Chapter 185 Is the son of the Minister of Civil Affairs great?Even if you are the King of Heaven, I will kill you! ! The patrol captain still knew Xia Yuanji.
First of all, as a cabinet minister, Xia Yuanji's rank is not as high as that of the six ministers.
But the power is still considerable.
Furthermore, as a pioneer of reform, Xia Yuanji was considered a prominent figure in the capital.
Especially the people following him are all Jin Yiwei, and this kind of appearance is revealed.
Not to mention that he was just a small patrol captain. Even a commander or a centurion would still be frightened to the point where his legs weakened when Xia Yuanji shouted.
Sure enough, the patrol leader originally wanted to grab the knife in his hand and take Zhan Yi and others away by force, but when he met Xia Yuanji, he immediately put the knife away.
Xia Yuanji asked the Jin Yiwei beside him to take aside the patrol team of 20 people and the eight dandy boys.
After listening to what the workers said and what the old scholar just said, he suddenly became furious.
The old scholar said respectfully: "Mr. Unfortunately, he died in front of them.
Not to mention based on common sense, it is not an exaggeration to conclude that they are the real murderers.
But the patrol captain actually dared to take these people away blatantly.
Sir, the common people ventured to guess that this person may have heard these eight people reveal their identities and felt that protecting these people would bring glory to his future, so he acted recklessly. "
After hearing this, Xia Yuanji thought it made sense, and immediately asked the Jin Yiwei to bring the patrol leader over.
With a plop, the patrol leader fell to his knees on the ground with a pale face in fright.
"If you don't recruit them quickly and truthfully, what are you thinking about? These people are the most suspicious, but you want to take them away by force.
How come the little patrol captain is already more powerful than the officials from the Ministry of Justice! "
The majesty radiating from Xia Yuanji's body made the patrol captain lower his head and dare not speak.
There is something wrong with him.
But the Jin Yiwei next to him usually interrogates high-ranking officials, but now that he met such a young man and dared to keep silent, the Jin Yiwei's hundreds of households became angry.
He took a step forward, grabbed the patrol leader by the hair, and slapped him across the face, "You're so damn deaf, Master Xia is asking nonsense, so you might as well call him truthfully."
If you confess now, I will slap you dozens of times at most and send you to the frontier army. But if it is found out that you are harboring criminals, you will lose your head. "
Who are those people in the hundred households of Jinyiwei?To put it bluntly, there is no need for laws to kill you, so everyone is afraid of the Jin Yiwei, not to mention that the patrol leader has ulterior motives.
Being frightened by Jinyiwei Baihu, he immediately kowtowed on the ground, "The villain is obsessed with ghosts and ghosts. When the villain heard that these eight people are all noble sons, he felt that if they were taken away, the elders behind them would definitely promote them. I, so...so I just..."
When Jinyiwei Baihu heard this, he was thrown to the ground with a whip kick. His two back molars flew up after kicking him, and he spit out a mouthful of blood when he fell to the ground.
Baihu cursed: "What a scum!"
Then Jinyiwei Baihu slipped him up again and pushed him to his knees on the ground.
When the people surrounding him saw this scene, they all gnashed their teeth in hatred.
At the same time, he was also pleased that Xia Yuanji was upholding justice for his own people.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves clicked like exploding beans.
Xia Yuanji looked back and saw Chen Han, wearing casual clothes, riding on a tall maroon horse, galloping from the direction of the city gate with twenty royal guards.
When he came closer, he reined in his horse and turned over.
He was panting and angry.
On the way here, he had already heard what the messenger said about what happened here.
He could be calm at other times, but when he heard that the children of the craftsmen he had summoned were actually insulted and killed by some playboys, how could he not be angry? After coming down, he rushed up with a riding crop in his hand.
Xia Yuanji stepped forward and stopped him: "Zhinian, calm down first."
Chen Han held the riding whip tightly, first glanced at the patrol leader kneeling on the ground, then at the patrol team shivering at the base of the city wall, and at the eight dandies who were wearing silk and satin but no longer looked proud. Children.
He came to the side of the deceased and saw three deceased people, two young and one old. He also saw the middle-aged man lying on the ground crying, heartbroken.
Chen Han tightened his grip on the riding crop again, suppressed his anger, and after asking about the situation, he glanced at the patrol leader kneeling on the ground.
He walked forward and said, "Have you asked clearly?"
"This person just wants to protect those eight beasts!" Xia Yuanji nodded: "This person just wants to make a future for himself through the son of the Minister of Personnel and the Censor of Zuodu."
