Chapter 119 Brother, Please Come On Stage
Chapter 119 Brother, Please Come On Stage
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Hearing Zhao Duan's light words, the Jinyi officers present all cast "sympathetic" looks at the green-robed civil servant lying in the flower bed.
In the end, He Zheng couldn't understand why Zhao Duan gave up the more "smart and safe" method and chose the simplest and most brutal one.
Just as he always emphasizes "rules", victory or defeat in this world has always been determined by fists.
"Let's go. Since he said that the Supreme Court Justice is personally 'interrogating' our Lord, I have no choice but to go and ask for his release in person."
Zhao Duan walked forward with his hands behind his back.
Behind him, Hou Renmeng and Shen Juan each led a team to clear the way on the left and right. Anyone who dared to obstruct them along the way fell down.
"Oh no! Someone named Zhao is calling us. Go and report it..."
a mess.
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In the back hall of the Dali Temple, Fang Fu lit the lights in the room.
At this moment, Xia Jianghou, who was imposing and had a fine beard, bowed slightly.
He personally picked up the brewed teapot and poured the light green and yellow tea into the square tea bowl, stirring up a whirlpool:
"My Lord, please have a taste. This precious 'Spring God Tea' in my collection is listed as a top-grade tea on the same level as the royal tribute in the 'Tea Classic' compiled by Jiangnan tea merchants.
The taste is different from the tribute tea, it is even more refreshing and delicious, and I was lucky to get a little bit of it."
There was a desk between him and him, sitting upright in a large square mahogany chair.
He was a civil servant in his sixties, with a square face, wearing a black gauze hat, and wearing a red robe with deep river-shaped wrinkles on his eyebrows.
He is the highest official here, the Dali Temple Minister, a third-rank official.
Although compared with Li Yanfu, Yuan Li is slightly inferior.
However, his position in the court was no less important than that of the fallen Pei Kaizhi, and even higher.
After all, although both of them are of the third rank, the Dali Temple Minister is one of the "Nine Ministers".
Although he and the Tongzhengshi are ranked at the end of the Nine Ministers, they are still different.
In the past, whenever there was a major case, the Dali Temple Minister would preside over the trial, and the Minister of Justice would always take a back seat.
He is the absolute powerful figure in the court.
"Haha, Lord, this tea is good, but I'm afraid it's not drinkable."
The Dali Temple Minister seemed to smile, but still picked up the tea bowl with one hand and put it to his nose to sniff:
"Well - it's really good stuff."
The "bad" here does not mean that the tea is bad, but the price behind it.
Xia Jianghou laughed, as if he didn't understand, and said cheerfully:
"If you like it, I will order my servants to bring all the tea in the palace to you tomorrow. Good tea should be in the hands of people who understand tea. If it falls into the hands of me, it will be ruined."
All these words are meant to flatter the other party and belittle oneself...
So, it's not that he really relies on his status to look down on ministers other than nobles, but he mainly looks at the importance of the person in front of him.
"Haha," the Dali Temple Minister said nothing, but slowly closed his eyes and sipped it.
After a while, his eyelids slowly opened, but he did not continue the topic. He just put the teacup back on the table and said:
"I'm old now. I can't drink too much after dark. I can't sleep. Tell me, what happened? Who did you offend that made you rush to me for refuge?"
Xia Jianghou smiled apologetically and said:
"Your Excellency is wise, it's not a big deal..."
Then, in a few words, he told how he had learned from Princess Yunyang that she had been wronged, and how he had agreed to help her vent her anger.
How did Zhao Duan catch him? He told the story again.
"I only ordered my subordinates to find a chance to teach Zhao a lesson, but I didn't expect that my subordinates were so bold that they took the initiative to kidnap Feng Ju's family members, hoping to set a trap..."
Xia Jianghou looked aggrieved as if he had been implicated by his subordinates:
"As a result, the person surnamed Zhao thought that I had arranged this incident, and he came over with murderous intent. I had no choice but to surrender myself to the Dali Temple."
What a great "surrender"...
What a "liar with open eyes"...
The Dali Temple Minister glanced at him calmly with his slightly cloudy eyes, with an expression of "seeing through but not saying anything":
"My Lord, you really have a good way of managing your subordinates. Your subordinates are considerate and work hard."
Xia Jianghou was also slightly embarrassed and said:
"It's also my fault that I didn't stop it in time after I found out. I was mainly thinking that Zhao Duan's false accusation against the Prime Minister was known to everyone.
