Qin Yuandao frowned and looked at the case seriously, from the beginning when he found that there was an omission in the payment of grain and grass taxes, to the final trial result, Qin Yuandao looked through it carefully and carefully.

Liang Xiao didn't want to look at these things, and after turning over what he had on hand, he stepped forward to look at the case in Qin Yuandao's hand.

Qin Yuandao took the case in his hand and compared it with the confessions of other criminals, the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt, and he always felt that the answer he was looking for was here.

"Master!" Qin Yuandao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then shouted.

Seeing this, Liang Lian hurriedly got up and went to open the door: "Master! Lord Qin called you! ”

The master is standing under the eaves corridor with his sleeves folded and stomping his feet to keep warm, and today's wind and snow are inexplicably coming, blowing by the north wind, straight into people's sleeves.

The little official persuaded the master to go back to the house to warm up, and when they finished reading, he would naturally call the master, who was too old to stand the cold.

But the master is very stubborn, and he must wait outside the house in person.

Liang Lin opened the door and called for the master, who hurriedly turned around and hurriedly took his hand out of his sleeve: "Hey, my subordinates are here!" ”

As soon as the master came in, Qin Yuandao glanced up at him, put the two cases in his hand in front of the master, and said unceremoniously: "These two places, why are the handwriting and the paper used different?" Isn't it interrogated together? ”

Qin Yuandao noticed that when interrogating Yin Qianhu's officials, the handwriting before and after was slightly different, so it was enough, and if you looked at the paper carefully, you could also detect something unusual, obviously someone had replaced the confession.

Liang Lin looked at Qin Yuandao with a solemn expression, sure enough, he found the right one, if it was Liang Lin himself, he wouldn't have noticed this, Qin Yuandao not only looked at the content, but also looked at the handwriting and paper, and his mind was delicate and cautious beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The master thought that there was a mistake in the case or something, but who knew that Lord Qin asked so sharply as soon as he opened his mouth, which made the master a little hesitant.

The master took the two documents in Qin Yuandao's hand, and thought that they were all interrogated together, the handwriting should be the same, and at first glance it was almost the same, but the master, who had been a clerk for many years, looked carefully, and could actually find the difference, and when he got closer, the smell of the ink was a little different.

"It's... Lord Qin. The draft of embezzlement was personally tried and investigated by Prime Minister Lu Cheng by the emperor's order, and when the case was sent to Dali Temple, it was only through the hands of Lord Shaoqing and his subordinates, but his subordinates had never seen it... I don't know how many of the little officials who guard the Tibetan Pavilion come and go every day... Want... I guess someone else has been replaced. The master noticed a hint of abnormality, so he couldn't hide it, and followed Qin Yuandao's words.

"Swap?!" Qin Yuandao threw the cases that had been piled up on the side in front of the master, and scolded sharply: "If you take a closer look, half of the documents in these cases have been replaced!" The case is not a trivial matter, is it treated like this in your Dali Temple?! ”

The master was so frightened that he trembled, and quickly knelt on the ground, looking at the piles of cases floating in front of him, he didn't need to look at it anymore, he knew that the same problem had happened: "My lord... The case is strictly guarded on weekdays, and in this Dali Temple, only Lord Shaoqing can look through it at will, and I have to register when I enter the Tibetan Case Pavilion. Subordinates, subordinates really don't know what's going on. It may have been replaced when it was delivered. ”

This case was personally supervised by Lu Gaohong, and if he wanted to replace Yin Qianhu's confession from it, as well as those accounts that were unfavorable to Yin Qianhu, it would naturally be easy.

However, according to Qin Yuandao's understanding of Lu Gaohong, the things that Lu Gaohong personally supervised would never give people a chance to find faults, and how the case was investigated and handled was all stated by Lu Gaohong himself in the court.

Except for the officials who worked with him, the rest of the officials definitely didn't have the opportunity to see these cases, including the emperor at that time, the state affairs were busy, and the emperor handed over the matter to Lu Gaohong.

If Lu Gaohong knew earlier that Lu Huiling had entrusted him with affairs, he would naturally have asked the clerical officer to change his confession as soon as possible, but these confessions, the handwriting and paper are completely different, and they were obviously not changed in Lu Gaohong's hands.

It is very likely that the dust will settle at that time, and only Lu Gaohong needs to report to the emperor for punishment, and the case has been transported to Dali Temple, so as not to be checked by someone in the end.

Since it was changed in Dali Temple, it must be found in Dali Temple, Qin Yuandao looked at it carefully for a long time, when this person was rewriting the confession, he was deliberately imitating the handwriting of the previous clerical officer, but the sharp drift of the pen in his hand seemed a little deliberate, if he could see the person's previous handwriting, he would definitely be able to find similarities in it.

Qin Yuandao frowned, his eyes staring at the case in his hand.

