"How can this really be!" This time, Wang Yongji couldn't bear it anymore and took the case, "Not only did you say that it was not to destroy the embankment and flood the fields, but also to say that you were greedy for money to repair the river and cause the river embankment to collapse. ”

"At that time, Hu Butang was still the governor of Zhejiang, didn't he know about it?" Zheng Michang was very stubborn at this time, "This case has long been concluded, and it was done by Ma Ningyuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, and Li Xuan, the superintendent of the river, together with several prefects. The two officials can go and read the original case file. ”

Wang Yongji, who has always been gentle, trembled a little angrily at this time: "What about the Inoue Shishiro? It turned out that he had been detained in the Yamen Prison of Zhensi, why was he able to go to Chun'an to sell grain and rice! He Maocai, you are in charge of the Yamen, don't you know? ”

He Maocai: "Prison robberies happen from time to time, why didn't Lord Wang ask if it was Chun'an's Diao Min Qi Dazhu who did it." ”

Zheng Michang immediately answered: "What we just said is for the two officials to record it. ”

Wang Yongji was so angry that he held there.

Hai Rui was very calm and looked at Wang Yongji: "They are right, the confessions of the criminals should be recorded one by one." Wang Zhixian, please record it. ”

Wang Yongji looked at Hai Rui in bewilderment.

The depths of Hai Rui's eyes gave him a signal that "it's okay to keep a moment's notice".

Wang Yongji sat down slowly, and his hands were still trembling slightly.

He Maocai was in a very relaxed mood at this time, and couldn't help but look at Zheng Michang.

Zheng Michang was suspicious and looked at Hai Rui, who shouldn't be so calm.

He Maocai was also a little suspicious, and his eyes moved to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui saw that Wang had stopped using his pen and asked, "Is the record finished?" ”

Wang Yongji: "It's over." ”

Hai Rui immediately looked at Zheng Michang and He Maocai: "Let's draw a charge." ”

Zheng Michang and He Maocai almost didn't believe their ears, they were even more suspicious, they glanced at each other, and they both looked at Hai Rui.

Zheng Michang: "This is a draw?" ”

Hai Jui: "Yes. Please draw a charge. ”

"I'll draw." He Maocai didn't think much about it anymore, walked to Wang Yongji's case, picked up the pen and wanted to draw the charge.

"Wait. Let's start with the confession. Zheng Michang was still suspicious and immediately reminded.

He Maocai was reminded, put down the pen, picked up the confession and looked at it carefully.

Wang Yongji suppressed his anger and said to Zheng Michang: "Do you want to see yours too?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Of course it sees. Then he walked over, picked up the piece of paper that recorded his confession, and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other, and the confession was word-for-word!

Zheng Michang said: "Let's draw a charge." ”

The two men picked up their pens at the same time and drew on their respective confessions. When he put down the pen, this time it was Zheng Michang who turned around and gave Hai Rui a deep look: "The leather clerk is deeply grateful to Qinguan Mingjing!" ”

He Maocai also followed Xiang Hairui and bowed deeply: "The Qin official is so discerning, and the leather clerk is convinced. ”

"Whether it's a mirror or not, whether it's a clear inspection, it's too early to say." Hai Rui looked at the faces of these two giant beetle villains, and his tone became abruptly cold, "Someone! ”

Several prison guards walked in.

Hai Jui: "Take them to the next recording room and let them listen there." ”

"Yes." One of the jailers replied, and immediately pushed open the door on the side of the arraignment room.

Several prison guards looked at Zheng Michang and He Maocai: "Go over." ”

Zheng and He immediately became apprehensive again, and were escorted through the gate by several prison guards.

The door immediately closed next door.

Wang Yongji seemed to understand something, and looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui nodded to him and turned to the outside of the prison door: "Take Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu!" ”

In the next room, Hai Rui's voice came clearly, and Zheng Michang and He Maocai were shocked when they heard it!

Undecided, the two jailers had already ripped off their belts at the same time.

He Maocai: "What for?" What do you want to do? ”

Untie his belt and the prison servant: "I am ordered to let the two adults not speak up for the time being." As he spoke, he wrapped the belt around his mouth, ready to tie the knot at the back of his head.

He Maocai's neck was thick, and he swung his head desperately, and broke away from the prison, and the belt fell to the ground.

He Maocai: "Damn! Lao Tzu is still ......"

As soon as he spoke, he was cut off, and a round wooden rod with thick ropes at both ends was strangled in his mouth!

Under the Ming bureaucratic system, the subordinates involved in the case of officials and criminals at all levels will not be implicated if they are assigned to the officers and non-commissioned officers and the officials who are ordered to carry out the work, that is, the so-called "thousands of differences, the orders are not bad", because they must act according to the orders of the boss. If such people want to be implicated, they don't know how many, and this is the so-called "law does not blame the public". This is also the reason why the embankment broke at that time, and Ma Ningyuan, Li Xuan, Chang Boxi, and Zhang Zhiliang were beheaded, but the soldiers guarding the embankment were not investigated, and even the county Chengru Tian Youlu was not investigated.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai have been in charge of the division in Zhejiang for many years, and they were arrested when the corruption case was discovered, and they also cited this example, and did not implicate the original subordinates of the political secretary and the yamen of the patrol department. But this time Hai Rui had to implicate Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu, of course, because the two were not just ordered to run errands, but also helped to commit abuse. Zheng and He retracted their confessions, and ironclad evidence must be found from these two people.

Therefore, they were not shackled, and Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu were tied with hemp rope and escorted in.

The two men were not politely served, and as soon as they were in the room, they kicked them in the crook of the leg, and they immediately fell to their knees.

"Ask you two things, and you answer truthfully." Hai Rui looked at the two of them.

Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu closed their mouths tightly and only looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui: "In May this year, when the Xin'an River was flooded, in which county did each of you take your soldiers to guard the floodgates?" ”

Wang Yongji immediately lifted the pen.

"Master Huihai, the small ones are the thousands of households of the Yamen, and guarding the embankment is the business of the river Yamen, how can the small ones go?" Of course, Jiang Qianhu knew that public crimes did not implicate his subordinates, so he simply denied it from the root.

Hai Rui was not angry: "Where were you that night?" ”

This time, Xu Qianhu replied: "Naturally, sleep at home." ”

Hai Rui picked up a stack of official documents with testimonies written and densely signed with many names: "This is the testimony of your subordinate soldiers, with the signatures of more than 200 people, all saying that Jiang Qianhu brought 100 soldiers to demolish the embankment gate of Chun'an that night, and Xu Qianhu brought 100 soldiers to demolish the embankment gate of Jiande. See for yourselves! ”

The two clerks each held a piece of testimony and stretched it out to Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu to show them.

Jiang and Xu's faces immediately changed, and they were stunned.

Hai Rui: "Xu Qianhu, did you still say that you slept at home that night?" ”

Xu Qianhu gritted his teeth: "It's the villain's mistake, the villain was indeed ordered to go to the Jiande embankment that night, but not to demolish the sluice gate, but to protect the embankment." ”

Hai Rui looked at Jiang Qianhu again: "You must be saying the same thing?" ”

Jiang Qianhu: "Yes, I did go to Chun'an that night, and it was also to protect the embankment. ”

Hai Jui: "You don't have to recruit them, and there is no need for your confession if you have the testimony of these 200 people." Archive the testimony. ”

The clerk immediately sent the testimony to Wang Yongji, who took it and put it in the clip.

"Second thing." Hai Rui's expression became even more serious, "The Japanese Okue's fourteen lang has always been imprisoned by your orders, how did he let him out?" How could they go to Chun'an as soon as they went out to trap the victims? On that day, He Mao took him away from Chun'an, and it was you who led the troops to escort him, but now this person is gone. Do you think you slept at home when you let the pirates go twice? ”

Wang Yongji recorded quickly.

Xu Qianhu lowered his head tightly and gritted his teeth and did not answer.

