cabinet first lady

Chapter 58

Luo Yu exerted a lot of strength in her hand, which seemed to affect the wound on Jiang Hanyun's body. She was so frightened that she immediately let go of her hand, and said concernedly: "What's the matter? How are you? Does the wound hurt?"

Jiang Hanyun shook his head, his pale face flushed abnormally due to the pain, and his voice was intermittent: "You go. The prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is not the place for you to come."

"You, a prisoner, can still control me? You don't need to control me when I leave!" Since getting married to him, Luo Yu's attitude has never been so tough.Ever since she married into Jiang's mansion, she seemed to have restrained her original beautiful and flamboyant wings, and became more cautious.

The more you cherish, the more you are afraid of losing, and the more you want to be the best.

However, even though she was so cautious, she still fell to such a point, she was so affectionate and wronged, and she was still determined.

Enduring the melancholy in her heart, Luo Yu shouted: "Doctor! Show him quickly."

Jiang Hanyun didn't want to accept Luo Yu's love at first, but he was seriously injured and didn't even have the strength, so he could only let her pull his wrist to give the doctor a pulse diagnosis.

The doctor checked the pulse and said solemnly: "Ma'am, Mr. Jiang was seriously injured and lost a lot of blood. In addition, the wound was not treated in time. The environment in the prison is damp and dark, and inflammation has developed. If it continues, the situation may not be good."

"Then treat his wound quickly." Luo Yu was in a hurry.

Seeing that she was about to take off his clothes and bloody trousers without hesitation, Jiang Hanyun immediately said, "No need."

"Why don't you need it? If you continue like this, you will die!" Luo Yu winked at the doctor, not waiting for him to refuse.

When she reached out to take off Jiang Hanyun's pants, Luo Yu's face turned red.

It has been several years since she married Jiang Hanyun, and she and Jiang Hanyun have never consummated their marriage.Jiang Hanyun is a gentleman, and has never done anything against her.

At first she thought it was because he didn't like her that he didn't touch her, thinking that if they had a relationship for a long time in the future, it would be fine. Later, she realized that he didn't touch her because she was the granddaughter of a treacherous minister, and he disliked her.

When he took off his pants and saw the bloody mess, Luo Yu's hands trembled, unable to hold on any longer, secretly biting his lip, his eyes turned red.

It's really shocking.

How can a scholar bear this?

Fortunately, Jiang Hanyun turned his back to her, so he couldn't see her weakness.

On the other side, in a small hall of the Ministry of Punishment, Ruan Muyang, who was accompanied by Han Shi and Fang Fang, suddenly heard a sound of restlessness, which seemed to come from outside the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Did you hear anything?" she asked.

Fang Fang nodded and said: "I heard, madam, there seem to be many people, and they seem to be screaming."

Ruan Muyang remembered that what he saw just outside the gate of the Criminal Department was a group of supervisors and scholars.

Could it be that something happened.

Her expression changed, and she said to Han Shi: "Han Shi, go and see what's going on outside."

"Yes."

Outside the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, in addition to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, more than 50 people from the Wucheng Army and Horse Command Division who had just been transferred from other places came.

They were ordered by Luo Jie to come to maintain the law and order of the capital and punish those who gathered to make trouble.

Naturally, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice has already taken care of it.

"I would like to advise everyone, don't make trouble at the entrance of the criminal department. If you insist on staying, then I will arrest the leader of the trouble as a traitor and execute him on the spot." The deputy commander of Xicheng said coldly with a knife in his hand. .

Jiang Hanyun has been imprisoned for five days, and the supervisors of the Guozijian have also been absent from school for five days.The delay in letting Jiang Hanyun out had angered everyone, and hearing that Jiang Hanyun had been punished for [-] years yesterday, everyone became even more dissatisfied and resentful.

It is said that scholars have no power to restrain chickens and can only talk on paper, but they are also the most well-read and most upright people.In particular, they have not entered the officialdom, have not been assimilated by the filthy officialdom, and have maintained a pure heart.And these people who stand at the mouth of the criminal department and complain about Jiang Hanyun's injustice are some of the top scholars in Guanghua.

