"Want money?" Zhao Zongyang looked at Zhao Hongxing with a smile and asked.

"It's not for me, it's for you to say you can give it. Zhao Hongxing continued to rub his hands and said.

"Okay. Zhao Zongyang nodded in agreement, and wrote a few words on the fold.

"Handle this matter for me," Zhao Zongyang handed the fold to Zhao Hongxing, "I'll give you money when I'm done." ”

Zhao Hongxing took it and looked at it, and immediately made a sad face.

This is another case for him.

The day before yesterday, the officials were stolen. When the three thieves were stealing from the officials, they were discovered by the patrolling guards, who grabbed one of them on the spot and ran away.

Although the two thieves have not been caught, this does not delay the criminal department from interrogating the one who was caught. But the thief who was caught was full of nonsense, saying that he was just passing by, that he had gone in alone to steal, that he did not know that it was the ministry, and that he had come in to steal because he thought there was money in the ministry.

Anyway, the preface doesn't match the afterword.

In the end, the envoy of the criminal department's interrogation had to use some "means", and this guy shouted and said: "I was hired by the third girl of the Gu family to steal things!

Who is the third girl of the Gu family, it is none other than Gu Nan of Gu Shangshu and Gu De's family.

The envoy was directly stupid, how could there be another incident involving the Gu family? Carefully inquiring about the reason, the thief continued to explain: "It is the daughter of the Gu family who wants to marry the eldest prince of Yanfeng, so she holds a grudge against her, and wants to get a list of who is preparing for the wedding ceremony, so that she can wear small shoes for them in the future." ”

This makes me angry, the third girl of the Gu family is the secretary of the ministry, if you really want to wear small shoes for these guys and still use it to steal the list?

Everyone knew in their hearts that the thief was not telling the truth, but no matter how he asked him about it, he insisted on it. Moreover, in the follow-up inventory of the officials, it was found that there were indeed no valuables, mainly a list of officials in charge of the wedding ceremony.

Now the Criminal Department has no choice, and they can't go to the Gu family to ask Gu Nan because of such a confession, so they have to report the incident layer by layer, and finally, report it to Zhao Zongyang.

Similarly, Zhao Zongyang didn't bother to pay attention to it after reading it. Theft should not have been reported to him, and besides, it looked like the thief was talking nonsense. But since they have reported it, the royal family has to say something.

Originally, Zhao Zongyang only needed to give the Criminal Department a reply, but now it just so happened that Zhao Hongxing, as the most idle prince, Zhao Zongyang directly assigned this matter to him.

"As soon as my son woke up from a coma, he let him go out to work. On the way to the Criminal Department, Zhao Hongxing muttered.

"......" Hongyi sat on the side, grinning and smiling bitterly with Zhao Hongxing.

When he arrived at the entrance of the criminal department, the envoy in charge of the case came out to receive Zhao Hongxing - this envoy was not the envoy of the gangster who arrested and killed three people with Zhao Hongxing last time.

"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince. When the envoy saw Zhao Hongxing get out of the carriage, he gave a salute first.

"Your surname?" Zhao Hongxing asked.

"Xiaguan's surname is Wang. The envoy replied.

Zhao Hongxing asked this to help everyone distinguish it from the envoy.

This thief was not kept in a dungeon, but in a regular cell.

On the way to the cell where the thieves were held, Zhao Hongxing first learned about the case from Wang Ling.

"After this guy admitted that he was hired by the third girl of the Gu family, did he retract his confession?" Zhao Hongxing asked.

"No," Wang Ling'an said as he walked, "Xia Guan also knows that what he said is outrageous, but no matter how much we press, he insists on saying so." ”

"What means have been used?" Zhao Hongxing then asked.

"Everything that can be used has been used. Wang Lingzhi nodded, "This guy is only guilty of theft, and we don't need any big punishment." ”

"Oh......" Zhao Hongxing pondered for a moment after listening to Wang Ling's words, and asked, "Then, have his two accomplices been caught?"

"Back to Your Highness, no. Wang Lingenvoy said with some shame.

Indeed, the two thieves have not been found until now, which makes Wang Lingzhi feel a little guilty.

"Isn't there any clue at all?" Zhao Hongxing asked.

"Well, that's a little bit of a thing. Wang Lingen thought for a while and said: "I heard the attendants who were on the scene at the scene to round up say that the two little thieves who escaped seemed to be relatively high-level martial artists, and they injured several soldiers of the patrol battalion who rushed over to arrest people before they were allowed to escape. ”

After Wang Ling's envoy finished speaking, Zhao Hongxing looked at him directly for a long time and asked, "That's all?"

"Yes, Your Highness, that's all. The envoy replied.

It's not a clue at all, but it's not impossible. Zhao Hongxing smiled bitterly in his heart, and then told Wang Lingzhi about a plan he had brewed.

