Chapter 44
At the gate of the Ministry of Justice, the high stone steps, the majestic lintel, the strict ceremonial guards, and the two lions overlooking the ground all demonstrate the majesty of the Supreme Judicial Office of the Criminal Law.
Several people approached timidly, looked at the yamen runner standing with a knife, and said in a panic: "I... Master of the Crown, we are wronged, we want to complain!"
A yamen runner glanced at them and said angrily: "Go away, get out of here! This is the Ministry of Justice. If you wait for Xiaomin's case, you can also come here to sue? Go and find your Baozheng and the village chief mediate, otherwise you will go to the county government to file a lawsuit."
A commoner said humbly: "Mr. The person who sent a letter to the public is our Baozheng. In the county... there are people in Baozheng, and they don't accept our complaints."
"Get out of here, I won't accept the case here. This is the Ministry of Justice. Do you understand? I don't understand, so get out of here immediately, otherwise you will be asked to eat the board!"
The servant was very impatient. This scene happened every day. There were always some ignorant people who didn't understand the law. They rushed to the Ministry of Justice with a big deal, thinking that they could take care of his case here. Some people even said they wanted to complain to the emperor when they opened their mouths. At first, they found it funny, but after a long time, they only made people feel bored.
"Come on, take it slow, what are you doing? Those who know say that we are the Ministry of Justice, and those who don't know think it's the Hall of Hell!" Ye Xiaotian burst out and heard the sound, and glanced at the yamen runners fiercely. When the yamen runners saw it, they tightened their palms out, and said helplessly: "Sir, we are the Ministry of Justice..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Nonsense, I don't know if this is the Ministry of Justice? Isn't the Ministry of Justice the punishment of illegal acts? Well? At this door, is it you have the final say or I have the final say? Who am I? I am the head of the Ministry of Justice, why do you just talk so much nonsense, go away!"
Several yamen runners retreated helplessly and rolled their eyes at Ye Xiaotian's back.
Ye Xiaotian greeted him with a smile and said to the people: "My fellow villagers, what are the injustices you have?"
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Half an hour later, the Minister of Justice Rui Chuan sat behind the case in amazement. The yamen runners standing with sticks on both sides lowered their heads, shook their shoulders, and tried to endure laughter. A group of people surrounded the case and told their grievances in a verbal way.
A young man with a mole on his face said angrily: "Master Qingtian, I'm wronged! I didn't even peek at her, Widow Liu was taking a bath. How could she sue me for being an indecent person? She spread rumors everywhere and ruined my reputation! I haven't married a wife yet. Isn't this cheating me?"
A woman who was over thirty years old and still charming said, "You didn't peek? Do you dare say you didn't peek? If you lie to death, your whole family! I was taking a shower in the house, so I opened a small window. When I looked up, I saw you looking out with a stingy look."
The young man with a mole said impatiently: "Don't be nonsense? I'm climbing a tree to make dates, who's peeking at you? Master Qingtian, there are two trees in my yard, one is a date tree and the other is a date tree. It can produce dozens of kilograms of dates every year, and the date is crisp and sweet..."
Widow Liu intercepted, "You still said you didn't lie? How many months have you been? Your jujube tree bears fruit?"
The young man with a mole opened his mouth and said, "I...I... Right! I was anxious and said it was wrong. My family planted a loquat tree!"
Widow Liu said: "Okay, if you have the ability, you will transplant two loquat trees with fruits to your house. Master. He is lying, you will know when you send someone to see..."
Another person said, "I said you two should not bother the master. So what's wrong with him just looking at you? There are a lot of meat. Master. You should do my case first. Our family has a big fat pig, which has been raised for three and a half years. It has a fat head and ears, and its belly has drooped to the ground. As a result, it was stolen by a despicable beast..."
Another person became impatient and said, "You are just troublesome to the master? Master, I..."
"Why can't I bother the master in this matter? I heard from those who talked about ancient times that during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, the people lost pigs, beat the drums, went to the Golden Palace, and filed a lawsuit against the emperor. Emperor Taizong accepted the lawsuit. Emperor Taizong did not find the pig, and paid him a bite. No matter how big the master of our Ministry of Justice is, he is not as great as the emperor, right?"
"What you are talking about is the Song Dynasty, not our Ming Dynasty. Go and go, go, master, villain's case is like this. My old father was taken over by my brother and I. It was originally agreed that it would be replaced every month.
It's March now, my old father is at my brother's house, and next month is April, so I should be supported by me. But when the contract was signed, the villain forgot the leap month, and it was April immediately. The villain remembered that there were two Aprils this year, so I had to raise one more month? Xiaomin discussed with his brother that he would not do it in April.
Rui Chuan was so angry that his beard was raised. Suddenly he grabbed the gavel and patted it "stop!": "Stop! Stop all! What a mess? Come on, blow all these people out! Immediately call the sect leader Gu Ye Xiaotian to see me!"
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Shangshu Rui squinted Ye Xiaotian and sneered: "The head of the Ministry of Justice? Hum?"
Ye Xiaotian said humbly: "Sir, the lower lord is to keep the sect's head!"
