Luo Shixin stored the secret envelopes given to him by Li Shimin, and although these letters further verified the correctness of their ideas, there was still no substantive evidence.

Wang Junkuo was one of the most influential figures in the Tang Dynasty at this time, and he was a great hero who single-handedly put down the chaos, and it was almost impossible to pull him off the horse without any substantial evidence.

As Liu Yanke said, the trick to solving the case, make bold assumptions, and carefully verify it.

For this reason, Luo Shixin deliberately asked Liu Yanke to investigate the situation with Cui Dunli, but the results were not optimistic.

Cui Dunli was very cooperative at first, but he noticed that Liu Yanke's problem was sensitive, not to understand the situation, but to find Wang Junkuo's fault, so he immediately issued an eviction order and drove Liu Yanke out.

"What a guts!" Luo Shixin's eyes widened angrily, although Liu Yanke's official position was small, after all, he was the one who went to inquire on his orders. Cui Dunli drove Liu Yanke out like this, not only humiliating Liu Yanke, but also slapping his face as the secretary of the criminal department, "I dare to drive my subordinates, a small general, is so rampant, I really don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!" ”

Liu Yanke was very open-minded, and said embarrassedly: "It's not small!" ”

"Humph! It's only five grades, Lao Tzu, I'm a few steps older than him! Luo Shixin said without hesitation: "If you don't eat the toast, then you will eat the penalty wine." Someone brought Cui Dunli to the Criminal Department to ask about the case, if he was not forcibly arrested, it didn't matter if the means were heavier, it was just to give our Liu Lingshi anger. A small general, really dare to turn the world upside down? ”

Liu Yanke was a little dumbfounded, the five-grade official of the general affairs is not big. But it is definitely not small, especially his authority, the general is in charge of the edict and the presentation of the case. The task is to convey the decree and initiate it inside and out. He was a close attendant who had direct contact with the emperor. Officials who have been able to talk to the emperor for a long time throughout the ages cannot be determined by the size of their official position.

Isn't he afraid of offending Cui Dunli and being put in small shoes in the future?

But seeing that Luo Shixin risked offending Cui Dunli to vent his anger at him, he was also a little moved in his heart.

However, this matter is not as big as imagined, Cui Dunli dared not to sell Liu Yanke's face, but he did not have the courage not to give Luo Shixin this face: the closer people are to the emperor, the more they can feel Li Yuan's half-love for Luo Shixin and the importance of the crown prince Li Shimin. When it was not a last resort, no one wanted to offend a popular minister like Luo Shixin, and he was certainly a little annoyed in his heart. I can only come to the Criminal Department once.

In the face of Cui Dunli's unexpected cooperation, Luo Shixin was not easy to get involved, and handed him the secret letter he sent in Youzhou, "This is the letter you wrote to Your Highness from Youzhou?" He already knew that the letter had been sent by the channel of the king of Guò. There is no critical evidence. There is no way to start, so I can only peel off the cocoon and carefully investigate the situation related to Wang Junkuo one by one.

This Skynet is magnificent but not leaky, and Luo Shixin does not believe that Wang Junkuo can make such a big game seamless, and there is no flaw in every step and every link. If there is really no flaw at all, it can only mean one thing, their bold imagination is in the wrong direction. Wang Junkuo is not behind the scenes.

Cui Dunli took the secret letter, but he was shocked in his heart. Li Shimin actually handed over his secret letter to Luo Shixin, which was undoubtedly a kind of support for Luo Shixin's investigation of Wang Junkuo, and a wave of anger and a little sadness gradually welled up in his heart, "Wang Dudu is loyal and righteous, and has made such a great achievement, but in exchange for jealousy and suspicion, how unfair it is." He opened the secret letter, and saw that it was written by himself, so he couldn't help but say angrily in his heart: "This letter was indeed written by me when I learned that the king of Lujiang had anti-intentions and intended to rebel in advance. At that time, the situation was critical, if it weren't for Wang Dudu, I was afraid that the current Tang Dynasty would have smoked again. Lord Shangshu captured Liu Heimin, and the number of Chuangmo knife formations broke through the Turks, and this year it was even north of Shuofang, and the tiger was in the north of Xinjiang, and no one was invincible. The capture of the Turkic Khan is even more of a great achievement. In terms of the age of the general, only Huo Qubing in the Han Dynasty can be compared. The prestige is so strong, far above the royal governor, why care about the royal governor's close credit? ”

Luo Shixin laughed: "Are you saying that I was jealous of Wang Junkuo's merits before I checked him?" ”

"Isn't it?" Cui Dunli is the kind of pedantic but square scribe, this kind of person likes to drill the horns of the bull the most. He can shed blood for his beliefs, face torture, and have the temperament of Sister Jiang, and he will not reveal a word until he dies, but he is extremely stubborn about what he believes. He recognized Wang Junkuo's benevolence and righteousness in his heart, and felt that Luo Shixin's actions and practices had ulterior motives, and he was not afraid of Luo Shixin's power and said: "Wang Dudu is loyal and courageous, and when it comes to merit, he may not be as good as Lord Shangshu, compared to his character...... Hmph, that's the difference between cloud and mud. ”

Luo Shixin was dumbfounded, although he couldn't be sure that Wang Junkuo was really behind the scenes, but he empathized with Wang Junkuo's character, comparing a guy who was not as good as a prostitute with his character, which ...... It's even more excessive than scolding him.

