On the twenty-third day of the twelfth month of the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City, Shen Shi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the North City Terracotta Division.

After hearing the clerk say this, not only Lu Qing and other people in the Soldiers and Horses, but also Yang Zhen was surprised, and then his heart was even tighter, the opponent really dug a huge trap to let himself fall in, this time even the evidence was ready.

And the clerk's words were not finished: "In addition, I checked the corpse just now, and found that the fatal wound in the heart was caused by the dagger, and the shape of the three daggers handed over was almost the same......"

As soon as he said this, Yang Zhen chuckled even more in his heart, things were more complicated than he thought. Not only is there a letter from the appointment as evidence, but now even the murder weapon can be confirmed to be his own hand, and every clue and evidence points to him, which makes Yang Zhen a little unsure of how to justify.

At the same time, a thought quickly flashed through his mind, this time the guy who framed and dealt with him was not only deliberate, but also must be very familiar with himself, and had been preparing for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to set up this series of interlocking conspiracy and completely put himself in.

And at this point, it doesn't help to continue to argue with them, it just gets darker and darker. Fortunately, those guys still underestimated their own identity and status, a Beicheng Terracotta Division, after confirming their identity, they must not dare to really take themselves down, so as long as they leave here and do another investigation, Yang Zhen believes that there is still a chance to prove his innocence.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen squinted his eyes and turned to look at Lu Qing: "Lord Lu, what this governor wants to say is that this matter was indeed not done by me, but someone deliberately framed it, are you willing to believe it?" ”

With so much evidence in front of him, all pointing to Yang Zhen, and he was taken down on the spot at the scene of the murder, it would be too disobedient to say that Lu Qing had no doubts about him. But in the face of the formidable momentum of Yang Dudu of Jinyi Wei, he was still unable to resist such a small person, so after some hesitation, he had to say a little hesitantly: "This...... The lower officials naturally trust Yang Dudu to supervise you, but this case ......"

"The Governor said that the Governor would definitely investigate this matter to the end, but now there is another important matter that is not good to delay. Are you still afraid that Ben Du will not be able to escape? Or do you really think that Ben Du is the murderer in this case? Yang Zhen's face turned cold, and he looked at the other party and asked.

Lu Qing hurriedly shook his head: "Xia Guan didn't mean this, Xia Guan naturally trusted Yang Dudu to supervise you." In fact, according to common sense, he also felt that it was impossible for him to do such a thing as Yang Zhen, after all, with the power of Jinyiwei, it was only a trivial matter to really get rid of the head of a Ministry of Works, and there was no need for him to take the risk of taking action as a governor himself.

Once such a thought was born, Lu Qing naturally didn't mean to leave Yang Zhen, so he said: "Since Yang Dudu has other important matters for you, it is not easy for the lower officials to stop them, please do it!" ”

Yang Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, this Lu Qing is not a dead-eyed guy, otherwise things would be really a little troublesome. So now, let's get out of here first, so as not to cause any more accidents.

But just as he turned around to leave, outside the open hall, a rather cold and majestic voice came: "Wait! Then, an official in a green robe with a piggy embroidered on his chest walked in steadily.

Seeing this person's appearance, Lu Qing and the others chuckled in their hearts: "District...... Ou Yushi, why are you here? ”

The person who came was the imperial history of the court, and it was not an ordinary imperial history, but a royal history of patrolling the city, named Ou Changlin.

With a vast city of more than a million inhabitants, the imperial court created a number of official positions of varying sizes and functions in order to manage the megacity. Among them, there are not only Shuntianfu and Wanping, Daxing counties such as the people-friendly yamen, but also the five cities of the southeast, northwest, and five directions, in addition, the patrol of the imperial history is also a supplement to this framework.

Beijing is the capital of a country, and the number of officials here is naturally the best in the world. In this way, it will bring a lot of problems to those security yamen, when it is a civilian who violates the law and discipline, it is okay, but what if it is an official, or even a high-ranking magnatate?

In fact, there was a solution to this problem as early as the founding of the country, that is, to set up a city patrol imperial history!

This patrol of the city is also the same as the Terracotta Division, divided into five directions, each with its own errands. And their responsibilities sometimes overlap with those of the Terracotta Division, as long as they encounter traitors, Lord Goshi and his subordinates also have the right to arrest them. But this is not their greatest authority, their greatest authority is against those powerful people who break the law and discipline.

As long as the disobedience of the law falls in front of them, these imperial historians, who have always made the impeachment of officials their primary task, will be arrested without mercy, whether you are a scholar of the six books or a duke and an earl, they are treated the same as the commoners.

Of course, that was in the past, and in this era, the power of patrolling the city is not so great. But they can still intervene in the affairs of the soldiers and horses to catch people and criminals, and if the powerful really break the law and fall into their hands, they will not indulge. However, it was not taken on the spot, but written as a recital and impeachment, and its effect was also extraordinary.

