A stage was set up in the courtyard of Prince Qi's mansion to sing an opera. King Zhao Changchun, the fat general of King Wu, was sitting on the imperial chair, twisting the incense burner in his hand, watching with great interest.
The King of Qi loved watching the little Hua Dan the most, so he asked the theater troupe to prepare a special play for him, all starring the Little Hua Dan. The little Hua Dan were all clever, lively and handsome. From time to time, the King of Qi would grab a handful of golden beans and scatter them on the stage.
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After the play was over, the eunuch ran backstage and found the foreman, who refused to let the actresses take off their makeup. He said that he would bring the three girls who had just played the roles of Miss Qiao, Eryatou and Little Matchmaker into King Qi's room. The foreman was in a dilemma. The eunuch said: Yes,
There is still money to take; if you don't agree, I guarantee that you will leave the palace sideways.
The foreman had no choice but to talk to the three young ladies about the matter. The sound of women sighing and sobbing came from the room. But not long after, they put on their makeup and went to King Qi's room. Not long after, screams were heard in the room.
Hearing those voices, Zhao Lian, the eldest son of Prince Qi, couldn't help but shook his head and walked away.
It is true that although Zhao Lian also has some naughty parts, he is still a bit more humane than his father. He never messes around, but he just likes Tang Mei wholeheartedly. He thinks about it day and night, and is quite sick. He fantasizes about the world between them and Tang Mei.
, in the same hospital, in the same room, in the same bed and in the same dream, and have been together forever. But now when he closes his eyes, he can think of the pretty boy named Su in Qinxiang Xiaozhu, and he hates her so much that it makes his teeth itch.
When the royal family kills common people, if the government knows about it, it usually won't file a case. Unless Prince Qi falls and another stab is made on the corpse of his government. Therefore, Zhao Lian never worries about the government finding trouble for him, he just doesn't want Tang Mei to get into trouble.
Know.
"Your Majesty, the man surnamed Su was actually promoted by the emperor to be the head of the eighth-grade punishment department. Fortunately, he didn't succeed this time. Otherwise, it would have been troublesome to offend His Majesty and investigate..."
The eunuch Wang Shuangxi sent people to kill Su Ping, but they failed to kill Su Ping. Instead, Su Ping arrested five people and took them to the Ministry of Punishment.
When this matter failed, Wang Shuangxi emphasized in front of the young prince that the man named Su was promoted by the emperor.
"Eighth rank? Huh." Zhao Lian shook his robe sleeves: "As long as no one knows that I did it, it doesn't matter what rank it is?"
Wang Shuangxi rolled his eyes: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the slaves' work is confidential. The five arrested people have no idea who their real employers are, and they only assume that they are working for Hu Tongtian and Li Chengbang."
Zhao Lian was expressionless: "Hu Tongtian and Li Chengbang don't know either?"
Wang Shuangxi chuckled and said, "They don't know either."
Zhao Lian nodded: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in military affairs. If you fail, you will have to find a good plan. I always trust you when you do things. As long as others don't know that I did it, it doesn't matter if I fail a few times. Anyway, my family has plenty.
money."
Wang Shuangxi looked deeply moved and wiped his tears: "Master Ming, this servant is really with the right person. Working for the Crown Prince is worth dying for!"
"Don't say those unlucky words. Hurry up and do it."
"Got the order!"
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Huang Bingxuan, the former minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had been in prison for more than a year and had been tortured to the point of being transformed into a human being. Wearing dirty prison clothes and disheveled hair, he looked like a crazy beggar.
He cowered in the weeds, covered with a dirty felt. This felt was brought in by his daughter in every possible way. But his daughter didn't have much money, so she gave up a year's worth of felt to give her a felt.
All savings are gone.
The felt was originally clean, but it quickly became dirty because of the good deeds of the "inmates." They beat Huang Bingxuan, took away the felt, and pooped and peed on the felt.
Spending money is still useful. The jailer who had just collected the money found out about this, so he beat the perpetrator, and the felt was returned to Huang Bingxuan's hands.
But as soon as the jailer left, Huang Bingxuan began to tremble again. He was afraid that these devilish inmates would cause him trouble again.
"Is it true? We are enemies on a narrow road. You brought me, Fu Daotong, in. I didn't expect you to come in too, and you were even put in the same cage with me." Fu Daotong often said this, and he said it again today.
, walked towards Huang Bingxuan: "It's really an eye-opener for God."
There are a total of seven people imprisoned in this cage.
Fu Daotong once opened a martial arts gym and was not famous, but his master was very famous, Ouyang Jian, one of the four great masters, the "Sword God".
He is the prison tyrant of this cage, and the family members of this gang must show filial piety to him first when they bring anything. Fu Daotong often boasts that he is the most loyal and reasonable person, and as long as he knows how to be filial, he will not take anything by force.
, can leave most of it to that person, except Huang Bingxuan.
In fact, the inmates knew that the reason why he did not snatch everything away was because he was worried that no one would come to deliver things in the future. But Huang Bingxuan was different. After being in prison for more than a year, her daughter sent a felt.
It's not that her daughter is ungrateful, it's just that a woman can't make much money by doing odd jobs. It's not easy for her to send in felts.
"Brother Fu, Haohan Fu, please spare me. I had no choice but to deal with your case back then!"
"You are the servant, who can make you helpless?"
