Jinyu of the Red Chamber
Chapter 62
Grandma is worried. "
Lin Jinyu nodded slightly, and ordered the maid beside her to send a message to the housekeeper, asking him to send someone to Rongguo Mansion, saying that the four girls lived in Lin Mansion today, and they would send someone to escort them back tomorrow.
Tanchun was actually unwilling to stay in Lin's mansion, after all, the two families had some unpleasant quarrels because of their marriage, but looking at the sky, it seemed that the rain was not stopping, so he could only follow the Lin family's wishes and go with the couple. The sisters stayed in the Lin Mansion, got up and bowed to Lin Jinyufu, and Tanchun said in a low voice, "Brother Lin and Sister Lin are bothering you."
Lin Jinyu smiled softly and waved his hands: "It's okay, why do my brothers and sisters need to be so polite?" Although he didn't want to have anything to do with the Jia family, he still had to admit that the daughters of the Jia family were well-bred. Jia's family doesn't know if there is a problem with feng shui, the daughters are all educated, men!The benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see wisdom.
"Third sister, don't be polite to us. Brother is right. They are all brothers and sisters. There is nothing to say about trouble." Lin Daiyu said softly, but also very lightly.
Tanchun just smiled, but didn't say much, but she was a little annoyed in her heart. She had repeatedly signaled Sister Bao to leave earlier, but she insisted on waiting for Cousin Lin to return home, otherwise, she would not have caught up with this Changing the weather and staying overnight, I have never seen Sister Bao so ungrateful in the past. Although it is for my brothers, I can't be so disregarding their dignity. According to the old lady's instructions, she really wanted to throw up her sleeves and leave.
Thinking of what the old lady said to him when he came, Tanchun couldn't help sighing in his heart, raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jinyu quietly, seeing that he had a smile on his face, and the spirit in his phoenix eyes was shining, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile. It made Tanchun's cheeks turn red. Speaking of which, she hadn't seen Cousin Lin for a long time. Now that she saw her, she felt like a different person. Although she still had the same picturesque features, her temperament had changed dramatically. People are a little intimidated, and it's rare that even the nobles in the palace have taken a fancy to Cousin Lin, who would not love such a gentleman's daughter!
Lin Jinyu felt Tanchun's scrutiny, but pretended not to notice, she only held a teacup to drink the fragrant tea lightly, and then ordered the little maid to prepare the meal.
Xue Baochai looked at Lin Jinyu's demeanor, especially when facing Lin Daiyu's gentle and soft words, and she was a little lost for a moment. It's not that she had any thoughts about Lin Jinyu, but she was a little envious of Lin Daiyu in her heart. To have such a big brother protect her as a What a blessing, although her elder brother is also very kind to her, thinking of her for everything good, but he is a troublemaker who always makes her and her mother worry about her elder brother is still in prison , Xue Baochai's reddish eye sockets became even more sour, biting her red lips lightly, Xue Baochai's face was pale, and she said quietly: "Uncle Lin, today I came to ask for something."
Lin Jinyu naturally understood what Xue Baochai was asking for, she smiled silently, Lin Jinyu shook her head, and directly refused: "Miss Xue asked for forgiveness, I can't accept it."
Xue Baochai was slightly taken aback, never expecting that Lin Jinyu would reject him so directly, an anxious look flashed across his face, and he hurriedly said, "My mother and I just want to see my brother." Saying that, Xue Baochai took a small brocade box Come out, and said in a pleading tone: "Uncle Lin, please help me with one or two! If you can save my brother, my mother and I will definitely thank you." Xue Baochai looked at Lin Jinyu with weak and helpless eyes while talking. .
Lin Jinyu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel amused, but she looked up to Xue Baochai a little bit, and had to admit that Xue Baochai was a character who could bend and stretch, but knew how to use his own strengths, but unfortunately he didn't have any sympathy for others.
"Miss Xue, you said that I would not be able to do what you asked for. I am a civil servant, and I have never had anything to do with military officials." Lin Jinyu said softly, but there was a gleam in her eyes, and then she smiled and said: " But I can show you a way, you can ask Brother Lian to try it."
A gleam flashed in Xue Baochai's eyes, and she raised her eyes to look at Lin Jinyu steadily, but her cheeks blushed after meeting his slightly playful smile, but she never lowered her head, and just said, "Thank you for my brother." I passed Uncle Lin."
Lin Jinyu just smiled, and said casually: "The residence of the Xiao Mansion in Dongfu Hutong is the nephew of the current Holy Majesty, as far as I know, he has a deep friendship with Lord Wang, the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division. Why don't you let Lian The second brother took the post from the Rongguo Mansion to pay a visit, if he could get a word or two from him, it would be very easy to save Uncle Xue."
"Uncle Lin is talking about Dongyang Hou's son, the son of Princess Fule?" Xue Baochai asked softly, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Lin Jinyu nodded and smiled, played with the teacup in her hand, and said softly, "That's right, it's Xiao Dutong."
"I heard that Xiao Dutong and Uncle Lin are also quite friendly, and they are known as brothers and sisters. Can I ask Uncle Lin to introduce one or two?" Xue Baochai is not an ordinary woman who only lives in a boudoir. She is very clear about the situation, if it weren't for the incompetence of her Xue family, she would definitely not ask the Rongguo Mansion for her brother's affairs. A lot of money was spent, but none of the actual things were done. Piao, it would be better to ask Lin Jinyu for help to introduce him. Based on Lin Jinyu's friendship with Xiao Dutong, I'm afraid he will agree to his brother's business for the sake of the Lin family.
Lin Jinyu raised her long eyebrows, blinked her black eyes full of flowers, and smiled playfully, which also made the cheeks of the female relatives other than Lin Daiyu blush. I have to say that Lin Jinyu really has a beautiful face. She has a pretty face, especially when she smiles, the lively eyes are extremely attractive.
"Sorry, I can't help you with this matter. Xiao Dutong and I are not as familiar as you think." Lin Jinyu smiled silently, her bright red lips opened and closed, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were full of insincere sincerity.
A look of disappointment flashed in Xue Baochai's eyes, she forced the corners of her mouth to curl up, smiled, and said in a low voice, "It's my power that makes things difficult for others."
Lin Jinyu smiled lightly and said nothing, but looked at the teacup in his hand with a kind of cold and unpredictable eyes. After a long while, he casually put the teacup away, hooked the corner of his mouth, and said to Lin Daiyu in a low voice: "When It's getting late, take your guests to dinner! When father comes back, send someone to notify me." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu stood up gracefully, nodded and smiled at Sanchun and Xue Baochai: "I still have some business to deal with, you can do whatever you want. "
"Cousin Lin." Seeing Lin Jinyu getting up to leave, Tanchun hurriedly called out, with a look of hesitation in his eyes.
Lin Jinyu looked at Tanchun, raised his eyebrows, and asked in a very gentle tone: "What's the matter?"
Tanchun bit his lower lip lightly, nodded his head invisibly, and said in a low voice: "It's like this, the old lady has been ill these days, and you know that the old lady has been thinking about Sister Lin and you, just now... I mentioned it to Sister Lin just now, but Sister Lin is not free, I was thinking...why, can you visit the old lady." As soon as Tanchun's words came out, Yingchun and Xichun both frowned. Xiumei, I didn't expect Tanchun to bring up the old story again.
Lin Jinyu bent her lips and smiled, and said in surprise, "Why is grandma sick? Did you ask the imperial doctor to see her?"
"I found it. The imperial doctor said that the old lady has a heart disease." Tan Chun said softly, but did not dare to meet Lin Jinyu's eyes.
The corner of Lin Jinyu's mouth twitched slightly, heart trouble?In his opinion, it was too many calculations, and he sneered in his heart. Lin Jinyu kept his face calm, but sighed slightly: "Grandma is ill, why didn't I send someone to inform her earlier, if I knew earlier, Of course I'm going to visit my grandmother."
