Chapter I

In the second year of Yanhe, in the late spring of March, the Criminal Department.

"Yan girl, naturally follow me. ”

"Fart, if you hadn't taken Yan Yatou to Linghai, would you have been able to solve the case of the white jade Buddha? ”

"That time can't be counted, it was Yan Yatou who made a fuss about going to Linghai to eat pike crabs. If you have the ability, you can find someone more capable...... Hahaha......"

Before Yan Zhi stepped into the ear room of the Criminal Department, she heard that Director Lu was slapping the table with someone for her, and she felt that it was better not to go in.

happened to see Wei Huan, who was also a fast catcher, quietly withdrawing from the door, so he hurried forward and squeezed out a probing look, accompanied by a flattering smile.

Wei Huan didn't know how many times he had seen her dog-legged face, but he still didn't hold back his smile, and pouted into the room.

"Lu Tou'er is making fun of you again, if you continue like this, sooner or later you will be angry. ”

Yan Zhi stuck out her tongue, which was not to blame herself. Anyway, it's not a big deal, so it's better not to go into the house and look at it.

Wei Huan was wearing the official uniform of the Criminal Department, soap clothes and soap boots, strange and dull color, and the lines of his nose and eyebrows were more heroic. In the warm sunset in March, the smile on the corner of his mouth looks particularly gentle.

Yan Zhi was in a good mood in an instant, she was a human being in two lives, and she was mixed in the police pile in both lives, who doesn't like a sunny and handsome little brother of police grass like Wei Huan?

However, for most of his last life, he guarded a physical evidence identification laboratory, pouring back and forth against a pile of bloodstains from the murder weapon, how could he have the blessing of seeing handsome guys every day?

"Oh, by the way, Lord Xie is looking for you......"

Yan Zhi was still outside the fugue, and the little brother of the police grass said a call from the boss of his own yamen, and the three souls that scared her returned to their places.

"Xie Tou'er, what are you looking for me?"

Yan Zhi instantly changed her expression as if she was facing a great enemy, and involuntarily leaned her upper body back, as if Wei Huan had taken out something terrifying.

Wei Huan looked at her like this, seemed to be smiling, and spit out a sentence,

"I said that I would let you hear the trial of the martial arts fraud case tomorrow. ”

Yan Zhi wailed in her heart, she was still in Linghai when she investigated the Wu Ju case, and she didn't know what the situation was. As soon as I came back, I heard that this year's Wuju Enke made a big case of the emperor's personal decree and the trial of the three law divisions.

I heard that this case is very involved, and there are several criminals, and Wei Huan personally took them to the prison. However, it is not a loss to invite a handsome guy to dinner:

"Brother Wei, why don't we change places? Little sister, please go down to the restaurant!"

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Green Willow House, the best restaurant in Beijing. At this time, there was a good anchovie, and the master chef served shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots, accompanied by chicken soup, and steamed pork net oil, which was enough to make people want to go on for a whole year.

Although Yan Zhi loves food the most on weekdays, she doesn't have the leisure to spend an hour removing fish bones, and she is worried about tomorrow's triage of the three divisions, so she orders a few dishes casually.

Wei Huan is even better, all the names are vegetarian, a very big table, and a piece of green is put up.

Yan Zhi looked embarrassed: "Brother Wei, is this saving money for this girl?"

Wei Huan didn't raise his head, took the rice bowl, picked up the ebony chopsticks and began to eat: "I know that you Yan Dajun invited you." It's unfortunate, I'm having a stomach trouble today, the material can't be counted, and I'll kill you again when the case is over. ”

Yan Zhi had no choice but to hold her forehead, she was a modern person, and her skin was not as thick as his. However, Wei Huan actually knew his identity as the county lord, which was quite shocking.

Actually, Yan Zhi's identity is boring. Her father used to be a guard in the palace, and when he was making trouble with the assassins, he blocked a knife for the old emperor, so he died heroically.

