In Taipingfang, the night was dark, but Liu Guan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was still sitting alone in the study, and the flickering candlelight made his avatar reflected on the wall, forming a large blurred shadow.

It wasn't until there was the sound of urgent footsteps outside that he sat up straight, his eyes looking in the direction of the door.

There was a knock on the door, and the voice of his son Liu Hui came in. "Father, it's the child who has returned."

"Come in."

Liu Hui is about twenty-five or six this year, and he looks dignified, and now he is the seventh grade of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He said a few words to the entourage behind him, and then closed the door and sat down in front of Liu Guan.

"Have you seen King Han?"

"Just before the child went to the Han Palace, the internal supervisor issued a decree to put the Han King under house arrest. The Han Palace's Mansion is now not only guarded by internal prison officials, but also by brocade guards. So the child did not see the king of Han. However, the child saw Shi Shi Cheng, the head of the palace, and he told the child about it in detail. This Wang Lian took the initiative to climb at the beginning, but he didn't expect the other party to bite back, and there must be someone behind this matter. ”

"Nonsense, no one instructed you, a showman dares to put on his hair and sue the prince?" Speaking too quickly, Liu Guan choked on his saliva and coughed, and Liu Hui hurriedly brought the hot tea to his father.

Liu Guan took a sip of water and said, "Now it's time to find out who is going to deal with King Han." Even if it is a heinous crime, King Han will be fine. But if you can't find out who is going to deal with King Han, you and my father and son will not have a good time. ”

"Tomorrow, as a father, he can only do official business, appoint officials from the Criminal Department, and the Imperial History and Jinyiwei will go to Gaochun to investigate the case, which can be delayed for two days at most."

Liu Hui said: "Then I will take the initiative to invite Ying tomorrow and go to Gaochun." ”

Liu Guan nodded and said: "Your position is not high, remember to watch more and do less, if there is anything, remember to notify your father in time." ”

At the moment of the third watch, in the front yard of the Han Palace, Ji Shan Zhou Xun of the Han Mansion looked at Wang Tong in front of him, and he wanted to swallow the other party into his stomach.

But at this time, he couldn't do anything. Because Wang Tong dared to tell him the truth, he was sure that he would not dare to turn his face.

Because Wang Tong still has evidence of his fornication with the Han King's election servant. Not only could he not report Wang Tong, but he also had to help him cover up this matter. Otherwise, even if Wang Tong is finished, he will be buried with him.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "I will find a way to deal with this matter, but you can't stay in the Han Wangfu any longer." Tomorrow, when I go out of the house to do errands, you go out with me, and then you can find a chance to slip away! ”

Wang Tong also knew that he was causing a big trouble this time, even if King Han saved the day this time, as long as he knew that he had demolished his corner, he would not spare himself.

The king of Han is tyrannical, many times, killing people is not reasonable at all, if he didn't have the identity of a showman, I am afraid that he would be executed this afternoon.

So this time, he didn't have the idea of blackmailing Zhou Xun, nodded and said, "If you leave tomorrow, I will return Feng Xuanzhi's sweat towel to you." ”

After Wang Tong left, Zhou Xun stomped on the ground in anger. "If you get a sweat towel tomorrow, I will never let you live."

It is much easier to kill Wang Tong than to find a way to help him get rid of his crimes.

But soon, he heard Wang Tong's footsteps coming again. Wang Tong pushed open the door and asked softly, "Have you thought about how to help me get rid of my guilt tomorrow?" ”

Zhou Xun paused for a moment and said: "On the side of the Criminal Department, I still have some connections, tomorrow I will go to the prison of the Criminal Department to explore that Wang Lian under the pretense of King Han's will, if it is possible, it is best that he will never be able to open his mouth." ”

In the Ji Mansion of Taipingfang, Ji Gang also said firmly: "This Wang Lian must not let him live, a dead him is more effective than a living him." ”

Zhuang Jing said with a smile: "Of course, but on the surface, we Jinyiwei still have to pretend to protect him closely, and when we go to Gaochun to investigate the case tomorrow, we must also pay great attention to it, so that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department will see our attitude." ”

Ji Gang nodded and said: "I didn't have the idea of relying on one Wang Lian to bring down the King of Han, after all, the King of Han is the prince, don't say it's just a traitor, if you kill the Wang family, you will kill ten, and you won't be punished by the emperor." But as long as Wang Lian's death can expose all the previous deeds of King Han and make the emperor suspicious of him, it is my goal. ”

"Adult's clever plan, humble admiration. I only hope that the adults will go to Dongying and bring their humble positions to the world. ”

Ji Gang paused for a moment and asked: "I have a lot of grievances in the imperial court now, and staying in Daming will only become the target of public criticism." As long as I leave, your life in Jinyiwei will not be too sad, are you really willing to leave this world of flowers and accompany me to Dongying to endure hardships? ”

Zhuang Jing smiled bitterly and said: "My lord's today is my tomorrow, and if I stay in Daming, I will only fall deeper and deeper." His Royal Highness Taisun likes to toss more than the emperor, and Saiha Zhidian is a good man who doesn't care about anything, and if he stays in his humble position, he is destined to become a knife in the hands of His Royal Highness. The adults are not there, and the lowly position is a little afraid. ”

Ji Gang smiled: "You really don't care about the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard?" ”

"I only want to follow my lord for the rest of my life!" Seeing that Ji Gang nodded, Zhuang Jing smiled and said: "Go to Dongying to be a master, even if the life is a little harder, but happy and happy!" ”

Ji Gang was also distressed about the people who were useless when he arrived in Dongying, so when he heard that Zhuang Jing really wanted to follow him to Dongying, he immediately nodded.

