Daxia Wensheng
Chapter 90 Declaring War?The emperor's secret order, the old man goes on an expedition!Let Jin
Chapter 90 Declaring War?The emperor's secret order, the old man goes on an expedition!Let Jin Nian write poetry?Huns and pro?
Daxia Kyoto.
Palace Hall.
Civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty came in a hurry.
After going up to court.
Emperor Yongsheng directly threw the memorial in his hand under the hall.
"Two thousand unarmed civilians were massacred, and the Great Xia general was decapitated."
"Are the Xiongnu really deceiving me that there is no one in Great Xia?"
"Is this the result of the concession?"
The roar sounded, and Emperor Yongsheng almost roared out. Two thousand people were massacred. What is this going to do?The most important thing is that the general of Daxia was publicly lord over.
If the court doesn't care about it, it's a small thing to lose face, and the people's hearts are shaken, and the army's morale is shaken, which is a big deal.
"His Majesty."
"I think this matter is too strange."
"Although there are frequent riots at the border, the Xiongnu dare not act so boldly. The Great Xia Dynasty is just unwilling to go to war, but the Xiongnu dare not go to war."
"There is no need to invade our Daxia border. I believe that this must be someone secretly playing tricks, hoping that the Daxia Dynasty will fight with the Huns, so as to internally consume our dynasty and achieve an ulterior secret."
Yang Kai's voice sounded, and at this time, the people below could not be allowed to speak.
This matter is indeed a big problem, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that someone is playing tricks.
Although the Huns looked down on the Great Xia Dynasty and always wanted to invade, no matter what, the current Great Xia Dynasty was definitely not an existence that the Huns dared to invade.
If it is said that the Great Xia Dynasty was not easy to go to war because of the treasury problem.
And the Huns definitely didn't dare to go to war because they couldn't fight. If it really broke out, can the Huns stop the Great Xia Iron Cavalry?
So in other words, it is impossible for the Huns to dare to be an enemy of Daxia.
There must be someone behind this.
"Yang Kai."
"Do you have to wait until the Xiongnu cavalry step into the capital of Daxia before you believe it?"
Emperor Yongsheng opened his mouth and directly reprimanded Yang Kai.
Although what Yang Kai said is very reasonable, the crime of the country's border is a big deal no matter what, no conspiracy is not a conspiracy.
It's okay if you think about it.
But what if you lose the bet?
Even if you are sure that there are nine out of ten people who are behind the scenes, you can't let your guard down, because once you lose the bet, you may lose a country.
"His Majesty."
"The minister has sent someone to negotiate with the Huns, and we will have an answer tomorrow."
"I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Yang Kai spoke, although he knew that the emperor was furious, he still had to say what should be said.
If we start a war, the gains outweigh the losses.
The contradiction between the courtiers and the emperor is like this. The emperor is one person, while the courtiers are a group of people. Whether it is considering the interests or stabilizing the overall situation, the emperor has the final say on many things anyway.
It is easy to make big mistakes if you go your own way.
In addition to the faint king, basically even a tyrant sometimes has to listen to the opinions of his courtiers.
"The minister of the Ministry of War listens to the order."
"I am ordering you to strengthen your preparations now."
"The Ministry of Households allocates funds and grain, and sends it to the northern border as quickly as possible, and starts the dragon boat."
"The Ministry of Punishment strictly controls domestic security."
"Regardless of whether someone is behind this matter or not, I want to let the world know what kind of consequences will be paid if I offend Da Xia."
"Retreat."
Emperor Yongsheng didn't talk nonsense, and directly issued various orders. No matter what the matter is, there is absolutely no problem in sending food and grass there first.
"The minister waits for the order."
Seeing that Emperor Yongsheng was like this, all the officials did not dare to continue to dissuade him.
The emperor left.
The expressions of all the officials are different.
The military officers left in a hurry, no matter what the final result was, the Ministry of War was about to get busy.
Yang Kai and Hu Yong just looked at each other and rushed towards the Prince's Mansion.
It's not good for anyone to make a big fuss about this matter.
The prince must come forward.
And at the same time.
Daxia Academy.
The affairs of the imperial court cannot be spread to the academy.
At this moment, seven people were standing outside the dean's study.
Gu Jinnian, Su Huaiyu, Wang Fugui, Jiang Yezhou, Yaochi Fairy, Yang Hanrou, and Li Ji.
In a group of seven, get the files and complete the homework for this month.
Originally, Gu Jinnian had six people here, but Yang Hanrou took the initiative to come over and want to be together.
into the study.
Su Wenjing was looking at the chess record. Following Gu Jinnian's entry, Su Wenjing took out five files and put them in front of Gu Jinnian and others.
"Draw one yourself."
Su Wenjing didn't look up, but continued to study the chess records.
"Sir, do you like playing chess?"
Gu Jinnian opened his mouth and looked at the five files at the same time. They were basically the same, so you can choose whatever you want.
"good."
"The Chess Masters Conference of Jixia Academy is about to start. I may go there in a few days, so I review one or two."
Su Wenjing spoke slowly, then raised his head, looked at Gu Jinnian and said.
"Can the son play chess?"
he asked.
"Gobang can, but Go can't."
Gu Jinnian directly picked up the first volume on the left and gave an answer.
"You can learn. Officialdom is like a game of chess. Sometimes when you don't understand something, you may be able to understand it by playing a game of chess."
"By the way, after taking this file, study it carefully. It doesn't matter whether you go to the church or not. After a month, the old man will come to check the results."
Su Wenjing said so.
"kindness."
Gu Jinnian nodded, bowed immediately, and left the place.
Everyone also bowed one after another, and then followed Gu Jinnian out of the study.
After leaving the study.
The seven were a little excited. After all, approving the files of the Ministry of Punishment sounds a bit lofty.
After walking out of the study, several acquaintances came to meet him.
The four of Xu Ya, plus the three of Xiaoyuansi, nodded at each other when they met, and Xu Changge also appeared, but his expression was a little gloomy. After seeing Gu Jin, his expression became much more depressed.
It seems that he really suffered a serious blow. Although he was cold and silent before, at least he won't be so depressed.
Feeling lost now.
This made Gu Jinnian a little embarrassed.
The two sides greeted each other, then left, and went to a courtyard. After everyone sat down safely, Li Ji's voice could not help but sound.
"Uncle Jinnian, open it quickly, open it and have a look."
Li Ji was very excited. As a great-grandson, he had been taught by a Confucian master since he was a child, but the problem is that the general class is just for the faint of heart, which is really meaningless.
Where is the approval case fun?
Listening to Li Ji's opening, Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and slowly unfolded the file. The file of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is very thick, with a total of more than a dozen files. It is mainly divided into three parts, the ins and outs of the case, the confession of the prisoner, and the introduction of the testimony and evidence.
Gu Jinnian directly unfolded the ins and outs of the case, and then everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on it.
【Egret Mansion-Zhang Ming Murder Case】
[Criminal Zhang Ming, who served in the army for seven years and in Yongsheng for ten years, was discharged from the army due to injury on the fifth day of February. He returned to Bailu Mansion and served as a servant of the government government. My son, you are devoid of conscience and outrageous. 】
[On May [-]th, due to the relocation of the household in Pingyang County, he was dissatisfied with the compensation of the silver from the court, made a big disturbance in the county government, was demoted from his post, and was imprisoned for three months. 】
[Later on August [-]th, he was released after serving his sentence, but he was full of hatred and fear. With his martial arts skills, on the ninth day of September, he attacked the local royal family at night and wanted to steal gold and silver, but was discovered by the servants of the royal family. The criminal Zhang Ming feared To prevent it from spreading, he broke the necks of the servants of the Wang family and kicked his internal organs to pieces. The methods were cruel and cold-blooded. 】
[Because the movement was too loud, it alarmed the Wang family, and finally cooperated with the patrol officers to arrest him]
[On the tenth day of September, the Bailu Mansion government office approved the case. The criminal Zhang Minghua pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be executed by beheading, which was submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for verification. 】
[On the twelfth day of September, Wai Lang Wang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is examining and approving the case, and the re-examination is true. 】
[September [-]th, Xiao Yan, a doctor in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, approved the case, and the review was confirmed. 】
[September [-]th, He Weihua, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, re-examination is true. 】
[September [-]th, Xu Ping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, finally verified. 】
[September [-]th, the Ministry of Criminal Justice files were delivered, and the criminal Zhang Ming was executed. 】
This is the first record of the dossier.
The cause and effect, the ins and outs are clearly written, but the more detailed things are not on it.
The testimony of Wu, the testimony of witnesses, are in the next few pages.
After reading the dossier, Gu Jinnian felt something was wrong for some reason.
"Gambling addicts, selling their wives and children, this kind of person is really hateful."
Wang Fugui was the first to speak, disdainful of such behavior.
"Grandpa said that gambling is as fierce as a tiger, addicted to gambling, and sells their wives and daughters. Such people deserve death."
Li Ji also followed suit, thinking that Zhang Ming deserved more than his death.
"Enlisted soldiers, returning to their hometown, government office servants, are actually not bad, with 20 taels of silver per month, counting some other income, at least 40 taels of silver a month."
"Besides, this is still a yamen servant. With his military experience, he should be a fast catcher within five years."
"During the Great Xia Dynasty, the police in Fucheng had a monthly salary of 35 taels of silver, plus the prefect's special silver, and some income. One hundred taels of silver a month is not too much."
"Such a good job, but because of a single thought, it came to a decisive conclusion."
Jiang Yezhou spoke, with regret in his tone.
"This is the cause and effect of the world of mortals, and it has already been doomed."
Fairy Yaochi spoke, she was very calm and just said something lightly.
"Poor his wife and children."
Yang Hanrou also said something.
Only Gu Jinnian and Su Huaiyu remained silent in the audience.
At that moment, Gu Jinnian looked at Su Huaiyu with doubts in his eyes.
"What did Brother Su say?"
Gu Jinnian looked at Su Huaiyu and asked calmly.
"The prince should have seen the clue."
Su Huaiyu was very calm.
He didn't answer, but looked at Gu Jinnian instead.
"What's the clue?"
"Uncle Jinnian, what did you see?"
"Is there something wrong with this file?"
Hearing Gu Jinnian speak, everyone's eyes could not help but be full of curiosity.
There is no other reason, this is the subject of the second month, according to what Su Wenjing said before, people will be expelled from this month.
Nobody wanted to be the first to be kicked out.
Hearing this now, everyone is naturally full of curiosity.
"time."
Gu Jinnian looked at the file and spoke slowly.
To be honest, the case is not a big one. There are many things like gambling and selling off his wife and children.
Especially in this feudal society.
Even the overall ins and outs of the problem are not big and logical, but there is one place where the problem is very weird.
That's the time.
"What do you mean?"
"What time?"
"Brother Jinnian, what is the meaning of this?"
Everyone became even more curious, their eyes couldn't move away from the file, but they couldn't see any time issue.
"I haven't been in the Ministry of Punishment, but I know some rules."
"Everyone, take a closer look."
