Since Zhu Dongshan entered the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, others have always backed away from him when they saw him. He had never seen such a formation before, and he really felt a little guilty.
"What are you going to do?" Zhu Dongshan's face darkened: "Are you going to rebel?"
The officers of the Ministry of Punishment were well-trained and were already protecting Zhu Dongshan.
"Master Zhu, with your words, I can convict you of slander." Among the crowd, a person slowly walked forward with a smile on his face. Who else could he be if it wasn't Qin Xiao.
After Qin Xiao's death, many officials from Dali Temple followed quickly, including the temple leader Fei Xin. All the officials had expressions of indignation.
"Zhu Dongshan, who do you think is rebelling?" Fei Xinzhong took the lead and immediately shouted: "You slandered Dali Temple, we can't spare you."
Other officials in Dali Temple were afraid of falling behind and scolded them one after another.
Zhu Dongshan was stunned and looked incredulous.
Most of the Dali Temple officials in front of me looked familiar. After all, there were very frequent contacts between the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. In the past, when these officials saw me, they would bend their backs by three points, and they were all respectful to me.
But today, this group of officials seemed to have taken the courage of a leopard, and they were all dictating to me. They were completely different from the docile and respectful Dali Temple officials I had seen before.
"Qin Shaoqing, what do you mean?" Zhu Dongshan suppressed the annoyance in his heart: "It is indeed my fault, but you led a group of people to block our way, what do you mean?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Yun Lu's feeble voice coming from behind: "Stop, no one... is allowed to leave...!" Yun Lu, with red eyes and swollen eyes, stumbled after him.
When he squeezed into the crowd and saw Qin Xiao, he felt like an aggrieved child seeing his father. His nose felt sore and he ran over and said: "Master Xiao Qin, they... they robbed the prisoners, and...
And they even hit people, look, I... my eyes were hit like this...!"
Yunlu pointed at his red and swollen eyes, feeling aggrieved.
Qin Xiao patted Yun Lu's shoulder gently to express comfort, moved his eyes to Zhu Dongshan's face, and said coldly: "Master Yun is a fourth-rank member of the imperial court. Whoever hurt him, stand up for me!"
The officers of the Ministry of Punishment looked at each other.
Qin Xiao killed seven guards of the Chengguo Palace in front of the Dali Temple. This matter has naturally spread. Everyone in the Criminal Department was really frightened when they saw Qin Xiao's cold face. After all, even the guards of the Chengguo Palace
Dare to kill anyone, not to mention the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishments, who are nothing in the eyes of Mr. Xiao Qin.
The two cadres who beat Yun Lu did not dare to stand up. They just lowered their heads and did not dare to make eye contact with Qin Xiao.
"Master Qin, don't get angry without asking the right questions." Zhu Dongshan said coldly: "When we went to Kyoto Prefecture to arrest people, you people from Dali Temple not only blocked them, but also took the lead in beating them. Are we going to let your people beat us without fighting back?
?This is not the style of our Criminal Department."
"Dali Temple will attack first?" Qin Xiao said with a faint smile: "Everyone from the Punishment Department has stood up for me. I want to see how the people from Dali Temple have injured you." He looked at more than a dozen cadres from the Punishment Department.
He scanned his body one by one and finally said: "Whoever was beaten, please stand up and let me take a look at the injury."
Zhu Dongshan was startled, and everyone in the punishment department also changed their expressions slightly.
Although Yun Lu pushed someone in Kyoto Prefecture, he only made that person take a step back. Not to mention serious injuries, not even a hair was hurt.
The four officials of Dali Temple were beaten by a group of people from the Punishment Department from the beginning, and they were unable to fight back. Five people in Dali Temple, including Yunlu, suffered flesh and blood injuries, but no one from the Punishment Department was injured. At this time, Qin
Xiao wanted to check the injuries, but the Punishment Department couldn't even bring out a single wounded person.
"Sir, they... they are arrogant and overbearing, bullying the few...!" Several more people squeezed into the crowd, but it was the Dali Temple torture officers who were beaten in Kyoto Prefecture.
, all of them had bruises on their noses and swollen faces, and some even had their heads broken, looking extremely miserable.
Qin Xiao sighed and said: "Why are you beaten like this? Mr. Zhu, the hands of your punishment department are very dark. They are all relying on the salary of the imperial court. Why do you need to be so harsh?"
Zhu Dongshan said: "Master Qin, my men were indeed a little impulsive, but the scene at that time was very chaotic. In fact, it was your people who took action first. If you don't believe it, you can ask the people in Kyoto Prefecture, they can testify."
In the Wei Bi case, Qin Xiao escaped unscathed. Of course Lu Junzhong and Zhu Dongshan of the Ministry of Punishment had already judged that the saint wanted to reuse Qin Xiao.
Lu Junzhong even knew very well that the saint's intention of using Qin Xiao to revitalize Dali Temple was probably to check and balance the Ministry of Punishment.
In recent years, the Ministry of Punishment has dominated the criminal affairs of the Justice Department, and officials in the DPRK and the Central Government have been extremely silent about the Ministry of Punishment.
Of course, Lu Junzhong also knew that the Ministry of Punishment had too much power, which would inevitably make the saints feel a little suspicious.
But he understood better that once the Ministry of Punishment gave in step by step to Dali Temple and allowed Dali Temple to regain real power, the strength of the Ministry of Punishment would quickly disappear. Once Lu Junzhong, who was based on the Ministry of Punishment, saw the Ministry of Punishment weaken, he would inevitably make countless enemies in the court.
will face catastrophe.
