Ying Wushang knew the rules very well and sealed the acupuncture points in the main hall. This was to prevent the young people's dirty words from dirtying the ears of the adults. However, there was no such restriction outside the main hall.
There is a special person in charge of the punishment method of imperial rod in the palace. Ying Wushang is responsible for staring at the young man with a face full of ridicule.
At first, the young man was still a bit stubborn and didn't say anything, so Ying Wushang glanced at the little eunuch who was executing the execution.
What a coincidence, this little eunuch came from Dongchang. Wu Qiming just took one away from Dongchang a while ago. The name of Jinyiwei is more effective than the emperor's imperial edict in Dongchang at this time.
After understanding Ying Wushang's hint, the young eunuch immediately became violent and asked several people to beat him to death. He beat the young man until his skin and flesh were raw and he howled incessantly.
In the hall where the cabinet was discussing, everyone was silent and listened quietly to the shouts of the young people outside.
Commander Lu didn't speak because he had nothing to say, while Chen Nuo didn't speak because he was always looking at Lu Hanjiang and didn't know what the old guy was thinking.
Finally, in the silence, someone spoke.
"Master Lu, I want to apologize for my cousin's fault. He didn't mean it. Please show mercy." The last person to stand up was Miss Chen.
Miss Chen's face looked a little haggard, and the reddish traces at the corners of her eyes showed that she was in great pain because of her father's death. It was indeed admirable to be able to cheer up from her sorrow and come here as a woman at this moment.
Today in the main hall, Miss Chen was really surprised when she saw Lu Hanjiang. Lu Qiqi was Commander Lu. Although this was still within her imagination, it was definitely far beyond her expectation.
Unexpectedly, the young man who forced her to steal fish at Jinming Temple that day was the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Mr. Lu, whom she was looking for. She just sighed that things in the world are unpredictable.
Looking at Zhang Tian's face that was full of tears, Lu Hanjiang sighed and said: "The imperial court has its own rules, but I am not an unkind person. After all, the Chen family has suffered a disaster, so this gaffe can be regarded as a sign of love. It’s excusable.”
Miss Chen's eyes were a little complicated, and she whispered: "Thank you."
"No need."
Lu Hanjiang waved his hand, and then asked Ying Wushang to be called in. Unexpectedly, the first thing he said when he came in was: "Sir, the thief who spoke arrogantly could not stand the beating and is already dead."
"What? Alas."
Lu Hanjiang shook his head, and then made a helpless gesture to Miss Chen, who had a slightly dull expression: "I have given you face, but unfortunately, this friend of Chen's seems to have a bad fate."
With that said, Lu Hanjiang walked to a corner of the palace and said earnestly to Cao Yuan, who was standing in the shadows as if he had never existed: "Eunuch Cao, you, the people in the palace, should be trained properly. How come you are only fifty years old?" It's a sin to beat someone to death."
"." Cao Yuan opened his mouth and didn't speak, but seeing the heavy look in his eyes, he probably wouldn't be able to say anything good even if he opened his mouth. It would be really ugly if someone from the top of the cabinet shouted that he is his mother. .
Seeing that Lu Hanjiang didn't seem to have any intention of moving, Cao Yuan moved his lips, and finally said lightly: "Master Lu is teaching me a lesson. After I return, I will teach them well."
"That's good."
Lu Hanjiang nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and went to Chen Nuo. He saluted as a junior, and then asked warmly: "Old sir, is there anything else you want to ask?"
As he spoke, Lu Hanjiang's eyes drifted to the few people behind him. In addition to the young man who was beaten to death, there were several other people, but at this moment, they all dared to be angry and dare not speak.
Finally, Lu Hanjiang's eyes fell on Miss Chen. His eyes were like spring water in March, but in Chen Nuo's eyes, they were like deep winter ice.
He could feel that Lu Hanjiang's gaze was not a man's appreciation or concern for a woman, but the beast's interest and teasing of its prey.
