On a good day when the eight or nine geese came, the night sky outside the cabinet duty room was full of stars, the lights in the duty room were bright, and all the cabinet members and the six ministers and the officials of the nine departments had gathered again.

The right side of Xu Jie's case is full of green words, and on the left side is hundreds of congratulatory sheets written by those officials after returning from an errand in Beijing.

Xu Jie glanced at all the ministers: "The imperial drive housewarming, the time chosen by Qin Tian is Zi Shizheng." It's time now. The ministries counted again, and whether the congratulatory sheets of each official had been collected. ”

Almost all the officials: "Back to the old cabinet, all of them have been collected." ”

Xu Jie still found that there was a person who didn't reply, so he looked at him: "Meng Jing, you didn't reply." ”

Zhao Zhenji stood up: "Back to the pavilion elder, there is still one person left in the household department to congratulate the table, and the disciple has already sent someone to urge it." ”

"How?" Xu Jie was unhappy, "For such a long time, there is still a congratulatory note left for your household." Whose greeting is it? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Back to the elder, it is the principal Hai Rui." The disciple didn't know how many times he had urged, but he always replied that he would pay it when the time came. But it hasn't been handed in yet. ”

Xu Jie stood up: "You go in person, go now." This time, all officials in Beijing must not miss a congratulatory note. What's more, it's this Hai Rui. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Disciple, let's go." Answered, and hurriedly walked out of the cabinet room.

Xu Jie stood up: "It's only half an hour, let's wait outside the Yuxi Palace." ”

The cabinet members and the officials of the six ministries and nine secretaries all stood up.

The time of the second move to the new palace was set on the 23rd day of February in the 45th year of Jiajing. The auspicious time chosen by Qin Tian finally coincided with the celestial phenomena this time: this night the dome was bright and starry, and the one hundred and eight lanterns in the temple were bright and brilliant, reflecting each other, showing an auspicious image. What's even more gratifying is that the personnel have also been adjusted by the cabinet - the silver tickets paid in advance by the cotton merchants brought by Gao Hanwen have reissued the arrears of all officials, and more than 1,000 officials in Beijing have sent congratulatory tables to the emperor. Just waiting for Zhao Zhenji to send Hai Rui's congratulatory watch, this time the dragon drove the move to celebrate the merit of the whole world!

The ceremony is the same as the previous one: under the light of one hundred and eight lanterns, the emperor took thirty-two dragons on the middle of the stone steps in front of the main hall, and thirty-two eunuchs knelt on one leg under their respective sedan chairs.

On the left side of the dragon, there are Chaotian Guan Guan and a group of Taoists with law enforcement weapons in their hands.

On the right side of the dragon, there is a Xuandu Guan Guan and a group of Taoists who are holding law enforcement weapons.

Among the cabinet members led by Xu Jie, except for Zhao Zhenji, they all knelt in the first row of the stone steps of the main hall, and the officials of the six Jiuqing Hall knelt in the second row of the stone steps of the main hall, and all their eyes quietly looked at the door of the Yuxi Palace that was open.

The main hall of Yuxi Palace is still brightly lit, and there is still a big copper kettle in the middle of the hall.

The dripping sound of the large copper kettle is still clearly audible.

Li Shizhen gave Jiajing the forty-nine doses of medicine have been eaten, the spring has also opened, the sky is warm, the loyalty of the ministers has smoothed the qi in Jiajing's heart, and today's Jiajing is particularly good, wearing the Taoist robe embroidered with 5,000 words of "Tao Te Ching", he put the incense crown on his head early, and put the new chime pestle on his cross-legged knees. But when the auspicious time came, he rang the copper chime and lived in the Wanshou Palace and Yongshou Palace, which he had been thinking about for several years.

Huang Jin was also beaming today, wearing a new red dress, and wearing a vanilla crown that Jiajing had rewarded him with, looking intently at the woodcut of the copper kettle in the Jingshe, while reporting: "The master is still three minutes away." We're not in a hurry. ”

"Who's in a hurry? Long-winded. Jiajing always scolded him in this ridiculous tone.

Chen Hong was also wearing a new red dress, and also wearing a vanilla crown that Jiajing had rewarded him, and walked in with a smile on his face holding the congratulatory watch and Qingci that had just been presented by the cabinet in both hands: "Master Qi, Qingci and congratulatory table are presented." ”

Jiajing looked at him: "It's all presented?" The word "all" is particularly important.

Chen Hong was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to reply: "You can't hide anything from the master's eyes." There is indeed a congratulatory sheet missing, I heard that the official only returned to Beijing on an errand today, and now he is rushing to write, Zhao Zhenji personally went to pick it up, and it will be sent soon. ”

There was no displeasure on Jiajing's face when he heard this: "Zhao Zhenji is still competent when he is on an errand." ”

Chen Hong: "Long live the master, this time starting from Lord Yu, the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries are all competent. "It's good to be all competent." Jiajing said in a man's voice. The more this time, the more careful Jiajing became, looking at the names on those congratulatory sheets one by one, and after reading the last one, he looked at Chen Hong: "You just told me that there is only one official who is returning to Beijing on an errand today to write a congratulatory form, where did Hai Rui go on an errand?" ”

Chen Hong was stunned: "The master, the master, and the slave also listened to the people in the cabinet, and I don't know what Hai Rui did not present the congratulatory table." ”

Jiajing's gaze pierced him: "Isn't the messenger with the inscription of Liubiju sent someone to keep an eye on it?" Who is Hai Jui, you don't know? ”

Chen Hong knelt down and slapped himself in the face: "The slave is derelict in his duties!" The minions immediately went to check, immediately went to urge. As he spoke, he hurriedly got up and retreated.

The dripping sound of the copper kettle in the hall seems to be louder!

Xu Jie, who was kneeling on the stone steps, had already revealed his Jiao face, and Li Chunfang beside him also showed an anxious look, only Gao Gong still had that stone-like face, without expression.

Chen Hong walked over to the palace gate from the side of the fine house, stepped out of the palace gate again, and looked directly at Xu Jie: "Pavilion Elder, what's the matter?" How could it be that Hai Rui didn't have a congratulatory watch? How did Zhao Zhenji's messenger be? His congratulatory watch didn't come before the auspicious time, so you and I will wait for the reward! ”

Xu Jie knew that he was in a hurry, and he was also in a hurry, so he didn't say anything.

Gao Gong raised his head: "Gonggong Chen, Hai Rui's congratulatory cousin Zhao Zhenji has already gone to urge." You don't think you should talk to an old man like that! ”

Chen Hong stomped his foot: "I won't raise the bar with you at this time!" If I really can't get up today, it's not how I speak. ”

"It's coming!" There was a cry of surprise and joy from the other side of the palace!

Chen Hong looked at it with a smile.

Xu Jie and the others also looked back.

Zhao Zhenji came panting with Hai Rui's "congratulatory watch"!

All of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's all there!" Chen Hong ran into the fine house with a smile, knelt in front of Jiajing's futon and held the congratulatory watch with both hands, "Master, the whole world celebrates, and Hai Rui's congratulatory watch is also presented!" ”

"Buddha Amitayus!" Huang Jin, who had been looking at the woodcarving of the copper kettle, recited, "There is still half an hour left before the auspicious time." ”

Jiajing took the congratulatory sheet in his hand and looked at it fixedly, Chen Hong stood up and prepared to take back the congratulatory sheet and put it on the pile of congratulatory sheets in the imperial case.

