Lin Yuan sneered: "Listen to what you mean, you don't know about the invasion of the embassy?" ”

Yuan Shikai said: "Of course, I still hope that Lord Lin will tell me that it was that bastard who did such a thing that is inferior to pigs and dogs?" ”

Lin Yuan turned around, called Liu Yufeng and asked, "What is the name of the person who came to break into the embassy today?" ”

These were actually rehearsed by Lin Yuan and Liu Yufeng, of course Lin Yuan knew that the person who broke into the embassy was called Ma Laohei, and the purpose of this was to show official authority to scare Yuan Shikai, and the entourage hurriedly said: "The person who did it is called Ma Laohei." ”

Lin Yuan pointed at Yuan Shikai and said, "You heard it, is there a person named Ma Laohei here, call him out." ”

Yuan Shikai hurriedly called the servants beside him and said, "Don't hurry up." As soon as the servant was about to leave, Yuan Shikai grabbed him and whispered in the servant's ear: "Let's just say that I subdued Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan wants to apologize to him, or Ma Laohei should hide and not come out." ”

The servant admired in his heart: "It's still Lord Yuan's cleverness!" The servant went in to find Ma Laohei and told him about the matter, Ma Laohei led the brothers who went there today, and said as he walked: "I have face in front of Lord Yuan, do you see it, as soon as Lord Yuan makes a move, Lin Yuan will apologize to me." ”

Ma Laohei puffed his chest and blushed his stomach, and came to Lin Yuan, and before he could speak, Yuan Shikai kicked him hard and scolded: "You dog thing with no eyes, you dare to break into the embassy of the Ryukyus, and you don't kneel down to apologize to Lord Lin." ”

Ma Laohei realized that he had been pitted, but he had no choice but to kneel in front of Lin Yuan, and his group of brothers also knelt down, Lin Yuan waited until Ma Laohei knelt down before saying: "You don't have to make amends to me, go and make amends to the sentry who was injured by you." ”

Ma Laohei and the others were so angry in their hearts, they scolded in their hearts: "Lin Yuan, if you don't need me to kneel, you should have said it earlier!" Under Lin Yuan's "yin wei", they had to kneel and climb a few steps, came to the side of the sentry, kowtowed to make amends, and said a lot of good things, Lin Yuan said: "Okay, this matter is here, you are not allowed to break into the embassy in the future." ”

Ma Laohei said to Yuan Shikai: "Lord Yuan, but what about criminals? Aren't we arrested? ”

Lin Yuan also heard this, and immediately shouted: "I remember, you injured the sentry, and you have to pay the sentry medical expenses!" ”

Yuan Shikai reluctantly agreed, and Ma Laohei said again: "My lord, the criminals ......."

Lin Yuan immediately said angrily: "You have to make a note, and you are not allowed to enter the embassy again!" In this way, as soon as Ma Laohei mentioned the matter of arresting criminals, Lin Yuan immediately found fault and staggered the words, making Ma Laohei and Yuan Shikai miserable.

At this moment, a fast horse approached from afar, and a eunuch shouted on the horse, "The Holy Decree has arrived." ”

Yuan Shikai thought to himself: "The holy decree is here, Lin Yuan, just wait, the saint will definitely not let go of that woman named Qiu Boudoi!" If you dare to shield the key offender of the demon book and the evil words, the Holy One will not let you go, how did you humiliate me just now, I will definitely return it a hundred times and a thousand times in a while! ”

Ma Laohei, who was kneeling on the ground, also thought to himself: "The holy decree has finally come, Lin Yuan, I must get you to my cell, I have a thousand ways to make your life worse than death!" ”

At this moment, the eunuch said loudly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, Ma Laohei and others trespassed into the Ryukyu embassy, causing trouble, I wanted to cut it off, in order to set an example, but God has the virtue of a good life, I can't bear to do this, hereby sentence Ma Laohei to three years, the rest of the prisoner for one year, Yuan Shikai disciplined his subordinates without a way, fined half a year, Qin this!" ”

The law of the Ming and Qing dynasties, "imprisonment" is one of the "five punishments", the so-called five punishments, that is, "flogging the cane in exile", "flogging" is to beat with bamboo chips, "cane" is to beat with a larger wooden stick, "apprentice" is to be assigned to a certain place to work, generally salt farms, mines; "Exile" means exile from afar, and "death" means death.

