Jinyi Night Walk

In the front hall, Chen Ying, Ji Gang, and Mu En all sat on the chairs in a row, sitting upright.

There was a cup of tea in front of each of them, and the mist curled up, making the three of them look like Taoist Sanqing.

Tea, no one moved.Among the three, only Chen Ying had no psychological barriers when facing Xia Xun. Even so, seeing the appearance of Ji Gang and Mu En, Chen Ying could not show the arrogance that he had when arresting other officials.

Xia Xun, dressed in common clothes, walked out calmly from behind the screen.Xia Xun didn't wear official uniforms, so as not to be stripped off. Like Wu Bi, the doctor of the exam, he was in a mess in small clothes. He still had the heart to think about this, and he was really calm enough.

As soon as Xia Xun appeared, Ji Gang and Mu En stood up abruptly, and Chen Ying, who was sitting in the middle, looked around and hurriedly stood up too.Xia Xun smiled and said: "Sit, sit, you are not an outsider, you three are welcome, you are so free today, you three have come together?"

When Mu En and Ji Gang heard this, their faces were a little embarrassed. Seeing this, Chen Ying had no choice but to be the villain herself, coughed and said: "Duke Fu, the Emperor has something to ask, and the three of us are here to ask you."

"Oh?"

Xia Xun hurriedly took two steps forward, brushed off his clothes, crossed his hands, bowed his waist, and said respectfully: "Please ask the emperor to inquire."

Chen Ying looked around and saw Ji Gang and Chen Ying standing there upright, so he could only continue to ask: "The emperor said: Yang Xu, I'm here to ask you, there is a smuggler from Lu Song, who was captured by my navy. Claiming to have something to do with you, but to be protected by you, is there such a thing?"

Xia Xun was silent for a moment, then bowed and said, "Return to the emperor, there is indeed such a thing!"

Chen Ying was surprised, but she didn't expect Xia Xun to admit it so readily. She collected herself and asked again: "Yang Xu, let me ask you, Taicang guards seized a large amount of property from Shuangyu. The pen, it is clearly a property given to you, is there such a thing?"

Xia Xun bowed and said: "At the end of my life, I made friends with the heroes of Shuangyu Island, and Shuangyu Island was admonished by my minister and ordered to recruit peace. Therefore, the relationship between my minister and the guards of Shuangyu is really close. The people of Shuangyu Island did give me some gifts. It’s just that the emperor asked me what was recorded in the account book, so... I can only say that I have indeed received gifts from Shuangyu Island. As for the gift, as for whether it is contained in this account book, I dare not confirm it."

Chen Ying coughed, and asked again: "Then, can you admit to the crimes of shielding Luzon businessmen, smuggling to avoid sharp advantage, and using power for personal gain?"

Both Ji Gang and Mu En stared at Xia Xun momentarily, and Xia Xun said indifferently: "Chen, even if you are guilty!"

Chen Ying frowned, and asked, "What does it mean to be guilty?"

Xia Xun said: "It involves personal privacy, and it is really not appropriate to disclose it. I can only say that the emperor knows."

Chen Ying said: "I am here to ask questions by order!"

Xia Xun said: "Chen Yushi, don't spread the word!"

Chen Ying frowned, and pointed out: "Mr. Fu, you can tell people everything!"

Xia Xun sighed, shook his head and said, "Chen Yushi, he is no different from the speaker!"

Chen Ying raised his eyebrows, took a long breath and said, "If the Duke says that, the lower officials have no choice! The emperor ordered Yang Xu not to refute what was right, so he took it down immediately and sent him to the imperial prison to listen to the counselor." !"

After hearing this, Xia Xun stretched out her hands and said with a smile to Ji Gang, "Do you want to go to the shackles?"

Ji Gang said with a dry smile: "The Duke of the state is waiting to participate. He has not been convicted yet, so he doesn't need to wear shackles."

Xia Xun said as if nothing had happened: "So, let's go."

Chen Ying didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My lord, we are also doing business according to the order. If you offend me, please return Haihan. Please!"

Xia Xun walked out, and Chen Ying and the others had to quicken their pace to keep up with them. Chen Ying jogged for a while like a follower, and suddenly felt a little weird. Where was the weirdness? Can't figure it out.

It wasn't until he got out of Yang's mansion and let Xia Xun get into a simple bullock cart with a roof, that Chen Ying realized that if he went to some mansion to arrest someone, the wife and child would hug the man's thigh and cry and howl, it was a horrible sight.The officer who was arrested also choked with tears, told him again and again, and even confessed later, Yang Xu was too calm?What about his two wives?

Thinking so, he didn't dare to ask, he couldn't ask Xia Xun: "Hey, you were arrested, why didn't your wife come out and cry and see you off?" Isn't that full, Chen Full of suspicion, Ying climbed onto the horse.

In the back, Mu En took a step behind, pretending to check the prison car, opened the curtain to look inside, and once Ji Gang and Chen Ying got on the saddle, he hurriedly whispered to Xia Xun: "Master Guo, the matter is urgent, there are people following around, and the slaves are too late." Send you a message."