Jiang Qianhu looked at Hai Rui: "The Japanese are all over Zhejiang, and many smugglers and anti-people collude with them, and that Inoue Shishilang was rescued by Qi Dazhu and his gang of anti-people robbing prisons. Lord Hai didn't kill them at that time, and then let them run halfway. Now that Lord Hai is stunned to pursue us, we have nothing to say. ”

These wicked slaves are even worse than their masters, and the king stood up with a sigh of relief.

Hai Rui immediately stopped him, stared at Jiang Qianhu, and then at Xu Qianhu, and smiled slowly: "This is also the reason why you are preparing to set fire to burn this official and the Japanese Kou to death in Chun'an Prison?" ”

Jiang and Xu immediately touched their eyes, and immediately denied: "When did the little ones set the fire?" ”

Hai Rui looked at them and still smiled, and nodded lightly: "Of course the fire was not released, otherwise this official would not be able to sit here and judge you now." Ask for a witness! ”

Everyone looked towards the prison door, and Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu also turned their heads and looked secretly.

It was Tian Youlu and Wang Cell Boss who came in!

Jiang and Xu's faces changed slightly.

After Tian Youlu and Wang Cell Boss came in, they immediately saluted Hai Rui and Wang Yongji: "I've seen Master Hai, I've seen Master Wang." ”

Hai Ruiwen said: "Because it is a testimony, I will not set up a seat for you." ”

Tian Youlu immediately said: "This rule is lowly and lowly to be ignored, and it is to stand and testify in a lowly position." ”

Wang Jiaotou's voice was still very loud: "Although the lord asks, the villain is allowed to say a word, and there is no half of a lie." ”

"Good. Then you will bear witness as it is. Hai Rui said and looked at Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu, "Do you recognize these two people?" ”

Jiang and Xu quickly looked at each other again, and Jiang Qianhu replied first: "It's a little familiar, I can't remember it." ”

Hai Rui stared at Xu Qianhu: "What about you?" ”

Xu Qianhu: "The little ones are on an errand in the Yamen, and there are so many people in so many states and counties in the province, they can remember it anywhere." ”

Hai Rui turned to look at Tian Youlu and Wang Cell: "They said they can't remember you, do you still remember them?" ”

Tian Youlu has also tried countless prisoners as a county magistrate, and if he encounters such prisoners in the county office, he has already thrown a lot of money to beat people, but at this time he has no such power, half of it is an official and half is for himself, and his anger is not all pretended, he stomped his feet and said loudly: "Shameless!" Shameless! My lord, if you commit such a crime, you will not be punished, and he will not be punished! ”

Hai Rui only nodded, but did not pull out the lot, but turned his gaze to the head of the Wang cell.

Seeing Hai Rui looking at him, he thought that he was telling himself to beat people, plus he was already angry and wanted to show loyalty and bravery, so he immediately ran over and grabbed Xu Qianhu's chest and lifted it up: "Bastard bastard of dog days!" At that time, he put a knife on Lao Tzu's neck and asked Lao Tzu to set fire, Lao Tzu said that he couldn't write, and you forced Lao Tzu to sign, but now he said that he didn't know Lao Tzu? After saying that, the boss fanned it with an ear scraper!

This palm was so crisp that Xu Qianhu's left face immediately became red and swollen, and he only saw countless stars flashing in front of him, and it took a while to come to his senses, and those two eyes immediately looked fiercely at the head of Wang Cell.

Wang Prison's eyes were wider than him: "You can't remember, do you?" As he spoke, he slapped him fiercely.

This slap made Xu Qianhu not even have stars in front of him this time, and the sky was dark.

Jiang Qianhu immediately shouted: "Such a tandem confession, we want to see Zhao Zhongcheng!" I want to see Lord Tan! ”

Wang Yongji was originally angry, but at this time he also felt that it was inappropriate and looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Jui sat there motionless.

Wang Prison Boss was even more energetic at this time, let go of Xu Qianhu, turned to Jiang Qianhu, but didn't know how to speak, and said nonsense: "See Zhao Zhongcheng?" See Lord Tan? Zhao Zhongcheng and Lord Tan were also sent by Prince Yu, if you don't help us, Master Hai will help you? Guy who can't wake up! After saying that, he immediately slapped him with a palm.

Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu were both military attachés, and Xu Qianhu was only slapped twice because he was grabbed by the collar by the head of the Wang prison and couldn't dodge. Because the head of the Wang prison didn't grab Jiang Qianhu's clothes this time, he was hollowed out with a flash of his palm, and he planted himself forward. Jiang Qianhu was also ruthless, seeing that his body was planted, he immediately hit his abdomen with his head, and the head of the Wang Prison was hit by this hammer on the abdominal cavity below the ribs, and he was out of breath, holding his stomach and squatting down slowly, the breath couldn't come up, and his face was already white.

"Get him out of the way." Hai Rui had to speak.

A clerk hurriedly went over and picked up the head of the Wang cell, and the head of the king's breath eased, and immediately lifted his leg and kicked Jiang Qianhu again.

"Don't mess around!" Hai Rui drank him, "Stand aside first." ”

The head of the Wang cell still spit on Jiang Qianhu with hatred, and then he was held aside and stood aside.

Hai Rui picked up the note on the case that was signed by both Wang and Tian Youlu, and said to Tian Youlu and Wang Cell: "Come and see if this is the note they forced you to set fire to the prison." ”

Tian Youlu and Wang Cell Boss both approached over, and after taking a look, they immediately said, "Master Hui, it is this note." ”

Hai Rui: "Tian Xiancheng, you show them it." ”

"Yes." Tian Youlu immediately picked up the note and walked to Jiang Qianhu first, and stretched it out, "Keep your dog's eyes wide open, look carefully." ”

As soon as Jiang Qianhu saw this note, he immediately knew that he couldn't deny anything, but he still didn't speak, but stared at Xu Qianhu fiercely.

Hai Rui saw it in his eyes: "Are you blaming him for not keeping this note?" Let me help you tell you that this note was seized by the Governor's own soldiers at that time. If he didn't confess, Hu Butang could directly report the matter to the imperial court. ”

Wang Yongji was already stretching his eyebrows at this time, and his pen kept waving.

Hai Rui no longer talked to them, and made a shock: "Is it your own work to let go of the Japanese head Inoue Shiro twice, or are you acting on orders?" The "Da Ming Law" contains a clear text that those who act under orders are guilty of public crimes, and public crimes will not be prosecuted. ”

Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu are about to look at each other again.

"Look at this officer!" Hai Rui immediately drank them," Jiang Qianhu replied first. ”

That Jiang Qianhu lowered his head: "The subordinates are acting on orders." ”

The king immediately recorded it.

Hai Rui immediately looked at Xu Qianhu: "What about you?" ”

Xu Qianhu also lowered his head: "The subordinates are also acting on orders." ”

Hai Rui: "On whose orders?" What to do? Xu Qianhu replied. ”

That Xu Qianhu: "The subordinates were ordered by the patrol envoy Lord He to release Inoue Shishilang." ”

Hai Jui: "Why?" Jiang Qianhu replied. ”

That Jiang Qianhu: "Because the victims of Chun'an are unwilling to sell their fields, Lord He wants to sit on them for the crime of being a convict and make an example of them." ”

Wang finished the sentence with the note, let out a long breath, and looked at Hai Rui.

Hai Rui looked at him knowingly for a moment.

Hai Rui: "Master Wang, can you let them draw a charge?" ”

Wang Yongji: "I think I can draw a charge." ”

Hai Jui: "Loosen the tie and let them draw the charge." ”

At this time, there was only a secretary office in the arraignment room, and there was no prison service, and the Wang cell head was very agile, and immediately ran behind Jiang Qianhu to untie him.

A scrivener picked up the confession from Wang Yongji's case, picked up the pen again, walked up to Jiang Qianhu first, put the confession on the ground in front of him, and asked him to draw it.

