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Chapter 164 Negative Energy Never Rests

1,

The prefect of Yangcheng, Yu Jian, was drinking tea and chatting with his son at home, when he suddenly heard a report from the yamen outside the door: "Someone has died!"The old father of the Chai family on West Street was beaten to death in the street!

Yu Cozy put down the teacup resentfully: "Who is making trouble at this time? Don't you know that the three-year assessment of the Ministry of Officials is coming? It will delay the master's promotion, and the master will let him ascend to heaven!"

The yamen servant originally wanted to explain the ins and outs of it in detail, but Yu Cozy's complaints made him silent.

It was his son Yu Shan who persuaded him a few words, and the eunuch finally had the heart to listen to the details again.

2,

"My little one asked, it was Old Chai who was eating Yangchun noodles at the noodle stall. It happened that three or four aristocratic children passed by there, exchanged a few words with Old Chai, and then the two sides fought, and Old Chai just..."

"noble?"

Yu Cozy hastily stretched out her hand to support her forehead, and turned around twice in a nonchalant manner, as if the little hens at home who were frightened by the sound of firecrackers were uneasy, and only had to flap their wings twice.

The yamen servant was afraid that he would fall, so he stepped forward to help him, but he didn't want to be pushed away by the prefect, and was angered by innocent people.

"You say this old man Chai! How old are you, and you still don't know how to keep yourself safe? Why do you want to provoke the nobles? That family has great power, and it is backed by the prime minister! Can he provoke it?"

Son Yu Shan said: "It's not necessarily that he provoked the nobles, maybe it's the nobles..."

"What do you know!" Yu Yan stretched out his hand and slapped Yu Shan on the back of the head, "This can only be Father Chai's fault! Otherwise, there will be no peace in Yangcheng!"

3,

Seeing that the father and son were about to start a big quarrel, the yamen servant hurriedly stopped him: "My lord, don't talk about it, you should hurry up and get promoted!"

"Promoted?" Yu Co snorted softly, "Why do you want to be promoted? Rumors spread that the official is not feeling well, so I will investigate another day and ask the Chai family to take the body back and bury it."

"I can't bury it!" The yamen servant's cold sweat almost washed the bluestone board clean.

Yu Cozy waved her hand nonchalantly: "Then drag it and feed it to the dog!"

"No..." The yamen servant looked at him like this, and was even more anxious, "The boy of the Chai family, the one named Chai Jinli, brought the corpse and the neighbors to beat the drums to complain! The lord must be promoted! The lord is in the backyard Maybe I don't know, but the yamen has been turned upside down long ago, and the brothers can't stop it, so I came to look for you!"

4,

Yu Cozy scolded: "What's the use of raising you!"

"It's hard to disobey the public opinion, and there's nothing we can do about it!"

Now that the matter had come to this, Yu Co could only put on his official uniform slowly, and went to the yamen to preside over the trial.

Chai Jinli is Father Chai's son, and it was he who came to appeal for grievances.

"My lord!" Before Chai Jinli could speak, tears fell to the ground first, "Those nobles beat my father to death for no reason, please make the decision for my father, and let the murderer pay with his life!"

As soon as these words came out, the people listening to the trial outside the hall were also excited, some even rolled up their sleeves, and there was a sudden commotion.

Even the yamen servants think that the yamen is still open at this moment, and these people must have forgotten to bring the hoes for farming when they went out in a hurry.

5,

"Clap-pop-pop-"

Yu Co patted the gavel three times in a row, and said with a rather embarrassed expression: "No noise is allowed in the courtroom!"

The people became quieter.

Yu Yan continued to clear his throat, and said to Chai Jinli: "What is beating to death without reason? There must be a reason for someone beating him, but you don't know the secret behind it! Your old father must have done something wrong!"

"My lord, why are you so determined?!" Chai Jinli was about to stand up and beat Yu Co to death in court. "There are dozens of witnesses present, and everyone is watching! Your lord only needs to send the nobles to go to court and they will be clear!"

There was another commotion outside the hall.

You come and I go back and forth between the two sides, and finally the prefect retreated and passed on the murderous nobleman to the court.

6,

When the noble son saw the prefect, he just rolled his eyes.

"You..." Yu Yan thought for a long time, but still didn't know how to ask the question so as not to offend, and even began to think about whether to step down and salute, so as not to misunderstand the nobles.

However, Chai Jinli, who was full of resentment, couldn't wait for Yu Co to think about it, and asked the nobleman sharply: "You kill good people for no reason, do you have anything to say?!"

Yu Yan almost fell off the chair in fright.

The nobleman looked haughty and said with a contemptuous smile, "What do you mean by no reason? That old man bumped into me!"