"It's only you, a pedantic and brainless scholar, that people are selling and counting money." Luo Shixin is also not stingy with his ability to ridicule, if it weren't for Cui Dunli being a literati who has no hands to lose, he would have wanted to beat him.

Cui Dunli saw Luo Shixin scolding directly, and he was so angry that he trembled: "Pifu, reckless man, I don't have the bearing of an official at all, I know the advantage of my tongue, I, I want to refer to you, I want to refer to you." He said he wanted to take the door away.

Luo Shixin stopped in front of him one step at a time, and he picked it up like a chicken, and said, "Where are you in the criminal department?" Before I finished asking, I stayed honestly, and after asking, I can get ten copies of it. With that, he threw him to the ground.

Who knew that Cui Dunli directly dropped a rolling gourd, and a little small object stored in the belt also rolled out.

It's not that Luo Shixin didn't mean to make things difficult for Cui Dunli, but he didn't expect Cui Dunli to be so powerless at his feet, and he couldn't grasp the balance at all. He didn't know that when he was tortured, Cui Dunli was injured all over his body, including skin and flesh wounds, as well as muscle and bone injuries. He hurt his muscles and bones in one of his feet, so that he could not grasp his balance and fell to the ground.

Luo Shixin scratched his head and wanted to help, but asked Cui Dunli to push him away. I didn't bother to use my hot face to stick my cold butt and help pick up small objects underground: there was a seal, and there was a clay box, which was in the style of a small iron box, because it fell to the ground, the lid flew out, and there was a little glowing gold dust on the ground.

Picking up the ink, looking at some old-fashioned ink-inked boxes, his mind suddenly flashed like lightning, and he forcibly pulled up Cui Dunli and said, "You took this ink-ink with you?" In Youzhou, is this kind of ink clay used? ”

Cui Dunli had a throbbing pain in his feet, and seeing that Luo Shixin didn't mean to apologize at all, but was so savage, stubborn, and shouted: "What happened today, I will ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Shixin lifted him up again, with anger in his eyes: "If you want to sue, you can sue, Lao Tzu doesn't care." Damn, can you tell the weight of the matter, Lao Tzu is now a criminal department secretary to ask you for your words, and then say goodbye to me, believe it or not Lao Tzu threw you into the prison of the criminal department. ”

Cui Dunli opened his mouth, but when he saw Luo Shixin's fierce and unreasonable eyes, the words of resistance swallowed into his throat, and replied: "Yes, as a general scholar, it is possible to find out the situation of the saint anytime and anywhere, and the ink clay is a must-have." This is the latest ink clay that is not easy to dry up and fall, and can last for a long time. It is much easier to use than ordinary ink. ”

Luo Shixin put Cui Dunli down and said, "Then look at the ink on your secret letter......

When Cui Dunli fell to the ground just now, the secret letter also came out of his hand, and when he heard the words, he immediately bent down to pick it up, and after a closer look, his expression changed greatly, and he shouted: "How can this be?" ”

Luo Shixin sneered: "What do you say? ”

The clay they are talking about is not the kind of thing used to seal in later generations, the essence is the same, but the meaning is very different.

The ink clay of this era is like a mud ball, which is made of clay, which is usually kneaded into mud balls and soaked with water when used. At that time, official documents and letters were written in lacquer on bamboo slips and wooden slabs. In order to prevent the leakage of secrets or private dismantling in the process of transmission, add a piece of wood with a square groove outside the written slip, and then tie them together with a rope, and then put the knot into the square groove, add a pill of wet mud to seal it, and then use the seal to seal it as a mark for sealing and sending it out, this method of sealing the secret letter is called mud seal.

However, in this period of the Sui and Tang dynasties, there was a new change in the ink clay. Because with the development of science and technology, paper became popular during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and all public and private letters were changed to paper, and the slip was officially abolished. The old practice of sealing letters with clay is no longer applicable, and clever people have invented a new ink clay made of cinnabar as the main material, which has the same effect as the previous ink.

However, because it is the latest invention, there are many problems: it is easy to fall off after solidification, easy to crack after drying, and so on. But the wisdom of the ancients is endless, and they overcame the difficulties one by one and developed a new seal suitable for paper. This new ink clay has also swept the country, especially the must-have of Datang officialdom.

However, the new ink clay is not perfect, in Chang'an there is a person who made zuò ink clay invented a kind of gold lacquer ink, gold paint ink ink is better than Zhu lacquer ink ink, but because of the high cost and low yield has not been promoted. Most of the upper-class people in Chang'an liked this kind of gold lacquer ink, and switched to gold paint ink, and Cui Dunli was one of them.

The biggest feature of gold lacquer ink is that it is soft, and it will shrink after drying, unlike vermilion lacquer ink, which is as hard as a stone, and can even cut hands......

The ink has been replaced, which means that before Li Shimin got the secret letter, someone had opened the secret letter...... (To be continued......)