"Approval on the 12th day of September, No. [-] review by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the [-]th and [-]th, the second trial was completed, approved by the Ministry of Criminal Justice on the [-]th, sent to Bailu Mansion on the [-]th, and executed."
"Isn't this time a little too fast?"
"However, I don't know what it is. Brother Su, you have worked in the Ministry of Punishment. Tell me about it."
Gu Jinnian spoke indifferently, but when he said this, everyone came back to their senses.
"Bailu Mansion is one of the 23 mansions in Jiangling County. It is located in the middle, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and rich in supplies. It can also be regarded as a rich city."
"However, it is two thousand miles away from Daxia Capital. Normally, on the ninth day of September, when a prisoner is captured, interrogation should be conducted. Even if the prisoner is recruited immediately, it will take at least two days, and the arrest time is late at night."
"The record in the file is very clear. To arrest people late at night, if you want to convict, you have to be interrogated by the master, the lawyer records the statement, signs and pledges, and then goes to the government office to convict in public, and the people gather to watch. With certainty, the case will be closed."
"If it is the death penalty, three meetings and three trials are required to ensure that there is no omission of witnesses and material evidence before the death penalty can be decided, and then escorted to the Ministry of Punishment for approval at various levels, and finally approved by the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"If there are no doubts in the second trial, there is basically no big problem when it comes to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"It's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has a lot of opportunities to deal with every day, and sometimes he will directly ask the left and right servants to directly approve and do it for him."
"But even so, it shouldn't be so fast."
"Normally speaking, it would take at least two months for such death row files to appear in front of the Minister of Criminal Justice."
"As for this file, counting the time, from the ninth day of September to the [-]th and eleventh day of September, it will be decided directly."
"Time is so fast, it's unbelievably fast."
Su Huaiyu pointed out the core problem.
The dossiers of death row inmates are extremely strict from top to bottom. The laws of Daxia are extremely strict on death row prisoners, requiring three trials and three meetings in the local area, and then handing them over to the Ministry of Punishment.
The head of the Ministry of Punishment is the first review, investigating the information, confirming the details, and then handing it over to Yuan Wailang, who also needs to review carefully.
Even if I have finished the approval here, I will hand it over to the superior immediately for approval, but the problem is that the superior just happens to be free and have time to approve the case?
Obviously, the case was expedited.
What's more, it was very urgent. It took only eleven days from the filing of the case to the execution of the case. Gu Jinnian really wouldn't believe it if you said that there was nothing else in it.
"Uncle Jinnian, I understand. There is something wrong with this case. Someone deliberately hastened it so that the higher-ups could sentence him to death."
Li Ji wanted to understand, and everyone naturally understood.
"I don't understand. Why is this case expedited? The ins and outs are clearly written. Even if you don't expedite it, it is the law of the Great Xia to pay for your life. There is no big problem."
Wang Fugui frowned, looking at the file full of doubts.
"Some people think that Zhang Ming will die soon."
"There seems to be a problem with this case."
Jiang Yezhou spoke slowly, revealing a possibility.
"It's also possible that Zhang Ming died before September [-]."
Gu Jinnian's voice sounded.
This is his opinion.
Hope that a person dies so much is nothing more than two possibilities, one is that the case is an unjust case, and the case should be closed as soon as possible.
The remaining possibility is that the person is already dead, so he needs to be killed quickly.
Regarding these two possibilities, Gu Jinnian preferred the second one.
In the case of an unjust case, I don’t want to settle the case so quickly. Let the higher-ups investigate slowly. If you think it’s wrong, you can just send someone over to look at it.
But this urgent and urgent dossier is very likely to be that Zhang Ming died a long time ago.
The cause of death is estimated to be very tragic, otherwise, a prisoner who was designated as a death row died in a prison, although he would be blamed, it would not be too bad.
It's nothing more than the fact that the superiors will send someone over to investigate carefully.
If the cause of death is tragic, it cannot be concealed.
At this moment, Gu Jinnian inexplicably felt that the dossier seemed to be chosen randomly by himself, but Su Wenjing must have tampered with it.
There is obviously something wrong with this case, and all the files were picked by Su Wenjing.
Let yourself take over the case for what?
"already dead?"
"The Lord Bailu and the magistrate are so courageous?"
"This is a capital crime."
When Li Ji opened his mouth, he didn't believe it.
"Yes, if a prisoner on death row dies prematurely, if he knows it but does not report it, if he deceives his superiors and his inferiors, he will be dealt with according to the law, which is a capital offense."
"The Fu Jun and the prefect shouldn't be so stupid, right? Brother Gu, even if the Fu Jun's parents and sons planted the blame on others, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to act like this?"
Several people opened their mouths and expressed some disbelief.
It's not that they are living in a dream, but that Daxia's punishment is extremely severe, and whoever does this kind of deception will die.
"If that's the case."
"What kind of character can do this?"
"Everyone in the Ministry of Punishment dared to take the risk to pass."
"Isn't that what a great official is?"
"To the point of death, this matter is at best framed by him. Does he need to use such a large network?"
When Wang Fugui opened his mouth, he really couldn't think of which giant Buddha was involved behind this, and all the members of the Ministry of Punishment got through it?
Don't say anything about the Lord of Bailu Mansion and the prefect.
Even if the magistrate of Jiangling County spoke up in person, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment probably wouldn't respond.
No, not only the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, but also the servants of the Ministry of Justice didn't bother to look at him. One is a Beijing official who holds great power in the world, and the other is a local official.
Few people would do this kind of thing for the sake of the people below. It is too dangerous to lose their officials and lose their heads.
"This matter doesn't necessarily involve too much. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment should not be involved, and even the servant will not be involved."
"Continue to look back, don't think too deeply."
At this moment, Yang Hanrou said that she is the granddaughter of Yang Kai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Others don't know what Shangshu means, but she does.
Following Yang Hanrou's opening.
Everyone didn't talk nonsense, and continued to look back.
What follows is some testimonies and some additions.
As well as the supplementary explanations from the approval officials, to sum it up, first of all, gambling is bad, it breaks people's hearts, sells wives and children, and is insane.
In the end, Zhang Ming's thoughts and how bad this matter was were summed up, and it was suggested that the higher authorities should be severely punished.
That's about it.
Half an hour later, everyone read the entire dossier.
After reading these dossiers, everyone's thoughts became a little strange, and the content behind them was actually not a big problem.
But at the end of the day it’s all about this, time flies.
"Mr. Wen Jing selected five files from the Ministry of Punishment. It is absolutely impossible for me to just wait for a few random comments."
"It seems that I have to do something, otherwise, I will directly comment on one or two, and the effect will be extremely poor."
When Jiang Yezhou opened his mouth, he gradually figured it out.
There is something wrong with this file.
Su Wenjing must have noticed it, but he didn't say it, but asked everyone to raise it.
Of course, it doesn't mean to let the big guys reverse the case, but to find evidence from it, and you can't just make a few comments and it's fine.
This dossier is a test, testing the abilities of the seven people in all aspects.
Gu Jinnian agrees with what Jiang Yezhou said.
If Mr. Wen Jing hadn't said that thing today, Gu Jinnian really wouldn't have cared too much.
When I went up the mountain and encountered the assessment, who would have thought that Su Wenjing would ask the local government to implement what he said?
Now this dossier is a new test.
If you are really stupid to comment a few words, you are not far from being eliminated.
Thinking of the bet with Su Wenjing, this matter has to be taken care of.
"In this way, my uncle is the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment. Brother Su will come with me to find out a thing or two about my uncle."
"Yaochi, you and sister Hanrou go back to the Yang Mansion, sister Hanrou, you go to your grandfather, listen around, remember to look at your grandfather's expression, you can't let go of any details, only for this One case, not others."
"Brother Wang, your business is spread all over the world. There should be shops in Bailu Mansion, so you can go and ask carefully. Brother Jiang, you can cooperate with Brother Wang."
"Li Ji, you should also go to the palace and ask your father about this matter to see if the crown prince knows about it."
"Everyone, how is it?"
Gu Jinnian gave orders, since this is a test, Gu Jinnian muster up his spirits.
He would like to see what kind of medicine the dean sells in the gourd.
"OK, no problem."
"Okay, I'll prepare right away."
I don't know why, but for no reason, everyone has an indescribable feeling in their hearts, which has never been felt since childhood.
Doing something seriously and with a sense of justice.
Especially Li Ji, if it was really an unjust case, he would have a sense of justice in his heart if he overturned the case because of himself.
"Okay then, let's go."
"At this time tomorrow, we will reunite here."
Gu Jinnian put away the file, handed it to Su Huaiyu, and left directly.
Mr. Wen Jing also said that this one month is just to investigate the file case, there are no restrictions and regulations, and you don't even need to go to school.
free time.
After Gu Jinnian left, everyone didn't talk nonsense and left one after another, trying to solve the secret as soon as possible.
in this way.
After half an hour.
Daxia Palace.
Prince's Mansion.
"His Royal Highness, the country is not yet completely stable. If we attack the Xiongnu, I am afraid that the impact will be bad. The people have just lived a good life for a few days. Once the war starts, there will be resentment among the people."
"Your Highness must go to His Majesty, no matter what method you use, you must persuade Your Majesty to restrain your warlike heart."
On the prince's house.
Yang Kai looked melancholy, begging the prince to persuade the emperor.
And in the lobby.
The prince sat on the first seat, and his expression was a little helpless.
"The emperor's attitude is firm. If you let me go at this time, don't you want me to scold you?"
"Furthermore, the Xiongnu's actions are indeed ruthless. They slaughtered more than [-] people in the village, and they even showed my Great Xia general to the public."
"Such behavior can already be seen as a war, and you can't go, you can't go."
The prince was very helpless.
It's fine if you just try to persuade him on weekdays, but at this juncture, going by yourself is courting death.
Definitely not going.
"His Royal Highness."
"So what if we get scolded a few times? This matter must be caused by someone behind the scenes. His heart is terrible, and he just wants to see Daxia fight. We can't be fooled."
Yang Kai continued to speak earnestly.
The prince took a deep breath, but he didn't answer.
But after a while, his voice could not help but sound.
"Okay, I can't go, at least not now, but you can find someone, he may have a way."
The crown prince opened his mouth, he will not go anyway, but he can point out the way for Yang Kai.
"Dare to ask the prince, who is it?"
Yang Kai got up, his face full of curiosity.
"Preach the Holy Duke."
"He knows more than you. If he comes forward, he can figure out the cause and effect."
"Right now, only Sheng Gong is the only one who can communicate well with the Huns."
"If he has no choice, then prepare for war."
The prince's tone was very firm.
He is very clear about the ability to pass on the Holy Duke. Don't look at being scolded by the old man at the poetry meeting, it will look mediocre.
In fact, Chuan Shenggong's strength is stronger than that of the Great Xia Prince.
"Preaching the Holy Duke?"
"The old minister understands that the old minister will retire first, but I still hope that His Highness can dissuade you with three words."
Hearing that Chuan Shenggong could solve it, Yang Kai also had some understanding, how could he forget this big man, but he still hoped that the crown prince could go there in person.
