"But this is your only chance, and if there is a next time, I will not take it lightly." Su Yutian picked up the Zhu Sha pen that he had reviewed and reviewed, and still felt that it was difficult to calm down, "You only have ten days of hard work, and there is still no news of the murderer after ten days, so I will deal with it according to the law." ”

In the newly promulgated law, in addition to deducting a few months of anger, the official will be demoted several levels, depending on the situation. With so many people dying at once like this time, I'm afraid that there may be a possibility of moving to the left.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jin Shan and Zhao Ming were a little hesitant, and Su Jingye spoke for them.

Until they left the palace gate, they couldn't react. Jin Shan stood still and looked at Su Jingye with a bitter expression, "Lord Wang, the speed of your promise is inevitably too fast, it seems that Your Majesty wants more days." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ming also retracted the steps he had taken, and retreated to their side to listen.

"It's only ten days, and it is estimated that you can only get the results of the autopsy, how can it be so easy to find out who is behind the scenes." Jin Shan's words seemed to enter Zhao Ming's heart, and Zhao Ming couldn't help nodding again and again.

"Lord Jin said this, he is saying that this king is abrupt." Su Jingye's face was a little unhappy, and whoever changed his kindness would be unhappy if he was not appreciated.

"That's not what Xia Guan meant." Su Jingye is the only person who can help him now, if he is also offended and runs away, then he is really alone. Even if he really thought so in his heart, it was impossible for Jin Shan to say it.

"Lord Wang, you think, Lord Zhao has been busy in this capital for almost a month and a half, and he doesn't have any clues. The subordinates promised His Majesty that the case would be solved within ten days, which was a bit of a boast of Haikou. ”

"Lord Jin, what do you mean by this, even if the lower official has not made progress for a month and a half, this is not what the lower official thinks." Zhao Ming heard that the words were wrong, so he pulled the direction to himself in a daze.

"Speaking of which, Lord Jin is still a great contributor to this case. The capital was quiet for more than a month, and before he bothered the Criminal Department, Lord Jin immediately brought such a major clue to Xiaguan, and Xiaguan was really grateful. ”

"What the official said, it's just that I'm afraid that if I really solve the strange case in ten days, I will slap Lord Zhao in the face, since Lord Zhao doesn't appreciate it, then the official doesn't have to think about it anymore."

As if he was deliberately angry with Zhao Ming, Jin Shan's worries disappeared in an instant, and they didn't need Su Jingye to cheer up these two people, they themselves could be full of confidence.

"Thank you Your Highness for speaking well to the lower officials in the main hall, but the investigation of the case after this still requires a lot of attention from the prince. If the prince is willing to lend a hand, no matter what the result is, the lower officials will definitely come to the door to thank him in person. ”

Su Jingye looked at the two of them with synchronized movements in amazement, and couldn't help laughing. He hurriedly stretched out his hand and helped each other, "We are both ministers of our court, so we should help each other." The two adults don't have to be so polite. ”

"The prince is so magnanimous, even if he hears Lord Jin's complaints, he never holds a grudge, which is really admirable to the lower officials." Zhao Ming just straightened up and made another move. Jin Shan couldn't get used to his dog-legged appearance, snorted coldly, and walked between the two.

"What Lord Jin said is just the truth, he has ever complained about this king, Lord Zhao didn't hear it wrong. Leave. Su Jingye did not feel complacent because of his words of praise, but was indifferent.

Zhao Ming looked at the backs of the two of them leaving one after another, and felt deeply bored, but after determining that the consequences would not be borne by himself alone, and the wisdom had Jin Shan and Su Jingye to worry about there, he suddenly felt relaxed physically and mentally, and he didn't care about the disdain of the two of them.

The news of Jin Shan and Zhao Ming's entry into the palace somehow reached Li Wensong's ears, and as soon as Zhao Ming returned to the yamen in the carriage, Li Wensong came to the door.

"Lord Zhao, entered the palace today, did it go well?" Li Wensong sat in his position with satisfaction, and a small official next to him served him tea. He picked it up and took a sip slowly, looking at it and didn't care what Zhao Ming was going to say.

"Don't mention Lord Li, I almost scared the officials to death today." Zhao Ming was a little frightened by Su Yutian's momentum, so he didn't notice Li Wensong's attitude. "If it weren't for the presence of the prince, Your Majesty would still care about some face, but I'm afraid that I and Lord Jin would have been disposed of."

"Why did King Jing come over? Did you tell me what I gave you an idea? Li Wensong was shocked, and his hand holding the tea shook involuntarily. He angrily put the teacup on the table and turned his head to look at Zhao Ming.

Before Zhao Ming could come to his senses, he startled Li Wensong again, and he waved his hand again and again, "Naturally, this is not the case, Lord Li kindly gave Xia Guan an idea, how could Xia Guan cross the river and tear down the bridge." ”

"It's good if you don't have it." Li Wensong retracted his gaze, and was afraid that his words would be too abrupt, so he added an explanation, "It's best not to bring it up in the future, so as not to make the already complicated matter even more tangled." ”

"The lower official knows." Zhao Ming nodded, he never thought that Li Wensong, who had always been silent, would actually lose his temper. is obviously a weak scholar, but his expression is very vicious.

