Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 267

The sky suddenly changed, and a cloud of dark clouds rolled in from the east.

The people who were walking on the street stopped and looked up to the east as if they had a premonition, as if they had a premonition that something was going to happen, they hurried back home.

Song Cheng, Yin of Shuntian Mansion, immediately chose to summon the sufferer in the third hall when he heard the sound of the government's grievance drum.

The sufferer was a young, thin woman, and beside her was a five or six-year-old girl, who was weeping to Song Cheng for her grievances.

Boom!

A spring of snow exploded in the sky, and a bolt of lightning illuminated half of the sky, which also foreshadowed that something was about to be discovered.

Song Cheng was trying to understand the whole story, so he immediately called the head catcher Zhao Dayan.

After Zhao Dayan learned the order, he led a group of able-bodied policemen out of the gate of Shuntian Mansion Yamen and drove away, ignoring the thunder and lightning in the sky.

clap la la...

Not long after, the first pattering spring rain of the second year of Hongzhi came, and the rain was a bit chilly.

It's just that the long-dried fields in the suburbs need such a spring rain. The seeds buried in the soil slowly feel the nourishment of the water, and they quietly start to recover.

Good rain knows the season, when spring is here.

The coming of this spring rain announced the complete end of winter, the remaining snow in the original corner has slowly melted away, and the thin ice in the lake miraculously disappeared.

The banquet in Huichang Hou's Mansion was very lively, the table was full of delicacies accompanied by the aroma of wine, but the sudden spring rain made the guests flee one after another.

Sun Ming is drunk!

Drunk on the wine table!

He had a sweet dream at first!
In the dream, he had endless money, lived a life of extravagance and debauchery every day, and even married the oiran whom he had been thinking of back home.

It's just that he drank too much wine, but the whole person seemed to be lying and sleeping on the waves. Amidst the waves of shaking, his abdomen suddenly turned upside down.

Wow……

Sun Ming vomited out all the wine and meat he ate, but his brain was buzzing.

It was still a lingering dream just now, especially when he returned home, he was thinking about that concubine with white skin like snow, but it turned into a nightmare in the blink of an eye.

A gust of wind hit his face, a feeling of stench penetrated into his nostrils, and his body fell on the dirty, smelly and damp ground again.

"water……"

Sun Ming didn't know how long he had been lying down, his throat was dry and difficult to swallow, but he urgently needed the source of life to replenish him.

Since no one brought water for a long time, he fumbled around with his hands, and suddenly a small clear lake appeared in his dream, so he turned over and started to drink.

As the clear lake water entered his throat, the physical hunger and thirst were deeply satisfied, but the next moment he couldn't help but spit out all the water in his mouth.

This kind of water is accompanied by a foul and foul smell. It is almost like urine, no, this is urine.

Pooh! Pooh! Pooh!
Sun Ming felt as if his mouth was full of disgusting things that could not be vomited out, and immediately vomited non-stop, but when he looked around clearly, he was completely stunned.

The rain is gurgling outside the curtain, the spring is fading, and Luo Qun can't bear the coldness before dawn.In the dream, I don't know that I am a guest, but I miss you all day long...

There was mud left in Sun Ming's mouth, and a deep bewilderment flashed across his eyes.

It was surrounded by solid wooden slats, and a torch illuminated the place on the east side. The ground was dry grass and excrement of unknown origin, and the air was a familiar smell.

Dream?
At the beginning, Sun Ming suspected that he had a nightmare. After all, he had clearly returned to Huichang Hou Mansion, but he stretched out his hand to pinch his thigh, and suddenly felt the familiar pain.

At this moment, he was no longer sure whether it was a dream or a reality, or he had actually had a dream of being released and returning to Huichang Houfu.

The messy thinking made him never want to believe that everything in front of him was real.

Sun Ming suddenly noticed the clothes he was wearing, immediately reacted and shouted: "Come on, let Benhou out, let Benhou out quickly, is Song Cheng crazy?"

Obviously he was exonerated by the emperor's decree because he was holding the iron coupon of the Danshu, but now he was arrested and brought back to this cell by the people of Shuntian Mansion, that can only be explained by Song Cheng's madness.

What annoyed him even more was that when he came back, he had arranged for his concubine with white skin like snow to serve him well tonight, but in the end, he was caught here by Song Cheng inexplicably without enjoying it.

"Why are you arguing? If you keep disturbing my sleep, I will slap your mouth!" The prisoner looked like he had just been woken up, and he came over with a lantern and cursed.

Sun Ming recognized that this was the prison chief of the Shuntian government office, and immediately asked anxiously: "Prison chief Liu, what's going on? Why is Benhou here?"

"Let you go or lock you up. The head of the cell is under the orders of the Lord Fu Yin. Now he is only responsible for guarding the prisoners, and he doesn't know anything else! But if you dare to disturb me to sleep again, I will send you a bucket of ice water to taste !” The prison chief yawned, and then threatened with a stern gaze.

