Emperor Yongzheng

Chapter 96: Showing off his majesty and cruelty to the officials, punishing them in prison, suppressing evil spirits, setting fire to Chaishan Mountain
Che Ming and Hu Qiheng got Nian Gengyao's handwritten letter, and they were naturally proud of it. With Nian Gengyao's prestige, they stomped their feet and shook the eleven provinces. Stand up.As soon as Tian Wenjing was released and detained in the yamen, Chao Liu's case would immediately become another suspicious case with no clear explanation.Even if he couldn't bring down this invulnerable second-rate governor in one fell swoop, Tian Wenjing would never be able to stand firm in Henan from now on.The two of them rushed out of the Old Town God's Temple in Zhengzhou, and they didn't take a sedan chair that night, but took a dozen or so entourages and rode back to Kaifeng during the starry night.The two of them negotiated and decided that Hu Qiheng would not go back to the Naisi Yamen, but would rest for a while in the study of Che Ming Yamen, and then they would pay a visit to Tian Wenjing together.Unexpectedly, before he could sit still, Wan Zuming, Che Ming's Master Qian Liang, barged in. Before he could salute, he stomped his feet and complained:

"Che Weng, one step late, one step late!"

Che Ming's feet were still soaking in the hot water basin, rubbing each other comfortably. Hearing this, he couldn't help being startled. He glanced at Hu Qiheng who was drinking tea, and asked, "What's 'late'? It's worth being so angry Wan Zuming frowned, sat down next to Hu Qiheng, and said, "The case of Chao Liu has been concluded. Yao Jie and the others came the night before yesterday, saying that Tian Zhongcheng had a big job today. Wang ordered the banner to rectify the Dharma of the monk of the Calabash Temple and the nun of the Baiyi Nunnery together - told us to try our best, and the two adults both went to Zhengzhou. Zhang Zhang... Now that the trouble has reached this point, I can't cover it anymore, but how can it end?" Che Ming paused for a moment, then sneered and said, "Maybe who can't close the scene! Go, tell them all to come, later Let's go to the governor's yamen together." Master Wan said anxiously: "If they can come, why should I be so anxious? Tell Tian Zhongcheng to detain them!"

"What!?" Hu Qiheng was shocked, "The man surnamed Tian actually arrested all the masters of the feudal government office! Why?" Wan Zuming shook his head and said, "I don't know about the details. It was agreed when the feudal stage didn't leave. However, I paid tens of thousands of silver to buy Chao Liu’s house and withdraw the original lawsuit. There is no one who suffers, and everything will be fine. Maybe Chao Liu’s family will not pay, or the guards have no way to go through. In short, there is no reply. , went to another one and didn't come back. In the end, I asked Lao Li to go, and agreed not to return after Youshi. There must be a big event, so we should prepare here. This night passed again, and there was no sound, so it was not a big event. ? It must be the shrew Chao Liu who sold us!" After saying that, he stumbled and sighed.Hu Qiheng said coldly: "Anyway, you are the masters of Shaoxing, and you don't understand the laws of the Qing Dynasty! You should ask about the number of old criminal names in my yamen! This kind of case is not a case of disobedience, housework, or theft. It can be settled privately. Human life is at stake, and Chao Liu's withdrawal of the lawsuit against Tian Wenjing will stop?"

Che Ming had calmed down, wiped his feet and put on his boots, and said with a giggle, "It's fine if you don't know, old man. I just need to withdraw the case of kidnapping Chao's son. I don't know what's going on at the governor's office. Don't let this matter get messed up." Fang Cun. Let's pay homage to Tian Wenjing, and we'll see."

When the two arrived at the Governor's Yamen, it was just dawn, and there were two lines along the street, three steps, one post, five steps and one post, all of which were police stations arranged by Ma Jiahua of Kaifeng Prefecture. Forbidding scene.In front of the screen wall of the empty yamen, dozens of officials were already standing beside the Yimen, discussing unsteadily in private, seeing the two of them getting off their official sedan chairs, they hurriedly moved out of the way.Che Ming got off the sedan chair, looked around, and seeing Ma Jiahua was there, he beckoned over and asked, "Have you seen Zhong Cheng?"

