Chapter 114 The emperor is ruthless and unexpected
Chapter 114 The emperor’s ruthlessness is unexpected
However, to Chang Xiao's expectation, except for Luo Yangxing and Commander Luo who were sitting on the main seat, and Wang Tongzhi, who was on the right side of the main seat, looked at him a little bit wrong, so were the other Qianhu.
, no matter what happens, he always has a smile on his face, and every eye is full of kindness.
Chang Xiao couldn't help but feel slightly surprised. Originally, he was planning to be ostracized today and have to verbally fight with the Jin Yiwei. He never expected in his dreams that the eyes of these people were so gentle, so soft that it made him tremble.
Seeing him come in, everyone in the room stood up and greeted him.
Chang Xiao returned the favor one by one inexplicably.
Luo Yangxing was about forty years old, with a broad face and big ears. At first glance, he had the appearance of a man of official power. He had the hereditary official position of his father, Luo Sigong, and he was from a noble family.
It's not surprising that Luo Yangxing doesn't like Chang Xiao. Originally, he thought that Chang Xiao, an unconventional colleague, was here to get gold. Jinyiwei is the emperor's personal guard, and he always means getting close to him when he talks about it. Unexpectedly
Chang Xiao had caused so much trouble for him just one day after his arrival.
Luo Yangxing is a person who doesn't have much ambition. He just wants to live his little life peacefully and then ask his son to inherit his position. What such a person fears most is exceptions, and what he fears even more is chaos. Because
Both of these meant that things could not continue on a calm path, which meant that his peaceful little life had become turbulent.
Chang Xiao now combines these two types of things.
As for Wang Tongzhi's complex expression, it is indeed a bit complicated. This man usually doesn't say a word. Everyone treats him as air. Only those who know the details regard him as a person. However, even if they regard him as a person, they don't care.
People know what he is thinking, but Wang Tongzhi is the kind of person who no one can guess. It's not because he is so deep in the city, but because he doesn't speak or do things. His responsibility is to watch and listen. After reading and listening,
Tell Chongzhen what you see and hear, so that a person can tell others what they see in him to be considered strange.
The reason why the remaining Qianhu, Qianshi, and Zhenfu had a good attitude towards Chang Xiao was entirely because Chang Xiao had done such a thing, which straightened their backs again.
Which of these Jin Yiwei don't remember the glory of their ancestors? Even ten years ago, Jin Yiwei still had a straight back!
What were the Jin Yiwei like back then? Who wouldn’t be afraid when walking in the capital? What about now? The small merchants and hawkers walking in the capital don’t care about them anymore. Their wealth is getting less and less, and they only dare to eat meat during the holidays.
.My wife and children at home have no good feelings towards them. My life is very frustrating.
But since yesterday, their pockets have bulged and their faces have become brighter.
None of the young men in the prison have some money, and their families are afraid that they will suffer losses in the prison. Naturally, they will dig holes and beg their grandfather and grandmother to give them to these families who can speak for themselves.
Some of them were afraid that they would not accept the money, so they left the money and the name of the young master who asked for their attention and ran away.
This feeling of being treated as a master is really great.
In the eyes of people like them, this is the life that the men of Jinyiwei should live! Even if they want to hate Chang Xiao now, they can't, because when they see Chang Xiao, they see the white money rolling towards them.
They didn't even have time to laugh. They couldn't even close their mouths!
Even Zhou Qianshi, who couldn't bear to see Chang Xiao and was ripped off several times by Chang Xiao at Wang Changxu's wedding banquet, now has a good-natured look on his face.
Everyone stood up, but Luo Yangxing was still sitting. He was older than Chang Xiaoguan, so there was no need to stand up. He coughed dryly and said lightly: "Sit down!"
Next to Luo Yangxing, there was an empty seat under Wang Tongzhi. This seat was naturally reserved for Chang Xiao.
Chang Xiao folded his hands and sat down.
"Chang Tongzhi, please tell me about this matter. Since you are accusing them of treason, you must have some real evidence. Our Jinyiwei will never falsely accuse a good person!" Commander Luo grabbed the hot pot that had just been brewed on the table.
The tea cup, amidst the steam, shook its head and blew the tea stem while speaking lightly.
Chang Xiao smiled and took out a sharp ax from his arms. The cold light in the room immediately flashed, and with a bang, the ax was thrown on the table.
The tea cup in Commander Luo's hand almost fell to the ground and shattered. However, because of his shaking of his hand, most of the cup of scalding hot tea was poured onto his crotch. This is Commander Luo's self-cultivation. If it were someone else, he would have
It wasn't just a matter of howling like a killing pig, it had already been burned to the point of jumping up and down.
A whole room of people surrounded Commander Luo, slapping and beating each other for a long time before they stopped.
Commander Luo stopped drinking tea this time. He was so embarrassed that he just sat there trying to get his luck, and then held his breath back.
There is no way, the Tongzhi of the Jinyiwei is not something that he, the commander, can deal with. Although he is one level higher than Tongzhi, Tongzhi is appointed by the emperor. To put it bluntly, Tongzhi's role is to be the deputy general of the army.
When the main general is finished, the deputy general will step in, or when the main general is plotting and rebellious, the deputy general will jump out and kill the main general with a single blow!
Take Wang Tongzhi as an example, Commander Luo had to give him some face, because he knew that Wang Tongzhi was the emperor's eyes and ears. This kind of person should never be offended, otherwise a small word could destroy someone's family!
What's more, this Chang Xiao is weird. Although Commander Luo has lost face, he has to hold back his tone no matter what. Besides, he can see it. Chang Xiao doesn't seem to mean to scare him with an ax and make him look embarrassed...
