When the jailers gathered around the fire heard that the Prime Minister was coming this night, they had no time to think about it, and they hurried out to meet them.

Until the personnel of the Criminal Department are purged, the personnel of the other five departments are temporarily responsible for the work of the various departments of the Criminal Department.

Li Gang's face was solemn, and he took six subordinates into the prison, and asked the cell leader: "Where is Qin Hui?" ”

"Your Excellency, please come with me." The cell boss bowed down, hurriedly walked in front of him, and took Li Gang to interrogate Qin Hui.

The nine clan prisoners in the prison who were implicated by Qin Hui and Zeng Biao all crowded the prison door when they heard that Li Gang was coming: "My lord, we are innocent!" Ask for your kindness! Ask the emperor to be gracious! ”

Li Gang turned a deaf ear, and not a single grain of grain in the rat's nest was clean.

Qin Hui and his wife Wang enjoyed a single room for two, which was much more comfortable than others.

Since the afternoon, a large number of Qin Hui and Zeng Biao's relatives and henchmen have been taken into the cell one after another, and they know that Qin Hui is the culprit, so they vent their anger on Qin Hui and his wife, and all kinds of dirty words are flying all over the sky, spitting on them and throwing shoes.

Qin Hui argued a few words at first, saying, "When a person attains the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven, I see that you are also very happy." Why didn't you cut off the relationship earlier......", and then Qin Hui couldn't quarrel with these hundreds of opponents with one mouth, so he sat under the wall and let them scold.

Those scolding were tired, their saliva was dry, and their shoes were thrown away...... Seeing that Qin Hui didn't reply, and the temperature became lower and lower after dark, it stopped, and those who lost their shoes also regretted it.

Qin's Lady Wang had already decided to break with Qin Hui, and never spoke to Qin Hui again.

When Li Gang arrived outside the door of Qin Hui's prison, Qin Hui and Wang sat far away from each other, looking silent and lonely.

The cell boss looked at the iron gate with the hilt of his knife and shouted: "Qin Hui, the prime minister is here, and he still doesn't kneel!" ”

Qin Hui glanced at the cell head with contempt, and said in his heart: "Look at you like that, you will be a villain all your life!" ”

Qin Hui glanced at Li Gang, lowered his head, and didn't speak.

Li Gang stretched out his hand and motioned for the cell boss to stop for a while, and asked Qin Hui lightly: "Can't think of it?" Can you get used to it? ”

Qin Hui thought about it, suddenly got up and rushed to the door, glared at Li Gang and said, "Prime Minister, someone gave Qin an ecstasy!" What I said earlier was all said in a state of confusion, and it was all false! ”

Wang sat on the ground, looked up at Qin Hui behind him, and snorted secretly.

"Why don't you call the emperor for you?" Li Gang said.

"You don't believe me?" Qin Hui looked at Li Gang fiercely.

"The emperor doesn't believe you!"

"Impossible! I want to see the Queen Mother! I want to see the Queen Mother! ”

"You ruined the mood of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother didn't believe you."

"I ...... You are slander! It's a machination! It's a trick! ”

Li Gang shook his head in disappointment: "A skill similar to 'unnecessary' seems to be your Qin Hui's patent, right?" ”

Qin Hui shouted: "If you want to necroshal the people of our nine clans, you will be punished by heaven!" ”

Li Gang didn't expect Qin Hui to be so stubborn, and said, "Don't waste your time." Before anyone else confesses to your accomplices, you will be honest with me, who else will help you to abuse? ”

Qin Hui smiled and said, "Okay! My accomplice, there are ...... Zeng Biao, Wei Qiu, as well as Yue Fei, Qu Ping, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Yang Zaixing, Zhang Jun...... And you, Li Gang! ”

Li Gang snorted, spewed out a breath of anger from his nose, and said: "To tell you the truth, if you report one person, you can live two of your own family, and someone will confess." ”

Qin Hui thought about it and said, "If I confess, can you let my son go?" ”

Hearing the words from behind, Wang raised his head and opened his eyes.

"Now is not the time for you to negotiate conditions." Li Gang said expressionlessly.

Wang rushed over, shook Qin Hui vigorously from behind, and shouted, "Say it quickly!" Maybe my son can be saved! Say it quickly! ”

Qin Hui violently pushed Wang to the ground, took a deep breath, looked at Li Gang and said, "Okay, I'll ...... it"

Qin Hui had hope and asked for his son's dog life in exchange for the name of his accomplice.