"The minister is not the biggest official in the court. He has the minister above him, as well as several elders who work in the three provinces, as well as the three nobles, princes, princes, princesses, princesses, etc., and there are even
We cannot afford to offend the empress or eunuchs in the palace."
Fu Daotong knelt down and reached out to slap Huang Bingxuan on the head: "You blamed me back then, saying I was disrespectful to King Qi. I didn't understand. I didn't even know what King Qi looked like, so how could I offend him?
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"I don't know about that. That's what Qi Wang Qiansui said. I can only do as he is told, right?" Huang Bingxuan was almost lying on the ground: "Brother Fu, think about it again, what did you do before you were arrested?
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Fu Daotong sat in the grass: "I haven't done anything to offend anyone..."
"Think again, even if it's a small thing."
"Before I was taken away by you, I was invited by Mr. Qiao to watch a play in the theater. That day there was a young actress who was very popular. I saw someone throwing money on the stage, so I took out a piece of silver and threw it on.
He also said a few words to the little actress..."
Just as Fu Daotong was reminiscing, two officials, a man and a woman, walked in. Judging from the style of their clothes, they were from the Ministry of Punishment.
The man is tall and tall, and has a handsome appearance, while the rare female officer has a slender figure and a delicate face. She wears a men's bun on her head, which makes her look more energetic.
The man was wearing an official robe of the eighth rank. Huang Bingxuan recognized him at a glance as the Chief Supervisor of the Criminal Department, so he stared at the man with wide eyes.
I don’t know him, I guess he’s new here.
"Who is Huang Bingxuan?"
"I am! I am!" Huang Bingxuan crawled over and knelt in front of Su Ping.
Su Ping looked at him: "Your people are killing people outside, did you know?"
"Ah?" Huang Bingxuan was shocked and looked up at Su Ping: "Master in charge, please don't accuse a good person unjustly. Several friends in the cage can testify that I squat in this prison and have no contact with the outside world.
ah!"
"Alas! Don't frame us with your nonsense!" Fu Daotong shouted: "This official, we won't give him that testimony. His daughter came to see him three days ago, and that felt was his My daughter sent it in!"
Su Ping moved his eyes sideways, glanced at Felt, and then at Fu Daotong.
Huang Bingxuan became angry and cursed: "Fu Daotong! What a cruel person! You can just bully me, but what do you think my daughter is doing? She just gave me blankets, what else can she do? Just a prison sentence She is so old, and you were by my side at the time, how could I still let her go out and kill someone?!"
Fu Daotong smiled evilly: "Oh, I seemed to really hear you telling your daughter that some people don't come to see you, it's really a loss of conscience. Those people should all deserve to die."
While talking, Fu Daotong came over, grabbed Huang Bingxuan's collar, and lifted Huang Bingxuan up: "Grandson, don't say that I framed you. Everyone has heard this." Fu Daotong's eyes flashed and he looked. Asked the group of inmates: "Is that so?"
The inmates were not very interested and had no choice but to say: "Yes."
Mei Ran knocked on the cage with the handle of the knife: "Release your handle!"
Fu Daotong hesitated for a moment and then let go.
Su Ping walked to the door of the cell and said to the head guard: "I want to interrogate these two people."
The head guard said, "I need to go talk to the warden."
Su Ping said: "If I don't leave the prison, I will be interrogated in your cell."
The head guard smiled awkwardly: "You'd better go to the warden. We can't make the decision."
Su Ping nodded and took Mei Ran to the warden's room. It turned out that the warden had gone drinking and was not in the room. Instead, he went to find the deputy warden. The deputy warden was a little old man, slovenly and slovenly. The gum blurred half of his eyes, making Su Ping feel nauseous.
Su Ping explained his intention.
He stared at Su Ping: "Do you have any arraignment procedures?"
Su Ping took out Xue Shilang's document, looked at it, shook his head and said: "The document said that you should go to the county to handle Huang Sanlang's case. What does this have to do with our Jingzhao Mansion Prison? Our Jingzhao Mansion Prison It is not under the control of the county.”
After saying a few words in an official tone, he put the document under his hand.
Su Ping said: "Huang Sanlang's case involves Huang Bingxuan. And I interrogated Huang Bingxuan without leaving the cell."
"That won't work either. You should go back to the Criminal Department and go through the formal procedures."
As he spoke, the deputy warden moved his hand and handed the document to Su Ping.
If Su Ping doesn't catch it, the document will fall to the ground.
Su Ping took the document and said seriously: "I am still the censor of Kyoto, and I am here to investigate as the censor. Isn't that okay?"
The deputy warden sat deeply in the chair, crossed his legs, looked up at Su Ping and said, "Young man, do you understand the rules? Whether you are the head of the Criminal Department or the censor of the Yushitai, you Isn’t it just an eighth-grade official? Can you still modify the charter of our fifth-grade yamen? Even if you report this to the emperor, I don’t think the emperor will speak to you, right?"
Today, Su Ping was wearing a blue cloth cloak issued by the Ministry of Justice. The cloak covered the odds and ends hanging around his waist. But while the deputy warden was speaking, Su Ping lifted the cloak, and the little old man saw it at a glance. , Su Ping hung an exquisite silver pouch on his waist, a silver fish bag given to him by the emperor.
The little old man's back immediately left the backrest, sat up straight, looked at Su Ping again, hesitantly raised a hand, pointed at the official document in Su Ping's hand and said: "Uh..., it's the document signed by Minister Xue, right? Bring it to me. I’ll take a look again.”