The Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai will interrogate!
Gu Zhengchen smiled. He really thought highly of himself and gave such a luxurious lineup.
There is currently no statement on the joint review of the three departments of the "Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai (Duchayuan), and Dali Temple". Although Lao Zhu had established Dali Temple before he became emperor, after he became emperor, Dali Temple was destroyed. Apart from.
This also led to the fact that in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, there was no "Supreme Court" Dali Temple.
During this period of time, the configuration of the Criminal Department and the Yushitai was considered to be top-notch. Although the two offices often worked together, there were not many scenes of officials sitting together to interrogate prisoners.
The main reason is that Lao Zhu is very powerful. He will take care of the Ministry of Justice and the Yushitai when he is in trouble. He directly saves the intermediate links, gets it done in one step, and sends people on their way. Of course, there were not many things that could make Lao Zhu anxious, so most of the cases were handled by the Criminal Department and supervised by Yushitai.
Facing the proud Chen Ning, Gu Zhengchen just smiled coldly and ignored Chen Ning at all.
Chen Ning originally wanted to see Gu Zhengchen crying in despair and hearing him kneel down begging for mercy, pleading with regret, so that he could feel pleasure, but the scene in front of him made Chen Ning very angry.
Not only did he not beg for mercy, he even dared to laugh!
"Gu Zhengchen, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Chen Ning reminded.
Gu Zhengchen turned around and sat on the hay. He didn't mind tomorrow at all. He just said with a cold face: "Chen Ning, has anyone ever warned you, even once, not to provoke me? I once thought that as an official, at least better than The gangsters on the street are better, they know how not to touch people's bottom line, keep a thin line when doing things, and don't do things to the extreme."
"But you tell me, to be an official you need to be shameless and shameless! You have no principles, malicious slander, don't look at the right and wrong, and don't see the black and white. As long as you can defeat your opponent, you will do anything! Ha, I've never done anything You have learned this from me, and I will use it on you in the future!”
Chen Ning smiled happily and shook his head: "You have no chance. Tomorrow, you will be sentenced to death. Then, your wife, your mother, your sister, oh, and your adopted sister Liu Qian'er, will all Send them to the Jiaofang Division! Do you know where that place is? Don’t worry, I know that place well and I will take care of them personally!"
Gu Zhengchen stared at Chen Ning, with strong murderous intent flashing in his eyes!
Zhao Yihui felt a chill running through his body and looked at Gu Zhengchen in shock. He was a civil servant, how could he have such a terrifying murderous aura?
Wu Rong clapped his hands and walked to the door of the prison. He suddenly reached out his hand, grabbed Chen Ning's collar and pulled him back. Chen Ning instantly hit the wooden fence and shouted in panic: "Come here, come here." , the criminals attacked and killed the officials!"
Wang Zhongli, the Minister of Punishment on the side, was also startled by the situation in front of him and hurriedly stepped forward to open Wu Rong's hand.
Who is Wu Rong? He is a real warrior on the battlefield. He was selected by Mu Ying as the first personal guard. He can be trusted with his life. The power of his hands cannot be opened by Wang Zhongli, who has no power to bind a chicken. He has no choice but to Screaming for the jailer to come to help.
Chen Ning felt that his face was in pain and his body was almost squeezed into the wooden fence.
Wu Rong stared at Chen Ning, ruthlessly: "Chen Brandie, remember, even if Gu Zhengchen is gone one day, whoever dares to touch his family, I will..."
"Shut up!"
Gu Zhengchen came over and interrupted Wu Rong.
The jailors ran over one after another, and just as they were about to step forward, Chen Ning waved his hand and asked people to step back. He stared at Gu Zhengchen with red eyes and threatened in a low voice: "Assaulting an official will be punished with an additional penalty, Gu Zhengchen. Not only will you die, I, Chen Ning, swear that in the next year, those people you care about will accompany you in various tragic ways!"
Gu Zhengchen closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, suddenly opened his eyes, took a step forward, and punched out!
Bang!
A punch landed on Chen Ning's face!
Wu Rong let go of his hand in shock. Chen Ning stepped back and hit the cell door on the opposite side. He opened his mouth and a tooth fell into the palm of his hand with blood.
"I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you!"
Chen Ning felt a heartbreaking pain and shouted sharply.
Zhao Yihui opened his mouth, "Oh my god, someone actually beat up Chen Ning, the chief of Yushitai. This guy is Chen Laotie, a notoriously cruel person, and he is here today!"
Wu Rong didn't expect that he originally just wanted to give Chen Ning a warning and ask him to restrain himself, but who knew that Gu Zhengchen actually took action directly. Now that the attack was over, the matter was difficult to end.
Assaulting an official is a serious crime, and punishment with a rod is inevitable. The remaining question is whether to be imprisoned or exiled...
Wang Zhongli, the Minister of Punishment, looked pale. He looked at Chen Ning's slightly swollen half of his face and his mouth was trembling. He pointed at Gu Zhengchen and felt that he was standing too close. He took two steps back and shouted: "You, how dare you So presumptuous!”
Gu Zhengchen rubbed his fists and stared at Chen Ning: "You are lucky, you only lost one tooth. If you dare to open the cell door, I will make all your teeth fall out!"
Chen Ning shuddered, Gu Zhengchen was crazy, absolutely crazy!
