Chapter 99 Dog Officer(1/2)
As a sudden accident, Cao Hua could only return to Diankuis with the man who was calling for justice and the princess. Li Yan was about to go to him and his death. He was worried that he would not find a chance to solve this accomplice, and now that he had some turning point, he naturally had to seize it.
And just as he headed to Weizhou Gate, something happened in the court.
The continuous heavy rains caused many people to be suffocated. It was rare that the weather was clear. Emperor Zhao Jie took his concubine to Jinghuayuan to relax. In addition to the eunuch maids, there were also some officials with outstanding literary spirits. Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng, who were all favored officials who were familiar with grammar.
A few days ago, a huge rock was released in Lingbi County and transported it to the capital by a large ship. The city gate needed to be demolished before entering. Thousands of people could not move. After entering the city, Zhao Jie was overjoyed and gave it the name "Qingyun Wanshi Qifeng" with an imperial pen, and hung a gold belt on it. This strange stone was placed in Jinghua Garden. At this time, many accompanying officials gathered around and brewed words of praise.
Concubine Wan is much humble now because of her last birthday party. She just followed Zhao Jie and was walking in a busy manner. As for revenge, she would definitely not dare to take action in a short period of time. If she annoyed the emperor and fell out of favor, the fate would be much worse than the one who made her ugly.
Emperor Zhao Jie was wearing a Confucian robe, followed by two eunuchs. The gray hair was naturally Xue Jiuquan, and the middle-aged eunuch next to him was Li Yan, who was in his forties, followed behind with a flattering expression, constantly introducing the wonders of this strange stone. Zhao Jie smiled and nodded and felt quite comfortable.
Perhaps because he wanted to sit down and carve the good words on the stone, Zhao Jie brewed a little, but without inspiration, and sighed softly: "I heard that a talented man from Su Shi and Su Su came out of the city. The song "Shuitu Songtou" was passed on to the palace, but unfortunately I was not invited today."
Xue Jiuquan looked humble and nodded slightly: "Cao Hua went to invite him. Su Shi politely declined on the grounds of preparing for the spring exam next year. Cao Hua said he was a very talented scholar. If the emperor wanted to see him, the old slave asked Cao Hua to invite him again."
"Hey!" Zhao Jie waved his hand gently: "Since I am willing to become an official, how could I be too hasty? Now that I see you, if you are the top high school next year, some literati will definitely gossip and send his words."
"promise."
Xue Jiuquan nodded and did not invite him directly because Cao Hua said that he and "Su Dacaizi" were like-minded and could support each other in the court in the future. If it weren't for this reason, he would have brought people here long ago.
Zhao Jie left a little, and was about to ask the accompanying literati to write a few poems. When the censor Li Gang checked the censor, he walked out of the crowd, knelt down in front of the emperor, and said loudly with his head:
"I have something to report."
Jing Huayuan, who was originally laughing and laughing, suddenly became silent. Xue Jiuquan and Li Yan all frowned. Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng also looked sideways, looking at the little censor kneeling in front of the emperor.
This time I came out for a trip, not a court meeting. Now I suddenly ran out and wrote a letter to start the report. I could only say that I would hand it to the emperor. Under normal circumstances, it would not reach Zhao Jie's face at all.
The minister Su Mu once mentioned Li Gang's face changed drastically at this time. He wanted to stop him anxiously but it was too late. Chen Qingqiu was at least unable to hand over the memorials. At least he still had a glimmer of hope. Li Gang wrote a letter at this time, and if he targeted a big man present, it would be almost lifeless.
Zhao Jie frowned slightly, but he didn't expect that someone would be disappointed at this time. However, in front of so many officials, he still showed the emperor's demeanor: "Bo Ji, what's the matter?"
Li Gang touched the ground with his head, and his voice was strong: "Recently, Kyoto has flooded, and refugees are everywhere in the countryside, and they don't cover their clothes to support their lives. Some people are desperate and become bandits, which is an external problem. External troubles stem from internal troubles. Xicheng forced the people's land to increase taxes, but the people have no land to cultivate and the gentry lost their entire family..."
"You are presumptuous!"
Li Yan was immediately furious and was treacherous and knelt down in front of Zhao Jie: "I'm wronged!"
Many court officials also frowned tightly and subconsciously stood a distance so as not to have anything to do with this madman.
