In mid-February, the ice and snow had slowly melted away, and the branches were covered with tender green leaves. A group of swallows pecked from the fields and flew under the blue sky, breaking into the city's large houses like arrows.

Zhengyangmen Street is full of traffic, and there are a wide range of goods here. Merchants and scholars from all over the world gather here, and foreign friends appear from time to time.

Pooh!

A mouthful of thick phlegm was spit on the blue brick road. The spitting person's face was full of unruly eyes, and his body showed flying and domineering.

This arrogant behavior of the one-eyed spitting man immediately attracted the attention of the people around him. However, the people of the Ming Dynasty usually did not take the initiative to cause trouble, but they chose to avoid it.

In this bustling street, there have been a group of dusty officials, yamen, and two criminals wearing iron shackles, followed by a group of evil slaves.

After several months of escort, Yan Shifan finally arrived in the capital.

Yan Shifan stood in front of Zhengyang Gate unscrupulously against the spring sun. This capital was once the place where he studied and became an official, so he was naturally very familiar with it.

But things change, he is no longer the little master who commands civil and military officials, but a fugitive suspected of treason. What awaits him is the court's grand trial.

"Yan Shifan, let's go!" Lin Run, who was riding on the horse, looked at the thick phlegm on the ground, but said coldly to Yan Shifan without any hesitation.

Yan Shifan pressed his earwax with his little finger and asked without looking back: "Mr. Lin, who is the Minister of Justice now?"

After all, he had been away from the capital for nearly three years and did not have a very good understanding of the changes in the court officials, so he just asked Lin Run directly.

Lin Run glanced at Yan Shifan from a high point and responded coldly: "The current Minister of Justice is Huang Guangsheng!"

"Huang Mingju? This person has some knowledge and is able to endure it, but his talent is mediocre!" Yan Shifan commented directly at Huang Guangsheng without any concern.

Huang Guangsheng was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing. He was first appointed as the magistrate of Changxing, Zhejiang, and later moved to the Criminal Department and the Military Department. He was but could not stay in Beijing to serve, so he was sent to the local government as the assistant to the Zhejiang Censorate.

In the 34th year of Jiajing, Huang Guang was promoted to the left governor of Sichuan, and then governor of Sichuan, the right assistant minister of the Jin Ministry of War and the right assistant chief of the Censorate of the Censorate.

In the 40th year of Jiajing, Huang Guangsheng returned to the capital again and was renamed the Right Minister of the Ministry of Works, and then promoted to the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing, and now he is the Minister of Justice.

If you want to write a record of promotion in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, Huang Guangsheng is probably the most suitable candidate, and few people can compare with his richness of his position.

Started as a magistrate, and then became a censor. When the local officials were promoted to the point of no promotion, they continued to serve as local governors. Then they also had experience in Nanjing. They are now appointed as the Minister of Justice, one of the six ministers.

Although this promotion route seems to be tortuous, it can be said that it is late to become a great success. How many officials in the Ming Dynasty can go from being a Jinshi to becoming a Minister of Justice?

However, Huang Guangsheng received such an evaluation from Yan Shifan, but he didn't know whether this was a fair evaluation or just because of Yan Shifan's arrogant personality.

"Now you have arrived in the capital, so don't follow me anymore, find a place to live!" Lin Run turned his head and looked at the servants who served Yan Shifan all the way to the capital, and ordered with a stern face.

Several slaves couldn't help but look at each other, and didn't know how to make a decision for a while. Yan Hu seemed to want to send Yan Shifan to the Ministry of Justice.

Yan Shifan waved his hand and said indifferently: "You all stayed in the house and arrived in the capital..." He sneered, looked up at Zhengyangmen and said proudly: "I see who dares to deal with me!"

Although he was taken to the capital as a fugitive and was labeled as a rebellion by Lin Run, he was not afraid at all. He still held the handles of many officials, and there were many officials who missed his old love for the Yan family.

"Yes!" When several servants led by Yan Hu heard Yan Shifan's words, they responded in unison.

Yan Shifan yawned and shouted to Luo Wenlong, who was unkempt and covered in disheveled face behind him: "Brother Wenlong, let's go!"

Lin Run went to Yan Shifan to open the Internet, but was not very polite to Luo Wenlong, and he did not allow Luo Wenlong to take his servants to serve him, which caused him to suffer a lot along the way.

Lin Run watched the two walk in front of him and slowly followed.

After passing through the city entrance cave at Zhengyangmen, he looked at the familiar face of the inner city and felt a sense of emotion: he finally returned to this dream-ridden capital of the Ming Dynasty.

After passing through Zhengyang Gate, we soon arrived at Jiangmi Lane, which connects east and west. However, the Ministry of Justice is not the same as the other six departments. The Ministry of Justice is located in Qianfu Hutong in Xijiangmi Lane, adjacent to Dali Temple and the Censorate.

The group soon arrived at the Ministry of Justice. The main courtyard here seemed very quiet, but behind the gate there were some officials who looked carefully.

It is no secret that Yan Shifan was escorted to Beijing. In fact, before the people entered Beijing, the Ministry of Justice had already known that the master had arrived.

Even though Yan Shifan was a fugitive, many people dared not underestimate this person. Not to mention other officials of the court, their current official lord was once behind Yan Shifan in the Ministry of Works.

When they learned that they were coming, a senior official from the Ministry of Justice was pushed out to complete the job of receiving the prisoners.

"The person has been handed over to your Ministry of Justice. Please be careful and I will be responsible for your work. I will also have to go back to the Ministry to submit my work!" Lin Run said seriously to the head of the Ministry of Justice.

Yan Shifan saw Lin Run leaving, but suddenly asked, "Lin Ruoyu, I remember that my Yan family did not offend you, but for some reason why he targeted my Yan family like this?"

Lin Run was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing. He was first appointed as the magistrate. He was transferred to the Nanjing Censorate and did not have much intersection with the Yan family, and the Yan family did not set any obstacles to him in his career.

But while he was hiding in Jieqiao Village and spending quiet life, the Nanjing Censor gave him a knife in the back and even pointed the finger at his father.

"Is this official eliminating traitors for the country?" Lin Run responded with justice and arrogance in response to Yan Shifan's gaze.

Yan Shifan also endured all the way, but sneered: "You are ordered to inspect Jiangnan. It's fine to go to Yuanzhou, Jiangxi. You can tell what I, Yan Shifan, are doing in Fenyi in just a few days? Since you said that my Yan family is the whole world's treasure, and said that my servant Yan Nian and his visit to Peng Kong family have a billion yuan in capital, it can be said that he is rich enough to rival the country. Why do you still say that I, Yan Shifan, is still greedy for the people's wealth and instruct the tribe to rob money? Isn't it a contradiction?"
Chapter completed!