Li Jin concentrated on the rice paper, depicting the ancient jade in his hand in the candlelight, not letting go of a trace of lines on it. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In order to be more meticulous and not miss a little clue, she even brought the tools that had been closely guarded in her father's study, which only referred to two sets in the Ministry of Industry, and the Western Regions Tribute Ministry of Industry specially used to study small things.

If his father was not a well-known squire in the Ministry of Works, if he was not so enthusiastic that he couldn't rest assured when he went home, if it wasn't for Li Jin's unusual upbringing, Li Jin was afraid that he would never see such a good thing in his life, let alone be able to use it so handily, but things are so unpredictable, at this moment Li Jin used this set of exquisite tools, and he was even as skilled as using his own left and right hands.

This tool is worthy of being a treasure hidden by the Ministry of Industry, and the subtleties of the mechanism that cannot be captured by the naked eye are completely invisible under it.

Li Jin originally thought that the transparent connection and the carved hollow place were actually transparent but not transparent. At that very subtle link, there was something as thin as a cicada's wing, and after Li Jin tried to explore it with various tools, he finally came to the conclusion that it seemed to be a kind of inclusion of this ancient jade itself.

Under the surface of the rough surface and the gray color like pebbles, there was such a crystal clear thing hidden, which surprised Li Jin. But this was just Li Jin's conjecture, because he didn't know if there were enough substitutes, Li Jin didn't dare to really destroy this piece of ancient jade to verify his idea. Let's just record it on the rice paper at hand and keep it for the record.

Probably because the craftsman discovered the characteristics of this ancient jade, and through his meticulous carving skills, the rough stone of this ancient jade was chiseled and pondered in various ways. With the texture of this jade, the craftsman probably deliberately designed the angle and thickness of the transparent material that should be left after each carving, so that it can play the role of reflection in the mirror. Li Jin imagined how the craftsmen had to hone their skills to control their skills so precisely, until they left an extremely thin layer, with a seemingly non-existent link in just the right place.

And not only that, this jade pendant can not only play the role of transmitting signals under the light, but also act as a token. And it's not simple, like throwing a piece of jade pendant in half, as long as it can be docked, it's a simple process. There are small protrusions at the pauses and joints of the quaint patterns on the top, which are small protrusions that are not easy to find even if they are carefully rubbed.

It's just that the arrangement of these small protrusions is very regular on the surface of the ancient jade. This is probably the key to ensuring that the two halves of ancient jade can be combined. It's just that dense arrangement of small dots, Li Jin has not completely cracked it, thinking of this, Li Jin deeply reveals in his heart his admiration and respect for the craftsmen who designed and made these tokens.

After that, according to his own ideas, Li Jin made various attempts to make various attempts at different angles and distances from the candlelight, and recorded the results on the rice paper. After a busy time, looking at the investigation record of the details of the ancient jade from the appearance to the various characteristics of the four or five pieces of rice paper, Li Jin's heart was filled with a sense of lightness and comfort, as if he had exhausted his full strength in a thing, although he only knew a little about the subtlety of this ancient jade, but he had a long-lost relaxation and pleasure immersed in his own world floating in his heart.

Looking sideways at the iron block on the other side of the table, Li Jin planned to save this interest until next time, so that there were not many things that could allow her to focus on research, and the owner of this thing also said that as long as she could crack it, there was no time limit, Li Jin should do it before Dasaibei.

At this time, the calm mind can finally be put into the analysis of the urgent matter at the moment.

Li Jin returned to the desk, re-spread the relationship diagram he had drawn after entering the study, and seriously thought about the problems that had plagued him before.

This day's investigation once again gave Li Jin a deep understanding of the intricacies of various relationships and the various hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Jingshi, not to mention how unfathomable the intertwined and entangled interpersonal network is, which is also the reason why she is deeply troubled and headache.

Li Jin stared deeply at the cross-vertical and horizontal pictures in front of him, which was a map of the relationship between the various factions in the Beijing Division that Li Jin got from his father, and it also added the results of Li Jin's investigation in the past few days, so it looked very dazzling at first glance.

In fact, this picture has been deeply imprinted in Li Jin's mind, the positions and surnames of the key figures of each faction, as well as the relationship between them. It's just that Li Jin's mind is a little chaotic at this moment, if he doesn't use the pictures in front of him to filter out the connection between everyone, he is afraid that he will miss something.

Because when sealing the files of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials, she found that her father had told her about the central figures in various forces, some of which were recorded when the case occurred, but they were still nobodies at that time.

After that, Li Jin went to the Ministry of Officials again, intending to check and verify his conjecture on this matter. Sure enough, most of them did not have such a status at that time, and then suddenly made a career and quickly left the Beijing Division, or they were transferred out of the Beijing Division after the case and quickly made a career in the place of transfer. There are also some people who were involved in this case, who thought they were in power at the time, and then seem to have more real power.

