Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 71

As soon as the east is white, the window is lit.Knowing that it was past Yinshi Zheng, Zhao Zhenji put down his pen, stood up and blew out the candles in the lantern, and then ordered outside the door: "Official servants are waiting."

The two attendants were brought by him from Nanjing, and they have been accompanying him in daily life. One was already waiting outside the door with clean water for washing his face, and the other was holding an official uniform, and came in after hearing the sound.

The first thing to do is comb your hair.The entourage serving the water put the basin on the washstand, and immediately brought over a chair and placed it in front of the shelf. Zhao Zhenji went to the chair and sat down. The entourage gently untied the ribbon on his hair from behind, His long hair fell down.The entourage took out a comb and gently combed it from the front to the back for him, then stroked it from the back of the head to the root of the hair with one hand, lifted the long hair up, and combed it from the back to the top of the head with the comb. The grate is fixed on the hair root, and then holding the long hair in one hand, a hair band is passed around the root of the hair with the other hand, pulling one end, biting the other end with the mouth, going through it, tightening the hand, and then holding it with both hands Tie the hair tie in a knot, then take off the grate and circle around the hair bundle, the long hair is twisted into a strand, tie the knot, tie it with a hair tie, and insert a hosta.

Zhao Zhenji stood up, walked to the washstand, picked up the face towel, but suddenly said, "Come in and talk."

It turned out that he had already discovered that the book office that sent Yang Jinshui was already standing by the door, but he didn't dare to disturb him when he combed his hair.At this time, after hearing what he said, he walked in lightly, and stood by his side: "Master Zhongcheng, Eunuch Yang is crazy..."

The face was only half washed, Zhao Zhenji's hands stopped there, and she turned her head to look at the book office: "What did you say?"

The book office: "Go back to Mr. Zhongcheng, Eunuch Yang went crazy when he went back last night."

Zhao Zhenji stared at the book office closely: "Did you see it with your own eyes?"

The book office said, "I didn't see it, but the villain knew he was crazy."

"How do you know he's crazy?" Zhao Zhenji's voice was a little harsh.

The secretary was in his forties, and obviously had been in the yamen for a long time. He didn't panic at this time, and calmly replied: "Back to Zhongcheng, the villain sent Eunuch Yang to the Weaving Bureau and waited for an answer there. Later, Eunuch Yang came to him personally Eunuch Gao came out in a hurry and told the younger one that he was going to Jingyitang to invite the doctor. He said that Eunuch Yang was crazy, and he said all kinds of scary things."

Zhao Zhenji: "What scary things did you say?"

The book office: "Go back to Zhongcheng, the eunuch didn't say anything."

Zhao Zhenji stopped asking, put the face towel in the washbasin and rubbed it slowly, it took a long time to wring it dry, shook it off, and slowly wiped his face.

The two attendants held their breath and did not dare to say a word.The book office was still standing there firmly.

"Have Haizhi County and Wangzhi County arrived yet?" Zhao Zhenji asked suddenly again, still holding a face towel in his hand.

The book office: "Master Zhongcheng, he has arrived and is waiting for Zhongcheng in the lobby."

Zhao Zhenji: "Please come and meet them here."

The book office: "Back to Zhongcheng, don't you still have to worship the imperial decree in the lobby first?"

Zhao Zhenji's face sank suddenly, and he immediately called out to the door: "Who is the book office on duty this morning?"

Immediately another book office came in: "Master Zhongcheng, the villain is on duty this morning."

Zhao Zhenji told the book office that came in: "Do two things. The first thing is to give this month's Lumi to the book office surnamed Wang, and tell him to leave the governor's office today and no longer hire him."

The book office was taken aback.

Zhao Zhenji: "Are you going to ask me why?"

The book office immediately replied: "I dare not. Yes."

The book office surnamed Wang just came to his senses and knelt down: "Lord Zhongcheng, what did the villain do wrong, and the lord wants to make up for the villain?"

Zhao Zhenji ignored him, but told the book office who came in later: "Tell me what I said, and tell all the servants in the yamen. From now on, anyone who dares to ask questions about what I ordered will immediately open a vacancy and will not be hired again."

The secretary froze, and replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Only then did the book office surnamed Wang understand the reason for his vacancy, stood up, and walked outside in a fit of anger.

"Stop." Zhao Zhenji snorted.

The book office surnamed Wang stopped.

