In the course of the criminal department, he is in charge of admonishing, making up for the que, picking up the relics, and inspecting the affairs of the criminal department. That is to say, all the official affairs of the Criminal Department, the Criminal Division has the right to intervene in the supervision of the matter, check and fill in the gaps, even if the Holy Decree is down, if the Divine Decree is found to be problematic in the matter, it can even be returned.

Therefore, although the official position in the six departments is only from the seventh grade, the largest one is also the seventh grade, but although the position is low, it is great. It is most appropriate for the Criminal Division to say this in the middle of the matter.

The prince was overjoyed when he heard this, although yesterday the two dog-headed military advisors gave him an idea, asking him to collect the black materials of Wei Zhong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and then mobilize the official Yushi to sue him, telling him to have no face to try the case. But that Wei Zhong is an honest official on weekdays, clean and self-conscious, and he has no bad deeds, but it is not easy to find his handle. Moreover, time did not allow them to visit slowly.

The prince was in a hurry, but early this morning, this criminal department helped him a lot. It's just that I don't know who he is!

The prince cheered up and waited to hear what he had to say. Whatever he says later, he will firmly agree.

Zhao Wang Ye Minyu also flashed his eyes. Even he didn't know whether Cui Yuan, Lu Dao, was instructed by others or out of loyalty, so he came forward to oppose Wei Zhong presiding over the case.

When the emperor heard this, he was a little unhappy in his heart. It was his order to call the Criminal Department to preside over the case, and Cui Yuan refuted this article, in fact, it also refuted his face. However, the six branches already have the power to admonish in the matter, and although he is the emperor, he can't help but ask him to exercise his authority in the matter, so he has to ask: "Where did Aiqing start with this?" ”

Cui Yuan played unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, the minister looked through the list of lifters for this scientific examination yesterday and found that one of Lord Wei's sons and two nephews were on the list of this examination, and unfortunately, all three of them fell off the list!" ”

Needless to say, everyone has already understood.

There is also a principle of "conflict of interest avoidance" in Da Chu's judicial spirit, since Wei Zhong's sons and nephews have participated in the examination of this subject, then Wei Zhong has a direct conflict of interest with this case, of course he likes that the result of the trial is that there is fraud in the department, and he gives his son and nephew a chance to retake the exam, so that Lord Wei is indeed no longer suitable to be the chief judge.

When the courtiers heard this, they all whispered.

The emperor was very displeased when he heard this: "Lord Wei, is there such a thing?" ”

Wei Zhong didn't think of this, but he didn't think it was a big problem, and the test scores of his sons and nephews did not affect the fairness of his case. What's more, he really wants to take over this case and find out Jiang Zheng's bad luck.

Wei Zhong had to say to the class: "Back to the emperor, there is indeed such a thing!" "I can't get rid of this even if I want to.

The emperor said angrily: "In that case, why don't you play early?" ”

Wei Zhong had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, the old minister has been in the Criminal Department for many years, and he has decided countless cases, and there has never been an unjust, false or wrongful case. The old minister is also a loyal and patriotic heart! The old minister is willing to swear to the sky, in this case, the old minister has a little favoritism, so that the old minister will not die well if he thunders and splits the sky! "He made an oath in the court.

When the emperor heard this, his expression was slightly gloomy. The crown prince has already come out of the class and said: "Enlighten the father, the son thinks that the law is the law, and it cannot be abolished because of people, and it cannot be thrown aside because Lord Wei is loyal to the country. Erchen thought that he should still obey Cui Yuan's performance in the matter, and asked the emperor to order another adult to preside over the case. ”

Suddenly, you and I said a word in the court, and those who supported King Zhao spoke out to defend Wei Zhong, saying that only the criminal department was the most suitable person to preside over this case, except for Wei Zhong and Lord Wei, no one had that prestige, and that person had the qualifications to preside over such a big case. Those who strongly support the crown prince cite scriptures and believe that Wei Zhong must recuse himself, and this case should be tried by someone else.

