The two of them got on the bullock cart, and it happened that their home was not far away. One after another, they arrived at the gate of Tong Mansion in not much time.
"Brother Tong, we'll talk about it tomorrow." The censor turned around and left. At this time, several government servants appeared. Tong Lin didn't pay attention. The servant was about to call the door, but suddenly a voice came: "Tong Lin, you have committed a crime."
Just as he said that, two government officials rushed forward and captured him. Tong Lin was shocked: "Which government office are you from? I am an official of the imperial court and a censor. How dare you take me?"
"Kneel down!" The officer held his hands together and kicked his knees with his feet. Tong Lin knelt straight down.
Only then did someone come out, and Tong Lin and the stunned censor saw it. They saw it was a young official, and they recognized it. It was Yin Lu of the same year, wearing mandarin duck patchwork clothes, and official uniforms.
Tong Lin drank: "Brother Yin Nian, what are you doing?"
Yin Lu sneered and didn't reply. He turned to the censor on the street and said, "I'm acting on orders and you still don't back down. Do you want to be implicated in the case?"
"Hiss" The censor took a breath, his Adam's apple squirmed, and he swallowed his saliva. He usually opened his mouth with a eloquent tongue, but now he couldn't say a word and immediately retreated.
"Take it inside!" Yin Lu ordered, and immediately the Yamen servant carried Tong Lin to the courtyard. Tong Lin was very stubborn and said: "I am an official of the imperial court. How dare you insult me? How dare you insult me? ?”
When he arrived at the courtyard gate, the door was closed. Yin Lu turned around and gave an order: "Knock off his black gauze hat and strip off his official uniform."
"Get up." The yamen officer kicked him. Tong Lin felt a burst of pain and was about to curse. The yamen officer reached out and grabbed him again.
"Ah" he took off the black gauze hat, with some hair attached, and then tore it into the official uniform. In fact, it was only broken, but this meant that he immediately became a civilian. Tong Lin pointed with trembling fingers: "Brother Yin Nian, you Whose orders are you following, and what exactly are you going to do?”
At this time, in the courtyard, Yin Lu took a look and said: "According to the decree, Tong Lin is a shameless villain who framed the hero. He is really guilty. The family property will be searched immediately. Thank you for this!"
Tong Lin was immediately struck by thunder and took a few steps back. His face suddenly turned pale and lost all color.
At this moment, the government officials had already ransacked the house, and everyone was so excited that they rushed in with gleaming eyes. Immediately, people became noisy, and faint sounds of women crying and cursing could be heard. Then, they saw the wife and daughter being pulled out by the government officials. Her hair was spread out, and some of her clothes were torn, revealing some fair and tender skin. The lady shouted loudly: "Even if my husband is guilty, I am still here to die. How dare you?"
"You are not allowed to harass the women - you two please go to this room first." Yin Lu took a look and said coldly to the Yamen servant: "The warehouse must be inspected, the prices must be recorded and reported, and the items given by the emperor must not be damaged - you all must Go!"
The Yamen servant left, but Yin Lu changed his mind at this moment, frowned, and sighed: "Brother Tong Nian, I can't help myself, so you have to forgive me."
Tong Lin's expression was dull, with tears streaming down his face. He spoke with difficulty after a long time: "What happened? Is it because the front line was defeated and Pei Ziyun still needs to be used?"
Yin Lu took a look, with a complicated look on his face, and sighed: "Sir, you are still thinking about the imperial court at this stage. You are really a loyal minister!"
"But it's not just loyalty."
Tong Lin turned around a few times and looked at Yin Lu blankly: "Brother Nian, you have to give me a hard time to understand. What is happening everywhere?"
Yin Lu couldn't bear it and looked at the remaining government officials around him: "You all go and search the house quickly. I'll talk to him."
The government servants retreated, leaving only two people in the courtyard. Yin Lu approached Tong Lin and whispered, "What you guessed is wrong. It's Pei Ziyun who has survived the thunderstorm."
"Thunder Tribulation?"
Seeing Tong Lin's confusion, Yin Lu shook his head: "We are of the same age. I don't want you to meet the true king and not know the inside story. Didn't you read about this in Hanlin?"
"This is a pamphlet about Taoists that I copied in Hanlin. You are pressed for time. You don't need to read the previous pages. Just go to page 27."
Tong Lin took the brochure and flipped through it quickly. Just after taking a look, his face suddenly became livid and gloomy. He heard Yin Lu say: "The Great Huo Dynasty was only thirty years old when this happened. He killed a person." The Taoist who survived the thunder tribulation turned out to be reincarnated, determined to overthrow Dahuo."
"This man is smart and knows that Da Huo's Qi is still stable. Therefore, on the one hand, he founded the Tiandao Sect in the world and developed it in secret. On the other hand, he examined the people. Whenever he saw someone who could lose his Qi, he donated money and preserved it. The fortunes of this kind waxed and waned, and in the thirty years, four powerful ministers were born in succession, and the court was divided into various factions, forming cliques for personal gain, and they could not be separated from each other."
"Even if he did not directly rebel, this person was still punished by God, but like ordinary people, he died at seventy. But in his third life, he simply abolished all his Taoism, but inherited the power he had managed in his previous life, and first provoked the prince There was chaos and rebellion started again.”
"As a result, although the Huo Dynasty was suppressed, the state of Zuo collapsed halfway. It barely lasted for another thirty years and then collapsed. This historical lesson, although the name was erased, the deeds were recorded." Yin Lu spoke in a very soft voice. , but after Tong Lin heard this, his body was already shaky.
