Jinyu of the Red Chamber

Ordinarily, Lin Jinyu was only a minor official of the sixth rank, so he was not qualified to stand in the court, but today, Lin Jinyu was summoned by Emperor Xuanchen, and followed everyone to the morning court.

Lin Jinyu's official position is low, so she stood at the end, listening to these ministers talking about each other, but there was no point. When Emperor Xuanchen brought up the case of the Zhang family, these individuals fell silent and pretended to be Deaf and dumb.

Emperor Xuanchen sneered: "What? Didn't each of them just talk like a river? Why are their mouths sewn up right now?"

"Master Zheng, didn't you mean something just now?" Emperor Xuanchen looked at Zheng Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and shouted in a deep voice.

Zheng Yu hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, this case has been tried by Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wang, and the minister dare not deviate." Now who doesn't know that the Zhang family's case is a hot potato, and whoever dares to take over will think that his life will be long. .

Zhang Yushi and Mr. Wang, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, glanced at each other, and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty: "I am incompetent, please calm down the emperor."

Emperor Xuanchen sneered: "Okay, everyone feels incompetent. Could it be that there are no competent people in the court?" After finishing speaking, Emperor Xuanchen ordered Jun Se and Lin Jinyu to come forward: "I will deal with the case of Zhang's family." Let the two of you be in charge, with Jun Se as the presiding judge and Jin Yu as the assistant, I don't believe that such a large amount of money will be gone if it is gone."

Zhang Yushi was startled, and couldn't help looking at Lin Jinyu, who had already stepped forward, and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lin is only a compilation of the Hanlin Academy, and he is really not suitable for hearing this case. Your Majesty, please give me a chance to make amends." , I will definitely track down the whereabouts of the silver."

Emperor Xuanchen smiled coldly: "Didn't you claim to be incompetent! How dare you use you, there is no need to discuss this matter again."

Zhang Yushi still wanted to say more, but was pulled back by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who shook his head at Zhang Yushi. He saw Lin Jinyu in the Imperial Study Room yesterday and knew that the Emperor intended to raise him. They Why bother to fight with the emperor!Needless to say how difficult the Zhang family's case was, he didn't want to see how Lin Jinyu, who was in the third grade, would try the case.

Seeing that all the officials of the third rank and above spoke out, the officials knew that the emperor's will would never be changed. What's more, they even felt glad that this hot potato was finally thrown out. The happiest thing was the second prince Chun Now that the prince is gone, he must wait to see how his fourth brother solves this problem.

After the imperial court, Jun Se and Lin Jinyu went straight to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to interrogate the former governor Zhang Congwu.

Lin Jinyu looked at Zhang Congwu being brought out of the prison, and raised his eyebrows lightly. It can be seen that this person is also a scholar. Although he is poor now, his expression has a taste of self-esteem, but in the current environment, this kind of arrogance But it seemed extremely ridiculous.

Zhang Congwu looked at the two teenagers in front of him, and sneered: "The trial of the case is over, I have nothing to say, so don't waste your time trying to persuade you two."

Jun Se didn't expect that Zhang Congwu would dare to talk to himself like this. He was furious and shouted: "You didn't say that the trial of the case is not finished. I will ask you, where did you move the smuggled money? If you don’t tell the truth, don’t blame me for serving you with severe punishment.”

Zhang Congwu sneered: "I have already said that all the silver is in my house, and the court has sent people to copy it. How can I get the silver?"

Junse laughed back angrily: "Don't you tell the truth? Come and serve me with great punishment."

"Wait a minute, my lord." Lin Jinyu stopped her, first looked at Zhang Congwu for a while, and then smiled slightly: "Master Zhang, I heard that you still have a mother and a young child in your family, do you really have the heart to abandon them? Your Zhang family is also a family, But I don’t want to be a slave for generations because of you alone, it’s really a pity.”

"I know that the crime is unforgivable, so you don't have to follow me." Zhang Congwu shook his head and sneered.