"Back to Fantai, I just met Tian Zhongcheng, and today Zhongcheng is going on a big job. The prisoner has been released—"

"I know. Where is Zhongcheng now?"

"In the signing room, talk to the five masters."

"Well." Che Ming smiled subtly, pointed to a pile of firewood the size of a wheat field on the empty field and asked, "What is that for?" Ma Jiahua turned his head to look at Chaishan, and said: "I don't know about the lowly position. It was ordered by Zhong Cheng at night." Che Ming didn't say anything more, looked at the group of officials, all of them were above the seventh rank in the provincial capital, and turned to Hu Qiheng and said, "Let's go in."

So the two of them walked into the Yamen with full clothes and went straight to the signing room. Sure enough, they heard Tian Wenjing talking in the study from a distance: "Henan is different from Jiangnan, and the method can't be the same. Li Wei likes to squeeze oil from whores, and I am in Kaifeng." Open a Chunxiang Building, comparable to the Qinhuai River in the golden powder of the Six Dynasties? Brother Che and Brother Hu are here, please come in." Che Ming and Hu Qiheng bent down and let the fish enter the signing room, but Tian Wenjing's crown was neat and his hair was full. Wearing a flowered coral top, a nine-python five-claw robe over a golden pheasant patch, and black satin official boots, sitting in front of the desk, next to the four masters Wu Fengge, Bi Zhenyuan, Zhang Yuncheng, and Yao Jie, seeing them come in, Everyone stood up to greet him, only Wu Sidao sat alone in front of the screen, playing with the folding fan in his hand and muttering silently.

"You guys came back just in time." Tian Wenjing waited to get up, and then sat down again, "The case of Chao Liu was concluded six days ago, and my brother reported the case directly to the study. Instruction—please take a look at it, both of you." As he spoke, he handed over a brochure with a yellow silk cover on the case.Che Ming said in the middle of his mouth: "Master Zhongcheng has acted vigorously and resolutely. It is admirable to settle the accumulated cases for several years!" When Zhu criticized, he couldn't help shaking his whole body, and his face changed color.When Hu Qiheng came over to look at it, he couldn't help being surprised, and saw that it read:

I am so astonished that such things happened under the daylight in the Qingping and prosperous times!I recalled that when the Holy Patriarch visited the south, the incident of the Third Prince Zhu in the Pilu Temple was like a thieves' den.Although these thieves, monks, and nuns are worthless, what are they worth?It is ordered that the caregiver does not have to strictly abide by the precepts, but should be sentenced to death quickly based on the principle of clearing the sky and pleasuring people's hearts.With such a huge crime happening under the majestic provincial capital, what does the judicial yamen do on weekdays?Hu Qiheng understands the answer!Chao Liu's complaint has been filed for three years, how can the provincial officials not know the reason?That is to say, Tian Wenjing announced that all officials in the provincial capital would be demoted to the second level and fined for half a year.This!The cinnabar handwriting is dripping with cursive, and the word "Qin this" behind it is no longer very obvious. It can be seen that Yongzheng wrote it in one go under the fury of Yongzheng.When Hu Qiheng saw his name mentioned, his heart skipped a beat, and his face immediately turned pale. He held the zhezi back to Tian Wenjing with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Please give me an introduction, and Qi Heng is guilty. But there are many reasons behind it. Rong Qi Heng Juzhe played it in detail to know the Holy One."

Che Ming didn't expect that Tian Wenjing would be a stalker when they met. He was stunned for a while before he realized that if Tian was intimidated by him, he would take advantage of it and do something.After thinking about it, he regained his composure, then leaned back and said: "Although the vassal office doesn't deal with lawsuits, the former and current governor of Kaifeng was appointed by me. I have heard about this case a long time ago. I thought it was an ordinary murder case. It was dealt with by the Judiciary Yamen, and I didn't expect it to be so horrifying because of the vine entanglement. Since Long live has decreed, I must take the blame for my humble position. But—" He rolled his eyelids and glanced at Tian Wenjing, and said with a wry smile: "But this case It has been delayed for a long time, and many officials may be involved. Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds are roiled, and there will be an uproar in the official circles in Henan. So this time I have an audience with General Nian, and the General is also very concerned. Law and order is enough, and he specially asked us to bring a warrant, please take a look at it." Then he handed over the warrant written by Nian Gengyao with both hands.

