Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Su Yan was stunned, and his drowsiness disappeared in an instant. He looked out of the window and said to himself: "What is the censor? Your grandpa censor is here! Whose head should you cut off?"

He jumped up and got out of bed to look for his coat, and called out, "Ah Zhui!"

Jing Hong chased after the curtain and came in.

Su Yan said: "Go and find out my official uniform, I forgot where I put it."

Jing Hong chased after him and saw him burying his head in the bag and picking it up vigorously, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out the hilt of his sword to pick it: "Here, this is not it."

"Hey, why do you have a bright eye?" Su Yan pulled out the cyan uniform of the seventh-rank civil servant. Seeing the patch on the chest and back, he shook his hand and couldn't help complaining, "It's a good official uniform, embroidered What kind of mandarin duck is playing in the water, the color of this mandarin duck is still gay purple, rely on..."

He put on the official uniform with a look of disgust, Jing Hongzhui hid her smile with a tense face, and helped him fasten his belt and put on the black gauze.

Su Yan ordered to wake up Chu Yuan and the others, and carefully packed the letter of appointment, imperial decree and Shang Fangjian, and let Jing Hong chase after them. The group left the inn and rode straight to the street.

The flames at Caishikou were shining in the sky, and a square high platform was erected on the square in the middle. Su Yan saw a row of people kneeling on the platform from a distance, and there were several burly men standing next to him, with red scarves on their heads and big knives in their hands. The beheading scene in the execution ground, I thought to myself, should I respond to the scene and first shout "Keep people under the sword"?

Tucao to Tucao, he would not be so reckless, to the side of the square, first to see the notice posted on the official list.

The notices were filled with a list, there were several pictures of bandits, the two most conspicuous portraits looked a bit like the pair of bandit brothers in Yingzui Mountain, and it was written next to them: Bandit leaders Wang Wu and Wang Liu.

Seeing a large sheet of anti-thief orders, which took up a full one-third of the page, Su Yan glanced quickly, "Strict words and strict orders, just to deter the people, what the hell is Shi Wulian's sitting method?"

Chu Yuan explained: "Five families are one team, ten families are one tenth. If one family breaks the law, the others must report it. If they do not report it, they will be punished with the same crime."

"Mobilize the masses to report and expose each other? It's amazing." Su Yan looked at the end of the announcement again and frowned, "You want to implicate the family? One person is a bandit, and the whole family beheads, isn't it so cruel?"

On the high platform, the executioner pulled out the "Guild Card" stuck behind the prisoner's collar, threw it on the ground, took another mouthful of spirits, and sprayed it on the ghost-headed sword, and then waited for the warrant to fall to the ground, and then raised the knife and dropped it.

Chu Yuan and others lined up the crowded spectators around the beheading platform to clear a way for Su Yan.Su Yan rode up to him and saw clearly the kneeling criminals. There were men, women and children. The oldest ones were a pair of crooked old women with wrinkled faces, kneeling numbly.The youngest boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, trembling with fright. The woman kneeling next to him was probably his mother, who turned her head to look at him and just wept.

"Who dares to trespass on the court?"

Su Yan looked back and saw that there was a public case set up on the steps beside the field, and sitting there was an official who also wore a seventh-rank green robe, about thirty years old, with a yellow face and a slight beard.The scolding came from the guard next to him.

Su Yan approached the horse, cupped his hands and said: "The Supervision Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Royal Censor of Shaanxi Governor, Su Yan, the name is Qinghe."

The official was taken aback when he heard the words, got up slowly, and also bowed his hands to salute: "The Supervision Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was ordered to be stationed in Shaanxi to specialize in arresting robbers, Lu Angao, whose name is Ri Rong."

Su Yan almost laughed when he heard his self-reported family name, thinking that there are still parents who named their children "Fucking" hahaha... Could it be that they were born by messing around?His laughing muscles were so sore, he gave a dry cough, dismounted and walked up the steps: "Please continue to mess up...Brother Lu postponed the execution, let me understand the situation."

The execution in the court was interrupted, Lu Angao was already unhappy, and seeing Su Yan's intention to intervene, he said in a deep voice: "Is it possible that Jun is the imperial gate drummer Su Twelve? The auspicious time must not be missed, I want to know the situation , After the execution is over, I will explain slowly."

As he spoke, he sat back on the official chair and reached out to get the lottery.

I don't know what to do after you cut off the head. If you cut off the wrong head, you can still pick it up.Su Yan immediately took the stick away first, and said with a smile: "I have a strange problem. If I have doubts, I can't sit still. I hope Brother Lu can explain my doubts for me first. As for the auspicious time, if Brother Lu He is a taboo person, and he will not execute the execution at night, anyway, it is already past noon, so it doesn't matter if it is an hour and a half later."

