It is certainly a pleasure to take down Zhang Tong, the Marquis of Longping, but for Yang Zhen, this does not solve the fundamental problem. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoEspecially after bringing these people back to the Suppression Division for careful examination, this judgment is even clearer.

Whether it was Zhang Tong himself, or the steward of the Hou Mansion, or his family, none of them could specifically say what those Mongolian people would do in the capital, let alone the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect.

These people are all foxes and fake tigers, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, Jinyiwei doesn't need to do anything, just a threat, which scared them a lot, and they explained everything. So judging from this point, Zhang Tong and the others did not hide or lie, they were indeed just being used to provide a hiding place that the government and Jinyi Wei could not find, and to help the Mongolian people leave the capital.

In this way, things are back to square one, and with the clues he has so far, Yang Zhen still can't think of what the two thieves will do together. And this, the only hope may be on the killed Zheng Heng, but such a petty official of the Ministry of Works, can he really find more important clues from him?

No matter what can be found out, since he has promised the people of the Criminal Department, Yang Zhen still has to keep his promise.

So, on the morning of the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, accompanied by more than a dozen brocade guards, Yang Zhen came to the yamen of the criminal department. When they saw that he had indeed come as promised, the officials of the Criminal Department who were guarding the door were greatly relieved and hurriedly welcomed him into the yamen.

Although it was only a two-day slate, the impeachment of the Ministry of Criminal Justice by the DPRK and China has already made the people here feel impatient and impatient. Especially Guo Yuewei, the waiter who was in charge of letting Yang Zhen go before, was subjected to multiple pressures from inside and outside, and when he met again, he looked much haggard than before.

But fortunately, Yang Dudu still came to the Criminal Department for interrogation, so Guo Shilang and the Criminal Department finally had a reason to explain to the court and hundreds of officials. Of course, if those officials saw the scene of the Criminal Department's "interrogation" of Yang Zhen, they were afraid that the impeachment would not be less than before.

As one of the six departments of the imperial court, the highest judicial body in the country, the status of the criminal department is naturally extremely high, no matter what kind of prisoner, as long as you enter the yamen of the criminal department, even if your identity is noble, I am afraid that you can only bow down and be small, and obediently obey the interrogation.

But there are always exceptions to everything, such as Yang Zhen, although he also entered the yamen of the Criminal Department as a suspect, but at the moment he is in the upper seat, Guo Shilang is carefully sitting next to him, and there are still some investigation officials from the Criminal Department, but they don't even have seats, so they can only stand with their heads bowed. This is an interrogation, and it is clear that he is reporting the progress of the investigation to him.

In fact, Yang Zhen is not so strong, it is really the burden on Guo Shilang's shoulders is too heavy, and he knows Yang Zhen's weight in this matter, and he still expects him to help him tide over the difficulties, so he is so humble.

At the beginning of this "interrogation", which was more like a report on the case, Guo Yuewei said: "Yang Dudu, you were framed, and we have already found out the evidence." ”

"Oh?" Yang Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Is this true?" But how did you find out? ”

"It's very simple, we checked the top of the Sanqing Hall as Yang Dudu said, and found that there were indeed traces left by someone who had just stepped on it." An official in charge of the on-site investigation hurriedly replied.

Yang Zhen glanced at him approvingly: "This adult really has some ability, so I can rest assured." ”

"But ......" Guo Yuewei glanced at Yang Zhen, looking like he wanted to say something.

Yang Zhen seemed to have thought of something, and frowned again: "Since the Criminal Department has found out some clues, why do you want to send someone to ask me?" ”

"This is exactly what the lower official wants to tell Yang Dudu to you. In the past few days, because of the continuous impeachment of those gossip officials, both the officialdom and the people have some opinions about our Criminal Department, thinking that we are shielding the governor and protecting each other. So at this time, even if we come up with such evidence, I am afraid that it will not be convincing. While speaking, Guo Yuewei glanced at Yang Zhen carelessly.

Yang Zhen was only stunned for a moment, and then understood the meaning of the other party's words. Since they are not trusted by outsiders because they defend themselves, they must come up with stronger evidence, such as finding out the real murderer. And at this point, it is obvious that these people in the Criminal Department are also uncaught, so they thought of asking Yang Zhen or Jin Yiwei to help investigate the case.

A smile flashed at the corner of Yang Zhen's mouth, this Guo Shilang was also shrewd, and he found such an excuse that he couldn't stay out of the matter. But in fact, he also did a little too much, this time the matter was completely aimed at Yang Zhen, how could he get away with it without finding out the truth?

