My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 441 Exile from Tianzhu
When Guo County Magistrate recognized that the person who rushed in was a member of Dongchang, his whole body was almost paralyzed with fright. After all, Dongchang's reputation was still higher than that of Jinyiwei, so how could he provoke these people?

"Guo Chengzhi, you are such a coward. You take bribes, pervert the law, and disregard human lives. No less than a hundred people died because of you. They all say that our hands in Dongchang are full of blood. Compared with you, Mr. Guo, we are still worse. far!"

The leader looked at Guo Chengzhi with a sneer and scolded.

"My lord, don't slander the subordinates. I am an official honestly, and I do my duty. I never have the guts to take money and break the law!"

Although Guo Chengzhi was panicked in his heart, he still did not forget to refute.
With his many years of experience as an official, no matter what the crime is, anyway, as long as he denies it, the other party must produce evidence if he wants to settle on him.

"Hmph, don't let me do this. Since our Dongchang dares to arrest people, we are sure, come here, and take the entire county government away!"

The leader of the stall said and waved his hand, and immediately some people from Dongchang rushed into the county government office and took away Magistrate Guo's family, his masters, personal attendants and others. At the same time, they also searched the government office. But they are all human and physical evidence.

Guo Chengzhi was also stunned at this moment. In the morning, he was still planning how to use natural disasters to benefit himself. As a result, in the afternoon, his house was ransacked by people from Dongchang, and all his family members were also arrested. stand up.

This kind of ups and downs made Guo Chengzhi feel like he was in a dream.

But the reality is very cruel. Dongchang arrested people without local jurisdiction at all. Guo Chengzhi was directly stuffed into a prison car and escorted to the capital. As for the mess in Putai County, all the mess was thrown to the local government.

Of course, the arrest of Guo Chengzhi caused quite a commotion in the local area, especially those who had interests with him were even more frightened, for fear that Guo Chengzhi would confess them.

But it was Dongchang who arrested them, and outsiders couldn't intervene at all, so these people had no choice but to watch Guo Chengzhi being escorted to Beijing.

Half a month later, Guo Chengzhi was sent to the Criminal Ministry for interrogation by the Dongchang people.

Although Dongchang has a lot of power, it is mainly used to contain Jinyiwei, and Zhu Di has long begun to weaken the power in Jinyiwei's hands, so unless it is a case handpicked by Zhu Di, neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei are eligible for direct interrogation prisoner.

When Guo Chengzhi arrived at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he thought he was going to die this time, because Dongchang had collected all the evidence of his crimes, and even the people around him confessed.

Especially the master who helped him with affairs betrayed him completely, even if Guo Chengzhi wanted to plead not guilty now.

Therefore, the criminal department's interrogation of Guo Chengzhi was also very smooth, and his charges were soon confirmed. Guo Chengzhi thought that he would be sentenced to be executed after autumn, or even worse, he might die by Ling Chi.

But what he never expected was that in the end his sentence was not a capital crime, but a sentence of exile, but the place of exile was a bit far away, and he was exiled to Tianzhu.

Guo Chengzhi was no stranger to Tianzhu. The story of Zhu Gaoxu leading troops to Tianzhu had already spread throughout the official circles.

Moreover, before Zhu Zhanhe mobilized prisoners from all over the country to Tianzhu, Guo Chengzhi also sent some prisoners from the county government prison there, but at that time he never dreamed that he would be exiled to Tianzhu one day.

Thinking of Tianzhu, which is far away in the sky, Guo Chengzhi also felt sad for himself. He had been an official for many years and had a wealth of wealth, but he did not expect that he would end up in exile in Tianzhu before he could enjoy the blessings.

But in the end Guo Chengzhi cheered up, because compared to beheading, exile at least saved his life.

In addition, as far as Guo Chengzhi knew, the King of Han was very short of talents in Tianzhu, and he had been an official at any rate. If he went to Tianzhu, he might be able to make a comeback and become an official under the King of Han.

Thinking of this, Guo Chengzhi's heart was ashamed from the beginning, and he slowly regained his vitality. Even in prison, he did not give up hope, and even used wooden sticks to practice calligraphy on the ground when he was free. leave.

This afternoon, Guo Chengzhi wrote a few lines of words on the ground through the window to shine a ray of sunlight. Looking at his correct handwriting, he couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.

But at this moment, a jailer suddenly brought someone in. When the person who came in saw Guo Chengzhi in the cell, he couldn't help but excitedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Guo!"

"Brother Ma!"

Guo Chengzhi also exclaimed in surprise when he saw the visitor. The visitor was Ma Ming, his classmate and good friend. At the beginning, the two passed the Jinshi examination successively. However, after Ma Ming got lucky, he stayed in the capital as an official, but he could only be released as a county magistrate. make.

However, Guo Chengzhi and Ma Ming have not broken contact these years. Every new year, Guo Chengzhi will send someone to give Ma Ming a generous gift, because Ma Ming works in Dali Temple. Tip him off.

"Brother Guo, you have suffered. I didn't dare to visit you when the rumors were tight before. Now that the verdict has come down, I just found a chance to come here. I hope you don't blame me!"

At this time, Ma Ming bowed to Guo Chengzhi.

"Brother Ma is too polite. I was afraid of causing trouble to Brother Ma when I committed a crime this time. I didn't expect you to remember me, Brother Ma. I am really touched!"

When Guo Chengzhi said this, he pretended to wipe away a few tears.

"Brother Guo, I brought you food and wine, let's chat while eating!"

As Ma Ming said, he asked someone to open the cell, and then put the food and wine brought on the table.

During this time, Guo Chengzhi ate prison food like pig food. Now that he saw these delicacies, he couldn't help himself, so he sat down and ate a few mouthfuls, and then asked Ma Ming about the outside world.

"Brother Guo, to tell you the truth, the fact that you committed this time is too great. I thought you would at least make a decisive decision this time, but I didn't expect that you were only sentenced to exile in the end. God bless you!"

Ma Ming poured Guo Chengzhi a glass of wine, and then said with emotion.

"At first I also felt that I was doomed, but after the verdict came down, I felt that I should feel the king of Han. After all, if he hadn't gone to Tianzhu and was extremely short of men, how could the court spare my life and send me to Is Tianzhu going to commit crimes and meritorious deeds?"

Guo Chengzhi said with a smile after drinking a glass of wine. Of course, these are all his guesses, but he thinks it should be close to the truth.

"You should indeed thank the King of Han, but you should be even more grateful to the King of Han!"

Unexpectedly, Ma Ming suddenly lowered his voice and said with a mysterious expression.

"Thank you, King of Han? Why?"

Guo Chengzhi was taken aback for a moment, then asked in puzzlement.

"Hey, as far as I know, you were indeed going to be sentenced to death, but later the crown prince came forward to protect you and only sentenced you to exile in Tianzhu. It is estimated that the crown prince loved you and wanted to take you Go to Tianzhu to assist the King of Han to expand the territory!"

Ma Ming explained again.

(End of this chapter)