Emperor Chenghua's face was as deep as water, and the word "Said", which was extremely angry but cold, was squeezed out between his teeth.
The eunuch, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed heavily: "Slave Zhou Bo, served in the class on Ji Chou day in October. On that day, Li Xueshi and Liu and Yang two censors joined together to play the royal horse eunuch Liang Fang and Wei Xing Er on the book. The news of Qinggong's selection of concubine was privately passed on, causing chaos in civil marriages and extorting women from wealthy households in the capital. At that time, due to the illness of Nangong's wife Yang, the emperor personally visited them and had no time to read them, so the slaves would make a memorial. Put away for approval…”
His head was lowered, not daring to look at the emperor, but the two eunuchs quietly observed the emperor's expression. The more he saw the emperor's anger, the more secretly he secretly rejoiced, and urged Eunuch Zhou to say: "What's the matter with hesitating and hesitating! Don't be quick to say who entered the side hall and changed the memorial!"
It took a lot of effort for the emperor to speak, but he also gave a cold "hum" to express his dissatisfaction.
Zhou eunuch fell to the ground: "When the slaves and maids were combing the memorial, I saw the three adults recounting the chaos in Beijing, and I felt a little sad. After I went back, I sighed a few words with my fellow villager Li Gong. But I didn't want Li Gong to take advantage of Yang Lao two days later. When the Empress passed away, when the palace and the people were in grief and distress, they entered the Wenhua Palace privately to revise the taboo words, and then used words to induce the slaves to re-read the memorial, making the slaves mistakenly think that they had missed the taboo words before…”
The anger that Emperor Chenghua had held back for so long finally turned into an angry shout and rushed out of his heart: "Why not report it earlier!"
"Damn the slaves! The slaves were a little suspicious at the time, but after the three adults were sent to prison, they confessed their guilt.
Eunuch Zhou repeatedly kowtowed, blindly admitting his mistake: "It was only later that I heard that the adults were still locked in the imperial prison after the case was closed, and they were not released for ten days, and doubts gradually arose in their hearts. With the wisdom of the Holy One, if someone did not do something bad from it, how could a minister keep an imperial edict for a long time? Prison thing? It wasn't until a few days ago that the slave girl accidentally discovered that there were many treasures outside the palace in his house, and then she realized that it was him... "
The emperor glanced at him, and Eunuch Tan shouted sharply, "What treasures? Tell me now!"
Zhou Bo affirmed: "It must be something outside the palace. Li Gong received not many rewards, and the slaves are always kind to him. All the gifts given by the sage and the empress know everything, but the slaves passed by his window the day before yesterday. He was playing with an enamel bottle. He was slightly aware of it, so he hurriedly put it away, only to say that the slaves looked wrong, and he was cleaning the porcelain bottles commonly used in the palace."
The emperor shouted angrily: "Why, no one knew about it!"
The eunuch Zhou fell to the ground, and the two eunuchs in charge of Tan Gao also knelt down and confessed: "It's all the faults of the slaves and servants, and I ask your majesty to take heavy responsibility. This fact is appalling, and someone dares to change the minister without authorization in the place where the ban is strict. I don't know who is pushing the hand behind it, causing Your Majesty to disturb the foreign ministers for many days, and Wan Niangniang is also worried that the two nobles are sad. The servants are willing to try their best to find out this matter for His Majesty."
Emperor Chenghua scolded "confused" and turned his head not to see him. This time, he turned around and saw the picture scroll on the table—the picture was presented by Xie Ying.
When the emperor looked at this picture, he remembered Xie Ying's wisdom like Zhuge Kongming in the new "Pipa Ji". Compared with these eunuchs in the palace who were so confused that they didn't know that someone had secretly moved the memorial, Xie Ying didn't find out the memorial earlier and asked someone to change it, but even the person who wrote it recognized it on the spot, which doesn't seem to be his fault. .
Since he is not to blame for the past, just from the investigation of the case, with his strategy, diligence, and honesty, he will definitely be able to help Dongchang handle this case well.
Thinking of this riveting, the emperor couldn't help but look at the painting seriously. When I saw the end of the picture scroll, I saw the empty paper next to the book, and I wanted to ask Li Dongyang to inscribe the picture, but I was a little embarrassed. I didn't want to see him at this time. Qin Chang proclaimed the decree.
"Call Xie Ying here, Dongchang, to help with this case!"
Eunuch Tan personally went to the East Factory and the prison to announce the decree, and ordered the admiral Luo Xiang, the eunuch of the East Factory, to send people to arrest people to raid the house, and also asked Xie Ying to go to the East Factory to help Eunuch Luo try the case together.
