Chapter 32: The Choice Before the Storm
When the vast majority of people thought that the "Chessboard Street" case would be held high, a tsunami-like decree came rushing in, making the already cooling situation rise like a heat wave again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The prison of the Criminal Department, which is known as the most heavily guarded prison in the world, was broken into this night, and it was Xue Yanke, who was originally waiting to be beheaded, and more than a dozen sensitive Xue clansmen.
The queen who received the news was said to be furious and summoned Lord Situ, who had fallen asleep, overnight.
The next day, Dali Temple sent a ruling to the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department, which was on the cusp of the storm, quickly approved and sent it back to Dali Temple.
On the day when the Xue clan was escorted outside the city gate to behead, Yan Lai did not go.
Mo Liangdao came back to talk about the scene of crying and shouting, and now he still has palpitations when he thinks about it, the towers made of heads, and the eyes that are dead, he can't forget it.
The blood is like a rainy season, and I feel like it can't be stopped.
On this day, the last court meeting of the ninth year of Yongning was also being held in the Daming Palace.
The bustle here is no smaller than the scene where the beheadings are being chopped, and the officials who are accustomed to gossip quote scriptures one by one, hoping to stop the decree that has just been thrown.
Outside the city is killing, inside the city, killing intentions.
The princes of the government hall remained silent, just like the woman sitting behind the curtain, tacitly waiting for the end of the court meeting.
It seems that the result of the court discussion has become a tacit understanding, and no matter how lively the quarrel is, it is only lively.
When those who should leave are gone, and those who should be left behind, the little black hall will close its doors and begin real bargaining.
More than an hour later, Lord Situ in a purple robe walked out first, and the newly promoted Dali Temple Zhengwang Xiaoque hurriedly greeted him, supporting the old man who had gone through three dynasties of wind and rain, and walked on the top of the imperial palace.
"It turns out that this is her purpose, okay, okay. ”
The old man's voice was slightly tired, he raised his hand slightly, and left the palace without looking back.
From the upstart of the imperial palace in the Guangzong era, to the prime minister of the political affairs hall in the Mingzong period, and now he is ranked as the third duke, it can be said that he has no regrets in the officialdom.
"It turns out that it's still old. ”
Hearing his whispering, Wang Xiaoque, who was accompanying him, did not laugh and ridicule as before, but looked back at the princes who walked out of the hall one after another, and frowned.
In the ninth year of Dayu Yongning, the twenty-eighth month of Layue.
Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, replacing the old with the new, and a will suddenly spreads to the world.
This edict was neither drafted by Zhongshu Province, nor did it pass through Menxia Province, nor even Shangshu Province, but came directly from the Inner Palace.
In other words, it was issued by the emperor himself, which crossed the hundred officials, the civil and military affairs, and directly spread to the world.
The Department of Prisons was established.
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"Lord Mink, where are we going?"
Zhao Gao followed behind Mo Beiting with a sneer, at this moment, he couldn't wait to call this eunuch his father.
Mo Beiting just smiled slightly, did not answer his question, and walked calmly on the sparsely populated Imperial City Avenue, time was not so anxious for him.
Zhao Gao has been dazzling all the way.
The red walls and golden tiles, which are often said to be difficult to see people's feelings, are as deep as the sea, and every place in his eyes has an indescribable attraction, because he knows that those palaces that occasionally expose the corners of the roof ridges are the official offices of the yamen of various ministries.
This is the Imperial City, and the Imperial City is the place with the highest power in the world, and everyone who can walk here is a person who can make thousands of people look up.
And he, Zhao Gao, also has the opportunity to walk here today.
Thinking of this, his crotch was a little excited, yesterday after hearing that he was going to see the nobleman, he excitedly threw all the silver in the kiln, and lived a night that he was still thinking about.
But all this is just the beginning, earlier the great nobleman said that he was blessed, and now it seems that this blessing is about to come.
How many ordinary people in the world can walk in the imperial city?
I am no longer an ordinary person.
"It's here. ”
Is it the Ministry of Officials, or the Ministry of Households?
Just when Zhao Gao was thinking about which yamen he would be introduced to, Mo Beiting stopped outside a palace gate.
Here, unlike the palace gate when entering the imperial city, the guards are not only stricter, but when you look inside, you can only see a golden-roofed red wall, covering the palace behind it.
Zhao Gao didn't know why, a coldness appeared in his heart, it seemed that such a wall could confine people to death.
"It's called Changle Gate. ”
Mo Beiting raised his handsome face and looked at the three golden characters, as if he was recalling the scene when he first came here.
"The Mink Temple, who brought our family to the time, once said that these three words also have a metaphorical meaning, that is, to know how to be happy. ”
He looked at Zhao Gao, who was already stupid, and a smile appeared on his feminine face: "You can choose for yourself, but you only have one chance." ”
The fox fur was flying, and the big mink temple with blue clothes and jade belt raised his feet and walked into the Changle Gate, passing through the deep corridor hole, and soon, he appeared in the light again.
