Han Changwan raised his eyebrows slightly, this Zheng Binyuan can sit firmly in the county order of Wannian County, and no one can be offended by the left and right, and there is still something to be done for him.

Walking through this section of the brightly lit Yongdao, there was a dim light at the end of the road, a doorway more than one person high was opened in the wall, the iron fence door was closed, and a cold lock was held.

Han Changdui walked over slowly, stood in front of the door, and quietly watched everything inside.

Although it is said to be a single cell, the conditions are not much different from other multi-person cells, but there are fewer people.

There was nothing else to be done with a thin layer of withered yellow straw at one end of the cell and a stained bucket at the other.

At this time, on the top of the withered yellow straw sat a man with a thick description, his back to the iron fence gate, facing the jagged wall, quite a bit of the meaning of thinking about himself.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, his body moved slightly, but he stubbornly did not turn around.

Han Changwan pursed his lower lip and said lightly, "Zhang Yan." ”

Zhang Yan didn't look back, and stubbornly spoke: "I didn't kill anyone, no matter how you humiliate me, I won't admit my guilt." ”

Han Changwan curled his lips and smiled: "Zhang Yan, this official is the envoy of the Internal Security Division, because Xia Yuanji is related to the case being investigated by the Internal Security Division, Wannian County has handed over the murder case between you and Xia Yuanji to the Internal Security Division." ”

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Zhang Yan's body shook violently, and he turned around with a split heart.

He thought that being caught in a murder case and being imprisoned in the prison of Wannian County would be the worst thing if his future was ruined, but he didn't expect that there were even worse things waiting for him.

The Department of Internal Guards, that's the Department of Internal Guards, can you still come out alive if you go in?

He spent the night in his cell, not too haggard and depressed, except for the blue stubble that appeared around his lips, after all, he was convinced that he would come out of this cell with a clean slate sooner or later.

But now, while hearing the three words of the Internal Guard, his conviction collapsed.

His breath was sluggish in an instant, and his spirit seemed to be drained.

He slumped on the yellow straw and pursed the corners of his lips: "Inside, inside, internal health division." ”

Seeing this scene, Zheng Binyuan sighed.

Standing next to the cell head sighed silently, the three words of the Internal Guard Division are really comparable to the Yama Palace, when he came in last night, he was still a dead duck with a hard mouth, look at it now, it has become a boiled soup.

Han Changwan didn't say anything more, and raised his chin towards Meng Sui.

Zheng Binyuan hurriedly beckoned the cell head next to him to open the cell door, and there was a loud noise, Meng Sui walked into the cell with his head held high, and said coldly to Zhang Yan: "Zhang Yan, come with me." ”

Zhang Yan moved his lips, the word "no" seemed to be glued between his lips and teeth, and he couldn't say it even if he tried his best.

He stood up with difficulty, followed Meng Suijie out of the dim cell, the light was suddenly reflected, and he hurriedly raised his hand to block his eyes.

The group walked out very quickly, and this back and forth movement had already alarmed the people in the cells on both sides.

They rushed to the iron fence gate unkempt, and they all heard Fang Cai's words, and they all knew that the two people who came to take Zhang Yan away were from the Internal Security Division.

I couldn't help but sigh and shake my head.

"Eh, you said that you entered the Internal Security Division, can you still come out alive?"

"It's hard to say, you probably won't survive if you go in, but he should be able to."

"Why, he has an extra leg than others?"

"I heard that he is a tribute, and he just passed the provincial examination this year."

"What's wrong with the Gongshi, there are still fewer Gongshi killed by the Internal Security Division."

After walking this way, the more Zhang Yan listened, the more desperate he became, desperate and wanted to die headlong, but thinking that Zhang Di was still outside, he didn't know how to be frightened and scared, and how to run to rescue, he didn't dare to die at will.

Walking out of the prison, the clear air and bright sunlight suddenly hit, Zhang Yan squinted his eyes like a new life, and a thought was born in his heart, he wanted to live, and he had to live with all his strength.

snatched Zhang Yan from the hands of the Annan County Palace, and the rest of the matter was very smooth, Zheng Binyuan and Yu Qing had long wanted to throw this murder case out, and they did not hesitate to hand over the relevant files and Xia Yuanji's body.

Han Changwan only used a cup of tea to finish these things, and escorted Zhang Yan out of the Wannian County Office.

Zhang Yan was sent to the Internal Security Division blindfolded, in the dark, people's fears will be infinitely magnified, not long after he walked out of the Wannian County Office, he had already come up with no less than one hundred and eighty ways to die, each of which was tragic.

