Chapter 564: Knowing Faults, Yet Not Modifying |
First single day.
Chicken crowing sounds rising. Chen Ji slowly, slowly rising his body.
He looking at surrounding encounters strangely raw's (unfamiliar) environments. Blankly staring for two seconds only then newly considering rising. Himself yesterday night departing Right Prefecture Street the Chen Family after. Leading holding Xiaoman and Little Monk arrived at East Brilliance Gate's Liquor Alley.
This is Emperor Ning yesterday bestowed him's new residence estate. Even bed couches, quilts and blankets, tables and chairs identically all responding physical objects. All are from Inner Treasury distributing allocating passing coming's new objects.
Quilt surfaces are rain passing Heavenly clear's ordinary gauze. Not yet embroidering line patterns. This color is Inner Treasury annual tributes inside most picky and critical's dyeing method. Ordinary people center imitating un-exiting this general boastfully noble's grey blue.
Tables are Purple Elm Wood's old materials. Wood colors submergedly purple nearing black. Lacking binding waists (aprons). Lacking carved flowers. Even teeth boards universally economized already. Merely relying on tenon and mortise biting conjoining at residing together.
Noble breath.
But this type of noble breath by no means spreads and raises (flaunts). Is a single type of controlling firmly's bottom containment (restraint). Suddenly looking viewing un-exiting clues and traces. Minutely carefully looking yet everywhere with multitudes un-identical. Also un-knowing this residence estate toward days is whoever residing living. Actually suffered bestowing giving to himself.
Chen Ji precisely about to wear clothing. Yet issuing manifesting himself matching at chair backs upon's Official Robe un-knowing headed to what location. And house outside precisely possessing Whisper Privately.
Xiaoman a single side ironing clothing a single side despising discarding said: "Beans how plucking descending coming this similarly numerous. We toward after ourselves crossing days and sons already. Must finely comprehensively minutely calculating only then properly."
Little Monk lacking alternatives said: "You hands inside that similarly numerous properties and businesses or. How necessitate at intent these chicken feathers garlic skins' (trivial) small matters."
Xiaoman staring grand her eyes: "Those silver uniquely is possessing grand uses's. How capable of extravagantly profusely wasting wasting... Young Master. You awake already."
Chen Ji relying relying holding door frames excellently strangely said: "Today days how rising this similarly early?"
Xiaoman smilingly narrowly speaking said: "Giving Young Master ironing clothing ah. Auntie previously taught me. Doing grand matters's before first of all about to take yourself receiving picking appropriately properly. You wearing causing spirit bodily face (dignified). Bystanders simply sensing you heart inside possessing bottoms. Hands inside possessing chapter methods (plans). Ten thousand matters universally redundantly Trusting you three portions."
Chen Ji smilingly asking said: "Auntie still speaking passing what?"
Xiaoman hands inside's Copper Iron scratching passing primary red-colored Official Robe's shoulder lines. Moving operations (skillful): "Auntie still saying. Clothing is helmet armor. Also is banner flags. Worn properly is giving yourself robusting gallbladder (emboldening). Also is telling facing hands (opponents). You are coming genuinely's. Not at playing noisily. Young Master about to do not ordinarily's matters. Clothing worn causing appropriately properly. Also is telling world people you acting matters possessing law degrees. By no means crazily rebellious's followers."
Chen Ji joyed already: "Identical to this speaking (fastidious)?"
Little Monk tossing descending selecting safely's beans: "Bestowing master. Buddhist doors although discussing cassocks covering bodies. Yet also dividing three clothing, seven clothing, nine clothing, ancestor clothing. Dharma Image (solemn). World Revered (Buddha) that year wearing clothing holding alms bowl. Entering Sravasti grand city begging for food. Awe-inspiringly deportment possessing sufficiently. Commanding multitudes lives rising Trust. Shapes appropriately properly then shadow straightly. Surfaces correct then inside peaceful. Precisely is this named Dao logic."
Xiaoman taking ironing safely's official clothing both hands offering rising. Walking arriving at Chen Ji face front a single tremble. That body of grand red Official Robe at morning light beneath stretching spreading opening. Gold threads embroidering's Qilin seemingly identically about to live crossing coming.
"Xiaoman," Chen Ji receiving passing the official clothing. Cloth materials (crisp). Still residually retaining holding iron's surplus warmth.
"En?"
"Auntie speaking perfectly right," He slowly slowly taking Official Robe wearing upon his body. A single silk un-negligently (meticulously) tying properly every a single kernel of buttons: "These several days must solemnly heavy somewhat."
