Chapter 45: Twelve Bombs to Die for You (above)

Su Yan looked out of the window, the east was not yet bright, the sky was a dark indigo color, about the beginning of the fifth night.

Today is a regular dynasty, also known as the Royal Gate to listen to politics, in the Fengtianmen jade steps above the throne, the emperor in person to listen to the ministers to play things.

Apart from the Jinyiwei troops on duty, and the Imperial Historians, only Beijing officials above the third rank and local officials above the fourth rank could participate in the morning court. He, Su Yan, was only a fifth-ranked official, so naturally, he was not qualified to attend the court.

But he is inclined to shake a seven-foot mixed sky damask, intending to stir up this hierarchical courtroom a river and sea shaking, Qiankun shaking.

During the temple exams, he had been mindless, but this time, he had intentionally planted a garden – a cannibalistic flower that was going to kill him.

Su Yan said to Shen Qi: “No rest, this matter must be taken with a bang. I’ve been back from the East Garden for two days, several assassins sent by Feng Daewei to assassinate me were put to death, King Yu hid the bodies and didn’t alert others, but these assassins didn’t return to their orders in time, and Feng Daewei will be suspicious, and if it drags on, I’m afraid that I’ll alert the snakes and miss the big event. I am ready to set out this time and head to Feng Tianmen.”

Shen Qi said, “You want to break into the morning court at Fengtian Gate? Aren’t you afraid of breaking the rules of the court, bumping into the emperor and causing the dragon’s wrath?”

Su Yan calmly raised his eyebrows, “You and see.”

“…… You are determined to go, must have a number in mind, I do not stop you.” Shen Qi face looked unimpressed, in the end or assured, and added, “But your hand evidence, the weight is not heavy enough, not enough to nail the snake’s seven inches. The closet on the side, there is a hidden box in the wall behind, I will teach you to open the method, you go to get it.”

Su Yan pushed open the heavy rosewood closet as he was told, opened the wall mechanism, and held a two-foot-square dark box out, placing it on the floor in front of the bed.

The dark box had to be opened by aligning all the organ patterns in the corresponding order. Su Yan, under Shen Qi’s guidance, opened the box and found that inside were thick stacks of pages, atlases, account books, handwritten books, secret orders …… all in one place.

He picked up a few pages of the handwritten book, quickly skimmed through them, and sighed appreciatively, “You really did keep a hand in this!”

Shen Qi said, “I’ve been under his command for ten years, and I’ve been scared every step of the way; if not, how can I save my life at critical moments?”

Su Yan kindly laughed, “What you call saving your life is to take the life of the other party.”

Shen Qi did not say anything, with his eyes on him, the bottom of his eyes slightly self-satisfied color. Su Yan Shun hair praise: “seventh son this is for me to send charcoal in the snow, in one fell swoop to settle the matter ah.” This time if can bring down Feng go evil, Shen Qi should account for the first credit, he will be in front of Emperor Jinglong truthful report.

“There is a lot of physical evidence here, you have to rush to the Royal Gate to listen to politics today, you can’t see it all in a while. And attach your ear over, I dictate an outline to you.”

Su Yan saw that Shen Qi had spoken too much and was out of breath, so he leaned over the edge of the bed and brought his face closer.

Shen Qi succinctly and roughly stated a few crimes involved in Feng de-evil. Su Yan nodded: “I’ve taken note. You lend me a carriage, I still have some time to comb through the physical evidence in the car.”

“But I always think it’s too tight, why don’t we wait until tomorrow?”

Su Yan shook his head, “This matter is like an arrow on the string, it will happen at the drop of a hat, there can be no more delays, and delay will lead to change.”

Shen Qi saw that he was calm and composed, with his own opinion, as if he had great courage and self-confidence, and from his eyes Cham Ran transmits a heart-warming look, so he couldn’t help but be more attracted to him, and kissed his cheeks, whispering, “Be careful in everything.”

Fist concern, overflowing. Su Yan couldn’t care less about his rudeness, holding the dark box and getting up, thinking that success or failure is here to stay, his heart was full of grandeur, he smiled at Shen Qi and pushed the door to leave.

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At the end of the fourth night, the sky is not yet light, the ministers are already waiting outside the noon gate of the morning court, note registration sign in.

Five o’clock to open the palace gate, the noon gate tower came from the bell, civil and military ministers in formation from the left and right tuck door to enter, across the Jinshui Bridge, according to rank on both sides of the door in front of the Taihe Gate. The system of court ceremonies is extremely strict, if there is coughing, spitting or unsteady steps among the officials, they will be recorded by the imperial historian in charge of the correction, and disposed of with impoliteness.

The Royal Gate to ascend the throne, sound the whip, the ministers perform a kneeling three kowtow. Immediately after the nine ministers of the six ministries in order to play things or respect to present the zhangzuo, by the emperor ordered to discuss, make a decision, issued a decree.

Just after the hundred officials had entered the square of the Taihe Gate, and the hearing of the government had been going on for more than half an hour, a carriage clattered and pressed against the lapis lazuli and stopped in front of the dismounted monument at the Noon Gate.

