Dakui went all the way downstairs, and the imperial guards escorted him out of the post house.
A blue silk sedan was prepared outside the door, and more than a hundred armored troops stood in the street. Da Kui couldn't help but feel nervous: "The Beijing armored army is the exclusive army to protect the palace. No one can mobilize it without the emperor's will. Your Majesty."
What is this going to do?'
Dakui got on the sedan chair, and the team immediately headed east. After walking for about half an hour, they arrived in front of a house. Seeing the team arriving, the boy in front of the door hurriedly opened the middle door, and the team filed out without stopping.
Enter. Dakui was sitting in the sedan, and he could no longer tell the difference between east, west, north and south. When he got off the sedan, Dakui walked out of the sedan door and looked again. This place was his former house in Yingtian. He just came here for some reason.
It’s still the same cornices and flowing pavilions, it’s still the rockery and green bamboos, the only difference is that things have changed and people have changed.
Just when Dakui was confused, a man came. Dakui recognized him as Sheng Yuanfu, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
"Master Zhang, are you alright?" Sheng Yuanfu said haha first, then walked closer and clasped his fists to salute.
Dakui smiled slightly, returned the greeting and asked, "I wonder what Shanda's purpose is in bringing me here? I am eating, and I was invited here before I was full, hehehehe."
When Sheng Yuanfu saw what Dakui said, he couldn't help but smile: "How can a lower official have such ability?" He pretended to be very careful and said in his ear: "The emperor is here."
"Oh? Since the emperor has arrived, please ask Mr. Sheng to quickly take me to the audience." After saying that, Dakui went first, and Sheng Yuanfu followed closely. Along the way, Dakui asked: "I don't know what the emperor is doing now."
where?"
Sheng Yuanfu responded from behind: "In Xiaochun Garden."
Xiaochun Garden is the most beautiful courtyard in this mansion, and the flowers are so beautiful in spring. The couplets on both sides of the corner gate are still fresh in Dakui's memory: Fireworks rain in early spring in March, and laurel moonlight winds in late autumn in eighty years. This is poetry, and you should seek the artistic conception.
.And this couplet is a perfect match for Xiaochun Garden.
Turning around the corner of the house, he saw the corner door of Xiaochun Garden. In front of the door were two guards in brocade clothes standing with swords. When Dakui walked to the door, the guards stretched out their hands to block the way.
Upon seeing this, Dakui not only turned back to see Sheng Yuanfu, but Sheng Yuanfu bypassed Dakui and entered the garden without being stopped by the guards.
Da Kui felt a little uneasy in his heart. As the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts. He once accepted 300,000 taels of silver from Miao Hexuan in Linjiang, but this one thing was a disease in Da Kui's heart. Just as Da Kui was beating drums in his heart
, Sheng Yuanfu came out of the corner door again.
Dakui didn't ask, but Sheng Yuanfu asked in a low voice: "The emperor has an oral message."
Upon hearing this, Dakui quickly lifted up his robe and knelt down on his knees: "Your Majesty, Zhang Dakui, accepts the order."
"I heard a secret report that when you were on business in Linjiang, you accepted a bribe of 300,000 taels from a fifth-grade household minister, Wailang. Is this possible?" Sheng Yuanfu asked Surong.
Dakui's mind suddenly changed: The money collected was true, but it was not because he wanted someone to become an official. Although the money was obtained through blackmail, it had nothing to do with anything else. If he admitted it, wouldn't he be buying and selling his official position?
Thinking of this, Da Kui said sadly: "I have been wronged. There are reasons for this. I hope the Holy One will forgive me."
After Sheng Yuanfu finished passing on the message, he smiled and stepped forward to help Dakui up.
"The emperor was in the mood today and came to Xiaochun Garden for a walk. He just returned to the palace after asking questions. Now the official went to the palace to report to the emperor, hoping to get an explanation for you." Sheng Yuanfu chuckled.
He turned to leave, but then turned back and said: "The emperor said that it is better for Mr. Zhang to live in this house than in a post house. There will be people waiting for him sooner or later, right?" After saying that, he entered the corner door again, presumably it was
Went through the back door.
Dakui stood in front of the door, feeling that the world is difficult and dangerous, and people's hearts are unpredictable. They say that the world is dangerous, but there is no place in life without it.
Da Kui was familiar with this house. There were several maids and servants in the house, and they were taken care of in daily life. However, the front and back doors were guarded by imperial guards. Da Kui wanted to go out for a walk, but the soldiers guarding the door did not.
He said coldly: "Your Majesty has an edict that no one in the house can leave the house until they get the edict." Seeing this, Dakui had no choice but to give up.
As evening approached, Da Kui saw a woman shopping for groceries going out, and couldn't help but be curious. He followed her not far behind her, all the way to the door. He saw the woman swaggering out of the door without seeing any guards blocking her. Now Da Kui
Understand, it turns out that Emperor Taizu actually put himself under house arrest.
In the house, Dakui ate when he was hungry and slept when he was sleepy. When he was free, he stretched his muscles and practiced martial arts, which made him feel comfortable and happy.
After a few days, Da Kui couldn't stand it anymore. There were dozens of people in the house, but none of them smiled or spoke. Da Kui just said hello if he needed anything. But the most he could do was ask: "What do you want, sir?"
Instructions?" After that, he said: "Yes." Then there were no words. Each of them was like a half-mute, and could only say two sentences at most.
There are still twenty soldiers waiting for him to go back in the post house, and the memorial in his arms has not yet been submitted. Now he is unable to respond to calls every day. Ordinarily, with Dakui's skills, if he wants to go out at night, it will be a disaster.