Just because the saint wants to reuse Qin Xiao, the Ministry of Punishment must ensure that it cannot be at a disadvantage in the battle with Dali Temple. Otherwise, in the eyes of the saint, the Ministry of Punishment cannot even deal with Qin Xiao, who is young and has little qualifications, and it will go further.
Weakened the Ministry of Punishment and reused Dali Temple.
As long as she ensures that she has the upper hand in the battle with Dali Temple, demonstrates the strength of the Xingbu, and lets the saint know that the Xingbu is the most ferocious hound under her feet, the saint will be able to continue to reuse the Xingbu. On the contrary, once Dali Temple is at a disadvantage, the saint will
It is very likely that he will be disappointed with Qin Xiao's abilities, and therefore it is also very possible that he will ignore Qin Xiao.
Both Lu Junzhong and Zhu Dongshan knew very well that the saint used Qin Xiao to revive Dali Temple, not really to put the Ministry of Punishment to death, but to see the two major law offices check and balance each other.
If the saint really wanted to get rid of Lu Junzhong, a decree would be enough, and there would be no need to spend a lot of time.
The reason why the Xingbu family was allowed to dominate in the first place was because the saint needed a ferocious dog to bite people. Now that the people who should be bitten have been torn to pieces, the saint naturally does not need the Xingbu to continue to have excessive power. It is also possible to use Dali Temple to check and balance the Xingbu.
It's just a matter of course.
Lu Junzhong always carefully observed the thoughts of saints. He knew that he wanted to retreat, but how to retreat was also a profound knowledge.
If under the current situation, step by step retreats, the Ministry of Punishment will inevitably be seriously injured. However, if it first confronts Dali Temple, or even beats Dali Temple to the point where it can't resist, and then makes concessions, not only can the saint remain
He affirmed Lu Junzhong's talents, and his initiative to give in made the saint think that Lu Junzhong was a smart man who knew how to advance and retreat. In this way, even if the Ministry of Punishment lost some of its rights, it would still be unshakable.
Zhu Dongshan naturally knew all about Lu Junzhong's response strategy, so he knew very well that at least under the current situation, he must not make any concessions to Dali Temple.
Yin Wei of the Kyoto Prefecture is following his lead. If he comes forward to testify, he will of course only side with the Punishment Department. Zhu Dongshan is naturally confident about this and is not worried about Qin Xiao really going to find someone from the Kyoto Prefecture to testify.
Qin Xiao looked into Zhu Dongshan's eyes, suddenly sighed, nodded slightly and said: "What Mr. Zhu said is true. I think you are also a well-educated person, and you will never deliberately allow your officers to beat the people of Dali Temple.
When the people under my command are disobedient, it really gives people a headache." He smiled slightly and said, "You don't know something. When I was in Xiling, a brother in the Yamen was bullied by others, and we also ignored the orders of our superiors.
The word of righteousness came first, and on impulse, a group of people went out to seek revenge, but guess what? There were too many people, and the law failed to punish them all, so the Shangguan had no choice but to let it go."
Zhu Dongshan vaguely felt that something was wrong with Qin Xiao's words, and heard Qin Xiao continue: "At that time, we just thought that our brothers were being bullied, and if we were like cowardly turtles who didn't dare to stand up for our brothers, then it would be better to go home and hug them.
child.....!"
Fei Xin, who was behind Qin Xiao, heard everything clearly and immediately understood. He pointed at the people in the Punishment Department and shouted: "You bully the small ones with the majority and beat us in Dali Temple. Even our Yun Shaoqing is not immune. Do you really think Dali Temple is the best?"
Is there no one? Brothers, call me!"
The Dali Temple torture officers present all had ears, so they could naturally hear Master Xiao Qin’s words clearly. Almost everyone understood what Master Xiao Qin meant. At this time, Feixin shouted, “Dali Temple torture officers
He almost thought that Mr. Xiao Qin was nearby, and if he didn't behave at this time, he might not have a chance in the future. As soon as Fei Xin finished speaking, several powerful Dali Temple torture officers swung the torture sticks in their hands, and without saying a word, they said
The officer of the Ministry of Punishment smashed it down. The other officers of the Dali Temple were afraid of falling behind. With shouts and shouts, they rushed towards the officers of the Ministry of Punishment from all directions.
Qin Xiao raised his hands and said feebly: "Stop fighting, forget it, let's be reasonable and convince others with virtue...!" As he spoke, he stepped back with his hands behind his back, looking helpless.
Yun Lu was beaten so hard by the people from the Ministry of Punishment that he could barely stand up. He was so angry that he couldn't stand up. Now, even if he didn't want to show off in front of Qin Xiao, in order to avenge himself, he shouted loudly: "Beat me and you will die."
Fight, these bastards have been bullying us all these years, let them see today how powerful our Dali Temple is."
When Yun Shaoqing spoke, the Dali Temple execution officials were even more fearless.
Qin Xiao brought over most of the punishment officers from Dali Temple. More than 40 people had an absolute numerical advantage against the more than ten people from the punishment department, and they were besieged from all sides. Although the punishment officers resisted vigorously, Dali Temple was not only overpopulated.
, and everyone wanted to show off in front of Mr. Xiao Qin, so they let go of their hands and feet. In a moment, more than a dozen officers from the Criminal Department were knocked to the ground. There were too many people in Dali Temple, and they couldn't even squeeze forward. Zhu Dongshan was there.
In the chaos, his official robe was torn. He was trying to squeeze out of the crowd in a panic, but he had already been pulled over by several Dali Temple torture officers and knocked to the ground. Several torture sticks were crackling at him without any thought.
Beat it down.
Zhu Dongshan held his head in his hands and huddled on the ground. He was fat and huddled on the ground like a pile of meat. When the torture stick was hit, there was a "bang bang" sound accompanied by Zhu Dongshan's wailing.