Feiyun finally escaped. He knocked out a guard in the dark courtyard and then pretended to escape from the house.
Although he didn't see clearly who gave the last blow, he probably guessed that the Ninth Prince Consort didn't want to bring this matter to the emperor.
However, the blow was a bit severe this time, and I'm afraid it may have hurt his lungs to some extent. It seems that he won't be able to come back in a short time.
It was already late at night, and the guards of the princess palace were still searching the entire palace. This incident still alarmed His Majesty in the palace, and even sent a team of Jiu Yingdu Yushi to help with the search overnight.
Xue Junyou stood quietly in a dark place in the princess's courtyard. He felt that his fate must have been unlucky recently. He was either injured or had various things happen to him. But fortunately, at least he helped the man Fei Jue escape.
, otherwise it falls into the hands of the Jiuying Protectorate, and he will be able to look good at it.
Today, the princess mansion was brightly lit. Seeing the guards constantly patrolling inside and outside the courtyard, Xue Junyou opened his mouth and yawned heavily.
At this moment, Xue Junyou saw a dark shadow in his peripheral vision. He recognized that dark shadow as none other than Nalan Yanhua, the chief minister of the Jiuying Protectorate.
"Master Hou!"
Xue Junyou bowed his hands to Nalan Yanhua and said, "You are really leading the way. You don't even go back to rest so late."
"Your Majesty has told me that we must ensure the safety of Princess Anyang."
Nalan Yanhua's entire face was also hidden in the dark corner where Xue Junyou was, as if with a smile on her face: "Besides, I'm here to express my congratulations."
"Congratulations?" Xue Junyou turned his head and asked.
"Isn't the Ninth Prince Consort going to take up the post of Criminal Cases Department of the Ministry of Justice tomorrow? In this great entropy for thousands of years, only Nine Prince Consort can hold an official position."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
After Xue Junyou thanked him, he kept silent. He thought that he knew this faster than the Criminal Department. He was afraid that if he could not be appointed as the deputy director of the Crime Department, he would also have a share in the work of the Marquis.
The silent atmosphere lasted for a while, and Nalan Yanhua broke the silence and said: "By the way, our Jiuying Protectorate has a case that needs to be handed over to the Criminal Department recently. If it is finally handed over to the Crime Department, it will be a lot of trouble for the Nine Prince Consort.
It’s just the trouble.”
Sure enough, there is still something fishy!
Xue Junyou knew from the beginning that His Majesty and the Marquis would still not believe him, so he started to catch up.
"When you are in your position, you should do your best to pursue your political goals."
Xue Junyou forced a smile on his face and knelt down to Nalan Yanhua. He would accept even dirty water, let alone a case.
The massive search lasted until midnight. The moment he saw everyone leaving the princess mansion, Xue Junyou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the jade pendant matter will not be exposed. There are still people in Anyang.
With Yun Ni on guard, there is probably no danger.
That night Xue Junyou returned to his room and lay on the bed without much sleep. He didn't know what the case that Yin Xinhou was talking about was.
The Crime Department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is mostly responsible for cases that have not been decided for a long time. For cases like this, most of them end up sinking into the dust and never heard from again. Xue Junyou guessed that it should be a case related to Ma Jiu.
I thought about this for half the night.
Early the next morning, Xue Junyou put on his official uniform at Anyang's urging, was put on a carriage in a graceful manner, and went to the official office of the Ministry of Justice in the palace to meet with the adults of the Ministry of Justice one by one.
Although he is a ninth-rank official, according to the normal procedures, he is not qualified to enter the palace official office, let alone meet the fifth-rank and above adults who are qualified to enter the palace official office to handle government affairs.
But behind the scenes, he has a high status, named Ninth Grade, but in fact everyone knows that he is just showing off to the world. In a few years, he will be able to enter and exit the palace offices at will to handle government affairs.
Outside the official office of the Ministry of Punishments, Xue Junyou, dressed in the uniform of a ninth-rank official, waited outside for a long time before being invited in by a secretary of the Ministry of Punishments. He said that the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishments had just returned from the prime minister and was waiting for him in the inner hall of the official office.
So Xue Junyou took a few deep breaths and walked into the inner hall.
He had an acquaintance with the Minister of Justice once, when the Ministry of Justice took him to jail.
Han Xian, the Master of the Criminal Department, who was introduced to the inner hall by the Chief Secretary of the Criminal Department, and who is in charge of the entire Criminal Department, seemed to have not slept all night. The dark circles on his face were a bit deep. His face was very kind. With his status, he could meet the head of the Crime Department.
There was smoke coming out of Si Nadu's ancestral grave. But after he got the news yesterday, he thought about it all night. After over and over again, he came to the conclusion that it should be the smoke coming out of the ancestral grave of his Han family.
"Lord Shangshu."
Xue Junyou clasped his hands together in front of his chest, and first bowed down.
"Ouch, the Ninth Prince-in-law doesn't need to pay such a courtesy. It's not the first time that you and I have met. Yesterday, Princess Anyang paid a special visit to the official. I will take you to take office immediately after I finish the official business at hand."
"Thank you, Lord Shangshu."
... ... ...
After Han Xian finished handling the government affairs at hand, he took Xue Junyou on his carriage and drove on the street.