Lu Angao secretly scolded him as a scoundrel, so he had to expend his tongue to explain: "The seven criminals on the stage, three of them are bandit accomplices, and then killed officials, seized food and robbed armaments, and did all kinds of evil; , but hid the information and did not report it, and even tipped off the thieves, so he should be executed according to the law."

Su Yan said: "It's nothing more than an accomplice. Why should family members be sentenced to beheaded? Relatives hide from each other. Since ancient times, the law has recognized that, except for serious crimes such as treason, treason, and treason, direct relatives are not allowed to report each other. Otherwise, the kinship relationship will always be gone.”

He stretched out his hand and pointed at the old woman on the stage, "Look at those two old people, who are half buried in the earth, are they still forced to come forward and report their children and grandchildren? Is it not human nature to love children? Even if you want to punish them, you will not As for the direct sentence of death based on the theory of the same crime, I hope Brother Lu thinks twice."

Lu Angao remained unmoved, "I didn't even make the decision on the sitting, the magistrate also nodded. Su Yushi had just arrived in Shaanxi, so he didn't know the key points and benefits. The local bandits were rampant, robbing houses and houses, and the arrogance was very arrogant. The magistrate was helpless It was reported to the imperial court. The imperial court ordered this official to be stationed in Shaanxi and specialize in arresting robbers. If he does nothing, how can he be worthy of his duty and grace?"

Su Yan sighed: "That's the reason, but in actual operation, we must pay attention to the method. Brutal suppression can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, but will arouse civil uprisings."

Lu Angao sneered: "I was a Jinshi in the year of Guiwei, and I was a first-class candidate in the palace examination. I have been a censor for 11 years, and I still need a new half-year-old boy to teach me how to be an official? The ancients said that in troubled times, heavy codes are used, and the emperor Taizu also said , 'I must rule the troubled times by force'. Pirates and chaos are everywhere in Shaanxi. If there are no severe punishments and severe punishments, how can we deter those rebellious people who don't obey discipline and bring order out of chaos?"

Su Yan immediately retorted: "One time, another time! In troubled times, heavy codes are used to rebuild social order. Now that the dynasty has been established for a hundred years, it should be light and low taxes, so as to cultivate people and stabilize people's hearts. The root cause of the chaos in Shaanxi lies in Ma Zheng. In the Qing Dynasty, the chaos was self-healing. The Holy One ordered me to come to Shaanxi to be the governor. This is the purpose. I also ask Lu Yushi to listen to my advice. The sage has a saying-"Under high pressure, there must be a rebound""Don't break out in silence, perish in silence'."

"Bullshit doesn't make sense! Which sage said it? I have never heard of it!" Lu Angao was furious, and went up against the police, "You clean up your horse administration, I arrest my bandits, and the well water does not violate the river water. You and I are both seventh-rank censors." , who can command whom?"

Su Yan was angry at him for his stubbornness, threw the stick, and said loudly: "The purpose of clearing the horse government is to return the people to the land! You have killed all the people, and if you force them back, I will pay you back!"

"All I killed were thieves, so I have a clear conscience! As for whether you succeed or not, what does it matter to me?"

"You only know that the people are easy to abuse, but you don't know that water can overturn the boat, and sooner or later you will cause disaster!"

"What a big disaster? Could it be that these mud-legged people dare to rebel! Let me tell you Su Twelve, I caught one of these thieves and cut one, and caught ten and chopped five pairs. If you want to win people's hearts, go on your own, don't drag me down ! Otherwise, I will sue you at the Golden Palace, do you think you are the only one who dares to beat the Dengwen drum?"

They are all censors, and their mouths are loud and ping-pong.Su Yan saw that this rogue censor couldn't communicate at all, and the two were of equal status, so it was difficult to suppress, so he remembered the Shangfang sword bestowed by the emperor, and deliberately used it to pretend to be a tiger, and whether he obeyed or not, he killed a few people on the stage first. Let's talk about it later.

He was about to ask Jing Hong to pursue the sword, when the sound of golden drums came from the gate of the city again.

I saw a group of yamen soldiers escorting the five-flowered criminals into the city, and there was a leading band, beating gongs and drums, and blowing trumpets and suonas. It was very lively and festive.

——It’s no wonder that there is constant noise in the city of Yan’an, disturbing the people day and night. It turns out that every time the censor catches a bandit, he will announce his political achievements with such fanfare.

Su Yan simply laughed angrily.

The criminals came to the front, and the soldiers reported loudly: "Master Yushi, at the junction of Yan'an and Qingyang, the bandits Qi Meng were caught."

