Hu Quan said: "The Li family said that they moved the Duchess of Chengguo, and invited the Marquis of Jingguo, and yesterday brought a group of people into the palace to intercede with the Queen Mother, and it happened that I was called by Sun Senzheng to ask about things, and after getting off the government, I stayed in his house until the second watch before returning, and you are not there, only Yao Jian is the only one in the Criminal Division......

The Queen Mother went to reply to the Criminal Division, Yao Jian went, and I don't know what he said, so that the Queen Mother felt that the evidence was insufficient, and determined that the case was complicated, and immediately ordered Dali Temple to take over the retrial yesterday...... When I learned the news, Li Chengwei and Chen Ducai retracted their confessions on the spot and were already taken away. ”

Gu Yanzhang's heart sank.

As the saying goes, money makes the devil grind.

Li Chengwei has been rooted in the capital for decades, and has dealings with many wealthy families and clans, and there are two county lords' daughters-in-law in the family.

He has monstrous wealth, and he doesn't know what he is holding in his hands, so it is not uncommon for him to be able to invite the Duchess of Chengguo and the Marquis of Yasukuo.

Gu Yanzhang often goes in and out of the Forbidden Palace these days, and he has not had a lot of dealings with Empress Dowager Zhang, and he also has his own opinions in his heart. He didn't know what kind of style this saint had in the past, but now, he is vigorous and resolute, and everything is based on "truth", although his elbow loves to turn inward, but Li Chengwei and Chen Ducai really can't be called "inside".

Empress Dowager Zhang decided that the case was complicated and felt that the Criminal Division could not find out, so there must be something wrong with the palace that day.

He thought of this and asked, "Official, I don't know what Yao Jian said?" ”

Hu Quan shook his head and said: "He only said that he would reply as usual, can I still confront the Queen Mother?" ”

According to the situation of these two cases, as long as they are truthfully returned, there will never be such a result, not to mention that the person who replied was Yao Jian.

That Yao Jian is the secretary of the Criminal Division, this person has been an official in the department for a long time, has deep qualifications, and has excellent talents and virtues, and is extremely trusted. He is familiar with the law, knows more about the twists and turns in the investigation and trial of cases, and his eloquence is also good.

In the case of Li Chengwei and Chen Ducai, the former was about to reach a conclusion when he saw it, and the latter did not dare to act because he was afraid of startling the snake. And why did he do that?

The more Gu Yanzhang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and asked, "When was Sun Shenzheng called for official business yesterday?" ”

Hu Quan recalled for a moment and said, "It's only past noon." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked again: "What did Sun Shenzheng ask, but he couldn't finish it until the second watch." ”

Hu Quan's expression changed slightly, he squinted his eyes and stared at Gu Yanzhang, and said, "It's just some official business." ”

Seeing his reaction, Gu Yanzhang knew that this matter must be more than that, and he didn't know what was going on, so he groaned a little and said solemnly: "The relationship is very big at this time, please don't hide it from me...... Sun participated in politics and invited him to go over, but he was talking about the new monarch? ”

Hu Quan was already a little dissatisfied with Gu Yanzhang's interference too much, and he was not satisfied with his position, but when he heard his words, he said angrily: "Naturally not!" ”

He paused, as if he felt that there were still some shortcomings, and added: "What does participating in politics have to say to me, and what does it have to do with you!" ”

Gu Yanzhang didn't care about his tone and words, and he didn't have time to care about whether he was happy or not, so he asked again: "I went to find Sun to participate in politics on official business, and I was afraid that I would have half an hour and more time waiting outside the public hall?" ”

Hu Quandeng's face changed greatly, and he lowered his voice and said coldly: "You have a spy next to Sun Shenzheng?" ”

Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, didn't answer, and asked again: "I wanted to come to Sun to participate in politics and call for official affairs, I originally had something to say, but there were too many affairs in the yazhong, and I couldn't say two sentences, so I was interrupted, so I had to ask you to stay aside for a while, and after an afternoon, I didn't finish talking about what should be said, and then I had to invite you to come over and talk about it?" ”

Hu Quan stared at Gu Yanzhang with his eyes and gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to make a hole in his face, and only after a while did he say, "Who did you listen to?" ”

He can barely hold on to it on his face, but he has already lost his sense of proportion inside, and he said in his heart: It's so strange! This guy kept talking, as if he was there yesterday, yesterday, I really went to find Sun Shenzheng alone? Then Gu Yanzhang really didn't go with me??

Even if this Gu Yanzhang is the deputy envoy of the criminal department, at most, he can only reach out to the criminal department, how can he have eyes to see Sun Bian's public hall!

