On the seventh day of October in the forty-third year of Kangxi, the first snow of this winter finally fell, although it was not very big, it stopped from midnight to dawn, and there was not much snow, just the ground of the Beijing division was plated with a layer of silver white, but the weather was suddenly cold, the temperature was extremely low, although it was not yet the place where the air became ice, but the cold wind blew on the face, but it was already frozen panic, this kind of weather is only suitable for cats to avoid the cold in the house, but Hongqing did not have this life, got up early in the morning, after practicing the cultural and martial arts classes prescribed by Old Master Chen, only had time to pick up a bowl of white porridge, and had to take a sedan chair to the prison of the Criminal Department.

It has been five days since he took over the Caishikou case, but there is still not much progress in the case, even if the fourth master has basically transferred the guards of the house to the prison of the Criminal Department, and he has been investigating and detecting day and night, but unfortunately the income is very limited - there are many officials of the Criminal Department who have been brought to interrogation, but these old oilmen are more difficult than one another, and there are eight masters and a group of people from the side, it is difficult to take action on the punishment measures, relying on verbal threats alone, how can it be possible to obtain very substantial evidence, and the case has been tried to this point. Obviously, it has reached a stalemate, and the helpless fourth master can only force the daily interrogation while urging Hongqing to start arresting the fugitive death row prisoner from time to time.

It's easy to arrest fugitive death row prisoners, but it's just a sentence, but it's not so easy to do, the sea fishing paperwork is easy to do, and the people of the criminal department will do it tightly, but it is a trouble to mobilize the manpower of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to be responsible for the pursuit, for this reason, Hongqing didn't know how many times he ran back and forth, and Tuoheqi, who held the power of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, just refused to cooperate well, even if he sent people, most of them were too vain to deal with it, but Hongqing didn't care, he already had arrangements to deal with it, But I'm not afraid that I can't pay the difference, every day is to do superficial articles, perfunctory to deal with the fourth master, but I didn't expect the fourth master to wait impatiently, he actually made a move, sent the guards in the house to detain all the three families involved in the case to the prison of the criminal department, and then sent a letter to Hongqing, asking Hongqing to try it as soon as possible.

The trial of the case is undoubtedly very trivial, although Hongqing only routinely tried the main determinations of the three families, but he couldn't stand the number of people who were detained, and after a toss, it was already past noon, tired and hungry, Hongqing hurriedly used the lunch box brought by Liu San'er, and planned to go back to the house to rest for a while, but he had to get out of the "A" prison, but he changed his mind and led a group of guards to walk through the snow to the "D" prison not far away.

"Wang Yanhe, the director of the lower official prison hall, knocked to see the little prince."

Hongqing and the others had just arrived at the door of the prison, and they saw that a middle-aged official dressed in a six-grade official robe had already led a group of prisoners to hurriedly greet him, and he respectfully paid a big salute.

"Excuse me, isn't it appropriate for the king to do it today? How do you have the leisure to wander around here? ”

As soon as he saw that the person who came forward was Wang Yanhe, Hongqing's brows couldn't help frowning slightly, not for anything else, just because Hongqing knew very well that this person was a servant of the Ninth Master, and it was obviously not a good thing to appear in the "Ding" prison at such a time, and there were inevitably some thorns in the words that he called.

"The little prince said with a smile, Xia Guan Xi is the head of the prison hall, and the prison is actually his own duty, and he is sent by the above, and I am afraid that he will be dedicated to this prison for the rest of the month, I don't know if the little prince has arrived, but what are the orders?"

Wang Yanhe was able to be sent by the eighth master to the "Ding" cell to stare at Mu Ning and the others, naturally he was not an idle person, although he heard the sarcasm in Hongqing's words, he was not moved at all, and explained with a smile, with a lot of self-spitting and self-help.

"It's not a big deal, Ben Belle has a foreign place that is being talked about here right now, how about asking Lord Wang to make it convenient?"

Seeing that Wang Yanhe was polite, but his eyes did not dodge at all, Hongqing's heart couldn't help but sink, knowing that this person was afraid that it was not so easy to deal with, so he was too lazy to make a detour, and made a request straightforwardly.

"This ......, hehe, the little prince Mingjian, all the suspects in this prison are waiting for trial, and they are not allowed to visit privately according to the law.

Sure enough, as Hongqing expected, although Wang Yanhe looked embarrassed, there was no room for discussion in his refusal.

"Well, Lord Wang is loyal to his duties, but he is a good official, if the whole court can be like this, why worry that the world can't be governed, good, very good."

As a nobleman of Tianhuang, Hongqing naturally can't have a dispute with Wang Yanhe here, if it is really troublesome, he will definitely eat the bullet chapter, such a loss in front of him, Hongqing will not eat, so he just praised Wang Yanhe with a smile.

"The little prince has passed the award, and the lower officials are just doing their duty, so they don't dare to be the little prince's fallacious award."

