Reincarnated vassal system

Gu Huai had just walked out of the Golden Luan Hall, when he heard someone behind him calling him.He turned around and saw Shen Lin chasing him, out of breath.Gu Huai was busy comforting Shen Lin, and did not forget to tease him. "Master Shen, are you being chased by a tiger?"

Shen Lin managed to catch his breath. He has always been a frail scholar, and he is not of the same type as his grandfather, uncle, father, and brother who rolled around in the army.He also ignored Gu Huai's joke, his face was full of sadness. "Don't be poor, I'm really anxious, and you know that just now at the court meeting, the Ministry of Punishment suffered a messy job, and the deadline is three days."

Mainly because of the errands of this stall, the minister of the Ministry of punishment did not want to take his upper body and make himself feel bad, so Shen Lin, the young left servant of the Ministry of punishment, was smashed with such a big tome shortly after he took office-the immediate boss directly asked Shen Lin to be in charge This errand.

Gu Huai, as a small official who was fortunate to be in the corner of the court, was quite clear about what happened to the other party, and it really had something to do with him.

Not long after the morning court started today, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate began to remonstrate with the heavens and the earth. I thought today was just a routine, after all, it was such a sunny day. Naturally, I have to complain and impeach my colleagues to lament the decline of the world.According to the usual practice, it can be over in about half an hour, and everyone can still have a quick breakfast before going to work in the Yamen.

But what I never expected was that the Procuratorate played a big game this time, and the artillery fire directly hit the clan, and the content of the impeachment was very heavy-they impeached Prince Rui for a conspiracy!

I saw a censor surnamed Lin standing up and said with a crackling sound, "...the minister heard that there were many strangers coming and going in a certain prince's mansion in the southwestern part of Beijing, and some neighbors heard that there were occasional exchanges of weapons in the mansion at night. There are mixed voices, and there are many Confucian scholars rebelling against the text! I take it for granted that powerful people build weapons privately, and recruit Li Zi to make decisions against my ministers. The image of a traitor is obvious!"

Gu Huai, who was standing dozens of feet away from the center of the storm, almost didn't choke on these words.Look at the words, "Central and Southwest of Beijing", "Prince's Mansion"... Isn't this the Prince Rui who sued?In fact, according to what the censor said, Gu Huai can definitely be regarded as the informer of "Prince Rui's conspiracy"...

Gu Huai was not the only one who was moved by Lin Yushi's words.Once the plot of treason reaches the heavens, the emperor will naturally be furious. Even Gu Huai, who is standing far away from the emperor, can feel the anger of the emperor.For Prince Rui, Gu Huai only knew that his presence in the royal family was extremely weak. He was the only son of the emperor's brother, Prince Shen, who died young. He is only 15 years old, but he is the only prince among his generation. - Thinking of this, Gu Huai vaguely guessed that the emperor's anger probably did not come from Prince Rui's treason.

As expected, when the Son of Heaven spoke, there was no intention of condemning Prince Rui at all in his words, he just scolded Lin Yushi thoroughly. "Who gave you the right to spy on the Tian family! One sentence on the left is plotting to rebel and the other is the other to rebel against ministers. In my opinion, you are the one who is really going to rebel!"

The emperor labeled him a "conspirator" with a single sentence, Lin Yushi's feet softened, his knees bent, and he slammed on the hard floor tiles of the Jinluan Hall with a "plop". "Your Majesty's lesson! I have absolutely no such intentions!" He cried blood, as if he was going to be crushed to death in front of all the officials in the next second to prove his innocence.

This Lin Yushi kowtowed so loudly that everyone felt pain just looking at it.As for His Majesty, he just wrote "Prince Rui is covered by me" directly on his face. Everyone was groping, or this scene should be revealed quietly.

Just this back and forth, all the officials were thinking about letting this matter go, but they forgot that they had a group of officials and colleagues who made a living by contradicting the emperor—seeing Lin Yushi's impeachment, he almost lost half his life , the other censors were moved.

Since ancient times, the death of Wen and the death of Wu, if the officials die before the court, there is a great chance that they will be recorded by the historian as "acts of admonishing ministers". Maybe they will become famous through the ages if they are not careful.

Thus, the "Speakers of Admonishment" began to rush out one after another——

"Your Majesty, I am suing someone in Beijing for plotting to do something illegal and harboring evil intentions!"... This person's surname is still a prince!

"Your Majesty, you have to guard against thieves who harbor evil intentions!"... What is a thieves like for the Son of Heaven!

"Your majesty, dear and virtuous ministers are far from villains!"...The one who speaks bluntly is also a virtuous minister!

"Your majesty, love is born from the heart!"... I heard that Prince Rui doesn't look very good.

These censors who focused on holding contrary opinions with the emperor all the year round stood up one after another, and collectively sued "some important person in Beijing", yes, it was this person, who conspired against him!We saw it with our own eyes!We are all witnesses!

The emperor laughed back in anger, and tapped the edge of the chair with his fingers, "What evidence do you have for your love?"

Lin Yushi's neck twitched, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the evidence is natural...of course the evidence can be found."

"Check?" The emperor looked around the crowd, "Yes."