"The old lady knows that Cousin Lin is busy with official duties and doesn't want to be disturbed. It's just that I have seen the old lady become more and more lethargic these days, so I mentioned it to Cousin Lin." Tanchun said, watching quietly Look at the look on Lin Jinyu's face.
Lin Jinyu sighed deeply, opened her lips and said: "After the few days of work are over, I will definitely visit my grandmother. The most important thing is to let my grandmother recover from her illness. Don't think too much about it. Since you are sick, you must rest at ease. , it’s too heart-wrenching and it’s bound to take a lot of effort.”
When Tanchun got Lin Jinyu's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly gave a blessing lightly, with a look of gratitude on his face.
Lin Jinyu just smiled, turned around to give Lin Daiyu a few words, and walked away.
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Early in the court, Emperor Xuanchen accepted Lin Jinyu's order to investigate the corruption of the Zhen family. What about the springboard!Reminiscing about the marriage bestowed by Emperor Xuanchen earlier, he even saw through Emperor Xuanchen's intentions. He knew that the emperor was afraid that Lin Jinyu would not have enough qualifications and used his status as a foreign relative to suppress others. The son-in-law born to a concubine is different. He is the queen's son-in-law. If you get in the way of Lin Jinyu, let alone what Lin Ruhai, who has always been favored by the emperor, thinks, the queen probably won't let you go first. You must know that the queen's natal family is the Chen family in Huaiyang, King Dingnan has a son and a daughter in his life, but he is very protective of his shortcomings!
After coming down to court, Lin Jinyu and Master Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, went straight to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Speaking of which, Lord Zhou felt quite bitter about Lin Jinyu. It stands to reason that the trial of the case was the business of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it was the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It's impossible for Lin Jinyu, a low-level official from the fifth rank, to act wildly on his own territory. As a minister of the Ministry of punishment from the first rank, Mr. Zhou really feels uncomfortable in every way, but even so, he dare not offend Lin Jinyu. Don't look at his official title, but he still has to be called Mr. Yushi. Even if he feels uncomfortable, he dare not trip Lin Jinyu casually. Censors are not guilty of crimes with their words. The mouths of these officials are much sharper than pens. They can talk about morality, self-cultivation, and family governance. Even if there is no major crime, they can get you a big crime.
"Master Lin drinks tea." Sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Master Zhou had a smile on his eyes, but looked at Lin Jinyu with an incomprehensible expression.
With a calm smile on his face, Lin Jinyu nodded slightly to Mr. Zhou, then took a sip from the teacup, stroked his tongue lightly in his mouth, and put down the teacup.
Mr. Zhou raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Jinyu, and said with a silent smile: "Mr. Lin may not be used to drinking this rough tea! Our Ministry of Punishment is no better than the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They are all literati and pampered, all you need to do is move your mouth and pen." .”
When Lin Jinyu heard these words, she felt that there was a deep meaning, and there was a hint of sourness in and out of the words. She smiled softly, Lin Jinyu shook her head lightly, tapped her index finger on the table casually, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou's words The lower officials somewhat disagree, they are all on business for the emperor, how can there be such a thing as being pampered!"
Master Zhou curled his lips into a smile, nodded and said, "It's my officer who said something wrong."
Lin Jinyu smiled and said nothing, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, evoking a gentle smile, and then said in a deep voice, "Master Zhou, it's getting late, are we going to interrogate Zhen Yingjia?"
Mr. Zhou was slightly taken aback, but he didn't expect Lin Jinyu to be so anxious. After all, he was too young to hold his breath!Master Zhou laughed heartily, and ordered the servants to escort Zhen Yingjia out of the prison.
Not long after, the yamen servant brought Zhen Yingjia, who was handcuffed with heavy anklets and bracelets, to the lobby. It was the first time Lin Jinyu saw this rumored character, the head of the Zhen family, but he never thought that he was still a middle-aged man with a fair face and elegant appearance. man.
With a raised eyebrow, Lin Jinyu turned against the guest, raised his hand to Master Zhou, gave a salute, and sat down in the presiding judge's seat in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He slapped the gavel in his hand, straightened his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "The guilty minister Zhen Yingjia is still here!" Quickly kneel down and bow your head to confess your sin."
Zhen Yingjia is not a young child or a poor person. Since he dared to do such a huge sum of money, how could he put a young Lin Jinyu in his eyes, not to mention the current state of the Zhen family. All the family members were escorted back to Beijing, so he had nothing to fear, he smiled contemptuously, Zhen Yingjia slowly raised his eyes to look at Lin Jinyu, his eyes were full of mockery.
"Nowadays, there is no one in the court who can't do it, and a child with a yellow mouth is sent to interrogate me, Zhen Yingjia."
Lin Jinyu sneered, waved Yubai's hand lightly, and stared at Zhen Yingjia with condensed eyes, until the yamen servant forced Zhen Yingjia to kneel down under his signal, and then slowly said: "It is enough to judge you as an official." , Lin Jinyu's beautiful face was covered with a layer of cold frost, and her voice was extremely cold: "Zhen Yingjia, I want to ask you, you were greedy for millions of dollars in office, and you were unkind as an official and disloyal as a minister. It's up to you whether you admit the crime or not."
"Yes." Zhen Yingjia replied simply, knowing in her heart that the emperor had evidence, otherwise, he would not have sent people to escort the whole family of Zhen's family back to Beijing.
Lin Jinyu was not at all surprised by Zhen Yingjia's confession attitude. He is a smart person and naturally knows how to benefit himself at this time. The evidence is already in front of him. If he refuses to admit that he is being served by a severe punishment, he will find himself guilty.
"I'm asking you, where did you transport the 500 million taels of silver that you coveted?" Lin Jinyu narrowed her phoenix eyes, and looked at Zhen Yingjia coldly.
Zhen Yingjia was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled why the 300 million taels of silver became 500 million taels, an increase of 200 million for no reason, she couldn't help looking at Lin Jinyu's indifferent face, and couldn't help but smile coldly after reacting: "It's a good one who can turn black and white The presiding judge, 300 million taels of silver will become 500 million taels in your mouth, even though I, Zhen Yingjia, pleaded guilty to corruption of ink, I cannot tolerate your wanton slander."
"I'm a guilty minister, so why should I slander you?" Lin Jinyu also sneered, her thin lips slightly parted, and a stern voice came out of her mouth: "This official is giving you a chance. After all, the 500 million taels of silver you coveted were transported to Where did it go? Who did it go to?"
"You don't need to waste your time in vain, I spent the money." Zhen Yingjia didn't argue with Lin Jinyu about the amount of money. He was already a capital offender, and the amount of money for being greedy for ink was meaningless to him at all.
Lin Jinyu sneered after hearing this, spent?In love, Zhen Yingjia usually feeds on real gold and silver, and even the delicacies of mountains and seas are enough for his Zhen family to eat for decades.
"Okay, okay, since you said flowers, then tell me where the flowers have gone, and tell me the details." Lin Jinyu laughed back angrily, and now Zhen Yingjia is playing with herself Scoundrel, I really think that if I dare not use the punishment, I will fail.
Zhen Yingjia glanced at Lin Jinyu contemptuously and sarcastically, and said with a sneer: "Master, could it be that you are joking with me? The accountant is planning where the money goes. Is it possible that your money goes wherever it goes?" Write it down? If it is true, Zhen will admire it."
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia still had the leisure to mock her at this moment, Lin Jinyu knew that he had left a way out for the Zhen family, so she brazenly took all the blame on herself, smiled coldly, and Lin Jinyu looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment without any trace Mr. Zhou, seeing the interest in watching a good show in his eyes, became more and more annoyed in his heart.
After a moment of silence, Master Zhou and Zhen Yingjia thought that he had nothing to do with Zhen Yingjia, Lin Jinyu said coldly: "Zhen Yingjia, you really think that I have nothing to do with you."
"A grown-up and a young talent can be sent by the emperor to examine Zhen, so how can he have nothing to do with Zhen." Zhen Yingjia said mockingly, even though he was kneeling under Lin Jinyu at this time, he did not restrain his arrogance at all .