Tian Wenjing took it and looked at it, passed it to Wu Fengge and others casually, and sipped the tea ceremony: "General Nian controls the military and government of eleven provinces, and has no intention to intervene in judicial and civil affairs. The case has reached this point, I can only follow the principles of heaven." Follow the king's law. The 23 people in the yamen are not arrested for a long time, but they are arrested on the night of my permit. There is neither my constitution nor the ticket of the Kaifeng government. It is suspicious, so I want to be one Capture and deal with the case, Ji Heng, since you are here today, I would like to ask, are these people secretly going to take Chao Liu, is it the ticket issued by the old man?" When Hu Qiheng saw Yongzheng's handwriting, his heart was already timid, and he thought He was planning to take on the matter but hesitated again. If he couldn't make up with these yamen servants, maybe even himself would be "jointly dealt with" at this moment.With a dry laugh, he said: "Issuing tickets and arresting people is a matter of the police department. You only need to reply to my master. Sometimes there are more than a dozen cases a day. How can I manage these trivial matters? They only return after the governor's office detains people." I know." Tian Wenjing let out a "huh" and said, "That's good, the case is closed today, and I have a few words from my confidant to tell you frankly. I am a special official of the imperial court, and I have to report the case due to my deep gratitude. No matter which official is implicated, I will deal with him impartially and in accordance with the law. This is one. These 23 conscription confessions have been taken, which is indeed favoritism. They don't even have a ticket from the patrol office, so they can't be lightly indulged. There is a saying. The general will not accept the orders of the emperor, not to mention that my brother, Mu Yu, is only responsible to the court! If the general Nian has committed a crime, the brother will accept it. For more than a month, the governor's yamen has only done two things. Let's not talk about it, the whole yamen is used to torture this group of monks and nuns, some things are related to the officialdom, it is really disgustingly ugly. I really want to shake it all out—" He glanced at Che Ming , actually let out a deep sigh.

Che Ming's body was half numb. In fact, he didn't have much to do with this murder case. The reason why he tried his best to cover it up was because his concubines and nuns in Baiyi Nunnery had a close relationship in the past. , decades of Taoist faces have no place to rest, and now hearing Tian Wenjing say the word "guizi", I suddenly feel cold and sweaty, but I don't dare to ask.

"So my masters and I have thought over and over again, and we still want to complete the official status of our colleagues," Tian Wenjing said sincerely, "This lawsuit did not invite the two and other officials to a public trial, because as few people as possible know about it, the better. I have ordered that all the cases of nuns and monks' dealings with the family members of the gentry and eunuchs, regardless of whether they are obscene or related to human relations, will be deleted. It is inconvenient to declare this article clearly. I would like to ask the two brothers to privately convey it to the various officials of your yamen. Let everyone still handle things with peace of mind." At this point, Che Ming finally let go of his heart.But Hu Qiheng didn't care about that, he bowed and said, "Since it's going to be fulfilled, the face of the senior general is also important, can you please release the ordinary servants and let the humble officials handle it themselves?"

Tian Wenjing finished listening with a dumb smile, without answering, stood up and nodded slightly to Wu Sidao, and said to Wu Fengge and others: "It's time to be promoted." Then everyone got up one after another, Yao Jie came out first, and rushed to Ermen Geshi Ha Gao said: "Fire the cannon! Tanaka Cheng has been promoted!" Hu Qiheng suddenly felt that he had been betrayed by Che Ming, so he couldn't help but stare at Che Ming with resentment, and had no choice but to get up.Che Ming quietly pulled him to the end, and said in a low voice, "He's determined to eat the weights, so what's the use of fighting? We'll see how he settles the case later, if he really can't come down, I'll tell you, Mr. Qian, to bite his four masters out." !"

"Yeah." Hu Qiheng's eyes flashed like ghost fire, "There's Zhang Qiu!"

"Master Zhongcheng is promoted!"