"Okay, okay, hurry up and let me know if you have any news."
Yang Kai is his loyal follower, and the crown prince didn't show off, and his words seemed very casual.
Soon, Yang Kai left.
But before Li Gao went back to rest, suddenly, some voices sounded.
"I have seen His Royal Highness."
"This servant has seen His Highness the Grandson."
Listen to the sound.
Li Gao's expression suddenly fell.
At this point in time, my son should be studying in the academy, right?Why did you run home?
"Come on."
"Get a good bowl of tea and rinse your mouth."
Li Ji walked into the mansion, and after shouting, he saw his father sitting in front of the hall.
In an instant, that kind of arrogance instantly subsided.
"father."
"I have something for you."
Li Ji spoke immediately, trotted all the way, and came to Li Gao.
"Anything? What's the matter?"
Li Gao sneered, looking at his son, his heart was still a little angry.
"Father, do you know about the Zhang Ming case in Bailu Mansion?"
Li Ji didn't hide anything, and asked directly.
"The Zhang Ming case?"
"What do you care about this kind of thing?"
The prince frowned, not understanding why his silly son suddenly cared about this.
"For the homework assigned by the master, a group of seven people will select a file and then approve it."
"Uncle Jinnian picked up Zhang Ming's case. I read the file and felt something wrong, so I came back to ask you."
"Dad, do you know about this?"
Li Ke is very honest.
"do not know."
Li Gao shook his head, he is a prince, he has a lot of things to do every day, although he is no longer in charge of the country, he still has some government affairs to deal with, how could he know about such things?
The crown prince didn't know, and Li Ji didn't talk nonsense, and told all the ins and outs of the matter.
After finishing speaking, Li Gao could not help but frown.
"Eleven days, make a decision?"
Just after listening to the content of the dossier, Li Gao felt that something was wrong. The speed was too fast. In theory, it could be done in eleven days, but this was only a theoretical matter.
Unless it is a case that the emperor or the minister of the Ministry of punishment attaches great importance to, otherwise, how can ordinary cases be completed in eleven days?This is very problematic.
"That's right, Dad, I noticed something wrong right away. When did the process of the Ministry of Justice get so fast?"
"There must be something tricky about it, and Dad, I feel that the criminal Zhang Ming is likely to have died before the file was delivered, otherwise, it is obviously unreasonable to rush so quickly."
"Even if it's a mistake, the following people don't dare to take such a big risk, don't you think so?"
Li Ji was very thick-skinned, and directly claimed that it was his own credit.
"It's possible."
"Check this matter for your father, you are not bad, you can actually notice this."
"Sanpai didn't teach you in vain on weekdays."
Li Gao was a little relieved.
But Li Ji shook his head and said.
"Father, this matter is our Kirin Pavilion's business, so don't interfere. Besides the homework assigned by Mr. Wen Jing, if you intervene, wouldn't it be using external force?"
"Call an official from the Bailu Mansion for me. I'll just ask. I won't bother you."
Li Ji said with a smile.
He wanted to do this by himself, and he didn't want his father to help, otherwise, even if the case was overturned and something was found out, there would be no sense of accomplishment.
"Kirin Pavilion?"
"You're really promising, kid. Okay, then dad won't investigate, right? Bailu Mansion?"
"You wait here, dad goes out for a while."
Li Gao was a little curious about what the Qilin Pavilion was, but he was even more relieved to hear that Li Ji wanted to do it himself.
After all, I will grow old sooner or later, and I really have to let my son do many things by himself.
This is a good thing.
But he also needs to pay attention to this matter. If something that shouldn't be involved is involved, he can't mess around.
at this time.
In Daxia Kyoto.
Two figures, one in front and one behind, were walking towards the Ministry of Punishment.
It was the figures of Gu Jinnian and Su Huaiyu.
However, before Gu Jinnian arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, a voice stopped Gu Jinnian.
"Jin Nian."
"Why are you here?"
It was Uncle Six's voice.
On the bustling street, Gu Ningya was walking out of the restaurant with a group of men, and happened to meet him.
"Uncle Six?"
"Why are you here?"
Seeing his sixth uncle, Gu Jinnian was also a little curious, and glanced at the restaurant, Wangyuelou, it's not a cheap place.
"Your sixth uncle has just been promoted, and he came over to drink celebration wine, and saw you as soon as he came out."
"Come, come, come and have a look, this is my eldest nephew, Gu Jinnian."
"Great Xia's number one talented scholar, Confucianism and Taoism peerless arrogance, all eyes wide open for me to recognize, seeing my nephew in the future is equivalent to seeing me, you know?"
Gu Ningya drank some wine, got a little drunk, and yelled loudly, wishing everyone knew that Gu Jinnian was his nephew.
"Hello, Your Highness."
"I have seen His Royal Highness."
"See Your Royal Highness."
In an instant, dozens of people paid homage to Gu Jinnian. These were all high-ranking officials of the Xuandeng Department, either Qianhu, the Zhenfu envoy, or the commander, and two commander acquaintances.
All of them are senior officials of the third and fourth ranks.
But seeing Gu Jinnian now, everyone is respectful and humble, without any look of arrogance.
"Uncle Six, don't be ashamed, come here, I need you."
Gu Jinnian pulled the sixth uncle, and he understood why he was so unpleasant as the sixth uncle.
It's too high-profile, and this is the situation after the beating. If you don't beating, something will happen sooner or later.
Seeing that Gu Jinnian was so serious, Gu Ningya didn't mess around anymore.
Immediately followed, and came to a deserted alley, with a curious face.
"Jinnian, what's the matter? Who recruited you? Do you want uncle to catch him?"
Gu Ningya opened his mouth with a serious face, with his hands on the scabbard, giving the impression that as soon as Gu Jinnian opened his mouth, he would immediately arrest people.
"It's not about that."
"Uncle, do you know about the Zhang Ming case in Bailu Mansion?"
Gu Jinnian was straightforward and asked Sixth Uncle.
"Egret Mansion?"
"The Zhang Ming case?"
Gu Ningya frowned, although he is from the Department of Xuan Deng, but this is a case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he is not qualified to read it, nor can he intervene.
"You look first."
Gu Jinnian asked Su Huaiyu to hand over the dossier to the other party without saying much.
Soon, Su Huaiyu took out the dossier, Gu Ningya took a deep breath, forced out the smell of alcohol, returned to normal, and then carefully looked at the dossier.
After reading the dossier.
Gu Ningya frowned.
"There is a problem."
"Eleven days to make a decisive decision, it is impossible to have such a fast speed."
"And your fifth uncle didn't handle the case, so it was obviously bypassed."
"There's something wrong with this."
"The person died a long time ago. It is estimated that torture was used. The people below are afraid of trouble, so they urgently deal with it. This possibility is very high."
"Bailu Mansion, let me think about it, there are no big shots here."
"The Lord of Bailu Mansion's backer is King Qi Lin, but this is not a big deal. If you really want to kill someone, there is no need to spend so much trouble."
"It should be that the people below did something wrong."
"But Jinnian, why are you looking into this? The prince of Bailu Mansion provoked you? Do you want uncle to arrest him?"
I have to say that my sixth uncle, who looks like a loser on weekdays, is really astute when it comes to criminal cases.
Instantly detect a problem, and quickly make a corresponding judgment based on a little bit of existing information.
It is impossible to be the commander of the Lantern Division without any ability.
The only disadvantage is that opening and closing your mouth is to arrest people.
Brother knows that you are the commander, so there is no need to do this, right?
"Uncle Six, this is the homework Mr. Wen Jing gave us."
"It's not really a big problem. I just want you to take a look. If you think there is something wrong, then I can go to Uncle Wu without worry."
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
"Classwork?"
"Take the dossier from the Ministry of Punishment as your homework? This Mr. Wen Jing is really serious. Did he deliberately make things difficult for you?"
"Do you want uncle to arrest him? Arrest him into the Lantern Division and take good care of him? Don't be afraid, uncle is now the commander. It is not a big problem to catch Su Wenjing, and he will be demoted by half a level at most."
Gu Ningya said seriously.
Gu Jinnian: "."
A little speechless, this old sixth.
"Theoretically speaking, if Mr. Gu arrests Mr. Wen Jing, Mr. Gu should be dismissed within half a day, and it is not a big problem to be demoted to half a level."
Su Huaiyu spoke.
After saying this, Gu Ningya couldn't hold back anymore.
"Okay, Uncle Six, let's go first and talk later."
Gu Jinnian didn't bother to pay attention to his sixth uncle, and wanted to get away.
But Gu Ningya held back Gu Jinnian, and then said in a low voice.
"Don't go in a hurry."
"Tell you a few things."
"There may be a war."
Gu Ningya did not let Gu Jinnian go, but revealed some inside news.
"fight?"
"Are you really going to fight the Huns?"
Hearing this news, Gu Jinnian was a little surprised.
"kindness."
"The latest news came from the border. The Xiongnu massacred the village again yesterday, killing more than [-] people. Our army general beheaded hundreds of Huns, and was captured alive by the Hun general, and the head of the owl was displayed to the public. The matter was very troublesome."
"Your grandfather has received a secret order. If you really fight, the old man will go to war."
Gu Ningya made a sound, very serious.
"Grandpa is going on an expedition?"
Gu Jinnian was even more shocked this time.
It was a bit unexpected to fight against the Huns, but it was even more unexpected to let my grandfather go to war.
Although the old man has the strength of King Wu, on the battlefield, there are thousands of troops and horses, and when the strength is exhausted, there is a real possibility of accidents.
The old man is now the pillar of the Gu family, if he really participates in the war, it may not be a good thing.
"kindness."
"It's not that you don't know your grandpa's temper. If His Majesty doesn't give him a secret order and just assigns someone else to go, according to your grandpa's temper, he might go directly to the palace to make trouble."
"The person who hates the Huns the most in this world, besides the Holy One, is your grandfather."
"The few best brothers he had back then all died at the hands of the Huns. The old man made a poisonous oath that if there is a chance to go to war, even if he has only one breath left, he will go to war."
"Don't worry about this, you can't stop it. Your father tried to persuade him today and was beaten up. No one dares to persuade him now."
"Don't bother yourself."
Gu Ningya is very serious.
"understood."
The old man hated the Huns. Gu Jinnian knew this. Back then, he witnessed a few brothers being tortured and killed by the Huns. He had a vengeance from heaven, so he couldn't persuade them, and indeed he couldn't persuade them.
"The old man asked me to tell you something. I planned to find you after drinking today. I didn't expect to meet you here. I just wanted to tell you."
Gu Ningya continued to speak.
"what's up?"
Gu Jinnian was very serious. At this juncture, what the old man told him must be a big deal, and he should take care of it.
"Cough cough."
"Jinnian, the old man said that he might go to war soon, maybe half a month soon, or three months later, you should think about it during this period, and come up with a famous poem through the ages, for your grandfather to go on a grand journey."
"By the way, I will write a poem for your sixth uncle to celebrate him becoming a commander. It doesn't have to be too good, just a poem for the country, and the Gu family can't lose face."
