Chen Rui was stunned, how can you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive?

Will CITIC throw itself into the net?

No, how could he enter the palace? Chen Rui was puzzled.

You must know that if ordinary people want to enter the palace, they really have to burn incense for eight lifetimes! How could this Ming Zhongxin enter the palace so easily.

Correspondingly, Hongzhi, Liu Jian, and Ni Yue were also stunned, yes, now that they are talking about him, why did he come immediately?

But they didn't know that just today, His Majesty had issued an order for Ming Zhongxin to enter the palace to accompany him!

Of course, Liu Jian knows! After all, any will issued by Hongzhi must be recorded, and Liu Jian, as the elder of the third pavilion, will naturally know.

"Your Majesty, that Ming Zhongxin also brought some patients outside the palace!" At this moment, the Imperial Guards replied.

"Patient?" Now, everyone is confused, what is this Ming Zhongxin going to do?

Chen Rui was shocked in his heart, could it be that Ming Zhongxin also brought those martial artists? Now it's a disaster!

"Xuan!" Although Hongji was a little confused, it happened that the person concerned came, so let's listen to what he had to say!

With a declaration of the audience, Ming Zhongxin strode into the imperial study.

came so quickly, I really have to thank him for the holy decree he obtained before, after all, as a companion in the East Palace, he naturally has a waist card certificate to enter the palace, and he came directly to the outside of the imperial study to wait for the passage.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" Ming Zhongxin stepped forward and bowed his hand.

"Well, what is CITIC doing here?" Hongji asked with a pleasant face.

Chen Rui was instantly tasted, look at others, His Majesty is amiable, but he was extremely disgusted before, this is really the same life!

You know, I have already sued him before, and from now on, His Majesty didn't take it to heart at all!

"Your Majesty, the grass people are now suing Chen Rui, abusing his subordinates, and setting up a private torture hall!" Ming Zhongxin arched his hand and said the right way.

What the? At this moment, everyone present was stunned, he actually came to sue the royal court?

Chen Rui was even more confused, obviously he had suffered a loss, why did he still come to sue the royal court? That's right, martial artists!

Chen Rui's eyes lit up, and he raised his voice, "Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged!" ”

Hongzhi fixed his mind and didn't pay attention to Chen Rui at all, just looked at Ming Zhongxin, and said in a deep voice, "Ming Zhongxin, you came to sue Lord Chen, do you have any evidence?" ”

"Your Majesty, the witnesses of the grass people are waiting outside the palace, and I ask Your Majesty to allow them to come and testify!" Ming Zhongxin is colorful.

"Your Majesty, he is talking nonsense!" Chen Rui denied it sharply.

However, Hongji ignored him, looked at Ming Zhongxin and asked, "Who is the witness?" ”

"It's our martial arts officer!" Ming Zhongxin replied.

"What?" At this time, not only Hongzhi frowned, but even Liu Jian and Ni Yue frowned.

Indeed, they never dreamed that Chen Rui's subordinates who were abused in the mouth of Ming Zhongxin were actually martial arts officers, you know, these martial arts officers had made great contributions, and this time they went to Shanxi with Chen Rui to quell the turmoil, but there was only one merit that was not good for rewarding them wantonly, and there was also the intention of refining them again!

How dare this Chen Rui abuse them?

couldn't help but look at Chen Rui's gaze with some meaning!

"Your Majesty, he's talking nonsense! There was no abuse in the end, but he was just beaten by those "Speaking of this, Chen Rui couldn't help but stagnate.

He thought about it, before he reported to His Majesty that it was the camp of Mingzhong Xinjiao, now do you want to tell the truth? Isn't that an exculpation for Ming Zhongxin?

Originally, Hongzhi and Liu Jian still wanted to hear Chen Rui's defense, but now when they saw him speechless, they couldn't help but wonder even more, could it be that what Ming Zhongxin said was true?

"Your Majesty, this is Ming Zhongxin's planting of the last general!" Chen Rui's eyes rolled, and his words turned.

"Lord Chen, I don't know why you didn't even look at the witnesses and said that Ming had framed you? Do you know these witnesses? Ming Zhongxin chuckled.

Chen Rui's face changed, and he was a little anxious, indeed, he hadn't seen any witnesses, why did he deny it like this? Isn't this the place where there are three hundred taels of silver?

"Your Majesty, Wechen hasn't done anything at all, that's why Wechen is judging like this!" He didn't dare to face Ming Zhongxin squarely, and bowed his hand back to Hongzhi.

At this time, Hongzhi, Liu Jian, and Ni Yue, whose faces were already a little ugly, eased slightly, but they were still a little puzzled, after all, how could Ming Zhongxin dare to frame Chen Rui? And why is he?

