At the door of the inner palace between the Privy Council and the Cabinet, there was a pretty face waving to the two of them. It was the little princess who was getting more and more pretty. I don’t know how many times she had spoken kindly in front of the emperor. He Qizhou smiled warmly at her and said
It's to wave goodbye.
"You should stay in peace and recuperate in the Arms Hall from now on. Grandpa will take care of Liu Jinan's matter." Xu Mu said. The two of them walked out of Donghua Gate, and the huge palace gradually moved away.
"Oh." He Qizhou wanted to hold Xu Mu's hand, but the imperial city was full of people in the afternoon.
"Mr. He, our Lord would like to ask you two questions. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to explain them later?" A guard in Jinyi walked towards him and said to He Qizhou.
"Your master is..."
"Master Zou."
"Then lead the way." He Qizhou secretly said something bad.
The Jinyiwei's home base is in the imperial city, next to the equally notorious Imperial Prison. Fortunately, the place where the Jinyiwei took them was just a teahouse. In the hidden elegant room, Keli could see what was going on on the street through the bamboo curtain, and
From the outside, I couldn't see anything inside.
"Lord Zou!" congratulated Qizhou and Xu Mu bowed in salute.
"Sit down and watch tea!" Zou Jinlin said in the same calm tone as last night: "Last night, I and Liu Jin'an and Liu Yushi chatted about the case for a while..."
Seeing that there was no change on He Qizhou's face, he continued: "Master Liu said that he stayed at home and didn't know what happened in the prison until the Jin Yiwei came to get the key. I am a little curious about the one who accompanied Master Zhang and you to the prison.
Who exactly is 'Liu Yushi'?"
"Ah? Master Liu said that? He couldn't have remembered it wrong, right?" He Qizhou's expression was a bit exaggerated.
"Where did you call Mr. Liu?" Zou Jinlin's face finally changed a little, and He Qizhou felt a little disdainful. Maybe the other party disliked his acting skills.
"Because I found new clues, I wanted to ask Mr. Liu to accompany him to visit the prison. We happened to bump into him at the alley of his house, so we rushed back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate together. There seemed to be many pedestrians at the time, and we should be able to find witnesses. I don't know why Mr. Zou
I have this question." He Qizhou said.
Zou Jinlin picked up the teacup, smelled the tea, and said, "Really? I heard that Mr. Xu is very good at disguise, and Emei Zhang Ling's disguise is unparalleled in the world..."
"I'm sorry, it's not worth it for us to be at home taking care of my dad." Xu Mu replied.
"I don't care about government affairs, but Ye Xu was entrusted to me by His Majesty. I have to ask. Ye Xu has been in prison for more than ten years. Why did something happen to you after you went there twice?" Zou Jinlin
I don’t want to worry about the real or fake “Liu Jinan” anymore. Anyway, I feel confident in my heart.
"I think some people were afraid that the incident would happen, so they had to take risks," He Qizhou said.
"Master He, can you tell me more about how Ye Xu responded to you before he died?"
"A few vague accents seemed to confirm my question..." He Qizhou truthfully said his question and the last few sounds Ye Xu pronounced.
"Well. Regarding this matter, if there is any news in the future, I hope you can let me know in advance. Just find a Jin Yiwei to see you off." Zou Jinlin's main purpose of calling He Qizhou this time was just to confirm who was in prison.
The testimony of one of his subordinates did not embarrass this self-righteous boy.
"Master Zou, can I ask you a question?" He Qizhou said.
"Tell me." "Has the identity of the assassin been found out? What did Mr. Liu say?"
"It is said that he is a retired spy from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He has been on night duty for more than a year. The secret files of this person in the Metropolitan Procuratorate have disappeared for some reason. This morning, it was discovered that his former boss was strangled to death at home." Zou Jinlin said.
"In other words, no one knows who the assassin is? Who has such great ability to do this?" He Qizhou couldn't help but worry a little. His opponent was indeed ruthless and thought ahead every step of the way.
"There will always be loopholes. This case has been covered up for twenty years, why don't you expose it again?" Zou Jinlin said.
"Thank you, Mr. Zou, I'll take my leave!"
…
In the afternoon, I paid off the belongings of the Punishment Department. Although I am young, I really feel a little unworthy of having no official position. Next, I have to deal with Liu Yushi. I met Wan Zhiyuan when I was in the Punishment Department. Although the other party kept asking to go,
The procuratorate tried the case together, but Hu Mao finally sent He Qizhou's former boss Su Tuo to go.
Xu Mu moved into the eldest brother's courtyard again. He Qizhou finally had the opportunity to be alone with Xiaoxue. Lin Chuan and the others, who already knew about the relationship between the two, also disappeared without hesitation.
Walking by the lake, the ice on the lake has long melted. At dusk, the slightly quiet spring breeze blows through the green weeping willows, ruffling a pool of spring water. After the ripples, the lake water gently laps the lake shore, and a little splash of water wets the two sides.
The hem of a person's clothes also touches the heartstrings of lovers.
Although there was no one around, the two of them just walked side by side and talked quietly. Of course, the main reason was because Xu Mu was wearing men's clothes, so He Qizhou didn't even hold hands. But as long as he could look at Xiaoxue's increasingly moist face,
, listening to a voice comparable to that of an oriole on a willow tip, what more could you ask for...