Lin Jinyu was not annoyed, but smiled instead: "It's good if you know, I just pity the youngest son in your family. If he grows up and knows that it is because of you that his father made him a slave, I don't know if he will resent you." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu didn't wait for Zhang Congwu's answer, but instead smiled at Jun Se: "This man is really dishonest. He should have tortured him to extract a confession, but I've never seen bloodshed. How about a different method?"

"Up to you." Junse nodded, but she never believed that Lin Jinyu wouldn't see the blood. If she was cruel, Lin Jinyu might bear the brunt of it.

Lin Jinyu smiled, and ordered someone to take out the ants that Junse had prepared in advance, and ordered someone to make sugar water and pour it for Zhang Congwu, and then said with a smile: "Master Zhang, is this sugar water delicious?"

Zhang Congwu didn't know what Lin Jinyu was using it for, so he just grunted coldly as an answer.

Lin Jinyu looked at Zhang Congwu with a smile, and said casually, "I once heard an anecdote that people in a country lived a long and healthy life because they ate ants." Lin Jinyu raised her eyes to look at Zhang Congwu, and pursed her lips With a smile: "Looking at how haggard Master Zhang is now, it must be because he is not used to the food in the prison. My master is the most soft-hearted. I am afraid that you will not be able to survive this time, if you think about it. Just let you make up for it before you are sentenced!" Lin Jinyu waved his hand and said in a loud voice: "What are you waiting for, if you haven't fed Mr. Zhang, is it possible that you want me to do it yourself? "

Lin Jinyu sat back beside Junse, took a sip of tea from a white porcelain teacup, looked at Zhang Congwu who was forced to open his mouth by the yamen servant and was pouring ants into it with a bright smile, and said with a smile: "Zhang My lord, I forgot to tell you one thing, ants like sweets the most, so you have to chew all the ants before you can swallow them! If not, that live ants enter your body, tsk tsk, I am really I dare not imagine that your internal organs will be accidentally eaten by ants."

Zhang Congwu, who was already white-haired, vomited out immediately after hearing this, not to mention Zhang Congwu himself, even the yamen servants and Jun Seting had a faint feeling of vomiting, especially the eyes of the yamen servants looking at Lin Jinyu were even more revealing. It's hard for this little adult to come up with such a vicious method.

Frowning, Lin Jinyu said displeasedly: "It's really a waste of my good intentions to serve Master Zhang with a bowl of sugar water." After that, Lin Jinyu added with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Zhang. The official is the most merciful, you don't care about the mother and children at home, but the official can't bear to see them wandering outside and become slaves, you can rest assured, when the case is over, the official will redeem your family for a better life Anton, aside from other things, I am willing to make up for it every day.”

"You... are so vicious." Zhang Congwu looked at Lin Jinyu angrily, he couldn't imagine that a child of his age would have such vicious thoughts.

Lin Jinyu smiled faintly: "I don't like to hear Mr. Zhang's words. You don't feel sorry for your relatives at home. It's not wrong for me to feel bad for you but get viciously charged."

"What are you waiting for? Don't wait for Mr. Zhang to eat." Lin Jinyu snorted coldly, her face sank, she just watched the servants put the ants into Zhang Congwu's mouth, and sneered: "Don't worry, I'm not Those who use lynching will definitely arrange government servants to change your taste, and your family members in prison will also take good care of you."

Jun Se poked Lin Jinyu, and after he glanced sideways, asked in a low voice: "Can ants really survive in his stomach?"

Lin Jinyu smiled, shook her head innocently, and whispered: "I don't know." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu raised her voice: "I specially ordered someone to capture the queen ant for Mr. Zhang. I heard that it is the most nourishing. Now, Mr. Zhang needs to be good at chewing, don’t let it live in your stomach and reproduce.”

As soon as Lin Jinyu's words came out, Zhang Congwu vomited loudly again, his complexion became even paler, sweat dripped down from his forehead, coupled with his straight eyes, he looked like an idiot out of his soul, Where is the arrogance just now.

