Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 3 You are not qualified to point fingers!

The visitor was less than forty years old, wearing a blue official robe. He was tall and handsome, with a heroic demeanor.

The moment they saw the person coming, everyone present said to themselves: "No, why is he here!"

"Hey, what kind of wind has brought you here, Mr. Yu?" Zhang Cheng pinched his throat and still had a strange tone.

Yu Shenxing ignored Zhang Cheng's provocation. He walked straight to Qiu Li, snatched the blood letter from the other party's hand, and asked loudly the next moment:

"Qiu Maoshi, have you not read a word of the letter I wrote to you?"

Although Yu Shenxing and Qiu Li were from the same hometown, they were more than twenty years younger than Qiu Li, and their official position was much lower than Qiu Li's. Logically speaking, it was extremely rude for him to question him like this.

But Qiu Li was not annoyed and only replied: "I'm very busy and don't have time to read."

Yu Shenxing was annoyed, and asked again: "Busy? Are you busy allowing your cruel officials to humiliate the orphans and widows of the Zhang family? Or are you busy tortured and forcing Zhang Taiyue's son to death?"

Qiu Li was angry when he heard this. He was angry that the news had reached Yu Shenxing's ears so quickly. It seemed that he definitely had an informant on the other side!

"Yu Keyuan, you understand. I came here on the orders of the Holy One. I have the final say on how to inspect the Zhang family. It's not your turn to teach me how to do things." Qiu Li replied coldly.

"Yes, I am just a young Hanlin, but even if Zhang Taiyue is at fault, it is not as wrong as the old, young, women and children in his family! I heard that his mother was..."

"Okay! I make the decision here, you have no right to give me advice!"

Qiu Li forcibly interrupted Yu Shenxing's accusation, but who was Yu Shenxing? How could he let it go?

"How do you know I'm not qualified? To be honest, I came here on official duty and to investigate the Zhang family." Yu Shenxing said and put the blood letter into his sleeve.

Ren Yangxin on the side saw this scene and was so anxious that he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet!

"You also came here to search the Zhang family? Whose order did you give? Could it be Shen Shixing's order?" Eunuch Zhang Cheng said in a teasing tone, obviously not taking Shen Shixing seriously.

Just now Yu Shenxing ignored him, which made him a little embarrassed. Now he was mocking him, which was even for him.

Yu Shenxing finally glanced at Zhang Cheng, but only once, then turned to look at Tianlang and said:

"Shen Ge Lao is the teacher of His Majesty, and he is also the Yuanfu of the Ming Dynasty who is personally favored by His Majesty. My coming here with the order of Mr. Shen Ge is equivalent to coming with the imperial order of His Majesty.

Eunuch Zhang, your words of indifference to Mr. Shenge are also indifferent to the emperor. You despise the saint so much. I will definitely read your book when I return to Beijing! "

"Your mother! Don't be slanderous!" Zhang Cheng's biggest fear was to be implicated in the emperor, and he was losing to Yu Shenxing one after another, which made him swear in a hurry.

Yu Shenxing once again ignored the furious Zhang Cheng. The pride in his bones made him not want to argue with such a eunuch who was relying on his superiority. Moreover, he knew that ignoring Zhang Cheng would be the biggest blow to Zhang Cheng.

"I came here under the orders of Yuan Fu, and even more so under the Holy Order. I have the right to interfere with the inspection." Yu Shenxing looked at Qiu Li and said in an unquestionable tone: "Now, I need to know your current progress. In addition, you must no longer torture the Zhang family to extract confessions."

"You can know the progress, but Ke Yuan, I hope you can understand the priorities. I am the Minister of Punishment, and I am the important person sent by the Holy One to check the Zhang family. Only I can decide whether to use torture."

Qiu Li always refused to give in. For him, there was no punishment for confiscating his home to extract a confession.

Yu Shenxing has known Qiu Li for many years. He knows that Qiu Li's bad temper is as smelly and hard as the stones in the cesspit. Seeing Qiu Li's tough attitude, he couldn't help but said angrily: "The orphans and widows of the Zhang family How innocent is she? How innocent is Zhang Juzheng's mother? She is still humiliated by you at such an old age! Qiu Maoshi, aren't you afraid of retribution? "

"I don't believe in retribution!" Qiu Li said firmly.

For a moment, the atmosphere froze.

Yu Shenxing looked at Qiu Li with only disappointment in his eyes. He originally admired Qiu Li's coolness and uprightness.

But he didn't expect that Qiu Li would just reach the point of being ruthless and stubborn.

Qiu Li seemed to be stung by Yu Shenxing's eyes and did not dare to look at him again.

The two of them were from the same hometown and had a good relationship in the past. Although the two of them had little contact since Yu Shenxing took refuge with Shen Shixing, Qiu Li didn't want to break up with Yu Shenxing.

"Report! It's not good!" Another Jin Yiwei came to report.

Qiu Li was already in a complicated mood, and became even more irritable after hearing the familiar report: "Who died again?"

Zhang Cheng and others also thought so. After all, in the previous two notifications, someone had died. They all thought who would die this time?
  "No one died...it's the Zhang family ancestral hall, it's on fire!"

"Can there be a fire in this weather?" Qiu Li was surprised for a moment, and then quickly said: "Can't we just put out the fire? Is this a trivial matter worth being surprised at?"

Jin Yiwei replied: "The Zhang family locked the door of the ancestral hall while we were not paying attention. The door is made of fine huanghuali wood. It is very hard and heavy. It cannot be opened if cut... The fire is getting bigger and bigger..."

"A bunch of idiots. If they can't open the door, they climb through the window and the roof to get in!" Zhang Cheng was so angry that he wanted to strangle this stupid temporary subordinate to death.

Jin Yiwei's expression moved slightly, but he had no choice but to reply respectfully: "The windows are all made of marble, and the eaves are too high. Even stacked Arhats can't climb up. The only way is to use a long ladder, but there are no long ladders nearby."

"Then go and borrow it from the nearest government office, and then send someone to call the fire soldiers to put out the fire."

"We have sent people to borrow it, and the Fire Soldiers have also sent people to call, but the fire started too fast. By the time they come back... all the Zhang family women and children inside may have been... burned to death..."

At this time, everyone present was stunned.

The most panicked Ren Yangxin was so frightened that she sat down on the ground and murmured as if waiting for death: "Okay, I knew someone was going to die again... They would rather burn themselves than drag us into the water together... …”

Even Qiu Li was stunned. He wanted to torture the Zhang family and was prepared to kill people, but the cruel words he said before were just words.

So many people in the Zhang family have died, and he is lying if he says he is not panicking. If these helpless women, children, and children also die, then there will really be no way to deal with the emperor.

"Go and see the fire!" Qiu Li walked quickly to the ancestral hall in the backyard, and Zhang Cheng and others hurriedly followed.

However, Yu Shenxing did not follow to check the extent of the fire. Instead, he asked Jin Yiwei where the Zhang family was tortured.

He wanted to save more Zhang family members, but as of now, he could only save as many as he could.

As for those Zhang family members who want to self-immolate, it depends on whether God is willing to show mercy.

(End of this chapter)