Hundreds of reinforcements arrived and blocked all the four passages leading to the small square at the Yamenkou. The originally small square was already overcrowded by the soldiers and the people who kept coming after hearing the news; as the crowd grew bigger,
It was crowded and the atmosphere became increasingly tense and depressing.
Tang Jie had to order a roadblock to be set up at the intersection to prevent people from flooding into the square. People who came later could not enter, so people went to the rooms and climbed trees. After a while, the surrounding eaves trees
The branches were also densely packed with onlookers.
The anxious Tang Jie sent three groups of people in succession to invite King Teng to come. Finally, at Chen hour, there was a commotion at the east intersection, and a group of burly men surrounded Zhao Zongdan, who was dressed in golden clothes and crowned with gold.
Tang Jie took a long breath, hurriedly evacuated the crowd, and stepped forward to greet him; Zhao Zongdan frowned and his face was gloomy. Tang Jie knew what he was annoyed about. In the past few days, he had been turned upside down by Su Jin, a small student. Not only did it not go smoothly
He was captured, but after a city-wide search, he emerged and acted like this.
"Your Highness, do you see?" Tang Jie said cautiously.
"Master Fu Yin, you are very cautious in handling things." Zhao Zongdan said angrily.
The reason why Zhao Zongdan was angry was not only because he was led by Su Jin, but also because he was angry that Tang Jie dragged him into the water. If he had any sense of responsibility, he could just take the person directly and save himself the trouble of having to step in and kill him.
He and Su Jin were directly on opposite sides of the conflict, which destroyed his image as a wise king who didn't care about anything.
"Your Majesty, the matter is serious and I really don't dare to take action rashly, so I can only ask Your Majesty for your permission."
Tang Jie doesn't care about that problem. You want to protect yourself wisely, don't I, Tang Jie, don't? The worst is, they fall apart, you don't care, I don't care, so I let those students go, issued a notice, and treated it as if it never happened, and I have to deal with it.
Theirs is you, Prince Teng, but you don’t want to come forward right now.
Zhao Zongdan also knew that it was of no use to say this at this moment. He had to see what Su Jin was doing, so he walked into the center of the circle of people. He was also shocked by the formation in front of him. This Su Jin was probably crazy.
, actually carried out the memorial tablet of Grandpa Taizu and worshiped it here. I don’t know what the intention was.
"Xuezi Su, you are here to offer incense to pay homage to Emperor Taizu. Your loyalty and remembrance of Emperor Taizu are touching. I am a descendant of Emperor Taizu, and I would like to express my gratitude to you."
Su Jin turned to look at Prince Teng, and suddenly pointed his finger on his nose and cursed: "The memorial tablet of Taizu is here. As a royal family member of the Zhao family, if you don't pay homage to your ancestors first, these things are irrelevant."
It seems that the descendants are true, but they are unfilial descendants."
The crowd immediately roared, and the little official started to yell at Prince Teng. He was too courageous. Was he planning to risk his life?
King Teng was so embarrassed that when he met Su Jin, he grabbed his head and yelled at him in public. He felt angry in his heart, but it was because he was rude first. Su Jin was right to scold him. He wanted to get angry but had nowhere to do it.
He could only glare at Su Jin with a livid face, turn around and kneel down to the memorial tablet and worship three times.
After standing up, he moved backwards. A royal companion followed too closely. Prince Teng was staggered by his feet. He was filled with anger and found a way to vent his anger. He slapped the guard twice and slapped him twice.
He kicked the guard in the stomach and turned the guard into a hunched-over shrimp.
The crowd suddenly fell into silence, knowing that Prince Teng was really in trouble, and any random words or actions at this moment would immediately lead to disaster.
King Teng then gasped and said to Su Jin in an evil voice: "Su Jin, I have finished offering incense and praying. The sky is dark and it may rain. The Taizu memorial tablet must not be wetted by rain. Why don't you collect the altar quickly and you are still waiting?"
What?"
