The next morning, Zhang Zhen handed over the results of the emperor's punishment of Xie Rong to Wei Bin.

Wei Bin was silent for a long time after getting his hand, and Jin Yong shook his head when he saw it.

Xie Rong was commuted for his meritorious service in reporting Ji Zhenyuan and helping to capture Cao An and Tong Fen and other important cases, and was commuted to a crime, retained his official status, and was demoted to ten levels, and changed to the seventh grade of the general political envoy.

When the news came out, Xie Wan was silent for a long time, Xie Rong was not the main culprit, and there was also evidence that he was used without knowing the conspiracy between Mr. Seven and Ji Zhenyuan, and he was able to atone for the crime, and the emperor's sentence seemed to be very fair, but she still expected him to sentence Xie Rong strictly, remove him from his official position, and make him never have the opportunity to re-enter the official career.

He is now a second-grade official, even if he is demoted to ten levels, he is still an official of the imperial court, as long as he has an official status, then there is the possibility of being promoted again, and a person like him who comes down from a high position, one promotion is a few levels in a row, not like those who slowly climb up at the bottom.

She didn't expect Xie Rong to bite Ji Zhenyuan back and clear her name with evidence, so leaving a tail in this matter is equivalent to leaving a hidden danger, Xie Rong will not be willing to stay in the seventh grade for a lifetime, the only thing that makes her feel unhappy in this case is this.

And the emperor retained his official status and left him many opportunities for his career, was it intentional or was it really just a sentence based on merit?

During the meal, Yin Yu saw that she was still sullen, so he comforted her with vegetables: "You still have to stutter the food, no matter what, he has already suffered a big injury this time, as long as we stand on our heels first." There are many opportunities to pull him off the horse. ”

Xie Wan sighed silently and said, "I'm just worried that after this time, he will definitely be more cautious and cautious in his actions, and he won't easily have a handle for us to catch again." ”

Yin Yu thought for a moment and said, "Xie Rongquan has such a strong desire for power, how can he be willing to stay in the position of Xiao Xie?" As long as he doesn't give up on the official position, he feels that there will be horses' feet exposed. This time, we knocked down Ji Zhenyuan, which is already the best result, and we can't chew it if we are greedy, so it is better to leave him for a while. Wait for Ji Zhenyuan's matter. Keep an eye on him again. ”

Xie Wan didn't seem to have any other way to think of except nodding.

Even if Yin Yu didn't say it, she could detect from the attitude and tone of the emperor he talked about these days that he was beginning to have obvious dissatisfaction with the emperor. Or even say hostility.

This hostility is the result of long-term frustration.

It was a feeling she knew very well. When many years ago in the Qing River. As her dear family, when Xie Qigong did not give the slightest due love and sincerity to their brothers and sisters, she also had a dislike for him and the entire Xie Mansion. A kind of hatred. She hated Xie Qigong's favoritism, his intimacy was indistinguishable, and she also hated the environmental atmosphere of Xie Mansion and the utilitarianism there.

If Yin Yu is a rational and almost cold-blooded royal child, then today's emperor's performance may be acceptable to him, but he is not, he is a man of flesh and blood and affection, although his ideal is to be a king, but in his heart he still longs for family affection, he hopes that his home is full of happiness and warmth like most families in the world, and he is eager to treat his people with benevolence in the future.

So the emperor's performance disappointed him, and at the same time aroused the cold-blooded side of his bones, since the emperor gave up on him and didn't care about him, he naturally wouldn't treat him as a relative anymore. He is looking at the emperor now, just looking at a monarch, an emperor.

But Xie Wan believes in him, and he will never be lost because of his shortcomings, because he has his pride.

When the news of Xie Rong's meritorious service was brought to prison, it was two days later.

These days, Wei Bin and the others are busy interrogating Guo Xing and them, but Ji Zhenyuan has been quiet for a few days. But this silence kept him awake all night, he knew that he would die, but after all, he was still greedy for the glitz of the world, and he was reluctant to commit suicide - of course, there was no way to kill himself. The walls and floor of the cell were covered with soft pads, and he could not touch them. And there are people everywhere, and he can't bite his tongue.

Xie Rong in turn pushed him to the guillotine, and he ended up with an ending that he could stay and observe, which made him envious and puzzled, he didn't know how he could have such ability to come back to life, even if the emperor remembered his merits, it was impossible not to descend.

The cell was facing the courtyard, and the last quarter moon of July hung silently in the sky, and when you looked up from the darkness, it was a little dazzling.

"Today is the twenty-first day of July, and if you want to see the full moon again, you have to wait for more than half a month."

Outside the quiet cage, suddenly there was another person, standing under the iron cage with his hands, looking up at the waning moon in the sky with him. The mask covered most of his face, but those slightly narrowed eyes were stained with a hint of early autumn cold. The official who was originally standing not far away didn't know where he went, but now he was the only one in this courtyard.