Lin Jinyu nodded her head vigorously, with a cold smile on the corner of her mouth: "That's right, since I was appointed by the emperor to preside over the case, if I can't say anything from you, how can I have the face to meet you?" Your Majesty." While talking, Lin Jinyu got up and walked in front of Zhen Yingjia, stretched out his hand to pinch Zhen Yingjia's jaw, and said coldly: "If Zhang Congwu can be planted in my hands, so can you, Zhen Yingjia." Lin Jinyu said, The yamen servant who had seen Lin Jinyu's methods in the lobby shuddered involuntarily, recalling Lin Jinyu's methods against Zhang Congwu that day, his heart shivered for a moment, and he looked at Lin Jinyu with deep fear.
Mr. Zhou froze slightly when he heard Lin Jinyu's words, remembering that his subordinates told him about the punishment Lin Jinyu used against Zhang Congwu, the contempt in his eyes immediately subsided, how could he have forgotten that the young man in front of him was not an ordinary person, and he used cruel methods Incomparably, if not, Long Live Lord would not have handed over the case of the Zhen family to him.
Released the hand on Zhen Yingjia's chin, Lin Jinyu asked again in a deep voice: "I'm your last chance, where exactly did you transport the money? It's up to you whether you say it or not. If it is If you don’t realize it, don’t blame me for being cruel.”
"Zhen still said the same thing." Zhen Yingjia never looked down on Lin Jinyu from the bottom of his heart. If he said that he was cruel, he had seen it very little. Thinking that after interrogating Zhang Congwu, he would have great abilities, so he barked his teeth and claws in front of him, but he wanted to see how he would pry his mouth open.
"Take Zhen Yingjia down." Lin Jinyu didn't want Zhen Yingjia to talk nonsense here, and directly ordered someone to take Zhen Yingjia back to the prison.
After Zhen Yingjia was taken away, Lord Zhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, walked to Lin Jinyu's side, and said with a smile: "Lord Lin, don't be so impatient, just take your time to interrogate. If there is no result in the interrogation, I don't think Long Live Lord will." will blame you."
Lin Jinyu raised her red lips and smiled slightly, raised her slender eyebrows, wanted to see her joke?It's still early!If he can't solve even one Zhen Yingjia, how can he get rid of the way of powerful minister.
With a low smile, Lin Jinyu's eyes were full of darkness, and her clear voice was cruel and cold. With her red lips slowly raised, the words she spoke were like a sharp sword spat with poison, which made people feel Extremely cold.
"Put all the serious offenders of the Zhen family into one cell, including Zhen Yingjia, and order people to prepare clean water and rice paper. I am going to start the trial." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu didn't wait for the clerk to react, and walked towards the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. direction to go.
"My lord?" The yamen servant looked at Mr. Zhou with puzzlement in his eyes, but also fear. He really didn't know what kind of tricks this Lin Yushi was going to play.
Mr. Zhou also had doubts in his eyes, but he waved his hand to let the servants go down to prepare, and then he hurried towards the prison, impatient to see how Lin Jinyu would pry Zhen Yingjia's mouth open.
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A spacious cell was isolated in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, in which dozens of people were imprisoned, including men, women and children, all of whom were relatives of the Zhen family.
The cell was dark and yellowish, with only a few bright lights left on. The windows that were originally used for ventilation were all covered with black cloth, creating a midnight atmosphere.
Lin Jinyu ordered people to bring the tables and chairs, and he was leisurely leaning on the large pear wood square armchair with a casual smile on his face, which was a thousand miles away from the previous appearance in the lobby trial.
Holding the warm fragrant tea in his hand, Lin Jinyu took a sip, and it really had a lot of aftertaste. Compared with the cup of tea Mr. Zhou had before, it was a world of difference!Lin Jinyu narrowed his eyes in great enjoyment, and ordered the yamen servant to bring the long chopping board for flogging, and with a light wave of his hand, the yamen servant tied Zhen Yingjia firmly to it.
"Zhen Yingjia, I will give you one last chance. Where did the money go? Do you want to tell me?" Lin Jinyu asked lightly, her tone indifferent, and she didn't expect Zhen Yingjia to answer in her heart. This was just the last time before the execution. Just a routine torture.
"Zhen still said the same thing, you don't need to waste your efforts in vain." Zhen Yingjia replied coldly, but her head turned to the side of the cell involuntarily, looking at all the relatives of the Zhen family who were imprisoned together, she felt a little panic in her heart. I don't understand what Lin Jinyu is going to do. Is it possible that he wants to punish his relatives in front of them, so that they can take the initiative to tell the whereabouts of the money?Zhen Yingjia's thought of sneering at Lin Jinyu was probably in vain, as no one in the Zhen family knew the whereabouts of the money except him.
Lin Jinyu nodded her head lightly, not annoyed, but looked at Zhen Yingjia with a smile on her face, and praised with a smile: "It is said that Mrs. Zhen is a tough person, I will take a look at you today to see how tough you are. It's still my tricks." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu put the tea cup in his hand, got up and walked towards Zhen Yingjia, stretched out his jade white hand, picked up a piece of rice paper and soaked it in the water basin, and when it was completely soaked, the corner of his mouth twitched. With a cold smile, she covered the rice paper on Zhen Yingjia's face with extremely elegant and slow movements.
"When you figure it out, you'll let me know. If you can't speak, kick your legs. By the way, don't say I didn't warn you. You'd better not have the idea of death. I'm not a kind-hearted person, if I don't get an answer from you, I will take the whole family of Zhen's family to death, if you don't make me feel better, I naturally don't care about being called a cruel official." Lin Jinyu said casually, Repeating this action over and over again, the corners of his rosy mouth were always slightly raised, and accompanied by that jade-like face, it gave people an extremely weird feeling, and he seemed to have very little vitality.
If Zhen Yingjia didn't react when he was covered with rice paper just now, after Lin Jinyu repeated several times to make his breathing more and more difficult, he understood that Lin Jinyu really wanted to suffocate him to death, so he opened his eyes wide The eyes, but what came into sight was a dark white. After her breathing became more and more rapid, Zhen Yingjia panicked in her heart, kicked her legs involuntarily, and struggled hard.
Lin Jinyu snorted, raised her hand and tore off the rice paper from Zhen Yingjia's face, patted his pale face, saw that his eyes were completely out of focus, and couldn't help laughing: "Why, do you understand?"
Breathing in the hard-won air, Zhen Yingjia looked at Lin Jinyu with horrified eyes, and couldn't imagine how such a handsome and beautiful young man could come up with such a vicious punishment.
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia was silent, Lin Jinyu just smiled softly, sat back in the chair, supported her delicate chin with one hand, and said coolly: "There is something about my method, so that you can feel life without seeing blood or injury. You'd better die, you're a smart man, you should understand that I'm definitely not joking with you." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu didn't need Zhen Yingjia to reply, and ordered the servants to continue the execution according to what he just did, he knew that he would not let him deal with such a tough old cunning He never shed tears when he saw the coffin. After all, let him experience the feeling of dying more before he understands what is fear and what is life is better than death.
Seeing Zhen Yingjia's powerless struggle, the imprisoned Zhen's family cursed and cried angrily. Lin Jinyu had a faint smile on her lips, as cold as a cold pool, completely ignoring those screams and crying, is it cruel?I'm sorry, but he didn't feel at all that compared to what Zhen Yingjia had done, he could call himself a kind person.
Ask the yamen servant to uncover the rice paper, and seeing Zhen Yingjia who was covered in paper and couldn't breathe, rolled his eyes, Lin Jinyu's red lips slowly curled up, and someone poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said in an icy voice : "How, have you figured it out?"
Zhen Yingjia shuddered, and looked at Lin Jinyu with some fear. He has been an official for many years, and he has never seen any bloody methods, but he has never been frightened by a half-old child on such a day. Avoiding her eyes, Zhen Yingjia's mind was filled with the fear of dying.
