Leng Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "You must have said good things to me." ”

"Yes and no." Cheng Luojie said: "Last time, you asked someone to send me a letter, asking me to ask Queen Kaibao to come forward to investigate and deal with the evil deeds of the Su family in Bazhou. I wrote a secret report to my mother, in which I also talked about your ability to solve the case by the way. Unexpectedly, the mother attaches great importance to it. On the one hand, the Supervision Yuan was instructed to investigate the affairs of the Su family, and at the same time, after learning that there was a problem in our investigation, we immediately issued an order to promote you to the general judgment of Bazhou. ”

After Zhao Guangyi obtained the throne from his brother Zhao Kuangyin, he respected his sister-in-law Empress Kaibao very much, and ordered that Empress Kaibao could directly appoint officials below the sixth rank. For this privilege, Empress Kaibao has hardly used it, and the promotion given to Leng Yi is the only one of them.

Cheng Luojie said again: "Do you know why you were promoted to be the general judge of Bazhou? ”

"I think it has something to do with what you're looking for."

"That's right! You are really smart! Cheng Luojie kissed him happily, lowered her voice and said: "We didn't find that thing in Juzhou, not long ago, we got news that the traces of things appeared in Bazhou, and this time it was very definite, because our people found another thing in Bazhou that disappeared with that thing at that time." So that the thing must be here. That's why Queen Kaibao wants to promote you to be the general judge of Bazhou! ”

Leng Yi sighed and said, "The queen wants me to help investigate the case and find out this thing?" ”

"Exactly!" Cheng Luojie said: "That's why I came to you tonight, as long as you find this baby, you will definitely be able to soar and soar!" ”

"I don't expect that, as long as I can be with you."

"My sister and I, as well as Yin Ying, the three of us, have been appointed as the head catcher in Bazhou. Assist you in your investigation. ”

"Great! Shouldn't we be together? ”

"Hmm!" When Cheng Luojie heard Leng Yi's words, she obviously cared about herself, and couldn't help but be very happy, hugging his neck and making love again.

Leng Yi said: "How is the Su family's affairs investigated and dealt with now?" ”

"The queen mother personally supervised the investigation, naturally it will not be delayed, not to mention that the Su family has a lot of evil deeds, and it will be found out after a check, as a result, after reporting to the current emperor, the emperor issued an order to remove the second child of the Su family from his post and investigate it, and instructed the Bazhou Mansion to find out the Su family. A few days ago, the Su family had been raided, and the old lady Su died in anger and urgency, and several old men of the Su family were thrown into prison for punishment. Erjin Village also changed its name and restored its name, and the villagers applauded! ”

Leng Yi listened to it and felt very relieved.

At this time, the rain began to be heavy, and both of them had wet hair, so Cheng Luojie reluctantly let go of Leng Yi and said: "I'm leaving, I'm waiting for you in Bazhou, you will come to Bazhou to take office as soon as possible, the situation is very urgent, and it has been delayed for a lot of time, so it can't be delayed any longer." When you come, we'll talk more about the case. ”

Leng Yi nodded in agreement, and Cheng Luojie then floated away.

The next day, Leng Yi handed over the work to the acting magistrate Qiu, and Zhuo Qiaoniang and the maid Caosui were busy packing up their things.

When Leng Yi came back from handing over the work, he saw a few official robes, official boots, and an official hat by the door, which were put together with some old goods, as if they were going to be thrown away, so he said, "Don't want any of these?" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang smiled: "What else does this ask him to do?" You are now a general judge, you have the official uniform of a general judgment, what do you want to know the county? ”

Leng Yi nodded: "This is also true." I looked down, picked up the official hat and looked at it, it was the hat I wore on the day I impersonated Nazhi County, patted it, and said: "This is the official hat of the first time I have been an official, keep it as a souvenir, which day I will be promoted, look back at this official hat, and think of the two of us in the Yin Tomb, it is still very meaningful." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang smiled: "Okay, I'll put it away for you." He reached out and took the hat from his hand, and placed it in the box.

Leng Yi also brought the Wanmin umbrella given to him by the people of Yinling, and put it in his new yamen to warn himself to continue to work for the well-being of the people.

The two of them didn't have much luggage, so they quickly packed up, and at the moment, the husband and wife took the maid grass spike, as well as Jiazhen, Wu Zhutou, Song Zhutou, and a few close and capable catchers, plus Master Dong, and set off for Bazhou.

Leng Yi asked Master Dong and learned that Tong Juan was responsible for the investigation of criminal cases, and had the right to decide on his own who would be the head catcher, the head catcher and the person who was subordinate to the soap, so he brought the Wu head catcher, Song head catcher and several capable catchers that he had been used to.

On the way, I stayed at the post station for one night, and remembered that he and Cheng Luojie started a relationship at this post station, and I felt very cordial. Thinking that he could be with Cheng Luojie again, Leng Yi was very happy in his heart.

That night, Leng Yi sat under the post corridor, looking at the pouring rain outside, frowning slightly, and said to Master Dong beside him: "There is a lot of rain this year!" ”

"Yes, there has been more rain this year than in previous years. Since the beginning of summer, it has rained twice in three days, and it is not small. ”

"If it goes down like this, I'm afraid it's not a good thing."

"yes."