Seeing Chen Rui like this, Ming Zhongxin chuckled, "Your Majesty, since Lord Chen denies it, it's better to confront him face to face!" ”

Hongzhi nodded, he was also very puzzled, did this Chen Rui dare to abuse the people he sent like this? Why did he do that? "Ming Zhongxin, how many witnesses are there?"

"Back to Your Majesty, a total of twenty people!" Ming Zhongxin bowed and replied.

"Xuan, the witness enters the palace!" Hongji said in a deep voice.

Naturally, a little eunuch went down to announce the decree.

Liu Jian and Ni Yue bowed their heads there and pondered.

Chen Rui's complexion changed slightly, but under a closer look, he was unusually calm.

For a moment, there was silence in the imperial study.

A moment later, a crowd of people poured in, all wounded and bandaged, of course.

Koji and the others were stunned.

What a scene! All of them were bandaged with white cloths, obviously covered in bruises!

couldn't help but set their eyes on Chen Rui.

Yes, Ming Zhongxin said before that this Chen Rui abused his subordinates! Isn't this the same as the tragedy that comes after being abused?

"Your Majesty, these are witnesses!" Ming Zhongxin stepped forward and said in a positive way.

"Oh, take your time! If this is the case, I will call the shots for you! Hongji's face sank and promised.

Ming Zhongxin said slowly, "Your Majesty, this is how things are! Just today, suddenly, someone returned to the Ming Mansion and reported to the grass people, saying that Master Chen Rui Chen was abusing the officers. The grass people don't believe it! However, the person who reported the news was Zhao Longxing, a student who went out of the Ming Family Academy, that is, the current Kewu Juren, and the grass people were naturally extremely attentive, and they believed that the Ming family would never speak falsely. Moreover, Zhao Longxing was covered in bruises, and he was on the verge of death at all, and after the grass people rescued him, they immediately went to the barracks, wanting to ask to see Lord Chen and ask for justice. ”

However, because the students of the Ming Family School remembered the feelings of their classmates, they asked to go to the barracks to investigate and see if it was as he said! In desperation, the grass people led these students to the barracks to find out the truth of the matter! ”

Everyone nodded for a while, yes, if their family members were treated unfairly, they would also go to find out!

"However, just when we went to the barracks, we suddenly found that there was a team of people and horses rushing out of the barracks, and there were some wounded people on top of the horses, and the grass people hurriedly asked people to investigate, but found that these wounded people were actually the students of the Ming family, that is, the Wuju people in the military camp of Lord Chen.

"Ahh Hongji and the others exclaimed.

However, seeing Ming Zhongxin's calm and abnormal expression at this time, he immediately understood that there must be no danger this time! Just put your mind at ease!

"Your Majesty, he lied!" Chen Rui shouted from the side.

Hongzhi frowned and looked at Chen Rui.

"Chen Rui, what did you say before? Said it was the Ming Zhongxin robbery camp? Hongji asked with a sinking face.

"Your Majesty, that team of people is the Ming family, this time they are pretending to be Jinyi guards to rob the camp, they are simply responding to those fake people, they are simply a nest of snakes and rats, and they are complicit. This is just a trick to cover up people's ears and eyes. Chen Rui argued eagerly.

"What evidence do you have?" Hongzhi looked at Ming Zhongxin, who was calm on the side, turned around and frowned and asked Chen Rui.

"Your Majesty, I believe that those people and horses who pretend to be Jinyi Wei are definitely in the Ming Mansion, and the last general is here to ask Your Majesty, please let the last general go to search, check them one by one, and they will definitely find out!" A hint of determination flashed in Chen Rui's eyes, and he surrendered his hand to ask for his life.

"Chen Rui, it turns out that everything you did before was a guess!" Ni Yue looked at Chen Rui with a gloomy face.

"Lord Ni, please forgive me, the last general didn't lie to you, but he didn't explain the matter to you before!" Chen Rui hurriedly explained.

Hum! Ni Yue snorted coldly, this guy is simply quibbling, he has repeatedly confirmed to him before whether it is really the Ming Zhongxin robbery camp, and he also swears to promise himself that it is true, alas, he was used as a gun!

Looking at Chen Rui with an unkind face, Ni Yue turned his head and ignored him anymore.

Chen Rui's eyes flickered, and he no longer paid attention to Ni Yue, although he was the secretary of the military department, but Chen Rui knew that this old guy had a few days of good life, but he was afraid that after this month, he would return to the field, so why be afraid!

"Your Majesty, please allow me!" Chen Rui bowed his hand to Hongzhi and asked for his life.