Commander Luo's lower third leg was too hot, so he trembled slightly and asked with a calm face: "Chang Tongzhi, what's going on with this axe?" His voice was somewhat tactful.
Tight.
Chang Xiao also felt a little embarrassed. He really didn't mean to scare Commander Luo, because he didn't have to deal with Commander Luo. The tragedy of burning his third leg was entirely caused by Commander Luo being too sensitive.
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Chang Xiao replied: "This is what the young masters held yesterday. They used it to chop down the door of my Chang family."
Everyone knows this, and there is nothing strange about it. Of course, this is also the strangest part. None of these young masters admitted that the axes were brought by them or the servants. What do the Jinyiwei do? Naturally, they sniffed out the axes first.
Something, it’s just that the time is too short and I haven’t figured it out yet!
Commander Luo looked at the account book again and said, "What is this?"
Chang smiled and said: "These are the things they smashed in my house. This has nothing to do with treason. It is proof that I will ask them to pay for it later."
When Commander Luo heard this, a faint smile finally appeared on his tense face. He was an official for thousands of miles just for money. He knew Chang Xiao's move very well. Isn't it just a blackmail? This kind of thing is exactly what Jin Yiwei wants.
It’s what people should do! So it seems that Chang Xiao is still a member of my generation, and he’s not completely an anomaly.
The rest of the thousands of households, officials, and governors all showed understanding expressions, and it was obvious that this matter was tacitly understood.
The tense atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed due to Chang Xiao's arrival, and there was a feeling of congeniality between them.
Commander Luo easily grabbed the thick account book, put it in front of him and squinted at it. After turning a few pages, his expression changed slightly. He glanced at Chang Xiao, turned directly to the last page, and scanned
After taking one look at the final total, Commander Luo's chin trembled, and then he glanced at Chang Xiao, with a look of admiration in his eyes. After a dry cough, Commander Luo closed the ledger.
The rest of Qianhu, Qianshi, Zhenfu and Tongzhi all saw the change in the expression on Commander Luo's face. Wang Tongzhi had less taboos. He stood up and grabbed Chang Xiao's account book and looked at it. He was also like Commander Luo.
After reading a few pages, he turned directly to the last page. Then Wang Tongzhi's face, which had always been emotionless, showed a look of laughter and tears. He glanced at Chang Xiao, shook his head and closed the account book.
It was inconvenient for the rest of the people to look through it. Those thousands of households, ministers, and governors all looked at the account books with curiosity, eager to know what kind of things were recorded in them. They could ask Commander Luo and
Wang Tongzhi shook his head.
"Since it has nothing to do with it, Chang Tongzhi, where is the evidence for you to accuse those young masters of treason?" Commander Luo's calm words brought the topic back to the original question.
Chang Xiao smiled and said: "It will be there soon. Can I go to the prison to see these young men first?" What Chang Xiao meant was simply saying that I was going to extract a confession.
Wang Tongzhi said at this time: "This is not urgent. I interrogated them all night last night, and three young masters have already confessed to the crime of treason!"
Hearing this, Chang Xiao couldn't help but his eyes flashed slightly. He didn't originally intend to kill them all. After all, although these young masters were hateful, they really could not commit crimes that would lead to death.
Although he put a big hat on the young men, he was prepared to take them off after they suffered some hardships.
No one else would dare to label him as casually as he did, especially the label of treason!
But Chang Xiao dared, because he knew that Chongzhen needed him to do this. If Chongzhen wanted to govern officials, he would have to have a breakthrough. Chang Xiao created a breakthrough, and Chongzhen just used it to beat the civil and military officials.
But Chang Xiao didn't expect that Chongzhen would actually do such a great job and make the fake become real.
You must know that the crime of treason is to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. If the three young masters admit this crime, then at least hundreds of people will be killed. Chang Xiao suddenly feels that he is no match for Chongzhen when it comes to this vicious heart.
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The emperor is ruthless, this sentence is really not for nothing!
Commander Luo seemed to know that Chang Xiao could not produce any decent evidence. The reason why he had asked such a question before was just to beat Chang Xiao down, and then he changed the topic to these three young masters.
For example, what kind of family members do these three young masters have, where to start if their homes are ransacked, etc. It seems that these three young masters are destined to die.
And continue to interrogate other young masters and so on.
Naturally, the newcomer who often laughed at this kind of thing couldn't get a word in, so he squinted his eyes and listened, occasionally glancing at Wang Tongzhi.
Those three young masters must have known the consequences of admitting the crime of treason.
Once you admit to this crime, your parents, grandparents, grandparents, children, wives, brothers, sisters, even your uncles, cousins will all be killed. Even so, they
He still admitted to the crime of treason. It must be that the methods of Wang Tongzhi, who was silent and did not like to talk much, were too overbearing. He could make his father, mother, wife and children ignore him and just want a quick death!
After discussing for a whole morning, by noon, everyone was hungry, so the meeting was finally over, and Chang Xiao didn't say a word.
In the afternoon, Qianhu, Qianshi, Zhenfu and two fellow magistrates were all performing their respective duties. Chang laughed at the fact that this fellow magistrate was outside the rules. He didn’t have a single soldier under his command.
He had no specific responsibility for the related matters, so everyone became busy in the afternoon, but he was free and had nothing to do.
Chang Xiao was too lazy to stay in the cold Jinyiwei Yamen, so he returned home.
Chang Xiao was in a somewhat bad mood at this time. Things were beyond the expectations of the officials, so why not be beyond Chang Xiao's expectations?
Chang Xiao placed himself in the study room, put his legs on the table, closed his eyes slightly, and slowly began to think.