Hu Quan couldn't help but take a closer look at the head of the person opposite, and always felt that that handsome face would suddenly change its shape at some point.

- This one, could it be that the roundworm became a sperm, and yesterday it turned back into a roundworm, burrowed into his belly, and followed him into the door? Otherwise, how could he be so vivid, as if he were in the realm?!

Gu Yanzhang naturally didn't know that the person opposite had such an unbelievable idea, he just couldn't help but think, he complained that Hu Quan had a father-in-law who was a scholar of the Ministry of Works, and he was born in a two-rank jinshi, but he had been an official for many years, and he was still hovering in the position of the transfer envoy, and he was also played around by Sun Bian.

The brain doesn't matter, but people are really not quick to react, and it's easy to mess up when encountering problems.

Who is Sun Bian?

The important ministers of the two governments, participate in political affairs!

At present, Sun Bian is no longer the governor who was idle by Zhao Rui two years ago, he is in charge of the transfer department, and he also serves as the Kyoto government office, and there is a large department, how many things are waiting to be dealt with on weekdays, and the criminal department is only a small part of it. Moreover, except for the cases of Chen Ducai, Li Chengwei, and Song Weizi, there are no other major cases in the Criminal Investigation Department recently, and there are no important errands, as long as they report as usual, why did they hurriedly find Hu Quan to go over for questioning, and what did they say, they actually asked Lao Sun to participate in politics and ask him to go to the house together at night to ask in detail?

If you fight a snake, you will not die, but you will suffer from it.

Who is Li Chengwei?

Li Chengwei's adoptive mother and his original partner died mysteriously, and the Criminal Department opened the coffin for an autopsy. After being sentenced to a heavy sentence, this person was able to hold on to deny it, but instead climbed out countless things to divert the attention of others.

With such courage, such means, and such a change, once he gets rid of himself and fights back, what will be the result?

Gu Yanzhang put down the teacup in his hand, looked straight at Hu Quan who was sitting beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Official business, the two cases of Li and Chen are the two of us who are in charge of the trial, if something happens, Sun Shenzheng is just a responsibility for poor supervision, and he will be fined for several months, but if it is found to the end, the murderer is not Li Chengwei, what is the fate of you and me, I have generally served as pro-people officials in official affairs, so I don't need to say more about it?" ”

Hu Quan's expression was grim.

Although the two cases of Chen and Li have not been sentenced, the Criminal Division has already issued a verdict, and they are handing it over to the Son of Heaven, just waiting for a reply. Li Chengwei killed his mother and wife, and the death of his daughter was also inseparable from him, and the crime was listed as one of the ten heinous crimes, called "evil rebellion" and "unrighteousness", and he should be hanged according to the law.

But if Dali Temple finds out that he is not the culprit, and the criminal is someone else, according to the law of the Great Jin, the person in charge of the case must be severely punished. As for how Dali Temple will be punished and sentenced-if it is not for the relationship already opened, how can the Li family dispatch so many people to deliberately bring Li Chengwei out?

Human life is at stake, fines and demotion are secondary, and the most feared thing is to sit back.

Although Hu Quan and Gu Yanzhang have only been together for a few months, his officialdom has been up and down, and he knows that the two of them have a stake in the same boat at this time, and they are the most reliable.

He didn't say a word, but his heart was already like turning over the river and the sea.

I really can't help him think about it too much.

It's just that Sun Bian helped meddle in this matter, is there any benefit?

Gu Yanzhang didn't say anything more.

It no longer matters who is behind the scenes, Li and Chen were taken away, Zhixin died, no matter what the ultimate goal is, he and Hu Quan cannot be separated.

The servants in the living room served tea and retreated, and the door was also tightly covered, and only two people were left sitting in their seats at this moment, and they were unusually quiet for a while.

It was already very cold in the early morning of winter, and the earth dragon in the house was not passed, Hu Quan sat and sit, and his body couldn't help but feel a little cold, only to feel that the hair from his chest cavity was oozing itch from the bottom, all the way out of his throat, so that he couldn't help coughing several times, and only after a while did he ask: "Li Chengwei's case, even if the Li family is too far away from his original partner to die, and the evidence is difficult to distinguish, but his daughter and grandson have both passed away in the past few years, and the Criminal Investigation Department has found out that many cats, as long as he goes to Quanzhou again, he may not be able to find human and physical evidence to nail him to death- After such a lot of effort, in the end it was still a bamboo basket to draw water, why did he suffer? ”

Gu Yanzhang's expression was slightly condensed, and he said, "As long as no one is held accountable, he can generally get away with it." ”

The case was not convicted, and it dragged on all the way until the new emperor ascended the throne, with someone to support him, and then find a few scapegoats, seeing that the Son of Heaven was in charge, and the case in front of him was either derogatory or punished, did anyone dare to risk the world's condemnation to overturn the case?

