"Wei Shangshu, be careful of catching a cold!" Zhu Tong said loudly, looking at the embarrassed Wei Ze and couldn't help laughing.

"Did Wei Shangshu not come home last night? You are truly a role model for our younger generations, loyal to the Son of Heaven, day and night. ”

Zhu Tong got up and returned to his bookcase, looking at the stacked case files, and a man was sleeping behind him.

The saliva wet the case file, Zhu Tong deliberately coughed a few times, which startled the other party and jumped up instantly.

There are still neatly arranged words printed on the left face, but they are a little blurry, and there are streams of salivation.

"Where did you go last night, why didn't you come and help us?" Zhang Maozhi wiped the saliva off his face and asked angrily.

Zhu Tong said: "Please Lord Zhang move, this official wants to work!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Tong didn't answer his words, he couldn't help but be angry, and shouted, "Tell me where you went yesterday?"

"Master Zhang, this official is your boss respects you and doesn't care about you, if you are reckless, be careful that this official will punish you." Zhu Tong said.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he has the right to punish subordinates who are lower in the same department than him.

Yesterday, after eating their cold reception, I went to the prince to learn about some rules of the Ming officialdom.

Zhang Maozhi was frightened by Zhu Tong's momentum for a moment, but he didn't expect that the originally quiet person had changed today?

Zhang Maozhi saw that Zhu Tong was furious, and immediately became extremely modest, and said with a smile: "The lower officials know that they are wrong, and Lord Zhu also asks the adults not to care about the mistakes of their humble duties." ”

Zhu Tong originally hated this kind of person, but seeing Zhang Maozhi's servile appearance, he waved his hand and said, "Clean up the book case for this official!" ”

"It's my lord!" Zhang Maozhi threw out his cuffs, pinched the cuffs, and wiped the table clean.

Very careful and careful, he even wiped it with his mouth.

Finally, he picked up a stack of case files and left cautiously.

Wei Ze on the opposite side stayed up all night, and his spirit was sluggish for a long time before his brain cleared up a little, and he looked at Zhu Tong angrily.

Just as he was about to say something, two officials ran rampant outside the yamen: "Lord Wei, Your Majesty has an order to order the main officials to go to the court." ”

Wei Ze was in a hurry when he heard this, and he had just finished the general workload in the middle of the night.

Now I have to go to the court, but I don't have time at all, if I don't complete the task, I don't know what the emperor will do.

But now there is no other way, and I am at a loss for a while.

"My lord, I can't wait for a while to get through this huge case, can I give some time?" Wei Ze said.

Hoping to try his best to squeeze out a little time to sort out the case file, he nervously looked at the officials who came to report.

I hoped to find a breakthrough from them, but it backfired: "This doesn't bother Lord Wei, we'll help you get lucky!" ”

After that, Wei Ze was directly shocked and sat on the chair like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Inside the Fengtian Temple.

Everyone was silent, standing under His Royal Highness, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Wei Ze quietly and asked, "Wei Ze, how did we handle the things we handed over to you?" ”

"I'm still waiting for you!"

Wei Ze wiped away his sweat and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has failed to complete the important task!" Please also ask Your Majesty to punish the ministers. ”

"This... Wei Ze, you are also an old minister, we don't want to embarrass you, but you must accept punishment if you don't complete the task. ”

"You don't have any complaints, do you?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to be punished!" Wei Ze knelt down and said, and Zhang Maozhi also knelt down.

Seeing that Zhu Tong didn't react, the two of them didn't remind them and secretly rejoiced in their hearts: Hmph! You guy, just wait for Your Majesty to punish you!

Your Majesty is going to punish the officials of the Criminal Department this time, and you, as a left servant, can't escape the blame, but you don't know how to kneel down and apologize.

Just let Your Majesty punish you, and we can also see your jokes.

Thinking about it, the corners of Wei Ze's mouth curled into a weird smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the two kneeling on the ground, and suddenly understood what the two were thinking, and he was furious for a while.

"Since the two of you have accepted the punishment, then you will punish all this year's Yulu." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

When the two of them heard this, they only punished themselves for not having Zhu Tong for anything, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, did you miss Zuo Shilang!" ”

"Your Majesty Zhu Tong came to the Yamen of the Criminal Department yesterday, and you should punish him even more!"

Zhu Tong next to him felt a wave of anger rise in his heart.

All right! I didn't sue you, but you went so far as to sue the wicked people who first sued me and poured water on me.

Before Zhu Tong could speak, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shouted angrily: "Dog thing! Zhu Tong just took office, what do you want to do? ”

"Don't think we don't know anything, drag down the cane forty!"

The two of them panicked instantly, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty is guilty!" ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a crackling sound of cane punishment outside the hall, and the wails of Wei Ze and Zhang Maozhi.

After retiring from the court, Zhu Tong helped Wei Ze and Zhang Maozhi back to the yamen of the Criminal Department.

"Lord Wei, did you want to frame the lower officials just now above the court?" Zhu Tong asked with a smile, he already had an understanding of the old man's narrow mind.

Looking at Wei Ze's dodging gaze, Zhu Tong said again: "What is Lord Wei's mind?" You still have to be a watch for us! ”

Everyone in the yamen was dumbfounded when they saw this scene, why Zhu Tong and the two adults were so good, and Wei Ze's difficulties with Zhu Tong were not a secret to the public.

This new left squire has a lot of mind than Wei Ze.

Zhu Tong helped Wei Ze back to the office hall and pressed it directly on the Taishi chair, and the hard chair had just been attached to Wei Ze's buttocks.

A scream rose from Wei Ze's throat and soared into the sky, bouncing off the Taishi's chair like a tiger's roar.

"Zhu Tong, you did it on purpose! The old man is a little harsh on you on weekdays, but you don't have to take advantage of others so much, right? ”

"Hahaha! Where is Lord Wei, the lower officials are kind enough to help you sit down, but you insult me, it's rude, right? Zhu Tong said.

Zhang Maozhi on the side was shocked and trembled, he clearly saw Zhu Tong's means, for fear that Zhu Tong would use this method on himself.

After all, he is a subordinate, his arms can't twist his thighs, and he is not like Wei Ze, with Li Shanchang behind him as the backstage, he can have no fear.

Moreover, he is also the highest commander of the Criminal Department, dealing with Zhu Tong is different from himself, and he can't become a victim of the struggle between the two in the future.

Never use any of them as a gunman.

Zhu Tong walked over with a smile and patted Zhang Maozhi on the shoulder and didn't do anything to him.

Because he knew that in the Criminal Department, he only needed to subdue this powerful Shangshu, and that Zhang Mao and his ilk would be self-defeating. suddenly

So there is no need to make enemies everywhere.

......

A few months later.

The Criminal Department received a case, and everything seemed to be normal, but when the case file was handed over to Wei Ze, Wei Ze was suddenly taken aback.

There was unspeakable fear in his eyes, and his hands trembled.

After a while, he suddenly smiled wryly, and called Zhang Maozhi to whisper softly......