They are the most sober and upright, so how can they be afraid of these powerful people?
An Neng smashes his eyebrows and bends his waist to serve the powerful!
Someone in the middle suddenly shouted loudly: "He is Luo Jie's lackey!"

This immediately made everyone more restless, and the people in the front row had already had friction with the officials of the Ministry of Punishment.

The deputy commander of Xicheng's face changed slightly, and a cold killing intent appeared in his eyes, and he said: "I'll give you another chance, if you persist in your obsession again, don't blame me for being rude."

Another person shouted impassionedly: "If the government is always in the hands of such villains who exercise power, my glory will be exhausted! What is wrong with Mr. Jiang?"

"What's wrong with Mr. Jiang?"

"What's wrong with Mr. Jiang?"

The voices came and went, and the originally calm situation became tense, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment couldn't hold on anymore.

The deputy commander of Xicheng sneered, and said: "Come here, those who took the lead in causing trouble will be executed on the spot, and all the rest will be arrested. If there is any resistance, they will be shot to death!"

"Yes!"

Those officials finally turned their knives to these scholars.

When Han Shi came over, what he saw was the scene of their complete conflict. One of the officials slashed at a leader with a knife, and the blood spattered on the spot.

This was the first bloodshed in the incident.

Han Shi's face turned pale, realizing that something serious happened, and immediately ran back to report to Ruan Muyang.

"What!" Ruan Muyang stood up, "You said those scholars who pleaded for Mr. Jiang had conflicts with the officials, and the officials killed people?"

Han Shi nodded.

What's wrong with those scholars?They will all participate in the imperial examination in the future and step into the imperial court. They will be the pillars of Guanghua in the future. How can they be killed?

"No, we can't let them kill innocent people indiscriminately." Ruan Muyang's mind was spinning rapidly.

Han Shi was afraid that she would run out, and said, "Madam, it's chaotic outside now, let's be more careful."

At this moment, Shen Wei who heard the movement came out of the cell.

Ruan Muyang immediately said: "Master Shen came just in time, there was a conflict outside the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and those officials killed people! I'm afraid the situation is not good now."

"It's no small matter at this time, I'll think of a way now, Madam sister-in-law, don't worry." Shen Wei said solemnly.

At this time, Shen Wei and Ruan Muyang were very anxious. If they were to stay inside for a moment, one more person would die outside, and the end result would be blood flowing into rivers.

"It's not too late. I'll go outside the gate to negotiate with the people sent by Luo Jie, and then send someone to report to Yuan Zai and ask him to report the matter to the emperor." Divided into two people, one went to preside over the overall situation outside the Ministry of Punishment, and the other went to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Just when she was about to leave, Ruan Muyang said: "Lord Shen, where is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment now? I'll go find him."

Shen Wei was surprised by Ruan Muyang's composure and intelligence, he never thought that she would think of looking for the Minister of Punishment.

She didn't dare to waste time, and didn't say much, she just said: "I'm afraid he is hiding in the back hall at the moment, pretending he doesn't know anything, I'll ask someone to take you there, Mrs. Lao is here."

Ruan Muyang nodded and said, "Master Shen, be careful."

After speaking, the two of them immediately split up.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice is a very shrewd and sophisticated person, who seems to be a fool, but in fact he is more inclined towards Luojie.In fact, Ruan Muyang didn't have much confidence in convincing the Ministry of Punishment to send officials from the Ministry of Punishment to stop the chaotic scene, but there was no one else at the moment, and she was the most suitable candidate.

Although she is just a woman, she is the wife of Zhang Anyi, the second minister of the cabinet, the daughter of Ruan Zhongling, Minister of Industry, and the wife of the second rank.

Led by people sent by Shen Wei, Ruan Muyang met Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice in the back hall.

"You are--"

Ruan Muyang put away his panic, and said in a condescending manner as the wife of the cabinet secretary, "Master Shangshu, my surname is Ruan, and my husband's surname is Zhang, and his name is Zhang Anyi."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment changed his expression, he stood up immediately, and said with a polite smile, "So it's Mrs. Zhang."

After revealing his identity, Ruan Muyang got straight to the point: "Does your lord know what's going on outside the gate of the Ministry of Punishment at this moment?"

