Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 69

[69. Sixty-eight chapters]

This is the first year of the anti-theft chapter Yongji’s snow, which did not fall until December.

Su Jin was brought into the palace from the Ministry of Punishment, almost blinding the bright snow.

She has not seen the light of the sky for a hundred days, and the prison is dark and full of the smell of rotten corpses. People are taken away every day. Those close to her were executed one by one.

Once the country changed hands, the history became a book.

The prison robe on his body was a little wider, and the cold wind poured in from the cuffs, and it was so cold that he was numb.

Su Jin looked up to the depths of the palace, where Zhu Nanxian was imprisoned. The Minghua Palace, which was once prosperous in the past, is now in a state of decay, as if a sassy emperor has reached the age of decay in an instant.

Minghua Palace is walking into the water – it seems that the rumors three days ago are true.

The servant pushed open the door of the Ziji Palace, and sang with a long voice line: “Sinner Su Jin brought to–”

The people in the palace suddenly turned around, wearing a black robe and crown, which made his eyes sharp and cold to kill. The gas of cutting.

This is the real Liu Chaoming. Su Jin thought it was funny, and sighed that when he first saw him, he still thought that there is such a gentleman as jade in the world, and he has never seen him.

What should we call him now? Lord Shoufu? Regent? No, he supported an idiot to be the emperor, and now, he is the real king of the world.

The ambergris in the hall was stained with snow and condensed into a mist, making Liu Chaoming unable to see the person kneeling under His Highness.

“Come here.” After a moment of silence, he ordered.

Su Jin didn’t move. Two guards stepped forward and dragged her a few steps, and two shocking bloodstains were drawn on the ground.

When they got close, Su Jin raised his head and asked in a hoarse voice, “You set the fire in Minghua Palace?

”

Only then did Liu Chaoming see the sad smile on her lips. Once upon a time, Su Shangshu, who was famous for his shocking world, has never been shocked by honor and shame, and has little affection and little righteousness. How could he be so saddened to despair for one person?

Liu Chaoming’s heart trembled slightly, but he couldn’t get the taste out of it. After a long time, he said: “You have committed crimes, colluded with the chaotic parties of the previous dynasty, and as a woman, you pretended to be a man and entered office, deceived the king, and committed a heinous crime. You will be exiled to Ningzhou today, and you will never be able to return.”

Su Jin laughed again. Laugh: “Aren’t you going to give me death?”

It’s better to go with the dead in this life.

The prison cart was waiting outside the Meridian Gate. She was in shackles, and every step she took, the sound of a clanging sound resounded in the world.

Liu Chaoming looked at Su Jin’s thin back, and suddenly remembered how he looked when he first saw her. It was the late spring of Jingyuan’s twenty-three years. But as beautiful as the spring sun.

At that time, Liu Chaoming felt that she was like himself, as clear and self-sufficient, and as penetrating as watching fire.

He only wished that he could strangle her at the beginning of his career, just because he was a little bit moved, he let her grow into a towering tree and let her part ways with him.

Now that she has lost her life, she can no longer forgive him.

“Su Jin.” Liu Chaoming said, “The fire in Minghua Palace was set by the first emperor himself.”

Su Jin’s back was stagnant.

Liu Chaoming said lightly: “He is still so stupid, two years ago, he tried his best to grab this emperor, thinking he could save you, but now he has set himself on fire and surrendered this country, thinking that it can change your life.

Su Jin didn’t look back. After a long time, she asked in a hoarse voice, “Why, you want to tell me?” ”

You didn’t ask, why didn’t you die?” Liu Chaoming said, “As Zhu Nanxian wished.” The

prison car ran over The snow road soon disappeared.

Snow fell from the sky again, and the snow particles fell on Liu Chaoming’s shoulders and merged into the cloak, but he stood in the snow for a long time, as if he could not feel the cold.

An elderly servant held up an umbrella for Liu Chaoming and sighed, “Why is this, sir?” He was used to seeing life and death in the palace, and he knew that people in the whirlpool should not be soft-hearted, because taking a step back would be irreversible.

“Master Shang Shu is already dead, but he has thoughts, and he told her like that, I am afraid that she will die and then be born. Master Su is intertwined in the power of the court and the opposition. Stupid, if one day, she can return to Beijing, and the adults, I am afraid that either you will die, or I will live.”

They have known each other for five years, and even the emperor in the palace has changed three rounds like a revolving lantern, so what’s the matter of life and death.

“If she can come back.” Liu Chaoming smiled, “I do.”

