The dusk drum at the city gate of Chang'an Jing Street was still beating loudly, and Wu Huaiyu went straight to Dali Temple.
Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, is still in the office and may have to work overtime tonight.
"Tingwei, Mr. Wu is here." An aide came in to report.
Sun Fujia nodded, "It came very quickly."
He raised his head from the case, put down the case file in his hand, rubbed his head, feeling a little headache, but stood up to greet him.
He had had contact with Wu Huaiyu before and thought he was pretty good. When they were discussing the Zhenguan Law, he agreed with many of Wu Huaiyu's suggestions.
Outside the door, Wu Huaiyu was coming.
"Ji Qing!" Wu Huaiyu crossed his hands and saluted,
"Your Majesty." Sun Fuga returned the courtesy.
Wu Huaiyu got straight to the point, "I want to come and see my senior brother Su, where are they?"
"He is in Dali Prison." Sun Fuga hesitated, but still took Wu Huaiyu to see Su Lie in person.
"Thank you, Mr. Ji."
Sun Fujia smiled. He had a similar background as a minor official like Wu Huaiyu. His hometown was Qinghe, Hebei Province. He was studious at a young age and later became a local minor official. In the turmoil of the late Sui Dynasty, he later passed the Jinshi examination. After several promotions, he became the capital of Wannian County.
Fa Cao.
After the change of dynasty, he also participated in the martial arts imperial examination and won the first prize in one fell swoop. After that, he made three consecutive mistakes, directly admonished the emperor and criticized the current affairs. Li Yuan promoted him to the position of governing the book and censor.
Wu Huaiyu was born in the Qianzhuangshi of Sanyuan County. Both of them had humble backgrounds. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties when they came from important families, such backgrounds would often make others laugh at them, but Wu Huaiyu's talents were extremely admired by Sun Fujia.
Of course, Sun Fujia actually sympathized with fellow countryman Su Lie regarding the matter of Su Lie and Hou Junji.
The Dali Temple Prison is located in the Dali Temple Yamen. The place is not big. However, the small Dali Temple Prison is divided into several different prisons. There are men's prisons and women's prisons, and even the high and low are separated.
Su Lie was imprisoned in Sanpinyuan,
It is also commonly known as the Guiyuan. Those who committed crimes and were sent to Dali Prison were first imprisoned here. Those who were ministerial officials were above the third rank, casual officials were above the second rank and those who were the first rank. These were known as nobles in the Tang Dynasty. Even if they committed crimes, they would be treated preferentially.
Yes, you can discuss it in eight ways.
Sun Fuga led Huaiyu to Sanpinyuan, which was actually a courtyard behind the Dali Temple Yamen. It didn't have the spookiness and horror of a prison at all.
The courtyard has three entrances and many houses.
Entering the door, I found Su Lie drinking under the tree in the courtyard. He had wine and meat, and was even served by his entourage. He looked very uncomfortable. He didn't even change into his prison clothes. He was still wearing the purple robe and jade belt he wore when he was going to the Youtun Guard Yamen today.
.
"Senior brother!" Wu Huaiyu shouted.
Su Lie turned around and asked, "Why is Erlang here?"
In the courtyard, there is a tall thorn tree with lush leaves, a thick black trunk and a curved trunk. The whole body is covered with thorns. The thorn tree is also called the jujube tree. This is a tree that can be seen everywhere in Dali Temple.
Zhou Li records that a nine-thorn tree was built to serve as the official position of the minister, and the great ministers and ministers listened to the government under the thorn tree. Later, Dali Temple was specifically called the Thorn Temple, and the minister of the Dali Temple was called the Thorn Qing, with red inside and thorns outside.
"Senior brother, are you okay?"
Wu Huaiyu came to the thorn tree,
"Sit down and have a drink with me." Su Lie was a little drunk.
Sun Fuga stood under the thorn tree on one side, just sitting quietly with her and not talking together.
"Brother, what exactly is going on?"
Although Li Yifu told him what happened, he still came here specially to hear Su Lie's side of the story. Tomorrow morning, the prime minister and the three ministers would meet to review the matter, so he had to be confident.
Su Lie picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in one gulp.