Su Jin and the others had already arrived, so naturally he no longer pretended to be dumbfounded, looked up at the sky, turned to Zhao Zongdan and said, "Do you know, my lord, that yesterday there was a beautiful and clear wind, but today there are so many dark clouds to make up for it in the blink of an eye?"
Zhao Zongdan said: "There are unpredictable winds and clouds in the sky, and the changes in clouds and clouds are caused by heaven. How can I know the reason?"
Su Jin sneered, and suddenly said loudly: "You don't know, but I know that this is a sign that the spirit of the great ancestor appears in heaven. The great ancestor is not angry that his unworthy descendants will violate his will, so he is very angry, so he is like this.
The clouds are gloomy, the weather is sunny and rainy, so I, Su Jin, have to set up an altar to comfort the soul of Emperor Taizu in the sky, lest the wrath of Emperor Taizu bring disaster to all the people."
As soon as Su Jin said this, the whole place was in an uproar again. This guy is really crazy. Not only did he talk about Taizu's descendants in front of the prince, but he also talked nonsense like this. No matter how good-tempered Prince Teng is, he will probably...
About to get angry.
As expected, Zhao Zongdan no longer concealed his anger and shouted: "Su Jin, you stormed the Yamen yesterday, gathered a crowd to riot, and injured several officials. You are a mob, and today you dare to worship in front of Taizu's memorial tablet.
Grandpa Taizu has a spirit in heaven, and I am afraid that he will annoy you to death, a mob that is causing harm to the country and the country. It is not easy to touch you in front of Grandpa Taizu's memorial tablet. You should seriously repent and pray to Emperor Taizu to forgive your sins. It is only right to say dirty things.
By slandering the current royal family, you are committing the crime of annihilating the nine clans. Even if the great ancestor is here today, I will not tolerate your misdeeds."
Su Jin looked up to the sky and laughed and said: "What a eloquent Prince Teng, what a kind-faced and ruthless Prince Teng, what a sanctimonious Prince Teng. How dare you say these heartbreaking words in front of Emperor Taizu?"
, Aren’t you afraid that Grandpa Taizu will punish you?”
Tang Jie shouted angrily: "Thug Su Jin, don't be so arrogant! Hurry up and remove the memorial tablets from the incense table, and surrender obediently. That's the right way to go. Yesterday, the people in the city witnessed your atrocities, and now no matter how much you deny it, it won't help. I know that you
I am trying to absolve myself of the crime by paying homage to Grand Ancestor today, but I am afraid that you may have made a mistake. I will definitely bring you to justice today in order to uphold the court's laws."
Su Jin looked up to the sky and laughed in a manic manner. The laughter did not stop, and he cupped his hands to the thousands of people around him and said: "Fellow fellow villagers, today in front of the memorial tablet of Grandfather Taizu, please bear witness to Su Jin.
What happened yesterday was a crime against our students. Please think about it, we are all just students with no weapons and no strength in our arms. How could we suddenly cause trouble, storm the Yamen, and beat up the officials? If it were you, who would you?
Dare? Are all our Yingtianyuan students fools?"
Everyone nodded and thought to themselves, this is indeed the truth, how could anyone be so stupid as to seek death?
Tang Jie pointed at Su Jin's nose and said: "In full view of the public, your atrocities have been witnessed by all the people, but now you are making excuses. You can imagine your cunning and despicable intentions."
The common people thought that what Mr. Fu Yin said was reasonable. They did witness this incident with their own eyes yesterday. Seeing is believing. Although it is unreasonable, it did happen under their noses.
Su Jin said proudly: "This is the problem. Su Jin escaped last night. He was not fleeing in fear of crime. I just did one thing. From this, I also found out the truth of this matter. I would like to ask you fellow citizens to help me."
I am a witness, Prince Teng and Yin of the Tang Dynasty. I am here today in front of nearly ten thousand people and the memorial tablet of Grand Ancestor Taizu. If I produce evidence, what will you do?"