After Qin Hui finished speaking, an official recorded it properly, and Qin Hui instructed the cell leader: "Tie Mrs. Qin Hui's hands and feet and plug her mouth, don't let them kill themselves!" ”

After Li Gang finished speaking, he took his subordinates back and went to work overnight.

The cell boss looked at Qin Hui with a smile and said, "Lord Qin, I'm sorry." ”

Qin Hui's last glimmer of hope was dashed. He originally thought that after revealing his accomplices, he would kill himself to avoid humiliation. Unfortunately, now he can only curl up on the ground like a bedbug, unable to move or speak.

Wang didn't have as many thoughts as Qin Hui, she looked at the roof quietly, and she couldn't even shed tears. There is a saying that mourning is greater than heart death.

Li Gang led a group of ministers to work overtime overnight, so busy that their eyes were bloodshot and their bodies were tired. After resting for two hours in a hurry, he hurriedly changed into court clothes, and today's morning court can not be delayed.

Above the court, Zhao Gou sat on the dragon throne, the ministers were in place, the officials in front of the palace shouted slogans as usual, and everyone looked forward to Li Gang reporting the results to the emperor.

After noon yesterday, the whole city was boiling, and so far all the civil and military officials have known that Qin Hui has committed a lot of crimes against the emperor who have brought disaster to the country and the people.

Without the emperor's question, Li Gang took the lead in playing: "Enlighten the emperor!" From yesterday noon to the morning ugly, the ministers led hundreds of officials to fight day and night, constantly reviewing, Qin Hui's criminals involved in the case, with all statistics! "Ranwen.com

Zhao Gou said with satisfaction: "Aiqing has worked hard for me all night, and it is extremely hard. How many people are there? ”

"Qin Hui and the mastermind were convicted of 17 people and 68 accomplices. According to the standard, Qin Hui and Zeng Biao exterminated the nine clans, the rest of the accomplices were beheaded all over the house, and the accomplices were individually beheaded and sent to the frontier, with a total of 473 death row prisoners and 376 exiles. Li Gang kept these numbers in mind and stated them one by one to the emperor.

"But are they all in charge?"

"All the criminals in Beijing are in custody, and there are still 197 criminals outside Beijing. In addition, the main culprit Zeng Biao has never been seen, and the minister ordered people to search Zeng Biao everywhere. ”

When the emperor heard that Zeng Biao had run away, he was immediately furious and said, "Order, the whole country will search for Zeng Biao!" In addition, criminals outside Beijing will be handed over to the local prefect to deal with, and those who should be killed will be killed, and those who should be exiled will be exiled! If there is an official who shields a prisoner or neglects his duties, he is equivalent to an accomplice and will be dealt with according to the law! ”

The official hurriedly responded: "The minister obeys the order, and immediately drafts the order!" ”

"In addition, the Hanlin Academy has written down the evil deeds of Qin Hui Zeng Biao's henchmen into a book, showing it to the whole world, so that the people of the world can take it as a warning!" The emperor said again.

The head of the Hanlin Academy bowed down and said, "The minister receives the order!" ”

"For the rehabilitation of Zhang Xian and Zheng Qing, the families of Zhang Xian and Zheng Qing, who were deeply harmed by Qin Hui, must maximize the comfort of spiritual materials to comfort the families, and then give them 20 years every year according to their lifetime."

The head of the household department received the order: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Qu Ping asked for his life: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xian is one of the twenty generals of Mount Tai, but now there are no bones. The minister asked the emperor to set up a mound for Zhang Xian, and the scenery was put into the ground, and General Zhang's spirit in the sky was comforted! ”

The emperor also felt guilty about Zhang Xian's death, so he said: "This is also my idea." General Zhang Xian was posthumously reinstated and posthumously presented to the Marquis of Liewu. Zhang Xian's son, inherited his father's position as an adult. ”

Qu Ping knelt down and said: "The heroic spirit of General Zhang Xian, thank the emperor!" ”

The ministers knelt down together to receive the order for Zhang Xian Chengen: "The ministers represent the heroic spirit of General Zhang Xian, thank the emperor!" ”

The emperor's heart was stirred, and he felt a lot, so that the ministers calmed down, and asked: "Is there anything else that needs to be added to the matter of comfort?" ”

Yue Fei came out of the column and asked: "The ministers are invited, cast the two criminals Qin Hui and Zeng Biao into life-size bronze statues, and kneel in front of Zhang Xian's tomb!" So, to comfort the deceased! In this way, to warn the world! ”

Qu Ping was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the change of history, Yue Fei actually made this request, and let the scene of Qin Hui kneeling down and worshipping for eternity was replaced by Zhang Xian.

