Carrying the wrong sedan chair to marry the wrong wife

At night, Cheng Yi brought the Imperial Forest Army to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Officials, Cheng Yi stood for a while and raised his hand and said, "Go!"

As soon as the words came out, the Imperial Forest Army stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened a gap, and the Imperial Forest Army broke in together.

The mansion suddenly became chaotic, Shangshu's mansion was not as powerful as Yang Guojiu's mansion, and without half a stick of incense, the Imperial Forest Army tied up the official minister.

"Cheng Yi?" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials did not expect to be arrested tonight, and the morning and evening were calm, and he did not mention the tax and food case.

"My lord, it's been a long time." Cheng Yi's mouth curled up slightly, "Take me away!!!"

The Imperial Forest Army bound the official minister's family to the prison.

Before Cheng Yi left, she glanced at the place where she was lynched. She often dreamed of that place at night, and her misfortune in this life started from that place.

"Commander Yu, the rest of the Yang Party will be handed over to you." Cheng Yi said to the commander of the Imperial Forest Army.

"Don't worry, Mr. Jun Ma." Commander Yu said and left with the Imperial Forest Army.

Cheng Yi left the Shangshu Mansion and went to the prison in a sedan chair. Because Cheng Yi wanted to find the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to be unlucky, he was locked up alone.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was afraid to stay in the empty cell. As the footsteps outside were getting closer, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials raised his head and saw Cheng Yi coming, so he quickly stood up. Cheng En went to the side to move a chair and put it on Cheng Yi. behind.

"Cheng Yi!!!" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials ran to the wooden fence and looked at Cheng Yi outside, "What are you going to do? I am a second-rank official in the imperial court, why do you arrest me?"

Cheng Yi raised his hand and flicked his robe, pushed back his sleeves, sat on the chair, and said slowly, "You are Yang Qin's running dog, and Yang Qin stole money from Kuyin and sold taxes and grains to you." You have a share in Xifan, so traitorous, how can you be innocent?"

Hearing this, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials grabbed the wooden pillar and asked, "What evidence do you have?"

"Yesterday, when he was promoted to hall, Zhang Ziliao had handed over the evidence, and now the evidence is in His Majesty's hands. Otherwise, how could I mobilize the Imperial Forest Army?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials turned pale: "Impossible, didn't Zhang Ziliao die yesterday, he died before the face of the saint."

"That's just a rhetoric to confuse you. If I don't have evidence, how dare I send Zhang Ziliao to see Lord Yan?" Cheng Yi clasped his fingers and looked at the officials calmly. Minister of the Ministry.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials staggered two steps back, looked at Cheng Yi in disbelief, he was clearly a refined scholar, how could he...

"You sent someone to deliver the note that Uncle Guo saw?"

"Yes, the critical timing, no matter it's true or not, Uncle Guo can't spare Zhang Ziliao." Cheng Yi stood up and took a step forward, "Why should I let Zhang Ziliao die? Do you understand?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials pointed at Cheng Yi with a trembling finger. At this moment, he seemed to see his own destiny.

"Cheng Yi, you can't kill me. If you kill me, I will publicize your divorce and remarry. Even if you have become a county horse, you will be notorious."

"Hahahaha." Cheng Yi smiled, "Do you know why Zhang Ziliao died so early? He was the same as him, threatening me with this." After Cheng Yi finished speaking, his tone became more serious: "I don't even look at where I am, What is the situation, dare to threaten me?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials took two steps back when he heard the words, and shouted with all his strength: "Come on, come on!!!"

"Hehe, do you think someone is coming?" Cheng Yi laughed twice, looked at Cheng En, "Open the door."

Cheng En opened the door, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials stepped back. Cheng En went in and tied the hands of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials behind his back.

"Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi, what are you going to do? If I die in prison, you can't get rid of it." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials struggled, but he couldn't get away.

"You have committed a felony, even if you die in prison, you are committing suicide. Besides, I am not going to let you die in prison, I will send you to the execution ground, so that you will be severely punished by the law. Of course, you will not Lonely, your wife, concubine and children will be with you." Cheng Yi said as he took out a bottle of medicine from his sleeve.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials shook his head, his eyes full of panic: "They, they don't know about taxes and grains, they are innocent."

"So what, according to the court's laws, traitors are linked to the nine families. Besides, in the case of Qianzhutu last year, Mrs. Lu and Ms. Lu were also innocent at the time, so they were imprisoned for questioning?" Cheng Yi said as he opened the bottle cap. .

"But, but they were all saved from death later on." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials said anxiously.