Gu Ningya said seriously.
In the first half of Gu Jinnian's letter, if the old man went to war, it would be reasonable for him to ask his grandson to write a poem.
But in the second half, Gu Jinnian didn't believe it.
Good guy, just rub hard, right?
"Jinnian, why are you looking at me like that?"
"You don't believe your sixth uncle?"
"Okay, if you don't believe me, let's go home and confront the old man face to face."
"Although your sixth uncle doesn't have a good score on weekdays, he will never add fuel to the word and do things."
Gu Ningya is a little unhappy, is his nephew looking at him like this?
Doubt your own character?
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.
"Okay, sixth uncle, I'll go to fifth uncle first, go back and tell grandpa, leave this matter to me, I will definitely write an eternal poem, so that grandpa doesn't have to worry."
Gu Jinnian made a sound, and then quickly walked towards the Ministry of Punishment.
"it is good."
"And my poems."
"Jinnian, don't forget."
Gu Ningya shouted behind him, and then smiled all over his face, alas, it would be nice to have someone who can read at home.
All the way.
After a stick of incense.
The two came to the punishment department.
Although Gu Jinnian's uncle is the left servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he still has to follow the rules.
Gu Jinnian asked someone to communicate outside the door, instead of breaking in directly.
The guards outside the criminal department saw that Gu Jinnian was here, so they didn't dare to be negligent and went to notify immediately.
"His Royal Highness, how is your relationship with Gu Shilang?"
Outside the Ministry of Punishments.
Gu Jinnian was waiting for the notification, but suddenly, Su Huaiyu's voice sounded, making Gu Jinnian a little curious.
"Very good, my fifth uncle is much more serious than my sixth uncle."
"However, his personality is a little cold, he doesn't like to talk much, and he is rigorous in his work, which is much better than my sixth uncle."
"It's fine with me."
Gu Jinnian answered through the few memories in his mind.
"His Royal Highness, Su asks for one thing, I wonder if His Royal Highness can agree?"
Knowing the answer, Su Huaiyu spoke.
"You said."
Gu Jinnian was curious, when did Su Huaiyu ask for something?
"Let your uncle dismiss all the criminal officials who arrested me at the beginning."
"If I need a reason, I will find a way to lure them to the priest's workshop."
"It shouldn't be difficult to spend some money."
Su Huaiyu said calmly.
Gu Jinnian was silent.
Good guy.
It seems that Su Huaiyu also holds grudges.
But before Gu Jinnian could answer, a voice sounded.
"His Royal Highness, the Minister's request is here."
It was the guard who went to report.
The latter came quickly, with a smile on his face.
"I'm tired."
Gu Jinnian cupped his hands and led Su Huaiyu inside without any fuss.
In my memory, my fifth uncle was very cold, eccentric by nature, and upright in his actions.
And it is very serious. When the old man was training martial arts, he asked Uncle Wu and others to run one hundred laps. Uncle Wu and others ran an extra lap, and then asked the old man to add another 99 laps to make up two hundred laps. It must be an integer.
Uncle Six was very fierce, and ran backwards for a lap. The meaning was very simple, and he couldn't let the old man take advantage of him.
It fits Lao Liu's character very well.
Walk all the way.
After coming to the inner hall of the Ministry of punishment.
The guards led the way, and finally Gu Jinnian came to Uncle Wu's office.
The room is very frugal.
There are many files piled up on the desk, but they are arranged in an orderly manner, appearing meticulous.
The ground is also very quiet, anyway, the overall layout is very tidy.
It seems that my fifth uncle has obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness.
"Uncle Five."
Gu Jinnian shouted.
There was a voice in the inner room.
"Wait."
A faint voice sounded, not in a hurry.
After a while.
A figure came out from the inner room.
Eight feet tall, with a hooked nose, cold eyes, fair skin, but a little sickly white, wearing an official uniform, exudes a strong aura as soon as he walks out.
The left servant of the Ministry of punishment.
The existence who is in charge of the law of Daxia, the future Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.
Gu Leng.
I feel cold when I hear the name.
"Jin Nian."
"What are you doing here?"
The fifth uncle came out. Although his words were a bit stiff and he was not as enthusiastic as the other uncles, the family was connected by blood, and the same blood flowed in his bones. Gu Jinnian could feel that this fifth uncle was not indifferent to him.
It's because of his temperament, otherwise he would have been driven away long ago if he had been someone else.
No, you won't see it even if you see it.
"Uncle Wu, please read this file first."
Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and put Zhang Ming's case in front of him.
The latter didn't talk nonsense, and came to the desk to watch the case carefully.
But soon, Gu Leng looked away.
"The case has been settled, what's the problem?"
Gu Leng spoke, and there was nothing unusual.
"Uncle Wu, there is something wrong with this case, the time is too fast."
Gu Jinnian spoke out, pointing at the scroll.
"In the tenth year of Yongsheng, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has been restructured. All murder cases that have a bad influence and disturb the hearts of the people should be specially approved. This is His Majesty's will."
"This case was handled at that time. It was faster, but it was in line with the situation at that time."
Gu Leng said slowly.
For a moment, Gu Jinnian frowned.
And this rule?
He couldn't help looking at Su Huaiyu, who looked very calm.
"Your Highness, don't look, I was in prison in those years, I don't know."
Su Huaiyu was very indifferent.
He didn't know some things. After all, he was in prison and there was not much information he could get.
Uh.
Could it be a misunderstanding?
Thinking too much?
"Uncle Wu, why are you doing so well? Why did the Ministry of Punishment reform?"
Gu Jinnian didn't give up, so he asked one more question.
"There was a human trafficking incident in Baiqiu Mansion. Two hundred girls drowned on a ferry across the river. The mansion concealed it from the court, delayed the time, and was reported by others, which aroused the anger of the people, so the system was reformed."
Gu Leng spoke out calmly.
Tell this thing.
"Oh, I see."
"Then there is nothing suspicious about this matter? Uncle, why didn't it go through your hands?"
Gu Jinnian continued to ask.
"I was investigating disappearance cases in various places at the time, and many girls in Fucheng were trafficked."
"It's not in Kyoto, so it didn't go through my hands."
Gu Leng replied.
At the same time, his eyes could not help falling on the file.
After a while, he opened his mouth slowly.
"This is the subject Mr. Wen Jing gave you, right?"
he asked.
"Correct."
Gu Jinnian nodded.
"Mr. Wen Jing's meaning should be to let you weigh the severity of the punishment, not to let you investigate the case."
"The Ministry of Punishment may make mistakes, but it can be submitted in the form of a dossier, with countless eyes on it, and there will be no major problems."
"Don't think wrong, so as not to waste time, and the evaluation will not be excellent."
Gu Leng said so.
He roughly understood the cause and effect, so he reminded Gu Jinnian a few words.
"understood."
"But Uncle Wu, do you still have the detailed files of this case? Can you give a copy to your nephew?"
Gu Jinnian smiled.
Although the explanation is clear, Gu Jinnian still wants to take a closer look, because this case seems to him to be a little different.
"Well, since you want to check, I'll send someone to send you to the academy."
"Also, there may be a war going on recently. If you have nothing to do, go back one more time and stay with the old man."
"If you really want to fight, it will take at least two or three years for the old man to come back."
Gu Leng opened his mouth and mentioned the war.
"Row."
"Then please trouble Uncle Fifth."
Gu Jinnian nodded.
"Family, there is nothing to trouble you."
"However, you must return it in time after reading it. After all, it is the file of the Ministry of Punishment. If His Majesty has not ordered me to cooperate with Mr. Wen Jing, otherwise even if you come in person, Uncle Wu will not be able to handle it."
Gu Leng replied like this.
He is rigorous in doing things, which is a good thing. Gu Jinnian didn't think it was inappropriate, on the contrary, it was better that way, so as not to be left behind.
"That's fine, Uncle Fifth, my nephew will leave first."
Having said that, Gu Jinnian didn't say anything, took the dossier, turned around and left with Su Huaiyu.
Just waiting for Gu Jinnian to leave.
Gu Leng's gaze fell into deep thought.
Outside the Ministry of Punishments.
Gu Jinnian looked a little calm.
"Brother Su, what do you say?"
When Gu Jinnian opened his mouth, he believed what his fifth uncle said, but he still felt that this case was unusual.
"something wrong."
"Your fifth uncle can't be offended."
Su Huaiyu explained everything in two simple sentences.
"Uncle Wu can't afford it?"
Gu Jinnian frowned slightly, there really was no one in this world that his fifth uncle couldn't afford to provoke.
"It doesn't matter, let's go back and talk about it first, and see what news other people have."
Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and planned to go back to see how everyone was doing.
And this time.
The Confucius family in Kyoto.
in the lobby.
Yang Kai and Kong Ping sat facing each other.
Chuan Shenggong has left and is not in the Confucian mansion.
Fortunately, Kong Ping is here. He is an important figure in the Kong family, so he can negotiate.
Yang Kai's intention was obvious, he didn't want a war between the Great Xia and the Xiongnu, and hoped that the Kong family would come forward to reconcile the situation between the Xiongnu and the border, and directly expressed his inner thoughts.
After Kong Ping learned of Yang Kai's intentions, he pondered for a while and finally gave an answer.
"Master Yang."
"I understand that."
"I will discuss with the patriarch."
"Besides, Kong also believes that there must be someone secretly playing tricks."
"For the peace of the world, the Kong family is naturally willing to stand on the back of their horses, and will never let the villain succeed."
"However, it still depends on what's going on."
Kong Ping made a sound, he understood Yang Kai's intentions, and he directly agreed to go and relax, but it still depends on what it is.
The Huns are so abnormal, there must be something wrong.
"it is good."
"Brother Kong is bothering you so much."
Yang Kai made a sound, and his heart was relieved.
Just right now.
A servant came quickly, holding a letter in his hand, and handed it directly to Kong Ping. He didn't say a word, but Kong Ping frowned.
Soon, Kong Ping took the envelope, opened it and read it, his face changed slightly.
"Brother Kong?"
Yang Kai was curious and looked at Kong Ping.
"Master Yang."
"Things are almost clear."
"This is a letter from my Confucius family. Some people pretended to be Huns and slaughtered villages. As a result, the soldiers on the Daxia border were so angry that they fought with the Xiongnu patrolling cavalry."
"The impostors have all been caught."
"Furthermore, the principal offender of the Great Xia generals was also stripped of their responsibilities by the Xiongnu Kingdom and beheaded for public display. The Xiongnu Kingdom has no intention of fighting."
"All principal criminals will be escorted to Beijing."
"I hope the two countries will be friendly."
Kong Ping said, this is the latest news.
"Really?"
In an instant, Yang Kai couldn't help standing up, he really didn't expect the Huns to be so friendly?
Also cut off his own people?
"really."
Kong Ping nodded, and at the same time handed the family letter to the other party.
"it is good."
"It's really good."
Yang Kai was completely relieved, but when he read the letter from home, he couldn't help but fell silent.
Because the Huns had a purpose in doing so.
It is clearly written in the letter.
Hope the two countries marry.
Marry a Daxia princess.
