Chapter 371 Catching Insects

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 371 Catching Insects

In previous dynasties, if officials were to be held accountable, they would usually use arrest or seizure. But in the Tang Dynasty, arrest or arrest was the method. For example, the poem by the poet Du Fu: Throwing a person into Shihao Village at dusk, someone

Officials catch people at night.

The word "catch" is vivid and vivid, but whether it is "catching" or "catching", it is a living creature, and at least it needs someone to catch it.

And in the Ming Dynasty, if the eunuchs of the Dongji Office and the Jinyi Guards of Fusi in the North Town were sent out to arrest someone, they would never use the words "capture" or "catch", let alone arrest.

A word for taking.

It was people who took it, but it was as if something had been placed there, and they just picked it up with ease.

It's not because of anything else, just because they are exercising imperial power. Imperial power is really a very difficult thing to understand. It is the most terrifying power in the world. It has the power of life and death for anyone.

Put it in anyone's hand, it can exert its terrifying power.

But only in the hands of the emperor, the emperor is clearly a person who can legitimately exercise such power, but with such power in his hands, the effect that the emperor can exert is greatly reduced.

Maybe there are many concerns, maybe there are many constraints.

However, for these factory guards, they had received the emperor's edict and could exercise imperial power without any restrictions or worries.

Everything is shouldered by the emperor above.

And all they need to do is obey orders and capture this rebel.

The shackles were heavy on his body, and they were locked tightly with a few clicks. At this moment, Liu Xiyao seemed to turn around from his shock, and then started to struggle vigorously.

Seeing that he had not resisted just now, several guards in uniform thought that this man had confessed his crime, so they inevitably relaxed their grip on their hands. However, they did not expect that this man suddenly started to struggle again, and almost failed to hold him down. They quickly used their hands to hold Liu Xiyao down.

Deadly.

Now Liu Xiyao couldn't move at all. His wrists, arms, and calves were so painful from being pressed, but the pain in his body was nothing compared to the anger in his heart. He was shocked and angry at the same time. He raised his head with difficulty and looked at

Mou Bin yelled and asked: "Mo Bin! What do you mean, are you deliberately framed! When did Liu become a rebel!"

Mou Bin looked at him, with a trace of unspeakable pity and sympathy in his eyes. As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he also received the report from Changping Prefecture at sunset.

He knew that all the family members of the deputy capital envoy in front of him had been killed. Sadly, the victim himself was completely unaware of this, and he himself would soon be killed and reunited with his family members.

After all, he was implicated in the charge of rebellion, so how could he escape death?

But soon, the trace of compassion and sympathy in Mou Bin's eyes disappeared again, and his face turned cold again, "Take this person away!"

As soon as he said this, a panicked woman quickly ran out of the main room and said, "Master!"

As soon as the master came out, Liu Xiyao shouted: "Didn't I tell you not to come out? Get in!"

But Mou Bin immediately ordered: "Take the rest of his family as well!"

When these words came out, Liu Xiyao's face instantly twisted with anger, "Mo Bin! Tell me what the hell I have committed!"

Faced with such eyes and cheeks, Mou Bin couldn't help but look away, not to look at him. He paused and then uttered four words from his mouth with a stiff expression, "It is a serious crime of treason."

"Fuck your rebellion! When have I ever rebelled?" Liu Xiyao completely threw all dignity behind his mind, and like a common citizen, he kept swearing, and his mouth was full of vulgar things that he usually looked down upon.

language.

If it were other crimes, that would be fine, such as corruption or bribery, but your damn rebellion, what kind of bullshit charge is this!

Doesn’t he know whether he is treasonous or not?

Now how can he endure such a crime? Not to mention suffering such a huge injustice, what is the crime of treason? If such a crime is placed on his head, his family will be exterminated.

"You will know soon." After saying this, Mou Bin ignored him and shouted in a low voice: "Take him away!"

After giving the order, the two Jinyi guards went to pull the chain.

"Wait a minute!" Mou Bin shouted, "This person is a treasonous traitor and is about to commit a repeat crime. Before the trial, don't let me hurt even a hair, otherwise I will watch your skin carefully!"

"Yes." The two Jinyi guards responded quickly, released the chain, and turned to escort Liu Xiyao out with the others.

"Let go, I will leave by myself!"

Liu Xiyao didn't resist at this time. He turned his head and stared straight at Mou Bin with his red eyes. The corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling angrily or sneered, but he didn't say anything. He just stared straight at Mu Bin like this.

Stare at him.

Mou Bin's eyelids drooped slightly, still not looking at him. He knew what this smile meant. It was a threat, and it meant a fight to the death.

A third-rank official, the deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, if it were the past, he, the commander of the Royal Guards, would have to bear such threats.

But now this threat does not threaten Liu Yushi's future at all.

Perhaps in Liu Yushi's perception, this matter was a misunderstanding. Anyone would feel this way when it comes to this kind of thing.

Mou Bin looked at the main room again and ordered the others: "Liu Xiyao also has a son. Go and search for his son. See where his son is hiding. Find him and take him away! Search again.

Search carefully for charges of rebellion!"

The rest of the Jinyi guards in the courtyard responded and dispersed to capture Liu Xiyao's wife and children, to search for the existence of the accusation of rebellion that was only a thought.

It is now the height of summer in June, and it is so sultry that night. The palace door is wide open, and the lattice windows are also wide open. There is still no breeze, and the faint sounds of grasshoppers outside are loud.

In front of the imperial court, Emperor Hongzhi wore a loose single coat and buried his head in a tall pile of memorials. As he read them, he wrote on them with a red pen, but he could not calm down and his ink pen paused several times.

Finally, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, he turned to the eunuch fanning next to him and said, "Go, find a few people and catch all the noisy insects outside the palace for me."

Now that it's summer, those bugs are screaming every day, and the emperor never finds them noisy. What's more, how can they catch them all?

But the few eunuchs who attended the palace knew that their master was in a bad mood, so they hurriedly responded and went out to find someone to catch bugs.

It is said to be catching bugs, but in fact it is not necessary to catch them. You just need to light a torch and walk around the Danbi Bridge or the dark places around the stone railings. When the scorching heat wave hits, the bugs will be scared away.

If you dare to speak out, you may seem to be shouting loudly and brazenly, but in fact, you are very timid.

While the eunuchs were holding torches to scare the insects, an old eunuch wearing a purple python robe hurriedly walked past the Danbi Bridge.

"Ancestor."

"Ancestor."

"Ancestor."

When they saw the visitor, the eunuchs hurriedly said hello one by one. They snorted with a flute and squeezed out a kind smile on their face, but it was just like that. They didn't even have time to say anything, so they hurried into the Qianqing Palace.

Then he knelt down at the door of the Nuan Pavilion, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have returned with your order."
Chapter completed!