Chapter 33: Candlelight Night Talk

Jiang Zhonglin was obviously not very active in this case, and he actually handed over such an important murder case to someone like Niu Er, who had never done things independently. Jian Qing was a little confused, could it be that Song Zhi, the henchman of the acting king, gave him any guarantees?

Less than 15 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been three major maladministrations in the court, which are "easy to see and suffer late, difficult to see and suffer quickly", "too many punishments, too fast to seek treatment, and too extravagant to seal the domain", all of which are related to the origin of the current emperor.

Jiayou Emperor Nai was born in Buyi, his parents died when he was young, the eldest brother died early, and the third brother made a son-in-law who was inverted. When he was fifteen years old, famine broke out, Emperor Jiayou escaped into the empty door, thinking that he could beg for a bowl of rice to eat, but who knows, the monk had to go out to make a fortune and beg for food.

Three years later, the monk in the same room had a little dispute with him, held a grudge, and reported to the imperial court that Emperor Jiayou had colluded with the rebels. Emperor Jiayou was framed by others, and as a last resort, he defected to his childhood partner, who had already been a Tangda of 100 households in the rebel army.

At that time, the rebel generals that Tang Da followed were only one of the many rebel generals in the late Yuan Dynasty. After Emperor Jiayou joined, he was like a fish flying shallow bottom, and the eagle hit the sky, and he was quickly appreciated by the generals of the rebel army, and promised his niece to Emperor Jiayou.

And Emperor Jiayou's hegemony also began, after more than 20 years of conquest, laid the foundation of today's Ming Dynasty.

Because of his experience when he was young, Emperor Jiayou knew the suffering of the people, hated the corruption and inaction of officials, set up brocade guards, supervised hundreds of officials, and punished severely if there was corruption and violation. Baiguan hangs a sword of Damocles on his head every day, and he is panicked when he goes to court, and when he goes home from the next court, he is like picking up a life, and he is glad to live one more day.

Jiang Zhonglin may feel that his life is hard, and he has been cold for decades, but every time he meets an examiner who does not know the goods, he will lose his name to Sun Shan, and he will not be able to get a jinshi, and in the end he can only live in a remote county like Lingqiu, and his ambition will not be rewarded.

But in Jian Qing's opinion, there was still green smoke on Jiang Zhonglin's ancestral grave. Emperor Jiayou's imperial hegemony originally couldn't tolerate ***** like Jiang Zhonglin, but it was a pity that in the late Yuan Dynasty for decades, the common people couldn't even eat, let alone study, so that people like Jiang Zhonglin were selected to be a herd for one side.

is a parent official, but he is so despised for human life!

Jian Qing walked down the street, and his shadow was dragged by the lights on both sides of the street. She couldn't figure out who was trying to kill her? This case has just happened, so many witnesses, as long as everyone is detained separately and interrogated one by one, they will definitely be able to interrogate each other, but Jiang Zhonglin did not do this, and acquiesced to Niu Er being fooled by Lan Laobustard, and as a result, everyone was released.

I thought that this was a good opportunity to quickly find out the murderer who had been planning to kill her, but it seemed that it would only be a good thing.

When I got home, there was a carriage parked at the door, and Zhang Du was sitting in the handlebar-like position. Seeing Jian Qing coming, he was busy and bowed his hand to Jian Qing, "Brother, I've been waiting for my brother for a long time!" ”

Jian Qingxin said, I didn't make you wait. She was in a trance, but she woke up at this time, "Steward Zhang, you can call me Jian Qing in the future, I am just a cheap servant, and I can't afford to be so polite as you." ”

Zhang Du was noncommittal, smiled and gave way to the side, leaving the door position.