Jiajing didn't give it to him, brushed the ground and tore open the seal, pulled out the thick stack of paper inside and looked at it.

The three headlines of "Public Security Sparse" pierced into his eyes in big words - "Hai Rui, the chief minister of the Yunnan Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Households, is respectful: In order to bluntly say the first thing in the world, he will be righteous and honest, and seek peace and order for all generations!" ”

No one saw it, and no one would have thought that Hai Rui was not on a congratulatory watch, but a reprimand that had never been seen before and directly reprimanded Jun Fei by later generations as "the first sparse in the world"!

Reading word by word, Jiajing's face changed sharply! The work on "Public Security and Sparseness", one stroke at a time, is no longer words, but like an awl piercing from his eyes to his internal organs: "...... Since the early years of His Majesty's ascension, there have been some but not very much. Today's enslavement is normal, and all parties are effective...... Your Majesty is the cause of the world...... Said: Jiajing, the family is clean and has no financial use, and it is ......"

Jiajing's face was already pale, his eyes were bloodshot, but he gritted his teeth and looked down. Finally, the sentence that made him have been buried deep in his heart for fear that future generations will write him appeared before his death: "- The people of the world are not upright, Your Majesty has been for a long time!" ”

——Hai Rui pulled this Jiajing, who thought that the emperor body and the Dao body had been cultivated together, from the altar at once, and wrote it into history in advance!

His head banged, and the whole hall was filled with the buzzing voice: "The people of the world are not straight, Your Majesty has been for a long time...... The people of the world are not straight, Your Majesty has been ...... for a long time"

"It's the other way around!" Jiajing finally let out a scream! His face turned from blue to white, his eyes showed a desperate fierce light, and his hands were trembling violently!

Chen Hong jumped up in fright!

Huang Jin was so frightened that he turned his head and froze there.

Xu Jie, who was kneeling on the stone steps, had already heard Jiajing's scream, and then there was no sound, and they didn't see Chen Hong come out, they were all stunned there, looking at the deep hall, they all had a premonition that the sky was falling apart in an instant!

Chen Hong and Huang Jin both knelt in front of Jiajing, looking at his trembling body tremblingly.

"Master! What's wrong with you? Master......" Huang Jin called with a cry.

Jiajing seemed to wake up, but when he saw that he seemed to be about to break a mountain, he slammed Hai Rui's share of his hand to the ground: "Chen Hong! ”

"Slaves, slaves are here!" Chen Hong replied tremblingly.

Jiajing roared like crazy: "Catch, catch this person, don't let him run away!" ”

Xu Jie, Li Chunfang are all old men of the Jiajing Dynasty, the "Great Rites Discussion" dispute in the first ten years, the "Renyin Palace Change" in 21 years, the killing of the "Four Edicts of Yuezhong" and "Shaoxing Seven Sons" 31 years later, the fall of the Yan Party from 40 to 44 years and the ambush of Yan Shifan and others, how much thrilling, I have never heard the emperor roar like a lion and rage like a madman like today! What's more, Gao Gong and those ministers who are younger and less experienced than Gao Gong feel that Yuxi Palace is about to collapse!

"Grandpa Chen!" There was another sharp cry from the fine house in the main hall, it was Huang Jin's voice.

Chen Hong's legs, which had already stepped to the door of the fine house, were stopped by Huang Jin's shout, and he looked back at Huang Jin angrily.

Jiajing, who was still trembling with anger, was also frozen by Huang Jin's scream, and his straight eyes slowly stabbed at him with light.

Huang Jin knelt down in front of Jiajing with a plop, and his voice trembled with excitement: "Master! The big thing can't compare to the master's housewarming today! If the master does not move to the new palace today, the world will be shaken. A little principal, he can't run and won't run. The slave begged for the master, so let's take the throne! ”

Jiajing was speechless, his eyes just looked at Huang Jin.

Chen Hong immediately asked: "How do you know that Hai Rui can't run, can't run!" ”

"I know!" Huang Jin replied to him, and looked up at Jiajing again, "Master, that Hai Rui from the household department sent his family away a few days ago and bought a coffin. He's a dead boy! ”

"How do you know!" Jiajing's surprise roared out with murderous aura.

"Master!" Chen Hong didn't allow Huang Jin to reply, immediately turned around and knelt down, and said loudly, "Premeditated!" Someone instructed! Speaking of this, he stared at Huang Jin, "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, how do you know about the affairs of the household!" I know why not! ”

Led by Xu Jie, the ministers kneeling on the stone steps were frightened at this time, especially Zhao Zhenji, he was the head of the household, Hai Rui was his subordinate, and he had a premeditated plan to investigate him first, and at this time, he knelt there with his hands on the ground, and his face was blue!

Jiajing was reminded by Chen Hong, but he was not angry just now, took a deep breath, and told himself: "There is a premeditation, someone instigated it, it must be found out, and it is ...... to find out" Soon he turned into a smiling face, a good smiling face, and asked Huang Jin gently: "Tell me, who instructed Hai Rui, it's not too late to tell me now......

Huang Jin stiffened his neck and raised his head high: "Back to the master, no one instructed Hai Rui, and the slave didn't know that anyone instructed Hai Rui." ”

Jiajing's voice became softer and more terrifying: "I won't pursue you, you can't stand in the way for others, tell me." ”

Huang Jin: "Who did the slave stand for?" What is there for the slave to be held accountable by the master? The slave only knew that Hai Rui had dismissed his family and bought a coffin, and today he understood that he was for the sake of death. ”

"How do you know that he dismissed his family and that he bought a coffin? I don't know if he died today? Back! Chen Hong roared.

Huang Jin didn't look at him, still stiffened his neck and looked up at Jiajing: "The rules of the master, the rules of the ancestors and the ancestors, the punishment department and the suppression department are under the supervision of the chief of the ceremonial supervisor, and the slave is in charge of this position now." There are daily newspapers every day, monthly reports, and the affairs of the Beijing officials and servants are all reported. That day's report wrote the situation of dozens of Beijing officials, including Hai Rui's sending his family away to buy a coffin. The minion was stupid, he just thought that Hai Rui was worried that he was seriously ill, so he prepared the coffin, but he never thought that he would be preparing for this stupid thing. This is the dereliction of duty of the slave, the sin of the slave, the master cut off the slave, and the slave did not complain. I only hope that the master will not let a stupid and upright person like Hai Rui hurt the immortal body and mistakenly move to the housewarming. The subjects of the world are waiting for this moment......" After speaking, he kept banging his head on the brick floor.

The door of the hall was open, and the lattice window facing the Yuxi Palace was also open, and Huang Jin's words were clearly transmitted word by word, and the officials who knelt down all over the palace steps showed a move from the bottom of their hearts in fear and panic, and their eyes seemed to be waiting for that glimmer of hope or irretrievable hope.

