Niao Ni
Chapter 175 The Head! The Head!
Seeing the Overwatch Council putting on such a show, Guo Zheng didn't say much, but frowned and said, "I didn't expect Lord Yan to come and listen to the case." Yan Ruohai ignored the censor-in-chief of the Censorate, looked at the handsome young man in the chair, and smiled slightly: "I am Yan Ruohai, greetings, Young Master Fan."
Fan Xian also stood up and smiled, "If Lord Yan hadn't come, I would have had to tear down this Ministry of Justice and then flee the world." This was naturally just a joke.
Han Zhiwei glanced at Yan Ruohai, frowned, and thought, why is the Overwatch Council also interfering? He said, "Lord Fan is roaring in court and assaulting officials. His crime is unforgivable. No matter who comes, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave the Ministry of Justice today. Moreover, this Ministry has already issued a paper to arrest Yang Wanli and other accomplices. Once the witnesses arrive, the truth of this case will naturally come to light."
"No need." Yan Ruohai said, "The officials of the Thirteenth Yamen who went to the Tongfu Inn to arrest people have already been personally apprehended by Mu Tie, an official of my Council's First Bureau, and are currently drinking tea in the Overwatch Council. If the Minister has time later, he might as well go and retrieve your subordinates."
The people arresting others were arrested instead, and the Ministry of Justice completely lost face today! Han Zhiwei pointed at Yan Ruohai's nose and cursed, "When did the Overwatch Council have the right to interfere in the affairs of my Ministry of Justice? My Ministry of Justice is arresting people, why are you blocking us?"
"The spring examination cheating case is being handled by this Council, and the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review are only assisting in the Emperor's decree." Yan Ruohai looked around, found that he didn't see the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and smiled, "Since it's assisting, you must do your duty. Yang Wanli and the other four have been under the supervision of this Council and have not yet been convicted. How can they be handed over to the Ministry of Justice? The yamen runners under the Minister are too outrageous. What's wrong with Master Mu inviting them back to the Overwatch Council?"
Guo Zheng said coldly, "The matter of Yang Wanli is fine, but according to the usual rules of the court, this Lord Fan was first issued a document by the Ministry of Justice. Now that he is standing in the hall of the Ministry of Justice, even if your Overwatch Council talks until the end of time, you can't take him away."
Until this time, the three judicial divisions did not know the true relationship between Fan Xian and the Overwatch Council. They only thought that Fan Xian was dealing with the Overwatch Council because he revealed the cheating case, plus his mentor-student relationship with Fei Jie, so the Overwatch Council wanted to protect him, so they took the lead in using the rules to suppress Yan Ruohai. Yan Ruohai frowned, looking at the Thirteenth Yamen clerks holding knives around Fan Xian, and said, "How dare you be so rude to Lord Fan."
Guo Zheng was extremely annoyed that he didn't listen to his, a dignified censor of the Censorate, and thought, your rank is so much lower than mine, how dare you be so rude. This censor had always had little contact with the Overwatch Council, so he didn't know the arrogance of the Overwatch Council at all.
Yan Ruohai frowned again, cupped his fists at Han Zhiwei and said, "Lord Minister, I am ordered to invite Lord Fan back, please be accommodating."
Han Zhiwei knew that this matter was troublesome when he saw the people from the Overwatch Council coming. He was afraid that the master behind him had not expected Chen Pingping to intervene, but today he was already riding a tiger, and gritted his teeth and said, "The case has not been concluded, how can you take people away? ... Lord Yan, this is not in accordance with the rules." He learned Guo Zheng's tone, and everywhere he used the rules of the court to suppress people.
Yan Ruohai frowned three times and waved his hand.
Countless muffled groans seemed to sound at the same time. On the hall of the Ministry of Justice, punches and kicks were intertwined. The people of the Thirteenth Yamen didn't even have time to resist. Those who surrounded Fan Xian had already been disarmed, miserably knocked to the ground, and their lives were unknown. The Fourth Bureau of the Overwatch Council has always been the strongest martial arts department of the Overwatch Council besides the Fifth Bureau, how could it be resisted by these Ministry of Justice runners.
Fan Xian found that his surroundings were finally quieter, smiled and waved his sleeves, walked to Yan Ruohai's side, and said with a smile, "Sorry for the trouble, I thought I would just let Wang Qinian come for a trip."
Han Zhiwei slammed the table and stood up, angrily said, "Disregarding the laws and regulations of the court, does your Overwatch Council also want to rebel? I will write to the Emperor tomorrow, and I will definitely punish you to death."
Yan Ruohai frowned four times, turned around and said, "According to the rules of the court, officials of the eight major bureaus of the Overwatch Council are only subject to imperial orders, and can temporarily avoid the Qing law in case of emergency. Without the Emperor's express decree, the six ministries, three judicial divisions, and two courts shall not arbitrarily interrogate. Has the Minister forgotten this?"
Guo Zheng said gloomily, "Lord Yan, of course the three judicial divisions dare not interrogate this kind of big boss, but what does Lord Fan have to do with your Overwatch Council? Which eight people are in the eight major bureaus? Who in the capital doesn't know, who doesn't understand? When did Lord Fan become one of the eight major bureaus? You must know that the duties of the Overwatch Council have always been to be confirmed after five years... Lord Fan is seventeen this year, did he start managing the affairs of a bureau of the Overwatch Council when he was twelve years old?"
No one would believe it, so Censor Guo and Minister Han were not worried that Fan Xian would dare to step out of the gate of the Ministry of Justice today. As long as he dared to step out of the gate of the Ministry of Justice, that would be contempt for the Qing law, a great crime that was difficult to pardon. In addition, Fan Xian had offended so many officials in the capital, and under the surging court discussions, even the Prime Minister and Minister Fan would not be able to protect him, and His Majesty would have to punish him.
