Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 518: The first set, a small victory.

The night before the review of Minister Feng's case, Xia Lin had a long talk with An Zi. Xia Lin was snoring beside them, but An Zi couldn't fall asleep.

The sky outside was already turning white, and the cold wind blowing in through the window carried the smell of morning smoke from people's homes. Anzi suddenly felt reluctant to die.

But without the thought of launching a final charge, he instantly became pale and weak. After his blood drained out, he finally found that he only had that lonely courage.

While it was still early, he lit the lamp and carefully reread the report that Xia Lin had placed on the table. The more he read, the colder his back felt. At the same time, he had to admire Xia Daosheng, who was known as the world's most talented man. He had described the most core issue of the moment with just a few strokes.

In the past, An Zi always thought that the reason why the Wei Dynasty had failed to achieve this was because of some details that were not done well here and there. Now it seems that the root cause is actually so simple.

But it is a bit funny that such a simple problem cannot be solved. However, it is normal, because these few small words contain immense wealth and power.

"BYD, don't sleep yet, beware of sudden death."

Xia Lin narrowed his eyes and glanced at An Zi, then turned over and continued to sleep: "I'm still better off. I'm free from official duties and can sleep as long as I want."

"An doesn't like to sleep with men."

"Why? Are you afraid that you can't bear the itch?" Xia Lin muttered, "If you don't want to sleep, keep your noise down and don't disturb my sleep."

An Zi smiled helplessly, but his hands became gentler.

After a while, the roosters crowed and the sky became bright. Anzi sorted out the files to be presented today and put them on his back. He tidied his appearance with a bronze mirror and walked out the door.

Although he accepted Xia Lin's opinion, the whole big thing was also one of his goals, so he still wanted to take Dong Niang with him today.

As officials of all levels of the morning court began to rush to the court one after another, the bodyguards around Dong Niang also began to concentrate. This state of alert continued until An Zi and Dong Niang had walked into the court.

But who would have thought that when Anzi arrived here, he found Xia Lin was already sitting in the corner. He was wearing only white clothes and was not wearing an official hat. Yet he was allowed in. Anzi really felt that the security of the imperial city needed to be properly managed.

He was very conspicuous, and many people could see Xia Lin as soon as he came in, but most people's first reaction when they saw him was to be startled and then shudder.

This is inappropriate, but no one said anything. No one wanted to confront such a person. You said he was not qualified to enter the court, but he could enter the palace freely. You said he was disturbing order, but he said nothing.

If there are still people who don't know how to behave and insist on driving him away, he will come up and hit them on the nose with an electric cannon. Tell me, what can you do to him? Put him in jail? Exile him three thousand miles away?
Everyone says that Xia Lin is a little Guo Da, but now it seems that this guy is much more arrogant than Guo Da, and can even be described as lawless.

But what can he do? Before the emperor was able to fully control the government, as long as he was needed to balance the ministers, he would be such a free-spirited person.

Dong Niang also saw Xia Lin. She was originally feeling uneasy, but when she saw Xia Lin sitting in the corner of the hall with a bowl of noodles, she was really amused by him, and the nervous feeling disappeared in an instant.

I have to say this, although Xia Lin is always frivolous, he can really give people a sense of security at critical moments.

Ma Zhou entered the venue last. As soon as he came in, he saw Xia Lin and was startled: "Yeah!"

Then he walked forward with a curious look on his face, and when he passed by the chief guard in the hall, he asked, "Who told you to let him in?"

"Prince Ma..." The chief of the imperial guards said with a gloomy face, "You can take away his official position, can you take away his military power? He is temporarily in charge of the nine gates and twenty-eight guard posts of the imperial city. You told me not to let him in, Prime Minister Ma, then I ask you...how should I start?"

Ma Zhou could only smile after hearing this, but since he was here, he was afraid that there would be some big dispute in the court today.

So he looked around and suddenly saw Dong Niang and An Zi standing together. An Zi was carrying a straight tube behind him, just like a coffin.

Ma Zhou pointed at Dong Niang and said, "Who brought this person in? How can you make such a fuss in such an important place of the empire?"

"What? Are you still going to beat the drum to complain?" Xia Lin in the corner clapped his hands and stood up: "I brought it here, what's the matter?"

When Jingzhao Yin heard the three words "Drum of Redress", his head slammed. He lowered his head and pretended that he didn't exist, and quickly hid behind the Minister of Justice.

"Xia Daosheng, the court is not a place for you to act recklessly. If you still insist on doing what you want, I will put you in jail."

"Wow, Prime Minister Ma is so powerful. I, Xia Lin, would like to ask Prime Minister Ma, the common people go to the local government to seek justice, but where can a third-rank official go to seek justice? It's not possible that he had no way to seek justice before he became an official, and he still has no way to seek justice after he became an official, then wouldn't his position as an official be in vain?" After these words were spoken, Jingzhao Yin lowered his head even more. Fortunately, the weather was cold now, otherwise he would have to hide in the long robe of the Minister of Justice.