As the saying goes, justice is clear, if we can restore the innocence of the Prime Minister to the world, we can also make the laws of Dayu clear... a little bit of deviance is not a bad intention. "
After a pause, he observed the other's expression and added:
"Especially considering your friendship with the Prime Minister..."
"My Lord, be careful with your words."
The Dali Temple Minister suddenly interrupted and said calmly:
"Everyone in the court knows that the Dali Temple does not get involved in factional disputes. If we have to say who we are loyal to, it is only Your Majesty."
"Yes, yes, I spoke out of turn, haha." Xia Jianghou apologized.
But in my heart I cursed hypocrisy.
Although the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple was not a member of the "Li Party" on the surface, he had a close friendship with Li Yanfu.
Secretly, any case involving the Li Party will be more or less biased.
This is no longer a secret.
The two sides have secretly exchanged interests countless times.
This seemingly righteous old fellow is actually an insatiable glutton and is extremely greedy.
In order to build connections, Xia Jianghou spent a considerable portion of the huge amount of money he looted from the Red Flower Society into the mouth of this glutton.
Therefore, he dared to act so recklessly and ordered people to kidnap Feng Ju's family.
Just because he had done similar things more than once.
Even if the truth is revealed, it will be covered up by the Dali Temple.
The reason why he chose to deal with Zhao Duan by "overturning the verdict" this time was indeed to please Princess Yunyang.
More often than not, they actually want to take the opportunity to give the gift of "overturning the verdict" to the "Taotie" in front of them.
Or to be more precise, it was given to Li Yanfu.
Thus selling a favor.
This was also the reason why he had said while drinking with Princess Yunyang that if the case was overturned, he would not need to be involved.
This was originally a gift to the Dali Temple Minister.
As a result, something went wrong, but this old guy acted like he didn't want to care about him... so realistic.
"Sir," Xia Jianghou took a deep breath and said seriously:
"Although I am not afraid of a mere police officer like him, he is a ruthless person. He came to arrest me with great fanfare. Maybe he has Ma Yan's tacit approval. If I fall into Ma Yan's hands, I am afraid..."
The Dali Temple Minister suddenly frowned:
"Are you trying to threaten me?"
"Your Excellency has misunderstood!" Xia Jianghou swore to the sky:
"This Marquis and you are innocent, and we are friends of gentlemen."
The Dali Temple official looked at him for a while, then suddenly said:
"I heard that the Marquis's mansion has a blue and white dragon-patterned gallbladder vase from the previous dynasty, and I have always wanted to borrow it to play with for a few days."
"...Tomorrow I will order my servant to deliver it to your residence." "A vase without flowers is not beautiful at all."
"...I happen to have a peach tree with jade-green and golden stamens in my mansion, and I am sending it to you for your enjoyment."
"Hehe, what about this Spring God Tea?"
Don't go too fucking far!
Xia Jianghou suppressed his anger and said:
"Of course, the adults will not be deprived of their happiness."
At this moment, he even felt a little regretful that he should not have come here to seek refuge. It would be better to fight against Zhao head-on.
The Dali Temple official with a square face and thick wrinkles between his eyebrows then smiled and said:
"In that case, my Lord, please stay here for a while. A mere police officer wouldn't dare to come to my Dali Temple to snatch someone away."
Xia Jianghou smiled and said, "Thank you very much..."
Before they could utter the rest of the sentence, they suddenly heard a noisy noise coming from outside.
After a while, a green-robed official came running from the front and shouted:
"Sir, it's bad, Zhao Duan has broken in!"
what? !
At this moment, Xia Jianghou stood up suddenly. He was shocked at first, surprised that this man could be so arrogant and domineering.
It would be fine if you just came to ask for someone, but you actually had the guts to force your way in?
Immediately, a hint of joy appeared between his brows.
Suddenly I felt that the antique jade and even the few kilograms of "Spring God Tea" that I had just promised were worth the money.
He turned his head to look at the Dali Temple Minister, only to see that this third-rank official had a gloomy expression on his face.
Can understand.
After all, he was slapped in the face just after he made the statement. He had to bear the offense that he shouldn't have received given his position.
"Where is this thief?"
The scarlet-robed civil servant stood up and asked.
However, the next second, the half-closed gate of the rear courtyard was blown open by a huge force!
Two rows of dark-robed officials rushed in like a torrent.
The encirclement of the Dali Temple Minister and Xia Jianghou was completed in an instant.
Then, Zhao Duan, a tall and handsome man dressed in a black official robe embroidered with silver thread, walked into the courtyard slowly and said with a smile:
"Oh, it's quite lively here. I seemed to hear someone calling me just now. I guess it must be the Lord Tingwei."