It's easy. But it goes against the Holy Order, that is, it's disrespectful and disrespectful.
Emperor Taizu naturally knew Zhang Dakui's ability. How could someone who could fight Chang Yuchun be weak?
Although the courtyard is deep with red walls and blue tiles, if you want to go out, you just have to cross the wall. But there is an ancient saying that the ground is a prison. Beware of villains but not gentlemen. How can an open-minded person do unwise things?
Da Kui was wandering in the garden, thinking about his beloved wife and son at home. There was another person who haunted Da Kui even more, and that was Sima Yan. Sima Yan had not heard from him since they parted ways in Zhongqing City.
I don't know where the fragrance is now. Thinking of Sima Yan's elegant and refined appearance and her soft muscles and charming bones, it makes Dakui obsessed with her.
You can meet many confidants in life, but it is even harder to find a confidante. If Huang Ying is a good wife and mother in the family, Sima Yan is her confidante. Every word she said is right. She said that there will be a big event when she returns to the capital.
Disaster, isn't it effective now? The comfort at this moment is just a moment of tranquility before disaster strikes.
Da Kui was thinking about his own thoughts when a servant came to the garden and bowed to Da Kui and said: "Master Zhang, Master Sheng Yuanfu, Minister of Punishment, has been waiting in the front hall for a long time."
Hearing this, Dakui waved his hand and said: "I understand, I will go immediately and lead the way."
The servant made a promise and turned around to leave. Dakui followed him and thought as he walked: 'It's time for the storm to start.'
After turning around the corridor and passing through a moon gate, Dakui was led to the front hall by his servants. As soon as he saw Sheng Yuanfu's face, Dakui immediately asked: "Sheng Sheng, what did the emperor say?"
But Sheng Yuanfu smiled and said: "The emperor only said four words, there is no way to argue." After saying this, Sheng Yuanfu's face turned stern, without a trace of smile, he took out the yellow silk imperial edict from his sleeve and said loudly:
"Zhang Dakui accepts the order."
Dakui did not dare to neglect, so he lifted up his robe and knelt down. Sheng Yuanfu opened the imperial edict and said: "After detailed investigation by the Ministry of Punishments, Zhang Dakui, the envoy to Jiangnan Province, sold his official position for personal gain while on official business in Linjiang. It is intolerable to engage in favoritism and abuse of national law.
I am temporarily suppressing the punishment department pending trial. I appreciate this." As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers rushed out of the hall. Dakui was completely disheartened and stood up.
Sheng Yuanfu smiled slightly at Da Kui and said, "Master Zhang, please." He turned sideways and raised his hand to signal. If Da Kui remained silent, he would walk out the door first.
It was still a small sedan with a blue roof, and it was still guarded by more than a hundred soldiers. The difference was that the destination was the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. The guard of the soldiers was more appropriately described as an escort.
The deep and solemn courtyard of the Criminal Department was as deep and solemn as ever, and Da Kui was so familiar with it all. The blue silk sedan entered the courtyard, and although Da Kui was sitting in the sedan, he felt that the atmosphere was different from before, and it was more...
Deeply lonely.
The sedan stopped, and Da Kui got off the sedan and was taken to the backyard by the Yamen. The backyard was where the prison cell was. Da Kui knew that his doom was coming. Although he felt a little hesitant in his heart, he still walked firmly.
As Dakui is a first-class person, as long as the emperor does not issue an order, then Dakui will still be a first-class person.
The smell in the cell was extremely unpleasant, the light was dark and the walls were damp. All the prisoners in the cell had disheveled hair and blood on their clothes. When they suddenly saw Da Kui entering the door, they all ran to the fence and stretched out their hands.
"Sir, please spare my life."
"It's unjust, sir."
Dakui kept shouting and begging for mercy, and strode forward with his head raised, turning a deaf ear to the cries around him.
When Da Kui entered the innermost cell, the cell door closed with a bang and was locked. Not only did the prisoners sneer, but one of the prisoners laughed and said, "It turns out that we are also prisoners just like us."
Another person said: "How can it be the same? He is a high-ranking official. Looking at his official uniform, he is at least a governor."
At this moment, the two government officials on the left who were passing by in the corridor cursed: "You thieves, if you keep chewing your tongue, I'll cut your tongues out!" This sentence really worked, and no one said another word at once.
You say that a fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and Dakui now deeply feels the taste of it.
The four walls of the cell are made of bluestone, with only a small transom window on the wall two feet high. There is a broken wooden bed, a wooden table and a bench, but there is nothing else in the cell.
"You're a young lady, I don't even have a lamp!" Dakui couldn't help but curse, and came to sit on the bench. Looking at the simple furnishings in the room, Dakui couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart: "The moon waxes and wanes, and people have their days and nights."
It's a blessing and a curse. I didn't expect that I, Zhang Dakui, would be where I am today!'
The sun set outside the window, and the light in the cell began to dim, gradually turning into darkness. Da Kui sat like this for two hours. Except for the occasional sound of wind blowing outside the window, Da Kui could not hear any sound.
.This cell is in the innermost room of the cell. The walls are made of bluestone and is isolated from the outside world. Not only the sound, but also the warmth and coldness of the world have nothing to do with Dakui. Thinking about the past, the many lives and deaths seem to have happened in the previous life.
matter.
Dakui got up and walked to the bed, gently sat down and lay down with his clothes on, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.
'I wonder how the emperor will make a decision? If he was so angry that he had murderous intentions, then no one else can be blamed.' Dakui thought of this and felt at ease. He stopped thinking about it and forced himself to sleep leisurely.