Su Yan holding a black lacquer inlaid wooden box got off the carriage, in the dawn light, looking toward the noon gate outside the erected Dengwen drum.

This drum is the founding emperor ordered to set up, has been used to this day. Officials and citizens of the capital city, and people from remote areas who go to the capital city can beat the drums to voice their grievances if they have important cases, which is also commonly known as suing the imperial court. Even death row prisoners who think they have grievances can have their families beat the drum on their behalf.

However, the emperor also stipulated that the drum could not be struck unless it was a major grievance or a confidential case. The six ministers and the jinyiwei took turns guarding the Dengwen Drum, receiving the drummers and registering their complaints. Once the drum is sounded, the imperial inspectors will go out to question the people and decide whether or not to report the case to heaven.

Su Yan hit the idea of this denunciation drum.

He did not wear the official’s mending son’s regular clothes, but a plain white linen and hemp mourning clothes, wearing a small crown of white hanging tapestries on his head, holding the box and walking.

Under the watchful eye of the Jinyiwei lieutenant who was holding the list, Su Yan picked up the steps, drew out the drumsticks on the rack with one hand, and struck the drum surface with force, one by one, calmly and forcefully.

He knocked a full twelve times before he stopped.

Drummer is also drawn from the brocade guards, is a black-faced man in his late thirties, heard the sound of the rest from the corridor rushed to, big old impatiently urged: “can can, but also how many times to knock, knocking broken you can afford to pay?”

He slapped the register in his hand on the wooden table next to him, “Who is it, what is it about, and is there a written pleading? If you can write, come over and fill out the list, if you can’t write, you say I’ll fill it out.”

Su Yan did not bother with him, holding the box in his left hand and holding the pen in his right hand, he wrote down “Su Yan, the Secretary of the Bureau of Scripture and Prince’s Attendant,” in the line of the complainant on the register in a flowing manner.

When the drummer saw it, his face changed slightly. Come here to beat the dengwen drum, eight out of ten are common people, or military officials, or the families of criminals, how have I ever seen the fifth-grade Beijing officials personally come to beat the drum! This Su is also the Crown Prince’s servant, why don’t you go to the East Palace to find my master to complain about his grievances? Have to come here to give him trouble.

He had a vague sense of foreboding in his mind, and when he looked again at the defendants on the register, his eyes went black and he almost fainted on the spot.

That column clearly reads, “Commander of the Brocade Guards, Palm Seal Steward Feng Goes Wicked.”

A small Beijing official from the fifth grade, wearing mourning clothes to break through the noon gate, to sue the son of God’s own army, the third grade Jin Yiwei seal chief, but also have to use to knock the Dengwen Drums this kind of million people in the spotlight of the way …… How to look at it, there are strange cases inside, enough to stir up the dynastic winds and clouds of that kind of, and may even involve him in this insignificant drums off his head. ……

The more the black-faced man thought about it, the more he felt emboldened.

But he can’t listen to this teenage official to the imperial court – regardless of the other side of the lawsuit success or failure, he must be commanding officer adults to skin!

Jin Yi Wei is not only the son of heaven’s guards and honor guards, South and North Zhenfu Si also hold the right to detect stabbing and arrest, the Imperial Prison eighteen punishment is even more frightening. Commander of the seal Feng go evil power for many years, deep roots, where is a year less than the crown of a small civil official can be shaken!

It’s better to blow people away quickly, and even if you want to file a complaint, go to the magistrate’s office, don’t come to plague him!

“What is this nonsense writing? I think you’ve lost your mind!” The black-faced man ripped off the pages Su Yan was writing and tore them up directly, and immediately droned towards the lieutenants on both sides, “You guys, fork him out of the noon gate and throw him to the street. If he dares to come back and spread wildness again, break his legs!”

Without saying a word, the two Jinyiwei lieutenants rushed over and forked Su Yan and dragged him outside.

Su Yan where is the opponent of the two big men, really showman meets soldier, can’t reason. He looked around, frowned and thought: the drums sounded for a long time, this is responsible for accepting and submitting the supervision of the Royal Secretary how to not come!

When he was anxious, he suddenly saw a fourth-ranking official wearing a scarlet cloud goose patch suit, walking out of the tucked-in door unhurriedly. Su Yan sharp eyes, immediately recognized a acquaintance – the right legitimate imperial inspectorate Jia Gongji.

“Lord Jia–” he raised his voice and shouted, “I have a strange injustice and a great case! A strange–injustice–great case–“

At this moment, as if possessed by Jiang Dawei and transmitted by Dai Yuqiang, he sang the last four words into a resounding tenor, which was still heard by Imperial Secretary Jia even though he was a hundred meters away.

Jia imperial historian’s eyes are not good, from a long distance, has not recognized the drummer is the small south courtyard squatting together with the Su readers, but “strange injustice” four words as if a dose of the most violent aphrodisiac, into his veins, making him excited red.

As a famous talker among the magistrates, Mr. Jia’s greatest wish in his life is to go down in history, replacing his predecessor Pao Zheng as the spokesman of integrity and defiance of power. Although the “two-sleeved clean” can not be done, but at least the “iron face” ah!