Jiajing's eyes had already rolled up at this time, and the black pupils were gone, revealing only white eyes: "I know, the subjects of the world have been waiting for many years, just waiting for such a person to come out and scold me, and then force me to abdicate...... With one heart and one mind, collusion between inside and outside, I was actually kept in the dark by you. Huang Jin! ”

Huang Jinben kept kowtowing, but at this time he froze, raised his red and swollen head, and looked at Jiajing in a daze.

Chen Hong's eyes flashed even more, staring at Huang Jin fiercely.

Jiajing: "What did Lu Fang explain to you when she left?" Who did you consult with? Who is the mastermind behind it? Tell me that I forgive you for your innocence. ”

Huang Jin was completely stunned, where did he know how to reply.

"Talk back! Back! Chen Hong roared sharply.

Jiajing's sharp arrows kept shooting out, all of which shot into the hearts of the ministers who had been kneeling on the stone steps in fear and panic! All the people were desperate at this moment, there was a bottomless abyss behind them, there was no way to retreat but there was no fear, Gao Gong took the lead in straightening up and stood up, and then the other ministers followed him and straightened up and stood up, and Xu Jie was the last to stand up slowly. Many eyes were on him. Xu Jie also looked at them one by one, and one by one, his eyes were brewing in the exchange of how to go to the great tribulation together!

Jiajing, who is suspicious and suspicious, actually had a premonition in his heart that this Hai Rui, whom he regarded as a "Qianxia", would sooner or later intersect with his own "Qianshang" hexagram. But I never imagined that it would be at this moment, when all the ministers were congratulating, that he would use such a note to criticize his decades of deeds! Shocked, furious, unbelievable! Soon thought that this was a collective premeditated forced palace, and asserted that there was someone behind him who was "united in the heart, colluding inside and outside" to force him to abdicate! pointed the finger at Lu Fang and the cabinet, who had already left Beijing, and even at King Yu! A political tide that has affected the root of the Ming Dynasty is about to change between elbows and armpits!

After a round of eye contact, Xu Jie saw that everyone was ready to fight to the death. As Shousuke, he couldn't let the situation deteriorate beyond control, and all the troubles poured out of his pleading eyes. He could not hesitate any longer, arched his hands in front of his chest, circled half a circle of his colleagues, tried his best to stop everyone's excitement, and then turned around, lifted his robe, and walked towards the door of the main hall.

"Begin to play the Emperor!" Zhao Zhenji suddenly shouted behind Xu Jie, and then strode over to block Xu Jie, and said loudly inside, "Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, has a book of Chen Song!" ”

This was a big surprise, and all eyes were on Zhao Zhenji.

Xu Jie was also shocked by his unexpected action and looked at him deeply.

Zhao Zhenji also looked back at his mentor deeply, gave him a deep bow, and then turned around and walked into the main hall alone.

"Good! Good! Jiajing no longer looked at Huang Jin, and looked outside the door of the house, "Finally, someone is willing to admit it." Chen Hong. ”

"The minions are here." Chen Hong replied loudly.

Jiajing: "Call him in." ”

"Yes." Chen Hong turned to the door and shouted, "Zhao Zhenji come in!" ”

Zhao Zhenji's figure soon appeared outside the door of the Jingshe and knelt down.

Jiajing looked at him closely: "'Four Virtues Henry Yuan'." There are four people in the cabinet, and I know that I can't miss the word 'chastity'. Zhao Zhenji, I didn't mistake you, come in and tell me what I need to say. ”

"Yes." Zhao Zhenji kowtowed outside the door, stood up and walked into the fine house, kneeling on the ground three feet away from Jiajing.

Jiajing: "Say it." ”

Zhao Zhenji raised his head: "The minister has the courage to beg Your Majesty, can you show the minister the congratulatory note written by Hai Rui first." ”

Jiajing's gaze, which was full of tenderness just now, turned upside down at this time, and the figure of Zhao Zhenji kneeling in front of him also turned back with his gaze at this time, and the voice that was very soft just now immediately turned into a wind blowing out of a deep hole: "'He watch? 'You're still saying that Hai Jui wrote a greeting sheet?' ”

It was the first time for Jiajing to see such a gaze at Zhao Zhenji, and it was the first time he heard such a voice, as if he had been thrown into a bottomless abyss all at once, and he only felt that his heart had been sinking. Finally, he remembered that when he came in, he "put his death and came back to life" and made a bet with the king for eternity! Gritting his teeth and fixing his mind, he didn't look at Jiajing, but looked at the pieces scattered around him, simply threw away his fear, and said loudly: "The minister once again dared to beg Your Majesty to show the minister what Hai Rui wrote." ”

Jiajing was a little surprised to see that he was not stopped by his gaze and voice that could repeatedly subdue all the demons, and that gaze also smoothed over again, staring at Zhao Zhenji: "You want to say that you didn't know anything about this thing written by Hai Rui in advance?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "The minister replied to Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know. ”

Jiajing looked at Chen Hong and smiled, the kind of eerie smile looking for tacit understanding: "See?" One is more powerful than the other, first wash yourself clean, and then come to fight with me. Zhao Zhenji, don't you hear that the demon is one foot tall and one foot high? ”

Zhao Zhenji lowered his head deeply: "The minister is stupid, I don't know what the saint is referring to, please make it clear to the saint." ”

Jiajing: "Okay! Then I made it clear that you are the head of the household department, which department is Hai Rui? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Echoing Your Majesty, Hai Rui is the head of the household department in charge of the minister. ”

Jiajing: "Who brought this thing from Hai Rui?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Your Majesty, the minister personally went to his house to get it." ”

Jiajing: "Who told you to get it?" ”

Zhao Zhenji was stunned by this question and did not reply immediately.

Jiajing: "Dumb? Don't dare to name the person behind you? ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Echoing Your Majesty, it was Xu Ge Lao who asked the minister to urge him to get the congratulatory watch." It was outside the main hall that he called his ministers to get the congratulatory watch in front of the people. ”

"What a sharp mouth, and it is said to be a congratulatory watch." Jiajing looked at Chen Hong again and sneered.

Chen Hong continued: "Zhao Zhenji, if he is a hero and a hero, he dares to do it." Your little head of the household knows that the coffin is ready, but you, the court official, are not as good as him? ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at Chen Hong, Chen Hong was staring at him gloomily, and he stared at Chen Hong without showing weakness.

Jiajing looked coldly at Chen Hong and Zhao Zhenji's two pairs of eyes that were forced to look at each other, knowing that today's battle was full of bows and strings, his anger was slowly suppressed, and his fighting spirit was even more aroused, and he said coldly: "Zhao Zhenji, you were stopped by Chen Hong?" ”

Zhao Zhenji turned to look at Jiajing: "Echoing the saint, the minister was not asked by Gonggong Chen, but the minister disdained to answer Gonggong Chen's rebellious words. ”

"Master!" Chen Hong almost jumped up, "Hai Rui was instructed by this Zhao Zhenji, as for who is behind Zhao Zhenji, the master handed him over to the minion, and the slave had a way to make him speak." ”

That's what you need to do! Just waited for Jiajing to answer, and the prison immediately rose.

Outside the temple gate, the ministers were still standing stiffly, but they all closed their eyes.

Chen Hong held back his strength and waited for Jiajing's order, but Jiajing was silent at this time, just staring at Zhao Zhenji who was kneeling in front of him.