Lu Angao stared at the criminal's face, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Qi Meng! It really is Qi Meng!" He turned his head, and said to Su Yan proudly: "Su Yushi, please look, this is the first thief of the thieves. The top three, the confidants of Wang Wu Wang Liu. If you catch him, can Wang Wu Wang Liu escape?"

"The thieves will soon be wiped out, and other gangs of thieves are nothing to worry about!" Lu Angao said with sarcasm, "What is bound to rebound under high pressure, why don't you ask him to play one and show it to me?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a roar, like a tiger roaring in the forest: "—Officer dog! Take your life!" The prisoner yelled, broke free from the hemp rope, and rushed towards the two people in official uniforms on the steps.

Lu Angao was stunned in shock.

Jing Hong chased because he and Su Yan were scolding each other, and he was already suffocated. He wanted to draw his sword a few times, but Su Yan pressed it down secretly.Seeing that the criminals are making trouble now, they can easily get out of the siege, but they deliberately don't make a move. They just hug Su Yan, use their body skills to float, and retreat, away from the circle of trouble.

Jin Yiwei Tiqi immediately rushed up and protected Su Yan in the middle.

A group of yamen servants rushed forward and grabbed the criminals with all their might, but they couldn't suppress them. He struggled hard and threw three or four out.Qi Meng's beard and beard swelled like a halberd, and he punched Lu Angao's face with his big fist.

Lu Angao's legs became weak and he slid down the official chair, only to hear a click on the top of his head, and the koan was split in two by the force of the fist.He turned over and rolled down the steps, randomly grabbed the scattered tokens on the ground and threw them out, shouting loudly: "Take it down quickly! Quickly!"

The crowd watching the beheading in the arena saw that the situation was not good, and someone screamed, "Thieves have entered the city-they are going to fight with the officers and soldiers--" Suddenly, the crowd scattered, leaving only the people who had lost their feet on the ground. Shoes, a squeezed bonnet.

Qi Meng's strength was as strong as an ox, and he knocked down seven or eight government officials and soldiers one after another.

More than a dozen yamen servants formed a group and rushed forward, pressing down the roaring Qi Meng like a stack of arhats, and the rest of them quickly tied his hands and feet tightly with iron chains.

At the same time, the executioner on the stage saw Shangguan throwing out the order, regardless of three seven twenty one, raised his knife and dropped it.

The fountain of bright red blood sprayed more than three feet high, splashing the executioner's face and body. Seven disheveled human skulls rolled on the stage, and then rolled down the edge of the stage to the ground.

Su Yan was chased and protected by Jing Hong, turned his head to look at the bloody beheading platform, his eyes were full of sternness, and he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn it!"

If it wasn't for the sudden change, perhaps under the pressure of his sword, the prisoners on the stage would still have a chance, and now it's too late to say anything.

Qi Meng was bound into a meat dumpling by iron chains, his mouth was gagged, and he could not stop wriggling.Lu Angao was lifted up by the yamen servant in shock, his face was pale and his voice was trembling: "Put, put him in the prison and watch him strictly... I will follow the vine and catch all the thieves!"

After the panic subsided, Lu Angao gasped and said to Su Yan: "If it weren't for Su Yushi's interference, how could it have come to this point! See you at the government office tomorrow, when the magistrate If you're there, you and I will speak carefully!"

Su Yan sneered: "Obviously you are the crow's mouth. If you insist on provoking criminals, what have you got to do with me? Just say it, let's talk. Who am I, Su Qinghe, afraid of?"

Lu Angao was furious, not caring that the official robe was covered with dust and mud, and the black gauze cap on his head was also askew, so he walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Su Yan looked at the mess on the ground, the night wind was blowing, and the blood was tangling in his nostrils, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "It's a crime."

Chu Yuan persuaded: "Master Su, this place is bloody and filthy, why don't you go back to the inn first, and then go to the government office tomorrow morning?"

"After the thieves and bandits subdued the head of the lord, they violently killed the corpse for three days, so as to serve as an example to others." Lu Yushi wrote in the order to punish the thieves.

So that night, there were seven more heads on the pole outside the city gate.

In Choushi, the night was as dark as ink, and the soldiers guarding the city gate were so sleepy that they leaned against the wall and dozed off.

A group of masked men in black emerged from the night and dived under the pole.One of them was very thin and nimble like an ape, he jumped up to the top of the pole a few times and took off the newly hung heads one by one.

The masked men wrapped the heads in cloth, put them into lime boxes, and tied them firmly to the horses.

"Hurry up and send it to Yingzui Mountain."

"If the fifth brother and the sixth brother knew about their parents, sister-in-law and nephew... Alas! This shitty government, goddamned censor!"

