Zhou Ying was not in a hurry to interrogate Feng An, but said to the emperor first: "My father has official business to do, so you might as well go and get busy first, I am watching here." As he spoke, Zhou Ying winked at the emperor, and then hinted at Feng Annu, who was kneeling below.

The emperor must have been present, and Zhou Ying was not good at playing, so he cooperated: "Then I'll leave it to you." ”

Saying that, the emperor glanced at Feng An lightly, and left through the back door with Qiao Rong. Of course, he was ostensibly leaving, but in fact the emperor went around the back door and entered the next room, where he sat down openly and eavesdropped.

Of course, Feng An didn't know about this, but seeing that only a young princess like Zhou Ying was left, and Ding Tang's subordinates who had interrogated him for a day and didn't dig out the news from his mouth, he couldn't help but relax a little.

Zhou Ying asked: "Lord Feng said that he didn't know, but after more than a day of interrogation, he should know why he was interrogated, right?" ”

Feng An shook his fat face and squeezed out a bitter smile, "The minister already knows everything, it is the minister's lax discipline that causes ......"

Zhou Ying didn't mention anything about making Feng An admit his guilt, just on the point that Feng An admitted, he said: "Lord Feng has been a parent official for more than ten years, and he must be familiar with the laws and regulations of this dynasty, so he should know what the sentence for negligence is?" ”

Feng An only thought that Zhou Ying had lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds, and he was happy in his heart, and said with a heavy face: "The crime of negligence is easy because of the severity of the circumstances, the light payment of fines, the punishment of dozens of canes, and the heavy ......" Speaking of this, Feng An suddenly sighed in his heart.

Zhou Ying said slowly: "Lord Feng is reasonable, that is, ordinary people who make this mistake must be sentenced for their crimes, not to mention that the matter involves the court officials, and they must be more cautious, isn't it?" Zhou Ying looked at Feng An, who was kneeling down, and asked with a smile, "This subordinate mistakenly arrested Xiucai and Xiucai's lady, what should he be guilty of?" What is the crime of chasing down an innocent daughter who saved her parents? ”

Feng An's head was sweating, and he didn't know if it was painful or urgent.

Zhou Ying turned another page, pointed to a line in the dossier and said: "By the way, there is also this case, nearly 100 prisoners in prison disappeared for no reason, and no one knows the ins and outs. Zhou Ying closed the file and said with a gentle smile, "As a county parent official, if you can ignore it to such an extent, Lord Feng can be regarded as the first person in the past." ”

Feng An only felt bitter in his mouth, kowtowed, and said, "The minister really doesn't know, please princess ......"

Zhou Ying didn't want to listen to Feng An's unnutritious nonsense, so she just threw the file back on the table lightly, "Father is in a hurry, he shouldn't be distracted by these trivial things, but this incident happened to be in the hands of his father during the southern tour, and he couldn't say that he had to give an explanation." ”

Feng Andong felt bad in his heart.

"It's a pity, the ones who made this mistake directly were just some errand masters, and they didn't even count as tablets." Zhou Ying looked at Feng An regretfully, but what she said was not polite at all, "Lord Feng is an old man in the officialdom, he should know that this kind of thing happened to the imperial court, and he lost face, so he had to introduce someone to apologize." Those errand masters don't count, and Lord Feng is also guilty of negligence, so Lord Feng will take care of it together. ”

"But, but ......" beads of sweat appeared on Feng An's forehead, and he was so anxious that he stammered.

"Commander Ding has investigated for a long time and there is no hidden secret, and it is a waste of time to want to investigate again." Zhou Ying completely ignored Feng An, as if the kneeling person was already a dead man, and directly instructed Ding Tang, "Just close the case." How to punish the crime, Ding led himself to weigh it. In the end, this case is purely the fault of individual officials, and the officials of this dynasty have nothing to do with it. ”

At this point, how could Ding Tang not understand Zhou Ying's intentions, and immediately cooperated: "The princess is wise, it's too much." In such a big case, what the people want is nothing more than an explanation, how can the head of a county's parent official not be appeased? ”

Feng An suddenly sat down on the ground, his face pale.

Zhou Ying just didn't see it, and nodded with satisfaction at Ding Tang, and pointed out again: "As for those errand masters, they will be locked up for a few years, or they will be mated, or they will pay the migration money, and there is a tall one in front of them, who will pay attention to these little shrimps." ”

Feng An's eyes lit up, and he struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally spoke, "Princess Qiqi, the minister has something important to do." ”

Zhou Ying looked like she had just remembered that there was a living person in the house, she was a little surprised, and reluctantly condescended and said: "Don't worry, Lord Feng, your family and children will be placed for you, is there anything else you don't worry about?" ”

As soon as Feng An heard this, he made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "The minister lied before, and the minister knew about this case. ”

Zhou Ying's eyebrows furrowed, as if she didn't believe it, "I know that Lord Feng feels wronged, but it's too child's fun to retract his confession so casually." ”

Feng An saw that Zhou Ying didn't believe it, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to hide it from the princess, these ministers really know." Without waiting for Zhou Ying to say something negative, Feng An said it all in one go, and said with a look of regret: "At the beginning, Fang Handle was arrested, and the minister really didn't know about it, but later Liu broke out that Fang Handle was famous, and the minister was afraid that things would make a big mistake, so he was confused for a while and made a big mistake." ”

