Water flowing clouds

The next day, the court was over, and the emperor Tite left Yao Zhongcheng behind to "narrate" in the imperial study.Yao Zhongcheng tremblingly and hesitantly entered the imperial study, knelt down on the ground, and shouted "Long live".The emperor was normal, smiled at him, and said: "Here you come. Give me a seat."The servant moved Zhang Xiaoyu and put it on the bottom, and Yao Zhongcheng half sat next to him, waiting for the emperor to "talk", and after waiting for a long time without the emperor opening his mouth, his buttocks were numb, his thighs and calves were almost unbearable, sweat beads Sweat came out one by one, flowed from the forehead to the face, and flowed into the collar again. The sweat on the back was bigger and gathered into a small puddle. After a while, the back was full of sweat. , suffered a great crime!He took a sneak peek, and saw the emperor sitting on the top flipping the memorial, with two stacks on the left and right, and it would take two hours to complete the approval? !I couldn't hold back anymore, and didn't dare to speak first, so I just suffered.After about two quarters, the emperor finished looking through seven or eight papers, and suddenly said without raising his head: "Qing has been in prison for more than four years, and his reputation as an official has always been good. By the way, what is your opinion on the Weizhou case?"

The emperor went to the prison to visit the prisoner in person yesterday, and everyone in the entire court knew about the relationship between the emperor and the prisoner. Everyone knew about the relationship between the emperor and the prisoner. Yao Zhongcheng knew it, but the relationship was not good. Well, the reply is inevitable: "Your Majesty, I don't know the details of the case, so I don't dare to make irresponsible remarks."

"Oh, what if you know the details? How sure are you that you can clear the case?" The emperor smiled and was quite amiable.

When Yao Zhongcheng saw it, he just complained in his heart.It would have been fine if the emperor directly ordered him to take over the case. Judging from today's battle, it seems that he is asking him to take the initiative, begging for trouble!

"This... this... minister, minister... There are many doubts in this case, and it may not be easy to clarify the details..."

The emperor stopped talking again, just using his eyes, the eyes have been transformed, and it is easy for people to understand the meaning inside - it is so easy to figure out, what do you want you to do? !Just eat but not dry, wine and rice!

Yao Zhongcheng was in a dilemma, he didn't dare to say anything, he didn't dare to say yes or no.Then continue to suffer, squatting half-squat next to the cockroach, squatting until the calf twists, and almost did not "squat to death" on the spot!

It was so hard to delay until the emperor finished approving two piles of mountain-like memorials, and he was kind enough to let him go back. I don't want to have a next time, a next time, a next time..., as long as he doesn't understand, there will be endless times to come!

Think about whether it's your old waist that has been "rigid" or the emperor's "seat bestowed" once in a while, whether it's delicious right now or afterward.

Yao Zhongcheng had the brains of a man, and after being granted a "seat" three or four times by the emperor, he immediately started doing personnel affairs.He scrambled to stand out in the court, took over this trouble, faced the poisonous eyes of the aristocratic family who wanted to peel him alive, and endured the pain of being turned into a "nail on the wall" by the "wall grass", enduring that he could no longer be on both sides. It's sad to eat both ends.He thought that if he opened his mouth to cover up the "loss in front of him", the future should be peaceful, but he didn't know that the emperor summoned him again, "granted him a seat", and left him to dry for two or three hours without giving him tea. I don’t give water, I don’t dare to be respectful, and I have to hold back even if I fart. After three days of suffering, I’m still in the state of "Monk Zhang Er can’t figure it out". I couldn’t help but want to ask the emperor several times: As I ordered, I trouble you to make it clear once again, and I will do the work of a dog and a horse!

But still dare not.We can only wait for the emperor to open his mouth.Just after noon on the third day, the emperor finished his lunch, sipping tea leisurely, and casually said: "Your opinion after reading the file of the Weizhou case, you might as well tell me what you think."

"...The culprit's confession was a murder in righteous indignation, alleging that Wang Guangshi, the Southwest General Guard, and Zhao Qingyan, the commander of the army, set up an ambush to kill 300 Paozhe and more than [-] people in Weizhou.

"Oh, where is the thinness?" The emperor looked at him again and smiled.