He let out a long sigh, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Hou Junji deliberately killed my son with a stick, and I beat him up in anger."
"You have also seen Su Wang, Erlang, who was beaten to death today."
"Is it Su Wang?"
Wu Huaiyu knew Su Wang, a tall and brave young man, a little older than Huaiyu. He was originally an orphan among the refugees who was about to starve to death. His parents and family all starved to death. Later, Su Lie gave him a cake to survive.
Later, he stayed at Su Liezhuangzi. He was only ten years old that year, which was the twelfth year of the Great Cause. This year, Su Dingfang went to join Dou Jiande. They first pretended to surrender to Zhuo County to guard Guo Xuan, and then led 7,000 elites to attack Guo Xuan with ten thousand people.
He killed Guo Xuan and defeated the Sui army.
In that battle, Su Wang followed Su Lie to the battlefield and snatched a few horses. Later, he accompanied Su Lie and Dou Jiande to defeat Yang Yichen, Xue Shixiong and others.
"Su Wang has followed me since he was ten years old. This is the fifteenth year. He has gone from being a servant leading horses, to being a soldier of the tribe, and then being adopted as an adopted son. He is very loyal and has even blocked swords and guns for me on the battlefield. Countless times.
Saved my life once,
In this Northern Expedition to the Turks, during the battle of Baidaochuan, Su Wang also led the charge and rushed to Qikou. Su Wang was still the vanguard, chasing into the desert, and he was also one of the three hundred riders."
The more Su Lie talked, the more he hated him.
"Su Wang also made illustrious military exploits for the Tang Dynasty. He recorded his merits in the camp and wrote seven rounds of honors in the honor book. He came with me to Chang'an to pay homage to the emperor, but he died on Chang'an Street and was killed by Hou Junji with a living stick. Is this justified?
?”
Wu Huaiyu also didn't expect that it was Su Wang who died.
Su Wang is not only Su Lie's adopted son, but he also holds a military position, as a brigade commander from the eighth rank. When the imperial title is awarded, Su Wang can be promoted to at least the seventh grade captain based on his achievements in the Northern Expedition.
This is indeed an inconspicuous small school in Chang'an City, but he is also a military attaché and not a slave. Hou Junji actually killed him in the street with a stick.
"Su Wang did not ride his horse on Chang'an Avenue, nor did he intentionally rush into the prime minister's guard of honor. He was just trying to save the people who were about to be trampled by the frightened horse,"
Su Lie was angry.
What happened was that Hou Jun gathered the entourage who was leading the way in the ceremonial guard and drove him to the roadside with a whip. As a result, the horse of a passerby was frightened.
He fell down and was not injured.
But Hou Junji wanted to be beaten with a stick.
When Su Lie came forward to plead for mercy, Hou Junji not only showed no mercy to this senior brother, but instead ridiculed and insulted Su Lie. He even scolded Li Jingwu and Huaiyu together, and also gave Su Wang twenty more sticks, deliberately killing him.
With his hand, he can kill the person directly with a few blows.
"Su Wangna has experienced dozens of battles. He has been with me for more than ten years. He crawled out of the dead on the battlefield. He once had his belly cut open and his intestines came out, but he didn't die.
However, Hou Junji did something wrong and deliberately killed him with a stick several times."
There is a basis for Su Lie's statement that he was killed with a cane because Hou Junji said in public that he deserved to be beaten to death. When his men beat Su Wang with a cane, one of his canes also hit Su Wang directly on the back of the head. That was the blow that killed him.
Beaten to death.
Sun Fuga was listening next to him, and behind him were two officials from Dali Temple, who were recording Huaiyu Sulie's conversation with pens and paper.
Although Sun Fuga had already inquired about the incident and made notes after Su Lie came in, he still recorded the meeting and conversation truthfully.
"What about the one who beat people?" Wu Huaiyu asked Sun Fujia.
"The ones who whipped Su Wang at that time were two Hou Xiangqin soldiers, and they are now in Wuhou Prison."
Wuhou Prison is the prison of Wuhou Wei.
The left and right Wuhou guards have the generals of the left and right Yifu, who are in charge of the palace, supervise the patrols of the left and right streets of the capital, and the left and right street envoys, who are responsible for patrolling the six streets.
