On the other hand, the Jinyi guards at that time were not as bold as in some movies in later generations, and they would arrest whoever they wanted. Generally speaking, there is either a holy decree or a middle decree, and people are taken by order, and naturally everyone has nothing to say. Or, if you take a big crime and a notorious crime, of course, you will be caught. or the powerless and powerless ordinary people, they also reach out and take it, and they don't have to worry about anything. For example, Jin Yiwei took Wu Leprosy and pinched how he wanted. Yan Hong took someone to Yin Fucheng's house to catch the maid, although some did not give Yin Fucheng face, but it was a murder case, and it was not a big problem to get a subordinate.

But if you want to arrest officials, you can't just do it casually, you have to open a driver's license. The driver's post, procedurally speaking, is also issued by the emperor, and after getting it from the criminal department and sealing it by the criminal department, it is the arrest document with real legal significance, which can also be understood as today's arrest warrant.

Although during the Jiajing Dynasty, the driver's post system had been abolished, and many times Jinyi Wei did not strictly follow this procedure when arresting people. But also who to divide. Zheng Xiao is in charge of the science and road, and he is in charge of more than 100 science and road officials, and there are many household adults, and he is definitely not a good character. Take his son, especially his son, who has the official status of a grace official, he will inevitably bite the driver's problem. And the criminal department's giving is also within his control, and whether this driver's license can be issued is very problematic. Even if it is opened, it will inevitably be delayed, so during this time, there will be Zheng Xiao to do it.

Lu Bing's concern about this layer is indeed not without purpose. Yan Hong also nodded: "What Shibo said is reasonable. ”

Lu Bing said again: "Besides, even if you can drive a driving sticker, things are not so simple. If he is a homicide, he should usually be under the control of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. This time, for Feng Sheng, it took a lot of effort to take over the case from the Dongcheng Terracotta Division. If it really involves Zheng Guoqi, how can Zheng Dadutang give up? Let's take him with the front foot, and the imperial history on the back foot will come to ask for someone. And once this person arrives at the Yamen of the Imperial History of the Patrol City, they will have to do their tricks. When the time comes, you will be a villain in vain, and you will be in vain. ”

After all, Lu Bing has a good relationship with the Yan family, and he regards Yan Hong as a nephew, so he puts his heart into him, and what he says is also heartfelt. Yan Hong said: "Thank you Shibo for your teachings. ”

Lu Bing sighed and said, "Also, this Zheng Guoqi is not only a member of the new imperial examination, but also has an official position, so he cannot be punished." Of course, when people go to prison, you can't help but feel what happens. However, it is easy to do, but it is difficult to take it back. Even if you force a confession, turn around and wait for someone to get out of prison, abuse the punishment and turn it into a trick, all the previous public cases will be overturned, and your efforts will be in vain. ”

This is also true. In the feudal era, officials who tried cases could be punished with heavy punishment, that is, they recognized the legality of extorting confessions by torture. At the same time, however, it should be noted that if a confession is made by torture and made to confess against the prisoner's will, it can be considered invalid. Then, which principle to judge depends on the background of the parties to the specific case itself. And Zheng Guoqi's background and identity as a scholar will obviously be cited as the second principle, so even if he tortures and confesses, it will not make much sense.

Like the edict prison in charge of Jinyiwei, if a sesame official of the level of Jiupin Fengluan is arrested and tortured to extract a confession, then even if he is forced to death, no one will ask. But Zheng Xiao's son is really going to be physically punished in prison, so you just wait to see the Qingliu blow up the nest and bite you.

Yan Hong also knew that Lu Bing raised these three problems for his own good, and he was very grateful in his heart. But since he was determined to take Zheng Guoqi, he would not back down because of these few words, and said at the moment:

"Shibo, if the little nephew can think of a way to take that Zheng Guoqi to prison, and there is a way to make that Zheng Dadutang speechless, it is not good to ask for someone. At that time, will you help me? Or is it bent on shielding that Zheng Guoqi? ”

Lu Bingjian raised his eyebrows and said, "What words?" I, Lu, am not a timid person. If you can think of a good way to take him to the edict and ask for a confession, you Lu Shibo may not be afraid of Zheng Dutang, just take the opportunity to have a look with him. However, Zheng Guo is in office and a new imperial examination, so you can't torture him. Otherwise, it is useless to torture to extract confessions, and to bend them into confessions. ”

Yan Hong smiled slightly: "Although the little nephew is not a weapon, he will know the method of pressing the box of our Jinyi Guard, and he will not need Zheng Guoqi's body." Helpless, I pondered an idea and asked Shibo to see if it would be successful. ”

Yan Hong didn't sleep in the middle of the night yesterday, but he didn't waste his time. He also thought that this Zheng Guoqi was extraordinary. In a sense, he, like himself, is an out-and-out second-generation official. It is not as easy to arrest him as it is to catch a small person who is promoted to the fight, and the power behind him will inevitably obstruct the arrest, and will do everything possible to get people out of prison.

Therefore, the core is two points, the first is to arrest Zheng Guoqi openly, and the second is to get a confession before Zheng Guoqi is about to go out of his back.

In order to accomplish these two purposes, Yan Hong racked his brains and figured out a method. Although this method lacks morality, it can ensure effective control over Zheng Guoqi to the greatest extent.

