Chapter 560: Kill One to Warn a Hundred |
Chief Surveillance Bureau's powers and authorities extremely massive.
Regional Investigating Censor although only possesses Primary Seventh Rank. Yet possesses dismissing County Magistrates, handling determining (executing) prisoners, transferring moving guards and stations' powers. With the Secret Spy Division a single identically. Also is substituting Heavens patrolling hunting. Grand matters reporting determining. Small matters establishing severing (making quick decisions).
Earlier years interval the Secret Spy Division and Trouble-Resolving Guards still lacking eyes beneath this general sound momentum. Emperor Ning simply was utilizing the Chief Surveillance Bureau's official powers. Guiding the Qi Family and Liu Family to battle laws (fight). This only then caused the Liu Family to lose momentum.
Those years the Liu Family relying holding Empress Dowager shielding protecting. Habituated dropping horizontally walking villages and hamlets (running amok), making awe making blessings (acting like a tyrant). Selling officials trafficking noble titles. Greedily taking dirty money violating laws. Accumulating raising private armies. Privately casting Copper Coins's identically, identically all exist. The Liu Family people Carried Away's time. Even sin evidence universally not covering shielding. Waiting arriving at the Chief Surveillance Bureau exiting hands' time. Nailing strictly (solidifying) sin evidence essentially un-expending blowing ash's strength.
Six years interval. Regional Investigating Censors relying on laws exiling the Liu Family side branches several tens of people. Handling determining (executing) the Liu Family faction wings (cronies) surpassing a hundred.
That time weather. Using the Qi Family acting as heads's Pure Stream Faction grasping holding Ministry of Rites and Chief Surveillance Bureau identically like sun center Heavens (at their zenith). Initiating until Directorate of Ceremonial and the Xu Family accomplishing momentum.
Chen Ji looking at hands center's carriage invitation (warrant). The other party possessing preparation and coming. And Salt Certificates are recording names. Un-capable of freely intersecting trading's objects. The other party also occupying holding law logic.
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He lifting his head looking toward Zhou Biao: "My Plum Blossom Ferry merely is a middle person (broker). Grand Ning law methods uniquely hadn't spoken passing lacking capability (cannot) act as middle person."
Chen Ji calmly peacefully said: "Investigate Salt Certificates coming paths? Lord Zhou. I am afraid you give yourself investigating exiting disaster matters."
Zhou Biao slowly, orderly, smoothly rationally said: "Not laboring Viscount Chen expending heart already. We and our peers merely are taking this batch of Salt Certificates temporarily investigatingly sealing it and finishing. If lacking questions will take Salt Certificates returning returning them's."
Chen Ji's heart center a single submerged.
Plum Blossom Ferry inside sending selling's Salt Certificates possessing two portions coming from inner courtyard. Packaging holding Salt Certificates' boxes transporting entering transporting exiting. Concealing un-passing possessing hearts people's eyes.
Zhou Biao manifestly clearly knew this matter. But by no means at cared. Identifying for the other party hadn't struck calculations genuinely investigatingly sealing these Salt Certificates. Merely is about to drag him several days and finishing.
Chen Ji reversely asking saying: "Is Third Miss Qi's primary intent (idea)?"
Zhou Biao faintly smiled: "Viscount Chen at speaking what. Subordinate official how listening un-comprehending? My Chief Surveillance Bureau merely is relying on law rules doing matters. With bystanders lacks relations... Coming people. Taking Plum Blossom Ferry Salt Certificates, Account Books, silver money a single identically sealing preserving."
Speaking finishing. He again toward banner beneath's Regional Investigating Censors handing over saying: "Severely remembering. Every a single box universally attaching properly sealing slips constructing volumes. If these Salt Certificates by no means possess questions. We and our peers uniquely are about to original seals un-moving sending returning coming's. A single sheet of Salt Certificate. A single tael of silver. A single volume of Account Book universally lacking capability of being less."
Regional Investigating Censors cupping hands said: "Yes."