Sun Ming knew that the cell boss was indeed a ruthless person, and he immediately shuddered.

Although he didn't know what was going on, but this time he was suddenly captured by Song Cheng, but he felt like he had fallen into a trap.Perhaps releasing himself was a conspiracy, and the emperor had already planned to break his promise.

It just made him very puzzled, if the emperor was so treacherous, the people of the world would definitely be ashamed by the people of the world.

In the morning of the next day, at the Yamen Hall of Shuntian Mansion.

"Ascension!"

Song Cheng, who was wearing a third-rank official uniform, slapped the gavel and said in a deep voice.

"mighty!"

Two rows of yamen guards holding long sticks of water and fire smashed the green bricks in front of them, shouting in unison.

There were more than 100 people who came to watch from the hall. Due to the spring rain yesterday, the government office compound looked extraordinarily clean.

Sun Ming put on a plain white prison uniform again, and was escorted to the court by two yamen guards. This time, his eyes were filled with a kind of confusion.Because of a tease, the whole person seemed a little dazed.

"Sun Ming, are you guilty!" Song Cheng asked solemnly, without any expression on his face.

Sun Ming seemed to have come to his senses suddenly, and asked Song Cheng, "Song Cheng, are you suffering from a brain twitch? Benhou...my crime has been set aside by the Danshu iron certificate. What am I doing back here!"

Although he still wants to call himself the Marquis, his Marquis was removed by the emperor yesterday, so he is actually a grassroots man now.

Huh?
After hearing Sun Ming's questioning, the people in the hall also looked at Song Cheng in puzzlement.

Since they were all paying attention to this case, they also knew that the emperor had recognized the privilege of the iron certificate of Danshu in Huichang Hou Mansion yesterday, and had agreed to exempt Sun Ming from death.

Now that Sun Ming was suddenly brought back, things were really weird.

East of the city, Dongsheng Inn.

Zhang Sui and others saw that the day was getting closer and closer to the palace examination, and they couldn't help becoming more and more nervous.

On the contrary, Hai Kuan and Chen Shou looked away, they were given fame by the emperor, not to mention whether they could be among the best, even if they won the first prize, they would be sprayed to death by their colleagues.

Just like that, they planned to take the exam with a normal heart. It would be great if they could rank high, but it wouldn't be too bad if they were still ranked low. After all, at least they would be able to get an appointment as a county magistrate.

"Because of a Dan Shu with a dishonorable name, he forgives Huichang Hou's crimes. If he indulges such villains like this, Daming... Daming is in danger!"

As soon as Zhang Sui and others came to the front hall, they heard a voice accusing the emperor, and the five of them couldn't help turning their heads to look at it. It turned out to be Guangdong Xieyuan Huang Zhongwen who failed the ranking.

After Ma Wensheng encouraged the students of the four major academies to accuse the emperor of shielding Huichang Hou, it still affected the frustrated son after all, and this self-esteemed Xie Yuanlang also played up his dissatisfaction.

In fact, there was no question about the Huichanghou case in the second round. With Huang Zhongwen's talent, he thought it would be no problem to get in the top [-] in the exam.It's just that he failed the ranking now, which filled him with anger.

"Xie Yuanlang, don't you know that the Shuntian government office took Sun Ming back to prison yesterday?" Zhang Sui and Huang Zhongwen knew each other, so he couldn't help but said.

Huang Zhongwen glanced at Hai Kuan and the others who were lucky enough to be rewarded, and responded with disdain: "So what if you heard about it? So what if you didn't hear about it? Now that Sun Ming has been exonerated, what's the use of arresting him again?"

"No wonder you will fail, then I will give you two words!" Zhang Sui no longer sympathized with Huang Zhongwen, exchanged glances with Hai Kuan and a few others, and immediately spit out two words in unison: You deserve it.

After experiencing so much, they are becoming more and more loyal to the current Holy One.

Although the others didn't know the deep meaning, they knew that the emperor didn't really want to forgive Huichang Hou Sun Ming, but adopted the solution they proposed.

"How dare you humiliate me like this, this vengeance... I have written it down!" Huang Zhongwen said, facing such humiliation from Zhang Sui and others, his face turned red like a pig's liver.

It's just that similar situations happened elsewhere. Scholars have brains after all, and now there are obviously more and more people supporting Emperor Hongzhi, and there are even little fans of Emperor Hongzhi.

In fact, it's no wonder that, regarding the case of Marquis Huichang, they can only say: The emperor did a good job.

In the Shuntian government office, a plaque of integrity is hung high.

"Your massacre of Qian's family on Lunar New Year's Eve has indeed been offset by one death, but you later assigned the head of the Northern Gang, One-Eyed Tiger, to assassinate Miss Qian. The Northern Gang killed three people in Dongsheng Inn. Now the family members of the three deceased They have already submitted a lawsuit to the governor of this government, demanding that you be severely punished!" Facing Sun Ming's questioning, Song Cheng explained the cause of the incident.

