In the study room of Qingling County Prince's Mansion.
Zhao Zongshi is playing chess with his aide Meng Yang. Zhao Zongshi is a very smart and self-denying person. Playing chess is one of his few pastimes, so he has made hard work that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Although Meng Yang was superb at chess, he still lost more than he won when competing with Zhao Zongshi, so he did not dare to be careless at all and concentrated on playing with him.
The two of them were fighting in the middle of the game, and when they were concentrating, they suddenly heard rapid footsteps outside.
Zhao Zongshi frowned slightly. He didn't think there was anything that could make people around him panic at this point.
But the next moment, it was him who was panicking.
"Zhao Bian sent someone to report that the man has been imprisoned by Kaifeng Mansion." Zhao Zonghui said with a gloomy face: "Do you think we should kill him?"
"No." Meng Yang said flatly: "You can't make your own opinions, so you should inform Mr. Han immediately."
"What's the big deal?" Zhao Zonghui said displeasedly: "It's just a matter of being unruly to the people, and let Mr. Han laugh at our incompetence!"
"That's not true. This matter can be big or small." Meng Yang shook his head and said: "At this critical juncture, we'd better act cautiously." He paused and said, "It's better to let Mr. Han handle the whole situation properly."
"That's right." Zhao Zongxue nodded and said, "But there's no need to inform him. Mr. Han must have known about it for a long time." After saying that, he dropped a sunspot and said, "Let's continue playing chess."
"Your Majesty is becoming more and more calm now." Meng Yang praised and fell into the long test.
As expected, Han Qi knew the news earlier than Zhao Zongshi. At this moment, he Ba Jing called Han Gang in front of him and asked about the whole story.
Han Gang refused to tell the truth at first, but Han Qi's words, "Then I don't care," frightened him into pouring beans out of his bamboo tube.
"At that time, due to the delay in construction and the extremely cold weather, no fewer than two to three thousand civilians froze to death." Han Gang looked at Han Qi fearfully and told the truth: "The prince is worried about such a large number of deaths, and he has nothing to do with it.
His usual benevolent image did not match his usual benevolent image, and he was worried about being impeached by the imperial censor. Someone then came forward and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Is there any project? How can there be an immortal person's mouth, but you still die so many times every time? In fact, there is a way to subtract the numbers."
of,."
"They said that treating the deceased civilians as a fugitive would not count. The prince and I were worried about whether the family members would agree. But they swore that there would be no problem, saying that the people were timid and if something like this happened, the government would not cause trouble.
Thank God, why would you dare to bring trouble to the government?" Han Gang gulped and said, "We thought it was reasonable at the time, so we didn't object anymore, but who would have thought that something like this would happen!"
"Well," Han Qi crossed his arms and thought for a long time, "Actually, this method is quite common."
"Yes, yes," Han Gang nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"That's a fart!" Han Qi turned around like a book and yelled angrily: "Everyone can wipe their butts clean, why do you have to let me wipe your butts for you!"
"Maybe there are a little more people this time..." Han Gang winced: "I heard that Qizhou is used to having bandits, and they are not as easy to scare as the common people elsewhere.
"Idiot." Han Qi sneered: "There must be someone behind it!"
"Ah?" Han Gang widened his eyes and said, "Why do you say that?"
"I say there is it!" Han Qi said domineeringly: "But Zhao Bian is very naughty and won't do anything for us. I'll write a note to the Ministry of Punishment. You go and let your third brother go and take that
If Sun Qigong mentions going to the prison, he will naturally ask for a suitable confession!"
"Yes." Han Gang understood and nodded in agreement.
The reason why Han Qi was still polite to Han Gang was because he could not write two Korean characters in one sentence. The Han family in the Song Dynasty was divided into two branches: the Xiangzhou Han family and the Zhending Han family. Han Qi was from the Xiangzhou Han family. Although he can call the shots now, In terms of foundation, it is not as good as the Zhending Han family, a large family that has served as officials for many generations. Han Gang's father, Han Yi, was the prime minister of three dynasties. All eight brothers were officials in the court. Qi also needs their help to firmly control the court...,
Han Gang's third brother, Han Bang, was a Hanlin scholar and a member of the Sentencing Department. To put it simply, he was the boss of the Punishment Department. He learned about Han Xianggong's instructions from his brother, so he asked Han Gang to go back first, and then ordered the scribe to transfer the document to Kaifeng Mansion. , completed the legal procedures for extracting the person. However, he waited until dark before leading the soldiers to the Kaifeng Mansion Prison to extract the person.
Kaifeng Prefecture Prison.
Regardless of the prefecture or county government, except for the size, the regulations of the cells are the same. There are passages, iron fences, stone walls, and soldiers guarding the iron gates. There is only one passage in and out of the cells, and there is a guard room at the exit. Tonight The man in charge of the prison in Kaifeng Mansion turned out to be Lord Fu Yin Zhao Bian.
In the cell, Kaifeng Prefecture Shaoyin Chen Xiliang personally accompanied Sun Qigong to jail. It was not that Brother Xiaoliang had committed anything, but that the Prefecture Yin was worried that Sun Qigong would die in prison, so he took this policy.
Zhao Bian absentmindedly flipped through the files in his hand, glancing at the hourglass on the table from the corner of his eyes from time to time, feeling that time was moving slower than ever before.
