After seeing the pile of dowry furniture in Zhao Guogong's mansion, Wu was happy and ashamed at the same time. She always felt that she had taken too much advantage of the Zhu family, so Zhang Shou came back and suggested making hot pot in the evening. It happened that Zhu Ying came directly with Hong, Gao

Wu happily shouted that he had a great victory today and wanted to stay here for dinner. Naturally, Wu was overjoyed and simply called everyone over to have a lively meal.

All the hundreds of guests, masters and servants in the house were called out. Various round countertops were set up in the main hall and the flower hall, and more than ten or twenty copper hotpots were placed, ranging from mutton and haggis to various vegetables and delicacies.

I don’t know how much was consumed in one meal, but it was a lively night banquet.

As for game, of course there is none at all. Although these days, from dignitaries to ordinary people, they all like to eat some game and claim to be early adopters. However, Zhang Shou persuaded Wu with the four words of "accumulating virtue and doing good" and even gave him some money.

Zhu Ying did a good job of brainwashing, and the reason he used was to scare people with parasites, viruses and bacteria. Even people now can’t understand what he said!

Bird flu, Ebola, even if the other two diseases may not originate from game, he is really afraid.

Isn’t chicken, duck, and fish delicious? Why eat game if it’s delicious? If rich people didn’t often eat game, and poor people had to eat game to fill their stomachs, why are people’s lifespans so short nowadays? Often people in their forties are like

A little old man? Zhang Shou never mentioned the hardship of life, the backwardness of medical care, and coupled with his always the most reasonable image, he successfully got Zhu Ying into it.

He even repeatedly told his adoptive mother and Zhu Ying to cook everything they eat, and even mentioned the past when he was half-cooked and had a stomachache when he was a child. As for his behavior of being bitten by a snake and fearing ropes for ten years, he

Even Mrs. Wu couldn't help but wonder if Zhang Shou was always sick when he was a child. Zhu Ying was even more shocked and promised to do as she was told.

But while they were enjoying themselves here, many people in more places inside and outside the capital stayed up all night, staying up all night, forgetting to eat and sleep. Those who had red eyes and dark circles after staying up all night...that was absolutely...

more than one.

Among them, Cui Hong, the censor who inspected the five cities at the suggestion of Zhang Shou and Lu Wan, was among them.

All the soldiers and horses from the five cities came down and tried all the prisoners one by one. This was impossible for him, so just like Ah Liu, he focused on attacking the Nancheng soldiers and horses directly under Zhu Tingfang, and those who were initially

Zhu Tingfang seemed to be a forgiving person, but most of the time he was picked up one by one after nightfall. He didn't have to stare at a madman and ask endless questions.

Therefore, when Zhu Tingfang came back late at night, after a busy day but still energetic due to his talent and excellent body, he was faced with a haggard face, red eyes and dark circles, but his eyes showed a bit of fanaticism.

The censor who patrolled the city.

Cui Hong had long forgotten his anxiety and annoyance when he couldn't find Zhu Tingfang before. As soon as he saw the eldest son of Zhao Guogong, who was in charge of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and directly under the jurisdiction of the Nancheng Military and Horse Division, he immediately rushed forward in three steps and two steps.

He stepped forward and said bluntly: "Master Zhu, the trouble today was instigated by someone, and it was instigated by the people in charge of the ceremonial department. They were trying to muddy the waters and seek survival from death!"

Zhu Tingfang casually threw the riding whip to Zhu Yi aside, stared at Cui Hong for a moment, and then walked straight to the office where the work was done without saying a word, and actually left Cui Hong behind!

Faced with this kind of treatment, Cui Hong was a little embarrassed, but Zhu Tingfang was famous for his tough temper and ruthless methods. The emperor put people in charge of the Nancheng Army and Horse Department because he valued his murderous aura. As expected,

Three days after Zhu Tingfang took office, seventeen of the once-famous gang leaders in Nancheng were arrested, and then...

Qiu Jue immediately took him out and chopped down eight of the most evil ones, plus ten of the most evil scoundrels!

It was specially sent to the Xisi Archway for execution. Even the common people who loved to watch the fun, after too many heads fell to the ground, their cheers gradually turned into silence, and many people left trembling in the end.

.

So, he suppressed his dissatisfaction, but turned around and quickly followed Zhu Tingfang, explaining incessantly: "Master Zhu, I never surrendered, nor did I force a confession. This is what I transferred after cross-examination.

If the people from the Nancheng Army and Horses Division follow the clues and find out the results, if Master Zhu doesn’t believe it, he can personally examine it!”

