Judgement

Chapter 270 Four Inner Courtyard of the Imperial Palace

Chapter 270 Four Inner Courtyard of the Imperial Palace

In front of the gate of Dali Temple, there were many imperial guards, and Chen Mengsheng strode up to the Drum of Injustice, holding the bone niche wrapped in red silk in his hand, and knocked on it vigorously.The leader of the forbidden army in front of the Dali Temple cursed: "Where is the madman, dare to come to Dali Temple to beat the drums. If you have any grievances, you should go to Lin'an County Magistrate. Where is Dali Temple? You know it. Let’s talk about ten kills.”

Chen Mengsheng ignored the leader at all and continued to beat the grievance drum, and all the people in Lin'an City came together.They wanted to see who dared to come to Dali Temple to file a complaint. Not long after, a government official in green clothes and soap hat ran out of Dali Temple and asked, "Who played the drums? Master Hu Gansi of Dali Temple called the drummer to go to the hall." Ask."

Chen Mengsheng was escorted by four imperial guards and brought into the hall of the Dali Temple. There was a huge and upright plaque on his head, and a thin court official who was over fifty was sitting on it.Standing on both sides of the hall were the imperial guards with solemn expressions, watching Chen Mengsheng come in with a big red silk bag in his hands.

"Hey! Who's here? Why are you beating the drums in Dali Temple? You don't kneel down when you see me, come here, and serve me with a killing stick!" The ruthless stick will come up to beat Chen Mengsheng.Hu Gansi was the favorite student of the late Prime Minister Zhang Jun. He was a loyal and upright official. He ordered people to beat Chen Mengsheng with a killing stick. It was not an abuse of lynching. It is to establish the rules of killing power and speaking out.

Chen Mengsheng laughed loudly and said, "I, Chen Mengsheng, kneel to heaven and earth, kneel to my parents and teachers, even if I meet the current emperor, I will not kneel."

"How dare you! How can you be arrogant in Dali Temple? Give me another [-] boards... Wait, what did you say your name was? Chen Mengsheng? A few years ago, Prince Censor made trouble in Lin'an City. But you saved Long live the dynasty?" Hu Gansi suddenly remembered the incident when his mentor Zhang Jun was dying, Prince Yu Shi and his conspired Jinren to cause trouble, and his mentor still couldn't forget the name Chen Mengsheng when he was sick.

Chen Mengsheng nodded and said: "A few years ago in Liuhewan Yushi's Mansion, it was indeed I who Shi Leihuo knocked out Wang Ziqi's dagger."

"Hehehe, ah! It turned out that the master came here. My benefactor did not forget the merits of the master when he was dying. I have listed the list several times in Lin'an City to find the master. I never expected that the master will come to Dali Temple today. Hu Gansi first thank you for my benefactor. Master." Hu Gansi got up and left his seat, adjusted his clothes, walked down the hall and came to Chen Mengsheng to bow to him.All the imperial guards in the hall were stunned, and Chen Mengsheng was also stunned by the sudden change...

Hu Gansi drove back the imperial guards on both sides, ordered people to move seats and brought fragrant tea, and then asked in puzzlement: "I don't know why the master came to Dali Temple today to argue about his grievances? gift?"

Chen Mengsheng walked to the seat, put the red silk package in his hand on the seat and sighed softly: "I am not the only one who has been wronged, but Princess Roufu in the bone niche!"

Hu Gansi was shocked and said: "What? Princess Roufu? Master...you are not joking with me, are you? Princess Roufu is now in the Lin'an Palace, how can there be grievances, and she will be in the bone niche In?" Hu Gansi saw that Chen Mengsheng didn't seem to be joking, but he really couldn't figure out what Chen Mengsheng meant.

"Lord Hu, Princess Roufu in the Lin'an Palace is a fake, and the real princess's skeleton is in this box!"

Hu Gansi said angrily: "It's nonsense. Everyone knows that the princess was sent to Lin'an in the fourth year of Emperor Gaozong's Jianyan with Yang Zheng, the rebel army. Later, after Empress Dowager Xianren escorted Emperor Huizong's coffin back to the court, You never mentioned that Princess Roufu is a fake, how can you convince me?"

Chen Mengsheng chuckled lightly and said, "If I hadn't met the princess' wronged soul, I would have gone to Dali Temple to seek justice for the princess after knowing the whole story."

Hu Gansi looked around at the guards on both sides and said in a low voice, "Master, it's just because of this unbelievable thing. There are so many eyes and ears here. I implore Master to go to the back hall to explain."

Chen Mengsheng picked up the niche box and nodded, then followed Hu Gansi to the study in the back hall. Hu Gansi hurriedly ordered his servants to watch over the door so that no one could come in and listen in.Only Chen Mengsheng and Hu Gansi were left in the back hall, Hu Gansi looked Chen Mengsheng left and right and said, "If the master hadn't been kind to the emperor to save his life, just what you said just now was heard by the deep palace would be enough to kill you. "

Chen Mengsheng said indifferently: "When things are not fair in the world, someone will come forward. I have already thought about the pros and cons of being able to enter your Dali Temple. I came to you when I saw that you dared to deal with the Yushi case in accordance with the law. "

"Master, it's not that I don't believe you. I... I... really don't agree with what you said. It's just you and me here. I don't have to hide it from you. Princess Roufu returned to the court and was overjoyed to be conferred as the Supreme Emperor." Princess Fuguo chose Yongzhou defense envoy Gao Shirong as her son-in-law, just to make up for the suffering she suffered in the Kingdom of Jin. It is true that a strange thing happened when Empress Dowager Xianren was released back to Lin'an by the Jin people in the 12th year of Shaoxing, but it cannot be because of that. Just say that the princess is a fake. Master, please tell me the details of your encounter with the princess, and if you have any doubts, I will take you to see Prime Minister Shi Hao immediately."