The opaque black cloth was suddenly torn off his face, and he couldn't recover from the tragic death in time, and looked around in a daze.

He was in a small room, the closed window was covered with a thin layer of clear paper, and the sunlight shone obliquely through the transparent paper, sifting on the ground one by one, living up to the bright and dazzling outside, adding a bit of bleakness.

On one side of the room, there is a fire kang, the kang is cold at this time, and a burnt yellow old bamboo mat is spread on it, and the corner of the kang is neatly resting on the thin quilt and pillow, although it is extraordinarily old, but it is very clean.

There was a bookcase and a bed next to the kang, and the bookcase was full of pen, ink, paper, inkstone and lamps, but there were no books.

The Gong bucket was placed behind the door without exception, but it was cleanly washed, and there was grass and wood ash added to it, and there was not much odor.

The whole room was cleaned up neatly, and even the cracked green bricks were polished.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, although the Internal Health Division is a place to eat people, but this place where people are locked up before eating people is really not comparable to the Wannian County Prison.

Zhang Yan is a prisoner, and there is no need for Han Changdui to ask in person, but who made him the person Xie Mengxia wants to protect, Han Changdui can only do everything himself, lest something go wrong in the middle and fall short.

He stood at the door, looked at Zhang Yan and looked at the room one by one, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but smile, the innocence of the reader, he said lightly: "You don't think this is the prison cell of the internal security secretary, right?" ”

Zhang Yan didn't notice that Han Changdui hadn't left at all, and when he heard this voice, he was startled, and almost sat on the ground, turning around with an embarrassed face: "Si, Master Si." ”

Han Changwan stepped over the threshold, walked into the room, and said to himself: "Most of the people detained in the Internal Security Department are extremely heinous people, and they are not worthy of such a house." ”

It turned out that this was not the cell of the Internal Security Division, no wonder, he said that the Internal Security Division, who has always been famous for his murder, could be so merciful in the place where the prisoners were held.

Zhang Yan's calm heart suddenly rose high again, and he looked at Han Changdui vigilantly: "What do you mean, Lord Envoy?" ”

With such a deep vigilance, this is the second time Han Changdui has seen it, and the first time is on Yao Qi's face, he can't help but smile playfully: "If you stay here for a few more days, you will know what this official means." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yan suddenly panicked, if he stayed for a few more days, wouldn't he miss the palace test, he had been suffering for ten years, but he couldn't eat it, but in the end, the bamboo basket was empty.

He pleaded with a white face: "Lord Envoy, you can't go down, you can't go down, there is a palace test behind you, ...... below."

As soon as he was halfway through his words, he was frightened by Han Changdu's sneering gaze, and swallowed the rest of the words back.

Yes, he is still guilty now, let alone participating in the palace examination, even if he is a tribute who has just passed the examination, he may not be able to keep it.

Unable to clear his name, the temple test is an extravagant hope for him.

The most important thing at the moment was to clear his name, he looked up, and at a glance he saw Han Changdui's face that no one should enter.

Zhang Yan's heart jumped, this person fished him out of Wannian County and brought him into the Internal Security Division, and he was not locked in a cell, it seems that he also has some faith in him, so will this person be able to clear his grievances for him.

He suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said word by word: "It is wronged below, please let the envoy know!" ”

Han Changdui smiled faintly.

This man was so clear-minded that he figured out who to ask for so quickly.

The smile on Han Changdu's face became more and more unfathomable, and he casually took two steps behind his back: "Why does this official want to help you?" ”

Zhang Yan's heart sank, yes, why should he help him, Han Changdui is in a high position and has a prominent family background, and he is just a down-and-out tribute, even if he hits the Jinshi, a person like him who has no foundation is up and down in the sea of eunuchs, and the future is really unknown.

Han Changdui really didn't have any reason to help him.

What can you do to help him, to show that he is a down-and-out tribute with an unknown future? If he is not careful, he will drown in the ups and downs of the sea?

Even if he was discerning and saw it very clearly, Han Changdui was the only lifesaver he could think of in front of him, and he had no other way.

With no way to ask for help, Zhang Yan suddenly became a little more anxious, thinking of the entanglement between the Han Jiajun and the royal family in the Han Palace, he couldn't help but feel his heart jumping, and he said slowly with anxiety but sincerity: "Presumably, the envoy has heard the words "Gong Gao Zhen Lord." ”

As soon as he said this, his voice fell, and he looked at Han Changdui with a frank expression, as if he was selfless in his heart, and he just said a simple sentence with no deep meaning.

