reborn monarch

For the people in Jiangnan and Ju people, this is a court trial with an unknown ending. After the assassination of Commissioner Xie Qin, will he compromise, or can he withstand the heavy pressure?

In fact, there is no suspense about the outcome of this trial.

Under the respectful eyes of Jiangnan students and common people, Xie Jiuyuan took a heavy picture of the gavel, "Jiangnan governor Feng Weixiang has committed many crimes, and he also accepted bribes, despised the national law, harmed the Jiangnan examination room, and framed the leftist prime minister of the dynasty. He even colluded. The Japanese pirates kidnapped the official Mei Ziqi and assassinated Xie Jiuyuan, the imperial envoy on behalf of the inspector. This is an unforgivable crime of treason."

Feng Weixiang clenched his teeth, struggling to the death, and shouted: "I admit to accepting bribes! I deny colluding with Japanese pirates! I didn't send anyone to assassinate me either! You are trying to commit a crime!"

"Shut up!" Xie Jiuyuan slapped the gavel again, "The man in black who assassinated this official committed suicide in prison, and there is no proof of his death. Mrs. Mei was kidnapped and threatened by Japanese pirates, asking him to betray you. If he hadn't colluded with you, What is the explanation for the Japanese pirates' actions? Mr. Mei survived a catastrophe, and with witnesses present, you still dare to talk nonsense!"

Feng Weixiang immediately glared at Mei Ziqi: "Mei Ziqi! You are so brave!"

Mei Ziqi turned her face away from him, and clenched her fists with a blank sadness in her heart.

At this time, Feng Weixiang understood that he not only lost his life this time, but also lost his family members.

What is the crime of colluding with Japanese pirates?It is a serious crime of ransacking the family and exterminating the clan.

From the last years of the first emperor, although the Japanese were still proclaiming their vassals to the great Chu, they secretly colluded with the pirates along the southeast coast, provided them with weapons and manpower, and assisted them in plundering merchant ships and coastal villages and towns.At the same time, they paid tribute every year in exchange for Dachu's protection, and shamelessly claimed that these were the work of the expelled ronin, and they themselves were deeply troubled by it.

The imperial court is an unknown teacher, so it's not easy to tear their faces. The common people don't care about this. Anyone who is stained with Japanese people will be drowned in saliva. Destroyed once, let's talk about it, even if it is a side branch of the Feng clan, they don't want to have a bright future.

Feng Weixiang naturally thought that Mei Ziqi was acting according to Wen Xiang's instructions. His heart was bleeding with hatred, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily in the hall, screaming like a ghost: "Wen Jinli! You took my money and cut me off." The way to survive for a family! I will curse you when I go underground! You will die!"

Even the captain of the guards was so touched that he sighed. Although he and his subordinates found out the evidence of Feng Weixiang's many evils in Zhejiang, he was dying after all.

Jia Siyuan glared, and immediately a yamen servant came up and blocked Feng Weixiang's mouth firmly, so that he would not bite out anything again.The people outside the hall were discussing a lot, and the scholars exchanged glances, not daring to speak lightly.

Xie Jiuyuan remained calm, but he slapped the gavel for the last time, and said: "The guilty minister Feng Weixiang was deprived of his official position, and immediately pushed him to the Jiangnan Tribute Court to be executed as an example. The saint has the virtue of benevolence, so I will not increase it." The crime of murder and genocide is unavoidable, and the crime of confiscating the family is inevitable. This official will sentence you to confiscate your family property and exile your father's family in the northwest to comfort the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Two academicians from the Imperial Academy joined forces to tamper with the imperial list, sentenced to dismissal, and demoted to common people , exiled outside the pass, never hired."

Unexpectedly, the tribe could escape the death penalty, Feng Weixiang was taken aback, wept, and even kowtowed to Xie Jiuyuan.

Two guards picked him up and put him in a prison cart. The common people scolded him all the way, and they didn't keep their hands idle. They beat Feng Weixiang until he was bleeding. A long piece of white gauze was hung in front of him, and the executioner who was in charge raised his knife and let Feng Weixiang's head fall to the ground neatly.

Feng Weixiang's clansmen were also standing in the crowd. They were full of hatred, and they all remembered a name - Wen Jinli.

Su Wei took away the memorial written by Xie Jiuyuan, and sent it to the capital by express boat.

So far, the Jiangnan imperial examination bribery case has been settled.

They stayed for one more day, then packed their bags and prepared to return to Beijing. This time they went back, they had to bring the people who went to Beijing for the imperial examination. The Holy One specially approved the people to go to Beijing with the official boat, which was also meant to appease them.

On the day of leaving Jinling City, the people knelt on the ground at the ferry to see off what they called "Xie Qingtian".So the fellow officials also bowed to Xie Jiuyuan, thanking him for his thorough investigation of the bribery case.

Xie Jiuyuan had mixed feelings in his heart, and raised his hand and said, "Folks, please get up, you don't need to be polite, I investigate cases as my job, so there is no need to do so."

"It was Lord Qingtian who found out the case, and gave me a clean reputation in the Jiangnan examination room and Jiangnan scholar. It is only right for Master Xie to be honored by us!"

Among the kneeling crowd, a scholar said impassionedly, so the common people echoed one after another, refusing to get up, and must kneel to send Xie Jiuyuan off.

Xie Jiuyuan had no choice but to board the boat, and saluted far away at the ferry from the stern, in exchange for a louder voice.