Zhao Zhenji showed a rare concentration at this time, holding his hands on the ground and motionless.

The more Jiajing became more gloomy at this time, and glanced at Chen Hong: "Don't you want to listen to how he says that you are a big rebel?" ”

"Yes." Chen Hong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, turned to Zhao Zhenji and shouted, "Say!" ”

Zhao Zhenji raised his head again and looked at Jiajing deeply: "Yes!" Hai Rui is a subordinate of the minister, and he deceives the king, which is equivalent to the minister bullying the king, and this minister is guilty. This thing written by Hai Rui was personally used by the minister to present the sacred, and the presenter and the writer were guilty of the same crime, and this minister was guilty of the second crime. What a rebellious statement Hai Jui presented, whether the minister knows it or not, and it is impossible to escape the blame for these two crimes. Since Hai Rui has prepared a coffin and is willing to ambush, the minister is just willing to ambush and punish him with a coffin. Chen Gonggong asked the minister if he was a hero, and the minister replied to Chen Gonggong's words, since Hai Rui was arrogant and offended, why did Chen Gonggong call him a hero? Hai Rui is not a hero, why is Gonggong Chen also a hero? Chen Gonggong's words were originally rebellious. I beg Your Majesty to order Gonggong Chen to retract this statement! The ministers can have a speech. ”

Huang Jin, who had been lying there with his head down, raised his head suddenly at this time, and looked at Zhao Zhenji with undisguised appreciation.

Jiajing looked at Huang Jin with a smile: "Admire?" I was thinking in my heart, this is called a real hero, right? After saying this, he turned to look at Chen Hong again: "Chen Hong, you have eyesight, that Hai Rui is a hero, and this Zhao Zhenji is also a hero." Not only are you not wrong, but you are absolutely right. Extremely right! Extremely right! Extremely right! ”

Zhao Zhenji's eyes slowly flashed with despair from the moment he came in, but he still looked at Jiajing and didn't move.

Jiajing looked at him again: "You don't know, I like heroes all my life!" Including your mentor, your backer, your comrade, whether you are a hero or a hero, stand up. I love it all! ”

"The minister is not a hero! Not even anyone's comrades! Zhao Zhenji knew that not only his own net worth, but also the net worth and lives of bigger and more people were hanging in the line of his current reply, so he gritted his teeth and straightened his body, "The minister is a jinshi of Jiajing for twenty-one years, and he is a protégé of the Son of Heaven, if you want to say that His Majesty is the teacher's teacher!" Twenty-four years ago, the minister was appointed as an inspector from the Hanlin Academy, and then he was promoted to a waiter, a governor, a secretary of the household department, and until he was promoted to the cabinet two months ago. If you want to talk about the same party, the minister is only His Majesty's minister's party! If the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers, and what His Majesty said is not the way of the king's ministers. I beg Your Majesty to take it back! ”

Zhao Zhenji said these words desperately, so that Lang Lang's voice echoed in the main hall for a long time!

The voice also filled Jiajing's ears, and a blank suddenly appeared in his mind. What's going on today? He sat on the futon in a daze, staring at the light of countless lanterns on the temple floor outside the window opposite the ashram in a daze. And the ministers standing on the stone steps were obviously shocked by Zhao Zhenji's protest in the hall today, and all their eyes flashed with excitement, even the high arch that had never been very optimistic about Zhao Zhenji was excited by the voice from the hall!

Xu Jie was already in tears again, after all, he was old, after listening to Zhao Zhenji's fierce performance, his body felt soft, and the high arch standing beside him helped him, although Xu Jie was supported by him, he had already taken the lead and knelt down.

The ministers who stood on the stone steps knelt down again.

All eyes were still looking at the Jingsha with hope and could not be seen, and all the ears were erected to listen to whether Zhao Zhenji below could play the words of resurrection.

Jiajing slowly retracted his gaze looking out of the window, that gaze had never been so dazed, never so isolated and helpless, and slowly moved to look at Zhao Zhenji who was lying in front of him, and then turned to look at Chen Hong: "Chen Hong." ”

Chen Hong: "Back to the master, the slave is here." ”

Jiajing: "This Zhao Zhenji must ask you to retract that sentence, and if I want to retract that sentence, will you take it back?" ”

Chen Hong: "Back to the master, the slave will never take it back!" Today's incident is not only unprecedented in our Ming Dynasty since Emperor Taizu Gao, but also unprecedented in all dynasties. This Zhao Zhenji is clearly clever and loyal! I beg my master not to be deceived by him, let alone by the people behind him. That Hai Rui has to be arrested immediately, and this Zhao Zhenji has to be arrested immediately! Anyone who usually has dealings with Hai Jui must be arrested! Investigate thoroughly, thoroughly! ”

Jiajing looked at Chen Hong deeply: "Who will check?" Who are you checking? ”

Chen Hong: "Slaves come to investigate, and whoever is involved will be investigated!" ”

Jiajing stopped looking at him, and turned to Zhao Zhenji: "Zhao Zhenji, Chen Hong's words shouldn't be a big rebellion, right?" ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Since the saint has listened to Gonggong Chen's words, the minister will go to the edict now." ”

"I won't listen to anyone!" Jiajing roared inexplicably again, "It's too early for you to go to the edict!" Didn't you just say that it was my protégé? Is it my minister? Yes or no, I won't recognize you now or deny you, I will recognize you as a hero, and I will never take back this sentence! Let the hero check the hero, and the hero will check the hero! Speaking of this, he suddenly felt short of breath, and he also felt that there were many shadows shaking in his head, and he muttered to himself: "Heroes go check heroes...... The heroes go to check the heroes...... Chen Hong......"

Chen Hong was a little stunned, and he should have hesitated a little in this sentence: "The slave is here." ”

Jiajing: "You one, Zhao Zhenji one, the Criminal Department one, the Metropolitan Procuratorate one, Dali Temple one, the Criminal Division one, the Zhenfu Division one......" said that his eyes were straight and he thought: "Chaotianguan one...... Xuandu view a ...... Go check that Hai Jui, go check his fellow party ......"

Chaotianguan and Xuandu Guan, isn't this crazy? This time, not only Chen Hong, but even Zhao Zhenji and Huang Jin saw Jiajing's strange appearance, and the three pairs of eyes followed him.

"Long live the master." Chen Hong couldn't speak anymore, "Who did the minions start with?" Who to catch first? ”

Jiajing's eyes were still there, as if he was answering Chen Hong's words, and as if he was talking to himself: "Who to check ...... and who to arrest...... Lv Fang. Suddenly, he looked at Huang Jin.

"Master!" Huang Jin cried out, leaned over on his knees, and supported Jiajing.

Jiajing's eyes were still looking at him: "You say, who to start with...... Who to catch first......"

"Master!" Chen Hong saw that Jiajing was already a little crazy, so he hurriedly ran over, helped him, and shouted to remind, "He's not Lu Fang!" Lu Fang is a traitor! Make your will, Master! ”

Jiajing already closed his eyes tightly, his teeth clenched, and he looked like he was about to fall.

Huang Jin stood up abruptly and hugged Jiajing from behind.

Zhao Zhenji had already stood up and helped Jiajing from the side.