"That's because Mr. Lu was wronged. What about you? Are you wronged?" Cheng Yi looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. These corrupt officials who did evil for their own benefit did not know how many innocent people were harmed. Do you know that your wife and children are innocent?

"No, no, I beg you, my youngest son is only six years old, he doesn't know anything, he is innocent." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials shook his head with disheveled hair.

"Why, do you know about family ties? Your youngest son is only six years old. As for me, my child has no father before he was born. She is not innocent? My wife is divorced and she is not innocent? I have a happy family and should enjoy Family happiness, but now I have a family and cannot return, am I innocent???" Cheng Yi lost control of his emotions, grabbed the official minister's collar with his left hand and yelled, then pressed the official minister's head and poured the medicine go down.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials swallowed the medicine, his body became weak, he knelt on the ground, coughing intermittently, but when he spoke again, he found that he could not make a sound.

"This is dumb medicine. Go quietly to the execution ground tomorrow." Cheng Yi squatted on the ground and looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. I thought about using all the tortures in the Heavenly Prison for you, but now, I don’t want to do that. I planned to kill Zhang Ziliao because he handed over the evidence and someone wanted to protect him. I had no choice but to plan to kill him. What about you? , I will definitely die, and I don't need to dirty my hands, tomorrow, you can go to the guillotine to pay for your evil deeds."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials shook his head, opened his mouth, wanted to speak but was silent.

"Gag him with a rag, don't kill yourself." Cheng Yi said and walked out, casually going to other cells.

Another cell was also remote, and the two people in the cell were sleeping under the grass quilt.

Cheng Yi patted the wooden pillar, and the two woke up.

"Are you two sleeping soundly?" Cheng Yi asked with a smile.

Hearing the sound, Meng Ke looked out, rubbed his eyes, saw that it was Cheng Yi and panicked: "Brother Wu, it's Cheng, Cheng Yi."

Wu Yan looked out, calmed down and said, "Don't be afraid, he has something in our hands."

"Hehehe..." Cheng Yi felt it was ridiculous, the Nantong talent was more naive than before.

"Today, I'm here to discuss a bet." Cheng Yi said as he took out a dagger from his sleeve.

"Cheng Yi, what are you going to do? Although I went to Nantong with Zhang Ziliao, we have just entered the official career, and we don't know what he did before. According to the law, we are not guilty of death." Wu Yan stood up stand up.

Cheng Yi nodded and said: "So, I'm just here to make a bet. You keep your fingers. When the decree comes tomorrow, you will be acquitted. Although your fame will be expunged, your life will be saved."

Meng Ke looked at Wu Yan when he heard the words, although the severed finger hurts, but his life can be saved.

Wu Cheng didn't believe it: "Can you let us go so kindly?"

"Do you think that I will take revenge just like you? I judge cases based on the law and do not involve personal grievances. I came here today to let you fulfill the Nantong bet, leave your finger behind and swear to God, and keep the secret of divorcing your wife and remarrying for me forever. Then, tomorrow you will be free." Cheng Yi said and threw the dagger at Wu Yan's feet.

Wu Yan squinted his eyes, glanced at Meng Ke, squatted down slowly, and took the dagger in his hand.

"Are you really going to let us go?"

Cheng Yi put his hands behind his back and said: "I swear, I will really let you go, but you have to promise that after you go out, you must be honest and not say a word about me, especially not let the prince know, otherwise, I will I have to send you down to meet Zhang Ziliao."

The corners of Wu Cheng's mouth rose slightly and he stopped immediately. He put his left hand on the bed, raised and lowered his right hand, grunted, and broke his little finger.

"There's one more." Cheng Yi reminded.

Wu Xi bent over and knelt on the ground, sweating in pain, and said for a long time, "Cheng Yi, for the sake of my classmate, just forget it, we already have regrets, and we must be honest scholars when we go out."

"Do you know, when I made the bet, I wanted to cut off your right thumb and index finger, so that you can no longer hold the pen, does it hurt if the scholar can't hold the pen?" Cheng Yi stepped forward and bent down to look at Wu Yan.

With a pale face, Wu Cheng kowtowed to Cheng Yi and said, "It hurts, it hurts, Mr. Cheng, you are a lot of adults, please spare us."

"Yes, Brother Cheng, Cheng, Master Cheng, we, we are all bewitched by Zhang Ziliao, we actually don't want to fight against you, please forgive us." Meng Ke knelt beside Wu Yan, and frantically Cheng Yi kowtowed.

"Okay." Cheng Yi said easily, "Leave a way out for you, it's just a matter of leaving a little finger for each of you, and I will be grateful when I go out tomorrow."