"Brother Qi Meng was imprisoned, and he will die at some point. We have to save him."

"Don't act rashly! Be patient for a while, and wait for the fifth and sixth brothers to make up their minds, and we will follow orders."

Although not stained with any blood, Su Yan couldn't help feeling sick after returning to the inn, and took a bath again.

Jing Hongzhui stood outside the door, listening to the sound of water and the soft sound of cloth rubbing against her body, she recited the inner strength method from beginning to end, and from beginning to end ten times, and finally waited until Master Su lazily said: "I'm fine. ,come in."

He took a deep breath, opened the door and entered.

Su Yan was wearing a midi sheet and silk trousers, sitting on the edge of the bed, with her wet long black hair hanging loose, and took a cotton towel and twisted it clumsily through her hair.

Jing Hongzhui couldn't stand it anymore, took over the cotton towel and wiped it gently, and summoned his inner strength to dry his hair slowly.

Su Yan hugged a bent right leg, looked a little frustrated, and sighed silently.

Jing Hongzhui knew that he was troubled, and said in relief: "My lord has done my best for what happened tonight. Life and death are fate, if you want to blame that cruel Lu, you can't blame your lord."

Su Yan said in a low voice: "Even if the magistrate is present, I can restrain him a bit as the censor. But the other party is also a censor, and he has an order to arrest robbers. I can only try my best to persuade him."

"The man surnamed Lu is very stubborn. He won't listen to persuasion at all. It's a waste of your words. Why don't you use Shang Fang's sword to chop him off directly? Didn't you say to cut him first and then play?"

Su Yan laughed: "You are in the Jianghu, and you don't know about officialdom. After all, it's political disagreement, and it's not that the other party is corrupt and perverting the law. If I kill him without saying a word, and get impeached by the ministers later, the emperor will naturally protect me, because The sword was given by him, but it will be difficult to trust me like this in the future. Because I have failed his trust by killing officials."

Jing Hongzhui wanted to answer, "So what if you let him down? He gave you a sword, but he didn't let you use it. What did he do?" But thinking that Su Yan was in the officialdom, he was afraid that he couldn't help himself, so he didn't say it.

Su Yan seemed to hear his inner voice, and smiled: "Do you know what a nuclear weapon is? You can only hold it in your hand to let you know that I have this thing, but no one can say whether I will use it or when I will use it. Only in this way can the world be deterred. Once it is launched," he spread his hands, "it will expose all the cards, and it will cause public outrage and be attacked by people."

"The hole card... By the way, isn't there another imperial decree? Show me it."

Ever since he got the imperial decree from Su Xiaobei at the bean curd stall in the capital, Su Yan hadn't opened it yet, fearing that he would feel sad after reading those derogatory words—even though they were just official phrases to deceive people's ears, they still came from the minister of ceremonies. The hand of the eunuch with Jian Bing pen and the jade seal stamped by the eunuch's palm print, the emperor is only responsible for nodding, but it is still considered sacred after all.

He is not afraid of being impeached and insulted by everyone, but he can't bear any grievances from the emperor. He would hold his legs and cry and act coquettishly. ?Su Yan couldn't help shivering, trying to drive away this ghostly thought in his heart.

Jing Hong chased out the imperial decree and handed it to him.

Su Yan pulled himself together, leaned against the bedpost, and slowly unfolded the scroll. After reading only two lines, he was stunned.

Jing Hong chased after him and lost his mind, and called softly: "My lord?"

Su Yan was sober as if enlightened, and laughed loudly while holding the imperial decree, then suddenly lay down on his side, turning his face to the wall to hide his wet eyes.

"Since you can't repay me, then report it to the world!"

——The emperor really fulfilled this promise to the extreme.

The power given to him by this imperial decree far exceeds the limit that an ordinary courtier can obtain.The emperor knew him, believed in him, and was even worried that he would not easily use the Shang Fang sword, so he gave another imperial decree as his greatest reliance and confidence in his actions.

Holding the imperial decree, Su Yan seemed to have returned to the imperial study room where only the monarch and his ministers were connected, and returned to the scorching yet restrained, secretive, silent and thrilling embrace.

In the lingering sound of his chuckle, he shed tears silently.

Jing Hong chased after hearing his rushing and unsteady breath, she was clearly emotional, and she hid her face from attacking, she didn't know whether it was joy or sadness, fearing that his emotions would hurt her internally, she hurriedly asked: "My lord, what is written in the imperial decree?"

"I wrote... the word 'love'." Su Yan's chest was constricted, and he gasped, "Achai, my chest is very congested, rub it for me, rub it for me."