"I'm still the same old saying, you don't need to waste your thoughts in vain." Zhen Yingjia said in a hoarse voice, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You can kill me at any time if you have the ability." After finishing speaking, Zhen Yingjia lowered her gaze.
Lin Jinyu clapped her hands lightly and clapped her hands. The corners of her pitch-black phoenix eyes were slightly lifted, flashing a cold and gloomy edge, and the corners of her mouth raised a cruel and cold arc: "Very well, I am proud of your courage. Cheers." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu put the teacup he was playing with on the table fiercely, and shouted in a cold voice: "Bet Zhen Baoyu to come out." After speaking softly, Lin Jinyu looked at Zhen Yingjia with cold eyes, and said coldly: "I don't want you to come out." Dare to kill you, but it doesn't mean I dare not kill others."
Instructing the servants to deal with Zhen Baoyu according to the punishment just now, Lin Jinyu snorted coldly, and looked at Zhen Yingjia contemptuously: "Whenever you want to say something, just ask someone to notify me. I don't have much else, but I have more time to play with you." , can still afford it, let's come one by one, starting with your precious son." After speaking, Lin Jinyu got up, he was not interested in staying in the gloomy place.
"Lord Lin." After seeing Lin Jinyu's methods, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice had to admit that he was a formidable young man, and when he saw him getting up to leave, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.
Lin Jinyu let out a breath, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Just let the yamen servants carry out the execution. How about Mr. Zhou and I going outside to have a cup of tea?"
"Okay, Mr. Lin, please." Although Mr. Zhou is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, he is unwilling to stay in this cold place. If it is not for seeing how Lin Jinyu can pry Zhen Yingjia's mouth open, he will definitely not follow him here.
After leaving the dungeon of the Ministry of punishment, Lin Jinyu squinted his long and narrow eyes and let out a soft sigh as he looked at the dazzling sunlight outside, affirming once again that the dungeon of the Ministry of punishment is not a place for people to stay!Comrades in the Ministry of Punishment are not easy.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs looked at Lin Jinyu's lazy look since he got out of the dungeon, and said with a smile: "Lord Lin is still not used to the Ministry of Criminal Justice! I think it was the same when I first came here, staying in that dark place for a long time I also feel uncomfortable." As he spoke, Master Zhou laughed to himself, then moved to Lin Jinyu's side mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "Does Master Lin think that Zhen Yingjia will confess?"
Lin Jinyu curved her lips into a smile, nodded her head invisibly, and said with a smile: "If he doesn't recruit, I have a way to make him recruit."
"Lord Lin just has a good trick! But why didn't he take advantage of the victory and pursue it? I saw that Zhen Yingjia's attitude was much softer than before." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said softly, half-closed his eyes and looked at Lin Jinyu. He couldn't think of such a gentle and jade-like A beautiful boy would come up with such a tricky method.
Lin Jinyu smiled softly, shook her head, and explained as she walked: "Zhen Yingjia is a hard-headed person. He knows that he is a capital crime, so how can he easily tell the whereabouts of the money? It's hard to get his confession, and we can't find it from him The breakthrough can only come from other people, and I want to see if he is ruthless enough to let his brothers and nephews suffer the crime just now." Lin Jinyu had studied psychology in her previous life, so she naturally understands that people are afraid of death. There is a sense of fear, especially in the face of death approaching step by step, which can make a strong person collapse. Now he wants to see if Zhen Yingjia can withstand the double pressure. He has tried it himself. How does it feel to be on the verge of death, and now his relatives have to try it one by one in front of his eyes, especially his precious son as the first surgeon, he believes that no matter how hard-talked Zhen Yingjia is, he will always let go after such a round.
"Master Lin seems to have a plan in his mind." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said with a smile. It was completely out of proportion to his earlier attitude. No matter what he thought in his heart, he had to admit that Lin Jinyu had some tricks. The case was in his hands.
"Where, Mr. Zhou was joking, but in fact, my heart has been hanging on my heart! I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the emperor if I mess up this case." Lin Jinyu said softly, the smile that evoked was somewhat humble, Lin Jinyu understood, In fact, it is not impossible for him to handle this case. The emperor handed it over to him because he valued his execution without wounds or blood, because the confession made in this way is more convincing. Where did the money go? It is clear that Zhen Yingjia has collected money for King Zhongshun over the years. This time, the money may have been in the hands of King Zhongshun again. As for the money hidden by the Zhen family, most of it was transferred to the Rongguo Mansion. If not, the last time the Zhen family He wouldn't have sent so many precious gifts in a hurry.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice laughed, patted Lin Jinyu on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Master Lin is really good at joking! Who doesn't know that Long Live Lord is proud of you, Mr. Lin, otherwise he would not have promised Princess Yingyang to Lin Jinyu." Your Excellency is not."
Lin Jinyu smiled and said nothing, but there was a bit of shyness in his eyes, like a young man's reaction when he mentioned his marriage. When he walked to the hall of the Ministry of Justice, Lin Jinyu turned slightly to one side, letting the Minister of the Ministry of Justice take the lead, and then He followed in, but he hummed softly in his heart, secretly cursing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments is really an old fox, why didn't he look at himself as the future son-in-law to give himself some face, and was happy to see jokes, but now that he has seen his own methods, the wind has turned It's coming soon.
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After an appointment for three cups of tea, Minister of the Ministry of Justice couldn't sit still, moved his body, put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at Lin Jinyu who was calm.He frowned slightly.
"Master Lin, shall we go and have a look?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou can just drink tea with peace of mind." Lin Jinyu bent his lips and smiled, and took a sip of fragrant tea from the porcelain cup in his hand calmly, with his expression unchanged.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice smiled, looked at the cup he had put on the table, and sighed silently. He couldn't help feeling that he was getting old and became more and more impatient. He didn't even have the patience of a teenager.
"Master Lin, after finishing the case this time, I'm afraid it will be more important to be called Long Live Lord. Have you considered working in our Ministry of Criminal Affairs?" Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs asked with a smile. As usual, after this case is over, he will definitely be promoted, but I don't know where the Long Live Lord will assign him. If he wants to, he is willing to go to the Long Live Lord to please someone.
Lin Jinyu raised her red lips lightly, and the corners of her mouth curled up extremely warmly: "Lord Zhou is showing love, but Jinyu is not talented, so what will happen in the future depends on the will of Long Live Lord."
"I'm confused. You've only arrived in the Metropolitan Procuratorate not long ago. I want to come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate because I want you to practice more in the Metropolitan Procuratorate." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said softly, laughing to himself why he forgot that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the fastest promoted Even officials of the same rank in the local government should be more courteous to the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How could Lin Jinyu, a talented person, want to come to his qualifications in the Ministry of Punishment.
Lin Jinyu gave a shallow smile, looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment with a modest smile, and replied softly: "Don't dare to speculate on the emperor's mind, it is Jinyu's blessing to be able to share the worries of the Long Live Lord."
Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice smiled, and thought to himself, what a little fox, his words are impeccable, how could such an honest person like Lin Ruhai give birth to such a weird little thing, could it be that he followed the Jia family?Mr. Zhou shook his head. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was unlikely. None of the members of the Jia family could do it in this generation. It was said that the Jia family had a grandson who was like a phoenix egg and was born with jade. The most important thing is that he can't be more literary and elegant, and he just has a false reputation. If he is really talented, how can he not even have a serious reputation.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment squinted his eyes and thought about it, when he saw a small official of the Ministry of Justice trotting over, his forehead was covered with sweat, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was startled, thinking that something important happened to Zhen Yingjia, he got up quickly, and asked, "Why?" It was done in such a hurry, but what went wrong with Zhen Yingjia?"
"Master Zhou, Zhen Yingjia is looking for Master Lin." The clerk from the Ministry of Punishment shook his head and said, looking at Lin Jinyu who was drinking tea leisurely, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.
