King Yu had been in a very good mood these days, and after sending Gray Harrier overnight to find out that his most important subordinates were not involved in the dry well hiding corpse case, he had been preparing to watch the prince's anxious show. Hubu Shangshulou's respect for the prime of life, every year I don't know how much silver is rolled up for the prince unknowingly, it is simply a cornucopia of the prince's beloved, and now seeing that this cornucopia is about to be smashed, King Yu will wake up happy when he is really asleep, and he has secretly laughed at the prince many times.

What he didn't expect was that the same trouble would soon befall him, although the situation was not so serious, but it was enough to make his head as big as a fight, and he was no longer in the mood to laugh.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! Please...... Three generations of my family have passed on the single line...... There is only this one single seedling...... "The purple-clothed official who knelt in the flower hall of Yuwang's Mansion and exchanged tears was He Jingzhong, the secretary of the ministry, and his son He Wenxin killed Qiu Zhengping, the son of Earl Wenyuan, although he successfully escaped back to his home under the protection of the domestic slaves, but he escaped the first day of the new year, and he couldn't hide from the fifteenth, and the next day Jingzhao Yin's Mansion sent someone to come to the door. He Jingzhong originally relied on his title as a first-class nobleman, and insisted on not seeing the door, but who knew that the small eight-grade catcher in Jingzhao Mansion turned out to be a character, one was not rough, the other was not angry, standing outside the door of He Mansion with an official document in his hand, and read aloud: "I was ordered to arrest the criminal He Wenxin, the criminal killed people and absconded in the Yangliuxin brothel last night, please open the door!" Seeing that more and more people gathered in front of the mansion, I was afraid that half of the people in Jinling City would come over to see the excitement, not to mention the ugliness, but I was afraid that I would alarm the imperial history, He Jingzhong could only temporarily soften, handed over the son who was crying and shouting, and at the same time put a few cruel words to suppress those who took people to catch the fast, and then hurriedly rushed to the Yuwang Mansion to beg.

The incident happened on Luoshi Street, where most of the people and spies that Qin Banruo used to listen to the news of all parties were there, and of course he quickly found out what happened to the murder and quietly reported back to King Yu. As soon as he heard that he was killed in front of everyone, and he belonged to the current criminals who had only too many human and physical evidence, Xiao Jinghuan couldn't help but be embarrassed, frowned and paced a few steps in the room, with a calm face and did not speak.

"Your Royal Highness," He Jingzhong saw that King Yu's expression was uncertain, and his heart was even more anxious, and he wiped a handful of tears, "I know that I have no way to teach my son, and my child has indeed caused a big disaster...... But I ask His Royal Highness to be grateful for his humble duty and dedication to his allegiance for many years, and he is over fifty years old, and his mother dotes on him as his life, if there is an accident, I am afraid that the old lady will not be able to bear it...... Your Highness, Your Highness......"

King Yu glanced at him coldly, feeling very troublesome in his heart, but he has always used the method of relying on grace to his subordinates, not to mention that since He Jingzhong was appointed as the secretary of the ministry, he has indeed grasped the right of appoint, removal, reward and punishment of officials very firmly, and the prince has not been able to intervene several times, and now seeing him crying like this, thinking that this unsuccessful son is really a dead hole for him, I am afraid it is inappropriate to ignore it, so he still slowed down his voice and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "You are too negligent in discipline." In the capital of Gyeonggi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can he act so wildly? If you kill a civilian, it doesn't matter, then it was the earl's son who was killed, although he is not in the court now, the shadow seal of his ancestors hangs there, and Uncle Wen Yuan also has the right to play. If this king forcibly shelters, will there be an eyeless imperial history for the time being, Wen Yuanbo himself will not give up, if you go to the emperor, who can please you or this king? ”

Lieutenant General He Jing knocked his head on the ground and cried: "The lowly position also knows that it is difficult for His Highness, but if he only kills civilians, how can the lowly position dare to alarm His Highness?" It was because it was a person from Uncle Wenyuan's family who was killed, and he knew that his strength was meager, so he came to His Highness for help. Your Highness, you also know that Wen Yuanbo has always been timid and afraid, if His Highness personally comes forward to make peace with him, forgive him and don't dare to hurt your face too much......"

"You said it lightly, is this a trivial matter? Yours is a son, not a son? What do people dare not do in anger? King Yu scolded, and then reassured, "Don't mess up the square inch now, and don't you be beheaded the next day, what are you panicking about?" ”

"I'm afraid that if the Jingzhao Yin Mansion is decided, it will be difficult to get it back......"

"Jing Zhao Yin Mansion?" King Yu sneered, "Do you think Jingzhao Yin Mansion likes to convict you of this case?" Gao Sheng may not have a headache now. ”

King Yu said this well, if Gao Sheng can hear it now, he will definitely shout his bosom friend. First, a case of hiding corpses in a dry well made the prince highly nervous, and then a brothel murder incident involved King Yu's Aichen, if the person who has the most headache in the entire imperial city now should be none other than Yin Gaosheng, who only has the title of three ranks.

He Jingzhong wiped his face with his sleeves, calmed down and said, "It's really a mess of humble duties. His Royal Highness didn't know that when Jinling Mansion sent someone to get people, he didn't say anything about it, so he was worried about it......"

