In Shaoqing's Yamen, more than a dozen civil servants were sitting on their knees in the lobby of Shaoqing's Yamen. Each of them had a case in front of them, which was covered with a dozen cases. Wu Chengsi shuttled among these people, picking up a case from time to time.
Check.
This afternoon, he went to Jiang Rong and then to the Ministry of Industry to investigate Gao Lan, trying to find out who promised Gao Lan his promotion.
It's a pity that Jiang Rong didn't say anything, and the Ministry of Industry only said that Gao Lan was promoted because he passed the normal evaluation, and there was no other reason.
Wu Chengsi could feel that someone behind his back was hindering his investigation of the case, so he decided to change his strategy and use the resources of Dali Temple to ask his subordinates to search for cases related to Jiang Rong in the archives of Dali Temple.
Jiang Rong released people from Baekje into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and threatened Hei Ji Chang to plead guilty. He must be closely related to the person behind the scenes in the DPRK. This is an extremely important clue at present.
Colluding with foreigners is a capital crime. Generally speaking, court officials are unwilling and disdainful to do such things. Jiang Rong must have received some favor from him for taking such a big risk to help the people behind the scenes.
According to Wu Chengsi's analysis, generally only great kindness can drive a court official to do such a thing. In other words, Jiang Rong probably committed some crime and was saved by the person behind the scenes, so that he could serve that person.
doom.
This investigation took several hours.
Not long after, the drums sounded in the lower office, and Wu Chengsi announced that he would get off work on time.
Back at the mansion, Wu Chengsi summoned Wen Rong, asked about the address of Zheng Lingxuan's home, and took Han Cheng to Zheng Lingxuan's home.
When they arrived at Zheng Lingxuan's courtyard, they found that she had not returned home yet, so the two of them sat drinking tea in a tea shed at the door.
More than an hour passed and Zheng Lingxuan still did not return. Han Cheng was afraid that Wu Chengsi was hungry, so he suggested: "Master, let's order something to eat first."
Wu Chengsi looked at the street: "Wait a minute, the curfew will be imposed soon. Miss Zheng should be back soon."
Another quarter of an hour later, Zheng Lingxuan's figure indeed appeared on the street. There was actually a man accompanying her. The man was tall, mighty, and extremely majestic.
Zheng Lingxuan's eyesight was sharp. When she approached, she immediately noticed the two people sitting on the tea shed. She was startled and walked quickly towards them: "Wu Shaoqing, Commander Han, why are you here?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Of course I'm here to find you." He turned to the strong man who was following him and asked: "Who is this?"
Zheng Lingxuan introduced: "He is Inspector Zhang Lei from the Criminal Department." He turned to Zhang Lei and said, "Captain Zhang, I'm home. Thank you for sending me back."
Zhang Lei glanced at Wu Chengsi, bowed his hands to him, nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll go then."
After he left, Zheng Lingxuan opened the door and welcomed Wu Chengsi in. After arriving at the lobby, she poured tea for the two of them first, then hurriedly tidied up the house and said with a smile: "The house is a bit messy.
I didn’t have time to sort it out.”
Wu Chengsi rubbed his belly and smiled bitterly: "If you keep tidying up for a while, I will starve to death!"
Zheng Lingxuan chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll cook, you guys wait for a while." She turned around and went to the kitchen.
After a long time, Zheng Lingxuan came out with two plates of dishes. The dishes were very simple, one roasted chicken and one plate of chopped beef. It was obviously to take care of Wu Chengsi's taste.
Seeing Wu Chengsi sitting at the table, lying on the table with hunger, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Since you are so hungry, why don't you eat some outside first."
Wu Chengsi quickly picked up the beef and said angrily: "Didn't I think you would be back soon? By the way, why are you coming back so late?"
Zheng Lingxuan gave the two of them a good meal and said, "I went to follow Jiang Rong, but I didn't get much. After he left the government office, he took a carriage directly back to his hometown."
Wu Chengsi tore off a chicken leg, took a bite, and asked, "Then why did you come back with Zhang Lei?"
Seeing that he was eating with gusto, Zheng Lingxuan was very happy and said with a smile: "After I followed Jiang Rong back to his hometown, I went back to the Ministry of Punishment, and happened to meet Mr. Zhang. He was worried that it would not be safe for me to go home alone, so I had to
Send me back."
Han Cheng suddenly said: "Zhang Lei is very famous in the world. Countless thieves fell into his hands. Among the patrol leaders of the Criminal Department, his martial arts can be ranked among the top three."