In the evening, I took another medicine sent by Huang Quan, and the healing effect was quite immediate. After the lawsuit with the Metropolitan Procuratorate was over, He Qizhou planned to go home once, and then go north alone to see if he could find a way to find Ling Kong.
An errand...
The third time I came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this time I was not welcomed in, but more like being escorted in. Two government officials, one on the left and one on the right, flanked He Qizhou and stood in the middle hall where the hearing was taking place.
Above the lobby, the presiding judge sitting in the middle is Shi Yingchun, the fourth-rank censor of Qiandu, and Su Tuo, the fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Justice, can only sit with him on one side.
Before He Qizhou entered the lobby, the county magistrate named Zhao Kuan had already handed in the petition. When He Qizhou came in, he pointed directly at He Qizhou and said to Shi Yingchun: "Sir, this is the person!"
When He Qizhou saw this, he laughed angrily and said, "Okay, I didn't expect you to dare to complain."
"Bold!" Shi Yingchun was the one who participated in this matter in the main hall. Seeing He Qizhou speak, he shouted angrily: "Who is in the hall? Do I allow you to speak?"
He Qizhou stretched his neck, moved his face forward and said, "Look carefully, sir, don't you recognize me? I have seen you twice in the hall. With your memory, do you have the nerve to be the chief judge?"
"Bold madman! Come here, torture!" Shi Yingchun's face turned red. He Qizhou had been walking in and out of the palace these days, let alone in the main hall. He met hundreds of people who had retired from the previous court several times.
Officer, I have naturally seen him more than once or twice.
"In what name?" He Qizhou asked. He didn't expect Su Tuo, who was just watching a show, to help.
"Contempt the trial officials!" Shi Yingchun said.
"I still despise Zuodu Yushi and the ancestral law! I didn't even get a beating among the crimes imposed by the emperor. Oh, I will be punished for despising you, a mere Qiandu Yushi? Are you more powerful than the ancestors of the imperial dynasty?" He Qizhou
Retort.
"You! You!" Shi Yingchun was about to vomit blood. Although what He Qizhou said was wrong, it was no joke to be labeled like this.
"Master Shi, let's do whatever we want. We still have to abide by the rules of the yamen." Su Tuo started to get angry at this time.
Shi Yingchun knew that the prince was behind Su Tuo, and when he saw his instigation, he wanted to take action, but he did not have the courage, so he could only say angrily: "I'll spare you for once, Zhao Kuan, please tell me what happened that day again."
The county magistrate Zhao Kuan recounted the complaint vividly, saying that he and several people were catching the deedee and punishing him. He thought it was his first offense and wanted to redeem the deed from the deedee at the same 30% discount.
, and then distributed the full amount to the villagers in the county, but He Qizhou beat him up indiscriminately. He and two government officials were seriously injured, and he also broke two ribs, and he is still in pain.
He Qizhou sneered and said, "How could I not know that you are breaking bones?"
Zhao Kuan said anxiously: "I have a certificate from the county doctor who treated the rash. Please tell me." After saying this, he took out another document from his arms and handed it over.
Shi Yingchun glanced at it and asked someone to hand the complaint and the certificate to He Qizhou, saying, "Let him see for himself."
He Qizhou took it and took a look, and thought something was wrong in his heart. It seemed that the other party had come prepared. It had been more than a month now, and he had no proof, so he could only let the other party talk nonsense.
"Then why did it take you so long to file a complaint? The people you beat up are clearly civilian husbands. Why do you say they are deed recipients?" He Qizhou asked.
Zhao Kuan said: "I went to the county and complained to the government, but they all said that you are a capital official, and you are seriously injured and unable to move, so now you have just arrived in the capital to hand in the petition. And those two people are indeed the ones who accepted the contract.
people."
"He Qizhou, how do you know that the other party is not the deed recipient?" Shi Yingchun asked.
"The two men themselves said that the deeds they owed were exchanged for fellow villagers and held on their behalf. Besides, they were dressed in rags, and they looked like poor people at first sight," He Qizhou said.
"Is there any other evidence?" Shi Yingchun asked.
"There is evidence that there were five of us at the time. Three of us returned to Yuzhou, and one was still outside the hall."
"But Xu Mu?"
"That's right."
"Pass him in." Shi Yingchun ordered his men to pass Xu Mu into the lobby.
Xu Mu went to court to confirm what He Qizhou said and told what happened.
Shi Yingchun asked Zhao Kuan again: "Do you have any evidence to prove that those two people are the deed recipients?"
"Your Excellency, for this matter, the lower official sent people to the countryside to inquire with various parties, and it was confirmed that these two people purchased the deed at a 30% discount. This is the confession of the local people." Zhao Kuan handed over another document.
Shi Yingchun wanted to send it to He Qizhou as usual, but He Qizhou said angrily to Zhao Kuan: "Don't read it, you used your official power to force them to write it, right?"
Zhao Kuan showed no fear and said: "On that day, Mr. He used his official power and martial arts to force subordinates to submit. Do you think that everyone is like you, an official?"
Seeing Zhao Kuan's upright look, He Qizhou couldn't help but laugh a little and said: "Being a county magistrate really makes you feel wronged."