What happened between Xian'er and the black robe, Qi Ning naturally didn't know, and returned to the Hou Mansion that night to make sure that Tang Nuo was fine, so he went back to the house to rest.

Although Tang Nuo turned the corner, Qi Ning's mood was not happy, he was bent on digging out Lu Shanghe's whereabouts from Duan Qingchen, and now that Duan Qingchen had been wiped out, Lu Shanghe's whereabouts were even more difficult to find, and he couldn't help but be a little depressed.

The next morning, he got up early, and after washing, he took two attendants and went straight to the yamen of the criminal department.

Longtai has already handed over the criminal department to him, and now that he is in charge of the department, he naturally has to see what happens.

The yamen of the criminal department is located in Mingyang Street, which is not far from the imperial city, there are many yamen of the imperial court on this street, Qi Ning went to the yamen of the criminal department, and saw a black plaque on the head of the criminal department, which carried the words "clear inspection and honesty", and the couplets with bronzing words were hung on the two doorposts on the left and right, and the six yamen of the criminal department stood left and right, and pressed the handle of the saber with their hands, but it also looked very solemn.

Qi Ning dismounted, and the entourage around him had already said loudly: "Jinyi is waiting to arrive, go in quickly!" ”

A guard of the Criminal Department immediately ran to report, and it didn't take long for Qi Ning to see four or five officials coming over here, the first one was in his early forties, and his body was thin, and when he saw Qi Ning, he quickened his pace, stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Shen Lian, the head of the Criminal Department, is here to see Lord Hou!" ”

Several officials behind him also saluted Qi Ning together.

Qi Ning frowned slightly and asked, "Who is in charge of the Criminal Department now?" ”

"Back to the Hou Ye, it's Lord Lang Daxi." Shen Lian said respectfully: "However, Lord Daxi has been unwell in the past few days, and has been recuperating in the mansion, and he has not been able to come to the yamen on an errand today. Speaking of this, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at Qi Ning.

Qi Ning thought to himself that it seemed that Lao Tzu really shot too hard last time, and Da Xi Chong, who hit him, couldn't go out until now, and asked, "Who is the right waiter of the Criminal Department?" ”

"It's Lord Chu." Shen Lian said: "But Lord Chu is handling the case right now, and he can't come out to greet him, so I ask Master Hou to forgive me." ”

Qi Ning hesitated for a moment before asking, "Has the will of the palace been issued?" ”

"Lord Hou is saying that the emperor decreed that Lord Hou should be in charge of the will of the Criminal Department?" Shen Lian's voice was calm: "Back to the Hou Ye, yesterday's decree has been issued, and everyone has been waiting for the Hou Ye to come to the post." ”

Qi Ning thought that Xing had not received the order yet, but he only thought that today was his sudden visit, so there were so many officials who came out to greet him, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Since the decree has been promulgated, then the officials of the Criminal Department naturally already know that they are about to take charge of the Criminal Department, and they came to the Yamen on the first day today.

Qi Ning's heart was suddenly a little unhappy, but he remained silent, and said with a smile: "This official is the first day to come on an errand today, so you should take care of it." He didn't talk nonsense, put his hands on his back, and went straight to the yamen.

He did not call himself Benhou, but called himself an official, which naturally told everyone that he did not enter the Yamen of the Criminal Department to speak with a title, but to stay here as the chief official of the Criminal Department.

After entering the yamen, those officials all bowed their hands to Qi Ning and said: "Master Hou, there are still official duties in the lowly position, please retire first!" Several people didn't even wait for Qi Ning to say more, they had already retreated one after another, and in the end, only Shen Lian, the head of the Criminal Department, remained by his side.

Qi Ning frowned and glanced at Shen Lian, but Shen Lian was cautious, Qi Ning looked over, Shen Lian immediately bowed his body, looking extremely humble, with a slight smile on his face.

"It seems that the yamen is very busy today, could it be that there is something important?" Qi Ning put his hands behind his back and went to the main hall of the yamen of the criminal department.

Shen Lian followed by his side and said cautiously: "Back to Master Hou, the Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal names, and its affairs have always been very busy. Recently, there was a case of rebellion against the king of Huainan, and the Holy Lord had already issued an order to be investigated and handled by the good students of the Criminal Department, so it ...... Officials of all sizes in the yamen are doing this right now. ”

Qi Ning stopped, turned his head with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "Are you all working on the case of King Huainan's rebellion?" Very well, this official has also received the emperor's will to thoroughly investigate this case. Director Shen, tell me how you are going to handle this case, so that I can learn and learn. ”

Shen Lian was stunned for a moment, but immediately smiled and said: "Master Hou, this case was originally investigated by Lord Daxi, and after Lord Daxi recuperated, Lord Chu is now in charge of presiding, so how to investigate this case is all instructed by Lord Chu, and the humble position is just to follow the instructions." ”

"I see." Qi Ning thought to himself that it seemed that this Shen Lian was an old slippery head, so he was not angry, and said with a smile: "This official has just come to the Criminal Department, and everything is unknown, how about Lord Shen introduce it?" ”

Shen Lian hurriedly said: "Back to Hou Ye, the Criminal Department has seven divisions under the Criminal Department, including the Supervision and Arrest Department, the Autumn Trial Department, the Reduction and Punishment Department, the Prison Hall, the Stolen Punishment Library, the Redemption Department, and the Law Hall. There are one Shangshu, two waiters, four directors, and 21 chief officials, 28 officials, and 76 secretaries. The total number of officials is 136, and there are 280 officials of the Criminal Department, and there are more than 400 people up and down the entire Yamen of the Criminal Department. ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that the yamen of the Criminal Department was also bloated, there were more than 400 people in the Criminal Department alone, and the total number of the six yamen was two or three thousand.