"But I wonder if you have found any useful clues other than this? For example, the identity of the deceased, and whether he was killed on the spot in the Manifest Vision? Yang Zhen raised his own question and used it to show his attitude, of course he wanted to find out the truth with his heart.

I felt the attitude from his words, which lifted the spirits of these officials of the Criminal Department, especially Guo Yuewei, who was a little relieved. Compared to others, he is under the most pressure, and now with the help of Jinyiwei, things are always much easier.

At Guo Shilang's suggestion, the official who had inspected the scene before said: "The identity of the deceased, except for the things he was carrying can prove that he is an official of the Ministry of Industry, there is indeed no other clue." Moreover, after examination, the seal was confirmed to be genuine. As for the place where he was killed, it was in that temple, but ......"

"But what?" Yang Zhen hurriedly asked.

At this time, another official, who was nearly sixty years old, but looked at him as the lowest-ranking official, bowed and said: "However, the lower official found a strange writing between the hands and feet of the corpse, it seems that he had been bound before his death, and then his head was cut off when he could not struggle." It's a pity that because of the limited time, I couldn't find out more clues in the end. ”

When he said that time was limited, he meant that in the evening of the same day, Jinyiwei sent someone to take the body away. In this case, it is impossible to conduct further investigations. This made Yang Zhen smile bitterly, this was his own decision that dragged him back, otherwise from this corpse, there should be more clues, but now the corpse has already been burned so that there is almost nothing of value to be found.

After sighing a little helplessly, Yang Zhen asked again, "Are there any other clues?" For example, are there any other discoveries in the manifest view? ”

"No, we have already searched the Xianqing Temple and the surroundings in the past two days, but the other party's hands and feet are very clean, except for the traces left on the top of the Sanqing Hall when he fled, nothing has been found."

"It's really deliberate, and I want to splash this dirty water on my head." Yang Zhen squinted his eyes and said a little unhappily. Then he said: "Since there are no clues in this matter for a while, let's take a look at another case." Guo Shilang, did you take over the Zheng family's extermination case from Shuntianfu? ”

Guo Yuewei nodded: "The case has been taken over, and our people have also gone to the scene to investigate, and have also asked the surrounding neighbors, but they have not gained much, and they obviously have not heard any movement." In this way, it can be deduced that those murderers should have killed people at night. ”

Yang Zhen snorted, and looked at the two experts in the inquest again: "Did you two find anything?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and the post-mortem expert said, "I didn't find anything else, but the lower officials found some strange ...... on these corpses."

"But what?" Yang Zhen hurriedly asked.

"These deceased people are different according to their identities, including the lady and young master in the mansion, and there are also subordinates. Even if it is a subordinate, there is a difference, whether it is a steward, or a rough servant, or a slave. This can be distinguished by the way they dress. But ......" said this, a trace of doubt flashed in the old man's eyes: "Look at their hands and siblings again, but they are very similar. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"These people have calluses on their palms after work, and their feet are also average, and they look like people who walk and do more on weekdays. This is very strange, even if those subordinates are like this, even if they are in charge or something, it can be explained that they have done such heavy things before, but even the lady in his family is also ordinary, which is really unreasonable. ”

Yang Zhen's spirit immediately perked up: "In your opinion, it means that the identities of these deceased are suspicious, and they may not really be Zheng Heng's family?" ”

"This ...... The lower officials did not dare to assert it, after all, everyone was dead, and it was really difficult to investigate. But things do get a little weird. What's even more strange is that our people asked the neighbors around them to identify the body, but they repeatedly prevaricated, only saying that the people of the Zheng family had always lived in a simple place, and had almost no contact with them, so they could not recognize them. ”

Yang Zhen took a breath: "In this way, there is indeed a big problem with this matter. Speaking of this, another thought quickly flashed out of his mind - if these Zheng Heng's family members are fake, then what about Zheng Heng himself?

Before, even he himself thought that the corpse used to trap himself was Zheng Heng, the head of the Ministry of Works, but now it seems that there is another possibility. And the headless corpse Zheng Heng is likely to change at this time, from the victim of the deceased recognized by everyone to the perpetrator and the perpetrator of the conspiracy.

The more he thought about it, the more Yang Zhen felt that his judgment was very reasonable, so he simply explained this reasoning in front of several people.

Guo Yuewei is also a veteran in criminal prisons, and when he heard it, although he felt a little strange, he had to nod and say: "This matter is indeed very strange...... It's just that this Zheng Heng and those thieves are doing this? ”

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