Chapter 19 Defense
The first time he opened his mouth, he got a soft nail, and the three departments of this hall felt that they could not ask any questions. The three adults looked at each other, see each other in the heart of the annoyance, this time Fan Xian did not speak of the rules of the Ministry of Rites Guo Youzhi lifted off the horse, is really angry many Beijing officials, fortunately most of the officials look at the chancellor and Fan Shangshu on the part of dare not how.
But behind each of these three adults, each heart has another head, another calculation.
After a long time, the Ministry of Justice Han Zhiwei suddenly asked in a chilling voice: “Yesterday, the Royal Historian on the chapter to participate in you, Fan Fengzheng can ever know.”
“I know what happened, but not the details.” Fan Xian calmly answered.
Han Zhiwei stared into his eyes and asked, “Fan Xian, don’t be so arrogant on the basis of your slight talent and background. And don’t think that Lao Fu will believe that you’re really bent on serving the country and the people by uncovering this malpractice, if you don’t give a clear account of your own sordid behavior during the Chun Exams, I won’t blame Lao Fu for being impolite to you.”
Fan Xian frowned: “Your honor’s words are a bit of a problem, if I did something in the Chun Exam, would I still be willing to take the risk of reporting this matter to the court? As for the word sordid, the original object is returned and I dare not pay homage to it.”
“Bold!” The three lords rebuked in unison, having been in the capital for so many years, where had they seen such an arrogant scion. Han Zhiwei was so angry that his beard was shaking, scolding, “Don’t think that this city full of Beijing officials will be afraid of the background behind you, know that this official can be in charge of the Ministry of Penalty for eight years, relying on the righteousness of a body, not your means of intimidation of the city’s grace.”
Fan Xian said with amusement: “The investigation of the case, care about the actual evidence, which is like adults like this impassioned speech style? I am really puzzled.”
Han Zhiwei laughed back in anger and said, “Well, then I’ll ask you, on February 16th, did you go to the Tongfu Inn?”
Fan Xian knew that he was asking about that rainy day, and smiled as he responded, “Precisely.”
“Did you go to see Yang Wanli and the other four?”
“Exactly.”
“Did you whisper to Yang Wanli before he entered the academy for the spring exam?”
“Exactly.”
“You as this spring exam residence in the Lang, is responsible for supervising the field paste name important responsibility …… strike, this official directly ask you, Yang Wanli whether he was admitted into the three ace?”
“Exactly.”
“Outside the courtyard that day, there were multiple witnesses who could prove that you had already found out that Yang Wanli had entrapped in his clothes, why did you let him into the examination center?”
Fan Xian laughed heartily, thinking that he had long ago instructed Wang Qinian to let Yang Wanli destroy that silk garment, so where would he have been the slightest bit worried, saying, “This matter is definitely not there.”
“No?” Han Zhiwei furious question.
“Exactly.”
“Fine, fine, then this official asks you, that day outside the examination center, so many candidates were searched for fraudulent items, did you still put them in?”
Fan Xian was slightly aghast, knowing that this was not even a small matter, but if the other party really bit on this point, it would indeed be a bit troublesome, but he still calmly answered, “Precisely.”
“Good.” Han Zhiwei’s somewhat dark and thin face flashed with a certain luster as he stared into Fan Xian’s eyes and said in a chilling voice, “Since you’ve admitted it, then this official has no choice but to admit you to prison and leave you to be investigated in detail.”
Fan Xian said in a different way, “What has my official admitted to?”
Han Zhiwei frowned and said coldly, “You admitted everything I asked you. This matter is obvious, the fifth rank Fengzheng Fan Xian, as the Chun Exam Resident Minister, secretly colluded with the candidates Yang Wanli and others to commit fraud, treating the law as nothing and the holy grace as nothing, it is really bold and daring.”
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes at the minister and defended, “Why did I ever admit it? Yes, I did meet Yang Wanli on February 16th, but that was because I appreciated his talent. That was because I admired this son’s talent. At that time, when the fraud case broke out, if I really had any suspicion of favoritism, how could I have met with him on that day? Moreover, the meeting place was at the Tongfu Inn, where students gathered, am I not afraid of gossip?”
He smiled and said: “Since I dare to go, although I do not dare to say that this can prove that I have a clear mind, but how can this conclude that I have collusion with Yang Wanli? Well teach the boss know, I and Yang Wanli first met, is outside the examination center, if you say that there is collusion beforehand, is really wrong.”
“Then how do you explain privately allowing the entrapment of students into the examination center?”
Fan Xian frowned slightly, thinking that he saw too many people at that time, and blamed himself for not taking Qing’s spring exam seriously, so he acted so arrogantly, and helplessly shook his head and said, “Because I was entrusted by the Supervisory Yuan to secretly keep an eye on those corrupt officials above the examination center, so I can’t afford to lose out on a small matter, and as for the details of this, Shangshu Daji can send a letter to the Supervisory Yuan to make them tell us in detail. ”
Han Zhiwei grunted angrily, thinking that the Supervisory Yuan was His Majesty’s secret service organization, so how could he ask? The more he looked at Fan Xian’s pretty face, the angrier he became, and pushed the signature cylinder, shouting, “Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! Give me a beating for this shameless man!”
“No beating!”
There are two people in the hall at the same time to say these three words, one of them is the Da Lisi young secretary, he smiled bitterly to advise the Ministry of Justice, in front of this after the boy is not the general power of the noble children, hit, that is not allowed to hit, their own back of the nobility is only to be able to teach each other a lesson, to cure each other the pile of charges, how to dare to hit?
