Seeing a tall man in the palace fall from his horse, Zhang Zhuangtou and another Zhuangtou were shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
Unexpectedly, the lieutenant got up, knelt on his knees, and crawled towards Gao Pingshi using all four limbs. Gao Mo didn't know what he wanted to do, so he immediately stopped in front of him and shouted: "Stop!"
Hmm...actually, it seems, it seems, he is not standing?
The lieutenant general didn't care about this. After being drunk by Gao Mo, he kowtowed violently and said, "Damn it, little one. I don't have eyes to see Mount Tai. I don't know that Gao Guanzheng is in front of me. I beg you, Gao Guanzheng."
There are so many adults, spare the little one’s life. In the next life, the little one will work as a cow or a horse to repay Gao Guanzheng’s great kindness!”
This man's attitude changed so quickly that Gao Pragmatic was caught off guard for a moment and said in shock: "You... cough, tell me, what's your crime?"
In fact, it's no wonder that Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised. He had always followed the high-level route and dealt with real high-level people. There were really few "going deep into the grassroots". And when dealing with high-level people, they rarely had face-to-face conflicts.
At that time, at least it seemed to be a "gentleman's dispute" in general. Even if you lost, it was just asking for an official position.
Or just like Xu Jie, write a letter to Gao Gong, give in, and say a few words of begging for mercy. The other party will definitely be embarrassed to worry about it, so both parties take a step back, and that's it.
But like today, one moment he was so tense that he wanted to take the opponent's head and use it as a ball, and the next moment he kowtowed and confessed his crime, begging for mercy... Gao Pragmatic really didn't have this experience.
He didn't know that the level gap between people these days was so big, and the gap between him and this lieutenant was so big that the other party thought he could easily take his own life!
However, being highly pragmatic is, after all, highly pragmatic. After being stunned, he quickly reacted and thought of a small detail just now. That is, when the other party heard that he called himself "Gao Xiuzhuan", he subconsciously called him "Gao Xiuzan".
”, but called him “Gao Guanzheng”.
This shows that the other party has long known that Gao Pragmatic is Gao Guanzheng, and in the eyes of the other party, Gao Pragmatic is Gao Guanzheng, the "ancestor" who accompanies the emperor all day long, including Huang Mengyu, the governor of the East Factory, and Chen Ju, the censor of the imperial horse.
The emperor's ministers must be greeted with caution!
What is the status of Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju in the inner court? They are among the best ancestors! And they, the young eunuchs who were sent out, still don’t know if they will be able to meet these two ancestors all year long.
The two ancestors had to greet people with great care. Who could they offend?
The big eunuchs may want some face when they have more power. How can the little eunuchs care about this? If they offend someone they can't afford to offend, the first priority is to beg for mercy and save their lives. Face is nothing! They are the emperors.
House slaves are true, but no matter how awesome a house slave is, they are still a house slave in essence. They are already his mother's "slaves", so why should they care about face?
I have to say that these people are true pragmatists.
Regarding Gao Pragmatic's question, the lieutenant-general also kowtowed directly and replied: "You are so blind that you dare to attack Gao Guanzheng, so you deserve death."
Gao pragmatic sighed and lost interest in talking to him. He waved to Chen Ju from a distance and said, "Come on, I'm too lazy to argue with you. You should explain your problem to Chen Ju yourself."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic usually wouldn't call Chen Ju by his name, but now he wanted to show off Gao Guanzheng's prestige, so he simply acted more arrogantly.
Sure enough, when the lieutenant heard this, he was so frightened that he kowtowed even more vigorously, begging for mercy again and again.
Although Gao Pangshi had long been degenerated into a member of the feudal landlord class, after all, he still retained a lot of the three views of his previous life. Seeing his pitiful appearance, he hesitated for a moment and finally said: "What crime do you have? Chen Ju will discuss it later."
Let me tell you, but since you sincerely plead guilty, I will not punish you without teaching you, and I will let him spare your life."
"Thank you Gao Guanzheng, thank you Gao Guanzheng!" The Zhongguan finally felt more at ease and kowtowed again and again.
Gao Pragmatic shook his head inwardly, thinking that this person, not to mention other abilities, must be at the level of a professional just by kowtowing.
The two accomplices brought by the Zhongguan - oh, the two village heads, saw that the "highest minister in the palace" was actually frightened like this by this guy who claimed to be "a highly pragmatic editor in the Hanlin Academy". They couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded and thought:
: I really saw a ghost in broad daylight. Isn't he just a minor editor of the Hanlin Academy? Although he is an extremely noble Hanlin official, he has no power. How could the superior be so frightened?
They had already been controlled by the Gao family's servants at this moment, and they did not dare to act rashly. They just kept their four eyes darting around, obviously not understanding the situation yet.
At this time, Chen Ju had already brought the young supervisor Dong over and gave Gao Pragmatic a wry smile.
Gao pragmatic also smiled and said: "This person's attitude of pleading guilty is quite good, and he can avoid the death penalty... This is your Royal Horse Supervisor's matter, you can handle it yourself."
Chen Ju smiled bitterly and nodded, then glanced at them with a serious face, and asked coldly: "Your name is Li Shisan?"
Li Shisan continued to perform the kowtow technique, kowtowing and begging for mercy: "Return to my ancestors, I am just right. I don't know that Gao Guanzheng and my ancestors arrived and hit the noble man. He deserves death."
Chen Ju, however, was not pragmatic and easy to talk to. He kowtowed to him as if he had never seen him before, and said calmly: "A crime worthy of death? Well, yes, a crime worthy of death."
Li Shisan didn't expect Chen Ju's attitude to be so cold and stern. His heart was in his throat again and he begged for mercy: "Old ancestor, please forgive me. I don't dare to do it anymore. Please forgive me, ancestor!"
Chen Ju said calmly: "Gao Xiuzhan just exempted you from your death penalty, so you don't need to ask me for mercy."
Li Shisan breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still very measured in his words. He quickly kowtowed and thanked: "Thank you Gao Xiuzhan for your mercy, and thank you ancestors for your mercy."
Chen Ju said slowly and calmly: "Whose child are you from?"
This question is not to ask Li Shisan who his father is, but to ask who Li Shisan's "godfather" is in the palace. In fact, it is to ask whose disciple he is.
Li Shisan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Chen Ju would ignore him and just order to be killed - the rules between eunuchs were much greater than those between officials. Not to mention the rules between civil servants, even the rules between military attachés did not have eunuchs.
The rules between them are strict, and it is not new for them to directly beat to death if they collide with an ancestor-level eunuch.
In the Ming Dynasty, many people cut themselves off and tried to become eunuchs in the palace, and they were repeatedly banned. What does it mean to kill a few for making mistakes?
But since Chen Ju asked him who his family was, Li Shisan felt relieved. He knew that he would definitely not die as soon as he reported his family name.
"The ancestors of the good teachings know that the younger one is Li Gong's secret letter."