Lin Jinyu nodded slightly, and ordered the maid beside her to send a message to the housekeeper, asking him to send someone to Rongguo Mansion, saying that the four girls lived in Lin Mansion today, and they would send someone to escort them back tomorrow.
Tanchun was actually unwilling to stay in Lin's mansion, after all, the two families had some unpleasant quarrels because of their marriage, but looking at the sky, it seemed that the rain was not stopping, so he could only follow the Lin family's wishes and go with the couple. The sisters stayed in the Lin Mansion, got up and bowed to Lin Jinyufu, and Tanchun said in a low voice, "Brother Lin and Sister Lin are bothering you."
Lin Jinyu smiled softly and waved his hands: "It's okay, why do my brothers and sisters need to be so polite?" Although he didn't want to have anything to do with the Jia family, he still had to admit that the daughters of the Jia family were well-bred. Jia's family doesn't know if there is a problem with feng shui, the daughters are all educated, men!The benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see wisdom.
"Third sister, don't be polite to us. Brother is right. They are all brothers and sisters. There is nothing to say about trouble." Lin Daiyu said softly, but also very lightly.
Tanchun just smiled, but didn't say much, but she was a little annoyed in her heart. She had repeatedly signaled Sister Bao to leave earlier, but she insisted on waiting for Cousin Lin to return home, otherwise, she would not have caught up with this Changing the weather and staying overnight, I have never seen Sister Bao so ungrateful in the past. Although it is for my brothers, I can't be so disregarding their dignity. According to the old lady's instructions, she really wanted to throw up her sleeves and leave.
Thinking of what the old lady said to him when he came, Tanchun couldn't help sighing in his heart, raised his eyes and looked at Lin Jinyu quietly, seeing that he had a smile on his face, and the spirit in his phoenix eyes was shining, which seemed to be a smile but not a smile. It made Tanchun's cheeks turn red. Speaking of which, she hadn't seen Cousin Lin for a long time. Now that she saw her, she felt like a different person. Although she still had the same picturesque features, her temperament had changed dramatically. People are a little intimidated, and it's rare that even the nobles in the palace have taken a fancy to Cousin Lin, who would not love such a gentleman's daughter!
Lin Jinyu felt Tanchun's scrutiny, but pretended not to notice, she only held a teacup to drink the fragrant tea lightly, and then ordered the little maid to prepare the meal.
Xue Baochai looked at Lin Jinyu's demeanor, especially when facing Lin Daiyu's gentle and soft words, and she was a little lost for a moment. It's not that she had any thoughts about Lin Jinyu, but she was a little envious of Lin Daiyu in her heart. To have such a big brother protect her as a What a blessing, although her elder brother is also very kind to her, thinking of her for everything good, but he is a troublemaker who always makes her and her mother worry about her elder brother is still in prison , Xue Baochai's reddish eye sockets became even more sour, biting her red lips lightly, Xue Baochai's face was pale, and she said quietly: "Uncle Lin, today I came to ask for something."
Lin Jinyu naturally understood what Xue Baochai was asking for, she smiled silently, Lin Jinyu shook her head, and directly refused: "Miss Xue asked for forgiveness, I can't accept it."
Xue Baochai was slightly taken aback, never expecting that Lin Jinyu would reject him so directly, an anxious look flashed across his face, and he hurriedly said, "My mother and I just want to see my brother." Saying that, Xue Baochai took a small brocade box Come out, and said in a pleading tone: "Uncle Lin, please help me with one or two! If you can save my brother, my mother and I will definitely thank you." Xue Baochai looked at Lin Jinyu with weak and helpless eyes while talking. .
Lin Jinyu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel amused, but she looked up to Xue Baochai a little bit, and had to admit that Xue Baochai was a character who could bend and stretch, but knew how to use his own strengths, but unfortunately he didn't have any sympathy for others.
"Miss Xue, you said that I would not be able to do what you asked for. I am a civil servant, and I have never had anything to do with military officials." Lin Jinyu said softly, but there was a gleam in her eyes, and then she smiled and said: " But I can show you a way, you can ask Brother Lian to try it."
A gleam flashed in Xue Baochai's eyes, and she raised her eyes to look at Lin Jinyu steadily, but her cheeks blushed after meeting his slightly playful smile, but she never lowered her head, and just said, "Thank you for my brother." I passed Uncle Lin."
Lin Jinyu just smiled, and said casually: "The residence of the Xiao Mansion in Dongfu Hutong is the nephew of the current Holy Majesty, as far as I know, he has a deep friendship with Lord Wang, the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division. Why don't you let Lian The second brother took the post from the Rongguo Mansion to pay a visit, if he could get a word or two from him, it would be very easy to save Uncle Xue."
"Uncle Lin is talking about Dongyang Hou's son, the son of Princess Fule?" Xue Baochai asked softly, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Lin Jinyu nodded and smiled, played with the teacup in her hand, and said softly, "That's right, it's Xiao Dutong."
"I heard that Xiao Dutong and Uncle Lin are also quite friendly, and they are known as brothers and sisters. Can I ask Uncle Lin to introduce one or two?" Xue Baochai is not an ordinary woman who only lives in a boudoir. She is very clear about the situation, if it weren't for the incompetence of her Xue family, she would definitely not ask the Rongguo Mansion for her brother's affairs. A lot of money was spent, but none of the actual things were done. Piao, it would be better to ask Lin Jinyu for help to introduce him. Based on Lin Jinyu's friendship with Xiao Dutong, I'm afraid he will agree to his brother's business for the sake of the Lin family.
Lin Jinyu raised her long eyebrows, blinked her black eyes full of flowers, and smiled playfully, which also made the cheeks of the female relatives other than Lin Daiyu blush. I have to say that Lin Jinyu really has a beautiful face. She has a pretty face, especially when she smiles, the lively eyes are extremely attractive.
"Sorry, I can't help you with this matter. Xiao Dutong and I are not as familiar as you think." Lin Jinyu smiled silently, her bright red lips opened and closed, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were full of insincere sincerity.
A look of disappointment flashed in Xue Baochai's eyes, she forced the corners of her mouth to curl up, smiled, and said in a low voice, "It's my power that makes things difficult for others."
Lin Jinyu smiled lightly and said nothing, but looked at the teacup in his hand with a kind of cold and unpredictable eyes. After a long while, he casually put the teacup away, hooked the corner of his mouth, and said to Lin Daiyu in a low voice: "When It's getting late, take your guests to dinner! When father comes back, send someone to notify me." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu stood up gracefully, nodded and smiled at Sanchun and Xue Baochai: "I still have some business to deal with, you can do whatever you want. "
"Cousin Lin." Seeing Lin Jinyu getting up to leave, Tanchun hurriedly called out, with a look of hesitation in his eyes.
Lin Jinyu looked at Tanchun, raised his eyebrows, and asked in a very gentle tone: "What's the matter?"
Tanchun bit his lower lip lightly, nodded his head invisibly, and said in a low voice: "It's like this, the old lady has been ill these days, and you know that the old lady has been thinking about Sister Lin and you, just now... I mentioned it to Sister Lin just now, but Sister Lin is not free, I was thinking...why, can you visit the old lady." As soon as Tanchun's words came out, Yingchun and Xichun both frowned. Xiumei, I didn't expect Tanchun to bring up the old story again.
Lin Jinyu bent her lips and smiled, and said in surprise, "Why is grandma sick? Did you ask the imperial doctor to see her?"
"I found it. The imperial doctor said that the old lady has a heart disease." Tan Chun said softly, but did not dare to meet Lin Jinyu's eyes.
The corner of Lin Jinyu's mouth twitched slightly, heart trouble?In his opinion, it was too many calculations, and he sneered in his heart. Lin Jinyu kept his face calm, but sighed slightly: "Grandma is ill, why didn't I send someone to inform her earlier, if I knew earlier, Of course I'm going to visit my grandmother."
"The old lady knows that Cousin Lin is busy with official duties and doesn't want to be disturbed. It's just that I have seen the old lady become more and more lethargic these days, so I mentioned it to Cousin Lin." Tanchun said, watching quietly Look at the look on Lin Jinyu's face.