In the next moment. Regional Investigating Censors leading holding Five Wards Military and Police Department a single forcefully embracing and entering. Identical to Property Confiscation. Brother Pao still wanted to obstruct blocking. But Chen Ji shook shaking his head. The other party carrying holding carriage invitations coming. This absolutely isn't a single cavity of angry fire simply capable of obstructing down's. Simply is Viscount meritorious noble also un-walking.
Turmoil of War's boundaries. Xiaoman and Little Monk rushing arriving. Xiaoman gathering ascending frontwards coming confusedly doubting said: "Young Master. This is how already?"
Chen Ji turning his head looking over. Wu Yun simply squatting at Xiaoman's head top upon. Xiaoman then bosom inside embracing holding Whale Blade. He excellently strangely asking saying: "How even Whale Blade universally carried coming already."
Xiaoman explaining analyzing said: "You calling me calling causing this similarly anxious. Eight portions is possessing grand matters. Speaking un-determined about to slash people... Therefore I simply took it also carrying coming already."
Chen Ji took Whale Blade receiving arriving at hands center. Looking at City Defense Division stepping pawns at face front coming, coming, going, going. He using thumb at blade jaw pushing opening. Again receiving returning to sheath center. Anew pushing opening. Anew receiving returning.
Considering searching interval. Yang Zhong arriving at Chen Ji face front: "Excellency Chen. Borrowing a single step to speak words?"
Chen Ji calmly peacefully said: "At here speak."
"Also walking." Yang Zhong both hands conjoined at Official Robes center. Frankly speaking said: "Third Miss Qi entrusted me to give you carrying a single sentence of words. Only necessitate you are capable of facing multitudes with Second Miss Zhang grace severing Righteousness absolute. Calling her dead dropping her heart. Third Miss Qi simply helping you taking Commandery Princess Baili buying returning coming... But Commandery Princess Baili unable to remain staying at Capital City. She must southwardly descend to Jinling. This life un-obtaining returning to the Capital."
Qiang's a single sound.
Chen Ji's thumb once again pushed opening the blade sheath. The sounds startling causing Yang Zhong toward rear small retreating a single step: "Excellency Chen. At beneath simply is Chief Surveillance Bureau Regional Investigating Censor. Toward at beneath Use Private Torture uniquely is death sin. Simply is you possessing noble title at body. Also lacking people protecting securing holding you."
Yang Zhong looking at Whale Blade snow-bright's blade body slowly, slowly receiving returning to blade sheath. Again releasing descending his heart coming: "Excellency Chen. This Capital City uniquely isn't moving blades moving spears's local place. Now the Chen Family will not help you already. Plum Blossom Ferry also suffered investigatingly sealed. What you are capable of pointing hoping's only remaining Third Miss Qi. Although you previously coming burdened her. But she willingly un-calculating front suspicions (past grievances) helping you a single time. What you take un-exiting's silver money. She possesses."
Yang Zhong measuring checking holding Chen Ji's spirit emotions. Seeing Chen Ji's face colors calmly peaceful. Gallbladder seeds (courage) gradually, gradually grand dropping rising up: "Excellency Chen. About to know this Capital City coveting Commandery Princess Baili's people not at a small number. You if un-responding identically (refuse) Third Miss Qi. I also un-intercept at intent (don't mind) taking Commandery Princess Baili buying returning to go. Still possessing that Ministry of Works Vice Minister Li's second young master. Ministry of Revenue Vice Minister Zhou's young master. Eight Great General Merchants's a single Qian Family's young master. Shanxi Merchant Guild old Guild President's that positioned small son..."
"Un-stopping these. Cheng State Duke Estate's second master also released dropping words. Speaking about to 'invite' the Commandery Princess heading to the estate inside teaching his daughter plucking zither. Court of State Ceremonial Vice Minister Excellency Feng. His house with Prince Jing old days possessing somewhat grudging resentments. Now desiring to 'illuminate care old person's daughter'. Still possessing that Yuan Wang. Releasing exiting words coming Runan Yuan Family un-lacking silver. Only necessitate Excellency Chen willingly toward Third Miss Qi lowering head. She capable of using inviting Left Censor-in-Chief Excellency Qi releasing exiting words to go. Calling bystanders a single identically retreating shrinking. If is Excellency Qi un-enough. Elder Qi also capable of using exiting surfaces (stepping forward)."