Li Gang did not stop his words and continued to say loudly: "Dian Kuishi's abuse of torture is his own right, which has caused the scholars in the world to dare not speak out. There are also Wang Fu and Zhu Jie who set up a salary to take rare things from all directions, and the great plans for civil engineering led to refugees thousands of miles. The country was worried and the country was not in charge, but the emperor was blinded and had no way to know. As the inspector, I risked my life to advise him. I hope the emperor would thoroughly investigate the matter!"
Silent.
Even the right prime minister of the dynasty named him, and everyone present frowned and looked at the emperor in the head.
Zhao Jie's face was slightly dark, and he was silent for a long time before looking at all the important officials present: "Okay! The censor should have the courage to risk his life to advise. Bo Ji is upright and I am deeply pleased. Let's go down."
"Master!"
Li Gang was stunned and looked up at the monkey.
Zhao Jie nodded and smiled with a gentle expression: "Bo Ji, I like you, but your speech is too exaggerated and inappropriate. You still need more experience to entrust your important tasks. Let's go on."
Xicheng Suo is the private property of the official family, Diankuis is the confidant of the emperor, and the things transported by Huashigang are all things that Zhao Jie loves. Cai Jing advocated the saying of "Fengsheng and Yu Da", treating official titles, wealth and property like dirt, which is the demeanor that the kings in prosperous times should have. Suddenly, someone said, "Internal and external troubles are not the country." Wouldn't he directly scold the emperor for being stupid and incompetent?
All the court officials present praised Zhao Jie for loving his ministers like his son, and also praised Li Gang for a few words.
Li Gang was silent for a long time, but finally bowed slightly, and followed Xue Jiuquan to the outside of Jinghuayuan...
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The carriage speeded back to the inner city, and it was already dusk.
The two little maids returned to the Hou's Mansion first, while Cao Hua took Jing Feng, who had sued the emperor, to the Diankuisi.
After arriving in the inner city, he was about to put down Princess Yong'an, but Zhao Tianluo was afraid that he would kill him, so he wanted to follow Diankuisi all the time. Then he was knocked unconscious by Han'er and forced to return to the royal palace.
Jing Feng had already woken up and was tied up by Li Bairen's horse. He wanted to shout for injustice along the way but was blocked.
It took a long time since I came to the Diankuisi Yamen, Cao Hua asked the Lord Bo who went up to pay tribute to him to go down and took Jing Feng directly to the dungeon.
The light in the Diankuis dungeon was dim, and some officials who had not yet been pulled out stayed inside. When they saw Cao Taisui coming in, some begging for mercy and cursing. Han'er's eyes were slightly cold, and she would teach her the most fierce lesson when she pulled out her sword.
Cao Hua stopped Han'er and directly brought the man to the torture room and tied up. The prison guard started burning fire and scalding a soldering iron to retrieve the torture instruments.
After years of age, the ground in the dim torture room was dark, full of dry blood, and the unpleasant and pungent temperature made it difficult to breathe.
Jing Feng was a man after all, with his eyes twitching slightly, but he didn't show any fear.
Cao Hua used a soldering iron to turn over the charcoal fire and tilted his head slightly to his subordinates: "You all go out."
Han'er didn't ask much and took the man out of the torture room.
The torture room finally came to a purity.
Jing Feng, who is strong, has a towel blocked in his mouth, and is still tilted with his neck and has a tough face. He ignores the burnt iron and just stares at the white-robed young man in front of him.
Even if he is a fool, he understands who the person in front of him is.
In the Tai Sui of Kyoto, the living King of Hell, who was terrified by the people in the green forest, made countless heroes and righteous families destroy their families.
"Brother, don't stare at me like this, my own people."
“…”
Jing Feng's eyes were cold. Since he dared to file a lawsuit for his benefactor's lawsuit in Beijing, he was ready to be tortured in all kinds of ways.
Cao Hua threw the soldering iron on the ground and spoke in a divine manner:
"A great monk came to the south."
“…”
Jing Feng was puzzled and secretly thought about the meaning of Cao Taisui.
It seems that he is not from Western Shu.
Cao Hua raised his hand and pulled off the gag towel, raised his hand and clasped his fists to perform a gift: "Cao Hua, a friend of Jianghu, misapproved the name "Kyoto Tai Sui". I think Brother Jing is also a Jianghu. Everyone has like-mindedness, so there is no need to be so reserved."