The officials entered the cabins, and the guards settled down. Xie Jiuyuan entered his own room, and Eunuch Xiaobao stood aside to serve him like an invisible person as always. comfortable.

"What's wrong?" Xie Jiuyuan asked knowingly.

Wangcai scratched the back of his head: "It's nothing, just, you have to get used to it."

Xie Jiuyuan didn't care, he just said: "Then you get used to it, if you can't, go back to Qingxi."

"Who, who is going back to Qingxi! I can get used to it tomorrow!" Wangcai said with a stiff neck.

Unexpectedly, he had such a reaction again, Xie Jiuyuan was amused, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said nothing.

"Thank you, my lord, Jiang Zaidao asks to see you." The guard outside the door reported.

Xie Jiuyuan pondered for a moment before saying, "Come in. Xiaobao, Wangcai, you go out."

Just as Xie Jiuyuan expected, Jiang Zaidao opened his mouth to question: "Just based on the testimony of Mr. Wen, you can conclude that Feng Weixiang colluded with the Japanese pirates. There is clearly insufficient evidence and he is suspected of framing. This is one of them; I understand the choice made by the adults, but the adults are indeed afraid of investigating the powerful ministers, the second. In the eyes of the students, the investigation of the adults is not open and aboveboard, and the actions are deceitful, not the actions of the direct ministers."

"So?" Xie Jiuyuan neither refuted nor explained.

Jiang Zaidao gritted his teeth, and asked again: "Students want to know, why is your lord an official? Why did you have to kill Feng Weixiang?"

This question is simple, Xie Jiuyuan replied: "I am an official and the people, and I cut Feng Weixiang to be the king."

Jiang Zaidao asked again: "Are you the king, or are you fighting for power with Wen?"

Xie Jiuyuan didn't answer but instead asked, "What's the difference?"

Jiang Zaidao was stunned for a moment, and replied: "The former has a clear conscience, but the latter is for personal gain."

Xie Jiuyuan smiled, "With a clear conscience? If you want to have a clear conscience, what kind of officialdom should you enter? Why don't you go home and be a teacher."

Jiang Zaidao frowned, as if he felt that the Taoism was not conspiring with each other, he cupped his hands and left.

Xie Jiuyuan shook his head and poured himself a cup of tea, but he didn't drink it for a long time.

A few years ago, Wangcai persuaded him not to be so impulsive by the dam in Yucheng. He remembered saying to Wangcai at that time, "I serve the people. If I lose my black hat because of disaster relief, at least I have a clear conscience!"

The words are still in my ears.

Times change.

The journey was long and high, and the return trip felt several times longer than when we came here. Finally, we entered Beijing, and we all parted ways.

At the gate of the palace city, the captain of the guard led the guards to bid farewell to Xie Jiuyuan. They wanted to report to the commander of the guard, and Xie Jiuyuan bowed his hands to say goodbye.

The guards discussed where to go to drink at night. They didn't know that the current guard camp was no longer the previous guard camp, and the commander of the sea was no longer the talkative commander of the past. The hellish training was waiting for them.

But Xie Jiuyuan left Wangcai outside the palace, and took Eunuch Xiaobao into the palace city. Eunuch Sanbao who rushed over after hearing the news greeted him all the way, and thoughtfully let him bathe and change clothes and had a meal before leading him in. Royal study.

Xie Jiuyuan entered the imperial study, and after meeting him, he respectfully reported various matters concerning the Jiangnan imperial examination bribery case, and even presented the letters Mei Ziqi copied to Emperor Qiyuan, but he kept looking at the ground in front of him without raising his head.

Gu Zhen didn't expect Xie Jiuyuan to learn so quickly.

But why doesn't he keep looking at himself?

"What?" Gu Zhen gripped the edge of the table tightly with his fingers, full of bitterness, but spoke in a relaxed tone, "Do you regret it?"

Xie Jiuyuan was taken aback for a moment, and finally raised his head, looked at Emperor Qiyuan, glanced at Emperor Qiyuan's fingers before he could let go, frowned slightly, and then explained: "The minister is afraid, and the imperial court is disrespectful."

"What's wrong with you?" How dare you quibble!

Xie Jiuyuan stared into his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "I haven't seen you for a day, and I think like crazy."

Gu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled.

This lunatic really ate the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard.

Emperor Qiyuan came out from behind the table, stopped beside Xie Jiuyuan, and ordered: "Go, accompany me to do labor."

"Labor labor?" Xie Jiuyuan was puzzled.

Emperor Qiyuan lifted his foot and left, Xie Jiuyuan followed behind him, and heard Emperor Qiyuan say briskly, "Let's go and sweep the finished glazed pagoda."

As soon as they left the imperial study, Eunuch Sanbao was already waiting outside the door with the preparations for leaving the palace.

"Your Majesty, are you making a special trip to wait for the official to come back?" Xie Jiuyuan's heart moved, and he asked in a low voice.

Gu Zhen glanced at him, and got into the driver's car by himself, without answering.

Eunuch Sanbao came over and urged in a low voice: "Master Xie, hurry up, Elder Fang of Xiuyun Temple has urged you several times, saying that the auspicious time will be delayed."

"Three Treasures!"

Emperor Qi Yuan's angry reprimand came from the imperial car.

Xie Jiuyuan coughed lightly, bowed his hands to Eunuch Sanbao, got on his horse, followed Gu Zhen's driver, and headed towards the glazed pagoda on the outskirts of Beijing.

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