Xie Ying had been prepared for a long time. After receiving the decree, she took out the prepared dossier and the documents for the identification of handwriting from the case, and prepared to go to the East Factory. After preparing his things, he ordered the captain of the school to find experts in imitation of ancient calligraphy and paintings who had appraised his handwriting in the past, and prepared Dongchang to summon him.
Zhu Ji looked at his methodical preparations and sighed: "A few days ago, I wanted to persuade you not to be too cheap, so as not to anger the emperor, but I never thought that this matter really caused you to have a result. "
He recalled the miserable state of Jin Yiwei when Wang Zhi and Shang Ming were in power, and looking at Eunuch Tan's affectionate attitude towards Xie Ying this time, he felt a sense of pride in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder: " Do it well, let the emperor and the factory master see the ability of our Jinyiwei!"
Xie Ying cupped his hands and replied, "Don't worry, my lord, the lower official will definitely do a good job, and make a face for the lord."
He packed up and handed it over to the accompanying school captain, and accompanied Eunuch Tan to the bottom of the prison together with Zhu Ji, and announced the release of the three of Li Dongyang.
At that time, the three of them were lively and lively composing sentences in prison. There were cups and plates of wine and vegetables on the table. Eunuch Tan watched from outside the door, and said to Zhu Ji with a smile: "The three adults are really good at cultivating qi, if they are like others, they are locked in the prison, and they are scared to become a dead ghost, where can they drink and talk. ?"
Zhu Ji said with a smile: "When the guilty people arrive at our prison, they will have trouble sleeping day and night, and it is difficult to eat and drink. "
He personally took the key to open the door, invited the three to come out, and congratulated them with a smile: "The three adults are finally innocent, and can leave the Zhenfu Division and return home."
When Li, Yang, and Liu heard the word "innocent", their eyes lit up, and they scrambled to ask, "How can we say that we have been innocence? Sure enough, the word on the shushu was not a mistake by us, but was taught to correct it? "
Eunuch Tan nodded and said, "Someone changed the memorial privately. However, the three adults could not remember the words on their memorial, and they did not strive to the end. , it is even more dangerous to let the thief go unpunished, and the three adults cannot be said to be at fault."
The emperor took his anger out and settled them for a crime of oversight. Although they didn't have to go to jail, they had to be fined for three months, and a written copy of the crime was submitted to the center.
Li Dongyang and the three often recalled the text in the original memorial, and they also felt that there were some problems. But because there was no evidence, the case was closed long ago, so I just waited to be released from prison, and did not think about overturning the case. But they didn't want a small case that they didn't even think about turning over to become a big case that shook the emperor!
The three of them bowed their heads and pleaded guilty, stood up and asked Eunuch Tan, "Who did this case? Do you want me to wait for testimony?"
Duke Tan said: "This is a matter of the inner court. We have our own Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate thoroughly. The three adults will act cautiously in the future, remember to check carefully before the court filing, and don't make today's mistakes again. It is the blessing of the adults and the court. luck."
He announced the decree, released the person, and then returned to the palace to pay the decree. Xie Ying received the imperial decree to handle the case and did not dare to stay any longer.
Zhu Ji ordered people to pack their things for them, invited them to drink a pot of tea, and expressed their merits by the way: "The three adults reported that Shu Shang committed taboos at the same time, we also have doubts in our hearts, Xie Zhenfu even invited someone to appraise the handwriting. , I want to return your innocence. It's just that we have no purpose and can't investigate what happened after the memorial was presented. On the same day, the three adults entered the door and pleaded guilty and closed the case. They were all willing to pay the silver redemption rod. The truth of the case has only come to light today..."
Li Dongyang also sighed: "We didn't think much about it that day. Later, although we had some doubts in our hearts, we felt that the case was closed, so we didn't revise the confession."
It's also because they don't trust Jin Yiwei too much. If he had noticed something wrong and told Xie Ying and asked him to help in the investigation, I am afraid that the person who changed the memorial in private would have been caught long ago.
The three of them were a little remorseful, so they could only use tea instead of wine, raise a glass to wish Xie Ying an early investigation of the major case, and return the inner court and the court to a bright future.
Zhu Ji accompanied them to eat a few sips of tea, and said some good things about themselves.
In front of the gate of Dezhenfusi, there was already a wide blue hooded carriage behind, and in front of the driver's seat stood a thin and handsome young scholar dressed in blue and straight, who was full of joy towards Zhenfu. Inside the company.
