Outside the gate of the Nanjing Criminal Department, under Lin Tailai's inducement, Mr. Zhang understood that he should escort Lin Tailai to find Wei Guogong.
Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly saw a team coming from the front. The official cards played by the honor guard in front were "Yudu Yushi" and "Jiangnan General Constitution".
Lin Tailai was very familiar with these two official badges. After all, he had spent half a month with them day and night.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple's three law offices are all built together. It is normal for officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to pass by the gate of the Ministry of Punishment when traveling.
Lin Tailai immediately said to Mr. Zhang: "Run!"
Mr. Zhang was still confused. Why were he running? Then he saw Lin Tailai jumping two or three feet away.
Most officials have selfish motives and are afraid of getting in trouble, so they dare not be serious. But Hai Rui is different. He dares to be serious.
What Lin Tai hates most when he comes to play is that it is too troublesome to deal with people who dare to be serious.
Suddenly, the leader of Hai Qingtian's honor guard shouted at the top of his lungs: "Lin Tailai, stop!"
A man as charming as Lin Daguan stands out from the crowd at all times and can be seen by Hai Qingtian from a distance.
But Lin Tailai turned a deaf ear and ran all the way and disappeared around the corner.
After realizing this, Mr. Zhang quickly walked away. In Nanjing, most people are not willing to deal with Hai Rui.
Fortunately, there are not many roads in the north of the city, especially the main roads. Although Mr. Zhang can no longer see Lin Tailai, he can still go south along Taipingmen Street.
Sure enough, after walking for another half an hour, I saw Lin Tailai waiting at Taiping Bridge.
The city of Nanjing is so big that it will be dark now.
Mr. Zhang had no choice but to spend his own money to find a hotel nearby and stay for one night.
In the morning of the next day, we continued walking towards the center of the city.
The Zhongshan Palace where Wei Guogong lived is located on Xufu Street in the center of the main city. After his ancestor Xu Da died, he was posthumously named Zhongshan King, so the Xu family's residence has always been called Zhongshan Palace.
Arriving in front of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion, after reporting in, not long after, he saw Xu Weizhi, the young prince of Wei Guogong, walking out in a hurry.
Mr. Zhang quickly stepped forward to salute the prince, but after Xu Weizhi glanced at Lin Tailai, he scolded Mr. Zhang: "Who asked you to come here?"
Mr. Zhang had a grimace and did not dare to answer. Any ideas he had came from Lin Tai.
Xu Weizhi scolded Boss Zhang: "You old man who has suffered from the plague, what are your intentions?
Who doesn't know that Lin Jieyuan is a disaster and others are too afraid to accept it for fear of bad luck, so you just give it to our Xu Mansion?"
Mr. Zhang was really about to cry and begged, "I beg you, young master, to show me a way out."
Xu Weizhi rolled up his sleeves impatiently, "Send them wherever you like! They were not captured by our Xu family, so why should my Xu family accept them?"
Mr. Zhang looked at Lin Tailai again, but Mr. Lin still stood calmly and yawned lazily.
"Lin Jieyuan! You should also say something!" Mr. Zhang urged.
When you, Lin Tailai, were at the gates of the Garrison Mansion, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment, didn't you all beep happily?
When Lin Daguan saw that the fire was almost done, he looked up to the sky and laughed "haha" several times.
Then he said loudly: "This time in Nanjing, I finally know what it means to dare to do something but not to take it seriously!
You Nanjing people arrested me, Lin Tailai, as an adult criminal, but no government office dared to accept me as a human prisoner!
I originally thought about settling the matter in Nanjing, but no one dared to keep me, so I won’t serve you anymore, grandpa!
I will leave the city right now and go north to the capital! I will beat the drum outside Chang’an Gate, complain to the emperor, and ask for an explanation!”
"Then I'll take you out of the city!" Mr. Zhang, who was eager to get rid of trouble, blurted out subconsciously.
At this time, I saw Mr. Sheng, a guest of the Xu family, also hurriedly walked out and said to Xu Weizhi: "My father-in-law has ordered that Lin Tailai be taken in. Do not stop him!"
Xu Weizhi shouted: "Father is confused! Whoever accepts Lin Tailai will be responsible! I will go and persuade him!"
Mr. Sheng stopped Xu Weizhi, "My father-in-law also said that considering the overall situation of Nanjing City, someone must stand up and take responsibility! No need to persuade anyone!"
So under the strong opposition of the whole family, especially the prince, Wei Guogong Xu Bangrui ignored all opinions, took the overall situation into consideration, bravely shouldered the heavy burden, faced the difficulties, and took in the captured Lin Tailai.
Mr. Sheng then directed his generals to take Lin Tailai to the West Garden next to the Prince of Zhongshan Palace and put him under "house arrest". He also sent eight generals to "guard" him.
As the name suggests, the West Garden is located on the west side of the Zhongshan Palace. It was the garden or vegetable garden given to Xu Da by Emperor Taizu Gao.
