Fengqi Jingshi

Chapter 68 The Moon is Round (3)

The days passed quickly, and on the sixth day, the court was restored.

On the first day of going to the court, the situation was peaceful and peaceful at the beginning. I didn’t want to, just when Fuquan said the words "There is a book to play, and there is nothing to leave the court" under the gesture of Emperor Zhao, there was a small official standing at the end of the line. Standing up, holding a memorial in his hand, he said loudly:
"The minister has a book to play! Lin Hengzhi, the servant of the Ministry of Ministers and Officials, tampered with the qualifications of officials, manipulated government affairs, cheated the superiors and concealed the truth, corrupted the law, and committed heinous crimes! I implore the officials to investigate clearly!"

As soon as these words came out, the silent drop of needles could be heard in the hall.Some people secretly glanced at the little official, some just stared at their own toes, and most of them exchanged glances with the people next to them.

The prime minister is quite old and has a short, sparse beard. When many people looked at him, they saw that he was unhurried, as if he had known it for a long time, and stood out of the line without looking at him. The little official who was far away from him said slowly and loudly:
"If Lin Shilang really committed these crimes, it's not a trivial matter. But empty words are unfounded, and an imperial official cannot be questioned just by your few words. But since someone said that about him, even if Lin Shilang is my student, I have to arrange it. People should investigate him. Officials, ministers please ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate thoroughly. If there is such a thing, it will not be tolerated. If the villain makes a false accusation, Lin Shilang must also be innocent!"

Emperor Zhao glanced at Shen Junzhuo who was standing aside, saw that he was silent, and knew in his heart that it was probably his handwriting, but Emperor Zhao felt happy about cutting off the prime minister's party feathers, so he secretly praised Shen Junzhuo in his heart .It's just that he couldn't express his happiness too clearly, he leaned forward a little, looked at all the civil and military officials standing in the court hall, thought about what the prime minister said, and said:

"Quasi-playing. But the matter is so important that it would be unfair for the Ministry of Punishments to investigate it alone. It would be more appropriate to add Dali Temple Youzhi Prison, Prime Minister, what do you think?"

The Prime Minister lowered his head slightly, responded unambiguously, and said:

"What the officials say is very true, just do as the officials say!"

For a while there was no one to play, and Emperor Zhao announced his retirement.The two battles that Lin Shilang walked, the colleagues who talked and laughed together in the past are now several steps away from him, and they are afraid that they will have anything to do with him.Seeing that everyone was about to leave, he ran for a while, caught up with the prime minister who had already got up in the sedan chair, followed the sedan chair closely, and asked in a low voice outside the sedan chair:

"My lord, my lord, what should I do?"

Prime Minister Liu sat upright in the sedan chair with his eyes closed. He heard the words and did not answer him immediately. After a while, he knocked on the sedan chair, and the bearer understood and let the sedan chair off.Someone stepped forward to raise the curtain of the sedan chair, Lin Shilang waited for a while, but when the prime minister did not come out from inside, he stepped over and leaned over to listen to the instruction in front of the sedan chair.

Prime Minister Liu opened a pair of clear eyes and looked at him, took a string of Buddhist beads that he had been playing with for a long time, and handed it out, saying:

"This is rosewood. Master Yunguang of Daxiangguo Temple gave it to me seven years ago. Now I give it to you, you take it, go home and meditate. What arrangements should be made, start as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Fu closed his eyes again.

When Lin Shilang saw it, he took the string of beads from him, round and shiny, but cold to the touch.His heart sank, knowing that he had abandoned him, his hands trembled uncontrollably.After hesitating for a while, he withdrew from the sedan chair, stood alone on the Imperial Street in a daze for a while, and then returned home in a daze.

(End of this chapter)