Zhao Zongdan and Tang Jie looked at each other, wondering what the trouble was, but then they thought about it, this matter was perfect. There was a manhunt in the city last night. Su Jin was running for his life and hiding. How could he find any evidence? It must be
He used this matter as a test to try to convince himself that he would not agree, so that he could openly defend his innocence and the innocence of those fifty-odd people without the need to produce evidence.
To put it ten thousand steps back, in front of so many people and in front of the great ancestor's spiritual throne, we can only accept this matter and cannot accept it.
"If you have evidence, just bring it out to prove your innocence. As a parent official of Yingtian Mansion, how can I not make the decision for you? You are asking as if I will protect others who have wronged others. I am paid by the imperial court, so I will naturally distinguish between them.
evidence and accept it.”
Su Jindao: "Since you have spoken so resonantly, I have nothing to worry about. Did you, fellow villagers, hear this clearly?"
Everyone said one after another: "Listen to the truth, young official, if you have any evidence, please show it. Can the master of the palace not make the decision for you?"
"Yes, Lord Fu may be a little confused, but how can he be careless about matters related to guilt?"
Someone whispered: "Not only is he a little confused, he is simply a confused official."
Others quickly responded with a sign of silence, fearing that this person would speak unhindered and be punished for what he said.
The general mentality of the people is to gravitate toward the weak, and the people in Yingtian Mansion also have a mentality that they hate the inaction of the government, which has caused their families to suffer from local ruffians.
Today, Su Jin openly defied the government and challenged Tang Jie and Prince Teng. From the bottom of their hearts, the people hoped that this small official named Su could produce evidence and successfully exonerate himself.
Su Jin said loudly: "With the testimony of all the fellow villagers, and under the scrutiny of the great ancestor and emperor's spiritual eyes in heaven, I can rest assured. Xiaozhu, please drive the car over."
Tang Jie stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Wait a minute."
Su Jin turned to look at him, wondering if he felt guilty and regretful.
"What should I say if your evidence is not evidence at all, or if you are making random accusations against others?"
Su Jin said: "I'll leave it to you, Mr. Fu Yin, and I won't say anything."
Tang Jie said: "In front of all the common people, I only have one request. You can remove the incense case, respectfully send Grandpa Taizu to his spiritual throne, and then surrender and admit all crimes."
Su Jin sneered: "That's it."
Xiao Zhuzhu drove the mule cart slowly into the circle of people. Su Jin opened the curtain and worked with Xiao Zhuzhu to drag Qian Gou Sheng and Huang Er Gou out of the car.
It was stuffed with rags and struggled endlessly.
Of course Tang Jie didn't know these gangsters, and he didn't realize at all that these were the two gangsters pretending to be students who beat up last night. He only thought of another question, so he shouted loudly: "Su Jin, you are setting this up for personal use."
Should the court detain and imprison others? What crime should be committed?"
Su Jindao: "According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the penalty of sixty canes on the buttocks and the fine of eight kilograms of copper. Students, scholars and the sick and weak can be punished with the cane on the buttocks with a fine of money instead. I am a student of Yingtianfu Academy. I happened to be among them, and received two strikes."
The total fine is one hundred and forty guan, so I will pay it in full."
As soon as Su Jin winked, Xiao Zhuzi brought down a large bag of money and handed it over. Tang Jie's face turned pale. The case had been closed before the trial started, and the criminal himself sentenced him.
The punishment really makes people dumbfounded.
But it turned out that what this person said was absolutely right. I wanted to scare him with scaremongering, but I didn't expect that this person knew Song Xingtong very well, so I had to put these thoughts aside and ordered the master to collect the money, register it in the treasury, and close the case.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Qian Gou Sheng and Huang Er Gou who were lying on the ground. Su Jin peeked at King Teng's face and found that he looked confused. Then he looked at Qin Fei, the manager who was following him, but he looked like this.
He covered his face with his hands and turned his back to the two people on the ground. His heart suddenly became clear.
Maybe the prefect doesn't know these two people, maybe the noble Prince Teng doesn't know them, but Qin Fei, the manager of Qin, must know them.dd