He Yong immediately took out the account book from his big sleeve and said: "Your Highness, your subordinates have sent people to search Cui Yanze's mansion again, and found a secret compartment on the wall in his study, and found this in the secret compartment!" ”

"What is this?" Zhao Ping asked.

He Yong replied: "This is the details of Cui Yanze's money and property accounts that Cui Yanze has bribed several important ministers of the imperial court over the years, and I remember clearly when, where, and how much each one is!" ”

"What, get it!"

Zhao Ping quickly got up and sat down with the account book and opened it to look at it, the more he looked at it, the worse his face became, the more ugly he became, and he said angrily after reading it: "Shocking, these people are really daring!" He Sicheng, you go and prepare manpower, and arrest people immediately! ”

He Yong didn't agree, and turned his head to look at the little official standing next to him.

The little official hurriedly saluted Zhao Parallel: "The subordinates are going to do things first!" ”

After the little official left, He Yong said to Zhao Ping: "Your Highness, although this is a strong evidence, if it is an ordinary official, it is just an ordinary official, and they can be dismissed and questioned with this thing alone, but the few people recorded on it are all important ministers of the imperial court, and the weight of this account book is a little lighter, and the subordinates think that this case should continue to collect evidence of their crimes, and make this case an iron case, so that they have nothing to say!" ”

Zhao Ping thought about it for a moment and replied: "Okay, you can handle this matter, and from now on they will be fully controlled!" ”

"No!"

The little official who had just retired did not go far, but hid outside the door to eavesdrop, he heard that the two had discussed, and immediately dodged and hidden, and as soon as He Yong left, he quietly returned to Zhao Ping's class room, and then stretched out his head to look inside, only to see that Zhao Ping was putting the account book in a bookcase, pressing it with many books as a cover, and locking it with a small copper lock.

The little official left quickly, and he soon came to the class room next door, which was the class room of Zou Ruhai, the waiter of the Criminal Department.

"Squire, it's not good!"

Zou Ruhai saw Bai Shan, who looked panicked, walking in, and asked, "Bai Shan, what's going on so panicked?" ”

Bai Shan walked over and whispered a few words in Zou Ruhai's ear, Zou Ruhai's face instantly lost his bloodluster after hearing it, he looked flustered for a while, and finally so many years of high-ranking official career allowed him to quickly control his emotions and stabilize his consciousness.

"This thing can't fall into their hands, how much evidence it has is not the final say of the Imperial City Division, nor the King of Shu, but His Majesty's final say, Your Majesty said that it can't be used as evidence, Your Majesty said that it can be used as evidence, it is just a knife to kill your head!"

Bai Shan said eagerly: "Squire, what is the right thing now?" ”

Zou Ruhai's brain was running quickly, he thought for a while and said, "I must find a way to get this account book, wait ······"

Bai Shan was surprised: "What's the matter, squire?" ”

Zou Ruhai frowned and said, "Could this be the trick of the King of Shu?" ”

Bai Shan thought for a while and said, "Squire, can we afford to gamble?" If it's true······ And the king of Shu handed it over to His Majesty······"

Zou Ruhai thought about it, he really couldn't afford to gamble, no matter whether this account book was true or not, he had to find a way to get it!

After some thinking and weighing, Zou Ruhai immediately said to Bai Shan: "In this way, this official will now find an excuse to lure the King of Shu away, I will give you half a day, and you will find a way to find a person who is proficient in lockpicking outside to steal the account book from the King of Shu's class!" Remember, after the matter is completed, you must extinguish your mouth, no one can withstand the investigation and interrogation of the Imperial City Division, in case the person you are looking for leaks out, you and I will be completely finished! ”

"Understood, my subordinates will go!"

Bai Shan left, Zou Ruhai pondered in the class room for a while, thought about countermeasures, and then came directly to Zhao Ping's class room.

"Knock knock!" Zou Ruhai walked to the door of Zhao Ping's class room and knocked on the door, "Your Highness!" ”

Zhao Ping looked up and saw that it was Zou Ruhai, and beckoned with a smile: "Zou Shilang, come in!" ”

Zou Ruhai walked into the class room and saluted: "I've seen Your Highness!" ”

Zhao Ping got up and said, "Is there something wrong with Zou Shilang coming to this king?" ”

Zou Ruhai said: "Your Royal Highness, that's the case, last year His Majesty ordered the Criminal Department to rebuild the prison, and the Ministry of Justice handed over the construction project to the Ministry of Works, a few days ago, the Ministry of Industry said that it had been completed, let us send someone to receive, I don't know if His Highness is free today, the lower officials accompanied His Highness to receive the prison, if there is a problem, you can let the officials of the Ministry of Industry rework on the spot!" ”

Zhao Ping said: "Do you have to accept it today?" ”

Zou Ruhai said with a smile: "That's not it, it's just that this day was set early in the morning, and it's not impossible to reschedule, or send someone to notify the chief officer of the Ministry of Works······"

"That'······ Okay, you wait for the king, the king will ask someone to prepare the carriage and horses! ”

"No!"

A moment later, Zhao Ping and Zou Ruhai each took a carriage outside the gate of the Criminal Department to Xintian Prison to receive them.

The carriage walked for two minutes and arrived outside the gate of the new prison, which was somewhat remote and sparsely populated.

Getting down from the carriage, Zhao Ping saw that the gate of the new prison was towering, there was a watchtower on each side of the door, there were armor soldiers and crossbowmen standing guard on the watchtower, there was also a soldier standing guard in front of the door, and there were two armor soldiers standing side by side on both sides.