Zhou Ying was puzzled: "So what, is it different that you are responsible for this crime?" ”

Feng An hurriedly said: "But it didn't take long for the minister to regret it, especially Fang Yuxiang came to redeem her parents, and the minister blamed himself, but at this time, Lord Xu, the minister's superior, did not allow the minister to let him go, and even let the minister continue to arrest Fang Yuxiang." The minister couldn't bear it, so he had to secretly order someone to release the water and let Fang Yuxiang go, and even when he was chasing Fang Yuxiang, he just went through the motions. Otherwise, the princess thought that Fang Yuxiang was a weak woman, how could she escape the pursuit at all levels? ”

Zhou Ying sneered in her heart, it was obviously Feng An's incompetence and contempt for women that allowed Fang Yuxiang to escape, but now it is his credit? But now is not the time to pursue it for the time being, she took a breath before continuing to guide: "What does this have to do with Lord Xu?" Didn't Lord Feng want to escape the guilt, so he dragged Lord Xu into the water? ”

Feng An hurriedly knelt forward, and said, "No, no, this is really Lord Xu's instructions behind the scenes, and even the disappearance of prisoners in the prison was secretly ordered by Lord Xu to do it, not only in Taoxi County, but also in several other counties." ”

Zhou Ying said suspiciously: "Lord Feng is now guilty of guilt, and there is no basis for his empty words, do you want to accuse the court officials?" Lord Feng, don't blame me for not believing it, it's really hard for you to retract your confession at this juncture, and it's really hard to win people's trust. ”

Feng An gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Don't dare to embarrass the princess, the minister has evidence." ”

Zhou Ying asked, "What evidence?" ”

Feng An remembered that Xu Jinian coaxed him to jump into the fire pit, but picked himself clean, he couldn't help gritting his teeth with hatred, and immediately explained: "The night before he was captured by Commander Ding, Lord Xu came with a letter, explaining that the ministers must bite their mouths and must not admit that they know, otherwise they will be guilty of the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan in the hands of His Majesty." Fearful of his obscenity, he had to obey. ”

Hearing that there was evidence, Zhou Ying frowned.

Judging from the various traces of this case, it is the county magistrate of Taoxi County who is stupid, down to the errand jailer, but Xu Jinian's tail is collected, although it is a stupid method, but it can not be said that he is not a little anxious, will this kind of person really put his mistakes to the pen?

Ding Tang saw that Zhou Ying seemed to be distracted, and the case had taken a turn for the better, and finally couldn't help asking, "Where is the letter hidden?" ”

Feng An hurriedly replied: "It's in the swaddling clothes of the minister's youngest son." ”

Ding Tang said in his heart, no wonder. In the past two days, the Imperial Forest Army has almost turned over the Yadier in Taoxi County, but has not found any useful evidence, it turned out to be hidden in the child's swaddling clothes, it seems that the next time should not save face for those relatives, it should not be left out.

Zhou Ying came back to her senses and asked again, "Is there any other evidence?" Both human and physical evidence are acceptable. ”

Feng An racked his brains and thought for a long time, his face was a little not good, blue and white for a while, "No, isn't this letter enough?" It was sent by Xu Jinian. At this time, I didn't care about calling Lord Xu at this time, and directly called his name.

Zhou Ying's heart is not good, since this person was as careful as dust when he was fine before, then now that the real disaster is coming, how can he make a mistake in this joint eye and leave solid evidence so that people can catch their tails?

Ding Tang obviously heard it too, his face sank, and he asked, "Who is the person who sent the letter, is it Xu Jinian's henchman?" ”

Feng An recalled for a long time, his voice was dry, "This minister doesn't know, the housekeeper said that it was sent by a boy with a face." still opened the letter, and the minister knew that it was Xu Jinian's letter to the minister. Feng Anxin was uneasy, and hurriedly said, "It is indeed Xu Jinian's handwriting in the credible place, the minister has been in correspondence with Xu Jinian for many years, and there are his words on how many official approvals, it is impossible for the minister to admit his mistake!" ”

Ding Tang and Zhou Ying glanced at each other, obviously not optimistic.

After a while, Ding Tang still said: "The minister will go and find out the letter first, as well as the official documents of Lord Xu over the years, the minister will also transfer some, and they have been compared." As for the master of handwriting, there is no one in the Imperial Forest Army, but I heard that the attendant of the Ministry of Works, Lord Lang Nian, is good at this......"

As soon as Zhou Ying heard the latter words, she knew that this permission was not something she could give, and Ding Tang was obviously asking the emperor in the next room for instructions.

Sure enough, not long after Ding Tang's voice fell, he saw the secret door on the west side open, and the emperor walked out, "You just have to do it, Nian Qi secretly assisted in this case, and I will then give an edict to the past, but don't make a noise about this matter." ”

Ding Tang led the order: "The ministers obey the order." ”

Feng An, who was kneeling below, saw the emperor come out, how could he not know the ins and outs of the emperor, and immediately collapsed to the ground.

The emperor ignored Feng An and said to Zhou Ying with a smile: "You did a good job. ”