Chapter 448 The situation in Beijing is getting worse
In front of the official office of Dali Temple, the agitated scholars from various families gathered here, looking very excited and shouting loudly:
"Release Master Si Ye and severely punish Di Renjie, the minister of Dali Temple!"
"Constructing a crime, falsely accusing celebrities, this is what cruel officials do!"
Faced with such a group of extremely excited and indignant scholars from hundreds of schools, Yao Guangxiao was well prepared and sent a group of forbidden troops to strictly guard the Dali Temple. In addition, the Ministry of Punishment, Sticking Branch, and Dongchang were also in charge of various activities.
Send experts to guard the inside and outside of Dali Temple.
At this time, the people from hundreds of schools who were on duty in Dali Temple, especially the Legalist disciples, had even been ordered to stay in their respective courtyards, under strict guard by the guards, and were not allowed to go out at will.
The atmosphere in the entire Dali Temple was solemn and tense. Everyone felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and their expressions could not hide their panic.
At this time, the minister of Dali Temple, Di Renjie, who was the main target of criticism by scholars of all schools of thought, was sitting in the lobby of the government office with a normal expression, handling official duties as usual.
An official from Dali Temple looked anxious and said in a deep voice:
"Sir, these daring scholars outside are here just for you, my lord, why don't you just stay away from them?"
Di Renjie flatly refused without raising his head:
"Avoid? I have a clear conscience, why should I evade?"
Di Renjie never dreamed that one day he would be called a cruel official...
However, he acted in accordance with His Majesty's will, and he had a clear conscience in what he said and did, and never acted in any way to frame himself. If he left the Yamen of Dali Temple at this time, he would be suspected of having a guilty conscience, and he would also lose the dignity of the court. Therefore, no matter what, he would
Neither wanted to leave just like that.
Listening to the voices of accountability coming from outside, Di Renjie put down the official document in his hand, stood up, and said:
"Go to the prison, I want to see my teacher Mingzhe!"
The officials under his command were surprised by Di Renjie's calmness in handling matters, and they couldn't help but feel admiration in their hearts. They cupped their hands and said:
"yes!"
The prison in the official office of Dali Temple is considered to have the best conditions among the prisons in various government offices in Beijing. After all, most of the people detained here were officials before, and many people were able to clear their grievances and be reinstated to their original posts.
The prison built above the ground does not feel dark and damp at all, but is bright and bright.
The cells of Shi Mingzhe and the three of them were the best among all the cells.
Sunlight shines in through the window in the cell. Looking out from the window, you can also see the flowers and plants in the backyard of Dali Temple. If you listen carefully, you can also hear the sound of birdsong outside.
In the three adjacent cells, Shi Mingzhe, Ji Fang, and Gongsun Song were kneeling on brocade cushions. On the low table in front of them, there were exquisite tea sets. The refreshing fragrance of tea made people feel happy when they smelled it.
You know what is brewing in the teapot is the finest tea leaves in the world.
At this time, the three of them were raising glasses to each other across the cell door, looking relaxed and enjoying themselves.
Ji Fang and Gongsun Song, who were still a little panicked at first, apparently heard the noise coming from outside Dali Temple at this time. They were convinced in their hearts and regained some of the calmness that elites from hundreds of families should have.
Di Renjie glanced at the cell of the three people calmly, his brows moved, and he said in a deep voice:
"As the minister of Dali Temple, I often come to this prison. But I just found out today that the conditions in this Dali Temple cell are so good!"
The conditions in the cells in Dali Temple are good, but they are just cleaner and brighter in comparison. The people here are all guilty after all, so the conditions cannot be so comfortable!
The cell leader next to Di Renjie was trembling all over and stammered:
"Big, big, adults, little people really don't know how these things got in..."
Di Renjie sneered and said:
"Of course you don't know! I have no idea how many hundreds of disciples are serving in Dali Temple, especially the Legalist disciples. I don't have the guts to rescue these three people from prison, but as a master, Jitang
Lord, Mr. Gongsun secretly conveyed some news and sent some things in, but many people are willing to help!"
