Pei Gonggui

Five days later, the case of King Rui was reopened, and the three courts responded to the decision of the cabinet to bring Pei Yan and King Rui's concubine Qin to trial again.

Although Pei Yan was embarrassed and haggard at the time, she was still in a clear state of mind when talking to the officials in class.On the other hand, the Qin family, although they are both women, have not been in prison for as long as Pei Yan, but at this time, their hands and feet have been seriously injured, not to mention human beings, and they have long lost the air of being brought into the palace of a beautiful woman. , interrogated with Pei Yan, and no longer had the courage to frame Pei Yan.

Before retiring from the hall, she pleaded guilty to wrongly harming King Rui due to jealousy, and after being confirmed by the judiciary, she was sentenced to beheaded by Qiu Hou, and her confession was true.The Yushitai and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who participated in the interrogation, overwhelmed the presiding judge Dali Temple by two votes, and supported Pei Yan's release together. The revival of party morale, the isolation of Dali Temple under the control of the Cai family in the Three Law Departments, and the precarious status of the Cai family in the court.

Five days later, in the morning court, the resolution was delegated, and Taifu Xue ordered Dali Temple to deliver documents and release Pei Yan ten days later.After the Minister of Dali Temple received the decree, Cai Yan looked at Pei Jun silently at the head of the cabinet, his gaze was as cold as a poisonous snake.

Then, Zhao Taibao presided over the courtiers' voting on Zhang San's entry into the Ministry of Punishment.When the ticket sang to Pei Jun, Pei Jun raised his head and saw Zhang Ling turned his gaze away to look at him, so he showed some hesitation under the sideways glances of all the officials, and finally, under the repeated questioning of the supervisor, Only then did the ballots be sung.

So far, all the courtiers thought that he voted for Zhang Ling because of Pei Yan Zhaoxue, but they didn't know that Zhang San was admitted to the Ministry of punishment and became the youngest minister of the Ministry of punishment since the beginning of the dynasty. This was his and Jiang Yue's initial expectation.

When the court was over, Pei Jun looked at the still empty dragon chair in the Golden Palace, frowned lightly, thinking about Pei Yan's injustice and Li Cunzhi's case that was bought by power, and walked out of Si Chong's gate with Jiang Yue , sighing under the early summer sun: "This law, making two things, what is it..."

Jiang Yue turned his head to look at him, and heard him continue to sigh with emotion: "Since Pei Yan was imprisoned and Li Cunzhi went to Beijing, and now the two cases have been concluded, three or four months have passed, we seem to be seeking to survive in the law, but In the end, it was never the law, but the right to get rid of their grievances. Li Cunzhi won his case, but he did not live long enough to see that the justice and repayment sought by the victims in the Southlands have been delayed, and his son has to pay Go back and smile and kowtow to accept the imperial court's reward; although Pei Yan is now released, the last straw that crushes Dali Temple is not the law division's discernment of the right and the wrong, but you and I who gave Zhang Zhang the right after we kept putting pressure on Cai Yan. As a bait, Mei Liu stole the business seal again." Speaking of this, he smiled mockingly, "Jiang Yue, sometimes I stand in the court hall and look at the world, I always feel desolate."

The two walked towards the direction of Jing Zhaosi and entered the busy city. Jiang Yue led him away from the horse dealers, looked at him and asked, "What kind of desolation?"

Pei Jun smiled wryly: "People have made laws and established systems since ancient times, so that the people have laws to follow and political affairs to follow. Is that for a better life? But now I feel more and more that this law, Manufactures were originally ruthless, and they were nothing more than the claws of the imperial court—the imperial court moved in whichever way it wanted, time and time again, the claws became sharper and sharper, and the people were nothing but dust under these sharp claws .The sharp claws don't stop, why does the dust fall to the ground?"

Jiang Yue thought for a while, and sighed: "If the people are compared to dust, then there are those in the dynasty who use the dust as a disadvantage, and there are also those who take the dust as the first. The former only seeks his own benefit, while the latter has compassion for the people of the world. Pei Jun, what we are thinking about now is to sharpen the sharp claws and let the world settle down."

