dare." Xiaguan is just an ordinary subject of the Han Dynasty, and his surname is taken from his father and ancestor, and he does not dare to climb the royal family. ”

Zheng Xin was neither humble nor arrogant in his obedient words, so he also said with a straight face: "You said that you have something to say, but you know that you are now interrogating the criminal, and you can't disturb it at will, do you know?" ”