Xiaoman quietly, quietly measuring checking holding his spirit colors: "Young Master. I night inside headed a single trip Chengtian Gate. Gazing holding those Censors actually still as before kneeling at there un-willing to walk. Auntie speaking passing. These Censors habituatedly will use death to threaten forcing (blackmail). These several days entering autumn already. If is descending array autumn rain. Protecting un-uniformly possessing people dyeing ascending wind colds sickly dying at Meridian Gate front. Arriving time His Majesty desiring to un-punishing you universally un-capable."
Chen Ji wearing properly Official Robe. Wearing ascending black hat: "Knowing's."
Xiaoman passing coming two sheets of paper strips: "Young Master. A single sheet is Brother Pao just merely dispatching Er Dao sending coming. Still possessing a single sheet is old older sister Xia sending coming's."
"Good," Chen Ji receiving passing paper strips. Leading holding horse pieces exiting dropped doors to go.
Xiaoman at rear faces shouting said: "Young Master eating dropped rice anew walking ah."
Chen Ji flipping body ascending horse: "Un-eating already. Anxiously holding doing matters."
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Heavenly light gradually, gradually brightening rising. Each yamen offices door front warmly noisy. All are fronting coming responding to Mao (morning roll call)'s Officials.
Meridian Gate front piercingly night burning holding's palace lamps following singly extinguishing destroying. Cyan grey-colored morning light taking kneeling at ground upon's twenty-plus named Censors shining illuminating causing increasingly issuing clearly precisely.
Censors identical to a single row suffered cold dew hitting withered's eggplants. Not a few people face colors cyan white. Body shapes shaking, shaking desiring to fall. Yet still as before biting teeth hardly supporting holding.
Chen Ji spurring horse. Neither Hasty nor Slow's walking arriving at palace doors front grand arenas's edges and borders. Reining restraining reins. He hadn't dismounted. Simply this similarly appropriately sitting at horse back upon. Separating holding a single intercept of distance quietly, quietly's looking at holding.
That body brand new's. Ironing safely causing brush straight's Qilin Rank Robe red causing piercing eyes. Kneeling holding's Censors hearing catching horse hooves sounds. Turning heads simply seeing catching sight of him already.
Fatigue a single sweeping and emptying. A single path a single path mixinging holding resentfully poisonous and angrily furiously's gazes sharp arrows generally shooting coming. If eye spirits capable of killing people. Chen Ji this moment fearing is early already a thousand sores a hundred holes.
Chen Ji yet seeming identically not yet seeing. Once again a single tremble of reins arriving at Meridian Gate front dismounting. Kneeling prostrating at a single multitude of Censors most front directions.
Identical to this a single coming. Inversely and identically is like he leading coming Censors a single identically kneeling at this location.
Back behind a single named youthful light Censor angrily scolding said: "Chen Ji. You kneeling at this location doing what? We and our peers are for the sake of national law fundamental rules quietly kneeling. How tolerating you this identical crazy rebellious's followers blemishing sullying?"
A single time. Censors cursing scolding sounds connecting heels and arriving (following one after another). Still possessing people desiring toward holding Chen Ji spitting mouth water. Pitifully unfortunately kneeling dropped a single night mouths dry tongues harshly. Lacking mouth water already.
Chen Ji by no means comprehendingly meeting them. And was toward Meridian Gate in a high voice said: "Minister. Chen Ji. Yesterday because of investigatingly handling the Yang house greedily polluting a single matter. Causing making Yang Zhong body dying. Yang Zhong although dying possessing surplus crimes. However minister acting matters Meng Lang (impulsive)..."
Back behind's cursing scolding sounds un-knowing what time lowered dropped to go. Censors startlingly naturally looking at his back shadow. Un-brightly brightly (not understanding) this named yesterday still mad dog generally dragging killing Yang Zhong's mad follower. Today days why suddenly identically this respectfully smoothly.
Chen Ji continuing speaking said: "Minister self knowing possessing sins. Sin at viewing law methods identically as lacking physical objects. Using Use Private Torture substituting national laws. Sin at acting matters cruelly fierce. Un-concerning objects discussing (public opinion). Facing street cruelly killing. Injuring's not solely is Yang Zhong a single person. Even more is Chief Surveillance Bureau Censors speech officials' face surfaces. Because of this minister fronting coming inviting sins. Inviting His Majesty descending sins responsively punishing."
Censors Looking at One Another. A single time scolding un-exiting words coming.
