Chapter 3: What is love? (2)

In the Shuntian Prefecture yamen, Shi Kefa was in a hurry in the lobby. Zhou Wenyuan had already returned and brought Zhou Huaian's promise, but none of them replied when Huang Zunsu and the others went out. He was ready here and was waiting to get the people.

"Sir, Lord Huang and the others are back!" A yamen runs to report.

When Shi Kefa heard this, he hurriedly walked out. When he saw the three people who were dejected, he knew that they had gone in vain. His heart suddenly sank and stepped forward and said, "Brother Huang, how about it?"

Huang Zunsu said angrily: "We couldn't even enter the gate of the security yamen, so we were blocked and returned."

"It's unreasonable!" Shi Kefa said with great brilliance.

"Mr. Shi, the security yamen is not your or my dispatch. If you are serious about this matter, they did not do anything wrong." Zhou Wenyuan said coldly.

"What should I do? We don't have enough manpower!" Shi Kefa said impatiently. This is not to arrest one or two people, but it is also scattered all over the city. If there are fewer people, I am afraid that these people will not be able to be caught in one place."

"Mr. Shi, don't worry. With the commander here, I believe that there must be enough manpower!" Zhou Huaian and his men arrived in a hurry.

Shi Kefa said happily: "It turns out that the commander came in person, that's great."

"This commander brings you a thousand imperial guards. Do you think it's enough for you to dispatch?" Zhou Huaian Chang said with a smile.

"Enough, enough, even without the assistance of the security yamen," Shi Kefa changed his voice, "It's just that Commander Zhou will draw a thousand imperial guards. Wouldn't the guards of the palace be empty? The emperor's safety?"

Zhou Huaian laughed and said, "Did Lord Shi never bring troops, or are you confused? The Imperial Guardian's work of guarding the imperial city is in shifts, and all the Imperial Guardians do not need to be on duty together. If this is the case, the Imperial Guardians will stand on duty day and night. Wouldn't they all become gods?"

Shi Kefa was a little anxious and hurriedly accused him: "I forgot all this in a hurry."

"It doesn't matter if you forget this, it's important that Lord Shi arrested these rumors. What should we do if the thief who destroyed the emperor's reputation is dealt with?" Zhou Huaian suddenly asked solemnly.

"Of course it was sent to the Ministry of Justice for trial." Shi Kefa blurted out that the order from the cabinet gave him was to arrest them and detain them directly in the Ministry of Justice.

"How to try?" Zhou Huaian asked immediately.

"How to judge, that's the matter of the Ministry of Justice. I received the Cabinet's order and all the criminals were escorted to the Ministry of Justice." Shi Kefa said suspiciously. The emperor intended to separate military and political affairs. Zhou Huaian was a person around the emperor, so he should know much more than himself. Why did he ask himself repeatedly?

"So that's the case." Zhou Huaian changed his mind and then asked: "Mr. Shi must know what the consequences will be for arresting these people?"

"This, I naturally know that these people spread rumors at will, destroying the stability of the capital and wantonly damage the emperor's reputation. Of course, they must be punished by national laws." Shi Kefa said.

"This commander has a suggestion. Unknown Lord Shi will not listen?" Zhou Huaian had no choice but to say clearly that if Shi Kefa refused, he would stop them from arresting people.

"President Zhou, please tell me that we are not in time and it's almost dawn." Shi Kefa and others have already discussed that arresting at night will not easily cause turmoil among the people. There is also a certain degree of secret.

"The advice of this commander is that Lord Shi should not transfer the criminals to the Ministry of Justice, and be detained in the prison of Shuntian Prefecture."

"Why?"

"Did Lord Shi forget how he tried Wei Liangqing?" Zhou Huaian asked.

"What does Commander Zhou mean?" A trace of wisdom flashed in Shi Kefa's eyes. Huang Zunsu, who was standing behind Shi Kefa, also thought a little, seemed to understand.

"Mr. Shi, wouldn't this meant to violate the Cabinet's orders?" A patrol censor couldn't help but interrupt and asked.

