Chapter Thirty-Eight: Thunder, Rain, and Dew Are All Graces
Dugu Tianxing tore off the white robe of Wei Erlang he was wearing, and slowly walked towards Tang Liu and the others, his voice was hoarse, the corners of his eyes were cracked, his gray hair was scattered, and he was covered with scars, he was really like nine ghosts, locking souls and rakshasas.
Tang Xiulong slowly retreated, and finally fell down in front of a case.
Liu Ziqing's eyes widened wider and wider, his hair stood up, he suddenly screamed, and ran towards the outside of Hanyuan Palace, without running a few steps, he fell to the ground, his limbs twitched, and the corners of his mouth foamed, and then silently, seeing that he was scared to death alive.
Dugu Xinci immediately sneered and said coldly
"If any god is punishing the imperial heroic spirits, he is willing to take tens of millions of heroic spirits to fight the thief gods"
"If you can exchange a certain body for the rest of these tens of millions of heroic souls, if you can die without regrets, if you can protect Yan Tang with a certain death, you are willing to bear a thousand cuts"
Dugu Xinci returned to the saint's side, fell to his knees suddenly, looked at the saint with a blank face, and waited for the verdict.
The sage stared at Dugu Xinci's scars, and suddenly lowered his palm to stroke his back, Dugu Xinci trembled twice but stood still.
The saint slowly stroked a scar and said softly:
"When, where, and by whom was this stab wound?"
"Huma in the sixth year of the dragon, Kolkut"
"What about this scar?"
"The sixth year of the dragon Hailan bubble, the arrow in the array"
"What about this one?"
"Shenlong Ten Years Tahe, Nameless Man"
"What about this one?"
"Shenlong six years Hailan bubble, unknown person"
"What about this one?"
"Shenlong Six Years Mohe, Anonymous"
"It seems that Shenlong has been injured a lot in the sixth year, and it will be slightly reduced after that," the sage smiled.
"Yes, a certain advanced magician in the sixth year of Shenlong, how many people in the world can hurt so-and-so?" Dugu Xinci straightened up proudly.
"The great magician is arrogant, but what about this arm?"
"The Northern Stygian Snow Field in the Early Years of the Divine Dragon, China Division"
"Haha, it must have been the Chinese master who saw that you didn't listen to the lesson and beat you with a teaching stick, right?"
"That's when the Chinese master knew that the great period was coming, he called a certain person to kneel down and hit him with a staff, so that a certain eternal memory that Dugu Tianxing is a Yan Tang person, if there is a negative Yan Tang in this life, he will get up from the snow field and send a certain person back to the Nine Hells" Dugu Xinci replied word by word.
The saint smiled, took a deep look, and walked up the jade steps without saying a word, and sat on the dragon chair.
"Lu Xiangxian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Wei Kang, the Qing of Dali Temple, and Yu Wenrong in the imperial history, accuse the ten major crimes of the heir of the prince of Liaoyang County, can there be a result?"
"There have been results," the three of them stood up and arched their hands, and said in unison.
"What's the conclusion?"
Wei Kang and Yu Wenrong looked at Lu Xiang Xianshangshu, and Lu Xiangxianshangshu announced loudly:
"A certain three people unanimously decided, Jinshi Liu Ziqing, and Tang Xiulong in the imperial history accused Dugu Tianxing of the ten major crimes, none of which were established, and Dugu Xinci, the heir of the king of Liaoyang County, was innocent and innocent."
In the entire Hanyuan Palace, the highest power gathering place of the empire began to be silent, and then Wei Erlang shouted, Wen Yulangjun was also full of tears, and countless ministers who cared about the fate of Dugu's father and son were full of laughter, and the ministers who accused the two of their crimes at the beginning were dead silent.
Dugu Xinci got up, smiled and pulled up his heir, first bowed to the saint, then saluted the three chief inquisitors, saluted Wei Yixiao, the president of the Warlock Association, and hugged Wen Wei and the two of them, and then bowed to the cheering Wenchen generals.
"Song Jingqing in the waiter, Zhang Shuoqing in Ziweiling, Su Yingqing in Ziwei, Zhang Jiazhenqing in the left waiter of the Yellow Gate, Yuan Qianyaoqing in the right waiter of the Yellow Gate, you and others have any objections?"