The orthodox emperor was so noisy that one head was two big. Ye Yichen watched coldly, Cui Yuan was arranged by him, and now that the prince is taking the lead, he doesn't have to rush forward. What's more, this time he intervened in the case, his original intention was to rescue Chengzong from prison, and as for the life or death of the prince, he didn't bother to care.

The orthodox emperor was originally a person who had no ideas, and these ministers were all well-educated people, and they quoted scriptures when they spoke, one set of them, and the orthodoxy made sense to listen to this, and it made sense to listen to that, and for a while, he was also a little confused.

I had to ask the current cabinet chief assistant Shen Ge Lao, "What does Shen Aiqing think?" ”

Shen Ge was originally the second assistant of the cabinet, and after Yang Peishi left, he naturally took over the position of the first assistant. When it comes to the strategy and skills of governing the country, he and Yang Peishi are 108,000 miles apart, but he also has his own ability, that is, he is the best at mediating interpersonal relationships, commonly known as and thin mud, and his skills are perfect. Mrs. Yang took a fancy to this at the beginning, so she recommended him to join the cabinet and become her own right-hand hand to make up for the shortcomings in only certain aspects.

Shen Ge Lao was originally a good gentleman, and the prince and King Zhao were even more even, and no one wanted to offend. In the cabinet, except for Ding Gelao, who defected to Ye Minyu, most of the remaining cabinet elders fought with the same idea.

When the emperor asked him, he gave full play to his skills and said, "The old man thinks what you have said makes sense. The emperor knew his temperament, but he didn't blame him, but just asked: "Aiqing thinks that who should be the most suitable person to be the chief judge of this case?" ”

Shen Ge Lao said: "The Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal names, and this case can't bypass the Criminal Department in any case." However, Lord Wei has three sons and nephews who participated in this spring festival, and it is a little unreasonable if he does not avoid it. If the squire of the Criminal Department is sent to try this case, one case is of great importance and the world is paying attention, and the other is that Jiang Zheng is originally a squire, and it seems that it is a little inappropriate for the third-grade official to try the third-grade official. In the old man's humble opinion, it is better to ask the three legal divisions to jointly try this case! The joint trial of the three legal divisions can also demonstrate the fairness of this case! In terms of the Criminal Department, I still ask Lord Wei to recuse himself, and ask Lord Zuo Lang Yan to preside. These are all a little thoughts of the minister, please ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment! "Pulling the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate into it can be regarded as a way to thin the mud.

These words are also reasonable, and everyone nodded one after another.

The orthodox emperor thought about it, and finally made up his mind, "Since this is the case, the three law divisions will jointly try this case!" ”

That night, Ye Yichen told Yulan the result of the court meeting. Yulan was surprised to hear it, but he didn't expect that in such a backward judicial era in ancient times, there was already a "principle of avoiding conflicts of interest", Ye Yichen grabbed this point and simply replaced Wei Zhong, the chief judge.

This kind of "conspiracy" is naturally much better than his own "conspiracy".

Previously, Ye Yichen also explained to Yulan that the triage of the three law divisions would make it much more difficult to cheat, because Chengzong himself was innocent, and Yulan was somewhat relieved.

As a result, it was revealed that someone had bribed the jailer to deliver news to several people in the prison that night. Orthodox was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered the Ministry of Punishment to keep strict care of the prisoners in the prison. Immediately after that, the three law divisions held several trials, whether it was the examiner or the people, all of them insisted that they did not cheat.

Because the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was excluded, the three legal divisions were the number of Metropolitan Inspectorates, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Feng Lunfeng, and the official position was the highest, and he was the second grade. The criminal department came forward to be Lord Zuo Lang Yan, who was the third product. Dali Temple is also a positive three products. After this matter reached the most troublesome, it became led by Lord Shi Feng, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The lifters were waiting anxiously, and the rumors outside were spreading more and more, saying everything, the emperor sent three or four eunuchs a day to urge, and Lord Feng wanted to torture people.

It's just that there are many people in the three law divisions, and all parties are mixed with forces, including the prince's people, the people of King Zhao, and the people of Ye Yichen.