"Can you do it?" After speaking, Zhao Hongxing asked.

"Yes, yes, but His Royal Highness ......" Wang Lingenvoy always felt that it might not be useful to do it according to Zhao Hongxing's plan.

"Don't think about it so much, if something goes wrong, I'll be responsible, won't it be over?" Zhao Hongxing patted Wang Ling's shoulder and said.

"Obey the order......" His Royal Highness the prince said so, and the royal envoy couldn't say anything more, so he had to do it.

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Inside the cell, the thief was dozing leisurely. This kid looks very young, that is, he is in his early twenties, but he has a good mentality, even if he is held in prison, he can still sleep.

Suddenly, several jailers rushed in.

"Get up, get up!" the leader banged on the railing with a short stick to make a noise, and the rest of the men opened the door of the cell and swarmed in, locking the thief with handcuffs and shackles.

"Hey, what are you doing, is it such a great sin to steal something, and you locked me up?" the thief was very dissatisfied when he suddenly woke up, and immediately let people detain this heavy and nasty thing, and he was even more unhappy.

"What are you yelling about, yelling and yelling, do you know if you have committed a big deal!" said the leading jailer, slapping the thief on the back with a stick.

"Oh!" the thief lay down on the ground and wailed, "You dare to lynch and beat people!"

"Beat you?" said the leader with another stick, "you might lose your head in a moment!"

Regardless of the thief's continued howl, two jailers came up and dragged him out of the armpit.

In a hall of the Criminal Department, Zhao Hongxing sat on the main seat, Hongyi stood behind him, Wang Lingzhi also sat aside, and Zhao Hongxing waited for the thief to be escorted over.

Before I could see the thief himself, I heard someone outside the lobby shouting like killing a pig.

"I've been wronged!"

"Didn't I just steal something!"

"Don't kill me! I want to see Lord Qingtian!"

Until this guy was dragged over the lobby and thrown to the ground by the jailers, he was still howling there with his eyes closed.

"Quiet!" the envoy shouted, slapping the table, and the thief immediately retracted.

Opening his eyes, the thief scanned the surrounding situation, and as if he was not going to cut off his head, he began to shout again: "Why do you want to torture me? Do you still have a royal law? I am not guilty of this, let me go quickly!"

"Shut up!" the king ordered the envoy to stand up, walked up to the thief, and slapped him down, and then the thief was silent.

He also didn't expect these people to really do it to him.

Yanfeng's laws are very strict, and those who commit thefts like this have clear rules on how to be judged. And even if the thief does not admit his guilt, Yan Feng also stipulates that he is not allowed to use the punishment, like pouring cold water, watching him not be allowed to sleep all night long, and it will be heaven to be able to use this kind of punishment.

Besides, stealing things is not a crime of killing heads, and thieves who are generally arrested rarely keep their mouths shut, and they quickly recruit everything like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and they can be sentenced how they should be sentenced, so as to save the pain of flesh and skin.

But now, under the instructions of Zhao Hongxing, Wang Lingzhi began to punish this guy.

Of course, Zhao Hongxing didn't plan to bend into a trick, and insisted on letting this guy say something else. The main reason is that he is still a little skeptical about the truth of this case, so he plans to try to cheat this guy.

"Let me tell you, the one sitting in the hall now is His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince of my Yanfeng. After seeing that the thief had stopped, the royal envoy said to him: "Your Highness is now under the holy order of His Majesty the Emperor to interrogate you.

The thief stopped the king's words, and his whole body trembled obviously, but he still stiffened his mouth, "Your Highness! I was entrusted with stealing something, so I wouldn't do this to me!"

"Hmph. Zhao Hongxing snorted coldly deliberately.

"Yes, you're really just a thief. Then, Zhao Hongxing pretended to be cold and said: "But do you know that your two accomplices have their lives on their backs." ”

After Zhao Hongxing finished speaking, Wang Lingenvoy continued: "Do you know that your two bold accomplices killed the soldiers of the patrol battalion!"

"What does this have to do with me?" the thief struggled to get up from the ground and asked Zhao Hongxing.

"What do you have to do with it?" Zhao Hongxing didn't pick up this guy's stubble, but Wang Ling's envoy slapped this guy again.

"You are now an accomplice to the murderer! You are an accomplice, and you are going to be guilty together!" the king ordered this slap to completely slap the little thief.

"No......" After a long time, the thief suddenly became anxious, "I didn't hear that they were going to kill people at that time!

"Don't you know?" asked the envoy sharply.

"Of course I don't know them, if I knew they dared to kill, I would ......" Before the thief could finish his words, the king ordered the envoy to fly up and kick the guy in the jaw.

"Poof, ahem, ahem. This kick made the thief's mouth full of blood, and kicked off two of his front teeth.

