Hu Shining, the word Yongqing, the number Jing'an, Zhejiang Renhe, is an official and upright, evil as hatred, is the governor of Jiangxi Sun Sui, a general figure, known as the "Four Gentlemen of the Southern Capital". Hu Shining once served as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi Tixue, and because of exposing the various crimes of Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, he was almost killed, and finally conquered Liaodong.

Xu Kui, who later succeeded Hu Shining, was also an upright character, and even accused King Ning of plotting misdeeds in person, but Xu Kui did not have the same good luck as Hu Shining, and happened to meet King Ning's rebellion, and was killed by King Ning on the spot.

I don't know if you still remember Xu Kui, the great master of learning, Xu Jin participated in the college examination to show talent, it was this Xu Kui who served as the invigilator, if it weren't for Hu Shining being rectified by King Ning and replaced by Xu Kui as the deputy envoy of Jiangxi, then Xu Jin would have to call Hu Shining a teacher now.

Because according to the rules, the examiner and the candidate belong to the teacher-student relationship, for example, the examiner of the township examination will be respected by the high school as the teacher.

Hu Shining and Xu Kui's personalities are similar, but Hu Shining's life is better than Xu Kui, after King Ning's rebellion was exterminated, Hu Shining was quickly rehabilitated~ and returned to the court as an official, and now he is ranked in Jiuqing, serving as the secretary of the Criminal Department.

At this time, I saw Hu Shining come out of the class and played: "Qi the emperor, the traitor Guo Xun, together with the British Gong Zhang Lun, Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong, Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu Si Zhen Fu Lu Bing, colluded with the Tartars and the White Lotus anti-thieves to conspire to rebel.

The minister was ordered by the emperor to try the case in conjunction with the Dali Temple and the three legal divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and now the case has been fully ascertained, and the following judgment is now made according to the law of the Ming Dynasty. ”

After Hu Shining finished speaking, he held the case file high above his head, and Bi Yun, the celebrant and eunuch, hurriedly stepped forward to take the file and carefully sent it to the throne.

The smile on Jiajing's face at this time has completely disappeared, and his mood suddenly became very bad, after all, he opened the case file with a blank face, and there were large seals stamped by the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, which meant that this was the final judgment of the three law divisions.

The Wenhua Hall was so quiet that it could be heard that the needles were falling, and everyone's eyes were focused on Jiajing's body. Everyone knows that the rebels are the three clans, this is the most common operation, but Lu Bing is the emperor's hair, and his mother is the emperor's nurse, is the emperor ruthless enough to kill Lu Bing's three clans? It is said that the emperor also sent someone to send warm clothes to Lu Bing's family in prison a few days ago.

Hu Shining handled the case meticulously, and this case file was clearly organized and clear at a glance, including how Guo Xun, Lu Bing and others connected, how they divided labor, and how they were launched, and even Li Dayi, the son of Li Fuda, was also mentioned. In addition, when Xu Jin caught ~ Zhang Yin, Zhang Yin sent someone to ask Guo Xun for help, and then Guo Xun asked Lu Bing and Zhang Xuan for help.

So the more Jiajing looked down, the more ugly his face became, his anger was faintly erect, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were also raised!

Guo Xun first accepted Li Fuda's money to seek a military position for him, and then colluded with foreign thieves to give medicine to the defenders of Guangning Gate~ , which led to the loss of Guangning Gate, and finally instigated the other three to rebel together, and his crime could not be atoned, so he was sentenced to death by Ling Chi, raze the three clans!

The British Gong Zhang Lun, Lingbi Hou Tang Shaozong and Lu Bing were sentenced to abandon the city and raze the three clans!

As for Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, although they did not directly participate in the rebellion, they had a close relationship with Guo Xun and repeatedly helped Guo Xun to intercede and exonerate, so they were also beheaded.

