Chapter 21 – Tish! The Department of Justice!

After a burst of urgent and unruly footsteps, the four heads of the Supervisory Yuan, Mr. Yan Ruohai, had already walked in from outside the Ministry of Criminal Justice, with a large group of the Supervisory Yuan’s spies behind him, and the momentum was frightening.

Seeing the Supervisory Yuan set up this kind of position, Guo Zheng did not have much to say, just frowned and said: “I can’t imagine that Mr. Yan also came to listen to the case.”

Yan Ruohai, however, ignored this imperial historian of the Duzha Academy and looked at the beautiful young man on the chair, smiling slightly, “This official, Yan Ruohai, meet Mr. Fan.”

Fan Xian also stood up and smiled, “If Lord Yan doesn’t come again, I’ll have to dismantle this Ministry of Justice today and flee the world.” This was naturally just a joke.

Han Zhiwei glanced at Yan Ruohai and frowned, thinking how the Supervisory Court had also come to stir up trouble, saying, “Little Lord Fan’s ranting in the courtroom and beating up the officials is a crime that is hard to forgive, so no matter who comes, I’m afraid that I won’t be able to get out of the Ministry of Punishment today. What’s more, the Ministry has long been sent paper to go to claim Yang Wanli and a group of criminals, to be witnesses to one, this case is naturally clear.”

“No need.” Words Ruohai said: “thirteen Yamen officials went to Tongfu Inn to take people, has been our hospital a Mu Tie adults personally take down, is now drinking tea in the Supervisory Yuan, Shangshu adults stay if you are free, may wish to go to your subordinates to lead back.”

Take a person’s counter to be taken, the face of the Ministry of Justice is completely lost today! Han Zhiwei pointed at Yan Ruohai’s nose and cursed, “When did the Supervisory Yuan have the qualifications to control my Ministry of Justice? My Ministry of Justice to take people, you have the right to block from it?”

“The Chun Exam malpractice case is being handled by this court, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Da Lisi are only co-conspirators in His Majesty’s decree.” Yan Ruo Zhen looked around and realized that he didn’t see the young secretary of the Da Lisi, smiled and said, “Since it is an associate, we have to do our job as an associate, Yang Wanli and the other four have been under the custody of this hospital, and have not yet been convicted, how can they be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, those yamen under the Shangshu are too much of an ass, and Mr. Mu asked them to go back to the Supervisory Yuan, so what is wrong with that?”

Guo Zheng said: “Yang Wanli matter is just, just according to the rules of the court court affairs, this little Lord Fan is the Ministry of Criminal Affairs first text, today since he has stood in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs of the hall above, any you Supervisory Yuan said the sky to go, but also do not want to take away the person.”

Until this point, the three divisions didn’t know the true relationship between Fan Xian and the Supervisory Yuan, they just thought that Fan Xian’s uncovering of a fraudulent case and dealing with the Supervisory Yuan, coupled with his master-disciple relationship with Fei Jie, the Supervisory Yuan would want to protect the other party back, and so they jumped the gun and used the rules to pressure Yan Ruohai. Yan Ruohai frowned as he looked at those Thirteen Yamen officials surrounding Fan Xian with swords in their hands and said, “How dare you be so rude to Lord Fan.”

Guo Zheng was incomparably annoyed when he saw that he did not listen to himself, the imperial historian of the Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty, and thought to himself, “Your rank is so much lower than his own, how dare you be so rude?” This imperial historian had always had little to do with the Supervisory Yuan, and so he simply did not know of the arrogance of the Supervisory Yuan.

Yan Ruohai frowned again and looked at Han Zhiwei with a cupped fist and saluted, “Lord Shangshu, my humble servant has been ordered to invite back Lord Fan Jr. Please be accommodating.”

Han Zhiwei saw that the Supervisory Yuan came, he knew that today this matter is troublesome, the master behind himself was afraid that he did not expect Chen Pingping to intervene. But today has already become a tiger, gritted his teeth and said: “The case is not finalized, how can I bring people? …… Lord Yan, this is not in line with the rules.” He learned Guo Zheng’s tone, everywhere in the court rules to pressure people.