Everyone quarreled in the court. Lord Feng was so angry that his liver hurt. Although he is also an official of the second grade, the highest status among the people, but the status of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not as high as the Criminal Department, he is not the sixth Shangshu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate in addition to a left capital imperial history and a right capital imperial history, is also the second grade, although the status is below him, but this adult and he has always had a bad relationship, he can't even manage the one acre and three points of land in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, where is the ability to bring Dali Temple and the Criminal Department together into a force, and quickly finish the trial.

The day was held again, and still nothing was found. When Lord Feng arrived at home, he was upset when he heard the little servant come in and report that it was Lord Wei Zhongwei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who had come to visit.

Feng Lun was in good spirits and personally went out to welcome Wei Zhong in. The servant retreated, and Wei Zhong said, "Do you want to end this case as soon as possible?" ”

Feng Lun was almost driven crazy by the emperor in the past few days, and hurriedly said: "Please also ask Master Wei to teach me!" ”

Wei Zhong said: "This case is simple and simple, as long as you use the official's method...... Those few movers are just inexperienced young ......."

Feng Lun thought about it all night, and the next night he sent a jailer to talk to him, pretending to be bribed by the families of these gentlemen. Because there was one time before, where did these sons have that experience, except for one or two clever ones, they were all deceived and told all the stories of buying and selling exam questions.

After getting the evidence, Feng Lun was not happy, because the person who bribed and sold the exam questions this time turned out to be the confidant of the prince's side. What does this mean, how could Feng Lun not understand.

This matter implicated the prince, and the matter was too big, Feng Lun couldn't help but secretly call out that he was unlucky, and he didn't dare to investigate it a little. As soon as the morning dawned, he entered the palace and asked to see the emperor. After listening to Feng Lun's report, the emperor first believed a little.

In the past few years, he has watched the prince keep doing some ridiculous things that are unreasonable, if it weren't for the last Taishan earthquake, he would have abolished the prince's heart.

Feng Lun knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "How should this case be investigated, please show it to Your Majesty!" ”

If the crown prince is really found out, it is not only the prince who will be embarrassed, but the entire court will follow him without face. The orthodox emperor was so angry that he was dizzy for a while, Chen Jia hurriedly stepped forward to rub his chest and push his back, and it took a long time before the orthodox said: "Don't make a noise about this matter first, you go down first, when I think about it clearly, I will naturally ask someone to give you your will." ”

Feng Lun retreated. There were only two people left in the huge palace, the emperor and Chen Jia, and the orthodox emperor rubbed his forehead and said to Chen Jia: "He is the prince of a country, why is he greedy for these taels of silver, what is he for?" I didn't wonder if the prince did it, but asked him directly about his motives, and the emperor's distrust of the prince has obviously reached a certain level.

When should I take eye medicine if I don't have eye medicine at this time?

Chen Jia fell to his knees all of a sudden. "Your Majesty, the slave has to be affectionate, please forgive the slave for his innocence!"

Orthodoxy was slightly stunned. "If you have anything to say, I don't blame you!"

Chen Jia kowtowed and said: "The servant's subordinates found out that the prince built a luxurious courtyard in Tongzhou, which cost more than 100,000 taels of silver, and it was just completed two days ago!" The prince placed many beauties purchased from all over the world in the annex, and it is said that the annex was built very luxuriously, and the area was twice as large as Yuqing Palace! ”

Just now, Zhengzheng was still wondering what the prince was doing with the silver, and Chen Jia had already told him the answer. Orthodoxy was so angry that he trembled: "Rebel! This rebel! ”

The emperor asked Chen Jia again: "Since you know the news, why didn't you report it earlier?" ”

Chen Jia's tone was very frightened: "The emperor is angry! The emperor forgives the sins! Because the slave was with Concubine Xiao Niangniang of Chengqian Palace before entering the palace to wait for the emperor, since the slave arrived to wait by the emperor's side, there were always some rumors, saying ......" Speaking of this, he seems to be a little difficult to speak.

The orthodox emperor asked; "What did they say,!"

