Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi, edict prison.

In the torture room, several big men were torturing a middle-aged man covered in blood and bruises, whipping the middle-aged man with a leather whip and dying and alive.

This middle-aged man is Hanlin editor Dong Phosphorus, because he did not follow Ma Shun's instructions to frame him for recommending himself as Tai Changqing is Liu Qiu's instructions, so as soon as he came in, he was tortured by Ma Shun's subordinates and was made beyond recognition.

After all, Dong Phosphorus is Hanlin, and naturally he also has a bit of a literati backbone, gritting his teeth in the face of the torture of the edict, he doesn't want to frame Liu Qiu, in that case, the reputation of the first life will be ruined.

Ma Shun was dismissive of this, he had never seen any kind of person in Beizhen Fusi for many years, although a person like Dong Phosphorus could hold out for a while, he would eventually give in.

Therefore, Ma Shun was not in a hurry, and ordered his subordinates to give Peng Deqing the torture in the edict one by one, and he did not believe that Peng Deqing's willpower could withstand the physical pain.

"Don't ...... Don't use ...... anymore Tortured, Ben ...... I am willing to ...... Willing to move! Sure enough, when Dong Phosphorus died and came back to life several times under the torture in the edict prison, he finally couldn't hold on anymore, and was woken up from a coma with cold water and shouted at the execution of the Jinyi guard.

Dong Phosphorus really can't stand it, these people in Jinyiwei are simply not human, making him feel pain, he can't survive but die, it's really unbearable, physically and mentally exhausted.

Ma Shun was overjoyed when he learned that Dong Phosphorus was "honest", and hurriedly arranged for someone to interrogate Dong Phosphorus, and under the inducement of Ma Shun's people, Dong Phosphorus, who was helpless, could only admit that he had an affair with Liu Qiu against his will, and it was Liu Qiu who asked him to recommend himself to the post of Taichang Siqing in order to seize this important position.

After getting Dong Phosphorus's signed confession, Ma Shun hurriedly went to Wang Zhen to invite credit, and with Dong Phosphorus's confession, Liu Qiu could be convicted of disrupting the government.

"Go, arrest Liu Qiu, and try the first trial properly." After Wang Zhen glanced at Dong Phosphorus's confession, he commanded Ma Shun gloomily and accentuated the pronunciation of the word "good".

"Father-in-law, don't worry, this official will definitely serve Liu Qiu well." Ma Shun naturally knew what Wang Zhen meant, and said to Wang Zhen with a wicked smile.

"Lord Ma, the miscellaneous family has good news for you, Zhongwubo has submitted his resignation to the emperor, and the emperor is ready to transfer Zhongwubo to Nanjing as a garrison and serve as the envoy of Nanzhen Fusi." Subsequently, Wang Zhen smiled and told Ma Shun a good news.

"Chung Wu Bo actually resigned?" Ma Shun was stunned when he heard this, and it seemed a little hard to believe, everyone knew that Li Manshan was Li Yuntian's person, so his position as the Fusi Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town was as stable as Mount Tai, and he never imagined that Li Manshan would choose to leave, you must know that Jinyi Weibei Town's Fusi Fufu is a position that is feared by civil and military officials, and has the power to independently adjudicate cases.

"Lord Zhong is a smart man, and he doesn't want Uncle Zhong Wubo to get involved in the whirlpool of right and wrong in the capital." Wang Zhen smiled slightly when he heard this, and said in an orderly manner, "Lord Zhong is far-sighted, and his mind is beyond our ability to speculate. ”

In fact, Li Manshan's resignation this time did not damage his position in the officialdom in the slightest, and his strength was expanded instead by the Nanjing garrison and the envoy of Jinyi Weinan Town.

Li Manshan was in the prime of life at this time, and his physical condition had always been very good, so when the recital of his resignation was handed to the orthodox emperor, the orthodox emperor had already guessed that Li Manshan did not want to be involved in the right and wrong of the capital, so he pushed him to Nanjing to take up his post.

For Li Manshan, the orthodox emperor trusted him very much, and Wang Zhen was also polite to him, after all, Li Manshan was also the hero who escorted Emperor Xuande into Beijing to ascend the throne, and he was also very close to the orthodox emperor during the Xuande period under the instruction of Li Yuntian, and he was one of the few trustworthy people around the orthodox emperor.

