Chapter 90: Phantoms

On this day, Qian Hongzuo was listening to the unwavering situation, and Qiyu about the transfer of soldiers and horses from Dongfu to build a canal to irrigate farmland, and Li Jishen, the director of the Criminal Department, handed over an excerpt asking to see. Qian Hongzuo didn't hear about any major events in the Criminal Department recently, so he continued to discuss with Ju Buyi about building irrigation network canals, until the discussion was completed, Ju Buyi retired, and then summoned Li Jishen to see him.

Li Jishen saw that after the ceremony, Qian Hongzuo sat down to give tea, and he half lay on the collapse and wanted to rest. Qian Hongzuo's body doesn't know what the disease is, he is always very easy to get tired, and he will feel tired after sitting for a long time. has not been cured for a long time, and it is precisely because of this root cause that he spent less time with the two concubines according to the instructions of the imperial doctor, lest he hurt his body. At that time, the lords of other countries were all in groups of women, and the rich people still wanted three wives and four concubines, but Qian Hongzuo had no interest in accepting concubines because of what happened in his childhood.

Li Jishen complained: "Shengshang, Wechen came today to tell you about the murder of the prostitute. ”

Qian Hongzuo said sarcastically: "What is the threshold if it is flattened? If you let the lonely king know that you have bent the law for personal gain, I will tear down your house. You are resourceful, can this little case still stump you? I actually came to tell the Lone King this! ”

Li Jishen said: "Investigating the case impartially is a matter within the responsibility of the ministers, so naturally I don't dare to let the saint bother, but there is a strange thing that I want to enlighten the saint." ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Jishen said: "When the murder was committed, the sons of these two families each brought good friends. Among them, the son of the head of the ministry, with a friend, is especially like an old man of Weichen. ”

Qian Hongzuo interrupted: "Don't say that an old man like you, even if it is your old man, you can't give grace outside the law." ”

Li Jishen added: "This old man is also known to the saints. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "Who is it?" ”

Li Jishen said: "Xie Xiangcun, Lord Xie." ”

Qian Hongzuo was shocked suddenly, and after a long time, he said, "Impossible!" ”

Li Jishen listened, got up and said, "That Weichen has retired." ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "Master Li, you came to see King Gu today, just for that person?" It's not about prostitution at all. ”

Li Jishen nodded.

Qian Hongzuo didn't hesitate any longer, and said, "King Gu will go with you to the yamen of the Criminal Department, and I will personally interrogate that criminal." ”

In the lobby of the yamen of the Criminal Department, after the wide book case, Qian Hongzuo sat on the chair where the chief judge of the case could sit. Li Jishen sat in the position where the master should have been sitting.

With the sound of an order to lead people to 'Lian Hui Lu', a young man with high-end clothes, but his clothes were full of dirt, trembling and following the servants to the hall, Lao Yuan knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The grass people 'Lian Hui Lu' knock to see the Qingtian Lord." ”

Li Jishen was silent.

Qian Hongzuo stood up with a straight look at Lian Huilu, and in surprise, he ran towards him in three steps and two steps, leaned down, picked up Lian Huilu's scattered hair, and stared at him. This person is very similar to Xie Xiangcun, even if there is no nine-point image, there are at least seven or eight points of image. Qian Hongzuo caressed his cheek and examined it carefully. The man peeked at Qian Hongzuo in astonishment, and from Qian Hongzuo's clothes, he could see that this person's status was extremely noble, even more noble than the last time he interrogated him, Lord Li.

Although there are a few dissimilarities on the face, when Xie Xiangcun is by Qian Hongzuo's side, his body is still growing taller and developing. If we haven't seen each other for such a long time, there will definitely be changes in appearance, Qian Hongzuo has already identified this person as Xie Xiangcun, and called out tentatively and softly: "Xie Aiqing." ”

The man was stunned at the title.

Seeing that the man did not deny it, Qian Hongzuo shouted to Li Jishen in surprise: "It's really Xie Aiqing!" It's really Xie Aiqing! ”

Li Jishen, Wu Dezhang and others watched with suspicion.