Pei Jun smiled when he heard the words, relieved his depression a little, looked back at Jiang Yue, and heard Jiang Yue ask again: "You just looked at the dragon seat and frowned, but are you worried about changes in the palace?"

Pei Jun said: "That's right. Jiang Zhan's mind is dark and prey. The more there is no movement at this time, the more I am afraid there will be a big movement."

Jiang Yue accepted his words and said: "This morning the guards at the palace gate said that the Nei Dynasty has summoned generals from the four places of Beijing and Guan in recent days."

"General?" Pei Jun frowned slightly, "So, Jiang Zhan has already begun to think about deploying troops. If he wants to deploy troops to defend the capital, he must first order the Ministry of War to send food. We will know in advance, so I am not afraid. I am afraid Afraid……"

"I'm afraid he's not going to send troops back to the court, but to send troops out." Jiang Yue understood his concerns and said solemnly, "Cao Luan is Jiang Zhan'an's eyes by your side. Jiang Zhan must have known that the two of us are against each other. Now It’s also about you and me, just suffering from an unlicensed attack. Therefore, in order to prevent the two of us from working together to cause trouble, he will definitely separate you and me. The fastest way is to control you in the middle of the capital and send me far outside the Great Wall. In this way, I am exiled by the imperial court, and I am not allowed to return to Beijing without an edict. If I do not obey, it will be disrespectful to despise the holy bow. It’s even more risky.”

The crowds in the downtown area became noisy, and Pei Jun blocked a group of pedestrians for Jiang Yue. After hearing his words, he thought for a while and said, "In that case, we might as well arrange troops first, and we won't be afraid of him making trouble. But before that... ..."

"I want to slap Cai Yan again."

With Shangshu's Ministry of Justice, the atmosphere is just like the climate in central Beijing, and it gets hotter every day in May.

After three months, the Ministry of Criminal Justice welcomed Zhang San, a young officer, and resumed the power to preside over cases, and the affairs of the past few days were finally counted as political achievements, which made everyone motivated.

Zhang San sent letters to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the cases previously transferred to Dali Temple and Yushitai, which naturally included the end of the Tang family's ink corruption case.

Zhang San asked Yu Shitai to hand over all the undisposed accomplices in this case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial and conclusion. Among them were not only the remnants of the Tang family, but also Cai Yang, who was deeply involved in the case.

Formerly Zhang San's immediate boss, Doctor Yu Shi, who was more than thirty or twenty years older than Zhang Sanping, now sits on an equal footing with Zhang Sanping. The document was handed over to the cabinet for approval on the day of the day, and the cabinet was unable to approve and transfer the document to the cabinet because of Cai Yan's stalemate.

Pei Jun heard about this at Jingzhao Office, and was about to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to interrogate Zhang San, but Jiang Yue pressed him down and said, "Just sit down and see how he will go." He couldn't help but sit down suspiciously, and only leaned towards Jiang Yue Yue whispered in his ear: "If Zhang San can't deal with this matter well, I will deal with you well."

Jiang Yue laughed and pushed him away, his handsome face turned red.Just when the servants came in to serve tea, seeing Jiang Yue's face flushed, he thought it was a dispute with Pei Jun, so he quietly reported it to Song Yi to know.This caused Song Yi and the other Jingzhao counselors to ponder, everyone was in danger, and they became more cautious in their actions, for fear of running into the bad luck of the two directors.

Only two days later, Zhang San entered the palace to face the saint.He came out in just a short time, his face was as calm as ever, showing no signs of anger or anger, but at noon that day, the document that Yushitai handed over the case to the Tang family spit out from the cabinet, together with Cai Yan. Together with the news of anger, they were sent to the Ministry of Punishment.

This matter was secretly spread among the officials, and Zhang Sanyi was called "the future is boundless" by everyone, just like when he was admitted to Qingyun Prison with the first place in the past.But after hearing the news three times, he just opened the case file in front of him calmly, brought up Cai Yang's paper, and said solemnly: "Retrial."