Li Dongyang and Liu Zan recognized him at a glance, and their hearts were filled with surprises.
In the prison, it is always dark and dark, and the halls and courtyards of the Suppression Bureau also seem to have a backlog of grievances from countless unjust cases, which is depressing. It was not until they saw the sunlight outside the gate of Zhenfusi, and saw Cui Xie's face that had no sorrow and was as bright as light, did they really feel that they had returned to the world from the dark prison.
Cui Xie first bowed to Teacher Li and the two censors, and then thanked Zhu Tongzhi for taking care of the three in prison.
Zhu Ji treated him very kindly, nodded and said: "Li Xueshi, Liu and Yang Yushi are not hungry and thin in prison, right? Our people in the Zhenfu Division also admire a gentleman with a strong character, and they will take care of you if you ask for it. These days, you come to deliver food sooner or later, and it's also very hard, and you can finally save trouble in the future."
Cui Xie said with a smile: "The teacher and the two adults are able to be so vigorous, both of them are the masters of the same knowledge, thank the masters and the officials for their care, the students have nothing in return, so I would like to thank the adults here first."
Zhu Ji smiled, said goodbye to the three of Li Dongyang, and turned back to Beizhen Fusi. Cui Xie watched him enter, then turned around and asked Lord Liu and Yang whether they wanted to hire a sedan to go home, or go to Li's house together first.
The people from these two families haven't had time to get the news, so it's also a coincidence that he's here - he just came over to deliver meals, and when he was leaving, he saw a sedan chair in the palace coming towards the Zhenfu Company, thinking that it might be Xie Ying and Eunuch Gao's. The plan was successful, and the three adults were about to be released from prison, so they asked the driver to wait at the door, and sure enough, he was told to wait for someone.
Liu Zan said: "Brother Yang and I have taken care of you a lot these days. We should have sat down and talked, but unfortunately, my wife, children, children, and children are still worried about me at the moment, so I won't be able to sit still. We still have a chance to meet in the future. See you soon."
Yang Yingning was also in a hurry to go home, and agreed to go to Li's house another day.
Cui Xie asked the driver to go to the tea shed next to Qingcha, and asked the man to hire a sedan chair to take them for a few dollars. After they left, he asked Li Dongyang to get in the car and go home.
After the car was driven out of the street, he asked in a low voice, "Teacher didn't suffer any punishment in prison, right? Master, master, fourth uncle, family and younger brother are all at home thinking about it day and night, and I have been comforting them that there are people we know in prison. Xie Zhenfu will take care of it, the teacher will not suffer, so they can feel more at ease."
Teacher Li smiled and comforted: "After entering, I played a lot of boards. Fortunately, the Zhenfu envoy above is our acquaintance and took care of some of them. They didn't break the meat, but just broke some skins, and there were wine and meat inside. , it will be fine for a few days.”
Cui Xie said in surprise: "I was beaten anyway? Didn't Brother Xie say that you confessed your guilt when you entered, and you were not punished?"
Li Dongyang said indifferently: "You have to suffer a few slaughter sticks when you go in. How can you not suffer at all. The three of us have made plans that we can't get out, but we have never been punished again, and you brought in wine and food. The guards are also obedient, and life has been excellent."
He remembered that he was very relaxed in the prison before, and the treatment was completely different from what he had heard, and he couldn't help asking: "Xie Zhenfu has put a lot of effort into the three of us. The censor often impeaches Jin Yiwei, what do you ask him for?"
Cui Xie hurriedly raised his face and shook his head, and said sternly: "The disciple did nothing, it was Lord Xie who admired the teacher and the two censors, and kept trying to rescue you all in order to save the court as a gentleman. Lord Xie is a man of righteousness. , after the case is closed, I will ask the Holy Master to release you from prison every day, and the public will see it for all to see. If you don’t believe me, you can ask others…”
Li Dongyang gave him a suspicious look.
But after all, he is a straight man with a wife and children. He never imagined that his student could have any improper relationship with a man. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "After all, there are also benevolent and righteous people in Jinyiwei. The ethos of Fusi is also better than before. It can be seen that we did not make up the wrong person when we made up the play—or we made up the play and praised him as a righteous person, and he liked to lean on it himself..."
He couldn't help but sighed deeply after thinking about it: "If Jin Yiwei is a person like Xie Ying who knows integrity and honesty; if even the eunuchs and palace people can persuade him to be kind; Now that Yao and Shun ruled in the past?"