Zhu Chen's arrival really surprised Yang Zhen, especially when he knew that he was coming to ask for help on behalf of the Criminal Department, which made Yang Zhen even more surprised. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Yang Zhen has only been in this era for a few years, he has some understanding of the temperament of the literati officials in this era. These people may not be arrogant, but they will definitely not fall into their own identities and ask for help from military officials like themselves, especially high-ranking officials like Yan Qing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, let them bow their heads to themselves and ask for advice, sometimes it is more difficult than killing them.

But today, although Yan Qing did not come over in person, from what Zhu Chen said, Yang Zhen could still clearly feel that the other party's posture was extremely low, and he came to ask for advice sincerely, which was really unexpected.

Looking at this middle-aged official in his forties with beautiful eyebrows looking at his appearance with some pleading, Yang Zhen laughed unconsciously: "Zhu Langzhong is really too polite, we are ministers in the same hall, since this kind of thing has happened, my Jinyiwei should naturally make some efforts." ”

Hearing Yang Zhen say this, Zhu Chen's heart suddenly rejoiced, and he couldn't help but get up and bow his hand again: "Yang Yan can think like this, it really moves the lower officials, please accept the lower officials' courtesy." ”

Although Yang Zhen seemed to have the intention of helping them, several of his subordinates accompanying him were a little unhappy, and said with a smile: "Zhu Langzhong, isn't your criminal department the leader in my Daming prison matter?" Why, you can't handle such a small case, do you still want to ask our Jinyiwei for help? ”

"Yes. When your people came to my Pacification Division to take away those witnesses, didn't they have this attitude? Speaking of which, if that's the case, why did you bother to do it in the first place, how good would it be to just leave the errand to our brothers? ”

Listening to everyone's cynicism, Zhu Chen's face unconsciously blushed, and he smiled bitterly at everyone for a while: "This matter is indeed something that the people from our criminal department yamen have done inappropriately, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

Seeing that everyone was crowded, Zhu Chen's face was a little unbearable, Yang Zhen turned his face stiff, and then waved his hand and said, "Don't be rude, you all quit for me." It wasn't until several subordinates were ordered to withdraw that he smiled bitterly at Zhu Chen: "Don't be surprised by Zhu Langzhong, they are all rough people, and they naturally can't hide their grievances in their hearts." ”

"The lower officials understand, what they say is also the truth, how dare the lower officials have any complaints?" Zhu Chen's posture at this time was really low, and after carefully glancing at Yang Zhen, he said with some expectation: "I don't know if Yang Yan will agree to the request of the lower official." ”

"Actually, if you really want to talk about it, this matter has a lot to do with me, so how can I stay out of it?" Yang Zhen smiled, and after inviting the other party to re-seat, he continued: "Actually, I have been thinking about this matter for the past few days. ”

"Oh? I don't know if Yang Yanshi can teach any officials? Zhu Chen, who heard the meaning of his words, suddenly perked up. If the other party doesn't think of something special, they won't suddenly mention it.

"Zhu Langzhong, you are also a person who is good at judging cases, where do you think the most appropriate place to start with this case?" Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to say what he thought, but asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Zhu Chen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Xiaguan has always felt that it is most effective to start with those few people who have been taken down for selling exam questions. But now it seems that things are not as simple as Xia Guan thought, because starting from them, they can only find the one named Li Ji, and there are no further clues after that. ”

"Hmm, what Zhu Langzhong said is indeed a normal means of tracing ordinary cases. To tell you the truth, I have also been thinking about this, but our Jinyi Guard also didn't get anything in the past few days. Yang Zhen said and glanced at the other party again: "I hope you don't have to be surprised, after all, this matter has something to do with me, my temper is like this, and I can't tolerate being calculated." ”

"Don't dare." At this time, whether it was Zhu Chen or the rest of the Criminal Department, they naturally didn't care about this trivial matter, and even they wished that Yang Zhen and Jinyiwei's people would intervene in the investigation of the case, so that they could share more pressure.

Although Yang Zhen understood the other party's thoughts, he just smiled faintly, and did not break the other party's careful thoughts, but continued: "It is precisely because there are no further clues that I have a new idea, that is, the other party's motive for doing this. ”

"Motivation?" Zhu Chen's heart moved, as if he had thought of something, but for a while, he couldn't grasp what this somewhat confused statement was.

"Have you thought about it Zhu Langzhong, why did that person named Li Ji do such a thing?" Yang Zhen asked solemnly.

"This, naturally, is for money." Zhu Chen replied without thinking.

