The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 553

Although Xiangling was brought into the mansion by Chen Zhao, he was not in a hurry to consummate the house.

Because Chen Zhao was worried about Lin Daiyu's feelings.

Although the two of them didn't say anything like a private life, Daiyu is narrow-minded after all, if she is not comforted, how can Chen Zhao have the nerve to enjoy Xiangling's sweetness and tenderness?

Sure enough, that night, when Chen Zhao went to Lixiangyuan, he saw that sister Lin's mouth was so high that she could hang a soy sauce bottle.

Didn't say anything, just coaxed.

In fact, Lin Daiyu was not too jealous.

This is a feudal era, and besides the main house wife, men also have concubines all over the yard.

Not only must a wife not be jealous, but she must also take the initiative to help her husband take in concubines, otherwise she would be "jealous."

This jealous woman is one of the "seven outs".

Even in the original novel, Daiyu never cared about Xiren and Qingwen.

Probably because they were maidservants, they did not pose a threat to Lin Daiyu's position as the main wife.

So after hearing Chen Zhao's good words, Daiyu's complexion gradually cleared up, and she said with a half-smile: "Sister Xiangling is beautiful and cute, and brother Zishang has been in Beijing for so long, today he finally found his way. I'm happy with it."

Chen Zhao laughed: "My heart for my younger sister is as good as the sun and the moon. But this Xiangling's life experience has a lot to do with our Master Jia Yucun."

"Oh?"

Women really gossip, Chen Zhao casually picked up a joke, which attracted Daiyu's attention.

"When I was in Jinyiwei, because of Xue Pan, I specifically looked at the file of our seat teacher, and suddenly found that he lived in the Gourd Temple in Gusu City before Zhongju, and had a relationship with a village eunuch named Zhen Shiyin. Only with his support can I have the opportunity to go to Beijing to take the exam, and this Zhen Shiyin has a daughter named Yinglian who was abducted by traffickers, and this poor abducted girl is said to have a rouge mark between her eyebrows."

"Ah!" Daiyu exclaimed in surprise, "You mean Master Jia sentenced Xue's brother to death in Jinling, and this poor Xiangling is that Zhen Yinglian?"

"Most likely."

"But Master Jia recognized this Yinglian?"

"Only the person involved knows about this kind of thing, but I still found out about it, do you want to hear it?"

"Brother Zishang, let's talk."

"After the case of Xue Pan's beating to death, not long after we, the governor of Jia's mansion, assigned a gate in the yamen. And the footsteps of this gate are also very clear. When he was young, he used to work in the gourd in Gusu I was a little novice in the temple."

"Ah? You mean that he knew about Xiangling's life experience, but he was afraid that the Xue family would not dare to reveal it, kept arbitrarily judging the case, and assigned such an old friend who knew the inside story?"

"Sister Lin is really smart, she can understand at a glance."

"Hmph!" Lin Daiyu snorted coldly, and said, "That's your business, but I'm sorry for Xiangling. Brother Zishang is so pitiful, why don't you arrange for someone to tidy up the wing room and make it a wedding room for Brother Zishang. If you don't have a maid of your choice, I will arrange for Yingge to bring someone over to help."

"Sister, don't be angry." Chen Zhao held Lin Daiyu's soft hand with both hands, and said with a smile, "How could I be so impatient? I'll let her be a rough servant girl first, so she won't be an eyesore in front of me. When will your jealousy go away?" Let's decide whether to take her in or not."

Daiyu squinted at him again, and said: "What about us, I don't dare to be the home of the Chen family, besides, what if I am unhappy for the rest of my life?"

Chen Zhao said without hesitation: "Then let her be an ordinary maid for the rest of her life!"

"Bah~!"

Daiyu spat hard, but she smiled all over her face: "I don't think I should be such a bad person about your family's affairs! You can draw it in whenever you like!"

……

It is also a pleasure to have a charming and pleasing little maid in the mansion.

However, Chen Zhao was very resistant to fifteen or sixteen-year-old maids and was very patient, so after a simple arrangement, he was busy with business.

With the assistance of Yu Huaide and Wang Haigang, the two elders of Dali Temple, Chen Zhao quickly got to work. He began to sort out the case files judged by his predecessor. , Because something violated the king's law, it was finally determined that such and such a crime should be punished by imprisonment or beheading, or exile or exile.

It was nothing at first, but I felt that the description of the case file was too simple. Although the criminal's motive for committing the crime, as well as the means and circumstances during the crime were clearly explained, the description was concise and to the point.

Just looking at the file, it is impossible to judge whether he is guilty or not. It is completely impossible to talk about overturning the case or sending him back for retrial.

Could it be that the Criminal Department of my Great Zhou Dynasty was so simple?
You must know that Dali Temple is the final authority for all kinds of cases. Whether it is the death penalty, exile, or other severe punishments, it can only be executed after review and approval by Dali Temple.

Chen Zhao let out a long sigh, but then he came to his senses. In this era, all official documents are mainly notes, and they are still written in big characters such as calligraphy. There are not many words written on one side of a piece of official paper. embarrassment.

If the writing is too detailed, it is estimated that the official documents reported to Dali Temple will have to be delivered by horse-drawn carriage, and it is still a freight carriage with a unit of ten. Not to mention the troubles involved, the approval of Dali Temple is a big project, so I learned The spring and autumn brushwork of literati.

Writing one piece greatly limits the details of the official file!
No wonder the literati invented classical Chinese. Otherwise, it would be impossible to write official documents!
This is especially true for those who write history books.It is said that when Ouyang Xiu was in the Hanlin Academy, walking on the street with two colleagues, he saw a galloping horse trampled to death a yellow dog lying on the side of the road, so he said: Please write down what happened here.A said: "There was a dog lying on the thoroughfare, and it slipped away from the horse's hoof and killed it." B said: "There was a horse lying on the street, and the lying dog was killed by it." Even [-] volumes can’t be finished.A and B asked Ouyang Xiu: So how should you write it in your opinion?Ouyang Xiu said: "Yi Ma kills dogs in Tao", these six words are enough!
It’s just that the history books can be brief. If Dali Temple did this, it would be too hasty. In any case, it is a major matter related to human life. If a wrong judgment is made, the head will fall, or the army will be exiled. A family or even a family will be completely torn apart because of this. The impact is real. It's too big to be cautious and cautious.

Of course, although he thought so in his heart, he didn't mean to change, at least he didn't have such ability to change now, so he could only wait for the right time in the future before taking his time.

Thinking of this, Chen Zhao picked up another file, just glanced at it, his heart was shocked, he felt something unusual, he read the file carefully, and carefully printed the contents in his mind.

On the eighth day of March in Ding Chou's year, Yang Lin, a hunter in the outskirts of Shuntian Prefecture, killed Baozheng's family in Shitou Village and was sentenced to death!
Nothing can be seen from the case file, but the doubts in his heart continue to increase, as if reminding him that there must be something wrong with this case!

This was a case of a tenant taking revenge on his master because of his personal grievances. The evidence was complete, and the Shuntian Mansion sentenced him to exile for three thousand miles.

This era is no different from modern times. There are still some undeveloped areas in the frontier areas. The natural environment and living conditions are very harsh. Basically, normal people have to lose half of their lives in the past. Prisoners trekked hard all the way to the land. There is no possibility of leaving alive.

Among other things, trekking thousands of miles alone is a very difficult process, and some places don't even have standard official roads.Moreover, in some places, the environment is special and it is easy to contract unknown diseases. Exile and exile seem to be an opportunity for the court to open up, but in fact it is similar to the death penalty.

It's not bad to be exiled to the barren land in the interior, but it would be bad luck to be exiled to the frontier.The Wala tribe in the north and the Jurchen tribe in the northeast often fight grass valleys, and if they fail to do so, their lives will be lost.

Those who can really escape from the land of exile are all supported by powerful people behind them, and they have spent a lot of gold and silver to escape by chance. Even so, they have to take off a layer of skin.For ordinary people, exile from the army is almost like the death penalty.

In the next afternoon, he looked through hundreds of files that had been registered in Dali Temple by governments from various places in the past ten years, and found more than a dozen files that he had doubts about.

He easily memorized all the people and things involved in these files, and then, under the notice of his master Cheng Rixing, he tidied up and prepared to leave the office.

But after walking a few steps, he asked Master Cheng Rixing to call Zuo Si Cheng Yu Huaide.

"It's been a while since I took office. Thanks to your great help, I'm hosting a banquet in Qingfeng Building. How about inviting all my colleagues to have a light meal together?"

Yu Huaide was overjoyed after hearing this.

When leaders treat guests to dinner, this is to cultivate them into their own rhythm!

This Mr. Chen Zhaochen is in the emperor's heart. He has both civil and military skills. He has a limitless future. Now that an olive branch is thrown at him, he must seize it.

"I can't let the adults spend money, I'm an official..."

"Hey, why are you being polite to me? Why don't you call our colleagues from the Zuoqing government office to go to Qingfeng Tower together."

"Yes, my lord."

"My lord, would you like to have a light meal at Qingfenglou?"

Qingfeng Restaurant is not far from the official office of Dali Temple. It is a mid-range restaurant that is not very eye-catching in the inner city of Kyoto.

After arriving at Qingfeng Restaurant, we asked for a private room on the second floor. After the food and wine were served, there was a lively exchange of glasses.

As the person with the highest official position present, Chen Zhao was naturally the one who was flattered and flattered, and he even showed his bold and generous side. The visitors were not afraid of drinking until their cups were drained, and the atmosphere on the wine table was extremely enthusiastic and applauded. Absolutely.

"Master Chen is so massive, I admire him!"

But for a while, the wine was already hot, and after drinking a few catties of Qingfenglou's self-brewed bamboo leaf green wine, the green-robed officials who didn't often go to the restaurant couldn't stand the alcohol, and they all blushed in admiration.

"You guys don't know, I have practiced the real skills of the inner family, and drinking alcohol is a piece of cake, not to mention you guys, even if the generals who are fighting on the battlefield come again, I can drink you all to the ground!"

Chen Zhao laughed boldly, although he was only in his twenties, but he spoke maturely, with the arrogance of a superior in his tone, even among the old officials present here, he couldn't help feeling submissive.

There is no way, they are not only simple in the emperor's heart, but also have first-class abilities, even Jin Yiwei Fanzi can knead dough. It is really easy to deal with them.

"By the way, I have a doubt in my heart, and I want to ask you for advice."

After having enough wine and food, when the waiter removed the leftovers and replaced them with tea to taste slowly, he suddenly said: "I have been familiar with the affairs of Dali Temple these days, and I found a very confusing place. !"

"Oh, I don't know what doubts your lord has, just tell me! We will definitely know everything."

Yu Huaide knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, and immediately expressed his position: "My lord, please feel free to inquire.
The next official must know everything and say everything! "

"Yes, my lord, but if you have any inquiries, just speak up!"

"Xiaguan has been in Dali Temple for many years, and is quite familiar with business work!"

"..."

Not to be outdone, the green-robed officials next to him all spoke in favor of one another.

"Is such that!"

Chen Zhao did not intend to be polite to them at all, and said directly: "The official has searched through the files of Dali Temple, and found that the introductions are very simple!"

All the officials nodded, this is not something shady.Not only Dali Temple is like this, but the case files in the other yamen are not much different. Don't laugh at the elder brother.

"This officer is just suspicious. Will such a simple case introduction not lead to misjudgments?"

Chen Zhao's eyes were clear, and he didn't look like he was drunk at all. He asked in a gentle and leisurely tone, "I have read through dozens of case files, but I feel that the writing in these case files is too simple."

(End of this chapter)