Zhang Zaifu had a serious illness in the prison, and under the emperor's medical treatment, he didn't hang up after all, and gradually got better.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department felt that this Zhang Zaifu was really not an ordinary person, if he was an ordinary person, he was tortured like this, and he would have swallowed his breath early, but he was hanging for a breath, and he was about to die, so he gritted his teeth and survived, even he admired it.

The secretary of the criminal department has always been a neutral position and has never stood in line, so in the past year, even if countless big and small things have happened, and the princes have fallen one after another, he still sits firmly in the position of the secretary of the criminal department.

Zhang Zaifu is a serious offender, and since he was imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department, the Criminal Department has not dared to be negligent in the slightest.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department has to come to the prison every two days to take a look in person, so that he can rest assured, looking at such a number one felon, I don't know when it will be a head.

On this day, after inspecting the criminal department, he left the prison and ordered, "Look at it, don't slack off, if you make the slightest mistake, it's a big thing to lose your head." ”

"Yes!"

After the criminal department Shangshu left, everything was business as usual in the criminal department.

But he didn't want to, at night, Zhang Zaifu was suddenly robbed.

The person who robbed Zhang Zaifu, I don't know who it was, none of the guards in the prison of the Criminal Department saw who did it, and all the people guarding the prison were caught in a kind of incense, unconscious, and the person disappeared quietly.

It wasn't until the fifth watch that the people who came to change shifts found that the cell where Zhang Zaifu was located was empty, and they exploded all of a sudden, and they all screamed that it was broken, and they hurriedly reported to the Shangshu Department of the Criminal Department.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was preparing to go to the court, when he heard that something big had happened in the prison of the Criminal Department, his face turned white, and his legs trembled, so he hurriedly rushed to the prison with the help of others, and after arriving at the prison, he found that everything was fine, there was no trace of fighting, but the lock of the door of the prison where Zhang Zaifu was held was cut open with a sword that sharpened iron like clay, and Zhang Zaifu in the cell was also cut off with a sword that sharpened iron like mud and was robbed.

Who is the man who robbed the prison? No one knew, everyone was unconscious.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department stood in the prison where Zhang Zaifu was abducted and left, and after a long period of relief, he relieved himself, knowing that this matter could not be hidden, and entered the palace tremblingly.

He went to the prison to investigate, naturally missed the time to go to the early dynasty on time, when he came to the main hall, the early dynasty had already begun, he rushed into the main hall, "poof" knelt on the main hall, and his miserable white face reported with a crying voice, "Your Majesty, Zhang Zaifu was kidnapped last night." ”

"What?" The Emperor stood up.

For Zhang Zaifu, the emperor hated him very much, and didn't want him to die cheaply, so he had to torture him day after day, and at the same time, he also had Zhang Zaifu's mind to fish for the remnants of the Zhang family, who knew that after being locked up for more than half a year, there was no movement in the prison.

"Jang Jae-fu was kidnapped last night." The secretary of the criminal department thought that the emperor had not heard clearly, and repeated it again.

The Emperor walked down quickly and asked, "Who kidnapped him?" Rescued? The people from the Criminal Department didn't stop it? ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was about to cry, "Your Majesty, I don't know who moved the hand, the people of the Criminal Department have no room to resist at all, everyone on duty was stunned by a rare incense, and it was not until today that the people who changed shifts went to find that the prison where Zhang Zaifu was held was cut with a sword that sharpened iron like clay, and the iron rope that tied Zhang Zaifu was also cut off...... When the old minister went down to inspect yesterday, it was clear that everything was fine......"

The Emperor was furious, "In other words, not only do you not know who moved the hand? Didn't even see the person who did it? People were just kidnapped? ”

“…… Be. ”

"Rubbish!" The emperor put a foot on the body of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, "What do you do to eat?" Can't stand it even if you look at a person? ”

He was furious, "Someone, drag him out and behead him." ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department was suddenly spread on the ground.

Outside, a guard rushed in, and he was going to take the criminal department Shangshu to be beheaded.

"Wait!" Chu Yan frowned and looked directly at the emperor, "Father, before everything is clear, how can you easily behead the important ministers of the court?" Since Lao Shangshu took office, ten years like a day, meticulous business, has not been the slightest slack and negligent in the case handled, and now although Zhang Zaifu has been lost, it should not be so arbitrarily erased all the credit of Lao Shangshu in office, Erchen feels that it is not appropriate to be so heavily punished, please ask your father to take back his life. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Lao Shangshu has contributed to the court, and his crimes will not lead to death!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"Please take back your order!"

“……”

As soon as Chu Yan spoke, most of the people came out to plead.