When he said his idea at 1510, Lu Bing's face also became a little strange. In the past, the Governor of Lu, who was full of tiger power, actually held his cheek with one hand and thought about it carefully. After a while, he raised his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that only you can think of such a pickling method." ”

Yan Hong said with a smile: "So that Shi Bo knows that my nephew, the nickname of the little Hades, is not called in vain." But this matter, after all, is a case taken by Jinyiwei, and I don't dare to make decisions on my own. Shi Bo said at the beginning that he would use people who did nothing to do something wrong. Now that a mess is in front of me, can I do it, I, a person who is doing nonsense, and ask Shibo to show me. ”

Lu Bing hesitated for a moment, stared at Yan Hongdao, and said, "Virtuous nephew, although this idea is a good idea, it is indeed useful. However, if the matter is revealed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to end in the future. Although your grandfather is the most powerful in the dynasty, but for no reason to provoke the previous group of officials, I am afraid that he is also a person who killed 3,000 enemies and damaged 800 himself. You have to think clearly. You have no relationship with that Feng Sheng, as long as you can try your best to release him, it is right to call him. Do you really want to take the risk and provoke that Zheng Dadutang? ”

Yan Hong also suppressed his smiling face, and said with a straight face: "Uncle Shi, my nephew has done some bad things to bully men and women in the past 20 years. This time, I dare to do something good. That Zheng Guoqi has a wolf's heart and dog lungs, and he will never be allowed to be free in the world. ”

Lu Bing nodded, and finally said in a deep voice: "Benwei Qianhu Yan Hong, listen to the order!" ”

Since I saw Lu Bing that day, I waited for a while longer, and this wait waited until the Double Ninth Festival. The so-called ninety-nine sunshine, the Chongyang Festival. According to the ancient custom, it is to climb high and nostalgic. The idlers in Beijing do not have to go to the top of the fragrant mountain and the west mountain. Just go around at the foot of the mountain, find a scenic benefit, bathe in the autumn breeze, enjoy the yellow leaves, and make a few poems that are sad for the new words, which is a meaning. Autumn in Beijing is the best time of the year.

Although in the past, the Mongols also invaded in the autumn, but recently, the defense around Beijing is okay, and there is no news of the Tatars breaking through the barrier in a big way. Therefore, the literati also boldly went out of the city to go out, so as not to worry about losing their lives when they encountered the Tatars.

This year, Rong Shaotang, the young owner of Rong Ji Silk Village in the city, became the host and invited a group of literati in Beijing to go to the Shanying Temple in Xishan to sing poems and harmony, thinking that it was a romantic affair.

That Shanying Temple was founded in Hongzhi 17 years, the temple scale is magnificent, the table is outstanding, the front and back two into the quadrangle, the building is neat and symmetrical, the temple door is eastward, the front hall is the Shakya Palace, the apse is the Niangniang Palace, the temple is molded with five hundred Arhat statues, through the cliff and the sea, the game is all kind, the image is vivid, it is to imitate the mural style of the Ming Dynasty that was given the name "Hao Buxin" by Xuanzong and a painter painted in Changhua Temple.

The temple is famous for its strange flowers and famous trees, and on both sides of the tall white marble steps at the entrance, there are precious flowers and trees such as jade and crape myrtle. In the courtyard of the temple, there are two whitebark pines that are said to be planted in the Yuan Dynasty, the old stem is horizontal, the white scales are mottled, just like the cangqi of the bending, and there are four ancient pines, the shape is extremely strange. It's really a good scenery in the eight major places of the West Mountain.

However, although the scenery is good, the location is not as good as the "time of day". It turns out that today's Zi represses the Buddha, and the monk is not very pleasing to the eye. The so-called good at the top will be very bad at the bottom, and a number of officials and ministers in Beijing will not even take the monks to look at them very well. Some people even suggested that the state is insufficient, and it is better to collect taxes on temple property to replenish the treasury, which is really good.

With such a fuss, how good can the incense of this Shanying Temple be? In vain, the temple is grand, the palace is heavy, but the monks in the temple are as black as coal, and the life is extremely hard. Thanks to a few wealthy Caidong who respected Zen masters, he barely survived.

For example, the old owner of this Rongji Silk Village is dedicated to the Buddha, and there is a lot of charity in the past. If the monks had some difficulties, he also donated generously, or gathered his colleagues to donate together. For this Shanying Temple, it is really a lot of help.

Therefore, when it came to the Double Ninth Festival, Rong Shao proposed to borrow a treasure in the temple and invite friends to sing poems and harmony, how could the monks not allow it? Even if you repay the favor, you should also reciprocate. Not to mention that if Young Master Rong and all the ministers are happy, maybe they will even give more incense.

Rong Shao is a vassal and elegant, and he likes to convene literati for banquets and tours, which is called "Wenhui". This year's cultural meeting is more lively than in previous years. In addition to a group of literati who touted each other's talents in the Beijing Division, there were also Xie Yuan, Li Tianzhao, Li Dacaizi, who were the first names in the autumn of last year, and Zheng Guoqi, the youngest son of Zheng Xiao and Zheng Dadutang, participated.

Li and Zheng are both great talents who were promoted in the middle of last year and became famous in Beijing for a while. Although this spring's examination was all named Sun Shan, victory and defeat are commonplace. Among this group of talented literati, they can still put on a show. The two of them came to this meeting, which has already added three points to this meeting. In addition, Xu Yuantai, the nephew of Mr. Xu Jiexu, and his cousin Xu Yuanting, also came to attend the meeting. is so full of friends, it makes the Rong Da Shaole can't close his mouth.