The head of the Wang cell only loosened the rope on Jiang Qianhu's right hand, and dragged his left hand with the rope, which was to prevent the prisoner from tearing up the confession. Jiang Qianhu had no choice but to take the pen with one hand, and was dragged by the head of the Wang cell to draw a charge on the confession placed on the ground by the secretary's office.

The clerk bent down again and moved the confession to the ground in front of Xu Qianhu.

Wang Cell Boss was about to tie up Jiang Qianhu again, Hai Rui: "No need." Called Xu Qianhu to draw a charge. ”

"Yes." The head of the Wang cell replied loudly, drew a gourd and untied Xu Qianhu's right hand, and dragged him to the ground to draw a charge.

The clerk immediately handed the confession back to Wang Yongji.

Hai Rui stood up: "Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu will be detained first." ”

This time, the head of the Wang cell just wanted to continue to serve, but several prison guards rushed in and escorted Jiang and Xu out.

Hai Rui then looked at Tian Youlu and Wang Cell: "Tian County Cheng." ”

Tian Youlu immediately replied: "The subordinates are here." ”

Hai Rui: "I was ordered to run an errand, and you have to rush back to work in Chun'an, and you can't rest, so let's go back to the county." ”

Tian Youlu: "My subordinates rushed back overnight. He replied to Hai Rui and Wang Yongji.

Wang Prison knelt down, kowtowed to Hai Rui, and then turned around and kowtowed to Wang Yongji.

Tian Youlu: "Let's go." He took two steps back with the head of the king's cell, turned around and walked out of the arraignment room.

Hai Rui picked up the leather paper envelope on the bookcase, put the original confession sent back by the cabinet celebrant into it, and then walked to the case of Wang Yongjishu and looked at him.

Wang Yongji understood and folded the confessions of Zheng Michang and He Maocai, the confessions of Jiang Qianhu and Xu Qianhu, and the notes signed by the head of Wang Tian Youlu's cell, and handed them to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui put the confession and the notes into an official envelope and turned it to a bookstore: "Bake paint." ”

The so-called baking lacquer is to bake and melt the lacquer stick solidified on a copper skewer on the fire first, then paste the seal of the envelope, and then stamp it to indicate that the recipient has opened it.

The lacquer stick was supposed to be prepared, and the clerk immediately baked the seal of the envelope and placed it on the bookcase.

Hai Rui took out one of his seals from the sleeve of his robe and covered it while the paint was not hard, and then took out three feathers from a wooden box on the bookcase and stuck them in the lacquer.

Wang Yongji also took out his seal from the sleeve of his robe, and Hai Rui had already picked up the seal: "The original case is my seal, and of course my seal will be used for the retrial." There is still an hour of dawn, and it will be sent to Zhao Zhongcheng urgently. Speaking of this, he turned to the recording room next door and said loudly: "Take Zheng Michang and He Maocai with you, and go to the governor's yamen immediately!" With that, he hurried out the door.

There was an answering sound in the recording room next door, and the sound of tables and chairs colliding when the escort went out.

Wang Yongji sighed softly, tucked the seal back into the sleeve of his robe, and followed.

A rooster crowed, followed by a rooster crow from afar.

When the city gate was opened in Liangyin, martial law was imposed here, and the Admiral of the Nine Gates personally came with hundreds of officers and soldiers. Those who entered the city were blocked outside, and those who went out of the city were blocked inside, and at this time, Beijing's Yongding Gate was also like an iron bucket.

Immediately afterwards, a sedan chair carrying a eunuch Bingbi came, and with ten executing eunuchs from Dongchang and ten Jinyi guards from the Zhenfu Division, he walked to the suspension bridge outside the city gate and stopped.

As soon as the sedan chair tilted, an executing eunuch from Dongchang opened the sedan curtain, and another eunuch from Dongchang moved a chair over and placed it between the doorway and the suspension bridge.

The people who were blocked outside the city were all surprised, so they didn't leave, and gathered there from a distance, and talked about it, thinking that which general who had won the battle was going to enter Beijing, and waited to see.

The horseshoe cart was dusty, but what was waiting for it was a prisoner cart that was escorted, and stopped by the moat outside the city gate. It can be seen on all sides, Yang Jin is sitting in shackles and shackles, looking at the sky with his eyes.

Gonggong Shi slowly stood up, walked up the suspension bridge with ten execution eunuchs and ten brocade guards, and greeted him.

Shi Gonggong and his entourage walked towards the prisoner car, and the officers and soldiers outside the city immediately drove away the officers and soldiers who escorted the prisoner car from the Yamen of Zhejiang. ”

That Shi Gonggong's footsteps did not stop, and walked towards the prisoner car: "Is it Yang Jinshui?" ”

The two brocade guards followed closely behind him: "Father-in-law Huishi, yes." ”

As he spoke, Gonggong Shi had approached the prisoner car, and immediately smelled a foul smell, and hurriedly stopped, covering his mouth to look at Yang Jinshui in the prisoner car, about a few feet away.

That Yang Jinshui looked up at the sky and did not move.

"Iniquity." After saying these two words, Gonggong Shi waved his hand and turned around and walked towards the city gate.

The Jinyi guards who came with him replaced the Zhejiang officers and soldiers, and followed the prisoner cart to the city gate.

The two brocade guards who followed the prisoner car followed Gonggong Shi closely, and one of them took out an urgent document with three feathers glued to it from the placket of his clothes, and said as he walked: "Gonggong Shi, this is the official document submitted by the Zhejiang Governor Yamen yesterday. Zhao Zhongcheng specially instructed that this was the confession of Zheng Michang and He Maocai ordered by the celebrant and the cabinet to re-interrogate, and to submit it to the celebrant together with Gonggong Yang. ”

But Father-in-law Shi didn't stop looking or looking: "Take it, hand it over to Father-in-law Chen." As he spoke, he walked across the drawbridge and went straight into the sedan chair.

The sedan chair was in front, the prisoner car was behind, passed the city gate hole, and entered the Yongding Gate.

The crowd of onlookers from afar immediately became a sensation.

Someone saw it at a glance: "It's a father-in-law!" ”

Some people even recognized Yang Jinshui: "It's Yang Gonggong!" The head of the Zhejiang City Department of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, the money in charge is enough for half of the Ming Dynasty! ”

An old Beijing even said something amazing: "What day is today? July 14, tomorrow is Halloween! The emperor is going to kill someone! ”

Escorted by heavy soldiers, the huge wheels of the prisoner cart slowly rolled forward on the brick floor. The discussion spread like a wave on the heads of the people who were accumulating, and Yang Jinshui, the great god of wealth stationed abroad in the palace, Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and the head of Zhejiang City, was arrested and brought into Beijing!

In the Ming Dynasty, it was common for officials who were ordered to arrest criminals and enter Beijing. This time, it is rare to arrest a big eunuch stationed abroad in Beijing with such fanfare. The holy will is obvious, that is, to let everyone know that Zhejiang's big ink corruption case is about to dig up its roots. No matter who is involved, we will be impartial and will never lenient the loan! Of course, this root is dug into the cabinet, and it is Yan Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao, and when it is dug into the palace, I am afraid that Lu Fang will also be involved. A political tide from Zhejiang to Beijing is already surging!

After entering the West Garden, Gonggong Shi could only walk, and then strode into the outer courtyard. Yang Jinshui, who was behind him, sat on a clumsy chair and was carried by two eunuchs of the Criminal Division, but his hands were handcuffed to the armrests of the chair and carried here.

The chair was placed in the middle of the courtyard, and Gonggong Shi walked straight to the round door of the inner courtyard of the celebrant duty room.

A group of crow-like eunuchs were waiting in the courtyard. A group of people looked at Yang Jinshui from afar, and their faces showed the sadness of a dead rabbit and a fox. A group of people were led by the eunuch who was newly promoted to personal entourage by Chen Hong, and surrounded them with a sigh, rolled up their sleeves and rolled their eyes, their eyes showed the light of the stone in the well, and they were not close but they were smoked by a stench and stood there.

