Although Nanjing City is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, compared with Beijing City, which was managed by the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years, it is naturally far inferior in terms of wealth, prosperity and solemnity. However, as a famous historical city, especially its distinctive Jiangnan It is full of charm that is not inferior to the capital city.
If you come to Nanjing City as a tourist, Ye Xiaotian must trust his horse and enjoy the scenery of this famous historical city, especially the famous Qinhuai River. This is where he has been famous since he was in the capital. knowledgeable.
But this time Ye Xiaotian was taken into Nanjing City as a prisoner, how could he have that kind of leisure, and even if he wanted to go sightseeing, the escorts would not allow him.
As soon as he entered Nanjing City, Ye Xiaotian felt a little nervous, but he was afraid that Sister Sun and Mao Wenzhi would be worried, so he had to pretend he didn't care on the surface.
When the prison car arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, more than a dozen escort officers yelled at Ye Xiao to get out of the car, and when it was Sister Sun's turn, the attitude of these officers immediately became more friendly. People from other places may not have heard of Gu poison, but they have heard of it for a long time in Hu County. meaning.
Under Xu Boyi's coercion that day, they had no choice but to lock up Sister Sun, but everyone feared this delicate and cute little girl like a snake and a scorpion, for fear that they would fall into her trap without knowing it. In fact, Younger Sister Sun really hides a life-saving Gu, but it's just that she won't waste it on these cats and dogs until the moment of life and death.
The gate guard inspected their badges and official documents, brought them into the office of the Ministry of Punishment, and temporarily detained Ye Xiaotian and the three of them in the prison. Official letter, a messenger took him to see the official in charge of the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment.
The messenger first took him to meet a chief, who had a very vulgar name: Yang Fugui. Director Yang didn't even read the official letter, but only heard the Huxian policeman tell the story, and a very strange expression appeared on his face.
He immediately interrupted the head catcher, and led him to see Qian Shun, a member of the criminal department. Qian Shun, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, is a fat old man in his fifties, smiling like Maitreya Buddha. However, his temper was not very good. When he heard that these people came from Huxian County, he specially escorted the official who was personally instructed by the chief assistant of the court, Mr. Zhang, to deal with him severely, to Nanjing for trial. bit catcher.
Qian Yuanwailang slapped the case and said angrily: "You motherfucker, who asked you to send people to Nanjing?"
The head catcher was taken aback, and quickly knelt down and replied: "Master Yuanwailang, our Master Xu said that Huxian County is too small and the prison is understaffed. There are quite a lot of Ye Xiaotian's buddies here. If someone robs the prison, I'm afraid it will be mistaken." It's an important matter for the court, so..."
"So shit! Who told you to send people here? It's just Xu Boyi's flattery!" Qian Shun cursed again, picked up the official letter and looked at it, grinning as if he had a mouthful of Coptis chinensis. After hesitating for a while, he gave the chief Huxian catcher a vicious look, and shouted, "You wait here!" After finishing speaking, he rolled up the official letter and walked away.
The head catcher knelt on the ground feeling aggrieved, and said in his heart: "Your Nanjing Ministry of Criminal Justice ordered the arrest of people. We worked so hard to send people to you, but you scolded me all the time. You have a big yamen and a high official position, so you can't do it." Are you bullying people like this? It's really unreasonable!"
Qian Yuanwai took the official letter and hurriedly found Yanqi, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. Yan Langzhong's face sank when he heard it, but he didn't swear, his face was cloudy for a long time. Said: "This Xu Boyi thinks he's smart! He's really a fool who doesn't accomplish anything well enough to fail!"
Qian Shun said with a bitter face: "Master Yan, everyone has already been sent, what should we do now, or... let's put him in prison first, and wait and see what happens?"
Yan Langzhong glared at him and said: "Nonsense! This Ye Xiaotian is just an official the size of a sesame mung bean, so it doesn't matter if he is locked up. But don't forget, who ordered him to be arrested!"
Qian Yuanwai tentatively said: "My lord is saying..."
Yan Langzhong smiled coldly, and said: "It doesn't matter if you shut down Ye Xiaotian, but if the news reaches the ears of someone who cares, what will he think of us? Who knows if those big figures who have access to the sky will think that this means you My position and attitude!"
Qian Yuanwai took a deep breath and said, "That's right! After Zhang Juzheng died of a sudden illness, there was a turmoil in the court, and the anti-Zhang forces were rampant. If at this time we are considered to be Zhang Juzheng's party or people who are loyal to Zhang Juzheng, then we can It’s going to be bad luck! Your lord should think carefully, so in your lord’s opinion, what should we do now?”
Yan Langzhong rolled his eyes slightly, patted the official letter in his hand, and said sinisterly: "How can you and I be in charge of this kind of thing? Let Shang Shu make a decision!"