"There is no objection," Zhang said, first giving his hand back.
"There is no objection to so-and-so" Zhang Jiazhen and Yuan Qianyao also gave up.
Song Jing and Su Ying both sighed and arched their hands, "There is no objection to so-and-so"
"Well, this case will be closed by the three divisions, and the division will sort out and file it, and submit it to a certain person for review and archiving," the sage instructed. Don Dun got up again and beckoned to Dugu Xinci, "Heir of the King of Liaoyang County, Dugu Xinci, the new branch jinshi, come up"
Dugu Xinci, who was waiting for the king of Dugu County to wear a robe, pointed at himself, and he didn't know why.
The sage nodded, Dugu Xinci put on a white robe and walked up the jade steps slowly, not looking at the martial king who was still prostrate on the ground, bowed down to the crown prince and the third son of the emperor on the jade steps, and gave a salute to Yao Chong, the Duke of Liang, and then stood in front of the sage.
The sage looked at him, suddenly looked at the third son of the emperor again, and asked softly, "San Lang, this is your cousin, his clothes have been destroyed, are you willing to borrow his robe to keep out the cold?" ”
Yan Jun, the third son of the emperor, didn't say a word, untied his robe and took off the purple Dake Ayaluo royal robe and sent it to the sage, the sage took it and personally put it on Dugu Xinci, Dugu Xinci was speechless and at the mercy of him.
The sage helped Dugu Xinci tie his belt and patted Dugu Xinci on the shoulder, "It still fits, remember that this is your third brother, borrow your robe today to keep out the cold, and you will have to repay it well in the future."
"Third Prince Xie" Dugu Xinci didn't know the name of this prince, so he had to deal with it indiscriminately.
"Just call the third brother," the third son of the emperor, Yanjun of Shaanxi, said with a smile.
"Dugu Xinci, what do you want? "I can now answer you," the sage asked.
Dugu Xinci heard this, and arched his hand and said, "There is also a matter of asking for a saint"
The sage continued to laugh and said, "Let's hear it."
The ministers in the palace below also quieted down, wanting to hear what the heir of the prince of Liaoyang County who had just washed away his grievances had, after all, he had suffered such a great grievance, if he did not compensate, he was afraid that he would hurt his loyal ministers, but they were all speculating whether this new jinshi was seeking officials for himself or his friends or seeking wealth, after all, the demon wolf of Temple Street loves money, and everyone knows that the world knows it.
"A certain reclamation asked the saint to build a Heroic Shrine for the soldiers who died in the empire," Dugu Xinci slowly said his request.
The saint held back his smile again and sighed, "This is some kind of oversight"
The saint sat on the dragon chair and waved his hand to signal Dugu Xinci to turn around, Dugu Xinci was confused, and was about to go down the jade steps to return to his heir, but was stopped by the saint, "Let's stand here first"
Dugu Xinci silently stood behind Yao Chong, after all, it was not good to stand in front of the saint, not for fear of blocking the saint, but for fear of being mistaken for a eunuch who passed the decree.
"Cui Qing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry," the sage shouted.
A purple-robed minister came out of the queue and gave his hand, it was Cui Taizhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.
"You will convene Yousi tomorrow, together with Sima Lao Immortal, to survey all parts of Daming Palace to see if there is a suitable place to build the Ying Ling Shrine, and the environment should be elegant and quiet, and the area should be wide."
"Something understands"
"The expenses shall be paid by the Inner Treasury," the sage commanded.
"The construction of the Ancestral Hall is an important matter for the country, and this matter can be paid by the national treasury," Cui Taizhishang said with a smile.
"Well, we'll talk about that later," the sage commanded.
"Tang Xiulong in the Imperial History, Wang Chengqing of Guanglu Shaoqing, Lu Zhen in the matter, Zhang Qiang of the Imperial History, Shi Li Zhou, the head of the Wuwang Mansion, Zhang Qu of the Jingzhao Mansion, Yuan Xingchong of the Left Scattered Cavalry, Ding Gaolang, the head of the household department, and Yan Guofeng, the general of Xuanwei"
The saint began to name him, and when everyone heard it, they were all accusing or strongly accusing a group of ministers of Dugu Xinci, which was the saint who began to settle accounts and avenge Dugu Xinci.
