Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Among the group of officials who broke in, the leader was wearing a blue official uniform. His sharp eyes swept over Gu Yunji and others, and finally stopped at Chen Xunzhou: "Are you Chen Xunzhou?"

Chen Xunzhou was frightened by this sudden group of people and his face changed slightly. He looked at the person in front of him warily: "You... what do you do?"

"Sichuan Inspector General Qian Shi, Zhong Ting."

Zhong Ting replied coldly, took out a piece of imperial approval from his sleeve, and held it up in front of Chen Xunzhou: "Chen Xunzhou, after review by our Sichuan Procuratorate, you are an unqualified official in the Xuzhou Prefecture and have never obtained the certificate." He was awarded the title of Juren or above, but he spent a lot of money to manage relationships, deceived superior officials, and served as the deputy magistrate of Xuzhou Prefecture for 11 years in violation of regulations."

"Now the facts have been found out. You appointed an official in violation of the regulations, oppressed the common people in the village, relied on the stolen official position to dominate the local area, and plundered the people's wealth. The evidence is conclusive, and you are now arrested and brought to justice."

With that said, Zhong Ting gestured to the officials behind him to come forward: "Come, take them away!"

"Wait!"

Chen Xunzhou's expression suddenly changed, and he took a few steps back in shock and fear. While shouting to be dismissed, he said angrily: "Nonsense! This is all slander! It's true that I don't have the honorary title, but I am a supervisor of the Imperial College and serve as a supervisor. I understand that it is compliant and legal, and there is no violation!”

"You said the evidence is conclusive, where is the evidence? Why didn't I see it! Even if I was suspected, I should have been summoned in advance and taken to the Police Department to cooperate with the investigation. How could you arrest someone as soon as they came up! You didn't inform me in advance of the procedure. It’s not compliant at all, I suspect you are just fake!”

"Questioning our identity? Chen Xunzhou, I advise you not to fight to the death any longer." Zhong Ting looked coldly and showed the arrest warrant in front of Chen Xunzhou again, "Watch carefully, according to the arrest warrant personally signed by the Inspector, is there any Fake?"

Chen Xunzhou anxiously wanted to reach out and take it out to take a closer look, but Zhong Ting dodged the movement and neatly put away the arrest warrant, saying:

"Back then, after the former Tongzhi of Xuzhou Prefecture became an official, the imperial court failed to send new officials to fill the vacancy in time. You took advantage of this loophole and acted as an official to act as Tongzhi's power."

"Later, in order to occupy this position for a long time, you spent a lot of money to donate a supervising student and regarded yourself as a deputy magistrate. You occupy the position in front and the donating supervising student is behind. This is clearly a violation of the imperial regulations. Do you still want to deny it?"

"As for why you were not notified in advance, that's because your case was not under trial at the beginning. Instead, His Majesty personally ordered the Ministry of Punishments to collect evidence. We acted according to the Emperor's order and were only responsible for arresting people. .”

Chen Xunzhou never expected that his matter would be brought to the capital, and it was the emperor's personal order. He immediately turned pale and said with a depressed spirit: "...Ministry of Punishment? Your Majesty? How is this possible... Not many people in the Chief Secretary know, How did the central government know..."

Chen Xunzhou couldn't accept it and murmured in his mouth. Suddenly he thought of something, turned around and grabbed Gu Yunji's collar, and said with a ferocious face: "It's you, right? Gu Yunji, it's you who filed a complaint against me!"

Gu Yunji was young and strong, and had been exercising all year round. His strength was not comparable to that of Chen Xunzhou, an old man in his fifties. He easily opened his hand, pushed him away, and said concisely: "It's not me."

Gu Yunji was a general judge. If he wanted to report Chen Xunzhou, he had to report it to the Chief Secretary first. He could not skip his level and write directly to the emperor.He had not figured out the situation of the Chief Secretary before and did not know whether the chief of the Chief Secretary would help him, so he did not act rashly. Today's incident was also unexpected by him.