"Of course I believe Cui Shiyu is doing things." Zhu Tingfang's answer was very concise, but the way he continued to walk forward made Cui Hong feel very unsure. When he followed the people step by step into the public hall,

I just heard Zhu Tingfang say something again: "But the confessions of those I caught in the city are different from what Crazy Chen and you found here."

Zhu Tingfang walked straight to his seat, turned his back and sat down like this. Seeing Cui Hong's face turning red, when he realized that he was looking at him, he managed to squeeze out a smile, and he casually remained calm.

A smile.

"I'm not saying that Cui Shiyu had any selfish motives when investigating, or that you were deceiving others, but you have to know that some people are used to raising suspicions. This is the result you asked in Nancheng Bingma Division, but

The groups of troublemakers in the inner city were slapped with a slap in the face, and they kept saying that they were ordered by some bosses in the court, so they wanted to uproot the Supervisor of Ceremonies. And..."

He paused for a moment, but his tone became more serious: "Furthermore, taking advantage of the fact that the princes from various provinces are gradually going to Beijing, and the city is full of scholars, it aroused everyone's common hatred and forced the emperor to take good care of the ceremonial supervisor."

This time, Cui Hong's flushed face suddenly turned pale again, and even his voice trembled: "This is simply ridiculous!"

"Yes, it is indeed ridiculous, so of course I don't believe it." Zhu Tingfang shook the hem of his robe slightly, leaned forward slightly, and said word by word, "But such rhetoric is not something ordinary people can think of. Some people also say,

The person who instigated them might be someone using the tiger skin of some boss as a banner?"

"Now, what you asked at the Nancheng Military and Horse Department was that the Chief of Ceremonies was shouting to catch the thief. What I asked at the Military and Horse Department of the East, West, North and Middle City was that someone in the court was adding fuel to the flames. How do you think this should be reported to the superiors?"

Cui Hong was asked by Zhu Tingfang so much that he was covered in cold sweat and his back was wet. With Zhang Shou's hint and Lu Wan's guidance, he came to the Nancheng Army and Horse Department in person just now. When he found that Zhu Tingfang did not prohibit him from interrogating prisoners, he

I even felt that Master Zhu had the same thoughts. But now, Zhu Tingfang actually said that the confessions of the people captured in the city were actually different!

He just felt confused and had no idea, so he couldn't help but asked: "How do you think the eldest son should report it?"

Zhu Tingfang was not surprised at all by Cui Hong's irresponsible attitude of kicking the ball back. Aren't most officials these days just such an irresponsible person?

He smiled suddenly, shook his robe, and stood up again: "How do you report it to the superior? Didn't the emperor give us a good start? That is to cut the knot with a quick knife. No matter who instigated him, he could directly

Just settle the case immediately."

"But both the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and I, the patrolling censor, can interrogate and question, but if the case is decided and convicted..." Cui Hong suddenly hesitated. Although the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department are known as the Three Law Divisions,

But unless it is a lawsuit that upsets the sky, and the emperor decrees that the three law bureaus should be tried together, otherwise everyone will perform their duties on weekdays, regardless of such trivial matters as deciding the case and convicting the person!

That's right, as the Sanfa Si, which truly holds the power of all punishments and prison sentences in the world, that is, it holds the final power of judicial review, it usually does not try cases. Inspectors like Yu Shi, that is, during the review of prison sentences in Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment every year,

Just set up a chair nearby and listen, and be ready to criticize at any time.

Zhu Tingfang lightly clicked his tongue and said as if nothing had happened: "That's easy to do. Shuntian County Government, Wanping County Government, and Daxing County Government will send people in according to their respective jurisdictions, and they will be judged within three seconds. If they should be beaten, they will be beaten, and if they should be exiled, they will be sentenced."

If you die, you should be imprisoned!"

"In short, don't delay, act quickly, discuss the matter as it is, and don't think about who is involved!"

Cui Hongdeng's face turned cold. When he first found out about Si Li Supervisor, he was naturally very excited. He just thought that Wang Datou, as the high-ranking official who took the lead in participating in the corruption of some eunuchs of Si Li Supervisor, was now famous all over the world. If

If he pursues and fights fiercely, and takes advantage of the situation to knock down Bing Qianren, who has just been promoted to the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, he might also be able to achieve great success.

But now Zhu Tingfang clearly warned him not to seek fame, but to end it quickly. He couldn't help but feel that this was like losing the fat on his lips. It was so heartbreaking that he couldn't breathe.

However, under the gaze that seemed kind but actually sharp, Cui Hong finally forced out an extremely forced smile: "That's right, Prince Xinli, this kind of thing should really be cut off quickly, and it should be sorted out as soon as possible."

Regardless of whether Cui Hong really surrendered or was just conceding, Zhu Tingfang didn't care at all. He walked slowly in front of Cui Hong. When getting along at such a close distance, he who was half a head taller than the other person naturally showed his aura.

pressure.

