Time flies quickly, Li Yanqing has been on the Yushitai for ten days, and the Yushitai is far from being as busy as he imagined, and is actually relatively leisurely.

This is also a reason why the division of powers and powers of the imperial court is relatively chaotic, such as the impeachment power that was originally exclusive to the imperial history platform, many high-ranking officials and ministers will often exercise, directly bypassing the imperial history platform, and many official cases that should be tried by the imperial history platform will also be handled by the criminal department, Dali Temple and Kaifeng Mansion because they involve property and criminal matters.

Of course, this kind of ultra vires behavior generally does not have any serious consequences, as long as the Son of Heaven acquiesces, it will naturally become the norm.

In the past ten days, Li Yanqing has disposed of two of the three cases left by his predecessor, only the more difficult Lin Lingsu assassination case he has not yet started to deal with, this case itself is very simple, but it involves overturning the conclusion of the prime minister, the matter is more complicated, at least when Li Yanqing first took office, he didn't want to act recklessly, he needed to take a look and then find a focus.

The most complicated thing in this world is the human heart, and it is the relationship between people.

The same is true in the Imperial Historical Observatory, in the Taiwan Courtyard where Li Yanqing served, Li Yanqing After ten days of observation and understanding, he gradually discovered that the Imperial Historical Observatory was not controlled in his hands as Liang Shicheng claimed to be, but was actually controlled in the hands of Wang Huang, and only four of the six attendants of the Imperial History of the Taiwan Academy were Wang Huang's people, and the same was true of other palaces and prisons.

Of course, Wang Hao was originally Liang Shicheng's confidant and a rising star he single-handedly cultivated, but Liang Shicheng obviously overestimated his influence, after the prince's secret letter incident, Wang Hao had turned to burn the incense of the upstart Li Yan and betrayed Liang Shicheng, who single-handedly promoted him, which made Yushitai gradually out of Liang Shicheng's control.

Wang Anzhong, who is like a treacherous and cunning man, also saw through this, although he was transferred by Liang Shicheng to concurrently serve as the middle of the imperial history, but he didn't care about the imperial history platform, basically ignored it, Li Yanqing only saw this top boss on the first day of his appointment, and he never saw Wang Anzhong again in the next ten days.

On this morning, Li Yanqing took the principal Tao Ye and two entourages to Dali Temple Prison, he wanted to meet Pan Yue, the protagonist of Lin Lingsu's assassination case, although he did not immediately start to deal with this case, but it does not mean that he will be put on the shelf, he began to investigate and understand, and began to prepare in advance.

The Dali Temple Hell is located underground, and contrary to its name, it is dimly lit, damp and gloomy, and the air is very filthy, full of the smell of a rotting corpse.

Accompanying Li Yanqing into the Heavenly Prison was the Dali Temple Prison Keeper, named Sun Ji, nearly 50 years old, who had been a petty official from the ninth grade for nearly 20 years, and developed his character of being exquisite and good at seeing the wind and steering the rudder.

He saw Li Yanqing frowning at the environment here, so he sighed and said: "This Dali Temple Heavenly Prison was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it was to deter corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so all kinds of conditions are very bad, and the air is not circulating. ”

"In that case, why not build a new prison?" Li Yanqing asked.

"There are new prisons, but petty criminals and female prisoners are held, and felons still have to be held here."

Li Yanqing followed the prison into one gate after another, the iron gate opened one after another, and finally came to the prison deep underground, the prison is distributed in a straight line, a passage about 100 steps long, twenty cells were built on the right, and a wall was built on the left, a total of five prisons were built side by side, Pan Yue was in the T-shaped prison.

In front of the last gate, Sun Ji smiled at Li Yanqing: "There are strict rules in the prison, it is strictly forbidden to enter with paper and pen, gold blades, money and pestles. ”

Li Yanqing glanced at a few entourage, "You guys wait here for the time being, I'll be back soon!" ”

The last iron door opened, Li Yanqing endured the stench and followed the two jailers into the lowest prison, he came to cell 17, only to see a person lying in a pile of rotten mattresses, ignoring Li Yanqing.

"Pan Yue! Pan Yue! The jailer struck the railing with a small hammer, and the prisoner on the ground groaned lowly and struggled to get up.

"How so? Sick? Li Yanqing frowned and asked.