Yang Jinshui sat on the chair, his eyes staring straight at the sky, the sunlight of the July fire was so dazzling that he couldn't even blink his eyes.

The head of a eunuch on duty walked out of the round door of the inner courtyard of the duty room, and before he could get closer, he was smoked by a stench, frowning and facing the two brocade guards who were escorting: "Father-in-law Chen, they are all waiting." How do you carry it in if it stinks? ”

A brocade guard: "I left Luheyi in the middle of the night to give him a bath, but I was carried halfway through and pulled a body of feces and urine." I had to help him wash it before carrying it in. ”

The head of the eunuch on duty immediately said to the eunuchs around him: "Bring a set of clothes, bring water from the well, and wash your body here." ”

There was a well in the courtyard, and a eunuch hurriedly ran to the well and shook the wheel to hang the water. A eunuch hurriedly ran out to get his clothes.

The head of the eunuch on duty said to the two brocade guards who were escorted, "You can go in with me first." He led them to the round gate of the inner courtyard.

The water was brought in. The two execution eunuchs opened the handcuffs on the armrests of Yang Jinshui's chair and walked away to stand aside.

The two eunuchs came over with a cold face, stretched out their hands for a long time, stretched out their claws to grab Yang Jinshui's clothes and pulled them violently, the clothes were originally silk, but this pull was torn, they threw them on the ground, and then ripped off the clothes inside and threw them on the ground. The eunuch, who had been promoted by Chen Hong to be his personal attendant, poured a bucket of water over his shoulder.

On a hot day, the cold well water, Yang Jinshui still didn't feel anything when it was splashed on his body.

All the eunuchs stared at each other with wide eyes.

The eunuch who carried the water brought another bucket of water and handed it to Chen Hong's personal attendant eunuch. The attendant eunuch walked around to Yang Jinshui, lifted the bucket and threw it down.

When the water was still drenched, the attendant eunuch ordered another eunuch: "Take the clothes and put them on him!" ”

Another eunuch came with his clothes.

"Stand!" A voice stopped him.

It turned out that Huang Jinzheng was ordered from Yuxi Palace to get the express delivery from Zhejiang, and he had already seen their bad behavior when he stood outside the courtyard gate, and then he caught a glimpse of the clothes on the ground that were torn by them, and a wave of anger rushed to his head: "Bastard Wang Balamb has no conscience!" Long live the Lord and the old ancestor haven't cured him of his crimes, so you dare not treat him like this? His eyes swept over the eunuchs, and finally stared at the face of the eunuch who was promoted by Chen Hong: "Do you usually dress like this when you wash your corpse?" Peel off your skin and dry Yang Jinshui! ”

The entourage eunuch has been proud of the spring breeze these days, and today he also has the intention to please this messenger to further favor Chen Hong, at this time, the five people and six people raised their might, but they were caught by Huang Jin, who suddenly appeared, and scolded in public, and the face turned red, and he smiled and wanted to save some face: "Back to Huang Gonggong, the slave is also acting on the orders of the ancestor Chen Gonggong......"

"What you don't have roots, where do you have an extra ancestor!" Huang Jin was even more angry, "You dare to talk back to me." Come on, pick up his skin and dry Yang Jinshui! ”

When it comes to ganging up, the eunuchs in the palace are the best in the world. There is only one exception for the celebrant eunuch, because Lu Fang has been in the palm for many years, from the eunuch Bingbi to the lowest-level errand eunuch, he only recognizes him, so he dare not and cannot form a gang. But since Chen Hong temporarily signed the palm seal, he has a heart to change the dynasty and promoted a few people's positions, intending to suppress those who are still loyal to Lu Fang. The eunuchs who were bullied have been oppressed for the past few days and have not dared to speak. At this time, Huang Jin came forward to support him, it stands to reason that it was the time for them to put out the fire, and the more timid and less daring, after all, Chen Hong, who was afraid of the palm print now, no one responded to pick up the clothes of the entourage eunuch, and some people lowered their heads.

Huang Jin felt even more uncomfortable in his eyes, and looked at the two eunuchs standing at the door: "It seems that our family has to call the people of the Criminal Division." Come here, skin this minion! ”

Chen Hong temporarily signed the palm print, Huang Jin naturally temporarily signed the chief bingpen, and the criminal department was under his direct control, of course, the two execution eunuchs obeyed the order, and replied: "Yes!" "Strode in.

"Don't!" The entourage eunuch was really afraid, "The slave picks it up by himself, and this is it." As he spoke, he took off his robe with a bitter face and gave it to Yang Jinshui to wipe it.

Huang Jin shouted again: "Take off your clothes inside and wipe it!" ”

The entourage eunuch dared to say no more, so he had to take off his close-fitting short clothes again, and he was naked, and went to wipe the wet water on Yang Jinshui's body. When he had dried it, he went and fetched his clothes for him to wear.

Huang Jin drank him again: "You don't have to do the work here, you don't deserve to do the work of waiting for people." Didn't your original partner go to the Huanyi Bureau? Go and wait for the horses in the upper prison. ”

The entourage eunuch's face turned white, and he gritted his teeth naked and replied: "The slave is now Gonggong Chen's person, and if he wants to distribute the slave, the slave will also have to tell Gonggong Chen." ”

Huang Jin looked at his face, his voice was lowered, but his teeth were clenched even tighter: "I'll call you to go to the prison now." If any father-in-law comes out to speak for you, our family will follow him to the emperor to reason! Get out of here, get out of here and go to the Upper Prison! ”

The entourage eunuch was really stunned, picked up the clothes on the ground like a wandering spirit, didn't wear them, and walked out naked and wandering out like a wandering spirit.

Some of the other eunuchs were secretly happy, some were depressed, and they all stood there with their heads bowed.

Huang Jin's gaze slowly swept towards them: "Here I will say hello to you, don't look at the change of dynasty, just look at the mountain and look at the mountain!" I want to understand that we are not human beings, because of the emperor, we are only half a person, and because of the care of our ancestors for so many years, we live like half a person. Whoever doesn't even talk about this bit of conscience doesn't want to do it. If you don't want to be a human, go to be a beast! Did you hear it all? ”

"Yes!" All the eunuchs replied in unison, some loud and some low.

Huang Jin looked at Yang Jinshui carefully at this time, and when he saw that he was like a wooden man, he sighed lightly, and instructed the two eunuchs who were executing in the Punishment Division: "Change Yang Jinshui into clean clothes, no need to wear handcuffs, and carry him to the shade of the tree in the inner courtyard." ”

Two eunuchs of the Criminal Division: "Yes." After answering, he went over to unhandcuff and dress Yang Jinshui.

Huang Jin then walked to the duty room in the hospital.

King Yu, who has always been unable to let go of the scroll, didn't even have the heart to read when he got up this morning, and after freshening up, he put on the prince's court clothes and sat quietly with his eyes closed on the chair in the middle of the outer hall. Although it was Chenshi, after all, it was still in the hot season, and I didn't know if it was the set of several layers of court clothes to wear, or if there was something in my heart, and there were dense beads of sweat on my forehead.

In the past half a month, Jiajing has been lurking in Yuxi Palace, Yan Song is lurking in his own mansion, Xu Jie is lurking in the cabinet duty room, Yuwang's Mansion has been closed, Yang Jinshui has been escorted into the palace, and the confession of Zhejiang's retrial is like a boulder weighing heavily on Yuwang's heart.

Concubine Li also changed into the dress of the princess, and at this time she walked out of the bedroom inside, and saw the beads of sweat on King Yu's face at a glance, so she hurriedly walked to the basin on the side, twisted the face towel from it, walked lightly to King Yu, gently dried the beads of sweat on his forehead, and asked softly: "Lord, today is the 14th of July, tomorrow is the day to worship the ancestors, the hot day, tomorrow will wear court clothes, right?" ”

"Yang Jinshui has been escorted to Beijing." King Yu didn't reply to her words, still closed his eyes, and suddenly mentioned Yang Jinshui.