Zhao Zhenji said to the secretary who came in later: "Continue to inform, from now on, anyone who disrespects the superior will be punished with ten sticks and Lumi of the month." Turning to the entourage next to him: "Take this man surnamed Wang out. If the stick is ten, there is no need for Lumi to give it to him that month."

The attendant answered very loudly: "Yes!" Then he walked to the secretary surnamed Wang: "Come with me."

The book office surnamed Wang was frightened and stood there alone, the attendant took his hand and said, "Let's go!"

"Tell him again." Zhao Zhenji stopped them again, "If you dare to say a word about the affairs in the yamen outside, take care of them immediately!"

The attendant replied loudly: "Yes!" He dragged the book office surnamed Wang and walked out.

The later book office was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe out, and stood there with his head bowed, waiting for Zhao Zhenji to order the second thing.

Zhao Zhenji: "Go to the lobby, please come here from Hai Zhi County and Wang Zhi County."

The book office: "Yes." He immediately withdrew.

Only the entourage holding the official uniform was left in the signing room.

Zhao Zhenji: "I won't change my official uniform. Take out this basin of water and pour it out, and bring in another basin of water."

"Yes." The attendant quickly put the official uniform on the big case, went to fetch water and walked out.

Zhao Zhenji walked back to the desk, uncovered the lamp shade, lit the candle again, put the shade on, sat down again, and opened the file.

At this time, it was already bright outside, and the book office brought Hai Rui and Wang Yongji who were wearing official uniforms.

In the officialdom, this is considered a grand meeting. Whether it is the magistrate of the province meeting the governor, or the juror of the Qin case meeting the presiding judge, Hai Rui and Wang Yongji should first worship the imperial edict in the lobby at this time, and then talk to each other. Zhao Zhenji declared his official name and paid respects.But the two were brought here, and after entering the door, they saw Zhao Zhenji in casual clothes, with her hair tied up, sitting in front of the big case, reading the papers.According to the "Daming Huidian", official uniforms cannot be worn for worship, so the two had to stand in the middle of the room.

"After reading the file all night, it's too late to change official uniforms, so please don't be rude." Zhao Zhenji slowly closed the file, stood up slowly, and looked at Hai Rui: "Is Haizhi County under your feet?"

Hai Rui: "Go back to Zhongcheng, yes."

Zhao Zhenji didn't seem to know what happened that night at all, and said very casually, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Please sit down, both of you."

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji had no choice but to sit down on the chairs by the window.

The attendant came in again with a basin of water and put it on the wash stand.

Zhao Zhenji told the entourage: "The two adults probably haven't eaten breakfast, so tell the kitchen to prepare meals for three people, and we will eat and talk here."

"Yes." The book office withdrew.

Zhao Zhenji walked directly to the washbasin, picked up the facekerchief in the basin, and slowly washed her face again.

In officialdom, etiquette is content.Zhao Zhenji didn't wear official uniforms and didn't sit in the lobby, and he didn't hide his daily life in front of his two subordinates.At that time, only extremely confidant superiors and subordinates would be so casual.Although Wang Yongji used to be Zhao Zhenji's subordinate in Nanzhili, he never had any personal contacts.Besides, this is the first time for Hai Rui to meet this boss?Zhao Zhenji had been in the officialdom for a long time and was also a famous Confucian of the Taizhou School at that time, so he would not be ignorant of this measure.This move is obviously deliberately arranged.

Of course Wang Yongji felt it, and couldn't help looking at Hai Rui quietly.

Hai Rui should have sensed it too, but he didn't show anything at this time, and sat there straight.

Wang Yongji had no choice but to look at Zhao Zhenji who was washing his face calmly and leisurely.

The morning was so quiet that the only sound in the room was the slight sound of water when Zhao Zhenji washed her face.

Because of his heart, Zhao Zhenji heard the sound of footsteps coming from a distance outside the door, and he was still there slowly wiping his temple hair with a face towel.Soon, the voice of the book office on duty came from outside: "Master Zhongcheng, some Lords of Jinyiwei have arrived."

"Oh?" Zhao Zhenji turned her head, "Come in, please."

Jin Yiwei led three other Jin Yiwei in. Seeing that Zhao Zhenji was still freshening up in this attire, he glanced at each other, and then saw Hai Rui and Wang Yongji sitting there wearing robes.

Only then did Zhao Zhenji put the face towel back into the washbasin, and smiled at the four Jin Yiwei, "Yin Shichu wanted to sleep for an hour, but he woke up late. The four of you are on the job, should we let the three appointed officers meet first?" Read the imperial decree face to face, and then invite you to come and discuss how to handle the case together?"

