Chapter 1435 The Dungeon of the Metropolitan Procuratorate
"Why should I be afraid? They won't harm me. They are very afraid of Xia Shang... By the way, why are you here? Could it be that they caught you? How courageous is Xia Shang?
Do you even dare to arrest the prince? No...if you were really arrested, you should be locked up now."
"I came here on my own initiative."
"My young prince, I see that you don't know anything about the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How dare you ask to come to a place like this?"
"Because I don't know much about it, I wanted to come and see what the Metropolitan Procuratorate hidden in the darkness of the capital looks like."
"What's so interesting about this place? Isn't it just a place of torture? My dear prince, please take your time and watch here. I'll go out and ask the boy at the door if he has bought the sweet-scented osmanthus cake I asked for."
With that said, Fu Qianqian walked up from the door in a swaggering manner.
Li Zijin did not move. He was not as relaxed as Fu Qianqian. Although he knew that the people here would not do anything to him, he saw so many court officials being arrested in such a dark dungeon and undergoing harsh interrogations.
, when I think about it, I think it is impossible to happen in Kyoto.
It's impossible to imagine, but it actually happened before our eyes.
If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes in this dungeon, Li Zijin would never have believed that there were still people in the world who dared to be so bold as to arrest nearly half of the officials of the imperial court and perform various tortures in the dungeon.
"Is this trying to poke a hole in the sky?"
Li Zijin was still young, and even as a prince he couldn't see many things clearly. Everything in front of him completely overturned his cognition.
Just as he was thinking about it, an official came in from the side. Li Zijin quickly stood up and grabbed his sleeve.
Unlike other people who wear masks, this official is not wearing a mask, and he looks just as young, with less violence in his body, and looks kinder than the others.
Everyone here knows this young prince, and has investigated the relationship between him and his boss, so they put him aside and wait until this young prince wants to leave, just let him know, and then send someone to take him away.
Send it back.
I just didn't expect that this man and the little ancestor just now liked this place so much that they couldn't leave.
At this time, he found that the young prince was holding him back. The official asked politely: "Your Majesty."
"Excuse me, have you figured it out? I will order you to be sent back to your house right now."
"No...I just want to ask you a few questions."
The official looked embarrassed: "This..."
"Why? It's so difficult to answer several of my questions?"
"No, no, then please ask the prince."
"What's your name? What's your position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"
"The lower official, Si Ma Heng, once served under the Baili Division of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is now in charge of the affairs of the State Education Department."
"Baili Si? State Education Department? What are some of them?"
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is divided into twelve departments, each with its own responsibilities. For example, the Baili Department is mainly responsible for communication issues in the capital and various places under the rule of Dahua, while the State Education Department is mainly responsible for issues such as the missionary beliefs of the people in Kyoto. In short, the ten departments
Each of the two departments has its own tasks and is responsible for controlling the world's affairs."
"Controlling the world's affairs? What's the difference between that and the six ministries of the imperial court?"
"The six ministries are institutions on the surface, monitored by the royal family and officials, while the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only responsible to the emperor. One is in the open and the other is in the dark."
"So, you arrested so many people because of your father's intention?"
"Exactly, without the emperor's order, the Metropolitan Procuratorate would not dare to arrest people casually."
"But my father has not been in court for a long time. It is said that it is very difficult for him to even speak. How can he give the order?"
"Well..."
Li Zijin whispered: "You acted on your own last night without any orders from the emperor."
"Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense!"
"Don't lie to me. You are interrogating the prisoners now, and people keep coming out with compiled documents. They must be sent to the palace quickly to convict these people, so as to clear away the abuses of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The crime of lynching."
Sima Heng paused and wanted to say something, but he didn't.
Li Zijin caught the other party's wishes and whispered: "What do you want to say?"
Sima Heng thought about it again, and simply rolled up the document in his hand, tapping it on the palm of his hand impatiently: "I originally thought about making up something to fool His Highness, but I didn't even think about it.
Necessary, what you said is correct, we are indeed in a hurry now to relieve the pressure on the First Master on the Golden Palace."
"He went
Jinluan Palace? Under such circumstances, he rushed to Jinluan Palace?"
"What's wrong with this?"
"Does he not understand the impact of this incident at all? His sins are enough for him to die a hundred times."
"So what? Our people here will naturally help you to clear your name."
"Wash? How to wash? Within the capital, people are killed in the street, with countless pairs of eyes watching! Many of the people he arrested here are my second brother's disciples, and he will not let you go."
"Second prince?" Sima Heng snorted coldly, "Before he ascended the throne, he didn't have the courage to touch the Imperial Procuratorate. Okay, I will stop chatting with His Highness. I still have something to do."
After saying this, Sima Heng left, regardless of Li Zijin who continued to call him.
Li Zijin was in a trance, feeling that the place he was in was unreal.
After all, he is a prince, of royal blood, and has a distinguished status. Shouldn't he be respected no matter where he is?
But in the dungeon of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, no one looked at him. He was like a ball of air that should not exist here. No one thought that his identity was so great. A simple conversation was not enough.
For a moment, no one really took him seriously. Instead, more people regarded him as an underage child.
This feeling did not bring any depression to Li Zijin, but he was slightly excited. He sat down again, clenched his hands into fists, and whispered softly: "I am the master's student. With him sitting in the capital, I am the king.
Don’t be afraid!”
After muttering excitedly to himself for a while, Li Zijin suddenly pressed his hand on his lower back, which seemed to hurt slightly, causing him to frown and lie on the table.
…
In the Jinluan Palace, the Queen, whom all the officials had been waiting for for a long time, finally appeared.
The queen arrived under the dragon chair, put down the bead curtain in front of her as a shield, and said to the officials: "I'm sorry to keep everyone waiting. It's just because what happened last night was a bit sudden and it was very serious. I think
After all, it still needs His Majesty the Emperor to preside over it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little eunuch inside said loudly: "Your Majesty is here."
Things happened suddenly. The ministers knelt down sparsely, and their voices were mixed: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live..."