When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 652: The Six Officials Are Really Terrible

Changan
Dali Temple

This office, which frightened all the corrupt officials, once again sounded the gongs and drums and opened the door. One by one, officials were escorted in, no matter they were high-ranking officials or low-ranking officials. As long as they were officials from the Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng areas, they had to accept the judgment of the Dali Temple. The level of official position could only determine whether the official who made the judgment was the Dali Temple Minister or an ordinary judge.

Although Deng Ai was only a county magistrate, he was familiar with the rules and regulations of various government offices in the court.

For a petty official like Zheng Fa with solid evidence, it was almost a matter of going through the motions, and the judges could convict Zheng Fa according to the law, such as confiscating his illegal gains, depriving him of the right to serve as an examiner in the future, and imprisoning him for a few years.

Why are you interrogating him seriously?
Even a witness like him was called into court. If he was not mistaken, the official who was listening in was an official from the Ministry of Personnel?

This is how the same thing?

Deng Ai looked calm and composed, but he felt increasingly uneasy in his heart.

A bold idea popped up in his mind. Could it be that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong? ! Zheng Fa was not important, what was important was himself? !

How is this possible? !
Deng Ai quickly rejected this idea. He kept comforting himself in his heart: I am the first, I am loved by the people, I govern well, and I have a theory of canals.
I have done nothing wrong! I didn't know Zheng Fa was corrupt, and I didn't know Zheng Fa was in collusion with the workshop owner.
Yes, I'm not at fault.
His rapid breathing gradually became steady, and Deng Ai finally convinced himself. The verdict on Zheng Fa was also handed down, which was pretty much what he had guessed: confiscation of illegal gains, deprivation of the right to be an examiner in the future, and ten years in prison.

Just when Deng Ai thought the dust had settled, he subconsciously glanced at the officials from the Ministry of Personnel who were listening.

The official from the Ministry of Personnel was currently talking to an older official. The official's robe was almost the same as that of the official from the Ministry of Personnel, so he was most likely also an official from the Ministry of Personnel.

When Deng Ai saw the face of the elderly "Ministry of Personnel official" clearly, he was stunned as if struck by lightning.

This person. He has seen it before!
He had spoken to this man only yesterday.
He remembered the man's name: Jian and given name: Liang.

He once suspected that this man was from the same clan as the Grand Minister of Agriculture, so when he first talked with Jian Liang, he was enthusiastic but not out of control.

Then he denied this possibility. Jian Liang's accent was far from the Youzhou accent, which was the most common accent near Chang'an. His behavior was exactly like that of an old farmer, and his knowledge was as short-sighted as could be.

If a person has the temperament of an old farmer, behaves like an old farmer, and talks like an old farmer, then this person must be an old farmer!

Deng Ai thus confirmed Jian Liang's identity. After confirming Jian Liang's identity, he no longer paid attention to Jian Liang.

Who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, Jian Liang appeared in his sight as an official from the Ministry of Personnel.

He didn't understand why Jian Liang could portray the old farmer so vividly.

Deng Ai didn't have time to think about it, because Jian Liang's eyes had already swept over and happened to fall on him. Under Jian Liang's gaze, Deng Ai felt that he was stripped naked and had no secrets at all.

At this moment, Deng Ai's pride was shattered. He had never felt so powerless as he did today.

Who on earth is this person?!
Deng Ai was a little worried when he walked out of the Dali Temple. His mind was full of Jian Liang. He used to think that his career was clear, but now it was gloomy. Even when the official stopped him, he was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

"Mr. Deng, the nobleman wants to see you."

Noble person?

Deng Ai perked up.

With the introduction of the officials, he finally met the so-called noble person.

Exactly
Simple and cool.
Deng Ai was in a complicated mood. He clasped his fists and said, "Lord Jian."

"It's not the Lord Jian, but my official title." "Official title, I don't know where Lord Jian is now. What's his current title?"

"Chief."

Deng Ai was slightly stunned. The person in charge must be the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Personnel. In the six ministries, under the Shangshu of the six ministries is the Assistant Director, under the Assistant Director is the Doctor, under the Doctor is the Deputy Director, and under the Deputy Director is the Director.

For Deng Ai, the position of Chief Clerk was not low-ranking, but looking at the entire Ministry of Personnel, the Chief Clerk was not a very high-ranking official either.

He actually had his thoughts seen through by a chief, and he actually had his thoughts concealed by a chief?

This... Is this the official from the Six Ministries?
Jian Liang said calmly, "Do you know why I called you here?"

"Master Jian, I don't know." Deng Ai shook his head.

Jian Liang stared at Deng Ai, and suddenly slammed the table hard, raising his voice, "Mr. Deng, do you know your mistake?!"

"Wrong?" Deng Ai was shocked. He wanted to ask what I did wrong.

However, Jian Liang in front of him seemed to see what was in his mind, and he counted on his fingers and said them one by one, from the fact that he knew Zheng Fa had dirty hands but still used him, to the fact that he would do anything to achieve his goals, and that he did not truly love the people.
"Do you want me to continue?"

Facing Jian Liang's gradually cold expression, Deng Ai fell into silence. He could feel that the atmosphere around him became very depressing, so depressing that he could not speak. Deng Ai calmed down a little. This Jian called me over, definitely not to punish me.

"Master, I know I was wrong." Deng Ai lowered his head.

Jian Liang shook his head. "No, you don't know you're wrong. You're afraid of my power. County Magistrate Deng, you know there are many people who want to punish you severely."

Severe punishment?

Deng Ai looked at Jian in disbelief. Someone wanted to punish him severely? In other words, those people were stopped by Jian? !

Jian Liang nodded and said, "I think you have great talent. It would be a pity if you continue like this. Besides, Chang'an and Sili are not suitable for you."

Deng Ai felt that Jian Liang's words were not alarmist. The strange things that happened in the Dali Temple today made him uneasy. Besides, even a chief official could see his true thoughts, not to mention that above the chief official there were Shangshu Shilang Langzhong Yuanwailang.
Horrible, terrible.

There are indeed no mediocre officials among the six ministries!
"Then what should I do? Please, Master Jian, teach me!"

Jian Liang took a deep breath and said, "Leaving Chang'an and going to Tianzhu to serve as an official is the best way."

Did Chong'er live outside and Shensheng die inside?
Deng Ai's eyes were stern, and he bowed solemnly to Jian Liang again and again, "Thank you very much, Master Jian, for your help. This, this great favor, I will never forget it!"

"Don't talk about whether it's a big favor or not. If you get into trouble in the future, just don't tell anyone about me."

Liu Bei, who used the alias Jian Liang but was actually the King of Yan, was relieved after having Deng Ai sent away.

The suggestion he gave in the car before was to send Deng Ai to Tianzhu. After arriving in Chang'an, Fa Zheng learned about this and suggested to kill Deng Ai's spirit. Of course, it would be best to hand Deng Ai over to him.

Thinking of Fa Zheng's character, Liu Bei rejected Fa Zheng's request for Deng Ai and decided to show up in person, which also scared Deng Ai.

However, even if Deng Ai went to Tianzhu, he would still face the fists of Ma Chao and Ma Dai.

I hope Mengqi and the others don’t go too far.

(End of this chapter)