Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 59
[Chapter 59 I’m a Good Person]
. Dongcheng Yamen.
Prison.
Lin Xiu has been in prison for the second time.
It is miserable. Although he is a ninth-rank official, in the official system of Daxia, the seventh rank is considered to be in the mainstream. Strictly speaking, the ninth-rank clerk is not a formal official rank. Even a small yamen like Dongcheng Yamen can arrest him if they want.
His identity as the son of the Earl of Ping’an is even more useless.
If he is the Earl of Ping’an, it would be fine. If the powerful are involved, at least the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice have the right to deal with it. The son of the powerful is nothing until his father’s title is passed down.
Of course, if he has a powerful father, even if he commits a crime, the Dongcheng Yamen would not dare to arrest him even if they have ten guts.
I don’t know if it is fate, but Lin Xiu is still in the same cell as last time.
Not long after he was locked up, footsteps came from far away outside.
Several figures walked from the passage. The one in front was a strange young man, followed by the jailer and the constable. Wu Qing followed at the end. Lin Xiu, who had a grudge against him, was put in jail again. He was not only not very happy, but even a little scared.
Once bitten by a snake, one fears the rope for ten years.
He was afraid that Lin Xiu was plotting against him again.
Last time, he really went around the gates of hell. He was afraid of Lin Xiu from the bottom of his heart.
The strange young man walked to Lin Xiu’s cell, clasped his arms, looked at him with a scrutinizing look, and said, “Killing people in the street, you are so brave, do you think your father is the Earl of Ping’an and you can do whatever you want? There are some powerful people in the capital, it’s really lawless…”
Lin Xiu looked at him expressionlessly and said, “Who are you?”
A constable said, “This is the son of the city magistrate, please be polite!”
Last time it was the East City Lieutenant, this time it was simply replaced by the East City Order. As Li Baizhang said, the entire East City Yamen was like the backyard of the Yongping Marquis’s Mansion.
Lin Xiu looked at the son of the East City Order and said, “Some of the powerful people in the capital are really lawless. In order to frame me, they even sacrificed a life…”
Wang Hong, the son of the East City Order, smiled and said, “You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say anything you want. So many people saw you kill someone with their own eyes. You can’t argue with this. Right and wrong will be judged by justice. You will know it in court later.”
After saying that, he turned around and left. But before leaving, he turned back and lowered his voice and said, “Don’t blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame you for provoking someone you shouldn’t have provoked…”
Wu Qing followed Wang Hong and left. Until this moment, he didn’t see any fear or panic on Lin Xiu’s face.
How similar is it to the last situation?
However, he couldn’t figure it out at all. This time, Yang Xuan arranged everything perfectly. Lin Xiu’s murder was witnessed by countless people. The East City Order was a member of the Yang family. How could he turn the tables?
With a heart full of doubts, Wu Qing left here.
Not long after, footsteps were heard again in the cell. The East City Commandant came to Lin Xiu’s cell door with several jailers and said helplessly: “Mr. Lin, please come with me. This time, the city magistrate personally ordered me to try the case. I have no choice…”
For Lin Xiu, the East City Commandant could not say that he hated him, but was grateful.
After all, the other party really let him go last time, so that he could continue to sit in the position of East City Commandant.
He didn’t want to make things difficult for Lin Xiu, but he couldn’t disobey the order of the East City Commandant, so he could only say: “Mr. Lin, I don’t want to do this either. I hope you don’t blame me.”
Although he gave birth to an unreliable son, Lin Xiu had a good impression of the East City Commandant.
A few days ago, he met the old man who was locked up in the cell last time on the street. He said that after he left, the East City Commandant released them all. On weekdays, the East City Yamen colluded with the powerful and wealthy businessmen to oppress the people, which was basically done by the East City Commander.
Although this person is not a good official, he is not too bad.
So the cell was opened, and when Lin Xiu walked out of the cell door, he glanced at the East City Officer casually, and then shook his head imperceptibly.
The East City Officer noticed Lin Xiu’s action.
Then a chill rose from his tailbone and rushed straight to his forehead, making his scalp numb instantly.
There is a trick!
There is a trick in this case!
Master Lin doesn’t want him to interfere!
After taking a look at the East City Commandant, Lin Xiu walked straight to the door of the cell. Cold sweat broke out on the East City Commandant’s forehead. After his face changed several times, he suddenly bent over and covered his stomach, wailing, “Oh, no, no, why does my stomach hurt so much? I have to go to the toilet. Tell the city magistrate to let him try the case!”
After a while, after learning that the East City Commandant had a stomachache and could not try the case, the East City Commander cursed in his heart, but still changed into his official uniform, walked out of the back court, came to the court, sat up straight, slammed the gavel, and asked the young man in the court in a deep voice, “You are a criminal in the court, do you know your crime!”