Concubine Li was stunned for a moment, somewhat understood what he meant, and replied softly, "Yes." ”

King Yu still closed his eyes: "The case file for the retrial in Zhejiang should also be sent to the palace today." ”

Concubine Li replied softly, "Yes." ”

"Father said that he would summon us to the palace today." It was only then that King Yu opened his eyes and looked out the door.

Concubine Li thought for a while: "The concubine thinks, no." ”

King Yu looked at Concubine Li.

Concubine Li: "At this time, my father will not involve the prince." ”

King Yu stood up and looked out of the door again, his eyes didn't know whether to be disappointed or relieved, and his heart was empty: "Then invite Master Gao and Master Zhang into the house." I haven't seen each other for more than 20 days, and I read Zhu Zi's books these days, and I can't figure out some things, so I asked them to come and talk about it. ”

Of course, Concubine Li understood his mood at this time, but she also understood that summoning Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng into the mansion at this time would only arouse suspicion and suspicion, and it was really difficult to reply, so she was silent.

King Yu was a little anxious, "My father can't see the emperor, the ancestral temple can't worship, and the masters can't invite me to come to the book, so it's okay if I, the prince, don't do it." ”

"Then please come to the masters." Concubine Li no longer dissuaded, and agreed according to his wishes, but said tactfully, "The concubine is worried that on this day, it will be inconvenient for Master Gao and Master Zhang to come." The prince can send someone to call, when you invite them, do you ask them if they have official business, can they get out? ”

This has been considered to the extreme, King Yu couldn't hide his understanding and looked at Concubine Li, and then shouted outside the door: "Someone." ”

The two palace maids hurriedly bowed their heads and walked in: "The slave maid is here." ”

King Yu looked at the older palace maid: "Go to the front yard and tell Wang Zhan about it, and ask him to immediately send someone to invite Master Gao and Master Zhang to come to the book." ”

The maid: "Yes." ”

King Yu then said: "The person sent to ask if Master Gao and Master Zhang have official business and can they come." ”

The maid: "The slave understands. ”

Yuwang: "Hurry up." ”

The maid: "Yes." Then he withdrew with his skirt.

The other maid followed and was about to withdraw.

"Wait." Concubine Li was relieved at this time, stopped the palace maid, and turned to smile at King Yu, "Lord, this year is the first time that the prince has worshiped the ancestors and ancestors. Although tomorrow is the day of the sacrifice, maybe the ancestors and ancestors are in a hurry to see the son today, and they will definitely be happy to see the son grow strong. Master Gao and Master Zhang will take some time to come, so they simply ask the prince to come here to play, and the prince is also distracted. ”

King Yu slowly looked at Concubine Li, and when he saw her so bent and welcome, his eyes were full of pleading, so he had to say, "Call it." ”

Concubine Li immediately instructed the palace maid: "Go to the front yard and ask Feng Daban to lead the prince here to play." ”

The palace maid immediately crouched down and replied, "Yes." He also withdrew with his skirt.

The flowers are rich and rich, no more than peonies, but once the spring passes, it is difficult to escape the withering and drifting. Among the 100,000 eunuchs, Yang Jinshui is like the peony that was once red and purple, and the wealth has been too much, and it has been scattered with dust. Feng Bao is like a lotus seed that has been lurking in spring, which has slowly passed through the water surface from the sludge, and is ready to be released.

In the courtyard in front of the palace of King Yu's mansion, Feng Bao, who was lying on his back on the ground, was wearing a tight-fitting short suit, but he saw that his arms were flat, one leg was bowed, the other leg was stretched straight in the air, a ball was hooked at his ankle, his eyes were turned up, and he was looking at the prince sitting on the shoulder of a eunuch not far from his head.

Viewed from the ground, the prince riding on the shoulders of the eunuch is like a small tower, and the small bun on his head points straight to the sky of the courtyard.

"Kick! Kick! "Shizi is smart, he can already say a lot of words at the age of eight months, and his body is bigger than ordinary one-year-old children. At this time, he rode on the shoulder of the eunuch and shouted anxiously, but he still shouted the word "kick" into the word "bully".

On the orders of Concubine Li, Feng Bao and the five eunuchs arrived here with a group of seven people in the spirit of the prince. Also according to the play in the front yard, Feng Bao kicked the ball, four eunuchs stood in the four corners of the courtyard to catch the ball, and a eunuch made a horse and let the prince ride and throw the ball.

When the prince saw that Feng Bao's foot was still hooked and stopped in the air, he kept shouting the word "bully". Feng Bao was still a little hesitant to lie on the ground with the ball - although he had Concubine Li's orders, after all, he knew what day it was and what mood the prince was in today, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the palace gate.

At this glance, he saw the eyes of Concubine Li standing in front of the window in the outer hall of the dormitory and looking at him.

That look clearly signaled that he was ordered to let go and play ball with the prince!

At this time, in addition to sleeping at night, the prince couldn't leave Feng Bao for a moment during the day. King Yu and Concubine Li were also relieved, and simply handed over the prince to him from the moment they opened their eyes. Feng Bao had already realized at this time, everything was empty when the sky was turned up outside, only the world in front of him was real, and he would have a fall with him in the second half of his life, and everything else was just to deal with. With this enlightenment, I really got into my heart, and every day I was kind and persuasive, not only to teach the rules, but also to think of tricks to make this future prince of the Ming Dynasty happy and raise his body strongly. Thanks to his ability to think of tricks, he called the five eunuchs to the front yard early every morning and played ball with the prince. Just for the sake of this half hour every morning, Feng Bao didn't know how many nights he practiced hard, and now he has completely used his hands. The ball was kicked all over the head with his feet, and most of them were able to kick the ball to the top of the ball where he could catch it.

At this time and now, the princess's meaning is so clear, Feng Bao understands that this is the time to make the master happy to see his hard work, and he will do everything he can. But seeing that his ankles shrank slightly, his eyes were in the direction of the prince and kicked the ball out!

The ball flew in a parabolic trajectory above the Son's head.

The prince on the eunuch's shoulder immediately widened his eyes and became excited.

In front of the window, Concubine Li's eyes also widened.

The ball actually landed slowly in front of Shizi, and Shizi giggled as soon as he reached out and caught it.

The other eunuchs had already run in tacit understanding, and they would cheer whenever the prince took the ball, but they knew that this was a place with size, and this voice lowered their voices.

"Come and see!" Concubine Li was originally trying to distract King Yu, but at this time, she looked back at King Yu with a smile and called loudly, "The prince can catch the ball!" ”

Of course, King Yu heard the commotion in the courtyard, and also understood Concubine Li's intentions, and although the heart was not here, he slowly stood up and paced to the window. Seeing that Shizi caught the ball, there was no expression on his face, but he was happy in his heart. And what made him even happier was that he saw Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng being led into the compound by the porter.

Seeing Gao and Zhang coming, Concubine Li immediately shouted in front of the window of the dormitory: "Feng Daban, lead the prince to the front yard to play!" ”

As soon as the prince threw the ball, Feng Bao stretched out his foot to catch it, hooked the ball with his foot and kicked it into his hand, and walked quickly to the prince and handed it to him: "Lord Shizi, the masters are here, let's go to the front yard to play." After speaking, he led the eunuchs and walked to the courtyard gate, not forgetting to bow to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng: "The two masters are well." "I was the first to walk out of the courtyard gate.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng walked into King Yu's bedroom, saw King Yu sitting on the chair in the middle, the two walked to the chairs on both sides and stood in front of the two sides after the salute, they didn't see each other for more than 20 days, but no one spoke after meeting, and there was silence for a while.

The palace maid avoided it as usual at this time, Concubine Li was pouring tea for the two of them in person, and the two of them hurriedly bowed to the side.