"Really? That's what I thought at first, but now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Yang Zhen said, just paused, looked at the other party and said: "Zhu Langzhong, please think about it, is the crime of cheating this time extremely serious, and is the case very big?" ”

"That's nature!" Zhu Chen immediately nodded: "Your Majesty is furious, the government and the opposition are boiling, this time the matter is naturally extremely serious." Once it is found out who did such a thing, the court will inevitably punish it severely, and it will be light to kill the head and raid the family. ”

Yang Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "What Zhu Lang said is very true, since this is the case, why do you think he wants to do such a rebellious thing?" Is it just for that bit of silver? As far as I know, he only got a few hundred taels of silver from those people who sold exam questions, not to mention the exam questions, even a courtyard located on the outskirts of the capital can't be bought, right? The guilt of this is not at all proportional to what is gained. ”

"Ah......" Zhu Chen was stunned for a moment. If it weren't for Yang Zhen saying this, he really never thought about it, this kind of reverse thinking has never been something that people in this era can have. But under Yang Zhen's reminder, if he thought about it again, he felt that things were really a little strange.

"Yes, it's not easy for the person behind this curtain to get the exam questions, and he has to take a huge risk to spread it, and he must be plotting more than just that bit of silver." After a long time, Zhu Chen finally expressed his opinion.

Yang Zhen corrected at this time: "In my opinion, he shouldn't be trying to get any money, but for another purpose." As for what the purpose is, Zhu Langzhong, think about it, in this matter, who will be unlucky. ”

"What do you mean, how many examiners are there?"

"And I'm the prison officer. If it is rumored that the test questions have been leaked after this examination, do you think the imperial court will not be the first to suspect a few of us? Yang Zhen asked further instructively.

This is indeed reasonable, so Zhu Chen also had to nod vigorously: "Yang Yanshi's inference is indeed reasonable...... Speaking of this, his body shook violently, and then his eyes showed surprise: "You mean, the person behind this scene is a certain official in the DPRK and China?" ”

"Or a certain father-in-law next to His Majesty, they also have the opportunity to come into contact with the exam questions of this meeting." Yang Zhen added very indifferently.

When Zhu Chen heard this, his body shook again, and his breathing became three points faster. Even if he was prepared, after suddenly hearing such an inference, he was not frightened, and it was difficult to regain his composure for a long time. And Yang Zhen didn't continue to talk at this time, just drank the tea slowly with a teacup, waiting for the other party to absorb his opinion.

"Huh ......" Finally, Zhu Chen's expression was uncertain for a while before he returned to normal, and once again arched his hand at Yang Zhen: "What Yang said did make Zhu Chen's mouth suddenly open, like a cloud to see the sun." According to common sense, there is a high probability that this matter will be as you say. But in this way, the matter is too tricky...... "Indeed, if the case involves officials from the DPRK and China, or even the eunuchs in the palace, then it will be too difficult for their criminal department to continue to investigate."

Yang Zhen naturally understood the meaning of his words, this kind of thing is best done by Jinyiwei, an organization that everyone hates and fears. But this time, Yang Zhen didn't answer his words, but just smiled faintly: "It's really not easy to do, but this is Your Majesty's will after all, even if you offend people again, you have to investigate it." Moreover, I believe that with your ability in Zhu Langzhong, it should not be too difficult to find out the truth of this case. ”

Yes, the other party blocked the back road where he wanted to ask him for help with a single sentence, which made Zhu Chen only smile bitterly. But he couldn't be dissatisfied with this, after all, this errand was given to them by the emperor for punishment, and there was a lot of risk and being watched by many people, and it was natural that people would not take this risk.

After understanding Yang Zhen's thoughts, Zhu Chen could only get up and say goodbye after saying another wordless of gratitude. He knew that the help he could get from Yang Zhen could only end here, in fact, compared to the cluelessness when he came, Yang Zhen had already given him a great reminder, but this reminder gave him pressure in other aspects, making him a little more uneasy.

It wasn't until after Zhu Chen left that several brothers returned to the hall, and when they saw Yang Zhen, they said a little strangely: "My lord, why are you helping him so much?" ”

Yang Zhen glanced at Shen Yan: "Mr. Shen, can you see the reason?" ”

"Well, there should be two purposes for adults to do this. One is to sell it to the Criminal Department; The second is to borrow their hands against those who are trying to disadvantage us. ”

"Yes, and it is much more convenient and convincing for the people from the Criminal Department to take action than ours." Yang Zhen grinned, but his eyes were so cold that he could shoot a cold light: "It's time for him to know that everything has consequences!" ”