Just as the ministers were holding their breath and paying nervous attention, they saw Emperor Jiajing lift the imperial pen, slowly stir up the ink, and then waved it in the case file, and wrote the two big characters "quasi-play", but the verdict about Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao was crossed out, and he said lightly: "Regarding the sentencing of Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, it will be remanded for retrial, and the rest will be allowed to be executed on a later date!" ”

The ministers in the palace couldn't help but look at each other, thinking that the emperor would protect Lu Bing's family, but they didn't expect to protect Zhang Xuan and Gui Cao, which was unexpected.

As everyone knows, although Jiajing attaches great importance to feelings, it has not reached the level of distinguishing between right and wrong, if Lu Bing commits other things, he can forgive him for being greedy and murderous, and being a traitor, but he can't only rebel.

What does it mean to rebel? It means that you want the emperor's life and want to subvert the Ming Dynasty! How can Zhu Houxi forgive this crime? This is the fundamental problem of your life for me, there is no room for forgiveness!

What's more, Lu Bing and the others even wanted to slaughter the Xu Mansion before they launched, and the Queen Mother and the princess were almost poisoned by the Tartars that night, how could Zhu Houxi spare Lu Bing?

"The Emperor Shengming!" The ministers fell to their knees and shouted in unison.

Jiajing stood up happily and said lightly: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Congratulations to my emperor!" The ministers shouted again, and when they looked up again, they found that the emperor had disappeared behind the palace, so they stood up one after another, withdrew from the Wenhua Hall one after another, and returned to their respective posts to perform their duties.

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In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Jiang was receiving two special guests, two Taoist priests, one named Shao Yuanjie and the other Tao Zhongwen.

Shao Yuanshu Mo is fifty years old, with a clear face, hair tied in a bun, three long beards under his chin, and a gray robe, which looks very simple.

However, this Shao Yuan Festival is quite a bit of a source, is the Taoist of the Qing Palace on Longhu Mountain, the Taoist number is Zhengyi, it is said that he is good at praying for rain and snow, and it is very effective, so he was named a real person by Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde, and he was given a purple clothes and jade belt, and he commanded the three palaces of the Beijing division to the sky, the manifestation and the Lingji, and he was the leader of Taoism.

Look at another Taoist priest Tao Zhongwen, the actual age of this person is fifty years old, but he looks only forty years old, the heavenly pavilion is full, the ground pavilion is round, the face is red ~ moist, the eyes are full of energy, the three long beards under the chin are black and shiny, and the sale is more than several times higher than Shao Yuanjie, which makes people feel that this is a Taoist master at first sight.

Tao Zhongwen's background is not as big as Shao Yuanjie, he is a Jianghu monk, good at talisman and alchemy, it is estimated that he also knows a little medical science, this person and Shao Yuanjie are Taoist friends, and this time to enter the palace to see the Queen Mother is also recommended by Shao Yuanjie.

At this time, in addition to the Empress Dowager Jiang in the palace, Empress Wu was also present, she was still dressed as a queen, sitting on the right side of the Empress Dowager Jiang, her hands folded on her knees, her expression nervous mixed with a hint of expectation.

Empress Dowager Jiang looked Tao Zhongwen up and down, and couldn't help nodding secretly, obviously very satisfied with the latter's appearance, and said with a smile: "The mourning family took Bingyichang's pill a few days ago, and the problem of insomnia and dreams is really good, so it can be seen that Bingyichang is indeed a master." ”

Bingyi is Tao Zhongwen's road number.

Tao Zhongwen hurriedly said modestly when he heard this: "The Queen Mother praised it falsely, alchemy is broad and profound, and she has studied this way for forty years, and she has only gained a little fur. ”

Forty years of this addiction is indeed a bit bluffing, and the eunuchs and palace maids around, including the sixteen-year-old Empress Wu, all showed a look of awe.

Empress Dowager Jiang said with a smile: "Bingyi is too modest, even if he really only has a little fur, in the eyes of us ordinary people, the Taoist chief is also a fairy-like figure." ”

Tao Zhongwen didn't dare to say anything, and after being polite to each other for a while, Empress Dowager Jiang finally looked at Empress Wu, and said with a pun: "The queen is not well, and today I specially invited Chief Bingyi to check her pulse." ”

If you are sick, you don't look for a doctor, but find a Taoist priest to check your pulse, which is really weird, but the palace maids and eunuchs present at the moment all know that the queen's illness is that she can't give birth to children. The queen and the emperor have been married for more than three years, and their stomachs have not moved so far, how can the queen mother not be in a hurry?