"Don't know, then why did you say you knew them before!" the king ordered the fierce look to glare, as if he was about to make up for it at any moment.

Heck, these decent guys sometimes look more like villains than villains. Zhao Hongxing looked at the methods of Wang Ling's interrogation and muttered in his heart.

Originally, he just wanted to deceive this young thief with words and punishment, but he didn't expect that he really had a problem. At that time, Zhao Hongxing planned that if he couldn't get anything out of this guy's mouth, he would let Hongyi give him a good treatment, and no matter how good he was served, it would be regarded as compensation.

As a result, this guy really couldn't help but cheat, and it just saved Hongyi the trouble of treating his injuries.

"I, I, my ......" The thief who had two teeth and a mouthful of blood kicked out was about to hold back, his eyes were teary as if he wanted to say something, but he was a little incoherent.

Zhao Hongxing decided to scare him again, and said coldly: "It seems that you still don't want to say it, and it's done." ”

"Someone. Zhao Hongxing shouted outward, "Drag this murderer's accomplice out directly and behead him!"

After shouting here, the people outside really cooperated, and the two people who came in and dragged the thief out, and the sound of grinding knives sounded at the same time.

"No, Your Majesty!" I said, I'll say anything!" the thief burst into tears, he even urinated.

"Your Highness, let him speak first. Wang Lingenvoy arched his hand towards Zhao Hongxing and said.

"Okay, say. Zhao Hongxing waved his hand, and the two jailers who dragged the thief "chirp" again and threw him on the ground.

In the narration under the tears of the thief, Zhao Hongxing heard something useful.

This thief is not from the capital, but lives in the village outside the city and farms. This kid himself is a good gambler, and he is also idle, and the little money he earns from farming is not enough for him to lose. So he is usually very idle, and always likes to take some things from other people's houses.

Just a few days ago, someone approached him and said that he would come with him to steal something, and if he wanted to, he could give him a hundred taels of silver.

But there is another condition, that is, after stealing something, you must be caught, and after being caught, you must record a confession strictly according to their confession.

At that time, the thief didn't dare to agree, especially when he heard that they were going to steal from the Ministry of Officials, and he wanted him to be the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Officials after he was caught, and let them steal things.

Originally, he was a little afraid, afraid that there would be some unknown secrets in it. But when he saw that the man had really brought him a few hundred taels of silver for white flowers, he became careless.

"I'm damned, I'm just coveting those hundreds of taels of silver. The thief cried so hard that "I haven't had time to spend all that money, it's all buried under the wall of my yard, just waiting for me to go out and enjoy it......!"

Do you still have the life to go out?" Zhao Hongxing complained in his heart.

"Who the hell are those two!" the envoy slapped down again, and then asked sharply.

"Don't, don't fight, I really don't know. The thief raised his hands in fear, and then cried: "In the middle of the night, they and I met under the wall of the official compound. At that time, they were all covered with black cloths, and I really didn't know who they were. ”

"You!" In order to ensure that the thief still didn't tell the truth, Wang Ling's envoy was about to fight again, but was stopped by Zhao Hongxing.

"Let's get here first!" The main reason is that Zhao Hongxing can't stand it, there is a person in front of him who is beaten with blood and crying bitterly, even if he knows that this guy is guilty, he can't accept this scene. Moreover, this thief is obviously a chess piece, and if you ask again, you probably can't ask for anything else useful.

Standing up and walking near the Wang Ling, Zhao Hongxing said: "The next details will be interrogated by the Wang Ling, I will go back to the palace first." ”

As soon as Wang Ling's envoy saw Zhao Hongxing's face, he knew that His Royal Highness the prince was soft-hearted, and he couldn't stand the picture of his ruthlessness, so he hurriedly arched his hand, "Your Royal Highness the Sixth Prince of Lao, you go slowly." ”

After saying this, Zhao Hongxing said "um", raised his feet and left quickly.

In the lobby, Wang Ling's envoy did not show mercy to the thieves because of Zhao Hongxing's departure, and then he didn't ask anything, and he didn't listen to what this guy had to say, so he raised his foot and kicked the guy on the ground.

He's relieving his anger, he was a big fart, and he had to toss a prince over. It's good to let His Royal Highness the prince come over and tell the truth.

If Lao Tzu detains Yu Lu because of your incident this year, he will have to kill you in this prison at that time. With this mentality, Wang Ling made the movements under his feet even harder.

As he was kicking, two people suddenly came out of the back of the lobby.

"Don't kick it, you won't be able to ask questions when you kick it to death. One of them said to the king's envoy.

Looking down at this thief, Wang Lingzhi felt that he really couldn't kick it, and he was already a little dying.

Then, he raised his head and glanced at the back of the lobby who came out to stop him, and was immediately shocked.

Eh, how come there is another prince here?

(Nearly 5,000 words, I won't shout in chapters)