.The Jinyiwei Zhaozhuo located on West Chang'an Street has always been an extremely mysterious place. It is difficult for people outside to see the inside of it. They only think that the inside of the Zhaozhuo is full of prison rooms with iron sills like honeycombs, but they do not know that there are many small courtyards in the backyard deep in the high walls. This is used to softly ban the officers and officers who are not yet determined to be charged, so the management is naturally much more relaxed than those in the prison. If you are willing to spend money, or if someone is willing to spend money for you, it is even happier than outside.
In the northeast corner of the courtyard, there is a largest courtyard. To the north is a row of three spacious rooms, namely the main hall, study room, bedroom, the east house is a kitchen, and the west house is a thatched house, which is enough to meet all living needs of residents. In the spacious sky, there are towering trees, ancient wells, and stone benches and tables. If it is midsummer, you will definitely enjoy a comfortable and coolness. However, it is just the first month of the year, and the trees are still bare, and only the grass in the corners of the walls looks a little green. I don’t know if it is a psychological effect.
Silence came out of the Dongchang Zhao Prison and lived here all the time. As the "old uncle" of the Jinyiwei, his life naturally changed drastically. From food to daily life, he was taken care of meticulously. If you want to eat something, you will immediately serve someone to offer it. The contact with your family is also unimpeded. If you want to get something or send something, someone will run errands diligently. In short, except for having no reason, everything is fine.
Afraid that he would suffer from sequelae in the dungeon, Zhu Wu would cup and scrape him every few days, and the rest of the men and women came over from time to time to drink and chat with him to relieve his boredom.
Zhu Wu has cupped him this day. After taking off the bamboo cup, he reached out and touched the inner wall. It was so dry that he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, the cold is gone, and you won't have a problem with sitting down."
He stood up in silence, took the bowl of water he handed over, drank a whole bowl of boiled water, and smiled and said, "I'm really afraid of cursing myself."
Zhu Wu was a member of the Southeast who was silent, so he naturally knew that he was transferred back to Beijing City under the name of "severe rheumatism". Hearing this, he said softly: "If I had been in that prison for a month, I would probably really get sick."
After hearing this, he looked gloomy and said, "Hai Rui has been living for just one month."
Zhu Wu bowed his head and said, "This humble position is indeed powerless. The Jinyiwei and the Dongchang are not affiliated with each other, and their power is the same as fire. The last time I was able to go to their place to show their power, all because of the imperial edict, but it was beyond the reach of taking care of them afterwards."
"I know, I know." Chen Si was not willing to be in a heavy atmosphere, so he looked at the food box brought by Zhu Wu, rubbed his hands and said, "Is it delicious to bring Chen Si again?"
"Haha..." Zhu Wuzhan smiled and said, "It's February 2nd this year. My family steamed lazy dragons early in the morning. It's delicious or not. You should have a look." He put the food box on the table, lifted the first layer, and cut the "lazy dragons" after the dish.
‘February 2nd, eat lazy dragon’ is a custom in Laobei. The so-called ‘lazy dragon’ is steamed with long noodles and rolled into long pieces... The method is to roll the noodles and make them into long slices, put them on the kneaded meat filling, then roll them into long strips, plate them in a steamer, steam them, cut them open, and eat them all at home. It is said that eating lazy dragon can relieve spring sleepiness, and you will be diligent this spring.
Silently patted his head and said, "Is it a dragon raising his head today? I'm so confused!" He said that, without caring about washing his hands or not, he picked up a piece of "lazy dragon" and tasted it, and it was still hot. He couldn't help but praise, "It smells so good, I can eat the whole piece."
Seeing that he really likes to eat, Zhu Wu said happily, "There is something else." He opened the second floor of the food box, brought out a plate of golden fried rice and said, "Eat Longzi." He took out a plate of fried noodles from the third floor and said, "Eat Longwu."
Chen Si is from the south. Although he has lived in Beijing for a few years, he has experienced the authentic food in Beijing February 2nd. This is the first time he has seen the authentic food in Beijing. He stared at Zhu Wu in amazement and took out a plate of spring cakes, saying "Eat dragon scales," and brought out a plate of dumplings, saying "Eat dragon ears," and a plate of chicken feet said: "Eat dragon claws"... He couldn't help but bursts of hair bones were terrified. He thought to himself, what deep hatred does the Baishang surname in Beijing have with dragons? He couldn't relieve his hatred after eating it raw, and he would even dismember him?"