Is this for a kiss?
(End of this chapter)
Daxia Kyoto.
Palace Hall.
Civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty came in a hurry.
After going up to court.
Emperor Yongsheng directly threw the memorial in his hand under the hall.
"Two thousand unarmed civilians were massacred, and the Great Xia general was decapitated."
"Are the Xiongnu really deceiving me that there is no one in Great Xia?"
"Is this the result of the concession?"
The roar sounded, and Emperor Yongsheng almost roared out. Two thousand people were massacred. What is this going to do?The most important thing is that the general of Daxia was publicly lord over.
If the court doesn't care about it, it's a small thing to lose face, and the people's hearts are shaken, and the army's morale is shaken, which is a big deal.
"His Majesty."
"I think this matter is too strange."
"Although there are frequent riots at the border, the Xiongnu dare not act so boldly. The Great Xia Dynasty is just unwilling to go to war, but the Xiongnu dare not go to war."
"There is no need to invade our Daxia border. I believe that this must be someone secretly playing tricks, hoping that the Daxia Dynasty will fight with the Huns, so as to internally consume our dynasty and achieve an ulterior secret."
Yang Kai's voice sounded, and at this time, the people below could not be allowed to speak.
This matter is indeed a big problem, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that someone is playing tricks.
Although the Huns looked down on the Great Xia Dynasty and always wanted to invade, no matter what, the current Great Xia Dynasty was definitely not an existence that the Huns dared to invade.
If it is said that the Great Xia Dynasty was not easy to go to war because of the treasury problem.
And the Huns definitely didn't dare to go to war because they couldn't fight. If it really broke out, can the Huns stop the Great Xia Iron Cavalry?
So in other words, it is impossible for the Huns to dare to be an enemy of Daxia.
There must be someone behind this.
"Yang Kai."
"Do you have to wait until the Xiongnu cavalry step into the capital of Daxia before you believe it?"
Emperor Yongsheng opened his mouth and directly reprimanded Yang Kai.
Although what Yang Kai said is very reasonable, the crime of the country's border is a big deal no matter what, no conspiracy is not a conspiracy.
It's okay if you think about it.
But what if you lose the bet?
Even if you are sure that there are nine out of ten people who are behind the scenes, you can't let your guard down, because once you lose the bet, you may lose a country.
"His Majesty."
"The minister has sent someone to negotiate with the Huns, and we will have an answer tomorrow."
"I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Yang Kai spoke, although he knew that the emperor was furious, he still had to say what should be said.
If we start a war, the gains outweigh the losses.
The contradiction between the courtiers and the emperor is like this. The emperor is one person, while the courtiers are a group of people. Whether it is considering the interests or stabilizing the overall situation, the emperor has the final say on many things anyway.
It is easy to make big mistakes if you go your own way.
In addition to the faint king, basically even a tyrant sometimes has to listen to the opinions of his courtiers.
"The minister of the Ministry of War listens to the order."
"I am ordering you to strengthen your preparations now."
"The Ministry of Households allocates funds and grain, and sends it to the northern border as quickly as possible, and starts the dragon boat."
"The Ministry of Punishment strictly controls domestic security."
"Regardless of whether someone is behind this matter or not, I want to let the world know what kind of consequences will be paid if I offend Da Xia."
"Retreat."
Emperor Yongsheng didn't talk nonsense, and directly issued various orders. No matter what the matter is, there is absolutely no problem in sending food and grass there first.
"The minister waits for the order."
Seeing that Emperor Yongsheng was like this, all the officials did not dare to continue to dissuade him.
The emperor left.
The expressions of all the officials are different.
The military officers left in a hurry, no matter what the final result was, the Ministry of War was about to get busy.
Yang Kai and Hu Yong just looked at each other and rushed towards the Prince's Mansion.
It's not good for anyone to make a big fuss about this matter.
The prince must come forward.
And at the same time.
Daxia Academy.
The affairs of the imperial court cannot be spread to the academy.
At this moment, seven people were standing outside the dean's study.
Gu Jinnian, Su Huaiyu, Wang Fugui, Jiang Yezhou, Yaochi Fairy, Yang Hanrou, and Li Ji.
In a group of seven, get the files and complete the homework for this month.
Originally, Gu Jinnian had six people here, but Yang Hanrou took the initiative to come over and want to be together.
into the study.
Su Wenjing was looking at the chess record. Following Gu Jinnian's entry, Su Wenjing took out five files and put them in front of Gu Jinnian and others.
"Draw one yourself."
Su Wenjing didn't look up, but continued to study the chess records.
"Sir, do you like playing chess?"
Gu Jinnian opened his mouth and looked at the five files at the same time. They were basically the same, so you can choose whatever you want.
"good."
"The Chess Masters Conference of Jixia Academy is about to start. I may go there in a few days, so I review one or two."
Su Wenjing spoke slowly, then raised his head, looked at Gu Jinnian and said.
"Can the son play chess?"
he asked.
"Gobang can, but Go can't."
Gu Jinnian directly picked up the first volume on the left and gave an answer.
"You can learn. Officialdom is like a game of chess. Sometimes when you don't understand something, you may be able to understand it by playing a game of chess."
"By the way, after taking this file, study it carefully. It doesn't matter whether you go to the church or not. After a month, the old man will come to check the results."
Su Wenjing said so.
"kindness."
Gu Jinnian nodded, bowed immediately, and left the place.
Everyone also bowed one after another, and then followed Gu Jinnian out of the study.
After leaving the study.
The seven were a little excited. After all, approving the files of the Ministry of Punishment sounds a bit lofty.
After walking out of the study, several acquaintances came to meet him.
The four of Xu Ya, plus the three of Xiaoyuansi, nodded at each other when they met, and Xu Changge also appeared, but his expression was a little gloomy. After seeing Gu Jin, his expression became much more depressed.
It seems that he really suffered a serious blow. Although he was cold and silent before, at least he won't be so depressed.
Feeling lost now.
This made Gu Jinnian a little embarrassed.
The two sides greeted each other, then left, and went to a courtyard. After everyone sat down safely, Li Ji's voice could not help but sound.
"Uncle Jinnian, open it quickly, open it and have a look."
Li Ji was very excited. As a great-grandson, he had been taught by a Confucian master since he was a child, but the problem is that the general class is just for the faint of heart, which is really meaningless.
Where is the approval case fun?
Listening to Li Ji's opening, Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and slowly unfolded the file. The file of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is very thick, with a total of more than a dozen files. It is mainly divided into three parts, the ins and outs of the case, the confession of the prisoner, and the introduction of the testimony and evidence.
Gu Jinnian directly unfolded the ins and outs of the case, and then everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on it.
【Egret Mansion-Zhang Ming Murder Case】
[Criminal Zhang Ming, who served in the army for seven years and in Yongsheng for ten years, was discharged from the army due to injury on the fifth day of February. He returned to Bailu Mansion and served as a servant of the government government. My son, you are devoid of conscience and outrageous. 】
[On May [-]th, due to the relocation of the household in Pingyang County, he was dissatisfied with the compensation of the silver from the court, made a big disturbance in the county government, was demoted from his post, and was imprisoned for three months. 】
[Later on August [-]th, he was released after serving his sentence, but he was full of hatred and fear. With his martial arts skills, on the ninth day of September, he attacked the local royal family at night and wanted to steal gold and silver, but was discovered by the servants of the royal family. The criminal Zhang Ming feared To prevent it from spreading, he broke the necks of the servants of the Wang family and kicked his internal organs to pieces. The methods were cruel and cold-blooded. 】
[Because the movement was too loud, it alarmed the Wang family, and finally cooperated with the patrol officers to arrest him]
[On the tenth day of September, the Bailu Mansion government office approved the case. The criminal Zhang Minghua pleaded guilty and was sentenced to be executed by beheading, which was submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for verification. 】
[On the twelfth day of September, Wai Lang Wang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is examining and approving the case, and the re-examination is true. 】
[September [-]th, Xiao Yan, a doctor in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, approved the case, and the review was confirmed. 】
[September [-]th, He Weihua, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, re-examination is true. 】
[September [-]th, Xu Ping, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, finally verified. 】
[September [-]th, the Ministry of Criminal Justice files were delivered, and the criminal Zhang Ming was executed. 】
This is the first record of the dossier.
The cause and effect, the ins and outs are clearly written, but the more detailed things are not on it.
The testimony of Wu, the testimony of witnesses, are in the next few pages.
After reading the dossier, Gu Jinnian felt something was wrong for some reason.
"Gambling addicts, selling their wives and children, this kind of person is really hateful."
Wang Fugui was the first to speak, disdainful of such behavior.
"Grandpa said that gambling is as fierce as a tiger, addicted to gambling, and sells their wives and daughters. Such people deserve death."
Li Ji also followed suit, thinking that Zhang Ming deserved more than his death.
"Enlisted soldiers, returning to their hometown, government office servants, are actually not bad, with 20 taels of silver per month, counting some other income, at least 40 taels of silver a month."
"Besides, this is still a yamen servant. With his military experience, he should be a fast catcher within five years."
"During the Great Xia Dynasty, the police in Fucheng had a monthly salary of 35 taels of silver, plus the prefect's special silver, and some income. One hundred taels of silver a month is not too much."
"Such a good job, but because of a single thought, it came to a decisive conclusion."
Jiang Yezhou spoke, with regret in his tone.
"This is the cause and effect of the world of mortals, and it has already been doomed."
Fairy Yaochi spoke, she was very calm and just said something lightly.
"Poor his wife and children."
Yang Hanrou also said something.
Only Gu Jinnian and Su Huaiyu remained silent in the audience.
At that moment, Gu Jinnian looked at Su Huaiyu with doubts in his eyes.
"What did Brother Su say?"
Gu Jinnian looked at Su Huaiyu and asked calmly.
"The prince should have seen the clue."
Su Huaiyu was very calm.
He didn't answer, but looked at Gu Jinnian instead.
"What's the clue?"
"Uncle Jinnian, what did you see?"
"Is there something wrong with this file?"
Hearing Gu Jinnian speak, everyone's eyes could not help but be full of curiosity.
There is no other reason, this is the subject of the second month, according to what Su Wenjing said before, people will be expelled from this month.
Nobody wanted to be the first to be kicked out.
Hearing this now, everyone is naturally full of curiosity.
"time."
Gu Jinnian looked at the file and spoke slowly.
To be honest, the case is not a big one. There are many things like gambling and selling off his wife and children.
Especially in this feudal society.
Even the overall ins and outs of the problem are not big and logical, but there is one place where the problem is very weird.
That's the time.
"What do you mean?"
"What time?"
"Brother Jinnian, what is the meaning of this?"
Everyone became even more curious, their eyes couldn't move away from the file, but they couldn't see any time issue.
"I haven't been in the Ministry of Punishment, but I know some rules."
"Everyone, take a closer look."
"Approval on the 12th day of September, No. [-] review by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the [-]th and [-]th, the second trial was completed, approved by the Ministry of Criminal Justice on the [-]th, sent to Bailu Mansion on the [-]th, and executed."