Liang Liang was also standing behind him in obscurity, and the master knelt in front of the two, his body trembled, and he couldn't help but be afraid, not knowing why Lord Qin was entangled in these problems.

Suddenly, Qin Yuandao seemed to think of something, stood up upright and asked, "Lord Shaoqing is not in Dali Temple, is he?" ”

The master raised his head blankly and said hesitantly, "Lord Qin... Lord Shaoqing... Didn't you go to the palace for a feast... You... You didn't see him? ”

Where would Qin Yuandao have the heart to pay attention to a person who he was not familiar with, Liang Liang had a flash of inspiration, he has always had a good memory, when he was in the Qinzheng Palace, he saw Shaoqing of Dali Temple, so he stepped forward and said: "Lord Qin, Shaoqing of Dali Temple is in the palace just now, and the one standing behind Prime Minister Lu Cheng is him." ”

None of this mattered, Qin Yuandao knew that Shaoqing of Dali Temple was not in Dali Temple, so he stood up, bent down and leaned over to clean up the case that he had just thrown away in a hurry, and then said to the master: "Take us to the place where Shaoqing of Dali Temple works on weekdays." ”

The master knelt on the ground, and when he saw Lord Qin cleaning up, he also lowered his head and hurriedly picked up the papers scattered all over the ground, and suddenly heard Lord Qin say this, his movements stopped, and he was slightly stunned: "What?" ”

Master can be regarded as confused today, it was originally a Chinese New Year's Eve feast, thinking that he could rest for a good day, and the bone wine that had been treasured for more than ten years was taken out, but Lord Qin and General Liang suddenly visited, inexplicably wanted to see what case, and now they had to enter the room of Shaoqing of Dali Temple to see something.

Qin Yuandao ignored his surprised voice, lowered his head and stood up after cleaning up! Liang Xiao naturally took the pile of cases in his hand, and the two stood at the door and looked back at the master who was still kneeling on the ground in a daze at this time.

"Take us to Shaoqing's room in Dali Temple." Qin Yuandao's voice was not loud, but it revealed a majestic and undeniable feeling from it.

The master was stunned for a long time, then stood up and said, "Lord Qin, Lord Shaoqing's room... You don't allow anyone to go in... You investigated the case, why did you find Lord Shaoqing's room again? ”

"Less nonsense, lead the way!" Qin Yuandao didn't want to talk to him too much.

Master Fang Cai also said that in the entire Dali Temple, only Shaoqing of Dali Temple can look through the case at will, and those who can not be registered in the register may be the little officials who guard the case, but where do the little officials dare to do such a thing?

The small officials of the Yamen of Dali Temple, most of them have not read, and they don't know a few big characters, and after a few years in the barracks, they came to the Yamen to eat, not to mention whether they recognize these words, these ink and paper are by no means consumed by ordinary people.

Qin Yuandao suspected that it was the confession modified by Shaoqing of Dali Temple himself, he only remembered to imitate the handwriting of this case, but forgot the slight difference in the color of the paper, although it was all white and black, but the paper that could be modified was obviously more valuable, and it was definitely not the straw paper used by those clerical officials during ordinary prison interrogations.

The taste of its ink is also the same, but these are just conjectures, what is going on, you still have to personally check the ink treasure of Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the four treasures of the study room that it usually uses.

The master looked at the majestic Lord Qin, and then at Liang Lian, who also had a solemn expression, so he had no choice but to take them with a hard head, thinking that Lord Qin would not blame himself much if he came back to handle the case.

This young lady is young, he is a student who was promoted by Prime Minister Lu Cheng, he has bad habits on weekdays, and his temper is extremely bad.

Outside the courtyard of Dali Temple, a thick layer of snow accumulated after a while, a few small officials on duty today saw that there was nothing to do, and they all went back to the barracks early to eat dumplings, and when they left, they did not forget to take the bone wine that the master took out, and one person poured a small cup to warm his body, and the rest did not dare to drink more, and wanted to keep it back and drink with the master.

The master took Qin Yuandao and Liang Lonely, walking under the corridor in all directions, due to the heavy snow, and there was no umbrella in his hand, in order to prevent the adults and the general from falling in the snow, he went around a big circle and came to the room of Lord Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

This morning also out of the sun of Shangjing City, in the blink of an eye gray snow, the heavy snow will cover the entire Shangjing City into white, the silver is very beautiful, but because of this, the weather is getting cooler and cooler.

Liang Lian's hand holding the case was cold and red, he quietly followed behind Qin Yuandao, and the first time he saw Uncle Qin's case, he also felt that it was no wonder that he, as a civil official, would fall in love with his father, but he also had fortitude in his bones.

The master tightened his sleeves, shrunk his collar and walked in front of them to lead the way, and when he arrived at the place, he stepped forward to open the door, turned sideways and said to the two: "Lord Qin, General Liang, this is Lord Shaoqing's room, please come inside." ”

Qin Yuandao didn't look at him, and walked straight in.