Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 73

Two eunuchs on duty appeared at the door of the duty room at the same time: "The servants are here."

Chen Hong put the memorial paper into the memorial envelope: "Prepare the sedan chair! The four of us must present this memorial to the Emperor Long Live!"

"Wait a minute." Huang Jin, the eunuch holding a pen next to Chen Hong, answered, "Eunuch Chen, the ancestor hasn't read it yet."

"I can't wait, my Eunuch Huang." Chen Hong glanced decisively at Huang Jin, "The old ancestor is also in the palace, and I will present it to him and the emperor to see together."

"It's about Yang Jinshui, we can't just send it up like this." Huang Jin was also very stubborn, "If you send it up like this, the Long Live God will vent his anger on the ancestors, and there will be no room for change."

One sentence revealed the mystery of whether to send or not to send everyone. Chen Hong's eyes stopped in the air, and he said after a long time: "I forgot about this. But the old ancestor wants to serve the emperor's long live Lord until tomorrow." You can only leave the palace in the morning, who dares to bear this burden here?"

"Think of a way and invite the old ancestor out." Huang Jin said.

Chen Hong looked at him again: "Long Live Lord is practicing, and the ancestors are indispensable by his side. How can I invite you out?"

"The old way, let's announce the good news." Huang Jin's attitude was very firm.

"It's not to announce the good news. Afterwards, the Long Live God will know, will you bear the blame or we will bear the blame?" Huang Jin.

Huang Jin: "I'll report it. I'll bear the guilt alone!"

Chen Hong was obviously unwilling, and looked at the other two eunuchs holding a pen: "What do you think?"

The two eunuchs holding pens: "Let's report to our ancestors first."

Chen Hong had no choice but to leave half of the words: "Then you go. Long live God really wants to convict, and our family will not ask you to bear it alone."

"I've said it, I'll bear it alone." After Huang Jin said this, he strode out.

"Prepare the lantern! Prepare the sedan chair!" The voices of the two eunuchs on duty rang out immediately outside the door.

"Give me a lantern! I'll walk!" Huang Jin's back had disappeared outside the guard's door.

He said he was walking, but he was actually running.In a blink of an eye, they arrived outside the main hall of Yuxi Palace.Seeing Huang Jin, the eunuch on duty quickly knelt down and said in a low voice, "Grandchildren kowtow to Eunuch Huang!"

Huang Jin also lowered his voice: "Has Master Long Live rested yet? Can the old ancestor come out?"

A eunuch on duty in Yuxi Palace: "Go back to Eunuch Huang, Master Long Live is sitting in the fugue seat today. The old ancestor has to be by his side to protect him all the time, and he won't be able to get out for a while."

At this time, Huang Jin was in a state of mind wandering. Huang Jin was startled, and then wandered anxiously in front of the stone steps. After walking back and forth for several times, he still stopped: "No! This is a big event, we must invite our ancestors out. Announce the good news!"

The two eunuchs on duty in Yuxi Palace immediately turned pale, and kowtowed: "Second ancestor, please forgive me. At this time, the slaves must not dare to scare the holy car!"

Huang Jin stomped her feet silently: "I'll do it myself!" As he spoke, he walked quickly to the stone steps facing the south window of the monastery, facing the tall window lattice across the stone steps, put his hands around his mouth, and said A sound like a magpie!
so quiet!So quiet that everyone can hear their own heartbeat!
There was no response, Huang Jin was sweating on his head, put his hands together in front of his mouth, and uttered three magpie calls in succession!

"I'm calling you. Go." Long live Lord's voice floated out of the abode like a gossamer.

Huang Jin and the two eunuchs on duty stopped breathing.

"Damn it." Lu Fang's terrified voice came from inside the monastery, "No matter how great a happy event is, how can you disturb Master's Xianxiu at this time!"

Jiajing's voice was very peaceful: "It should be Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang who won another battle ahead, you go."

After a while, Lu Fang's figure appeared from the entrance of the main hall.

Huang Jin rushed forward with sweat on his face.

