Looking at Li Liang's corpse lying prostrate at his feet, Li Ye's expression changed dramatically, there was both relief and some regret and shame that he felt from his heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Liang has followed him for more than ten years, and has always been conscientious and conscientious. When he was still a penniless little man, Li Liang followed him to endure hardships in the capital, but he did not complain, and helped him solve many troubles that a scholar like him could not solve.

And when Li Ye was successfully admitted to the Jinshi and entered the officialdom, Li Liang did not fly because of the change of identity, but seemed very low-key, so low-key that even Li Ye sometimes ignored him. So in recent years, it is never Li Liang who can be reused by him, but some other people who are better at meeting horses.

But even so, Li Liang is still the person Li Ye trusts the most, and when he needs to do something that he doesn't want to be found out about at all, the first thing that comes to mind is this loyal servant who has followed him for many years. And Li Liang really didn't disappoint him......

Not only did he get things done, but he didn't complain even in the face of Li Ye's arrangement, and even ...... Even when he clearly found out that he had the intention of killing him, he did not have the slightest resentment and resistance, and resolutely drank the wine mixed with poison, and there was no resentment before he died.

When he understood this, Li Ye naturally regretted it - I shouldn't have disbelieved him, I shouldn't have killed such a person who was loyal to me!

But soon, this thought was suppressed back by Li Yeshengsheng: "Li Rail, you should understand that I really have no choice but to do this." You are in this world, you will only bring me endless troubles, and you don't want me to be condemned because of you. As you said, I am in the prime of life, and there are still so many things to do, and I want to show my ambitions in the court, so your death is extremely valuable, and I will remember your sacrifice. Also, I will also help you take care of your wife and children, and I will never treat them badly! ”

After gently saying these words to the corpse in front of him, the guilt in Li Ye's heart finally calmed down a lot. After taking another deep breath, he decided to leave.

In this somewhat chaotic place in the northern city, the death of such a person of unknown origin will not attract too many people's attention. Even the government will also hastily close the case with the idea that more things are better than less. It was with this intention that Li Ye dared to do this murderous act on this night. Now he only has one last difficulty left, as long as he quietly goes back to the sedan chair, naturally everything is no longer a problem.

But just as he lifted his feet and was about to step past Li Liang's corpse and leave the house, the courtyard door was suddenly slammed vigorously: "Open the door, is anyone inside?" ”

This sudden movement frightened Li Ye's body and trembled, he really couldn't imagine that there would be someone coming to the door at this time, and listening to that tone, it didn't seem to be an ordinary person. At this moment, a layer of fine sweat instantly appeared on the door of his head, and his eyes quickly turned around the courtyard of the house, trying to find a place to hide, in case the person outside the door suddenly knocked on the door.

But before he could find a suitable place, a huge bang came, and the latch between the two doors, which was only two fingers wide, was smashed into two, and then Li Ye only felt a burst of fire shining in front of him, and he found that hundreds of officers and soldiers were standing in front of the courtyard gate......

When he was about to disperse, Zhu Chen looked at the new clues about the fraud case in his hand and let out a long sigh again. Although with Yang Zhen's guidance and covert help, they did find a few suspects who might have done this. However, all of them were high-ranking officials in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and it was really difficult for them to be invited to the yamen for questioning without definite evidence, because this would really offend people.

But as time went on, he couldn't find any further clues, and it seemed that he could only try at the risk of offending people. Just as he gritted his teeth and made this decision, someone came to report that Jinyiwei had sent someone to see him, and there were clues about the trial case.

This made Zhu Chen very excited, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring people in. After learning about Li Ye's abnormal movements today from the mouth of the brocade guard, although he still had some doubts, he still planned to fight. Anyway, they have already made up their minds to invite these suspicious officials to interrogate tomorrow, so let's start with this Ministry of Rites.

So, Zhu Langzhong took 100 soldiers from the Criminal Department to arrest him, and under the leadership of the brocade guard, he followed the marks left by his companions who had followed Li Ye all the way to Beicheng, and saw Li Ye's sedan chair at the mouth of that simple alley.

After seeing that Li Ye, who was an official of the imperial court, had actually come to such a remote place and behaved so strangely on such a night, it made Zhu Chen even more suspicious of him. So he ordered these palanquin men to be taken down first, and then came all the way to the inconspicuous courtyard under the leadership of the Jinyi Wei secret agent who had been secretly following.

