Pei Gonggui

Since ancient times, there has been an idiom called "the murderer pays with his life", which means that the punishment for the crime of "murder" is extremely severe, and the criminal must pay with his life.

It's not that Dali Temple didn't criticize the Six Departments before, and it's not that Pei Jun didn't expect that the framing caused by the fraudulent examination and the salt case would eventually spread to the Six Departments.But in previous frame-ups, Dali Temple accused the six people of corruption and dereliction of duty, although there were many, but no matter whether they succeeded or not, none of them really dared to bring up a life lawsuit and use the word "murder" .It's just because although it is easy to be charged with the crime of "murder" by the courtier, the citation and sentence must be submitted to the emperor for decision.Therefore, if the crime cannot be proved, it will not only waste official funds and maliciously slander, but also pollute the emperor's eyes and waste the emperor's energy.

Therefore, once this crime is charged, it is absolutely impossible to die hastily, and if there is no real clue, the consequence of arresting a minister rashly is unbearable even for a court or a court.Therefore, Cui Yu's accusation of "killing" is definitely not just groundless.Moreover, the actions of Dali Temple always show the meaning of Cai's behind them. This arrest of Cui Yu is so sudden and precise, its speed is like lightning, and its momentum is like thunder. Above the Ministry of Punishment, if you think about it for a while, you can see that this must not be an ordinary official discord or provocation between the ministry and the court, but the people behind it personally.

And the person behind this, apart from Cai Yan, the grand master of the court, naturally does not think of anyone else.

Cai Yan has been immersed in the officialdom for 20 years, and has experienced more conspiracies and schemes than his descendants. Once his handwriting is revealed, he is completely different from his son and disciples.

If it is said that Pei Jun's style of conduct in the court is sharp and sharp, like a tiger, then Cai Yan's scheme must be like a snake - like a snake hunting, without any brave pursuit and fierce culling.It won't falter, it won't startle its prey, it will only lie dormant for a long time and softly after locking on to the prey, and when the time comes, it will bite the opponent's throat fiercely and accurately, and then inject it to death slowly The poison of the prey is swallowed whole, and then consumed.

Different from Cai Yang's crowing weak chicken, his father Cai Yan will never aim at nothing, never miss any good opportunity, and never act impulsively when he has a fever.Therefore, if Cai Yan wants to accuse Cui Yu of murder, even if Cui Yu didn't really kill anyone, his hands must have been stained with someone's blood, and there must have been some kind of fishy smell...

In any case, there must be traces to follow.

Confusion is not an option right now. Pei Jun regained his composure and immediately asked Qian Haiqing, "What did the people from the Cui family say? Who did the Dali Temple say Cui Yu killed?"

Qian Haiqing took a breath and said: "I don't know - Cui Shangshu's wife was crying at the house and couldn't speak clearly. She knelt down and begged us to come to you first and go back to help her. Master, go back and ask her. Seeing Cui Shangshu Madam's appearance is really a big deal!"

When Pei Jun heard this, his heart beat even more violently.He frowned and looked back at Jiang Yue, and Jiang Yue also said solemnly: "Cai Taishi is really good at writing. If Cui Shangshu is really involved in a murder case, it's not just as simple as vacating the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment..."

"That's right." Pei Jun said in a low voice, "They must have done this to make Cui Yu dishonorable, so that all the cases that the Ministry of Criminal Justice sentenced Cui Yu in the past will be suspicious. The fault of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the fault of Dali Temple and Yu Shi. If they want to retry Pei Yan's case, it will not be difficult, and even the physical evidence can be transferred from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to Dali Temple for reexamination, adding some crimes... And Cui Yu was recommended by me when I was in Hanlin For the emperor, once the murder case is completed, I will definitely be implicated, let alone Pei Yan's case—"

"If the Cai family wants to blame Master for the death of King Rui, what should we do?" Qian Haiqing was anxious, "When the time comes, Master will be charged with the crime of instigating my sister to murder the royal family. Wouldn't this be to harm Master? die!"

"Pei Jun, it's not too late, you should go back to your house and have a look." Jiang Yue immediately persuaded Pei Jun, "Since this happened today, it won't help if I go to the department to entangle Cai's land enclosure case, so I might as well stay here Send someone to find out the news from other places, so you can guard Xuan'er. You don't have to worry about Xuan'er with me, if you need help, you can send someone to let me know."