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs rolled his eyes, and said politely: "Mrs. Zhang, the people outside were sent by Mr. Luo Jieluo. They are from the Wucheng Military and Horse Command Department, not from my Ministry of Criminal Justice." His It means that he doesn't care and doesn't want to care about it, this matter has nothing to do with him.

"But the incident happened outside the gate of your criminal department, and the blood flowed at the gate of the criminal department." Ruan Muyang reminded, "My lord, those people are not ordinary people. Most of them are the students of the Imperial College. Son of an official."

She continued: "The current emperor is merciful. He will not use such cruel means to suppress these scholars. It must be Mr. Luo's own decision. Now someone has gone to the palace to report the letter. I believe the emperor will know soon. Dongchuang incident, blame Come down, do you think you can still separate the relationship?"

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice frowned, his eyes were uncertain, as if hesitating and weighing the interests.Naturally, the emperor cannot be offended, but Luo Jie cannot be offended even more.

"Now Lord Luo's people are already suppressing, and the adults are helping secretly. It is not disobedience to Lord Luo's orders, and the next step is to consider for themselves. So many scholars died outside the gate of the Ministry of Justice. The censors in the court still have the dissatisfaction of the common people, and when the time comes, each person will have an impeachment note..."

Even if he does not die, his official position may not be guaranteed.

"My lord will send someone to stop it at this time. When the time comes, Lord Luo will blame me, as long as I just push the matter to my husband, that is, Zhang Anyi, I can avoid the emperor's blame and gain a good reputation. What's wrong?"

Having said all that needed to be said, Ruan Muyang was waiting for the Minister of Punishment to answer.

She didn't know what it was like outside.

Shen Wei's negotiation with Shen Wei may be too unlikely to be successful, and it is not so fast to move rescuers. The quickest way is to use the people from the Ministry of Punishment.

She glanced at the nervous Han Shi.

Today, all these students must not be killed. In addition to persuasion, she also prepared a countermeasure.

At this time, the cold food was ready, and there was a dagger hidden in the sleeve. He only waited for Ruan Muyang's wink, and then went forward and hijacked the minister of the Ministry of punishment, threatening him.

The first time he did this kind of thing, his heart beat fast and his whole body became stiff with tension.

Ruan Muyang's heart sank when he saw that Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments refused to make a decision.

I can't wait any longer, and one person may die if I delay for a moment.

Just when Ruan Muyang made up his mind to let Hanshi do it, Shangshu Xingbu finally spoke.

He gritted his teeth: "This officer will send someone there!"

Ruan Muyang and Han Shi both heaved a sigh of relief.

The dagger in Hanshi's sleeve almost fell to the ground.

Outside the gate of the Criminal Department, there was chaos.

How could these powerless scholars with pens be the opponents of officials?

Even so, looking at their fallen companions, they could not flinch.Most of them were injured.

"stop!"

The smell of blood is in the nose, and the sound of knives piercing flesh and blood and screams are in the ears.

Shen Wei looked at the blood in his eyes, looked at the student lying in a pool of blood, his heart was shaken, and his eyes turned red.But in such a chaotic situation, even if she was hoarse, her voice was still not enough for [-]% of the soldiers to hear.

The deputy commander of Xicheng on the side looked at such a tragic scene indifferently, even with a smug smile in his eyes.

"Qian Yuan, tell them to stop!"

Shen Wei is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the third rank and a scholar of the cabinet, while Qian Yuan, a deputy commander of Xicheng, is no more than the seventh rank.

"It turned out to be Mr. Shen." Those who can be sent by Luo Jie to carry out such a task must be trusted people.Qian Yuan turned a deaf ear to Shen Wei's stop, and said: "The lower officials are under the order of Lord Luo to maintain the law and order of the capital and eliminate those who make trouble. Swords have no eyes, Mr. Shen is delicate and tender, and I am afraid he will be hurt. Please also ask Mr. Shen leave."

Qian Yuan showed no fear on his dark face, and looked at Shen Wei with a bit of contempt and ambiguity in his eyes.

"You—" Shen Wei was trembling with anger, "If you don't stop, you will kill innocent people indiscriminately, and the Holy One will definitely punish you."