Wu Chengsi was startled and thought: "There are indeed hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the capital." He suddenly became interested in gossip and asked: "Then how do you and Miss Zheng compare with him? Who has higher martial arts skills?"
Zheng Lingxuan almost choked, and hurriedly waved her hands and said: "My martial arts skills are far behind those of Commander Han and Captain Zhang."
Wu Chengsi glanced at her with an expression that said, "So you are so weak." Zheng Lingxuan suddenly became angry and said, "I can deal with a hundred Wu Shaoqing with no problem."
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "I don't know martial arts, so I can't compete with you. How about we compete to solve the case?"
"Compete!"
Seeing her face turn red, Wu Chengsi laughed and said: "I'm kidding you, solving crimes is not a competition, it requires mutual cooperation. To be honest, I came to you today just to ask for your help."
Zheng Lingxuan was slightly happy and asked quickly: "What kind of help do you need from me?"
Wu Chengsi said slowly: "I want you to get in touch with Pei Xingjian and find a way to reveal to him the other four names Su Dingjie heard and see how he reacts."
Zheng Lingxuan nodded and said: "Okay, I will go find him tomorrow."
After dinner, Wu Chengsi said goodbye and left. Zheng Lingxuan first practiced martial arts in the courtyard for half an hour, and then practiced Chinese characters for an hour in the bedroom.
Although she looks handsome, her handwriting is very bad and crooked like an earthworm.
After practicing calligraphy, it was already midnight. I washed up and went to bed. The next day, I got up early before dawn, ate some noodles randomly, and went to the Ministry of Punishment.
At the end of the day, she finished the morning's work, got up and left the envoy's room, entered the prison of the Ministry of Punishments, asked a jailer about Pei Xingjian's cell, and came outside the cell.
Looking inside the prison, I saw a man in his forties sitting against the wall, with a three-foot black beard and a face like a crown jewel.
As if aware of her sight, the man's closed eyes suddenly opened, his deep eyes looked over, and he smiled and said: "Little girl, who are you looking for?" Although he was in prison, he was cheerful and elegant.
Zheng Lingxuan looked around and saw that there was no jailer nearby, so she said, "Looking for you."
Pei Xingjian stood up and took two steps closer.
Zheng Lingxuan was slightly startled. When he was sitting, Pei Xingjian looked like an elegant scholar. When he stood up, he realized that he was very tall, a head taller than Zheng Lingxuan.
Although his figure was as well-proportioned as Wu Chengsi's, Zheng Lingxuan could tell that he was completely different from Wu Chengsi's embroidered pillow. There was huge power hidden in his body, and he looked like someone who had practiced martial arts.
Pei Xingjian looked at her silently for a while and said slowly: "Who asked you to come?"
Zheng Lingxuan said: "Don't ask so many questions. I just ask you, do you know that a lot of things have happened outside recently?"
"Oh? What's the matter?" Pei Xingjian said calmly.
"Hei Te Changzhi was captured, Lu Zhining, Cui Baosheng, and Gao Funan were all killed!" After speaking, he stared at his expression closely.
Pei Xingjian said calmly: "Why did you tell me about them?"
Seeing that he had no special expression, Zheng Lingxuan shook her head in disappointment, said "It's okay", turned around and left.
Pei Xingjian said to her back: "Girl, can you tell me more about the outside world?"
"Didn't Su Dingjie tell you?" Zheng Lingxuan turned around and asked.
Pei Xingjian's expression changed slightly, he stared at her for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "So you are not someone sent by Dingjie, nor are you from Li Yifu. Who asked you to come?"
Zheng Lingxuan frowned and did not answer.
"Did Li Sikong send you here?" Pei Xingjian asked again.
Zheng Lingxuan crossed her arms and said, "You don't have to guess, I won't tell you. You just need to know that I have no ill intentions towards you."
"In that case, please tell me the situation outside."
"What do you want to know?"
Pei Xingjian hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard from the jailer that three prime ministers led people to surround the British government palace in order to search for a Su family member. Is this possible?"
"Yes, but they didn't find it," Zheng Lingxuan replied simply.
"I want to know which three prime ministers were involved in this matter, and what evidence did they have before they dared to attack Li Sikong?"
"Xu Jingzong, Li Jingxuan and Yuan Gongyu, they listened to Yang Fang's evidence and then led their troops to surround." Zheng Lingxuan said without thinking.
Pei Xingjian looked up to his commander and sighed, shaking his head and saying: "Li Jingxuan is really confused this time. Although I knew that he had always opposed the conquest of Goryeo, I didn't expect that he would get involved with those two people for this reason. I must be punished the most by the Queen, right?" "