Now the state of Chu is only half of the country, and not counting the other divisions and yamen, if it is completely counted, the officials of Jianye Capital are really an extremely large team.

After the Qinhuai War, the vitality of the Chu State was greatly damaged, and the treasury was empty, but it still had to support such a large management team, no wonder the household department always shouted poverty.

"How many people are on errand in the Seventh Division of the Criminal Department today?" Qi Ning asked as he walked, but at this time he didn't go to the lobby, and saw a big stone monument on the left, bypassing the stone monument and walking along a bluestone path.

Shen Lian was a little surprised to see that Qi Ning did not enter the lobby, but he didn't dare to say anything, followed behind, and replied carefully: "In the past few days, because of the case of King Huainan, Lord Chu has ordered that no one should ask for leave, except for a few officials who go out on business, there are hundreds of people in the yamen. ”

"Hundreds of people are busy, which is good." Qi Ning caught a glimpse of a large courtyard on the side, with a plaque hanging on it, saying Autumn Trial Office, knowing that this was one of the seven divisions of the Criminal Department, he went over with his hands on his back, Shen Lian quickened his steps, and said on the side: "Master Hou, why don't you go to the lobby for a cup of tea first, and then go to meet Master Hou when they all stop their errands?" ”

Qi Ning didn't pay attention to it at all, and went straight into the courtyard, which was surrounded by blue bricks and white tiles, and he didn't make a sound, he heard a sound from a room, moved over lightly, walked to the window, and saw that the window was open, but there were five or six officials in the house, gathered together, forming a circle, one by one, and no one looked at the window.

Qi Ning didn't know what these guys were doing, and walked into the house lightly, a group of people didn't realize it, and when Qi Ning got close to the side, he found that several officials were surrounding a table, and there was a large green glaze jar in the middle of the table, and the two crickets in it were fighting very much, and several officials were looking at the fighting crickets with wide eyes, and no one cared about Qi Ning approaching at all.

Shen Lian followed Qi Ning's side, his face changed color slightly, he coughed a few times deliberately, and no one paid attention at first, but when Shen Lian coughed seven or eight times in a row, the one turned his head, saw Shen Lian, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, hurry up and take a look, Lord Hu brought his black general today, it seems that he is ...... capable!" ”

Shen Lian was a successive, the man saw Shen Lian frowning, a little strange, glanced to the side, and saw a young man standing next to him, but he had never seen it, he didn't know it, and couldn't help asking, "Who are you?" ”

With this question, several other officials came back to their senses and turned their heads to look at Qi Ning.

Qi Ning smiled and didn't say anything, but saw an official take two steps forward and knelt on the ground: "Cao Sen, the judge of the lowly autumn trial department, has seen Master Hou!" ”

When the other officials heard the word "Hou Ye", they didn't care much, and knelt down to pay respects, Qi Ning glanced at it and said with a smile: "Get up." ”

Everyone got up, Qi Ning glanced at Shen Lian, and said with a smile: "Shen Zhushi told me that all the adults in the yamen are busy running errands, and I am curious, so I will come and have a look." He glanced at the cricket jar and smiled, "Everyone likes this trick?" ”

Judge Cao Sen said with a smile: "Master Hou, when we are idle in the autumn trial office, we will find some fun to relax, after all, every case is a matter of human life, and we must not be sloppy, if we keep tense, it is easy to do the wrong errand." If there is a mistake in the other yamen, there is still a chance to remedy it, but our criminal department can't do it. ”

"I see." Qi Ning said with a smile: "When you enter the yamen early in the morning, do you adults feel very tired and tired?" ”

Cao Sen said with a smile: "This is the rule of the Autumn Trial Office, we are used to this, having fun for a while, and doing our own errands, which has been the case all these years." ”

"Rules?" Qi Ning bowed slightly, and said: "Each line has its own rules, as the saying goes, the state has national laws, and the family has family rules, this criminal department yamen naturally has its own rules, since it is a rule, it is not easy to destroy, you continue to play." He raised his hand and said, "Please!" ”

The officials looked at each other, but Cao Sen smiled and beckoned: "Master Hou has let go, everyone will finish this fight." Lao Lu, if your black general wins my big green head today, the house in the west of my city will be given to you. If I win, you'll have to hand over your tea set. ”

Several officials looked a little embarrassed, but Qi Ning smiled slightly, didn't say a word, and turned around and went out.

Shen Lian followed Qi Ning out of the door, and said with some embarrassment: "Master Hou, the Autumn Trial Office has always been like this, but they have never delayed the mission that should be done. ”

"It's okay, I'm new here, just to meet with everyone." Qi Ning's face did not change, and he smiled: "By the way, where is Master Chu?" Since he is temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Criminal Department, I should also meet him and ask him for advice. ”

Shen Lian hurriedly said: "Master Hou, please go this way, Lord Chu is over there in the Law Pavilion." ”

"Lead the way!" Qi Ning carried his hands behind his back, looking quite relaxed, Shen Lian led the way in front very respectfully, passing through the hall, but Qi Ning found that the officials of the Criminal Department saw him, and they only saluted him from a distance, but they did not get close.

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