Zhu Nanxian glanced at Su Jin, before he had time to say anything, he immediately turned his back against the door, and said briefly, “Quick!”

Su Jin understood, raised his hand and pulled the thin curtain, quickly took off his clothes and wrapped the straps.

The servant did not open the door, but replied to Zhu Minda, “Your Highness, the door seems to be locked.”

Zhu Minda said coldly, “Break open!

” As if it was cracked, the two doors clearly opened a gap in the inner gap, but they closed with a “bang”.

Zhu Minda squinted his eyes slightly, his face was very ugly, and said solemnly: “Bring a candle.” The

sky was dark, and the clouds were so thick that they cast a large shadow on the front of the palace. Seeing Zhu Nanxian’s figure silently leaning against the door.

He sneered, and immediately shouted: “Yulinwei!”

“Yes!”

Zhu Minda said, “Bumping the door!”

Yulinwei’s strength was comparable to that of a servant. The four of them slammed into it, and Zhu Nanxian was finally unable to resist.

The huge momentum made his center of gravity unbalanced, and he fell forward while turning over the table on the side. The makeup fell, the bronze mirror shattered, and his knees just stuck on a piece of broken mirror.

Zhu Nanxian couldn’t care less about the pain, looked at Su Jin, and was relieved to see that she had replaced the yisa at the moment when the door slammed open.

Zhu Minda stepped over the threshold, and the first thing he saw was Zhu Nanxian’s bleeding knee. His eyes became more and more gloomy.

The back room was very messy, and there was a curtain in front of the couch, and I didn’t know what Shisan was doing in it.

Zhu Minda walked up to Su Jin and said coldly, “Su Jin?”

Su Jin said: “Go back to Your Highness, this is Wei Chen.”

Five years ago, Thirteen went crazy and made a riot in the Ministry of Officials because of him, and today, It was still for him!

It seems that this child must be removed.

Zhu Minda’s voice no longer had a trace of warmth: “Yulin Wei, take this person out and kill him with the guilt of the lord!”

It was not until Shen Shi that Liu Chaoming and the six ministers withdrew from the Fengtian Palace.

After the early dynasty, Emperor Jing Yuan ordered Qi Qing to stay behind to discuss the case of the Northern and Southern Shizi, but Liu Chaoming actually remonstrated that Qiu Ge Lao and Yan Ziyan would not die if they were guilty. These words not only touched the sage’s inverse scale, but also affected the six ministers and suffered the evil fire of Emperor Jing Yuan.

At the end, Emperor Jing Yuan said: “Liu Qing is young and full of energy, and you can’t see everything in the long run. Go back and think about yourself for a month. You don’t need to see me again.”

He signaled to stop his early morning in January.

After Qiqing withdrew, they went to Chitai in parallel. The head of the Minister of Rites, Luo Songtang, couldn’t hold back and complained to Liu Chaoming: “You said that you are like a stuffy gourd on weekdays, but you want to make your Majesty unhappy at this juncture. What does Your Majesty think? , don’t we feel like a mirror in our hearts? Since the beginning of this case, Qiu Ge’s head is no longer on his neck. Do you still want to pick it up for him and sew it up? The justice that the northern officials want to seek is more than this one. Imperial Examination? What they want is the Sacred Heart, Your Majesty is here to show them!”

After hearing this, Zeng Youliang, the official ministry, mocked: “Lord Luo’s words are different, who is Mrs. Liu? Censor, that is placed in the former court, it is the doctor of Censor, the head of the official, it is my duty to offend Yan Zhijian, and it is also my duty to be involved by him. Don’t you feel like a mirror in your heart, Lord Luo? The end of this case is Are you wronged or not, you don’t have a steel scale in your heart? Why do you look like a gourd without a mouth when you get to His Majesty?”

Gong Shangshu of the Ministry of War made a loud “bah”: “According to the old man, in the future, the seven ministers will face the saints, and we will be seven. Let’s unify the caliber first, so that one will not offend Your Majesty, and the other six will not have a good life.” After speaking, he glared at Shen Tuo again: “You said that you are a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the censor of the left capital made a statement, and you followed suit. You are brothers in the yamen, anyone can help you, but you can’t, don’t you make your Majesty think that the two of you together will add to his old man’s block?”

Shen Tuo said lightly: “Oh, after that, the old man won’t talk about it, all Lord Xueluo, your Majesty asks Aiqing what you think, let us reply, Your Majesty is a dictator of the Sacred Heart, he is extremely wise, and the ministers are all over the place, do not dare to say anything more? Come on!”