After hearing this, Chen Han's eyes almost bled.
This beast knew that those eight people were the suspects who killed two girls, but he tried to take the eight people away by force.
If these eight people were taken away from here and did not meet Xia Yuanji, it would probably not be clear.
In the officialdom, how often do officials protect each other?
Not to mention that these ordinary people have no way to appeal. Maybe even most people in the officialdom will suffer the consequences of being dumb when they meet these eight dandy boys.
Chen Han looked at the trembling patrol leader who was kneeling on the ground and asked in a cold voice: "Did you, bastard, jump out of the cracks in the rocks? You have no father, no mother, no children, right?" Don't you know that if these eight people are let go, the three people who died unjustly will never be able to get justice! ! "
The patrol leader knelt on the ground and kowtowed again, "The villain is obsessed with ghosts. The villain is obsessed with ghosts. Please forgive me."
When Chen Han saw him like this, he immediately picked up his riding crop and started beating him wildly.
Smoking and cursing at the same time.
He beat the patrol leader until he fell to the ground with whip marks all over his body, and then he stopped.
Then he walked straight towards Zhan Yi and the others.
Seeing Chen Han rushing towards them with a riding crop, Zhan Yi was so frightened that he shouted: "Chen Han, don't think that because you are a marquis, you dare to do anything to us.
In terms of official positions, my father is several levels higher than you. If you give each other a step up, my father will be grateful to you in the future, and your future will be brighter in the future.
if you……"
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Han's whip had already arrived and struck him in the face.
The whip was extremely strong, and it hit Zhan Yi on the left side of his face.
A bloody whip mark stretched across his face like a wound.
Xia Yuanji quickly came up from behind and hugged his hand, "You have to calm down. If you don't calm down..."
Chen Han held the whip and said: "I know, if I don't calm down and beat these beasts, the two girls will really be unable to show their innocence."
Xia Yuanji felt relieved when he heard what Chen Han said.
Although both of them were extremely angry, they also knew very well about this matter that there was no point in using lynching to kill these people here.
On the contrary, it will make it impossible for the two girls who were killed by them to be redressed.
At that time, someone might spread some lies casually. He must not ruin the reputation of those two girls because of his temporary anger.
Zhan Yi, who was beaten, squatted on the ground holding his face and screaming in pain.
When had he been so humiliated since he was a child? When he was about to speak, Shen Shao pressed his shoulders and whispered, "It's better that we don't speak now."
After hearing this, Zhan Yi calmed down.
The case reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears the next day.
After hearing the case, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he slapped his hand on the two-inch-thick desk, which made the tea bowl a member of the lower class, the most embarrassing thing for him is to bully the people.
Not to mention these common people were summoned by Chen Han to renovate the roads in the capital.
It has only been a few days, only ten days, and such a big event has occurred.
Moreover, it was the son of Zhan Hui, the Minister of Civil Affairs and the censor of Zuodu, who took the lead.
Zhan Hui was indeed a very useful person at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, as time went by, he discovered that this person liked to figure out what was best for him and even more liked to flatter him.
If this was normal, Zhu Yuanzhang would not take it seriously.
But now that reform is in full swing, Chen Han made such a bet with Shen Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
To repair the main roads in the capital within half a year, we need to rely on the support of the people.
However, there was a case of dandy boys abusing the people. If this was not resolved, the people's hearts would be scattered, and Chen Han's road construction plan would be delayed a lot of time.
To put it more broadly, the reformists are unable to protect the people, so will everyone still have confidence in reform?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately decided: "Investigate the matter quickly. We want to go to the scene to see it in person."
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Outside Sanshan Gate.
Chen Han and the others did not leave the city gate and protected the scene on the spot.
The eight dandy boys and the twenty patrolling soldiers were not allowed to move around the scene.
Zhan Hui still had a lot of energy in the officialdom, so he soon learned that the traitor who had been confined at home for ten days had committed such a big crime just after he was released.
Moreover, he was caught red-handed by Chen Han. Wasn't he sent into the tiger's mouth? So when he got up early in the morning, he arrived at Sanshan Gate one step earlier than the Ministry of Punishment, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the prince.
At this time, outside the city gate, Chen Han and Xia Yuanji were sitting in a temporary wooden shed.
Not far away were the remains of the three victims.
Zhan Hui met Shen Jin as soon as he went out.
Shen Jin was also concerned about his son at this time.
He also hurried out of the city after getting the news.
