Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 298
Gao Hongtu's complexion is not very good-looking.

Zuo Guangxian didn't find out yet, and said to himself: "As long as Ma Mingpao dies, everything will be dead without proof, so what do we say? It's impossible for Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan to find out the whole thing."

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about first?" Gao Hongtu said angrily, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate raided the Ministry of Internal Affairs and imprisoned the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Mingpao, because of the case of collaborating with bandits. There is no reason for this case." What are you afraid of being investigated? Lu Zhenfei and Jin Xuan want to investigate, so let them do it."

"Eh?" Zuo Guang looked at Gao Hongtu blankly, his whole body was messed up.

Bandit case?Mr. Gao Ge, do you know that Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Mingpao did not collude with pirates at all, this is basically the dirty water we poured on Zhan Yangzhi and Ma Mingpao, okay?You actually said that you are not afraid of checking?

But soon, Zuo Guang reacted first, and a pair of eyes slowly lit up.

"Shut up!" Zuo Guangxian was about to speak, but was stopped by Gao Hongtu, "Hurry up, come to me if you have nothing to do, and don't talk nonsense around with your mouth, give me peace of mind during this time."

"The next official takes orders." Zuo Guang bowed first.

……

Wu Linzheng, Wu Ganlai, and Chen Liangmo also gathered in Meng Zhaoxiang's room.

"Have you heard about Uncle Da Zong?" Wu Ganlai said in a deep voice, "In the past few days, the rumors about Zhan Yangzhi, a wealthy businessman in She County, colluding with pirates have suddenly spread all over the streets!"

Meng Zhaoxiang snorted coldly and said, "Don't mention it. On the way to Shangzhi just now, I even heard two beggars squatting on the side of the road talking about how many bird guns Zhan Yangzhi gave Gu Sanmazi. How many benefits were given to him after Nanjing, it is as if you have heard it with your own ears."

Wu Linzheng said: "Uncle Da Zong, there must be black hands behind this."

"Yes." Wu Gan said, "Otherwise, it would never have spread so fast."

"Isn't it obvious?" Meng Zhaoxiang said coldly, "The Holy Majesty is going back to Beijing soon. If the case of Zhan Yangzhi's collusion cannot be settled before the Holy Majesty returns to Beijing, they will be very passive."

Wu Linzheng said: "But as long as Mr. Liu Zongzhou is around, they won't be able to succeed."

"In my opinion, Mr. Liu Zongzhou may not be able to protect himself." Meng Zhaoxiang sighed. Fame, so I didn't point the finger at him, but now that the emperor is coming back, there is not much time left for these people, they can do anything, and within three days, those censors should gather together attacked."

Chen Liangmo said, "No wonder Lu Lang, Huang Erding and the others are sneaky these days. They are planning to attack Mr. Liu Zongzhou. We can't sit idly by."

Wu Ganlai said: "Brother Shiliang's words are very true, we must stop them."

"It's useless, we can't stop it at all." Meng Zhaoxiang sighed and said, "You still can't see it now? The entire Nanjing officialdom belongs to them. No one can stop what they want to do, Shi Ge As the chief minister of the cabinet, I was still forced by them to leave my job and stay at home."

Chen Liangmo said: "The lower officials don't believe that they can really do whatever they want."

Meng Zhaoxiang said: "At least in Nanjing they can really do whatever they want."

……

The time came to July [-]th of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, which was the hottest season of the year.

The prison in the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Nanjing was even more sweltering, and Ma Mingpao was sweating all over while sitting still, but this little physical suffering was nothing to Ma Mingpao at all.

What really made Ma Mingpao sad was the ignorance of the people in Nanjing.

These ignorant people have no idea that they have been fooled by others.

Thinking of this, Ma Minglu hated those people in the Donglin Party even more. These people really have no bottom line in their actions, and they are really capable of doing anything. They are just as hateful as the eunuchs.

It's ridiculous that he once thought that the Donglin Party members were all upright.

However, the facts have proved that these people are no different from the eunuchs.I bother!

"Boom." Ma Mingtao turned sideways, and the iron chain tied to the shackle immediately made a crisp sound, because he was the only one in the whole prison, so it seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet prison.

But soon, a sound of light footsteps came to Ma Mingpao's ears, and someone came over.

Ma Mingtao couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. Since he was imprisoned in this large prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, prisoners in the same cell and adjacent cells have been transferred away one after another. It is said that he was worried that he would use these prisoners to communicate with the outside world and pass on news. Ma Minghuo sneered at this, the official acted upright, what news did he convey?
Furthermore, since he was imprisoned, he has not been interrogated once.

The prison chief told him in private that it was because Liu Zongzhou, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was deliberately delaying him;

Looking back, I saw the cell boss coming out of the shadow of the passage.

