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Zheng Hai wanted to go to see Zhu Di, the king of Yan, after all, he hadn't seen Zhu Di yet. This Zhu Di is the future Ming Chengzu.

Walking out of the Yan Palace, some palace maids and eunuchs were waiting at the north gate of the palace, Zheng Hai and Xiao Diyun did not see Ma He's figure.

"Brother Hai, Brother Sanbao is not here. Xiao Diyun took Zheng Hai's hand and continued to walk forward.

Zheng Hai nodded and responded, "Well, maybe I went out of the city with Princess Xu to greet him." Let's find a good location first, it is estimated that King Yan will not return home so soon!"

Xiao Diyun nodded, and Zheng Hai led Xiao Diyun through the street and towards a two-story teahouse.

In the palace, Xiao Xu Miaojin went back to change into new clothes, while the guards Lu Xing and Ge San sneaked out of the palace.

The guards Lu Xing and Ge San originally had an errand in the palace, but they did not go to join in the fun, but stayed in the palace. Zheng Hai's appearance surprised them greatly, so they hurriedly ran to report the case to the yamen of the Prosecutor's Department, in order to arrest the escaped fugitive Zheng Hai back to prison.

On the way to the yamen of the Judicial Envoy Division, Lu Xing said

to Ge San: "Ge San, you are familiar with the Imperial Prosecutor, wait for you to talk about it!" Ge San agreed: "Brother Lu, don't worry, Zheng Hai, the fugitive escaped from prison, according to the Prosecutor, they will definitely take care of it." Anyway, my uncle is also on the responsibility of the judge, and this matter is on me!"

"Brother Ge, why are you here! I heard that your prince is going back to the house today, don't you want to wait?" An official who was guarding the gate of the judge greeted Ge San.

When Ge San saw his acquaintance, he hurriedly said: "Brother, we have something urgent

! Are you here according to the envoy?" The official responded: "It is a big deal for King Yan to return to the mansion today! If you don't have anything important, I advise you not to look for Lord Chen."

"This is a big deal! Don't you know, the death row prisoner Zheng Hai has escaped from prison!" The

official at the door originally thought it was a big deal, but when he heard Ge San's words, his face changed again and again. He smiled and said disapprovingly: "That's it! Why did I think

it was a big deal!" Lu Xing was also stunned after Ge San, and asked: "Breaking from prison is not a big deal?"

The official saw Lu Xing and Ge San's expressions, sighed, and explained: "Where is this prison escape! This Zheng Hai is not only not guilty, but has merit! The order of the Criminal Department said that Zheng Hai had merit in killing the wanted criminal Xiang Batian, and rewarded 20 taels of silver. So, Master Chen let him go..."

What! Is what you said true?" Ge San and Lu Xing looked shocked.

"This can still be fake, I heard from Governor Zhao and Lord Zhao himself. Governor Zhao personally went to the prison to announce it, and this time you really kicked the iron plate. This Zheng Hai is not simple! I heard that he is living a good life in prison..."

According to the official messenger who guarded the gate of the judge, he told Ge San a lot of things he heard, and Ge San and Lu Xing looked gloomy when they heard it.

Lu Xing and Ge San originally thought that they had already eliminated Zheng Hai. But they didn't expect that Zheng Hai would be able to get out of the country and be safe and sound after being sentenced to death. This was far beyond their imagination

! They really couldn't imagine that a beggar with no identity, no background, and no connections could escape from the prison! So they immediately went to find Ge San's uncle, Ge Xin, the judge of the court.

Ge Xin was also kept in the dark. He didn't know that Zheng Hai was acquitted, and he also received twenty taels of silver rewarded by the government.

This matter is simply an insult to Ge Xin, who is upright and has a clean breeze on his sleeves.

As soon as Ge Xin heard Ge San say this, he wore an official uniform and rushed to the residence of Chen Ying, the envoy of the commission.

His first independent trial of the Taiye Pond floating corpse case was directly ignored by the Criminal Department! The Criminal Department not only did not approve the questioning of the prisoners, but instead rewarded the prisoners, and he could not believe that the legal system of the Ming Dynasty could be so dark!

Ge Xin strode into the courtyard of Chen Xuan, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, with his clothes in his front in one hand. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Lord Chen, where are you? I have something important to report!"

According to the inspector, Chen Ying was dressed in official clothes, and his formal attire was only inferior to that of the court clothes. I saw Chen Ying wearing a crimson robe with a plate collar and right side, arranging the cuffs that were three feet wide.

He wore a lacquered horn (fú) on his head, and the horns more than a foot long swayed up and down, indicating that Chen Ying was carefully taking care of the clothes on his body.

A lady is wearing a leather belt for Chen Ying that matches her sanda patterned robe, which is inlaid with honeysuckle.

The set of clothes on Chen Ying's body at this moment is the standard official uniform of the Ming Dynasty's three-grade officials. Today is a big day when Yan King Zhu Di defeated Beiyuan Naier and didn't spend time returning to Beiping, so he deliberately changed into this official uniform.

