Qi Ning sneered and shouted: "Zhou Bo, if you don't want to die, confess the matter as it is, otherwise the official will go to face the saint now." ”

Zhou Bo was so frightened by Qi Ning's shout that he almost collapsed to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Ministry, humble ..... All the lowly positions are confessed, and they will never be ..... I will never hide it, I just ask the lord of the ministry to be able to intercede for my humble position, this matter is ......! ”

Before he finished speaking, Da Xichong roared again, and rushed straight to Zhou Bo, but Qi Ning had already picked up the shocking wood on the table, and threw his arm violently, the shocking wood was as fast as a meteor, and it was hitting the crook of Da Xichong's leg, Da Xichong turned his feet, and he had already fallen to the ground, Qi Ning shouted coldly: "Take him!" ”

The yacha of the criminal department on the side immediately stepped forward and pressed Da Xichong to the ground.

Da Xi shouted angrily: "Qi Ning, you declare a personal vendetta, you frame a loyal .......!" ”

"Palm!" Qi Ning said coldly.

If it were changed to normal times, where would the criminal department yacha dare to act impulsively against Da Xi, but although the status of the criminal department yacha is extremely humble, they are not stupid people, and they have seen that the current situation Da Xi Chong is in a catastrophe, at this time, if he does not seize the opportunity to get close to the little marquis, I am afraid that he will not even be able to eat the bowl of rice of the criminal department yacha in the future.

Without saying a word, a yacha raised his hand and fanned Da Xichong, with a crisp sound of "snap", all the officials around him were frightened, secretly thinking that this little marquis was resolute today, Cao Sen was detained and imprisoned, and this Da Xichong seemed to be unable to save his life.

Da Xi Chong was slapped in the mouth, furious, and roared: "You guys..... How dare you hit me! Glaring at the Yacha, the Yacha was a little scared in his heart, but at this time, he saw Qi Ning's figure spread, and he had already floated up from behind the table, holding a token in the lobby of the Criminal Department in his hand, and walked quickly in front of Da Xi Chong, grabbed Da Xi Chong's hair, made his face up, and without saying a word, he used the token to daxi chong's mouth and twitched it more than ten times, Da Xi Chong had no power to resist at all, and only heard the sound of "papapa" in the hall.

Everyone was even more frightened in their hearts, Qi Ning hit a startled wood, and flew up again, showing extremely clever kung fu, which can be said to be amazing, at this time everyone understood in their hearts that this little marquis is really not a good class.

After more than a dozen strokes, Da Xichong's mouth was already full of blood, his lips were swollen, and his eyes were full of anger, but more of horror.

Qi Ning withdrew his hand, handed the token in his hand to the yacha, and said coldly: "Now it's not his turn to speak, he says a word, you hit it, and those who violate the order will be punished for disobedience!" ”

The yacha hurriedly grabbed the token, aimed it at Da Xichong's mouth, and waited for Da Xichong to say a word and then typed it.

Qi Ning folded his hands, stared at Zhou Bo, and said in a deep voice: "Why did Meng Chu escape death back then, you can honestly say it now, if there is a word of deception, I guarantee that you will not live for three days!" ”

Zhou Bo was lying on the ground, and at this time he was already in a trance, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Ministry, they are all ..... It's all done by Da Xichong to persecute ...... lowly position! ”

"You fart ......!" Da Xichong shouted angrily, but the yacha was loyal, Da Xichong just spit out three words, he used the order to hit Da Xichong's mouth three times, the force was not small, Da Xichong was speechless for a while, the blood in his mouth flowed, and the token was also stained with blood.

Zhou Bo knew that the general trend was gone, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Meng Chu was put on death row, and the day of the execution was set..... Let the lowly position replace Meng Chu with one person, the lowly position..... The lowly knew that it was a violation of the law, and once it was discovered, it was ..... It's a capital offense, so ..... So I didn't dare to say yes. Raising his eyes, he secretly glanced at Qi Ning, and saw Qi Ning standing beside him with his hands behind his back, so he continued: "But Da Xichong said that if he can't listen to his orders, he ..... He asked the lowly to go back to his hometown to farm, and gave the lowly job five hundred taels of silver ......! ”

Qi Ning didn't say a word, and the other officials also bowed their heads and said nothing, and the entire hall was silent.

"He's ..... He was a superior, and he didn't dare to disobey him, and he had no choice but to do it, and after two days, he handed over the lowly position to a person, and the lowly post ..... The humble position can only be replaced. Zhou Bo lowered his head and said: "That person looks like Meng Chu, if you don't look carefully, it is not easy to find flaws." On the day of the execution, the prisoner was Da Xichong, and the prisoner was taken to the execution ground, and he was covered with a hood until a moment before the execution, when he took off the hood, and before anyone could see it clearly, he cut off his head ......! ”

Qi Ning sneered and glanced at Da Xi Chong, only to see that Da Xi Chong's whole person was already languishing and sitting on the ground, and his face was already like ashes at this time.