Lin Jinyu sighed deeply, opened her lips and said: "After the few days of work are over, I will definitely visit my grandmother. The most important thing is to let my grandmother recover from her illness. Don't think too much about it. Since you are sick, you must rest at ease. , it’s too heart-wrenching and it’s bound to take a lot of effort.”
When Tanchun got Lin Jinyu's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly gave a blessing lightly, with a look of gratitude on his face.
Lin Jinyu just smiled, turned around to give Lin Daiyu a few words, and walked away.
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Early in the court, Emperor Xuanchen accepted Lin Jinyu's order to investigate the corruption of the Zhen family. What about the springboard!Reminiscing about the marriage bestowed by Emperor Xuanchen earlier, he even saw through Emperor Xuanchen's intentions. He knew that the emperor was afraid that Lin Jinyu would not have enough qualifications and used his status as a foreign relative to suppress others. The son-in-law born to a concubine is different. He is the queen's son-in-law. If you get in the way of Lin Jinyu, let alone what Lin Ruhai, who has always been favored by the emperor, thinks, the queen probably won't let you go first. You must know that the queen's natal family is the Chen family in Huaiyang, King Dingnan has a son and a daughter in his life, but he is very protective of his shortcomings!
After coming down to court, Lin Jinyu and Master Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, went straight to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Speaking of which, Lord Zhou felt quite bitter about Lin Jinyu. It stands to reason that the trial of the case was the business of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it was the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It's impossible for Lin Jinyu, a low-level official from the fifth rank, to act wildly on his own territory. As a minister of the Ministry of punishment from the first rank, Mr. Zhou really feels uncomfortable in every way, but even so, he dare not offend Lin Jinyu. Don't look at his official title, but he still has to be called Mr. Yushi. Even if he feels uncomfortable, he dare not trip Lin Jinyu casually. Censors are not guilty of crimes with their words. The mouths of these officials are much sharper than pens. They can talk about morality, self-cultivation, and family governance. Even if there is no major crime, they can get you a big crime.
"Master Lin drinks tea." Sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Master Zhou had a smile on his eyes, but looked at Lin Jinyu with an incomprehensible expression.
With a calm smile on his face, Lin Jinyu nodded slightly to Mr. Zhou, then took a sip from the teacup, stroked his tongue lightly in his mouth, and put down the teacup.
Mr. Zhou raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Jinyu, and said with a silent smile: "Mr. Lin may not be used to drinking this rough tea! Our Ministry of Punishment is no better than the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They are all literati and pampered, all you need to do is move your mouth and pen." .”
When Lin Jinyu heard these words, she felt that there was a deep meaning, and there was a hint of sourness in and out of the words. She smiled softly, Lin Jinyu shook her head lightly, tapped her index finger on the table casually, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou's words The lower officials somewhat disagree, they are all on business for the emperor, how can there be such a thing as being pampered!"
Master Zhou curled his lips into a smile, nodded and said, "It's my officer who said something wrong."
Lin Jinyu smiled and said nothing, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, evoking a gentle smile, and then said in a deep voice, "Master Zhou, it's getting late, are we going to interrogate Zhen Yingjia?"
Mr. Zhou was slightly taken aback, but he didn't expect Lin Jinyu to be so anxious. After all, he was too young to hold his breath!Master Zhou laughed heartily, and ordered the servants to escort Zhen Yingjia out of the prison.
Not long after, the yamen servant brought Zhen Yingjia, who was handcuffed with heavy anklets and bracelets, to the lobby. It was the first time Lin Jinyu saw this rumored character, the head of the Zhen family, but he never thought that he was still a middle-aged man with a fair face and elegant appearance. man.
With a raised eyebrow, Lin Jinyu turned against the guest, raised his hand to Master Zhou, gave a salute, and sat down in the presiding judge's seat in the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. He slapped the gavel in his hand, straightened his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "The guilty minister Zhen Yingjia is still here!" Quickly kneel down and bow your head to confess your sin."
Zhen Yingjia is not a young child or a poor person. Since he dared to do such a huge sum of money, how could he put a young Lin Jinyu in his eyes, not to mention the current state of the Zhen family. All the family members were escorted back to Beijing, so he had nothing to fear, he smiled contemptuously, Zhen Yingjia slowly raised his eyes to look at Lin Jinyu, his eyes were full of mockery.
"Nowadays, there is no one in the court who can't do it, and a child with a yellow mouth is sent to interrogate me, Zhen Yingjia."
Lin Jinyu sneered, waved Yubai's hand lightly, and stared at Zhen Yingjia with condensed eyes, until the yamen servant forced Zhen Yingjia to kneel down under his signal, and then slowly said: "It is enough to judge you as an official." , Lin Jinyu's beautiful face was covered with a layer of cold frost, and her voice was extremely cold: "Zhen Yingjia, I want to ask you, you were greedy for millions of dollars in office, and you were unkind as an official and disloyal as a minister. It's up to you whether you admit the crime or not."
"Yes." Zhen Yingjia replied simply, knowing in her heart that the emperor had evidence, otherwise, he would not have sent people to escort the whole family of Zhen's family back to Beijing.
Lin Jinyu was not at all surprised by Zhen Yingjia's confession attitude. He is a smart person and naturally knows how to benefit himself at this time. The evidence is already in front of him. If he refuses to admit that he is being served by a severe punishment, he will find himself guilty.
"I'm asking you, where did you transport the 500 million taels of silver that you coveted?" Lin Jinyu narrowed her phoenix eyes, and looked at Zhen Yingjia coldly.
Zhen Yingjia was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled why the 300 million taels of silver became 500 million taels, an increase of 200 million for no reason, she couldn't help looking at Lin Jinyu's indifferent face, and couldn't help but smile coldly after reacting: "It's a good one who can turn black and white The presiding judge, 300 million taels of silver will become 500 million taels in your mouth, even though I, Zhen Yingjia, pleaded guilty to corruption of ink, I cannot tolerate your wanton slander."
"I'm a guilty minister, so why should I slander you?" Lin Jinyu also sneered, her thin lips slightly parted, and a stern voice came out of her mouth: "This official is giving you a chance. After all, the 500 million taels of silver you coveted were transported to Where did it go? Who did it go to?"
"You don't need to waste your time in vain, I spent the money." Zhen Yingjia didn't argue with Lin Jinyu about the amount of money. He was already a capital offender, and the amount of money for being greedy for ink was meaningless to him at all.
Lin Jinyu sneered after hearing this, spent?In love, Zhen Yingjia usually feeds on real gold and silver, and even the delicacies of mountains and seas are enough for his Zhen family to eat for decades.
"Okay, okay, since you said flowers, then tell me where the flowers have gone, and tell me the details." Lin Jinyu laughed back angrily, and now Zhen Yingjia is playing with herself Scoundrel, I really think that if I dare not use the punishment, I will fail.
Zhen Yingjia glanced at Lin Jinyu contemptuously and sarcastically, and said with a sneer: "Master, could it be that you are joking with me? The accountant is planning where the money goes. Is it possible that your money goes wherever it goes?" Write it down? If it is true, Zhen will admire it."
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia still had the leisure to mock her at this moment, Lin Jinyu knew that he had left a way out for the Zhen family, so she brazenly took all the blame on herself, smiled coldly, and Lin Jinyu looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment without any trace Mr. Zhou, seeing the interest in watching a good show in his eyes, became more and more annoyed in his heart.
After a moment of silence, Master Zhou and Zhen Yingjia thought that he had nothing to do with Zhen Yingjia, Lin Jinyu said coldly: "Zhen Yingjia, you really think that I have nothing to do with you."
"A grown-up and a young talent can be sent by the emperor to examine Zhen, so how can he have nothing to do with Zhen." Zhen Yingjia said mockingly, even though he was kneeling under Lin Jinyu at this time, he did not restrain his arrogance at all .