"That's where Ascension comes in." King Yu showed an appreciative expression instead, "This case is one side of you, one side is Wen Yuanbo, obviously a case that may reach the heavens at any time, not to mention that the case is clear at a glance, there is no reason to delay, so you must simply take talents, if you move slowly for a while, you send your son away, the responsibility will become his, how can Wen Yuanbo explain?" Now that you have detained someone, and then look at the direction of the wind and slowly judge, if your son is sentenced to death in the future, he doesn't care about offending you first when he takes people, if he is acquitted, he just gave you a big face, and you still have a small holiday compared to him coming to the door to take people? Don't think that it will be easier to be a parent official in Jinling City than to be a secretary of the ministry. ”

He Jingzhong is also the person who knows the most about power, but he cares about it for a while, and his mind is chaotic, and when he mentions it by King Yu, he immediately understands that his heart that was originally hung up because of Gao Sheng's ruthless behavior has settled down a little, and he bowed down and said: "It's still Your Highness's eyes like electricity, and he is dumbfounded." ”

"Forget it, you don't have to be a sycophant. No matter how you say it, your case is difficult, and this king can't think of a solution for a while," King Yu turned around and saw that he was about to cry again, and waved his hand hurriedly, "You go to meet Master Ji, discuss an idea first, and then this king will see if it is feasible." ”

He Jingzhong saw that King Yu's tone was soft, and his heart was overjoyed, so he hurriedly thanked him, hurried to the side courtyard, and found the Master Ji that King Yu said. Xiao Jinghuan, as a prince who has the strength to compete with the crown prince, naturally has a lot of think-tank staff, and he appointed Master Ji because this old gentleman is from a criminal background, and he is the best at handling all kinds of lawsuits, maybe he can come up with some way.

After listening to He Jingzhong's detailed description of the case, Master Ji's two gray eyebrows were twisted into a hairball, which looked extremely funny with his original wrinkled face, but He Jingzhong's current mood was really no one who had half the time to pay attention to other people's faces, and he looked up with his eyes, the tighter the hairball was twisted, the more panicked his heart became.

After about a cup of tea, Master Ji let out a long breath and said, "The trouble that Ling Gongzi broke into is not small......

"I know this," He Jingzhong said hurriedly, "but even if I want to teach him a lesson, I have to wait for this matter to be resolved!" ”

Master Ji stretched out his hand and stroked the slight beard under his chin, and said slowly: "The only plan for today is to make the case finalized by Jingzhao Yin Yamen first......

"What?" He Jingzhong immediately jumped up.

"Master He, don't be impatient," Master Ji stretched out his hand and helped him slightly, "Listen to the old man explain slowly." ”

He Jingzhong pressed his emotions for a moment, arched his hand and said, "Master, please speak." ”

"First of all, although Jingzhao Mansion has jurisdiction over the security of the imperial capital, it is only a local official after all, and you and Wen Yuanbo, you and Wen Yuanbo, he can't afford to offend either of them. Sentenced Gongzi to be guilty, Gao Sheng didn't dare, but if he was found not guilty, how could Gao Sheng dare to take this responsibility independently? If he is embarrassed by the two sides and delays the case for a long time, it is the son who suffers. So first of all, you have to give a step down, give Gao a step down, let him close the case first, and can't embarrass him to forcibly overturn the case, so let him sentence Gongzi for murder. ”

"Huh?!"

"Don't panic, my lord, it's not terrible for Jingzhao Mansion to close the case, but what I'm afraid of is that he will end an iron case. My lord, you took a step back, Gao Sheng naturally wanted to repay the favor, although the case was judged to be murder, but the evidence in the case file can be blurred a little, and there are a few more mistakes in the testimony, anyway, Wen Yuanbo only knew that Jingzhao Mansion was judged to be a murderer, and he couldn't find out how the specific case file was written, so Gao Sheng got your approval on the one hand, and on the other hand, he would not offend Wen Yuanbo, so he would definitely not refuse. Master Ji showed a sly smile, "My lord, what do you think, Jingzhao Mansion has closed the murder case, what should happen next?" ”

"...... of the Criminal Department"

"Not bad. He had to report it to the Criminal Department. Master Ji tapped his fingers on the table and said very complacently, "This case is in the hands of Jingzhao Mansion, and it can't be operated." First, he didn't dare, and second, he couldn't afford it. But the Criminal Department is different, not to mention the power and responsibility, the key is that this is the territory of His Royal Highness King Yu, isn't Qi Shangshu more dedicated than Gao Sheng? ”

He Jingzhong patted his thigh and praised: "Master Ji is really old!" ”

"Although this case involves all big people, after all, only one person died, it is an ordinary criminal case, even if Qi Shangshu has the heart, he did not specifically specify a reason to bring this case upside down, so he can only let Jingzhao Mansion close the case and report it himself. If he reported a death case with ironclad evidence, of course there was no way, but if there was a case file with negligent evidence and testimony, the Criminal Department would have sufficient reasons to retry it by itself, and then there would be more room for activities, and the son would be transferred over and suffer less, what do you think? ”

He Jingzhong said gratefully: "Master's plan is very clever, the lower official will go to see His Royal Highness and beg him to speak in front of Qi Shangshu." But Gao Sheng's ......"

"Don't worry about this, Lord Gao is already like a headless fly for the case of hiding corpses in the dry well, and he must be eager to throw out the hot charcoal round of your mansion earlier." Master Ji smiled, "His current master is an old acquaintance, so why did the adults run away......

He Jingzhong hurriedly bowed deeply and said, "Master Labor." If this matter is successful, the lower officials will definitely thank each other generously. ”

"It's all for His Highness, what's polite." Master Ji humbly said a few words and got up to see off the guests. Because He Jingzhong was the confidant of King Yu, he didn't dare to slack off, and after a little tidying up, he ordered someone to prepare a green cloth sedan chair and went out to Jingzhao Mansion.