Concubine Li poured tea: "The two masters, please sit down." With that, he put down the teapot and walked to the inner room of the dormitory.

"Listen to it, too." King Yu stopped her, "You are also reading "Zhuzi Language", and finally the two masters are here, listen to it together." ”

Concubine Li was happy in her heart, her face was solemn, and she sat down quietly beside him.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng sat on the chair at this time, both knowing what was going on with King Yu's urgent call this time, and quietly waiting for him to speak.

Of course, King Yu was also anxious to say those words, but he still started from the topic of storytelling: "I have always watched Zhu Zi be reasonable and angry. Zhu Zi said that reason is good, and qi is evil. He also said that for 1,500 years, from Yao Shun to Zhou Gong to Confucius, he was not able to do it, and he said that those who were everywhere were angry. Why is it that good and reason always fail, but evil is everywhere? Tell me about the two masters. ”

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng glanced at each other, and when they saw King Yu so cautiously approaching the topic, they immediately felt the warmth of "Jun Mi Chen'an", and the two nodded with satisfaction.

Gao Gong said: "Taiyue, you have drilled deep into the study of rational qi, you can tell the prince about it." ”

Zhang Juzheng: "The prince's question is good. The principle that Zhu Zi talked about is an eternal existence, if you can't do it, it's all there. Just like the heavenly wind, there is an east wind in spring and a west wind in autumn, all things are born in the east wind in spring, everything is born in autumn, everything is subdued, life is also good, and everything is good. This is the principle of the time of day. Qi is everywhere, it is also traveling in the tailwind, it is also moving in the headwind, and it is still walking in the windless. When Zhu Zi says that qi is evil here, he means that there is no wind. For example, if people's desires are their own, not their own, and everyone has an insatiable heart, this is the air of unweathered channeling. As soon as this qi is opened, it spreads everywhere, and the upper and lower levels are levied, and those who are officials are greedy and those who are for the people are thieves, so the evil spirit is everywhere. At this point he paused and raised his voice: "After all, there is a sun in the sky, and the sun is shining, and this windless air will eventually dissipate one day." All dynasties and dynasties have reached the time when there is no wind and only air, that is, the sun is steaming, and the number of gas is about to be exhausted. ”

King Yu thought so, nodded heavily, and wanted to follow his words to the point, but he was still a little hesitant and couldn't help but look at Concubine Li.

Concubine Li immediately understood what King Yu meant, this was to ask herself to provoke the topic, so she met King Yu's gaze knowingly: "Lord Wang, can I ask?" ”

Yuwang: "If you are told to listen, of course you can ask." ”

Concubine Li glanced at Zhang Juzheng quickly, and hurriedly lowered her gaze: "May I ask Master Zhang, if the monarch employs people, who is the wind and what is the qi?" ”

So cleverly cut to the point, and cut into it is a huge problem! Zhang Juzheng's eyes flashed, looking at Gao Gong, Gao Gong's eyes lit up, the two of them touched their eyes, and their hearts were both appreciative of the shrewdness of this princess Wang, and a little awe.

Zhang Juzheng is especially so, I don't know why, whenever I face this princess, my heart feels like a deer jumping, at this time, I heard her ask such a question to herself, and I didn't know how to answer for a while, so I had to hand this reply to Gao Gong: "Brother Su Qing, you should tell the princess about this." ”

Gao Gong: "The princess's question makes the ministers admire." This answer Zhuge Liang has already said in the "Teacher Table", 'The pro-virtuous minister is far from the villain, the first Han is so prosperous, and the pro-villain is far from the virtuous and the subordinate is so declining after the Han Dynasty'. That is to say, the virtuous minister is the wind, and the villain is the qi. Speaking of this, he also became excited: "Virtuous ministers and villains are always there, everywhere, and they are just chosen by the monarch." Shicai Taiyue said that there is no wind in the past dynasties, only the qi is the number of qi to be exhausted, if the monarch can choose the virtuous minister to depose the villain in time, there is weathering, the number of qi in this dynasty will not be exhausted, but the villain's qi is exhausted. ”

"My Ming Dynasty should also be the time when the villain's popularity is exhausted!" King Yu stood up suddenly, and asked loudly no longer in his words: "You said, Yang Jinshui took it this time, and the Shangyi Supervisor, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, and the Needlework Bureau also took a lot of evil slaves, is my father going to completely eliminate the traitorous party!" ”

"The key is the confession sent by Zhejiang this time!" Gao Gong also stood up and said excitedly, "If this time it is the confession sent by Hai Rui last time, the elimination of the traitorous party should be today!" ”

Zhang Juzheng followed and stood up. Concubine Li also stood up. Everyone's eyes shone with excitement.

"I went to Jiangnan, but I couldn't even reply!" Huang Jin walked to the door of the duty room and heard that Chen Hong was also exerting his power here, his face was gloomy, and he walked straight in.

The original five chairs on the north wall of the celebrant duty room are still five chairs, but the chair in the middle where Lu Fang was originally sitting is now sitting on Chen Hong, the last chair on Chen Hong's right is still sitting on Shi Gonggong, the last chair on Chen Hong's left is still sitting on the original eunuch Bingbi, the two chairs on the left and right of Chen Hong are empty, the one on the right hand was originally Chen Hong's seat, and the one on the left hand is still Huang Jin's position.

On the chairs on both sides of the world today sat two people with special identities, namely the two imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital.

The two Jinyi guards who escorted Yang Jinshui were kneeling in the duty room and were reprimanded by Chen Hong.

Seeing Huang Jin come in, Gonggong Shi and another eunuch stood up, and the two imperial doctors also stood up.

Chen Hong didn't want to stand up, but knowing that he was coming from Yuxi Palace, he had to stand up slowly and asked politely, "Does the master have a will?" ”

Huang Jin walked over and stood in front of his chair: "Interrogate Yang Jinshui carefully, and then present Zhejiang's recital." ”

Chen Hong: "That's it, I'm interrogating." After saying this, he took the lead and sat down.

Huang Jin, Shi Gonggong and another eunuch sat down.

The two imperial doctors sat down slowly next to the side of the chair.

Chen Hong's eyes then stared at the two kneeling Jinyi guards: "I heard it, the emperor is waiting for a reply." Let's ask you again, what day did Yang Jinshui go crazy? How crazy is it? How do you know he's really crazy? ”

The two brocade guards glanced at each other.

"Yes. It's the subordinates who can't talk clearly. "The older one had to re-invent himself," Yang Jinshui was crazy on June 21, and he made a fuss all day and all night for ten days, saying that many ghosts came to him. When the edict arrived on the first of July, he became demented after the decree was announced, and he no longer made a fuss and did not speak again. Eat when you are fed, drink water when you are fed, and you are not hungry if you don't feed. The stool is also incontinence, and it is all pulled on the body. ”

"It can be seen that this is pretending to be crazy!" Chen Hong was no longer impatient with their reply, and shouted, "What about people? ”

The eunuch on duty immediately replied outside the door: "Go back to Grandpa Chen, I'm washing him outside." ”

"I heard that you also brought the confessions of Zheng Michang and He Maocai in Zhejiang's retrial?" Chen Hong then asked the two brocade guards.

"Brought." A brocade guard took out the brown paper with three feathers attached to it from his bosom and sealed it and handed it over, but some of them were not presented or not, and said hesitantly, "Zhao Zhongcheng said that he wanted the servants to hand it over to Gonggong Lu by hand." Then the Emperor Long Live was presented to the Emperor by Gonggong Lu. ”

"Grandpa Lu? Is there Gonggong Lu here? Chen Hong immediately lowered his face.

Lu Fang was suddenly sent to Yongling by Jiajing, with the intention of inspecting the auspicious land of ten thousand years, and did not explicitly remove his palm print eunuch, but asked Chen Hong to temporarily sign the palm seal, although there were many speculations in and outside the palace, after all, he did not dare to pass it on. The two brocade guards have been on the road for a while, of course, they don't know what's going on, but now they see Chen Hong sitting in Lu Fang's position, and they are like this, only to know that there has been a big change in the palace, and they are stunned for a while.