Luo Songtang said displeased: “Hey, hey, what about Liu Yun, how can you get involved with me!”

Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of Works is a peaceful old man, and seeing the other Shangshus making a fuss, he quickly persuaded: “Don’t be noisy. Noisy, according to the old man, you are all right, and it is not wrong for Lord Liu to remonstrate. He is young, so we need to take care of him. But then again, Liu Yun, you have to listen to what the old man says. Your Majesty Gan Gang has never been an arbitrary leader. When an old man has an idea in his heart, anyone who says more will be guilty of the following. That is, if His Majesty sees you, he will stop you from going to court for a month. , I am afraid that I will be dismissed immediately and investigated.”

After speaking for a while, he looked at the faces of the people beside him, they were all dark and unhappy, and then he smiled and said, “It’s really not a big deal, let me see, Master Gong is right, in the future We have seven sages with a unified caliber, and this page will be turned over.” Then he poked the Ministry of Household Qian Shangshu, who was silent, with his elbow, “Old Qian, what do you think?”

Qian Zhihuan hey Ran Yi smiled and said, “Whatever, the old man is the one who manages the keys to the treasury. As long as the money is not up to the mark, you can come up with ideas, and the old man will follow suit.” As soon as

these words came out, it was inevitable that there would be a bit of “sweeping the snow in front of the door”. Meaning, the six Shangshu have different hearts, so they don’t talk to each other.

The seven of them were talking on the stage, and Zhao Yan and several other ministers were waiting under the stage, not daring to come forward.

Dasui is not like the previous dynasty, the emperor is under the head, and there is a prime minister who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people. Emperor Jingyuan was the founding king of the country. The procuratorate is directly in his own hands.

These seven high-ranking officials are the closest to the imperial power (Note 2).

Seeing Zhao Yan anxiously waiting for him, Liu Chaoming said goodbye to the six ministers, and came to the stage to step down: “What’s wrong?”

Zhao Yan lowered his head and hesitated for a while, then raised his eyes and stared at him and said, “I’m with you. Say, don’t worry, something happened to Su Jin.”

Liu Chaoming was stunned, and then hurried to the courthouse without saying a word.

Zhao Yan took a few steps up, grabbed him and said, “Didn’t I tell you not to worry?” After a while, he pointed in the direction of the front of the palace: “It’s this one.”

Liu Chaoming frowned, “Why? What’s the matter?”

Zhao Yan sighed heavily, and said, “If you want to say, you should blame me for this.” After speaking, how did Su Jin happen, how he fell into the water, and how he came to the front of the palace, and finally He said again: “I don’t know who is so powerful, who actually placed people in the Duchayuan. Right now, His Royal Highness saw that the Thirteenth Highness was tossing in and out because of Su Jin, and I heard that he was injured. He was furious. I want to kill Su Jinzhang. I came here to ask you how to deal with this matter. I have already ordered Qian San’er to conduct a thorough inspection of the Metropolitan Court and find the inner servant who delivered the medicine. You have to prepare first. , when His Royal Highness asks, is it better to have an explanation?”

Liu Chaoming’s eyes were full of turbulence, he didn’t even have time to think, he said in a deep and short way: “Save the people first.” Then he walked towards the direction of the palace’s front hall. .

Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment, but this time he was unable to hold him, so he had to walk quickly and said, “Are you trying to understand or what? Yesterday you were in the Zhan Shifu for a discussion, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sold you. A love. Today, Su Jin has really touched the scale. If you still want to save him, you will buy a life from the East Palace! The Crown Prince and the Seven Kings are like water and fire, and the Duchayuan has never helped each other. You owe this How do you repay the debt of favor? You are the censor of Zuodu, and you are one of the seven ministers. If you are caught in the center of the battle between the government, the imperial power and the crown prince, how will you handle yourself in the future?”

Liu Chaoming’s steps were not at all. Without pausing, “I’ll talk about it later.”

Zhao Yan said with a heavy sigh, “Liu Yun, I know that you are someone who values promises more than a thousand pieces of gold. At that time, the old imperial censor asked you to keep it. Su Jin, you didn’t keep it, and I still feel ashamed. But so what? The bastards from the Ministry of Personnel wrote Songshan County in their message, but they took Su Jin to another place. Jian Nuo, one person left the capital to find him, and it took him half a year to find him. This should be considered as a repayment of love, right? If it still doesn’t work, you burned a policy for him yesterday. Is this another debt? Thirteen Your Highness may not be able to protect Su Jin, if you go to buy your life from the East Palace, you will send yourself into the fire pit!”