"Yes, yes." Wu Yan said as he handed the dagger to Meng Ke. Meng Ke became ruthless, and with his eyes closed, he picked up the knife and broke his little finger.

Cheng Yi nodded and said: "Okay, you guys pack up and go to sleep, and you will be released from prison after the trial tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Master Cheng." After Wu Yan said that, he pulled Meng Ke to kowtow.

Cheng Yi smiled, turned and left.

After leaving the gate of Xing Prison, Cheng En said: "My lord, just let them go like this, I'm afraid that in the future..."

"Who said I'm going to let them go? According to the law, they are indeed not guilty of death. If I want to kill them, I can only kill them with a knife." Cheng Yi said and turned to look at Cheng En, "Just in case, you tomorrow morning Staring at them, they are wearing prison clothes and penniless. If I am right, they will go to the palace to report me when they get out of prison tomorrow morning. If they enter the palace, you will come back. If they don’t, you will tell the prince. , we don’t need to worry about the rest.”

"The prince will kill them?" Cheng En was surprised.

Cheng Yi smiled wryly and said: "My lord cares more about my reputation than myself, let's go and find the Imperial Forest Army." After saying that, he walked to the sedan chair and got on the sedan chair.

At this time, the light in the master bedroom of Junma Mansion was still on.

Ah Hua yawned and said, "Princess, go to sleep. The people in the criminal department said that there is a big event tonight, and the county horse may have to work until dawn."

"Important event? What important event did the emperor entrust to him, and he needs to be busy day and night?" Song Rongyue looked at the door and said.

"The people in the Ministry of Punishment refused to say anything, they kept their mouths tight, princess, it's getting late, go to sleep."

Song Rongyue shook her head and said, "I can't sleep, Ah Hua, tell me, does the county horse not like me?"

Ahua heard the words and said urgently: "How come, princess, don't think too much about it. Scholar, you are shy, proud, and timid. You are the princess. If you say let's live apart and cultivate your relationship first, then the county horse can still violate it." Princess, it’s actually just a matter of one sentence, when the county horse comes back, you give the county horse an order and it’s over.”

"I let you say everything. I said before that husband and wife respect each other, but now I'm asking me to put up the air of the princess and order the horse. Isn't this contradictory." Song Rongyue glared at Ah Hua, "You have bad ideas. The one who asked me to move the bed in the hut yesterday and gave me a lame reason made me die of embarrassment."

"Yes, but the county horse came to sleep on the main couch anyway." Ah Hua whispered.

Song Rongyue gave Ah Hua a bad look: "Okay, go and light the lights in front of me, I won't sleep if the county horse doesn't come back tonight."

"Ah?" Ah Hua was taken aback. Seeing the princess glaring at her, she curled her lips and went to the front to light the lamp.

Cheng Yi came out of the prison to search for the Imperial Army, seized the rest of the Yang party, counted the dirty property, and sorted out the criminal evidence. It was already dawn, and before breakfast, he hurried into the palace with the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment to ask for an order.

Emperor Tianshun looked through the papers handed over by Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and couldn't help sighing again and again.During the last night's resistance, Uncle Yang Guo realized that he was doomed, so he hanged himself in the house.Emperor Tianshun read the copybook of the Ministry of Punishment, and opened Cheng Yi's copybook. After reading it, he was startled, and raised his head and asked, "You want to intercede for the old women and children of the Yang Party?"

"Yes, after investigation, they did not know." Cheng Yi replied.

"But according to the law, they have to die if they don't know. If they seek revenge, there will be endless troubles. You can't be kind to a woman." Although Emperor Tianshun said so, he relaxed in his heart. Cheng Yi's heart was not cruel, and in his heart Quite gratified.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I inspected the Yang party last night and saw many children, even a newborn baby. Your Majesty, the baby is not guilty. I can't bear to see him die because of his father's sin when he first came to this world. The middle-aged woman did not participate in the acts of treason, so I ask His Majesty to forgive the old and weak, women and children, and send them to the frontier." Cheng Yi couldn't bear to think of the crying baby last night, and the softness in her heart was touched, her child She will be born soon, so she still can't do it, she can't send innocent people to the guillotine.

"I'm afraid that being sent to the frontier would make life worse than death. They are all people who are used to a life of wealth and honor. How can they bear it? Besides, this is different from other situations. It is a group of gangsters who commit crimes. You are not afraid of them seeking revenge, but I am afraid. How about this?" , Children under the age of seven can avoid death, and the place to go will be arranged by Zhen, and old women over fifty can also be exempted from death, and they will be distributed to the frontiers, and the rest will follow the law."

