It is said that the next night, several team leaders in the prison of the Criminal Department were gathering outside the door of a cell, pricking up their ears to listen to the people inside. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In the cell is Qiu Yushi, who was escorted back to Beijing a few days ago to await trial. Qiu Yushi already has some reputation in Beijing, and as soon as the big case comes out, everyone is very curious. At this time, talking to him in the cell was the chief manager of the Marquis of Wuqing's mansion.

Listen to Mr. Liu: "What Master Hou means is indeed for the sake of adults." Although there was a murder case, in the end it was just a local petty officer, and it was not a great difficulty. As long as the adults promise to withdraw the confession handed over to the Criminal Department a few days ago, and don't say more about what Hu Guang has seen and heard, at most it will be a mistaken killing, and it will be settled. Why go your own way? ”

"Manager Liu, please tell Master Hou. I've made up my mind. I went to Huguang for no reason, I had a plan. Although I can't see Qiu Yinming's expression, I can hear his resolute words. Since the confession has been written, it will not be withdrawn. Master Hou is kind, forgive me for not being able to obey my fate. ”

"Think twice, sir. Since you have married my family, you will be bound by glory and loss. This is a very important matter, and according to the current situation, if the adults insist on making a big deal about it, even if they can barely save their lives, they will not be able to save their future. How can you be worthy of Hou Ye's love for you? Not to mention, it will also affect the Hou Ye. If the adults are unwilling to take a step back, then Master Hou will not be able to take care of you. No one cares about you. ”

Several team leaders listened to it and whispered: "Is this Qiu Yushi really dead?" ”

"There is obviously room for maneuver, why are you so stubborn?"

"Eh, I heard," a team leader gestured to say, "His confession is so thick, and I don't know what it wrote, so that the first few adults got together all night to discuss!" ”

"Shhhh Don't be noisy, listen to him. ”

I only heard Qiu Yinming say: "In this case, I still have a request, please Steward Liu must tell Hou Yeming." I am deeply favored by Lord Hou, and I will never trouble him. I know that I am deeply guilty, but I have no intention of being wronged, and I will speak out in court. Fame and future, I don't care. Please ask Master Hou to withdraw from this family business with me as soon as possible. That's it. ”

"You ......" Steward Liu was speechless for a while, and after a while, Fang heard him say angrily: "Master Qiu, you are obviously extremely arrogant and rude. With you like this, this marriage is a final! Master Hou kindly sent me to persuade me, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant. Well, then there's not much to say. Adults should do it for themselves! ”

At this time, a servant outside hurriedly ran in and said to several team leaders, "Lord Fan is here." I want to see Lord Qiu. ”

Several team leaders hurriedly dispersed from the door of the cell, and each returned to his post, and the team leader in charge of this cell immediately went over to greet him. Fan Ying took three attendants and strode in from outside. The team leader stepped forward and said attentively: "I don't know that Lord Fan is coming, and I will miss the distance." Mr. Liu, the head of Shi Houye's house, was inside. Before he finished speaking, he saw Mr. Liu come out of it, his face was ugly, and when he saw Fan Ying, he straightened up and saluted him. Fan Ying asked, "Manager Liu, why are you here?" Manager Liu sighed and said, "Master Hou wanted to help him, but not only did he not appreciate it, but he was also full of nonsense. I don't know how Hou Ye fell in love with him in the first place. Lord Fan, if you want to persuade him, listen to me, stop as soon as possible. Fan Ying smiled: "Thank you for your attention." Say hello to Master Hou on my behalf. Then he turned back and commanded one of his attendants, "You are at the door." With that, he and the other two bowed their heads and went into the cell.

When Qiu Yinming heard that Fan Ying was coming, his spirits lifted slightly, and he stood up, but saw that the two people next to Fan Ying were Qi Mutian and Chen Baisheng, wearing the clothes of the captain of the Jinyi Guard.

Qi Mutian hurriedly stepped forward, looked him up and down, and said, "Fortunately, they didn't embarrass you." Qiu Yinming smiled reluctantly and replied, "Thank you Mr. for your concern." He asked Fan Ying again: "Brother Zhengnan." Have I read all the letters and papers I gave you? Fan Ying nodded and said: "I have inquired, Liu Shangshu of the Criminal Department will personally preside over the trial, and the preliminary trial will be scheduled for five days later." At that time, Ma Ang and Kou Shen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will come to observe. Don't stand dry, let's sit down and say. You see, I also brought you good wine and food. ”

Although Qiu Yinming was imprisoned, he was not convicted, so the criminal department was quite polite, and there were still square tables, stools, pen, ink, paper, inkstones, and clay kang in the cell. The four of them sat down around the table, and Fan Ying took out the wine, food, bowls and chopsticks from the food box and placed them one by one. Qi Mutian picked up the wine jug and didn't wait to hold the glass, Qiu Yinming stretched out his hand to hold him down, and said, "I'm not busy." Sir, is there any news from Luoyang? ”

It turned out that on the day of the Jingzhou incident, after Heng Jingzhao took away the poisoned Heng Yu, he went to the doctor in a hurry, and he didn't know what poison she was in, so he had to try a variety of antidote methods one by one. I don't know if Hengyu still resisted with his own strength, or if the detoxification had an effect, she was awake for a while, but then she was jetlagged, and she was in a coma, and when she was awake, she became more and more painful, and begged her father several times to knock her unconscious. Fortunately, the arrow wound did not hurt the main vein, and the bleeding stopped temporarily. Hengjing Zhao has no owner of the six gods, but fortunately, Qi Mutian thought of Mrs. Li of Huaiyue Villa in Luoyang, whose medical skills were the first in the first place, and she might be able to heal her. So Heng Jingzhao took her to Luoyang in a hurry. Qi Mutian sneaked into the official post late that night and informed Qiu Yinming of the news.