When Sun Ming heard the accusation, he immediately raised his eyes and asked, "Isn't this all the same case?"

"On the evening of New Year's Eve, you ordered your younger brother to lead people to massacre Qian Fu's family. It was to get back the pawnbrokers from Changsheng's pawnshop, so this was a big family extermination case. It's just that you chased and killed Miss Qian's family later to solve future troubles, but The leader of the Northern Gang, Cyclopedic Tiger, and others killed the three people at the Dongsheng Inn, these are three lives, and it is enough to kill you three times!" Song Cheng's eyes flashed with anger, and he stared at Sun Ming and told about his crime.

He didn't intend to let Sun Ming go from the very beginning, but because of the Iron Coupon of Danshu given to Huichang Marquis Mansion by Emperor Yingzong, Emperor Hongzhi also had to face difficulties.

Fortunately, this matter is not unsolvable. Although he initially hoped that Emperor Hongzhi would not recognize the effectiveness of the Danshu Iron Coupon, he also understood that this approach was not appropriate, so he thought of another way.

The biggest problem with Hou Sunming of Huichang is that he committed many crimes. What he committed was not only the massacre of the entire family of Qian's family, but then he sent people to hunt down and kill Miss Qian's family and created three cases.

That's why, instead of worrying about whether the iron coupons of the Marquis of Huichang can take effect, it is better to let the iron coupons of the Marquis of Huichang take effect once, and then be executed for subsequent crimes.

Sun Ming learned that Song Cheng had such an idea, but he didn't intend to argue with Song Cheng, so he said coldly: "I want to see the emperor, and the emperor will make decisions for me!"

This……

Seeing that the case was brought to the emperor, the people in the hall couldn't help wondering whether the Forbidden City supported Song Cheng or chose to punish Sun Ming severely.

"You are a grassroots person who told the governor of this government that you want to see the emperor. Is it that you can see the emperor as soon as you say you will?" Song Cheng knew that there were some things that he could only handle by himself, so he tried to stop him.

Sun Ming suddenly realized that he was really not qualified to face it, so he defended himself: "I don't accept the verdict of this case, I am not guilty, and I have been completely exonerated!"

"You dare to shout at the court! Come, let's fight fifty big boards!" Song Cheng knew that it was time for Sun Ming to recognize the reality, and immediately threw down a warrant.

The four yamen immediately went to Sun Ming, and knocked Sun Ming to the ground with long sticks. Two yamen guards held Sun Ming's head, and the other two took off Sun Ming's pants and started beating him.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Sun Ming's butt was quickly beaten to a bloody mess, and the majestic Lord Hou had turned into a dead dog.

Sun Ming had a strong desire to survive. Although he was beaten up and screamed, he still shouted loudly: "This Marquis refuses to accept, this Marquis' life is spared, you are trying to discredit the Emperor!"

"Your Majesty has exempted you from the serious crime of massacring the whole family of Qian's family. This is a death, but now the governor of this government is talking about the case that you appointed the leader of the Northern Clan, One-Eyed Tiger, to kill three people at the Dongsheng Inn. Now that the evidence is convincing, people will be imprisoned." In the prison of death, let the governor of this government report to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and ask to be executed!" Song Cheng slapped the gavel and gave a quick sentence.

The leader of the Northern Clan, Cyclops, had already confessed, and Sun Ming had already confessed earlier, so this case does not need to be retried, and the trial can be carried out directly.

It's just that according to the normal procedure, the case of beheading must be reported to the Ministry of Punishment for instructions from the emperor, so that the Shuntian government office can execute Sun Ming's beheading.

"No, I want to see the emperor, the Marquis wants to see the emperor!" Feeling the fear of death, Sun Ming kept complaining even though his buttocks had been beaten to a bloody mess.

Zhao Dayan led the yamen to come forward, judging from various signs, the emperor could not see this villain, and there was no reason to see this villain, so he took him back to the prison in Shuntian Mansion and waited for execution.

Following Song Cheng's formal verdict against Sun Ming, the news here quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

I have always thought that the most entangled question is whether the Danshu Iron Coupon of Huichanghou can avoid death, but I ignore that the crime that Huichanghou committed this time is not just a death.

Since Sun Ming was always going to die, first avoiding one death, and then giving him death for another crime, the matter can be perfectly resolved.The Huichanghou question in the second round of the test may seem like a dilemma, but it actually has a solution.

As for the public opinion in the capital initiated by Ma Wensheng and others, they were hit hard again. They originally wanted to take the opportunity to smear Zhu Youtang, but they were slapped in the face again.

However, things didn't go in a good direction. While eating lunch, Jin Yiwei's Baihu Ma Shu suddenly fell to the ground with his neck in great pain.

(End of this chapter)