Yao Zhongcheng was frightened by the emperor's smile, and his words trembled: "The prisoner said that there are dozens of remnants of soldiers who have been dismissed near Mulong's army camp... None of these people have been found, and the witnesses mentioned They were all absent at the time..."

The emperor still didn't speak, he still looked at him and smiled, and still looked at him—how do you know that none of the dozens of remnants were found?

Yao Zhongcheng finally understood that the emperor was planning to reverse the case this time, turning the iron case over, so that the murderer would not have to take his life.It seems that the key to the trial of this case is to confirm the "indignant murder". As for the criminal himself, the board must be lifted high, but when it finally falls, you have to imagine that there is a piece of tender tofu under the board. Can't shoot, can't press, just wipe the corners lightly, don't scratch, otherwise... hum!

Yao Zhongcheng comprehended the Holy Will and hurriedly followed him: "If you can get a number of witnesses from those who were present at the time, testify before and after the confession, and agree with each other, the criminal is a murderer in righteous indignation, the capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime should be punished. Resigned, demoted to army pawn, sent to Bianyi..."

"Stand responsibility is one hundred, are you reduced to a pawn?" The emperor casually picked up a booklet, flipped through it twice, then threw it away, raised his eyes and glanced at Yao Zhongcheng who was "squatting" halfway, smiled again, and slowly walked away from the book. Standing up on the dragon chair, he slowly walked down from the throne. When he passed by Yao Zhongcheng, the emperor said softly, "Think about it again, Qing."

Well, with this thought, a day and a night passed like this.Yao Zhongcheng's crimes can be described as day and night, and he was tossed so hard by himself that his eyes were blurred!

Without waiting for the emperor to ask again, he automatically reduced the "staff duty by one hundred", thinking that this would be enough, but he didn't think the emperor would even respond to him this time. As soon as the civil and military personnel entered the gate of the imperial study, they saw Yao Zhongcheng "half squatting" at the door, and dozens of ministers came in and out every day. Did he have a good-looking face?

Yao Zhongcheng still wanted to show some face, and that afternoon he changed the small punishment into a small punishment—downgraded to a hundred households, and sent it to Bianyi.The emperor reluctantly agreed this time, waved him to go down and rest, and said something, "If you have such intentions, you forget to eat and sleep, and you don't rest day and night, just for the purpose of judging without mistakes, and sincerely being the pillar of the country and the community." I'm glad."

It's over if you listen to it nicely, don't take it seriously.Don't take it seriously.

After this time, Yao Shu had tasted the emperor's tricks for the first time. He didn't know if there would be more ruthless and spicy ones in the future, and he would never want to know.All in all, during the third trial, he became a "talking puppet" in a well-behaved manner, and painted the whole scoop according to the "gourd" given by the emperor, and dared not make any discounts.It's nothing more than being a "talking puppet". What frightened him the most was that the dozens of remnant soldiers all showed up on the day of the interrogation, and none of them was missing, and they were all alive!With their own strength, the powerful family used all imaginable methods, open and dark, searched in the sky and under the ground for more than ten days, but they didn't find a hair, so it turned out that the emperor was holding all the cards!Are you afraid of people or not? !Now it’s impossible to be a “wall nail”!

In the early spring of the ninth year of Longyou, the Weizhou case was cleared.The judgment result is as follows: He Jingzhen was reduced to a hundred households and sent to Bianyi.Wang Guangshi was dismissed from office, demoted to a soldier, and sent to Qingzhou to guard the border.Zhao Qingyan is dead, deprived of his title and abolished as a commoner.

Wang Guangshi was supposed to be executed, because generals are rare, so he spared his life to commit crimes and meritorious deeds.Zhao Qingyan was already dead, and he couldn't bear the crime of living, and the capital crime could only be punished on a "posthumous name". What's more, they set up ambushes and killed more than a thousand innocent soldiers and civilians indiscriminately for the sake of meritorious deeds, such a crime has never been seen in ancient times!"

Zhao Xiang wholeheartedly waited for the emperor to give justice to their Zhao family, but what he didn't want to wait for was such a result - the murderer didn't have to die, and a small punishment would pass without a small punishment; , Carrying the reputation of "presuming meritorious deeds and setting up ambushes, killing innocent people indiscriminately", rotted in the ground, and lost the face of eighteen generations of ancestors!

