The case happened a month ago in Zhengcheng, the south of the country.

A month ago, Taishi Changqing was responsible for escorting 100,000 taels of military silver to the disaster area to help the victims. Starting from Fancheng, the capital of the Northern Dynasties, passing through Nanzheng.

Two days later, the army escorting Junyin had just arrived in Nanzheng, and it was already sunset, and it was raining, and the rain was pouring down.

The sky gradually darkened, and the heavy rain washed over the entire Nanzheng City, and the escorted army continued to move forward to a dense forest on the outskirts. The trees around this place grew tall and luxuriant, and the army entered this dense forest as if they were entering a primeval forest, and the rain was mixed with a lifeless darkness, when a gust of wind blew, and people could not help but shiver.

It's scary here!

Taishi Changqing secretly cursed himself, don't think nonsense.

It was getting dark.

The soldiers at the head lit torches and urged the entire army: "The disaster situation is urgent, and we must go overnight to escort the military silver." ”

At this time, Taishi Changqing seemed to see a black mist in front of the army, he was so frightened that he grabbed the reins, the horses barked a few times, and the horses' hooves took a few steps back.

Lord Taishi rubbed his eyes, looked ahead again, and found nothing. Maybe I was dazzled and misunderstood.

In this way, the escort army went on until it entered a valley where the terrain was uneven, and where the carriage had been bumpy. The wheels of one of the wagons carrying the silver were turned out. The whole carriage toppled down at once.

Lord Taishi immediately got out of the car to check, at this time. Several boulders fell from the cliff into the valley, and the soldiers who were escorting the silver saw this and fled to avoid this sudden situation, and the procession suddenly became chaotic and people turned on their backs.

The boulder fell and struck the wagon full of silver, rumbling loudly. Suddenly, layers of earth flew, and the smell of earth greeted you. The rain has been falling, it has been falling, this day of thunderstorms, the sky of the entire Nanzheng City seems even darker, suddenly a light flashed in the dark sky, followed by a cloud of black smoke, enveloping the entire army,

By the time the dust cleared and everyone stepped forward to straighten out the carriages, they found that the military silver on several carriages had disappeared.

In an instant, the 100,000 taels of silver disappeared without a trace, and only Lord Taishi saw the black smoke that disappeared at the end.

The military silver was stolen, Taishi Changqing returned to the palace to restore his life, and the king was furious and imprisoned him in the prison of the Northern Dynasty.

The theft of military silver was a major event, and for a time it was rumored in the court. The king ordered Liu Xingwei to take over the case, and the king of the Northern Dynasty gave him ten days to solve the case, but ten days later, Liu Xing still had no clue, so he was sentenced to prison.

In this way, the king of the Northern Dynasty appointed several presiding judges in succession, but the case has not progressed, and the crime of dereliction of duty is inevitable.

In fact, these presiding judges are all subordinates of Lord Xiangguo, and they are usually only responsible for assisting Xiangguo in copywriting, if it weren't for General Yan playing power tricks in front of the king this time, they would not have been imprisoned for dereliction of duty.

It was another rainy day, and on this day, the king suddenly summoned the Prime Minister and General Yan to the pilgrimage.

The weather has been rainy for the past month, and this rain has shrouded the entire capital of the Northern Dynasties in a kind of gloom, which makes people's mood become boring.

In the main hall of the Northern Dynasty Palace, due to the rain, although there were enough candles lit in the main hall, it was still hot and dimly lit, as if everything in the hall was covered with a layer of gray.

The king of the Northern Dynasty had a very ugly face at this time, and he couldn't see any vitality on his whole face, and his dark and gloomy face was so worried that Lord Xiangguo was worried when he saw it, and he didn't know ...... the king at this time

Lord Sangkook looked at the general standing next to him, and General Yan, as usual, couldn't see his inner thoughts on his dark face.

At this time, the king finally spoke: "It has been twenty days since the theft of the military silver, and now the disaster is urgent. But the presiding judges still can't find a clue, what can you do? Is there no one in my Northern Dynasty who can solve this case? ”

After the king finished speaking, his gaze turned to General Yan, who was standing aside.

The general knew that the king, who had always been high, was very helpless at this time, so he said: "Speaking of talent, there is a good candidate for the minister?" ”

The king hurriedly asked, "Oh, who is it?" ”

General Yan showed an expression of smiling and not smiling, and his eyes skimmed coldly: "This person is Lord Xiangguo of the current dynasty!!

After hearing this, Lord Xiangguo was shocked, it turned out that General Yan was thinking about this, first recommending the men he cultivated to the king one by one, letting them make mistakes, and finally dealing with himself, General Yan's move was really insidious and vicious.

Lord Xiangguo was furious, and looked at General Yan fiercely: "The general is brave and strategic, why didn't he recommend himself to investigate the case?" ”

The king of the Northern Dynasty did not expect at this time that General Yan would recommend Beigong Xiangguo at this time.

General Yan said unhurriedly: "The Beigong family has been the prime minister for three generations, and the Xiangguo is extremely resourceful. Besides, Lord Taishi is a close confidant of Lord Xiangguo, and I think Lord Xiangguo will definitely handle it impartially, and it won't be because Lord Taishi is his own cronie that he won't dare to take over this case, right? ”

The king listened to General Yan's words thoughtfully, and after a while: "Lord Xiangguo, is he willing to share his worries for the king?" ”

Lord Xiangguo knew that there was no room for recovery at this time, so he bowed and said, "Minister...... Willing. ”

The king nodded and said, "Okay, the disaster is urgent, Aiqing must solve this case within fifteen days, this is the deadline given to you by the widow!" ”

Xiangguo was shocked, he knew that this time General Yan set up this bureau and set him up, it would not be so easy to let him go, and what kind of result would be waiting for him.

