After Sima Lu returned to the Ministry of Punishment, he first ordered doctors to treat the injuries of the death row prisoners, and then had his brother-in-law Qin Gang brought up, who was beaten like mud. Qin Gang was a spoiled child and had never been beaten since he was a child.
This time he was beaten badly. Although he didn't faint from the pain again, the sight of him lying on a door panel and wailing softly was really miserable.
Sima Lu glanced at Qin Gang, then stretched out his hand to wipe the corner of Qin Gang's mouth. He knew his brother-in-law well, and he was used to taking advantage of his relationship to dominate. This time he offended Prince Zhong and it was only his own fault.
, it’s no wonder others. His wife is extremely virtuous, so he loves Qin Gang very much. Although he is fair, he still has some selfish motives. As long as Qin Gang doesn’t make too much noise, he will turn a blind eye.
Eye.
"Does it hurt?"
Sima Lu asked softly.
Qin Gang burst into tears and said in a hoarse voice: "It hurts, brother-in-law, you have to make the decision for me."
Sima Lu took back his hand and said coldly: "How presumptuous! Who do you think I am? Now that the case has gone wrong, you are in the hands of Prince Zhong. Not to mention that I am just a third-rank official in the Ministry of Punishment, even the prime minister can't do anything about this!
It’s your own fault, no one else is to blame!”
Qin Gang held Sima Lu's hand with tears in his eyes and said, "Brother-in-law, you know about this case. Who would have thought that you would meet Prince Zhong? You have to save me."
Sima Lu's expression changed, he glanced left and right and angrily reprimanded Qin Gang: "Now that you are still talking nonsense, you will cause a huge disaster sooner or later. Come on! Put him in jail!"
Sima Lu turned around and walked away, leaving Qin Gang lying on the door panel and wailing.
"Brother-in-law! I know I was wrong! You must save me!"
The two guards carrying the door panel didn't want to leave, and they didn't leave either. They looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Qin Gang lay on the door panel and just kept wailing, calling Sima Lu to ask him to save his life. Sima
Lu walked out for a while, turned around and said coldly: "You can forgive the sins committed by God, but you can't live with the sins committed by yourself! Why are you two standing there, why don't you put this criminal in jail?!"
The two officers knew that Lord Shangshu was really angry and did not dare to stop any longer. They turned around and walked towards the prison while carrying the door panel. Qin Gang was still lying on the door panel, crying and begging. Sima Lu watched the officer carrying the door panel.
As Qin Gang left, he couldn't help but sigh deeply. Thinking of his virtuous wife, he couldn't help but worry about how to tell her.
At this time, in the Diligent Hall in the Forbidden City of the Imperial Palace, a man dressed in black was kneeling in front of Emperor Xiao Liu Zhuo. This man covered his face and was dressed in black. He knelt respectfully on the ground with his head touching the ground and was accepting Liu Zhuo's request.
Zhuo's inquiry.
"You mean that Lao Jiu brought a death row prisoner back to his palace?"
Liu Zhuo put down a memorial in his hand and asked with a slight frown.
The man in black replied respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty. Prince Zhong took Liu Mei'er, Zhao Er and Hua Sanlang to wander around casually. Prince Zhong purchased a jade-carved candied haws, probably for the birthday of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Choose a gift. I happened to meet the head of the Punishment Department escorting the death row prisoners out of the city gate to be executed. One of the death row prisoners named Wang Xiaoniu was an old subordinate of Prince Zhong. The death row prisoner saw Prince Zhong and shouted for help, so Prince Zhong stopped the prison car of the Punishment Department. Later eight
Admiral Yue Qilin of the Gate Inspection Department and Sima Lu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, arrived with people one after another. Sima Lu was reprimanded by Prince Zhong and then took the death row prisoners back to the Ministry of Punishment. Prince Zhong took Wang Xiaoniu back to the palace, and Yue Qilin followed.