Chen Jia kowtowed again and said: "Some people have always said that the slave is Concubine Xiao Niangniang and His Royal Highness King Zhao placed by the emperor's side, and the purpose is to disadvantage His Royal Highness the Prince!" So this matter, the slave has been thinking about it for a long time, and he has never had the courage to report it to the emperor! ”

The orthodox emperor said: "These people who spread rumors harbor evil intentions, lest the world will not be chaotic, it is really their hearts to be punished!" If you hear similar rumors in the future, just catch the rumors and beat them to death! The minions are loyal to me and not, and I have eyes that will naturally tell the difference. Since you came to my side, you have never said a bad word about the queen and the crown prince, and I know these in my heart! What's more, you even confessed such an important life story to me, and I am not a faint king, how can I still be suspicious of you. ”

Chen Jia was overjoyed, he had endured not saying bad things about the prince in front of the emperor, and took the risk of telling the emperor about his life experience, in order to win the absolute trust of the emperor.

"In the future, whether it is the crown prince, King Zhao or King Lu, no matter what they do, you must report it to me in time."

"Yes!"

Zhengzheng thought about it again, "You secretly brought someone over and arrested Master Zhang from the prince's side, and you personally asked, what is going on with the case of leaking questions in this scientific examination?" On the prince's side, don't alarm him yet. "After all, it still saved face for the prince.

Since the emperor ordered this, he didn't want others to know that the person who leaked the exam questions was the crown prince. Chen Jiadao: "The slave understands what the emperor means, and the slave must do it properly, and don't let anyone know the way." ”

Orthodoxy waved his hand tiredly: "You go!" ”

Chen Jiasui inquired a long time ago, this Master Zhang is from Hubei, his wife and concubines are in his hometown in Hubei, he has followed the prince over the years, he has also made a small fortune, but he has also raised a house of beautiful concubines in Beijing, although he lives in the palace, he often goes out of the palace to see the concubine.

Chen Jia had already found out where he lived, and sent a few masters of the West Factory to wait for the rabbit there, and caught Master Zhang in the West Factory that night.

There are not a few people in Xichang who are good at torture, and Master Zhang is not a backbone person, so he will recruit everything with a whip. Chen Jia asked him to sign and draw a confession, and went to show it to the orthodoxy in person with his confession.

After reading it, the orthodox couldn't help sighing, "For the sake of tens of thousands of taels of silver, he actually did such a thing, ignoring the law of the country, this rebel, hey!" Orthodoxy threw the confession aside: "This Master Zhang ......"

Chen Jia hurriedly replied: "The slave understands that this Master Zhang instigated the prince to learn some nonsense, and the slave will deal with him!" "The so-called disposal is naturally a quiet silence. Both the monarch and the minister knew about this matter, so there was no need to say it explicitly.

Chen Jia said again: "There are also two eunuchs who are involved here, I don't know what Emperor Lu Dao wants to do with them?" "The eunuch of the celebrant is a few powerful figures in the inner court, orthodox does not speak, and he, the red man in front of the emperor, is not easy to move them.

Orthodoxy said: "Since they even dare to leak the exam questions of Chunqiu, what else do they dare not do!" You take them to the West Factory and dispose of them together! ”

Chen Jia couldn't help but be overjoyed, there was originally only one Bingbi eunuch who leaked the question this time, but he insisted on asking Master Zhang to bring another Bingbi eunuch named Zhang Rao with him.

That Zhang Rao was originally a low-level little eunuch next to Orthodoxy, who was originally from a high-ranking family, but because he was involved in a big case, he cut a knife and entered the palace as a eunuch. Because of his delicate appearance, on a whim during the reunification, he pulled him onto the dragon bed, probably because he was very satisfied with the orthodoxy he was waiting for, and because he was literate, the orthodoxy promoted him to the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Bingbi.

That's a big step.

Because he was born in a wealthy family, he only had a temperament that was different from other eunuchs, and the orthodoxy loved him more and more, often calling him when criticizing the folds, and sometimes leaving him to spend the night in the Qianqing Palace.

