Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan went out of the gate and looked at Fu Bi's limping figure.
"Brother Jiang, this Fuyan Kingdom can be considered a veteran of three dynasties. Is this appropriate for us to do?"
Peng Siyan began to feel a little flustered.
Although their censors deal with prime ministers, Fu Bi is not an ordinary prime minister. His status and reputation in the court can only be compared to that of Han Qi. Even Wen Yanbo is a younger brother, and Wen Yanbo is better than
Sima Guang is a generation higher than him.
Jiang Zhiqi smiled and said: "I don't want to either, but he has to take the responsibility. We can't bend the law for personal gain. Besides...!"
He suddenly turned his head and looked to the other side, looking at Lan Yuanzhen's retreating back, "The officials are keeping an eye on us. If we really weren't sure, wouldn't they have stopped us long ago?"
Peng Siyan frowned slightly and whispered: "Brother Jiang, you mean that this case has something to do with Wang Jiefu?"
Jiang Zhiqi said: "Didn't the officials say that we should deal with it impartially and never tolerate it?"
The official led Fu Bi to the door of a small courtyard. He bowed his hands respectfully and said, "Don't blame me, sir. I am also following orders!"
"No wonder! No wonder!"
Fu Bi waved his hands repeatedly, then cupped his hands and said, "It's the old man who has caused you trouble."
He has developed the habit of being polite to everyone since he was a child, and his gentlemanly demeanor has been deeply rooted in his bones.
"How dare! How dare."
The man was afraid of returning the salute, then gently opened the door and said, "Mr. Xiang, please come inside."
"Thank you."
Fu Bi nodded slightly and walked in.
I saw two old men sitting in the courtyard, basking in the warm winter sun, drinking wine and chatting. It was really pleasant.
It was Sima Guang and Xu Zun.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the two turned around.
"Rich Lord!"
When the two of them saw Fu Bi walking in, they were frightened.
Sima Guang quickly stepped forward, bowed, and asked, "Did the officials ask the rich man to take us out?"
As soon as the words came out, he felt that even if he let them out, it would be impossible for Fu Bi to come in person!
Fu Bi chuckled: "Like you, I am here to assist in the investigation."
"It doesn't make sense."
Sima Guang suddenly became furious and said, "What do they want to do at the Yushitai?"
He and Xu Zun had already realized before this, that they seemed to be inseparable from each other, and some of the things involved could not be explained clearly.
Sima Guang could not tell Jiang Zhiqi and others that he arranged for Zhang Fei to enter the Imperial Academy in order to gild him and then compete with Wang Anshi locally.
Not to mention Xu Zun, Zhang Fei is his son-in-law. Even if he truthfully told Jiang Zhiqi that Zhang Fei taught him the law, people would not believe it!
But they never expected that the other party would dare to alarm Fu Bi.
Unless this is the emperor’s decree!
Fu Bi waved his hand and said, "Don't make a fuss. Actually, I wanted to come over and have a sit."
"ah?"
Sima Guang and Xu Zun suddenly looked confused again.
Take a seat?
Is this experiencing life?
Fu Bi chuckled and said, "The first one is the master, shouldn't you invite me to sit down?"
After all, he has a physical condition and is still uncomfortable standing for long periods of time.
Sima Guang suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly asked Fu Bi to sit down, and asked urgently: "Why does Mr. Fu want to come here?"
Fu Bi stroked his beard and sighed: "If Zhang San is found guilty for this, I am afraid that we will be deeply involved in it for the rest of our lives, and may even implicate future generations."
He sees things in the officialdom very thoroughly, and the crime of speech is undoubtedly very terrible.
At present, he is inseparable from the legal system. If Zhang San is found guilty, even if he is not held accountable today, this is definitely a hidden danger. If there is any trouble in the future, someone will definitely settle old scores with him.
But now that public opinion is raging outside, after all, this is a matter of ethics, so he can't oppose it, so he simply comes in on his own initiative.
He just took the initiative to say that most of the prime ministers at that time did not support it, but he was the only one who supported the revision of the "Song Xingtong" in accordance with the legal system, so the officials planned to try it.
Sima Guang and Xu Zun looked at each other.
Sima Guang said: "Zhong Tu and I were also talking about this matter just now. This case is full of weirdness. We are also important ministers of the DPRK. It is really unexpected that we were suddenly taken into custody, unless..."
He was about to speak but stopped.
Fu Bi said bluntly: "If so, then the officials are also trying to protect us. This crime of speech will cause endless disasters. Our government will never set this precedent."
Sima Guang nodded slightly.
But Xu Zun was thinking, who the officials were protecting, it was really hard to tell.
Now he understands the matter.
Fu Bi suddenly saw a pile of wooden signs on the table and couldn't help asking: "Are you playing horse-drawing?"
Sima Guang was startled and said: "This is not Ma Diao, but mahjong."
"Mahjong?"
Fu Bi asked doubtfully.
Sima Guang said: "It is somewhat similar to Ma Diao. It was when we saw this mahjong that we became suspicious. They seem to have been prepared for it."
Fu Bi smiled and asked: "How to play?"