At noon the next day, they rushed to Bazhou in the rain.

This time, Leng Yi did not live in the Yinling Inn, but came directly to the Bazhou Yamen. Jiazhen said goodbye and went home.

The Bazhou Mansion already knew that Leng Zhi County of Yinling County was promoted to the general judge of the Bazhou Prefecture, second only to the prefect's second-in-command, and when he saw them coming, he quickly nodded and welcomed him into the yamen, and at the same time, someone rushed in and reported to the prefect.

The prefect hurriedly brought the adjutant to greet him, first went to the living room to make a noise, and then personally led him to the house where the general judgment was made. The backyard of the prefect's yamen is the residence of the prefect, and the official in charge of the seal must live in the yamen, but the general judgment does not have this requirement. The yamen also did not have such a setup. Therefore, the house of the general judgment was built by the imperial court on land near the yamen. The house is not big, but it is very exquisite. There is a small door leading directly to the yamen.

The servants in it are all uniformly prepared by the imperial court, and the servants who serve in the yamen have all been strictly examined by the imperial court, and their backgrounds are clean and innocent. The original Lu Tongju had been transferred to other prefectures and counties as officials, and after receiving the official document of the imperial court that Leng Yi was promoted to the general judge of Bazhou, the prefect immediately ordered the good students of the Tongju mansion to be cleaned out. Therefore, after Leng Yi and the others came, they could move in immediately.

Leng Yi's family came to the Tongju compound, and the porter, sedan chair man, cook, maid, old mother and other servants all stood with their hands down to welcome the new master. Leng Yi looked around, and it was not bad.

The prefect kept following, and when he finished looking at the mansion, he took him to his official office in the yamen.

Here, all his subordinate officials, including the three classes of officials, arrived. Standing at the front turned out to be the Cheng Luojie sisters and the head catcher Yin Vulture of the six gates of the capital.

When Cheng Luoyi saw Leng Yi, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a mischievous smile, which made Leng Yi immediately think that she had mistaken their sisters and regarded her as her sister Cheng Luojie, and kissed her, and couldn't help blushing slightly.

Yin Vulture clasped his fists and saluted, "My subordinates will meet the master of the general judgment!" ”

Sister Cheng Luojie and other officials bowed down to give a salute. Leng Yi hurriedly returned the salute.

After the ceremony, the prefect seemed to know that they had something to discuss, so he said some kind words, and then took his leave.

The other officials also resigned one after another, and only three sisters Yin Ying and Cheng Luojie were left in the official office.

Leng Yi sat down behind his long case, beckoned them to sit down as well, and said, "Since the situation is urgent, let's talk about the case straightforwardly." ”

Yin Vulture arched his hand and said: "Here's the thing, there is a scholar in Bazhou, named Xie Hui, and a friend of his fellow villagers gave him a box of things for safekeeping because he was going out. He accidentally discovered that the box of things was a treasure, and it happened that he had no money to go to Beijing to catch the exam, so he became greedy and stole one of the jade ruyi and pawned it in the pawnshop. Thinking that if he can be named on the gold list this time, he will have money when the time comes, and he can use the money to redeem the jade Ruyi. However, after the pawnshop found out that this jade Ruyi was what the imperial court was visiting, it reported it to the official. ”

Leng Yi asked, "Why did the imperial court visit a jade Ruyi below?" ”

Yin Ying's Cheng Luojie sisters glanced at each other, and Cheng Luojie said: "Since you need the eldest master's help to find this thing, you naturally need to make it clear." - Haven't you always wondered what we're looking for? ”

Leng Yi nodded, this must involve a major secret, and he felt his heartbeat speed up a little. Although he didn't want to be involved, he was already involuntarily at the time.

Cheng Luojie said: "We came to Bazhou to find a batch of stolen treasures from the palace!" ”

"Palace treasures?" Leng Yi chuckled in his heart, thinking to himself, I'm afraid that these things can't be summed up in a simple word treasure, and there may be more hidden secrets in them.

Cheng Luojie said: "This jade Ruyi is one of the stolen palace treasures. On the day of Emperor Taizu's death, these treasures were stolen by several eunuch guards who kept the treasures in the palace and fled from the capital. After discovering the theft, the current emperor Long Yan was furious and ordered the sea to arrest the people who had stolen the palace treasures and escaped from the capital. Empress Kaibao and King Zhao Tingmei of Qi were also very anxious, so they sent us to look for them. At first, we suspected that the treasure was with you, because the eunuch who stole the treasure used to live with you at the Yinshan Inn in the Yin Tomb. He died after that. The thing was not on him, and you were the only one who lived in the Yinshan Inn at that time. ”

Leng Yi finally understood, and he smiled bitterly: "So you set a trap, created a murder to frame me, stole my taxes, and want to use these methods to force me to sell those treasures and pay taxes?" ”

Cheng Luojie said: "Yes, but you haven't taken it out, and at the same time, we have searched in many ways, and we have found no trace of these treasures around you." Before we set out for Bazhou, the imperial court had already sent the portraits of the stolen treasures to pawnshops and jewelers all over the country. When you found no trace of the treasure here, news came from the Yamen of Juzhou that someone in a pawnshop in Juzhou had pawned one of the stolen treasures with jade. So we immediately rushed to Juzhou to investigate. ”

(To be continued)