Another six days later, the Ministry of Criminal Justice finally ushered in Zhang San's first new case after taking office—it was also a major case. According to the investigation, it was two traffickers who sold illegal salt in the middle of Beijing and a huge gang that illegally boiled and sold salt along the coast. related.Once this matter was reported by Zhang San, the cabinet naturally valued the interests of the party, and couldn't help but pay attention to it with great enthusiasm. Zhang San took this opportunity to propose to go to the coast to do business with the Department of Salt Prevention.

The Director of the Anti-Salt Department is an old inspector who was transferred to Beijing by Yan Yuliang for his diligence and filial piety. The rest of the department did not want to participate in this important case with too strong political winds, for fear of causing a public disturbance, so Yan Yuliang gave a little instruction , the director agreed to send Qian Haiqing to go with Zhang San, ordering to leave within five days.

In the next few days, Mei Linyu was too busy.At one time, he had to arrange for places to stop along the way, at another time he had to prepare the crew to eat along the way, and occasionally he was asked by Pei Junxun to ask for food and grass, and he was reminded by his father. He couldn't help but feel that he had never been so tired since he was born.

This tiredness continued until Qian Haiqing and Zhang San were about to leave, and all preparations were finally made, so he picked up Jiang Yue and Pei Jun in plain clothes and went to see the two apprentices off.

At that time, summer was already in midsummer, and the pier of the Jingnan Canal was hot and windy.Before boarding the boat, Qian Haiqing turned to Pei Jun and said, "Master, my aunt is about to come out of Dali Temple, and there is no need to borrow salt to sell money for her, so let's investigate this case in order to make things happen for Prince Jin." Son?"

Pei Jun tightened the turquoise ring around his waist, straightened his clothes for him, scratched the tip of his nose and said, "We are here to do things for the people of the world."

After finishing speaking, Pei Jun patted him on the shoulder, looked up at Zhang San who had already boarded the boat and looked at them, and whispered to Qian Haiqing's ear, "It's just that Zhang's son is a piece of wood, we want to hide it." Don't tell him about the salt transport, lest he get angry and bite you."

"...Bite me?" Qian Haiqing turned around after hearing the words, and glanced at Zhang San on the deck. At this moment, imagining the situation that Master said, he couldn't help but look at Zhang San standing solemnly in the river wind with a little embarrassment. Shang Shu smiled bitterly.

Zhang San was baffled by his smile, and urged with a cold face: "It's time to go, Qian Sicheng."

Seeing his solemn appearance, Qian Haiqing covered his mouth with Pei Jun for fun, and heard Jiang Yue cough twice to express his dissatisfaction, so he reluctantly said goodbye to Pei Jun.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the warm wind was warm, and the big ship that Mei's firm sold to the imperial court gradually moved away.

Pei Jun looked at the big boat with white sails and thought: This should be his boat.Thinking about it for a while, he couldn't imagine himself escaping from the world of mortals by boat at all, so he could only sigh sadly, and with a helpless smile, he called Jiang Yue and Mei Linyu to take a car together, and headed for Dali Temple took Pei Yan out of prison.

It was still winter when Pei Yan was imprisoned, but it was already summer in Beijing when she was released from prison.Pei Jun brought her the latest clothes from Mei Siniang's shop, and asked her to change and comb her hair well before helping her walk out of the classroom step by step, and walked back into the sunlight again.

At this time, Pei Yan saw Jiang Yue again, saluted Jiang Yue and was used to calling Jiang Yue the emperor's uncle, she hurriedly covered her mouth, changed her name with tears in her eyes, and called Jiang Yue Prince, and called herself a woman, and finally turned her head to look at Pei Jun , and laughed with tears in his eyes: "Pei Jun, take me home quickly."

A group of people returned to the mansion, and the whole mansion was full of joy.Uncle Dong personally cooked a table of delicious dishes, and then led someone to arrange the expenses carefully for Pei Yan, and it was already night.

