The investigation of the case in the Criminal Department was much smoother than Tang Ning imagined, and the fact that the case was not complicated was partly due to the fact that there was also an important reason, which was that both the summoning of witnesses and the collection of evidence were very smooth, and there were almost no mistakes or obstacles.

It's as if someone has arranged it all and handed it to him every time when he needs it.

If there are more good people like Jingshi, the efficiency of the criminal department in solving cases can be improved by several steps.

There is no big difference between the human and material evidence, whether the prisoner admits guilt or not, and Tang Ning, as the head of the criminal department, only needs to truthfully play the results of the investigation, and there is nothing to do with him.

Of more than a dozen cases, it took Tang Ning just over two days to close all of them.

Although I don't know what Emperor Chen will do with those powerful people, as a servant of the Criminal Department, he does not make decisions for the people's grievances, but shields criminals, which is definitely not as simple as punishing them.

Tang Ning was a little embarrassed, he thought that he could stay in the criminal department for the last ten days, but in the end, he still couldn't get rid of the hat of the boss of the broom Xingke.

The above disposal of these people was a little faster than he expected.

Xu Cheng, the waiter of the Criminal Department, took advantage of his position to shield the criminals, and immediately removed him from the post of the waiter of the Criminal Department, waiting for investigation.

Han Dong in Zuo Shilang, although the degree of protection is lighter than Xu Cheng, but he has also been removed from the position of Zuo Shilang, although it is not so that there is no official to do, but demotion is inevitable......

The Marquis of Jingbian was stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner, becoming the second magnate to be directly stripped of his title in this year.

Yanping Marquis Yongchuan Bo and others, godson has no way, even if he was not stripped of his title, but he was also fined a large sum of money to compensate the victims, in addition, the son of Yanping Marquis and others was also sentenced to exile in the army, and he could not enter Beijing in this life.

The powerful are powerful in the end, unless they are plotting rebellion or committing some kind of serious crime beyond the tolerance of the imperial court, otherwise they will not lose their lives.

But for these gentlemen who have been clothed and fed since childhood, abandoning a luxurious life and being exiled from the army is, to a certain extent, more uncomfortable than death.

Many of the powerful people involved in the case have suffered losses and influences far beyond what they see on the surface, and the family, which was expected to continue to be brilliant, may decline rapidly in recent years.

King Kang's Mansion.

His Majesty punished the powerful people in Beijing, and King Kang was not directly affected, but at this moment, King Kang's mansion was gloomy.

These officials and magnates all have close ties with King Kang, and so far alone, they have lost one Zuo Shilang, a criminal servant who has just taken refuge, not to mention those who have been weakened......

This is only visible and tangible, King Kang's prestige in the court and the hearts of the people among the powerful have suffered a huge blow after this incident.

In the past year, the advantages established in the struggle with King Duan have been lost.

In the council hall, since getting the news from the palace, King Kang has been silent for half an hour, and the people around him have not said a word, for fear of disturbing King Kang, who fell from the peak to the bottom of the valley overnight, and innocently being angry.

"Your Highness, the court is like a battlefield, victory and defeat are common, and you must not be slumped." The first to break the silence was a middle-aged man.

Someone said: "Yes, Your Highness, compared to King Zhiduan, we still have some advantages now, and Your Highness can't be decadent." ”

King Kang clenched his fist with one hand, slammed it on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "This king is unwilling!" ”

The fist slammed on the table, making a dull sound, and everyone's hearts tightened.

Not only King Kang is unwilling, but even they are unwilling.

Finally, on the road to winning the heir, Duan Wang was thrown away far away, only half a step away from the position of the East Palace, and watched his own side retreat to the same position as Duan Wang, how could he be willing?

Since then, King Kang's prestige in the court has plummeted, and he has also lost the hearts of many powerful people, although His Majesty did not directly target King Kang, but every heavy punishment is almost cutting his wings.

Someone thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty asked the Criminal Department to be in charge of this case, but Lord Tang was not merciful at all, and he didn't send anyone to inform His Highness ......"

The middle-aged man surnamed Xu shook his head and said: "This case is personally ordered by His Majesty, supervised by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and Lord Tang can only act impartially. ”

The man argued: "Even if he can't cover up, can't he show a little mercy to his subordinates, and it is not known whether this person is of the same mind as us......

Although King Kang didn't speak, his brows furrowed slightly.

The middle-aged man surnamed Xu looked at King Kang and sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't say anything more.

In the palace, Emperor Chen put down the recital of the Criminal Department, walked to the hall with his hands behind his back, and said: "A household servant, a criminal minister, I and the courtiers are busy governing the world, but the two of them are busy hollowing out the court, Wei Jian, tell me, if the two of them become emperors, will the people still have a good life......

After Emperor Chen finished speaking, there was no response from the hall, he turned his head and saw Wei Jian who was napping on the pillar, and coughed lightly.

"Ah......" Wei Jian immediately opened his eyes and said: "First the household squire, and now the criminal department, according to the old slave, Lord Tang's broom Xingke's boss's hat, I'm afraid I can't take it off......"

"Broom Star?" Emperor Chen looked out the window and said: "Everyone says that he is the broom star of Boss Ke, but who has ever thought that what he does is all within his own affairs, and all the people who are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, if this court is a broom star like him, how much effort can I save?" ”

Wei Jian bowed slightly and said, "Lord Tang, it is indeed different. ”

"I originally thought that he and Fang Zhe were the same kind of people, but now I understand that he is different from anyone else......" Chen Huang sat down at the table again, and said, "I hope that he can always be so different." ”

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"The adult is very gracious, the little woman is grateful, there is nothing to repay in this life, I am willing to be a cow and a horse in the next life, and repay the great kindness of the adult!"

In the inn, a mother and daughter faced Tang Ning, knelt down on their knees, and spoke in a trembling voice.

Tang Ning hurriedly helped the mother and daughter of the girl and said, "You don't have to be like this, this is the official's business." ”

The old woman beside the girl said in a firm tone: "No, if it weren't for the adult, those wicked people would always be at large, and our mother and daughter will remember the kindness of the adult for the rest of their lives!" ”

Tang Ning was still not very good at dealing with such a scene, so after comforting them a few words, he walked out of the inn.

Classes have existed since ancient times and will never die. The powerful are the powerful, with privileges that ordinary people do not have, and even more so in times like these.

If it weren't for the Tang family who was behind the scenes, expanding the situation, and detonating it in the court, these victimized people would probably not be able to get justice.

And the original intention of the Tang family was not to help these people seek justice, they just regarded this as a tool, a tool to fight King Kang.

The internship in the Criminal Department is coming to an end, and Tang Ning doesn't know where his next home is for the time being, but after thinking about it, after the Household Department and the Criminal Department, I'm afraid that several other departments will also add him to the blacklist, and which department will be harmed next time depends on the emperor's mood.

When he walked home, he saw Zhao Man sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Tang Ning didn't see her much in the past two days, and he didn't know what she was busy with in the mansion, and when he walked to the pavilion, Zhao Man looked back at him and said: "Brother Kang is narrow-minded, although you are acting on orders, but those powerful people are also personally interrogated by you, I am afraid that he will hate you." ”

Tang Ning didn't care about this, but still nodded and said, "Thank you princess for reminding me, I know." ”

"Be careful in the future." Zhao Man stood up, took out something from his arms, handed it to him, and said, "This is for you." ”https://./13_13482/