The four Jin Yiwei still stood there, looking at Zhao Zhenji together.

Jin Yiwei's other end: "I'm afraid the case can't be handled right now."

Zhao Zhenji: "Why?"

"Eunuch Yang is crazy." Jin Yiwei said word by word.

"There is such a thing?" Zhao Zhenji asked in surprise.

Hai Rui and Wang Yongji also stood up quickly.

Jin Yiwei went on to say: "Many places have to ask the Weaving Bureau to find out about the case involving Shen Yishi's family property. If Eunuch Yang is crazy, this case may have to be let go."

"Let's talk about the case after the incident." Zhao Zhenji immediately answered, "Pick up the official uniform, and I will go to see Eunuch Yang immediately."

The entourage immediately brought up the official robe to dress Zhao Zhenji.

While getting dressed, Zhao Zhenji said to Hai Rui and Wang Yongji: "You two go to the official post to rest first. About the case, wait for my notice."

Both Hai Rui and Wang Yongji looked puzzled.

Yang Jinshui was actually sitting in front of the washbasin at this moment, just like Zhao Zhenji just now, letting the accompanying eunuch comb his hair in a bun.

Zhao Zhenji, who was ushered in, was startled when he saw this, and the three guards behind Jin Yiwei couldn't help but look at each other, then at Yang Jinshui and then at Zhao Zhenji, and two of them couldn't help but smile.

Zhao Zhenji's face moved, and doubts immediately arose in his heart. He glanced at the Jinyi guards, walked slowly to the chair by the window and sat down, quietly watching Yang Jinshui who was washing up.

The two guards from Jin Yiwei glared at Luxiao, led them to the chairs in front of the window and sat down, looking at Yang Jinshui quietly.

Sitting there, Yang Jinshui made people comb his hair very quietly, so it was impossible to tell that he was crazy.

The hairpin is inserted.The accompanying eunuch wrung out the Songjiang cotton white face towel from the silver basin, and wiped his face carefully again.Only then did Yang Jinshui stand up, and said to the accompanying eunuch, "You all go out."

The accompanying eunuch looked at him with a forced smile, and the other eunuchs who were waiting on the side also looked at him with a smile.

"Get out!" Yang Jinshui called out.

Several eunuchs hurriedly withdrew.

Zhao Zhenji and the four Jin Yiwei watched his back closely.

Yang Jinshui turned around: "I didn't go to bed until Yinshi, I didn't expect to wake up and it would be dark again. You have been waiting for a long time, right?"

These few words were very similar to what Zhao Zhenji said to Jin Yiwei just now, but he said it was getting dark again in the morning, like crazy words but not crazy words, several Jin Yiwei couldn't help but looked at each other again, all looked at Zhao Zhenji.

Zhao Zhenji's face became more gloomy, and she looked at Yang Jinshui: "I heard that my father-in-law is feeling unwell, did you ask the doctor for a pulse?"

"What's wrong with me?" Yang Jinshui just sat down, when he heard him say this, he immediately became irritable and stared at him, "What's wrong with me? Who can make me feel sick?"

Zhao Zhenji was even more puzzled, and also stared at him: "The six evils are caused by the outside, and the seven emotions are hurt by the inside. When everyone is sick. Father-in-law, let the doctor take a look."

Yang Jinshui stared at him: "Don't you all expect me to get sick and die. Without me, how could you be there?"

Is this really crazy or pretending to be crazy, or is it against yourself?Zhao Zhenji stared at him intently: "Eunuch Yang, pay attention, who am I?"

The four Jinyiwei also felt nervous, looked at Zhao Zhenji, and then at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui still stared at Zhao Zhenji: "That's enough. When I came, you had less than 1000 looms. In four years, you added more than [-] looms in just four years. If you don't bring them, you will die." If you don’t take it, how much money do you want to make?”

The four Jin Yiwei understood now that Yang Jinshui regarded Zhao Zhenji as a stone.

Zhao Zhenji couldn't let go of her doubts, and said urgently: "I'm here to treat you, you know?"

Yang Jinshui: "You can't take me away! Behind me are the ancestors and the emperor. Gods protect you, I advise you to have He Maocai, stay away!"

This seems to be treating Zhao Zhenji as Zheng Michang again.

Jin Yiwei clung to Zhao Zhenji's ear and whispered, "It's crazy. Let's go first." He said and stood up.The other three Jin Yiwei followed suit and stood up.

