Faced with such a slightly provocative choice, Li Ling turned around and ordered, "You are waiting for me outside." Then he glanced at the three brothers of the Chu family who were already scared and turned pale, "The three of them are the victims, and I want one of them to follow them in."

Yang Yan looked at Li Ling and the three brothers who were obviously just ordinary people, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "Yes, please!"

Judging from the regulations of the yamen, there are six ministries, and the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue are actually similar, and even occupying a lot of land. These two ministries are much larger than the other four ministries. Because the Ministry of Revenue has a warehouse, while the Ministry of Justice has a prison cell.

However, when it comes to the main atmosphere, the two parts are completely opposite. The Ministry of Revenue is busy and harmonious, but the Ministry of Justice is in a state of solemnity, especially when we came to the prison cell where prisoners were imprisoned, we could hear a few moans from time to time, and smell a rotten smell and bloody smell that made people feel uneasy.

Li Ling could overcome such an environment, but Chu Qi was so scared that his face looked like a mortal, and he was trembling when he walked. He almost weakened his legs several times and fell down there. After all, he was just an ordinary citizen, and he had never seen the great power of the imperial court's prison.

Yang Yan did not take them directly to the prison, but entered a cold and solemn official hall next to him, and asked someone to send tea. Then he asked hard: "What do you want to ask about Master Li?"

Li Ling looked at Chu Qi, who was sitting on the chair carefully at this time. He was very nervous and obviously couldn't do anything. He smiled and said, "Mr. Yang should have heard of yesterday's incident, right? The three brothers of the Chu family went to Luoyang Prefecture to make an injustice because their uncle was taken by your Ministry of Justice. Although I am not a blue sky, since I am a court official, I naturally want to do something for the people. So, today I will come to the Ministry of Justice to ask if there is such a person who was wronged and innocently imprisoned, and now I am locked up in your Ministry of Justice."

It was not until this time that Chu Qi felt a little bit energetic and looked at Yang Yan pitifully, but he saw him shook his head straightforwardly: "There is no such thing. My Ministry of Justice is the judicial office of the court. How could he do such a wrongful accusation of a good person?"

"Then I can't figure it out. Why did the Ministry of Justice suddenly send someone to the inn to get people yesterday?" Li Ling immediately raised his own doubts.

Yang Yan laughed dryly: "Mr. Li, I said that our Ministry of Justice is the most important judicial office of the court. In other words, the security of the capital is also within our responsibilities. Yesterday we heard that someone was so bold that he dared to go to the government office to rob a criminal, so he naturally had to take action to rectify it.

"I just didn't expect that there was still a hidden secret in the matter. It turned out that Master Li took action for the people's grievances, so he finally brought people back. For this reason, the Minister of the Secretariat was angry and punished several officials in the Supervisory Office. I wonder if you are satisfied with this statement?"

Of course, Li Ling would not be satisfied, but did not directly tell him, but looked at him thoughtfully and said, "Is this the case? That's a misunderstanding? But in my opinion, the matter is not a coincidence, because as the Chu brothers said, their uncle Chu Shiwu was taken down by the county government for arguing with others, and somehow he was brought up by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and was also detained for the serious crime of killing many people, and was about to be punished by Qiu Jue... As far as I know, now in the court, the only one who has the power to Qiu Jue is in your Ministry of Justice. Is there such a coincidence in this world?"

"Master Li, are you suspicious that my Ministry of Justice brought innocent people to prison and wrongly accused people?" Yang Yan's face became more gloomy and his tone became louder. His eyes swept, which made Chu Qimeng shudder and almost knelt down.

After all, he was a person who had been in charge of prisons for many years. The evil aura on his body was far beyond ordinary officials. Even Li Ling was shocked by him, but then he looked at him calmly: "I am just making inferences based on the current facts. What is the truth? I don't have to say anything. If you say it, I'm afraid you can't count it?" If you want to suppress him, the official of the Ministry of Justice was a little tender.

Yang Yan frowned slightly, but immediately remembered the instructions of the Minister of the Assistant Minister earlier. He should not force Li Ling, just try to send him away. So he pressed his anger again and said, "Mr. Li seems to have some misunderstandings about my Ministry of Justice. Not everyone can be imprisoned in the prison of our Ministry of Justice. Only officials who have committed serious crimes, or thieves who have really caused trouble, will be imprisoned in the prison of our Ministry of Justice. A small citizen is afraid he is not qualified at all."

"Maybe what Lord Yang said is reasonable, but I still say the same thing, seeing is true." Li Ling was unmoved and made his own request at the same time.