Chen Hong still shouted loudly: "Master! Master! You've got to make up your mind! ”

"Chen Hong!" Huang Jin roared out loudly with tears on his face, "You're still not human!" You should check it, do you still want to force the master to death! Come! Come on! Pass on the doctor, pass on the doctor! ”

"Doctor Legend! Tell the Imperial Doctor! The two eunuchs on duty in the main hall rushed out while shouting.

"Elder Li Ge, Su Qing!" Xu Jie shouted hurriedly and stood up.

Gao Gong also stood up immediately, and Li Chunfang crawled to his feet.

The other six officials of the Jiuqing Department were still kneeling there looking at the three of them in confusion.

Xu Jie: "Let's go in!" ”

Gao Gong took the lead in entering the palace gate with Xu Jie, and Li Chunfang staggered to follow the palace gate.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Jie shouted, couldn't take care of it anymore, and led Gao Gong and Li Chunfang into the fine house.

Huang Jin was holding Jiajing in the back, and Chen Hong and Zhao Zhenji were holding Jiajing one by one.

Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong all approached the futon, knelt down in front of the futon, and looked up at Jiajing.

At this time, Jiajing's eyes opened, his eyes were red, and his face was also red, it turned out that he had used decades of luck just now, and lifted that breath from the dantian again, feeling that the three hands were supporting him, and saw Xu Jie's three people running into the Jingshe without following the order, and roared: "Let go!" ”

Chen Hong was the first to let go of his hand, and immediately shouted to Zhao Zhenji: "Let go!" ”

Zhao Zhenji hurriedly let go of his hand and knelt down again in place.

Only Huang Jin was still holding Jiajing behind him.

Jiajing: "Chen Hong." ”

"Master, the slave is here." Chen Hong replied urgently.

Jiajing: "First arrest this slave behind me." ”

"Yes!" Chen Hong replied loudly and shouted to the outside, "Someone! ”

The eunuchs on duty in the two halls immediately rushed in.

Chen Hong: "Take Huang Jin and put him in the celebrant first!" ”

The two eunuchs on duty answered, walked towards Huang Jin, and stood beside him.

Huang Jin slowly let go of Jiajing's hand, walked in front of him, knelt down and kowtowed, stood up and walked out.

Two eunuchs on duty followed him and walked out.

"Xu Jie." Jiajing's gaze was fixed on Xu Jie's three people.

Xu Jie: "Your Majesty, the ministers are here." ”

Jiajing: "Who called you in?" Do you want to come to the palace? ”

Xu Jie fell down, and Li Chunfang and Gao Gong both fell down. Zhao Zhenji also fell down on one side.

Jiajing: "It's Hai Jui's comrades who have to run away now, and if they are not from the same party, they will all go to the cabinet to be on duty." Waiting to be checked! ”

Xu Jie slowly stood up, Li Chunfang and Gao Gong slowly stood up, and Zhao Zhenji hesitated and also stood up.

"Stop." Jiajing's gaze stabbed at Zhao Zhenji, "You have become a hero, do you want to leave too?" ”

Zhao Zhenji knelt back again: "The minister waits for the order." ”

Jiajing: "I don't have a will to give it to you again, listen to Chen Hong." After saying this, he looked at Xu Jie's three people with disdain: "Go out!" ”

Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong turned around and walked out.

Chen Hong looked at Jiajing.

Jiajing: "With this book written by that brute, who should be investigated, who should be arrested, who should be tried, and how to be tried, you know in your heart." ”

"Minions understand!" Chen Hong knelt down, picked up the Hai Rui notebook that Jiajing threw on the ground, kowtowed and stood up. Then he looked at Zhao Zhenji: "Hero, come with me!" ”

Zhao Zhenji also kowtowed to Jiajing and stood up.

The torches were swaying, and it was the middle of the night. The people who came were all the eunuchs of the Da Nei Criminal Division, and no one from the Jinyi Guard of the Suppression Division came.

A pair of feet wearing spiked boots were like iron hooves, stepping in densely through the open door of the Haijia Cave, and the small courtyard was trembling by those feet!

Crowding into the courtyard, many eunuchs divided into two roads, all the way to the west wing, and all the way to the kitchen and firewood house in the east!

The leader of the eunuchs led a group of eunuchs to the north main house.

The head of the eunuch rushed to the north door and stopped.

The group of eunuchs who followed him also stopped suddenly.

The door of the main room was open, and a chair was placed in front of the square table, and Hai Jui sat on top of the chair. Behind him was a white wooden coffin!

The head of the eunuch stared at Hai Rui, who was sitting in the middle of the north room: "Is Hai Rui, the head of the Household Clearance Division?" ”

Hai Rui stood up: "I am." ”

"Locked!" The head of the eunuch bowed his head.

Two eunuchs with shackles and handcuffs rushed in at once.

Hai Jui stood there motionless.

The ring-shaped iron chain first wrapped around Hai Rui's neck, and then tightened, and a copper lock clasped his neck and locked it with a click! At the lower end of the chain were the handcuffs, which quickly cuffed Hai Rui's hands and locked them with a click!

Another eunuch squatted down and put one ring shackle on Hai Rui's left foot, and then another ring shackle on Hai Rui's right foot, the chains between the two shackles were less than five inches apart, and they were also locked with a large click.

This set of shackles and handcuffs is the famous "tiger and wolf set", which was originally used to deal with Jiangyang thieves in the criminal department and the yamen of various provincial capitals and counties. But the Criminal Department and the Suppression Department used it to lock the emperor's angry officials, and the name was also changed, called "Jin Bu Shao": first, because the whole body was covered with chains from head to toe, and every step was ringing; The second is because the hands and feet are all handcuffed together, and the two shackles are held by chains and can only move step by step, and they walk like a woman's golden lotus broken steps, so they take this elegant name. The intention is very shady, that is, to insult those civil officials who claim to be clear-streamed, such as the "Four Edicts of Yuezhong" and "Seven Sons of Shaoxing" back then, all of which are on this set of torture instruments.

"Take it away!" The first order of the eunuch was given.

And the two eunuchs went and pulled the chains.

"Wait!" The head of the eunuch hurriedly shouted, "Don't hurt a single hair, check the background!" ”

"Yes." The two eunuchs loosened their chains, and could only let Hai Rui slowly move towards the outside of the house.

"Search! Search carefully! The head of the eunuch shouted again.

The other eunuchs swarmed in, a few rushed into the east bedroom, a few into the west study, and a few went straight to the coffin, knocking the coffin lid to the ground, and even checked the coffin.

Inside the coffin were neatly stacked Hai Rui's six-rank official uniform and the six-rank official hat on the official uniform. One eunuch grabbed the official hat, and the other eunuch grabbed the official uniform, and both of them shook at the same time, and there was nothing. Looking into the coffin again, it was empty!

Because of the order, the eunuchs who brought Hai Rui to torture were not easy to move, so they had to be patient and follow him, watching him slowly move out with chains, and when he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he was blocked by a high threshold.

Those eunuchs who raised the punishment did not move or help him, and hated that it was a day of great joy in the palace, and everyone should be rewarded by the emperor, but because of this, they smashed all of them with a hammer, and they had to come to this drudgery in the middle of the night, so they stood on the side one by one and watched, to see him climb over the threshold.