In order to find out the theft of military silver as soon as possible, Lord Xiangguo went to the prison many times to inquire about Lord Taishi, and also recorded a confession, but there was still no progress in the case.

The theft of military silver is a matter of great importance, and if Lord Xiangguo deliberately shields Lord Taishi in the investigation, or if the investigation is inconclusive, Lord Xiangguo will be unable to escape the blame.

Lord Si Kou also recorded his confession, and if he couldn't find any more evidence, he was afraid that Lord Taishi would not be able to escape the death penalty, and Lord Xiangguo would be at a loss. Ten days have passed, but there has been no progress on the case.

In the prison of the Northern Dynasty Kingdom, this prison holds many prisoners. Suddenly, a black mist drifted in from outside the cell door. The black mist instantly turned into a man dressed in black.

"You...... You ......" Lord Taishi Changqing looked at the man in black in surprise.

"Lord Taishi, don't come unharmed." The man in black approached Taishi Changqing step by step.

"Who? Who are you? Taishi Changqing saw a man dressed in black in front of him slowly approaching him.

"A man who hides in the dark, and soon you will be a revenant." The man in black said unhurriedly.

Taishi's expression was frightened, his eyes wide, and his eyes were full of endless fear.

After finishing speaking, the long sword slashed through the neck of Lord Taishi Changqing, and in an instant, blood flowed, and Taishi Changqing immediately fell to the ground.

The man in black turned into a cloud of black mist and vanished.

Fancheng, the capital of the Northern Dynasties - the Prince's Mansion.

Qin Yu and Zimo rushed back to the Northern Dynasty from the territory of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Zimo followed His Royal Highness back to the Prince's Mansion. It's just that they just got back here and heard bad news.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and a subordinate hurriedly ran in.

"Prince Qiyu, there is an urgent report from the prison." The prince's subordinates came to report.

"What's the panic?" Qin Yu sat in the hall and said.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Taishi Changqing committed suicide in prison for fear of crime." The man bowed his head and replied.

"When did that happen?" Qin Yu asked.

"Just last night," replied the servant, bowing his head.

Qin Yu pondered: This Lord Taishi should not commit suicide after being imprisoned for so many days, and if he dies like this, he will be convicted of stealing military silver, and he will be beheaded according to the law.

Qin Yu looked puzzled: "Zimo, let's go to the prison and have a look." ”

The prison of the Northern Dynasty Kingdom, which has been called "purgatory on earth", is a very terrifying place.

The place where many prisoners are held is dark, and because of the perennial detention of prisoners, a fishy smell wafts to the face. There are no windows, no ventilated places, and the people who are locked in it cannot see the sun all year round, and the light inside is dim. Locked up here, I don't know day or night, and all that awaits is endless fear and the kind of life-worse devastation that awaits when torture is inflicted.

Qin Yu and Zimo went to prison.

"Open the door, I'll go in and see." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to the jailer in the prison.

The jailer opened the door of the cell where Lord Taishi was being held: "Lord Si Kou explained that everything on the scene here cannot be destroyed. ”

"Got it, you go down first," His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the jailer away.

Qin Yu walked into Lord Taishi's side and squatted down beside him to carefully examine the wound on Lord Taishi's neck.

"What did Your Highness discover?" Zimo looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince anxiously and asked.

On the way here, I had already inquired with someone, and I heard that the conclusion of Lord Si Kou was that the jailer had not seen anyone enter Taishi's cell at the time of the crime, and the door in the cell had not been opened. The only murder weapon was a dagger that Lord Taishi hid on his body, so Si Kou concluded the case: Lord Taishi couldn't bear the pressure and committed suicide.

"I can't bear the pressure, can it be said that Master Taishi is being punished in prison?" Zimo looked at His Highness and asked.

"When interrogating prisoners, if the prisoner does not confess, it is a matter of time before he is tortured, even if the Taishi is in a high position, once he enters this "human purgatory", he will inevitably be tortured. Qin Yu said with a deep sadness in his eyes, perhaps he thought that this was also a disadvantage in today's criminal law.

"Then what does His Highness think of Lord Taishi's death?" Zimo squatted next to the corpse, looking at his dead appearance, which was really chilling.

"Judging by the stiffness of the corpse, Lord Taishi did die last night. And the dagger was indeed stained with blood. Even his right hand was stained with his own blood, but the blood on his hand had dried up, but they seemed to ignore a little? Qin Yu looked at the wound and scratch of Lord Taishi, and his eyes showed a strange light.

"The fatal wound of the sword in the neck, extending from right to left. The blade of the sword seals the marquis, the technique is clean and neat, and it seems to be the technique of an expert......" Zimo's eyes kept staring at the corpse of Lord Taishi.

"It stands to reason that if he committed suicide, then why was there a trail of blood splattered ten steps away? And there were no traces of any fighting at the scene. Qin Yu was already very clear in his heart at this time, this was not quite in line with the current situation of suicide.

"What does Your Highness mean?" Zimo looked at His Highness and asked.

"I'll talk about it later." Qin Yu motioned to Zimo with his eyes not to ask any further questions, because he had already noticed that in the depths of the prison, there was always a pair of eyes staring at them.

Qin Yu stood up, looked at the jailer standing in the prison, and walked to the door of the prison.

"It seems that this Lord Taishi did commit suicide in fear of sin, and you guys should take care of this corpse first." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to the jailer in the prison.

"Yes, Your Highness," the jailer replied in unison, bowing his head.

Qin Yu and Zimo left this "Human Purgatory", those eyes have been staring at them, and since they first entered this prison, those eyes with darkness and death have been watching every move here.