Lu Junzhong smelled the smell of blood and was in a good mood, but Fan Wenzheng, an official of the military department, had already smelled blood.

But unlike Lu Junzhong's mood, Fan Wenzheng knew in his heart that if he really wanted to bleed, then the blood could only flow out from the military department.

Knowing that Qin Xiao rode a horse-drawn carriage to the yamen of the Criminal Department to beat the drum, Fan Wenzheng's heart quickly sank.

He didn't expect that Qin Xiao, who he thought was Han Yunong's entourage, would unexpectedly play such a hand, and before that, he didn't even think that the Criminal Department would be involved in this matter.

The Criminal Department is indeed a yamen that makes people smell and change, and the Blood Yama King is indeed the first cool official in the Tang Dynasty.

So before this, Fan Wenzheng didn't think about the criminal department at all, even if he wanted to pull people down to bear the responsibility for the loss of Xiling, he thought of the Ministry of Officials, thought of the transfer department, but he had no intention of pulling the criminal department in, and there was really no reason to put a hat on the head of the criminal department.

Qin Xiao beat the drum in front of the yamen of the criminal department, Fan Wenzheng immediately sent someone to keep an eye on him, and when Dou Wei, the waiter of the military department, came to report in person that Qin Xiao was brought into the yamen of the criminal department, Fan Wenzheng knew that something was wrong.

If the Criminal Department doesn't want to get involved in this matter, the best way to deal with it is, of course, to send someone to drive Qin Xiao away.

But this incident doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Criminal Department.

The Criminal Department can investigate criminal cases, but it has nothing to do with the Ministry of War, even if someone in the military violates military regulations, it is never the turn of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to intervene, and all along, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs have been at peace with each other, and the well water of the two sides does not interfere with the river water, which can be regarded as maintaining a relationship of non-interference with each other.

Han Yunong entered the yamen of the Ministry of War, which involved the affairs of the military, and the Criminal Department had no reason to get involved.

Fan Wenzheng was caught off guard by Qin Xiao's hand, but after all, he was an old man, so he didn't panic because of this, and asked thoughtfully, "Do you know what reason Qin Xiao entered the Criminal Department?" ”

"Find someone." Dou Wei said: "Qin Xiao was very loud on Suzaku Street at that time, and many people nearby heard it very clearly. He claimed that he had come to Kyoto from Xiling to report an emergency military situation, and that two of his companions had gone missing, and that he had asked the Punishment Department for help in finding them. And......! He stopped talking, his face was solemn, and he didn't dare to say it immediately.

"And what?"

But Qin Xiao was brought into the yamen of the Criminal Department, and the moment Qin Xiao stepped into the Criminal Department with one foot, the Criminal Department was like extending his hand to this incident.

Fan Wenzheng didn't expect Qin Xiao to come to such a hand, nor did he expect the Criminal Department to take the initiative to get involved in this matter.

"Ministry, it was Zhu Dongshan's fat pig who personally brought Qin Xiao into the yamen of the Criminal Department." Dou Wei's face was also a little solemn: "Zhu Dongshan is Lu Junzhong's number one henchman, it seems that the Criminal Department is going to intervene in this matter." ”

Fan Wenzheng clapped his hands and said angrily: "The old man was negligent, I didn't expect him to be a night crow, damn it!" ”

I don't know if it's Qin Xiao

Die, or deserve to die.

"And he took out the tiger head jade pendant." Dou Wei said: "Zhu Dongshan took the tiger head jade pendant and looked at it very carefully, and after handing it back to Qin Xiao, he turned back to the yamen of the Criminal Department, and in less than a stick of incense, he came out and brought Qin Xiao in. ”

Fan Wenzheng changed color slightly: "Qin Xiao is also a night crow?" ”

"He has a tiger head jade pendant in his hand, and there should be no problem with his identity." Dou Wei said: "So in addition to Han Yunong who entered Beijing this time, Qin Xiao is also one of the night crows. ”

Fan Wenzheng sat on the chair, was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "What do you say Lu Junzhong is going to do?" ”

"Ministry, Lu Junzhong is insidious and ruthless, this person's temperament, we all know very well, either he doesn't make a move, or he will put people to death if he makes a move, and if he doesn't kill a group of people, he won't stop." Dou Wei was obviously also extremely jealous of Lu Junzhong, and said in a low voice: "Since he let Qin Xiao enter the Criminal Department, he is ready to make waves." ”

Fan Wenzheng sneered: "What does the matter of the Ministry of War have to do with the Criminal Department, what reason does he have to come to trouble." ”

"Ministry, since Qin Xiao is a night crow, what he said is extraordinary." Dou Wei said: "He deliberately beat the drum in front of the yamen of the Criminal Department, and loudly shouted out the disappearance of Han Yunong and Du Hongsheng, just to let the people on the street know about it." At present, I am afraid that Han Yunong will go to Beijing to report the military situation but the news of his sudden disappearance has already spread, and after today, the people in the capital also know about it. ”

Fan Wenzheng's face was very ugly, and when he thought of something, he asked, "Han Yunong has eaten?" ”

"Not yet." Dou Wei said: "The food is already cold, in order to avoid him being suspicious, Xia Guan just asked people to put away the breakfast as usual, and prepare to send the food again at noon." ”

Fan Wenzheng's face became more and more solemn.

"When that time comes, Lu Junzhong will find Han Yunong here with us, and the consequences will be unimaginable." Dou Wei said solemnly.