Looking at the "parts" all over the table, he couldn't help but swallow and said, "The emperor also eats this way?"
"Of course." Zhu Wu said: "But the imperial dishes are more refined."
"I don't know if the emperor will feel like cannibalism in the same way when facing a table of dragon organs..." Silence was a little repulsive at first, but then I thought that one day in a year, I could eat the dragon in my stomach, and I felt happy to relieve my anger, and immediately my appetite increased. I first came a few "dragon beards", then chewed a few "dragon scales", gnawed a few "dragon claws", and also brought a bowl of "dragon ears", which was much more than usual... I guess the surname Bai was mostly in this mentality.
After drinking and eating, Zhu Wu brewed him a pot of tea. Just as he was about to speak, he spoke silently, "It's not necessary to say that there are some specialties in this... Could it be to drink ambergris?"
"That's not, just to make Longjing tea." Zhu Wu said: "Today, we should bring dragons all our food, which means auspiciousness."
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Eating dragons is auspicious, and eating Tang Monk's meat can bring immortality. This is exactly the same.
The two were drinking tea and talking. Zhu Shisan quickly stepped in and said in a deep voice: "Sir, let's go to the court this afternoon."
"Is that right..." Chen Si's hand holding the teacup stopped moving. It was not him who was going to pass the court, but Hai Rui. He knew that the adults had been paying attention to this matter, so when there was news, Zhu Shisan came to inform him.
"Good omen, this is..." Chen Si was silent. Zhu Wuyi slapped his big leg and smiled: "Whether intentionally or unintentionally, it would be a good thing to choose someone today."
"How do you say it?" Zhu Shisan asked.
"Dragon raises his head?" Zhu Shisan knew that he asked knowingly and answered easily.
"Why is it called dragon raising its head?" Zhu Wu asked.
"Why..." Zhu Shisan really didn't know, so he looked at the silent one and said, "Sir, must know."
"You old man is getting more and more slippery." Silence couldn't help but chuckled: "It is said that Wu Zetian abolished Tang and established Zhou as emperor. He angered the Emperor Yuhuang, and issued an order to prevent the Dragon King from raining for three years. The Dragon King could not bear the disaster in the world. He secretly rained heavily and was captured by the Emperor Yuhuang, and was pressed under the mountains. The people's surnames were grateful for the favor of the Dragon King and prayed for the Dragon King every day. Finally, they moved the Jade Emperor, so they released him on the second day of February, so this day was called 'Dragon Head'."
"It's still the adults who have knowledge." Zhu Wu praised: "Do you understand now? Today is the day when God is merciful." The latter sentence was said to Zhu Shisan.
"Who chose the day?" Zhu Shisan said in disbelief: "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will be suspicious?"
"Haha..." Zhu Wu shook his head and smiled, "There are some things here that we can't understand."
"What do you think of it?" Zhu Shisan simply ignored him and asked.
"Hai Rui has been writing books for more than a month, and his name is known to everyone in the world." Shen Mo said lightly: "Saying something wrong, the best time to deal with him has been missed. Now there are variables, and no one can tell what will happen."
Zhu Wu sighed on the side: "Human hearts are like water, and it is easy to change and difficult to know."
"Don't learn from adults' tone, okay?" Zhu Shisan said with a chill.
"This is called "The One Who Near Zhu" Chi, do you understand?" Zhu Wuyi said for granted.
Shen Mo knew that they were making jokes to relax, but his heart was raised high and he couldn't let it go. His eyes passed through the door and looked at the sky outside. He really wanted to have a pair of wise eyes and look at the lobby of the Ministry of Justice at this time...
The gate of the Ministry of Justice's yamen was closed, and it was quiet and didn't seem to be anything happened. But the boss who opened a teahouse at the back door clearly saw that from noon, one official sedan after another was carried into the yamen. The man from Beijing, who was born at the foot of the emperor, knew that the youngest among the officials who entered was also a third-rank. As soon as these dozen sedans entered, they guessed that they were going to investigate a big case today - 80% were Hai Ruihai Gangfeng who wrote a book to scold the emperor.