Then there is an imperial decree, let’s check it, all the clan’s residences of the Dali Temple under the Ministry of Criminal Justice will be investigated together, supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, within a three-day deadline, if nothing is found—the emperor retreated with a meaningful smile, leaving behind a vote All the members of the Dali Temple Clan Mansion of the Ministry of Justice who were innocently involved cast a loving look at their colleagues in the Procuratorate.

Shen Lin is even more innocent. This descendant of the Duke with a very strong background is not only a member of the Ministry of Punishment, but also has a reputation in the clan's mansion because of his status as a foreign relative.

He felt that he had been wronged. "That group of censors who like to stare at people all day long is really hurting me. These days, the queen mother is ill, and your majesty is not in a good mood." He walked with Gu Huai, " Besides, Prince Rui is also involved, what kind of person is that, how can we afford to offend him?"

How Prince Rui should not be messed with? Look, even the censors who have the world in their hearts and dare to speak up and complain dare not directly identify their identities, and only dare to covertly say "a certain authority in Beijing".In fact, the bottom line is that the biggest person in the world is the biggest person in the world. There are signs that the emperor really dotes on his nephew—Prince Rui is the only royal child in his generation who has been granted the title of prince, and the fief is still in Huaiyang. In a rich land, the emperor does not grant a vassal license, but enjoys fiefdom and taxes.

As for Gu Huai's current status as a student of the Imperial Academy, but he could barely get close to the center of the regime, he really couldn't be too clear about the situation of the royal family.At the beginning, he had also heard some rumors about the emperor and his love for Prince Rui, but after experiencing this in the morning, he had a deeper feeling.Regarding Shen Lin's words, he did not express many opinions, but only asked after consideration, "Speaking of which, this case has nothing to do with Prince Rui..."

"Of course it's irrelevant." Shen Lin didn't think about it.

Naturally, there is nothing to do with it, Gu Huai made up for it silently in his heart.He thought for a while, "I do know some details about this matter." Meeting Shen Lin's gaze, Gu Huai roughly explained the matter.

Yesterday was a holiday. Gu Huai went to a pen and ink shop that sold the Four Treasures of the Study to pick up the cork wolf brushes he had ordered a few days ago. On the way home, he passed an alley and saw some dark blood seeping from under a straw mat. .When he approached and lifted the straw mat, he found a dead body.

As a law-abiding citizen of the Dashang Dynasty, Gu Huai naturally reported to the government immediately.The local officials under the emperor's footsteps have always been fast, but within half a stick of incense time, Jingzhao Fuyin rushed to the scene with a slew of yamen servants.

There was a murder case in the inner city of the capital, and there was such a big security breach, Mr. Fu Yin felt that his head was about to lose his head.

Because Gu Huai, the informant, has such a low-level political status, Mr. Fu Yin is quite polite to him. Therefore, Gu Huai also got the news as soon as he found out the identity of the deceased in Jingzhao Mansion—the deceased It is a servant who is responsible for the daily purchases of Prince Rui's residence, and is also a servant who carries "Prince Rui's important letter".

Of course, Gu Huai has no way of knowing the contents of the important letter, but after noon, the news spread in the capital has become that this servant is Prince Rui's private messenger with a certain authority in the court, and was assassinated to death in the alley.

This incident spread all over the capital in just one day, and it was natural for the Yushi who was rumored to hear it all over the world, but the rumors changed too fast, and even the details of Prince Rui's treason came out overnight.

"...Yesterday just after noon, Lord Liu informed me that the deceased was confirmed to be the rough envoy for Prince Rui's mansion to purchase vegetables, but I have never seen the letter in his arms." Gu Huai said the matter slowly. .

Shen Lin did not expect that Gu Huai would be involved in such a relationship in this case, let alone that this treason case, which was beaten to death by the censors, originated from the exposure of a small rough servant on the street.Rao Shen Lin had handled many strange or insidious cases during his tenure in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he really did not expect to be dazed by a bloody case caused by a ridiculous rumor.

But if it was really a simple murder case, it would be much easier to solve.The case was cleared by the emperor early today, and when Shen Lin came to the yamen for appointment, it was time for Jingzhao Mansion to transfer the case and related items to the Ministry of Punishment.

Thinking of this, half of Shen Lin's heart that had been on his mind was put down a little bit, and the other half would naturally have to wait until the falsely accused Prince Rui "cleared up" his grievances.At this moment, he remembered the reason why he chased Gu Huai out in the first place, "Look at my brain, I came here to ask you to help."

Gu Huai raised his eyebrows, "Huh?"

"Gu Sanyuan appreciates handwriting in Huajing, can you come to the Ministry of Criminal Justice after the value is released today to appreciate the so-called handwriting written by Prince Rui?" Shen Lin was in the mood to tease Gu Huai at this moment. "Or as an informant?"

"So you wish." Gu Huai lowered his eyes a little, and agreed with a smile.

Due to the delay in today's court meeting, the two of them did not have breakfast at this time.Shen Lin was kind-hearted, so he simply invited Gu Huai to go to a nearby noodle stall to eat some snacks while the meeting was still a little time away from Yingmao.

The people on this side just let go of the case for a while, but someone on the other side took the initiative to join in and quickly got all the relevant items of the case.