"No need to say more, all criminals are temporarily detained in Shuntian Prefecture Prison!" Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Shi Kefa waved his hand and ordered.

Shuntian Prefecture naturally respects history and law, and will not ignore other places. But the five censors of the Five Censors of the Censors of the Five Censors of the Guardians of the Five Censors must listen to Zhou Wenyuan.

Based on Zhou Wenyuan's understanding of Zhou Huaian, he had guessed that behind this matter was extraordinary and there must be some secret hidden. He did not doubt Zhou Huaian's loyalty to the emperor, but he felt that there must be articles behind it. This was the intuition of a person who was engaged in intelligence analysis, so he did not speak at all, just nodded and agreed with Shi Kefa's order.

With the ability of the shadow, it is not easy to catch people who jump out of the land. This time they are just catching these people who jump out of the land. Of course, eliminating evil is a good wish for people, but this is unrealistic.

The capture was very fast and fast. In addition to the already bound list, the little fish and shrimps also caught a lot, and there were several fish that missed the net, but they no longer had the ability to make a big wave.

There are quite a lot of fish in this net. There are Gao Yongshou and Liu Siyuan, the servants who were cleared out of the palace. Several people have worked as palace maids in the palace. Most of them were severely punished by the court a few days ago when the court ordered the cleanup of unjust, false and wrong cases in various places. Some people lost all their property. Naturally, these people now hate the court to the core, maliciously slander the court and spread rumors.

When Zhou Huaian saw that Shi Kefa had already understood what the emperor asked him to tell him. After the arrest operation was completed, he naturally led a thousand imperial guards back, and he had to report the whole story to the emperor.

Zhu Yinglong was relieved after hearing Zhou Huaian's report. Let's see how Shi Kefa dealt with this matter and how to deal with these people. If he was arrested, how could he cause great changes? How could he not be nervous?

Zhu Yinglong thought about it and had another flaw, that is, he, the emperor, was assassinated and was slandered. The commander of the inner guard who was guarding the troops along the way was not questioned. This is obviously unreasonable, but Zhou Huaian was put under great jail. Who will temporarily take over his position? Zhu Yinglong thought hard but couldn't think of a reliable person.

He racked his brains and really made him come up with someone. This person was Taikangbo Zhang Guoji. He was a very reliable person. He was in his prime and had been idle at home. He could consider letting him temporarily serve as the commander of the Grand Inspector Guard. It also made it convenient for him to visit his own daughter, Queen Yi'an, Zhang Yan, at any time.

"Zhou Aiqing, I will feel wronged this time, and I may suffer some flesh and blood." Zhu Yinglong said to Zhou Huaian apologetically.

"I am grateful to the emperor for his grace, and I go through fire and water, and I will never refuse to die." Zhou Huaian had already accepted Zhu Yinglong's arrangement for him and said calmly.

"You may have to stay in prison for a while, and I cannot take care of you. I am not afraid of ten thousand, but I am afraid that if I want to give you a token, you must hide it closely. When it is absolutely necessary, you can show it out. I don't know if no one dares to do anything to you!" Zhu Yinglong took a piece of carved dragon jade pendant with him and said solemnly.

"Don't worry, my uncle will never show the emperor's token until the last moment." Zhou Huaian said movedly.

"Okay, unless it is necessary, I don't want to put you in prison. Since I want to make the world believe that I was seriously injured when I was assassinated, then just pretend that he is really here."

The great guard commanded the yamen.

"The emperor has an order." Xu Yingyuan stepped in with his hand and said loudly.

"The criminal minister, the commander of the Grand Guard, Zhou Huaian, received the order!" Zhou Huaian led a group of subordinates to kneel in front of Xu Yingyuan, and bowed his head.

"In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor summoned: Zhou Huaian, the commander of the imperial guards, is deeply worthy of me. But he did not want to repay the holy grace, but he almost died at the hands of an assassin. He was extremely guilty and was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. After I recover, I will go to the district to go! I am honored."

"The criminal Zhou Huaian thanked the Lord for his kindness!" Zhou Huaian took off his official hat, his uniform, untied his sword, and allowed Xu Yingyuan to wait for someone to escort him to the Ministry of Justice.