At this time, the iron gate rang. Zhao Bian suddenly raised his head and said, "Are you here?"
The prison boss next to him knew it was wrong by the voice, and whispered: "It should be delivering prison meals."
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, several jailers came in carrying two buckets and a basket of dishes and chopsticks.
"Dinner will be served later today." Zhao Bian shook his head and said, "You go out first."
"Here," the jailers all looked at the cell leader, who quickly waved his hands and said, "Didn't you hear what the Master said? Get out of here!"
After the jailers carried him down, Zhao Bian laughed at himself and said: "Prison leader Wang, are you secretly laughing at me for being too timid?"
"What are you talking about, Mr. Fu?" the prison boss said with a smile, "be careful of sailing the ten-thousand-year-old ship."
"Not bad." Zhao Bian said, putting down the file, picking up a copy of Wubu's Wenyi, and sighed: "Master, I will have to sit on the wax tonight."
"Since the Ministry of Punishment is playing tricks on Sun Qigong, we can't ask for anything more." The prison boss said with a smile: "Anyway, it is reasonable and legal for them to recruit people. Once the governor hands over the person, the cause and effect will not be involved, and everything will be quiet. What are you worried about?"
"What a pity..." Zhao Bian said with a bitter smile: "I don't have two Sun Qigong, so I can't split him in half."
"Ah?" the cell leader asked strangely: "Is it possible that the Lord of the Palace still doesn't want to let him go?"
Zhao Bian shook his head, not wanting to talk anymore, so he closed his eyes and rested.
The cell leader also became quiet and waited carefully on the side.
After a while, Zhao Bian opened his eyes and said, "Here we come."
The prison head also heard the faint sound of footsteps. In the blink of an eye, he saw Official Zhou Tui from Kaifeng Mansion coming in and reporting: "Master, Mr. Han from the Ministry of Punishment has personally brought someone here."
"Oh?" Zhao Bian and Han Bang were of the same rank. They both held certain positions as Hanlin bachelors. They should go out to greet them. They got up out of habit and walked a few steps outside. He stopped and said, "Master Han, please sit down for a moment." , just say I, I am here to pay you respects,"
"Pfft", Zhou Tuiguan didn't hold back at all, and quickly said, "It doesn't hurt to change the reason to a more elegant one, right?"
"He knows that I am constipated," Zhao Bian shook his head and said, "Other reasons won't delay it for so long."
Zhou Tuiguan was so embarrassed that he had no choice but to go out and deal with Han Cui.
In the prison, Zhao Bian sat back at the desk and still picked up the files to read, but his expression became more anxious.
The jailer thought to himself that the master of the palace was looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally the person he was looking forward to came, but he delayed it again. It was really confusing.
After waiting for a cup of tea, Zhou Tuiguan came in again and reported with a sympathetic face: "Qing Zhao of Dali Temple is here, and he has an autograph from Zhongshu Province, and he also wants to mention Sun Qigong!"
"Oh," Zhao Bian responded, but calmly said: "I am just Sun Qigong, let them fight for it."
Only then did the cell leader understand what the Lord Fu meant when he said, "I wish there were two Sun Qigongs." It turned out that he had expected that there would be a scene like "two women fighting for their husbands" tonight. High, really high!
The lights in the living room in the front yard were brightly lit, and the two groups of visitors from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple were clearly distinguishable.
As the two highest judicial organs in the Song Dynasty, the division of labor between the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple was exactly the opposite of that of later generations. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ministry of Justice was the initial trial agency, and the Dali Temple was responsible for review. In the Song Dynasty, it was the Dali Temple that was responsible for making decisions across the country.
For certain cases, the Criminal Department is responsible for reviewing major and important cases. Of course, the relationship between the two yamen is still one of mutual supervision and mutual correction.
The relationship between the two parties has never been very good, and now they meet on a narrow road, it is natural that tensions will inevitably rise.,,
The people from the Ministry of Punishment arrived first, and Han Cui was waiting leisurely in the living room for tea. The children of the aristocratic family are very good at nourishing qi, and they can pretend to be at peace even if they have troubles in their hearts. But when he saw Zhao Zha, the minister of Dali Temple,
When I came in, I couldn't help but stare wide-eyed.
Zhao Gai, wearing a purple robe and a jade belt around his waist, came in slowly. When he saw Han Shi, he looked surprised and said, "Why is Brother Zihua here?"
"Young brother is on official business." Han Di looked at Zhao Gai suspiciously and said, "How come my dear brother is here too?"
"Of course I have business to attend to," Zhao Gai said with a smile.
"What a coincidence." Han Xing said: "Zhao Fuyin should be coming out soon, dear friends, let's wait together."
"Yes." Zhao Gai nodded and said with a smile: "Brother, please sit down."
"My dear friend, please take a seat."
The two of them sat there in a state of silence, chatting with each other, looking as fake as possible.
Fortunately, Zhao Bian no longer had constipation and came out to meet each other soon. He walked out with a smile on his face, cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry, you two, I'm late!"
The two stood up and returned the salute. Han Bangxin said, "Good guy, this guy has been fucking for more than half an hour.",,
After the guests of honor were seated, Zhao Bian asked: "I don't know how fair it is for you two to come late at night."
Zhao Zha and Han Bang looked at each other, and the former smiled and said: "Zihua came first, let him speak first."