"Yes. Of course. Qi Mutian hurriedly said: "I have received a letter from Luoyang, Mrs. Li really rejuvenated, and now she is much better." However, because I don't know the formula of the poison, it will take time to test the medicine carefully. Probably no harm to life. I hope she is auspicious. ”

Since she learned of her situation that night in Jingzhou, it was as if there was a filament tied to a sharp blade hanging in her heart, anxious and fearful all day long, and the danger in front of her seemed to be separated by a veil, and she was unaware. On his way back to Beijing, he wrote his own confession, which involved the government's connivance with local tyrants to annex land, ignoring the flood of displaced people, and passively sabotaging work, resulting in lax government decrees and chaotic revenue and expenditure. In addition, officials at all levels in Jingzhou had too close personal relations and accepted bribes extensively. The letter mentions the list of celebrities circulating in Jingzhou City. Fortunately, Qi Mutian showed him a copy, and it was included in the file at that time, and it was already in the hands of Fan Ying at this time. Speaking of the extravagance of the eunuchs in the town, the abuse of power to exclude dissidents, etc., there is no scruple in the text about Cao Jixiang, the top boss of these eunuchs. It took more than 10 nights to cite the evidence collected by all parties over the past few days, and it was not until the day before entering Beijing that I put down my pen. The only thing that has not been touched is the matter of the king of Yiling County.

Hearing Qi Mutian's words, Qiu Yinming was temporarily relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, and nodded silently. Fan Ying said: "Mr. Qi has already told me the cause and effect of this incident. In my opinion, although the charge of manslaughter of an officer is serious, your confession has stirred up a lot of stirring up a stir above. Now we can only try to win the approval of these confessions from above. I know that the virtuous brother has a plan in his heart. I'm here today to tell you a piece of news. Fan Ying served him vegetables while continuing: "Do you remember Luo Fangyu, the envoy of Huguang who was imprisoned a few days ago? ”

"What's wrong with him?"

"He was released from prison the other day. Previously, Geng Yushi was convicted and dismissed, and there was originally a disagreement in the cabinet. Later, the saint also repented, and was re-examined, and finally returned his innocence. But Geng Yushi politely excused himself and said that he was old and did not want to be an official anymore, so the saint gave permission. At that time, your intercession for Lord Luo happened to arrive in the capital. The timing is right. As a result, the Cabinet re-examined the matter. This Lord Luo is also too upright, and he was supposed to forget about some things perfunctory, but he refused to compromise at all, and as a result, he was sentenced to be demoted to the prefect of Shunqing, and he was about to leave for his post in the near future. I thought that you had been gracious to him, and I had visited him two days ago, and asked him to testify for you. He was angry about misunderstanding you at the beginning, so he agreed. ”

Qiu Yinming thanked him: "Brother Lao is running for me. "I suddenly thought in my heart, although he was a little undecided about the matter of the king of Yiling County, but he didn't want to add fuel to the fire, so he kept it from Fan Ying. But I felt that I should find an opportunity to explain to him, in case the situation changed, it was necessary to mention, and it was better to be prepared. The four of them sat around to discuss countermeasures in the hall, and Qiu Yinming secretly hesitated because of this matter, and seemed a little silent. After much deliberation, it was not mentioned in the end.

After expressing their opinions, Fan Ying said: "The file you gave me, I will give it to Liu Shangshu at that time, and I will say that it was brought back by the secret agent of Jinyiwei." Presumably, the criminal department will not mind. I'll go and talk to a few reliable royal historians in the court, and when the time comes, I'll ask them to write a chapter and help you say a few words. ”

After talking for a while, the three of them got up and took their leave. Before leaving, Qiu Yinming wrote a letter and asked Qi Mutian to send someone to Heng Yu. From the chaos of a hasty parting, day and night worry, as if the heart has opened a mouth, the old worries are gone, the new worries will spring out, and they can't be stopped, only to know that this unexpected difference is devastating. finally waited for the news of her temporary peace, but for a while, it was difficult to write, even if she had a thousand intentions, she only made a few words.