Zhao Zhenji stood up slowly, but still looking at Yang Jinshui.

Jin Yiwei said: "Let's go, let Eunuch Yang rest well."

Yang Jinshui seemed to be awake again, and looked at them: "Tell the ancestors, tell the emperor, I will definitely sell 50 bolts of silk to the West this year."

"Understood. Gong An, please rest at ease." Jin Yiwei replied and walked out first.

The other three brocade guards surrounded Zhao Zhenji and walked out.

"The new Zhao Zhenji is not a good guy, you have to be careful." Yang Jinshui shouted at their backs.

Zhao Zhenji's feet were stepping over the threshold, and when he heard this sudden cry, he stopped there, frowned, and then stepped out.When they arrived in the yard, they stopped again, and all the Jinyi guards stopped.Zhao Zhenji beckoned to the attendant eunuch, and the attendant eunuch rushed over immediately.

Zhao Zhenji: "Did you call for a doctor?"

The attendant eunuch had a bitter look on his face: "Doctor Chen from the Jingyi Hall came before dawn and prescribed the calming pill. But as soon as the medicine was delivered, the bowl was dropped..."

Zhao Zhenji: "A few more people caught him and drugged him!"

The accompanying eunuch looked at Jin Yiwei again.

On the other side of Jin Yiwei: "This is for the good of Eunuch Yang, you just listen to Mr. Zhao."

Follower eunuch: "Understood."

"We must play it to the imperial court immediately!" Zhao Zhenji said to several Jinyi guards just after walking out of the gate of the Weaving Bureau.

On the other side of Jin Yiwei: "Excuse me, Mr. Zhao, how do you play?"

Zhao Zhenji: "Report the truth about Eunuch Yang's condition."

On the other side of Jin Yiwei: "How to report the truth? That Hai Rui did not ask the chief interrogator, arbitrarily interrogated the criminals, and dragged the case to the Weaving Bureau and the palace. Should this matter be reported truthfully?"

Zhao Zhenji: "Of course it will be played. But he is also a hand-picked juror, so it cannot be said that he did not act without authorization. As for whether he dragged the case to the Weaving Bureau and the palace, we will not make a conclusion in the memorial. He will be tried by Zheng Mi." The confessions of Chang and He Maocai are in the appendix. I will write the memorial, and several of them will sign together."

Hai Rui sat there intently.But Wang Yongji walked back and forth in the middle of the room, stopped, and looked at Hai Rui: "Gang Feng, do you think Eunuch Yang is really crazy, or is he pretending to be crazy?"

Hai Rui: "What about real madness? What about fake madness?"

Wang Yongji: "If he is really crazy, you have already made a big mistake; if he pretends to be crazy, you have already made a big mistake."

Hai Rui: "What kind of sky is the Weaving Bureau? Even if it breaks the sky, what I did was not your business."

Wang Yongji: "What are you talking about? You have pierced the sky, can you leave my business? There is no way out, this case must be thoroughly investigated to the end!"

Hai Rui was a little surprised, and at the same time shook his head: "It's not like what you said last night."

Wang Yongji: "One moment and another moment. Last night, you have to listen to me. If you don't interrogate Zheng Michang and He Maocai, you also have a way out, and I also have a way out. Once you bring him to trial, you will drive him crazy, and the case will not be investigated to the end. , they will turn against you on the charge of framing the Weaving Bureau. At this point, there is only one last resort."

Hai Rui felt a surge of excitement, and at the same time a trace of guilt: "It's hard to know people. Runlian, do you know how I looked at you last night?"

Wang Yongji: "How do you see me?"

Hai Rui: "Sophisticated!"

Wang Yongji smiled wryly: "In this world, there are no unsophisticated people."

"There are real gentlemen in the world!" Hai Rui felt this way for the first time, "Runlian, I beg you one thing."

Wang Yongji: "What's the matter?"

Hai Rui: "Don't intervene in the following case."

Wang Yongji: "When did you still say such things?"

Hai Rui stood up very seriously: "I'm telling the truth. The Master said: 'No one is as good as you in making friends'. I, Hai Rui, have no friends in half my life. To put it bluntly, I really have no one to make friends with! This time I was very lucky when I came to Zhejiang, and I made two friends far better than myself. One is Mr. Li Shizhen and Li. The other is you——Wang Runlian! Both you and Mr. Li can rely on life and death! .”

(End of this chapter)