With the sound of three cannon shots, the main hall door of the governor's yamen, which is usually locked and locked, opened. The judge, accompanied by Che Ming and Hu Qiheng, came over, "Oh—" the geese walked out of the hall one by one with a low growl, and stood still according to their positions. Sitting under the "High Hanging" plaque, Che Ming and Hu Qiheng on the two sides of the public case also took their seats. For a while, only clothes were heard in the hall, and there was no sound of coughing.

This is a major case that has been dragged on for three years. It involves a nunnery, a temple, monks and nuns, and more than a dozen lives. It is more sensational than the Guangdong case of nine lives.I heard that the Futai Yamen closed the case today, and the people of Kaifeng rushed to tell each other, and almost came here all over the city. Who would not care about this?It was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the sky was already falling, and it was the golden and flowing fire weather. The sky was clear and there were no clouds, and a round of blazing sun shone down, scorching the earth scorching hot. Thousands of people stood far outside the big screen wall. He looked at the lobby desperately, but was stopped by the officials of the Kaifeng government office from a distance.Ma Jiahua wanted to guard the criminals while maintaining order. He was so hot that he was sweating through his heavy clothes. He heard the sound of the drum over there, and said in his mouth: "Stop people for me. Anyone who has crossed the lime line can only be whipped with a whip!" He rushed into the lobby, saluted Tian Wenjing, and said, "There are too many people outside, and some of them fainted from the sun. It's hard to maintain. I can't stand here for a humble job."

"It's hard for you." Tian Wenjing smiled slightly, turned his face quickly, slapped the wood with a "slap", and shouted: "Lead people into crime!"

"tie!"

Several Goshhas agreed to go out, and immediately brought seven monks and 23 nuns in with iron chains.I don’t know how many times these monks and nuns have been to the church, they are lame and limping, their clothes are blue and can’t cover their bodies, their hair is more than two inches long, sweat stains and blood stains are filthy and smelly, all of them are pale and tired, half dead He bowed his head and knelt down on the ground.When Che Ming took a closer look, there were quite a few people who were familiar with each other. They usually walked around in his mansion and did things.At this moment, seeing them reduced to this point, I suddenly felt uncomfortable, but I couldn't show it on my face.At this time, I listened to Tian Wenjing's order: "Master Yao, read their crimes!"

"Yes." Yao Jie bowed in agreement, took a long booklet from the case, flipped it with left and right hands, and began to read aloud.Thirty criminals of age, appearance, and origin wrote more than [-] characters, all of which had been reviewed several times by the various departments of the governor's office. I was in a trance today, and I couldn't read a sentence several times. I tried to read it for an hour before I was done.Hu Qiheng originally thought that people who were detained in the yamen must always bring a sum of money, but he didn't even mention a word from the beginning to the end. Just as he was surprised, Tian Wenjing asked with a sinister smile:
"Juekong, you are the chief culprit. You were the one who colluded with the nun in Baiyi Nunnery, and you were the one who conspired to design the murder—and Jingci, please tell me, can you be blamed for the sentence you read just now?"

The monk named Juekong struggled to take a step forward. He was not yet 40 years old. Even Ma Jiahua, who was standing at the entrance of the hall, couldn't help being stunned by the fierce monk in the temple.But he heard nothing and said: "Responding to the old man's words, the facts are not different. But Jingci and the others did not directly participate in the murder, please pay attention to the old man." After Tian Wenjing listened with a smile, he asked Jingci again: "What about you? What do you have to argue with?" That Jing Ci was not as calm as Jue Kong, she sifted the chaff all over her body, shrank into a ball with trembling, and said nonchalantly: "I only want a quick death, I only want a quick death..."

"This caress has the virtue of being good at life." Tian Wenjing gritted his teeth and said with a grin. "The Buddha said that the retribution of the six realms of retribution is not good, and the retribution of good and evil only comes sooner or later! There is a saying that murder is forgiven, and it is unreasonable. How can you do evil like you?" The way to die quickly?" He hurriedly got up according to the case, and slapped the wood with a "slap", all the people in the hall trembled and changed color, and Tian Wenjing shouted: "Bind Juekong, Jingci and send it to Chaishan——Ben Fu personally raised fire to send them back to Nexi! The rest of the lewd monks and nuns will all show their heads to the public!"