"Isn't this time a little too fast?"
"However, I don't know what it is. Brother Su, you have worked in the Ministry of Punishment. Tell me about it."
Gu Jinnian spoke indifferently, but when he said this, everyone came back to their senses.
"Bailu Mansion is one of the 23 mansions in Jiangling County. It is located in the middle, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and rich in supplies. It can also be regarded as a rich city."
"However, it is two thousand miles away from Daxia Capital. Normally, on the ninth day of September, when a prisoner is captured, interrogation should be conducted. Even if the prisoner is recruited immediately, it will take at least two days, and the arrest time is late at night."
"The record in the file is very clear. To arrest people late at night, if you want to convict, you have to be interrogated by the master, the lawyer records the statement, signs and pledges, and then goes to the government office to convict in public, and the people gather to watch. With certainty, the case will be closed."
"If it is the death penalty, three meetings and three trials are required to ensure that there is no omission of witnesses and material evidence before the death penalty can be decided, and then escorted to the Ministry of Punishment for approval at various levels, and finally approved by the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"If there are no doubts in the second trial, there is basically no big problem when it comes to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"It's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment has a lot of opportunities to deal with every day, and sometimes he will directly ask the left and right servants to directly approve and do it for him."
"But even so, it shouldn't be so fast."
"Normally speaking, it would take at least two months for such death row files to appear in front of the Minister of Criminal Justice."
"As for this file, counting the time, from the ninth day of September to the [-]th and eleventh day of September, it will be decided directly."
"Time is so fast, it's unbelievably fast."
Su Huaiyu pointed out the core problem.
The dossiers of death row inmates are extremely strict from top to bottom. The laws of Daxia are extremely strict on death row prisoners, requiring three trials and three meetings in the local area, and then handing them over to the Ministry of Punishment.
The head of the Ministry of Punishment is the first review, investigating the information, confirming the details, and then handing it over to Yuan Wailang, who also needs to review carefully.
Even if I have finished the approval here, I will hand it over to the superior immediately for approval, but the problem is that the superior just happens to be free and have time to approve the case?
Obviously, the case was expedited.
What's more, it was very urgent. It took only eleven days from the filing of the case to the execution of the case. Gu Jinnian really wouldn't believe it if you said that there was nothing else in it.
"Uncle Jinnian, I understand. There is something wrong with this case. Someone deliberately hastened it so that the higher-ups could sentence him to death."
Li Ji wanted to understand, and everyone naturally understood.
"I don't understand. Why is this case expedited? The ins and outs are clearly written. Even if you don't expedite it, it is the law of the Great Xia to pay for your life. There is no big problem."
Wang Fugui frowned, looking at the file full of doubts.
"Some people think that Zhang Ming will die soon."
"There seems to be a problem with this case."
Jiang Yezhou spoke slowly, revealing a possibility.
"It's also possible that Zhang Ming died before September [-]."
Gu Jinnian's voice sounded.
This is his opinion.
Hope that a person dies so much is nothing more than two possibilities, one is that the case is an unjust case, and the case should be closed as soon as possible.
The remaining possibility is that the person is already dead, so he needs to be killed quickly.
Regarding these two possibilities, Gu Jinnian preferred the second one.
In the case of an unjust case, I don’t want to settle the case so quickly. Let the higher-ups investigate slowly. If you think it’s wrong, you can just send someone over to look at it.
But this urgent and urgent dossier is very likely to be that Zhang Ming died a long time ago.
The cause of death is estimated to be very tragic, otherwise, a prisoner who was designated as a death row died in a prison, although he would be blamed, it would not be too bad.
It's nothing more than the fact that the superiors will send someone over to investigate carefully.
If the cause of death is tragic, it cannot be concealed.
At this moment, Gu Jinnian inexplicably felt that the dossier seemed to be chosen randomly by himself, but Su Wenjing must have tampered with it.
There is obviously something wrong with this case, and all the files were picked by Su Wenjing.
Let yourself take over the case for what?
"already dead?"
"The Lord Bailu and the magistrate are so courageous?"
"This is a capital crime."
When Li Ji opened his mouth, he didn't believe it.
"Yes, if a prisoner on death row dies prematurely, if he knows it but does not report it, if he deceives his superiors and his inferiors, he will be dealt with according to the law, which is a capital offense."
"The Fu Jun and the prefect shouldn't be so stupid, right? Brother Gu, even if the Fu Jun's parents and sons planted the blame on others, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to act like this?"
Several people opened their mouths and expressed some disbelief.
It's not that they are living in a dream, but that Daxia's punishment is extremely severe, and whoever does this kind of deception will die.
"If that's the case."
"What kind of character can do this?"
"Everyone in the Ministry of Punishment dared to take the risk to pass."
"Isn't that what a great official is?"
"To the point of death, this matter is at best framed by him. Does he need to use such a large network?"
When Wang Fugui opened his mouth, he really couldn't think of which giant Buddha was involved behind this, and all the members of the Ministry of Punishment got through it?
Don't say anything about the Lord of Bailu Mansion and the prefect.
Even if the magistrate of Jiangling County spoke up in person, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment probably wouldn't respond.
No, not only the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, but also the servants of the Ministry of Justice didn't bother to look at him. One is a Beijing official who holds great power in the world, and the other is a local official.
Few people would do this kind of thing for the sake of the people below. It is too dangerous to lose their officials and lose their heads.
"This matter doesn't necessarily involve too much. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment should not be involved, and even the servant will not be involved."
"Continue to look back, don't think too deeply."
At this moment, Yang Hanrou said that she is the granddaughter of Yang Kai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. Others don't know what Shangshu means, but she does.
Following Yang Hanrou's opening.
Everyone didn't talk nonsense, and continued to look back.
What follows is some testimonies and some additions.
As well as the supplementary explanations from the approval officials, to sum it up, first of all, gambling is bad, it breaks people's hearts, sells wives and children, and is insane.
In the end, Zhang Ming's thoughts and how bad this matter was were summed up, and it was suggested that the higher authorities should be severely punished.
That's about it.
Half an hour later, everyone read the entire dossier.
After reading these dossiers, everyone's thoughts became a little strange, and the content behind them was actually not a big problem.
But at the end of the day it’s all about this, time flies.
"Mr. Wen Jing selected five files from the Ministry of Punishment. It is absolutely impossible for me to just wait for a few random comments."
"It seems that I have to do something, otherwise, I will directly comment on one or two, and the effect will be extremely poor."
When Jiang Yezhou opened his mouth, he gradually figured it out.
There is something wrong with this file.
Su Wenjing must have noticed it, but he didn't say it, but asked everyone to raise it.
Of course, it doesn't mean to let the big guys reverse the case, but to find evidence from it, and you can't just make a few comments and it's fine.
This dossier is a test, testing the abilities of the seven people in all aspects.
Gu Jinnian agrees with what Jiang Yezhou said.
If Mr. Wen Jing hadn't said that thing today, Gu Jinnian really wouldn't have cared too much.
When I went up the mountain and encountered the assessment, who would have thought that Su Wenjing would ask the local government to implement what he said?
Now this dossier is a new test.
If you are really stupid to comment a few words, you are not far from being eliminated.
Thinking of the bet with Su Wenjing, this matter has to be taken care of.
"In this way, my uncle is the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment. Brother Su will come with me to find out a thing or two about my uncle."
"Yaochi, you and sister Hanrou go back to the Yang Mansion, sister Hanrou, you go to your grandfather, listen around, remember to look at your grandfather's expression, you can't let go of any details, only for this One case, not others."
"Brother Wang, your business is spread all over the world. There should be shops in Bailu Mansion, so you can go and ask carefully. Brother Jiang, you can cooperate with Brother Wang."
"Li Ji, you should also go to the palace and ask your father about this matter to see if the crown prince knows about it."
"Everyone, how is it?"
Gu Jinnian gave orders, since this is a test, Gu Jinnian muster up his spirits.
He would like to see what kind of medicine the dean sells in the gourd.
"OK, no problem."
"Okay, I'll prepare right away."
I don't know why, but for no reason, everyone has an indescribable feeling in their hearts, which has never been felt since childhood.
Doing something seriously and with a sense of justice.
Especially Li Ji, if it was really an unjust case, he would have a sense of justice in his heart if he overturned the case because of himself.
"Okay then, let's go."
"At this time tomorrow, we will reunite here."
Gu Jinnian put away the file, handed it to Su Huaiyu, and left directly.
Mr. Wen Jing also said that this one month is just to investigate the file case, there are no restrictions and regulations, and you don't even need to go to school.
free time.
After Gu Jinnian left, everyone didn't talk nonsense and left one after another, trying to solve the secret as soon as possible.
in this way.
After half an hour.
Daxia Palace.
Prince's Mansion.
"His Royal Highness, the country is not yet completely stable. If we attack the Xiongnu, I am afraid that the impact will be bad. The people have just lived a good life for a few days. Once the war starts, there will be resentment among the people."
"Your Highness must go to His Majesty, no matter what method you use, you must persuade Your Majesty to restrain your warlike heart."
On the prince's house.
Yang Kai looked melancholy, begging the prince to persuade the emperor.
And in the lobby.
The prince sat on the first seat, and his expression was a little helpless.
"The emperor's attitude is firm. If you let me go at this time, don't you want me to scold you?"
"Furthermore, the Xiongnu's actions are indeed ruthless. They slaughtered more than [-] people in the village, and they even showed my Great Xia general to the public."
"Such behavior can already be seen as a war, and you can't go, you can't go."
The prince was very helpless.
It's fine if you just try to persuade him on weekdays, but at this juncture, going by yourself is courting death.
Definitely not going.
"His Royal Highness."
"So what if we get scolded a few times? This matter must be caused by someone behind the scenes. His heart is terrible, and he just wants to see Daxia fight. We can't be fooled."
Yang Kai continued to speak earnestly.
The prince took a deep breath, but he didn't answer.
But after a while, his voice could not help but sound.
"Okay, I can't go, at least not now, but you can find someone, he may have a way."
The crown prince opened his mouth, he will not go anyway, but he can point out the way for Yang Kai.
"Dare to ask the prince, who is it?"
Yang Kai got up, his face full of curiosity.
"Preach the Holy Duke."
"He knows more than you. If he comes forward, he can figure out the cause and effect."
"Right now, only Sheng Gong is the only one who can communicate well with the Huns."
"If he has no choice, then prepare for war."
The prince's tone was very firm.
He is very clear about the ability to pass on the Holy Duke. Don't look at being scolded by the old man at the poetry meeting, it will look mediocre.
In fact, Chuan Shenggong's strength is stronger than that of the Great Xia Prince.
"Preaching the Holy Duke?"
"The old minister understands that the old minister will retire first, but I still hope that His Highness can dissuade you with three words."
Hearing that Chuan Shenggong could solve it, Yang Kai also had some understanding, how could he forget this big man, but he still hoped that the crown prince could go there in person.
"Okay, okay, hurry up and let me know if you have any news."
Yang Kai is his loyal follower, and the crown prince didn't show off, and his words seemed very casual.