Sun Ji smiled bitterly, "If you are imprisoned for a year in this environment, even the strongest person will collapse." ”

Sun Ji obviously knew the key to this case very well, so he said loudly: "It's the new Li Yushi who has come to see you." ”

This sentence really worked, Pan Yue suddenly sat up as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, crawled over hand and foot, grabbed the iron railing and pleaded with Li Yanqing: "I didn't premeditate to kill Daoist Lin, it was the soldiers who did it without permission, and it has nothing to do with me!" ”

Li Yanqing saw that he was covered in filth and stench, and his body still had several ulcers, like a ghost crawling out of hell.

He turned around and asked Sun Ji, "His body is ulcerated, why don't you give him medicine?" ”

"I've given him medicine, but it's not good here, his family has also come to visit him, and we try to give him preferential treatment."

In the past ten days, Li Yanqing has basically studied this case thoroughly, this Pan Yue has not seen Lin Lingsu before, and he has no personal grudges with him, the reason why Lin Lingsu was assassinated was that he used the technique of disgust when he made the law retreat, which angered several soldiers defending the city, so he took the risk to assassinate him, and the soldiers also admitted this reason, but they later insisted that it was Pan Yue who instigated them to kill.

The loophole in this case is here, when Lin Lingsu was doing things in Dongcheng, Pan Yue was not in Dongcheng, but patrolling in Xicheng, the soldiers ran to report him, and then ran back to kill people, it would take at least two hours, Lin Lingsu's spell casting had already ended, Pan Yue could not know that the other party had used the technique of disgust and decided to kill, and it was too late in time.

The case turned into Pan Yue's long-term planning and murder, but Lin Lingsu's decision to retreat the water in the east of the city was not announced in advance, but it was just decided in the morning and implemented in the afternoon, and the defending army was not notified, how could Pan Yue plan it?

The only possibility is that Pan Yue already had a murderous intention in his heart, when he heard that Lin Lingsu was going to come in the afternoon, he arranged a few soldiers to assassinate him in advance, and then Pan Yue deliberately hid in Xicheng and left the scene, this can be said, Wang Hao also made a conclusion because of this possibility.

Although Li Yanqing has never handled a case, he also knows some common sense, and he can't infer that the case was committed by someone because of a certain possibility, and there must be a motive for killing, where is Pan Yue's motive?

And the benefits of several soldiers insisting on Pan Yue are obviously obvious, they have changed from the main culprit to the accomplice, the case has been withstood by the Pan family, and they will not die if it is delayed indefinitely, so these soldiers are still alive and well, the key lies in this.

"Your case is already under my control, before the final investigation conclusion, I will not admit that you were wronged, nor will I believe that you did it, you just need to cooperate with the investigation and explain truthfully, I will definitely give you a right and wrong."

After speaking, Li Yanqing turned around and left, Pan Yue sat on the ground in despair, a year ago, that Liu Yushi also said the same thing to him, and then there was no result, could it be that he ..... Do you really want to be locked up here?

Coming out of the lowest prison, Sun Ji asked, "Does Li Yushi still want to go and see those murderous soldiers?" ”

"They're being held here, too?"

Sun Ji shook his head, "They are in the Kaifeng Mansion Prison City Camp. ”

"Then what's the point of asking?"

"Humiliation is just.... I just want to know if Li Yushi has started to investigate this case? ”

Li Yanqing felt that he had something to say, so he asked, "Does Sun Prison Cheng have any suggestions?" ”

"The lowly position suggested that Pan Yue be detained in another place, the conditions here are so bad that his body has collapsed, and he can only hold on for another two months at most."

"You're a prisoner, didn't you decide to detain him in another place?"

Sun Ji's head shook like a rattle, "The humble position is only to implement the decision, and has no right to change the place of detention, and the person who has to try the case can decide, he is the third division of the trial, and he needs the signature of the three servants, the Dali Temple, and the Langzhong of the Criminal Department, so that he can be transferred to another place to be detained." ”

"Then it's not enough for me to sign it!"

Sun Ji hesitated for a moment and said: "Dissatisfied with Li Yushi, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple have already signed, but Liu Yushi refused to sign in the past, so he can only be detained here all the time." ”

"Why doesn't Liu Yushi want to sign?"

"It's not clear."

Li Yanqing also understood in his heart that Yushitai had been fighting against the Criminal Department and Dali Temple in this case, and he was unwilling to compromise in all aspects, including small things such as transferring the cell.

But he Li Yanqing is not Liu Lin, nor is he Wang Hao's confidant, and the confrontation with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple has nothing to do with him, and he does not carry the pot that offends the Pan family, thinking of this, he said to Sun Ji: "I can sign and seal now, and I hope to change him to a cell with good conditions today." ”