His gaze also passed over Xia Jianghou and fell on the important official in the court who was wearing a crimson official robe.
Tingwei is another name for "Dali Temple Minister".
"You are Zhao Duan."
The Dali Temple Chief Justice had a gloomy expression on his face, and his cloudy eyes looked down at him.
The bigwigs in the court who have been in high positions for a long time are intimidating in every move they make.
Although surrounded, they were not at all weak.
He was completely the master of this place, with a calm and composed demeanor.
at the same time.
Outside the gate of the rear courtyard, a large group of officials affiliated with the Dali Temple also swarmed in.
There were more people, so they simply formed a big circle and surrounded everyone in Lihua Hall.
But after all, everyone has their own specialties.
Although they had a large number of people, they were completely suppressed by a group of troublemakers in Lihua Hall in terms of momentum.
"Haha, I didn't expect that I'm so famous. Even the Chief Justice knows about it." Zhao Duan smiled.
The Dali Temple Minister didn't have the time to talk nonsense with him, and said coldly:
"I don't know when the imperial court gained the power to intrude into the three judicial offices."
Zhao Duan said with a smile:
"Don't misunderstand, Lord Tingwei. We are here only to arrest the criminal."
Then, he calmly recounted what he had said to He Zheng.
"But Temple Secretary He insisted that it was the Dali Temple that first arrested the person for trial, but I didn't quite believe it, so I had to come in and see for myself."
Zhao Duan sighed softly:
"Now it seems that it was indeed that He Sicheng who was telling lies and deceiving his superiors. The court judge was clearly drinking tea with the marquis, so why did he insist on arresting and interrogating him?
But Sir Tingwei, don't be angry, I have already taught him a lesson for you. As for Lord Xiajiang, you are suspected of being involved in a case, please come with us."
Shameless!
brazen!
After hearing what Zhao Duan said, the officials of the Dali Temple present had this thought at the same time.
It was clearly he who beat someone, but he insisted that it was He Zheng's fault. He is worthy of being the infamous White Horse Envoy Zhao in the rumors.
Even with the Dali Temple's great skills in cultivating his qi, he almost laughed out of anger.
He did not try to reason with Zhao Duan or argue about right and wrong.
Instead, he said directly: "With your status, you have no right to arrest the hereditary marquis."
Zhao Duan raised his eyebrows: "Old Zheng."
Behind him, Zheng Laojiu took a step forward and shook out a "ticket" with Ma Yan's seal on it, and shone a light on it to make sure everyone could see the bright red ink.
"Is that enough?" Zhao Duan asked with a smile.
This bastard was indeed prepared...Did Ma Yan really allow him to do so?
...Hou Xia Jiang was startled and felt relieved but also confused.
The Dali Temple Minister's expression remained unchanged, his eyes were as calm as usual:
"Not enough. The case of Xia Jianghou has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Dali Temple. Today, let alone you, even if Ma Yan comes, you can't take him away from my territory."
After a pause, this powerful official in red robe, one of the nine ministers in the imperial court, raised the corner of his mouth:
"But you, who broke into the Three Judicial Departments, really thought that you could ignore the Great Yu Law and act lawless just because you entered the imperial court?"
He suddenly turned his head to signal Xia Jianghou who was standing next to him, and said:
"Zhao Duan, the police officer of the Imperial Court, has violated the law. I will borrow your martial arts skills to capture him. That's what I said."
Xia Jianghou's eyes lit up and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Since the Dali Temple Minister was carrying him, he would certainly not refuse. Immediately, his Qi sea roared, and the surging Qi flowed through his meridians.
The unique pressure of the Shenzhang warrior spread in the night wind.
He took a step forward, raised his fist, and moved straight towards Zhao Duan.
"My Lord, be careful—"
The officials at Lihua Hall changed color.
However, Zhao Duan looked calm, and the smile on his lips seemed lazy.
He ignored the approaching Xia Jianghou and the countless eyes watching the excitement, and only stared at the Dali Temple Minister:
"You said that even if Ma Yan comes, forget it?"
He sighed softly, looked up helplessly, and shouted to the night sky:
"Master... Governor, you heard me, I am too low-ranking and useless. It's your turn to show up!"
The next second, the wind suddenly blew.
A thin and tall figure, as cold as a snowy mountain, appeared silently in front of Zhao Duan.
His eyes were cold as he scanned the entire room, which was completely silent.
The governor of the imperial yamen, Ma Yanwang, has arrived!
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(End of this chapter)