The others also began to break out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, the tone was tight at that time, and the saint probably knew about the case earlier, otherwise how could he be so aware of Dugu Xinci's achievements in the Far East?
Nine people were named to stand on the central red carpet in a panic.
But the saint ignored them, beckoned and ordered, "Carry Jinshi Liu Ziqing to the back of the hall to watch"
"Jingzhao Mansion Mengfu Yin" The sage called out another person.
Jingzhao Mansion Meng Wenli Mansion Yin is not in a hurry, he can faintly favor Dugu's father and son today.
"Lu Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Situ Qicai can be falsely accused, is the evidence conclusive? Okay, Meng Fu Yin, Ru Su sent someone to seal the Star Picking Tower, check the assets of the Situ family, and wait for processing."
"I'll do it as soon as possible," Meng Wenli took the errand and left.
"Put this son in prison first" The sage pointed to Situ Wizard who collapsed to the ground, a rich young man who thought he was smart.
Dugu Xinci pursed his lips, Yao Chong looked funny, and asked, "You hate this son?" Why does this son hate you so much? ”
"A certain is not Kaiyuan Tongbao, why should everyone like it? If you don't have nine tricks, how can you have time to hate an unrelated person? Dugu Xinci smiled and said, "Yao Gong is afraid that he also hopes that he can't get rid of it today, right?" No, I'm afraid that I will look forward to Ben Langjun dying in Mohe City every day last year, right? ”
Yao Chong was stunned, and said leisurely, "I did have this intention before, and today I have to see Dugu Grand Magician, and I only hope that Yan Tang will have a few more talents like the heir of the prince of Liaoyang County."
"Yan Tang is a rare talent like so-and-so" Dugu Xinci continued to talk nonsense, "especially like a certain person who pins his head to his belt"
Yao Chong thought about it carefully before he figured out what Dugu Xinci meant, smiled and asked, "What did you smile at when you looked at that kid who picked up the star building before?" Since you don't have the heart to hate him, how can you laugh at him? ”
"A certain has never been a minister like Liang Guogong, and a certain belly can't support the boat"
Yao Chong continued to think for a while before he figured out that this son was talking about the folk proverb that the prince could hold a boat in his belly, and sighed, "It's tiring to talk to you."
"Actually, I was laughing at the saint just now," Dugu Xinci said with a roll of his eyes
"You're really bold," Yao Chong sighed.
"A certain laughing saint, no, a certain wants to laugh at the saint" Dugu Xinci explained more and more chaotic "got, the saint is bigger than the Xianggong, the belly can not only support the boat but also run the horse, a certain laughing saint The funds to build the Heroic Shrine will be available immediately? ”
Although Yao Chong was getting older, he quickly understood the meaning of Dugu Xinci, and the assets of this Situ family should be enough to build a Heroic Ancestral Hall.
While the saint was on the council, he also heard the small words of the two people, and his eyes suddenly lit up. The nine people who turned to that side were even more smiling.
Yao Chong sighed secretly, the saint is drawing inferences from one example.
Many ministers in the Hanyuan Hall have been waiting for silence, the left and the right, each occupying their place, in front of the middle stood nine ministers waiting to be disposed of, and behind were three hundred and thirty-one new science and technology scholars, also with different faces, Wen Wei and the others were happy, Gao Shi and others were also happy, but those who signed the joint letter were panicked, looking at the sage, the purple robe after Yao Gong was like Dai Zong.
This is the Demon Wolf of Temple Street who killed 550,000 people in the Far East, this is the heir of the king of Liaoyang County who single-handedly fought the ministers to turn over the ten major crimes, and this is the third on the first list of the same Jinshi who scolded to death in Hanyuan Palace.
