Rise From the Humble

"Xiaoqing Xiaohong, what are you two yelling about? I don't know that the young lady and the uncle are having dinner, ah... wait, what did you just say? The official document is here?!"

When the little maid Baozi heard the shouts of the two girls outside, she didn't react immediately. Her first reaction was that they couldn't let them disturb the young lady and uncle's meal, so she opened the door curtain and took out the posture of being close to the big girl. There were two little girls yelling.

But they only said half a sentence, and then they reacted belatedly. Wait, they just said that the official document from the Ministry of Punishment has been released? !

"Miss, uncle, the official document from the Ministry of Punishment has arrived."

After Baozi's little maid reacted, her little hand holding the door curtain trembled, and then she immediately turned around and reported to Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an with excitement on her face. Her excited little face was flushed, as if she had picked up hundreds of taels of silver notes. of.

Zhu Pingan had long heard the shouts of the two girls outside.

"Bring it here, let me take a look."

Zhu Pingan put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and said to the little maid Baozi at the door.

"no."

Li Shu pursed her lips, looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile and shook her head, her beautiful eyes were full of beauty.

"why?"

Zhu Ping'an was surprised. Out of habit, he blurted out a word that was destined to be understood by no one, but he quickly reacted and quickly added, "I mean, why?"

"Crooked? What nonsense are you talking about?"

Li Shu rolled her cute eyes, her pretty nose was straight, her charming lips parted slightly, and then she said: "This is not an ordinary official document, it is about your official career. You must first 'shower and change clothes, burn incense and wash your hands'" That's fine. You have to respect official documents so that they won't turn against you or hit the smiling person. Some scholars even bathe and burn incense when reading Zhuang, Lao, Confucius and Mencius, let alone official documents about you. , and there’s not much time left or right.”

Shower and change clothes, burn incense and wash your hands? !

When Zhu Pingan heard this, he pursed his lips speechlessly. All the official documents from the Ministry of Punishment have been issued. No matter whether you are bathing or slovenly, the official documents are there, and they will not be lost just because you "shower, change clothes, burn incense and wash your hands." Change content.

In Zhu Pingan's view, this is a bit formalistic.

Of course, Zhu Ping'an knew that Li Shu had good intentions, and it was precisely because of her concern that he cared about these forms.

Respect is one aspect, and the other aspect is probably psychological comfort.

Isn't it just bathing and changing clothes, burning incense and washing hands? As Li Shu said, it doesn't take much time.

Therefore, there is no need not to meet Li Shu's request.

So, Zhu Pingan shook his head with a smile, got up and went to the bathroom.

When Zhu Pingan went to the bathroom to take a bath, Zhaohui Jinggongfang, which was in the same Xicheng as Linhuai Marquis Mansion, became noisy. Beibingmasi Hutong in Zhaohui Jinggongfang was the source of the noise.

Many guards appeared in Beibingmasi Hutong, carrying knives and whistle sticks, as well as Jinyiwei with embroidered spring knives on their waists. Under the leadership of the arresters and Jinyiwei Baihu, they trotted all the way to "Jianwei General's Mansion" and were almost there. At the door, the guards and guards were divided into two teams. One team went to the front door, and the other team went around to the back door.

Such a large battle naturally attracted many curious people. The brave ones followed closely behind the guards and guards, while the timid ones watched from afar.

Beibingmasi Hutong is mostly home to military families. Both the masters and the servants are more courageous. Most of them open the door and stop to watch at the door, guessing the whereabouts of the Jin Yiwei and the servants.

"The government handles the case, and idle people avoid it."

The officers and guards shouted loudly at the door of General Jianwei's Mansion, stood apart, and separated the onlookers with expressionless faces. They separated an open space at the door of General Jianwei's Mansion to prevent the crowd from affecting the handling of the case.

"What are you doing? This is the residence of Zhao Qianhu, commander of the Xicheng Army and Horses Division. You must have gone to the wrong place."

When the two armored guards at the gate of General Jianwei's mansion saw this scene, they revealed their identity as Zhao Daying and stepped forward to ask. It's just a hundred households and a head catcher, but they dare to make trouble on our Lord Zhao's head.

"Take it!"

The Jinyiwei Baihu glanced at them without looking back. They waved to the servants and Jinyiwei behind them and uttered two words coldly.

As soon as Jinyiwei Baihu finished speaking, two Jinyiwei stepped forward and pounced on the two armored guards with expressionless faces.

When the two armored guards saw this, they subconsciously tried to pull out the sword and put their hands on the handle. However, the next second they saw a flash of cold light in front of them. Jin Yiwei's Xiuchun knife had been placed on his neck, and the tip of the knife was tightly Close to the neck, not an inch more, not an inch less.

The gap is huge.

The armored guard was sweating profusely on his forehead and did not dare to move.

Soon, some officers came forward and tied up the armored guard's hands with ropes.

"My lords, what are you doing? We have something to talk about, so why bother to hurt the peace? We, Mr. Zhao, have admired your commanding lord for a long time, and we were fortunate enough to have drinks with Mr. Lu at the same table at Mr. Yan's house. Sirs, come It's just right, the village below has just sent a deer, and there are some jars of good wine at the house, just in time to taste it together. We, Mr. Zhao, are the most hospitable. If I know that all of you are here, I will be extremely happy. "

The door of General Jianwei's Mansion opened, and a middle-aged man who looked like a butler came out, well-dressed, and with a smile on his face, he said to the Jin Yiwei Baihu and the head catcher outside the door.

"Haha, what a coincidence, our Jinyiwei are also the most hospitable." Jinyiwei Baihu squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Today, we just invite Mr. Zhao to come to our prison as a guest. The weather is hot, we are here Prison is the coolest place, haha."

"ah?"

Hearing this, the smile on Zhao's housekeeper's face turned into a crying face. Damn it, who in the world doesn't know where the Jinyiwei Prison is? It's a place that eats people without spitting out their bones. Not many people who go in can come out alive. It's notorious.

"Please. Take us to see Mr. Zhao so that I can hand over the 'invitation' to Mr. Zhao."

The Jinyiwei Baihu looked at the manager of Zhao Mansion with a dead smile, took out an official document with several bright red seals from his arms, and showed it in front of him.

The official document was very long, and some of the content in the front could not be clearly seen, but the content in the back was noticed by the Zhao family steward:

"Thousands of Zhao Daying received the emperor's favor and did not want to serve the country and defend the people. Instead, they killed good people and pretended to be promoted and rewarded. After the incident, they covered up and changed their heads in every possible way in order to deceive the superiors. His crime is difficult to redeem and he was demoted. For the sake of the people, I confiscated all my property, and I will arrest and imprison him on the same day. I plan to execute him to set an example."

The steward of the Zhao Mansion was struck by thunder, his face instantly turned ashen, and cold sweat poured down his back.