Yang Yan snorted: "Magistrate Li means that he wants to check in my Ministry of Justice's prison?"

"It's a matter of life, I have to be careful." Li Ling continued to look at him, without any intention of giving in.

The two of them clashed with each other for a moment, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more depressing, making the soldiers around them want to escape, and Chu Qi was sweating all over his head, almost suffocating.

It was not until he was about to faint that Yang Yan relaxed and smiled: "Since that's the case, Lord Li will follow me to the prison to take a look. However, before that, I have two conditions."

"you say."

"My Ministry of Justice is not as good as an ordinary prefecture-county prison cell. The prisons are all serious criminals in the court. This time, you can make an exception and let you in. But you must abide by the rules and not talk nonsense. If you make the prisoner guilty because of your reasons, my Ministry of Justice will not spare you. If you don't have any, you will have to be a guest in my prison!"

When Yang Yan said this, his expression was extremely solemn and stern, staring at Li Ling: "Also, if someone was locked up, what was their situation? You must not disclose it after seeing it, otherwise, you will know the consequences."

Li Ling still did not avoid his eyes, and just kept silent, then nodded: "Yes. What about the second condition?"

"The second condition is that my Ministry of Justice will not let anyone enter, but this time it will be an exception for our Ministry's reputation. If you go and see it and don't find it, you will have to pay some price! Otherwise, if someone makes excuses to mess around in the future, how can my Ministry be majestic?" As he said that, his eyes became sharp, "Of course, if you leave now, I can think that everything is a misunderstanding."

Li Ling curled his lips slightly: "I said that it is related to human life, and I must investigate it to the end. If you really get nothing, how do you punish me? I will never say anything!"

Seeing his calm look, Yang Yan stopped saying anything, shouted OK, and then stood up: "Then let me go to the prison to see what happened!"

The Ministry of Justice Prison, also known as the Tianzhu, is the most important prison cell in the Dayue Dynasty. As Yang Yan said, the prisoners are all serious criminals, and they are not qualified to live in it.

But the environment here is not better than other prison cells because of the special identity of these prisoners. On the contrary, it is becoming more and more harsh. There are towering walls around the prison and archers patrols. There are more than 500 soldiers and horses guarding inside and outside. But when it really comes inside, it is cramped and humid. Coupled with the foul smell left by poor ventilation, people are even more jealous. Just walking along the corridor for a while, it makes people feel a little unbearable.

On both sides of the corridor are narrow and dim cells. Now there are three or four prisoners living in, while others are empty and seem very inconsistent. But I think so, this is not a hotel, so of course there is no room to adjust. Even if all the prisoners are gone, those who should be locked up together must be locked up together.

However, those prisoners who were locked in their limbs and could only survive in the cell had long been accustomed to the environment here, and they all sat or lay there blankly, and they had no real attention to the appearance of the people passing through the prison door.

Li Ling and the others were such a lifeless scene. Without taking two steps, they heard a few shrill screams from the front, which scared Chu Qi so much that his feet became soft again and almost knelt on the ground. Fortunately, Li Ling reached out to hold a hand in time, but at least he didn't make him look ugly.

"You have to see clearly whether there is your uncle among these people." While supporting him, Li Ling emphasized again, this is their real purpose to go to the Heavenly Prison.

"I... I understand." Chu Qi agreed quietly, enduring the fear in his heart, and carefully looked at the prisoners in the cell. However, at this moment, these prisoners were actually similar, their faces were hidden in the shadows, their bodies were so dirty that they could not see their true colors, and their limbs were also awkward and twisted. You had to observe more carefully to confirm that there was no uncle in them.

At this time, Yang Yan seemed quite calm. He led the way forward and introduced from time to time: "This is the fan butterfly who raped and killed more than ten innocent women in the two rivers. If it weren't for the Qiu Jue when he was caught, he would have already been punished on the spot. This is called Zhou Han, who was once the prefect of Fuzhou, but colluded with foreign Japanese to greed for the imperial court and was also sentenced to death..."

Under his introduction, these prisoners who seemed to be no different became alive, which made Li Ling frown frequently. It was just a group of scum locked in this prison, and none of them were wronged.

Chu Qi even shrank his hands and feet, and his fear was scared. The little bit of his heart was already scared. Could it be that his uncle was really not here? Is everything a misunderstanding?

At least after checking this, from inside to outside, from top to bottom, all the prisoners had seen each other across the door, but they still didn't see Chu Shiwu. Obviously, the Ministry of Justice really didn't lie, and people were not in their hands.
Chapter completed!