I also know that the gatekeepers are going to turn against Yingtian. However, I cried and cried, and made troubles. Looking at the emperor's heartless appearance of drinking medicine from a bottle and hanging himself from a rope, Zhao Xiang was heartbroken. It was as if he had received a spoonful of cold water, and he had rebellion, but because of this and that, he was ups and downs, and he never showed it. After this time, he saw that the emperor's heart of benevolence and ungratefulness was so dark. The ruthlessness is by no means inferior to him, so he gradually began to plan, would it not be good to simply sit on that chair by himself? !Coupled with the instigation and ignition of the staff, relatives, and other big clans, it was almost a gust of wind.

Naturally, the emperor also knew that what he had stabbed this time was a huge hornet's nest, and he couldn't be kind, so he must be on guard.The court is dangerous, no matter how thirsty or bitter the emperor is, he can't keep him by his side at this time, he still has to send him away, to a not far or near border post, when he thought about it, he had to meet him, You can call back and forth overnight.Therefore, the border post sent by the younger brother was chosen in Ding County.

Before leaving, it was inconvenient for the emperor to see him off in person, so the other brother was released to do the job.Ever since Senior Brother Xue heard that his junior brother had committed a murder and was escorted back to the capital by [-] troops, and was very likely to be executed with a knife, he became more serious. He went out early and returned late, ate countless cold words, posted countless cold asses, and entrusted him from his own family to his foreign family's, just for one thing - to snatch the junior from the guillotine!However, this is a troublesome matter that is not pleasing to the inside and outside, not to mention the other family, even the Xue family themselves dare not go up and make a "smell".The second generation ancestor was struggling for his life, rolling and throwing, but he couldn't disturb the hard-heartedness of his father, uncle, uncle, uncle, and uncle, and he shed a lot of tears.He is always unwilling to give up. If he can't save anyone, it's okay to go in and take a look, right?Unexpectedly, the emperor is used to eating alone, and he is even more aggressive in domineering food. No matter how stupidly Senior Brother Ren Xue is trying his best there, he is not allowed to go in and meet him!At least don't let them see you right away, so you can save a glance.When the case was settled and the people were sent, it was necessary to "send them off ten miles away", so I sent someone to Xue's mansion to deliver a message, saying when the younger brother would leave from Liuyang, and when he would pass by the intersection of the post, if you want to send it off, just go and send it off !

Brother Xue got the letter, scratching his head with joy, and hurriedly prepared this and that, the things he prepared were stuffed into a big cart, those who didn't know thought he was going to hang around for ten and a half months!

The next day, I was waiting for someone at the intersection of the post station early, waiting for Senior Brother Xue to be caught by a sleepy bug, and he snored unequivocally in the street, and almost missed it with Junior Brother.

The younger brother rode a horse and passed by Senior Brother Xue. The younger brother was dreaming that his younger brother was standing on the bottomless abyss practicing mental skills, floating and flickering, like a ball of fluff, just floating down the bottomless abyss before his eyes.When the heart is jumping, the doze will wake up.He looked around in a daze with drowsy eyes, just as he saw a group of people coming from north to south, the first one had already passed, and in a hurry, he let go of his throat and howled: Brother He!There was no answer, and he became even more angry, howling "He Jingzhen" five or six times in a row, and someone among them turned around and looked at him, "Are you...Senior Brother Xue?"

From Xianren's eight-year separation to the present, nearly nine years have passed. The years have been boundless, the personnel affairs have been leisurely, and the verdant greenness of childhood has been left in the years. Seeing each other adds vicissitudes.There is not much to say in farewell, the time limit is in a hurry, no amount of careful thought can be expressed in time, and a few old greetings can't be finished in time, the parting is coming.

Senior brother Xue stood in the pavilion at the intersection of the post station and watched his junior brother go away, he was troubled in his heart and was speechless for a long time.No one expected that the emperor also participated in this farewell farewell.Early in the morning, the morning fog was thick, and the sky and the earth were covered with dust. It was as unbreakable as iron, and nothing could be seen beyond ten steps. The emperor still got up early, walked out of the imperial study, walked to the east tower, and climbed up the stairs step by step. Top, stand still, and look south.The same heavy fog was pouring in the sky in the south, so he just stood there in the morning fog, and it was a long time since the time when his junior brother left the city, he went down the steps step by step, returned to the court hall, and took care of the group of people who had been stabbed "Hornets".