"I will ask the prisoners in Nancheng's Army and Horse Division personally. As for the prisoners in the Army and Horse Division in the four cities of the inner city, the east, west, north and middle cities, please Cui Shiyu to work harder, and go to the city at night to take a look and ask.

, so that no one will retract the confession later and say that I was beaten into the crime. Of course, it is best for you to change this official robe, so as to avoid some people seeing the change and questioning them, so they also change their excuses."

Seeing that Zhu Tingfang actually gave him generous permission to go to the city to interrogate himself, Cui Hong's last bit of luck was finally gone.

If Zhu Tingfang had not asked or even verified that some of the troubles were indeed related to some senior figures in the DPRK, how could he be so happy? Thinking that he had an advisor in the capital, the same year, and even relatives and friends from the hometown party, he no longer dared to delay time and hurriedly

He agreed repeatedly, and then he hurried into the city regardless of the fact that he had been busy interrogating and tracking down the rice since dusk.

By the time he, the patrolling censor, entered the inner city with his belt, the soldiers and horsemen of the four cities in the east, west, north and middle came down one by one, but it was already dawn. As a censor, he was originally a member of the Changchao officials.

So on the eve of entering the palace, when all the officials were gathered, he urgently sent out all the news.

For a time, many of the officials of the Department of Science and Technology who had already written the memorial and were planning to go back and send it immediately fell into a state of confusion. Although there were some who were not afraid of death, they planned to go back and revise their excellent article.

Sweeping the ceremonial supervisor and the big guys in together, even if they are shattered to pieces, they still have to leave their names in history, but most people...

Well, most people are still normal people. They have managed to study hard and become an official, but then they get a bloody blow on such a senseless thing and are eventually dismissed from their posts and will never be used again. That would be boring.

Therefore, the court meeting on this day, as usual, finished a few things step by step, and finally ended quietly, just like yesterday's big news about the Supervisor of Ceremonies was made public to the world, and yesterday's violent wind and waves inside and outside the capital.

It just didn't happen.

But behind this pool of stagnant water, Cui Hong, who had not slept all night, sent people from the Wucheng Bingma Division to escort the prisoners to the Shuntianfu Yamen and Wanping Daxing County Yamen. After one time, the Wucheng soldiers were finally cleared.

Masi's cell.

Immediately afterwards, the three major yamen began to interrogate at three o'clock, and the boards on the platform crackled loudly. In the end, at the gate of each yamen, there were seven or eight prisoners lying there, with their skin and flesh exposed and their buttocks exposed.

Usually there are people who are beaten with canes, but if there are any conditions, they will be carried home immediately by the door panel. They cannot afford to lose that person, and most of those who have no conditions are ashamed to be humiliated like this, and they have to crawl.

When we went back, these guys who had exposed their buttocks were all wearing shackles and chains, and all the government officials were watching eagerly, but they were ordered to let them go after they had been exposed for a long time.

What's even worse is that the cold wind is blowing on the naked buttocks, which is another level of torture!

The most shocking thing is that when the yamen was heavily punishing the troublemakers this time, they even released the news that the troublemakers were not allowed to redeem their sticks. Not only that, Zhu Tingfang also ordered people to leave the words in the outer city that day against the scholars.

The plan was publicized throughout the capital. Some scholars who ignored it but were still eager to take action got the news from the Superintendent's Yamen later that day.

The Superintendent and Censor of Northern Zhili Province issued a notice that if a student with a meritorious career makes a fuss about his or her son in the capital, makes a noise or causes trouble, he or she will be punished by being reprimanded and demoted, or the more serious consequences may include dismissal of the meritorious title. This will not be tolerated. As for whether the Academic Affairs Council of other provinces will follow suit, who knows?

Do you know?

Although some people angrily denounced it as a silent gathering of thousands of people, it eventually died down. For a time, there were even fewer literary and poetry societies that aimed to get to know colleagues and even become famous.

As for how many old men in the imperial court had thrown cups and dishes at home after returning home, and how many penholders and inkstones were smashed, only God knows. But even the bachelor of Confucius, who was not breathing well, found out after inquiring.

Knowing that the emperor actually expelled the two retired men to guard the imperial mausoleum, and then selected a few capable people to check the charity halls, he also became quiet.

It is a blessing that the emperor did not use such ruthless methods against the ceremonial supervisor on an old minister like him! Speaking of which, even Mr. Jiang Ge, who resigned sadly before, ended up in a similar situation.

Much better than these eunuchs!

In this stagnant situation, the first examination of the Imperial College to select the attendants of the East Palace started quietly without much attention. When he saw King Jiangdu swaggering in front, Xu with a rigid face
Chapter completed!