The old emperor was bored when he looked at the flowers one day, and remembered that there was such a thing, so he easily raised a cheap county lord for her.

The name is scary, but the benefits are not much. When Yan Zhi infiltrated the Criminal Department, she also specially instructed Xie Xixuan not to talk too much, but it turned out to be useless.

If Director Lu finds out that the little girl who is called and drunk by herself all day long has such a scary title, I am afraid that I will never dare to let her go out to handle the case again......

"Don't think too much about it, the entire Criminal Department is known to me and Master Xie, and he told me that he was afraid that something would happen to you outside. Wei Huan ate calmly.

"No wonder, I said how I always went on a long business trip with you, I thought it was good luck. Yan Zhi muttered in a low voice, since the details have been revealed, what are you doing politely with him, just go straight to the point,

"Wuju's case, I heard that you have arrested more than a dozen people, why did you make such a big battle?"

"Twenty-two. Wei Huan sandwiched chopsticks and almonds mixed with cress for himself, and corrected.

Twenty-two! That is, follow the routine of the interrogation, and tomorrow will not be able to finish asking questions in a day.

She shook her head, and simply took the rice bowl, this kind of thing, the king of heaven Lao Tzu gave an order, and she couldn't be in a hurry.

"It's not an unsolved case, I just don't know what the official family means. Wei Huan's words were subtle, but Yan Zhi understood them very well.

Xie Xixuan has been the secretary of the Criminal Department for so many years, and he has never seen any storms, how can he be a person without a score. It's just a fraud case, and if so many people are arrested for no reason, there is a high probability that it is just a show.

"And these people are all disguises?"

"I can't say that, I always know something inside. Master Xie has passed the preliminary examination, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get rid of Zhang Anzhi's side. When the first emperor was there, he didn't want to make any trouble, but now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Tete has reopened the martial arts, so he can't settle down. ”

Wei Huan shook his head as he spoke, killed this plate of water celery with three or two chopsticks, and began to attack another pot of Ulva fish fillet soup.

Yan Zhi just tasted a spoonful of that soup, and the taste was amazing. Wei Huan's way of eating, I'm afraid I won't even be able to catch oil flowers. Although the little brother of the police grass is good-looking, he can't be eaten as a meal, so she hurriedly stopped:

"You'd better eat slowly. She handed over a small bowl of soup, and thoughtfully accompanied a small spoon, and thought about it, it was safer to lead him to speak:

"Speaking of cheating, there are some in every Enko, it's okay if it's not too excessive, how did you stab the emperor this time?"

Wei Huan really put down the soup bowl and said: "This matter is also their bad luck, the official family went to see it when the bow horse was tested." There is a person named Guo Shiheng who has a very good move, and the official likes it in his heart, and he also praised it twice. As a result, when the list was released, this person was not on the list, and the official family was afraid that he would keep it in mind. ”

"And then?"

Yan Zhi listened attentively, she was still in Linghai when this case was made, she didn't hear any rumors, and she couldn't think of a case of fraud in the field, just like a book.

"Later, the Jinshi gave a banquet, and the official family brought out the grass target bow and arrow, saying that it was to give many Wen Jinshi insights, and I would prosper with force.

"And then?"

As a result, the champion and Tanhua were just fine, but Bangyan was a straw bale that couldn't even hit the target. The official family blackened his face on the spot, announced Master Xie into the palace, and issued an order to the three law divisions to assist in the investigation, saying that they would give an explanation to the people who practice martial arts in the world. ”

"You've checked the bottom of the list, right?"

"Hmm. Wei Huan took a sip of soup and pressed it, "The nephew of the same clan of 'Long Live Zhang'." ”

Yan Zhi was amused in her heart, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, except for Zhang Anzhi, the "Long Live Pavilion Elder", no one did this.

In the palace, I often heard the palace people shouting like this behind their backs, Yan Zhi also wondered that this guy had eaten the gall of a leopard, and a courtier called what long live.