Lin Jinyu nodded her head vigorously, with a cold smile on the corner of her mouth: "That's right, since I was appointed by the emperor to preside over the case, if I can't say anything from you, how can I have the face to meet you?" Your Majesty." While talking, Lin Jinyu got up and walked in front of Zhen Yingjia, stretched out his hand to pinch Zhen Yingjia's jaw, and said coldly: "If Zhang Congwu can be planted in my hands, so can you, Zhen Yingjia." Lin Jinyu said, The yamen servant who had seen Lin Jinyu's methods in the lobby shuddered involuntarily, recalling Lin Jinyu's methods against Zhang Congwu that day, his heart shivered for a moment, and he looked at Lin Jinyu with deep fear.
Mr. Zhou froze slightly when he heard Lin Jinyu's words, remembering that his subordinates told him about the punishment Lin Jinyu used against Zhang Congwu, the contempt in his eyes immediately subsided, how could he have forgotten that the young man in front of him was not an ordinary person, and he used cruel methods Incomparably, if not, Long Live Lord would not have handed over the case of the Zhen family to him.
Released the hand on Zhen Yingjia's chin, Lin Jinyu asked again in a deep voice: "I'm your last chance, where exactly did you transport the money? It's up to you whether you say it or not. If it is If you don’t realize it, don’t blame me for being cruel.”
"Zhen still said the same thing." Zhen Yingjia never looked down on Lin Jinyu from the bottom of his heart. If he said that he was cruel, he had seen it very little. Thinking that after interrogating Zhang Congwu, he would have great abilities, so he barked his teeth and claws in front of him, but he wanted to see how he would pry his mouth open.
"Take Zhen Yingjia down." Lin Jinyu didn't want Zhen Yingjia to talk nonsense here, and directly ordered someone to take Zhen Yingjia back to the prison.
After Zhen Yingjia was taken away, Lord Zhou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, walked to Lin Jinyu's side, and said with a smile: "Lord Lin, don't be so impatient, just take your time to interrogate. If there is no result in the interrogation, I don't think Long Live Lord will." will blame you."
Lin Jinyu raised her red lips and smiled slightly, raised her slender eyebrows, wanted to see her joke?It's still early!If he can't solve even one Zhen Yingjia, how can he get rid of the way of powerful minister.
With a low smile, Lin Jinyu's eyes were full of darkness, and her clear voice was cruel and cold. With her red lips slowly raised, the words she spoke were like a sharp sword spat with poison, which made people feel Extremely cold.
"Put all the serious offenders of the Zhen family into one cell, including Zhen Yingjia, and order people to prepare clean water and rice paper. I am going to start the trial." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu didn't wait for the clerk to react, and walked towards the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. direction to go.
"My lord?" The yamen servant looked at Mr. Zhou with puzzlement in his eyes, but also fear. He really didn't know what kind of tricks this Lin Yushi was going to play.
Mr. Zhou also had doubts in his eyes, but he waved his hand to let the servants go down to prepare, and then he hurried towards the prison, impatient to see how Lin Jinyu would pry Zhen Yingjia's mouth open.
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A spacious cell was isolated in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, in which dozens of people were imprisoned, including men, women and children, all of whom were relatives of the Zhen family.
The cell was dark and yellowish, with only a few bright lights left on. The windows that were originally used for ventilation were all covered with black cloth, creating a midnight atmosphere.
Lin Jinyu ordered people to bring the tables and chairs, and he was leisurely leaning on the large pear wood square armchair with a casual smile on his face, which was a thousand miles away from the previous appearance in the lobby trial.
Holding the warm fragrant tea in his hand, Lin Jinyu took a sip, and it really had a lot of aftertaste. Compared with the cup of tea Mr. Zhou had before, it was a world of difference!Lin Jinyu narrowed his eyes in great enjoyment, and ordered the yamen servant to bring the long chopping board for flogging, and with a light wave of his hand, the yamen servant tied Zhen Yingjia firmly to it.
"Zhen Yingjia, I will give you one last chance. Where did the money go? Do you want to tell me?" Lin Jinyu asked lightly, her tone indifferent, and she didn't expect Zhen Yingjia to answer in her heart. This was just the last time before the execution. Just a routine torture.
"Zhen still said the same thing, you don't need to waste your efforts in vain." Zhen Yingjia replied coldly, but her head turned to the side of the cell involuntarily, looking at all the relatives of the Zhen family who were imprisoned together, she felt a little panic in her heart. I don't understand what Lin Jinyu is going to do. Is it possible that he wants to punish his relatives in front of them, so that they can take the initiative to tell the whereabouts of the money?Zhen Yingjia's thought of sneering at Lin Jinyu was probably in vain, as no one in the Zhen family knew the whereabouts of the money except him.
Lin Jinyu nodded her head lightly, not annoyed, but looked at Zhen Yingjia with a smile on her face, and praised with a smile: "It is said that Mrs. Zhen is a tough person, I will take a look at you today to see how tough you are. It's still my tricks." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu put the tea cup in his hand, got up and walked towards Zhen Yingjia, stretched out his jade white hand, picked up a piece of rice paper and soaked it in the water basin, and when it was completely soaked, the corner of his mouth twitched. With a cold smile, she covered the rice paper on Zhen Yingjia's face with extremely elegant and slow movements.
"When you figure it out, you'll let me know. If you can't speak, kick your legs. By the way, don't say I didn't warn you. You'd better not have the idea of death. I'm not a kind-hearted person, if I don't get an answer from you, I will take the whole family of Zhen's family to death, if you don't make me feel better, I naturally don't care about being called a cruel official." Lin Jinyu said casually, Repeating this action over and over again, the corners of his rosy mouth were always slightly raised, and accompanied by that jade-like face, it gave people an extremely weird feeling, and he seemed to have very little vitality.
If Zhen Yingjia didn't react when he was covered with rice paper just now, after Lin Jinyu repeated several times to make his breathing more and more difficult, he understood that Lin Jinyu really wanted to suffocate him to death, so he opened his eyes wide The eyes, but what came into sight was a dark white. After her breathing became more and more rapid, Zhen Yingjia panicked in her heart, kicked her legs involuntarily, and struggled hard.
Lin Jinyu snorted, raised her hand and tore off the rice paper from Zhen Yingjia's face, patted his pale face, saw that his eyes were completely out of focus, and couldn't help laughing: "Why, do you understand?"
Breathing in the hard-won air, Zhen Yingjia looked at Lin Jinyu with horrified eyes, and couldn't imagine how such a handsome and beautiful young man could come up with such a vicious punishment.
Seeing that Zhen Yingjia was silent, Lin Jinyu just smiled softly, sat back in the chair, supported her delicate chin with one hand, and said coolly: "There is something about my method, so that you can feel life without seeing blood or injury. You'd better die, you're a smart man, you should understand that I'm definitely not joking with you." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu didn't need Zhen Yingjia to reply, and ordered the servants to continue the execution according to what he just did, he knew that he would not let him deal with such a tough old cunning He never shed tears when he saw the coffin. After all, let him experience the feeling of dying more before he understands what is fear and what is life is better than death.
Seeing Zhen Yingjia's powerless struggle, the imprisoned Zhen's family cursed and cried angrily. Lin Jinyu had a faint smile on her lips, as cold as a cold pool, completely ignoring those screams and crying, is it cruel?I'm sorry, but he didn't feel at all that compared to what Zhen Yingjia had done, he could call himself a kind person.
Ask the yamen servant to uncover the rice paper, and seeing Zhen Yingjia who was covered in paper and couldn't breathe, rolled his eyes, Lin Jinyu's red lips slowly curled up, and someone poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said in an icy voice : "How, have you figured it out?"
Zhen Yingjia shuddered, and looked at Lin Jinyu with some fear. He has been an official for many years, and he has never seen any bloody methods, but he has never been frightened by a half-old child on such a day. Avoiding her eyes, Zhen Yingjia's mind was filled with the fear of dying.