The two people met at the gate of the city. As the father who was the leader of this incident, the two people were equally anxious.
After meeting, they didn't even dare to ask any more questions and went directly to the couch room.
As soon as they arrived at the couch room, they saw the wooden shed set up and Chen Han and the others.
Even at the base of the city wall, Zhan Yi and Shen Shao, who were being guarded by Jin Yiwei, were seen.
As soon as Zhan Yi saw his father, he immediately shouted: "Dad, save me! Dad, save me quickly!"
When Shen Shao saw his father, he also shouted, "Dad, we were wronged, we were wronged by them, and we didn't kill anyone!"
By this time, they were still quibbling.
When they shouted this, the workers nearby became extremely angry.
There are many workers who wish they could just copy the poles and beat them to death.
Zhan Hui and Shen Jin glanced at the eight people under the city wall and snorted coldly.
It is said that no one knows more than his father. What these guys can do, they, the fathers, know best.
They, the fathers, don't believe it when they say that these people didn't do such a thing.
The two people came to the wooden shed and saw Chen Han and Xia Yuanji with cold faces sitting on chairs with their eyes closed to relax.
Neither of them slept much that night.
As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt like I saw the ghosts of the two girls who were innocently killed, and their mother who died of anger.
How can such a tragic thing allow two conscientious people to sleep well.
Zhan Hui and Shen Jin knew they were in the wrong, and after coming in, they both whispered to the people around them not to report anything.
After standing for a while, they actually felt that Chen Han and the others knew that they were coming, and then they shouted softly: "Master Hou!"
Chen Han opened his eyes and glanced sideways at Zhan Hui. He already hated this man.
He had a grudge before and sent his daughter's family to Liaodong to serve in the army, so Zhan Hui has always held a grudge.
And now that his son has committed such a heinous crime, how can Chen Han give him a good look?
Shen Jin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, also came over with a shy face at this time: "Master Marquis, the dog has caused trouble for you."
Chen Han then opened his eyes: "Trouble, is he causing trouble for me? Let me tell you, if it is found out that it was those beasts, I guarantee that their heads will be separated from their necks."
Chen Han's cold words made Zhan Hui and Shen Jin's eyes twitch.
Zhan Hui came forward and whispered: "Master Hou, we feel sorry for the victim. I know that it is useless to say anything. I just ask Master Hou, for the sake of being an official in the same dynasty, if you can open the net." one side.
After all, those who died were just a few ordinary folk women. "
When Chen Han heard this, he swept the tea bowl on the table to the ground with a wave of his hand. The tea bowl shattered on the ground. Chen Han said loudly: "What a great tone. You are worthy of being an official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and several folk women." That’s all, they are indeed not as noble as your sons, so they will die when they die, right?”
Zhan Hui looked ugly.
Shen Jin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had already made a bet with Chen Han, and the relationship between the two had already become stalemate, so when he heard Chen Han say this now, he even felt that Chen Han might be taking revenge on him.
Regardless, he said: "Although the words are a little cruel, the truth is still the same.
How can a few folk women compare to the children of our first- and second-grade officials? Besides, there is no evidence that it was our son who did it. It seems that you have exceeded your authority by starting this fight and detaining them here.
This is a matter that should be dealt with by the Ministry of Justice. To put it more closely, it is also the jurisdiction of Shangyuan County. As the Marquis, you are in charge of the reform.
Chasing murders and investigating cases is not your specialty. You can't just put the blame for murder on my son. "
Chen Han stared at him, "Old man, stop showing off with words here. If it is found out that it was your son who did it, I will personally chop off his head with a knife.
Stop talking nonsense and stand aside until His Majesty comes! "
"You... you you you... are simply degrading to gentlemen!" Veins appeared on Shen Jin's forehead in anger.
"Sven, your mother, are you deaf? Get out of the way! If you hang around in front of me again, I'll break your legs first, because the upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked!" Chen Han yelled.
Shen Jin was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but Zhan Hui next to him understood that if he spoke again, given Chen Han's angry look, he would probably hit someone.
So he quickly pulled Shen Jin aside.
Just then a sharp voice sounded, "Your Majesty has arrived!!"
Chen Han and Xia Yuanji then stood up from their chairs, straightened their clothes, and went forward to greet them.
Zhu Yuanzhang got down quickly from the jade chariot. It could be seen from his walking gait that he was also extremely angry at this time.
Prince Zhu Biao also followed behind.
The Minister of Justice and officials from various departments of the Ministry of Justice also rushed over...
(End of this chapter)