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment and said: "It's very simple, you can get it after playing a few tricks."
Fu Bi chuckled and said, "Then let's have some fun."
The Ordinance Department of the Second Government was established.
"What did you say?"
Wang Anshi stood up suddenly, looked at Lu Huiqing in shock and said, "The rich man was also arrested by them?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "Yes."
Wang Anshi said excitedly: "Are their Yushitai crazy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed and he hurried outside.
"Teacher, where are you going?"
"I'm going to see the official."
Wang Anshi came to the palace gate and met Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan.
Wang Anshi asked directly: "I heard that you arrested the rich man?"
Peng Siyan hurriedly defended: "We just asked Mr. Fu to assist in the investigation."
Wang Anshi asked again: "Where is he?"
Peng Siyan hesitated a little and said: "Since Fu Gong is still under suspicion, we can only ask Fu Gong to temporarily live in the Yamen."
"Asshole!"
Wang Anshi angrily shouted: "Who gave you this power?"
Jiang Zhiqi said: "This is the power given to us by the government. Is it wrong for lower officials to enforce the law impartially? But Xueshi Wang got a big advantage."
"Big deal?"
Wang Anshi pointed at the two of them and said, "You two treacherous scoundrels, just wait for me. I won't let you go."
While they were arguing, a chamberlain came over and led the three of them into the palace.
In addition to Zhao Xu, there was another person in the hall, it was Wen Yanbo. He was blushing and turned his face toward the door. It seemed that the monarch and his minister had just had a quarrel.
Before Sima Guang didn't come out, Wen Yanbo was already very unhappy. What are you going to do? Directly detain the minister for political affairs?
As a result, I heard Fu Bi say bluntly that Fu Bi would also go in.
Wen Yanbo couldn't help it anymore. Although the Yushitai had this power, and the authority of the Yushi in the court was to keep an eye on the prime minister, but if he really wanted to detain the prime minister, he would usually report to the emperor first, and the emperor opened the door.
Chrysostom could do this, so Wen Yanbo went directly to the emperor to ask for an explanation.
Zhao Xu came up and was scolded by him. Naturally, he was very unhappy. The emperor and his ministers were at loggerheads.
Without waiting for them to salute, Zhao Xu asked: "Chief Jiang, Yushi Peng, I heard that you arrested Mr. Fu, Bachelor of Sima, and Inspector Xu. Is this the case?"
Jiang Zhiqi cupped his hands and said: "Replying to your majesty, I have not arrested them, but the three of them are currently extremely suspicious, so we can only force them to live in Yushitai temporarily to avoid leaks."
"You are just slandering others and framed for the blame."
Wen Yanbo pointed at them and shouted angrily.
Wang Anshi also immediately said: "Your Majesty, I also feel that Yushitai's actions are against the laws of the country, and I ask your Majesty to severely punish these two people."
Jiang Zhiqi said: "We have evidence, and we are definitely not setting up a frame-up."
"evidence?"
Zhao Xu asked: "What evidence?"
Jiang Zhiqi immediately took out three-thirds of the confession and said, "This is the confession of Xu Zun, Sima Guang, and Fu Bi. Your Majesty, please read it."
An attendant came over immediately and presented the three confessions.
After Zhao Xu looked at it, he couldn't help but look confused, and ordered someone to show it to Wen Yanbo.
After reading it, Wen Yanbo angrily said: "What kind of evidence is this? Is it illegal to support the rule of law?"
Jiang Zhiqi immediately said: "The law of legal system disturbs the general order, corrupts the law and discipline, and destroys the foundation of our country. Supporting the law of legal system is naturally a crime of making coats and writing jackets."
There are indeed clear regulations on this.
Wen Yanbo said: "There is no conclusion yet on whether the laws of the legal system disturb the principles of the law. Furthermore, since the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Rules are the principles of heaven, there is no need to fear the laws of the legal system. This is what a coward does."
Wang Anshi couldn't help but look at Wen Yanbo and thought, why didn't you say that that day?
But when he saw that Wen Yanbo was already arguing with Zhao Xu, he couldn't speak easily. Although he strongly disagreed, he couldn't help Wen Yanbo fight against the emperor together. If he wanted to fight against him, he should do it one by one, and the emperor would
Don't want to lose face?
After Wen Yanbo finished speaking, he said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, only tyrants such as Emperor Qin and Empress Wu would punish crimes with speech. If your Majesty convicts of this crime, it will be tantamount to burning books and humiliating Confucians, and will surely be infamous for thousands of years."
When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately got angry. He slammed the table and shouted: "It's all your fault for disturbing the general order and corrupting the law. I just sent people to investigate, and now it's my fault. You Wen Yanbo was at that time
Why don't you say anything?"
He didn't care about the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, and just called them by name.
Wen Yanbo said: "I did not support this at that time."
Zhao Xu smiled coldly: "You didn't support it at the time, but if I remember correctly, you didn't object either."
Wen Yanbo said: "At that time, His Majesty just ordered people to investigate whether the laws of the legal system would really disturb the order and corrupt the law. However, he did not convict this statement, and the ministers had no reason to object. But having said that, if there was no conviction, how could the rich man and the others be wrong?
have?"
