Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 142

Seeing that Haimu didn't move, Haiwife stopped again, and also stood there looking at Li Shizhen.

Li Shizhen smiled and said: "A friend of mine is also a friend of Gangfeng. The front yard is a workshop for dyeing and kicking cloth, and the back yard is a weaving workshop for weaving. Behind it is where you live. Choose this place for Mrs. Madam and Mrs. Sister-in-law live here so that you will not be lonely. You can come to the front yard every day to see them weaving and dyeing cloth. By the way, Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Sister-in-law are also invited to give them some tips on weaving in Hainan. , you can also live in peace of mind."

Mother Hai smiled, and so did Hai's wife, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other.

Haimu stepped forward, and the steward immediately turned sideways to lead them inside.

Mother Hai: "Doctor Li is so thoughtful. I can help someone weave some cloth every day, and I don't live in their house for nothing. Doctor Li just said that this family is also Ru Xian's friends. Why haven't I heard of it?"

Li Shizhen followed closely beside her: "As soon as you talk about Mrs. Tai, you will know. This person is the prefect of Hangzhou when Brother Gangfeng was the county magistrate of Chun'an."

Haimu remembered: "Gaozhifu? The Hanlin who was later arrested and dismissed from office in Beijing?"

Li Shizhen: "It is this person."

Haimu: "This man, Ru Xian, often praises him, saying that he is talented. It's hard for him to start a business."

Li Shizhen: "Scholar, farmer, businessman, you have to do something. This person is a good official, and he is fair in business. Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Sister-in-law can rest assured that they live here."

Mother Hai: "Since Imperial Physician Li and Ru Xian are optimistic about him, we have nothing to say. Just don't cause trouble for other people's family members."

While talking, he had already passed through the front yard, and he saw tall weaving workshops on both sides, and only heard the roaring sound of looms coming from inside.

Seeing Mother Hai, the steward wanted to go in and have a look again, so he hurriedly said: "Madam Tai, Madam, go and settle down first, and I will accompany you to see it later."

As they spoke, the party went through the backyard again, walked into a corridor, turned a corner, and felt suddenly enlightened. Haimu stopped again, and Haiwife stopped too.I saw that the towers, pavilions, and curved water corridors here are actually a courtyard.

Haimu looked at this place that she had never seen in the painting and was unwilling to go forward: "This is the place where we are arranged to live?"

The steward smiled: "It's here."

Haimu's face sank: "It's so expensive, it's not where we live."

Li Shizhen wanted to explain again: "The courtyards in the south of the Yangtze River are all like this. The difference here is that the front yard is dyed and weaved, and the back yard is lived in. When I come to Nanjing, I often live here. Where I want to live, Madam Tai just lives."

The steward answered, smiling all over his face: "Our lord and wife heard that Mrs. Tai and Mrs. were very happy to come, so they specially ordered Mrs. Tai and Mrs. to live here. If you don't stay here, little ones will Gotta take the blame."

Haimu and his daughter-in-law looked at each other again.

The steward: "My master and wife are rushing from Songjiang to Nanjing, and they will arrive tonight. Mrs. Tai really doesn't want to live here. We can discuss moving after meeting them."

Mother Hai looked at Li Shizhen again: "Today is April [-]th, and Ru Xian said that he will be able to arrive in Nanjing in early May. Doctor Li won't be leaving within a month, right?"

Li Shizhen quickly replied: "No. I'll wait until Brother Gangfeng arrives in Nanjing before leaving."

Mother Hai is actually an open-minded person at heart, so she said to her daughter-in-law, "Since Doctor Li also lives here, and it's only been a month since I disturbed her, let's stay here and wait for your husband to come."

Hai's wife: "But listen to your mother-in-law."

"That's it." The steward echoed happily, "Cross the bridge, come on, I'll walk you by the arm."

The steward helped Haimu, Yuqing helped Haiwife, and the four stepped forward a few steps to a small stone bridge over the pool.

Li Shizhen looked at the back of an old man and a pregnant woman slowly climbing up the stone bridge, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked up sadly at the northern sky.

In Haimu's memory, the 50-year-old son has never told a single lie to his mother.But this time the son's promise to his mother will become a waiting that will never meet again.In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of May, and the officials of Qingliu Confucianism of the imperial court had gathered in the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and were ordered to refute Hai Rui's statement attacking the emperor on this day, and then to judge the crime.

The lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has never been decorated like it is today.There is no large case, no chairs, only rows of cushions on the ground on both sides, and even the place where the large case is usually placed on the north wall has only four cushions on the ground.

Xu Jie led Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, and Zhao Zhenji into the hall, and sat down on the four cushions at the top of the north wall.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Minister of General Affairs, and the ministers of literature from the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy lined up in two rows into the lobby, found their seats on the cushions on both sides of the lobby, and sat down .

The first person in the first row on the left is Li Qingyuan, the Secretary of the Imperial Academy who once led the officials to Shangshu and was beaten severely.

The last seat in the first row on the left was actually Wang Yongji who had rushed to the capital last night with a dusty face.

Chen Hong also came with a group of eunuchs, but instead of entering the lobby, he sat down on a chair set by two eunuchs at the entrance of the lobby.

The trial of Hai Rui was scheduled to be held at Chen Shi, and it was clear that Chen Shi had arrived.Wang Yongji looked out of the gate.

