Qi Ning had a smile on his face, but everyone could see that there was not the slightest smile in the eyes of the little marquis, but it was extremely sharp and abnormal, with a terrifying chill.

Cao Sen was stared at by Qi Ning's eyes, his back was already sweating, and cold sweat was oozing from his forehead.

"Master Hou, ...... lowly position!"

"In the lobby of the Criminal Department, there is no Hou Ye." Qi Ning's voice was slightly cold: "Everyone remembers, sitting here is the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, that is, the Lord of the Ministry in your mouth." ”

Cao Sen hurriedly said: "Lord Ministry, humble ..... After returning home last night, he did ...... I have indeed been consulting the dossier ......! ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Everyone heard clearly, Cao Sixun said to this official that after he left the yamen last night, he went home and checked the file until ten o'clock, because of this, he was late for nearly an hour today." Sitting upright, he said slowly: "If you stay up late because of public relations and are late for a moment today, the official will be punished greatly, and many people must be unconvinced." In fact, this official is not an unreasonable person......! He bent down and took a small wooden card from under the table in his hand, the small wooden card looked very neat, and it was also tied with a red ribbon, Qi Ning held the small wooden card up, and said with a smile: "Do you know what this is?" ”

When the officials saw this, many of them were stunned.

"Presumably among you, some of you already recognize this brand." Qi Ning smiled and said: "It's not a sin for a man to be in a hurry. There is an alley in the north city, called Fat Yan Lane, it is very fragrant when you hear the name, in fact, in that alley, there is more fragrant place, there is a good place, called Fat Yan Pavilion! ”

Many officials suddenly showed strange looks, and some even smiled.

"I don't need to say more about what kind of place is the Fat Yan Pavilion." Qi Ning said: "There are dozens of girls in there, Yan is thin and fat, and there are all kinds of styles, each girl has a brand, and the owner of this brand is a red card in the Fat Yan Pavilion." Throwing the wooden sign to Cao Sen's feet, he said lightly: "Cao Sixian, you come to tell everyone, how does this girl look?" ”

When Cao Sen saw the brand, his face was already pale, and when the brand fell at his feet, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he bent down, picked up the wooden card, only glanced at it, trembled violently, raised his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.

"Yesterday, you Cao Sixuan did leave the yamen of the Criminal Department." Qi Ning's eyes were like torches, staring directly at Cao Sen: "But you didn't go home." I don't know when there was an extra piece of paper in my hand, I looked at the paper and said: "You went directly to Baixi Building in the east of the city, and met a gentleman who came from Huiji, that person is called Wu Xianzhong......!" He glanced up at Cao Sen and asked, "I didn't say the wrong name, did I?" ”

Cao Sen was already pale and trembling at this time, and he had long lost his previous composure, and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves.

"You stayed in Baixi Tower for more than an hour, and during that time you called two singers." Qi Ning's voice was brisk: "After leaving Baixi Building, you went directly to the Fat Yan Pavilion, the Fat Yan Pavilion is a place that you Cao Sixuan is very familiar with, you have to go there four or five times a month, in the past two months, you have been messing with a girl named Yuxue, and last night was no exception." In the Fat Yan Pavilion, you stay until the time of the child, and then leave, the expenses in it, are paid by the gentleman called Wu Xianzhong, not only that, yesterday Wu Xianzhong gave you a generous gift, the valuation is about eight hundred taels of silver, and Wu Xianzhong also promised to buy you a private house, and then the girl named Yuxue was redeemed and placed in that private house. Speaking of this, Qi Ning sighed and asked, "Cao Sixian, if there is something inaccurate in what I said, you can refute it now." ”

At this time, Cao Sen only felt that his legs were weak, and he had no strength for a while, so he knelt on the ground, opened his mouth, and couldn't speak.

All the officials in the hall were shocked in their hearts, they saw Cao Sen's reaction, they knew that what Qi Ning said was true, and they were shocked that Qi Ning knew Cao Sen's whereabouts last night so well.

"Cao Sen, if you don't speak, do you disagree with what this official said?" Qi Ning smiled: "If you think what I said is wrong, I can ask that Wu Xianzhong to come over immediately." Although not many people know about your visit to the Yan Pavilion last night, there are still a few witnesses, if you want, the official can pass them over now, including that Yuxue girl, in short, you will never be wronged, what do you think? ”

Cao Sen finally came to his senses at this time, fell to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Hou ...... No, no, no, my lord, I am humble...... Damn it, ...... last night! ”

"It's not a sin for a man to spend all his time drinking, I just said that." Qi Ning sighed, "But you deceived Shangguan in public, obviously you were drunk and drunk, but you were ashamed to speak in the lobby of the Criminal Department, telling us that you stayed up late to run errands, Cao Sen, your courage is really not small." ”

"Humble ..... Guilty of lowly office, ..... later Don't dare to do it again, beg.... I beg the lord of the ministry to be merciful, and spare the humble position this time, and the humble position will never dare to ...... again! Cao Sen was completely arrogant at this time, trembling all over, and kowtowing again and again.