According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the heaviest punishment was Ling Chi, followed by various death sentences such as bending at the waist, beheading, and hanging. Tian Wenjing dared to execute people without punishment and set fire to him.At this moment, Che Ming remembered the use of firewood stacks in the square outside, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. When he saw Hu Qiheng, his face was also pale and bloodless.Seeing that everyone was in a daze, Tian Wenjing pulled out a fire stick from the signing box and threw it out with a "bang": "You still don't do anything, why are you so dazed?"

"tie!"

"Slow down!" Juekong waved his hands, stopped the yamen servant, and shouted at Yao Jie, "Master Yao, Master Wu, and Master Zhang! How did you agree to us? First delay the decision and then reduce it - not you Did you say that?" This time he became hasty and the whole room couldn't help but burst into uproar!Tian Wenjing seemed to be taken aback, and turned around to glance fiercely at the masters behind him.Except for Bi Zhenyuan, who was still able to control himself because he didn't have "Zhenbao", Wu Fengge, Yao Jie, and Zhang Yuncheng were all dwarfed by him!Wu Fengge took off his glasses, his face was pale, he took out a handkerchief to wipe his glasses with trembling hands, muttering: "That's unreasonable... spitting blood..." By accident, the lens was broken in half by him... Tian Wenjing Hey Ran smiled and said: "Old sir, it seems your glasses are too weak!"

"Yes, yes, no—" Wu Fengge was incoherent in a panic, "These death row prisoners dare to make false accusations in such a way. They really deserve no punishment, no punishment..."

Hu Qiheng didn't expect Tian Wenjing to go too far, forcing the prisoner to start several of Tian Wenjing's masters. He felt very comfortable, leaned back and said, "Zhongcheng, the case has changed. Since the three masters are involved According to the law, the decision should be suspended for retrial. Can we join the case with my yamen being detained for servitude?" Tian Wenjing stared at Yao Jie like a hungry wolf, and said with a chuckle: "If the chest is upright, the eyes will be; if the chest is not upright, the eyes will be. Yao Master, I have always treated you kindly, and today I can let you go again. If you surrender now, I will deal with it as surrender. Otherwise, if you follow Master Hu's method, the three of you may lose your mind." Yao Jie has gone from extreme panic at this moment He came to his senses: "It is a common trick for people to evade the criminal law, but it is so cunning and cunning, which is really unexpected. I have never accepted any bribes. Mr. Lian Feng, Brother Yun Cheng , I dare to guarantee that I didn’t take a penny from these death row prisoners!” Wu Fengge and Zhang Yuncheng also regained their composure, denying with one voice that they had accepted the bribe.

"I think it can be dealt with in another case." Tian Wenjing knew that it would turn into an unreasonable mess if it continued like this, so he returned to his seat and said proudly.Then he said to Juekong: "Everyone has his own account. Just now I said that good and evil will be rewarded. Since your crimes are true, it is better to end today. I will tear up the matter of these masters later. " After finishing speaking, there was another shout: "Tie it up! Push it out!"

The yamen servants didn't hesitate anymore, they tied, racked and dragged thirty death row prisoners out of the lobby.Geshha, who signed the pledge, brought a large bundle of death cards, all of which had their names and reasons written on them.With a smile hanging from the corner of Tian Wenjing's mouth, without looking at the crowd, he took up a large brush and dipped it in cinnabar, and wiped it off one by one without hesitation, and immediately the whole case was as red as blood.

"Today is very angry!" Tian Wenjing finished the decision of the criminal card, let the Goshhas take out one by one for the prisoners to insert one by one, stood up easily and smiled: "Go to Kaifeng, I am so angry , the emperor's temple is gratified, the people are happy in the streets, I am a Buddha in the west, see me clean up the scum of Buddhism, and I will die in the future! There are so many people outside, Mr. Che and Hu, let's go to prison together! "

Hu Qiheng and Che Ming didn't have a word to say, they just felt dazzled and involuntarily followed Tian Wenjing out.Tian Wenjing came to the entrance of the hall and ordered again: "call the patrol room and ask the three masters to settle them separately. No rudeness and collusion are allowed!" Then he came out.

