Li Mi and Wu Weizhong were about to go to Hangzhou Mansion to take a trip to Zhang's house, and Li Mi provoked Fan Chongxian It was just an unintentional move, but he didn't expect this gentleman to move out his own Lao Tzu, Fan Rongkuan, the political envoy.

Although this Fan Rongkuan and Wu Weizhong laughed at Yan Yan, if you take it lightly, you are afraid that you will be gnawed to the point that there are no bones left.

Fan Rongkuan's proposal to let Li Mi assist in the investigation of the case is not a surprise, because in ancient times, officialdom had a limit, that is, there were time constraints, and the task could not be completed within the specified time, the first time was fined silver, the second time was spanked, and the punishment was more and more severe.

Don't you see that in ancient times, there were often some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and a large part of the reason for this was the system of comparison.

Because of this system, the pressure on officials will be very great, and the criminal investigation technology in ancient times was backward, and it was impossible to obtain more objective evidence, but in ancient times, case handling was full of subjectivity, and confession was king.

In other words, as long as there is a confession, as long as someone pleads guilty, even if no evidence is found, it is enough to carry out the verdict.

Therefore, in order to complete their tasks, these officials will naturally create some unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and the manufacturing cost of such unjust, false and wrongly decided cases is also extremely low.

In ancient times, the cases of criminals also needed to be reported layer by layer, and they needed to be re-examined again and again before they could finally be decided.

Moreover, the right to sentence the death penalty is not in the locality, and the county officials can only make their own decisions on trivial matters, and intentional injury or other major and important cases need to be decided according to the criminal department, and even the three divisions will be tried, and the death penalty can only be approved by the criminal department.

In ancient times, the Ministry of Communications was convenient, and information transmission also consumed a lot of time, so it was generally carried out at a fixed time, or irregularly, for the execution of the death penalty, and this time period was generally placed in the autumn, so it was also called the autumn decision, and the people were commonly known as the autumn queen.

In other words, there will be a lot of prisoners waiting for trial in the local cells, and the officials only need to give them a little benefit, one crime is also death, and two, three, and eighteen cases are also death, so what about impersonation?

This is just one of the cases, and many unjust, false and wrongful convictions are created by officials in order to avoid this limit.

Fan Rongkuan asked Li Mi to assist in the investigation, obviously looking down on Li Mi's ability, if Li Mi can't find out the case, even if he is arrested from other places, he is only assisting in the investigation, not the person in charge of the case, Wu Weizhong can't hold it on his face, and it is also a happy thing to let Li Mi make a fool of himself in public.

Besides, Fan Rongkuan's main purpose is to prevent them from going to Hangzhou, only by letting Li Mi continue to stay in Jiaxing Mansion, can he rectify this unashamed subordinate, if Li Mi runs to Hangzhou, and Wu Weizhong follows, how can he be angry with his son?

Wu Weizhong naturally knew Fan Rongkuan's plans, and also knew that Li Mi was just a quick catcher, and Fan Rongkuan was a political envoy, and Li Mi couldn't refuse if he wanted to, but Li Mi was his own apprentice, how could he, who was a master, not go back to protect his apprentice?

"Brother Xian laughed, he is a little fast, what can he do, what can he do to alarm Brother Xian's domain, they are all big and important cases, and he has his own punishment hall and criminal department to handle it, if he can't even deal with these two yamen, what can Li Mi do?"

Wu Weizhong said it reasonably, it can be regarded as blocking the way, but Fan Rongkuan smiled and said.

"Brother Wu Xian is afraid that he doesn't know your apprentice's ability, he is very hot in Suzhou Mansion at the moment, not to mention solving murder cases one after another, and pulling out the radish to bring out the mud, and pulling out the fine works of the Japanese Kou, Suzhou City is surging, but it is the masterpiece of your precious apprentice..."

When Fan Rongkuan said this, Li Mi couldn't help but be surprised, because he only broke Fan Chongxian and Wu Baizhi yesterday, and it was just one afternoon and one night, and the Fan family actually investigated themselves to the bottom?

Even if Fan Rongkuan is the chief of the Yamen, it is impossible to be so fast, after all, Jiaxing Mansion is geographically separated from Suzhou Mansion, even if you take the waterway, it will not take three or five days, and you can't go back and forth, unless you have wings, you can't investigate the details of Li Mi in such a short period of time!

Wu Weizhong looked at Li Mi's face, and naturally thought of this stubble, Li Mi is not easy to speak, and he is the only one who comes forward now.

"How did Brother Xian know about these things?"

Fan Rongkuan smiled, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "It's not a secret, this big case happened on the border of Suzhou Mansion, and the people of Suzhou Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion all gathered in one place, and worked together.

"Oh yes, that head catcher is the iron catcher of the four yamen of Suzhou Mansion, and he respects Li Mixian's nephew very much..."

When Fan Rongkuan said this, Li Mi was also taken aback, because the brothers in Suzhou Mansion and Wu County were not investigating the case of the invasion of the Japanese invaders.

But after thinking about it, it is also reasonable, because the area of activity of the Japanese is in this area, and this is the hardest hit area of the Japanese invaders, and the military report is sent by Jin Shanwei and Wu Song and Haining Wei, so it is naturally easy to meet geographically.

After all, Suzhou Mansion is on a business trip, without the support of the base camp, and it is reasonable to seek assistance from Jiaxing Mansion, but what kind of big case is it that has alarmed the official uniforms of the two places and wants to handle the case together?