Jiang Zhiqi immediately said: "First of all, we did not say that Fu Gong and the others were guilty. We only kept them to assist in the investigation based on their confessions. What we did was completely in compliance with the court's legal rules. We cannot open the door to them just because they are prime ministers.
one side.
Secondly, the legal system disrupts the general order and corrupts the law. The evidence is conclusive. There is no doubt that if Duke Wen has the ability, he should stop the crowd and don't take advantage of him to vent his anger."
Wen Yanbo also knew the public opinion outside, and almost all the scholar-bureaucrats were against it. He pointed at Jiang Zhiqi and said: "Okay, okay! Since you are so sure that the legal system is to deceive the public, then you can't let any of you go. If you let it go,
One, I will never let you go."
Jiang Zhiqi hummed: "Please rest assured, Mr. Wen, we will deal with it impartially."
"Then it's settled."
After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he stood up and walked away angrily.
Jiang Zhiqi bowed his hands to the two of them and said, "If you two have no other instructions, I will leave first."
Peng Siyan also bowed his hands.
"Wait a minute!"
Wang Anshi suddenly stopped them, "You can also take me back for interrogation."
Jiang Zhiqi was stunned, "According to the evidence we have now, this case has nothing to do with Bachelor Wang."
Wang Anshi said: "It's not too late for me to support the rule of law, right?"
Jiang Zhiqi and Peng Siyan looked at each other, and they immediately became angry.
Is your prime minister bullying others?
Then you are barking up the wrong tree.
We censors are not afraid of you prime ministers.
Jiang Zhiqi looked directly at his immediate boss Wen Yanbo provocatively, "Does Mr. Wen also support this?"
Wen Yanbo sneered and said: "The laws of the legal system disturb the general order and corrupt the laws and disciplines. The crime is unpardonable."
Is this cowardly?
Jiang Zhiqi said with a hint of ridicule: "Wen Gong really understands justice."
Wen Yanbo just said lightly: "As far as I know, those students in the Imperial College firmly support the legal system, and now they may still modify the regulations of the "Song Xingtong" in accordance with the legal system."
"We will find out this on our own, so we don't have to worry about it, Mr. Wen."
After saying that, Jiang Zhiqi said to Wang Anshi: "Scholar Wang, please."
Wang Anshi said with a hint of gratitude: "Thank you."
Get your wish.
Wang Anshi finally entered the senior citizen activity center.
As soon as I entered the door, I found these three old men playing cards leisurely. I immediately knew that I was in the right place. It was really scary outside.
"Wang Jiefu?"
Sima Guang was shocked when he saw Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi chuckled: "Are you surprised?"
Xu Zun was very concerned and asked: "Jiefu, why are you here?"
Wang Anshi said angrily: "Is it okay if I don't come? Everyone will think it was me."
Why did he rush in? It was because he became the biggest beneficiary of this matter. Fu Bi and Sima Guang were all the backbone of the villains. Everyone would definitely think that he was conspiring with the emperor.
This is about reputation, and he must prove his innocence.
Sima Guang chuckled: "Isn't it?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Wang Anshi said: "I, Wang Anshi, want to deal with you, Sima Junshi, can I use this despicable method?"
Sima Guang snorted: "Whether you are despicable or not, you have always been able to justify yourself."
Fu Bi hurriedly said: "We have already ended up like this, so let's stop arguing and quarreling. Why not save some energy and play mahjong."
"Mahjong?"
Wang Anshi was stunned.
"Jiefu, please take a seat quickly, there is just one less person."
boom!
"Touch it yourself! It's all right, right and wrong, one person has sixteen punches."
Fu Shichun slapped a card on the table and knocked down the card in front of him.
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "Brother Chun, this is playing cards, not fighting. Can you please stop being so serious? It makes me very nervous."
Fu Shichun retorted directly: "I want you to take care of it."
Cao Dongdong said hehely: "Xiaochun, you see, we are asking you to win money. Look how interesting this mahjong is."
Fu Shichun hummed: "You are outnumbered here. Whatever you say is what you say. Let's discuss it when we go out."
For him, this was an unforeseen disaster. He was caught making out with his concubine at home. What was even more hateful was that Cao Dongdong told him that they were the ones who deliberately framed him and asked him to come in and play a role to share some of the blame.
Consumption.
Life is like that, since you can't resist, you can only enjoy it.
Having said that, this mahjong is really fun.
"Wait a minute!"
Ma Xiaoyi suddenly said: "Don't say anything for now and listen."
Cao Dongdong said: "What are you listening to?"
"Shh!"
Several people pricked up their ears and faintly heard splashing sounds coming from all directions.
This sound is all too familiar to them, it is the sound of mahjong!
Cao Dongdong wondered: "We won't live in a gambling house, right?"
"What gambling house."
Zhang Fei said: "This is called compulsory consumption. Don't you know that the current national finance is not good? Keep playing, keep playing, this mahjong is really getting more and more interesting the more you play. Haha..."