Under the leadership of Ren Huai'an, Fang Ling came to a large room in the front yard of the Criminal Department, where he saw a middle-aged man, in his thirties, with a mustache, wearing the official uniform of the principal, sitting at the long table in the office.

As soon as Ren Huai'an came in, he said respectfully: "Lord He, someone brought it." ”

Master He nodded, asked Fang Ling to sit down very casually, then picked up the paper and pen and motioned for Ren Huai'an to hand it over, and said with a smile: "Young man, it's good to figure it out, as long as you write out this 'medicine' prescription, there will be nothing." ”

Fang Ling looked at the paper and pen handed over, but he didn't answer it immediately, but said lightly: "Lord He, I don't know how much silver Shopkeeper Yu gave you?"

"You kid ......" Ren Huai'an glared at him and immediately scolded.

But Master He waved his hand, made a posture of a superior person, and said: "If you want to know, I will tell you frankly, three hundred taels." ”

Fang Ling said: "Then if I offer a higher price, can I stop here?"

Master He smiled arrogantly and said, "Boy, it's not like you can do things if you give money. Do you know what you lack, it's status, it's strength. Without these two conditions, no matter how much money you give, no one will do things for you, so put away your little cleverness. ”

Fang Ling was not angry, and said more calmly: "It seems that Master He is more like a businessman, no wonder he has opened a gambling shop." ”

As soon as he heard this, the "complexion" of Master He's face changed slightly, changed his kind attitude just now, and said in a cold tone: "Young man, you know something you shouldn't know, I'm afraid you don't know the consequences, I advise you to pay attention to your mouth!"

Ren Huai'an said with a cruel smile on the side: "Boy, our lord in charge is a dignified six-grade official, he can crush you to death a hundred times like an ant with just one finger, don't you ask for guilt!"

The arrogant and arrogant attitude of the two made the atmosphere in the room suddenly solemn, but Fang Ling's expression did not change in the slightest, but he smiled slightly: "In this way, if I don't hand over the 'medicine' prescription, the consequences will definitely be very miserable." ”

Master He looked at him with disdain and said: "Then let's open the skylight and say something, originally we just wanted to find the 'medicine' prescription, and it was just a matter of putting you in prison for a few days to teach you a lesson, but this 'medicine' prescription didn't seem to be found, so it could only be asked from your mouth." If you don't say it, the prison of my criminal department is not a joke, a few pairs of torture instruments will be put on the rack, and I promise to ask you what to answer, but I advise you to be obedient and obedient, and don't make things go to that situation!"

Fang Ling said lightly: "Lord He is right, why make a fuss about the matter? ”

"That's just like the words, I like smart young people. However......" Master He laughed, and his face sank: "Hold your mouth after you go out, if you dare to 'mess' outside, this prison of the Criminal Department can wait for you at any time!"

Fang Ling slowly put the paper and pen down, and said, "I can't write this 'medicine' prescription, so I'll take it out and give it to you." With that, he took out the waist card from his bosom and gently placed it on the white paper.

"Boy, don't give Lao Tzu any tricks!" Ren Huai'an sneered, grabbed the waist card, only glanced at it, and suddenly his eyes widened, and his eyes seemed to be set on his face, and he couldn't move.

"What's the matter, what's all the fuss about?" He Hong waved loudly.

Ren Huai'an came back to his senses at this time, ran over in a panic, and handed the waist card in front of He Hong, He Hong's eyes suddenly widened as big as copper bells, and he couldn't exhale when he inhaled it, and his lips trembled unconsciously.

The waist plate in front of me is cast in brass, the upper end is embossed with moire ornaments, there is a perforation in the middle, and three seals are engraved in a horizontal row above the front: Internal Affairs Office.

What is in the internal affairs office, there are only eunuchs, and the rank of the holder represented by this waist plate made of brass is suddenly six grades.

In the state of Chu, officials of all levels have waist cards worn to represent their identities, as the head of the six products of the criminal department, He Hong naturally also has a waist card, and it is also made of copper.

However, these two waist cards are placed together, although they are of the same rank, but their status is very different.

One is the small chief of the criminal department, located outside the palace, and when he sees an official who is a little older than himself, he has to bow down and salute, and he does not dare to exceed the etiquette of dignity and humility.

The six-rank eunuch represents the six-rank official in the palace, ranking in the position of deputy attendant of the internal affairs government, second only to the position of deputy chief and chief administrator, that is, the third and fourth person among the eunuchs. Not to mention that it is just a six-grade principal, even if it is a second- or third-grade officer, you have to be polite when you see it.

He Hong didn't know the weight of this waist card, he was almost frightened, but he was holding a little luck, this waist card was definitely not Fang Ling's, after all, he was still young, so he had the courage to question: "This ...... Where did you get the waist card?"

Although the words are questioning, they have no confidence at all, just because the eunuchs in the palace are all very young and entered the palace, so the age that they generally see is not too old, and the older ones have already mixed up with the official position, and if you want to go out of the palace to do things, you will naturally let the little eunuch do it, is it possible that Fang Ling is a little eunuch?

Fang Ling watched the change in the expressions of the two with interest, and then said slowly: "I thought that the adults were smart people, but they were still very confused. Do you think this 'medicine' is mine?"

