Just in time for rain [恰逢雨连天] - Chapter 164

[164. Chapter One Sixty Three]

This is the anti-theft chapter Su Jin couldn’t help but glance at Liu Chaoming.

Liu Chaoming was also staring at her, he was silent for a long time, took back the second half of the unfinished sentence, closed his sleeves and bowed to Zhu Nanxian, then turned around and left.

Zhu Nanxian raised his hand and ordered the people around to withdraw, so he asked, “Mr. Su, did you have something old and committed that you have been arrested by the Ministry of Justice?”

Su Jinyuan lowered his eyes and heard the word old, suddenly Eyes raised.

His eyes were burning like fire, Zhu Nanxian was caught by this gaze, and his heart was stagnant before he said: “Is this person a death row prisoner you asked for from the Ministry of Justice?”

Su Jin reacted, and it turned out that what he said was the Ministry of Justice on the day of the trouble. Take to death row in Suzaku Lane.

Her eyes dimmed for a moment.

Before she left that day, she glanced at the death row prisoner. Although she didn’t remember what it looked like, she still knew whether it was Chao Qing or not.

Su Jin said: “His Royal Highness does not know, this death row prisoner was actually sent by Liu Daren of the Metropolitan Court of Justice. In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, it was reserved as a way of retreat. Unfortunately, it came too late and didn’t come in handy.”

However, Zhu Nan Hearing this, Xian blinked his eyes, but said, “This king has already cross-examined, and this death row prisoner said he knew you.”

Seeing Su Jin looking at himself in surprise, Zhu Nanxian coughed again and straightened up. He straightened his body and said, “Naturally, this king is involved in military affairs, so he didn’t personally question him, but his subordinates said that this death row prisoner even knew

that you were a jinshi and later served as an envoy in Songshan County for two years.” It was a bit unexpected for Su Jin.

Since she returned to the capital in Songshan County, the only people she made friends with were Chao Qing and a few Gong Shi, besides Ying Tian Fu Yamen. Other than that, who else knows her in depth?

Su Jin couldn’t help but ask: “Then Your Highness knows, why does this death row prisoner know me?”

Zhu Nanxian said: “He is very clever, he only speaks half of what he says, and he doesn’t want to explain anything else, so he just makes fun of himself.”

Su Jin was stunned, a condemned prisoner?

However, Liu Chaoming brought him out of the Ministry of Punishment, clearly because of his death penalty.

Su Jin thought of this, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

If it is used as an example to kill a hundred people, then the government must kill people in front of all the officials. Although it can temporarily control the scene, it will eventually lead to public resentment, and it will be more difficult to end it afterwards.

Liu Chaoming’s original intention when he came to the capital’s yamen was to make the case smaller. If there was a murder case, wouldn’t it go against his original intention and shoot himself in the foot?

If it wasn’t for the troublesome official, what was the purpose of Liu Chaoming’s nomination of a death row prisoner from the Ministry of Punishment?

Su Jin asked, “Does your lord know what the death row was doing?”

Zhu Nanxian said, “I can’t break his mouth.”

Su Jin recalled carefully, that day, Liu Chaoming had only one sentence from beginning to end – I will bring it up from the Ministry of Punishment. A death row for you.

for her?

Thinking of this, Su Jin couldn’t help but ask: “His Thirteenth Highness, where is the death row now? Has he been executed?”

Zhu Nanxian had just laid a lot of groundwork, and it was here that he was waiting for Su Jin.

It is true that he personally tried this death row prisoner, but he didn’t coerce him, and he didn’t use the punishment.

Su Jin was seriously injured that day, and he was really worried in his heart. He wanted to go to the capital’s yamen to visit the doctor in person, but the general manager of the palace tried his best to stop him, saying that his dignified highness would visit him in a condescending manner. An eighth-rank junior official, not only will he startle all the officials in the yamen, but Governor Su will not be able to recuperate at ease in the future.

Zhu Nanxian thought about it, and thought it was true. After he was dug out from the death row prisoner’s mouth, he was Su Jin’s “old past”, and the other side told people to put the death row prisoner in Bieyuan. Chengriba looked at Su Jin. Jinneng came to lead people.

It’s a pity that there are no figures left and right, I really can’t help it.