Five days later, the criminal department went to trial, and everything was as expected. Although Liu Guangheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was old, he was still a clear-eyed person, and he carefully read Qiu Yinming's confession and the file sent by Fan Ying several times, and discussed it several times with several other adults who participated in the trial before he was publicly arraigned. In the hall, Qiu Yinming first confessed to the murder, and then started from Daye's main book to petition in Beijing a month ago, going deeper and deeper, carefully describing the causes and consequences of Huguang's trip, which was clearly organized and reasonable, and the people present had to nod their heads. Due to the complexity of the internal situation, the public trial actually lasted several days. During this period, there were also former envoys Luo Fangyu, cabinet scholar Hu Ying, and several imperial history books for Qiu Yinming's righteous words, which caused the government and the opposition to be shaken, and the ruling could not be made for a while. After Liu Shangshu considered it, he wrote a letter to ask for it, and sent the imperial historian to Huguang with the file for detailed investigation before making a decision.

At this juncture, a piece of paper jointly played by the commander of Hu Guangdu and the deputy envoy of the inspection department caused another storm.

It is now the beginning of September, and on the evening of this day, the lights have not yet been turned off in the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen. Several lieutenants whispered outside the back hall door. Earlier, the conductor Lu Gao and the conductor Fan Ying both entered the house with unkind faces, and they had not come out for almost an hour. I don't know what the two are arguing about.

Everyone knows that the relationship between these two has never been good. Lu Gao was able to sit in the position of the commander, thanks to the fact that he was Cao Jixiang's confidant, and since he took the throne, he disrupted the edict of the former commander Zhu Xiang, who had managed to rectify the new prison, and accepted bribes and punished indiscriminately. Fan Ying has a great opinion on this, but in the end, the position is one level lower, it is difficult to say anything in the open, but secretly she is competing with Lu Gao. Fan Ying is in charge of the investigation, and there are many cronies and secret agents under him, and he knows all kinds of bad deeds of Lu Gao. Moreover, although the relationship between Fan Ying and Cao Jixiang was lukewarm, he had made remarkable military achievements in the defense of Beijing in the past, and he also went to Mobei to protect the current saint who was in trouble with Yuan Bin, who is now also the commander. Even without Cao Jixiang's protection, he can stand firm. On weekdays, these two people perform their own duties, and there are not many opportunities for-for-tat, so I don't know what happened today.

Half of Lu Gao's face was shining in the shadow of the lamp, he frowned, stared at Fan Ying for a while, and asked, "You know that Qiu Yinming just wants to go against Gonggong Cao, do you also want to participate?" Don't think you're solid on the back. Now that something like this has happened, do you think you can still manage it? ”

Fan Ying's heart was heavy at this time. It turned out that Li Ju, the commander of the capital, and Yan Zhongmin, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, actually made a slip of paper, saying that Qiu Yinming, in order to clear his association with the gangsters in the rivers and lakes, blamed the clan, kidnapped the head of the Yiling County Palace, and framed the county king for personal relations with the Jianghu forces. Originally, the case was expected to be concluded, but as soon as the news came, it exploded in the court, and there was a lot of discussion in the cabinet, and the emperor was also shocked, and ordered the three divisions to be tried. The Criminal Department has sent someone to bring the head of the Yiling County Mansion and several eunuchs to Beijing for questioning.

As soon as the book was released, Fan Ying met with Qiu Yinming. Knowing that he couldn't hide it, Qiu Yinming told Fan Ying all the inside information, and asked him to ask for Ye Bozhen's confession from Qi Mutian. Fan Ying was shocked after reading it, thought about it, and felt that it was indeed reasonable for Qiu Yinming to conceal this matter. First, the clan is different from others, and the royal reputation has always been handled with extreme caution, and if it is not a heinous crime, it will not be rashly made public. Second, Qiu Yinming went to investigate the affairs of the clan as a governor, and he had already overstepped his duties, and if what he said was not true, it would be a great crime of bullying the king. Now it seems that Qiu Yinming's trip to Huguang really touched the weakness of Cao Jixiang's party and attracted them to bite back by unscrupulous means. It doesn't hurt that the three divisions will be tried, but I'm afraid that Cao Jixiang will also want to participate.

Fan Ying calmed down and replied unhurriedly: "Oh, you said that." There is no evidence. Didn't you say that the head of the palace kidnapped him and forced him to write a confession? Then you have to take out the confession. ”

Lu Gao sneered: "You dare to say that the confession is not in your hands? On that day, the Criminal Department tried the case, and I heard that those files were handed over by your hand. Who doesn't know that you and Qiu Yinming are like brothers. If he confesses, you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

Fan Ying said: "Lord Lu, don't wronged people. I've always done things above board, and if I don't have it, I don't have it. That being said, I can't help but feel apprehensive. The confession was still in Qi Mutian's hands at this time, ensuring safety. But who can predict Cao Jixiang's thoughts. If he does intervene, it will be a big deal. Thinking of this, he felt that he should be prepared, so he didn't have the heart to argue with Lu Gao anymore, so he said: "If you don't believe it, you can send someone to search, and I will never stop it." ”

"Hmph. How dare I come to check on you. Lu Gao threw a word, didn't say anything, sat down and drank tea.

Late that night, Fan Ying secretly visited Qi Mutian and said in detail that the situation had changed, and I was afraid that I would not be able to control the situation. Qi Mutian was also alert after hearing this, and immediately sent someone to Luoyang, asking Gao Ye and Zhao Ying to bring people to Beijing in case of accidents.