Chen Mengsheng opened the bone niche and said: "Princess Roufu fled south with the army from Wuguocheng, was killed by her maid Jingshan outside Linzi City in Shandong and buried her body among the rocks in Yingzui Mountain. It is similar to the crested hairpin that stole the princess and was sent to Lin'an by the rebels as a substitute. This is the jade Buddha beads worn on the princess's bones, so Mr. Hu must be able to tell whether it is a palace thing or not."

Hu Gansi took the Jade Buddha Bead in the broken bones and left without looking at it. When he saw it, he was startled and exclaimed: "Master...it is indeed a palace thing, and there is also the name of Concubine Zhu Shen on the bead chain. No. It seems that the miracle of Empress Dowager Xianren after her return to the imperial court was not caused by a curse!"

Holding the Jade Buddha beads, Hu Gansi walked to the door and shouted to the leader of the imperial army outside: "Prepare the car, I want to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Master."

"What kind of strange thing is it? Why is it cursed?" Chen Mengsheng asked puzzled.

"Master, Empress Dowager Xianren went blind overnight after she returned to Lin'an City. I heard that Concubine Wei Xian once promised Emperor Qinzong to intercede for him when she was in Jin Kingdom, and asked Gaozong to write to King Jin Wanyan Sheng to ask him Song Qinzong was released. And she made a poisonous oath that if Song Qinzong could not be rescued, she would be blinded. But Concubine Wei Xian is Gaozong's biological mother. If Qinzong is rescued, Gaozong's throne will inevitably be in danger, so Wei Xianfei returned to Lin'an Palace He didn't let Gaozong go to rescue Qinzong, and he went blind the next day. Now that I think about it, maybe another black hand blinded Empress Dowager Xianren's eyes. If I find out that Princess Roufu is a fake If we want to conceal the truth, I will definitely not let her go lightly." Hu Gansi said angrily.

"Report, Mr. Hu's chariot and horses are ready, please get on the chariot." The leader of the forbidden army knelt outside the door and shouted.

Hu Gansi pulled Chen Mengsheng and said, "Master, you follow me to see Prime Minister Shi Hao, he is resourceful and will judge." Chen Mengsheng picked up the princess's skeleton and hurriedly followed Hu Gansi into the carriage...

Shi Hao, styled Zhiweng, was born in Yin County, Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang).In the 15th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1145), he was a Jinshi, and he was promoted to a doctor of Guozi by a Wenzhou professor except Taixuezheng.He suggested to Emperor Gaozong to set up a prince, so that he was known to the court. Xiaozong came to the throne in Shaoxing 32 years, and Shi Hao served as a political adviser. Zhang Jun was worshiped by Song Xiaozong as the right prime minister after Zhang Jun died.Shi Haozheng was generous. Once, in order to save a citizen Lu Qingtong who was sentenced to death for innocence, he had an argument with the emperor and resigned angrily.Song Xiaozong returned to the court after he knew his mistake. This man was brave and resourceful, and he was another good prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty after Zhang Jun.

Hu Gansi's carriage arrived at the prime minister's mansion and asked the servants of the prime minister's mansion, and learned that Shi Hao was in the study.Holding Concubine Zhu Shen's Jade Buddha Bead in his hand, he ran straight into Shi Hao's study.Shi Hao was reading the playlists from various places in the study, when Hu Gansi suddenly pushed the door in and looked at Hu Gansi with a frown, not knowing what happened.Hu Gansi dismissed the book boy in Shi Hao's study and shouted loudly: "Zhi Weng, something is wrong. That Princess Roufu is a fake, the eyes of Empress Dowager Xianren should have been harmed by her!..."

Shi Hao closed the watch and watched Hu Gansi leading a strange black man without saying a word.Hearing Hu Gansi tell about Princess Roufu, he let out a sigh of relief after a while.Facing Hu Gansi, he said: "The Supreme Emperor is the most taboo about someone bringing up the matter that the Jin people broke the Song Dynasty and captured the royal family. Who is this man?"

Hu Gansi said anxiously: "He is Chen Mengsheng, the great master who became the emperor back then. Didn't the emperor still want to find him as the national teacher?"

"Oh! It turns out that Chen Mengsheng has long admired his name, but do you have any real evidence for Princess Roufu? You don't know that Princess Fuguo wants to have the protection of the Supreme Emperor, so don't talk nonsense without solid evidence." Shi Hao drank He took a sip of tea and said calmly.

Hu Gansi slapped the jade Buddha beads on the desk and said, "This is the evidence!"

Shi Hao twisted the Jade Buddha beads and said: "This is true from the palace, but it does not prove that Princess Roufu is fake. Besides, the royal family was captured by the golden man. What can a palace object explain?"

Chen Mengsheng held up the bone niche and said: "The bones of the real princess are here, as long as I can meet the emperor, I will let the soul of Princess Roufu come out and explain clearly."

Shi Hao shook his head and said, "So what if I saw the emperor? There are too many tricks to deceive people in the world, and the theory of souls is not convincing to the world."

Chen Mengsheng said with a smile: "I did not enter the palace but went to Dali Temple to seek justice for Princess Roufu, so that everyone in the world would know the wrongs Princess Roufu suffered. Princess Roufu once told me that in her crested hairpin There is a secret that only the royal family knows..."

"Wait! What are you talking about? On the [-]th birthday of Empress Dowager Xianren, she asked about Princess Roufu's Fengtou hairpin. I remember she didn't know about it. I was a doctor of Guozi at that time. I really doubt the authenticity of Princess Roufu, Master, this matter is not trivial, maybe it will tire you and kill you! Are you willing to enter the palace with me?..."