Zhu Nanxian has arranged these many days, and he has managed his emotions very well, as if inadvertently: “Oh, the Ministry of Punishment did not know what to do, and handed the death row over to this king, and this king had to reluctantly and put people in the palace. For

a while, he glanced at Su Jin’s face from the corner of his eye, and asked knowingly, “Why, Governor Su wants to see him? Then the king ordered his subordinates to pick up Governor Su from the yamen tomorrow morning?

” Give you”.

What is a death row prisoner doing to her, what she is most worried about at the moment is Chao Qing’s trace.

Entering the palace today, Yan Ziyan burned not only the strategy, but also the kindness she had given to protecting Yan Ziqi that day.

Even though the grievances ended, she refused to let her trace Chao Qing’s whereabouts from Yan Ziqi.

Su Jin also felt that she was a soldier, but all of a sudden, she couldn’t help but pin her hopes on Liu Chaoming, hoping that this death row prisoner of unknown origin might have something to do with Chao Qing’s disappearance, otherwise, how could she “give it to her”?

No longer wishing to have more dreams at night, Su Jin said to Zhu Nan envy, “If Your Highness is free, can I ask the lower official to meet this person tonight?” He went

to the palace.

The head of the house, Zheng Yun, was already waiting at the door. Seeing Su Jin who was following behind Zhu Nanxian, he was overjoyed for a while. Instead of greeting His Highness, he said, “Governor Su is here.”

Su Jin thought to himself, what is “reckonable”.

Seeing the doubts in her eyes, Zheng Yun said again: “The governor doesn’t know anything, His Highness has ordered the young to wait here for a few days, and the governor must come, the young is looking forward to the day and night, and only then will you be sent to me. Looking forward to it.”

Zheng Yun’s original intention was to say a good word for his highness, but when he said this, Zhu Nanxian stumbled, turned his head, and gave him a faint look.

Zhu Nanxian invited Su Jin to Nanyuan, changed the robes that bound his hands and feet, and ordered his servants to bring the condemned prisoner.

In the early summer, the bright moon was in the sky, a pond of new lotus was clustered together, and the lotus seed and lily soup was popular nowadays, and Zheng Yunzhu also presented a bowl to Su Jin.

Not long after, the death row prisoner was brought in.

The person came with a raw face, coarse cloth and short clothes, five and three thick. He first probed and asked Zheng Yun, “Which one do you want to see?” Hearing that it was Su Jin, his whole body jolted, and he knelt down for her with a plop.

However, he said that this person’s name was Zhang Kui, who used to be a clerk of the capital’s yamen.

He and Su Jin didn’t actually know each other, but before he resigned, the yamen said that there was a governor surnamed Su who was going to be transferred from Songshan County.

In Zhang Kui’s view, the jinshi are all people with great talents, and they should be in the Fengtian Temple to offer strategies for governing the country. Even if they go to the local yamen, if they don’t seal a prefect, they should give a magistrate. A governor is still a reason for promotion.

Zhang Kui has committed a crime now. He thought he would end up dead, but he did not expect to be taken to the palace after several turnovers, and he was questioned all day long about his relationship with Su Jin.

He didn’t know what to do, and guessed that it was because of Su Jin that he saved his life, so he dug out the only clues in his mind and told Zhu Nanxian to listen.

I didn’t expect it to be quite effective, the Thirteenth Highness, the dignified prince, really didn’t do anything to him.

Su Jin didn’t know where to start.

However, Zhang Kui, as if he had seen the Salvation Bodhisattva, kowtowed three times to her, and then went straight to tell the crime he had committed.

According to Zhang Kui, he was really wronged—

that day and night, Zhang Kui went to the mass grave outside the city as usual.

He worked in the yamen for ten years, although he quit later, there is always some way to make money.

The corpses in Yizhuang are all “passed by hand” and have no valuables, but the mass burial mounds are different, and they may encounter “fat” ones.

That night, he picked up a fat one.

Zhang Kui said: “I saw a young woman standing on top of the mass graves from a distance, Ling Luo Jinyi, thinking it was the wife of some rich family, and called twice. She ignored me, so I walked over and patted her, who knows She collapsed as soon as she touched it. I found out that she was no longer angry, but her face was still very ruddy, and she was very beautiful, just like alive.”

Zhang Kui was also a little scared, but he wanted to seek wealth and wealth at risk, and gritted his teeth to the corpse. When I touched it, I knew that just after I touched a jade pendant, I was hit on the back of the head, and I didn’t know the personnel.

Later, the Ministry of Punishment recorded it.