Even a small official is considered an official, so Lin Xiu can be exempted from kneeling in the court. He looked up and asked the East City Commander, “I don’t know, please tell me clearly.”
The East City Commander slammed the gavel again and said angrily, “You killed someone in the theater, and I don’t know how many people witnessed it. Do you still want to quibble?”
Lin Xiu asked, “Since it’s a murder case, according to the rules, the Dongcheng government doesn’t seem to have the authority to try it, right?”
The Dongcheng Order snorted coldly and said, “Don’t think that I don’t know that you are the son of the Earl of Ping’an and a clerk of the Qingli Division. If we really hand you over to the Qingli Division, who knows how they will excuse you. As the parent official of Dongcheng, how can I ignore such a big case in my jurisdiction? I will inquire about the case first, and then naturally transfer the file to the Ministry of Justice, where the officials will take over.”
He spoke with awe and indignation, and the unaware people might really think that he was a parent official who loved the people like his own children. The East City
Magistrate slammed the gavel again and shouted, “Lin Xiu, do you confess to killing someone in public or not?”
Lin Xiu shrugged and said, “Isn’t it clear to you whether I killed anyone or not?”
“Good of you!” The East City Magistrate stood up angrily, took out a warrant from the tube, threw it on the ground, and said, “He killed someone in public and still doesn’t repent. Let me torture him. If this evil man doesn’t suffer some physical pain, he won’t be honest!”
Soon, several constables took out various torture instruments.
The East City Magistrate looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “Do you want to be caned, tortured, or sentenced to death? I will give you a chance to choose.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure who had been standing outside the court for a long time walked in slowly.
It was Zhu Jin who was ordered to investigate the case.
His Majesty told him not to worry and wait for the person behind the scenes to jump out, but at this moment Lin Xiu was about to be punished. The Imperial Concubine said that he would not be allowed to suffer any grievances. If the East City Order really punished him and made the Imperial Concubine angry, His Majesty would not be able to protect him.
In the palace, the person he feared most was the Imperial Concubine.
Zhu Jin looked up at the East City Order and asked, “You just said that someone from the Ministry of Justice would take over this case. Who is that person?”
Suddenly, a person who disturbed the court broke in from outside. The East City Order was stunned for a moment, and immediately came back to his senses and said in a deep voice, “Who are you and what qualifications do you have to question me? Come on, drag him out and interrogate him later!”
“You won’t say it, right?” Zhu Jin did not look at him again, but raised his hand, waved forward, and said, “Take down the East City Order, first punish him with a cane, then with a handcuff, and finally with a signature, until he speaks out.” As soon as
he finished speaking, more than a dozen masked figures in black robes walked in from outside and stood on both sides of the court.
At the same time, for some unknown reason, the ground of the East City Yamen began to shake slightly.
Outside the yamen, the people nearby were also frightened when they saw rows of fully armed guards surrounding the Dongcheng Yamen in three layers inside and outside.
“What happened?”
“Why are the guards here?”
“Why did the guards surround the yamen? Something big has happened, it must have happened!”
…
At this time in the court, the East City Order saw the men in black and the patterns on their clothes. He was so shocked that he stood up from his seat and said in a trembling voice: “Secret, Secret Investigation Department!” In the
royal capital, if you ask what the East City Order is most afraid of, it is not the boss, not the powerful, not the Marquis of Yongping, or even the emperor, but the Secret Investigation Department!
This department of the court is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark. If it doesn’t appear, it’s fine. Once it appears, someone’s family will be destroyed.
I wonder who is unlucky this time?
Oh, it’s him.
The East City Order’s eyes went black and he fainted.
Zhu Jin glanced at the East City Order lying on the ground and said lightly: “Wake him up before executing him.”
East City Yamen, the back yamen.
Dongcheng Wei hid in the toilet, forcibly enduring the stench here, and did not go out. He rushed out of the toilet when he estimated that the time was about right and he could no longer stand the stench here. He stood in the yard and breathed in fresh air.
The next moment, his breathing stagnated.
Because he saw that in addition to him, there were dozens of figures standing in the yard.
Those rows of people wearing armor and holding weapons were undoubtedly the imperial guards, but why were there imperial guards in the yamen?
And those people dressed in black and covered their faces with black veils were no strangers to Dongcheng Wei. They were people from the Secret Investigation Department. The Secret Investigation Department that frightened the officials and dignitaries in the capital had also come…
As soon as Dongcheng Wei appeared, dozens of sharp eyes were shot at him.
The next moment, Dongcheng Wei’s knees softened, and he knelt on the ground, raised his hands high, and said in a trembling voice: “Don’t catch me, I’m a good person, I’m a good person…”
It seemed that it was also night time. I had saved the manuscript, so what was I afraid of.
(End of this chapter)
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