"Okay." The matter couldn't be delayed, Pei Jun glanced at Jiang Yue gratefully, it was hard to imagine that the two of them would see each other for a moment, and the tenderness for a moment would be disturbed by such absurd things, and sighed again: "You can do everything Be careful."

Seeing Jiang Yue solemnly agree after speaking, he took Qian Haiqing with him, and hurried out of Prince Jin's mansion to go home.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of Zhongyi Hou's mansion, he heard a woman crying loudly from the main hall.When he arrived at the front yard, Pei Jun saw Cui Yu's wife, Shen Shi, covering her face and sitting on the railing, sobbing.

At this time, hearing Uncle Dong's "Your Excellency is back", Shen Shi immediately got up to meet Pei Jun, knelt down without saying a word, and cried out: "Master Pei, please! Please save Yun Fei , I beg you...you must save Yunfei..."

Yunfei is Cui Yu's nickname.Since Cui Yu cracked a huge case in Fudao four years ago and was promoted to the Ministry of Punishment by his younger brother Pei Jun, in order to be courteous and respectful to the new official of the Judiciary, except for his master Shen Shangshu of the Ministry of War—that is, his wife Shen’s Father, no one calls him that name anymore.

Pei Jun quickly bent down to help Mrs. Shen up, and asked with a serious face: "Sister-in-law, tell me what happened to the old Cui case? Who did the Dali Temple sue him for killing? Did he do it and how much did he do?" ——You have to tell me everything. This is the end of the matter. If there are any more lies or omissions, it will not be Lao Cui who suffers alone. I am afraid that everyone in my six departments will be implicated. Sister-in-law, you will definitely To know everything, to say everything.”

Mrs. Shen was more and more frightened by his words, and said while mournful: "...It's been a long time since the Dali Temple sued, and the family always treats it as a family scandal that cannot be publicized, how could it... "

Qian Haiqing urged: "Madam, please tell me quickly, what's the matter?"

Shen swallowed her tears, knowing that no matter how ugly the family is at this time, she would have to speak, so she cried: "... Mr. Pei probably knows that Yun Fei was beaten, scolded and abandoned by his mother since he was a child, but you probably don't know , the knot in his heart...hasn't been solved for decades. When he didn't make a fortune...he had a habit of being ashamed because of this, that is, when there were many things in the official business and his mind was hard to calm down, He just loves...he loves to torture old women to vent his anger."

"...to vent your anger?" Pei Jun frowned, and felt very bad after hearing the words, "In the past, he liked to hire old prostitutes to serve him, and he always made people unable to get out of bed, and it didn't end well... I just thought it was him who wanted to do this. If there are people who are willing to fight with him, then don’t care about it. Didn’t he stop recruiting later? He said that he couldn’t find anyone who was willing to take the job, so what’s the trouble?”

"Hey! This is what happened the year before last!" Shen wailed and sighed, wiping her tears again and again, "I persuaded Yunfei several times back then, saying that Mr. Pei was a blessing, and I even bailed you back to the capital to become an official , You have to be sorry! It's time to give up this habit of not being on the stage. If you sit back in the position of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, how many pairs of eyes should be staring at your back, but you can't be so nonsense anymore! Yunfei naturally He listened to me very much, and said that it would be the last time to recruit, and he would never mess around again. But who knew that a few days after that time, someone came to the house of the old prostitute who was recruited, crying for grievances, saying that the old prostitute Being tricked to death by Yun Fei, her family will sue us for recklessly taking human lives..."

Pei Jun's heart turned cold, and he asked, "Is this old prostitute really dead, or did she ask someone to extort money?"

Shen closed her eyes in pain, and said with hatred: "Yun Fei went to see it in person, and she is really dead. But he was a pusher, and he immediately found out that the old prostitute was sick, so it might be true. He died because of it... But at that time, the Ministry of Officials was discussing that he should take over as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and this matter must not be delved into the details, and must not be leaked, so I made the decision for him. The old prostitute's family, to tell the truth, they were not allowed to tell the truth, and the old prostitute's family also happily agreed, and then the case was settled, and Yun Fei was able to sit safely on the position of minister..."