It seems plausible to say that the emperor carried out an internal purge in this case. It's just a purge, but it's more like the reorganization of forces and the rearrangement of sequences, and something that was not found in the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials slowly appeared in front of Li Jin's eyes. The situation that has taken shape at this moment seems to have changed too dramatically compared to what it was before the case. Li Jin remembers getting the news from his father that most of the people sentenced to death in that case were recognized as corrupt officials, and most of them were suspected of being a big deal, or similar to those who had plans to set up another mountain, and they were either abandoned by the original forces or eradicated by the emperor.

But all this is Li Jin's conjecture, and it is a conjecture made by himself based on these vague promotion records and the trial results in the case.

However, in the dossier, the source of all the evidence, there is very little detailed account of the case, and the relationship between the various characters is ambiguous. And the contents of the dossier seem to have deliberately omitted a lot of details, and the thick pages of the book, except for a simple statement of facts, mostly only record the people who participated at the time, the presiding judge, and the corresponding verdict. As for the content of the case, it can be said that there is almost no mention of it. Despite this, because there are too many people involved, whether it is the person who tried the case, or the person who was interrogated or implicated, almost all the names and official positions were recorded on the entire thick file.

And things are far from being as simple and easy to solve as Li Jin thought. The information Li Jin found was only two-thirds of these people. Some people who are not important can still see the trajectory of his promotion and transfer, but there are some powerful people, or some people who were completely unknown before, and they are almost impossible to find in the documents of the ministry.

This can't help but make people wonder, even if some false imperial relatives are appointed, the detailed registration will not be omitted from the file of the ministry. But these people who have the power of life and death in the future have suddenly been promoted from a small official to their current position in such an unknown way. This is something that no one can approve of in any way, and it can be seen that the documents of the Ministry of Officials have been tampered with. Maybe there is something wrong with the way he is looking, or the information is deliberately hidden, but it is certain that Li Jin did not find a large part of the information.

Although not all of the powerful people of the various factions told Li Jin by Li's father were in Beijing, most of them were scattered in various state capitals. But the resumes of these people must be archived in the Ministry of Officials, otherwise how to do the annual evaluation, even if it is a special era, the state function is still functioning normally

But the only thing in common is that since this case, no matter how long the time has passed, they have improved to varying degrees, but the time interval and frequency are well controlled.

According to the records of the criminal department's files and the records of the dispatch of the officials, Li Jin compiled a list of officials related to the case at that time. After comparing it with the records of the promotion and dispatch of the officials, it was found that not to mention the several chief judges who were in charge of the trial of the case at that time, that is, the people who had a little contact with the core in the case were all transferred out of the Beijing division by various retainers later, and the stable ones remained unchanged at this time, and there were only some senior officials above the second and third grades left.

I remember that the emperor once warned Li Jin that if he wanted to investigate, he had to get his consent. But at this time, it seems that there are almost no people who can contact the core below the third grade, and it is conceivable that if you want to ask these people about the things of the year in person, Li Jin will also expose himself to the light, which is unwise, not a last resort, Li Jin will not consider using it.

At this time, if Li Jin wanted to get close to the truth of the incident at that time, he could only target some insignificant officials in the government. And the files and records of these people will not be in the ministry, and most of them are in their respective yamen. This is another big difficulty for Li Jin, even if Li Jin has now obtained the status that he can freely enter and leave the previous dynasty, he has to freely enter and exit the government to inquire about the archives and officials, which is something beyond the scope of his authority.

Not to mention this for the time being, Li Jin is also facing another problem. At that time, a file of the Criminal Department, which was only used as a general reference, showed that those officials who were sentenced, regardless of whether they were light or severe, were also conscripted to the north or southwest of Cyprus one after another in the past few years.

Obviously, this is a method of cutting off the clue in the dark, and it is done silently, slowly and without leaving a trace. Although Li Jin did not understand the sentencing, he could also see that most of them were sentenced to heavier sentences, and there were no examples of being sent to the frontier before or since.

From this point of view, it seems that someone is secretly trying to annihilate everything that happened in the long river of history, and his power and ability cannot be underestimated, if Li Jin just wants Thirteen and Su Jing to see his father without the need to mobilize the crowd to come to the scene for another big purge after three years, it is bound to avoid the eyes of this force and strive to complete his plan in silence. This is also a big challenge for Li Jin.

After stabilizing his mind, Li Jin intuitively felt that he seemed to have missed something, but he couldn't think of what was wrong there for a while.

It's just that fortunately, the time left for Li Jin at this time is quite enough, and she still has time to visit again, or go to the Criminal Department to go through the file again to determine the doubts in her heart. After Li Jin wrote down a few names on the paper that he cared about, he packed up all the things that should not appear in the study, put away the ancient jade and the iron block, burned the relationship map that was densely filled with words, and left the study after putting away the list.

Li Jin got up and moved his somewhat stiff limbs, because he had been tense mentally or physically just now, and he had been riding back and forth in the past two days, and at this time, he moved his body slightly, and Li Jin felt that he was going to fall apart.