Li Mi also knew that Fan Rongkuan wanted to prevent him and Wu Weizhong from going to Hangzhou, and wanted to keep him so that his son could take revenge on him and let out a bad breath.

Now Fan Rongkuan is not only obstructing their trip to Hangzhou, but even pulling them back to Suzhou!

Even so, when it comes to the case of the Japanese Invaders, the brothers in Suzhou Mansion are all there, and Li Mi is afraid that he will not be able to go to Hangzhou, this case is very important, and he really wants to take a look.

Wu Weizhong had heard Li Mi talk about his experience, although Li Mi said it in a low-key and humble manner, he still knew Li Mi's ability, so he was not too surprised by Fan Rongkuan's words.

So he asked Li Mi: "Since it involves Suzhou Mansion, it is your duty, but you are here to Jiaxing for business, whether you can go back or not, you can say it yourself." ”

Wu Weizhong said honestly and honestly, even if Li Mi didn't go back, it was reasonable, but if he didn't go back, he didn't get along, and he wanted to see what kind of choice Li Mi would make.

Although he knew that the Fan family's father and son would wait for an opportunity to retaliate, Li Mixin was worried about the case of the widow, and he did not hesitate too much, so he said to Fan Rongkuan.

"Thanks to the eyes of the lord of the domain, and the trouble of the brothers in Suzhou Mansion, Li Mi is duty-bound..."

When Li Mi said this, the Fan family's father and son and Wu Weizhong were all relieved.

The Fan family's father and son are just that, they want to keep Li Mi, so that they can rectify it, and prevent Li Mi from running away to Hangzhou.

Li Mi looked at Wu Weizhong, and the latter also showed a rare smile on his face, and Li Mi was also clear in his heart.

Although this master has passed on his money, he also wants to see his true nature, if Li Mi drops this case and escapes to Hangzhou Mansion, I am afraid that Wu Weizhong will not look down on him Li Mi.

Li Mi had already spoken, Fan Rongkuan was calm, and said to Li Mi: "Since the virtuous nephew has agreed, let's set off, the so-called case is not to be neglected." ”

Wu Weizhong also nodded: "Since that's the case, let's go, the old man is the military gate here, it's a matter of the widows, the old man went over to take a look, it's not a violation, right?" ”

Fan Rongkuan also knew that Wu Weizhong was worried about Li Mi's retaliation, but he didn't care and said to Wu Weizhong.

"What Brother Xian said, Brother Xian cares so much about the place, it is a blessing for the people, and it is also a blessing for many of my colleagues, and we welcome it very much."

Having said that, there is no room for anything, Li Mi and Wu Weizhong have already packed their bags, and they don't need to prepare anything.

Wu Weizhong did not forget the promise of Li Mi, and before leaving, he asked the maid Qiudong to come over and said to her.

"The old man has recognized Li Mi as an apprentice, and he doesn't have a slave or maid by his side, so you can follow him in the future."

Since beating Li Mi and taking off the bronze medal of her slave, she was both excited and nervous in her heart.

She eavesdropped on the conversation between Wu Weizhong and Li Mi, and knew that Wu Weizhong treated Li Mi as an adopted son, and Li Mi was also an extraordinary person, he took off his bronze medal, maybe it was just fun, but maybe it was to give her some freedom.

But when she was a teenager, she had been a slave for seven or eight years, and she couldn't imagine that it was the latter possibility, but now it has come true!

Qiu Dong hurriedly knelt down to salute Wu Weizhong, but he couldn't hide the joy on his face.

Wu Weizhong just waved his hand, Xu was reminded of his daughter, and sighed: "It's all women who don't stay, and they all want to run out..."

Li Mi didn't say anything, just smiled on the side, and secretly winked at Qiudong, as if to say, Na, I mean what I say, you can be regarded as getting rid of this place in the future.

Li Mi is not a feudal master, she will not raise people, let alone bully people, as for whether Qiu Dong can pursue her own free life, she can only rely on her performance in the future.

The departure was imminent, Fan Rongkuan and his son also went home to prepare, and then met with Wu Weizhong and set off together.

Li Mi also took advantage of this opportunity to go back, and asked Lu Chongning to go to Zhang's house in Hangzhou by himself, and he took the three iron arresters from the Torture Hall to prepare to come to Wu Weizhong.

These people were also stunned, Li Mi went out for a day and a night, and when he came back, he became the boss of Hainingwei, a famous general of the anti-Japanese war, and the apprentice of Wu Weizhong?

Li Mi only remembered at this time that Qingque'er, who came to do private affairs together, had not met, so he couldn't help asking.

The three iron catchers said that not long after Li Mi went out, Qingque'er also went out to run errands, and he has not yet returned.

Li Mi thought to himself, Qingque'er was his own brother, although he was smart and clever, but after all, he was only a teenager, so he told Lu Chongning.

"Qingque'er is still young in the end, bother Brother Lu to leave later, and wait for him, if he finishes his business, let him go to the command envoy Yamen to find me, I will take him back to Suzhou, if you can't catch up, Bother Brother Lu to take him to Hangzhou, the right is to have a play, and then take him back together."

Li Mi has a great favor to the Lu family, Lu Chongning is grateful, this great favor can not be repaid, let alone small things, and immediately agreed, Li Mi then relieved to go to the command and envoy Yamen.