Later, a familiar father-in-law decrypted: said that this person went to court, don't say anything loyal and conspiratorial, people can't understand what they say, and the only thing they will do is to shout long live.

But it's strange to say, just such a good person, the first emperor was quite fond of him before he died, and he was given the position of the third duke, above the six, which is really unpleasant.

"What do you think Master Xie meant by letting me go to the trial?"

"Maybe I'm afraid that the emperor will summon you to ask about the case, don't you thank you for seeing that you haven't investigated this kind of case, and want you to experience it?" Wei Huan frowned and continued to feast.

"If you have experience, with my identity, this kind of case should be avoided the most, and Xie Touer is not stupid. Besides, how could the emperor know that I was mixed in the criminal department. Yan Zhi shook her head, the seventh department of the Criminal Department where she was located - after all, it was set up by Xie Xixuan's special office, and it was unlikely to be reported to the inner court.

The main reason is that the General Office of the Criminal Department manages the autumn trial every year, that is, to review the death penalty cases sent from various places.

However, there are always a lot of errors and omissions in the autumn review brochures sent from all over the country, and the officials in charge are already too busy just looking at the brochures, how can they verify them one by one. Xie Xixuan finally asked for a sum of money and recruited some fast arrest officers for the General Office of the Criminal Department, that is, Yan Zhi and Wei Huan.

However, the officials are different, those who are in charge of the department are from the imperial examination, and they are in the general office of the criminal department, which is highly valued by the royal family and has a great future.

And although Yan Zhi and Wei Huan said that they ate public food, not only did they not have a grade, but even they and their descendants did not have the right to participate in the imperial examination, and it was common for them to be called and drunk.

Among these fast catches, there are seven of the most special, which can be used as fast catches, at least they must have a clean family background. Seven of these people, it is very difficult to reach this one. Because Yan Zhi herself is a woman, she doesn't know what Wei Huan is for, so Yan Zhi has always been very suspicious that the personnel of the Seventh Division have not been registered.

"What do you want?" Wei Huan unceremoniously took away the last chopsticks in front of her, and it was very strange to see her staring at the remaining juice on the plate in a daze.

"I miss you with a dignified appearance, a good appetite, and a good meal. Yan Zhi didn't want to say that she was just curious about the little brother of the police grass, where are you not innocent, so she said casually.

Wei Huan was choked and coughed repeatedly, but he still tried his best to swallow the last bite of food: "Let's go back quickly, with your temper, you must read the case file before going to sleep." It's a lot, if we don't go back, you're going to sleep in the Punishment Department tonight. ”

Yan Zhi nodded, and then saw that there was nothing to eat on the table, glared at Wei Huan, and saw that he had a calm face. Yan Zhi was helpless, so she asked Xiao Er to wrap a plate of tofu skin buns.

When I returned to the official gate of the Criminal Department, the night was already dark. Yan Zhi flipped through the case file for a night, and fortunately knew a rough idea.

Before she knew it, it was already dawning outside the window, and she was just about to stand up and rest, when she saw the landing director stumbling in, his eyes were blank, his tongue was knotted, and he couldn't speak: "Wuju...... Prisoner...... It's good that you didn't go back, Yan girl......"

Yan Zhi actually likes Director Lu a lot. This chief officer, who was newly transferred, was very talented. The little things are used to her, and the big things protect her, although she likes to put on a stinky face in front of her, as soon as she turns around, she can't wait to show her off all over the world.

"My lord, I've heard what Wei Huan said, don't worry. ”

Director Lu held Yan Zhi's arm, and finally groped for a chair to sit down, only shaking his hand vigorously, he was out of breath in a hurry, and he gasped for a long time before he held back a sentence:

"It's not...... No...... It's the prisoners in the big prison who are all dead! All of them are dead!"

"Twenty-two people?" Yan Zhi thought she was hallucinating.

Director Lu rolled his eyes, looked desperate, and muttered, "It's all dead...... They're all dead......"