Yan Ruohai frowned three times and waved his hand.

Countless muffled grunts seemed to ring out at the same time, only to see that above the hall of the Ministry of Justice, fists and winds and foot shadows were added to each other, and the thirteen yamen didn t even have time to fight back, and those who surrounded Fan Xian were already disarmed, and were tragically struck to the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead. The four departments of the Supervisory Yuan had always been the strongest departments of the Supervisory Yuan besides the five departments, so how could they be resisted by these Ministry of Justice servants?

Fan Xian realized that his side was finally a bit clearer, smiled, waved his sleeves, and walked over to Yan Ruozhi’s side, laughing, “Trouble, I had thought that it would just be a trip for Wang Qinian to come.”

Han Zhiwei clapped his hands and said angrily, “Such disregard for the discipline of the court, could it be that you, the Supervisory Yuan, also want to revolt? I’ll write a letter to the saint tomorrow, and I’ll make sure to punish you all with death.”

Yan Ruohai four frowned, turned back and said, “According to the rules of the court, the Supervisory Yuan eight office officials, only by the emperor’s order, in case of emergency can temporarily avoid the Qing law, non-explicit decree of the saint, six ministries, three divisions and two houses shall not be unauthorized interrogation, is it Shangshu forgot this one?”

Guo Zheng laughed grimly: “Yan adults such big head, the three divisions naturally do not dare to interrogate, but what is the relationship between the little Lord Fan and your Supervisory Yuan? Which eight people are in the eight major departments? Who knows who the officials in Kyoto are, and who doesn’t know who they are, and when did Lord Fan become a member of the eight major departments? To know the Supervisory Yuan function, always have to go through five years, can only be classified …… small Fan Lord this year seventeen, could he be twelve years old, began to take charge of the Supervisory Yuan a matter?”

No one will believe it, so Guo Royal Historian and Han Shangshu are not worried that Fan Xian dares to step out of the door of the Ministry of Justice today, as long as he dares to step out of the door of the Ministry of Justice, that is to defy the Qing law, a major crime that is difficult to pardon, plus Fan Xian has offended so many Beijing officials, under the raging court discussion, even the Prime Minister and Fan Shangshu, there is no way to protect him, and His Majesty will have to be guilty of his crimes.

Yan Ruohai glanced at Fan Xian and smiled gently.

Fan Xian smiled faintly, his fingers reaching to his waist, unclasping the small Ruyi accessory given by the Empress, casually tossing it to one of the Supervisory Yuan officials, and then slowly pulling out a wooden plaque that was slightly yellow in color and inscribed with the two big words, “Tisi” (提司).

He stretched his hand straight to Guo imperial historian and Han Shangshu, those two stretched their necks forward in unison, and after seeing what was written on the sign, they were shocked beyond measure and collapsed in their chairs, and the wooden sign was like slapping these two high officials in the court twice from afar.

Fan Xian shook his head with a smile and said, “Farewell, both of you adults.” After saying these words, he and Yan Ruohai, under the arch of the officials of the Supervisory Yuan, walked outside the hall of the Ministry of Justice in a dignified manner.

Behind the table in the hall, Royal Historian Guo’s face was full of iron, and Minister Han leaned back in his chair in deep thought, neither of them had expected Fan Xian to have the status of a Tishee of the Supervisory Academy!

What’s a Tisi? It is a transcendent existence above the eight divisions of the Supervisory Yuan, and is one of the most secretive divisions in the Supervisory Yuan. Officials in the court had made many guesses, but no one could have expected that the rumor of the incredibly sinister Lord Tiji and this little Lord Fan, who was full of poetry and sunshine, to be the same person!

“What to do?” Han Zhiwei opened his eyes, a cold light shooting through his eyes, “Neither the Six Ministries nor the Three Divisions are qualified to interrogate the Supervisory Academy’s Tishee. Unless His Majesty issues a decree, but you and I both know that His Majesty is unlikely to issue such a decree.”

Guo Zheng frowned, looking at the large group of people who disappeared into the stone steps in front of the Ministry of Justice, and said coldly, “What a turtle made of iron, that he couldn’t find a place to start. However, I’m still a bit curious, why didn’t Fan Xian reveal his identity in the first place? He had to come to the Ministry of Punishment to take this journey. Is he really not afraid that we’ll use the dynasty’s experts to capture him before Yan Ruohai arrives?”