The emperor walked violently on the verge of rage, and turned his head to look at Chu Yan fiercely.

Chu Yan was not afraid, his eyes looked at the emperor calmly and indifferently, "Father, you should send someone to investigate thoroughly, if it is really unfavorable for the criminal department, you should naturally judge the crime as appropriate, but Lao Shangshu, the crime will not lead to death." ”

The emperor and Chu Yan looked at each other for a long time, took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and turned his head to look at the courtiers. Suddenly found that not only did Wang Anzhi not come today, but Gu Qingyan did not even go to the court.

What will they do in court?

Wang Anzhi has not seen him for many days, where has he gone? Why didn't Gu Qingyan go to the early dynasty today?

He said in a deep voice, "Zhu Xiao, since His Royal Highness the Seventh and the courtiers intercede for you, I will first exempt you from the death penalty, and from today onwards, you will be dismissed from your post and return to the house to listen to a thorough investigation." ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department thought that he would die today, but he didn't expect Chu Yan to save him, so he immediately knelt on the ground and thanked him, "Your Majesty." ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department took off his official hat, took off his official uniform, and after leaving the main hall, the main hall was quiet for a while.

The emperor was angry, "Chu Yan, you go and check!" Find out to me who kidnapped Jae-fu by whom. ”

"The retainers obey." Chu Yan gave up.

The emperor swept around, saw Chu Chen, and shouted, "Chu Chen, you follow Chu Yan to investigate this case together." ”

"Yes." Chu Chen hurriedly responded.

The emperor had no intention of going to the court again, waved his hand and dispersed the early dynasty, and after leaving the Jinluan Palace, he instructed Gonggong Zhang, "You go, you go in person, go to the Wang family and the Gu family to ask, why didn't Wang Anzhi come to the early dynasty these days?" What's going on with Gu Qingyan today, and he didn't come to the early dynasty? ”

"Yes."

Gonggong Zhang hurriedly responded and took the little eunuch out of the palace.

The disappearance of Zhang Zaifu shocked the court, and after the early court, it spread all over the capital.

After Chu Yan and Chu Chen walked out of the palace together, Chu Chen asked Chu Yan, "The Criminal Department is very tightly guarded, who can stun everyone guarding the prison at night without making the slightest movement and rob Zhang Zaifu away?" Could it be the Zhang family? ”

Chu Yan said calmly, "The Zhang family can't do it. ”

At the beginning, when Zhang Zaifu's case was discovered, the Zhang family and the Zhang family's forces were cleaned, suppressed, and encroached upon by the imperial court and Zhang Zaifu's opponents. If the capital can survive so little fish that have not been swept away, it will be very small and not a climate. It was not possible to kidnap Zhang Jaefu overnight, and there was no movement, and even he didn't get the news last night, and he didn't hear the news.

Chu Chen thought about it and wondered, "Who is that?" I slept so hard last night, I didn't expect such a big incident to happen? ”

Prince Shan's Mansion was born in the capital, and now he is a handful of years old, and he has been entrenched for decades, although his power cannot be compared with the family with a lot of heritage, but it is not small, and he didn't get the news.

Chu Yan pursed his lips, "Let's go to the prison first!" ”

Chu Chen nodded, now he can only take a look at what the situation is in the prison first, and then check the clues from it.

Both of them are smart people, they didn't get the news, and they naturally thought of the person who could quietly rob Zhang Zaifu from the prison without making a move, and he could count it on a finger in this capital.

However, it is not possible to rely on speculation.

The two came to the prison of the Criminal Department, as early as after the leader of the shift changed reported to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, they blocked the scene, and now the prison of the Criminal Department that the two of them saw after they came was what they saw when the Shangshu of the Criminal Department came, and no one went to disturb every place.

The people who were stunned by the incense had already woken up under the splash of cold water, and knelt on the ground one by one, shocked and frightened, for fear that they would be dragged out and beheaded in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the will to cut off the head has not yet been made.

After Chu Yan and Chu Chen looked around, except for a rare incense on the stunned jailer, and the locks and chains that were cut by the sharp blades that sharpened iron, the person who robbed Zhang Zaifu did not leave any other traces.

And this kind of incense, Chu Yan has never seen it, and Chu Chen has never seen it, so he can only invite the doctor from the Tai Hospital.

After a short time, Imperial Physician Chen, the oldest doctor with the highest medical skills in Tai Hospital, was invited, and after some identification, Imperial Doctor Chen shook his head at the two, "The old man is old, and he has never known what kind of incense this is, but the old man thinks that this incense is very similar to a hallucinogenic rosemary of the Nanliang royal family." ”

Nanliang is the place where the Zhang family fled, and Zhang Chengze is in Nanliang.