Ji Zhenyuan sat cross-legged and said calmly: "You're here?" ”

Mr. Seven turned his face, "You don't seem surprised at all, why don't you ask me how I got in?" ”

Ji Zhenyuan snorted slightly and said: "This is Dali Temple, not the palace, you naturally have a way to come in." However, I'm still curious how you avoided Yin Yu? "Outside the wall, there are many soldiers of the Chinese military camp led by Yin Yu, it can be said that they can't even fly in here.

"There's always a way to get in." Mr. Seven said lightly. Then he spread out his hands behind him and threw a jug of wine to him, "Drink." The bamboo leaves in my house. After speaking, he sat down on a stone beside him, and continued: "Xie Rong was exonerated because of Prince Hui'an. If it weren't for him, Xie Rong would inevitably be exiled to the army. ”

"Prince Hui'an?"

Ji Zhenyuan took the wine jug in his hand, and his expression was obviously confused.

Mr. Seven nodded, but did not go on, but said: "I want to thank you for not recruiting me, we have cooperated for so many years, and you have done your best to me." I think about it, there is nothing to help you, this pot of wine is poisoned, and if you drink it, no one will know about us, and where the silver goes, and the court will deal with it, and it will not be beheaded for the crime of rebellion. ”

Ji Zhenyuan looked at the poisonous wine in his hand, and he was not angry or afraid at all. He opened the stopper, sniffed it, and said, "What are you going to do when I'm dead?" ”

When Mr. Seven heard this, a trace of astringency suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"What to do, what can I do? Since fourteen years ago, I have chosen this path of no return, what else can I do but continue to go down? ”

Ji Zhenyuan fell silent.

He raised the flask and took a sip, then looked at the sky.

"Maybe I hurt you, if I hadn't egged you on in the first place, you wouldn't be where you are today. Lan Chun, let's stop it. ”

"No, I can't stop it." Mr. Seven shook his head, and his voice seemed to be murmuring, "Some hatred can never be forgotten, I promise that in this life, I will fight to the end." - Uncle Ji, I will remember you for all eternity. If you see my father, please tell him that I will not disgrace him. ”

After saying that, he stood up, and a gust of wind blew the hem of his clothes, which made him feel a little lonely in this cold night.

Ji Zhenyuan also stood up with the pot and nodded, "We are not blind and ignorant in failure, but we lost to an accident." If Yin Yu hadn't returned to the city after fleeing, we wouldn't have had so many things to do later. I have always felt that you are a good boy, and I will tell your father what a good son he has with backbone and ambition. ”

The waning moon in the sky is still a little dazzling, but when it shines into the world, it gradually becomes weak and weak.

Ji Zhenyuan's body shook his hands and slowly slid down with the iron window.

Eventually, blood spurted from the corners of his mouth, and blood flowed from his nose and ear holes. He opened his eyes and looked at Mr. Seven, the corners of his lips twitched, and the whole person froze in the ground.

Mr. Seven squatted down, picked up the wine jug that fell to the ground, and a tear fell on Ji Zhenyuan's face, splashing flowers in an instant.

A quarter of an hour later, the officials found Ji Zhenyuan's body.

Wei Bin and Jin Yong, who were trying the prisoners in the court of Dali Temple, almost trotted to the front of the prison with the prince, and Yin Yu also led the troops to surround all the officials and officials in the yamen as quickly as possible, but no matter how fast they moved, they still couldn't help, Ji Zhenyuan died of dove poison, and the murderer had no sign to escape, and no one in the whole yamen had seen outsiders come in, and the group of officials who were guarding outside Ji Zhenyuan's prison at the time of the crime were in the middle of a shift change.

There were hundreds of people standing in the courtyard, but none of them spoke.

They took every precaution to prevent Ji Zhenyuan from committing suicide, but they didn't expect that he still succeeded. Ji Zhenyuan's death, Mr. Seven no one knows about it anymore, and this crime of rebellion cannot be convicted in any case - so far, he has only obtained evidence of Ji Zhenyuan's party's greed for ink and silver, and it is too far-fetched to convict him of rebellion with this.

After dawn, the case was reported to the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor almost overturned the imperial case and reprimanded Wei Bin and Jin Yong, but it was also to no avail, the mysterious Mr. Seven still existed in Jingshi like a shadow, and he didn't know when he would come back and knock the court hard. The emperor was more frightened than angry, and no one wanted to have a shadow killer by his side, always waiting to kill him invisibly.

But no matter what, this case should always end with Ji Zhenyuan's death.

The old and young men of the Ji Mansion family were assigned to the army, and the women were demoted to slavery, and among the remaining more than 20 prisoners, Guo Xing, Gu Ruoming and a few others who served Ji Zhenyuan a lot were all confiscated into the army.

Depending on the extent of the circumstances, some of the remaining officials were demoted, and some were cut down, and the lightest punishment was that the officials were transferred to other posts without demotion.

As a result, the imperial court came to a great purge, and nearly forty percent of the officials in the six ministries and three temples were transferred. The Cao Gang was ordered to reorganize under the supervision of the Chinese military camp, and the tax tax of the Cao Gang was increased by half to show a warning meaning. Guo Feng's family was also demoted to slavery and confiscated of family property, and his children were not allowed to take the imperial examination and enter the official office within three generations. (To be continued.) )

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