"High! It's really high!" Qian Yuanwailang just had a change of mind, and he understood what Yan Langzhong meant, and couldn't help but raised his thumb. Yan Lang smiled slightly, picked up the official letter written by Xu Boyi himself, and walked to the signing room of Rui Chuan, Shangshu of Nanjing Ministry of Punishment.
Rui Shangshu was sitting in the signing room at this moment, sipping tea leisurely, Yan Langzhong handed over the official letter, Rui Shangshu read it from beginning to end, and put it aside without changing his expression, as if he didn't care.
Yan Langzhong lowered his hand and asked: "My lord, our Criminal Department originally ordered Huxian County to keep a close watch on this person, so that he must not let him run away. Who knew that those officials in Huxian County who only cared about flattery sent him to us?" Come here, my lord, what do you think we should do with it?"
Rui Shangshu picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and said: "These arrest orders are indeed issued by our Ministry of Punishment, it's okay for them to send people here, since they have already been sent, let's accept them. "
Yan Langzhong hurriedly said: "Yes! Then... shall we put him in prison for now?"
Rui Shangshu said slowly: "Shut up in a prison... That's not right either!"
When Yan Langzhong heard the words "put into prison", he thought he had agreed, and was about to say "yes", when he suddenly heard him say the second half of "that's not right", Yan Langzhong almost flashed his own words. Waist, hurriedly asked again: "Then according to your opinion?"
Rui Shangshu took another sip of tea, cleared his throat, and said, "Isn't this still pending? Any official who hasn't been convicted for a day is still an official. How can he be detained in a prison? Well... Hu County, then he should be waiting at home to be dealt with at this time, or wait until the envoy from Beijing arrives and take him to the capital for trial. Now that he has come to Nanjing... "
Rui Shangshu lowered his head, and took another sip of tea slowly. Yan Langzhong looked at him eagerly, wishing he could rush over and pour that cup of hot tea into his mouth in one gulp, so as to save him from choking three paragraphs in one sentence, so that he could survive. Suffocate people.
Rui Shangshu took another sip of tea, and said slowly: "Then... let him stay in the posthouse first. Tell him not to leave the city, and the rest... let's leave it alone and wait for the capital to approach. One step at a time."
"Yes! Yes! I understand!"
Yan Langzhong secretly cursed "Old Fox", then nodded and bowed and retreated.
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The scale of post houses in Nanjing City is second only to that of Beijing City, and it has southern characteristics. The horse head wall, blue and white tiles, row upon row, with pools and water, like a large garden.
The post house was very lively at this time, Ye Xiaotian, Sister Sun, and Mao Wenzhi entered the yard, and saw a stone table and a few stone benches under the east gable wall, two middle-aged men with square scarves on their heads and shirts The scribes were playing the game with great interest, and there were a few people watching the game with tea, chatting and laughing happily.
Not far away, I saw another whitewashed wall in front of me. On the wall was a large square wooden window with petal-shaped wooden lattices. With a soft towel hanging down, a man in a green robe with a round collar and toga was sipping wine while shaking his head while listening to a woman in scarlet clothes playing the piano.
Going forward, there is a small bridge with flowing water, and the radish is green. When you cross the wooden bridge, you can see a group of people sitting on the mat under the willows, happily grilling.
"Barbecue" has existed since ancient times. It was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The barbecue pit is gripping the ground with four legs, and there are semicircular handles on both sides. There is a row of iron skewers on the stove, and the meat skewers on the iron skewers have turned into a mouth-watering golden yellow.
Mao Wenzhi scratched his head and exclaimed: "Oh my god, why don't people like to be an official? There are so many advantages to being an official if you dare to be an official. Those who are in jail listen to music, play chess, and eat barbecue. This is more comfortable than being an old man. Brother, I think that this kind of imprisonment will not be boring for a lifetime, and you don’t want to be an official in the future, let’s go to prison, it’s too comfortable.”
Ye Xiaotian glanced at the postman leading the way in front of him, and whispered to Mao Wenzhi: "Don't talk nonsense, this is not a cell, this is a post house, and the people who live here are officials who come from south to north, officials of a few grades You have everything, so you can settle down."
Turning around, they stopped in front of a small courtyard, and the postman said: "Here, here is your residence. What do you want to eat for three meals a day, you can go to the dining room to place an order before each meal. , the kitchen will be delivered to you when it’s ready. If you want to go out to play, remember to come back before Haishi, because the gate will be closed after Haishi.”
Ye Xiaotian was stunned. Ye Xiaotian knew a thing or two about the treatment of officials living in a posthouse. Don't say that he is an official waiting for a crime. It's good to live in a small room, but how can there be such preferential treatment: a single courtyard, and you can also order meals, this... is clearly the treatment of officials above the third rank.