In the afternoon, Zhao Hongrun took Zong Weijiao and Gao Kuo to the Criminal Department. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Compared with the Ministry of Rites, he thinks that it is still easier to communicate with the Criminal Department, because of the Wenqi fraud incident, it is difficult to dredge three joints, which are the Vertical Arch Palace, the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial History Supervisor.

The vertical arch hall is Zhao Hongrun's father's will, according to the current relationship between father and son, Zhao Hongrun asked his father for someone, and it is impossible for Wei Tianzi not to give his son this face.

Perhaps this is the most difficult relationship for others to dredge, but for Zhao Hongrun, it is the easiest to do.

The second is the Ministry of Rites, after all, in the Wenqi fraud case, the Ministry of Rites is a victim, because of a candidate and face loss, not only was the Ministry of Officials take the opportunity to impeach, but also was severely reprimanded by Wei Tianzi, coupled with the character of Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, if you want to make the Ministry of Rites acquiesce to this matter, even if it is Zhao Hongrun, it is difficult to do it by virtue of status alone.

Another is the Imperial History Supervisor, because the nature of this case is quite bad, Zhao Hongrun wants to rescue Wen Qi, in a sense, it is also a violation of the criminal law, and it is not surprising that the Imperial History Supervision Commission impeached this matter afterwards.

And in this regard, Zhao Hongrun has nothing to do, after all, the status of the imperial historian is very transcendent in the court now.

Fortunately, his identity is special, so as long as Wei Tianzi nods and acquiesces, even if the Imperial History Supervisor impeaches him in every possible way, he does not dare to really send people to surround the Su Wangfu to find fault.

Compared with these three joints, the criminal department is relatively easy to dredge.

First, the backstage of the criminal department is Yongwang Hongyu, the second brother and Zhao Hongrun have always had a good relationship, and they will give the latter a little face; Second, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is cold-hearted and warm-hearted, and knows how to be flexible, so that he will not be as stubborn as Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he will only allow this matter if Zhao Hongrun makes a soft threat.

Because of these reasons, Zhao Hongrun came to the Criminal Department this time, and there was no pressure in his heart.

Similar to the treatment when he was in the Ministry of Rites, when he learned that His Royal Highness King Su had come to visit, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also temporarily left his official duties and personally went out of the house to greet him.

It's not that Zhao Hongrun's status is really so high that these Shangshu adults have to come out to greet them in person, the fundamental reason is that Zhao Hongrun has rarely set foot in the six departments in the past three years, so these Shangshu adults have given extremely high courtesy.

On the contrary, if Zhao Hongrun ran back and forth to the six departments in three days, I believe that these Shangshu adults would have other opinions.

"His Royal Highness King Su came today, which really surprised Zhou...... I wonder why His Highness came this time? ”

Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, welcomed Zhao Hongrun to the hall in the official office with a surprised expression.

Seeing that Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asked about the intention, Zhao Hongrun did not hide it, and said with a smile: "This king came today to ask for mercy alone, and he also asked Lord Shangshu to be accommodating." ”

"Oh." Zhou Yan suddenly responded, and he already had some numbers in his heart: It must be the people around His Royal Highness King Su who committed something.

You must know that although Zhao Hongrun is by no means a peaceful lord, and he has committed a lot of things in the past few years, these things have their own judgments, and it is not the turn of the Criminal Department to interfere.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yan lowered his voice slightly, and asked tentatively, "Is it someone from His Royal Highness's palace?" ”

"It's not a ...... for the time being" Zhao Hongrun smiled bitterly, and simply stopped hiding it, and said truthfully: "It's the student who disturbed the order of the examination room a while ago, Wen Qi." ”

"Wen Qi ......" Zhou Yan stroked his beard and thought for a moment, then as if he remembered something, he bared his teeth and took a cool breath, and his face showed a little embarrassment: "This ...... This son deliberately ruined the face of the court, and the circumstances were bad, which ...... It's not easy. ”

Seeing Zhou Yan's words to shirk, Zhao Hongrun didn't care, and said in a low voice: "Lord Shangshu, this king has already sought the tacit approval of Lord Du Youdu, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and will also go to the Vertical Arch Hall to ask for his father's permission afterwards...... What do you think? ”

Hearing Zhao Hongrun say this, the embarrassment on Zhou Yan's face suddenly faded, and he said with a smile: "That's easy...... After Zhou wrote a warrant for His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness could go to Dali Temple to mention people. Speaking of this, he showed a little hesitation on his face, and said in a low voice: "According to the rules, the ransom of the golden ransom ......"

"This king knows the rules." Zhao Hongrun nodded and said he didn't care.

The so-called golden ransom is a special right of the aristocracy, to put it bluntly, it is to settle the lawsuit with money, although nominally it is similar to temporarily bailing someone, but in fact, it is no different from release.

As for the crimes in the criminal department's record, there are criminals in the Wei State Criminal Prison, and it will be solved if they are replaced.

And the ransom of the golden ransom is, in a sense, also regarded as the gray income of the criminal department.

I have to say that in fact, there are many dark and dirty things in the Wei State, and even some of them have become commonplace unwritten rules, but Zhao Hongrun has rarely been in contact with them in the past.

And when Zhou Yan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, was writing the warrant, Zhao Hongrun was idle and observed the face of this Shangshu lord.

He felt that this Lord Shangshu seemed to have not rested for several days, so that his face was sallow and his eyes were a little sunken.

So, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask curiously: "Zhou Shangshu, this king looks at Shangshu's popularity is not good...... Could it be that the Criminal Department has had any major cases recently? Or is it that the gang of thieves back then, what clues has the criminal department traced? ”

At this time, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had already written the warrant, and while handing it to Zhao Hongrun, he said with a wry smile: "Please forgive His Royal Highness King Su, the gang of thieves back then, Zhou couldn't find out the results no matter how he investigated, so he had to leave it behind." …… As for the complexion, heh, Zhou has encountered a few cases recently, and he always feels a little strange......"

"Oh? If you don't mind, let this king take a look? Zhao Hongrun was interested when he heard it.

Hearing this, Zhou Yan's eyes lit up, after all, he also knew that His Royal Highness King Su in front of him had always been smart and keen, so he might be able to see some clues.

Thinking of this, he pulled a few times on the desk, turned out a few cases, and said, "Your Highness, please take a look." ”

Seeing Zhou Yan's permission, Zhao Hongrun moved behind the former and looked at the cases.

In the first case, Wang Ling, the county magistrate of Jiyang County, reported that Wang Ling had built a secret cellar in the house, which was full of gold, silver and jewelry, which was worth a lot of money, but Wang Ling could not explain exactly the source of this batch of property, so he was sent by the criminal department to ask for the crime.

When Zhao Hongrun was looking at the case, Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, explained on the side: "The cause of this incident is that the housekeeper had an affair with Wang Ling's concubine, and was severely beaten after being bumped into by Wang Ling.......

"Humph! Cheap slaves. Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao couldn't help but scold disdainfully.

After all, Zong Wei, who has always put loyalty in the first place, is most unaccustomed to this kind of subordinate slave who betrays his master, not to mention that the housekeeper actually dared to be his master's concubine****** Zhou Yan glanced at Wei Jiao, and didn't say anything, and continued to say: "After hearing the news, my criminal department sent someone to verify this matter, and really found a large amount of money in the secret cellar on Wang Ling's mansion. …… Zhou Yan personally interrogated Wang Ling, but Wang Ling only said that he couldn't tell the matter. ”

"The source of ill-gotten wealth is either to collect the people's fat and ointment, or to accept bribes, how dare he admit it?" Zhao Hongrun sneered.

"......" Zhou Yan looked at Zhao Hongrun for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, Wang Ling is a classmate of Zhou's student period, this person is clean and self-conscious, and he also served as a waiter in the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials, but he is not used to seeing all kinds of things in the Ministry of Officials, and he was framed by others, so he was transferred to Jiyang to serve as a county commander...... After Wang Ling arrived in Jiyang, he still had correspondence with Zhou for several years, so Zhou had some idea of his situation. Speaking of this, he paused, stroked his beard and added: "Wang Ling was born in a poor family, is a person from Zhongyang, his father has some friendship with the local businessman Cui Shi, therefore, after Wang Ling's father died, Master Cui promised his daughter to marry Wang Ling, and funded Wang Ling's studies. …… After Wang Ling took the high school entrance examination, the imperial court left him to serve in Daliang, and at that time he married the daughter of the Cui family...... He is a man of affection and righteousness. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun was a little stunned when he heard it.

You must know that in the Wei State, although the status of a businessman is not low, it is a lowly industry after all, and Wang Ling still does not forget his heart after stepping into the official career, and marrying Miss Cui Jia as his wife is indeed enough to prove this person's character.

At this time, Zhou Yan continued: "Wang Ling has a wife and a concubine, and his wife is the Miss Cui family, and her concubine is Miss Cui's former personal maid......

"Is it this personal maid who has an affair with the butler?" Wei Jiao's face was full of surprise, because it stands to reason that the concubine should have an excellent relationship with the main house, and it is almost impossible to have an affair with the subordinates in the house.

"It's not this concubine, it's another ......" Zhou Yan squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "Wang Ling is ashamed to mention this matter, but Zhou Yan has asked Wang Cui's family, and learned that one day two years ago, Wang Ling went to a banquet in the mansion of a local gentleman, and was very drunk, and the gentleman then asked the concubine in the mansion to serve, this woman was not in charge, so afterwards the gentry transferred this woman to Wang Ling......" Speaking of this, he showed a little memory in his eyes, and said with a wry smile: "At that time, Zhou also laughed at him for being very happy, and he was almost half a hundred. Someone actually gave him a beautiful concubine who was twenty-eight years old...... Alas. ”

"Lord Shangshu?" Seeing the sadness in Zhou Yan's eyes, Zhao Hongrun kindly reminded him: "Has Lord Shangshu interrogated the housekeeper?" If the king really didn't know anything about the secret cellar in the house, then the problem might be with the butler. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yan's face showed a little complicated color, and he said in a low voice: "That housekeeper, when he visited the prison, he was disrespectful and was killed by Wang Ling with bamboo chopsticks when he scuffled with Wang Ling......."

"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun was simply dumbfounded.

At this time, I heard Zhou Yan sigh again: "Because the housekeeper pointed out that Wang Ling secretly communicated with South Korea and intended to rebel." This person has Wang Ling's handwriting as evidence, and Zhou is not easy to exonerate Wang Ling. Afterwards, Wang Ling was angry that Zhou didn't believe what he said, so he died on hunger strike in prison to show his innocence. After learning of this, one of his wives and concubines also committed suicide by taking medicine at home and followed her deceased husband to ......"

“……”

Zhao Hongrun frowned, and picked up the case with a solemn face. (To be continued.) )