As the prefect, Yu Yan quickly agreed: "There must be something hidden in it!"

7,

"The owner of the noodle stall can testify that my old father was beaten to death by you for saying that he likes more pepper!"

Yu Cozy immediately froze in place, unable to recover for a while.

The nobleman said disapprovingly: "Isn't this considered a collision?! I don't like pepper, but he put so much pepper in the noodles. This is obviously disrespectful to me!"

The owner of the noodle stall waiting outside the hall couldn't bear to shout: "That's what he wants to eat! What's the matter with you?! I was just trying to persuade you to fight, and you even beat me!"

"I passed by there, since I smell it, it's related!"

Yu Yan almost thought that he was still in a dream, and almost laughed out loud—how could there be such absurd cases in this world?

8,

"My lord," Chai Jinli finally remembered that there was a prefect here, "This man has confessed to the truth, please ask my lord to seek justice for my old father!"

Yu Cozy finally realized that this place was not a dream.

"Your old father is really, what are you doing eating so much pepper? Isn't this making yourself uncomfortable?" Yu Cozy didn't dare to look up at Chai Jinli, let alone look outside the hall, so he could only stare at his gavel.

"Should this be the reason for beating people to death?" Chai Jinli seemed to have put away his mourning, and only asked coldly.

Yu Yan's scalp was numb from this question, so he could only cast his hopeful eyes on the nobleman, and said, "I heard that it was Father Chai who fought with several noblemen, maybe it's not just a little pepper, right? "

"Isn't it?!" The nobleman shouted, "I even hurt my hand in order to hit him!"

9,

The trial was finally over.

Even though the streets and alleys were aggrieved by this, they couldn't stand the yamen servant's knife after all, and after several people were injured, they left in frustration.

Chai Jinli was hit by a board and even lost his father's body.

However, the peace of Yangcheng under the prefect's rule remains the same.

So when Yu Cozy returned home, he let out a long sigh of relief.

But his son Yu Shan was unhappy, and even hinted that he would reopen the case.

10,

"What do you know!" Yu Yan scolded his son again.

"Guilty should be punished, murderer dies, act in accordance with the law, don't abuse or indulge, this is the law of the state!" Yu Shan didn't back down half a step.

But Yu Yan looked at his son with a look of resentment: "How many times have I told you! The official department's assessment is approaching, and at this time, we are going to make a big fuss about a trivial matter. Do you want the officials to say that I am Yangcheng?" There are endless cases, so you say I am incompetent?"

"Can……"

"What else do you want to say?!" Yu Yan was so angry that she scratched her head like a monkey, wishing to tear off a piece of skin from her face to stop Yu Shan's mouth, "Look at Xicheng next door, that prefect is a fool! What? He has to personally intervene in the case, deal with it in a big way, and he hasn’t learned how to calm things down after ten years in office, and even the prime minister has bothered him, saying that he has no way to govern the city and is useless. In my opinion, he can’t even be a prefect!"

11,

Yu Shan said angrily: "You have learned the art of calming people down!"

Yu Cozy was quite puzzled: "What are you guys making a fuss about? It's not that you were beaten! Mind your own business!"

"We are meddling in our own business now, but we are just thinking about the day when we will be wronged, and others will be willing to meddle in our own business!"

"Bah!" Yu Yan quickly covered his mouth, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't be afraid of taboo!"

"What else can I be afraid of?!"

"What do you know!" Yu Yan repeated these four words again, "The suzerain of the noble is the prime minister of the court, and he talks every day about the prosperity of the country and the people. When conflicts arise between people, from the three provinces and six ministries down to the common people, everything will be turned upside down!"

Yu Shan really didn't agree with him, so he walked back to his room.

12,

Chai Jinli, who failed to sue, left Yangcheng overnight.

The reason for this was tacitly understood by everyone in Yangcheng.

As long as another seven or eight days pass, this case will be completely buried, and there will be no one left except for one old father Chai who died with regret.

But for Yu Yan, things are not that simple.

Because of this protection, the nobles gave him favor, and even told him not to worry about this official assessment.

Although he nodded and bowed every time they met, he somehow felt that his back was more straight.

13,

A month later, the official assessment began.

Three months later, the Ministry of Officials issued a letter of appointment, and transferred him to Wangcheng at the foot of the emperor as Yuanwailang, and his neighbor, the prefect of Xicheng, was demoted as a long history as expected.

Yu Yan was overjoyed, and he did not forget to support his nobles.

The nobleman told him: "Originally, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials wanted you to be the chief historian, and transferred the prefect of Xicheng to be an official in Wangcheng. You must know that we said a few good words to the prime minister, and you are today."