"Filthy words! Come, expel all those who trespassed into the court."

Xia Lin stood there smiling and motionless. The guards beside him stood there looking at the ceiling and picking their fingers. At this moment, Xia Lin brought out a box from the back: "Wait a moment, wait until I finish speaking. After I finish speaking, you can order me to be killed and put my head in the box. My Lords, this is the rule of the court, right? When a dying remonstrance is made, not to mention ordinary people, even those who have committed serious crimes must wait until they finish speaking before they die, right?"

Xia Lin walked forward holding the box until he was in front of Ma Zhou. He put the box down and said, "Xia Lin, die!"

There was a sudden commotion in the court.

Death remonstrance... He plays death remonstrance? What's the purpose?
The most shocked person here is Anzi. Last night this idiot told him not to send it off, but this morning he came to die in protest?
No, he must be sick!
Ma Zhou stared at Xia Lin and said in a low voice, "You don't want to discuss this with me?"

Xia Lin just smiled, gave Ma Zhou a look, and then took a step back: "My lords, when I got up today, I asked for a fortune, and the fortune said that I would die today. So I am here to ask for death, please don't blame me."

After saying that, he stepped back to An Zi's side and said loudly, "Today, I, Xia Daosheng, want to appeal for the injustice of Minister Feng and entrust the Dali Temple Secretary An Musi'an to reopen the truth of the former Minister Feng's unjust case. You all know me, I am unreasonable. Don't blame Lord An, he was beaten several times by me before he reluctantly took on this case. But it's okay, I will lose my head soon. Well, I have finished speaking, please let Lord An state the case."

Xia Lin stepped aside. An Zi glanced at him and began to recount with a helpless smile the injustice of the tragic death of Lord Feng's family, and pulled out Dong Niang, the only survivor.

The case was not complicated. In fact, the people who wronged him knew how wronged he was better than he did. Many suspicious points in the case were also very obvious, from the false evidence found in the search to the standard knives left behind when the witnesses were silenced. The Ministry of Justice even had the files available for reference.

But now that this matter has been brought to light, some people are feeling embarrassed.

This person was Gao Shilian who was standing next to him. Although he was now the Grand Marshal, he actually hardly participated in the government affairs. But you should know that he was the one who personally supervised the case of Minister Feng, and the person who wanted to kill Minister Feng was none other than the late emperor.

This is how it is, and the royal family is also like this. The clean stream will be killed, corrupt officials will be killed, and powerful ministers will also be killed. Shangshu Feng is the leader of the clean stream, and the clean stream at that time was really too dangerous. They were radical in advocating war, and had a very high prestige among the people. At that time, the idea of ​​moving the capital had just been proposed, but they advocated fighting to the death and had too many supporters.

At that time, the late emperor chose to move the capital in order to protect the people's livelihood and the foundation of the Wei Dynasty. However, the upright people, led by Minister Feng, jumped out one after another to oppose it, and even ignored the situation that Luoyang was besieged by Chang'an and the grasslands, and insisted on going to war...

So he had no choice but to die.

Now that the verdict has been overturned, Gao Shilian actually doesn't know what Xia Lin's attitude is. Does he want an explanation, or just want to restore Shangshu Feng's reputation, or even want to exchange his life for his life.

"Okay, the case is over." Xia Lin raised his hand: "You can kill me now."

"slow."

Gao Shilian took a step forward. Ma Zhou glanced at him and immediately stepped back. After all, the Grand Marshal was one of the three highest officials in the country. He did not have much real power but his influence was enormous.

"The Great Wei law states that those who overthrow their superiors should be punished according to their rank. If Xia Lin sued the Shangshu, he would be punished for the same crime. But now he is just seeking to overturn the verdict. If it is found that Shangshu Feng is not guilty, then Xia Lin is not guilty either."

General Gao's words were still somewhat intimidating. Although the people around him didn't know what Xia Lin was up to, as soon as General Gao opened his mouth, they all began to agree.

"Then I wonder how Lord An, the Minister of the Dali Temple, plans to pursue the matter now?"

An Musi glanced at Xia Lin and lowered his head: "I only hope to redress the unjust, false and wrong cases in the world, find the murderer and punish him according to his crime."

General Gao chuckled, "That is indeed how we should enforce the law. Come, first pin down Xia Lin, the offender in front of the palace, and tie him up tightly. Don't let him bite anyone else."

"Hey! You!" Xia Lin pointed at Gao Shilian, but now his eyes turned and he said, "Gao! If you dare to protect the murderer, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

Gao Shilian glanced at Xia Lin and sneered, "You can turn into a ghost first."

After saying this, he extended his hand to Anmusi and said, "Give me the file. I will personally take care of the case."

Anmus was stunned for a moment, but Gao Shilian gave him a look, and Anmus immediately handed in the file and took three steps back.

In fact, from Xia Lin's shout just now, Gao Shilian and An Musi also understood that what he wanted was not to overturn the table, but an answer and explanation that everyone could accept.

(End of this chapter)