Su Jingye accompanied Jin Shan back to the Criminal Department, and listened to him ask all the people guarding the door in the Criminal Department, and found a clue from it.

"Are you saying that last night, on the truck that delivered the barrels, I saw a barrel several times larger than the others?"

Since he sneaked into the criminal department to kill people, he would definitely not enter through the gate, after Su Jingye thought about it, he directly took Jinshan to a few corner gates to inquire, and sure enough, there was an unexpected gain.

The guard at the corner gate was a gray-haired old man, who thought that he was dealing with filth, and that no one would do anything here, but he was negligent.

When the uncle saw that there were several officials standing behind Su Jingye and the others, he was inevitably a little scared, and his hands and feet were a little trembling.

"Back to the old man's words, the little old man saw with his own eyes that there was a wooden barrel as big as a water tank in the center of the cart. When I asked, the guy on the cart only said that he had brought it to water the flowers, so I didn't pay much attention. ”

"Everything in and out of the criminal department has to be checked, can't you take a look?" Jin Shan frowned and asked, he was indeed a little embarrassed for the uncle, "Master, there are some dirty things here, what is there to see, and even if there is something hidden in it, it is estimated that no one will dare to use it." ”

"If it's the size of a water tank, I guess I can just hide a person." Su Jingye pinched his chin and pondered for a while, "I'm afraid that the thief just expected that no one would check the Gong bucket, so he would hide it so blatantly and sneak in." ”

"The Gong bucket sent back at night must be cleaned up, the thief is hidden in a clean vat, with the cover of a circle of smell outside, and if he sends it out the next day, he will definitely be unaware."

Jin Shan clenched his fists, and when he learned that it was such a simple method, he missed it right under his nose, and felt that it was a pity.

"Lord Kim, calm down first." Su Jingye pressed Jin Shan's restless shoulder, and asked the uncle as much as possible to ease his temper, "Uncle, do you remember what the young man who delivered the cart yesterday looked like?" ”

"I know all the people in the past, but yesterday this young man somehow wore a hat and covered his face so badly that I couldn't see it clearly."

The uncle thought about it carefully, and still shook his head, "But I know that the young man who delivered the things is from the West Village, and if the old man wants to find him, I can take you there." ”

"Since I didn't even dare to show my face, I guess the person pushing the cart was also replaced." Su Jingye sighed, and the hard-won clue was broken again.

"These days, the curfew at night is strict, if you want to know the person's movements, I'm afraid you have to ask Lord Zhao," Jin Shan is now bored when he mentions Zhao Ming.

"But I'm too lazy to deal with someone like him, and if I can't say a few words, I'll quarrel, and the dog can't spit out ivory from his mouth. But in order to solve the case, I had to trouble the prince to make this trip. ”

"It's not impossible to ask this king to go on this trip, it just so happens that I also have something to ask Lord Zhao, but Lord Jin really plans to do it with Zhao Ming in the future?"

Su Jingye spread his hands helplessly, Jin Shan was a little short-tempered, and Zhao Ming's flamboyant tongue was not a good match. Although there is a difference in grade, but the two are in different positions, Zhao Ming may still pull Jin Shan off the horse.

"I don't talk to him for more than half a sentence, as long as he doesn't take the initiative to find trouble, I naturally won't fight him." Jin Shan snorted indignantly from his nose, at least it was a compromise.

"Then the king and Lord Jin acted separately, and Lord Jin continued to inquire in the criminal department, just to purge his subordinates. This king went to the yamen of the capital to visit the door. Su Jingye glanced at him, turned around and left.

In the yamen of the capital, Li Wensong sat for a while and left, and before Zhao Ming could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the news that Su Jingye had come over again. Zhao Ming was so angry that he had nowhere to go, but the person had already walked to the door, and he had to go to greet him.

"Isn't this His Royal Highness King Jing, what kind of wind blew you here, but it really made me shine here." Zhao Ming smiled extraordinarily exaggeratedly, making Su Jingye feel that if he was so flattering, it was more like a backword.

"Actually, I wanted to come to talk to Lord Zhao in the morning, but Lord Zhao was called by the palace, so I missed it, and now I can be regarded as catching up."

"His Royal Highness King Jing came to the door in person, I naturally can't shirk it, but it's noon at this time, I'm afraid that it will delay the time for the prince to eat, so it's better for the prince to come back in the afternoon."

Zhao Ming's words sounded a bit like a send-off, Su Jingye was confused for a while, and he didn't know when he offended him, so he smiled faintly, "As the saying goes, it's better to choose a day than to hit the sun, you see that this king has come over, and it will be troublesome to let this king go back." ”