As Heimer said, in this month, Hai Rui's name has spread all over the world. If you don't know who Hai Rui is in Beijing, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others. It was precisely because of this concern that the cabinet and the Ministry of Justice were afraid that too many people would come to watch and cause unnecessary trouble, so you decided to make a secret trial. Even other yamen participating in the trial only learned about it that morning.
In order to avoid causing disturbance, Hai Rui was riding a specially made prison cart and sent it directly into the yamen from the imperial prison. After the gate was closed, more than a dozen wearing pointed hats and leather boots surrounded the prison cart three layers inside and outside, as if they were facing a great enemy.
The eunuch of the Tizheng Department who was arrested, then opened the thick curtain, opened the door of the prison car, and shouted: "Come down!"
A chain sounded, and a thin man with a disheveled head and hair was scattered from the inside of the prison car, struggling to the door of the car, and supported the door post as thick as his arms with his hands. He was weak and his shackles were too heavy, so he started to breathe.
"Get out quickly!" Eunuch Tixing urged again. As soon as he finished speaking, two men stepped forward, reached out to grab his arm, and lifted it from the prison car to the ground with force.
Hai Rui was wrapped in shackles and handcuffs, barely standing there. He looked up at the sun hanging high in the sky. The sun shone on his face, his face shining with light. Although his eyes were so painful that he felt, he did not close his eyes, as if he was very happy with this feeling.
"Go in!" Eunuch Tixing urged again, and the monks next to him also showed a look of watching the show. Because the shackles and handcuffs on Hai Rui's body were the famous "tiger and wolf trap". No matter who, no matter how good his martial arts are, would be difficult to move forward after wearing these shackles. It was specially used by the Chaogong Court to deal with the poor, fierce and extremely evil disciples.
But in the factory guards, he only used his lock to take the official officer who was in trouble. Because his hands and feet were handcuffed together, they were tied between the two anklets and could only move step by step. When they walked, they were like a woman's golden lotus moving lightly. Therefore, they were changed to "Jin Buyao". The name was very elegant, but the intention was very insulting, which was to humiliate these Qingliu civil officials who angered the emperor and make them look ugly.
Seeing this scene from afar, the adults sitting upright in the lobby couldn't help but feel angry. After all, they were disciples of Confucius and Mencius, and they ordered officials to be appointed by the court. How could they be so insulted?
"Go away!" In front of everyone, the eunuch Tixing was not too barbaric, so he had to urge him repeatedly.
Hai Rui didn't listen at all. He held the iron chain in both hands and moved forward step by step. Several eunuchs with imprisonment had to follow him patiently.
After a while, Hai Rui stopped in front of Yimen because of the high threshold in front of him. Although for ordinary people, they can only pass by just stepping on their legs, it is a huge challenge for someone who is wrapped around their hands and feet and has difficulty walking around.
Those from the Timing Department were very happy to see this guy who annoyed the emperor making a fool of himself, so they stood by and watched, deliberately trying to see him crawl over the threshold like a turtle.
The lords in the hall couldn't bear to look at each other, but no one dared to speak, let alone remove the threshold... They all knew very well that although the emperor said he would not pursue the matter, he must have been angry in his heart. He just waited for someone to speak for Hai Rui and then beat him up as a member of the party.
"What are you going to bend down? Kneel down and crawl over!" An eunuch Tixing suppressed his smile and pretended to be serious.
Hai Rui looked at him coldly, and slowly turned around, facing away from the lobby, and sat on the threshold. Then he grabbed the chain with both hands and feet, and used force to move his legs from the outside of the door to the inside of the door. Finally, he held the door frame and stood up slowly.
The high-ranking officials in the lobby looked at it, and their eyes showed admiration.
The people from the Tizheng Department were discouraged at first, but then they laughed secretly because they saw several stone steps in front of the lobby. Although they were not high, for Hai Rui, they would never be able to climb up with their legs.
Sure enough, Hai Rui slowly moved to the stone steps and sat still again. The adults in the hall saw him and looked at the stone steps again, thinking that if they didn't kneel down and climb up step by step, they would definitely not be able to get in.
But Hai Rui would never bow his knees. He thought he was not a prisoner on trial, but a martyr who could be killed or humiliated!
