Jinyi Night Walk

When Zheng He returned to the palace, the palace gate was almost locked.

At this time, Zhu Di had already returned to the inner palace, and Zhu Di had few concubines. Zheng He went to the inner secretary to inquire, and knowing that the emperor was still staying with the queen tonight, he went directly to Kunning Palace.

In Kunning Palace, Empress Xu was washing Zhu Di's feet.Although Empress Sha Xu was born noble, and now she is a queen, she does not need to do this matter.But the husband and wife have a very strong relationship, although she has become the queen of the mother's world, this point remains unchanged, as long as the husband stays in her room, she must serve him to wash and change clothes.

Zhu Di had old cold legs, and it was very comfortable to scald his feet with hot water. Empress Xu dried her husband's feet. Zhu Di retracted his legs back on the bed and covered him with a quilt. Sit down by the bed, whisper with her husband, and chat lightly.

At this time, a court lady came in quietly, stood by the screen, and said softly: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zheng He is begging to see you!"

"Oh, Sanbaosi is here, tell him to come in."

Empress Xu knew that Zheng He must have something important to ask for a visit at this time, so she smiled softly at Zhang Yao and said, "...don't make yourself too tired, I'll go take a bath!" "

"it is good!"

Zhu Di agreed, Empress Xu stepped out, Zheng He stood in the outer hall, bowed to send the empress to leave, and then walked in gently.

Zhu Di glanced at him, and asked, "How to hold..."

Zheng He said: "Back to the emperor, Yang Xu's words are not false. The servants went to the prison to question the criminals. If they can't hide it from others, they have submitted the witness's certificate separately according to the emperor's order, and protected them."

"It's not false..."

Zhu Bran leaned on the pillow, staring at the candle flames on the wall, slightly lost in thought.

Zheng He stood quietly, waited for a while, and then said softly: "The emperor seems very disappointed..."

To speculate on the holy will, and to raise it in person, only Zheng He and Gou'er, the cronies who have been following and serving Zhu Di all the time, dare to do so.

Zhu Di sighed: "Sanbao, Shuangyu guards colluded with bandits, this is one thing; Yang Xu shielded maritime merchants, smuggled for profit, this is another. Although this incident was exposed because of that incident, the two There is no necessary relationship between them. It just happens that because of one thing, the other is discovered."

Zheng He listened quietly without interrupting.

Zhu Di said: "But" someone happened to connect these two things, and produced evidence.Now it is proved that there is something hidden about Yang Xu's incident, and it is not just as it appears, so... the other incident, is it also false? "

Zheng He said obediently: "Your Majesty, maybe..." It is true that the Shuangyu Guards had a secret relationship with the gangsters. After accidentally robbing a Luzon merchant ship, someone pretended to be clever and forcibly connected this incident with another incident. Rise up in order to obtain greater benefits. "

Zhu Di smiled lightly and said, "If that's the case, then it's easy to handle. If not?"

Zheng He bowed his body and did not answer.

Zhu Di nodded, then shook his head, and suddenly asked: "Sanbao, tell me, who is the person who hears the most lies in this world..."

Zheng He understood what he meant, and after a moment of silence, he replied bitterly: "Go back to the emperor, it is the emperor!"

Zhu Di smiled wryly, and said with his jaw: "That's right, if a person's side is full of lies, can he still see the truth and make correct decisions..."

Zheng He said in a low voice: 'The emperor is wise and mighty' is unparalleled in wisdom..."

Zhu Kuan glanced at him and reproached him, "Are you going to join the team of lying to me too?" "

Zheng He bowed his body and dared not speak again.

Zhu Di said: "Wise and powerful, intelligent and wise, one must hear correct information before making correct judgments.

I won't hide it from you, originally, I didn't intend to kill Yang Xu, but if he is really corrupt and corrupt, he will suffer a lot.Officials are the ones who govern the world for me. Officials are greedy and despicable, and they will corrupt all disciplines to nothing.

However, I am very afraid now, afraid that the story of Shuangyuwei colluding with the gangsters is also fake.I have just been in the world, and it has only been more than half a year. The soldiers who have followed me to kill and blood-stained robes will be corrupted to this point?It's nothing more than lying about the military situation and shirking responsibility, but he dared to frame the secretary!Although they were pirates once, how daring it must be, "

He was silent for a while, and said to himself: "A person who has been a soldier all his life and has never been a fool, told the truth in front of you all his life, only enjoyed a few days of glory and wealth, and then he talked about lies In terms of speaking, he said it in a dignified manner, and he did it boldly and without any scruples! Sanbao, Yang Xu and I have merit, and Qiu Fu and I have merit. When it comes to understanding and trust, Qiu Fu has followed me for more than 20 years. I should trust him more, but if he..." Wouldn't it be scary? "

Zheng He glanced at Zhu Di, and said cautiously: "I believe that no matter what Qi Guogong did, he wanted to evade responsibility, or he had a personal grudge with Fu Guogong, but... his loyalty to the emperor has not changed. What's more , Qi Guogong has been sitting in the capital, what is the truth about Xidong..." If the emperor is deceived, why can't Qi Guogong be deceived? "

Zhu Di closed his eyes and said softly: "I hope so! I hope so!"