Valuing protecting palace prohibitions's Trouble-Resolving Guards hurriedly, hurriedly descending dropped Swallow Wing Tower. A moment after. A single named small eunuch walking exiting palace doors: "Transmitting His Majesty's oral edicts. Viscount Wuxiang Chen Ji Reckless Abandon. Possessing damaging imperial court bodily face. Flogging punishing forty!"
Censors heart center a single shocking. Forty floggings?
According to palace center compasses and rulers. Un-avoiding possessing people maliciously privately dancing avoiding (acting improperly). Every ten floggings about to hit breaking a single root of Court Flogging. If hitting un-broken simply speaking brightly possessing people releasing watering privately (showing leniency). Simply about to punish walking punishments's people.
Forty floggings. Hitting breaking four roots of Court Flogging. Exchanging making them which named universally about to at the arena essentially die at Meridian Gate outside.
At this time. Chen Ji lifting his head. Actually issuing manifesting this positioned small eunuch is himself seeing passing's. Previously front the other party still leading holding himself headed dropped Trouble-Resolving Tower.
Small eunuch smilingly narrowly looking at him: "Noble Master Chen. His Majesty severely instructing. Knowing faults capable of modifying good lacking granding there (nothing is greater than knowing and correcting one's faults). You although possessing merits. But ought to punish also must be punished."
Chen Ji prostrating at ground: "Thanking His Majesty sagely grace."
Two named Trouble-Resolving Guards lifting holding six chi long's Court Flogging walking coming. Precisely about to toward Chen Ji back upon swinging heading. Yet hearing Chen Ji speaking said: "Slightly wait. Xiaoman today just helped me ironing safely. At beneath also simply this a single body of rank robe. Separately messing breaking it already."
Speaking finishing. He pulling down his rank robe. Anew newly prostrating at ground upon.
Two named Trouble-Resolving Guards swinging rising Court Flogging striking hitting descending to go. A single sound sound depressing echoing. Hearing causing Censors hearts shocking flesh jumping. Eyes looking holding blood colors piercing exiting white colored inside clothing. Two branches Court Flogging responding sounds and breaking.
Trouble-Resolving Guards again exchanged dropped new's Court Flogging. Again is a single sound sound depressing echoing. Looking causing Censors teeth teeth trembling, trembling.
Ka-ka two sounds. Two named Trouble-Resolving Guards universally are respectfully holding punishments's good hands. Forty descending hitting finishing Court Flogging exhaustively breaking. A single beneath un-redundant. A single beneath un-less.
A single named Censor just desiring to ask, ask Chen Ji dead or living. Chen Ji already straightly rising his body son. Anew newly taking Qilin Rank Robe draping upon. Buttons a single kernel kernel tying properly. He face un-varying colors's toward holding Censors cupping hands said: "You multiple positioned Excellencies receiving shocking already."
Leading heads's a single named old Censor startlingly doubting un-determined: "Viscount Chen. Toward after do not optionally act matters identical to this crazily rebelliously already..."
Chen Ji en'ing a single sound: "Knowing's."
He anew newly ascending horse. Identical to lacking matters people seemingly's. Reins a single trembling un-knowing heading toward what location.
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Court of Imperial Sacrifices doors front. Possessing small officials a single array of wind seemingly's running entering yamen offices. Highly loudly said: "Meridian Gate front exiting matters already. That Chen Ji running heading Meridian Gate inviting sins. His Majesty transmitting oral edicts Court Flogging forty."
At this time. Yuan Wang ascending frontwards several steps: "Matching genuinely Court Flogging forty?"
Small official dotted his head: "Genuinely genuinely's. I returning coming's time already hit breaking two roots of Court Flogging already."
Yuan Wang eyebrow heads stretching spreading: "Looking coming His Majesty also toward his yesterday paths crossing redundantly possesses responsibly preparing (reprimanding). Otherwise will not descend this similarly heavy's hands."
A single named middle aged person lifting waking (reminding) said: "Vice Minister Excellency. Viscount Wuxiang is Practitioner. Forty descending also wanting incomplete his life."
Yuan Wang shaking shaking his head: "This words diverging already. Forty Court Floggings. Simply is Pre-Heaven Realm's Practitioners also resisting un-holding. Even more how situations this is sagely intents. Speaking brightly His Majesty un-allowing him anew foolishly noisy descending to go already."
Yuan Wang with Yang Zhong previously coming knotting companions and walking. Yesterday he hearing speaking Yang Zhong suffered Chen Ji livingly, livingly dragging dying after. A single night universally hadn't strictly reliably slept. Approaching arriving at Mao time only then small resting for a moment. Dreams inside Chen Ji taking hemp ropes binding at his neck neck upon. Taking him dragging heading to vegetable market mouths (execution ground). That hemp rope upon still sticking holding Yang Zhong's blood.