He took a step back and said that all his eyes were staring at him. As long as he knelt down, he would still have the momentum to compete with the high officials in the hall?
Thinking of this, Hai Rui simply stopped leaving. He turned around and sat on the stone steps with his butt, holding the chains in his hands, sitting upright, his eyes slightly closed, and he was refreshed.
Seeing that he was so arrogant, the eunuchs Tixing changed their faces. The eunuch Wu, who was sitting in the hall, was even more furious and pointed at Hai Rui's back: "You guys, you see, how crazy this sea animal is!" As he said, he slapped the auspicious wood and said, "Hai Rui, you dare to be arrogant when you get here, why don't you come to court for trial!"
Hai Rui turned around, glanced at him, then looked at the plaque on his head, and said lightly: "This is the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, why is it the eunuch's turn to issue orders?"
"You!" Eunuch Wu's mouth was so angry that he looked at Huang Guangsheng, the Minister of Justice, who was in charge, and said, "Huangbutang, if someone doesn't listen to our family, you have to do it."
Huang Guangsheng didn't want to show off this. He had been an official for almost forty years. Of course, he knew that Hai Rui was like this. No matter what the outcome was, he was destined to be famous in history a hundred years later. He really didn't want to be the opposite foil of his glorious deeds... But this is his territory, and others can put clay sculptures on it, but he, the Minister of Justice, could not, so he had to bite the bullet and slowly said: "Hai Rui, don't be stubborn and come in quickly."
Hai Rui might have turned his neck so much that his neck hurt, so he turned his head and turned his back to the hall and said, "Sir, why are you asking Hai Rui to come?"
"Nonsense, of course I was tried in court." Eunuch Wu cursed. He looked at Hai Rui the most angry. It was a trivial matter because this kid published a book, so he couldn't celebrate the New Year. He was even treated as a punching bag by the emperor and scolded him all day long... He originally said that after the New Year, he brought himself to the Sili Supervision Bureau, but now he has disappeared and dare not mention it.
"Adjust trial." Hai Rui's eyes passed through the numerous gates of the Ministry of Justice, and finally fell on the screen wall with the four big words "Iron-faced and ruthless" and said lightly: "That means that you have not been convicted yet."
"Today, so many people are mobilizing you to convict you!" Eunuch Wu sneered: "Where are you in a hurry..."
"It seems that there is no more." Hai Rui straightened his back and said loudly: "According to the "Da Ming Law", officials will remove the punishment instruments and accept questions before they are convicted." He paused: "Please do as you do."
"What?" Not only was Eunuch Wu shocked, but all the officials present were rubbing their ears. Although this article was familiar, no official who was tried in front of the hall dared to speak out, and he was definitely not as righteous as him.
"Please remove the punishment instruments of the lower officials in accordance with the "Da Ming Law". Hai Rui's voice sounded again, but no one dared to answer him.
Hai Rui stopped talking and still sat there and couldn't get up.
"Fork him in!" Eunuch Wu was about to be blown out by Hai Rui's breath and ordered sharply.
The four monks stepped forward, showed off their water and fire sticks, and wanted to remove the limbs of Cha Hairui.
"Slow!" The Ming Dynasty's chief minister, who was about to be disgraced, finally made a statement. The highest-level judicial trial of the Ming Dynasty was just three trials, and there was never a trial like this, especially the chief minister of the cabinet who was the chief trial, which was unheard of.
But the Holy Order was difficult, so Xu Jie had to come. He was the biggest here, and there was no one in the internal and external officials who could even be equal to him. So there was finally someone who listened to his words.
Seeing that the men were still holding up the water and fire sticks, Xu Jie bowed to the Eunuch Wu who was starting to fight and said, "Do you dare to ask if you have any decree to say that you will not remove the punishment equipment for Hai Rui?"
Every word said here will be delivered to the emperor, and Eunuch Wu had to tell the truth: "Our family dare not say this."
"Since there is no special order, then follow the "Da Ming Law"." Xu Jie said lightly.
"It's solved immediately." Huang Guangsheng ordered.
Eunuch Wu was a little panicked, but he could not bear the responsibility and hurriedly said, "Slowly, our family will ask for instructions in the palace first." As he said that, someone quickly reported to Xiyuan.
Chapter completed!