"Two lives are subverted, one life is ruined."
"Pei Ziyun has survived the thunder tribulation, but as a last resort, the court does not want to establish such a formidable enemy. All your offers are useless, and the other party has spoken. The offer you made is to confiscate his home, and give his mother, daughter, wife, and concubines to the hero or brothel. Slave, then now you have to bear the same consequences."
"That's why I was rude to my sister-in-law and young lady just now."
Tong Lin listened and woke up from the nightmare. He covered his face with his hands: "No... I didn't expect that I dedicated myself to serving the country, but I ended up like this..."
Yin Lu couldn't bear it, but said: "This matter is irreversible. The imperial edict has said that there is no need to wait for future fate. You don't want your wife and daughter to become the daughter of a brothel, for everyone to play with, or you yourself are taken to the street and beheaded." , just do it myself, risking some involvement, it’s the last thing I can do, alas.”
Hearing this, Tong Lin trembled. After a long time, he raised his head and said with difficulty: "I understand."
"As long as you understand."
For a while, the two of them were speechless. They were silent for a long time. Yin Lu waved his hand: "Go ahead and make it clear to your wife and daughter that you will leave innocently. We have wine and Bai Ling. You can use it yourself!"
Then he said: "Brother Tong Nian, this is a last resort. Don't complain when you go to Jiuquan. It must have been a few years and the limelight has passed, and the emperor still has grace."
Tong Lin's face was as white as snow, and he smiled bitterly: "Brother Xie Nian"
His body acted like a machine. He went to the room and watched Tong Lin enter the room. An official came to his side and asked in a low voice: "Sir, why did you let Tong Lin in? He really wants to die with his wife and daughter. The higher ups are to blame. what to do?"
Hearing this, Yin Lu sighed and sneered: "Do you think the higher-ups really want to kill Tong Lin in the execution ground, or even demote his wife and daughter into official prostitutes?"
"How do you say this?" The official who came over was a seventh-level official, but he didn't understand. He just asked, and felt a chill coming over him. Yin Lu looked at the room, and there was already crying in the room.
"The people above do not want to be stained with this blood, and the court cannot harm loyal ministers for no reason. Therefore, it is wise for Tong Lin's family to die in his own hands. In the future, he will be rehabilitated and there will be a gift."
"But now Tong Lin has to die. If Tong Lin refuses to die now, he will have to be taken to the execution ground and beheaded, and his wife and daughter will have to be demoted to official prostitutes."
"In that case, it is a clear punishment and it will not be easy to turn around in the future."
"Hiss." The official took a breath after hearing this. He felt a chill in his heart and gritted his teeth: "Sir, is Pei Ziyun really that powerful?"
"Yes, otherwise why would Tong Lin kill him?" Yin Lu also smiled bitterly.
Tong Lin's voice could be heard faintly in the room. A girl said that she didn't want to die, and then there was crying. Tong Lin just heard: "I'm sorry for you, but think about the family you still have!"
Neither of them spoke, but just watched. Gradually, there was only the sound of sobbing in the room, and they saw a figure appearing behind the window lattice—looking much taller than usual.
It took the accompanying civil servant a while to figure it out: This is a stool.
"Dad, Mom, I'm going, I'm going first!" Suddenly a girl screamed, and then she kicked behind the window lattice, and she fell down. And almost at the same time, another woman seemed to be unable to bear to look, and she also Kick.
No matter what, the body's instinct is unavoidable. The two women struggled physically and waved their hands... Through the window paper, no details could be seen, only the silhouettes of people. After a while, they all calmed down, hanging, lightly. Swinging lightly…
Suddenly there was deathly silence in the venue.
The civil servant's face was livid and he almost vomited, but Yin Lu could still hold on and shouted: "Where is the coroner? Go and do the autopsy quickly."
With that said, Yin Lu went in. With just one glance, he saw the swaying figures of the two women. He turned his face away, but Tong Lin had drunk the poisonous wine and was still squirming on the ground. When he saw Yin Lu come in , blinking away.
"Master Tong, what else do you have to say?" Yin Lu stepped forward and asked. Tong Lin showed a bitter smile, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, with madness, and held the poisonous wine flask tightly in his hand: "I am eight years old Enlightenment, I entered school at the age of fifteen, and what I learned was loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. I don’t regret it, I just hate it. Taoist people... Taoist people steal the country..."
Before he finished speaking, Tong Lin spurted out a mouthful of blood, sank, and left.
Yin Lu stood up numbly, waiting for a coroner to come forward and check carefully. There was no breath or pulse, and he nodded: "He is indeed dead."
The door was open and a gust of wind blew by. Yin Lu felt a chill coming over him and shuddered. He stood there for a long time and sighed: "Brother Tong, if you die without regrets, I will report it to the emperor, and the prime ministers will remember you." Your merits will be rewarded in the future, and you will never end up in the end."
As he said that, Yin Lu looked gloomy and stopped watching. He stood up and went out. Someone followed him and asked, "Sir, where are we going now?"
"I still have a decree, and I was ordered to go and present a gift to Pei Ziyun's parents." Yin Lu said expressionlessly: "Why don't you get ready?"
Saying this, Yin Lu raised his head. The sky was thick with dark clouds, and the rain fell and hit the ground, making everything wet and making it difficult to see the distance.
(End of chapter)