Yu Cozy was in a hurry to thank her, wishing she could kneel and kowtow.But at the same time, I was also curious: my city of Yang is calm and peaceful, so I should have no fault at all, but when did I offend the Minister of the Ministry of Officials again?

The noble children naturally don't know the reason.

14,

Yu Cozy took the whole family with him to take up the post.

When he arrived in the royal city, the nobles still shouted at him and even humiliated Yu Shan several times.

Yu Shan is often smoked by his angry orifices, and he just scolds Yu Shan for being young and energetic, not knowing how to greet others with a smile.

Yu Shan asked him: "Why do you do this? We are just animals in their eyes!"

"What do you know!" Yu Yan slapped these four words on Yu Shan's face again, "For these things, sincerity will lead to success! When the nobles are happy, why not worry about the peace of the world? Then I can find a place for you." Fatty!"

15,

The good times didn't last long, the prime minister passed away due to illness one year after Yu Co was serving as Yuanwailang, and the nobles were in a mess, but the Minister of the Ministry of Officials took advantage of the fire and dismissed many noble officials one after another.

At this time, Yu Qian recalled the past one year ago, tossed and turned sleeplessly for several nights, and finally brought a thick worship to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, euphemistically saying thank you for your support.

When the Minister of the Ministry of Officials saw him, he said: "The nobles want to fight against this official everywhere. If this official ordered you to be demoted, they want you to be promoted. Why do you come here a year later to pretend?"

"Dare to ask, where did you offend your lord and make your lord angry?"

"This official just hates those who think they are smart." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sneered, "Nobles are domineering, and the world knows it, but there is no case in your place that is related to the nobles. You even boast that the common people and the nobles are in love with each other! Use this Waiting for clumsy techniques to whitewash the peace, do you really think that this official is a blind man?!"

Yu Qian couldn't say a word.

"You need to know that there are many ignorant people in the world, but there are also many understanding people!"

16,

It is obviously not feasible to please the Minister of the Ministry of officials, and Yu Yan can't help but lose his soul because of this.

But when he got home, he couldn't see his son coming out to greet him. After asking, he found out that those noble children invited his son to accompany him for a drink.

Yu Cozy waited in peace.

But tomorrow, someone came to report: Yu Shan was beaten to death by those noble children.

Yu Cozy's eyes went dark and he fell unconscious.

When he woke up again, he remembered his son and all the grievances he had suffered in the past, and in a fit of anger, he wrote a memorial and planned to sue him.

17,

The nobleman was one step ahead of him. After he went out and before he entered the palace, he was arrested on the street, and then greeted with fists and kicks.

Seeing that he was about to die on the street, someone shouted to stop.

The nobles really stopped, and wanted to teach those who dissuaded them, but the passer-by was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials with enough ceremonial guards and attendants, and the nobles had no choice but to succumb to the number.

"Why did you beat the court officials in the street?" asked the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Yu Cote crawled to the feet of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and cried out: "My lord, you have learned! They killed my son for no reason! I beg you to give me justice!"

18,

"How could they hurt someone for no reason? It must be your son who didn't understand the rules and bumped into someone."

The other person stepped out from behind the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and said so expressionlessly.

When Yu Cozy saw the person coming, it was like seeing the king of Hades, he could not wait to scream and run away.

But his legs were weak and he couldn't walk anymore.

"Chai... Chai Jinli?"

Chai Jinli nodded: "I don't want to meet in Wangcheng, but it's a pity that even though your face is completely different, you still taught me to recognize it."

Seeing this, the nobles immediately agreed with Chai Jinli: "Yes, yes, it is his son who doesn't understand the rules and has been rude several times. We are just punishing him a little bit and admonishing him a lot."

19,

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials frowned slightly.

Chai Jinli continued: "Yu Yan and the nobles have always gotten along well and have a deep friendship. This is something that everyone knows. Thinking about it, today is just a quarrel between friends. My lord has a lot of things to do every day, so why bother with this kind of business?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials didn't nod or shake his head, but went back to his soft sedan in silence.

Yu Cozy cried and shouted to grab the hem of the official minister's clothes, but the attendants on both sides pulled out horizontal knives to separate him.

He ends up back among a group of vicious nobles.

20,

After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials walked away, he raised the curtain of the sedan chair and asked Chai Jinli, "Did you choose him?"

"What's wrong?" Chai Jinli said with peace of mind, "The nobles have already reached the point where they are desperate to fight. We can use his body to uproot the nobles on the grounds of killing the court officials."

"I just thought that there are many such people, so I just chose him. Is it rash?"

Chai Jinli asked back: "Is he an innocent person?"

end

ps: This short story is related to the new book that will be released later, Minister of the Ministry of Officials... is the old actor in Yunjuan Mountain and River, Gu Xiaowu.