But she was alone, even if she rushed in, she couldn't stop their killing.

Qian Yuandao: "Lord Shen, you are also following orders in a humble position."

Shen Wei is also a person who studies and appreciates these students very much.But seeing some students keep falling down, she couldn't do anything about it.

This was the first time she felt so powerless and helpless after being an official in the court for so long.

Even if she has already entered the cabinet and is a third-rank official worshiper.

She looked angrily at the smile on Qian Yuan's face, her eyes were as red as blood.A look of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes, and she suddenly pulled out the knife from the hand of the guard beside Qian Yuan, put it on Qian Yuan's neck, and said sharply: "Qian Yuan, do you want to stop? If you don't stop, I will kill you now!" I'm done with you!"

This is the first time Shen Wei picked up a knife.

The hand that should have been a working girl took up the pen, and now the knife.

Qian Yuan, who was born as a general, didn't care about Shen Wei's threat, let Dao's family hang on his neck, and said contemptuously: "Master Shen, even if he is a cabinet minister, can't kill people."

Shen Weifa said fiercely: "Look at me, dare I!"

Just when she was really going to kill Qian Yuan with all her strength, Ruan Muyang and Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice rushed over.

"Stop me all!"

Under the order of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment surrounded [-]% of the soldiers and horses.

"Can't stop?"

Qian Yuan didn't expect a sudden change, his face changed, and he said unwillingly: "Stop it all."

Shen Wei snorted coldly, threw the knife on the ground, stopped looking at him, but said: "Hurry up and save people."

When Ruan Muyang rushed over, what he saw was devastated and blood flowed into rivers.At the same time, what shocked her was the scene of Shen Wei putting the knife on the neck of the deputy commander of Xicheng, and she admired her courage in her heart.

There were more than 100 students gathered at the entrance of the criminal department, but now more than half of them were killed or injured!How tragic!
The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice obviously did not expect the situation to develop into what it is now. With so many people dead, cold sweat broke out on his head, secretly thinking that he was lucky to come.Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.

Not long after, a group of officers and soldiers rushed over and surrounded everyone.

This is the Royal Guards of the Imperial City, who was directly dispatched by the Holy Majesty.

Everyone present knew that something was going wrong.

"Arrest Qian Yuan and other [-]% of the soldiers and horses and wait to be dealt with!" Walking out from the middle of the imperial guards was Zhang Anyi with a serious expression.

Everyone looked at him.

Someone among the living prison students recognized him and shouted excitedly, "It's Mr. Zhang Ge!"

Minister of the Ministry of Justice stepped forward and said: "Master Zhang, what instructions does the emperor have?" Although he is at the same level as Zhang Anyi, it is different whether he enters the cabinet or not.

Zhang Anyi naturally knew the face of Minister of the Ministry of Justice, but instead of getting angry at him, he hooked his lips and smiled.

This smile made Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice feel terrified, completely lost.

Zhang Anyi walked past him, went straight to Ruan Muyang, looked her up and down, and asked, "Has Madam ever been injured?" His tone was very gentle, completely different from just now.

As soon as he appeared, Ruan Muyang's heart completely settled down.She shook her head and said, "No."

"That's good. Han Shi, take Madam back."

The scene now is too bloody.

Ruan Muyang knew that he had to deal with the next mess, and that he was not doing well here, so he nodded meekly and said, "I'll call Luo Yu and go with her."

Shen Wei saw the warmth between them in his eyes, his heart was empty, but he didn't feel any resentment.Today, she once again looked at Ruan Muyang with admiration, thinking that she was a woman worthy of Zhang Anyi.

After Ruan Muyang left, Zhang Anyi looked at Shen Wei whose blood had not faded completely, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"nothing."

They stopped talking, but dealt with the wounded and corpses solemnly.

After counting, 37 people died and as many as 51 people were injured, which was very tragic.

Many of these people are preparing to take the provincial examination, and some are going to take the general examination in the following year and become officials in the court.

The shocking number of casualties left many people speechless.The atmosphere is solemn.

After all the wounded were taken away and the corpses of the dead were all carried aside, Zhang Anyi glanced at the dark red blood stains left on the ground, a cold light flashed in his deep eyes, and said with Shen Wei: "You and I will be together!" Return to the emperor."

