nucmednet Chapter 470 The world has really changed
Chapter 470 The world has really changed
Master Bai said loudly:
"Have you forgotten who owns this house?
Now that you have drawn a clear line with the Bai family, how can you still have the nerve to occupy the ancestral property?"
Bai Guanqing folded his arms and sneered, his attitude arrogant: "It's just a shabby house, I won't move, do you think you can bite me?"
"Okay!" Master Bai turned around and said:
"Give them one day! If they don't move by this time tomorrow, I'll throw all your stuff out on the street!
The Bai family's bricks and tiles cannot be defiled by ungrateful people!"
Before he finished speaking, the sound of orderly footsteps suddenly came from the distance.
A group of yamen runners in black robes appeared, holding broadswords. Bai Guanqing's face instantly broke into a sinister smile as he shouted, "Your Excellency, you've arrived just in time! The Bai clan has gathered together to cause trouble and are attempting to seize my residence!"
He pointed at Master Bai and said, "It was this old bastard who led the charge, threatening to massacre my entire family!"
The water and fire sticks of the jailers in the court slammed heavily on the blue bricks, making a deafening sound.
Master Bai was standing in the lobby with his hands and feet tied with ropes and his neck stiff.
The Xiezhi patch on the prefect's robe shone coldly, and the gavel slammed down on the table, shaking it. "Who are you in this hall? How dare you gather a crowd to cause trouble! Why don't you kneel when you see me?"
Master Bai stood upright in front of the hall and said, "Your Excellency may have forgotten the laws of this dynasty. When a candidate meets an official, he does not need to kneel and kowtow."
The prefect glanced at the old man in front of him and said, "You, an old country man, are worthy of being called a juren? Are you trying to escape punishment by relying on this false reputation?"
Before he finished speaking, a legal advisor stepped forward quickly and whispered something in the magistrate's ear.
The prefect's face turned pale instantly. He stood up suddenly and said, "It turned out to be Master Bai! I have seen you from afar outside the Hanlin Academy before, but I didn't expect that today..."
He smiled apologetically, bypassing the case and personally going forward to untie Master Bai, but Master Bai dodged him without a trace:
"I left Bianjing for decades, and I thought the law was as strong as a mountain and justice would last forever.
But I didn't expect that what I saw when I returned would turn right into wrong.
The world... has truly changed."
The prefect's official hat almost dropped to his chest, and he kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with his robe sleeve: "Master Bai, you have misunderstood! The laws of Bianjing are strict, and they will never wrongly accuse a good person!"
He turned abruptly and kicked the kneeling bailiff fiercely, his black boots leaving dark prints on his back. "Idiot! You almost made a big mistake by not investigating the case thoroughly!"
"Sir, calm down!" The yamen runner tumbled forward and knelt down two steps. "It was Bai Guanqing who said this house was his, and these people wanted to rob him."
The prefect came closer, wiping his sweat. A smile uglier than tears appeared on his face. "Master Bai, I will immediately send someone to conduct a thorough investigation! I will definitely give you justice!"
Less than half an hour later, the lawyer rushed into the courtroom with a thick file in his arms: "Sir! I've checked it out! The deed to this house is indeed in the Bai family ancestral hall. The annual repair records and tax receipts are all available..."
The master stole a glance at Master Bai's gloomy face, and his voice trembled even more: "Bai Guanqing has embezzled 18,655 taels of family property over the years..."
"You are so confused! I am responsible for not governing you strictly and letting you suffer!"
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and roared to the outside of the hall:
"Come here! Seal off Bai Guanqing's residence immediately! Order him to move out today, otherwise he will be treated as an embezzler of ancestral property!
Within three days, pay back the 18,655 taels owed to the clan."
After saying this, he leaned closer to Master Bai and said in a very low voice, "Master Bai, do you think this is a good solution?"
Master Bai nodded and said, "That's right, thank you very much..."
After saying this, he turned around and left with his people.
The prefect slumped in his chair and said, "I didn't expect this evil star to come back again..."
The prefect retreated to the back hall, dismissed his attendants, and left only a few trusted confidants by his side.
He unbuttoned the collar of his official robe and took a large gulp of cold tea, his Adam's apple rolling violently. "Did you see Bai Yin's aura? When he was in the court, even that old fox Liu Quanzhou was afraid of him!"
The prefect took a sip of tea and said in a low voice:
"Today I will tell you about those four feared evildoers in the court!
The first one is the current Prime Minister Liu Quanzhou. On the surface, he always has a smiling face and speaks slowly, but he is very vicious behind the scenes.
At that time, an imperial censor impeached him for corruption. Within three days, the censor's entire family suffered an inexplicable disaster.
Everyone in the court knows that beneath Prime Minister Liu's smiling face lies a knife that can kill with one blow!
Let’s talk about Lord Baiyinbai, he is a sworn enemy of Prime Minister Liu.
This gentleman is extremely upright and cannot tolerate any injustice.
He held the impeachment memorial in his hand as if he were holding a judge's pen, and no one who committed a crime could escape, from the dignitaries in the court to the local officials.
"There was once a royal relative who forcibly abducted a commoner girl. Lord Bai, despite the pressure, reported the scandal to the emperor. In the end, the royal relative was stripped of his title and exiled thousands of miles away."
The candlelight in the room flickered, and several guests subconsciously shrank their necks into the shadows.
One of the thin men licked his cracked lips, with a hint of disbelief in his voice:
"Sir, are these two really that evil? I heard that Liu Quanzhou was greedy and deserved to be overthrown.
As for this Baiyin, he is just an old man who has retired and returned to his hometown."
The prefect suddenly sneered and slammed the teacup in his hand on the table: "Ignorance! Even though Liu Quanzhou has fallen, he was still a figure who could compete with the emperor. His methods..."
Another retainer with a goatee smiled apologetically:
"Calm down, sir. We all know what Prime Minister Liu is capable of.
But isn't silver also in such a state now? "
"Down and out? Do you know what His Majesty said when he sent the silver away from the capital?" He lowered his voice and spoke word by word:
"There will always be a place for Bai Qing in the imperial court.
When these words were spoken, who in the court did not understand?
As long as Bai Yin is willing, he can regain control of the Imperial Censorate with just one imperial edict!"
The prefect twirled his beard, a trace of awe flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his voice and said:
"Let's talk about General Gu Ping first. He's a living hell on the battlefield!
He commanded an army of 200,000 black armored soldiers, and wherever the armor went, the enemy was terrified.
When the Northern Frontier rebelled, he broke into the enemy camp single-handedly, cut off the head of the enemy commander with one sword, and demonstrated in front of the battle line with the bloody head, thus completely destroying the morale of the rebels!
The tiger talisman bestowed by the emperor himself is hidden in the secret room of his general's mansion. Who among the generals in the court wouldn't be jealous of this honor? "
He paused, his eyes swept over everyone's horrified faces, and then said:
"The other is Shen Mo, who is in charge of the Ministry of Justice. He is nicknamed the Living King of Hell. He looks weak and frail, but in reality, he is extremely ruthless.
He never used torture in his trials. With just his words, he could expose the true colors of those old-fashioned corrupt officials.
It is said that during one trial, he invited the prisoner to the seat of honor, treated him to good tea and food, and extracted all the charges against him while chatting and laughing.
By the time the prisoner realized what was happening, he had already signed the confession.
Even more amazing is that he can tell whether a prisoner is lying or not just from a look or a subtle movement. Who wouldn't be terrified by such a skill? "