"I'm still the same old saying, you don't need to waste your thoughts in vain." Zhen Yingjia said in a hoarse voice, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You can kill me at any time if you have the ability." After finishing speaking, Zhen Yingjia lowered her gaze.
Lin Jinyu clapped her hands lightly and clapped her hands. The corners of her pitch-black phoenix eyes were slightly lifted, flashing a cold and gloomy edge, and the corners of her mouth raised a cruel and cold arc: "Very well, I am proud of your courage. Cheers." After finishing speaking, Lin Jinyu put the teacup he was playing with on the table fiercely, and shouted in a cold voice: "Bet Zhen Baoyu to come out." After speaking softly, Lin Jinyu looked at Zhen Yingjia with cold eyes, and said coldly: "I don't want you to come out." Dare to kill you, but it doesn't mean I dare not kill others."
Instructing the servants to deal with Zhen Baoyu according to the punishment just now, Lin Jinyu snorted coldly, and looked at Zhen Yingjia contemptuously: "Whenever you want to say something, just ask someone to notify me. I don't have much else, but I have more time to play with you." , can still afford it, let's come one by one, starting with your precious son." After speaking, Lin Jinyu got up, he was not interested in staying in the gloomy place.
"Lord Lin." After seeing Lin Jinyu's methods, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice had to admit that he was a formidable young man, and when he saw him getting up to leave, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.
Lin Jinyu let out a breath, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Just let the yamen servants carry out the execution. How about Mr. Zhou and I going outside to have a cup of tea?"
"Okay, Mr. Lin, please." Although Mr. Zhou is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, he is unwilling to stay in this cold place. If it is not for seeing how Lin Jinyu can pry Zhen Yingjia's mouth open, he will definitely not follow him here.
After leaving the dungeon of the Ministry of punishment, Lin Jinyu squinted his long and narrow eyes and let out a soft sigh as he looked at the dazzling sunlight outside, affirming once again that the dungeon of the Ministry of punishment is not a place for people to stay!Comrades in the Ministry of Punishment are not easy.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs looked at Lin Jinyu's lazy look since he got out of the dungeon, and said with a smile: "Lord Lin is still not used to the Ministry of Criminal Justice! I think it was the same when I first came here, staying in that dark place for a long time I also feel uncomfortable." As he spoke, Master Zhou laughed to himself, then moved to Lin Jinyu's side mysteriously, and asked in a low voice: "Does Master Lin think that Zhen Yingjia will confess?"
Lin Jinyu curved her lips into a smile, nodded her head invisibly, and said with a smile: "If he doesn't recruit, I have a way to make him recruit."
"Lord Lin just has a good trick! But why didn't he take advantage of the victory and pursue it? I saw that Zhen Yingjia's attitude was much softer than before." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said softly, half-closed his eyes and looked at Lin Jinyu. He couldn't think of such a gentle and jade-like A beautiful boy would come up with such a tricky method.
Lin Jinyu smiled softly, shook her head, and explained as she walked: "Zhen Yingjia is a hard-headed person. He knows that he is a capital crime, so how can he easily tell the whereabouts of the money? It's hard to get his confession, and we can't find it from him The breakthrough can only come from other people, and I want to see if he is ruthless enough to let his brothers and nephews suffer the crime just now." Lin Jinyu had studied psychology in her previous life, so she naturally understands that people are afraid of death. There is a sense of fear, especially in the face of death approaching step by step, which can make a strong person collapse. Now he wants to see if Zhen Yingjia can withstand the double pressure. He has tried it himself. How does it feel to be on the verge of death, and now his relatives have to try it one by one in front of his eyes, especially his precious son as the first surgeon, he believes that no matter how hard-talked Zhen Yingjia is, he will always let go after such a round.
"Master Lin seems to have a plan in his mind." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said with a smile. It was completely out of proportion to his earlier attitude. No matter what he thought in his heart, he had to admit that Lin Jinyu had some tricks. The case was in his hands.
"Where, Mr. Zhou was joking, but in fact, my heart has been hanging on my heart! I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the emperor if I mess up this case." Lin Jinyu said softly, the smile that evoked was somewhat humble, Lin Jinyu understood, In fact, it is not impossible for him to handle this case. The emperor handed it over to him because he valued his execution without wounds or blood, because the confession made in this way is more convincing. Where did the money go? It is clear that Zhen Yingjia has collected money for King Zhongshun over the years. This time, the money may have been in the hands of King Zhongshun again. As for the money hidden by the Zhen family, most of it was transferred to the Rongguo Mansion. If not, the last time the Zhen family He wouldn't have sent so many precious gifts in a hurry.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice laughed, patted Lin Jinyu on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Master Lin is really good at joking! Who doesn't know that Long Live Lord is proud of you, Mr. Lin, otherwise he would not have promised Princess Yingyang to Lin Jinyu." Your Excellency is not."
Lin Jinyu smiled and said nothing, but there was a bit of shyness in his eyes, like a young man's reaction when he mentioned his marriage. When he walked to the hall of the Ministry of Justice, Lin Jinyu turned slightly to one side, letting the Minister of the Ministry of Justice take the lead, and then He followed in, but he hummed softly in his heart, secretly cursing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments is really an old fox, why didn't he look at himself as the future son-in-law to give himself some face, and was happy to see jokes, but now that he has seen his own methods, the wind has turned It's coming soon.
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After an appointment for three cups of tea, Minister of the Ministry of Justice couldn't sit still, moved his body, put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at Lin Jinyu who was calm.He frowned slightly.
"Master Lin, shall we go and have a look?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou can just drink tea with peace of mind." Lin Jinyu bent his lips and smiled, and took a sip of fragrant tea from the porcelain cup in his hand calmly, with his expression unchanged.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice smiled, looked at the cup he had put on the table, and sighed silently. He couldn't help feeling that he was getting old and became more and more impatient. He didn't even have the patience of a teenager.
"Master Lin, after finishing the case this time, I'm afraid it will be more important to be called Long Live Lord. Have you considered working in our Ministry of Criminal Affairs?" Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs asked with a smile. As usual, after this case is over, he will definitely be promoted, but I don't know where the Long Live Lord will assign him. If he wants to, he is willing to go to the Long Live Lord to please someone.
Lin Jinyu raised her red lips lightly, and the corners of her mouth curled up extremely warmly: "Lord Zhou is showing love, but Jinyu is not talented, so what will happen in the future depends on the will of Long Live Lord."
"I'm confused. You've only arrived in the Metropolitan Procuratorate not long ago. I want to come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate because I want you to practice more in the Metropolitan Procuratorate." The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment said softly, laughing to himself why he forgot that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the fastest promoted Even officials of the same rank in the local government should be more courteous to the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How could Lin Jinyu, a talented person, want to come to his qualifications in the Ministry of Punishment.
Lin Jinyu gave a shallow smile, looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment with a modest smile, and replied softly: "Don't dare to speculate on the emperor's mind, it is Jinyu's blessing to be able to share the worries of the Long Live Lord."
Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice smiled, and thought to himself, what a little fox, his words are impeccable, how could such an honest person like Lin Ruhai give birth to such a weird little thing, could it be that he followed the Jia family?Mr. Zhou shook his head. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that it was unlikely. None of the members of the Jia family could do it in this generation. It was said that the Jia family had a grandson who was like a phoenix egg and was born with jade. The most important thing is that he can't be more literary and elegant, and he just has a false reputation. If he is really talented, how can he not even have a serious reputation.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment squinted his eyes and thought about it, when he saw a small official of the Ministry of Justice trotting over, his forehead was covered with sweat, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was startled, thinking that something important happened to Zhen Yingjia, he got up quickly, and asked, "Why?" It was done in such a hurry, but what went wrong with Zhen Yingjia?"
"Master Zhou, Zhen Yingjia is looking for Master Lin." The clerk from the Ministry of Punishment shook his head and said, looking at Lin Jinyu who was drinking tea leisurely, he couldn't help but feel chills in his heart.
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