In the hall, the lights flickered, and the face of Li An, who was lying on the ground, alternated between red and white.
He was not afraid of Xiao Chen arguing with him. What he was afraid of was that Xiao Chen would split his head in half like the ancient sword because of the anger in his heart.
He didn't know Xiao Chen very well, but as a front-line case handler in Dongchang, he had seen too many lives and deaths. It was not impossible to take off his own head when he was in a bad mood.
Even in the court, facing the emperor, he was still able to compete with him. However, Xiao Chen's traceless knife just now made him feel infinite danger.
If what I felt from Xiao Chen's deep eyes before was endless murderous intent, then what Xiao Chen showed to himself with this knife just now was naked murderous intent.
Lying on the ground, Li An was trembling like chaff. He couldn't help but hold his head with both hands, as if he was afraid that Xiao Chen would chop it off as soon as he turned around, and protected his neck with his arms.
"As a minister of the Ministry of Justice, look at the two different bears you have. One moment, you are condescending and condescending, showing your brainlessness. At this moment, you are lying on the ground, wishing you could crawl into the cracks in the ground, showing your stupidity.
Humble. With your virtue, you dare to use an ancient sword to compare yourself? Are you worthy?" Xiao Chen said coldly.
In his impression, the Ministry of Punishment is the highest criminal law agency in the imperial court, in charge of all criminal cases in the world. The top officer of the Ministry of Punishment should be wise, serious, and ruthless. In terms of personal character, he should also be a tough guy.
, an iron-clad tough guy who doesn't surrender to any force.
But this Li An completely overturned his impression of the Criminal Department.
Before, he was just an ordinary school captain. From Jinyiwei to Dongchang, he had always been on the front line of arresting criminals. He had never been in contact with the upper echelons of the imperial court. He had never even met such a leader of the six departments.
Pass.
Now, first there is the self-righteous Minister of Rites Cangcheng who can only make superficial remarks, and now there is the brainless and cowardly Minister of Punishment Li An. Could it be that they can only talk loudly in the court and fall completely into trouble when a crisis arises?
?
It is really sad that the imperial court has such a person presiding over the six departments.
Now, Xiao Chen finally understood why the emperor wanted to establish the Jinyi Guards and the East Factory. The emperor wanted to completely clean up these officials who looked good in the court but were nothing but shit below, and let capable people come to power to help him govern.
The Ming Dynasty.
"Li An." Turning around and looking at Li An, who was lying on the ground like a dog and shaking all over, Xiao Chen called out coldly.
"I'm here." Li An hurriedly raised his head and looked at Xiao Chen pleadingly.
"As the Minister of Justice, do you know the consequences of being unreasonable to Ziyi?" Xiao Chen stared at the other party coldly with his hands behind his back, his dark eyes without a trace of emotion.
"I know, I know. Please forgive me for once." Lying on the ground, Li An kept kowtowing on the floor like a chicken eating rice.
Seeing Zi Yi felt like the emperor was coming in person. This was the emperor's edict that was widely spread throughout the world. How could Li An not know it? If he didn't pay homage, it was already a crime of disrespect to the emperor. Then he even said evil words to the whole family and executed the nine implicated clans.
Too much.
Moreover, because of his disrespect, he was cast aside by the officials of the imperial court and ridiculed by the people of the world, which was even more inevitable. His whole life was ruined by his ridiculous and self-righteous behavior. Li An's
My intestines are so wet.
"Do I forgive you? If I forgive you, can you live? If you are full of clan members, won't you be beheaded in public? You are really stupid and hopeless." Xiao Chen's face was full of tears.
disdain.
"I bumped into Mr. Ziyi. As long as Mr. Ziyi forgives me, I will do my best to protect you." Li An has blood on his forehead, and he looks particularly special with his majestic second-grade official uniform of the imperial court.
funny.
"Keep me safe? Do you mean to withdraw the joint petition from all officials of the DPRK and China to me?" Xiao Chen smiled faintly and looked at the other party unquestioningly.
As if grasping a life-saving straw, Li An raised his head: "As long as you forgive me and return to the court, I will definitely convince everyone not to target you or your purple clothes."
"Hehehe..." Xiao Chen couldn't help laughing.
He directly pulled up a chair, put it in front of Li An, sat on it, crossed his legs, and looked at the other person quietly.
"I'm talking about Li An, how did you get to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice? Although Cangcheng is just a theorist and all he does is superficial, he at least has some brains. You said you have no brains and no courage.
, why are you the Minister of the Ministry of Justice?"
Faced with Xiao Chen's questions, Li An was speechless.
Although he knew the laws of the imperial court by heart, and he was orderly and orderly when trying various important cases. But his attitude towards Zi Yi as soon as he entered the door was that he was brainless. Now that he was lying on the ground, it was because of his fear of death.
How do you refute it, and what do you use to refute it?
Seeing the other party's silence, Xiao Chen said again: "Do you think that if all the officials you initiated jointly submitted a petition to attack me, you can make them withdraw the petition and no longer target me? You are also a second-rank official of the imperial court.
A member of the Communist Party of China, the pillar of the country, doesn’t even have a city like this?”
"You are on the verge of making a move now and have no choice but to take action. If the officials follow your advice and withdraw the petition, it will be equivalent to admitting their mistakes and false accusations against Ziyi. You should be very clear about what Ziyi is. Ziyi is
Your Majesty, by withdrawing the petition, you are admitting to being disrespectful to the Emperor. This crime should be something that all the officials except you can think of, right?"
Hearing what Xiao Chen said, Li An reacted instantly. He had the ability to incite them to submit a petition together, but he had no ability to make them withdraw the petition. Doesn't that mean that he no longer had any leverage with Xiao Chen?
Really? Doesn’t that mean that it is reasonable for Xiao Chen not to forgive himself?
When he thought of the high-ranking officials in the imperial court who had their homes confiscated and executed, Li An's heart completely collapsed. It was not easy to get to this point. Just because of a thought, everything was destroyed. He
I feel unwilling, extremely unwilling.
When he thought of this, Li An's mood calmed down.
Now that all the officials have signed a letter, Xiao Chen should not continue to kill him. One Cangcheng has already aroused the anger of all the officials, plus himself, even if he is in purple, he has exceeded his rights.
Behind him, Wang Wencheng lay quietly on the ground without saying a word, but he carefully clarified the stakes of the whole matter one by one.