Liu Chaoming paused, lowered his eyes and said, “The promise that must be fulfilled is called promise, otherwise, what is the difference between joking? What’s more, I didn’t go to buy my life with the East Palace because of the entrustment of the old imperial censor.”

He paused, and suddenly flashed in front of Su Jin’s self-blame and sad eyes when he was covered in blood and knelt down and said “I have a responsibility”, and said softly: “He is indeed worthy of his best protection.” The

six Yulin guards joined forces to take Zhu Nan Xian fell to the ground, restrained his hands, feet and neck respectively, and blocked his mouth with a cloth towel, which made him stop moving.

Zhu Minda looked at his younger brother, whose eyes were bloodshot and still trying to struggle, and suddenly felt a little scared, afraid that in the long run, Thirteen would be destroyed by this man named Su Shiyu.

Zhu Minda was determined to kill, and asked in a cold voice, “Su Jin, do you know the guilt?”

Su Jin lowered his eyes and kowtowed to Zhu Minda: “We are guilty.”

Zhu Minda said lightly: “It’s good to be guilty, too. There is no need to choose a place, just stick to kill here.” Then he turned his head and looked at Zhu Nanxian with cold eyes, “Let him watch it with his own eyes, it would be a good idea to stop thinking.” The

two guards came to Su After Jin died, Su Jin stood up and walked towards the execution bench, but stopped in front of Zhu Nanxian, and bowed down to him slowly and seriously.

Zhu Nanxian knew that she was saying goodbye to herself.

The moment she got up, he saw that the desolation that had accumulated in her eyes for five years suddenly turned into a clear calm.

At this moment, Zhu Nanxian felt that he saw Su Jin five years ago again, but he saw it more thoroughly.

She has never changed. It turns out that under that breeze-like temperament, there has always been a kind of stubbornness that is not afraid of death.

Yu Linwei tied Su Jin to the torture stool, Zhu Nanxian whimpered from his blocked mouth, he gritted his teeth hard, and blood oozes from his lips.

Zhu Minda stopped looking at him, and said coldly: “Fight.” Yu Linwei

raised his stick, and while the stick fell on Su Jin, a voice came from behind: “His Royal Highness.”

to.

Liu Chaoming stood outside the gloomy and dull palace, with a deep look in his eyes as if the thick fog of late autumn had gathered, kneeling down and bowing deeply to Zhu Minda.

Su Jin raised his hand and set up a shed, seeing that a torrential rain was coming, and the huge noon gate had nowhere to hide from the rain.

She closed her cuffs and planned to find a corner to squat, when someone called from behind: “Mr. Su.”

It was Ren Xuan’s attendant, and brother A Li came: “This morning, Master Hou and Mr. I also forgot to bring the list of tributes that I kept, so I brought it here, and if I wanted to make some rain, I also brought Mr. Looking down: “Sure enough, I guessed right, Mu Chun said that it will change today.”

Su Jin thanked him, and seeing the corner of the booklet in his arms, he couldn’t help asking: “I remember that the book of the Ministry of Rites is inlaid with blue and green cloud patterns. Yes, why is this different?”

A Li said, “Oh, this is the list of tributes that Luo Shangshu privately asked to get, and said that it was requested by Master Liu of the Ducha Yuan, not the official scriptures, but more complete than the list of the Ministry of Rites. He took out the

document again and showed it to Su Jin. “There’s nothing shameful about it, but the new head of the Metropolitan Police Department has a lenient management. Even the eighteenth generation of the poor scholar’s ancestors have to find out and tell me.” , what do you do with these things, can you do it if you read it well?”

Su Jin flipped through it, A Li’s words were true, this book is like a genealogy, and it is indeed traced back to the eighteenth generation of the ancestors. Seeing Su Jin’s gloomy

face, A Li came up and asked, “Mr. Su, when you look at this book, you find something strange?”

Su Jin said, “Why?”

The scholars, almost all of them are from the south, and the young master said that there are so many people from the north and south, and I don’t know what bad things will happen!”

Not to mention the tribute scholars in this category, just talking about the people who came from all over the place before the Spring Festival. It is also the southerners who make a lot of numbers, and after the Spring Festival, when the apricot list came out, there were 89 tributes, and only seven people in the north. That is why some northern officials were dissatisfied, and they went to the tributes a few times, or Zhou. Ping took the yacha to coax the people away.

[End of This Chapter]