"That'...... Whose is that?" He Hong stammered.

Fang Ling stood up from the chair and said, "This 'medicine' prescription was given to the deputy by a certain lady, and then the deputy was handed over to me to make money outside the palace. Now, Lord He wants to cut off the wealth of the deputy for a little money?"

Having said this, the cold sweat on He Hong's forehead was one after another, and Ren Huai'an also seemed to have withered, where was there still a little bit of majesty, who would have thought that this "medicine" prescription would be able to bring a certain lady in.

You must know that although the harem queen is in charge, the Chu Emperor is also very fond of several noble concubines, and each of these noble concubines is from a famous family, and there are no small forces inside and outside the palace.

The "medicine" prescription is rewarded by the mother to the deputy attendant to make money, although I have heard of the bounty and silver, but I have never heard of the reward of the "medicine" prescription, but Yu Tiancheng wants to get this "medicine" prescription so much, and it is estimated that "touching" it must be something to make money.

Don't say that you have cut off the financial route of the deputy attendant, if this adult says to the mother, the mother will blow some wind in the emperor's ears, and this head can't be thought of.

Thinking like this, He Hong even had the heart to die, and even greeted Yu Tiancheng's eight-generation ancestors, and then walked out in a panic, his feet were weak, and he knelt down with a plop. Ren Huai'an saw that the adults were like this, where could they still stand, and he hurriedly knelt down, buried his head low, and didn't dare to get up.

He Hong's face had already turned the color of pig liver, and he said in a trembling voice: "Gong...... Father-in-law, the villain really doesn't know that there is such a dry thing behind this "medicine" prescription, if he knows, even if he has the courage to touch you, father-in-law. ”

Fang Ling squinted his eyes and thought about it, although this He Hong is only a principal, but in the end, he is a person from the Criminal Department, if he can use it for himself, it may be a little convenient in the future, so he said lightly: "Then what does Lord He think he should do now?"

He Hong saw that there was a turnaround, and hurriedly said: "I'll send my father-in-law out, and the three hundred taels should be regarded as reparation for my father-in-law." Then he waved his hand violently at Ren Huai'an and said, "Quick, why don't you go and get the silver ticket to honor your father-in-law!"

Fang Ling didn't refuse, but smiled slightly, helped him up and said, "Lord He is so interesting, then these three hundred taels should be regarded as filial piety to Lord Vice-Attendant." ”

"Yes, yes, then I will prepare another three hundred taels to honor your father-in-law. He Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly had an idea, if he could take this opportunity to climb the line of the deputy attendant, wouldn't this promotion be just around the corner in the future?

As soon as Fang Ling heard this, he knew that this guy really made a lot of money by opening a gambling house, but he naturally took the six hundred taels, if he didn't want to, he would be suspected by this guy, after all, in this palace, there are really not a few eunuchs who are not greedy for money, and the more greedy they are, the less suspicious the identity of this eunuch will be.

Seeing that Fang Ling had accepted the silver ticket, He Hong calmed down and said with a stammering face: "Father-in-law, I will send someone to arrest Yu Tiancheng's guy back, and my father-in-law can deal with it as he wants." ”

Fang Ling waved his hand and said with the attitude of his own person: "I don't care what you do with Yu Tiancheng, but my identity must be kept secret, after all, it is not good for this matter to get out." ”

He Hong was even warmer when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, please rest assured, the little one understands." ”

Fang Ling said: "By the way, a person who is in the same prison as me, go and take him out." You don't have to send it, Lord He, so as not to make people suspicious, I will come to visit you again when I have time in the future. ”

He Hong smiled with a straight smile, and while instructing Ren Huai'an to release the person, he said respectfully: "The little one is waiting for his father-in-law at any time." ”

After Fang Ling and Imperial Physician Chen left, He Hong breathed a long sigh of relief, and secretly said that the ancestors had accumulated virtue, if this father-in-law was really angry, it would be difficult to lose his life.

Ren Huai'an cocked his thumb on the side and said, "Congratulations, this time it's really a disaster." If you climb the beam of the deputy attendant, this will be just around the corner when you become the secretary of the criminal department. ”

He Hong also laughed, then his face sank, and he shouted: "You go and call Yu Tiancheng's damn thing over, you almost made Lao Tzu lose his head, and said that he was just a mere young man, he really has a pair of dog eyes!"

Ren Huai'an hurriedly said: "The little one is going!"

He Hong paused slightly, but added: "Wait, bring more people to the store, just bring him back to me in the store, and make the momentum bigger, so that my father-in-law will be satisfied." As for the crime, it was an attempt to bribe officials, but I rejected it in a righteous and stern manner!"

Ren Huai'an cocked his thumb again and said: "The lord is really smart, in this way, the people must praise the lord as a great clean official." ”

He Hong laughed out loud and said smugly: "Officialdom is a business field, and if you want to do a good job, you naturally can't lose money." The six handfuls of silver that I gave just now will be scraped back on Yu Tiancheng's body. ”

Ren Huai'an smiled and said: "The little one will do it immediately, and I promise to satisfy both my father-in-law and the adult!"