This Zhang Rao's momentum rose so fast that even Chen Jia felt a little scared.

Chen Jia saw that his status was threatened, and when he was restless, this incident happened to happen, if he didn't take the opportunity to get rid of Zhang Rao, then he would not be able to achieve the position above 10,000 people today. When Master Zhang was interrogated, he asked Master Zhang to also add Zhang Rao's name.

Master Zhang accepted the sentence, but he couldn't say that Zhang Rao was really a eunuch he didn't recognize, even if his father and mother asked him to climb him, he would not hesitate to climb it.

Chen Jia also has an extra heart, Master Zhang's confession, only said that this Bingbi eunuch is called Zhang Rao, orthodox only knows that the delicate little eunuch is called Xiaoluzi, and does not know that Lu Dao's big name is Zhang Rao. If he knew the Tao, maybe he would be able to spare his life if his heart softened.

When the emperor knows that he killed the wrong person, it will be too late to regret it.

For fear that the emperor would regret it, Chen Jia immediately led people to arrest the two eunuchs of Bingbi to the West Factory. One of them really deserved it, but Zhang Rao was wronged. This little eunuch is very smart, and he knows that Chen Jia has scruples about him, so he has been respectful in front of Chen Jia these days, treating himself as a grandson.

But even that, it still didn't save his life. Until Chen Jia personally poured a bowl of poison mixed with Heheding Red into his mouth, he didn't know what Lu Dao had accused him of death: "Manager Chen, I have always been respectful to you, and I don't even dare to speak loudly in front of you, why do you want to ...... me like this?"

Chen Jiawenxiu's gentle face showed a cruel smile: "What are you doing?" This prisoner will tell you to die today. He reached out and touched his smooth and delicate cheeks: "It's weird, you gave birth to a little white face!" It's just weird, you won the emperor's favor. Blame it, you took the Holy Favor from the prisoner......"

"Do you remember when you first arrived at the Qianqing Palace, how the prison taught you, to be a man, the most important thing is to keep to yourself, it should be yours who can't run, it shouldn't be yours and don't fight for it with delusional thoughts, even if you earn it, you may not have this blessing to suffer! Since you are so restless, the supervisor will personally tell you to settle down a little......"

At this time, the power of the medicine attacked, and the corners of Zhang Rao's mouth overflowed with blood, and before he died, his eyes were still full of fear when he looked at Chen Jia.

On the other side, Master Zhang and the other eunuch of the celebrant had already lost their breath.

After doing all this, Chen Jia left a few henchmen to deal with the scene, and returned to the Forbidden City to report the situation by himself. Orthodoxy didn't know that a little eunuch he liked had been killed by Chen Jia. also praised Chen Jia a few words. Immediately gave Chen Jia a secret decree, telling him to go to the palace of Feng Lun, the imperial historian of the left capital, to announce the decree, and asked Feng Lun to close the case quickly.

After Feng Lun received the holy decree, Chen Jia had a secret conversation with him for an hour, and when Chen Jia left, Feng Lun's face was extremely solemn. Chen Jia hinted that Feng Lun put all the blame on Jiang Zheng, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites. Because he said vaguely, Feng Lun didn't know if this was what the emperor meant, and he was a little undecided for a while.

If it is the emperor's intention, it is easy to say, but if Chen Jia himself wishes, he really planted such a big case on Jiang Zheng's head, and if the matter is revealed in the future, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

The key matter can't be verified with the emperor, and the emperor also asked Chen Jia to show him the secret decree and then take it back.

Feng Lun was undecided, and the next day he gathered the officials of the three divisions to interrogate again, and Jiang Zheng originally refused to admit that he had bribed and sold exam questions. Who knew that when Lu Dao asked today, Jiang Zheng actually confessed to it all.

Feng Lun couldn't help but be overjoyed. Remembering what Chen Jia said to him yesterday, "As long as Gong Feng asks again tomorrow, there will definitely be unexpected surprises", Feng Lun couldn't help but be secretly shocked by Chen Jia's vast magical powers.