Zhang Ru was angry, and punched Wang Hao's head, but before the fist touched Wang Qi's body, he suddenly retracted it.

After glaring at Wang Qi fiercely, Zhang Rufei jumped off the beam of the house, knocked out a big hole in the roof, and disappeared into the night with Fan Tong. Before leaving, he did not forget to sweep away the letters on the table.

Wang Qi, who was scared out of a cold sweat for no reason, sat on the chair in a daze, and the guards outside the door had already broken in, they didn't see this moment, but they saw Wang Qi with blood on his neck.

The leader looked a little embarrassed, and scolded his subordinates: "What are you doing in a daze, looking for it!" Dig three feet into the ground, and find out this moment for me. ”

Several guards came to Wang Qi's side and completely covered his thin body, for fear that they would strike a fatal blow at Wang Qi at this time.

Wang Qi's eyes gradually became clear, and his tone became cold: "Go out, no one is allowed to enter the study without the order of the official!" ”

Several guards looked at each other, they were ordered to stay and protect, but the leader was not there, and they didn't know whether to listen to Lord Shangshu.

"Get out!" This time, Wang Qi only said two words.

The official authority invisibly caused great psychological pressure on those guards, and everyone left.

Although there were hesitations, doubts, and even unwillingness in the eyes of these people, none of them dared to disobey Wang Qi's intentions. In this Shangshu Mansion, Wang Qi is the sky, even if it is this day, it is just an ancient old man with half of his body in the earth.

After a long time, Wang stood up tremblingly, walked slowly to the corner of the wall on the west side of the house, and struck the wall twice with his palm, and the wall cracked.

Wang Qi walked in and knelt on his knees: "Fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

The chamber was brightly lit, and there was nothing but a stool.

On the stool sat a man shrouded in black robes, whose identity was impossible to discern from the outside. However, as soon as this man spoke, he couldn't help but make people think about it, because this person's voice was extremely feminine and very good.

"Okay, this thing is well done, the master will reward you well." The man's tone was flat, and a pair of black eyes in the black robe bloomed with a strange light.

"Someone will take me out of the house." After Wang Qi stood up, the black-robed man whispered.

Wang Qi nodded very respectfully: "Don't worry, we will arrange it immediately." ”

No one noticed that after leaving angrily at good night, after Zhang Ru fled from Shangshu Mansion in a hurry, at the back gate of Shangshu Mansion, someone actually boarded the carriage and galloped away in the direction of the palace.

The next day, Wang Qi, who basically didn't sleep all night, arrived at Yamen very early, and even Zeng Pu and Zheng Tonghe, who were dragged by him to try the case together, were seriously sleep-deprived.

There was only one corpse in the hall, and this time there was no crowd to watch, only a few jailers and three presiding judges from the Criminal Department.

Cao Man, the director of the Criminal Department, knelt on the ground tremblingly, and not far in front of him was Guo Xiao, the head of the Criminal Department.

The expressions of the three subordinates were different, and Zeng Pu's face was full of surprise, obviously incredulous at what was happening in front of him. In fact, if it were someone else, it would be surprising, because no one would have imagined that Zhang Ru, who was still alive and well in the prison of the Criminal Department a few days ago, would become a corpse at this moment.

Zheng Tonghe was shocked and hid a little schadenfreude, and he could be said to have no good impression of this arrogant young man.

On the other hand, Wang Qi, among the three, he is the only one who behaves the most relaxed.

He circled around the corpse a few times before he said to Zeng Pu: "Master Zeng, this corpse is fake. ”

Zeng Pu was first surprised, and then delighted.

Shocked, Wang Qi suddenly called his name, he usually had a very good relationship with Wang Qi, thinking that Wang Qi was going to take the opportunity to splash dirt. Happily, Wang Qi actually said that this corpse was not Zhang Ru, so that his responsibility as the chief judge would be much smaller. You must know that putting Zhang Ru in the prison of the Criminal Department is not only Wang Qi's opinion, but also the consent of him, the chief judge.

Zheng Tonghe gave a bright smile and showed a mouthful of teeth: "Not dead? Is Lord Wang mistaken? ”

Wang Qi didn't seem to want to pay much attention to Zheng Tonghe, and said directly to Zeng Pu: "This person is not Zhang Ru, although his face is seven or eight points similar, but his age is different from Zhang Ru. The corpse had been treated by a tall man, and it looked like his skin and teeth had changed, but he had no calluses on his hands. Zhang Ru has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he should have calluses on his hands. ”

Zeng Pu frowned when he heard this: "What about Confucianism?" Could it be that he could still evaporate one night? ”

Zheng Tonghe touched his nose and said in a strange manner: "Yes! Isn't it Lord Wang's criminal department, what kind of ghost has happened, can Zhang Ru be released? ”

These words were not just about Wang Qi, the two little people kneeling on the ground were immediately unconvinced. When life and death are at stake, where can I care if you Zheng Tonghe is the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Cao Man was the first to stand up and express his dissatisfaction: "The prison of the Criminal Department is heavily guarded, and everyone has been controlled. Those people are old brothers, and they would never do such a thing. ”

His defense was only exchanged for Zheng Tonghe's hehe sneer.