The officials on both sides looked at the four cabinet members sitting in the middle of the north wall.

Li Chunfang, Gao Gong, and Zhao Zhenji all looked at Xu Jie who was sitting on the cushion in the middle.

Xu Jie glanced at the sun outside the gate, then looked at Chen Hong who was sitting on the stone pier at the gate: "Eunuch Chen."

Chen Hong still sat there steadfastly: "Ge Lao."

Xu Jie: "It's the right hour, should I be urged, that Hai Rui is about to come."

Chen Hong: "There's no rush. Hai Rui has to wait for the order when he will be escorted."

It was changed to waiting order again, and everyone looked at each other and had to wait.

Chen Hong's gaze also looked at the gradually rising sun.

Day and night are unknown in the prison, only the lamps on the stone wall of the passageway are glowing yellow.

The weak light from the oil lamp on the passage wall of the prison was reflected into Hai Rui's cell, and the four stone walls half covered with straw could be vaguely seen, and the figure of Hai Rui sitting there in chains could be vaguely seen.

Hai Rui had been told the day before that he was going to go to the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to accept the refusal trial at this hour. He had already woken up early at this time, so he closed his eyes and waited here for escort.

People who have been in the dark for a long time are very sensitive to light. Although Hai Rui closed his eyes at this moment, he quickly felt a light gradually getting stronger, and then heard the light steps of several people walking towards this side.

"It's right here." Hai Rui heard the Jin Yiwei jailer whispering at the prison gate.

"Why are there no beds, tables and stools?" Another voice knew it was an eunuch.

Hai Rui still kept his eyes closed.

"Move a table and a chair first, and make a bed after I leave." It was the eunuch's voice again, "Open the door."

Then there was the sound of the cell door opening, and a footstep came in.

Hai Rui still didn't open his eyes, but he could already feel that person standing in front of him.

Soon, the sound of someone moving tables and stools was heard.

The voice of the eunuch in front of him: "Put it here, you all go outside and watch."

Two people replied: "Yes." The sound of those two people's footsteps went out of the prison door and gradually went away.

"My surname is Shi, and I am the new chief eunuch Bingbi. I have something to ask Mr. Hai." That person is the eunuch named Bingbi who was ranked behind Huang Jin by the chief inspector of rites. Now he has been promoted to chief, said this sentence At that time, the voice was very official.

Only then did Hai Rui open his eyes. The lantern on the table moved in was very bright. He saw a bright red robe and a pair of jet-black boots in front of him. He raised his head slowly and saw the face of a middle-aged eunuch.

The eunuch surnamed Shi Bingbi also looked closely at Hai Rui: "I'm here to ask questions by order. The emperor said that you can answer sitting or standing up. Would you like me to stand up for you?"

"Eunuch, please sit down. Since the emperor has a special order, I will sit on the ground and answer." Hai Rui was still sitting on the ground.

The eunuch surnamed Shi Bingbi only glanced at the armchair beside the square table, but didn't sit down. He still stood there, looking at Hai Rui: "You are an upright official."

Hai Rui couldn't help looking at him again.

The eunuch Shi surnamed Bingbi: "This is the emperor's original words."

No matter how calm his heart was, Hai Rui couldn't help feeling a little moved.

The eunuch Shi surnamed Bingbi: "The emperor said, you want to be Bigan, but he is not King Zhou."

Hai Rui thought for a while and replied, "The Ming Dynasty was not the Shang Dynasty, there was no Bigan, and there was no King Zhou."

The eunuch Shi surnamed Bingbi: "You answered this sentence well, and I will answer it truthfully. I have two meanings to tell you. The first meaning is the meaning of the emperor, you heard clearly."

Hai Rui: "Please tell me."

The eunuch Shi surnamed Bingbi: "You will be tried in the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. You will be interrogated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tongzheng Commissioner, the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy. Your memorials are also early. I have sent it to them, and they will refute your unreasonable words every sentence. The emperor asked me to ask you, do you have anything to reply to their rebuttals?"

Hai Rui: "Go back when you should."

"What should be returned and what should not be returned!" The eunuch surnamed Shi Bingbi suddenly became angry, couldn't help stamping his foot on the ground, and then started to walk back and forth in front of him!

Hai Rui glanced at him, and saw that he was angry and anxious, so he didn't reply, and closed his eyes again.

"If you want to die, just jump down the Tonghui River. You can buy a hemp rope for only two cents." The eunuch surnamed Shi Bingbi was still walking back and forth in front of him, "I want to disturb the world! Master Hai, what's that?" Wen Sijian, Wu Shizhan' that's all bullshit. Only people who read the book and read it in the stomach of a dog believe that. Do you know how many people you have to implicate if you want to die?"

Hai Rui still closed his eyes and did not answer.

The eunuch Shi surnamed Bingbi stopped: "I came today to save you. In a word, as long as you admit your mistake in front of those people in the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate later, the emperor will let you go, and he won't let you go." Because you implicate other people. Do you understand?"

Hai Rui opened his eyes: "I want to hear what Eunuch Shi said."

The eunuch surnamed Shi Bingbi looked at him, his face slowly softened again, he looked back at the prison door, squatted down in front of him, and lowered his voice: "This book you went to has already involved the affairs of my Ming Dynasty. Basically, can you understand my words?"

(End of this chapter)