On weekdays, he wears a peacock pattern regular dress with a complement on his chest, and in order to show grandeur and attention, he changed into a public uniform.

"My lord, you can't go in! Our Lord Chen is still changing clothes!" a subordinate from the mansion stopped Ge Xin and said.

Ge Xin was wearing a collared shirt and green robe, which was the regular uniform of the white pheasant complement of the five-rank officials. He broke into the room despite the obstruction of his subordinates, and shouted as he walked: "Lord Chen, I have an urgent matter to see you!" Chen

Ying's wife complained softly while helping Chen Ying sort out her clothes: "What kind of adult is this, you are so rude, you break into the inner hall of someone else's house without waiting for a summons!"

Chen Ying knew that it was the fake Ge Xin who was here when she heard the voice. He knew Ge Xin's intentions and didn't want to see him, but Ge Xin had already broken in.

Chen Ying said to his wife: "Madam, you go down first, I'll just get the clothes myself." I'm afraid that this Ge Xin won't deal with it so quickly, you can get on the sedan chair and wait first! King Yan estimates that it will arrive in the afternoon, and we have to leave early. As

soon as Mrs. Chen Ying arrived at the door, she met Ge Xin, who hurriedly bent down to make amends, and then walked straight into the house.

"Lord Chen, the lower official is presumptuous! However, the lower official must ask the adult for an explanation in this matter. Why was Zheng Hai, the prisoner in the Taiye Pool Floating Corpse Case, acquitted?"

Ge Xin blushed, not knowing whether it was indignation or the heat caused by rushing all the way, but his eyes were blazing and compelling.

Chen Ying didn't look at Ge Xin, he flicked his sleeves and said, "Ge Yishi, the official didn't interfere with this case. This is your case

, why did you come to ask me?" Ge Xin asked again: "Lord Chen, since this is the case, then I obviously submitted a file of death penalty and beheading to the Criminal Department, why did the approval issued by the Criminal Department not have this case? Instead, Zheng Hai was released and rewarded with twenty taels of silver, why is this

?" "Ge Yanshi, do you know that today is the day when King Yan returns home with a great victory?" Chen Ying did not answer, but changed the topic.

Ge Xin was still angry, and said disapprovingly: "What do you know? Does this have anything to do with Zheng Hai's case?"

"Since you know that King Yan won and returned, then why do you bother with this case, why don't you let go

of this case!" Ge Xin said indignantly: "Lord Chen, what does this two have to do with this, what the official is talking about is this Taiye Pool floating corpse case, what does it have to do with

King Yan!" "Of course it does! This Zheng Hai is a servant of King Yan's Mansion." This Yan King returned triumphantly, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were immersed in joy, what would others think of you mentioning the case of the Yan Wangfu? How will Your Majesty deal with it?"

Ge Xin ignored Chen Ying's bunch of rhetoric, he stared at Chen Ying and asked, "Lord Chen, I just want to ask one thing, have you submitted my file for the trial of Zheng Hai's case to the Criminal Department?"

Chen Ying looked calm, not showing a trace of concealment, he replied calmly: "I have already handed over your file. However, I don't know if there are any half-people left behind

in the middle of the way!" "Yes, my lord, since the file of my trial has been submitted to the Criminal Department, then I have nothing to say. I'll look into this matter myself, I hope you don't lie to me!" After saying that, Ge Xin turned around and was about to leave.

"Ge Yishi, you are also an old official, why don't you even know how to be an official?" Chen Ying said when she saw that Ge Xin was leaving.

Ge Xin stopped, turned to look at Chen Ying, and glanced at Chen Ying from top to bottom. He said with a straight face: "The way of being an official is four words -- loyalty, benevolence, and righteousness! To be an official for a day is to be loyal to the king and keep his word, and to practice benevolence and righteousness to the people. This is the way of being an official!"

After speaking, Ge Xin threw up his sleeves and left, Chen Ying sighed and shook his head.

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Note

: The costumes of officials in the Ming Dynasty were very particular, and there were generally several common costumes of officials: court clothes, sacrificial clothes, official clothes, regular clothes, swallow clothes, and gift clothes.

The sacrificial clothes are specially used to accompany the emperor and other sacrifices to wear, the swallow clothes are the "Zhongjing crown" that appeared in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the clothes are the clothes that the emperor specially rewards, such as flying fish clothes, bullfighting clothes, python clothes, etc.

"Imperial clothing": Imperial clothing, also known as "imperial clothing", is a dress worn by officials of major festivals and major ceremonies in the imperial court.

"Official uniform": It is an official costume second only to the court uniform, which is dedicated to the time of recital, waiting, thanksgiving and resignation. The standard outfit for wearing a public uniform is to wear a fú head.

"Regular clothes": It is the official clothing worn by officials when they work and handle official affairs in their official offices. The most obvious difference between the regular clothes and the official clothes is that the regular clothes have a "complement", that is, the regular clothes have a square pattern on the chest and back, and the civil officials are birds, and the military attaches are beasts.