My father is Jiajing

Chapter 310 No Longer Confident
Hai Rui looked at Li Defang calmly and said, "Excuse me, Imperial Envoy, who told you that the sheep that froze to death here were human?"

Li Defang was stunned by Hai Rui's question. He never expected that Hai Rui would dare to ask back.

Li Defang was speechless for a moment. This question was indeed difficult to answer.

If you say something wrong, you might offend people, but not saying anything seems to be a bad idea either.

After all, Hai Rui was not yet an imperial criminal. Although they were following the imperial decree and the cabinet's request to inquire about the matter of people freezing to death in the workers' sheds and dormitories outside Chongwenmen, they were also unable to know where the crime began.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong with Hai Rui's counter-question.

Li Defang glanced awkwardly at Yan Shifan who was angry at the side.

Yan Shifan exploded again after receiving this glance from Li Defang.

Yan Shifan felt that he had a really bad luck today. He was the messenger of justice who exposed the crime, but why was he being interrogated by the Ministry of Justice? Is this fair?

Yan Shifan immediately became furious and said to Hai Rui arrogantly: "It's me!"

Hai Rui looked at Yan Shifan who couldn't help but jump out again, his expression was still calm. Hai Rui asked again: "May I ask where did you find out about this, young minister? There was an accident in the dormitory, and I immediately sealed off the scene and didn't allow anyone to enter or leave. Could it be that young minister has the ability to predict the future? Did he know what was going on in advance?"

Yan Shifan was speechless after being confronted by Hai Rui. It was difficult to respond to this.

And if you don't connect it well, you will easily be fooled by this little black face. Once you are fooled, won't you lose the initiative?

Obviously, this is not in line with Yan Shifan's interests.

So Yan Shifan finally opened his mouth and said forcefully: "Withdraw the people now and let the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple go in and see for themselves!"

But Hai Rui was obviously not afraid.

These supervisory soldiers under Hai Rui were all elite troops transferred from the Four Guards Camp. They were all brave men who had followed Zhu Zaigui to fight against the Tatar army in the suburbs of Beijing. Now that they were called here, they were naturally very imposing and could not be compared with the loose yamen runners in the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.

Therefore, when Yan Shifan wanted to force Hai Rui to transfer the supervisory soldiers, he was simply joking.

Putting aside the question of whether Hai Rui would be obedient or not, these people might not necessarily listen to Yan Shifan.

Hai Rui's tone sank, "Young Lord, be careful! I came here in a hurry from the dormitory because I was worried that you would not take the seriousness of the matter seriously and rush directly into the dormitory compound."

"Now, I know why you are here, but I cannot move out of the way until the situation inside is resolved. Otherwise, it would be my dereliction of duty and my irresponsibility to the people of the capital."

When Yan Shifan heard Hai Rui's words, he was so angry that he started laughing.

Yan Shifan said, "You are just a small official, and you dare to say you are responsible? Now the people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are here. They are following the orders of the emperor and the cabinet to personally investigate the unjust cases in the workers' sheds and dormitories, but you are here to shirk your responsibility. Are you going to disobey the order and become an enemy of the court?"

Yan Shifan's skill in framing people became more and more adept. He directly accused Hai Rui of disobeying the imperial order, which was clearly intended to put Hai Rui to death.

But Hai Rui was not a pushover, nor was he afraid of Yan Shifan's threats. Hai Rui said, "Young Lord, I don't know how you knew about the things in the workers' dormitory, but I have my duties. I am responsible for supervising the expansion of the outer city of the capital, and naturally I am also responsible for the safety of the people in the outer city of the capital."

"Last night, more than ten sheep suddenly died in the sheepfold next to the kitchen in the dormitory compound. I can't tell whether the sheep died of freezing due to the snowstorm or some disease. So I ordered the blockade of the dormitory and asked the medical college to come and check. They are on their way now."

"If the young minister is truly determined to stand firm for the country and plead for the people, then when the people from the medical school arrive, I am willing to take the young minister into the work shed and dormitory to observe the inspection process on the spot."

Hai Rui's question stunned Yan Shifan for a moment. Then Hai Rui looked up at Li Defang and other people from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple and said, "You imperial envoys can also enter together at that time. However, if the sheep that died here are really due to epidemic disease, then I will implement the supervision safety regulations and seal off all the people in the work shed and dormitory for 15 days."

"When the time comes, I will eat and live with the young minister and the imperial envoys, and wait for the final result together."

Hai Rui's words immediately caused a commotion.

The common people who were originally watching the excitement around, when they heard Hai Rui say that there might be an epidemic here, their faces changed and they immediately stepped back several steps, fearing that the epidemic here would find them.

Li Defang was also frightened by Hai Rui's words. How could this happen?

Didn't they say that people were freezing inside? How did it suddenly become an epidemic?

If this is really an epidemic, then the Imperial Medical Bureau would send people to investigate, and it would not be the turn of the three government offices such as the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple.

So at this moment Li Defang was a little panicked. After all, they had no evidence to prove that the people who froze to death inside were real people. They only came here on the mission based on the message from the cabinet and Yan Shifan's firm words.

If it really is an epidemic, then it would be a big deal.

But Yan Shifan was not afraid at all. He snorted coldly, "You said it was an epidemic, so it is an epidemic? You said the dead sheep are sheep, so it is sheep? I think you are just bluffing, trying to intimidate the imperial envoy to achieve your ulterior motives."

"And the Medical College. As we all know, the Medical College is a government office within the Shunyi Industrial Park. You are also an official of Prince Yu's Mansion. There is no guarantee that you will not be in collusion with them. Therefore, I don't trust the Medical College. If you really dare, I can ask the Imperial Hospital to come and check it out!"

Hai Rui said with an unchanged expression, "Since the young minister was able to invite someone from the Imperial Hospital, then let them come as well. This way, we can have another witness."

Seeing Hai Rui's calm expression, Yan Shifan felt a little guilty. After all, the information he had obtained was second-hand information given by Luo Longwen. If the information in it was really inconsistent with the information he had obtained, he would be the one to be disgraced.

Therefore, Yan Shifan was not very confident at this time.

But now the arrow is on the string and it has to be shot. After all, the matter has caused a sensation in the city, and even Emperor Jiajing has ordered the cabinet to handle it. Now the cabinet has placed the task on the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple. If they are so cowardly at the door, wouldn't that be playing a trick on the emperor?
The consequences are also serious.

Therefore, Yan Shifan could only bite the bullet and said, "Okay! Since you dare, why shouldn't I dare? Come, find the director of the Imperial Hospital and ask him to bring the imperial doctors with him. I want to see how long you can hold on!"

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Next chapter, before twelve o'clock!!

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