However, Guo Xiao was much smarter, and after kneeling on the ground and kowtowing a few times, he said to Wang Qi in an orderly manner: "When this incident happened, Zeng Si Prison was in the heavenly prison, and he didn't find anything abnormal. Moreover, the position where Zhang Ru is imprisoned is the innermost prison of the Criminal Department, and anyone who wants to enter must go through thirteen gates. The keys to these thirteen doors are in the hands of fifteen different people. The last two doors require two people to open together. There is no sign of damage to the door lock, and if those people want to save Zhang Ru, they must buy thirteen people at the same time.

According to the investigation of his subordinates, only six of the thirteen people were in the prison of the Criminal Department that night, and the other seven were not present. Their keys are also on their bodies, and they have not been lost.

Zhang Ru's cell is still the same, except for the position of the straw mat, the other positions in the room have been investigated, and nothing wrong has been found. ”

Wang Qi said solemnly: "According to what you say, he just evaporated out of thin air?" ”

Guo Xiao shook his head: "Back to the words of adults, it is naturally impossible for the world to evaporate." The only possibility is that it is under the straw mat, and in order to maintain the scene, the subordinates have not touched the straw mat. I also ask the adults to move, I think that under the witness of all the adults, if the problem is under the straw mat, it will also be able to wash away the grievances of my brothers in the criminal department. ”

Zheng Tonghe snorted coldly: "It's simple to think, it's no problem to cure one of you for dereliction of duty." ”

Wang Qi said in a deep voice: "Lord Zheng, the affairs of my criminal department are handled by my own official, even if His Majesty wants to condemn the crime, this official will bear it with all his might." This official's subordinates, it is not your turn to teach a lesson. ”

Zheng Tonghe saw that there was a tendency to get angry, Zeng Pu hurriedly stood up and acted as a peacemaker: "Okay, okay, let's go to the cell first, and if the matter is really under the mat, think of other countermeasures." ”

In contrast, the contradiction between Zeng Pu and Wang Qi is just a small personal opinion, but the contradiction between Zheng Tonghe and Wang Qi is to the point of incompatibility.

Wang Qi is in charge of the Criminal Department, and the oil and water are naturally not comparable to Zheng Tong and people who work in Qingshui Yamen, seeing that Wang Qi is becoming more and more favored by the first assistant Wan'an, Zheng Tonghe, who could have served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, has been expressing his dissatisfaction. But after talking too much, Wan An didn't like him more and more, so he transferred all his anger to Wang Qi.

Like Zhang Ru, he also felt that this old immortal should have been paid to him a long time ago.

When the group came to the prison, the prison of the Criminal Department, which had been prepared for a long time, looked much more refreshing, although there was still a faint smell of urine, but compared to the situation when Zhang Ru entered the prison of the Criminal Department, it was much better.

Zheng Tonghe covered his nose with a handkerchief dissatisfied, and Zeng Pu frowned involuntarily.

After opening the cell, Cao Man personally lifted the straw mat, revealing a large black hole.

Everything, self-explanatory.

The speculation became a fact, Wang Qi thought for a moment and said: "The matter is now, I must give an explanation to the people of the world, it is better to send a report, just say that the person committed Zhang Ru committed suicide, and then took advantage of the hot weather, his body was also corrupted, and found a place to bury it as soon as possible." ”

Zeng Pu said worriedly: "What Lord Wang said is reasonable, but Zhang Ru is not dead, even if the news of his death is announced, if he comes out again at that time, won't we slap ourselves in the face?" ”

Zheng Tonghe echoed: "That's it, Zhang Ru is not easy to mess with, what kind of goods are the Jinyiwei gang of horsemen, your Lord Wang will not know." Could it be that Lord Wang wanted us to follow you unlucky, and in the end we were all raided by the brocade guards? ”

Wang Hao's face was as usual, and the old god was in the ground: "He escaped this time, it is already a blessing that he can't do it, and he dares to run out to be a demon, that is simply looking for death." You know, the charges against him have not been cleared yet, but we can continue to interrogate him. ”

Zheng Tong and Zheng Feng confronted each other: "Dare to ask Lord Wang, even if we continue to interrogate, what can we interrogate?" In terms of torture methods, Jin Yiwei is the originator. He is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and many of his methods are more familiar than ours. Could it be that he was interrogated again, and let him let me wait in front of the public to lose face? ”

Wang Qi snorted coldly: "I see that your butt is not clean, so I'm afraid." ”

After speaking, he looked at Zeng Pu.

Among the three, whether in name or in fact, only Zeng Pu can really call the shots.

He is the spokesperson of the princess, even if Wan'an, the head of the court, is here, he can not give face if he wants to. Between Wang Qi and the princess, after all, there is still a Wan'an.

Zeng Pu muttered: "This matter must be reported to the Holy Lord, and now, the matter is no longer within our control. ”

The two people who had mutual dislikes, looked at each other, they never thought that Zeng Pu would make such a decision.

Wang Qi shook his head, took the lead out of the prison, and said as he walked: "I will go to the fold to ask for guilt, and I don't care about other things." ”