Hai Rui hadn't looked at these people from the moment he locked it, and when he stood in front of the threshold and looked down, he saw that the torches were shining and there were feet in spikes in front of him and behind him, but no one came to help him cross the threshold.

"Want to go over? Get down on your knees and crawl over! The voice of a tortured eunuch shouted beside him.

Hai Rui didn't hear it, slowly turned around, turned his back to the courtyard door, grabbed the iron chain and sat down on the threshold, then raised his feet and moved his body to move his feet out of the threshold, and grabbed the iron chain and slowly stood up by himself.

The eunuchs glanced at each other, but they showed some appreciation for his trick.

Hai Rui saw the prisoner cart by the door and walked straight towards the prisoner cart.

The prisoner carts of the Criminal Investigation Division were all sealed, and only one door was installed at the back of the car, and at this time the door was open, and Hai Rui walked to the door at the back of the prisoner cart and stood there.

At this time, two eunuchs came to help, and one lifted him up and put him in the prisoner's car.

Then the door of the prisoner's car slammed shut from the outside, and then clicked and locked.

The lanterns and torches were lit all over the compound outside the celebrant guard's room, and the leaders of the two divisions were urgently summoned, kneeling on both sides of the courtyard on one leg.

Chen Hongang stood at the door of the duty room, Zhao Zhenji stood on his left with his head bowed, and the other three eunuchs stood on either side of them. A servant of the Criminal Department, a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and a deputy Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were urgently summoned by the order to assist in the case were one level lower than them, and stood at the bottom of the stone steps of the door of the duty room with their heads bowed.

The sky was about to dawn, and there was a dead silence, except for the crackling of torches in the night wind.

Chen Hongbian remained silent again, and he didn't know what he was waiting for. The others stood and knelt, and felt that the night did not know when it would be dawn.

A sound of footsteps shattered the silence, and the eunuch who took the lead in arresting Hai Rui rushed in, and went straight to Chen Hong and knelt down: "Ancestor, Hai Rui has been arrested!" ”

"Good!" Chen Hong opened his voice at this time, looking at the head of the eunuch who was sentenced, "Accompany Lord Zhao, a hero, and immediately try that hero!" If you ask or answer, don't leave a word behind, remember it all for me! ”

"Yes!" The head of the eunuch stood up and looked at Zhao Zhenji, "Lord Zhao, please." ”

Zhao Zhenji had a gloomy face and followed the eunuch who raised the punishment and walked out.

Only then did Chen Hong begin to distribute everyone: "Listen, the court has a big case of rebellion!" ”

The kneeling heads were raised in astonishment, and they all looked at him.

Chen Hong: "The head of a household is going to force the emperor to abdicate!" As for who he is behind his back, they all have to be found out. As the saying goes, no internal thief cannot attract external thieves, and some people are by our side, by the emperor's side. Now let's start with us. Bring that minion surnamed Huang in! ”

There was an immediate roar outside the hospital, and all eyes turned away.

At this time, Huang Jin had been handcuffed, and was escorted in by two eunuchs who were brought in to the stone road in the courtyard, standing there facing Chen Hong.

All the people almost couldn't believe their eyes, how could this Huang Gonggong be a thief? How could he force the emperor to abdicate? It's incredible!

Chen Hong's gaze stabbed at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin was originally a stupid, straightforward and very stubborn person, and at this time he was entangled in chains, still holding his head high, and did not look at Chen Hong.

Chen Hong smiled: "Do you still think that you are the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, standing there, waiting for the approval of the red?" Kick the leg and get him on his knees! ”

Huang Jin was naturally Chen Hong's henchman, and at this time, the two kicked Huang Jin's leg and wrist at the same time, Huang Jin was kicked to his knees, and he straightened up again, still holding his head high.

Chen Hong was furious: "Your head is so high, do you want to see the stars in the sky?" Praise his mouth, let him see more stars! ”

One of the eunuchs who held him aside, one picked up his left palm, and the other picked up his right palm, and jerked it at Huang Jin's face!

Huang Jin was still stiff at first, then he saw that his eyes were full of Venus, and then it was pitch black, and finally he fell.

The people kneeling all over the courtyard, as well as the three celebrant eunuchs standing under the eaves, some lowered their heads, and some closed their eyes.

"Hold it up!" Chen Hong shouted again.

The two eunuchs pulled up Huang Jin one by one, and Huang Jin's head hung softly on his chest, and he was dragged to his knees.

"Wake him up and let him identify with the party!" Chen Hong shouted again.

Cold water was always available, and at this time, another eunuch carried a bucket of water and threw it at Huang Jin.

Huang Jin trembled all over, woke up from the darkness again, and tried his best to open his eyes, but found that his eyes could not be opened, there was only a line, and he could only see the light that was vague, and his face was already swollen.

Chen Hong stared at him fiercely: "It doesn't work to be righteous or not, if you don't want to implicate more people, point out a few fellow party!" ”

Huang Jin took a breath and opened his mouth to spit at Chen Hong: "Phew! ”

The mouthful of blood only fell in front of Chen Hong's feet.

The people all over the courtyard looked at Chen Hong, and the light of the lantern torch illuminated those eyes into a little firelight.

Chen Hong was silent, closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then opened them again, slowly scanning the shining eyes in the courtyard: "I know that many of you who came early and came late have received the favor of Lu Fang, and you are still thinking about the benefits of that old ancestor in your hearts. But there is one thing you have to figure out, if Lu Fang was such a good person, he would not betray his master, Long Live Lord. For those of us, we must first speak of loyalty, and second, we must speak of righteousness. I, Chen Hong, have been in the palace for decades, and I have never been ambiguous about this. Today, I still have this heart, first of all, I must be loyal to the master, and then I will protect what I can. Who told Lu Fang to take care of you for decades? Many of you people are involuntarily, as long as you still have the word 'loyalty' to your master, I will not blame the past. can be like this Huang Jin, who regards Lu Fang as taller than the master, and heavier than the master, and is heavier than the master, this is unforgivable! The way he pretended to be a righteous man, I, Chen Hong, were ten times stronger than him, a hundred times stronger! Here I said, the twenty-four yamen in the palace, plus a pacification department, in the past, was related to Lu Fang, I only arrested one person, this Huang Jin! As long as the others repent, no longer read that Lu Fang, and no longer follow this Huang Jin, I will protect it! But there are still two that I can't protect, because these two people are related to that Hai Rui! Zhu Qi, Qi Dazhu. ”

Zhu Qi and Qi Dazhu were still kneeling in the first row of the crowd on the right, and they had already stood up at this time.

Chen Hong: "Hai Rui is the first person to rebel in the past, why do you want to rivet with him?" ”

Qi Dazhu wanted to answer, but Zhu Qi pressed him with his hand and replied loudly: "Gonggong Chen doesn't need to ask anything, give us the torture tools!" ”

Chen Hong shook his head, and two more henchmen came over with handcuffs and silently handcuffed Zhu Qi and Qi Dazhu.

Chen Hong: "People with steel and iron bones, don't beat them, it's useless to beat." Let them find out for themselves and tell the story. ”

Zhu Qi and Qi Dazhu were also escorted out of the courtyard.

