Chapter 357: An official who doesn't recruit himself
When Jun Buyu finished reading the edict and letter of the goddess and the empress dowager, he pondered for a while, turned to look at Jun Wuregret and said, "Father, the son has finished reading it." Does the game start now? ”
"Well, since the emperor has finished reading it, let's start. After reading the Yi Zhi and the letter, when answering your question, if you feel that the poison arrow in their eyebrows starts to rotate, it means that the other party is trying to lie, you can change the simple question that the other party is willing to tell the truth and let him answer, when the poison arrow stops rotating, it means that the other party is telling the truth. It's one last chance to give the other party. If the other party is obsessed and continues to talk nonsense, then the poison arrow will spin to a certain extent, and it will automatically shoot out, killing the opponent on the spot. If the other party has told the truth completely, the poison arrow will disappear on its own, and you can announce that the next official will come up to participate in the game. Do you see what I mean? Jun nodded without regret and replied very calmly.
"Erchen understands." Jun Buyu said respectfully.
After finishing speaking, he turned to face the civil and military officials below and said loudly: "The game starts now, according to the practice of our dynasty, all officials who serve in the imperial city above the fourth rank must participate in the early dynasty, and officials below the fourth rank or other provinces need to be summoned to participate." Today, in addition to the presence of all the officials of the fourth rank of the imperial city, the palace remembers that there is an official from other provinces who is not above the fourth rank who has been summoned to the palace. Just ask this official to come up first. After that, start with the fourth product and so on. Do you understand everything? ”
"Your Ministers understand." All the officials said in unison.
Then, the last official in the first row on the far right of the hall bowed his waist slightly and walked slowly towards Jun Buyu. Judging by his trembling legs as he walked, he was quite nervous at the moment.
In front of his eyebrows, a poisoned arrow also moved forward with him, and it was obvious that as Jun Wuregret had announced before, any official would always be there until he passed today's test.
That is, all the officials, today, either pass the test with the truth and the poisoned arrows disappear, or they talk gibberish that leads to the failure of the test and are shot by poisoned arrows.
"Wechen De Tianfu Tongzhi...... Meet ...... in Nancang Sea His Royal Highness the Prince. When this Zhengwupin official came to Jun Buyu tremblingly, he slowly bent down and said tremblingly while arching his hands.
The reason why he bends down slowly is because he is afraid that if he bends too fast, if his forehead touches the poisoned arrow in the center of his eyebrows, he will die.
Of course, in fact, these poisoned arrows are very spiritual, no matter how the official pointed at the center of the eyebrows moves, the poisoned arrows will always keep an inch away from the center of the eyebrows, and only when the poisoned arrows think that the official continues to lie for a certain period of time, will they shoot into the center of the opponent's eyebrows and kill them.
It's just that for the authorities who are being pointed at the center of their eyebrows with poisonous arrows at the moment, they naturally prefer to be careful rather than act recklessly.
"Excuse me, since the game has begun, Hongu will ask questions directly. Before asking questions, this palace reminds you once again that as long as you are true and do not lie, poisoned arrows will not hurt you in the slightest. So you don't have to be so nervous, just relax. Are you ready? If there is no objection, this palace will ask Phantom Lotus to hand over the edict and the letter to you, and wait for you to read it. Hongu began to ask questions. Jun didn't meet the official in front of him so gaffe, and he couldn't bear to enlighten him.
"Thank you...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Weichen...... You ready. Nan Canghai wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied respectfully.
Although he secretly took a deep breath to try to calm his nervousness as much as possible, he was still a little nervous when he spoke.
Jun Buyu shook his head helplessly, obviously thinking that the psychological quality of this official was too poor, and secretly sighed that he could achieve the five-grade official position must be the end, and with his kind of heart, he will be overwhelmed in the future.
"Phantom Lotus, give him Yi Zhi and letters." Jun Buyu no longer paid attention to Nan Canghai, who was still trembling in front of him, and looked at the phantom lotus beside him and said.
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." Phantom Lotus replied respectfully, and after finishing speaking, she hunched over and sent the Yi Zhi and the letter to Nan Canghai.
Nan Canghai took Yi Zhi with trembling hands and looked at it, because Yi Zhi only mentioned the matter of wanting to hold a divine pet selection competition, and did not mention Shangguan Zhe's collusion with the Five Poison Sect and the plot to assassinate other Lotus Birth Heavenly Maidens, so in the process of watching it, Nan Canghai's body gradually stopped trembling, and he seemed to be relieved.
Thinking about it, he also felt that if it was just such a purpose, he was not worried that he would be very embarrassed when he answered the question later.
And the other ministers of civil and military affairs below were also secretly paying attention to Nan Canghai, and when they saw that Nan Canghai no longer seemed to be nervous, they all breathed a sigh of relief, obviously thinking that the decree should not bring them death.
