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Shuntian Mansion Yin is respected, Fu Cheng is the deputy, and the third place in the governance, these three are considered high-grade, and they generally sit in this position to support their qualifications or pensions, and then there are three general judgments below, which are the officials in charge of practice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The capital is important, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many powerful people, any small thing can become a big thing, and the general judges in charge of practice are all old and spicy, exquisite, and most of them are from a high background, and they have not moved in this position for many years.

Even if they are sent to the local government, they will go directly to the local government to be a high-ranking official such as a Taoist and a political officer, and then get a grade and return to Beijing with a high promotion, so they are naturally unwilling to do such cumbersome and low-grade general affairs, and these Qingliu scholars have very shallow experience in government affairs, and they can't cope with the intricate situation in the local area.

Lifting people into the office, many of them are from the grade of the ninth and eighth grades step by step, stay for a long time, see a lot, hone layer by layer, and the old officials are generally experienced, the old treacherous is slippery, in order to survive to the position of Shuntianfu Tongju, in this position and all parties to have a good relationship, well-informed, exquisite, everywhere can be maintained, the size of the Beijing division can satisfy all parties, give an explanation.

Such a character is replaced by one, and it will take a few years to become a familiar hand, so it is never easy to change, and it is not uncommon for Shuntianfu Yin to change three terms a year, but the general judgment of Shuntianfu is often a person who sits for twenty or thirty years, although it does not conform to the law of the ministry, it is a default rule.

Although this position is not prominent, it is very oily and powerful, and there are some things that can only be done by relying on the general judgment of Shuntianfu, and it can be regarded as a real power figure who stomping on the capital.

Moreover, it is very beneficial to be a general judge, and the children, nephews, and relatives are all very beneficial, and all parties take care of them, and the road to the imperial examination for their children is unimpeded, not to mention the large amount of wealth accumulated in this office, and the inexhaustible industry for several lifetimes.

With Lu Wancai's qualifications, he only sat in the position of a magistrate in his thirties, and it took ten years to become a candidate for this general judgment, and it was basically impossible to be promoted to a general judgment.

However, good luck fell from the sky, and he met Wang Tong by chance, and then he was naturally known by Zhang Cheng, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, and his name also reached the ears of Emperor Wanli.

Before Wang Tong left the Beijing Division, he set up the shelf of the Public Security Division, and Lu Wancai, as a very close person in this circle, knew how to do official affairs, and was diligent in handling errands, not only got the position of doing things in the Public Security Division, but also under the care, he rose step by step, and was extremely lucky to sit in the position of general judge.

Six years before Jiajing, there were six general judgments in Shuntianfu, and they were later abolished into three, although these three are jointly managed, but each has its own direction, some are responsible for the nobles of the capital, some are responsible for the tax of the acres of land, and some are responsible for the criminal name.

Anyone with a little knowledge of officialdom can see that those who are in charge of the powerful and rich can make friends with the powerful, and those who are responsible for taxes on acres of land can make a fortune, and this punishment is drudgery.

Although someone takes care of it, the rules of officialdom are not so easy to change, and Lu Wancai is naturally responsible for the drudgery.

The Department of Public Security has a large amount of silver, and Wang Tong's business has given him dividends, not to mention that this Lu Wancai himself is a local tyrant in Tongzhou, so he naturally doesn't care about this little money, but because of this criminal responsibility, he can pay more attention to all strata of the Beijing Division, as well as the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, and he is happy to sit in this position.

Not to mention that this position provides a lot of convenience for the Department of Public Security, Lu Wancai's responsibility is not small, places like Jingshi are different from other places, and a dead person may be able to ignore them, but if the rumor news reaches the ears of the big man, he will ask with interest, if Shuntianfu does not give an answer, it will also be annoying, so when there is a case, Shuntianfu is always more dedicated than other places.

The little official entered the duty room to report, saying that there was another case of murder for money in Nancheng, Lu Wancai's brows furrowed suddenly, and he asked in a solemn voice:

"Aren't you still a resident of Jingshi?"

"Back to the adult's words, no, I looked at the road guide I brought with me, it was a tea merchant from Fujian, who lived in the Dafu Inn in Baoquanling outside the southern city, and the people in the store said that he ate more wine at noon, went out for a walk, and didn't come back overnight, if we don't look for it, they don't know?"

"The day before yesterday, there were two brothers in Linqingzhou, Shandong, and the day before yesterday, there was a talent from Hangzhou who came to study in Hangzhou......"

"My lord remembers clearly, a horse dealer in Zhending Mansion was hacked to death with a knife six days ago, and there was a merchant in Tongzhou on the fifth day."

Lu Wancai flipped the folding fan in his hand, knocked the table with the fan bone, and asked:

"This incident should have been known to Daxing County first, and the corpse had been examined?"

"I have tested it, and I was stabbed in the chest with a spear and died."

Hearing this, Lu Wancai's face froze, and he said:

"Killed with a spear? The cases of murder for money these days outside the southern city seem to be that except for one case of stick killing, the rest were killed with a blade...... You go to Daxing County and call the case over, and tell Li Gui, come to my side! ”

The little official bowed and retreated, and after a while, someone outside respectfully reported that Li Gui, who was already the deputy head catcher of Shuntian Mansion, politely entered the duty room to greet him.