Wang Yanhe could hear that Hongqing's words were clearly opposite, but he thought that he had the eighth master and others behind him, but he refused to make a slight concession, although he was making humble words in his mouth, but people blocked Hongqing's body without any intention of getting out of the way.

"Lord Wang has an envoy, Ben Baylor also has the emperor's order, must arrest the fugitive death row prisoner, now, search all over Gyeonggi but can not be obtained, Ben Baylor suspects that the three fugitive death row prisoners are still hiding in the prison cells of the Criminal Department, must be thoroughly investigated, and ask Lord Wang to lead the way, Ben Baylor plans to search from the 'D' cell, please!"

Hongqing is so easy to dismiss, this is easy to say, he immediately changed his face, put on a posture of Qincha, and gave the order unceremoniously.

"This ......, I'm afraid I can't stop it, this place is the important place of the Criminal Department, how can those death row prisoners fall into the net, the little prince laughed."

Seeing Hongqing put on a businesslike posture, Wang Yanhe was a little unbearable, and on a cold day, he was stunned to hold back a cold sweat, but he refused to give in, so he explained with a smile.

"Heavy place in the criminal department? Hey, didn't the slaughter of the white goose happen in the criminal department? If death row inmates in custody can be replaced, why can't? If you say more, then don't blame Ben Baylor for being ruthless! ”

Even if he turned his face, Hongqing would not be very polite to Wang Yanhe, so he had a gloomy face and put on a posture of overwhelming people with power.

"Ah, this ......, it's okay, little prince, please!"

Wang Yanhe can ignore Hongqing's friend's request, but he doesn't dare to really have a hard top with Hongqing in official affairs, if he is really taken by Hongqing in one fell swoop, even if the eighth master and others come forward, then he will definitely ensure that he Wang Yanhe is thorough, such a loss in front of him, Wang Yanhe also doesn't want to try, after a little struggle, he still has to do what Hongqing said.

"Well, you wait to go in with Ben Belle to search, every cell is not allowed to be spared, they are all searched carefully, if it is past the thief, Ben Belle will be severely punished!"

The fake show has to be really done, otherwise, there is really a possibility of being criticized, this point, Hongqing knows very well in his heart, he will not make such a low-level mistake, and he did not rush into the prison, but turned around, and gave a death order to Li Minxing and other palace guards with a solemn expression.

"Wow!"

The guards all knew the true meaning of Hongqing's words, and they couldn't help but be secretly amused, but they didn't dare to show it, so they could only hold back a smile and respond to the promise.

The prison of the Criminal Department is divided into north and south prisons, the south prison holds male prisoners, the north prison holds female prisoners, the south prison has four buildings, and the north prison has two buildings, the specifications are all the same, dark, dirty and smelly, people walk in the meantime, I feel that it is not much better, fortunately, Hongqing has been in the south prison "A" word prison for a long afternoon, at this time I am also used to the dark and murderous atmosphere of the prison, but there is not too much discomfort, of course, the matter of searching the prison house, Hongqing himself will not do it, there are Li Minxing and others pretending to do it, As for Hongqing himself, it's just a leisurely stroll.

"Little Wangye, Little Wangye, I'm here, I'm here, I'm Mu Ning!"

The search was carried out very carefully, and the progress was not fast, and after most of the hour, less than half of the prison cells were searched, and only then did he turn a corner where a few torches were inserted, and before Hongqing could adapt to the change of light and darkness, he saw a person in a cell on the left crawling to the fence, waving his hands indiscriminately, and shouting loudly.

"Muning?"

Hongqing has not visited Mu Ning in person since the situation, but in private, he has arranged for the inner line of the prison of the Criminal Department to bring some food to Mu Ning, thinking that Mu Ning should be relatively comfortable in prison, but at first glance, he saw Mu Ning in rags, unkempt, like a beggar, and his face was difficult to see in an instant.

"It's me, it's me, little prince, you can be regarded as here, I ......"

Mu Ning has always been a pampered master, these days have been locked in prison, although he has not been raptured to interrogate, but the crime is not less, this time seeing Hongqing has arrived, he feels that he has hope of being saved, and under the agitation of the mood, he choked up and couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Brother Muning has suffered."

Seeing that Mu Ning, who was personable in the past, became the appearance in front of him, Hongqing felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, after all, the reason why Mu Ning fell into such a field really had something to do with Hongqing, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was implicated by Hongqing, facing Mu Ning's eager eyes, Hongqing couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and he really didn't know what to say, so he could only dryly appease him.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that this place is really not a place for people to stay, and I don't want to have a second time after I am killed, but fortunately, you are finally here, little prince!"

At the thought of being able to get out of the sea of suffering immediately, Mu Ning's eyes couldn't help but moisten, but he didn't notice that Hongqing's face was becoming more and more ugly.

Chapter 239: No Rabbit or Eagle (1)

Chapter 239: No Rabbit or Eagle (1)