Act according to criminal law?
Zhang Yulin shuddered. The emperor meant that he should take the paper.
It's easy to get the warrant, difficult to interrogate, and even harder to end...
This thing is a hot potato.
But there was no other way. Zhang Yulin took the petition and looked at the new yamen officer with some sadness: "I will act in accordance with the law! Come on, please pass the notice to the defendant, plaintiff, and everyone involved in the case. The case will be heard in court tomorrow morning. , neither party can use excuses to evade, otherwise they will be severely punished!"
Zhao Hai understood Zhang Yulin's mood. After the government officials retired, he read the petition and frowned: "As far as I know, this Gu Zhengchen has a close relationship with Mu Ying, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and has a close relationship with the East Palace. Even if he is aggrieved, he would not write a pleading, as he would not know that doing so would easily offend the Marquis and make it difficult for the matter to end."
Zhang Yulin held a tea bowl: "Judging from the pleadings, Fei Qiang did go too far. He dared to rob women, smash shops, and beat people in broad daylight. Although these crimes did not cost his life, they were enough for Fei Qiang when combined. Lie down for a while."
Zhao Hai shook his head slightly: "Not necessarily? The Marquis of Pingliang will definitely atone for his punishment and will not let Fei Qiang suffer. He may even bite back, confuse right and wrong, and make Gu Zhengchen suffer."
Zhang Yulin stared at the three words "Gu Zhengchen" at the end of the petition and said in a deep voice: "This man is in the limelight and has some intelligence, but after all, he is still too young and does not know the energy and means of the Hou Mansion."
That night.
Zhang Yulin had just returned home and before he could sit down, there was a knock on the door.
The servant announced: "Master, Fei Liu, the chief steward of Pingliang Hou Mansion, is here to visit."
Zhang Yulin knew that what was supposed to come would always come, so he agreed to come down and meet him in the study.
Fei Liu was a distant relative of Fei Ju, and he worked under Fei Ju's sect. Because of his diligence and his understanding of worldly affairs, Fei Ju admired him, so he became the butler.
Zhang Yulin looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. He was in his forties, tall and thin, and his big yellow teeth were more eye-catching than his shrewd eyes.
Fei Liu didn't talk nonsense, clapped his hands, ordered people to bring in two boxes, opened them, and said to Zhang Yulin: "Master Hou will never be stingy when he sends people to do things."
Zhang Yulin looked at it, and the white silver stung his eyes. He couldn't help but stare at it and said: "Steward Fei, it's better to take back these silver coins. I handle cases based on Ming law and order, not this silver!"
Fei Liu chuckled, dismissed the servants, and sat down: "Don't worry, no one will see us when we come to the house, and it won't be leaked. Zhang Fuyin, I heard that you took the petition and passed it on. If you want to ask Master Fei Qiang to go to Yingtian Mansion Yamen in person, this seems to be against the rules. Master Fei is the son of the Marquis, and the future Marquis of Pingliang will be your little Yingtian Mansion Yamen. Haha, can you afford it?"
Zhang Yulin looked at the tough Fei Liu and said in a deep voice, "What does Butler Fei mean?"
Fei Liu sneered, and a look of sternness appeared on his face: "Withdraw the paper, don't waste your energy. The affairs of the Hou Mansion will naturally be solved by the Hou Mansion's people, using the Hou Mansion's methods!"
Zhang Yulin stared at Fei Liu and shook his head slightly: "Gu Zhengchen is not an ordinary citizen, he is a person with an official position. Although the Hou Mansion is powerful, he cannot insult the imperial officials at will!"
"Zhang Fuyin, are you teaching the Marquis how to do things?"
Fei Liu met Zhang Yulin's eyes, grabbed the tea bowl with his right hand, paused on the table, and let the tea flow out.
Zhang Yulin knew that the people in the Hou Mansion were not easy to mess with. Relying on their merits as Conglong and their status as founding heroes of the country, these people had acted tyrannically more than once or twice. The emperor was not unaware of this, but at most they only reprimanded them a few times.
For example, Fei Ju once went to Suzhou to appease the soldiers and civilians. As a result, Fei Ju searched for beautiful women in Suzhou and indulged in wine and sex all day long without doing anything.
But so what?
The emperor called him to Jinling and scolded him, but in the end he did nothing.
Follow the example, Fei Ju is like this, Fei Qiang naturally follows suit. He is considered a playboy in Jinling, and his status is really special, no one dares to provoke him.
However, Zhang Yulin had no other choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I won't say what Gu Zhengchen said, but Ying Tianfu has accepted this paper. I also asked the housekeeper to inform the Marquis of Pingliang. Ying Tianfu also had no choice but to do this as a last resort. "
Fei Liu suddenly stood up, pointed at Zhang Yulin's nose and cursed: "Zhang Yulin, why don't you give up your face? The Marquis of Pingliang asked you not to accept the paper for the sake of your whole family. You are so ignorant, so you are not afraid of suffering." Are you going to cause trouble?"
Zhang Yulin was very angry. He was the governor of Yingtian Mansion. He was not a fourth-rank magistrate from other places, but a third-rank official. This was considered a high official in a court where there was no first-rank official!
But now, he was being pointed at and scolded by a little butler and a nothing!
Zhang Yulin looked at the arrogant Fei Liu, finally held back, lowered his head to accept the lesson, and then said: "As I said before, Ying Tianfu Yamen really has no choice. Please inform the Marquis to show his understanding."
Seeing that Zhang Yulin was not going to withdraw the petition, Fei Liu snorted: "That's all, the court trial will be held tomorrow. The Marquis also wants to see who wants to bully the young master! If the verdict is unfair at all, the Marquis will not mind tearing down the government office!"
Zhang Yulin looked at Fei Liu who was about to leave, but before he had time to remind him, Fei Liu had already ordered someone to carry away the silver...
Just after dinner, the servant came again to report: "The supervisory censor Yan Dui is here to visit."
Zhang Yulin looked out the window and it was already dark. He came to the door at this time. He must have had a specific purpose.
study.
Yan Dun was dressed in simple clothes without official uniform. When he saw no one around him, he said bluntly to Zhang Yulin: "The higher-ups have told me to do everything possible to sentence Gu Zhengchen to prison. It is best to make him never recover!"
Zhang Yulin raised his eyebrows: "Yan Yushi, what do you mean by the top?"
Yan Dun reached out his hand, dipped it in tea, and wrote the word "Ning" one stroke at a time on the table. Then he poured the tea, destroyed the words, took out a document from his sleeve, and handed it over: "How to do it?" , it depends on Zhang Fuyin’s arrangements.”
Zhang Yulin took the document, opened it, and took a deep breath of air.
Mother, this Chen Ning wants to kill Gu Zhengchen. Why is Jurong open to corruption? What about Jurong calling people into slavery? He even directly refers to the Craftsman's Institute among the three major courtyards in Jurong as the Institute of Dead Soldiers. He also said that Gu Zhengchen let some of Zhang Shicheng's remnants go, which was because he had second thoughts...
My dear, this censor kills people all with his mouth.
It’s just that my Dr. Chen Ning and Chen Yushi, what Ying Tianfu is trying to interrogate is Fei Qiang’s smashing of a sugar shop, beating up clerks and shopkeepers, and robbing civilian girls. If you reveal these things, you are asking me to interrogate Fei Qiang. Or let me interrogate Gu Zhengchen?
Yan Dun stood up, saluted and said, "Zhongshu Province also knows about this matter."