"After the prisoner was sentenced, Da Xichong immediately asked people to clean up the scene, and this thing was done from beginning to end, and no one found out." Zhou Bo said: "Humble position..... I have been terrified of my humble position, but after many months, nothing happened, so I ..... So I just thought that no one knew about it. After a while, someone secretly sent the silver to the house of the lowly job, at first the lowly official didn't know who sent the silver, and he didn't dare to use it, until the second time he sent it, the lower official knew that it was ..... That was when Meng Chu fled to Luling, and sent some silver over every year, perhaps..... Maybe it's because I'm worried about the leakage of the ......! ”

Everyone present knew in their hearts that after Zhou Bo confessed, it was unclear whether he would be able to live, but Da Xichong would definitely not survive.

Chu Mingwei finally said coldly at this time: "The supervisor who beheaded Meng Chu back then should normally go by the lower officials, but Da Xichong took the initiative to ask to personally supervise the beheading, it turned out that this was the reason. ”

Qi Ning turned his eyes to Da Xichong and said lightly: "Da Xichong, what else do you have to say?" ”

Da Xichong's whole body was weak, his eyes were blank, and he didn't seem to hear Qi Ning's question, Qi Ning waved his hand and said coldly: "Put on death row!" ”

The yacha immediately dragged Da Xichong down, and Qi Ning waited for Da Xichong to be taken down before saying to Zhou Bo: "You take the initiative to confess, this official has something to say first, and he will say a few words to the court for you, but how to deal with it must be done in accordance with the laws of the court." You now go and write a confession. He waved his hand and motioned for the yacha to take Zhou Bo down as well.

There was silence in the hall, Qi Ning's eyes slowly scanned, and everywhere he looked, every official stood respectfully and respectfully.

The group of officials kneeling on the ground even pressed their foreheads to the ground, and they didn't dare to breathe.

"There are no rules." Qi Ning said lightly as he walked back: "I don't know what rules the Criminal Department has set by itself, and I don't want to know, from now on, I will follow my rules, do my duty, be fair and honest, this is my rule." Being an errand in the criminal department is not an easy job, and the slightest negligence is a matter of life and death......! After a pause, he smiled faintly: "Not only the life and death of the prisoners, but also the life and death of you!" ”

Everyone's hearts sank.

"Those who should receive the punishment will receive it themselves, and those who should do the errand will do it themselves." Qi Ning waved his hand: "I don't want to say anything superfluous, you are all smart people, and it is useless to say more." ”

The officials who knelt on the ground all got up, bowed out of the door, and went straight to receive the punishment, and the other officials also saluted Qi Ning one after another, and then returned to their headquarters.

Chu Mingwei was also about to leave, but Qi Ning had already said, "Master Chu stays." After everyone retreated, he went to the back hall with his hands behind his back, Chu Mingwei hesitated for a moment and followed to the back hall.

Behind the lobby is a long corridor, along the corridor but thirty steps, is the back hall, into the back hall, Qi Ning sat down on a chair, after Chu Mingwei entered the house, Qi Ning Nu mouthed, Chu Mingwei understood, turned around and closed the door.

"Lord Chu, please be seated!" Qi Ning raised his hand and pointed to the chair next to him.

Chu Mingwei hesitated, or went over to sit down, Qi Ning stared at Chu Mingwei, and said with a smile: "Lord Chu, should I thank you today, or should you thank me?" ”

Chu Mingwei was stunned, but he still asked cautiously, "What does Lord Ministry mean?" ”

"You helped me get rid of Da Xichong and Cao Sen, and deterred the officials of the Criminal Department, the so-called three fires of the new officials took office, and the fire I took office burned very strongly." Qi Ning smiled and said: "But in other words, I also helped you get rid of Da Xichong, if nothing else, you, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, will soon be transformed into the left attendant of the Criminal Department." ”

Chu Mingwei changed color slightly, but soon got up, stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "The lower official is abrupt, and I also ask the lord of the ministry to surrender!" ”

"You don't have to think about it, and you don't have to sin!" Qi Ning picked up Chu Mingwei and said with a smile: "I might as well tell you the truth, I came to the Criminal Department to take office, Da Xichong is bound to get rid of it, these days have sent people to search for Da Xichong's criminal evidence, this person is definitely not clean, but it is not easy to find criminal evidence." Patted Chu Mingwei on the shoulder: "You Lord Chu sent charcoal in the snow and sent the evidence of Cao Sen and Da Xichong to the door of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion, which can be regarded as a great help to me." ”

That night, Qi Ning returned home from Tian's house, but found a package under the butt of the stone lion in front of the back house, and went back to the house to take a closer look, but it was the evidence of Da Xichong and Cao Sen's crimes.

Chu Mingwei sighed: "The Lord of the Ministry is really wise, and he can guess that it is the evidence sent by the lower officials. ”

"Nothing happens for no reason." Qi Ning sat down and motioned for Chu Mingwei to sit down as well: "I found out that the package was the evidence of the two of them, so naturally it was clear that someone wanted to help me get rid of them, of course, the main purpose was to reach Xi Chong, Cao Sen was just incidental, but the appearance of Cao Sen's criminal evidence made me believe that it must have been done by someone from the Criminal Department." ”

"Oh?"

