Qin Xiao rode a horse-drawn carriage to the main gate of the official office of the Criminal Department, and it was not Qin Xiao who was shocked, but the guards of other official offices.

The black-clothed yacha in front of the criminal department saw the carriage parked in front of the door, and his eyes were wide open, and he was a little incredulous.

Since the sage ascended the throne, through Lu Junzhong's efforts, the Criminal Department has become synonymous with the horror of death.

On Suzaku Street, except for the officials of the Criminal Department, no matter who saw the gloomy yamen with the black high wall, they tried to stay away as much as possible, and some people even preferred to take a detour rather than pass in front of the Criminal Department.

You can't go to the officials, but there are naturally many crimes committed by ordinary people.

After knowing Lu Butang's habits, many local cases deliberately did not come out of the trial and sent them to Kyoto to hand over to the criminal department, and some local officials even went to great lengths to come up with important cases, just like offering a generous gift to Kyoto.

Qin Xiao rode a horse-drawn cart and stopped outside the main gate of the Criminal Department, which was almost unimaginable for most people.

Over the years, the Criminal Department has indeed not continued to hunt and kill officials in the court, but the bloodthirsty temperament of Lu Junzhong, the King of Blood Yama, has not disappeared, and within the high walls of the Criminal Department, the bloodshed has never stopped, and the sixteen doors of the Criminal Department have never been idle.

Not only the ministers of the ministry have risen to prominence, but also the officials who work under him, after every major case, a large number of people have been promoted and rewarded.

If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, entering the yamen of the criminal department is definitely a shortcut.

If Lu Butang is happy, hooks his hands, and transfers from the local government to the Kyoto Criminal Department, it will have a bright future.

Many people know that it took less than two years for Lu Junzhong to be promoted from the commander of the Criminal Department to the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department, and such a speed is almost unprecedented in the empire.

Instead of walking away, Qin Xiao turned over and dismounted, jumped on the board car in the back, picked up a drumstick, and without saying a word, slammed on the big drum fixed on the board car.

The rumbling sound of the drum instantly spread far away on Suzaku Street.

Now a young man actually rode a horse-drawn cart and stopped in front of the yamen of the criminal department, blocking the main entrance, which is simply looking for death.

The officials of the Criminal Department were rejected by the yamen of other departments, but they never looked down on other people in their eyes, and one of the officials had already shouted: "Who is so bold that he dares to block in front of the yamen of the Criminal Department, and he doesn't want to die and get out." ”

The two black-clothed officials had already rushed forward, and one of them reached out to tear Qin Xiao off from the car, but suddenly heard Qin Xiao shouting: "Ask the eldest lord to be the master, please ask the eldest master to be the master!" "While beating the drum desperately, he shouted loudly.

When he shouted like this, the yacha, who wanted to tear him off the car, was stunned, and he and his companions looked at each other, and they all showed surprise.

The officials of the criminal department have all changed color.

I've seen people looking for death, but I've never seen anyone looking for death like this.

Previously, Qin Xiao rode a horse-drawn cart and stopped in front of the yamen of the criminal department

At this time, Qin Xiao beat the drum and shouted, and many officials stopped to watch from afar, with different expressions.

At the beginning of the rising sun, it is the time when the yamen of the various government offices on Suzaku Street enter the class, and there are many officials on Suzaku Street, some riding horses, some sitting in sedan chairs, and some walking on foot.

When the officials passed by the yamen of the criminal department, they all leaned to the other side as much as possible to distance themselves from this side.

The onlookers were already extremely disgusted with the people in the Criminal Department, and they were all amused when they saw the two black-clothed officials looking embarrassed.

Suddenly, I saw a carriage coming, stopped in front of the yamen, a black-robed official got down from the carriage, and the officials who were watching the excitement from a distance saw the black-robed official, and immediately dispersed, not daring to continue to watch the excitement.

Although the two black-clothed yacha were surprised, they knew that Qin Xiao was so presumptuous in front of the yamen, and the unlucky one could only be himself, one of them had already jumped into the car and reached out to grab Qin Xiao's arm, but Qin Xiao dodged extremely flexibly, went around to the other side of the big drum, and continued to beat the drum, still shouting "The big master is in charge".

Another yacha also jumped into the car, this drum is big, the board car is naturally not small, Qin Xiao's body flickered, like a loach, the two yacha wanted to hold Qin Xiao, but Qin Xiao flashed left and right, every time he saw it, he wanted to catch it, but he was flashed by Qin Xiao, the difference was very small, and he looked extremely embarrassed.

The black-robed official saw that another black-clothed official was embarrassed by Qin Xiao's dodging on the cart, snorted coldly, and scolded, "Useless things." He shouted at Qin Xiao, "Who are you?" How dare you make a noise in front of the yamen of the criminal department? ”

Qin Xiao naturally got off the black-robed official from the carriage a long time ago.

The black-robed official was fat, his belly bulged high, and after getting down from the carriage, the carriage quickly left, and the man saw the cart parked in front of the yamen, and saw the big drum, his fat face showed a cold color, and he said in a deep voice: "What's going on?" ”

"My lord, this man is making trouble in front of the yamen." When a black-clothed official who was arresting Qin Xiao saw the black-robed official, he hurriedly jumped down from the cart, bowed down and said respectfully: "He is beating the drum here, and his subordinates are about to arrest him." ”

Qin Xiao immediately said: "My lord, my case, Kyoto Mansion can't take it, and I have to bother the masters of the Criminal Department." ”

"Murder or arson?" The black-robed official said: "The criminal department can also accept the case of murder and arson." If they can't catch it, they'll report to this side, and you don't need to run over yourself. "I was not interested in entangling with a small man in cloth, so I walked to the gate of the official office and climbed the steps.