Compared with the various forces in the world, the various schools of thought are more loosely organized and have a looser structure. Except for a few core disciples who have been carefully cultivated, the rest of the disciples are mostly similar to the relationship between an academy and its students.
These people may not necessarily be willing to give up their own future for each school. But they have taught each other skills and are from the same school, so it is inevitable that they will help each other. When something goes wrong, it is normal for them to help secretly.
Shi Mingzhe, who was in the cell, raised his head slightly at this time, raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for Di Renjie, and then raised his hand to greet him.
When Di Renjie saw this, he immediately waved his hand to signal the people around him to open the cell, then walked straight into it, knelt down in front of Shi Mingzhe, and took the cup of tea from Shi Mingzhe.
"This should be the first time Master Di has come to see us since the three of us entered Dali Temple." Shi Mingzhe looked at Di Renjie in front of him and said in a deep voice.
Di Renjie put down the tea cup in his hand, nodded and said:
"Well, although Your Majesty has been on tour for several months, I have just returned to Beijing and it is inevitable that I will be busy with official duties... If it weren't for Shi Siye's method, I'm afraid I still wouldn't be able to see me today!"
Gongsun Song, who was in the next cell, directly intervened:
"Lord Di, what does this mean? Why can't we understand it? Also, didn't you say before that there was evidence in Dali Temple that the three of us conspired to assassinate Gong Wei? I wonder if you can show it to the three of me now?
look?"
Upon hearing this, Di Renjie turned his head slightly and nodded to the officials accompanying him.
When there was a police officer, holding a thick file in his hand, he walked into the cell and placed the thing in his hand in front of Shi Mingzhe.
Di Renjie picked up a few copies and introduced them respectively:
"This account book is the private property of your Confucian family. It contains the details of the fund allocation in the past few months."
"This file contains the confessions of the servants in the palace who were bribed by infiltrators, as well as an inventory of the money used to bribe them."
"This is the confession of the person responsible for bribing the palace servant."
…
Gongsun Song and Ji Fang on the side looked a little strange at this time.
Obviously Shi Mingzhe had promised before that Confucianism had dealt with it carefully, and it would never be so easy for the court to find clues.
But he never expected that in just a few days, Di Renjie would have so many things in his hands!
From the corner of his eyes, Shi Mingzhe glanced at the two people next to him who had different expressions, and immediately frowned slightly.
He knew very well that despite the fact that Legalists and famous scholars were standing with him now. But in fact, if the situation really came to an irreversible point, in order to preserve the foundation of the two families in Yun State, Ji Fang and Gongsun Song would definitely
He gave himself up without hesitation in exchange for the Yun State court not to investigate further.
Thinking of this, Shi Mingzhe quickly retorted:
"If we only have these pieces of evidence, we can't convict someone of my master's crime!"
When Di Renjie heard this, he laughed, nodded slightly, took out another file, held it in his hand, and continued:
"And this one is the confession of your Confucian disciple, Zou Shi, who I, the Dali Temple, caught following the clues! According to his account, this matter..."
When Di Renjie said this, he was immediately interrupted by Shi Mingzhe:
"Zou Shi, isn't he already dead?"
At this time, Shi Mingzhe blurted out, obviously a little out of control.
Because the power of the Yun Kingdom's court far exceeded his previous imagination. It actually touched Zou Shi's body in such a short period of time.
"How did Mr. Shi know?" Di Renjie asked immediately.
Shi Mingzhe took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"As Mr. Di said, there are many people in Dali Temple who sympathize with the three of us..."
Di Renjie curled his lips, nodded, and said:
"He's not dead!"
Shi Mingzhe narrowed his eyes and said suspiciously:
"Not dead?"
"Yes, he's not dead! The head of the Fang Ji family, the imperial doctor Ji Xu, who is known as 'the living and the dead, the flesh and bones', is now sitting in the capital. Your disciple named Zou Shi was very lucky, and he was saved by the imperial doctor Ji Xu
One life!"