Lingdi was furious when he heard Zhang Anyi and Shen Wei's report.

"Drag Qian Yuan and all the [-]% soldiers who participated in it to question and behead them!"

"Yes."

"Let Luo Jie come to see me!"

Zhang Anyi and Shen Wei glanced at each other and said, "Yes."

Luo Mansion, Luo Jie who got the news was also furious.He has been scolded too much recently, and his reputation has been ruined, so he wants to suppress those scholars.

Originally, he only wanted to kill one or two people who took the lead in the riots, so as to make an example to others, but who knew that Qian Yuan would kill so many people at once!
After so many years in the court, he naturally knew how much impact this matter would have. "Qian Yuan did a good job!"

"Your Excellency, calm down." An official below him tremblingly persuaded.

Luo Jie dropped his glass and said angrily: "I have caused such a big incident, I don't know how many people will impeach me, how can I appease my anger?" To death, there is no turning back.

After being announced into the palace, Luo Jie pushed everything to Qian Yuan and showed his loyalty.

Seeing his sincere words and sincere attitude, Emperor Ling's expression gradually softened.

It's just that this incident left a deep mark on his heart, which made him no longer trust Luo Jie so much.

After Ruan Muyang returned from the Ministry of Punishment, he was still uneasy, and the image of the blood flowing into the river kept appearing in his mind.

After finally waiting for Zhang Anyi to come back at night, she hurriedly went up to him and asked, "How about the casualties?" Although she only glanced roughly at the time, she had the impression that more than half of them were dead or injured.

"37 killed and 51 injured."

Ruan Muyang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked again: "Then how does the Holy One deal with Luo Jie?"

"Luo Jie pushed everything to Qian Yuan, and the Holy One just scolded him and fined him two years' salary." Zhang Anyi's tone was very calm, as if he had expected it a long time ago.

It's so light!
Ruan Muyang frowned deeply.

Sure enough, Luo Jie is not so easy to shake.

Zhang Anyi looked at the dancing candles, his eyes were unpredictable, and he said firmly: "But the matter will not end like this. He angered the students all over the world. It is not enough to end it so easily, it will make the world angry." The students are chilled."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ruan Muyang again, hugged her into his arms, sighed softly and said, "I have heard from Shen Sikong what Madam has done today, thanks to Madam."

Ruan Muyang leaned in his arms.He was still wearing the official clothes, and the material was a little hard and cold, but she felt very at ease. "At that time, when I saw the second master came, my hanging heart fell." At that time, his appearance was the hope of everyone, and everyone was looking forward to it.

The admiration and admiration in her tone made Zhang Anyi very useful.He hooked his lips, hugged her tighter and said: "But don't do such dangerous things in the future, swords have no eyes."

He didn't say he knew about the incident in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but he remembered how nervous he was when Ruan Muyang was still there.

On the court, even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, he would not change his color.

The news that Qian Yuan, the deputy commander of Xicheng, was ordered by Luo Jie to massacre the students gathered outside the Ministry of Punishment spread in the capital the next day.The 37 people who died were almost all the students of the Guozijian, which angered the Guozijian, and repeatedly wrote to ask the emperor to give an explanation to the Guozijian.

The students in the capital spontaneously mourned for the deceased. For a while, the capital was filled with white.Slowly, this incident spread out of the capital, and its influence became wider and wider.

Not only among the people, Luo Jie's move angered many officials who love and cherish talents, especially the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.The documents for impeachment of Luo Jie were no less than a hundred copies a day, and they piled up like a mountain in a few days.

The reputation of Luo Jie and his henchmen is extremely bad.

After all, Luo Jie helped him get to the position back then, and he also knew that his name was not written in the imperial decree. At first, Lingdi was unwilling to deal with it, and he still practiced alchemy behind closed doors, but gradually he couldn't stand the pressure anymore.

At this moment, Xie Zhao, the king of Yong'an who was far away in Xizhou, sent someone to Zhezidao-Luojie's move was punishable by everyone. If the Holy One is still deceived, he will eradicate the treacherous ministers.

(End of this chapter)