The sage patrolled his own ministers with his eyes, but ignored the anxious mentality of several courtiers waiting for the trial, and beckoned a eunuch holding a vague name examination paper to come over, took the examination paper, and said softly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the examination papers of this autumn's system are here, after being judged by the Division, the top thirty-three, oh the top thirty-two meticulous works have made a ranking, and there are dozens of comments on each examination paper, which are listed as good and good, and the one who gets the most excellent is the first class, Song Qing, a certain will dismantle the name and pronounce the ranking, do you have any objections?"
"There is no objection" Song Jing glanced at other colleagues in the political hall, and said loudly, "It's just that there are people in the Jinshi who jointly accuse the heirs of the king of Liaoyang County, please be lenient."
"Well, Dugu Xinci, you are the bitter master, what about your opinion?" The sage turned his hand and threw the hot potato to Dugu Xinci.
Dugu's heart is like ten thousand black water horses running by, this is pockmarked is not called pockmark, it is called a pit man. If it is recommended to punish severely, it will ruin the future of nearly a hundred jinshi, plus their relatives, the offended will go to the sea, if they just let it go gently, can this group of people be grateful to Dade? I'm afraid it's difficult, as the saying goes, Dou Mien is promoted to Mi Hatred, who are the co-names, they all know it when they understand it a little, and they will have a different mentality if they let it go.
The psychology of receiving favor is very subtle, and those who are generous are grateful, and those who are radical are afraid that they will hate it even more.
Dugu's compassion is like electricity, but he is not in a hurry and arches his hand:
"Thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen, and the saints should deal with them according to the law" The Jinshi, especially the famous ones on the joint certificate, fell into an ice cave, but unexpectedly, Dugu Xinci continued:
"But the first year of the Kaiyuan system is a groundbreaking event, this matter needs to be handled carefully, now the science and technology is the elite of tens of thousands of scholars in the Yan and Tang Dynasties, all of them are contemporary heroes, and it is understandable to be tempted by a momentary demagoguery, a certain suggestion to seal the list, listed as a secret of the Yan and Tang Dynasties, not only for the empire to retain talents but also for the whole saint and the court's benevolence and virtue"
"A certain is just a small suggestion made with sincere fear, although Datang has relevant rules, and the Yantang Decree also has relevant provisions, but the saint has his own sacred heart, and he does not dare to have the slightest complaint."
These words are a rambling word, listen to it, the Yantang imperial examination has a history of 100 years, year after year, there are countless differences, what disturbs the examination room, favoritism, disorder, some lightly let go, and some are severely punished.
Dugu Xinci said that he was willing to let his name go, and after a while, he said that he should follow the law and follow the law, and in the end, he still had to be judged by a saint.
The ministers in the field are all high-level in the officialdom, if according to the level of the samurai, they are all the level of the nine sections to the King Kong realm, and they are all secretly praised when they hear it, and they are not alone, this new young jinshi is skillful, and he is quite familiar with the officialdom samadhi.
What is officialdom samadhi? One is to be obedient, the boss tells you to say that you must say it, and if you don't let it be done, you can't touch it. The second is to push the word, report something, and don't make a big deal out of the ambiguity of tricky things. The third is to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates, obedience does not mean that you can't be deceived, some things have to be confused, nine truths and one falsehood is the king.
Let's take Dugu Xinci's words as an example, he was obedient and did, the sage let him say it, and there was something to say, what Yan Tang Junjie, a moment of bewitchment, and the law of routine, a lot.
The trick of pushing the word is even more perfect, and he said a lot of seemingly opinions and resolutely let go of the Jinshi on the joint letter, but in fact, there is a secret murder intention, and the sealed list is classified as a secret, isn't it a joke?
When the Jinshi joined forces, it was not a secret society, who didn't have a number in their hearts? Which ones support his Liaoyang County Palace, and which ones are staunch anti-Dugu elements, he is afraid that Dugu is clear in his heart, even if it is sealed to leave an opening for the future.
This pretending to be confused is also vague, first talking about forgiveness and then talking about the law, clouds and mountains and fog.
How shrewd is the saint, secretly scolding the little fox, he has understood that Dugu is kind-hearted, and he is unwilling to let these people go lightly, but he does not want to leave the notoriety of revenge, and decides to leave it to the saint, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace? It is grace that is what is in his heart.
The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the thunder, rain and dew have been the grace of the king since ancient times.
(End of chapter)