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Emperor Xiao nodded and said: "Yue Qilin is Jiu Di's old subordinate, and it is reasonable to go back to the palace with him to reminisce about the past. But how could Lao Jiu be so confused? First he reprimanded Sima Lu in the street, and then brought Wang Xiaoniu back to the palace.
Something is wrong."
He paused and said, "Is there anything else about my ninth brother?"
The man in black said: "On the way Prince Zhong was returning home, a down-and-out scholar ridiculed Prince Zhong for being a reckless man despite his great reputation. Prince Zhong laughed it off and did not ask any questions. But..."
The man in black tidied up his words and said, "However, Admiral Yue Qilin of the Eighth Inspection Department secretly ran back and gave the unscrupulous scholar a good beating."
Emperor Xiao laughed and said: "Yue Qilin is a rough man, so it is reasonable for him to be beaten down. Why did the scholar ridicule Lao Jiu?"
The man in black said: "He said that it was originally a shocking case, but now it has turned into a farce. They say that Prince Zhong is wise and powerful, but he is just a reckless man who alerts others. But Sima Lu is more skilled."
The man in black has an amazing memory, and he recited the original text word for word.
Emperor Xiao was stunned for a moment and said: "This scholar is also a knowledgeable person, but he is a fool."
The emperor's comments about the scholar were exactly the same as Liu Mei'er's comments about the scholar.
The man in black didn't speak. He was kneeling there with his body slightly stooped. Although he was covered, judging from the wrinkles on his forehead and the gray hair on his temples, he must be quite old. But this man's eyes were particularly bright.
Bright, as if nothing can be hidden from these eyes.
Emperor Xiao was silent for a while and said: "That Wang Xiaoniu... go and deal with it."
The man in black kowtowed and responded, then stood up and bowed and walked out. He left the Diligence Hall through the side door, and disappeared in a daze. Not to mention anything else, his ability in Qinggong alone was enough to make him proud.
Jianghu. The two Ouchi guards standing not far away did not notice at all that someone was fleeting behind them.
After the man in black left, Emperor Xiao Liu Zhuo sighed and said to himself: "The world is not peaceful, and the government is also uneasy, but this fundamental cannot be touched yet."
He sighed and couldn't help but cough a few times. He picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth. He looked down and saw that there were dots of blood on the handkerchief! Liu Zhuo's expression changed when he saw the blood on the handkerchief, and he smiled bitterly.
There was a sound. He sat there for a moment, then burned the handkerchief with a fire. He picked up the memorial on the table and started reviewing it again.
The Filial Emperor Liu Zhuo was extremely diligent and rarely slept for more than two hours a day. Sometimes he stayed up all night to review memorials. He ascended the throne at the critical moment when the country was suffering from internal and external troubles. How could he rest assured? Not to mention the ten years of the Northern Han Dynasty.
There is a famine in both states, and victims are everywhere. In less than a month, the envoys from the Liao Kingdom in the north will arrive to collect tribute. This time the Liao Emperor Yelu Xiongji has doubled the annual tribute. How is the treasury empty now?
I haven't figured out how to deal with it yet.
Besides, to the west, Xixia and Tubo are eyeing each other. After all, Tubo is far away and is not a big problem, but Xixia has no less than 500,000 troops and can destroy the Northern Han Dynasty at any time! Although Emperor Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty in the south was seriously ill
, but his son Guo Chao is cold and decisive. Once he succeeds to the throne, he is afraid that in order to stabilize the people of Zhou Dynasty, he will immediately raise troops against the Northern Han Dynasty!
These things are annoying. If chaos breaks out in the court again, I'm afraid...
He only hoped that he would work harder and resolve all the crises in the Northern Han Dynasty one by one as soon as possible. He originally did not want to be the emperor, but now that he has ascended the throne, he must fulfill the responsibilities of an emperor!
"Old Jiu..."
Emperor Xiao looked at the memorial in his hand, but he was a little absent-minded.
"If I do this, you won't blame me."
He sighed quietly, with a look of pain on his face.