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Yan Ruohai glanced at Fan Xian and smiled gently.
Fan Xian smiled slightly, stretched his finger to his waist, took off the Ruyi small pendant given by the Empress, threw it to an Overwatch Council clerk, and then slowly took out a wooden sign. The wooden sign was slightly yellow in color, and the two large characters "Tisi" were written on it. (Tisi = Director)
He stretched his hand straight to Censor Guo and Minister Han. The two of them stretched their necks forward together. After seeing what was written on the sign clearly, they collapsed and sat on the chairs in shock. The wooden sign was like two slaps in the face of these two high-ranking officials in the court.
Fan Xian smiled and shook his head and said, "Goodbye, two Lords." After saying this, he and Yan Ruohai, under the guard of the Overwatch Council clerks, swaggered towards the outside of the hall of the Ministry of Justice.
Behind the desk in the hall, Censor Guo's face was livid, and Minister Han leaned on the back of his chair and pondered. No one had expected that Fan Xian would actually have the identity of the Director of the Overwatch Council!
What is a Director? It is a transcendent existence above the eight major bureaus of the Overwatch Council. It is the most secretive position in the Overwatch Council. Many officials in the court have speculated, but no one would have expected that the rumored gloomy Director was actually the same person as this Lord Fan, who was full of poetry and had a sunny face!
"What to do?" Han Zhiwei opened his eyes, and a cold light shot through his eyes, "Neither the Six Ministries nor the Three Judicial Divisions are qualified to interrogate the Director of the Overwatch Council, unless His Majesty issues an decree, but you and I both know that His Majesty cannot issue this decree."
Guo Zheng frowned, looked at the large group of people who disappeared on the stone steps in front of the Ministry of Justice, and said coldly, "He's really a turtle made of iron, and you can't find a place to start. But I'm still a little curious, why didn't Fan Xian reveal his identity at the beginning? He had to come to the Ministry of Justice for this trip. Is he really not afraid of us using the masters in the court to capture him before Yan Ruohai came?"
Minister Han was also puzzled, but in his heart he had great worries. Since he could not bite Fan Xian to death today, what was waiting for him must be a strong counterattack that was about to come. He sighed, thought of the word "goodbye" that Fan Xian said at the end, and slowly tasted a bit of bitterness, a bit of fear, and wondered if the forces behind him could protect him.
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Outside the hall of the Ministry of Justice, Fan Xian said calmly, "Even if the Dean forced me to reveal my identity, he didn't have to play such a boring scene."
Yan Ruohai said with a smile, "The Dean thinks that since he deliberately wants the students in the capital to know the identity of the Lord, then it is natural to reveal it at the right place, at the right time, and in a relatively dramatic way. Today, in the hall of the Qing Kingdom Ministry of Justice, the students in the capital gathered outside the door to appeal for the Lord, which is a great opportunity."
Fan Xian shook his head and didn't say anything. In fact, today was really a bit risky. If those powerful forces hidden behind the Six Ministries wanted to make a final effort in this battle, they could completely have more ruthless methods. If he hadn't had a significant effect in his cultivation in Cangshan, he wouldn't have had the confidence to talk and laugh freely in the gloomy court.
"The Overwatch Council is a special agent organization, so its reputation has always been bad." Yan Ruohai explained softly, "So the Dean publicized the matter of you revealing the cheating case, and took the lead in establishing your reputation, so that after the identity of the Director of the Overwatch Council is exposed, the scholars and people will not be afraid and disgusted as soon as they think of you."
"So... it's just an image building project." Fan Xian took a deep breath. The depression in his chest had not yet dissipated, and there would be time to discuss it in detail in the future.
Yan Ruohai did not understand what the young Director meant by this. He took the jade Ruyi small pendant that Fan Xian had taken off from his subordinate and handed it to him.
Fan Xian gently stroked the Ruyi in his palm, and suddenly asked, "Wan'er entered the palace to explain to the Crown Prince, and I think this spring examination didn't damage the Crown Prince's face much. With the Crown Prince's character, he shouldn't be so fierce. Which member of the Eastern Palace did Minister Han suddenly rely on to become fierce?"
Yan Ruohai smiled and said, "If it's not the Crown Prince, it's naturally the Empress."
"The Empress?" Fan Xian raised his eyebrows, thinking that he was offending more and more people, but he didn't know if the Empress... was dealing with him because of the reason he was afraid of. He clenched the jade Ruyi pendant in his hand, thinking that the pendant was also given by the Empress, and subconsciously wanted to throw it away.
Yan Ruohai smiled and reminded, "Gifts from the palace, you can dispose of them at will, this is a great crime."
Fan Xian smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder, but now that my identity as the Director will soon be known to the world, which yamen will dare to be so blind as to try me?"
"The yamen dare not try, the palace dares to try." Yan Ruohai patted him on the shoulder lightly, and found that this young man was even younger than his son, and shook his head and sighed.
Fan Xian nodded and accepted the lesson, and then said sincerely, "This trip to Northern Qi, please rest assured, Lord Yan, I will definitely bring my half-brother back safely."
"Thank you." Yan Ruohai said.
Stepping out of the gate of the Ministry of Justice, the scholars and people who had been gathered on the street burst into cheers when they saw that Lord Fan, who had bravely revealed the cheating case, had walked out safely, and they were overjoyed.
Fan Xian smiled and thanked the surroundings, and then he understood why he behaved so arrogantly in the Ministry of Justice today. It turned out that it was because he had finally done something he thought was very correct, just like the sentence he had read in novels in his previous life - what is the right path? The right path is to do the right thing - the things that he thought were right. This feeling was very good, very powerful.