"Hmph! You are not showing off your own hype and saying you are the head of the Ministry of Justice?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Sir, that's the official who is bragging about the access control, don't take it seriously."
Shangshu Rui took a few breaths of air and said, "Ye Xiaotian, you are sincerely right to me, right?"
Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Sir, where do you start?"
Shangshu Rui roared: "Who are you put in just now? Ah? Just go to the county government office and find the village chief Baozheng to solve that kind of trivial case!"
Rui Chuan became more and more angry as he spoke. He picked up the gavel and slapped the table: "This is the Ministry of Justice! The Ministry of Justice! Isn't it a big case that can be passed on? Is it my turn to take action? If my Ministry of Justice even peeks at the widow and takes the bath, the Li family loses a big fat pig, and the Wang family takes over the Zhao family's wall, I will be exhausted to death!"
Ye Xiaotian said silly: "Ah! So that's how it is! Xiaguan came from a small place and did not understand the rules. When Xiaguan was in Huxian, he took on all trivial cases. He thought the Ministry of Justice was the same, and he could come in as long as he complained."
Rui Chuan said in a very furious manner: "Come in? What are you coming in? Remember to me, my Ministry of Justice will not accept the complaint at all, unless the emperor issued a special trial case! Remember? If you dare to put a free agent for me tomorrow, I will not forgive you!"
Ye Xiaotian quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes, remember, you will never commit it again, and you will never commit it again!"
Shangshu Rui snorted coldly and left with his sleeves.
Ye Xiaotian came out of the signing room on tiptoe. Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi, who were waiting in the corridor, rushed to meet him. Hua Yunfei said with concern: "Brother, are you okay?"
Ye Xiaotian said proudly: "What can I do? People from our small place have little knowledge, but they just did something confused. He wouldn't ask for an order to waive our official position because of such a thing? Hehe, he can transfer us, but we can't avoid it. After all, we are also the destiny official appointed by the imperial penman Zhuzi. Hehe!"
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The next morning, the signing room was deserted. Shangshu Rui had drunk all the tea pot and no one came. He couldn't help but wonder. He walked around the signing room with his hands on his back, and said to himself: "Strange, why are you so leisurely today? No file has been transferred."
Shangshu Rui was wondering, and heard a long sui shouting at the door: "Mr. Zhang, the Minister of Dali Temple, come~~~"
Shangshu Rui turned around in surprise and saw Zhang Ziyuan, the minister of Dali Temple, walking in angrily. Shangshu Rui quickly greeted him with a smile and bowed, "Haha, what kind of wind is this today? Did you blow your Lord Zhang?"
Zhang Ziyuan said angrily: "What kind of wind? Of course it is the majesty of your Ministry of Justice!"
Shangshu Rui was stunned and said strangely: "Mr. Zhang, where do you start?"
Before Zhang Ziyuan could speak, he heard the doorman sing again: "Mr. Pei, the left censor of the Censorate, arrive~~~"
Shangshu Rui looked up and saw Pei Tianci, the left censor, walked in with a calm face. Shangshu Rui hurried forward to greet him.
Shangshu Rui bowed enthusiastically and said, "Pei Zongxian, I am missing the welcome, I am missing the welcome."
Pei Tianci said coldly: "Mr. Min, what exactly did your Ministry of Justice do? My Censorate sent someone to transfer the files early this morning, but was blocked by your people and was not allowed to enter. Why, can I, Mr. Pei, come to the door in person?"
Rui Shangshu was stunned and said, "How could that be? Pei Zongxian, there should be any misunderstanding here?"
Lord Zhang, the minister of Dali Temple, sneered: "Misunderstanding? What is the misunderstanding? The same is true for our Dali Temple. It was so rejected after your Ministry of Justice. He said that unless the case was appointed by the emperor, it would not be accepted! Haha! I didn't expect that your Ministry of Justice would become an Embroidered Uniform Guard and only handle the case of the emperor?"
"This...I..."
Before the Secretary of Rui could answer the question, he heard the eldest son at the door whisper loudly again: "Mr. Xiao, the prefect of Yingtian, you are here~~~~"
Rui Shangshu stood there blankly, watching Yingtian Prefecture Prefecture Xiao Shiqi walk in. Xiao Shiqi is a big fat man, probably walking too fast, sweating heavily, and panting. Rui Shangshu said dryly: "Mr. Xiao, can you be blocked by my Ministry of Justice because the police from Yingtian Prefecture are blocked by my Ministry of Justice?"
Xiao Shiqi said angrily: "So you know it too? Yes, Lao Xiao is here for this. I said, Shangshu Rui, what's going on? I have several urgent documents to be transferred to your Ministry of Justice, but I was inexplicably sent back by your people. What the hell are you Lao Rui doing?"
Rui Shangshu was silent for a while, suddenly strode out of the signing room, stood in the corridor, took a deep breath like a whale sucking water, and roared at the direction of the gate in anger: "Call Ye Xiaotian, the head of the damn Ministry of Justice,..."
: I sincerely ask for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets!
Chapter completed!