"Perhaps after dying once, Zou Shi is now enlightened. After a little interrogation, he explained everything."
This Ji Huan, also known as Bian Que, the famous miracle doctor in history, possesses sixth-level medical skills that are among the best in the world!
He and Qin He, with the support of Xiao Cheng, founded Fang Jijia in Jixia Academy, aiming to train medical disciples to practice medicine all over the world and relieve the world from the suffering of diseases.
Naturally, Shi Mingzhe and the others knew about such medical skills and reputation.
When he heard what Di Renjie said at this time, Shi Mingzhe actually didn't believe it. Because this Confucian disciple named Zou Shi was trained by him personally, he strongly identified with Confucianism, and he was from the Xia Kingdom. It was absolutely impossible that he would
Tell the truth about what you know.
However, even if Shi Mingzhe was so sure that his disciples would not betray him, Ji Fang and Gongsun Song did not have such confidence. When they heard what Di Renjie said, their faces sank and became extremely solemn.
Shi Mingzhe's face was uncertain. He immediately took the file from Di Renjie's hand and glanced at it. Then he breathed a long sigh of relief, sat up straight and said:
"This file is full of nonsense and has no credibility at all! I also ask Master Di to bring Zou Shi to me and confront me face to face!"
When Di Renjie heard this, he nodded repeatedly and said casually:
"Okay...but Shi Siye still has to wait a moment! I want to interrogate Hall Master Ji and Mr. Gongsun first!"
Having said this, Di Renjie stood up straight away and said loudly:
"Come here, take the two of them away and keep them in separate custody... I need to ask you confidently, one by one!"
Listening to Di Renjie's authentic words, Shi Mingzhe's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously said:
"Take it where?"
Di Renjie glanced at him silently, turned and left without answering his question.
Looking at Ji Fang and Gongsun Song's ugly struggling expressions, Shi Mingzhe suddenly felt uneasy and couldn't help shouting:
"What Zou Shi said is completely untrustworthy!"
These words were a reminder to the two of them that the file in Di Renjie's hand was not true!
But under the current situation, it is more like Shi Mingzhe's last struggle in despair.
Di Renjie turned slightly, turned to look at Shi Mingzhe again, and showed a smile.
Ji Xu is a doctor, not a god. The Confucian disciple named Zou Shi directly penetrated the heart when he committed suicide. He could no longer be saved by relying on medical skills. So this file is naturally fake!
But what Di Renjie wanted was the suspicion and fear that arose in the hearts of Gongsun Song and Ji Fang at this moment!
At the same time, outside Dali Temple.
More than a hundred capable Dongchang fans and guards at the sticky pole came on horseback. They were followed by more than a thousand forbidden troops and suddenly appeared outside the official office of Dali Temple.
The leader of the forbidden army general yelled:
"The embroidered envoy of the Xia Kingdom intends to disturb the peace of my clouds, and now he takes the opportunity to disturb the wind and rain. We have been ordered to arrest the spies of the Xia Kingdom! No one else is involved, so be alarmed!"
Just when the scholars from hundreds of schools had not reacted, there were dozens of scholars dressed up in the crowd. Dongchang Fanzi, who was mixed in the crowd, and the guards at the sticky pole suddenly took action and attacked the crowd.
The dozen or so people in the crowd suppressed him tightly and were escorted out of the crowd.
The leading Forbidden Army General shouted loudly in front of all the soldiers:
"Lei Feng, the fourth-grade embroidered envoy of the Xia Kingdom, and Shao Kaijie, Guipu, and Bi Song, the embroidered envoys of the Xia Kingdom... disrupted the stability of the capital and waited for opportunities to stir up troubles. Their crimes are heinous. The evidence is conclusive. They should be arrested immediately!"
Having said this, the Forbidden Army General raised his riding whip, pointed at the dozen or so Xia Kingdom embroidered envoys who were being escorted, and said loudly:
"The station of the Xia Kingdom's Embroidered Clothes Envoys has been eradicated. The list of Embroidered Clothes Envoys' spies has been handed over to the court. Most of the people present are from hundreds of families. If you don't believe it, you can carefully identify it!"