"Your Majesty, please don't be distracted by Lord Chen's words, now we are asking whether he abused his subordinates, not to identify whether Ming Zhongxin hijacked the camp!" Ming Zhongxin is holding his fist.

Chen Rui secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, his abacus had not started! However, he can only wait for Hongzhi to make a decision, if he insists again, I am afraid that Hongzhi will really mistake him for escaping, and he has a prejudice in his heart, then he will really suffer!

Hongzhi looked at the two of them left and right, his face sank, "Let's come one by one, Chen Rui, have you ever abused your subordinates?" ”

Chen Rui smiled bitterly in his heart, can he admit it?

He bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, Chen is not abusing these officers, but they have violated military regulations and are enforcing military law!" ”

"I wonder what military regulations these officers have committed? How could it be treated like this? Ming Zhongxin asked in a deep voice.

"They went back to Beijing to visit relatives without permission, and they haven't returned yet! A certain person gave them a heavy reproach so that they would understand the rules of the army and not repeat it! What's wrong? What about abuse? Chen Rui said with words.

The "Da Ming Law" clearly stipulates that those who "leave their duties without reason", "do not stay overnight", and "omit to make a seal" are all serious dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty and need to be punished accordingly, and the punishment regulations are very severe.

Therefore, Hongzhi, Liu Jian, and Ni Yue nodded one after another, agreeing with his words, indeed, according to the "Da Ming Law", if they really leave their posts without permission, they should indeed be punished heavily, which is not an exaggeration!

"Is that really the case?" Ming Zhongxin smiled contemptuously, "Indeed, according to the Da Ming Law, in the second volume of the "Da Ming Law", the "Law of Officials", the officials who leave their posts without permission are punished with forty lashes, but what punishment did these officers receive, and it was actually a bruise all over their bodies, rather than a punishment of flogging?" ”

"This?" Chen Rui was speechless for a while, he didn't know that this Ming Zhongxin was so proficient in the Great Ming Law, and he was dumbfounded.

Hongzhi and Liu Jian's eyes lit up for a while, and they looked at Ming Zhongxin in amazement, this guy is so familiar with Da Ming Law, this is not something that ordinary readers can be proficient in! Even ordinary officials don't necessarily believe it!

But now is not the time to cherish talents! Turning back to the case, they couldn't help but have doubts about Chen Rui's words.

If you look closely at the officers covered in bruises, it really doesn't look like they have been flogged!

"Your Majesty, if you can't judge, please summon the torturers to come and inspect it, naturally it will be clear!" Ming Zhongxin no longer paid attention to Chen Rui and asked Hongzhi for his life.

"Okay, Xuan Mu Bin is here!" Hongji nodded and commanded.

The matter has come to this, Chen Rui sighed in his heart, this is really a mistake and omission, and he will lose all the games!

Before, I didn't know that Ming Zhongxin could actually enter the palace to meet him, so he didn't think about it well, but he just wanted the wicked person to sue first and make the matter real, so that Ming Zhongxin couldn't argue, and then, his own crime of revenge could be revealed!

I never thought that this Ming Zhongxin would react so quickly, and he sued himself in front of the palace with his front and back feet, making himself so back, and now he actually let Mu Bin come to admit his injury, how can he hide it, alas, there is no way, admit it!

"Your Majesty!" Chen Rui snorted and knelt on the ground, "Weichen is guilty!" ”

Hongji was stunned for a moment, and then became furious, this guy really doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin! If he hadn't asked Mu Bin to come and confess his injuries, he wouldn't have pleaded guilty, would he?

"Your Majesty, since Chen Rui has confessed, let's punish him according to the law!" Ni Yue suddenly interjected, "Besides, these officers have withdrawn from their duties and punished them a little too much, but Lord Chen is just harsh in governing the army!" ”

Hongzhi's words to the mouth are stagnant, although this Chen Rui is very hateful, but this old minister's face still has to be given!

"Lord Ni's words are wrong!" Ming Zhongxin said in a deep voice.

Ni Yue was displeased for a while, this guy is so faceless, he is too arrogant!

Looking at Ming Zhongxin with a sinking face, Ni Yue said in a deep voice, "What objections do you have?" ”

"The law of the Ming Dynasty is to control everyone in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the rule set by Emperor Taizu, how can it not be implemented! Isn't it a fault that this punishment is severe? If everyone is punished heavily after others have made mistakes, and it is their turn to take their turn, even if it is a small mistake, they will just let it go, how can this Ming law deter Xiaoxiao and deter criminals? ”

"Moreover, this appeasement is really raising tigers! In the long run, the law will not become the law, and people will not obey the law. ”