In the eyes of the orthodox emperor, the affairs of Nanzhili were also very important, so he took the opportunity of Li Manshan's resignation to transfer Li Manshan to Nanjing.

"Father-in-law, I don't know who the emperor intends to let serve as the pacification envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town?" After learning the news that Li Manshan was about to step down as the envoy of the town, Ma Shun's mood was extremely excited, and he asked Wang Zhen tentatively.

"The emperor asked the miscellaneous family to help choose, and the miscellaneous family will definitely not live up to the emperor's grace, and will definitely choose a calming envoy who satisfies the emperor."

Wang Zhen saw the burning look of power in Ma Shun's eyes, so he put down the teacup in his hand, smiled and encouraged, "Actually, the miscellaneous family is very optimistic about Master Ma, as long as Master Ma handles Liu Qiu's case well, then the miscellaneous family will recommend Master Ma to the emperor." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for cultivation, this official will definitely live up to his father-in-law's expectations." Ma Shun was secretly happy when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to Wang Zhen to thank him, don't look at the difference between the pacification envoy and the deputy pacification envoy, but the power in his hands is very different.

In other words, the pacification envoy is the master of the Jinyi Weiben pacification envoy, and the deputy pacification envoy is just running errands for him.

Therefore, Ma Shun naturally wanted to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, and there was no such shop in this village.

Noticing the burning power in Ma Shun's eyes, a smug smile flashed at the corner of Wang Zhen's mouth, he was not afraid of Ma Shun's greed, the more greedy Ma Shun was, the more he would try his best to work for him.

In fact, in addition to Ma Shun, Wang Zhen really didn't find a suitable person to take over as the pacification envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, and now there are still a few people who take refuge in him, so that there is only one person who is qualified enough, Ma Shun.

Just when the people of the Hanlin Courtyard were discussing the arrest of Dong Phosphorus, the people of Jinyiwei broke into the Hanlin Courtyard again and dragged Liu Qiu out of the public house where he was doing business.

"Do you know what kind of place this is, and you dare to arrest people for no reason, aren't you afraid that the emperor will ask for the guilt?" Liu Qiu is different from Dong Phosphorus, he is a high-ranking official of the Hanlin Academy, seeing that he was escorted away by those Jinyi guards, the Hanlin people of the Hanlin Academy immediately surrounded and blocked the way of those Jinyi guards, and a man with a Chinese character face in the lead asked in a deep voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official was ordered to take Liu Shi back to ask about the case, this is the order of the detainees of the Fusi of Beizhen." Those brocade guards knew that these Hanlin in front of them were not easy to provoke, and they wanted to know whether these people could enter the palace to face the saints, so the stout hundred households who led the team took out the order signed by Ma Shun and replied expressionlessly.

Ma Shun knew that it would be more troublesome to take Liu Qiu away from the Hanlin Academy, Liu Qiu's reputation in the Hanlin Academy was much higher than Dong Fu's, so he was prepared this time, and asked the hundred households who went to detain people to bring the order of the Beizhen Fusi, and the formalities were complete at this time, even if something happened, he was not afraid.

Although Jinyiwei can often take people for no reason at his peak, according to the procedure, there must be an official document or order from the Beizhen Fusi, otherwise he will be severely punished once discovered, after all, the power of the Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi is too great, and the emperor will naturally restrain it.

"What crime did Liu Shi commit?" Zhong Hanlin looked at it intently, and what the stout Baihu was holding in his hand was indeed the order of the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, and it was not for no reason to detain people, so a Hanlin couldn't help but ask loudly, no one believed that Liu Qiu would commit a crime.

"This is a confidential matter and has no comment." Hearing this, the stout Baihu shook his head with a serious expression towards the Han Lin who bought it, in fact, he didn't know exactly what Liu Qiu had done, his task was just to bring Liu Qiu back.

"Everyone, if you want to add to the crime, there must be those eunuchs who want to retaliate against Liu Shi because of the 'Ten Things of Omission Talk' that Liu Shi said, we can't let them take people away, once they enter the edict, then white can turn black!" As soon as the words of the stout hundred households fell, one of the people in the Hanlin shouted.

