He said with a serious face: "This ghost is a woman, because she was killed by the prince, it is difficult to settle the grievances, if the prince ignores it, there will soon be a big disaster." ”

Hongshi nodded and said: "This king is in charge of the criminal department, and through the pen of this king, there are not a few men and women who have died, I don't know which one the master is talking about." ”

Ran turned to look at the gloomy sky outside, and sighed: "There will be such a big grievance, it must be an innocent person who died in vain, and he was killed by the prince himself, the prince must try to resolve it, otherwise it will ......"

"Ridiculous!" Before he finished speaking, Hongshi was already screaming, and said with a cross eyebrow: "This king has never killed anyone, you don't want to bewitch the people here." ”

A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said unhurriedly: "The poor monk is a monk, he never lies, and everything is true, which the prince should know very well in his heart." ”

Hongshi clenched his fists and said coldly: "This king respects you as a monk, so he passed you into the mansion, who knows that you are full of nonsense, I just don't know what to say, leave quickly, otherwise you will blame this king for being polite." ”

He sighed and said: "Lord Wang, you have already come to a catastrophe and still don't believe the words of the poor monk, do you have to wait for something to happen and then regret it?" Without waiting for Hongshi to speak, he added: "If you believe in the poor monk, go and find the bones of this woman, and let the poor monk use the supreme Dharma as a way to dispel anger and enter the path of reincarnation." ”

Hongshi sneered: "This king has never killed any woman, so how can he find a corpse for you?" Full of nonsense, this king looks at you like a demon monk, leave the palace quickly, don't force this king to drive you away. ”

Ran shook his head in disappointment, "It seems that at this time, no matter what the poor monk says, the prince will not believe it, or maybe, maybe the destiny is destined, and the prince will return his life." ”

After saying this, he left the study directly, no longer staying, behind him, Hongshi's eyes were cloudy, he didn't know what he was thinking, after leaving the line of sight, he called Wang Zhong and ordered: "Follow this monk and see where he goes." ”

After Wang Zhong left, Hongshi slowly let go of the hands that had been clenched, his hands were full of cold sweat, and a sultry wind outside the door blew on him, but it made him feel a biting coldness.

Although he scoffed at Ran's words just now and scolded him more, he knew very well in his heart that what he said was not bad at all, he did kill a woman with his own hands, and he had a nightmare of unjust souls asking for his life just now.

Don't...... It's true? Did Xu really come to ask for his life? At the thought of this, Hongshi shivered, as if Xu was behind him at the moment.

One after another things made Hongshi have a headache, although there was a large stack of official documents on the case, but he couldn't read it at all, and when it was dark, Wang Zhong came back and said: "Lord Wang, the slave followed the monk all the way to an abandoned temple outside the city, and then looked in the dark for a while, and only came back after seeing that there was nothing suspicious." ”

After being silent for a while, Hong Shi suddenly said: "Wang Zhong, do you believe the words of that monk?" ”

Wang Zhong whispered: "The ghosts and gods say, if you believe it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it, and this slave can't say it well." However, his words do seem to be in the same way, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. ”

Hong Shi gritted his teeth and said: "Before this king left the palace, I heard that Huang Ama dug up the bones of the Xu family, whipped the corpse three hundred and then threw it in the mass grave. ”

Wang Zhong was suddenly startled and said, "Lord Wang, do you really believe the words of that monk?" ”

Hongshi shook his head: "This king hasn't thought about it yet, but if he is really full of lies, how can he know that Lu Dao is so clear, except for those in the palace, others don't know Lu Dao." After thinking for a while, he said, "In the past few days, you have sent someone to monitor that monk to see where he has been and what he has done. ”

Night, in the sleepless past, Hongshi went to the Ministry of Punishment, where there were a lot of files for him to see, now it is almost autumn, many prisoners will be beheaded after the autumn, he has to review the list sent from all over the country one by one, and then submit it to Yinzhen to see, and he will finally decide who will be beheaded. In addition, some prisoners who have been convicted of capital crimes in the custody of the Penal Department are also disposed of.

After reading a few volumes, Hongshi pinched his brows tiredly, and then asked Wang Zhong to make a strong cup of tea to refresh himself, and after a few sips, he set his eyes on the file again. At this time, a person from the sixth rank came in and said, "Lord Wang, the lower official has drafted some names of heavy prisoners for you on the orders of Lord Shangshu, you can see which ones should be executed, and if there are any sources or problems, we will discuss them separately." ”

Hongshi nodded, it just so happened that he had drawn up a list just now, and compared with the two, the others were the same, but when comparing the prisoners who should be executed in the prison of the Criminal Department, there was a discrepancy, and the list submitted by the chief was only nine, while he drew up eleven people.

He called the chief and pointed to the two more names, "Why are these two not on the list you have drawn up?" This king has seen the files of these two men, and there are many evil deeds, and they should be beheaded. ”

The principal glanced at it and said, "The prince doesn't know that these two people are not in prison now. ”

Hiroshi said strangely: "Not in prison? So where are they? ”

"This subordinate doesn't know what to do, but he is really not in prison." Seeing that the chief couldn't ask anything, Hongshi ordered him to retreat, and then called a few of his henchmen in the criminal department, all of whom said that they didn't know when Lu Dao and the two people were taken out of prison and where they were taken.

Hongshi was asking casually, but so many people didn't know where the two prisoners had gone, which couldn't help but make him a little suspicious, and he couldn't find anything after looking through the records, as if the two people had disappeared out of thin air, and he felt that this matter was suspicious. After that, he ordered Wang Zhong to go to the prison to inquire about those jailers. People are taken from prison, and no matter how concealed they are, the jailer should know something.

Wang Zhong prepared delicious food and wine and went to the prison, saying that it was rewarded by Hongshi, so that the jailers thanked Hongshi for his goodness, and then took advantage of the drink to ask about the two prisoners. There was really a person who was on duty in prison at the time, and he refused to say it, but Wang Zhong asked again and again, and said that he had a short mouth, so he whispered to him. That night, Lord Shangshu, who had seldom set foot in the prison, brought in five or six unsmiling men, and said nothing, but took the two men away, and Lord Shangshu even warned them, the jailers, not to tell anyone about it, for until this day he had kept his mouth shut and never mentioned it.

When Hongshi learned about this incident from Wang Zhong's mouth, his suspicion became more and more serious, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department personally took people away, leaving no records, and no one was allowed to tell Lu about this matter. And there are only two prisoners, why should he go to the prison in person.