The Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice? That was a third-grade official. Xia Jian, the so-called ceremonial eunuch, was only a third-grade official.
Of course, an official couldn't be judged by rank. Although Xia Jian's official position was only from the third rank, he had a lot of power.
For example, the chief assistant, who was also a cabinet scholar, was actually only a fifth-grade official. Why did he have so much power and status? Why were there so many literary talents flocking to it?
This was the official position of the chief assistant. Although the official position was small, he could work part-time. Many of the Ming Dynasty's chief assistants were part-time Crown Prince's Grand Tutor or something like that, part-time First Rank or Second Rank officials.
Although Xia Jian was a eunuch, the power of the ceremonial supervisor was no less than that of the chief assistant. The officials under him naturally bragged and flattered him when they saw him.
However, he didn't even recognize all of the six ministers, let alone a mere Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
"You're the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice? You recognize me?" Xia Jian asked.
Xia Jian looked at the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice who had come up to speak in confusion. He saw that the assistant minister had thick eyebrows and big eyes, giving people the feeling that he was a very honest and honest person. He did not expect that he would collude with these Jianghu Taoists and put on this trick of subduing demons to deceive the people of the capital!
"Of course, who doesn't know of Eunuch Xia's current reputation? This lowly official was fortunate enough to meet Eunuch Xia once during that morning court session.”Assistant Minister Jiang said flatteringly.
Xia Jian remembered that he had accompanied the Emperor to the morning court. After the court session, a group of officials had surrounded him to curry favor with him. It seemed that there was such a person.
"These things, these Taoist priests, and this coroner were all arranged by you?" Xia Jian asked with a cold face.”
"Sir, you can tell?" Jiang Junliang asked carefully.
These so-called corpses were actually living people pretending to be dead. They seemed to have swallowed some kind of medicine to reduce their heart rate, causing them to fall into a temporary state of suspended animation.
Of course, Xia Jian could tell that this trick was too shallow. It was only to deceive these ignorant people in the capital.
Listening to Assistant Minister Jiang's tone, there was no doubt that he was the one who did this, so he asked,"Then two days ago, the demon fox caused trouble and more than 30 lives in the Zhao residence were also caused by you?”
"Sir, I'm innocent. The case two days ago really cost more than 30 lives, and it has nothing to do with me.”Assistant Minister Jiang didn't dare to breathe too loudly as he explained to Xia Jian.
"Eunuch Xia, please change your tone!”Assistant Minister Jiang Junliang gestured for Xia Jian to enter the room, as if he had something to say.
Xia Jian nodded and walked into the house with his two followers.
Assistant Minister Jiang followed behind Xia Jian and was about to enter when he was stopped by the coroner."Brother-in-law, who is this person? Look at my face. I was beaten up by him and it's as red as a monkey's butt. Aren't you going to avenge brother-in-law?”
So this coroner was Assistant Minister Jiang's brother-in-law. No wonder he was so arrogant.
Assistant Minister Jiang shook off his brother-in-law and said,""Serves you right. Why didn't you get beaten to death? Gao Hongliang, look at this stupid idea you gave me!”
"Do you know who you've offended? This is the eunuch with the seal of the Bureau of Rites, the favorite of the Emperor. Even the Minister of Justice has to greet him, let alone you. If you dare to offend him, do you want to die?”
With that, Assistant Minister Jiang flung his sleeves and walked into the room, leaving the coroner Gao Hongliang in a daze.
"So this person is a eunuch, but shouldn't a eunuch speak in a strange way? Why doesn't this person speak like one?”
On the other side, Xia Jian walked into the room. This house was probably the place where the corpse lay outside. It was very simple and not a wealthy family.
Seeing Assistant Minister Jiang walk in, Xia Jian asked,""If there's anything, you can't say it in front of me.”
Xia Jian thought that Assistant Minister Jiang was trying to bribe him, so he happily entered the room. However, he realized that this damned Assistant Minister Jiang was playing the pity card with him.
"Eunuch Xia, I didn't mean to deceive the people, but what happened in the Zhao residence two days ago was too strange. I couldn't catch the murderer in a short period of time.”
"The people in the capital all said that it was the demon fox who caused trouble. Our government explained to them that someone had drugged the well, but they didn't believe it. They insisted that it was the demon fox who caused trouble and made people panic.”
"I have no choice but to do this. As long as this Taoist priest could capture the so-called demon fox today, the people would be able to settle down and the capital would return to its former state.”
So that was the case. Xia Jian nodded and said,"Then why didn't you spend money to hire a Taoist priest to do the ritual and play tricks?”
"Sir, it doesn't cost money!"
No money? Not only did it not cost money, but it could even earn a lot of money!
Assistant Minister Jiang explained to Xia Jian before understanding the reason.
This group of Taoist priests who claimed to be from Longhu Mountain wanted to make a name for themselves in the capital. They would put on a show with the government for free and capture the demons to show that they were capable.
As for the government, they could openly tell the people that the demon fox had been eliminated by the Taoist priest. They could openly tell the people of the capital that the demon fox had been eliminated and that their lives would return to peace.
"Lord Jiang, aren't you afraid of the demon fox incident from two days ago? If it happens again, I'll see how you explain it to the people.”Xia Jian glared at Assistant Minister Jiang.
Assistant Minister Jiang swallowed his saliva and said,""Eunuch Xia, you might not know this, but this demon fox is just a rumor. "According to our current investigation, the more than 30 lives in the Zhao residence were caused by poisoning. Moreover, that person is very likely to be an insider of the Zhao residence. In other words, the murderer and the victim died together.”
"Eunuch Xia, don't worry. Something like this will never happen again in the capital.”
"Nothing is absolute. You should be more careful in the future.”Xia Jian reminded.
"Yes, yes, yes."
"Come, let's go out and see how the Taoist priest is doing.”
Xia Jian walked out of the house and stood on the high platform, watching the Taoist priest on the other side pretend to draw talismans and practice a set of exorcism sword techniques. There were also copper coins and peach wood swords prepared on the altar.
The young Taoist priests below were all circling around the ritual table. No one knew what they were mumbling. Anyway, Xia Jian could not understand them.
A transparent white shadow suddenly appeared in the air. It looked like a human figure, but it was completely unrecognizable. It did not look like a human figure, but more like a fox.
The appearance of this white figure shocked the people below, thinking that they had seen the true body of the demon fox.
The Daoist priest on the altar shouted and threw the copper sword in his hand. When the copper sword came into contact with the transparent white shadow, it instantly exploded, scattering copper coins all over the ground.
At the same time, the white shadow seemed to let out a shrill roar and then disappeared.
A small white animal fell from the sky. It looked like a dead fox. It landed on the altar and was caught by the Taoist priest.
The Taoist priest raised the fox high and shouted,"The fox demon has been eliminated. The world is safe!"
The corners of Xia Jian's mouth curled up slightly. This Taoist priest had some skills. It was still very easy to deceive these ignorant commoners.
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