Chen Xunzhou couldn't figure it out: the chief envoy Pu Tingnan had accepted his bribe, so it was impossible for him to take the initiative to expose the matter. And in Xuzhou Mansion, Yan Zhengqian was on the same front with him, and it was even less possible for him to betray him.If not Gu Yunji, who else could it be?
Seemingly sensing Chen Xunzhou's doubts, Zhong Ting responded in time: "I'm curious as to why your majesty knew about it? Chen Xunzhou, have you forgotten that your majesty sent a special envoy to Shu?" "The special envoy..."

Chen Xunzhou was still a little confused, but Gu Yunji already understood.

When Qian Xun came to Xuzhou Prefecture, Yan Zhengqian and Chen Xunzhou were in Chengdu Prefecture, reporting to the envoy on the summer grain tax collection. When they returned from their work, Qian Xun had already left Xuzhou Prefecture and went to the next state capital. , one after the other just missed.

Chen Xunzhou significantly increased the rent of tenants, and the people complained, and Qian Xun must have heard about it.According to his temperament, he must have ignored Sanqi 21 and reported the entire situation to Emperor Jingfeng. The Chief Secretary was passive from beginning to end and could not stop him even if he wanted to.

Chen Xunzhou had heard about the special envoy, but he was not in Xuzhou Mansion at the time, and later did not see Qian Xun's face, so he did not pay attention to the matter. Who would have thought that it was because of this special envoy that he had suffered many years of harm? The business was ruined.

Chen Xunzhou knew that he could not escape this time, but he still tried to struggle, and asked without giving up: "What about... Mr. Pu, the chief envoy? I had a reason for my appointment as deputy commander-in-chief. Did Mr. Pu ever defend me? Explain for me in front of His Majesty?"

When Zhong Ting heard this, his expression suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "Chen Xunzhou, you have committed a crime yourself, why are you talking about Mr. Pu! Mr. Pu has no idea at all, he was deceived by you! Your Majesty asked this time, Mr. Pu is a cloth The envoy, I was not aware of it before and was reprimanded by His Majesty, please don’t bite Master Pu randomly!”

Chen Xunzhou couldn't believe it, and his eyes widened in panic: "Impossible! How could he not know about it! I obviously give him filial piety money every year, and this year I also gave him tens of thousands of stones of food..."

"To shut up!"

Zhong Ting was shocked and angry. He interrupted Chen Xunzhou's words with a loud shout and ordered people to come forward: "Stop his mouth! Don't let him splash dirty water on innocent people again!"

As he said that, he glanced at Gu Yunji next to him subconsciously, with a hint of guilt in his eyes, trying to cover up the obvious: "Chen Xunzhou, you have been serving as the governor of Xuzhou Prefecture for more than ten years in violation of regulations. The chief envoy, Mr. Pu, has been deficient in governance and did not respond promptly. There is indeed a fault in discovering and reporting it to His Majesty, but that’s the extent of it.”

"What you said about filial piety is sheer nonsense! We, Mr. Pu, have an upright temperament and an honest official. When have we ever received half a copper from you? You've done it yourself, and you want to drag others into the same trap with you. Sink and dream!”

Chen Xunzhou's hands were restrained by the officer and something was stuffed in his mouth. He couldn't defend himself and could only make an angry whine at Zhong Ting.

Zhong Ting seemed to have not seen this, and ordered: "I have said enough nonsense, let's not delay it any longer. Come, put shackles and shackles on Chen Xunzhou, escort him back to Chengdu Mansion, and hand him over to the Inspector. .”

After everything was taken care of, Zhong Ting forced out a smile again and cupped his hands towards Gu Yunji: "The matter is done, Mr. Gu, let's leave now."

Gu Yunji watched the whole process quietly, seeing his guilty conscience and panic just now, twitching the corners of his lips, and said lukewarmly: "Thank you, Mr. Zhong. It is his own fault that Chen Xunzhou is today. He is so domineering in Xuzhou Mansion." After many years, it was difficult for the Inspector to finally open his eyes and finally arrest him."

Zhong Ting laughed dryly, looking a little embarrassed, and left with a few polite words.