Hearing this, Cheng Yi looked at Emperor Tianshun, who had obviously made concessions.

"Your Majesty is merciful." Cheng Yi cupped his hands.

"Okay, come here and help me draw up the decree. Yang Qin stole treasury silver, sold tax and food, betrayed the country for glory, heinous crimes, although he committed suicide in fear of crime, it would be difficult to atone for his sin, and he would immediately imprison the nine clans. His sister Yang Guifei, thinking of serving You have been thrown into the cold palace for many years. The Yang Party, except for children under the age of seven and old women in their fifties, copied and beheaded the whole family, and executed at noon today." Emperor Tianshun said while Cheng Yi wrote.

Emperor Tianshun beckoned to the eunuch in charge and said: "Another imperial decree, Huang Xian was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments as Prince Taifu, transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Cheng Yi was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and will be read out tomorrow morning."

As soon as these words came out, Huang Xian and Cheng Yi glanced at each other, walked to the center and knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En."

"Go and do something." Emperor Tianshun waved his hand. At first he was hesitant about Cheng Yi's promotion, but just now Cheng Yi advised to intercede for the old and the weak, women and children. His demeanor still has a childlike heart. A person with such a temperament is the best minister of the Ministry of punishment. However, as for Huang Xian, he was old, and he was already unable to handle the case.

Huang Xian and Cheng Yi went out of the imperial study room and exchanged a few words on the road, then went straight to the prison to raise the prisoner.

In the courtroom, after Cheng Yi read out the imperial decree, he slapped the gavel: "Wu Yan, Meng Ke, they will never be recruited after their merits are removed, and they will be released in court!! The Yang Party will be escorted to the execution ground immediately, and they will be executed at noon!!!"

As soon as the order was issued, the Yamen servants escorted Yang Dang and others out. When they walked to the morning market, the people of the city were amazed. There were dozens of prison cars back and forth, which was unprecedented in the capital.

In the crowd, Shen Wenchang and Tang Hongfei saw Cheng Yi on the horse, and Cheng Yi also looked at Shen Wenchang. After looking at each other for a few seconds, Cheng Yi turned his head, tucked into the horse's belly and walked forward.

Shen Wenchang followed the flow of people to the execution ground.

This time there were a large number of beheaders, and they were beheaded in batches. At this moment, the Yang family was kneeling on the beheading stage, and there were six young girls and boys in their ten years old, who were kneeling and waiting to die.

Shen Wenchang couldn't bear to see it in his eyes, and moved his eyes from the chopping platform to Cheng Yi, Cheng Yihan on the monitoring platform kept his eyes fixed, and the aura on his body made Shen Wenchang stunned for a long time.

Near noon, a drum sounded, and Shen Wenchang turned around and walked out.

"Full warehouse, where to go?" Tang Hongfei asked anxiously.

Shen Wenchang didn't seem to hear it, and his feet didn't stop. Tang Hongfei was puzzled and followed.

"Mancang, don't you have to wait for the fourth brother, where are you going?"

Shen Wenchang stopped and said, "You can stay and wait for her. I'm afraid of getting dizzy. I'll wait for you at the previous teahouse."

After saying that, Shen Wenchang left the execution ground and went to the teahouse. She had a feeling that everything was different, as if everything had changed. In fact, she was no longer the one she swore with them at the beginning, and they seemed unable to go back.

After an unknown amount of time, the door of the private room opened, Shen Wenchang looked at the door, and Tang Hongfei walked in with Cheng En.

When Shen Wenchang saw Cheng En, he already understood what Cheng Yi meant.

"Mr. Shen, my son didn't close his eyes last night, and today he was busy with beheading. He is too tired and has already returned home to rest. My son also said that he is busy with things these days, so the day Mr. Shen leaves Beijing, he will not see him off."

Shen Wenchang sighed, stood up, took out a letter from his sleeve, and handed it to Cheng Endao: "Your son asked me to bring this letter to Liniang. I thought about it last night. It's not appropriate for me to deliver it. Give it back to your son." Another word, please tell her that walking at night is not terrible, and the sky will be bright, but what is terrible is walking on a dark road from a dark road, which is a road of no return. "Shen Wenchang concluded that now Cheng Yi and the princess have not performed the ceremony of the Duke of Zhou, at least in her opinion, they have not gone on a dark path.

"Also, please, please be a good official. When the child grows up, she may hear about her achievements for the country and the people. That's all, let her take care of herself." Shen Wenchang waved his hands to let her Cheng En left.