The area is not very large, but the construction is very sophisticated. Lin Tailai is very satisfied with the environment.
Mr. Sheng asked everyone to leave and talk to Lin Tailai alone.
"Unexpectedly, this storm was much bigger than expected." Mr. Sheng sighed.
According to their previous plan, they only created a disturbance within the city of Suzhou, and then together they gave eye drops to Li Yangong, the Minister of Defense of Nanjing.
When Li Yangong can no longer take it anymore, Wei Guogong will naturally take over the post of Minister of Defense, and no one can take it away.
Unexpectedly, the storm quickly spread to the entire Suzhou Prefecture, and food prices in Nanjing soared threefold.
This is a bit big, and there is even a risk of losing it.
Lin Tailai also sighed: "I didn't expect that my influence, Lin Jieyuan, would be so great. Millions of people in Suzhou Prefecture admire me so much."
Mr. Sheng: "."
Now it is no longer a question of how to deal with Li Yangong, you should first think about how to end it!
Lin Tailai smiled and said: "It's not difficult to end it."
Mr. Sheng asked quickly: "The plan is coming? What should we do now?"
Lin Tailai then said: "Why are you so anxious? If we end it now and calm down the situation, wouldn't that mean we have saved those corrupt officials?"
Mr. Sheng was a little afraid to imagine, "What do you mean?"
Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "With such a big turmoil, the court must first replace the governor and other culprits, right? Or add a prefect?"
If nothing changes in Suzhou's officialdom, everything remains the same, and it's still the same people, then wouldn't it be all in vain?"
Mr. Sheng was speechless. Your ambition, Lin Jieyuan, is not small. You have been replaced by the governor and prefect. So wouldn’t you just do whatever you want?
He had had so many interactions with Lin Tailai, each trying to get what he wanted, and it felt very complicated.
He admitted that Lin Tailai was a good partner, good at calculation, insight into people's hearts, and good at deception.
But now I also feel that Lin Tailai is a person with a strong sense of autonomy and is very difficult to control.
It's both sex and sex, a strange mixture.
In fact, when things have developed to this stage, most of Lin Tailai's work has been completed.
The general trend has been formed, and Lin Tailai does not need to personally continue to lead the rest of the rhythm. Someone will naturally promote it.
Although the city of Nanjing no longer has any real power, it is still nominally the capital of the country and the fundamental place in the context of the imperial court.
So if something happens here, it is not a trivial matter politically.
Given the nature of bureaucrats, they will definitely blame each other at the first opportunity.
The ministers who were eligible for the six-hundred-mile expedited work unanimously wrote memorials to the court.
Therefore, between Jiangnan and the capital, several six-hundred-mile urgent memorials appeared almost at the same time.
This does not include memorials from other levels. It is estimated that at least dozens of memorials expressing their own opinions are being sent to the capital.
Lin Tailai, on the other hand, calmly lived in seclusion in the West Garden of Wei Guogong's house, waiting for the next stage to begin.
In the blink of an eye, a few days have passed, and the time has entered October, with only half a month left before the tax collection begins.
Mr. Sheng, a guest at the gate of Wei Guogong, walked into the West Garden in a panic and called out to Lin Tailai, who was sitting in the pavilion blowing the autumn wind.
Lin Tailai said dissatisfied: "I heard that the beauty named Yin Qing in the old courtyard of Qinhuai is always scolding me and asking you to catch her here. I want to teach her a lesson carefully, but why can't I always do it?"
Mr. Sheng waved his hand, "Stop talking about Yin Ji! The imperial edict has arrived in Nanjing!"
Lin Tailai said nonchalantly: "Then what's there to panic about?
The imperial court must have asked the garrison eunuchs and Wei Guogong to jointly serve as imperial envoys to investigate and report. We have already prepared a plan, so we will just follow it."
Mr. Sheng said hurriedly: "It's true that the Duke of Guo was appointed as an imperial envoy, but the other imperial envoy is Hai Qingtian!"
Lin Tailai: "."
Why did the emperor still get the upper hand? Why would Hai Rui be used if he left his close eunuch alone?
In fact, among the three giants in Nanjing, the most trusted person of the emperor is usually the garrison eunuch, who is known as the "close minister of two thousand miles".
Moreover, the political status of the garrison eunuchs in Nanjing was not low, and was basically equivalent to the status of eunuch Bingbi, the chief ritual officer of the capital.
Such a big thing happened this time. It stands to reason that the emperor should use the aloof garrison eunuchs to lead the Nanjing Jinyi Guards to investigate the "truth" together with the equally aloof first nobleman Wei Guogong.
In the end, for some unknown reason, the emperor chose Hai Rui.
Everyone knows that Hai Rui is unselfish and extremely difficult to tolerate. He is not a normal person!
"Don't panic! It's just a technical adjustment!" Lin Tailai calmed down and said.
It's normal for some surprises to happen to the plan. How can there be any plan in the world that never goes wrong?
