Chapter VII: Judgment

Everyone gathered to watch, and it was a luthier who stood up,

I saw him gently put the piano on the ground, took two steps forward and bowed down to Liang Bolong's side,

Liang Bolong hurriedly said: "Nong ......"

The violinist stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with a calm smile: "Mr. Liang, there is no need to say anything, this matter is begging you to come forward, at this moment, how can you be alone," and kowtowed upward: "Grass people Zhang Yuanxi, long live my lord, long live,"

As soon as Chang Sihao and Liu Jinwu saw this person, they recognized him as the young man in white who was waiting for Liang Bolong in the backstage of Duhulou, and they both thought: "Why did he pretend to be a pianist and sneak in," Liu Jinwu was in charge of the security in the palace, and he was especially afraid.

Long Qing looked at Zhang Yuanxi, who was angry and funny for a while, and couldn't help but chuckle out loud, and said: "It seems that I can't hold this banquet, but it's okay, today the King of the Stove is saying good things to heaven, and I set up a public court in this Jinluan Treasure Palace, and they are all just as lively," After a while, he asked: "Zhang Yuanchen, who are you?"

Zhang Yuanxi said: "Back to Your Majesty, Caomin is a native of Shanyin, Zhejiang, and Xu Wenchang is a fellow villager, Caomin's father Zhang Tianfu is a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing, and is a classmate of Xu Wenchang.

Yushi Zhang Qi's eyes lit up and said, "Oh, you are the son of Zhang Tianfu, the deputy envoy of the school,"

Zhang Yuanchen said: "Exactly,"

Zhang Qi laughed: "Your father was defeated by the Liukou, and he was corrupt in Yunnan, and he was repatriated, so he didn't think about it behind closed doors at home, and sent you to Beijing to sue for deviations, is it not that the thief is not dead, and he still wants to use Xu Wei's matter to retaliate against the ministers of the DPRK and China, and fight for his own reputation and overturn the case?"

He laughed for a long time, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, and the officials in the palace were silent one by one, all looked at themselves quietly, and peeked at them, the emperor's eyes were not right, and he was very angry, he hurriedly lowered his head,

Long Qing glared at him, turned to Zhang Yuanxian and said, "You are willing to explain your origin, obviously you have a clear conscience, okay, then tell me and Zhongqing about the matter,"

Zhang Yuanchen kowtowed upward, and the next 1510 will tell the beginning and the end.

It turned out that Xu Wenchang was burdened by Hu Zongxian's case, and after being imprisoned and tortured, his ears were pierced, the wounds on his body were suppurated everywhere, his lower body was ulcerated, and his urine was dripping and difficult to go.

However, after all, human life is at stake, and because of its literary fame, there are many poets, scribes, celebrities, painters, monks, The businessmen have tried to rescue, how many pairs of eyes are staring, if he is forced to die in prison, it will be difficult to get rid of the upper and lower people, so the officials designed to buy Xu's stepwife Zhang, pretending that Xu Wenchang is indeed innocent, let him go home, let Zhang supervise his actions, and send the attached copy of the secret record of the correspondence to Shangguan, check his clues, as evidence, that Zhang's character is not right, and Xu is a halfway husband and wife, greedy for money, and he agreed.

Xu Wenchang died nine times in his life, and it was easy to recover from his injuries and illnesses, but when he found out about this incident, he was very angry, and his spirit broke down again, and he was torn apart from Zhang's quarrel, and accidentally beat him to death, and the local officials detained him again and sentenced him to death.

After recounting the previous situation, Zhang Yuan said prostrately: "Your Majesty, Hu Shaobao's merits and demerits, regardless of the merits for the time being, Xu Wenchang was imprisoned twice, it was really a great injustice, he was not punished, suffered a lot, and clashed with his wife in the case of extreme emotional instability, and it was a mistake to kill, it is really a crime that does not lead to death, I hope that the emperor will read that he has made meritorious contributions to the peace and the destruction of the Emperor, and has made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty, so that he will not be killed, and let him out of prison, so that the people of Jiangnan, scholars and students, will all cheer and thank the emperor," Saying that, he glanced at the side, Liang Bolong took out a stack of paper from his arms and raised it, and the waiter took it and inspected it, and sent it to Zichen Terrace.

Long Qing took a closer look, the front is a form, write down the beginning and end of the incident, witness testimony, the next few pages, are densely packed with signatures, there are hundreds of people, including some high-ranking monks, calligraphy and painting masters, the name of the last line of the last page, it is Liang Bolong,

He pondered for a moment and said, "Where is Hai Rui?"