"Now it's your turn." Chen Hong looked at the squire of the Criminal Department standing under the stone steps, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, "The emperor has a decree, Xu Ge Lao and the cabinet members, as well as the officials of the six ministries and Jiuqing, are all waiting in the cabinet at the moment, you go, ask them to write their own defenses, write those related to Hai Rui, and write those that have nothing to do with Hai Rui." Don't wronged a good person, and don't let go of a traitor. ”

The three men immediately looked embarrassed and stunned.

Chen Hong: "I know this messenger is embarrassing for you. A squire of the Criminal Department, a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and a deputy capital of Yushi, they are all your bosses in terms of official positions. But you have to think in your hearts that you understand. Now, you are on an errand, and until you find out, they are nothing. The word 'loyalty' is the first word, and no one can move your future. Sell favors and leave a way back, then there is no way back. Hear me clearly? ”

The three of them replied in unison, "The lowly ones understand. ”

Chen Hong: "Go ahead." ”

The three men walked towards the courtyard gate as if they were stepping on cotton.

"Gonggong Shi, Gonggong Meng, Gonggong Bian!" Chen Hong looked at the other three eunuchs.

"The subordinates are here." The three of them bowed their heads and whispered.

Chen Hong raised his voice: "Gather the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Nine Cities of Shuntian Mansion to be under martial law!" Before that Hai Rui confessed, not a single official was allowed to go out! ”

Beizhen Fusi Edict Prison was known as the first prison in the world at that time! The four stone walls, the stone face on the ground, and the stone slabs on the top are all paved with granite of one color. The prison is deep and the ground is one foot deeper, there is no sunlight all year round, it is as dry as Beijing, and it is common to be damp, and people are locked in it, even if they do not move to punishment, they will inevitably be weak and sick for a long time.

The people of the Criminal Division watched, the lantern was carried, and Zhao Zhenji was led down the stone steps of the edict by them, only to see that the stone road inside was deep, and only the oil lamp on the wall was dim.

Zhao Zhenji's face was even more gloomy than this dark prison at this time, turning a stone path and turning to another stone path, his face became more and more gloomy.

There is a saying in Buddhism: "Those who are far away are the cause, and those who are near are the cause." "This Zhao Zhenji and Hai Rui can be said to have both distant and proximate causes. In Zhejiang to investigate and deal with the case of changing rice to mulberry, Hai Rui, who was the magistrate of the county at the time, repeatedly disobeyed orders, making Zhao Zhenji, who was the governor, feel disgusted but helpless. Successively transferred to Beijing, Hai Rui was in charge of Zhao Zhenji's household department of Ren Shangshu, and he was safe and sound for the first few months, but he was thundered overnight, and the whole dynasty was shaken! The first person to be implicated was his own top boss, and Zhao Zhenji's anger can be imagined!

The eunuch and the jailer of the Jinyi guard finally led Zhao Zhenji to a very deep cell door and stood still.

There was no light in the cell, and the light of the lantern outside the cell door spilled in, and only a shadow could be seen that Hai Rui was still wearing shackles and handcuffs, sitting on the scattered straw on the ground, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Zhao Zhenji's eyes immediately shot a deep evil light: "When it comes to the torture room, I will interrogate him carefully." ”

"That's not going to happen." The head of the eunuch who accompanied him replied gloomily, "I have said hello from above, and I can't move the punishment, so I will try him here." ”

Zhao Zhenji was angry: "Tell me to try him in such a place?" ”

The head of the eunuch was punished: "We don't want to." But this is the meaning of the above, Lord Zhao is interrogating inside, and we are recording outside. ”

Zhao Zhenji swallowed that breath back: "Open the prison door." ”

The cell door opened, and Zhao Zhenji just walked in, only to hear the cell door behind him immediately slam shut, and when he looked back, he saw that it was locked again.

"What for?" Zhao Zhenji angrily asked the eunuch outside the door, "Even lock me up?" ”

The head of the eunuch was mentioned: "The meaning of the above, not a word can be leaked out if you ask." After Lord Zhao asked, we will naturally unlock the lock to let you grow old. ”

Zhao Zhenji couldn't hold his breath home, closed his eyes tightly, opened them and swept the cell again, except for the grass on the ground, there was no stool, and it seemed that he had to stand and ask the case.

Outside the prison door, someone immediately brought a low table, a small tiger stool, on which there was a pen and ink inkstone, and the head of the eunuch sat down in front of the low table: "Lord Zhao, ask about the case." ”

"Hai Jui!" Zhao Zhenji's roar roared out of anger.

Hai Rui listened to those people's questions and answers just now, and didn't open his eyes until then, and then slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Zhenji.

Hai Rui: "It's a lowly position. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "You did a good job!" ”

Hai Jui was silent.

"Talk back!" Zhao Zhenji roared.

Hai Rui replied slowly: "My words are written in the song. Lord Zhao can go and see the music. ”

Zhao Zhenji hadn't seen the song again, and he was even more angry and anxious: "What did you write in the song?" Who told you to write! Recruit from the truth! ”

Hai Rui looked at him: "Lord Zhao came to interrogate the lowly position, but the emperor did not show the lowly performance to Lord Zhao?" ”

Although Zhao Zhenji was extremely angry, he immediately caught this conversation as an opportunity to wash himself, and said loudly with a strong voice: "The words of rebellion, can those of us who are courtiers see it?" After saying that, he deliberately stopped there and waited outside the cell door to record his words.

Outside the prison door, the head of the eunuch was recorded there quickly.

The mind is different, but the intention is the same, Zhao Zhenji wants to try his best to argue that he and the ministers of the court have nothing to do with Hai Rui, and Hai Rui is also trying to let the emperor understand that his superiors have nothing to do with anyone. Both men waited in silence outside the cell door to finish the sentence.

Hai Rui said again: "Since Lord Zhao doesn't even know what is written in the transcript of the lowly position, how can he know that the words written in the lowly position are words of rebellion? ”

Zhao Zhenji was really asked, and there was no need to pretend to be silent this time, in this moment of silence, waiting for the moment of recording this sentence outside the prison door, he felt that this Hai Rui did not want to implicate others. With this feeling, Zhao Zhenji, who was as smart as Zhao Zhenji, immediately had an idea, that is, to let go and chase Hai Rui, and he would not confess to anyone anyway.

"Hai Jui!" Zhao Zhenji waited outside the cell door to record the above sentence, and then asked, "Why did you go to this sparseness?" ”

Hai Rui: "It is the duty of a minister. ”

Zhao Zhenji: "What kind of rebellious words are written in your recital?" ”

Hai Rui: "If there is any big rebellion, the emperor knows, you can ask the emperor." ”

"I'm asking you now!" Zhao Zhenji raised his voice, "I'm asking you now!" ”

Hai Rui: "My recital is written for the emperor. If the emperor is willing to make it public to all the ministers, he will show it to you. The emperor does not want to make public the ministers, and I can't say anything to anyone. ”

Zhao Zhenji slowly turned his head and looked at the eunuch who was sitting outside the prison door to make records, the look in his eyes was very clear, he couldn't interrogate this case.

Helplessly, the eunuch lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, only holding a pen and waiting for the record.

