Following Chen Hong's roar, Wu Jie and others saw several eunuchs pulling Hai Rui out of the house.
Wu Jie was still very curious about Hai Rui, an upright official who had written a significant chapter in the history of the Ming Dynasty. When he looked over, he saw a short, dark old man.
This man has a typical southern face, a somewhat sparse beard, and a tough look that makes him look stubborn.
Hai Rui is wearing a pair of shackles on his hands and feet. The distance between the two feet is no more than five inches. Once they are put on, no matter how powerful a person is, they will be unable to move even an inch. This is the famous tiger and wolf cuffs, specially used to deal with gangsters.
Later, Jinyiwei and Dongchang were also used to lock up imperial prisoners, and their names were also changed to Jin Buyao. First, because the chain is hung from head to toe, and every step is like a sound; second, because the hands and feet are handcuffed together, it is impossible to walk, and can only move forward step by step, like a woman's golden lotus steps, hence the name. , there may not be any insult to Qingliu.
As soon as Hai Rui left the room, he pushed the eunuch who grabbed him away, slowly squatted down, lifted the shackles under his feet, and walked forward slowly.
His eyes were like knives piercing Chen Hong.
Chen Hong sneered: "Hai Rui, this is the first time our family has interrogated you. You have to answer honestly. We ask you, who gave you the permission to write this report?"
Hai Rui suddenly laughed loudly: "Who benefits? Hai Rui only acts according to the conscience of heaven and earth. How can a gentleman be willing to listen to others' orders if he is a friend but not a party?"
The laughter was full of disdain: "You are a villain but not a friend. I would like to ask Eunuch Chen who came to interrogate me, Hai Rui, and wanted to implicate others. Whose instructions did he do so?"
When Chen Hong heard Hai Rui question him, anger flashed on his face: "Very good, you are a loyal person and want to protect the person behind you. But it doesn't matter, I guess you have also heard of our Dongchang's criminal law. Wait a minute When I use the eighteen martial arts in Dongchang, you will lose all your loyalty. If you don't want to implicate more people, you have to drag out a few comrades. Why are you holding your head so high? , Do you want to see the blue sky and white sun in the sky? Kick him and make him kneel down."
Finished. A wave of his hand.
The two eunuchs who were escorting Hai Rui were Chen Hong's confidants. At this moment, they kicked Hai Rui in the crook of the leg at the same time, causing Hai Rui to kneel down.
But he still tried his best to raise his head.
At this time, the two men took out the iron rulers from their waists and slapped Hai Rui in the face. With two cracks, Hai Rui's face became swollen.
"Bah!" With a sound, he spat out a mouthful of blood on the snow. Shockingly red.
Wu Jie and Zhao Zhenji admired Hai Rui's iron bones at first, but they didn't expect that Chen Hong would do it as soon as he said it, and at the same time he shouted: "Stop!"
When Chen Hong heard the shouting, he turned around suddenly and found that it was Wu Jie. A sharp light flashed in his eyes: "It turns out to be Mr. Wu. I wonder why you are here?"
Zhao Zhenji was so angry that he shouted: "Chen Hong, you are so brave. As the ancients said, punishment cannot be as good as a doctor. No matter how hard it is, Hai Rui is a high-ranking court official, and you actually inflict this corporal punishment. Do you want the face of the court or the face of scholars?" I'm going to write a book to impeach you. I'm going to impeach you, the eunuch!"
His scolding of an eunuch made Chen Hong's face glow with murderous intent, and he sneered: "The punishment is not worthy of a doctor, that's right. However, this kind of rebellion without a king or a father does not need to save face. Even being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts is a light punishment." No. Hey, corporal punishment, okay, no need for that. Do it."
" Two eunuchs grabbed a handful of snow from the ground, covered Hai Rui's face hard, and stuffed it into his mouth and nose. Said Hairui couldn't help but twitch.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhao Zhenji turned green with anger and shouted: "Chen Hong, I and Wu Jie got the imperial edict to ask Hai Rui what he said, but everyone else avoided it. Take your troops and leave immediately. .¡±
Chen Hong snorted: "You have obtained the imperial edict, and our family has also obtained the imperial edict. Everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. No matter what, Mr. Zhao, I have to wait for our family to interrogate the criminal before it is your turn. Beat me, beat me hard!" "
Chen Hong¡¯s domineering behavior has become unscrupulous.
Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Xizhong, who had been silent all this time, said: "Don't hit a person with steel and iron bones. It's useless to hit him. Let his conscience find out and explain the matter clearly."
Chen Hong can refuse to give Wu Jie and Zhao Zhenji face, but Zhu Xizhong cannot offend them.
Chen Hong then asked his men to stop: "Okay, wait until I finish interrogating Hai Rui."
He still refused to leave.
Wu Jie stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Chen Hong, I think you and I were very close friends in the past. Can you please take a step to talk."
As he spoke, he looked over with sincere eyes.
Chen Hong was about to continue sneering, but when he saw Wu Jie's sincere and honest eyes, he suddenly felt something indescribable in his heart. After a long while, he nodded and walked outside.
The two slowly walked out of the courtyard and walked a few steps outside. Wu Jie then stood still and looked back at Chen Hong: "Mr. Chen, I remember back then, you and I were always by your Majesty's side. Wu Jie is a human being, and you must be the same." You know, I always only care about people, but I never consider any serious relationships. Back then, you and I were considered friends, right? "
Chen Hong suddenly felt like he couldn't hold his head up when Wu Jie looked at him. He snorted: "That's right, Mr. Wu, we did get along well at the beginning."
Wu Jie sighed: "My wife called you uncle. Speaking of which, we can be considered a family. With you as an elder, Mozi is also very happy. This time when I returned to Beijing from the southeast, Mozi said in my ear that I wanted to come. Look at your uncle. Now that you and I are in such trouble, what do you want me to say to her?"
Chen Hong: "Just say what you want to say?"
Wu Jie: "What should I say? The problem is that Wu Jie still doesn't know what your father-in-law Chen's position is and what he thinks of me, Wu Jie. The reason why I invite you to speak today is because I want to ask you what your plans are." ?¡±
"What are your plans, hehe?" Chen Hong laughed: "Wu Jie, you are a smart man, and I, Chen Hong, am not stupid either. Can't you figure this out? You will be the one who will join the cabinet sooner or later, even if you don't do anything, After working hard for decades, there will be a day when one person is inferior to ten thousand people. But what can I, Chen Hong, get? I will be subordinate to others all my life, and I don¡¯t even have the power to criticize people. A real man, after all, must have It¡¯s what you do.¡±
"I understand. It seems that Eunuch Chen has really changed. In half a year, hey, it's only been half a year." Wu Jie sighed: "It seems that from now on we will be enemies rather than friends."
Chen Hong also nodded: "Shizhen, our positions are different. It's useless to say more. Please don't show mercy in the future."
Wu Jie: "Please don't hold back. How about giving in for today's matter at the end?"
Chen Hong didn't say anything, turned to the yard and shouted: "Let's go back."
At this point, Wu Jie and Chen Hong have completely broken up.
Both of them were just sorry, but they seemed unusually calm. (To be continued)rq
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