Qi Ning sneered: "In this way, you are admitting that what this official just said is not wrong. This is good......! Turning his gaze at Chu Mingwei, he asked, "Master Chu, I don't know what crime to deceive the officials?" ”

Chu Mingwei's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Return to the Ministry of Justice, this must be punished according to the facts, according to the crime committed by Cao Sen, at least fifty sticks, in addition, the official will be dismissed and dismissed, and it will not be used again!" ”

"There are clear rewards and punishments, no matter which yamen should be like this, let alone the yamen of the criminal department who is in charge of punishment." Qi Ning said lightly: "Cao Sen, Master Chu's words, do you understand?" ”

Cao Sen raised his head and said, "Lord Ministry, humble ..... There is indeed a fault in the lowly office, but ..... However, he has been in the yamen of the Criminal Department for more than ten years, and he ..... And it was Lord Qian who pulled it up ...... the first time! "At this point, I realized that I had said the wrong thing, and I couldn't take it back.

"Lord Qian?" Qi Ning really grabbed it and said, "You mean Qian Raoshun?" Haha smiled and said: "This official knows that there are still many people in the yamen of the criminal department who are thinking that one day that Lord Qian Rao Shun Qian will be able to make a comeback, and this official may have to leave when he is in the yamen of the criminal department, I don't know if this is the case?" ”

There are indeed many people in the yamen of the Criminal Department who have such thoughts, and at this time, listening to Qi Ning say it bluntly, they are all in their hearts.

"But I still advise you, the Holy Decree personally deposed Qian Raoshun, if Qian Raoshun can make a comeback and reuse, doesn't it mean that the Holy Will's will is not wise enough?" Qi Ning said coldly: "Qian Raoshun's case is still under review, this person is a scholar of the Criminal Department, knows the law and violates the law, engages in favoritism, extorts confessions by torture, and even concocts a perjury, how can such a big crime be spared?" ”

Qi Ning's voice was calm, and all the officials present did not dare to make eye contact with Qi Ning for a while.

"The official said this, just to let you know how you lived before, I don't care, but how you want to live in the future, you must follow the regulations of the imperial court." Qi Ning said lightly: "Some people are thinking in their hearts, I, Qi Ning, have no experience in criminal names, whether I will break the constitution of the Criminal Department when I come to the Criminal Department, you don't have to worry about this, the emperor decreed that I will be in charge of the criminal name, and I will naturally act in accordance with the regulations of the Criminal Department. ”

Originally, there were still many officials who were thinking about whether to come out to ask for Cao Sen's marriage, but when they heard Qi Ning's words, they immediately hesitated.

Many people are similar to Cao Sen's calculations in their hearts, and they all feel that Qian Raoshun has helped the Sima family a lot in the change of the imperial tomb, Sima Langui is the prince of the town, and when he is the head of the court, he should not leave Qian Raoshun alone, and the possibility of a comeback is very great, so they all think in their hearts that if Qian Raoshun really makes a comeback, he really can't get too close to Qi Ning.

But at this time, he suddenly understood that with the interference of the Jinyi Qi family, Qian Rao Shun may not really be able to make a comeback, and the most important thing is that Qi Ning is now a legitimate criminal department scholar, and the current official is now in charge, at this time, it is really unwise to reject this little marquis because of the idea of saving money and Rao Shun's comeback.

This scene that happened to Cao Sen was well known to everyone present, Qi Ning obviously expected that Cao Sen would deliberately embarrass him today, so he had made preparations in advance, and deliberately rectified Cao Sen in front of everyone today.

Cao Sen knew that the catastrophe was coming, but he still held on to the last trace of luck, and bowed his hand to the surrounding officials: "Everyone, please ..... I also ask you to help me plead with my colleagues for many years. Cao has been in the Criminal Department for many years, and he can be regarded as conscientious, just because of ..... Just because I was an hour late today, I ..... It is ...... to be punished in this way! But he didn't say any more.

At this time, the surrounding officials knew that Qi Ning was going to kill chickens and monkeys, and who dared to be implicated, and they didn't look at Cao Sen one by one.

Qi Ning sneered and looked at Chu Mingwei, Chu Mingwei knew it, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, take Cao Sen down and beat you with fifty sticks!" ”

Cao Sen knew that if he didn't die or be disabled, he was a disfigurer, so he made a heart and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, ..... today." Will you watch me be chastened today? Today, Cao Sen, because I am late, I will be punished so heavily, and tomorrow I will ..... Tomorrow, maybe because of other sesame-sized things, you will also suffer injustice, is there no one in my criminal department yamen who dares to speak? ”

Not only will he receive fifty strokes, but he will also be dismissed from office, and his future will be ruined.

It's just that at this time, knowing that Cao Sen's catastrophe is coming, who will go to this troubled water.

At this time, several officials from the Criminal Department had already entered the hall, and they were about to drag Cao Sen down to be tortured, and when he heard Cao Sen shouting, Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "Wait!" Leaning forward, his eyes were like knives, staring at Cao Sen and said: "Cao Sen, this official is looking at your work in the Criminal Department for many years, and I wanted to leave you face, since you don't want to be embarrassed, then I don't need to keep it for you." He took out a file from under the table, handed it to Chu Mingwei, sneered, and said, "Master Chu, you are the right servant of the Criminal Department, and this case will be handled by you!" ”