"So what should I do?" Fan Wenzheng frowned and said, "Do you want to let Han Yunong out?" As long as he walks out of this door, what should we do if we force him to implicate the officials of Xiling? ”

"Ministry, Qin Xiao told me that someone was missing." Dou Wei frowned and said, "Investigating the missing case is also within the scope of the Criminal Department's responsibilities. Although the Criminal Department is not interested in the usual disappearance cases and will leave them to the Kyoto Prefecture, the Criminal Department really wants to handle it itself, but no one can say nothing. ”

"Investigate the military department by investigating the disappearance?" Fan Wenzheng stroked his beard, "The old man waited for them to come to the door, and only said that Han Yunong was not in the military department, so does the criminal department still have the burden to search here?" ”

Dou Wei hesitated for a moment before he said in a low voice: "Ministry, if the Criminal Department finds someone to testify and bites Han Yunong to death and enters the military department, what should I do?" What Lu Junzhong's gang is best at is making things out of nothing, framing other people's crimes, and it is not impossible to create a witness. And Qin Xiao found the Ministry of War last time, which means that Qin Xiao also thinks that Han Yunong is in the Ministry of War, and the Criminal Department has made people give false testimony, plus Qin Xiao proves that Han Yunong came to the Ministry of War, if we prevent them from looking for someone in the Ministry of War, Lu Junzhong will definitely report this matter to the palace. It would be fine if someone else went missing, but if the sage knew that Han Yunong had come to Kyoto from Xiling to report the emergency military situation, and that he might be detained in the military department, then Long Yan would definitely be furious, and he would probably give Lu Junzhong a decree at that time, so that he had the right to find someone in the military department. ”

thought to cooperate with it, and was resolutely unwilling to stand up and prove that the responsibility for the loss of Xiling was on Yao Mubai, the protector of Xiling, so Fan Wenzheng could only retreat and ask Han Yunong to write down the confession in his own handwriting.

Although it is impossible to directly implicate Yao Mubai because of this, he can use Han Yunong's confession to implicate the officials, and even pull General Hei Yu, who secretly arranged for Han Yunong to go to Xiling, into the water.

In order to prevent Han Yunong from retracting his confession afterwards, Fan Wenzheng even thought about poisoning Han Yunong, so that with the confession evidence in hand, Han Yunong committed suicide in fear of the crime, and it was impossible to retract his confession.

Dou Wei said: "Ministry, the important thing is that after he is released, if he is in cahoots with Lu Junzhong and sues us to detain him in the military department, things will be even more troublesome." He entered Beijing to report the military situation, and the military department detained him, just because he didn't want the 100,000 urgent military information to be sent to the saint, and if Lu Junzhong grasped this article, he would slander us and deceive the saint. ”

Fan Wenzheng detained Han Yunong, hoping that Han Yunong would detain the guilt of Xiling's loss on Yao Mubai and many other officials in Xiling, so that he could also pull the officials into the water and cause more people to be guilty.

Han Yunong did not follow Fan Wenzheng's

Dou Wei said: "If Han Yunong was poisoned with food before the people from the Criminal Department arrived, what the Ministry said would naturally be foolproof. But...... Han Yunong has not died of poisoning, and we can't do anything to him. It is not difficult for us to arrange someone to kill Han Yunong, but when the time comes, the Criminal Department will not give up easily, and will inevitably conduct an autopsy. ”

Fan Wenzheng knew that Dou Wei was reasonable.

In the Ministry of War, he sent someone to kill the messenger who came from Xiling, even if Fan Wenzheng ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, he didn't have that guts.

Everything was originally planned very well, but who knew that Qin Xiao would come out of nowhere and directly pull the criminal department in.

As soon as the Criminal Department came in, his previous plan was in vain.

"Kill him right now." Fan Wenzheng was silent, and his face turned cold: "The Criminal Department came to the door and said that Han Yunong was indeed in the Ministry of War in the past few days, and we have been questioning him in the past few days, asking him to report everything that happened in Xiling in detail, but Han Yunong was not in a very good mood, he was in a trance, and he did not explain all the circumstances in time. The cold light in his eyes was like a knife: "Today we probably grasped the situation, Han Yunong also wrote a confession, and he was ashamed and committed suicide in fear of the crime." ”

"Make a deal with Han Yunong." Dou Wei said: "Not only can't we kill him, but we also have to entrap him, so that after he leaves the gate of the military department, he will not say a word that is unfavorable to us to the criminal department." ”

Fan Wenzheng frowned and said, "Envelop him? Last night, the old man asked him to write a confession, he must have a grudge against the old man in his heart, and if he goes out of this door, he will definitely be in cahoots with the criminal department. He sighed, and said with some annoyance: "The old man didn't think about it, and he didn't expect that Qin Xiao would pull the criminal department in." ”

"What's the method?"

Unless Han Yunong was really poisoned and died, the military department would never dare to send someone to attack.

"There is still more than an hour before lunch, and if you send it in advance, Han Yunong will be suspicious." Dou Wei said: "We either wait until noon or even at night, Han Yunong can't hold on, and the meal is done." But we can't be sure if the people from the Criminal Department will come over today, if they don't come today, one day, we can wait, but if they come right away, we can't wait for Han Yunong to be poisoned. He approached Fan Wenzheng's side and said in a low voice: "Ministry, weigh the pros and cons, now we have to deal with the Criminal Department, and there is only one way that may be able to reverse the situation." ”

"Ministry, the lower officials are confident that they can convince Han Yunong." Dou Wei said solemnly: "The people from the Criminal Department may come to the door at any time, before that, we must reach an agreement with Han Yunong, the time is urgent, and we can't delay, otherwise there will be more and bigger troubles when we go back, and I also ask the ministry to let the lower officials go and have a try." ”

Fan Wenzheng sighed: "So far, it can only be like this." ”