One life can't feed Jin Yiwei enough. Today's incident made Chen Nuo understand that the other party is not the kind of person like Meng Yuan who makes plans and then takes action. Lu Hanjiang's behavior is comparable to that of His Majesty who fell out with the family just because of a joke. .
If he continues to ask questions today, I am afraid that none of the people behind him will be able to walk out of the palace alive. Fortunately, what he wants to confirm has been confirmed.
"I've finished asking. Sir, please excuse me."
In the puzzled looks of the Chen family, Chen Nuo seemed to have not seen his grandson who was beaten to death with a royal stick, and said goodbye to Lu Hanjiang with a faint salute.
A cabinet inquiry added another coffin to the Chen family's mourning hall. The Chen family members were not without anger, but they were also frightened because no one expected that Lu Hanjiang's reaction would be so strong.
You know, since His Majesty suddenly gave up suppressing the family, the family has never been bullied like this again in more than 20 years.
Chen Nuo knew the level of the imperial staff in the palace. If he had the intention, even a hundred sticks wouldn't hurt someone. What's more, he was only fifty years old. He killed someone today. This was obviously the instruction of Jin Yiwei.
Lu Hanjiang told the family one thing with today's events, that is, he is different from Meng Yuan, he can really kill people, and he comes from the Lu family, ranked sixth in the "Clan Chronicle", if he really wants to take action, plus Jin Yiwei's help was not in vain for their Chen family.
Of course, Chen Nuo can be the person who takes charge of the overall situation after Chen Zihua's death. Naturally, he cannot be a reckless man who chooses to confront him head-on. Today's incident is not so much a question as it is that he is deliberately irritating Lu Hanjiang.
Chen Zihua's death was so strange that Chen Nuo's immediate reaction was that there might be forces in the capital behind the matter. The first thing he suspected was Jin Yiwei.
The time, place and even the people to meet are determined by Jin Yiwei. It is too easy to manipulate them, but this method is tantamount to poisoning under real names and is really not in line with Jin Yiwei's way of doing things.
Secondly, Chen Nuo angered Lu Hanjiang in the cabinet today. If the other party had evil intentions, there would be no need to argue with them. Instead, they should cooperate with Chen's questioning and produce a lot of perfect evidence to prove his innocence.
However, Lu Hanjiang was not interested in proving his innocence. He directly used his life to warn Chen not to provoke him. This actually made Chen Nuo dispel a considerable part of his doubts about this person.
"Yin'er, what do you think of Mr. Lu?" Chen Nuo suddenly looked at Miss Chen beside him and asked this question abruptly.
In the mourning hall, Chen Yin, who was still immersed in the pain of the death of her father and cousin, suddenly looked up. Chen Nuo's words made the memory in her mind begin to go back, and finally settled on the scene when the two stole fish at Jinming Temple.
For some reason, the young man with the expression of wanting to be beaten in her memory played a cruel trick on her, but it was undeniable that Chen Yin actually had no ill feelings towards him.
At that time, she didn't know the other party's identity, and only regarded him as a minor figure in the Lu family, so she didn't pretend anything in front of him. She was able to sense to some extent that Master Lu's absurdity was sincere.
Chen Yin didn't see any ambition in Lu Hanjiang's eyes, nor did he see any sinister calculations in him. The other person's wanton look in front of the Bodhi Pond was indeed revealing his true feelings.
Therefore, Chen Yin was unable to connect the other party with the murderer of his father, and Chen Nuo's test today also proved this in reverse.
So Chen Yin, after being silent, replied: "I don't think it was Mr. Lu. It wasn't Mr. Lu who did it."
Chen Nuo nodded slightly, and then said: "In that case, you can go to the Lu Mansion tomorrow with a gift and apologize for Mrs. Chen. There is no need for us to provoke unnecessary enemies in these troubled times."
After that, he turned and left the mourning hall. Chen Nuo did not even glance at the body in the coffin during the whole process, as if it was not his grandson connected by blood, but just a stranger passing by.