Lu Fang went down the stone steps unhurriedly, seeing his appearance and knowing that it was not a happy event, so she stared at him.

Huang Jin said in a low voice: "Godfather, Yang Jinshui is crazy about the urgent delivery in eight hundred miles from Zhejiang!"

Lu Fang, who had never been as motionless as a mountain, trembled slightly at this moment.

At this moment, the urgent letter was pressed on the big case by a Hetian mutton paperweight. There was no wind, and the three feathers remained motionless.

The four Bingbi eunuchs all looked at Lu Fang who was sitting in front of the case, their faces were like the memorial on the case, motionless.

"Where is the courier who delivered the express delivery now?" Lu Fang asked.

Chen Hong hurriedly answered: "Go back to godfather, my son has locked him in the guard room at the forbidden gate."

Lu Fang: "Detain him, don't let him see anyone."

Chen Hong: "I know."

Lu Fang: "Jin'er."

"My son is here." Huang Jin replied.

Lu Fang: "I've been through this hurdle, and I won't be back until midnight. There must be no one to wait on the master. You can go, the master is used to you."

Huang Jin: "Son, go take a shower and change immediately."

Lu Fang: "Master, if you ask, just say that you haven't read this memorial. Tell master, just say that I went to Zhenfu Sizhao Prison to see that Gao Hanwen. When I come back, I will report the details to the master."

Huang Jin froze for a moment.

The other three Bingbi eunuchs all looked at each other.

Lu Fang: "If you want to answer this matter, you have to understand the answer. Why is Yang Jinshui crazy? The matter of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, the matter of Yang Jinshui and Shen Yishi, maybe that Gao Hanwen knows something inside, and that one who once followed Yang Jinshui The woman of four years knows some inside information. Everything waits for me to come back and explain to the master clearly."

"My son understands." Huang Jin replied and walked out quickly.

Lu Fang followed and stood up: "I sent Yang Jinshui to the south of the Yangtze River. I will bear the responsibility if you are guilty. You all put your heart into your heart and stay in the house tonight. This news must not be revealed at all."

Three eunuchs holding pens: "My sons understand."

Lu Fang strode out.

In Beijing of the Ming Dynasty, apart from the Forbidden City, there were not many places where "civilian officials dismounted from their sedan chairs and military officials dismounted from their horses", and ordinary people had to make detours.As far as the Imperial Prison of Fusi Yamen in Ruobei Town, even the civil and military officials walked around. There is a dark lacquer gate.Over the years, there have been many rumors about this deep alley and the high walls of the alley. It is said that when it gets dark, there are many ghosts wandering on this road, and crying is often heard in dark corners.Therefore, this road is very quiet all year round, especially after dusk, not only no one walks, but also no birds fly over it.

Two lanterns were shining in front, four eunuchs and a small sedan chair carried Lv Fang from the direction of Xiyuan into this alley.

The eunuch carrying the lantern grabbed the ring of animal face on the left side of the gate and knocked it three times.

Immediately a voice came from inside asking: "Is the ancestor here?" Apparently, there had been an express report in advance.

The eunuch carrying the lantern outside the door: "If you know, you still ask? Open the door."

The heavy door was opened from the inside to both sides, and there was already a piece of lantern light waiting inside, and there were many kneelers kneeling in the yard.

The eunuch who raised the sentence and carried the lantern spoke again: "The ancestor said, just send two people to lead the way, and those who have nothing to do should rest."

"Yes." There was an answer all over the place, and a path was opened in the middle.Two lanterns and a small sedan chair were carried in quickly.

The door slammed shut again with a loud rattling sound.

People outside didn't know that they thought that there were only iron-barred prison cells for pending officials in the Zhenfusi Prison. In fact, there were many small courtyards for officials awaiting trial under house arrest.