To Ma Mingpao's surprise, the cell boss didn't just talk to him this time, but opened the big iron gate of the cell, and even took out the key to unlock the chains on him.

"Wait." Ma Mingpao immediately became vigilant, "What are you going to do?"

"Hush!" The cell leader made a gesture of silence, and came to loosen his chains again.

Ma Mingpao turned sideways to avoid the key of the prison head, and said, "Can you tell me exactly what you want to do?"

"My lord, this villain let you go!" The cell boss lowered his voice, "The villain knows that you are actually a good official, and that you were wronged by others when you were sent to prison this time, but those people are determined to beat you up and make this case a success." Iron case, for this reason they even sent Master Liu Zongzhou back to his hometown in Shanyin."

"What?" Ma Minglu said, "Master Liu Zongzhou has returned to his hometown in Shanyin?"

"No." The prison chief said angrily, "Those people are really low. Mr. Liu Zongzhou is almost seventy years old, and he has always been strict with himself. Does anyone in the world know about being cautious?"

"But guess what nasty things they did?"

"They actually forcibly got the old man drunk and carried him to the boudoir of Zhu Susu, the number one in the south courtyard."

After a pause, the cell boss sighed again: "After the old man sobered up, he was almost killed by a headshot. Although he was rescued by his servants and Zhu Susu in the end, he didn't have the face to stay in Nanjing as an official. He returned home that day."

"Hateful!" Ma Mingpao said angrily, "These people really can do it!"

"Therefore, there is nothing they can't do." The prison chief stretched out his hand to unlock the chain again, "If you stay in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, my lord, you can only die."

"The villain will undo the shackles and shackles for you first."

"Then you and the villain leave here and find a place to hide."

After a pause, the jailer said again: "The Holy Majesty is going back to Nanjing soon, you will be fine when the Holy Majesty returns to Beijing."

"Wait." Ma Mingpao stopped the prisoner again and said, "What did you say? Is the Holy Majesty going back to Nanjing soon?"

"Yes." The cell boss said, "The Holy Majesty's luanjia left Xuzhou seven days ago, and this meeting should pass through Huai'an Mansion, so those people are so eager to drive away Mr. Liu Zongzhou."

After hearing this, Ma Mingpao said, "If that's the case, I can't leave."

"Aren't you going?" The cell boss said anxiously, "My lord, if you don't go, you will die."

"My life is not worth much, if they want it, they can just take it." Ma Mingtao smiled and said, "But if I escape from the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice today, it will really be yellow mud falling into my crotch Li, if this is the case, instead of being of any help to the Holy Spirit, this official will only add to his confusion."

"How could it be?" The cell boss asked anxiously, "The Holy One is a saint who has already realized the Tao, and his heart is like a mirror!"

"The Holy Majesty's heart is like a mirror." Ma Minglu subconsciously wanted to raise his hand to bow in the direction of Xuzhou, but he couldn't lift it while wearing shackles, so he had to give up.

After a pause, Ma Minghao said again: "But the people in Jiangnan are so ignorant that they can't tell who is really good to them and who is just talking about it. If I really followed you out of the prison today As soon as the news spread, the people in the south of the Yangtze River would only think that I, Ma Mingjue, was absconding in fear of crime."

"This..." The cell leader froze for a moment.

Ma Mingpao shook his head, and said again: "At that time, if the Holy Majesty really wants to absolve me of Ma Mingpao's crimes, he will become a faint king who perverts the law for personal gain. If so, I, Ma Mingpao, will never be able to atone for my sins."

"In this way, the villain has lost his mind." The cell leader seemed lost.

Ma Mingpao said: "Captain, I know you have good intentions, I don't blame you, but this is not okay."

"That's it, Mr. Ma cherishes it." The prison chief sighed, knelt down and kowtowed three times to Ma Mingpao.

……

The cell boss obviously heard some rumors, and he really didn't intend to harm Ma Mingpao when he was released in private.

Because early the next morning, another cell boss brought Ma Mingpao a sumptuous meal.

Seeing this, Ma Mingpao understood everything, those people didn't even bother to try the case, they directly convicted him and wanted to execute him immediately, they were really in a hurry.

Ma Mingpao didn't waste the severed meal.

After the prison boss untied the shackles and chains, he began to feast.

Satisfied with wine and food, Ma Mingpao took a drink and stood up and said, "Let's go, it's time to hit the road."

Put on the prison van and went to the street outside, and saw that the street was already crowded with onlookers, seeing Ma Mingpa's prison van coming out, these citizens threw rotten vegetables, rotten eggs and even filth at him will come.

In a short while, Ma Mingpao's face, body and prison car were covered with all kinds of filth.

After walking along Gongyuan Street for several miles, I finally walked out of Nanjing City through Sanshan Gate and came to the riverside Fachang.

(End of this chapter)