"Left Prime Minister."
With a shout, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, raised his head and looked at Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, who was standing in front of him.
"Prime Minister Zuo, the Sun family only copied a few pennies. What's the difference between copying it and not copying it?"
The face of Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, was obviously disappointed.
Hearing what Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, said, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, couldn't sit still.
He stood up, walked to Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, and asked: "Not long ago, didn't his second son Sun Luolin open an inn? How come he can't get any money out of it?"
"The people who have lowered their rank have searched carefully several times and found a few coins."
After finishing speaking, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, sighed.
Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, also looked a little disappointed. If he couldn't make any money, then the treasury would not have any money added in one day.
In this regard, Su Yunqi didn't quite believe this fact, and looked at Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, with a look of doubt.
"This inn has also been confiscated?"
Guo Shangshu nodded: "You can't find a penny in this inn, and your face is cleaner than this one."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the prime minister of the left, thought for a while and wandered a few steps in front of Guo Shangshu.
After a while, he couldn't find the reason, so he asked the right prime minister Yang Youcheng who was burying his head in processing the memorial.
"Right Chancellor, you said they had no money at all, how did they survive?" Su Yunqi looked confused.
Listening to his benefactor's questions, the right prime minister Yang Youcheng raised his head, looked at the looks between Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments, and his benefactor Su Yunqi, and spoke about his thoughts.
"How this person survived is unknown." After saying this, Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng looked at Guo Xingwen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked: "When your people from the Ministry of Punishment went to ransack the house, their whole family was there?"
Upon hearing this, Guo Shangshu glanced at the right prime minister beside him, then looked at the left prime minister, and answered truthfully: "Back to the left prime minister, according to the people of the lower officials, they were nowhere to be seen when they ransacked the house."
Guo Shangshu said something, and Yang Youcheng, the Prime Minister on the right, started to think about it.
Before Yang Youcheng could say anything, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of Zuo, expressed his suspicions: "Could it be that their family left in advance after knowing that their home was going to be ransacked?"
"possible."
"Yesterday, Sun Zhicai resigned from the official position to the Ministry of Personnel. He probably left after resigning."
Upon hearing Yang Youcheng's words, Su Yunqi glanced at Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and hurriedly gave instructions to a junior official in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Although he was an official, he was also of no rank and usually only helped the two Prime Ministers. Just a messenger.
"Qin Lang!"
"Young one is here, just give me your orders, Prime Minister Zuo."
"Go, summon several major city gates, and those who leave the city will check them carefully one by one. If they find one of the Sun family members, they will stop him quickly!"
"yes!"
Just when the boy was about to send a message, Zuo Xiang stopped him.
"Wait."
"Does the Prime Minister have any other instructions?"
"By the way, I would like to inform Gui Yuanwei, Minister of the Ministry of War, that everyone entering and exiting all cities except Yanyang City will be carefully identified. Once Sun Zhicai and others are discovered, they will be stopped quickly and their baggage will be carefully searched."
"yes."
Seeing that Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, had nothing to say, Qin Lang just walked away.
"Prime Minister Zuo, according to my official opinion, Sun Zhicai has a lot of talent, so he left the city early this morning. He will not be far away now." The Minister of Punishment said.
"Have those Yu Si officials been convicted?" Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, was very concerned.
Guo Shangshu shook his head: "Not yet."
"As soon as possible. Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, has already settled the case. Is it necessary to wait so long for a conviction? Since this matter is a matter of the Ministry of Revenue, ask Cen Wenxing to assist you and convict him as soon as possible to avoid the rumors. A rumor."
Looking at the somewhat angry face of Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, also blamed himself: "Yes, yes, it's all because of the incompetence of the subordinates. I will urge them when they get back."
"Then hurry up and go."
"Yes Yes Yes."
"I am resigning."
After the ceremony, Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, bowed, turned around, and walked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, heading towards the Ministry of Punishment.
Once he left, Guo Xingwen did not go to the Punishment Department, but to the Punishment Department prison.
As soon as the Minister of Punishment arrived, the guards in the prison of the Punishment Department were like full-bodied tigers, guarding him carefully.
As soon as Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, left, all the jailers he met greeted him.
People like Guo Shangshu ignored them and went straight to the cell where Yu Si officials were imprisoned.
It's nothing more than two things. One is to see how these Yusi officials are doing and whether they think their sentences should be reduced. The other is to see if there are any complainers or those who are unrepentant.
As soon as I walked to the cell, I saw everyone looking at the Minister of Punishment with weak eyes.
The two cells were facing each other, and both cells held Yu Si's people.
Seeing this, Guo Xingwen, the usually dignified Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, suddenly smiled.
Looking at these officials who had no hope of survival, Guo Shangshu comforted them: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, you can't die, you can't die."