Xia Xun nodded to him and smiled, "My father-in-law has a heart. I will never do anything wrong in my life, and I will not be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. It's okay!"

Mu En cheered up, and hurriedly said: "The servants are also the ones who ask questions by order. If the Duke has wronged, can the servants report to the emperor?"

Xia Xun shook her head: "Unless the emperor asks the question in person, otherwise, Yang Xu has nothing to say even with swords and guns!"

At this time, Chen Ying had already sat down on the horse, turned her head to look, and Mu En raised the curtain to look up and down, as if she was still checking the firmness of the prison car, so she raised her voice: "Mu Gonggong, get on the horse, the country's father is still here!" Is it possible to just leave?"

Xia Xun nodded to Mu En in the car, and Mu En put down the curtain, turned and walked towards his mount.

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Turn around.

Although Zhu Di intentionally suppressed the development of the situation before the truth came out, under the dissemination of people with good intentions, the imprisonment of the Duke of Fuguo Yang Xu and the reasons for his imprisonment were quickly spread among the government and the opposition. All the people fell silent.

Even Xie Jin, the chief assistant of the cabinet who had no other purpose, and Huang Zhen, the imperial envoy who had decided to go all the way to the dark, were speechless.If the charges are true, who can save Yang Xu?If he not only smuggled and extorted bribes, but even heard about Shuangyuwei's affair with Japanese pirates, he might be guilty of beheading, and the gods would not be able to save his life.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's faction was elated, and the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies also raised its head again. In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Chen Ying faction won an overwhelming victory, and Chen Yushi habitually worked overtime. They are carefully preparing the materials for rectifying Yang Xu.The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is also hastily making preparations. Xu Hu and Ren Juying are about to be escorted to Beijing, and they have to prepare for the interrogation and the collection and arrangement of relevant evidence.There are some omissions and flaws in the witness and physical evidence prepared before, and I just took this opportunity to make up for them one by one.

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Xu Hu and Ren Juying who were "rebelled" were taken to the capital, and the attention of various forces was temporarily shifted from Yang Xu to them. After all, they were the root of everything, but no one thought they could return. The verdict can be overturned, and what everyone has to wait for is just a definite result.

"What's the matter, you have to see me before you can tell me?"

When Zhu Di heard Xia Xun's request just now, he waved his hand angrily without slapping his hand, "Be proud! Seeing me, do you want to ask me to forgive you with life-saving grace? Public is public, private is private, I have repaid his labors with the title of the hereditary duke of the country! Corruption and corruption, and the military as bandits have caused thousands of my people to be slaughtered like pigs and dogs. I can spare him, but the country can’t spare him!"

Zhu Di pointed to Chen Ying and Ji Gang: "You, together with the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, quickly investigate the case of Shuangyu Wei Tongwo."

Now that Yang Xu was imprisoned, it was a case that the emperor had to intervene in person. Jin Yiwei had the right to bypass the three divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple, so Zhu Di turned to Ji Gang alone and ordered: "You Over there, check Yang Xu's case for me! I am not a person who will avenge my kindness, and I will make him die convinced!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

In Kunning Palace, Zhu Gaochi and Mrs. Zhang brought their sons to greet their mother.Mrs. Zhang took her son to play in the main hall, while Zhu Gaochi and his mother went to the side hall.

Empress Xu said solemnly: "Gao Chi, it's unwise to try to save Yang Xu at this time. You know... If you get involved too deeply, you may also be implicated. Then Yang Xu himself has pleaded guilty. What else can we say?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "Mother, the matter of Shuangyu has not been investigated yet, and Yang Xu has already been imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, and in places like Imperial Prison..., my son is worried that there will be cases of torture. Mother Empress, Yang Xu has counted Saving my family's life for the first time is a great cause for my father's great cause. If I think about it, even if Yang Xu is a little arrogant and indulgent after he is in a high position, he is just smuggling a few ships, making some petty profits, and pampering Shuangyu. It is absolutely impossible for guard officers and soldiers to collude with Japanese pirates and commit border robbery, our family has all received the grace of his life, and the reason is nothing more than human favors, how can my son stand by and ignore it?"

Empress Xu sighed and said: "You child, kindness is a good thing, but... besides, the harem is not allowed to engage in politics, so it is inconvenient for mother to speak to your father. Although your father will not blame me, if this example is broken, it will cause endless harm. ..."

Zhu Gaochi said: "Mother, I always feel that there must be something hidden in it. I heard that when Chen Ying Ji Gang was ordered to question, Yang Xu once said that he had his own difficulties, but he could only explain it to the father. But the father is angry I just thought that Yang Xu was threatening to rescue and forgive me, so I insisted on not seeing you. Queen Mother, you also know the temper of the emperor. Seeing Yang Xu, what is the reason for this? The mother does not have to directly influence the decision of the father, just give Yang Xu a chance, if he really has a grievance, he must appeal to the father!"

Empress Xu pondered for a moment, then sighed softly: "Yang Xu has a kindness to my family, why doesn't my mother remember it? It's just that no matter how personal the kindness is, it's not unfair. Well, mother will make an exception once and persuade your father."

Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed and said: "My son thanked the queen mother!"