The yamen has already been crowded with thousands of people, people are talking about what happened in the yamen noisily, some opened their mouths and looked up, some crowded around to find the best place to watch the excitement, some people suffered from heat stroke and were arrested. The people around carried it out and poured it by the pond with cold water, waiting impatiently, when sixty knives and axemen rushed out with thirty prisoners with death marks on their backs, and the crowd surrounded them with a "huh".Ma Jiahua's braids were coiled around his neck, and the hem of his robe was tucked into his belt, regardless of his official appearance. He commanded the Kaifeng mansion. This is the execution ground!Get out of the lime line all the time!Whip me hard!The people in the front squeezed back after being whipped, and then pushed forward again. Those who were squeezed down screamed in unison from the pain, and it took a while to calm down.Tian Wenjing turned around and smiled and said to Che Ming: "Today's Pig Bathing Festival is really not a good time to kill people, but I forgot." Then he walked to the flagpole of the governor's yamen and said sharply:

"Drag Juekong Jingci here!"

"tie!"

"The rest of the prisoners are held in front of the iron bars!"

"tie!"

Tian Wenjing looked around.People calmed down. Amidst the sweat and panting, people witnessed the governor's fierce "presence" and thought he must have something to say.Unexpectedly, Tian Wenjing moved his lips, and there were only two simple words:
"Execution!"

In an instant, three gunshots were heard, and more than 20 executioners in black clothes and red belts in front of the iron railing, holding ghost knives in their hands, came to the back of the prisoner, kicked the back of the knee very skillfully, and swung the knife diagonally. , kicked and dodged to leave, and the 28 heads rolled straight out.It was just after noon in the dog days, when the human yang energy was at its peak, and the blood shot out of the corpses like arrows, and even the big stone lion seat at the gate of the yamen was covered with dark red blood.It's over in an instant.Hu Qiheng has been a supervisor and beheader many times in his life. Even if Qiujue kills someone, he seldom ranks above ten at one time. Seeing Tian Wenjing's brutality, he is also horrified.

"Put this pair of culprits on Mount Chai!" Tian Wenjing pointed to Juekong and Jingci who were tied to one side, "I will set fire to burn them myself!"

Juekong Jingci had already been paralyzed like mud, and four or five Geshhas had never done this kind of errand, and it took a long time to drag the two chief culprits who were tied together to the firewood pile.Tian Wenjing turned around and saw that Che Ming and Hu Qiheng were sweating profusely, stupefied, and said with a smile: "In the past, there was a poem in Donglin: 'It's no wonder that scholars talk empty, and their heads are bloody'. According to the decree to govern Suiyu Province, how dare you have descendants?" Then he took the torch, lifted his robe and sleeves and strode to the pile of firewood, but he just groaned.

At this moment, there are tens of thousands of people watching the execution, not only the underground, but also the people climbing on the nearby trees and houses. They are all stunned. No, only a few children in the distance cried loudly in fright, faintly heard, creepy.Holding the torch, Tian Wenjing pointed at Juekong and Jingci who were unconscious on the top of the stack with one hand, and said:
The second division of Yeer, all four are empty.Going west today, I will see you off.If you do evil in this world, you will get retribution in this world.If you do evil in the next life, you won't be able to meet Wenjing!Duh!Even if there are all kinds of evil obstacles, it will be clean to burn them away with one fire!After speaking, he threw the torch to Chaishan.I don't know how much clear oil has been poured on the Chaishan Mountain. When the weather is naturally vigorous, there is only a sound of "teng", and the flames immediately shoot up into the sky, rushing straight to the sky with scraping, rattling, rattling, peeling, and exploding sounds.Poor Juekong Jingci ascended this flaming mountain with no way to enter the sky and no way to enter the earth. After struggling for a while, he became two burning men, and turned into coke in an instant.