Only this time, the figure under the red wall and golden tiles looked small and thin, and it was about to disappear as it watched as it faded away.
Zhao Gao stomped his feet and chased after him.
"Wait for us. ”
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Boom!
Yan Lai pulled out the long sword, looked at the texture that had been carefully tempered, shook it slightly, and pulled out a sword flower.
The sword qi passed through the nine specially hollowed out holes, emitting a wonderful sword sound, and even the Sen Leng scribe on the side of his arms was surprised, no wonder this guy didn't want other rewards, he wanted such a long sword.
Seeing that the young man was about to laugh and completely forget about his existence, the Sen Leng scribe snorted: "Silly, huh." ”
Yan Lai smiled, stroked the sword body lovingly, his fingers stayed on the word "Jiu Shao", looked up and asked, "Your name?"
"I don't have the heart to do that. ”
The young man put the sword into the sheath and was full of spirit, yes, with a good sword, he can be called a good swordsman.
Seeing the other party leave, Yan Lai opened the package that came with the long sword, and the first thing that caught his eye was the lively and embroidered pig.
This blue-woven gold deer and cloud brocade is the court dress of the six grades, and the gold medal pressed on the court dress is his current identity.
"The storm is coming. ”
Yan Lai stroked the gold medal, threw it back, and took the sword out of the sheath again, practicing the second style on the "Lotus Heart Jian".
Only this time, his mind was confused, and from time to time he would look at the dazzling golden light, and finally put his sword back into its sheath and stopped.
Looking back on the reasons for everything, I think that the queen of heaven has been laying out since the Qipan Street case, and the crime of making a big deal is nothing more than to attract people from the rivers and lakes to take the bait.
The Canglan Mountain robbery happened too smoothly, as if it was the result of the connivance of all parties, and the queen of heaven took advantage of this to create public opinion and pressure the government and the opposition with the sacrifices of these officials and court soldiers.
As for the original confusion about why only young officials were transferred, now I finally understand that only these inexperienced officials can cause such a big death and injury in the robbery case and condense into the capital to build momentum, and the selection of these officials from Jiangnan has already decided that they will fill the prison department that they have planned for a long time.
For the queen of heaven, these young servants who have just gone through a round of survival of the fittest are not only better controlled, but also conducive to training, first, they were born in Jiangnan and understand Jiangnan, secondly, they are all low-level poor families, and they are resistant to wealthy nobles, and thirdly, the occurrence of the Canglan Mountain case makes them hate people in the rivers and lakes and martial arts people more.
Mourning soldiers available.
In all kinds of ways, the robbery of the Heavenly Prison is also one of the plans, and Lord Situ's comeback is just a matter of taking advantage of the situation, and the case is postponed so that the remnants of the Xue family can be given time to rob people.
Some officials in the court may want to slap the queen in the face, but they don't know that they sent their faces to others, and through this incident, coupled with the chessboard street case and the Canglan Mountain robbery, the queen has enough hole cards to face the political affairs hall.
Although the current prison department is only in the name of arresting the remnants of the Xue family, who knows that this is a fierce dog that will grow up and bite more and more fiercely, it is not only given the right to patrol and arrest, but also set up its own prison, without going through the three law divisions.
With the appearance of the Warden Division, the purpose of the Queen of Heaven for martial arts has been revealed, and the first target of the attack is probably the Jiangnan martial arts led by the Langya Wang family, Huzhou Xie family and other wealthy families.
Now that most of the remnants of the Xue family are in Jiangnan, Xue Yanke has sneaked back to the sea, giving the Warden Department a legitimate excuse to go out, it is conceivable that if such a mad dog appears in Jiangnan Wulin, the balance of power of all parties will definitely be broken, and the interests of the major giants will be affected, and correspondingly, their appeal in the court will also be weakened.
The purpose of the queen of heaven is very clear, directly intervene in the soil on which these wealthy families rely for their survival, move their roots, as long as they can pull out a few radish pits, naturally there will be people who are willing to take their lives to fill it, as long as Jiangnan is in chaos, she will be able to squeeze Shangshu Province headed by the Jiangnan Seven Clans.
These Jiangnan party members have been entrenched in the Sixth Department for too long, and it is time to move their positions.
Although it is said that the first move is profitable, since the chess game has begun, it is impossible for the Jiangnan Party to sit still, and the warden is just a puppy after all, and the best thing to do is to strangle it in the cradle.
It is conceivable that the ten years of Yongning, which is the prelude, show nothing more than thunder and lightning on the eve of the wind and rain, pointing the way for the arrival, and the real storm will sweep in step by step.
Yan Lai stood in the wind and snow, feeling a lot of emotion, that is, he was excited to be in such a great era of crises, and he was puzzled about what role he would play in the end, but no matter what, the sword could not be lost.
Where the sword is, there can be a man!
(End of Volume 1)