Gonggong Shi spoke at this time: "Gonggong Lu was sent to Yongling to supervise the cultivation of ten thousand years of auspicious soil. This place is now headed by Chen Gonggong. ”

"What are you talking to these minions about?" Chen Hong immediately took up his prestige and instructed the Shi father-in-law: "Just bring the things!" ”

That Shi Gonggong didn't have any expression on his face at this time, but he got up and went over to take the kraft paper seal and handed it to Chen Hong.

Chen Hong took the concert and wanted to tear open the seal.

At this time, Huang Jin spoke: "Gonggong Chen, since Zhao Zhenji said that Gonggong Lu should present himself to the emperor, that is, only the emperor can see the things in it." Grandpa Lu is not here, so we'd better not even watch it. ”

Chen Hong's hand stopped, and his face was gloomy: "In the past, didn't the ceremonial eunuchs of all provinces have to watch it before presenting the emperor?" ”

Huang Jin is usually the same as Chen Hong, Lu Fang's left and right arms, and this time he has always felt bad when he sees his Cao Cao appearance, so he grabbed the hard top: "This was the case in the past." But now that Father-in-law Lu is gone, none of us are the masters of the serious palm print. According to the rules of the palace, if the palm print is not in the play, it should be directly presented to the emperor. Of course, Chen Gonggong is stunned to watch, and we won't stop you. You look at it first, you look at our family and then present it to the emperor. ”

Chen Hong was choked by these words, but he was embarrassed and helpless, so he threw the briefcase paper bag on Huang Jin's lap in a negative anger: "Then don't look at it." I don't watch, no one looks. You take them to Yuxi Palace and present them to the emperor in person. If there is blasphemy in it, you will be guilty. ”

"Whether to bear the guilt or not is also the emperor's final say." Huang Jin picked up the express on his lap and slowly stood up, "There is one more thing that our family will tell Gonggong Chen and the two fathers-in-law by the way, there have been no rules for the celebrant in the past ten days. Before a few of us could speak, some of the minions were tossing Yang Jinshui outside. That little Wuzi is still talking back to me, and I have already sent him to the upper prison. ”

Chen Hong immediately stood up and looked at Huang Jin.

Gonggong Shi and another eunuch also looked at the two nervously.

Chen Hong looked at Huang Jin for a long time, and suddenly turned his smile: "Yes." It's time for these minions to be rectified. ”

"It's good to have the words of Grandpa Chen." Huang Jin also showed a hint of a smile, and then turned to the two brocade guards who were kneeling on the ground and ordered, "Follow me to Yuxi Palace, the emperor wants to question." ”

"Yes." The two brocade guards kowtowed, stood up, and walked out with Huang Jin.

Looking at the back of Huang Jin's departure, Chen Hong could no longer hold back the evil breath in his chest, and roared: "Yang Jinshui! Why don't you bet on it! ”

Yang Jinshui had already been carried under the shade of the tree in the inner courtyard of the duty room to wait for interrogation, and when he heard Chen Hong's roar, the bamboo curtain was lifted, and the two eunuchs of the Punishment Division carried him in, he had already changed into clean clothes, and he was no longer handcuffed, and he was placed in the middle of the room with a chair.

The two execution eunuchs put down their chairs and retreated to the door of the duty room, standing beside the eunuch on duty.

Chen Hong's gaze immediately stabbed towards Yang Jinshui like two knives.

The other two eunuchs looked at him.

The two imperial physicians also looked at him.

Yang Jinshui still raised his head and looked up with his eyes stupid.

"What are you pretending to be when you're in the palace? Look at me! Chen Hong shouted.

Yang Jinshui was still like that, his eyes looked at him, and he didn't react at all.

"Come in, press his head down, and let him look at Gonggong Chen!" That Gonggong Shi looked at the two eunuchs standing at the door.

Two execution eunuchs walked in again, one stood behind a chair and clenched Yang Jinshui's arms, the other stood at his side, one hand supporting his jaw, and the other hand pressing against the back of his head, pressing his head down towards Chen Hong.

Chen Hong stared at Yang Jinshui's eyes, and Yang Jinshui pressed his two eyes and still looked up.

Chen Hong was moved: "You also know the criminal law in the palace, do you want to taste the taste before you are willing not to pretend!" ”

Yang Jinshui is still like that.

"Execution!" Chen Hong let out a loud shout.

That Shi Gonggong was afraid that Chen Hong would torture Yang Jinshui here, so he leaned over through a chair, stretched out his head, and said in a low voice: "Long live Lord hasn't asked yet, I'm afraid that it will be inappropriate to punish him now." ”

Chen Hong swallowed his saliva and looked at the two imperial doctors: "You show him, if it's true or not, don't protect him!" ”

The two imperial doctors immediately stood up, walked to Yang Jinshui's chair one by one, and took the veins in his two hands.

It was only about three quarters of an hour after leaving Yuxi Palace, and when he came back with two brocade guards, Huang Jin knew that there was a new situation, the door of the main hall was closed, and the two eunuchs on duty were guarding there, one left and one right.

"Wait at the bottom of the stairs." Huang Jin instructed the two brocade guards to climb the stone steps of the main hall by themselves.

The two eunuchs on duty silently saluted him.

Huang Jin lowered his voice: "Who is coming?" ”

A eunuch on duty half-covered his mouth with his hand, leaned into Huang Jin's ear and whispered: "Back to godfather, Xu Ge is here." ”

Huang Jin: "Do you know what's going on?" ”

The eunuch on duty: "Holding a six-hundred-mile express delivery, it seems to be a good news sent by Zhejiang." ”

Huang Jin's face immediately showed a complicated expression, turned his head to look at the sky, and said to himself: "Hu Zongxian has won the battle again......

A eunuch on duty had already used his sleeve to wipe the originally clean door of the main hall with his sleeve, and said to Huang Jin: "Long live the decree that no one will be allowed to enter, godfather should sit here first." ”

Huang Jin sat down on the pod of the temple gate.

The eight-hundred-mile express placed on the imperial case was indeed the good news of Hu Zongxian's eighth victory over Qi Jiajun's army in Taizhou!

Jiajing had obviously read the good news, and obviously had not made any comments about it, holding the single-sided reading round glasses as big as a palm in his hand and walking around the hall.

Xu Jie bowed his head and stood on the side of the imperial case, waiting for Jiajing to speak.

Walking around the house, Jiajing paced back to the imperial case, looked at the good news, and finally spoke: "Han Gaozu doesn't read, but poetry is better than those who read. Which is the best one? ”

Of course, Xu Jie understood: "Returning to the saint, the minister thinks that the sentence 'Ande warriors guard the Quartet' has the most imperial atmosphere and the most common thoughts. ”

"Is Hu Zongxian a warrior?" Jiajing asked rhetorically.

Xu Jie replied calmly: "Zhao Zhenji's recital made it very clear that in this Taizhou War, Hu Zongxian personally visited the former enemy and did not avoid artillery arrows, which can be called loyal and brave. ”

Jiajing looked at him, as if he wanted to see a bit of sincerity in what he said.

Xu Jie knew that he should raise his head and greet the inquiry, his face full of sincerity.