"The first time I came to the Criminal Department a few days ago, Cao Sen was very disrespectful to me, and only the people in the Criminal Department knew about it at that time." Qi Ning said with a smile: "So the appearance of Cao Sen's incriminating evidence is not to really want to bring him down, but just to give me a reason to breathe." ”

Chu Mingwei sighed and said: "Lord Mintang is really shrewd. ”

"Since it is the criminal evidence sent by someone in the criminal department, who is most beneficial to Da Xichong's downfall?" Qi Ning smiled and said, "Of course it's you, Lord Chu, but just that, it doesn't prove that it's the incriminating evidence you sent." The key point is that Da Xichong's incriminating evidence is extremely detailed, and it is obvious that it took a great deal of effort to collect so much incriminating evidence in the Criminal Department, which is impossible for ordinary officials to do. ”

"The lower officials thought it was secret, but they didn't want the ministry to be clear." Chu Mingwei smiled bitterly: "Da Xichong has helped Qian Rao Shun to act as a tiger all these years, and there have been many unjust cases in the Criminal Department, but the officials are .......!" Shaking his head, he said: "Back then, Da Xichong stole the beam and changed the pillar, and took the initiative to ask for the prison to be beheaded, and the lower official was suspicious in his heart, after the criminal was punished, the lower official found an opportunity to check before his body was disposed of, and found that it was really dropped, and since then he has secretly investigated this case." ”

"Some of the case files have turned yellow, has Master Chu already collected evidence?"

Chu Mingwei bowed slightly: "Over the years, if the lower officials have been in the Criminal Department, they are not trusted by Qian Raoshun, and they are low-key people, but they don't hate Qian Raoshun, so they never care about the lower officials, and they don't pay attention to what the lower officials do secretly." It is not difficult to collect criminal evidence, but in order to find Meng Chu's whereabouts, it took a lot of effort, but fortunately, in October last year, Meng Chu's whereabouts were finally clarified, but the lower officials did not act rashly. ”

"Since you have the evidence in your hand and you know Meng Chu's whereabouts, why didn't you report it to the court?" Qi Ning asked.

Chu Mingwei shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The power of the lower officials is weak, at that time, Qian Raoshun and Da Xichong were embarrassed, and the criminal department was also under their control, and at that time, Qian Raoshun was still the confidant of the king of Huainan. ”

"In that case, why did you send me the incriminating evidence this time?"

"The lower officials have the courage to say bluntly, there are two reasons, one is because Da Xichong's gang is really lawless, knows the law and violates the law, if Da Xichong does not get rid of it, the criminal department will never be peaceful." Chu Mingwei said: "Another reason is to see if the Lord of the Ministry really has the heart to rectify the Criminal Department." ”

Qi Ning said with interest: "How do you say this? ”

"If the lord of the ministry is just a passer-by, and he is afraid of the Zhenguo Gong behind Da Xichong, then even if he has the evidence of guilt, I am afraid he will not really attack Da Xichong." Chu Mingwei said slowly: "If this is the case, the lower officials will only think that these two years have been in vain, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, if even the ministers don't care about this matter, there will be no second person who dares to do it." ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly, but did not speak.

"But if the Lord of the Ministry really wants to rectify the Criminal Department and gain a foothold in the Ministry of Punishment, I believe that the Lord of the Ministry will never let go of this opportunity." Chu Mingwei's eyes were profound: "First, Da Xichong has his own line in the Criminal Department, there are many party henchmen, and he is also a person from the Zhenguo Gong, if you don't get rid of this person, the Lord of the Ministry will have many difficulties in the Criminal Department in the future." Second, if the Lord of the Ministry is new to the department, if he does not find an opportunity to stand up, it will be difficult to deter the gang of people in the Criminal Department, so as long as the Lord of the Ministry is ready to gain a foothold in the Criminal Department, he will definitely take the evidence of the crime and bring down Da Xichong! ”

Qi Ning clapped his hands and smiled: "Master Chu is really shrewd and sophisticated, and he is honest, very good, I like to deal with you like this." ”

"The Lord of the Ministry promoted one person today, dealt with three people, punished a group of people, rewarded and punished, and was extremely clever." Chu Mingwei said with admiration: "With this majesty, the next step is to rectify the Criminal Department, which will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!" ”

Qi Ning laughed, and his expression immediately became cold: "Lord Chu, whether you are out of public or selfish intentions this time, I am very grateful for your help this time." You want to make the Criminal Department a pure land, I appreciate your attitude, but I want to see your actions in the future, if you really want to help the official, the official will naturally entrust you with important tasks, what Qian Raoshun didn't give you, I will give it to you, but if you go against your original intention, your words and deeds are inconsistent, he won't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless! ”

Chu Mingwei got up and knelt on the ground, with a solemn expression: "The lower officials must follow the ministers wholeheartedly, if there is a dissenting heart, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”