After placing Zhou Huaian into the Ministry of Justice, Xu Yingyuan went to Taikangbo Zhang Guoji's mansion to read out the imperial edict, and ordered him to temporarily serve as the commander of the Grand Inspector.

After these two imperial edicts were issued, they did not cause much trouble. Zhou Huaian failed to protect the emperor well, and it was a death sentence that he could not escape. The prison of the Ministry of Justice was already light, and the second imperial edict was nothing. Taikangbo was the father of Empress Yi'an. It was expected that he would be valued. But he came a little late.

Shi Kefa, Zhou Wenyuan and others disobeyed the cabinet's order and imprisoned all the arrested prisoners in Shuntian Prefecture. At this moment, they were all concentrated in Shuntian Prefecture's yamen to discuss countermeasures. Suddenly, they heard that Zhou Huaian had been sent to the Ministry of Justice Prison, which shocked everyone to be at a loss. The problem was that this was the emperor's imperial edict, not the cabinet or the military cabinet, and it was frightened.

"Why did the emperor arrest Commander Zhou?" asked Yang Zhiyi, who had the most irritable temper.

Shi Kefa remained silent, Zhou Wenyuan's cold face, Huang Zunsu fell into deep thought, Wei Xuelian frowned even more, Shi Kefa's deputy He Tengjiao and several censors of the city patrol were all confused.

"My dear sirs, we are now on the same boat. The emperor just arrested Commander Zhou. He neither asked the Ministry of Justice to try him or say how to deal with him. So he is fine for the time being. What should we do now? It is not a trivial matter to disobey the cabinet's orders." Huang Zunsu was silent for a long time and was the first to look up.

"Sir Shi, you have the highest official title here. What do you think we should do now? Hand over the criminal to the Ministry of Justice?" Wei Xuelian said.

"The criminals cannot be transferred to the Ministry of Justice. Once the criminals arrive at the Ministry of Justice, the matter will become very complicated. If we do not transfer the criminals to the Ministry of Justice, then this matter can only be a private arrest conducted by my Shuntian Prefecture and the Wucheng Censors and Defense Office. Once the criminals are transferred to the Ministry of Justice, it will become the court ordering the arrest. Have you ever considered which one is more important?" Huang Zunsu stood up and said decisively.

"Mr. Huang's words are very reasonable. If we arrest people, the court can still make up for it if things get big. If the court orders people to be arrested, it will be difficult to make up for it." said the censor Zhijian.

"Master Zhi said it is good. If the situation is wrong, the court can pretend not to know and order us to release the people, and then dismiss us from office. This will not have much impact on the court or the emperor. If the court arrests people, it will be troublesome. The people will definitely think that the court deliberately wanted to cover up the truth and ordered the arrest. Those traitors may create new rumors and make the people believe it. At that time, not only will the emperor's reputation be affected, but the world may also be in chaos." Huang Zunsu followed closely.

"What should we do?" Yang Zhiyi asked.

"Public trial!" Shi Kefa slapped the table and stood up and said.

"Public trial? Yes, it is a public trial. Before the Ministry of Justice came to ask for the crime, the people in the city interrogated these people who spread rumors and caused trouble and broke all their rumors. In the future, no one wants to attack and slander the court with rumors, and they will fail to defeat themselves and suffer the consequences!" Huang Zunsu said excitedly.

"Do you remember the arson case in the Forage Field of the Imperial Horse Supervision last year?" Shi Kefa saw that the eyes of several censors of the city patrol were still a little confused and reminded him.

"Let's go back and try Wei Liangqing's intention to get involved in the selection of the woman."

"Mr. Shi, Xiaguan and others understand. Xiaguan and others listen to you and Master Zhou." Except for Zhou Wenyuan, all the officials involved in the arrest stood up and clasped their fists at Shi Kefa and Zhou Wenyuan.

"Okay! Just do it!" Shi Kefa hit the table hard and said excitedly that if this important thing is done, it is probably unprecedented and there will be no future. He will definitely write a heavy mark in history.
Chapter completed!