Yang Zhong un-anew spoke words. Chen Ji also hadn't spoken words. Only remaining descending Five Wards Military and Police Department's stepping pawns at the building center flipping seeking. Taking Plum Blossom Pavilion center flipping causing full ground wolf (in disarray).
Chen Ji suddenly speaking said: "Excellency Yang."
Yang Zhong confusedly doubting: "En?"
Chen Ji's thumb stroking and rubbing holding the blade handle: "Actually I walked arriving at this a single step quite not tolerantly easily's. For the sake of six pieces of Melon Seed Gold Nuggets and a single sentence of entrusting orphans. Risking dropping several strips of lives only then waited arriving at today. Xiaoman un-comprehendingly untying. Brother Pao un-comprehendingly untying. Chongli Pass generals and scholars un-comprehendingly untying. Three Mountains Society un-comprehendingly untying. Marketplace hundred surnames also won't comprehendingly untying. But lacking relations. Only necessitate my self capable of shouldering bearing knotting fruits. Simply what universally un-heavily vital already."
Yang Zhong froze dropping a single beneath: "You about to do what?"
Chen Ji's thumb pushing holding blade jaw hitting opening again conjoining shutting. Anew hitting opening. Anew conjoining shutting.
In the next moment. Chen Ji using blade handle striking center Yang Zhong's belly department. Yang Zhong identical to small shrimp identically bowing his body. Face expanding red and purple. Hurting causing speaking un-exiting words coming.
Zhou Biao at farly positioned angrily pointing at Chen Ji: "Chen Ji. Facing multitudes hitting Chief Surveillance Bureau Regional Investigating Censor. You uniquely knowing what sin?"
But Chen Ji by no means comprehendingly meeting (paying attention to) him. Dragging holding his collar mouths simply toward outside walking to go: "Brother Pao. Give me retrieving a strip of hemp rope. Anew leading a piece of horse coming."
Brother Pao responded descending. Turning his head exiting dropping the doors.
Chen Ji took Yang Zhong dragging exiting Plum Blossom Pavilion. Zhou Biao mutually heeling at his body behind angrily scolding said: "Chen Ji. Light Heavens transforming sun's beneath (in broad daylight) hitting imperial court commanding officials. Do not use acting as you accomplished dropping Viscount. My Chief Surveillance Bureau simply moving un-obtaining you. Waiting a single moment's sons I simply entering the palace facing Sage impeaching accusing you. Determining calling His Majesty depriving dropping your noble title. Taking you issuing matching to Lingnan."
At this time. Brother Pao led coming a single piece of horse. Again tossed giving Chen Ji a single bundling of hemp rope.
Chen Ji bending his waist taking hemp rope tying at Yang Zhong's legs upon. Zhou Biao seeing shapes face colors a single varying: "Chen Ji. You un-desiring to live already? Dragging killing Regional Investigating Censor is about to slice late's!"
Chen Ji sitting at horse upon. Taking Whale Blade horizontally at horse saddle upon. Looking Down from Above's slantingly squinting Zhou Biao: "Try, try, looking."
Zhou Biao suddenly spaciously grandly angry: "You matching genuinely un-concerning your own front paths already?"
Chen Ji's face identical to a peaceful lake (calm): "Returning to go telling Third Miss Qi. Also telling other bystander people. Seven days's after desiring to heading to Imperial Music Bureau ones. Universally capable of using coming trying, trying, looking."
Plum Blossom Pavilion inside. Xiaoman anxiously causing grasping tightly dropping sleeve mouths. She turning her head looking toward Little Monk. Twisting dropped the other party's waist meat a single grasp. Pressing lowering dropped her sounds urging advancing (prompting) said: "Quick dot, quick dot, quick dot. Young Master about to issue madness already..."