Therefore, he see who are not good eyes, catch who want to impeach, scold the eunuch soft sycophantic power, scold the relatives of the fox and tiger, scold the feudal king empty food salary, scold the civil official corpse food. Even the East Palace hides a small yellow book, this kind of and his eight pole can not beat the edge of the broken thing, he received the informant, are bold to participate in a book.

Prince is young and is the Crown Prince, give some face light scolding, and counseling Prince reading Zhanzifu Sentinel, Sentinel readers, especially the day to day attendant Su Qinghe, but also by him in the folding scolded, which caused the emperor to be angry, gave Su Yan a court cane.

Although the emperor’s deeper mind, or do a chastisement, stabilize the forces behind the attempt to shake the East Palace, put a long line to catch a big fish. However, due to Feng An Marquis Wei Jun authorized Feng to go to the evil intervene, resulting in Su Yan nearly died in the court cane.

After all was said and done, this Jia Imperial was one of the pushers.

However, Su Yan now wants to use him, naturally will not count this account with him. Seeing Jia Gongji approaching quickly, Su Yan called out, “Lord Jia, after I finished playing the drum, I hadn’t yet filled out the pleading sheet, and without saying a word, the drummer tore up the sheet and wanted to fork me out of the noon gate. I don’t know that I broke that rule, could it be that nowadays the Dengwen Drum doesn’t allow people to beat it?”

It was only then that Jia Gongji saw that the young man in front of him, who had been forked by the lieutenant, was not Su Qinghe, whom he had impeached and mocked to his face.

Who is this fine linen and light mourning for?

Look at this situation …… is going to do something big!

At this time, Jia Gongji, with no old faults in his eyes, but only new battles, couldn’t wait to ask: “Who is Su Zuma suing?”

Su Yan resounded, “Feng goes evil!”

As if enlightened, Jia Imperial was jolted, and the pores of his entire body blossomed.

–Thinking that he could add another colorful chapter to his impeachment history, Jia Imperial was so excited that his hands were shaking.

Jin Yiwei commander so what? The more authoritarian and trespassing, the more he seems to offend the advice of the valuable, even if this offends the face of the dragon, but also do not hesitate. The best and then beat him a cane, but not into his world of section, the name of the world?

Jia Gongji slapped his thigh: “I’ll take this drum certificate!”

He turned his head to scold the black-faced man, “As a drum clerk, you should have registered the drum certificates according to the facts, but because of the fear of power, you have malfeasance and perverted the law, and even assaulted and bustled the officials, which is very detestable! This official will report your offense to His Majesty at the court meeting.”

The drummer’s legs went limp and he fell to the ground, screaming, “I didn’t beat him up! I just gave him a light fork!”

Jia Gongji ignored him, and asked Su Yan excitedly, “This wooden box in your hand is evidence of a crime? It’s a bit small, I’m afraid it won’t hold much.”

“There’s also a big one.” Su Yan replied, “My carriage is parked in front of the dismounted monument, and there’s a hidden box in the car, which is filled with ironclad incriminating evidence. It’s just that I can’t move both alone.”

“This official will help you carry it.” Jia Gongji two arms and sleeves a pull, really went to the carriage, holding out a two-foot square big box, said to him, “Go, with me together in, first in the golden water bridge side waiting. When I have reported to the emperor, and then summoned you to the imperial proceedings, and that Feng went to the evil confronted in the court.”

Su Yan asked, “Feng Daewei is also at Fengtianmen?”

Jia Gongji said: “The emperor’s Royal Gate to listen to politics, as a rule, there is a member of the Jin Yi Wei Tang Shangguan, standing on the west side of the throne, responsible for passing the decree. Today it is Feng to go to the evil as a messenger. How, you dare not confront him face to face?”

Su Yan’s face did not change color: “How do you dare not? I have ironclad evidence in my hands, and every piece of evidence is a major crime that will kill you. I also want him to make up words to deny it, say more wrong more, really want to nitpick, which words can not pick out?”

Jia Gongji nodded with deep sympathy: “Good. I see Su Zui Ma eloquent, bold, and know the importance of impeachment, very much when the potential of the Kodao officials, the emperor sent you to manage the four libraries of the palace, the books, the talent.”

Su Yan smiled and said, ”Your Honor Jia is very kind. I also have respect for the royal historian’s high moral character. As long as the examination is willing to study, everyone can go on, but the speech officer is extremely important character, like the Confucius four ten philosophers, may not be available to everyone.”

Jia Gongji was he crowned a burst of bragging, more proud of the identity, said: “Although the rank of the Royal Historian is not high, but the duties are significant, impeachment of the Department of Justice, to identify the wrongdoing, supervise the road, for the Son of God clear eyes and ears, correct discipline. I am in possession of the right to correct the bomb, the right to supervise the test, the right to justice, and even more temporarily dispatched to the field, to become a governor, Governor or Governor, to rectify the local affairs, due to the ad hoc.”

He to Su Yan hard is sold a round of peace of mind, and finally proposed: “If this case can be a success, how about this official to the emperor to recommend, so that Su wash the horse and then lead a seventh-grade supervision of the imperial historian’s position?”