Zhao Zhenji couldn't, so he turned to Hai Rui and asked, "Then let me ask you again, who instructed you to write this recital?" ”

After asking this, Zhao Zhenji himself was nervous first, and the eunuch outside the prison door also raised his head, obviously a little nervous.

Hai Rui didn't reply at this time, and slowly closed his eyes.

Zhao Zhenji: "Reply! ”

Hai Rui still closed his eyes: "Does Lord Zhao usually need someone to instruct him?" ”

"What do you mean, bluntly reply." Zhao Zhenji then asked.

Hai Rui: "No need to ask, the humble position is clearly written in the recital to the emperor, and the first sentence is 'Hai Rui, the chief minister of the Yunnan Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Households'." Except for Hai Jui, this piece has nothing to do with anyone. ”

Zhao Zhenji looked deeply at this subordinate who he usually hated, and saw that he was still sitting upright like a mountain in shackles, his eyes slightly closed but calm, and at this time, he couldn't help but feel a trace of respect from the bottom of his heart.

Obviously, he couldn't ask any more questions, Zhao Zhenji slowly turned around again, but found that the head of the eunuch outside the prison door had taken the initiative to lock the prison door, looking like he was waiting for him to come out.

Zhao Zhenji was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to go out in a hurry, and looked at the head of the eunuch: "Father-in-law heard it?" ”

The head of the eunuch who was punished: "It's all written." ”

Zhao Zhenji: "Then I won't try it today?" ”

The head of the eunuch was sentenced: "What can be tried if it can't be tried?" ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at the head of the eunuch in disbelief and slowly walked out of the prison door.

The cell door was slammed shut again.

Hai Rui's recital unfolded at this time, and it was impressively placed on King Yu's bookcase!

Chen Hong lowered his head slightly, standing on the side of the bookcase, and quietly looked at King Yu, who was staring at Song Shu. He was also a little surprised, in the face of such a big thing today, King Yu, who usually makes people feel weak, did not see a trace of panic, but stood firmly with deep eyes.

"Lord Wang." Chen Hong called tentatively in a low voice.

Only then did King Yu slowly glance at him.

Chen Hong lowered his head: "Long live the lord has a decree to ask the slave to ask the prince, and after watching this song, how the prince replied." ”

King Yu looked upwards with his eyes in vain: "I heard the truthful reply: this person dares to insult his father so wildly, as a son, I will kill this person!" ”

Chen Hong raised his head, his eyes full of relief: "The slave must reply truthfully......"

"I'm not done yet." King Yu cut him off, "But as the descendant of the ancestors and the ancestors, if I can inherit the unification, I will reuse this person!" ”

"Lord Wang!" Chen Hong trembled with fright by this sentence, and knelt down on his legs, "The slave begs the prince to take back this last sentence!" ”

"Not retracted. I will never take it back. At this time, King Yu also had the stubbornness inherited from his father's bloodline, and said firmly, "I know that my father is suspicious of me instructing this person, and I suspect that I am going to force my father to abdicate." I am writing this chapter, and I beg my father to send my prince away, whether it is for the common people, or for me to commit suicide, and I will do it immediately. ”

After saying this, Yuwang immediately picked up his pen and spread out the blank chapter and started writing.

"Lord Wang! Rajah! Chen Hong knelt there and shouted twice, and when he saw that King Yu was still flying like a pen, he knelt over, grabbed King Yu's wrist with both hands, and shouted: "Lord Wang! ”

Yuwang's hand was grabbed and he looked at him coldly.

Chen Hong still grabbed his hand and raised his head: "Does the prince want to kill the ancestors and ancestors?" ”

King Yu: "The ancestors and ancestors are already going to die in the hands of you people, is it my turn to go to the country?" ”

"What the prince said includes minions?" Chen Hong looked at King Yu with frightened eyes.

Yuwang did not answer.

Chen Hong slowly let go of King Yu's hand, turned his head to look at the sword offered on a rosewood table, stood up and walked over, held the sword with both hands and knelt down in front of King Yu: "If the prince looks at the slave like this, give the slave death now!" He raised his sword high with both hands.

King Yu sneered: "The cabinet ministers and the six ministers and the nine secretaries of the palace are all confined in the Xiyuan duty room by you, and the Ming Dynasty has been paralyzed, except for the emperor, just count you, how can I kill you!" ”

"The prince has wrongfully killed the slave...... Chen Hong's hand in raising his sword softened, and he suddenly cried loudly when he lay on the ground.

King Yu no longer looked at him, nor did he write a notebook, and looked ahead with empty eyes.

Chen Hong cried for a while, closed his voice, and looked at King Yu again: "Since the prince has identified the slave in this way, the slave will not die today, will not die tomorrow, and one day there will be no place to die." The one who is going to die, I beg the prince to let the slave say a few words. ”

Yuwang: "What are you going to say, who can stop you." ”

Chen Hong wiped a handful of tears: "Then the slave said." Lord Wang, please think about it, don't say that the emperor is such a fierce person, from ancient times to the present, which emperor in the stall can bear it when he sees Hai Rui's performance? As King Qin said, the Son of Heaven was angry and bled for thousands of miles, and tonight there was a sudden incident that stabbed the sky, and the prince told the slave, what should the slave do? ”

Yuwang slowly looked at him.

Chen Hong: "The first thing that a slave can do is to dissipate his anger for the emperor, and everything must be done to dissipate the emperor's anger, so that it will not be out of control." ”

"Locking up all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can make the emperor angry?" Yuwang's tone was already a little softer.

Chen Hong: "Only when you dissipate your anger can you slowly release the emperor's suspicions." The slave has served the emperor for thirty years, and he can be regarded as someone who knows the emperor. Once the emperor becomes suspicious, not only will many of the ministers be implicated, but the prince will also be implicated. The slave also did this in order to slowly dispel the emperor's suspicions. Lord Wang, please think about it, why did the slave instigate the emperor to let Zhao Zhenji go to interrogate Hai Rui? Zhao Zhenji is a student of Xu Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao is the master of the prince, and Hai Rui is Zhao Zhenji's subordinate. If Zhao Zhenji does not remove the suspicion, everyone will be suspicious. The slave is so painstaking, can't the prince see it! ”

These words touched Yuwang's heart, and he began to re-examine the person kneeling in front of him.

Chen Hong wiped away a handful of tears again: "The prince said that the slave confined the Manchu ministers in Xiyuan, and the slaves are nothing, they have this heart and this guts, and they don't have the courage to dare to be enemies of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in my Ming Dynasty." At this time, they could only sit in the duty room, and at the same time, the servants had already transferred all the behaviors of Hai Rui after entering Beijing from the celebrant supervisor and submitted them to the emperor. After Hai Rui entered Beijing, the servants had already asked, except for some contacts with Qi Dazhu, the imperial history king of the Imperial Court and the Zhenfu Division, and had no dealings with any other ministers in the court. After reading those reports, the emperor naturally relieved his suspicions about the ministers, and he would let Xu Ge and them return to the ministry early tomorrow morning. Lord, you give the minions a clear sign, what else can the minions do besides doing this? Are the minions doing this to kill my Ming world? After saying that, he fell down again and began to cry.

King Yu looked at Chen Hong and was silent.