This Ou Changlin is the imperial history of Beicheng's city patrol, and in a sense, he is half of Lu Qing's boss. So when he knew that he was going to let Yang Zhen go, Lu Qing was nervous for a while.

Ou Changlin's eyes only turned on Lu Qing and the others, and then quickly fell on Yang Zhen's body, and said with a smile: "Who can I have such courage, it turned out to be Yang Dudu, the Jinyi Guard." Yang Dudu's name in Beijing, and the lower officials have also admired it for a long time. As he spoke, he arched his hand.

Yang Zhen glanced at him quietly, just smiled faintly, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart, knowing that this time things were changing again, and it was not so easy for him to leave.

Sure enough, I only heard Ou Changlin continue: "Does Governor Yang know what you admire the most?" It's not the great merits you have made for the imperial court before, but your impartial and selfless practices. To say that I am not afraid of offending Yang Dudu, the lower officials originally had some prejudices against Jinyiwei, because Jinyiwei could torture people at will without obeying the king's law, which is really unacceptable. But for you, the lower officials are quite respectful, and you have been extremely accurate in judging cases in the past, and you are not indulged because of your identity as a murderer. Take the case not long ago of bullying men and women and beating people, if it weren't for Yang Dudu's action, I am afraid that He Sanwu and his family would have to be wronged forever. Who called it the son of the Marquis of Longping who did it? ”

Although Yang Zhen's face was still pale, his heart sank even more. The words of this person in front of him are really powerful, although there is no mention of today's events, but he has been so crowded that he can't speak. Let's ask, how can an official who always flaunts honesty and makes decisions for the people leave with his identity when he is suspected of murder?

"Master Lu, this official also wants to say a few words to you, in this case, you let Yang Dudu go like this, aren't you trapping him in injustice? Regarding this matter, this official will definitely participate in the performance according to the facts, I hope you can understand. Ou Changlin turned his head to look at Lu Qing again and said.

Lu Qing's face suddenly darkened, but he couldn't do it again, so he had to say yes: "It's the lower officials who are confused for a while, and I hope that the district Yushi Mo wants to blame." ”

Yang Zhen suddenly had a trace of anger in his heart, although Chang Lin in this district was talking to Lu Qing, but in fact, he was also threatening him, as long as he dared to ignore it, a crime of absconding in fear of crime would definitely fall on his head Yang Dudu. The meaning of this district imperial history is clearly to take him down as a prisoner!

"Could it be...... This district Changlin is also a follow-up move arranged by them, and even my identity will not be taken down by a mere soldier and horse division, and they have also taken it into account? Yang Zhen immediately had such an idea, and saw that Ou Changlin's eyes were a little more vigilant and suspicious.

It's no wonder that Yang Zhen is a soldier with a bow and a snake shadow, this time the opponent he encountered is indeed too powerful, and all the strategies are one ring after another, making him passive everywhere, so when such a situation occurs, he will naturally think of this.

But Lu Qing would not have such thoughts, and under Ou Changlin's lesson and threat, he naturally did not dare to make his own assertions. However, Yang Zhen, the governor of Jinyiwei, is not something that a small person like him dares to offend, so after a little entanglement, he said cautiously: "District Imperial History, this case is indeed a bit strange, and the officials are only shallow in their studies, so they really can't be broken." And the identity of Yang Dudu is ...... I don't know what you mean, what should I do? ”

If you don't allow me to release people, then just take over this troublesome case, I can't handle it anyway. This is the true intention of Lu Qing's words, and the little people naturally have their own survival wisdom.

In fact, not to mention Lu Qing, the commander of the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses, is Ou Changlin, the imperial history of patrolling the city, and he still doesn't dare to ask Yang Zhen about the case. But that doesn't mean he can't do it, so after Lu Qing said this, he just nodded lightly: "Your concerns are not unreasonable, but the case must be investigated after all." Therefore, only the wronged Yang Du Du Du has moved you. ”

"Huh?" Yang Zhen raised his eyebrows a little puzzled and glanced at the other party.

"With such a serious case, the general yamen naturally can't ask, so I have to go to the criminal department. Please don't be surprised by Yang Dudu, come with us to the Criminal Department. Saying that, Ou Changlin made a gesture of please.

At this point, Yang Zhen naturally couldn't help it, who called him a suspect who was taken down on the spot? So I could only snort coldly: "Then go to the Criminal Department, the clean will clear themselves!" Although he said generously, his heart was very heavy, obviously he had completely fallen into the other party's calculations, and was completely stumped by this case, but he didn't know if others could have any clues and gains from looking for Zhang Luo's second daughter......