The punishment of "apprentice" is often associated with "rod", and the "Great Qing Law" stipulates that criminals who are imprisoned for three years will be given 100 rods, so Ma Laohei was dumbfounded when he heard this, Yuan Shikai was also panicked, Lin Yuan sneered: "Okay, the Holy Lord has already decided, you can watch and deal with it, I am busy with military affairs, so I will leave first." ”

As soon as Lin Yuan left, Yuan Shikai asked the eunuch: "Didn't you see my Folding Sage?" ”

The eunuch wondered, "Your twist?" Have you played a fold? Today, there is only a letter from Lin Aiqing! ”

Yuan Shikai was suspicious, and when the eunuch was sent away, Ma Laohei said: "My lord, is it that the person who sent the fold was robbed by Lin Yuan." ”

Yuan Shikai woke up like a dream, and hurriedly found the person who sent the fold and asked, and the man said: "No, the fold is handed in intact." ”

Yuan Shikai couldn't figure out what was going on when he broke his head, so he had to say: "It must be that the saint saw my twists and turns, but he ignored them and threw my twists aside, it's okay, since he doesn't want to pursue it, I don't care, as for Lin Yuan, I'll find a chance to clean him up in the future!" ”

As for Ma Laohei and his subordinates, Yuan Shikai will use them again in the future, so he is naturally reluctant to give them to "apprentices", but fortunately, the Qing Dynasty has a clause that stipulates that criminals can pay money to be exempted from punishment, so let them pay money to avoid disasters.

Lin Yuan was also wondering when he returned to the newspaper, and Shen Wanqing said: "I also think it's wrong, why didn't the emperor say anything about making demon books and gossip?" Did the emperor really allow freedom of speech? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I'm also wondering, do you know the way? I even thought about the situation of entering the palace to confront me today, but I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, didn't Emperor Yuan Shikai watch it? ”

The two of them discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a reason, at this moment, they only heard a burst of laughter outside, and then a girl walked in, Lin Yuan saw that it was Guan'er, and without waiting for Lin Yuan to speak, Guan'er said to Shen Wanqing: "Sister Wanqing, I did a big thing today." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Guan'er said: "Today the Queen Mother asked me to go to the emperor's place, and when I arrived, I found that there were two books on his desk that I hadn't read, and I remembered the spy skills you gave me, so I went up to look at it, and found that there was a book that said bad things about Brother Lin Yuan, so I stretched out my hand and put the book in the pile on the left. ”

"I heard the eunuchs say that the emperor has a habit of putting the folds he has seen on the left hand side, and he will definitely not look at the folds after reading them, so he will never see the folds that said bad things about Brother Lin Yuan's brother again, how about it? I've done a good job. ”

Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing suddenly realized that Yuan Shikai's book was manipulated by Guan'er, Lin Yuan nodded and smiled: "Pretty is beautiful, but it's dangerous for you to do this, don't do it in the future." ”

Wan'er smiled: "It's okay, the emperor won't find out, and no one will remind him, do you know the way?" The emperor hates to watch the fold the most, if anyone mentions the matter of the fold in front of him, the emperor will keep a straight face for a whole day, and if he is unhappy, someone will be punished, so no one will touch the mold. ”

The three of them laughed, and Shen Wanqing said again: "I don't think Yuan Shikai will give up, and the high-level Qing court will definitely not make any freedom of speech, so Qiu Jin will still be in danger, I don't know what we should do?" ”