Pei Jun chatted with Pei Yan for a while, and told her to rest earlier, but when he came out of Pei Yan's courtyard, he put on his outer shirt, as if he was about to go out.

Uncle Dong caught up with him and asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"

Pei Jun walked towards the back door of Marquis Zhongyi's mansion, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Dong, remember, I didn't go anywhere tonight, I stayed in the mansion all night with my sister."

After hearing this, Uncle Dong respectfully agreed, and hurriedly ordered his servants to scatter to pack up their things, and he sent Pei Jun out through the back door without saying a word.

Jiang Yue and Mei Linyu were already waiting outside the door, with two carriages beside them.

When Pei Jun saw Mei Linyu, he asked, "Where's the stuff?"

Mei Linyu jumped into the next carriage and said, "Here."

As soon as the words fell, there seemed to be a creaking sound in the quiet long alley.

Pei Jun turned to Jiang Yue and said, "This is not a clean thing tonight, so don't follow me. I'll look for you tomorrow morning." After he finished speaking, he turned around to get into the car, but Jiang Yue suddenly grabbed his arm from behind.

Pei Jun couldn't help turning his head: "What?"

Jiang Yue hesitated for a while and said: "It's nothing, you should be careful in everything."

As a result, the three separated in the alley, Jiang Yue drove back to the house, but Pei Jun and Mei Linyu drove all the way to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

There are no officials in the Ministry of Punishment at night, and only paper lanterns are lit and guarded by Yacha.Pei Jun walked all the way into the classroom, and told all the clerks: "You haven't seen me tonight, and I haven't been here. No matter what happens, you don't know. Do you understand?"

The yamen's officers and jailers in the six ministries have all been dispatched by Pei Jun for many years, and their honor and disgrace are all tied to Pei's party, so they naturally nodded in agreement at this time.The cell boss silently sent two people to follow Mei Linyu to the carriage, brought back a big sack that Mei Linyu had prepared, and dragged the sack to follow Pei Jun to the prison.

The aisle was dim, and there was a light at the end. Looking closely, there was an unkempt middle-aged man sitting in the cell, muttering to the oil lamp.

Pei Jun walked slowly to the prison door, knocked on the iron chain on the prison door and said with a smile, "Master Cai, thanks to your blessings, my sister has been released from prison."

When the prisoner heard his voice, he was startled, and the eyes behind the dirty hair glared at him with hatred, and rushed up like crazy: "Pei Ziyu! You killed my elder brother!"

He slammed the iron lock on the cell door with a loud bang, and Pei Jun sneered and stepped back half a step: "No, Cai Yang, your elder brother's death was caused by him himself, and so is yours, of course."

Cai Yang didn't understand what he meant by his words, so he roared angrily: "Pei Jun, you insidious and despicable villain! Don't be too pretentious! Your father sent his troops to the north to kill my Cai family. He failed, you It won't work either!"

When Pei Jun heard this, the smile on his face gradually subsided. At this time, he only asked the jailer to open the cell door and carry the big bag in, and said flatly: "My father is upright and disdainful, so I can't fight against you, Mrs. Cai, but I different."

He raised his hand to signal, and Mei Linyu stepped forward with a cold face and untied the rope on the big bag, and the bag opened its mouth for a moment, and there were hundreds of squeaky gray and black mice inside.

Unrecognizable size mice swarmed around in the sack, glowing disgustingly under the dim lights.When the two jailers saw this scene, they all had distressed faces, and Cai Yang's eyes were like copper bells, and he shouted in fear: "Pei Ziyu, what are you going to do!"

Pei Jun moved his fingers at the two guards, and the two guards took the bag and walked towards Cai Yang. For a moment, the frantic squeaking of mice and Cai Yan's terrified screams filled the prison.

Amidst the shrill voice, Pei Jun's icy voice came to Cai Yang's ears through the damp air:

"I dare not neglect Maester Cai, so I have starved these little guys for several days. Right now, they are just waiting for today's big meal."