Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1018

"presumptuous!!"

It must be said that his shout was useful. After hearing his shout, the yamen runners did stop their actions.

But at this moment, Shen Lin's voice came floating over.

"Why are you stopping? Go and arrest him!"

These yamen runners also knew who to listen to, so as soon as Shen Lin finished speaking, they started moving again.

Seeing that the yamen runners were about to arrest someone again, Zhang Dengyue quickly walked up to Shen Lin, pointed at his nose and said angrily:

"This is outrageous! What crime has our Zhang family committed? Why are you coming to our house to arrest us?"

Zhang Dengyue thought that since he was pointing at someone's nose, this person had to respond to him no matter what.

However, the reality was that he was once again ignored by Shen Lin, who didn't even look at him, but just stared at the yamen runners doing their work.

Seeing that Shen Lin ignored him and those yamen runners had already captured his own descendants, Zhang Dengyue's heart sank suddenly.

The Zhang family is also a famous family in Suzhou. Everyone in Suzhou knows that they have produced many scholars.

But now, this person directly brought people to arrest people, and didn't even bother to give a reason for the arrest.

It is obvious that they are targeting the Zhang family. No matter what the other party wants to do, these people in our family must not be taken away by them.

So, taking advantage of the chaos in the field, Zhang Dengyue turned around calmly and gave a look to the housekeeper at home.

The latter saw Zhang Dengyue's signal, said nothing, turned quietly back to the back hall, and then ran to the back door of the mansion.

At this time, the yamen runners had already captured all the people and were about to take them out of the front hall.

Seeing this, Zhang Dengyue quickly stepped forward and blocked the gate. The other members of the Zhang family also followed suit and blocked the gate.

At this moment, apart from the women, children and servants of the Zhang family, not counting Zhang Dengyue, there were a total of five men blocking the door.

The key point is that these five people, like Zhang Dengyue, all wore square scarves and long robes, the standard attire of scholars.

Now the yamen runners didn't know what to do, and all looked at Shen Lin.

Shen Lin didn't tolerate it and said coldly:

"Either open the door, or I'll take you away with me."

"Catch me? Humph!"

As soon as Shen Lin finished speaking, Zhang Dengyue snorted coldly, then glared at Shen Lin with an arrogant look.

"I, Zhang Dengyue, am a third-class Jinshi in the fourth year of the Hongwu reign. I am a disciple of the Emperor. I will not bow before an official in court, and I will not be punished for any crime I am accused of!"

"They are all successful scholars with great achievements. You peasants think you can arrest us? Just try to arrest one of them!"

After hearing what Zhang Dengyue said, Shen Lin frowned slightly. The identity of a Jinshi was indeed a rather troublesome issue.

He came here this time to arrest people for forced labor, not because the Zhang family had committed any crime, so he had no right to arrest anyone.

The key point is that Zhang Dengyue is a Jinshi, and he is also a disciple of the emperor, which means he cannot be arrested casually.

Before this, Shen Lin had never thought that the Zhang family actually had a Jinshi, so he turned to look at Lao Bai beside him and asked.

"Old White, is what he said true?"

"Yes, sir. Zhang Dengyue passed the imperial examination and became a top-three Jinshi. He held a grand banquet in Suzhou City. Everyone knows about this."

Lao Bai responded in a low voice, and then continued:

"The imperial court hasn't held any special examinations in recent years, so all the Zhang family members around him are only Juren. Otherwise, they should have been able to produce a Jinshi."

After getting the answer from Lao Bai, Shen Lin pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"You have a point. Arresting you must be in accordance with the criminal law. I really can't arrest anyone without a crime or evidence."

Hearing Shen Lin's words, Zhang Dengyue's mouth curled up slightly. He guessed that the person in front of him did not dare to offend him, a Jinshi.

At the same time, the Zhang family members around Zhang Dengyue also raised their heads immediately after Shen Lin finished speaking.

Just like a victorious rooster in a cockfighting cage, he looked at Shen Lin as if he was looking at a loser.

In fact, it was not just the Zhang family. Even the yamen runners behind Shen Lin subconsciously let go of the Zhang family members in their hands.

However, just when everyone thought Shen Lin had given in, Shen Lin's voice was heard again.

"Arresting you is according to the law, but beating you up seems like it can only be considered a personal vendetta!"

"I don't like you, so I can touch you. I don't like you, so I can beat you up. Right now, I'm really annoyed with you."

As he spoke, Shen Lin raised one hand, pointed his index finger at Zhang Dengyue's nose and scolded him.

"What the hell are you looking at me for?! Do you have the guts? Come on! If you have the guts, come out and fight me!"

Zhang Dengyue looked at Shen Lin in a daze. He had racked his brains but never expected this result.

But in his heart he had to admit that Shen Lin was right. To arrest a Jinshi required solid evidence, and it was also very troublesome.

However, there are not so many rules for beating a Jinshi. Even the lowest common people can beat you if they don’t like you.

It’s just that ordinary people are afraid of getting into trouble, so they would rather swallow their anger than provoke a scholar with great achievements.

But the person in front of him was not an ordinary person. If he really wanted to attack, Zhang Dengyue would be beaten even if he was a Jinshi.

Therefore, Shen Lin's completely unconventional approach completely burned out Zhang Dengyue's CPU.

I couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.

But his CPU burned out, but Shen Lin's CPU didn't. Looking at Zhang Dengyue who was confused, he simply did what he said.

He turned his right hand into a palm, slowly raised it, drew a perfect arc in the air, and then slammed it on Zhang Dengyue's face.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Five crisp slaps were heard in succession, and all the Zhang family members who were standing in front of Shen Lin were slapped to the ground.

Of course, this was the result of Shen Lin holding back. He used skillful force in these slaps, with just the right amount of force to stun the opponent without hurting their brains.

Otherwise, with his strength, if he really hit hard, these scholars who were powerless would be beaten to death on the spot.

After a few loud slaps, Zhang Dengyue, who was already confused, looked even more confused after he fell to the ground.

Ever since he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, everyone has been polite to him all these years. He has never suffered such humiliation.

However, even though his heart was burning with anger, Zhang Dengyue did not even have the courage to get up from the ground.

Because at this moment, Shen Lin was staring at him with emotionless cold eyes, and those eyes were full of murderous intent.