The emperor is not a person who is directly responsible for hearing the case and has watched too many crying scenes. He always feels that the emperor himself adjusts the prisoners, which seems to be perfectly normal.But in fact, regardless of ancient times or modern times, it is very taboo for the supreme ruler to go beyond the judiciary to meet and interrogate court officials with such serious suspicions without a judicial trial.

Everyone pays attention to the emperor's every move, and even the direction of the court can be easily reversed because of the will of the Holy Majesty. How many officials who are good at making money are trying to figure out the holy will. For such a big case that attracts everyone's attention, you should know it beforehand. To interview the suspect, what do you want to do?What do you want to tell everyone? , because it was not easy to get rid of the empress's wishes, Zhu Di received Yang Xu without permission. Zhu Di originally felt remorseful for breaking the law, but now he is extremely fortunate despite being afraid.

Being deaf and dumb, being at the mercy of others is something that no ruler can tolerate.

Fighting the world, he succeeded: Sitting in the world, can he succeed?

Zhu Di made up his mind that if the evidence was conclusive and Qiu Fu was involved, he would never forgive him.

The problems reflected in the war situation in Xidong have already extended from the novel to the inside. He must kill this bad sign, and appeasement will breed evil!

If you want to treat Zhu Di as a puppet, absolutely not!

The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, Ministry of Punishment, and the five-armed governor's office will hear the case of the collusion of the Shuangyu Guards and the case of the Shuangyu Guards' smuggling of foreign ships for profit in the Interrogation Hall of the Five-Army Governor's Mansion. .

Xia Xun's case is a case derived from this case. It is attached to it, but it has a certain degree of independence. The emperor did not explain which of the two cases will be tried first and which one will be tried later. Throwing it to them, Zhu Di only asked about the result, not the process!

Today's Chief of the Five Armies Commander's Mansion is surnamed Long Mingfei, a good name, and he looks talented, but when he sits there, he doesn't have any momentum at all, he doesn't look like the supervisor of the case, that momentum, a person The clerks who attended the recording were all calmer and more magnanimous than him.

There is no way, he is the presiding judge, but the judges of the five armies are only fifth-rank officials, and the judges of the side judges are all older than him. Qing Xuepin.Even the spectators are more official than him, and the third rank of Jinyiwei is the commander Ji Gang.

The most disturbing thing is that there are also supervisors. The supervisors are the two princes, His Highness Zhu Gaochi and Second Highness Zhu Gaoxu.

What about the judge on trial?Xu Hu and Wang Yuxia are also higher officials than him, and the tonnage of the assistant Duke Yang Xu makes him even more frightened. With such a thunderous lineup, who can hold back the situation?

At this moment, the officer Long Duan, who wanted to cry but had no tears, really wanted to sing a paragraph "It's hard to be an official...: The prince and the prince sued the officials, but they wanted me, a small official, to judge the high officials and judge the high officials. They were in charge Officials, officials, I am the official who is in charge, how can I control the officials who are in charge, not the officials, the officials are in charge. Officials, officials, officials, officials, officials, call me, call me, How can I be an official? I have become a shriveled official caught between the rocks!"

Long Fei tremblingly walked up to the hall, first bowed to the two princes, the princes, the ministers, the imperial envoys, and the governors, and then walked to the back of his main desk, not sitting down, but leaning up, Asked with a smile to the two princes: "Your Highness, Second Highness, you two look... shall we try the Fu Guogong's cover-up and smuggling case first, or the Shuangyu Wei Wei's illicit smuggling case?"

"Try Yang Xu first!"

"Try Xu Hu first!"

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu spoke in unison, and then they met each other and looked at each other.

Before the two princes came, they had already been informed by their father, Zhu Di. Zhu Di told them that Yang Xu was secretly in charge of the Flying Dragon Secret Agent, and was in charge of detecting the whereabouts of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunyi. Xu still has such a force in his hands and is engaged in such a confidential task.Zhu Di told them that he had found out the truth about Xia Xun's cover-up of foreign smuggling.

Smuggling, true!It is true, but the real purpose under this packaging is to use the strength of the local clans in Luzon to find the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen. This is a major issue related to the stability of the country, so trivial matters such as smuggling are no longer important.The implication is that Yang Xu has been wronged, this person must be protected, not only protected, but also protected in a different way.

Because smuggling is a violation of the national law after all, the imperial court can do it expediently to achieve a greater purpose, but it cannot publicly inform the world.Therefore, the charge of smuggling must also be erased.

In this way, invisibly, Zhu Gaochi had already gained the upper hand.Of course he hoped that Yang Xu would be tried first, if Yang Xu was innocent, then the iron-clad Xu Hu case would be loosened, which would be more beneficial to him.On the other hand, Zhu Gaoxu hopes to try Xu Hu first. Since Yang Xu can't be brought down, he must be convicted of Xu Hu's crime anyway. In this way, while he is still protecting his own power, he will severely defeat the power of the emperor's brother. .

The two princes disagreed, and Long Fei was in a dilemma. Suddenly he saw the three judges, and he seemed to have a backbone, and asked with a smile: "Then according to the three adults, we are going to judge Yang Xu first today?" , or should Xu Hu be tried first?" (to be continued)