He knew that Lu Junzhong, the official of the Criminal Department, was thin and thin, and the person in front of him naturally could not be Lu Junzhong, but he still put down the drumstick and arched his hand to the black-robed official: "My lord, I am here to report to the official, and I ask the old man to help me make the decision." ”

"Report to Kyoto Prefecture." The black-robed official said angrily: "Kyoto's case, you went to Kyoto Mansion and ran to the Criminal Department, do you want to find death?" Xiang Yacha commanded: "Beat him with thirty sticks, and then let him get out, how can the criminal department be a place of wanton noise." ”

"Adult, the little one is from Xiling." Qin Xiao raised his hand, holding a tiger-headed jade pendant in his hand: "Do you know this?" ”

Under the morning sun, the tiger head jade pendant is crystal clear, and the tiger head fangs carved on the jade pendant are like knives, majestic and majestic.

Qin Xiao shouted again: "Someone is missing, I came to report to the official, I am asking you to help find someone." ”

Seeing that Qin Xiao was entangled, and that he wanted to ask the Criminal Department to help find someone, the black-robed official was even more annoyed, and turned his head and said, "Catch him and beat him with fifty sticks." Let the criminal department find someone for him, is it really unreasonable, is he crazy? He deserved to be killed. ”

Crow? ”

Qin Xiao did not deny it, he originally wanted to reveal the identity of the black feather night crow, nodded, and took the tiger-headed jade pendant into his arms.

When the black-robed official saw the jade pendant, he changed color slightly, turned around and came down the steps, fell to the edge of the cart, stretched out his hand and said, "Take it to me." ”

Qin Xiao handed over the tiger-headed jade pendant, the black-robed official took it, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, his originally annoyed expression became serious, he raised his head, handed the jade pendant to Qin Xiao, who was still standing on the cart, and asked, "You are the black feather night."

"I'm from Xiling." Qin Xiao Zhengse said: "Xiling Rebellion, a group of three of us came to Kyoto day and night, to report the emergency military situation to the imperial court, but my two companions suddenly disappeared, and after a few days, I searched everywhere, but there was no news. There was really no way, so I came to the Criminal Department. The stakes are high, and I feel that only the Criminal Department can help me get them back. He arched his hand and said, "Please also ask the adults to call the shots." ”

He didn't say anything about the group of four, Yuwen Chengchao followed the people of the Queen Mother Association to leave in the middle of the road, and did not enter Beijing, so Qin Xiao naturally did not need to inform him about this.

"You said someone was missing, what's the matter?" The black-robed official thought for a moment and finally asked.

Others ran to the yamen of the Criminal Department to help find someone, they were teasing the Criminal Department, but the Black Feather Night Crow wanted to find someone, so it was not trivial.

"I see." The black-robed official said, "You just wait here, I'll report it." Without waiting for Qin Xiao to say more, he turned around and entered the yamen of the Criminal Department.

The black high wall is like a coffin like the Yamen of the Criminal Department occupies an extremely wide area, and there are four divisions under it, and the prison of the Criminal Department is not here, but the sixteen gates are behind the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and there is also a prison for temporarily holding prisoners, although it is not as large as the prison of the Criminal Department, but it can accommodate more than 100 people.

The black-robed official nodded and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Qin Xiao, Xiaoyao!"

The black-robed official is in the criminal department, and his name is Zhu Dongshan, just like Lu Junzhong's rise to prominence, Zhu Dongshan is Lu Junzhong's township right, originally just a local official, this person is good at all kinds of punishments to extract confessions, and even wrote a book on all kinds of torture, which is full of pictures and texts, and is quite famous.

After Lu Junzhong gained power, he immediately recruited party henchmen and transferred Zhu Dongshan from the local government to the Criminal Department.

There are three or four hundred large and small officials in the official office of the Criminal Department, and compared to the other ministries and yamen, there are still factions, and there is only one faction in the Yamen of the Criminal Department, that is, all the people who are loyal to Lu Junzhong.

Lu Junzhong is the emperor of this black yamen, and under him, everyone respects him like a god.

According to Lu Junzhong, every brick and tile of the Yamen of the Criminal Department has a smell of blood, and the smell of blood can make his mind clear, and the official office of the Criminal Department, which others fear like ghosts, is his real home in Lu Junzhong's heart.

"Go back to your lordship, over there in the torture room!" The official replied.

"Where's the Ministry?" Zhu Dongshan met an official and immediately asked.

Lu Junzhong has a mansion in Kyoto, and he has many wives and concubines, but this person prefers to live in the yamen of the criminal department, and he stays in the yamen for most of the month.

The torture room is where the sixteen gates are located, located behind the official office of the criminal department, Zhu Dongshan quickened his pace, and before he could go far, he was already out of breath, but he still did not slow down.

Two rows of black boulders are lined up, eight on the left and eight on the left, with the doors of the eight houses on the left painted red and the eight on the right black.

As you get closer, the air is filled with a smell of blood that doesn't go away.

Zhu Dongshan crossed the bluestone road in the middle of the sixteen gates, arrived at the black house facing the road, stood in front of the door, and said respectfully: "My lord, the lower official has something to report!" ”

"Dongshan, come in." A slightly hoarse voice came from inside: "Show you a good thing!" ”