Chapter 42 tit for tat
mmmp, who do you like meddling in other people's business? Could it be that you are full?! Zhang Lin's face looked ugly and he stared at a general with an angry look. However, he dared not do anything to a general with a tall and big horse holding a sharp blade. Maybe the other party could kill him by raising his fingers a little.
"Then I won't execute it!" The old master pointed his fingers and shouted loudly, but no one took action immediately.
There is a saying that it is better to be in charge of county officials than to be in charge.
The general did not shout or even make a sound, but waved his hand. Then two guards took the order and came forward to grab Zhang Lin from both sides. Moreover, his attitude was not to be detained in Luantai for trial, but to be pressed down on the spot and executed in public.
"It's really outrageous that you ignore the emperor's orders and don't take the emperor seriously!" Zhang Lin shouted hard on the outside and the inside.
"Sister Wan'er..." Yan'er said anxiously. She was not worried that Zhang Lin would be punished by the stick, but that she thought that if Zhang Lin was punished in public, Shangguan Wan'er, who accompanied Zhang Lin all the way, would not escape the relationship. After returning, she would inevitably be punished with the emperor.
Shangguan Wan'er reached out and patted Yan'er's shoulders, so that the latter would not be restless. Then he stepped forward, waved his hands to the two guards to stop him, and shouted softly: "Let's wait!"
When the matter has developed to this point, Shangguan Wan'er knew that she had to come forward. If Zhang Lin was beaten in court, it would be difficult for her to explain to the emperor.
The two guards immediately stopped further movements when they heard this, and were very obedient and obedient.
"Zhang Ge Lao, General Hu, this is a close minister of the emperor. Although he went to the south gate by mistake, he thought that he was the first offender and held the Emperor's Order. I hope the two of you will forgive me and be exempted from punishment." Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward, greeted Ge Lao and General Hu with a calm expression, begging to exempt Zhang Lin from punishment.
Seeing Shangguan Wan'er pleading, Mr. Zhang looked at General Hu with inquiring eyes. That means, Lord Shangguan has come forward to speak. Should we give her such face? General Hu muttered in Master Ge's ear with an expressionless face. Master Ge nodded slightly after hearing this.
"The inner minister cannot go to the south gate. This is the rule in the palace. It has been implemented in this way for a long time. The inner ministers in the palace have always abide by this rule, and no one violated it without authorization. This person is too arrogant and relies on the emperor's orders, not taking the important officials seriously, and he willfully bump into or even beat the prime minister of the court. It is really not enough to calm the anger of the officials without punishment!" The tiger general said coldly, and it seems that he did not take Shangguan Wan'er seriously. He is a military general and has little dealing with Shangguan Wan'er, who is in charge of the imperial edict, so there is no need to act at the latter's expression.
"General Hu is very much! However, since Lord Shangguan comes forward to plead, he will reduce the punishment of the stick in half and will not be executed in public. He will be detained in Luantai before giving the gift. Lord Shangguan, what do you think?" Zhang Ge Lao said with a serious statement. It is obvious that after the two of them communicated, they began to play a double act and fool Shangguan Wan'er.
Shangguan Wan'er was speechless for a moment. Zhang Ge Lao said it very well. If you minus half of the punishment of the stick, you don't have to beat the board in public. It would be like selling her face. And this face is quite small, what else can she say? Besides, Zhang Lin is not her, so is he blushing with the two court ministers for his crime?
"Come, take it away." Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er didn't say anything, the tiger general ordered his subordinates to escort Zhang Lin to Luantai.
"Slow!" Zhang Lin looked angry and waved his imperial order. He said righteously: "Do you ignore the emperor's imperial order and still have the emperor in your eyes? I show the emperor's imperial order, and you still have to hit me without authorization. Isn't this equivalent to hitting the emperor? Do you do this? Do you want to rebel?!"
Although Shangguan Wan'er's words were reduced by half, he still had to blame fifty boards, which made Zhang Lin, who had a fine skin and tender flesh, could not bear it, so it was necessary to fight. His idea was that the guilt of his own robbery of the South Gate might be inevitable. If the other party's guilt was also conquered, then the two parties could not hold each other accountable, and they would not owe each other, and they would be happy.
After hearing Zhang Lin's words, neither Zhang Ge Lao nor General Hu did answer because Zhang Lin kept talking and kept talking about the emperor, and even involved the word treason. This was not easy to answer. If you accidentally get caught by the other party, you may bite him back. In their minds, Zhang Lin is a very difficult thorn, not a cowardly person who lets them control him. If you meet Zhang Lin elsewhere, they can punish him whatever he should do without asking, but this happened in the palace, and Shangguan Wan'er was on the spot. If you handle it improperly, you may be sued to the emperor. If you can't explain it clearly, you can't tell it clearly, and you will be wrong, so it's better not to say anything.
Therefore, after making simple eye contact, they did not speak, and their faces showed disdainful expressions of answering. Not speaking does not mean that they will not be punished. On the contrary, the remaining fifty boards are inevitable.
After hearing Zhang Lin's words, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head secretly, approached the former, and lowered her voice and reminded: "If you say in public what the emperor did to you, then their crime of ignoring the emperor's order should not be less serious than you. But if you don't say anything, it is normal for them to interrogate and deal with you as necessary, after all, you went to the South Gate by mistake."
What did the emperor ask me to do? There was nothing, but how could I say this?! It was because I was uncomfortable, but if I didn’t say it, I could not confirm the other party’s guilt, and I could not offset my guilt. What should I do now?
"I let you take the Emperor's Order. Will your power be greater, so great that it suppresses them?" Zhang Lin was quick to come up with this solution.
Shangguan Wan'er's eyes lit up, and she said in her heart that this guy is smart. Not only is he smart, but he can even say that he is too poisonous. He can actually come up with such a solution that is not a solution.
"This is a good way to resolve the crisis in front of you, but I'm afraid that they will sue the emperor, and by then, I will be in trouble. I really don't know why I need to help you like this?"
Shangguan Wan'er frowned with her beautiful eyebrows, looked at Zhang Lin in a squinting manner, and said lightly. Her considerations were normal. Before that, she had no friendship with Zhang Lin at all, and even hated the latter very much. She always held the mentality of watching the excitement and watched the wall, hoping that the latter would make trouble and make jokes. Now she suddenly wanted to take risks to help the latter. The change in the middle was too big, and it was really difficult for her!
Chapter completed!