A man from the martial arts world?
Like-minded?
Jing Feng, who was tied up by many flowers, was confused. The first time he saw such a torture confession.
Cao Hua also felt that it was not convincing, so he spread his hands and said, "It's really a secret stance under the command of King Chen Song of Shu. He once spoke with Brother Song of Song Jiang and Song, but just to help the King of Shu achieve hegemony, he temporarily took the title of a traitor."
Concealed stake?
Have fun with Song Jiang?
The deeds of Kyoto's Tai Sui attacking the five righteous men of Liangshan with a poisonous trick have already spread in the world. Song Jiang even vowed to peel Cao Tai Sui's skin and hearts. Are you calling me "Hand up your arms and say goodbye"?
Jing Feng looked despised and felt that the Kyoto Tai Sui in front of him was an idiot.
Cao Hua noticed the man's contempt and was immediately annoyed: "You are talking about it when you come to complain? You are not asking you to betray your friend. Even if I want to kill you, I have to know how to make a grudge, right?"
This sentence works.
Jing Feng came to Beijing to file a lawsuit, and there was no need to hide it. He planned a little and spoke in a deep voice: "You dog officials are willing to indulge the magistrate Fan Chenglin to commit crimes. The Cai family in Boshanhu has saved me. Because they cannot pay taxes, the eight family of eight was beaten to death..."
"After all these are said, what other crimes do I have?"
Cao Hua had a cold face, and he wanted to listen to him continue to scold.
Jing Feng knew that he was doomed, so he became a little angry: "You are forcibly occupying land, and as long as you cannot pay taxes, the villagers will be beaten to death. In a few years, nearly a thousand people in Queshan County alone were beaten to death. If the public land tax was not too heavy, how could the people in Liangshan become bandits..."
Cao Hua heard something: "It's too exaggerated to kill nearly a thousand people?"
Jing Feng sneered: "What I saw with my own eyes, you still want to deny it. I, Jing Feng, was just a wild man. I couldn't stand what Liangshan did in Shandong and came to the capital. I wanted to be the master of Senior Zhou in the Imperial Boxing Gym, but I never thought of meeting a servant outside the city to beat up and kill Teacher Lin..."
"etc!"
Cao Hua looked at the man in front of him for no reason: "Lin Chong?"
Suddenly he remembered that according to the patrol of the Eagle Claw Room, the person who killed and rescued Lin Chong was called Jing Feng. He didn't expect that this guy would fall into the trap and run back to Gao Yuxiong.
Jing Feng sneered: "Remember it? It's because of you, Wuchang, you are so black and impermanent. At that time, Teacher Lin was tied to a tree to beat him. After saving the person, I was injured and fled. I was rescued by the Cai family incognito. Unexpectedly, I just went out to hunt. Cai Engong's family of eight was beaten to death by the thief county magistrate..."
Cao Hua frowned: "Dong Ping and Xue Ba were you killed?"
“So what?”
Jing Feng knew that he could not escape the death penalty, so he admitted openly: "Senior Zhou is highly respected. As a disciple of Senior Zhou, Teacher Lin was killed by evil people. When I saw the injustice, I would naturally draw my sword to help. Those two dog servants are not things, and what's even more shameless is that you, the dog official, just because you fell in love with a little lady beside Teacher Lin, and you killed him..."
"Wait, what do you mean to kill me?"
Seeing that he was about to deny him, Jing Feng said angrily: "I could hear it clearly. The person who called Dong Ping said, 'Don't blame my brother, it was Cao Taisui who wanted you to die. You still thought that someone would save you. Miss Chen doesn't want to marry you, I wish you died sooner'."
Cao Hua was stunned: "What did Lin Chong say?"
"You dog official, you must have never expected that Teacher Lin broke away from the rope and fought desperately, but two fists were hard to beat four hands, so I rescued him. Afterwards, I led the pursuers away before letting Teacher Lin escape."
"I really didn't expect it."
Cao Hua suddenly realized and nodded, and asked again: "I'm a dog official... Bah!
I understand that if you have any other crimes, you can honestly explain them to avoid suffering from flesh and blood."
Jing Feng raised his head and said, "I, Jing Feng, are upright. What crimes are there when I see injustice on the road? If you want to kill me, you will kill me."
It seems that he is still a man who values love and friendship.
To be continued...