Little Monk yet hadn't comprehendingly met Xiaoman. Merely lowering dropping holding eye screens. In a low voice reciting sutras: "Wishing I from today after. Facing clear clean lotus flower eyes Thus Come One image front. Relinquishing after hundreds and thousands ten-thousands hundred-millions Kalpas center. Ought to possess world crossing. All existing Earth Prisons and three evil paths all sins bitterly suffering multitudes of lives. Sweared wishing rescuing pulling. Causing leaving Earth Prison evil flavors, beasts, starving ghosts similarly. Identical to this sin reporting similarly people. Exhaustively accomplishing Buddha completely. I securely afterwards only then accomplishing orthodox awakening... Earth Jail un-empty. Swearing un-accomplishing Buddha. Multitudes lives crossing exhaustively. Only then verifying Bodhi."
Xiaoman anxiously dying already: "This time weather reciting what sutras. We peers coming's before was how commercially deliberating's (discussing)? Quick dot. Returning to go desiring to eat what I universally give you modifying."
Words sounds dropping. Little Monk opening opening both his eyes. Grand strides walking exiting Plum Blossom Pavilion. At Chen Ji's body side in a low voice speaking dropping several sentences.
Chen Ji outside intents's looking at Little Monk. Little Monk both palms conjoining ten: "Amitabha."
Chen Ji faintly smiled: "Much thanking."
Bystander people looking un-comprehending the two people at hitting what mute riddles. Still not yet reflexively responding (reacting) passing coming. Simply seeing catching sight of Chen Ji spurring his horse about to walk.
Lin Yanchu leading holding Five Wards Military and Police Department obstructing at horse front. In a low voice persuading untying said: "Excellency. Realizing at taking Excellency Yang releasing descending still coming obtaining reaching (it's not too late)."
Chen Ji calmly peacefully said: "Let opening."
Lin Yanchu considering and pondering for a moment. Ultimately still as before leading holding soldiers and horses retreating opening.
Chen Ji spurring his horse exiting the doors. Actually is genuinely dragging holding Primary Seventh Rank Regional Investigating Censor Yang Zhong walking already.
He from noisy marketplaces piercing passing. Provoking causing walking people profusely, profusely residing feet (stopping) encircling looking. They looking at a single positioned red clothed Official Robe's young aged lad longitudinally horse (riding) dragging holding a named wearing blue robe's Regional Investigating Censor. Shockingly surprised arriving at extreme.
Horse stepping long streets. Yang Zhong identical to a broken cloth sack. Suffered hemp ropes pulling holding at the bluestone slabs upon flipping rolling, bumping bumping. Mouth center acting first is painfully shouting. Continuing and transforming turning into nearing dying's whimperingly sobbing.
He body upon that piece of Seventh Rank xiezhi rank patch's blue robe. Lacking a single moment's son simply suffered grinding causing sparsely rotten. Revealing exiting beneath faces blood meat faintly obscure's skin meat. Dragging exiting a single path of lengthy, lengthy's blood mark.
Zhou Biao at Plum Blossom Pavilion rear door location Flustered and Exasperated's hoarsely roaring said: "Chen Ji. You dead definitely already. His Majesty will not forgive you. Full court literature and martial will not forgive you. My Grand Ning law methods will not forgive you!"
Plum Blossom Pavilion inside. Brother Pao looking at full ground's wolf (disarray). Smilingly narrowly plucking descending waist interval's Tobacco Pipe. Slowly swallowing swallowing giving himself dotting holding (lighting).
Xiaoman grasping crazy arriving at stomping feet: "Brother Pao. Universally what time weather already still extracting smoke (smoking)? Hastily urgently thinking thinking how to manage."
Brother Pao ha-ha a single smile: "Otherwise still capable of doing what. Idling holding also is idling holding. ing descending coming's Seven Days. Ought not it be our peers considering how managing. Is just merely Excellency Yang a single one by a single one dotting dropped names's people ought to consider how to manage only then properly."
(End of this chapter)