Seeing that the man's face was frightened, Qian Hongzuo comforted him softly: "Xie Aiqing, no matter what the reason, I don't blame you for leaving the Lonely King, as long as you come back." ”

After that, Qian Hongzuo grabbed the man's hand and wanted to help him up. Suddenly, Qian Hongzuo's hand holding the other party stiffened, and the blood all over his body seemed to be frozen, only to feel that the qiē in front of him began to become blurry and blurred, Wu Dezhang, Li Jishen and others saw that Qian Hongzuo was crumbling, and he was about to fall, so they hurriedly ran up to support him.

Li Jishen asked, "Holy Lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

Qian Hongzuo's face was pale, he had already put down Lian Huilu's hand, and his voice trembled: "He is not Xie Aiqing, Xie Aiqing has practiced martial arts since elementary school, and his knuckles are thick and powerful. But this person's hands are very delicate, and he is afraid that he has never even done rough work. He's not, he's not .......... In the last sentence, Qian Hongzuo's voice choked.

Xie Xiangcun's hand, Qian Hongzuo doesn't know how many times he has shaken it, just like being familiar with his face, Qian Hongzuo is very familiar with Xie Xiangcun's hand, how many times he has regretted for such a beautiful person, but he has such a rough hand.

Li Jishen and Wu Dezhang helped Qian Hongzuo back to the hall chair, and Li Jishen waved to the officials in the hall and said, "Take Lian Hui Lu down, take it down." ”

Wu Dezhang said to Li Jishen: "Master Li, don't worry about that for now, hurry up and pour tea for the saint, the saint's face is not right." ”

Li Jishen hurriedly served tea again.

After relieving himself, Qian Hongzuo felt better, and he didn't care that the tea had not been served, so he said: "Lord Li, King Gu is a little unwell, so I will go back to the palace first." That person, if he is not the main culprit, must not be embarrassed for him, let alone be tortured, and forced to ask for a confession, you know? ”

Li Jishen said yes again and again.

Wu Dezhang and others helped Qian Hongzuo out of the yamen of the Criminal Department, sat in the royal car, the curtain was lowered, Qian Hongzuo desperately pinched his hand to prevent himself from sobbing, just now, he thought that his nightmare woke up, and Xie Xiangcun, who was good at disguise, came back with a new face. Unexpectedly, the hope that was ignited in an instant was also dashed in an instant.

Li Jishen looked at the back of Qian Hongzuo's departing royal car, and sighed: "Holy body, how can this be good?" ”

Even the details of the return route, Li Jishen quickly investigated for Qian Hongzuo. Lian Huilu was the illegitimate son of a merchant in Shaoxing who relied on the financial support of his wife's parents to start his own business. But his wife has not given birth to children for many years, and when he went out to do business, he raised a woman in a town far away from home as an outer room, and even the way back was the child born to him by the outer room.

After the death of his wife, this outer room was married into the door, and Lian Hui Lu had the identity of the young master of the Lian family. His father was a gambler by nature, and after the death of his original partner, no one was restrained, and the more he gambled, the more he lost, and the family property gradually lost out. Because the creditor was collecting debts, in desperation, he asked his son to borrow money from the head of the ministry on the way back, and the head of the ministry was a distant relative of his family. The matter of borrowing money has not yet been settled, but even the return road has become one of the murder suspects because he followed the son of the head of the ministry to the prostitution hall to have fun.

After careful interrogation, Li Jishen learned that when the murder case occurred, Lian Huilu hid under the table because he was afraid, and squeezed together with a laughing girl to hide, which had little to do with the murder. Moreover, the dead man was the domestic slave of the head of the ministry, and he had no motive to kill him even on the way back.

Several domestic slaves who followed General Ma's grandson were finally identified as murderers, and together with General Ma's grandson, they were confiscated into the army to serve hard labor, and huge sums of money were compensated to the families of the deceased. According to Wu Yueguo's law, all those involved in this case had to pay a fine of a large amount, otherwise they would have to serve several years of hard labor.

Even the way back was originally because his family was forced to be desperate by creditors, and he came to Hangzhou to borrow money, but the money was not borrowed, not to mention, and he had to pay a large fine, which made him and his father in Shaoxing's hometown at a loss. looked at the people in the same case, paid the fines one after another, got out of prison, and even went back to cry and wipe away tears.