Tian Wenjing stood on the pier of the flag, and he calmed down when he saw the smoke and fire disappeared, and went back to the Yamen with a smirk.The officials of the provincial capital knew that he was critical and serious, and thought that was nothing more than that. Today's massacre was horrifying, and it was only then that they really saw the new governor's domineering, strong-hearted and cruel face.Seeing him approaching from a distance, he was so frightened that he couldn't stand still. He knelt down in a large area with a "huh", Tian Wenjing waved his hand, and while entering the office, he said with a smile: "Get up! What is this? Our business has not been done yet." It's over!" After speaking, he was promoted to the public seat, invited Che Ming and Hu Qiheng to sit down, and asked Hu Qiheng, "Brother, what about your people?"

"Please be judged by Zhongcheng." Hu Qiheng just woke up from his stupefaction at this time, leaned forward and said, "Since the incident involves our government, the humble official should avoid it." Che Ming knew that Tian Wenjing's move today would definitely stir up public opinion in the government and the public. Let him make things bigger and bigger.Yin said coldly: "Don't forget, there are also several masters from the Futai Yamen who are also involved in the case. Could it be that Zhongcheng is also avoiding it?"

One word reminded Tian Wenjing that when he looked back, only Bi Zhenyuan was there, so he asked, "Old Master Bi, it seems that you are the only one who is unstained from the mud?" , There is no such master in the world. My family has inherited the ancestor's precept that three does not eat black, that's all."

"Oh? Dare to ask which three don't you eat?"

"Hui Zhongcheng: Don't be black in treason cases, murder cases, and divorce cases-these three kinds of cases are easy to get money, not only easy to be exposed, easy to be revenged by the enemy, but also hurt the yin and bring harm to the children and grandchildren. The master is mixed in the officialdom, I will eat the officialdom, and take a few from the ill-gotten gains. Even if the incident happens, there are officials in the front, and it’s just not a master. This is the secret method of my Bi family, from Hongwu For more than 300 years, none of the masters of the Bi family have been sued. So although you are strong, Tian Zhongcheng, I am still calm. Yao Jie, Wu Fengge and the others sent me a message just now, and they pleaded guilty. I don’t think they are incompetent, but They didn't have this rule, so they fell."

The three Taisi adults couldn't help but look at each other after hearing these high-level remarks.Tian Wenjing wanted to learn from Kuang Zhong with all his heart, and threw several of his masters to death in court, and then poorly ruled the people in the office, overthrew Hu Qiheng, and subdued Che Ming. In the deep sense, wanting all officials to be as clear as autumn water and as severe as frost is even more hopeless than fishing for the moon in the water!After pondering for a long time, Tian Wenjing sighed and said: "The old masters with me originally advocated the strict handling of the Chao Liu case, but later they all postponed it. I thought it was all for my sake. Who knows that there is such a thing in it?" A big article!" "This is nothing surprising!" Che Ming said with a smile: "The idea of ​​strict enforcement is to let people out to squeeze money. If there is enough money, it is natural to advocate delaying the handling-Master Bi, what did I say?" Bi Bi Zhenyuan laughed and said nothing.

"I have already said that the officialdom is nothing to worry about." Tian Wenjing said solemnly, "Therefore, there will be no separate trial for those who are in the yamen. Master Bi, let me tell you a word, no matter what you say is true or not, the former I don’t even think about it. I’ll increase your annuity to three thousand. From now on, you won’t get a penny of the ill-gotten wealth. I, Tian Wenjing, know that people don’t swear, Master Wu is kind to me, so don’t compare with him. I’m wholeheartedly To be an upright and good official, fulfill my one point, we have a long way to go, if you don’t want to fulfill it, you can vote for another master. Otherwise, I can’t forgive you like I did to Wu Fengge and others.” He suddenly returned to the topic with a stern voice , "All the arrests of people in the yamen are not based on the constitution's order to exercise power without authorization. It is obvious that there are affections and disadvantages that cannot be told. In this yamen, Wu Fengge, Zhang Yuncheng, and Yao Jie are also swindlers. It is really hateful— -Come!"

"exist!"

"Take the three thugs from our yamen and put them under the shackles in front of the iron railings for three days! Wu Fengge and others will be driven back to their original places after recovering the stolen goods!"

"tie!"

Geshhaqi from below responded, and went down to interrogate the criminals. Che Ming and Hu Qiheng still had to talk, but Tian Wenjing had already served tea and said, "I'm tired of talking."

(End of this chapter)