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even the most arrogant generals have not dared to bully or beat civil servants, not to mention that he is still a censor and an important minister in the court!
"I will definitely report to Your Majesty and have you executed!"
Chen Ning didn't dare to let anyone open the cell. Wu Rong was no problem in dealing with a few jailers. It seemed that he couldn't beat Gu Zhengchen. If he beat him down and knocked out all his teeth, even if he died, I am also at a loss.
"Chen Ning, you threatened me with my family to plead guilty, how could I agree? So many jailors and prisoners here have heard it. It was you who threatened me first. As a military general and a rough man, why shouldn't I beat you? If His Majesty were here, I would never have you executed!"
Gu Zhengchen shouted at the top of his lungs.
Chen Ning's eyes widened. When did I threaten you to plead guilty? Your crime still requires threats?
Also, you, Gu Zhengchen, are the magistrate of Jurong County, the deputy director of the Baochao Promotion Department, and the director of the Ministry of Works. Apart from your indifferent Jurong Guards commanding the general affairs, how can you look like a military general and a rough guy?
Wu Rong saw Gu Zhengchen looking at him, understood, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Chen Ning, as the censor of the Yushitai, you actually went to the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment in the middle of the night and threatened his family with his family to plead guilty at the trial tomorrow. How can a villain like you stay in Yushitai!"
Chen Ning ignored the pain and retorted sharply: "You are talking nonsense, I did not threaten him to plead guilty and face the law!"
Gu Zhengchen looked at Wang Zhongli, the Minister of Punishment, and said: "I am a prisoner, and tomorrow will be the trial, and you are the Minister of Punishment, and he is the censor. Why do you appear in the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment at this time? It is not to make me plead guilty. then what?"
"Of course it's to inform you of the trial tomorrow!"
Wang Zhongli became nervous.
Gu Zhengchen sneered: "Tell me that there will be a trial tomorrow. Do you need a minister or a censor to come forward in person? What a joke! Tell the emperor this and see if he believes it or not!"
Wang Zhongli opened his mouth and felt a little cold all over.
Chen Ning also knew that he had fallen into Gu Zhengchen's trap. If this matter became a big deal and the emperor knew about it, he would probably not be able to explain why he met with Gu Zhengchen in the middle of the night before the trial. It was simply impossible to explain!
"let's go!"
Chen Ning endured the pain, turned and left.
When Gu Zhengchen saw Chen Ning and others leaving, the jailer also withdrew his fearful eyes and left, turned around and lay down on the hay.
Wu Rong shook his head helplessly, looked at Gu Zhengchen, and couldn't help but sigh: "You are the most courageous person I have ever seen. There are countless people in this world who hate Chen Ning to the core. They wish that his whole family would die, but no one dares to Take action against him."
Gu Zhengchen rested his arms on his head and moved the corner of his mouth slightly: "It's a pity that the force was not enough, and only one tooth was knocked out."
Zhao Yihui stood up, the chains on his feet clattering, and when he came to Gu Zhengchen's side, he lowered his head and asked: "Beating a court official requires at least sixty sticks, one year in prison, or two thousand miles of exile! What crime have you committed? So that it’s so broken?”
Gu Zhengchen squinted at Zhao Yihui and closed his eyes again: "I beat up court officials? I'm afraid you are mistaken. No one here beats up court officials."
Zhao Yihui's eyes widened. No one had wiped the blood stains on the corridor. How could you open your eyes and lie?
Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang was flipping through a volume of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". The eunuch Zhao Xun hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and raised a document above his head: "Your Majesty, there is urgent news from the inspection school."
"Oh, it's so late, thank them for their hard work."
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the scroll, took the document and looked at it, his face became gloomy: "Chen Ning, as the presiding official, went to the dungeon to meet Gu Zhengchen at night without any permission!"
Zhao Xun lowered his head.
Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in palace matters.
"Ha, what a good boy, you dare to hit someone, you are very brave." After Zhu Yuanzhang read the document, he smiled, threw the document aside, and asked coldly: "Didn't Chen Ning ask for a meeting?"
"Your Majesty, no one asked to see you."
Zhao Xun responded quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his brows slightly, picked up the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" again, and said calmly: "It seems that Dr. Chen Yushi fell down and was injured. People, you still can't always walk at night. This time I lost a tooth, and if I didn’t keep it intact, I would have fallen into a ditch and drowned. Such a thing happened in the previous Song Dynasty..."
Zhao Xun saw Zhu Yuanzhang waving his hand and exited the hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the empty hall, his eyes became cold, and he said to himself: "Gu boy, I need to use you as a target to see who has the bow and who has the arrow. Also, you should see Zhao Yi should regret it. Quanzhou is rotten to the core..."
Chen Ning stayed at home and really didn't dare to make a big deal out of this matter. Gu Zhengchen was a repeat offender, and His Majesty personally ordered him to be imprisoned. Without an order, even the Ministry of Punishment could not interrogate him, let alone go to him directly.
Once the news reached the ears of the emperor, it was not Gu Zhengchen who was at fault for the beating, but himself!
Chen Ning almost hated Gu Zhengchen to death. This tooth was lost in vain, and the punch he received was in vain!
This half of the face is swollen. How will the trial be held tomorrow?