Han Shangshu was also puzzled, but deep down he was worried, since he couldn’t bite Fan Xian to death today, what would greet him must be a powerful counterattack that would come soon, he sighed, thinking of Fan Xian’s last words of “Farewell”, and slowly tasted out a sense of bitterness, a sense of fear, not knowing if the forces behind him could protect him. He wondered if the power behind him would be able to protect him.

Walking out of the hall of the Ministry of Punishment, Fan Xian calmly said, “Lord Dean forced me to reveal my identity, but he didn’t have to play such an uninteresting game.”

Yan Ruohai smiled and said, “The dean thought that since he deliberately wanted the students in this capital to know your identity, he naturally needed to reveal it at the right place, at the right time, and with a relatively dramatic maneuver. Today, on top of the hall of the Ministry of Justice in Qing, the scholars in the capital are gathering outside the door to voice their grievances for your lordship, so this is precisely the right time.”

Fan Xian shook his head, did not say anything, in fact, today is really some line of danger, those hidden behind the six ministries of the powerful forces if you want to be all over the place, there can be a more ruthless method, if you are not in the Cangshan mountain in the middle of the cultivation of the effect is remarkable, they do not have the confidence, dare to laugh and smile in the gloomy public hall above.

“The Supervisory Academy is a secret service organization, so it has always had a bad reputation.” Yan Ruohai softly explained, “That’s why the dean of the university made a big deal of your uncovering of the malpractice case, taking the lead in establishing your reputation, so that after the identity of the Supervisory Yuan’s Tisan is exposed, it won’t make those scholars and the people fearful and resentful at the mere thought of you.”

“So …… it’s just an image building project.” Fan Xian took a deep breath, the previous depression in his chest had not dissipated yet, and there would be a time for detailed calculations in the future.

Yan Ruohai didn’t understand what the young governor’s words meant, and took the small jade ruyi accessory that Fan Xian had unraveled earlier from his subordinate’s hand and handed it to him.

Fan Xian placed this piece of Ruyi in the palm of his hand and gently stroked it, and suddenly opened his mouth to ask: “Wan Er entered the palace to explain to the Crown Prince, and I don’t think that this Chun Exam has done much to damage the Crown Prince’s face, so with the Crown Prince’s character, he shouldn’t be so rigid. Previously, Han Shangshu suddenly ruthless, rely on which one of the eastern officials?”

Yan Ruohai smiled and said, “If it’s not the crown prince, it’s naturally the empress.”

“Empress?” Fan Xian raised an eyebrow, thinking that the number of people he has offended by committing suspicion is increasing, just don’t know if the Empress …… is dealing with herself for that reason she is so afraid of, he gripped the jade ruyi accessory in his hand tightly, and when he thought of the fact that this accessory was also given by the Empress, he subconsciously wanted to throw it away.

Yan Ruohai smiled and reminded, “It is a great offense for you to dispose of objects given by the palace at will.”

Fan Xian smiled and said, “Thank you for reminding me, but now that my identity as a governor is known to the whole world, which other government office would dare to come and try me without looking at me?”

“The government office doesn’t dare to try me, but the palace does.” Yan Ruohai gently patted his shoulder, realizing that this young man was a bit younger than his own son, shaking his head and sighing.

Fan Xian nodded his head in acceptance, then said sincerely, “On this trip to Northern Qi, please rest assured, Lord Yan, that I will bring Shibei back safely.”

“Many thanks.” Yan Ruohai said.

Walking out of the gate of the Ministry of Justice, the scholars and people who had been surrounding the street exploded into cheers of joy when they saw the young Lord Fan, who had the courage to expose the fraud, walk out safely.

Fan Xian smiled and thanked all around, then he realized why he would behave so arrogantly in the Ministry of Justice today, it turned out that it was because he finally did something he thought was very right, just like the sentence in the novel he read in his previous life – what is the right way? The right way is to do the right thing – what one thinks is right. This feeling was good and powerful.