Just make adjustments according to changes in the situation, and the general direction has not changed!
Before Lin Tailai finished speaking, he suddenly heard another noise coming from the direction of the west garden gate.
The sergeant guarding the gate ran over and reported, "Hai Qingtian is here!"
Lin Tailai and Mr. Sheng looked at each other in confusion. Hai Rui was also very resolute. Was he afraid of "collusion"?
At this point, Lin Tailai could only go to greet him and said: "If you want to ask questions, sir, just summon me to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Why bother to come in person!"
Hai Rui snorted coldly and replied: "This hospital is afraid that you will run too fast and lose sight of you."
Lin Tailai quickly argued: "Is it possible that the boss is still worried about what happened last time? Please listen to the next few explanations!
I was a prisoner in my lower body at that time, and I remembered the heroic words I said when I said goodbye to the boss after the provincial examination. I felt ashamed to face the boss, so I ran away in shame!"
Hai Qingtian didn't believe a word of it and said, "So what if you are a prisoner? If you are really wronged, of course this court can avenge you!"
Lin Tailai continued to quibble: "I was standing outside the Ministry of Justice at that time, and people from the Xi family also went to the Ministry of Justice to file a complaint against me, so the main conflict was between me and the Dongting businessmen helping the Xi family.
Neither I nor the Xi family are officials, and the disputes are only civil disputes.
According to the rules, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of cases involving officials. Civil disputes like yours and the Xi family cannot ask the boss to intervene directly.
Moreover, as a military officer, I am also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War in terms of status.
So I thought, instead of making things difficult for the boss, I might as well just avoid it!"
Hai Rui sneered a few times, then asked with a hint of meaning: "You don't just have disputes with the Xi family, what about the Linhuai Marquis Li family? Can't this court mediate?"
Lin Tailai responded quickly and answered fluently: "I have also thought of it. The Li family is a marquis and has an honorable status.
Unless permission is obtained from the imperial edict, the boss cannot directly bring justice to the Li family, and can only impeach the Li family.
Again, I feel sorry for the old man because he is old, and I don’t want to make things difficult for him!”
Mr. Sheng, who was watching from the side, was stunned. He didn't expect that Lin Tailai would dare to tell lies with his eyes open in such a serious manner in front of Hai Rui.
What surprised Mr. Sheng even more was that Hai Rui and Lin Tailai kept competing against each other.
In his opinion, Hai Qingtian belongs to the type of "people who are ruthless and don't talk much", but he didn't expect to be so arrogant to Lin Tailai.
While he was rambling here and there, Hai Rui suddenly asked straight to the point:
"Then who sent the Jingwei officers and soldiers who arrested you outside Fengqiao in Suzhou City?"
Lin Tailai answered in a flawless manner: "They are afraid of retaliation and refuse to tell their origins. How can I know?"
Hai Rui continued to ask, "What about them?"
Lin Tailai replied: "They dispersed when they arrived in Nanjing, and their whereabouts are unknown!
Anyway, I can’t find them. If you have the ability, you can go look for them!”
Hai Rui asked, "You are the only one who has come into contact with them. Can you guess?"
Lin Tailai said directly without covering up: "If I were to guess, it must be related to Linhuai Marquis Li Yangong, the Minister of Defense of Nanjing!
The Prince of Linhuai had a deep grudge against me. He smashed my boat and beat my followers. Everyone in Nanjing knew about it!
Then it is very reasonable to send dozens of people to chase me all the way to Suzhou and arrest me and bring me back to Nanjing!
As the garrison minister of Nanjing City, the Marquis of Linhuai also has the ability to mobilize officers and troops!"
Hai Rui was noncommittal, "So, based on the rumors from various sources, the following is the inferred situation.
The Xi family went to the Nanjing Criminal Department to sue you. The Nanjing Criminal Department approved the complaint, and the Linhuai Marquis Li family sent sergeants to Suzhou to arrest you.
Then in Suzhou City itself, Governor Wei colluded with the Xi family and the merchant gang, and coordinated with the Linhuai Marquis Li family to intercept you outside Fengqiao.
In the end, you were surrounded by business gangs and government troops and had to be captured without mercy?"
Lin Tailai nodded and said: "Yes, that's it!"
Hai Rui said calmly: "In other words, the Marquis of Linhuai, the Minister of Defense of Nanjing, the Nanjing Criminal Department, the Governor of Jiangnan, and the Dongting Merchant Gang, all these powerful figures have joined forces to deal with a mere martial arts Jieyuan?"
Lin Tailai then asked: "What's wrong? Don't you believe it?"
"Based on what this court knows about your character and abilities, I certainly believe that there will be so many people who want to deal with you." Hai Rui said meaningfully, "But this court doesn't know that the court meeting two thousand miles away will
I won’t believe it.”
It's raining heavily again, and for some reason there were three power outages today. It will be great if I can finish writing this chapter and keep updating it.