Lin Jinyu smiled coldly, got up from the chair and walked in front of Zhang Congwu, whispering: "Master Zhang is a sensible person, and those who know the current affairs will be outstanding. Even if you don't think about your own flesh and blood, you should think about it for your Zhang family." , this crime, you can get over it yourself, can you guarantee that the people of the Zhang family can get over it? I advise you to recruit quickly, where is the money sent to Jinling?" Lin Jinyu bit the word Jinling heavily. , fixed his eyes on Zhang Congwu, he knew that Zhang Congwu was a smart man, and he would definitely understand the purpose of his question.

Zhang Congwu looked at Lin Jinyu without focus. He didn't reply for a long time, almost wearing out Lin Jinyu's patience. With a sneer, Lin Jinyu nodded: "Very well, Mr. Zhang is really tough, but I don't know if other members of the Zhang family have This backbone." Lin Jinyu ordered sharply: "Bring the other two prisoners from the Zhang family, we can't let their elder brother eat good food here, and let them eat chaff and swallow vegetables."

"Yes." The yamen servants responded in unison, not daring to underestimate Lin Jinyu. They thought the young man was just here for a formality, but they didn't want to be so ruthless. I wish I could die immediately, this crime is really unbearable, speaking, they have been in the Ministry of Punishment for so long, they have never seen any battle, but they really have never heard of such a tricky idea.

Lin Jinyu sat back on the chair, resting his head on one hand, with a faint smile on his face all the time, but he felt a headache from Zhang Congwu's stubbornness in his heart. He knew that he was just using ants to scare Zhang Congwu. There is no way out in the stomach.

Lin Jinyu's complexion darkened, and Lin Jinyu narrowed his eyes, and became cruel. If Zhang Congwu is stubbornly resisting to the end, don't blame him for being ruthless, he always has to use someone to do it.

Lin Jinyu actually had a high opinion of Zhang Congwu. Although he had the determination to die, he didn't want to suffer the pain of being bitten by ants in his internal organs. The reason why he didn't reply to Lin Jinyu's words was because he was really frightened. He has been an official for so long, and he has never seen any method, even if he beat someone to death in front of him, he would not blink his eyes. This vicious method like Lin Jinyu's is really unheard of before. I just wish that he could give himself a good time, even if he was beaten to death, he would be stronger than he is now.

"Does Master Zhang feel that kind of itching pain?" Lin Jinyu asked with a smile, blinking her eyes, but this smile was terrifying in the eyes of others.

Lin Jinyu didn't mention it, Zhang Congwu actually didn't feel it, but when he asked this question, he immediately felt that the group of ants he had just eaten seemed to be biting himself, and it really produced that itchy and painful feeling, which made him hate it. You can't beat yourself to death for relief.

"Master Zhang, do you want to recruit or not? I have other big meals waiting for Mr. Zhang!" Lin Jinyu squinted and smiled, her long and narrow eyes were slightly curved, and her smile was full of spring.

It's a pity that Lin Jinyu's beautiful smile looked like a demon waving at him in Zhang Congwu's eyes, and he shuddered unconsciously. Zhang Congwu looked at Lin Jinyu for a while, and finally made up his mind, and said in a hoarse voice: "I recruit."

Lin Jinyu chuckled, glanced at Junse and raised her long eyebrows, raised her long fingers and tapped on the wall of the cup, her red lips slightly raised: "Master Zhang is really a smart man." Lin Jinyu spoke calmly as if feeling emotion He got up, walked to Zhang Congwu, bent his body slightly, looked down at him condescendingly, and said in a low voice: "If I had known this before, why should I have to suffer just now!"

"My lord Zhang, I really want to think about where the silver is in Jinling, and then give me the answer, but think clearly, there is no room for taking back what you say." Lin Jinyu raised her eyes and smiled, and cupped her hands at Junse: "My lord, we Let's go out to eat first! Let Mr. Zhang have time to calm down, lest he start talking nonsense when he is frightened, which would be bad."

Jun Se chuckled, got up gracefully and walked towards Lin Jinyu, and walked out of the dark and damp prison together with him.