At this time, the first thought in the minds of the scholars from all walks of life was that they suspected that the imperial court was taking the opportunity to retaliate and suppress the scholars of all schools of thought.
However, the leader's words and deeds were so calm, which gave them no excuse for the attack, and they could only turn to identify the dozen or so people who were captured.
"These people do look a bit unfamiliar? I seem to have never seen them before!"
"I have seen that Bi Song. He is a disciple of a peasant family. But this person, I remember, failed in the imperial examination and was not selected as an official. He had a lot of resentment towards the Dayun court. Last year when the imperial examination was held in the Xia Kingdom, he also said that the Yun Kingdom did not
To recognize talents, he will return to Daxia to serve."
"Yes, yes, I remember that too. I thought Bi Song would return to Daxia immediately. But a few months later, he still stayed in the academy, and he never mentioned returning to Xia again.
Already."
"Hey, this Lei Feng, I look a bit like the boss of the cake shop under our academy!"
"It seems to be quite similar!"
"If you put it this way, this Shao Kaijie looks like the clerk in that store."
"..."
The embroidery envoys in the Yun Kingdom were severely weakened by the attacks from Dongchang and Niangan. Especially the embroidery envoys in Zhongqing City were even more manpower-strapped.
At this time, a few of them happened to be recognized in public.
The more they discussed, the more convinced they became that these people were spies from the Xia Kingdom.
Seeing that the situation was about to stabilize, several figures among the hundreds of scholars suddenly squeezed away the people around them and burrowed deeper into the crowd.
Under such a situation, such an action really arouses people's suspicion.
When the Forbidden Army General who led the team saw this, he immediately felt that there was an embroidered envoy from the Xia Kingdom hiding among the crowd and had not been discovered, and immediately shouted loudly:
"Don't let those people escape!"
The Dongchang fanzi and the guards at Niangan were all eager to compete for credit. As soon as they heard the order, they squeezed into the crowd without saying a word.
Suddenly, there was chaos among the crowd of scholars from hundreds of schools.
The Imperial Army general was startled when he saw the chaotic scene. Just as he was about to control his men, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise coming from the crowd.
"Killed!"
Everyone present looked towards the place where the sound came from.
Then they saw a scholar who had been stabbed in the abdomen. He covered the wound and fell to the ground helplessly.
In front of him, a Dongchang fan was holding a bloody steel knife in a daze, with a look of confusion on his face.
After the air around them froze for a moment, several high-pitched and urgent shouts rang out from the crowd again.
"The court is taking action!"
"Run!"
"Go back to the academy quickly and ask for the protection of the elders of your master!"
The originally stable order was now in chaos again.
Most of the scholars from hundreds of schools did not know the truth. They could only hear the urgent shouts from all around, saying that the imperial court had taken action to kill people.
Under someone's secret instigation, the atmosphere among the crowd suddenly became restless.
"Kill out!"
"Fight with the officers and soldiers!"
Someone who didn't know who it was shouted loudly, and several figures rushed out boldly, killing the surrounding Forbidden Army soldiers.
Who would have expected that all changes would happen so suddenly. The atmosphere that had already calmed down would suddenly turn into a war.
However, the leader of the Forbidden Army General was quite decisive and knew to block the news as soon as possible to prevent the situation in Beijing from deteriorating again. He immediately shouted loudly:
"Surround them and don't let anyone go!"
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army, who were suddenly attacked by hundreds of scholars, reacted immediately after hearing the order, shouted loudly, and formed a military formation.
The heavy military force, solemn and murderous, suddenly rose into the sky, and the heaven and earth moved, causing the army to gather together. The majestic force came down, blocking a group of disorderly scholars from hundreds of schools.
It's a pity that even though the Imperial Army reacted very quickly, there were many masters among the hundreds of scholars, so many people still rushed out and fled in all directions.
The leading Forbidden Army General looked at the figures of these scholars from hundreds of schools of thought quickly disappearing, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: