Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

The eldest grandson Yumo gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sure enough, my guess is exactly the same. Guo Ye, you are really amazing, you can know the world's affairs without going out. No wonder my father praises you so much!"

Guo Ye smiled a few times pretending to be reserved, and suddenly reminded his eldest grandson Yumo: "Eldest grandson, the future of this matter is unclear, so I hope you can keep your mouth shut and don't expose me, Mr. Gu and others. Because your father not only To make Gong Ji's case an iron case, it is also necessary to make it a big case. The following matters are not something I can participate in. Therefore, I hope you can..."

"Don't worry? My eldest Sun Yumo is open-minded, but he knows the seriousness!"

Guo Ye nodded slightly, and said: "I believe you! But there is one more thing, I need your help!"

"speak!"

"You go to Kusi's compound in private for me, and help me send a message to Gu Weiyong and Master Mu, so that they can keep their duties. No matter what happens next, they can't get involved. Tell them, Enough is enough, be careful not to burn yourself and hurt yourself.”

Changsun Yumo said: "Don't worry, I will go and tell them quietly. Tell them what to do, don't talk nonsense!"

After all, Changsun Yumo rushed out of Guo Ye's office like a gust of wild wind.

Seeing the grandson Yumo come and leave like crazy, Guo Ye walked slowly to the door of the official room with his hands on his back, looked at the sky——

Coincidentally, at this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the darkness was overwhelming. The black clouds were overwhelming the city, making people extremely depressing.

"Is a storm coming?"

Guo Ye murmured to himself, and then murmured in a low voice: "I didn't expect that my little pawn could muddy a pond. I hope this storm will come and go in a hurry. I only hope that the rain will pass. Qinghou, it’s enough to get what I deserve! As for the others, I’m sorry, don’t blame me—”

"One will succeed and ten thousand bones will die!!!"

Chapter 523

The Ministry of Criminal Justice arrests Kusi doctor Gong Ji, and after only one day in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Shangguan Yi, the left servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, comes forward to interrogate Gong Ji for a preliminary trial.

Just as Guo Ye expected, Gong Ji's own butt was not clean, and even he himself didn't know how many dirty things he had done and how much black-hearted money he had collected while serving as the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War.

In the first trial hall of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Shang Guanyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, relied on the account books carefully prepared by Gu Weiyong and Master Mu, coupled with the tricks and small tortures instructed by Changsun Wuji, to make Gong Ji pervert the law for corruption and set up a false name He pleaded not guilty to the charges of wanton enrichment.

In the first trial hall, Shangguanyi took Gong Ji down without any difficulty, signed his signature and put him in prison.

Now that Gong Ji has pleaded guilty, the crimes of reselling military equipment and armor, and communicating with foreigners have become unimportant and dispensable.

Regardless of whether Gong Ji admits to the other charges or not, he can hardly escape the charges of corrupting the law and accepting bribes, and the task of Shangguanyi is to get Gong Ji to plead guilty in the preliminary trial of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and send him to the Dali Temple Court where the three divisions will be interrogated Conviction, that's it.

The rest basically has nothing to do with him.

As soon as the preliminary trial was over, Changsun Wuji began to rush into the city, sent people to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to arrest Gong Ji, transferred him and imprisoned him in the sky prison of Dali Temple.

Those who can be imprisoned in the sky prison of Dali Temple are either court officials of the fifth rank or above, or relatives of the emperor. This is not the treatment that ordinary criminals can enjoy.

The eldest grandson Wuji is the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, and the entire Dali Temple is either his disciples or officials from the direct line of their Tiance Mansion.

Therefore, imprisoning Gong Ji in the Dali Temple was exactly what Changsun Wuji was looking forward to. At least in the Dali Temple, if he wanted to do something, he would only cover the sky with his hands, without the constraints from the outside world.

There are still two days before the joint trial of the three divisions composed of Yushitai, Xingbu, and Dali Temple. On this day, Changsun Wuji invited the founder of the country, Chang He, to come to the Changsun Mansion and have a brief talk.

After chatting with each other for a while, Chang He, the founding uncle of the night, went to Dali Temple with wine and meat, and went into the prison of Dali Temple to visit his brother-in-law Gong Ji.

At this time, Gong Ji was enjoying the treatment of a single household in the sky prison. Although the shackles were removed, the shackles weighing twenty catties on his feet were still locked, and he walked in the cell with a clang.

Gong Ji is less than 40 years old, and his official career should be at the prime of his life. Why can't he figure out that a few days ago, he was still living in the treasury, surrounded by his subordinates, but today he is in jail .

He thinks that his background is strong enough, and what needs to be done has already been taken care of, so how could he fall into such a situation?

He, Gong Ji, is not the first person who dares to eat crabs, nor is he the most greedy one in the officialdom.

One year to clean up the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, and being an official for thousands of miles is only for money. How many officials in the Tang Dynasty are not greedy?

There are also officials who are as clean as water, and Gong Ji has seen many of them, but he believes that corruption and money-making are not the real reason why he fell into such a field.

Thinking about it, Gong Ji leaned against the dry and cracked dirt wall of the cell, muttering bitterly to himself: "Could it be that Gong has offended some great person?"

However, Gong Ji was optimistic. He believed that there were as many officials like him as Guo Jiang Zhiqing in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty. If they were going to be beheaded, how many officials would have to be beheaded.

He thought that when the time comes to sell the seller's mansion and Yamada, and then hand over all the Tibetan silver in the mansion to the household department, and finally let his emperor and the brother-in-law of the big red man, Chang He, operate a little bit, he should not be guilty of death Bar?

To put it lightly, he would be dismissed from his official position and never be used again, and become a commoner; the most important thing would be to be exiled for three thousand miles, sent to Qiongzhou Island, and when he got there, he would take money to manage things, and be a man who bought a thousand acres of land and kept slaves and concubines. It's not impossible to be a rich man.

Thinking about it, Gong Ji actually had a smile on his face, feeling elated...

……

"Hmph, are you still in the mood to laugh here?"

A word full of anger reached Gong Ji's ears, and she woke up suddenly and looked outside the cell. It turned out that the person who came was her brother-in-law Chang He.

Gong Ji looked at his brother-in-law Chang He in casual clothes, holding a bamboo basket with food in his hand. In an instant, boundless grievances came to his heart, and he choked up and cried out: "Sister, brother-in-law, I am wronged!"

"I'm sorry for your mother's head!"

Chang He scolded again, and then signaled the jailer next to him to open the cell door and get in.

As soon as he entered the cell, the sour and rancid smell came to his nostrils. Chang He subconsciously covered his nose, put the bamboo basket on the ground, and fanned it with one hand to drive away the strange smell of the cell.

Chang He is not only Gong Ji's backstage and backer, but also Gong Ji's only life-saving straw now, so Gong Ji can only stand in front of Chang He with trepidation towards Chang He without saying a word.

Chang He walked to a haystack in the cell, sat down, pointed to the bamboo basket, and shouted: "Eat, have a full meal!"

Hearing this, Gong Ji immediately squatted on the ground from grief to joy, and tore off the flowered cloth covering the bamboo basket. Good fellow, it is really rich. There are chickens and ducks, fish and meat in the bamboo basket, and a jug of good wine. The body of the pot was still warm when Gong Ji touched it.

Feeling very excited, Gong Ji broke off a chicken leg from a roast chicken, stuffed it into his mouth without saying a word, and said inarticulately while biting the chicken leg: "My brother-in-law still loves me, Could it be that my sister prepared these dishes and asked my brother-in-law to bring them in for me?"

Chang He looked at Gong Ji's mouth full of greasy food, and said softly: "Yes, your sister made it. Your sister is a womanizer, and she can't make it to the big scene. My brother-in-law can only deliver this meal of beheading." !well……"

"Ha, I just said that my brother-in-law loves me! Ah???"

bae~

Gong Ji's hand slipped, and the chicken leg dropped to the ground. The fellow trembling his lips in horror, shouted, "What? Broken...head... rice? Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what's going on? You Please save me!"

"save you?"

Chang He laughed at himself, and said in a cold voice: "How can I save you? I have taught you a long time ago, to restrain you, to keep a low profile, and to be kind to others. Now it's good, but you actually made a huge mess. How can I save you?" you?"

How can Gong Ji care about eating and drinking at this time?Shaking his head again and again, he shouted in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible, my crime is not worthy of death, brother-in-law!! You are the founder of the country, you are promoted by your majesty, and you are appointed to do what you say, brother-in-law!! "

"I'm a small founding uncle, what a fart!!"

Chang He stood up abruptly and cursed angrily, "You bastard is not making progress, so how can I save you? It's not that I refuse to save you, but someone wants to turn your case into a big one. There is no place to die!"

boom!

Gong Ji fell to the ground, ignoring the pain, crawled up to Chang He like a wild dog, hugged his right leg, and yelled, "Who, who, who? Brother-in-law, what is it?" People want to put me to death like this?"