Zhang Kui woke up in the yamen prison, and the boss of the Xunyue Building sued him for the rape and murder of Ning Yaner, the top brand in the building. .

Su Jin immediately became suspicious of Yun Cong Cong.

Such cases should be handled by the capital yamen on weekdays, why did this one go directly to the punishment department?

She asked, “You used to be on duty in the yamen, should you know that you didn’t get into the punishment department, so you never suspected it?”

Zhang Kui said, “I asked, how can those goddamn jailers talk nonsense with people like me? Su Jin asked again, ”

Do you remember when you went to the mass grave?”

Zhang Kui thought about it and said, “I remember, the seventh day of the fourth lunar month! That day is my father-in-law’s birthday, and I want to pick it up.” I bought the jade pendant for his birthday.”

Chao Qing disappeared on the ninth day of the fourth lunar month.

Su Jin was stunned for a while, and she finally found a faint thread in the innumerable trivialities.

According to the records of the Ministry of Punishment, the dead woman was Ning Yaner, the leader of Xunyuelou.

Xu Yuanzhe once told him that before Chao Qing disappeared, he went to the place of fireworks and water workshop alone.

Su Jin asked again: “You may prove that what you said is true.”

Zhang Kui made a bitter face: “No.” But he suddenly said again, “I hid the jade pendant in a crack in the wall of the Punishment Prison, and I won’t let anyone find out, Su Guanren can be killed. Someone came here.” He thought about it again, and said urgently: “I know that the jade pendant can’t clear my grievances, but at least it can prove that I am indeed seeking money, not greed for beauty, and I don’t want to kill myself.”

After hearing this, Su Jin became embarrassed again. She was only a governor, so how did she break into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to find evidence?

Zhu Nanxian listened to it for a long time, and finally it was his turn to come in handy again, so he coughed: “If Governor Su feels that his clone is too weak, this king can order someone to investigate the matter first.”

Afraid that Su Jin would not be at ease, Mao Sui recommended: “If there is any grievance, it is good to check. This king will keep an eye on it. If there is any progress, I will immediately order someone to let you know. It is up to you to make up your mind.

” There is also insight into the world.

Later, Emperor Jing Yuan really won the country, and he worshipped him three times as his prime minister.

Su Jin remembered that his grandfather once said: “Since ancient times, monarch, power and power have been checked and balanced. Some people can meet in adversity, but they cannot coexist in glory and power. Zhu Jingyuan is suspicious by nature, slaughtering, and it is impossible to allow others to sleep on the side of the couch. The ‘fear of each other’ will become a ‘disaster of each other’.”

Later, as her grandfather said, Emperor Jing Yuan successively executed two prime ministers of the dynasty, abolished the central book province, and ordered future generations not to stand as prime ministers.

The blood-soaked catastrophe was complicated, and even Su Jin’s grandfather, who had already served as an official, never escaped.

Su Jin remembered that year, when she hid in a haystack with a strong smell of corpse, the sound of killing outside turned into the sound of changing signs and flowed into her mind, which reminded her of the broken blue and white porcelain vase.

At that time, she was afraid that her grandfather would be sad, so she spent a day and night putting together the porcelain vase. When her grandfather saw it, there was a hint of confusion in her brows.

He said, “Ayu, although the broken mirror can be reunited, the cracks are still there, and there are some things that I have tried my best but still can’t get good results. What should I do?”

What should I do?

Su Jin didn’t know, but now, she only understands the confusion between her grandfather’s brows, which is about recalling the hearty experience with her old friend, Ma Zhongyuan, a few years ago.

In the old days, the slightly drunken color can still appear in idle dreams, but when he wakes up, he is unwilling to bear that everything that he once regarded as treasures will fall into this mundane struggle for honor and power and burn himself to self-destruction.

Su Jin thought that she would probably spend her whole life seeking a solution when asked by her grandfather, and up to now, all she can do is try her best.

Zhu Nanxian hurriedly took Su Jin to the bungalow closest to Xuanyuantai, and when he looked back, he saw a large group of people behind him. room.

This penthouse is the residence of the palace maids in front of the palace. The maids who were not on duty first knelt in a row, followed by a row of servants, and then went all the way to the outside of the house, black pressure knelt down a mass of guards from Chengtianmen, some of them were soaked. , probably just followed him to the Yunji River.