Soon, Yang Kai left.
But before Li Gao went back to rest, suddenly, some voices sounded.
"I have seen His Royal Highness."
"This servant has seen His Highness the Grandson."
Listen to the sound.
Li Gao's expression suddenly fell.
At this point in time, my son should be studying in the academy, right?Why did you run home?
"Come on."
"Get a good bowl of tea and rinse your mouth."
Li Ji walked into the mansion, and after shouting, he saw his father sitting in front of the hall.
In an instant, that kind of arrogance instantly subsided.
"father."
"I have something for you."
Li Ji spoke immediately, trotted all the way, and came to Li Gao.
"Anything? What's the matter?"
Li Gao sneered, looking at his son, his heart was still a little angry.
"Father, do you know about the Zhang Ming case in Bailu Mansion?"
Li Ji didn't hide anything, and asked directly.
"The Zhang Ming case?"
"What do you care about this kind of thing?"
The prince frowned, not understanding why his silly son suddenly cared about this.
"For the homework assigned by the master, a group of seven people will select a file and then approve it."
"Uncle Jinnian picked up Zhang Ming's case. I read the file and felt something wrong, so I came back to ask you."
"Dad, do you know about this?"
Li Ke is very honest.
"do not know."
Li Gao shook his head, he is a prince, he has a lot of things to do every day, although he is no longer in charge of the country, he still has some government affairs to deal with, how could he know about such things?
The crown prince didn't know, and Li Ji didn't talk nonsense, and told all the ins and outs of the matter.
After finishing speaking, Li Gao could not help but frown.
"Eleven days, make a decision?"
Just after listening to the content of the dossier, Li Gao felt that something was wrong. The speed was too fast. In theory, it could be done in eleven days, but this was only a theoretical matter.
Unless it is a case that the emperor or the minister of the Ministry of punishment attaches great importance to, otherwise, how can ordinary cases be completed in eleven days?This is very problematic.
"That's right, Dad, I noticed something wrong right away. When did the process of the Ministry of Justice get so fast?"
"There must be something tricky about it, and Dad, I feel that the criminal Zhang Ming is likely to have died before the file was delivered, otherwise, it is obviously unreasonable to rush so quickly."
"Even if it's a mistake, the following people don't dare to take such a big risk, don't you think so?"
Li Ji was very thick-skinned, and directly claimed that it was his own credit.
"It's possible."
"Check this matter for your father, you are not bad, you can actually notice this."
"Sanpai didn't teach you in vain on weekdays."
Li Gao was a little relieved.
But Li Ji shook his head and said.
"Father, this matter is our Kirin Pavilion's business, so don't interfere. Besides the homework assigned by Mr. Wen Jing, if you intervene, wouldn't it be using external force?"
"Call an official from the Bailu Mansion for me. I'll just ask. I won't bother you."
Li Ji said with a smile.
He wanted to do this by himself, and he didn't want his father to help, otherwise, even if the case was overturned and something was found out, there would be no sense of accomplishment.
"Kirin Pavilion?"
"You're really promising, kid. Okay, then dad won't investigate, right? Bailu Mansion?"
"You wait here, dad goes out for a while."
Li Gao was a little curious about what the Qilin Pavilion was, but he was even more relieved to hear that Li Ji wanted to do it himself.
After all, I will grow old sooner or later, and I really have to let my son do many things by himself.
This is a good thing.
But he also needs to pay attention to this matter. If something that shouldn't be involved is involved, he can't mess around.
at this time.
In Daxia Kyoto.
Two figures, one in front and one behind, were walking towards the Ministry of Punishment.
It was the figures of Gu Jinnian and Su Huaiyu.
However, before Gu Jinnian arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, a voice stopped Gu Jinnian.
"Jin Nian."
"Why are you here?"
It was Uncle Six's voice.
On the bustling street, Gu Ningya was walking out of the restaurant with a group of men, and happened to meet him.
"Uncle Six?"
"Why are you here?"
Seeing his sixth uncle, Gu Jinnian was also a little curious, and glanced at the restaurant, Wangyuelou, it's not a cheap place.
"Your sixth uncle has just been promoted, and he came over to drink celebration wine, and saw you as soon as he came out."
"Come, come, come and have a look, this is my eldest nephew, Gu Jinnian."
"Great Xia's number one talented scholar, Confucianism and Taoism peerless arrogance, all eyes wide open for me to recognize, seeing my nephew in the future is equivalent to seeing me, you know?"
Gu Ningya drank some wine, got a little drunk, and yelled loudly, wishing everyone knew that Gu Jinnian was his nephew.
"Hello, Your Highness."
"I have seen His Royal Highness."
"See Your Royal Highness."
In an instant, dozens of people paid homage to Gu Jinnian. These were all high-ranking officials of the Xuandeng Department, either Qianhu, the Zhenfu envoy, or the commander, and two commander acquaintances.
All of them are senior officials of the third and fourth ranks.
But seeing Gu Jinnian now, everyone is respectful and humble, without any look of arrogance.
"Uncle Six, don't be ashamed, come here, I need you."
Gu Jinnian pulled the sixth uncle, and he understood why he was so unpleasant as the sixth uncle.
It's too high-profile, and this is the situation after the beating. If you don't beating, something will happen sooner or later.
Seeing that Gu Jinnian was so serious, Gu Ningya didn't mess around anymore.
Immediately followed, and came to a deserted alley, with a curious face.
"Jinnian, what's the matter? Who recruited you? Do you want uncle to catch him?"
Gu Ningya opened his mouth with a serious face, with his hands on the scabbard, giving the impression that as soon as Gu Jinnian opened his mouth, he would immediately arrest people.
"It's not about that."
"Uncle, do you know about the Zhang Ming case in Bailu Mansion?"
Gu Jinnian was straightforward and asked Sixth Uncle.
"Egret Mansion?"
"The Zhang Ming case?"
Gu Ningya frowned, although he is from the Department of Xuan Deng, but this is a case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he is not qualified to read it, nor can he intervene.
"You look first."
Gu Jinnian asked Su Huaiyu to hand over the dossier to the other party without saying much.
Soon, Su Huaiyu took out the dossier, Gu Ningya took a deep breath, forced out the smell of alcohol, returned to normal, and then carefully looked at the dossier.
After reading the dossier.
Gu Ningya frowned.
"There is a problem."
"Eleven days to make a decisive decision, it is impossible to have such a fast speed."
"And your fifth uncle didn't handle the case, so it was obviously bypassed."
"There's something wrong with this."
"The person died a long time ago. It is estimated that torture was used. The people below are afraid of trouble, so they urgently deal with it. This possibility is very high."
"Bailu Mansion, let me think about it, there are no big shots here."
"The Lord of Bailu Mansion's backer is King Qi Lin, but this is not a big deal. If you really want to kill someone, there is no need to spend so much trouble."
"It should be that the people below did something wrong."
"But Jinnian, why are you looking into this? The prince of Bailu Mansion provoked you? Do you want uncle to arrest him?"
I have to say that my sixth uncle, who looks like a loser on weekdays, is really astute when it comes to criminal cases.
Instantly detect a problem, and quickly make a corresponding judgment based on a little bit of existing information.
It is impossible to be the commander of the Lantern Division without any ability.
The only disadvantage is that opening and closing your mouth is to arrest people.
Brother knows that you are the commander, so there is no need to do this, right?
"Uncle Six, this is the homework Mr. Wen Jing gave us."
"It's not really a big problem. I just want you to take a look. If you think there is something wrong, then I can go to Uncle Wu without worry."
Gu Jinnian spoke up.
"Classwork?"
"Take the dossier from the Ministry of Punishment as your homework? This Mr. Wen Jing is really serious. Did he deliberately make things difficult for you?"
"Do you want uncle to arrest him? Arrest him into the Lantern Division and take good care of him? Don't be afraid, uncle is now the commander. It is not a big problem to catch Su Wenjing, and he will be demoted by half a level at most."
Gu Ningya said seriously.
Gu Jinnian: "."
A little speechless, this old sixth.
"Theoretically speaking, if Mr. Gu arrests Mr. Wen Jing, Mr. Gu should be dismissed within half a day, and it is not a big problem to be demoted to half a level."
Su Huaiyu spoke.
After saying this, Gu Ningya couldn't hold back anymore.
"Okay, Uncle Six, let's go first and talk later."
Gu Jinnian didn't bother to pay attention to his sixth uncle, and wanted to get away.
But Gu Ningya held back Gu Jinnian, and then said in a low voice.
"Don't go in a hurry."
"Tell you a few things."
"There may be a war."
Gu Ningya did not let Gu Jinnian go, but revealed some inside news.
"fight?"
"Are you really going to fight the Huns?"
Hearing this news, Gu Jinnian was a little surprised.
"kindness."
"The latest news came from the border. The Xiongnu massacred the village again yesterday, killing more than [-] people. Our army general beheaded hundreds of Huns, and was captured alive by the Hun general, and the head of the owl was displayed to the public. The matter was very troublesome."
"Your grandfather has received a secret order. If you really fight, the old man will go to war."
Gu Ningya made a sound, very serious.
"Grandpa is going on an expedition?"
Gu Jinnian was even more shocked this time.
It was a bit unexpected to fight against the Huns, but it was even more unexpected to let my grandfather go to war.
Although the old man has the strength of King Wu, on the battlefield, there are thousands of troops and horses, and when the strength is exhausted, there is a real possibility of accidents.
The old man is now the pillar of the Gu family, if he really participates in the war, it may not be a good thing.
"kindness."
"It's not that you don't know your grandpa's temper. If His Majesty doesn't give him a secret order and just assigns someone else to go, according to your grandpa's temper, he might go directly to the palace to make trouble."
"The person who hates the Huns the most in this world, besides the Holy One, is your grandfather."
"The few best brothers he had back then all died at the hands of the Huns. The old man made a poisonous oath that if there is a chance to go to war, even if he has only one breath left, he will go to war."
"Don't worry about this, you can't stop it. Your father tried to persuade him today and was beaten up. No one dares to persuade him now."
"Don't bother yourself."
Gu Ningya is very serious.
"understood."
The old man hated the Huns. Gu Jinnian knew this. Back then, he witnessed a few brothers being tortured and killed by the Huns. He had a vengeance from heaven, so he couldn't persuade them, and indeed he couldn't persuade them.
"The old man asked me to tell you something. I planned to find you after drinking today. I didn't expect to meet you here. I just wanted to tell you."
Gu Ningya continued to speak.
"what's up?"
Gu Jinnian was very serious. At this juncture, what the old man told him must be a big deal, and he should take care of it.
"Cough cough."
"Jinnian, the old man said that he might go to war soon, maybe half a month soon, or three months later, you should think about it during this period, and come up with a famous poem through the ages, for your grandfather to go on a grand journey."
"By the way, I will write a poem for your sixth uncle to celebrate him becoming a commander. It doesn't have to be too good, just a poem for the country, and the Gu family can't lose face."
Gu Ningya said seriously.
In the first half of Gu Jinnian's letter, if the old man went to war, it would be reasonable for him to ask his grandson to write a poem.