Here is one of them.A courtyard within a courtyard, that is, a wall within a wall, is locked with an iron gate. When you open the key, you will enter a courtyard several feet square. There is a well in the courtyard as usual. The base of the wall is covered with grass, and there are ivy crawling on the wall. .To the north are three huts, each with a door, not connected to each other.The one on the west is where the officials being interrogated are locked up, the one in the middle is the recording room for secret interrogations, and the one on the east is usually vacant for Jin Yiwei to drink tea and rest when he is tired of interrogating criminals.

As usual in such a courtyard, only the courtyard door is locked but not the room door. At this time, Jin Yiwei, who was leading the way, unlocked the courtyard door, pushed the door open, and led the way in front. The lantern illuminated the sedan chair and came in and stopped in the courtyard.

The eunuch holding the lantern on the left lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and the eunuch holding the lantern on the right stretched out his hand to help Lu Fang, who was in civilian clothes, get out of the sedan chair.

The ancestor personally interrogated the criminals, and the two Jinyi guards could not stay here. At this time, they had already retreated outside the gate of the courtyard, and closed the iron gate outside, guarding it like nails.

A eunuch carrying a lantern had already rushed into the recording room in the middle and lit the lamp.

Another eunuch carrying a lantern led Lu Fang to the recording room.

The reason why the eunuchs of the punishment department are used to carry the sedan chair is because they have the mission of secret and interrogation of criminals.The two eunuchs carrying the sedan chair at the back stood in the courtyard, facing the door wall, and the two eunuchs carrying the sedan chair in front walked to the door of the prisoner's room to the west, and knocked: "Gao Hanwen."

The door slowly opened from the inside, revealing Gao Hanwen wearing a rough blue shirt and haggard after washing and washing.

The eunuch of the Criminal Division: "I have something to ask you, come out."

Gao Hanwen walked out slowly from the door.

Behind the window lattice of the room in the east, Yunniang quietly looked out of the yard with restless eyes.

The eunuch Ti Xingsi quietly led Gao Hanwen into the recording room. There was a lamp on the table, which softly illuminated Lu Fang who was sitting behind the table and was wearing casual clothes.The eyes of Gao Hanwen and Lu Fang met, Lu Fang's eyes were full of kindness, Gao Hanwen's heart moved, he stared at this person in a daze, and stood there silently.

It stands to reason that all Jinshi who have participated in the palace examination have seen the emperor, and naturally they have also seen the eunuch who is not far away from the emperor.Just because Emperor Jiajing did not go to court for 20 years, and he did not preside over the three-year palace examination, so the Kejia officials after 21 years of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty did not have the chance to see the sky, and naturally they did not know Lu Fang.

Lu Fang waved her hand lightly, and the eunuch of the Criminal Division hurriedly retreated, and gently closed the door of the interrogation room.

It was only then that Gao Hanwen realized that something was different today, and he couldn't help looking at the table. There was no paper, pen, ink and inkstone on the table. Don't we need to record today's interrogation?With questioning eyes, he couldn't help looking at Lu Fang again.

Lu Fang: "I'm not here to interrogate you, so there's no need to record it. Sit down."

Gao Hanwen silently sat down opposite him.According to the rules of the Zhenfu Division, criminal officials are not allowed to ask the other party's identity without asking the official. Gao Hanwen can only look at Lu Fang, guessing in his heart who this person is.

Lu Fang saw his heart from his eyes at a glance, and said peacefully: "My name is Lu Fang, and now I am in charge of the official seal."

Even though his heart was already dead, Gao Hanwen's shock was not trivial. He immediately stood up and knelt down: "Criminal Gao Hanwen pays homage to Eunuch Lu."

Lu Fang accepted this obeisance calmly, and after he finished obeisance, said warmly: "Please get up, sit down."

After Gao Hanwen stood up again, he was not as calm as when he came in. After sitting down, his face immediately burst into excitement: "The government is corrupt and has become a chronic disease; the suffering of the people is beyond description! Does Mr. Lu know? Your Majesty Do you know?"

Sure enough, he was a scholar. Lu Fang looked at him silently, and instead of answering him, asked, "Why do you know? Why don't you know?"

Gao Hanwen was taken aback, his excited face immediately showed disappointment.

(End of this chapter)