Jiajing stopped looking at him, and looked at the line of the good news with the single-sided round glasses, and suddenly a sentence came out of his mouth: "Is Zhao Zhenji a warrior?" ”

This is not easy to answer, Xu Jie thought about it, and replied after consideration: "Back to the saint, Zhao Zhenji is just supplying military supplies to the front. ”

"Hu Ruzhen in the front, and Zhao Zhenji in the back." Jiajing is still looking at the good news line by line, "They all have a Zhen in their names." The chaste one, the only one. What do you think about this Southeast Erzhen? ”

The university questions of the temple are coping, and Xu Jie's knowledge is revealed at this time: "Back to the saint, Confucius said, 'Feng Xi Feng Xi', is a phoenix in the end." Hu Zongxian is the same to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and Zhao Zhenji is also the same to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor. ”

Jiajing: "I hope that the two chastity will not be two, except for the troubles outside, the internal rule of officials, and there will be no more chaos in the southeast." ”

Xu Jie had no choice but to lower his head again: "The emperor is shengming." The minister played the emperor, did the cabinet immediately approve Zhao Zhenji's request and vote to draw up a list of meritorious service to the soldiers in front? ”

Jiajing: "If you have merit, you can't run, and you're not in a hurry today." Go on duty. ”

Xu Jie took a step back and knelt down: "The minister obeys the order." He kowtowed, got up, and exited the house.

Jiajing no longer looked at the good news, put the single-sided mirror on the good news, and looked at the copper chime next to the futon with a distracted look.

The two brocade guards were led by Huang Jin to the outside of the veil leading to the passage of the main hall.

Huang Jin stopped: "You guys kneel here first." ”

"Yes." The two brocade guards answered softly, and immediately knelt down, lying there like two stones.

Huang Jin held the letter in his hand and walked towards the door of the Jingshe.

Usually serving Jiajing, Huang Jin is dressed in civilian clothes in and out of the house, just like a house slave who is busy inside and out, and he doesn't need to meet and worship when he goes in and out. Today, because it was a court matter, he was wearing the big red court clothes of the eunuch Bingbi, holding it in both hands, and he wanted to kneel down when he walked in, but when he saw Jiajing, he was shocked: "Ouch, long live my master, how can I let my master do this job!" As he spoke, he hurriedly put the urgent letter on the imperial case and ran over.

At this time, Jiajing actually squatted next to the futon, wiping the copper chime with a snow-white Songjiang face towel!

Huang Jin ran over, but Jiajing was still squatting there wiping the copper chime, Huang Jin hurriedly picked up his robe and knelt down: "Master, master, let the slave wipe it!" ”

"Yang Jinshui was escorted into the palace?" Jiajing just moved his body and asked while rubbing the other side of the copper chime.

Huang Jin had no choice but to take two steps on his knees, and while reaching for the face towel, he replied, "Yes." Yang Jinshui was in the palace at the beginning of his life. Master, let the minions wipe it. ”

Jiajing just asked, "It's such a coincidence, Zhao Zhenji's express has also arrived?" ”

Huang Jin couldn't ask for the face towel, knowing that he was in a bad mood, sweat was already dripping from his forehead, and he should have replied clearly when he asked such a question: "Long live the master, Yang Jinshui was escorted to Luhe Station last night, and Zhao Zhenji's urgent delivery arrived, so he was sent in together." The master waited for half a month, let's watch the music, and let the slave wipe it. As he spoke, he reached out again.

Jiajing stopped and stood up, but he didn't give him the face towel, but threw it away, and the face towel happened to be thrown next to the urgent letter and the good news on the imperial case: "What should have been let me see half a month ago, it would be okay if I didn't read it at this time." He didn't wipe his hands, walked to the futon and picked up the chime and pestle lying on the futon, and sat down cross-legged: "Go to Yang Jinshui." ”

The position where Huang Jin knelt happened to be separated by the copper chime, and he could only see Jiajing's side, swallowed dryly, and said: "Master Qi, the minions of the people who released Yang Jinshui have also been brought, and they are kneeling outside." Is Yang Jinshui's master going to ask them first......

Jiajing: "I have already said, go to trial Yang Jinshui!" ”

Huang Jin knew that he couldn't speak anymore, so he had to kowtow: "Yes, the slave obeys the order." He got up and walked out of the house.

The two brocade guards were still lying outside the veil like stones, and Huang Jin came over and whispered, "Get up and kneel outside the hall." Whenever the emperor calls you, you will go in. ”

"Yes." The two brocade guards also replied in a low voice, got up and followed Huang Jin towards the entrance of the main hall.

Suddenly, there was a "dang" sound in the jingshe, Huang Jin's feet immediately stopped, and the two brocade guards were also immediately there.

Immediately after the sound of "Dangdangdang", Huang Jin heard the irritability in the emperor's heart, sighed lightly, and slowly walked out of the palace gate.

The two brocade guards also followed out of the palace gate as if walking on thin ice.

The door of the main hall was immediately closed by the eunuch on duty outside.

The crisp chime sound just now had gone around the beam, and the huge Yuxi Palace fell silent again.

The futon for Jiajing's meditation was originally set up on a three-story octagonal platform. The top layer is taken by the Qiangua, and the number of the Qiangua is "nine"; The lowest layer is the kun hexagram, and the number of kun hexagram is "one"; The middle layer is the "five" number in the middle of Qiankun. The futon is the respect of the Ninety-Five! The octagonal of the platform naturally copes with gossip, that is, he usually seems to pace at will, but in fact, he steps on the hexagram position of the good and evil.

Xu Jie sent the good news of the eighth victory in Taizhou, Zhejiang, and Huang Jin sent the confessions of Zheng Michang and He Maocai in Zhejiang's retrial. He didn't immediately play the list of Xu Jie's proposed merits because he really didn't know what was written in the confession of this retrial.

The confession from Zhejiang's 800-mile rush is still untouched and placed on the imperial case.

Jiajing sat on the futon and closed his eyes to meditate, but he didn't open the confession.

His eyes widened, and he couldn't help but look at the confession of the imperial case. Then he picked up the chime and pestle that was lying on his lap and struck the copper chime next to the table. With the sound of "dang", he stretched out his legs and got down from the futon, walked down the three steps, held the chime and pestle in his hands and looked upwards, and walked up on the hexagram next to the octagonal position of the platform.

The aftermath of the copper chime disappeared, and Jiajing's feet stopped, and he looked down.

-- His feet are stepping on the "≡" position.

Jiajing's eyes lit up, stretched out the chime and pestle and knocked on the copper chime, followed by this chime, he looked up with his eyes again, and walked around the octagonal foot hexagram position of the platform.

The aftermath of the second copper chime disappeared again, and Jiajing's feet stopped again, looking down slowly.

-- Feet on the "≡" cadre again.

Jiajing's face showed real excitement, and he didn't hesitate anymore and strode towards the imperial case.

He picked up the red pen and drew six horizontal lines on a piece of imperial paper - "", this is the Qiangua!

Then he wrote the hexagram on the imperial note under the Qiangua: "Qianyuan Henry Zhen"!

The corners of his mouth had laugh lines, the light in his eyes was extraordinarily bright, he put down his pen and picked up the confession that had been delivered for eight hundred miles, and looked at the cover.

On the cover is Zhao Zhenji's handwriting: the first line on the right reads "Urgent Submission to the Celebrant to Rotate Me", the middle line reads "His Majesty the Emperor's Imperial Review" in two squares, and the left line reads "Zhao Zhenji, the governor of Zhejiang, kneels with his hands".

Then he flipped it over again, and looked carefully at the seal on the back of the seal in the sunlight from the south window.

He couldn't see it clearly, so he picked up the one-sided mirror that was resting on the good news and leaned it in front of his left eye, and then looked at the seal on the lacquer.

——There is only one seal on the paint, and through the glasses, I finally saw that the seal was printed with the words "Chun'an County Bureau Hai Rui"!

Jiajing's excitement and smile just now were clouded by a layer of suspicion, he thought about it for a while, took this urgent delivery, and picked up an unsealed ivory blade on the imperial case and walked towards the altar.

Walking to the altar of the candle, he stretched the lacquer seal of the urgent delivery to the top of the candle and began to melt and roast.

On the divine case, Jiajing carefully opened the seal with an ivory blade and walked back to the imperial case.

At this time, the baking paint that had been opened and sealed had dried again, and he took out a thick stack of confessions from it and slowly unfolded it.