However, when Nan Canghai returned Yi Zhi to Phantom Lotus, took the letter again, and only read it for a while, his whole body trembled again, and the hearts of the civil and military officials below were pinched again.
For Yan Yu, who was sitting in the audience on the left at the moment, her mood was also very complicated, and the last thing she wanted to see was that her handwritten letter to the Holy Lord was seen by outsiders.
After all, the content mentioned in it is too important to be open to the ministers. But at this moment, a five-grade official from another province has witnessed it with her own eyes, can she not feel disappointed about this.
But she understands that the matter has come to this point, and it is useless, so she can only wait and see what happens, and take one step at a time.
The little seagull on her shoulder also tilted her head and looked back and forth at Nancanghai, a little puzzled by what had happened, making the entire hall so depressing.
In the following time, the entire hall was silent, except for the increasingly rapid breathing of Nan Canghai, no other sound could be heard.
It didn't take long for the ministers to hear the "rustling" sound of the letter in Nan Canghai's hand, which was enough to see that Nan Canghai's hands were trembling so much that the letter made such a crisp sound.
In this way, the ministers who were originally relieved became nervous again, and they all understood that this letter must have written extremely important content, otherwise Nancanghai would not be scared like this.
Suddenly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but fall into deep thought, guessing what might be in the letter, and how to deal with the questions of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when it was their turn to read it.
Just when the ministers were distraught and thinking about their own thoughts, they only heard "Poof! The sound startled all the ministers, and they all subconsciously looked at Nan Canghai, only to find that Nan Canghai had actually knelt on the ground!
And he didn't know when the letter in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't know it, obviously he was really frightened.
Looking at Nan Canghai's embarrassed appearance at this moment, the ministers could imagine that Nan Canghai must have seen the important news that was enough to make him confused, so his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground.
Phantom Lotus hurriedly went over and carefully picked up the letter on the ground, and then quietly stepped aside.
And Jun Wuregret still sat on the dragon chair very calmly when he saw Nan Canghai behaving so ugly, and he couldn't see what he thought about it, as if everything was none of his business, but it gave people a feeling that everything was as he expected.
As for Jun Buyu, he looked at Nan Canghai in front of him with some displeasure, and frowned, as if he was really extremely disappointed in Nan Canghai.
At that moment, he was also very curious about why his father and the emperor would specially summon him to the palace today? It stands to reason that with his understanding of his father, he would not easily summon officials from other provinces into the palace, and even if he summoned, he would be at least an official of the third rank or above, so he would not be able to know this little five-rank person.
Unless this five-grade Tongzhi has made extraordinary achievements, or has made a great mistake, he will be summoned to the palace to face the saint. Either the saint praised him in front of the civil and military officials, and rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, or he officially announced his crime in front of the civil and military officials, took it down on the spot, and sentenced him to death to set an example.
And according to the desperate expression of Nancang Sea in front of him, Jun Buyu has already guessed the biggest possibility, that is, he has made a big mistake!
Because with his kind of heart, how can he do great things that are far beyond ordinary people?
Presumably, it must have been his father, the emperor, who knew the evidence of Nan Canghai's guilt in advance, so he quietly summoned him to the palace. It's just that he doesn't know in what name Jun Wuregret summoned him to the palace.
Generally speaking, to summon an official who has committed a mortal crime, there must be a teacher who has a well-known reasonable explanation, and it is not possible for the other party to be aware of it, and even lie about the possibility of a big reward and promotion, in short, the other party must be unprepared and come to the palace willingly, so that he can be caught off guard.
Otherwise, it will be difficult for the other party to convict the other party of the crime by destroying the evidence in advance, or even killing people in advance, and preparing all the excuses.
Of course, taking the opportunity to abscond is also a very effective method, after all, the Liansheng Kingdom is too big, and it is not easy to catch an absconding official from the vast sea of people.
Therefore, Jun Buyu believed that the Nancang Sea in front of him must have come to this hall with the dream of being promoted to become rich, but he didn't expect the hall to be activated to seal the palace, and after reading the letter written by the goddess and the empress dowager to the saint, he knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to escape this catastrophe.
In Jun Buyu's memory, not long after the beginning of the early dynasty, his father, Emperor Jun, had no regrets and didn't have time to announce Nancanghai's crime, but he was interrupted by the edict sent by Phantom Lotus.
And after that, Jun Wu had no regrets and simply planned it, opened the palace sealing mechanism, and forced Nan Canghai to admit his crime through this game of life and death, once he confessed everything in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, it was more convincing than any ironclad evidence.
And the sharp-minded Jun Buyu also guessed one point, that is, Nancanghai's crime is likely to be related to the Five Poisons Sect or Shangguan Zhe.
Otherwise, Jun Wuregret would not have used the edicts and letters of the goddess and the empress dowager to play this special game of life and death.
Thinking of this, Jun Buyu knew how to ask the Nancang Sea in front of him, who almost didn't recruit himself......