During the banquet, a thin figure stood up: "The minister is here,"

Long Qing handed the submission to the chamberlain and waved his hand, saying, "This matter is up to you, the Dali Temple, to work hard,"

Hai Rui took the paper, did not reply, looked back and forth, and then said: "Back to the emperor, Xu Wei's case is under the jurisdiction of the minister, when the minister checked the official documents, he felt that the case was full of suspicions, quite strange, so he had already sent people to Shanyin to verify, and the results were generally consistent with the facts stated in Zhang Yuanbian's submission," said he took out a document from his arms and held it above his head with both hands: "The minister knows that this matter is involved a lot, and he does not dare to make an assertion, and he has written down a fold and is ready to submit it to the emperor, please ask the emperor to look at it,"

Xu Jie and Li Chunfang watched the inner servant take the fold and send it to Zichentai, their faces sank, Long Qing has not been in the court for a long time, usually all the officials have to hand over the fold to the cabinet, the cabinet can be the master, and those who can't be the master will be handed over to the internal supervisor.

The hall fell silent again, and occasionally there was one or two sounds of turning the pages of paper, and the officials looked at each other, and their lips and eyebrows spoke, as if they were playing a pantomime.

Chang Sihao suddenly remembered to monitor the movements of Danba Santon, and looked sideways, but saw that he seemed to be smiling at the moment, and he didn't know what to think, so he looked for it, and it turned out that his gaze was the back of the "No. 1" girl Lin in the troupe, and he was very frustrated for a while, and thought: "No wonder Sonam Gyatso said that the monks of the White Sect do not abide by the precepts, and I also said that he wants to use some evil law, and he dares to look at women," At this time, Danba Santon's neck suddenly trembled and shivered, his eyes rolled, his face became alert, Chang Sihao hurriedly looked away,

Long Qing put down the fold and was silent,

The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military eyes swept between the emperor and Xu and Li, and they couldn't guess what kind of idea the emperor would eventually take, if Xu Wenchang's unjust imprisonment was affirmed, it was inevitable that Hu Zongxian's case should also be thoroughly investigated, and there would be many things after this investigation, and the opponents of Xu and Li would inevitably spare no effort to overturn the case for Hu, so in the cabinet, there would inevitably be a big storm and turn the world upside down.

Xu Jie glanced downward, Wang Shizhen suddenly felt the pressure, lowered his head and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Xu Wei has an arrogant temperament, arrogant talents, obedient behavior, harboring evil intentions, writing dramas to slander and slander the courtiers, insinuating the present, his heart can be punished,"

Zhang Yuanchen frowned, "Golden Vase Plum" is really Xu Wei's work to vent his anger, Wang Shizhen didn't mention anything else, just said that his bad intentions in writing the play were indeed to the point, making people indisputable,

"Say no more,"

Long Qing's face was cold, he paused, and said, "Hai Rui,"

Hai Rui said: "Yes,"

Zhang Yuanchen and Liang Bolong all bowed down, and the officials and troupes also paid attention and listened.

Long Qing said: "Spread my will to Shanyin to avoid Xu Wei's capital crime,"

Zhang Yuanchen and Liang Bolong glanced at each other, and their eyes were ecstatic.

But I heard Long Qing continue: "The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, Liang Bolong, Zhang Yuanchen and a group of actors asked for their lives for their friends, their circumstances are commendable, and they are all exempted from accountability, "Golden Vase Plum" must not be performed again, go down,"

Liang Bolong was dissatisfied when he heard it, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Zhang Yuanchen, and said with the top of his head: "Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live," when kowtowing, he glanced at the envoy to his side, although Liang Bolong was puzzled, he also knew that he must have a deep meaning, and then kowtowed to thank him, and brought all the actors down to the palace,

Hai Rui said: "Your Majesty, there are still seven major cases in the hands of the ministers, and they need the emperor's approval," he touched it in his arms as he spoke, and took out a pile of folds,

Long Qing frowned: "Hai Rui," Hai Rui bowed his head: "The minister is here," Long Qing: "I released you from the prison, what I want is for you to do things for me, for the people of the world, I ask you, do you have the Da Ming Law in your hand," Hai Rui bowed his head: "Yes," Long Qing shook his hand and said coldly: "If there is, I will be dealt with according to the law," Hai Rui responded happily: "Yes," bowed his head and returned to his seat,

Long Qing was very irritable, his eyes were collared, and Feng Bao sang: "The emperor is driving,"

All the officials bowed down and kowtowed, and at this moment, Chang Sihao suddenly felt: Danba Sangtun moved,