Zhang Zhuangtou and another Zhuangtou were shocked when they saw a tall man in the palace fell from his horse. They hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
Unexpectedly, the lieutenant got up, knelt on his knees, and crawled towards Gao Pingshi using all four limbs. Gao Mo didn't know what he wanted to do, so he immediately stopped in front of him and shouted, "Stop."
Well, actually, it seems, it seems, he is not standing.
The lieutenant general didn't care about this. After being drunk by Gao Mo, he kowtowed violently and said, "Damn it, little one. I don't have eyes to see Mount Tai. I don't know it's Gao Guanzheng in person. I beg you, Gao Guanzheng." A lot, spare the life of a dog, I will work as a cow or a horse in my next life to repay Gao Guanzheng's great kindness."
This man's attitude changed so quickly that Gao Pragmatic was caught off guard for a moment and said in shock, "Hey, tell me, what are your crimes?"
In fact, it's no wonder that Gao Pingshi was a little surprised. He had always followed the high-level route and dealt with real high-level people. There were really few "going deep into the grassroots". When dealing with high-level officials, it is rare for them to face each other face to face. Generally speaking, it at least seems to be a "gentleman's dispute." Even if they lose, it is nothing more than asking for a job.
Or just like Xu Jie, write a letter to Gao Gong, give in, and say a few words of begging for mercy. The other party will definitely be embarrassed to care about it, so both parties take a step back, and that's it.
But like today, one moment he was so tense that he wanted to take the opponent's head and use it as a ball, and the next moment he kowtowed and confessed his crime, begged for mercy, and was very pragmatic. I really don't have this experience.
He didn't know that the level gap between people these days was so big, and the gap between him and this lieutenant was so big that the other party felt that he could easily take his own life.
However, being highly pragmatic is, after all, highly pragmatic. After being stunned, he quickly reacted and thought of a small detail just now. That is, when the other party heard that he called himself "Gao Xiuzhuan", he subconsciously called him "Gao Xiuzhuan". ”, but called him “Gao Guanzheng”.
This shows that the other party has long known that Gao Pragmatic is Gao Guanzheng, and in the eyes of the other party, Gao Pragmatic is Gao Guanzheng, the one who accompanies the emperor all day long, including "ancestors" such as Huang Mengyu, the governor of the East Factory, and Chen Ju, the censor of the imperial horse. The emperor's ministers should be greeted with caution
Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju are the top ancestors in the inner court. And they, the little eunuchs who were sent out, still don't know if they can meet these two ancestors all year long.
The two ancestors have to be careful to greet people who they can offend.
The big eunuchs may want some face when they have more power, but the little eunuchs still care about offending someone they can't afford to offend. The first priority is to beg for mercy and save their lives. Face is nothing. They are the emperor's slaves. It's true, but no matter how awesome a house slave is, he is still a house slave in essence. He is already a fucking "slave", so why should he care about face?
I have to say that these people are true pragmatists.
Regarding Gao Pragmatic's question, the lieutenant-general also kowtowed directly and replied, "You are so blind that you dare to attack Gao Guanzheng, so you deserve death."
Gao pragmatic sighed and lost interest in talking to him. He waved to Chen Ju from a distance and said, "Come on, I'm too lazy to argue with you. You should explain your problem to Chen Ju yourself."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic usually wouldn't call Chen Ju by his name, but now he wanted to show off Gao Guanzheng's prestige, so he simply acted more arrogantly.
Sure enough, when the lieutenant heard this, he was so frightened that he kowtowed even more vigorously and begged for mercy.
Although Gao Jingshi had long been degenerated into a member of the feudal landlord class, after all, he still retained a lot of the three views of his previous life. Seeing his pitiful appearance, he hesitated for a moment and finally said, "What crime do you have? Chen Ju will tell you later." You, but since you sincerely plead guilty, I can’t just punish you without teaching you, and I will let him spare your life.”
"Thank you Gao Guanzheng, thank you Gao Guanzheng." The Zhongguan finally felt more at ease and kowtowed again and again.
Gao Pragmatic shook his head inwardly, thinking that this person, not to mention other abilities, must be at the level of a professional just by kowtowing.
The two accomplices brought by the Zhongguan, the two village heads, saw that the "highest minister in the palace" was actually frightened like this by this guy who claimed to be "a highly pragmatic editor in the Hanlin Academy". They couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. What a big deal I saw a ghost during the day. Isn't he just a minor editor of the Hanlin Academy? Although he is an extremely noble Hanlin official, he has no power. How could the superior be so frightened?
They had already been controlled by the Gao family's servants at this moment, and they did not dare to act rashly. They just kept their four eyes moving, obviously they had not figured out the situation yet.
At this time, Chen Ju had already brought the young supervisor Dong over and gave Gao Pragmatic a wry smile.
Gao Pragmatic also smiled and said, "This person's attitude towards pleading guilty is quite good. It is your Royal Horse Supervisor's business to be exempted from the death penalty. It is up to you to decide."
Chen Ju smiled bitterly and nodded, then glanced at them with a serious face, and asked coldly, "Your name is Li Shisan"
Li Shisan continued to use the kowtow technique, kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Reporting to my ancestors, I am right. I don't know that Gao Guanzheng and my ancestors arrived and bumped into the noble man. He deserves death."
Chen Ju, however, was not pragmatic and easy to talk to. He kowtowed to him as if he had never seen him, and said calmly, "The crime deserves death. Yes, the crime deserves death."
Li Shisan didn't expect Chen Ju's attitude to be so cold and harsh. His heart was in his throat again and he begged for mercy, "My ancestors, please forgive me. I don't dare to do it anymore. Please forgive me, my ancestors."
Chen Ju said calmly, "Gao Xiuzhan just exempted you from your death penalty, so you don't need to ask me for mercy."
Li Shisan was relieved in his heart, but he was still very measured in his words. He quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you Gao Xiuzan for your mercy, and thank you ancestors for your mercy."
Chen Ju said slowly, "Whose child are you from?"
This question is not to ask who Li Shisan's father is, but to ask who Li Shisan's "godfather" is in the palace. In fact, it is to ask whose disciple he is.
Li Shisan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Chen Ju would ignore him and directly order the killing. The rules between eunuchs were much greater than those between officials. Not to mention the rules between civil servants, even the rules between military officers were not as good as those between eunuchs. The rules are strict, and it is nothing new to directly beat an eunuch to death if he collides with an ancestor-level eunuch.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who cut themselves off and tried to become eunuchs in the palace, and they were repeatedly banned. It doesn't matter if they kill a few for making mistakes.
But since Chen Ju asked him who his family was, Li Shisan felt relieved. He knew that he would definitely not die as soon as he reported his family name.
"The ancestors of the good teachings know that the younger one is Li Gong's secret letter."