But in the second half, Gu Jinnian didn't believe it.
Good guy, just rub hard, right?
"Jinnian, why are you looking at me like that?"
"You don't believe your sixth uncle?"
"Okay, if you don't believe me, let's go home and confront the old man face to face."
"Although your sixth uncle doesn't have a good score on weekdays, he will never add fuel to the word and do things."
Gu Ningya is a little unhappy, is his nephew looking at him like this?
Doubt your own character?
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.
"Okay, sixth uncle, I'll go to fifth uncle first, go back and tell grandpa, leave this matter to me, I will definitely write an eternal poem, so that grandpa doesn't have to worry."
Gu Jinnian made a sound, and then quickly walked towards the Ministry of Punishment.
"it is good."
"And my poems."
"Jinnian, don't forget."
Gu Ningya shouted behind him, and then smiled all over his face, alas, it would be nice to have someone who can read at home.
All the way.
After a stick of incense.
The two came to the punishment department.
Although Gu Jinnian's uncle is the left servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he still has to follow the rules.
Gu Jinnian asked someone to communicate outside the door, instead of breaking in directly.
The guards outside the criminal department saw that Gu Jinnian was here, so they didn't dare to be negligent and went to notify immediately.
"His Royal Highness, how is your relationship with Gu Shilang?"
Outside the Ministry of Punishments.
Gu Jinnian was waiting for the notification, but suddenly, Su Huaiyu's voice sounded, making Gu Jinnian a little curious.
"Very good, my fifth uncle is much more serious than my sixth uncle."
"However, his personality is a little cold, he doesn't like to talk much, and he is rigorous in his work, which is much better than my sixth uncle."
"It's fine with me."
Gu Jinnian answered through the few memories in his mind.
"His Royal Highness, Su asks for one thing, I wonder if His Royal Highness can agree?"
Knowing the answer, Su Huaiyu spoke.
"You said."
Gu Jinnian was curious, when did Su Huaiyu ask for something?
"Let your uncle dismiss all the criminal officials who arrested me at the beginning."
"If I need a reason, I will find a way to lure them to the priest's workshop."
"It shouldn't be difficult to spend some money."
Su Huaiyu said calmly.
Gu Jinnian was silent.
Good guy.
It seems that Su Huaiyu also holds grudges.
But before Gu Jinnian could answer, a voice sounded.
"His Royal Highness, the Minister's request is here."
It was the guard who went to report.
The latter came quickly, with a smile on his face.
"I'm tired."
Gu Jinnian cupped his hands and led Su Huaiyu inside without any fuss.
In my memory, my fifth uncle was very cold, eccentric by nature, and upright in his actions.
And it is very serious. When the old man was training martial arts, he asked Uncle Wu and others to run one hundred laps. Uncle Wu and others ran an extra lap, and then asked the old man to add another 99 laps to make up two hundred laps. It must be an integer.
Uncle Six was very fierce, and ran backwards for a lap. The meaning was very simple, and he couldn't let the old man take advantage of him.
It fits Lao Liu's character very well.
Walk all the way.
After coming to the inner hall of the Ministry of punishment.
The guards led the way, and finally Gu Jinnian came to Uncle Wu's office.
The room is very frugal.
There are many files piled up on the desk, but they are arranged in an orderly manner, appearing meticulous.
The ground is also very quiet, anyway, the overall layout is very tidy.
It seems that my fifth uncle has obsessive-compulsive disorder and cleanliness.
"Uncle Five."
Gu Jinnian shouted.
There was a voice in the inner room.
"Wait."
A faint voice sounded, not in a hurry.
After a while.
A figure came out from the inner room.
Eight feet tall, with a hooked nose, cold eyes, fair skin, but a little sickly white, wearing an official uniform, exudes a strong aura as soon as he walks out.
The left servant of the Ministry of punishment.
The existence who is in charge of the law of Daxia, the future Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.
Gu Leng.
I feel cold when I hear the name.
"Jin Nian."
"What are you doing here?"
The fifth uncle came out. Although his words were a bit stiff and he was not as enthusiastic as the other uncles, the family was connected by blood, and the same blood flowed in his bones. Gu Jinnian could feel that this fifth uncle was not indifferent to him.
It's because of his temperament, otherwise he would have been driven away long ago if he had been someone else.
No, you won't see it even if you see it.
"Uncle Wu, please read this file first."
Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and put Zhang Ming's case in front of him.
The latter didn't talk nonsense, and came to the desk to watch the case carefully.
But soon, Gu Leng looked away.
"The case has been settled, what's the problem?"
Gu Leng spoke, and there was nothing unusual.
"Uncle Wu, there is something wrong with this case, the time is too fast."
Gu Jinnian spoke out, pointing at the scroll.
"In the tenth year of Yongsheng, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has been restructured. All murder cases that have a bad influence and disturb the hearts of the people should be specially approved. This is His Majesty's will."
"This case was handled at that time. It was faster, but it was in line with the situation at that time."
Gu Leng said slowly.
For a moment, Gu Jinnian frowned.
And this rule?
He couldn't help looking at Su Huaiyu, who looked very calm.
"Your Highness, don't look, I was in prison in those years, I don't know."
Su Huaiyu was very indifferent.
He didn't know some things. After all, he was in prison and there was not much information he could get.
Uh.
Could it be a misunderstanding?
Thinking too much?
"Uncle Wu, why are you doing so well? Why did the Ministry of Punishment reform?"
Gu Jinnian didn't give up, so he asked one more question.
"There was a human trafficking incident in Baiqiu Mansion. Two hundred girls drowned on a ferry across the river. The mansion concealed it from the court, delayed the time, and was reported by others, which aroused the anger of the people, so the system was reformed."
Gu Leng spoke out calmly.
Tell this thing.
"Oh, I see."
"Then there is nothing suspicious about this matter? Uncle, why didn't it go through your hands?"
Gu Jinnian continued to ask.
"I was investigating disappearance cases in various places at the time, and many girls in Fucheng were trafficked."
"It's not in Kyoto, so it didn't go through my hands."
Gu Leng replied.
At the same time, his eyes could not help falling on the file.
After a while, he opened his mouth slowly.
"This is the subject Mr. Wen Jing gave you, right?"
he asked.
"Correct."
Gu Jinnian nodded.
"Mr. Wen Jing's meaning should be to let you weigh the severity of the punishment, not to let you investigate the case."
"The Ministry of Punishment may make mistakes, but it can be submitted in the form of a dossier, with countless eyes on it, and there will be no major problems."
"Don't think wrong, so as not to waste time, and the evaluation will not be excellent."
Gu Leng said so.
He roughly understood the cause and effect, so he reminded Gu Jinnian a few words.
"understood."
"But Uncle Wu, do you still have the detailed files of this case? Can you give a copy to your nephew?"
Gu Jinnian smiled.
Although the explanation is clear, Gu Jinnian still wants to take a closer look, because this case seems to him to be a little different.
"Well, since you want to check, I'll send someone to send you to the academy."
"Also, there may be a war going on recently. If you have nothing to do, go back one more time and stay with the old man."
"If you really want to fight, it will take at least two or three years for the old man to come back."
Gu Leng opened his mouth and mentioned the war.
"Row."
"Then please trouble Uncle Fifth."
Gu Jinnian nodded.
"Family, there is nothing to trouble you."
"However, you must return it in time after reading it. After all, it is the file of the Ministry of Punishment. If His Majesty has not ordered me to cooperate with Mr. Wen Jing, otherwise even if you come in person, Uncle Wu will not be able to handle it."
Gu Leng replied like this.
He is rigorous in doing things, which is a good thing. Gu Jinnian didn't think it was inappropriate, on the contrary, it was better that way, so as not to be left behind.
"That's fine, Uncle Fifth, my nephew will leave first."
Having said that, Gu Jinnian didn't say anything, took the dossier, turned around and left with Su Huaiyu.
Just waiting for Gu Jinnian to leave.
Gu Leng's gaze fell into deep thought.
Outside the Ministry of Punishments.
Gu Jinnian looked a little calm.
"Brother Su, what do you say?"
When Gu Jinnian opened his mouth, he believed what his fifth uncle said, but he still felt that this case was unusual.
"something wrong."
"Your fifth uncle can't be offended."
Su Huaiyu explained everything in two simple sentences.
"Uncle Wu can't afford it?"
Gu Jinnian frowned slightly, there really was no one in this world that his fifth uncle couldn't afford to provoke.
"It doesn't matter, let's go back and talk about it first, and see what news other people have."
Gu Jinnian didn't hesitate, and planned to go back to see how everyone was doing.
And this time.
The Confucius family in Kyoto.
in the lobby.
Yang Kai and Kong Ping sat facing each other.
Chuan Shenggong has left and is not in the Confucian mansion.
Fortunately, Kong Ping is here. He is an important figure in the Kong family, so he can negotiate.
Yang Kai's intention was obvious, he didn't want a war between the Great Xia and the Xiongnu, and hoped that the Kong family would come forward to reconcile the situation between the Xiongnu and the border, and directly expressed his inner thoughts.
After Kong Ping learned of Yang Kai's intentions, he pondered for a while and finally gave an answer.
"Master Yang."
"I understand that."
"I will discuss with the patriarch."
"Besides, Kong also believes that there must be someone secretly playing tricks."
"For the peace of the world, the Kong family is naturally willing to stand on the back of their horses, and will never let the villain succeed."
"However, it still depends on what's going on."
Kong Ping made a sound, he understood Yang Kai's intentions, and he directly agreed to go and relax, but it still depends on what it is.
The Huns are so abnormal, there must be something wrong.
"it is good."
"Brother Kong is bothering you so much."
Yang Kai made a sound, and his heart was relieved.
Just right now.
A servant came quickly, holding a letter in his hand, and handed it directly to Kong Ping. He didn't say a word, but Kong Ping frowned.
Soon, Kong Ping took the envelope, opened it and read it, his face changed slightly.
"Brother Kong?"
Yang Kai was curious and looked at Kong Ping.
"Master Yang."
"Things are almost clear."
"This is a letter from my Confucius family. Some people pretended to be Huns and slaughtered villages. As a result, the soldiers on the Daxia border were so angry that they fought with the Xiongnu patrolling cavalry."
"The impostors have all been caught."
"Furthermore, the principal offender of the Great Xia generals was also stripped of their responsibilities by the Xiongnu Kingdom and beheaded for public display. The Xiongnu Kingdom has no intention of fighting."
"All principal criminals will be escorted to Beijing."
"I hope the two countries will be friendly."
Kong Ping said, this is the latest news.
"Really?"
In an instant, Yang Kai couldn't help standing up, he really didn't expect the Huns to be so friendly?
Also cut off his own people?
"really."
Kong Ping nodded, and at the same time handed the family letter to the other party.
"it is good."
"It's really good."
Yang Kai was completely relieved, but when he read the letter from home, he couldn't help but fell silent.
Because the Huns had a purpose in doing so.
It is clearly written in the letter.
Hope the two countries marry.
Marry a Daxia princess.
Is this for a kiss?
(End of this chapter)
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