Today's Li Gui is also a great figure on the ground in Beijing, buyers and sellers everywhere in Beijing, who doesn't know that Uncle Li, who is the head catcher and the head of the Public Security Division, this is to be careful of flattery, but Li Gui also knows how his prestige came about, and he is much more respectful than before on Lu Wancai's side.

"My lord, what do you have to call the little one!?"

"What have your people been doing lately?"

"If you go back to your lordship, everyone on the side of Shuntian Mansion is doing their own errands, and the people on the side of the Department of Public Security are investigating the activities of the Sanyang Sect in addition to doing normal errands."

"Did you find anything?"

"The villain is incompetent, just like last year, there is still no news, the Jingshi put the money in the seal, and the women who resold the women in the yard are all reported on our side, and Master Li is also watching closely from the gambling house, and I can't find anything."

Lu Wancai groaned, unfolded and closed the folding fan in his hand, and said in a solemn voice:

"Put all the people who can be mobilized outside the southern city and investigate these murder cases!"

When he gave the order, Li Guigang bowed down to listen to the order, but he hesitantly raised his head and asked:

"Lord Lu, this ...... Lord Wang ordered to investigate and transfer people over, I'm afraid this is ......"

Lu Wancai slapped the folding fan in his hand on the table and shouted angrily:

"If you don't go to investigate the robbery and murder case outside the southern city, it will be found out by someone with a heart, we can't continue to do this errand, and we can't talk about what to do for Lord Wang, Lord Wang's side, I will write a letter to explain, and use the people on Wang Si's side together, if you don't investigate, something big will happen!!"

was so stated by Lu Wancai, Li Gui was shocked, he was not the greedy catcher back then, but now he is the deputy chief catcher and the manager of the Department of Public Security, I have seen a lot of people in the market, and I also know that this matter is not trivial, so he hurriedly bowed down and said:

"The little one knows, the villain will take people outside the city today, and he will definitely find out about this case!"

"Go check first, I'll go to Jinyiwei and the palace today, and see if they send someone to help you."

The government has always investigated cases, only those who don't want to investigate, and there are few that can't be investigated, so the Shuntian Mansion sentenced Lu Wan to give an order, and used the forces of the Shuntian Mansion and the Public Security Division, which is equivalent to the Shuntian Mansion's fast arrest and dispatch, some of the Jinyi Guard's soldiers and Dongchang Fanzi have to participate in it.

With such a manpower organization, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest team in Beijing to investigate cases, and such a person can find out everything when he arrives outside the southern city.

Li Gui was dressed in civilian clothes, equipped to look like a rich and noble officer, and directly booked a guest room at the Dafu Inn outside the southern city, where he sat there, and the people who handled the case ran back and forth outside, and came back to report any news.

Outside the castle was not a desolate field, except for a dozen miles of forcibly cleared land under the city walls, it was a bustling town that stretched out continuously.

"Li Tou, some neighbors saw the horse dealer go to the Jiuxuan Niangniang Temple......

"Master Li, the cooked butcher shop on Stone Street, said that there was a strange incident recently, the nameless white over there in the Jiuxuan Niangniang Temple is a lot more generous, and it used to be meat and bones waiting to be thrown out at the door, but these days it is bought in large pieces, and the small ones feel wrong, I went to the nearby wine and food shop to ask, and also said that the nameless white whole altar sells good wine......"

"Master Li, I just went to ask the two local pranksters, and they said that some people have recently used boys to pretend to be girls to set up a bureau, but they are all in remote places, and they don't bother to pay attention to it."

One by one, the messengers came to report the news they had inquired about, Li Gui had also been on an errand in the yamen for many years, and he had already understood the general situation, he pondered for a while, and said:

"What kind of business can the weapons shops in the neighborhood do not know the origin of the seller!?"

"Back to Li Ye's words, Dongchang and Jinyiwei over there are all sitting and investigating, and such a thing has already been revealed."

"Nameless white, nameless white, straight lady thief, and these eggless goods are involved, the matter is troublesome, you go and keep an eye on it first, and I will go to the city to inform you."

Hearing that he was involved with Nameless Bai, Li Gui couldn't help but scold his mother, these people are the most despicable, but if there is a slight mistake in handling, they will offend the eunuchs in the palace, that is a big trouble, if you want to handle the case, you must report to the palace layer by layer, and weapons such as knives and spears are expensive, Nameless Bai is penniless, and the money from there buys it, what is even more strange is that they are so despicable and disabled, and they have to do so many blades!

The people in the Shuntian Mansion errand are on the side of the Jingshi, and they know very well that there are some things that they can't ask or guess, just state the truth, but Li Gui is really on an errand, so he can only go to the top to ask for instructions.

Two messengers dressed in civilian clothes walked to the place of the dead, which was also outside the southern city, but there was no one on the road, and suddenly they heard the sound of grass, and more than a dozen people rushed out with various blades.