Qing Jialu

Jin Yiwei has always acted vigorously and resolutely. Jiang Ji ordered people to arrest all the maids and eunuchs who served Xiao Mingrui.For a while, people in the harem were panicked, and a dark cloud was buried in everyone's heart.

However, the previous dynasty was not peaceful. Wu Shang and others saw that His Majesty would not allow the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to intervene, and concluded that the death of the deposed emperor's son was something tricky.They secretly encouraged a group of officials from poor families in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to frequently write to the emperor asking the emperor to let the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple cooperate in the investigation.

The emperor stayed in the middle and did not send it, and ignored it.The right-hand governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate approached Shen Jia when he was in court.

"Master Shen, please stay." Youqin Governor Yushi suddenly stopped Shen Jia from leaving.

Shen Jia looked back, he had never had any friendship with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he didn't know what he wanted from him.

"Master Shen." Youqian Governor Yushi cupped his hands, "Master Shen used to be a member of the Sixth Division, and we are both speech officers. The Metropolitan Procuratorate would like to invite Master Shen to sign this memorial."

As Youqian Du Yushi said, he took out the notebook he had written in his sleeve and handed it to Shen Jia.

Shen Jia took a cursory look and found that it was about Su Mingrui.He hesitated for a moment, then returned it to the other party, "I think it's better to wait for Jin Yiwei to find out the results before writing the letter."

"Master Shen, what is the meaning of this?" Youqian Governor Yushi was slightly dissatisfied, "When Jin Yiwei found out, the evidence would have been destroyed long ago, who knows who will be blamed?"

Officials in the court have always disliked Jin Yiwei, but due to imperial power, they had to submit to Jin Yiwei's iron fist.

But this would negate Jin Yiwei's ability to handle the case, and Shen Jia also felt that it was a bit extreme.

"Master Shen is compared to Wei Zheng by His Majesty, so he should speak up and advise you." Youqian Governor Yushi continued to persuade, "Is Mr. Shen getting bigger and bigger as an official, and getting less and less courageous?"

As expected of a speech officer, every word and every sentence is sharp.Faced with the opponent's pressing force, Shen Jia didn't know how to refuse for a while.

At this moment, someone suddenly came out to save the scene, "Isn't this the right-hand governor, Mr. Zheng?"

"Master Li?" Youqian Governor Yushi looked at him with a bad expression.

"Zheng Yushi, Mr. Shen is the same as me, and will not interfere with the affairs of the procuratorate. We will not sign this memorial."

"You..." Youqian Governor Yushi said contemptuously, "You are greedy for fame and fortune."

After finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

"We say we are greedy for fame and fortune, isn't he trying to gain fame?" Lord Li smiled indifferently, and said to Shen Jia, "Don't pay attention to those people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they are only afraid that the world will not be chaotic."

"They looked for you too?"

"Not only me, but almost all the officials of the Sixth Division have been recruited." Mr. Li said, "However, our Sixth Division has never been involved in the affairs of other departments. I heard that no one signed it."

"No wonder you found me." Shen Jia smiled, he had obviously graduated from the Sixth Division, and now he is in the Sixth Division. He does not belong to the Division, nor does he have the right to comment on political affairs, so he can give advice at any time.

Master Li said: "They saw that you were young and had never experienced the changes in the capital, so they encouraged you to fight against His Majesty."

"The change in the capital?" Shen Jia was stunned, "Referring to the day His Majesty invaded the capital?"

"Yeah, you haven't experienced it, but I was on the spot." Master Li recalled three years ago, his expression was slightly fearful, "That day, His Majesty rode a horse, entered the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and rode all the time. To Fengtian Hall. He sat on horseback, looked at the world on the high imperial steps, and watched the deposed emperor being tied up to the steps by Jin Yiwei."

Shen Jia had heard this story told countless times by the storyteller among the people, but never heard it from the courtiers present.They were afraid of His Majesty Longwei, and kept silent about that past event.

Only Master Li continued to say: "Jin Yiwei captured Emperor Fei, and His Majesty gave him a glass of poisoned wine in front of everyone."

"Giving wine in public?" Shen Jia never expected that the poisoning was not done secretly.

"That's right. The poison is powerful. We saw it with our own eyes. After being force-fed with the poison by Jin Yiwei, Emperor Desolate immediately rolled on the ground in pain. He knelt down and begged for mercy to yelling at His Majesty for not being able to give birth to a son..." Lord Li suddenly There was a pause.

Shen Jia glanced at him, Lord Li coughed, and then said: "Hey, Your Majesty didn't say a word and let him yell at him, and looked at the deposed emperor indifferently. Until finally, the deposed emperor began to beg His Majesty again, to give him a good time." I secretly looked up at that time, and saw that His Majesty was staring blankly at the deposed Emperor, and the King Kui who was standing aside had a sneer on his face, his eyes were red, and he looked at his elder brother's eyes, as if he was looking at the dead. enemy."