Zou Ruhai got out of the carriage and walked over to Zhao Ping and said to him: "Your Highness, this is the new heavenly prison, and the original heavenly prison has been renamed the dungeon. According to His Majesty's will, from now on, death row prisoners from ordinary backgrounds will be imprisoned in the dungeon, and those who enter the dungeon will basically not be able to get out alive; Ordinary criminals who are not sentenced to death are either imprisoned in the prisons of Chang'an and Wannian counties, or in the prisons of Jingzhao Mansion, but all prisoners who are imprisoned in the dungeons are sentenced to death!

And here, the heavenly prison, the emperor's relatives, court ministers, military generals or executives who commit crimes will be escorted here to be imprisoned, even if it is a death penalty, they will die a decent death, either a glass of poisoned wine or a white silk! ”

Zhao Ping looked at it and asked, "This prison was built under your auspices?" ”

Zou Ruhai said modestly: "It is said that it is the lower official who presides over the promotion of the lower official, and the lower official has made a few more trips, and the structural diagram of the prison is drawn by the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and the lower official has made some changes according to our requirements on the structural drawing!" ”

Zhao Ping looked at it, "Oh, this prison is not a good place, if necessary, this king hopes not to come here for the rest of his life!" Zou Shilang, you said that if one day, you, the presiding builder of the prison, were imprisoned in the prison, would it be a kind of irony? ”

Zou Shilang's face froze.

"Hahaha, Zou Shilang, this king is joking with you!" Zhao Ping laughed and patted Zou Shilang on the shoulder and walked towards the gate of the heavenly prison, and several guards quickly followed.

Just when Zhao Ping and Zou Ruhai were taking over the new prison, Bai Shan, a junior official of the Criminal Department, entered the Criminal Department with a young man with an obscene image.

After passing the double inspection, the two stopped near a long row of class rooms, and Bai Shan whispered to the young man: "Do you see the most magnificent class room in the middle and in front of the door?" All you have to do is go in and find a way to open the copper lock of the bookcase, and then steal out one of the books inside, which is pressed by the books, and the books look like this······ Got it? I'll be waiting for you here, and when you get your hands on it, you'll have to restore the Bronze Lock, and then quickly get here to join me!" ”

The young man nodded: "Understood!" ”

"Okay, go ahead, be careful!"

The craftsmanship of this gentleman on the beam is very exquisite, the copper lock on the bookcase in Zhao Ping's class room was easily opened by him, after a lot of rummaging, the account book was found by him, he put it in his arms and quickly closed the bookcase, and then locked the copper lock, turned around and left quickly.

Coming to the meeting place, Bai Shan stretched out his hand eagerly: "Bring the account book!" ”

The young man laughed and said, "Half of the money left!" ”

Bai Shan said angrily in a low voice: "I can't fit it on me for thirty runs, I'll give it to you when I get out, don't worry, I will still be able to repay the debt?" ”

The young man reluctantly reached out and took out the account book in his arms and handed it over, and Bai Shan took it and quickly flipped through it.

At this moment, more than a dozen catchers suddenly appeared and surrounded them.

Bai Shan heard the movement and looked up, his face changed greatly, and before he could react, several catchers rushed up and threw him to the ground with the gentleman of Liang Shang, who stole the account book, no matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't get out.

A catcher who had opened the periphery came over, looked at Bai Shan and the young thief and sneered: "Sure enough, it is not as expected by His Highness!" Come on, take away! ”

At this time, a director of the criminal department came over and shouted, "Who are you?" Why are people arrested in the Criminal Department? ”

The head catcher took out his waist card and shook it in front of the head of the criminal department: "Xing Zuoming, the head catcher of the Imperial City Division, is ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Shu to investigate the case, and if you want to stop it, you will be regarded as an accomplice with the criminal!" ”

The director of the criminal department was so frightened that he took two steps back, screaming in his heart, scolding himself for being a dog and a mouse, he hurriedly said with a smile: "This official doesn't know the truth, it's abrupt, this head catcher is please!" ”

The head catcher waved with a cold face and said, "Let's go!" ”

When Zhao Ping got the news and rushed from the Heavenly Prison to the Imperial City Division, Xing Zuoming and the others were preparing to interrogate Bai Shan and the thieves he had found.

Accompanied by Si Cheng He Yong, Zhao Ping came to the outside of the torture room to watch the interrogation.

After a while, the thief who was found by Baishan was arrested, and the fast ones whipped their father and shouted at their mother, screaming again and again, and shouting in their mouths: "Spare my life, I am a thief, I was found by him, he paid for my work, I am innocent!" ”

"What's your name?"

"Ge Laosan!"

"What are you doing in the Punishment Department?"

"That criminal department boss hired me to go in and steal an account book!"

"Where did you steal it?"

"In the bookcase of the criminal department's bookcase!"

Xing Zuoming asked with a cold face: "How much money did he pay to hire you to steal?" ”

"Sixty times, half of it was given first, and half of it was not given!" Thief Road.

Xing Zuoming asked again: "Is it the account book that he was looking through when we caught you?" ”

"Yes, yes!"

Xing Zuoming waved his hand, and the two catchers quickly picked up and dragged out the thief Ge Laosan, who was beaten to a bloody pulp, and Bai Shan was quickly escorted in and tied to the wooden pillar.