As for the hardships of going to Dongying, it was at most the first two years. As long as you get your hands on the Iwami territory in Izumo Province, you will have silver and money in the future, and you are afraid that you will not have a good life!

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Of the central institutions of the six departments and five temples of the Ming Dynasty, only the criminal department is not in the area between Chengtianmen and Zhengyangmen, but is located separately outside Xi'an Gate.

Wang Lian's case against King Han has reached heaven, even if it is for the sake of making an appearance, the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Jinyiwei have also formed a joint investigation team and rushed to Gaochun to investigate the case.

And Wang Lian, the other protagonist of this case, was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department. This is not only a punishment, but also a protection.

After sending off the investigators, Liu Guan returned to his public house with a gloomy face, although the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent the Imperial Inspectorate, but with his own son with him, he was not worried about what would happen.

But in terms of Jinyiwei, not only did they not show up today, but they sent Fu Yuansong, the famous detective of Jinyiwei, who was not ready to save face at all!

I heard that Ji Gang had a close relationship with King Han before, but now it seems that this vicious dog still only listens to the emperor's words.

Near noon, Zhou Xun found an opportunity, obtained the consent of Changshi Shi Cheng Brown, and took Wang Tong out of the palace. After all, King Han did not lose power, although the inner eunuch and the Jinyi guard were staring at not letting King Han leave the palace, but there was no restraint on others.

Zhou Xun took the initiative to ask for information from the Criminal Department, and of course Shi Chengzhang would not object.

Although Wang Tong went out with Zhou Xun, he also avoided him far away, and kept guarding against him until he reached the gate of the Criminal Department.

This is the downtown area between the palace and the capital, and there are people coming and going from the criminal department, and there are guards stationed there, so even if Zhou Xun deliberately brought two henchmen and guards, he didn't find a chance to do it.

Wang Tong came to Zhou Xun's side, bowed down and said: "I got acquainted, but today I have to part with my brother, I have to leave each other, it is better to forget about each other in the rivers and lakes, please take care of my brother in the future." ”

Zhou Xun asked with a gloomy face, "What about the sweat towel?" ”

Wang Tong took off the hem from the hem of his Confucian robe, took out a sweat towel, and handed it to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun carefully checked it and determined that this sweat towel officially belonged to his little lover Feng Xuanzhi, nodded a little stiffly and said: "The mountains are high and the waters are long, Brother Wang must not act in the future......

Wang Tong smiled, arched his hand and said, "Take care ......"

Zhou Xun stood in place and hesitated for a long time before he sighed heavily and said, "Let this villain go, and take His Highness's orders as the most important." ”

When Zhou Xun and his party entered the criminal department, what he didn't know was that in a certain room in the front yard, a pair of eyes were staring at them. "Originally, I wanted to find a substitute for the dead ghost, but I didn't expect that the substitute ghost took the initiative to come up."

Zhou Xun is Ji Shan of the Han Dynasty, although his rank is not high, he is quite favored in front of the Han King, so the officials of the six ministries are also very familiar with him.

Knowing that he was speaking to Wang Lian on behalf of King Han, the various departments of the Criminal Department did not set up obstacles, and soon, he called a prison named Yuan Sheng from the Prison Department, and took Zhou Xun into a separate courtyard on the west side of the Criminal Department.

This is not a prison, and most of the people being held are officials who have not yet been convicted, and there are also a few plaintiffs like Wang Lian.

"Wang Lian is being detained here, and if Zhou Jishan has something to say, he can talk to him through the window."

Zhou Xun is a literati, and people like him always think more and do less. He originally thought that he could see Wang Lian and wanted to wait for an opportunity to attack, but when he saw the strict guards here, he knew that he was thinking badly.

What's more, if the Ming Dynasty made a move, wouldn't it be clear to everyone that it was the King of Han who wanted to kill people and kill people!

So, feeling the poison in his arms, he flinched again.

But since he came, he always had to say a few words to Wang Lian, at the very least, to ask him why he wanted to sue King Han.

He took out a small ingot, stuffed it into Yuan Sheng's sleeve, and said with a smile: "Please also ask Yuan Si Prison to make it convenient, let me ask a few words alone." ”

Yuan Sheng touched his sleeve and said with a smile: "If you want other brothers to make it convenient, these are not enough." ”

Zhou Xun went out today with four small ingots and some loose money, and when he heard this, he immediately took out the remaining three small ingots and stuffed them to Yuan Sheng.

Yuan Sheng smiled, and beckoned the two guards at the door, and a few guards in the other courtyard walked to a corner of the courtyard, looking like they were splitting the money.

Zhou Xun leaned to the window and looked into the somewhat gloomy room. Wang Lian, who was unexpectedly dismantled, suddenly appeared at the window, startling him a lot.

The two guards immediately drew their knives and threatened: "Quickly retreat, I shocked Ji Shan, our knife doesn't recognize people." ”

Wang Lian sneered and said, "You are so bold, do you dare to kill people in the criminal department?" ”