After listening to Guo Shangshu's words, the Yu Si officials from the two cells stood by the door, looking at the Minister of Punishment with curious eyes.
"Guo Shangshu, is it true?" These Yusi officials said in unison, grabbing the iron fence.
Guo Shangshu nodded, looked at these Yusi officials, and said with a smile: "Are you ready to go to the West?"
"What are you talking about, Mr. Guo? None of the lower officials want to live, but... after all, if we make this mistake, even if the emperor knows about it, then our heads will fall to the ground." said the little official.
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan came forward with hesitation, his face pressed against the fence, and said: "Guo Shangshu, can you really save the heads of these subordinates?"
"Of course, what I say can't be false. But..."
Seeing that Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, suddenly stopped talking, several officials came out of curiosity.
"But what?" Yu Sibai Gaoyuan continued.
"Then it depends on whether you are sincere?" Guo Xingwen smiled slightly.
Upon hearing this, Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan quickly understood and said with a smile: "Of course, as long as Guo Shangshu can save the official's head, he will be sincere."
Upon hearing this, Guo Xingwen smiled happily: "Okay! If you are sincere enough, I will be able to save your head. If you are sincere enough, there will be nothing I can do."
"Yes, yes." After responding, Bai Gaoyuan was worried that his head was not safe, so he hurriedly spoke again: "Guo Shangshu."
"What's the matter?"
Bai Gaoyuan waved, probably signaling Guo Shangshu to come closer.
Guo Shangshu approached without fear.
Then, Bai Gaoyuan whispered in Guo Shangshu's ear.
After hearing this, I saw that the Minister of Punishment was even more happy: "Okay, I will definitely let you out tomorrow."
Bai Gaoyuan suddenly smiled, and a few incomplete teeth were exposed with joy.
The Yusi official on the side looked at Bai Gaoyuan's smile and immediately became interested.
"Guo Shangshu, please save my head. I will honor you well when I get out."
"Yes, Guo Shangshu, please save my head."
Suddenly, a loud banging sound came from the two cells where Yusi officials were detained, and the noise attracted the jailer.
"What are you doing!"
"Rebellion against you?!"
As soon as the jailer finished speaking, his eyes saw that it was Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and he immediately became weak: "Guo Shangshu."
Guo Xingwen glanced at the jailer. Looking at such a dedicated jailer, he felt a little appreciative in his heart: "Okay, you can go down. There is no problem here."
"yes."
After the jailer left, Guo Xingwen turned his eyes to the Yusi officials.
"Okay, okay. Don't worry, as long as you are sincere, this head will not move."
"Thank you, Minister!"
"Thank you, Minister."
Everyone was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and saying thanks.
"Everyone, please get up."
After watching everyone get up, Guo Shangshu said again: "As long as you are sincere enough, I can save your heads." After saying this, he looked around and said again: "Okay, I I still have official duties, so I’ll stay soon.”
After saying that, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, raised his hand, waved, turned around, and left.
Seeing Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, walking away, these Yusi officials who were hanging on the fence just left, walked a few steps back, and sat down cross-legged.
"Even if my head can be saved, I will lose this official." The young official sighed.
Upon hearing this, several petty officials sighed together.
After a while, the rational little official said what he was thinking: "As long as you can keep your head, what else is more important than this? If you lose the official position, you can fight for it, if you lose the money, you can earn more, but if you lose your head, then it's really Gone."
Hearing what this official said, several minor officials who heard on the side nodded: "That's true."
With what this little official said, these officials suddenly started to think more openly, and they all came closer, looking at Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan who was sitting cross-legged and relaxing with his eyes closed, and asked questions.
"Bai Yusi, just now Guo Shangshu said it depends on whether the sincerity is enough, what do you think?" After saying this, the junior official looked at several junior officials on the side.
"Yeah, how can I show him this sincerity?"
Suddenly, every petty official was looking for ways to show sincerity.
Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan still looked the same. Even though someone asked, he still had his eyes closed, sitting cross-legged, with a calm look on his face.
I saw Bai Gaoyuan's right hand slightly stretched forward, his thumb and index finger intertwined and rubbed.
Seeing Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's gesture, the smarter officials already understood, while only the unsmart ones were still asking about the reason.
Today was the most frightening day for Yu Si who was imprisoned in the cell.
Just because they know that this crime will not be delayed for too long, and at most it will be decided tomorrow.
The petty officials who still had valuable things at home didn't panic too much, but those who didn't have anything valuable at home and whose families had to support themselves were more panicked.
No one knows how he will be convicted tomorrow, whether he will lose his head or be sent to the army, or whether his head will be lost again and his home will be confiscated.
In the evening, Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, invited the Minister of Hubu to have a drink in a nice room of an inn.
"Guo Shangshu, if you have anything to do with me, just tell me. Don't go around this way."
The Minister of Hubu said, and looked at the Minister of Xingbu.