"When such a big thing happened, you didn't know to tell me earlier, but you dared to make up lies to fool the official position. Now you have to blame yourself!" Pei Jun gritted his teeth and looked at Shen, "If you spend money to settle the injustice Now, how could Dali Temple sue the door to arrest someone?"

Shen cried and shook her head: "I don't know, Mr. Pei... I really don't know where they found out about this. At that time, we also gave the money, and my father also helped put the family far away. Sending her to the south to take care of it, Yunfei also said that this statement was unfounded, so she asked the family to sign a contract not to sue, and put her fingerprints... But Dali Temple said today that the case had been reported to the government earlier. For some reason, it was kept in the warehouse and never handed in. Now that they found out, they hurriedly reported it to the cabinet, and they came to arrest the person after they got the order. Just now they opened their mouths and said that Yunfei killed the murderer... and said that the old prostitute was originally Husband, falsely accuse Yunfei of committing adultery with that old prostitute, and murdered because of jealousy... If the accusation goes on like this, if it spreads to the outside world, Yunfei's face will not be wanted in the future, my father will come Zhishi is afraid that if he leaves, he will not be able to survive, then I will have no face to live anymore... Oh, my Feng'er, a child who is only a few months old, how will he live in the future if he has no father and no mother? ... woo..."

Shen wailed, but the words came to an end, but the tears were louder. What she said at this time was just a short sentence, but to Pei Jun, who is familiar with the criminal law, her words were full of words. As soon as a crime that deserves a severe punishment——

Regardless of whether the death of the old prostitute was caused by Cui Yu or not, Cui Yu, as the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, dared to spend money to settle the injustice and eliminate the murder case. Eager to spend money to help Cui Yu get rid of the crime, this is naturally the courtiers' cover-up and favoritism, and the sentence is exile;If the two crimes of adultery and vendetta imposed by Dali Temple are added, it is enough for Cui Yu to be beheaded twice, and Shen Shangshu is absolutely to blame.

But Cui Yu's wife, Shen Shi, is thinking about the face of his Cui family and the Shen family!

After hearing this, Pei Jun felt a throbbing pain in his brain, and was dazzled even standing on the flat ground. Now he felt tired and flustered from the past few days and finally found a breakthrough. Once it poured out, it exploded violently, hitting his heart. Suddenly, it was hard to say a word.

——Why was Cui Yu's old case, which seemed to have been settled long ago, suddenly brought to light when Cai Yang was imprisoned and Pei Yan was awaiting trial?

There is no such a coincidence among officials.

This case must have been discovered by Cai Yan long after the death of the old prostitute and the injustice caused by her relatives.But at that time, Cai Yan did not expose Cui Yu, who had just been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Instead, he only let Cui Yu's family make mistakes and crimes to their heart's content. Just watching and gaining momentum--

Just because there was no salt industry and fraud chaos at that time, and the Cai family was still in full swing, and there was nothing wrong with it, so although the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was important, it was absolutely impossible to shake the position of the Cai family among thousands of officials in the great dynasty.Then the Cai family kept Cui Yu's secret move, in fact, it was not for the safety of the moment at all, but to set up an ambush thousands of miles away, and began to lay a lead for the subsequent destruction of the Pei Party.

From this, Pei Jun couldn't help but recall that after Jiang Zhan was thrown into the prison in his previous life, he saw Cui Yu from a distance and was also arrested.At that time, he only said that Cui Yu was implicated in his downfall, and after Cui Yu was interrogated, there was indeed an additional crime of "not investigating" in his crimes.

What is the explanation for this crime? The prison officer didn't even bother to read it. He grabbed his bloody hand and hurriedly drew the pledge. On the other hand, he took the draw to interrogate Fang Mingjue. He went in and out like he was going to a market. He kept stopping. .

At that time, he only thought that Cui Yu couldn't bear the punishment, so he followed the judge's slander and framed him as a traitor, it's just human nature... and he didn't know that after this "ignorance", it was Cui Yu who really had something on his head What about sin?

Thinking of this, Pei Jun felt chills behind his ears, windy neck, and chills down his back.He lowered his head to see Shen shi cried and knelt on the ground again and kowtowed to him for help, he felt a mouthful of rusty sweetness in his throat, he turned his eyes away the next moment, raised his hand to Uncle Dong, and grabbed Qian Haiqing Sleeve turned around and walked out of the house, saying:

"Prepare the car and go to Dali Temple."