After a little bit of calmness, Mr. Han, the minister, remembered that Fan Xian is not only the son-in-law of the prime minister, the son of the minister, but also a generation of ministers that his majesty appreciates, and Han Zhiwei is in the region of the six ministries, so there is a reason that he doesn’t know the identity of Lin Wan’er. After being reminded by the two colleagues, Han Zhiwei couldn’t help but frown, if he really beat the hell out of Fan Xian, he would not be able to explain to the other nobles in the palace.
Then the three adults but some curiosity, the other one said that you can not hit the three words …… and who is it? The three looked down the hall and realized that Fan Xian was looking at himself with an innocent face.
The Young Secretary of the Da Lisi was a bit amused and couldn’t help but ask: “Why can’t you hit?”
Fan Xian sincerely explained: “I am a scholar, according to the Qing law, I don’t need to kneel down, and I can’t be tortured at will when I ask questions, so I can’t be beaten, otherwise if the Royal Historian comes tomorrow, he’ll be interested to see that Minister Han doesn’t comply with the Qing law, and that won’t be the fault of the late student?”
In the case of three people in the imperial censor Guo Zheng is actually a distant relative of Guo Youzhi, on the Senate Fan Xian, he is the leader of the people, at this time listening to each other’s words with barbs, can not help but cold smile up, said softly: “Fan adults more than just talented, even the Qing law is also familiar with a very good, but do you know, the first of the Qing law in the rustic, there are fifteen major crimes, is not to pay attention to the rules of what you said earlier! .”
This imperial historian naturally wouldn’t really dare to torture Fan Xian, but he was willing to use words to intimidate the officials out of their frustration these days.
Fan Xian shook his head, still full of innocence, and said, “Still can’t be beaten.”
The young secretary of the Da Lisi is the person who is least implicated in the three departments in the case of the Imperial Court, so he wondered, “The matter involves a major crime, and Lord Fan refuses to open his mouth to defend himself, so why can’t he be beaten in the courtroom?”
Fan Xian, however, still played the trick of a thousand words, not as good as lifting up the monitor’s office, and sincerely responded, “The matter involves the confidentiality of the court, the next official has not been allowed by the relevant departments of the monitor’s office, and I really do not dare to talk about it in detail.”
This case trial, is really a stifling, the three adults look at each other, see each other’s scorn and annoyance, this fight and can not fight, how can we let Fan Xian open mouth to recognize? Behind them, their respective masters are determined to let Fan Xian eat some bitter, and there is no reason to release him back to the house.
At this moment, a master suddenly ran in from the side curtain with a nervous face, and attached himself to the Minister of Justice Han Zhiwei’s ear and said a few words. Han Zhiwei’s face immediately changed, a cold light shot through his eyes, yet there was some vaguely visible fear and hatred.
Fan Xian narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked up, the overbearing true qi in his body having long since been in motion, but he only heard a few words broken off in Han Zhiwei’s reply, vaguely the word Donggong, and the words of a ruthless hand – he didn’t know who had handed over the message, and he also didn’t know what had caused this Minister of Justice to palpitate with so much fear and anxiety.
Within the same time, there were two more notes passed to the hands of the Imperial Historian Guo Zheng and the Young Secretary of the Da Lisi, Guo Zheng expressionlessly glanced at the notes, but the Young Secretary of the Da Lisi was shocked, and after thinking for a moment, he actually got up and bowed to the two adults beside him, saying, “There are three urgencies, the two adults will first try, and I’m going to go and come.”
Fan Xian’s heart was shaken, what kind of note would make this young secretary of the Da Lisi play pee? Before coming to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Fan Xian has long checked clearly, that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs seems to be fair and honest, but in fact it is the people of the East Palace, the young secretary of the Da Lisi Temple and the Privy Council Qin’s family has a very good relationship, and that the Royal Historian Guo Lian, but when he was young, he was with the Princess has some unclear relationship, if not Fan Xian hand has the Supervisory Yuan this kind of horrible power, must not know that this layer of relationship that has been hidden for many years.
Just thinking, suddenly listened to the hall a burst of shouting: “Come to the people ah! The Imperial College Bongzheng Fan Xian roared in the public hall, the matter is related to a malpractice case, and he is guilty of fifteen major offenses, give me a beating!” Han Zhiwei Shangshu face muscles a twist, seems to have made a great determination.
At this time, the Young Secretary of the Da Lisi had long since slipped away, and it seemed that he knew that a very sinister situation was bound to ensue in the hall of the Ministry of Justice, and that his master, at all, did not want to offend the Fan family and the Chancellor too much. Fan Xian’s eyes chilled as he stared into Han Zhiwei’s eyes and said coldly, “Could it be that Lord Shangshu wants to bend the rules?”
A hint of devouring severity also flashed in the eyes of Imperial Historian Guo Lian, and he droned, “Give me a beating!”
Two burning roots knocked hard towards Fan Xian’s most fragile embryonic bone, the thirteen yamen of the Ministry of Justice were accustomed to doing this kind of thing, no wind under the stick, but it was still harsh.
Fan Xian’s face was frosty, not moving, not avoiding, only to hear two clicks, the pants on his legs could not resist the force, and crumbled into pieces – not his embryonic bone was broken, but the two sticks broke from it in unison, revealing the stubble of the wood in the Sen Sen Ran!