The doctor invited by Hanasaburo is known as a miracle doctor in Taiyuan City. Although many of his names are inconsistent with the facts, this person is said to be a disciple of the miracle doctor Wu Kui. It is expected that his medical skills will not be much worse. This Wu Kui is a famous person in the world.
The miracle doctor was revered by the people as Wu Zhenren and Huaqiao Gong. His medical virtues were like those of Buddha, and his medical skills were like those of immortals. His motto was to help people and save things, and his righteousness did not cost him any money. The plague was prevalent in Zhangzhou and Quan, and the people were in dire straits, and the fields were barren.
Regardless of his own safety, he led his disciples to collect medicines and refine elixirs, and countless people survived.
Liu Ling, the miracle doctor of Wu Kui, had heard of it, and he had great admiration for this man in his previous life. Wu Kuo, in later generations, was even revered as Daogong and Emperor Baosheng. His life was a legend.
The doctor Huasanlang invited was named Li Dongchang, and he was the youngest disciple of the miracle doctor Wu Kui. This man was about fifty years old. He wore a linen robe, his hair was pulled into a bun on his head, and he was tied with a jadeite stick.
He said goodbye to his hairpin. Three strands of his long beard were fluttering, his eyes were full of energy, and his big sleeves fluttered quite a bit like a fairy. Hanasanlang led the way, and Li Dongchang was a kind-hearted doctor. I heard that someone seriously injured his foot.
The pace is very fast.
Hanasaburo was walking in front, and as soon as he walked into the gate of the palace, a man suddenly appeared and pulled Divine Doctor Li into the concierge. The sudden appearance of the person was so fast that Hanasaburo didn't even see him clearly. Divine Doctor Li was at the moment.
Walking quickly, he was suddenly grabbed by someone and didn't even react at all. In fact, Li Dongchang studied under Emperor Baosheng for more than ten years. Not only did he have the essence of medical skills, but he also had a lot of martial arts skills. There were usually five or six big men.
He couldn't get close to him at all, but someone suddenly grabbed his wrist, and the person's hand was extremely strong. Li Dongchang was dragged into the door like a child.
After Divine Doctor Li reacted, the man had already let go of his hand. Divine Doctor Li put his hands on his chest and took a step back to take a closer look. He saw a big man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, looking at him with a flattering smile.
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"Your Majesty Yue Qilin, Shen Li has healed you well. I'm so polite to you now."
Hanasaburo also chased in. When he saw it was Yue Qilin, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Old Yue, why is it you?"
Doctor Li was stunned by Yue Qilin. Seeing that he was wearing official uniform, although he looked ferocious, he did not seem to have any malicious intent. In addition, Huasaburo also knew this person, so he put down his hands protecting his chest and asked: "This person
Sir, what's the matter?"
"Um...Mr. Li, as a doctor, you should help the world, save lives and heal the wounded, right?"
Yue Qilin chuckled, looking like a villain.
"This is natural, otherwise why would you call yourself a doctor?"
Divine Doctor Li said.
Yue Qilin immediately smiled brightly, stepped forward and pulled Divine Doctor Li and said: "That's good, that's good, Divine Doctor Li, I am the admiral of the Eight Gate Inspection Department, and I am also an old subordinate of Prince Zhong. I'm here.
On the way to the palace, I happened to see a group of gangsters surrounding a scholar and beating them relentlessly. When I saw the injustice, I drew my sword to help drive away the gangsters. However, the scholar was already dying after being beaten. I took him back to the palace, and I happened to catch up with him.
You, the miracle doctor, are here, please treat that scholar quickly, otherwise I'm afraid it will be bad if someone dies."
Doctor Li immediately said: "Prince Zhong's disciples are indeed loyal and kind people. Where is the injured person? Take me to see him quickly."
Yue Qilin quickly said: "It's right here."
He turned around and picked up a sack, opened the sack and poured it out. With a bang, a man in ragged clothes fell out of the pocket... (To be continued)