The official law of the Great Entropy stipulates that only officials of the fifth rank and above are qualified to handle government affairs in the palace offices, so officials under each ministry are concentrated in the Prime Minister's Mansion to handle their respective official affairs. However, the Crime Department of the Ministry of Punishment is different from the Dali Temple. They all work with their respective prisons.
Integrated into one, it is convenient even if the criminal is tried in court.
Along the way, Han Xian often told Xue Junyou about the provisions of the Criminal Department. Xue Junyou had a good memory and could probably remember 80% to 90% of it, but he had remembered everything about the Crime Department.
How should I put it? It's like criminal investigation. On weekdays, they are responsible for investigating cases handed over to the Ministry of Punishment from various parts of the imperial capital. Sometimes when the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and severe punishment review are too busy, they will go there to help. In short, it is the most painful and tiring, and it is difficult to get a salary.
They are the least.
Xue Junyou didn't look too good after hearing this. It was not that he was afraid of hardship and fatigue. In order to one day be able to go to court and participate in politics, he talked about how to send troops to destroy the Ming Kingdom. He was never afraid of hardship and fatigue. He was only afraid of His Majesty and Yin.
Xinhou is setting a trap for him.
"Master Shangshu, I'm going to the Crime Department to see if there's any case you've designated to handle. I'll handle it urgently."
"Nine Prince Consort, don't be impatient."
Han Xian smiled and waved his hand: "When you first come to the Criminal Department, you mainly want to familiarize yourself with the environment. As for the case... it's not under my control. Just discuss everything with the officer."
Xue Junyou nodded lightly and thought to himself that Master Shangshu pushed it cleanly.
The two chatted for a while, the carriage slowly stopped, and the Minister of Punishment arrived. There were still some arrangements for welcoming him, from the head of the Crime Department to the doorman of the Crime Department, everyone who was supposed to come was here. It can be said that
Only the suspects detained inside have not arrived.
An hour later, Xue Junyou followed Han Xian to familiarize himself with the environment of the entire Crime Department, and after completing all the appointment matters, he sent the Minister of Punishment to leave and went to his own office.
There is a desk and two bookshelves here. The space is not large, but there are still many small officials struggling to sit down.
In addition to this small room, the Crime Department also assigned him a clerk in charge, who was responsible for small things such as serving tea and water on weekdays and looking for ghostwritten official documents for criminal cases.
Xue Junyou could probably tell that this clerk had definitely just passed the exam and was not in high school yet.
At this moment, the clerk was standing in front of Xue Junyou's case. Although he was not very young, he was nineteen or twenty years old. He was fair-looking and looked like a scholar at first glance.
"May I have your name?"
Xue Junyou raised his head to look at him, and expressed his meaning directly: "Let's talk first. I'm not used to being served by others. I can serve tea and water by myself. I can also search for crimes by myself. As for writing official documents, I can do it myself."
I leave all the power to you, don't worry, I won't take your credit."
The man was stunned for a moment, but when he thought about it carefully, how could the young master brought here by Lord Shangshu care about taking away his little credit?
"The villain Lu Li."
After a while, Lu Li responded: "It's up to the villain to find the crime."
"It's okay, I don't like to be ordered around, and I don't like to order around others." Xue Junyou waved his hand casually.
Lu Li added: "But there are tens of thousands of crimes committed in the Crime Department every year. It may be very troublesome for you to find them when you first come here."
"Ah?! Is this Sin City?"
Xue Junyou was stunned for a moment and retracted his previous words: "Then... I'll have to thank you for the hard work from now on. By the way, is there any official business that the boss wants me to do?"
"Yes, they say there are two urgent matters."
After Lu Li finished speaking, he put the two documents he had brought with him on the case and introduced them one by one: "The one above is about the Cha Mihua corpse case that has been causing panic in the imperial capital. The one below is the case that was just brought by the Jiuying Protectorate.
The case handed over to us... seems to be some kind of palace fire case."
"The palace fire case?!"
Xue Junyou's face changed slightly. He picked up the bottom book and opened it. After reading about half of it, he discovered that it was not a case about Ma Jiu, but a case about an acquaintance, and there were many stories about sixteen years in it.
The inside story of the fire in the former Nanyun Palace.
After reading this, Xue Jun felt worried. Dozens of people died in the fire overnight, and only the little princess, who was only five years old at the time, survived by chance.
"etc."
Xue Junyou murmured in his mouth, as if he noticed something, so he read it again: "Dozens of people didn't come out of the fire that night, how could the five-year-old princess come out?"
"That... deputy director."
Seeing Xue Junyou looking fascinated, Lu Li stood opposite him and whispered: "The files of these two cases have also been sent to the Crime Department. If you want to see them now, I will get them for you right now."
"Take it out."
Xue Junyou smiled at him, then stood up from behind the case and said to him: "But I may not have time to look at it now, so you can take it out and put it on the desk for me. I'm going out now.
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"Then where are you going?"
Lu Li quickly followed him: "I'll follow you too, little one. I'll take care of you to a certain extent."
"I'm going to the death row of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."
Xue Junyou looked back at him, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised: "Just help me find those files, thank you, little brother."
When he heard that he was going to the death row, Lu Li felt an instinctive resistance in his heart. The people there were all heinous criminals. He didn't want to see those vicious people, so he nodded obediently and went to find the files on the two cases.