It turned out that Empress Dowager Jiang often had insomnia and dreams during this time, and it was estimated that I answered and Zhao Quan were frightened when they entered Cining Palace that night, so they fell into the sequelae, and they did not get better when they found a doctor to diagnose and take medicine, so they had to find Shao Yuanjie, a very famous person in Beijing, for help.

Shao Yuanjie is not good at curing diseases, so he asked Tao Zhongwen for a kind of elixir to offer to the Empress Dowager Jiang, after the Empress Dowager Jiang took it, she slept very soundly that night, so today he specially summoned Tao Zhongwen into the palace to meet, and by the way, he treated the queen with a cure of "no ~ pregnancy ~ childbearing".

Shao Yuanjie obviously gave Tao Zhongwen a boost in advance, only to see the latter glance at Empress Wu unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Poor Dao has the courage to take the pulse of the queen's mother." ”

Empress Wu stretched out her right hand a little apprehensively, and a palace maid immediately put a handkerchief on the queen's wrist, and Tao Zhongwen checked the pulse of Empress Wu through the handkerchief, and her brows gradually wrinkled.

Queen Wu was even more anxious when she saw this, as the so-called mother is expensive by her son, although she is the queen, she is not treated by the emperor, she is insecure, but she has not been pregnant for so many years, how can she not be nervous and worried?

"Dao Chief, is there anything wrong with the queen's body?" Empress Dowager Jiang also asked a little nervously.

Although Empress Wu was elected by the marriage envoy, it was the Empress Dowager Jiang who made the final decision, so she was quite satisfied with her personal selection of this daughter-in-law, and naturally hoped that Empress Wu would give birth to a dragon son as soon as possible, and she would be obedient to her mother and the world, otherwise she would not have found Tao Zhongwen.

Tao Zhongwen pondered for a moment, and then said with a solemn face: "The yin qi in the queen's body is too strong, I'm afraid that there are unclean things in Kunning Palace, and the poor Dao has to go to see it in person to have a conclusion!" ”

"Ahh Empress Wu's pretty ~ face turned white, and Empress Dowager Jiang also changed color in vain, and subconsciously moved back~ her body, obviously afraid of getting dirty things on the queen's body.

"Is this true?" Empress Dowager Jiang ate authentically, and Empress Wu almost cried in fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Dao Chang save me!" ”

Tao Zhongwen stroked his beard and said: "Don't panic with the queen mother and the queen mother, the yin qi in the body of the queen mother of the poor Taoist temple is very gentle, it is not a fierce thing, and it can be easily resolved after the poor Taoist casts a spell." ”

Jiang Tai heard the words and said: "Without further ado, this is the chief of the road to move to Kunning Palace!" ”

Although it is not a fierce thing, but when she thinks of something unclean in the palace, Empress Dowager Jiang feels furious in her heart, and it is better to exceed it as soon as possible.

"By the way, the Taoist chief is looking to see if there are any unclean things in the Cining Palace of the Mourning Family?" Empress Dowager Jiang suddenly woke up that night and the Tartars entered the Cining Palace, and no one died, so it was impossible to say that there would be a lot of unjust souls and evil ghosts.

Tao Zhongwen stroked his long beard and said with a calm expression: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, when Poor Dao came in, she had already observed Cining Palace with the method of looking at qi, and there was a righteous atmosphere here, presumably the Queen Mother herself was protected by the royal dragon qi, even if there were three or two filths, she didn't dare to approach!" ”

Empress Dowager Jiang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard this, only to feel that the real person in front of her was even more unfathomable, and hurriedly invited him to Kunning Palace to practice.

A group of palace maids and eunuchs followed awe-inspiringly, obviously convinced of Tao Zhongwen's words, more than one hundred and fifty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are too many dead people in the palace, and there are a few ghosts, which is not surprising at all!