nanming man

Chapter 1062 Breakthrough

Outside Chang'an City, along the Bashui River, there are many workshops.

It used to be very busy here, and every meal time, you can always see a dense flow of people entering and leaving the workshop, which can be said to be a scene in Chang'an.

However, in the past year, due to the decrease in orders, the workshop has withered a lot, and it is not as lively as it used to be.

Some workshops with uncompetitive products have gradually closed down after losing orders from the imperial court, leaving only those workshops with strong enough relationships, or with good products and marketable products, to continue to operate.

In the early morning, the hired workers had just finished their meal and started to work in the workshop one after another. The breakfast stalls on the street were being cleaned up. Suddenly, a group of soldiers wearing dish helmets, black clothes, and embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists ran He came over and attracted the attention of the people.

People are all too familiar with this attire, it is the frightening Xuanyiwei.

For a moment, the owner of the breakfast stall and the diners dodged in panic.

At this time, Xuan Yiwei stopped in front of a workshop, the head captain with a sullen face, waved his hand with a driving sticker in his hand and said, "Go in and get someone!"

The vicious Xuanyiwei immediately broke into the workshop. The guards at the gate did not dare to stop him, so he ran in panic, broke into a room, and said anxiously: "Shopkeeper Sun, something is wrong, Xuanyiwei is here!" !"

The shopkeeper surnamed Sun trembled, his face turned pale, and the brush in his hand dropped on the table, staining the rice paper in large chunks.

"Shopkeeper, what should I do?" The visitor continued to ask urgently.

Shopkeeper Sun woke up amidst the shouts. Xuanyiwei wanted to arrest someone, and he couldn’t run away. He sat down calmly with a gloomy face, and waved his hands in a deep voice, “You have someone notify Lord Hou! I’ll wait for them here !"

The man hesitated for a moment, then turned around and ran out. Not long after he left, the door was opened again, and Xiaoxiao Xuanyiwei asked, "Are you Sun Yutao?"

Shopkeeper Sun nodded and said calmly, "I am!"

The small school immediately took out the driver's sticker, "Come with us!"

After the establishment of the Great Wei court, the system gradually improved. Anyone who kills people has to go through legal procedures. Even Gao Yihuan can't kill people at will.

Although Xuanyiwei is independent from the judicial system, he can't act recklessly, and there must be procedures for arresting people.

Back when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei fans had to have a driving ticket if they wanted to get someone.

Of course, that's mainly for officials and people with social influence, and ordinary people just get what they want.

Shopkeeper Sun saw the driving sticker and stood up. The two Xuanyi guards immediately picked him up and led him out of the room. The Xuanyi guards searched the inside thoroughly.

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In a restaurant in Pingchangfang, Chengdong City, Chang'an, Hou Xinghao, Luyi, paced back and forth in the room.

He is the old brother of Emperor Gao Yihuan of the Great Wei Dynasty. He used to be in charge of logistics. Later, as more and more officials turned to Wei, Gao Yihuan gained a lot of talents who governed the country, but Gao Yihao had limited ability and gradually retreated.

After Gao Yihuan proclaimed himself emperor, he was named a hero, and Gao Xinghao, as an old brother of Gaojia Village, won a Marquis.

In recent years, Gao Xinghao has been more leisurely, his body has gained weight, and his appearance has also become richer.

At this time, he was waiting anxiously, the door was opened suddenly, and Chen Mingxia walked in.

"Chen Ge Department, you are here." Gao Xinghao saw Chen Mingxia, hurried up to greet him, and said anxiously, "One of my shopkeepers was arrested by Xuan Yiwei!"

Chen Mingxia waved his hand, "I've already heard about this matter!"

Gao Xinghao said: "Could it be that His Majesty already knows?"

"Even if you don't know, you must be suspicious!" Chen Mingxia sat down, his expression still calm.

Gao Xing Haowen became anxious, "It's over, what should I do?"

For the Great Wei Emperor Gao Yihuan, Gao Xinghao still has fear in his heart.

Chen Mingxia waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about this. Sun Yutao, who was arrested, doesn't know much about it. Try to get someone to tell him that you can admit that the workshop produced unqualified cotton clothes, and don't talk nonsense about it. In addition, Lord Hou wrote a letter himself, and apologize to His Majesty! This is just a trivial matter, Lord Hou, don't be alarmed!"

Gao Xinghao said: "How can this be considered a trivial matter? Since Xuanyiwei has found the workshop, he naturally knows that the [-] cotton-padded clothes are related to me! The matter of framing Li Yanting will be exposed."

Chen Mingxia said: "Master Hou was just negligent and failed to manage the workshop well. As for the [-] cotton-padded clothes, how they turned over to the arsenal from the Jiangnan workshop is not the matter of Lord Hou."

Gao Xinghao is not a fool, Wen Yu understood, calmed down and nodded, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Then the key to this matter is Zhao Mingrui, Chen Ge must handle it well, let him take it down!"

Chen Mingxia didn't answer, and suddenly changed the subject, "Your Majesty is already very dissatisfied with this matter, as well as the Hetao immigration matter. Lord Marquis will talk to others, and he has restrained himself recently, and we will talk about it after the limelight passes."

Gao Xinghao nodded, but regretfully said: "I originally wanted to take advantage of this incident to attack Jiangnan Workshop, but now it has come to nothing, what a pity!"

Chen Mingxia stood up, "Recently, the rumors are tight, so I won't stay any longer."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the room, and the two attendants at the door immediately followed behind and left together.

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In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Zhao Mingrui, the head of the Arsenal Department, has been in the cell for many days.

Yang Yongyu, the No. [-] figure in the Northern Party, is in charge of the Criminal Department. He has not suffered any hardships since he entered the prison cell.

Zhao Mingrui is more than 50 years old, and he is indeed from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. He is a fellow villager of businessman Sun Yanting, but the two don't know each other, but he is very familiar with another fellow villager Chen Mingxia.

During the Wanli period, the two had studied in the same academy, but it was only a few decades ago, and no one knew about it.

Before that, Zhao Mingrui was just a juren and stayed in the south of the Yangtze River. After the Ming army captured Nanjing, he joined the Wei country, but he was quickly reused. In less than two years, he became the head of the Sixth Rank of the Arsenal Division.

Zhao Mingrui is already 50 years old, and he is only a public figure, and it is difficult to make political progress, so when Chen Mingxia found him, he was willing to give him a sum of money and ensure that his son would be reused, and he immediately agreed.

With Chen Gelao's energy in the court, once the limelight passes, his benefits will definitely be indispensable.

After entering the Ministry of Punishments, he confessed as ordered, and there was nothing wrong with him. In view of his good attitude, the Ministry of Punishments directly changed his house confiscation and exile to a commoner.

The total price of 1 cotton coats was less than 500 taels, and the bribe was only [-] taels, which is not a big deal.

In the prison, Zhao Mingrui lived with good food and drink. He thought that the matter would be settled soon, but since the emperor came back, things outside seemed to have changed suddenly.

Li Nanzhong, the jailer of the Criminal Department of the Northern Party, was transferred away and replaced by an official of the Southern Party. The original food and drink were gone, the number of interrogations increased, and his attitude became worse and worse, which made Zhao Mingrui a little panicked.

On this day, just after Zhao Mingrui was interrogated, and he couldn't stand it any longer, a person suddenly walked in and entered the cell.

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(End of this chapter)