Zhu Nanxian lightly placed Su Jin on the couch, and then said to a palace maid nearby: “You, go get your clean clothes and put them on for Governor Su.”

The palace maid Nuonuo replied: ” Yes.” He raised his eyes and glanced at the eight-grade Buzi on the couch, and said, “But…”

Zhu Nanxian felt that his mind was full of paste, and now he sat beside the couch, guiltily covering Su. At Jin’s chest collar, he pointed to Xiao Huo who was behind the palace maid and said, “Wrong, it’s you, you go find clean clothes.”

Xiao Huo hurriedly responded, and after a short while, he brought a light blue dress.

Zhu Nanxian ordered him to put Ye Sa aside and coughed: “Okay, you all step back, this king wants to…” He swallowed, “I’m changing clothes for Governor Su.” There

was a room full of people. They looked at each other, and neither dared to move.

The maid, who was instructed by Zhu Nanxian to get the clothes, said cautiously, “Your Highness, your Highness is a thousand-dollar body, should you let your servants come to change Governor Su’s clothes?

” Said: “Presumptuous, do you know whether men and women are inseparable?”

The palace maid was silent and walked out with a house of maids.

The doctor who happened to be the first came over. Seeing that the palace maid had withdrawn, he hurriedly entered the room with the medicine box, but Zhu Nanxian shouted “stop”, so he didn’t enter or retreat, so he had to kneel on the threshold.

Zhu Nanxian said again solemnly: “Did you not hear what this king just said?”

Yizheng looked at Zhu Nanxian with a bewildered face: “Back to His Highness, His Highness said that men and women are not related, but Wei Chen said this. …” He pointed to himself, and then to the person lying on the couch, to the effect that he and Su Jin both had handles.

Zhu Nanxian was stunned, thinking, hey, I have a headache, how should this king explain this?

After thinking about it, Zhu Nanxian had no choice but to cough, and said more solemnly: “Bold, what the king says, you can do what you want, all men can get on with each other regardless, hurry up and get out. Go out.”

As soon as these words came out, Yizheng hurriedly kowtowed, and retreated with a group of servants who were still kneeling on the ground and thought they could use their hands and feet. He explained, “Bring the door.” The

doctor quickly closed the door tightly, and he couldn’t bear it any longer. He said to the head of the palace hall, who was standing with his hands down and looking at his nose and nose, “Eunuch Zhang. , Thirteenth Highness, this is…”

Eunuch Zhang gave him a sullen look.

Yi Zheng was startled, pointed to the ear room with one hand, and said in a low voice, “But I heard that this couch is a governor of the capital’s yamen.”

Eunuch Zhang nodded with an unhappy face.

Yizheng’s chin seemed to be dislocated, and he asked again, “Your Highness has a dignified appearance and a pure character, how, how did you get this bite?”

Eunuch Zhang said with a sullen face: “How did you get it, not to mention it? If you want to talk about it, let’s talk about whether Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know about this. If you know it, it’s fine. If you didn’t know it at first, you will know it today, and you and the miscellaneous family are sick for this couch. , Master Jiang still think about how many arms, head and legs we have left.”

When the doctor heard this, tears rolled in his eyes, his heart squinted and his eyes closed.

Unexpectedly, the forehead did not touch the door frame, and the door was pulled open from the inside, and the doctor lost his stability and fell to Zhu Nanxian’s feet.

Zhu Nanxian coughed, but this time, he didn’t make a fuss. He lowered his eyes and whispered, “Go to see the doctor.

” Jin separated.

It’s like visiting a sick woman for a female relative, but you can’t see her true face.

While taking the pulse, the doctor looked at Zhu Nanxian from the corner of his eye.

Since he entered the room, His Highness the Thirteenth did not say a word, sat upright, almost motionless, as if trying to look like he was not afraid of a crooked shadow, but it was unfortunate. , with a hint of red on his face.

As soon as his fingertips were taken away from Su Jin’s wrist, Zhu Nanxian hurriedly asked, “How is she?”

Yizheng said, “Go back to Your Highness, Governor Su’s pulse is weak, seeing Shen Fen, lift it up. If you press on it, you will get it. This is a state of deficiency of both qi and blood, and a long-term illness that has not healed. It is also overworked, which damages the liver and lungs. It is really not suitable to work hard again. It’s best to supplement with medicine and food.”

Zhu Nanxian asked again, “Then she just fell into the water, did she hurt the root?”

[End of This Chapter]