Hu Quan was a little depressed and a little dissatisfied.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, and he doesn't know how to do it, but he can't accept it for a while.

Half a month ago, he was still urging his subordinates day and night to track down Li Chengwei, not long ago, he was satisfied that he had won the cat of Song Weizi again, and he was full of ambition, thinking that three cases in a row would be handled.

Who would have expected that in just ten days, the Son of Heaven would be on a big trip, and Song Weizi would die unexpectedly, at this time, but after looking back, Li Chengwei and Chen Ducai were taken away and retracted their confessions together.

It can be said that how much Hu Quan liked Gu Yanzhang before, now it depends on how unpleasant he is.

- If there was no Gu Yanzhang, how would the problem of Chen Ducai be found, how would Li Chengwei's murder case be found, and how would Song Weizi be arrested? Why did he Hu Quan end up in this situation where he can't advance or retreat?

The two of them sat in their chairs, usually no one spoke, but the atmosphere was very different from that of Qicai, and it was subtle and not enough for outsiders.

Hu Quan raised his head and glanced at Gu Yanzhang with a ghostly look, all kinds of thoughts kept spinning in his mind.

He couldn't think of any clever plan, but he could empty his head, and for the first time he hated his first-class background, and he never forgot it, and now he actually remembered the chapter that was originally handed to the desk of the Son of Heaven in the Criminal Division, and he didn't even mix up the words and sentences.

At that time, I still felt that the few pieces written by my staff were very well written, and I put most of the credit on my own official business, and I felt that Gu Yanzhang knew each other very well, and he kept to himself very well, and he didn't say much, but when he thought about it at this time, he couldn't wait to drag the staff out and beat him, so that the eyes that looked at Gu Yanzhang couldn't help but reveal a bit of fierceness.

Even though he knew that this matter could never be expected by the other party, no matter how Nazhang expressed it, it was impossible for him to stay out of the matter as a Gyeonggi prisoner, but he still couldn't help but feel a little more angry.

- If you toss less, be mediocre and be a deputy envoy for punishment, where will you cause me to fall to this day!

Not to mention that Hu Quan is reminiscing about the past here, he thinks about it, and recalls the beginning of the matter more and more, and actually scolds his wife at home in his heart.

I can't complain that the countryside says that marrying a wife should be virtuous, and a woman who is not talented is virtuous! The old man's words still have to be listened to in the end! I always thought that I could get a lot of benefits by climbing up to this father-in-law's family, and I also thought that my wife was a scholar, and I was influenced by my father-in-law since I was a child, and I naturally saw a wide range of things, and I often listened to her ideas on weekdays.

Now it seems that it is no wonder that it has always been said that women are not allowed to interfere in politics, and it is said that Si Chen will suffer a catastrophe, if it were not for the original wife's strong proposal, his family had already postponed the errand of the Criminal Division, and only served as the post of the transfer department, how could it be so miserable!

Not only blame Gu Yanzhang, but it seems that this wicked woman is also to blame!

Hu Quan's mind was in a mess, and he thought of the situation in the DPRK and China that Sun Bian told him yesterday, implying that he was afraid that Zhao Hao, the king of Ji, wanted to succeed to the throne; For a while, I thought that the cases of Li Chengwei and Chen Ducai were vaguely related to King Ji, and they were involved in it, for fear that they would be rejected by the new emperor.

Thinking about King Ji's succession to the throne, I don't know that compared with Huang Xianggong and Fan Dashen, there is another minister in the Privy Council, maybe the king intersects, but it may not be possible to sit on the king; In the end, I thought, whether it is the east wind pressing the west wind, or the west wind pressing the east wind, his father-in-law will soon reach the age of Zhishi, and he is not Huang Zhaoliang's faction, nor is he Fan Yaochen's arm, and he has no dealings with several powerful ministers in the Privy Council, and he can't take advantage of it.

It's no wonder that he thinks too much, his knees are weak, it is really Chen Ducai and Li Chengwei who were taken away and sandwiched together with the news that King Ji wants to inherit the unification, which has made people have no power to fight back.

The will of God is hard to do.

Hu Quan thought that it was impossible for him to disobey the mandate of heaven.

is an important minister like Huang Zhaoliang, who offended the saint in the past, wasn't he sent to Quanzhou to dig sand and pick up crabs?

He's a northerner, and he's not good at all, it's fishy!