Killing the Waste Emperor with poison in public made the Waste Emperor die so embarrassingly.No wonder those Yongwen old ministers immediately surrendered and did not dare to make trouble.Such intimidation, such means, are completely different from the current Xiao Yi.

Now that three years have passed, Xiao Yi's generosity and kindness made Wu Shang and others forget the emperor's iron-blooded wrists back then.Coupled with these changes in the rectification and auditing, Yongwen's old ministers were in a state of anxiety all day long.Now, with Xiao Mingrui's death, Wu Shang and others want to stir up trouble in the court again, trying to keep their own glory and wealth.

What puzzled Shen Jia was why King Kui hated the Deposed Emperor so much?

Only three days later, the truth came to light, and Jiang Ji, commander of Jinyiwei, took the dossier and stood in front of the throne in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Xiao Yi lazily leaned on the dragon chair, not in the mood to read the file, and only asked, "Is that him?"

"Yes." Jiang Ji naturally knew who His Majesty was asking.

"King Kui."

"Observe the decree." Eunuch Chen beside him was sweating coldly, and hurriedly sent a small servant to the Kui Palace to announce the decree.

Kui Wang Xiao Shu casually walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, saw Jiang Ji who he hadn't seen for a long time, and knew why the second brother wanted to come here.

"Second brother." King Kui didn't kneel down to salute, he still had that heartless appearance.

"Kneel down." Xiao Yi said sharply.

King Kui saw that his second brother was really angry, but he didn't care, and knelt down indifferently.

"Are you responsible for Rui'er's death?"

"Yes." King Kui admitted directly, "Second brother, you are too soft-hearted, and younger brother will help you, except for future troubles."

"He's only three years old."

"One day I will grow up." King Kui said indifferently.

"Grandfather gave you the words of forgiveness, but you have not done it at all." Xiao Yi looked at his younger brother and said with hatred.

Before they reached the crown, when Emperor Hongwu was critically ill, before the sick bed, his grandfather gave Xiao Yi the word Wei Ming and Xiao Shu the word Forgiveness.

At that time, they didn't know the meaning of the word given by their grandfather. Now it seems that their grandfather seems to have anticipated what will happen later.

King Kui suddenly stood up, and said angrily, "Why should I forgive him? He killed you and me without children and grandchildren. Why should his descendants live well in this world. Second brother, I hate it."

"He's dead." Xiao Yi looked at his younger brother, "Isn't the 'leading machine' you're looking for enough to make you vent your anger?"

The poison that Xiao Yi bestowed on his eldest brother back then actually came from the handwriting of King Kui.Xiao Yi indulged his younger brother and let the deposed emperor die without dignity, even if the courtiers knew the fact that he was barren.

But the hatred in the third brother's heart is like a cancer, which is getting bigger and bigger, and it is difficult to eradicate.In the end, it was still a three-year-old child.

"Second brother, hand me over to appease the anger of the courtiers." King Kui seemed to have no attachment to life and death, "Even if I die, I will drag their family to hell."

Xiao Yi closed his eyes in disappointment, he had nothing to say to this younger brother.He waved his hand and said to Jiang Ji, "Take it down, hit eighty."

Jin Yiwei's court staff has always been difficult to bear.But King Kui laughed, he was betting that the second brother would not kill himself for a child.

King Kui walked out obediently with Jiang Ji, and Jin Yiwei had already prepared the torture tools.The two Jinyi guards in charge of the execution secretly looked at the commander, and saw Jiang Ji's feet spread out in a figure-eight shape.Jin Yiwei, who was executing the execution, understood, raised the stick in his hand high, lowered it gently, and hit it with the force of a heavy hammer to break a drum.This style of play seems to be bruised, but in fact it does not hurt the bones.

Hearing the beating of sticks one after another outside and King Kui's wailing, Eunuch Chen broke out in a cold sweat.On the contrary, Xiao Yi turned a deaf ear to him and continued to review the memorial.After the eighty sticks were beaten, Jiang Ji and two Jinyi guards dragged the fainted King Kui to return to his command.The emperor didn't even look at his third brother, but said to Chen Jinzhong: "Go and ask the imperial physician."

"Yes." Eunuch Chen took the order and left.

Xiao Yi then ordered the two Jinyi guards, "Shut him up in the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and King Kui is not allowed to step out of the gate of the courtyard without my order."

"Yes." The two Jinyi guards responded in unison, leading the unconscious King Kui down.

In the end, only Jiang Ji was left in the palace.Xiao Yi looked at the master, "Before I ordered you to secretly investigate Wu Shang and others, what did you find?"

"Corruption and bribery, forming a party for personal gain, cheating in imperial examinations, and occupying good land." Jiang Ji casually mentioned several major crimes.

"Catch them all and send them all to prison for interrogation." Xiao Yi said coldly.

"Minister, obey the order." Jiang Ji knew that this was the real storm.Wu Shang and others thought they were smart, and finally paid for themselves.

The author says:

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