Merely identifies he also previously with people speaking passing. Runan Yuan Family un-lacking silver. Desiring to with him battling Commandery Princess Baili ones. Less speaking also must prepare ten ten-thousands taels of silver.
Now His Majesty descending crimes. Considering coming Chen Ji is un-daring Reckless Abandon already.
However precisely at this time. Court of Imperial Sacrifices doors front echoing rising horse hooves sounds. A single smearing red colored body shadow wind rapidly lightning shockingly and coming. Waiting until Yuan Wang looking clearly coming person body upon's Qilin Rank Robe. Turning body simply toward Court of Imperial Sacrifices deep locations running to go.
But still hadn't run two steps. A single thigh of massive strength pulling holding his collars toward rear dragging to go. Yuan Wang enemy un-passing this strength energy toward rear lifting falling at ground.
Chen Ji a single fist beating at Yuan Wang belly department. Letting relying on Yuan Wang curling shrinking identically to small shrimp.
Possessing people angrily scolding said: "You doing what. This inside is Court of Imperial Sacrifices!"
Chen Ji slowly, orderly, smoothly, rationally taking hemp ropes tying at Yuan Wang foot ankles upon. A single side tying a single side speaking said: "Yuan Wang at National Mourning period. At house center gathering multitudes drinking liquor meeting guests. Relying on my Grand Ning law methods. Walking correspondingly three thousand lis. Exiling releasing to Lingnan."
Yuan Wang curling at ground upon. Belly center fiercely hurting still not yet slowing freely (eased). Hearing listening this words. Struggling holding hoarsely sounding said: "Blood mouths universally spitting people!"
Chen Ji already numbly beneficially (numbly and swiftly) taking hemp ropes tying tightly. Hearing words coldly smilingly said: "Excellency Yuan. You grand front night drinking's uniquely is Shaoxing twenty years's daughter red's (wine)? Making accompanying's. Is using horse carriages stealthily, stealthily from Spring Dawn Pavilion inside receiving coming's Pure Courtesan Green Sleeve?"
Yuan Wang face upon blood colors exhaustively retreating.
Chen Ji rising his body. Grasping holding hemp ropes. Bystander identically lacking people's from a single multitude of Court of Imperial Sacrifices Officials naturally center piercing passing. Dragging holding Yuan Wang spurring horse departing opening. A single time actually lacking people daring to ascend frontwards obstructing blocking.
Meridian Gate front. Censors mutually mutually supporting bracing holding rising bodies. Slowly slowly and leisurely toward Duan Gate walking to go.
Old Censor tremblingly, tremblingly, highly, highly (shakily) said: "Now His Majesty strictly punishing Chen Ji. Also counted as protecting completely my Chief Surveillance Bureau's face surfaces. Good calling Heavens beneath people knowing fully imperial court's body systems. Ultimately un-tolerating stepping trampling..."
Words sounds not yet dropping. Anxiously urgent's horse hooves sounds once again from Chengtian Gate directions transmitting coming.
Multitudes people shockingly startling looking over. Merely seeing a single riding red clothing identically like blood. Wind rapidly lightning shockingly generally once again forcefully entering viewing wildness (field of vision). Actually is Chen Ji heading and reversely returning. Horse rear faces dragging holding's. Clearly brightly is Court of Imperial Sacrifices Vice Minister Yuan Wang.
Yuan Wang suffered dragging causing hair buns scattering chaotic. Official Robe breaking entirely. Face upon snot and tears horizontally flowing. Where still possessing half a portion Officials noble young masters' bodily face.
"This..." Old Censor muddy body tremblingly shaking. Pointing holding that increasingly coming increasingly near's a single person a single horse. Throat heads ge-ge echoing sounds. Yet speaking un-exiting completely entirely's (complete) sentences.
Other bystander Censors also a single identically heavily stiffing at original location. Chen Ji essentially is wiping holding this flock of Censors body sides rushing passing. Once again arriving at Meridian Gate front flipping body dismounting. Toward holding Meridian Gate kneeling prostrating descending to go: "Minister acting matters crazily rebellious. Inviting His Majesty descending crimes."
A moment after. Small eunuch Chang Xiu again walking exiting Meridian Gate. He looking at already self rationally pulling heading Qilin Rank Robe's Chen Ji in a bright sound said: "Transmitting His Majesty's oral edicts. Court Flogging fifty."
Chen Ji prostrating at ground: "Minister. Chen Ji. Prostratingly thanking His Majesty sagely grace."
(End of this chapter)