Qin Hui and Zeng Biao's nine clans were executed, and with such a small proposal, the emperor agreed without hesitation.

The emperor said: "So it's the best!" Let the craftsman make the portrait more realistic with a sense of guilt. ”

The Ministry of Industry was in charge of this matter, and immediately received the order: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Li Gang asked the emperor: "The personnel of the Criminal Department have basically completed the investigation, will they be allowed to return to their posts?" ”

The emperor said: "If there is no fault, it will naturally return to work." ”

"Who fills the vacancy for the position of Shangshu in the Criminal Department?"

The emperor thought about it and looked at the official book again.

The secretary of the ministry asked: "Is it ...... by the servant of the criminal department?"

There is no one in the Criminal Department here today, otherwise Lord Shilang of the Criminal Department will definitely be very excited when he hears the proposal of the Ministry of Rites.

However, Qu Ping said: "Your Majesty, there is one person recommended by the ministers. ”

"Oh? Who does Aiqing recommend? ”

Qu Ping glanced at Wu Lan behind him and said: "Wu Luan, Marquis of Wushun, although he is the envoy of Chengdu Fulu Jiedu, he is only in charge of political affairs, not military, and some overkill. Therefore, the minister proposed that Marquis Wu Shun should take the post of secretary of the criminal department. ”

Qu Ping thinks so, now the army is managed by military districts, and all frontiers except Mongolia, Yunnan, and Tubo have 100,000 troops, and even Li Changzuo in Ningxia has no army and military power.

What's more, Qu Ping also has to help the emperor realize a wish, to transfer all the princes from all over the country to the capital to serve, so as to facilitate the centralization of power, facilitate the emperor's single-handed control, and realize centralization.

Now the major princes, except for Wu Jue leading the troops, Wu Lu is in charge of Chengdu to hold Tubo and Yunnan hostage, the king of Tubo and Yunnan are highly autonomous, the prince of Mengguo is semi-autonomous and half under the control of the imperial court, the king of Ningxia is only in charge of the government and the army, and other important personnel are basically in Kyoto.

Wu Lan was stunned for a moment when he heard Qu Ping suddenly recommend himself. Although his official position is greater than his actual status, he is far from the emperor in the mountains, and he has a comfortable life, so he did not consider entering Beijing High School at all.

The emperor heard Wu Lan's name, thought about it, and felt that Qu Ping's proposal made sense. Wu Luan's high-ranking officials are placed on the edge of the sky, and they are really not at ease, so they might as well take the opportunity to transfer him up internally, which can be regarded as contacting Wu Lan's trend of being the enemy's soil emperor.

Wu Lan saw the emperor nodding, and said in his heart what he was afraid of, and he was afraid that he would have to look up to the emperor every day in the future.

Sure enough, I heard the emperor say: "It makes sense, I let such a big person as Lord Wu suffer in the remote areas, and I want to consider any other candidates, Lord Wu is the best candidate!" ”

Wu Lan said: "The minister is afraid! The minister has no experience in the criminal department, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to take this position, and he will be entrusted by the emperor! ”

"Aiqing, don't be modest, I can see your political achievements in Chengdu clearly. The position of the secretary of the criminal department belongs to you! The emperor said undoubtedly.

Seeing that the holy will was resolute, Wu Lan had no choice but to kneel down and thank him: "Minister, thank the emperor for his love!" ”

The emperor was satisfied, and said happily: "Aiqing is flat." From now on, let's take office in the Criminal Department! The family members in Chengdu were then escorted to Beijing and the family was reunited. ”

"Emperor Xie!" Wu Lan thanked again.

There is another prefect in Chengdu Fulu, and there is no need for a newcomer to replace Wu Luan.

Everyone congratulated Wu Lan a few words, and Li Gang asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, when will the Qin prisoners be executed?" ”

The emperor didn't have to think about it, and said: "The crime has been decided, and the execution will be carried out at three o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow, so as not to waste food!" Qin Hui and other main criminals were beheaded on the street. The rest of the people, etc., were uniformly pulled to the remote place for adjudication. Prisoners of exile, disperse as soon as possible! ”