"Yes, they can't be allowed to take Liu Shijiao away, and if they want to be tried, they should also be tried by the three law divisions." Then, another voice rang out from the crowd.

At this moment, the emotions of the Hanlin were mobilized, and they subconsciously hugged forward, wanting to snatch Liu Qiu from Jinyiwei's hands.

Seeing this situation, the brocade guards who followed behind the stout hundred households hurriedly stepped forward to block those Hanlin, and the two sides then pushed and pulled.

Although the people of Jinyi Wei are tall and big, but after all, this is the Hanlin Courtyard, after the greeting of the Hanlin on the scene, a large group of people gathered in the dark, including Hanlin and subordinates, surrounded the stout hundred households and others, and shouted loudly for the stout hundred households to release people.

Where would the stout Baihu dare to hand over Liu Qiu, in that case, how would he give an errand to Ma Shun after he went back, so he ordered the Jinyi guard to protect him and Liu Qiu in the middle to prevent Liu Qiu from being snatched away by those emotional Hanlin.

"You can't do it, you can't do it." Due to the large number of people in the Hanlin Academy, those Jinyi guards who were guarding the periphery were pushed to the ground, many people were beaten by black fists in the chaos, and some hats were knocked off.

"What for?" Just as the scene was in chaos, a majestic voice came from the back of the crowd.

Hearing this voice, those indignant Hanlin people immediately quieted down, and they all dodged to both sides to make way for them, and a middle-aged man wearing a five-rank official robe walked over expressionlessly, accompanied by several officials.

This middle-aged man is none other than Xu Anyuan, a scholar of Hanlin Academy, the person with the highest official position in the Hanlin Academy, with profound qualifications and high prestige.

"What's going on?" Xu Anyuan glanced at the brocade guards with blue noses and swollen faces and disheveled clothes, and looked at the stout hundred households with a frown.

"Lord Xu, the lower official was ordered to take Liu Shi back to ask about the case, but he was stopped here." The stout hundred households knew Xu Anyuan, and replied after bowing to Xu Anyuan.

"Is there a warrant?" Xu Anyuan naturally knew the intention of the stout hundred households, and asked quietly after hearing the words.

"This is the detention order of the North Town Fu Division." The stout Baihu nodded and handed over the order slip he was holding in his hand.

"Let them go." Xu Anyuan checked the order sign and found that the order sign was genuine, so he returned it to the stout hundred households, and then waved his hand at the Hanlin people gathered behind him, and said loudly, "Jinyi Wei is on an errand under the emperor's order, don't you know?" ”

Everyone at the scene immediately looked at each other when they heard this, Jinyiwei has been a yamen used to investigate cases in the hands of the Ming Emperor since its establishment, representing the supreme majesty of the emperor, who dares to stop Jinyiwei from investigating the case will be thrown into the edict, Xu Anyuan reminded everyone not to lose their minds, so as not to make a big mistake.

Subsequently, the people at the scene got out of the way and no longer stopped the stout Baihu and others from leaving.

"Lord Xie Xu." Seeing this, the stout hundred households hurriedly thanked Xu Anyuan, the reason why he was so polite was because Xu Anyuan had a noble status among civil officials, and secondly, when Jinyiwei had not yet reached the time of flying and domineering, he naturally had to be respectful to Xu Anyuan.

"Liu Shi said, you can go to Beizhen Fusi with peace of mind, and this official will go to a few auxiliary ministers." Xu Anyuan ignored the stout hundred households, but said to Liu Qiu with a serious expression.

"There's Master Lao." Liu Qiu bowed to Xu Anyuan when he heard this, his face was not shocked, he was not worried about his safety at this time, because he had not done anything illegal and undisciplined, so he was not afraid to go to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen at all.

Then, the stout Baihu hurriedly left the Hanlin Courtyard with Liu Qiu, looking a little embarrassed.

Xu Anyuan frowned and looked at the backs of the stout Baihu and the others, and after they disappeared from sight, he immediately set off to see Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Hu Ying is now the head of the six civil officials, so he naturally has to go to Hu Ying to find a way.