Jian Qing was too lazy to go up, and had no intention of going up, so he arched his hand in front of the car, "Lord Wang, what are your orders?" ”

Zhang Du was frightened by Jian Qing's audacity, glanced at the car curtain, and saw that Zhao Di was not peeking inside, so he quietly pulled Jian Qing's sheepskin jacket and pointed his finger inward. Jian Qing was a little reluctant, and at this time, Zhao Di said inside, "Come in!" ”

Those who know the times are Junjie!

Jian Qing was a little tired, but he still had to climb into the car.

The curtain of the car was lifted, Zhao Di was dressed in a blue satin round neck, foundation soap boots, a dark cloud leopard, and a brazier in front of his heels. Jian Qing hurriedly drilled over, and put his frozen and aching hands on the brazier.

Feeling the heat, she realized how cold she was.

There were refreshments on the small table, three candles were supported on the blue and white hooked octagonal candlestick, the firelight illuminated the carriage, Zhao Di put down the book in his hand, looked down at the person kneeling in front of the brazier, his little face was red from the cold, and he thought of the impassioned young man who was impassioned in the lobby and analyzed the case before.

"With some pastries, I have something to ask you!" Zhao Di pushed the dim sum forward, lifted the small iron kettle warm on the brazier, and poured water into a yellow ground enamel plum blossom pattern bowl, the tea leaves were washed and tumbled, a wisp of fragrance overflowed, and Jian Qing's stomach grunted very angrily.

After eating two bites of dim sum and taking a sip of hot tea, Jian Qing came back to life, a little listless, and asked, "What does the prince want to ask?" ”

"This case is over, right? I mean, Wang Pu's case. ”

"It doesn't count." Jian Qing pinched half a piece of dim sum in his hand, raised his head, and looked at Zhao Di, the two were actually very close, sitting on the two walls of the carriage, with a low table in between. Jian Qing was a little embarrassed, but Zhao Di was as calm as ever.

Hearing Jian Qing say this, Zhao Di was a little surprised, raised his eyebrows and asked, "The human and physical evidence are clear, and the murderer has already pleaded guilty to the law, what else is not clear?" ”

"Motives!" Jian Qing pinched the half of the snack, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes, "Zhaohong's motive for killing, as long as the motive is not clear, this case will not be solved." Motivation is often more important than evidence, because only when we understand the motive behind the crime can we be able to warn the world and educate the people. ”

Finding out the case is not the end goal, but the motive behind the crime. Even, the real master of solving the case will grasp the opportunity to solve the case and master the method of solving the case, not to force the murderer to surrender, but to let the murderer admit his mistakes, which is the most important thing.

Zhao Di was silent for a moment, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Jian Qing.

Jian Qing stuffed the half of the snack into his mouth, chewed it slowly, wiped his hand on the sheepskin jacket, and then took the note and looked at it by the candlelight. She didn't see Zhao Di's tangled gaze and frowning brows when he stared at her torn sheepskin jacket.

Zhao Di has a habit of cleanliness, and someone actually wiped his hands with clothes in front of him.

Jian Qing didn't know at all, she was taken aback, this was a list of personnel, but what exactly this list meant, she didn't know, raised her head, "What is this?" ”

"Wang Pu brought it from the south. A year ago, a major case occurred in the capital, which was called the 'Hu Weiyong case' by the whole court and the central government. Hu Weiyong was imprisoned, two months ago, he provided a list, the East Palace got it, and the king's people tried every means to reproduce it, but now it seems that this list should be fake. ”

After Zhao Di finished speaking, he took the list from Jian Qing's hand and threw it into the brazier, and in a breath, it turned into ashes.

"How can you tell it's a fake?"

"There is no secretary Chen Jingren here." Zhao Di stared at Jian Qing's eyes, "But there is one more person among them, Xu Duo, he is the secretary of the Criminal Department, he is an honest official, and he can be outstanding, if this time, he is involved, heaven and earth will be too unfair." ”

"Why does His Highness know that he will definitely be implicated?" Jian Qing asked, she had never seen an extra look on Zhao Di's iceberg face, but at this moment, he seemed to be really worried.