At this time, Zhu Chen had already confirmed that Li Ye had a big problem, so he didn't care too much, and immediately ordered someone to come forward and call the door. After two calls without any movement, he ordered the door to be broken.

But even so, when the courtyard gate was smashed open by these officers and soldiers, and when he saw the panicked Li Ye and the corpse beside him under the light of the torches, Zhu Chen was still taken aback: "He, Li Ye, as an official of the imperial court, actually dares to kill people here?" ”

However, after all, Zhu Chen was an official in charge of the prison, although he was a little surprised to see the official killing, he quickly calmed down, and immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Go up and take down the people!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department did not hesitate too much, immediately rushed into the door, rushed up, and easily pressed Li Ye, who was already stunned on the spot, to the ground. It wasn't until he took down the person that Zhu Chen walked into the courtyard with a complicated expression, and came to this colleague who was equal to his rank and had some friendships: "Li Langzhong, how could you do such a thing?" ”

Li Ye also saw clearly who was coming, and he also had a question in his heart: How did they come here? How did they know I was here? But he couldn't ask the question, because he knew that the other party couldn't answer it.

At this time, several other officials had already examined Li Liang's body, and then reported to Zhu Chen: "My lord, this person has just died, and he was poisoned and killed. ”

"Li Langzhong, can you explain what the hell is going on?" Zhu Chen stared at Li Ye's eyes and asked without the slightest emotion.

At this time, Li Ye was unable to answer, so he could only lower his gaze, avoiding the other party's forced eyes, and at the same time his mouth was tightly closed. Seeing him like this, Zhu Chen sighed again and waved his hand: "Bring the body and this suspect back to the yamen, as well as this courtyard, it must also be sealed, and no one can approach it at will." ”

Although judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Li Ye's charges can be established, but Zhu Chen is not happy in his heart. After all, no one wants to find out that their friend is a murderer.

Returning to the yamen of the Criminal Department, when the people there saw that Zhu Chen and they had indeed escorted people back, their faces showed surprise, and many people who had a few encounters with Li Ye were even more incredulous, and they couldn't help but pull their colleagues next to them and ask about the situation.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhu Chen waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to throw Li Ye into the prison and guard him carefully, and then he went straight to the second hall in the back to see Master Shangshu. He believed that Yan Qing, who already knew what he was going to do, would never return home at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at Lord Shangshu's office, he saw a person inside pacing there uneasily. hurriedly walked a few steps and came to the door: "My lord, the lower official has taken Li Ye!" ”

Yan Qing, who was a little unsettled, was stunned when he heard this, and then looked back at him: "What about the evidence of the crime?" Is there conclusive evidence of guilt? In the past few days, as the chief officer of the Criminal Department, the pressure on him has been much greater than that of Zhu Chen, and at several court meetings, the Son of Heaven would ask him by name about the progress of the trial case, and he almost had nothing to use to prevaricate.

Knowing what his boss was thinking, Zhu Chen hurriedly briefly explained how he had taken people to the place to take Li Ye, and then said: "If the judgment of the lower official is correct, then the person in the house who was killed by him should be the guy we have been looking for to sell the test questions to those people." In this regard, as long as you call those few people to come and recognize it, it will naturally no longer be a problem. ”

"Good, good!" Yan Qing's tense nerves were relieved because of these few words, and he said a few good words before he stepped forward and patted Zhu Chen's shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work." As long as you can successfully conclude the case this time, you should be the first to take the credit! ”

"The lower officials don't dare, everything is under your command, Master Shangshu, so that today's result is possible." Zhu Chen hurriedly said humbly: "So if you talk about credit, it is naturally your first adult." ”

"Hehe, although the words are so, it's always you who do things, and this official will not forget. The next trial is also handed over to you, and it is important to give things a given, and there must be no flaws, understand? After smiling with satisfaction, Yan Shangshu did not forget to advise. Although he is not good at investigating and questioning cases like this, his years of officialdom have made him understand a truth, everything must be done without leakage.

"The subordinate obeys!"

"Well, besides, it's getting late today, so don't be too tired, and it's not too late to try the case tomorrow." Yan Qing suggested again, he knew that after today's harvest, everyone in the yamen would be able to sleep well.