After the incident, Wu Houwei's patrol arrived, and then people from Yongzhou Yamen also came.
In the end, Hou Junji was imprisoned in Menxia Province, Su Lie was imprisoned in the Sanpinyuan of Dali Temple Prison, and the two attackers were taken to Chongrenfang, where Zuowu Houwei was, and to Xiazuowuhou Prison.
Beating with a cane is one of the five punishments and can be divided into three categories: large cane, magic staff and small cane. Generally, the person takes off his clothes to receive the cane, takes off his middle coat and spanks the buttocks, and sometimes slaps on the back and legs.
But no matter what, the cane will not hit the back of the head.
Su Lie understood, Sun Fuga also understood, and Wu Huaiyu naturally understood even more.
"Ji Qing, your Dali Temple specializes in reviewing criminal names all over the world. How will this case be tried?"
Sun Fujia could only sigh,
The story of what happened is quite clear and clear, but after all, it involved a prime minister, a right guard general, the death of a school captain, and the general beating the prime minister, so the matter became complicated.
If it is just a violation of the Prime Minister's guard of honor, then it is indeed sinful.
The guard of honor of the prime minister is a majestic gift given by the emperor. To violate the guard of honor is to look down on the court. The offender can be beaten with a cane, or handed over to the official for punishment.
There is no formal law for this kind of matter, but when the Tang law was formulated, it was already taken into account that miscellaneous crimes and misdemeanors were too numerous to cover, so it was difficult to cover them all, so there were already regulations.
If there are comparable circumstances, the person may be punished according to the crime of doing something he should not have done.
If the crime is light, the person can be flogged forty times; if the reason is serious, the person can be flogged eighty times.
According to this, Hou Junji can indeed flog those who collide with his guard of honor, but the problem is that this matter is obviously not a simple matter of a school captain colliding with the prime minister's guard of honor.
Moreover, the captain was beaten to death several times with a cane, also because he was hit on the back of the head where he shouldn't have been.
"Senior brother, don't worry. There will be a trial in the palace tomorrow. I will definitely seek justice for senior brother and Su Wang."
······
early in the morning,
Wu Huaiyu rushed to the palace,
The emperor held a court meeting in Wude Hall,
Specialize in hearing this case.
All nine prime ministers came, except for the person involved, Hou Junji, who had not yet been informed. Even Qin Qiong, who was originally going to the countryside of Sanyuan to recuperate, came early after receiving the order today.
The main officials from the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Three Laws Division also came.
Wu Huaiyu saw Ma Zhou, and Uncle Lang nodded from afar.
Li Jing always had a dark face.
"Did you come to see Dingfang last night?"
"It's okay that Senior Brother is in the Third Grade Courtyard. I have understood what happened clearly. I will never let Hou Junji off today. That bastard came here just for me. Su Wang was angered."
The emperor arrives.
The emperor's face was also gloomy today. The night before, he had held a grand banquet to celebrate the victory of the Northern Expedition with the people. As a result, yesterday it happened that the hero of the Northern Expedition, the general, beat the prime minister in the street.
The emperor has three secret intelligence agencies: the Imperial City Division, the Six Gates Division, and the Baiqi Division. Regarding this matter, Liu Dewei, Zhang Anan, and Xu Luoren have all quickly investigated and reported it to the emperor.
Li Shimin knew the entire incident in detail.
The atmosphere in the palace was tense.
"Take the marquis to gather, Su Lie."
The two parties involved were brought up, still wearing purple robes. Su Lie stared at Hou Junji since he came in.
Hou Junji was a little sluggish today, and even had some regret in his eyes.
I acted on impulse yesterday, but who knew it would become a big deal.
Li Shimin's face was full of anger, "Hou Junji, as the prime minister, how dare you kill the Imperial Army captain who made contributions during the Northern Expedition?"
Hou Junji lowered his head and said, "As prime minister, I was going to take up my post at the Ministry of War yesterday. Even if someone dares to rush into it like this, this is despising His Majesty's order and disrespecting the majesty of the court. It is not only disrespectful to me, but also punishes rude people with my rod."
, I didn’t know that he was a captain of the imperial army. After a few blows with the stick, the military academy died. It was also an accident..."