But he didn't have such a calm face in his heart, seven up and eight huge waves were monstrous, and his heart was pounding, and he almost jumped out of his cavity.

His game can be described as a self-defeating retreat, victory is a promising future, and defeat is no way to live.

Han Changwan squinted, it seems that the potential of people is endless, and Zhang Yan is not as honest as he seems on the surface, in order to find a way out for Bo, he can be full of courage, and even dare to say such a rebellious remark.

This is intended to be reborn after death.

Han Changdui pursed his lips and said with a faint expression: "Oh, then according to what you said, how should this official and the Han Wangfu behind this official deal with themselves?" ”

Zhang Yan didn't expect Han Changwan to ask such a question, although he did not lack vision and courage, but it was the first time he had answered like this, he was nervous, and he spoke hard, completely without the freedom and openness of the talent: "I thought that the adults are very smart now. ”

"Taoguang Yanghui?" Han Changduha laughed out loud: "Do you think this official is now in Taoguang and obscurity?" ”

Zhang Yan didn't know which sentence he said wrongly, but it made Han Changwan laugh, and he was even more uneasy in his heart, and after thinking about it for a long time, he said: "The envoy is dedicated to the public and conscientious, and it is Taoguang who is obscure." ”

Han Changdui suddenly realized that the Taoguang Yanghui he understood was different from Zhang Yan's understanding, he thought that Taoguang Yanghui was ridiculous, while Zhang Yan thought that it was a low-key errand.

He pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, and suddenly chuckled: "You are really different from ordinary people, but whether it is the official Taoguang and obscure, or the high merit of the master, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, and heard the meaning of loosening from Han Changdu's words, and hurriedly said: "The envoy has just entered the capital, and he is getting fuller, so he can act arbitrarily. ”

Hearing this, Han Changwan couldn't help but want to laugh, a dignified tribute who had tested forty-eight in the province wanted to come to him as a cow and a horse, if he still hesitated, wouldn't he pretend to be ignorant.

He lifted his eyelids and said lightly: "You are so sincere, if the official doesn't pull you, won't it seem that the official has no feelings." He paused slightly, looked at Zhang Yan with a sigh of relief, pursed his lips and said lightly: "You tell me in detail about the situation on the day of the accident." ”

As he spoke, Han Changdui lifted the hem of his clothes, sat on the Hu bed, opened the file retrieved from Wannian County, twisted the corner of the page with his fingertips, and said slowly: "Remember well, if you have something to hide, don't blame the official for not saving you." ”

Zhang Yan shuddered: "Don't dare." ”

Bright sunlight filters in through the windows, and streamers diffuse between the latticework.

The room was as quiet as water inside and out, and Meng Sui leaned against the door, bowing his head, boredly counting the ants that quickly crawled past his feet.

The situation on the day of the accident was something that Zhang Yan had never experienced in his life, and after the whole night, the memory was not the slightest sign of vagueness, but as clear as engraved on Zhang Yanxin, not to mention forgetting, even the details he remembered clearly.

It's just that he can't figure it out, he's just a useless poor scholar, why did this kind of thing happen to him? What good can it do to frame him?

Zhang Yan took a deep breath, calmed down, and couldn't wait to speak: "Yesterday's list, after watching the yellow list, returned to Zhaoguofang from the Gongyuan, and went to Qujiang Huiwen with a few friends at dusk, and left at dusk, just arrived at the east gate of Zhaoguofang, and met Brother Xia's little house, saying that it was Brother Xia who invited him, and did not suspect him in the next, so he went with him, who knew that as soon as he arrived at the door, he was beaten from behind, fainted on the ground, unconscious, and when he woke up, it was already dark, Lying at the door of the courtyard he rented, holding a slimy knife in his hand, his body was also slimy, he got up under it, and looked at it by the light of the door, only to find that the knife was full of blood on his body and hands, and he was very scared and didn't know what was going on, and before he could figure it out, the official of Wannian County locked it in the prison, and only then did he know that Brother Xia was dead, or died under the knife, but," he choked as he spoke, "But he was really wronged in the next, Nothing has been done under it. ”

Han Changwei didn't question Zhang Yan's words, but slowly turned the file page by page, comparing Zhang Yan's words with the records in the file, and asked lightly without looking up: "You mean to say that you didn't see Xia Yuanji at all?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Yan nodded eagerly: "I was knocked unconscious when I was at the door, I didn't even enter the door, and I didn't see where Brother Xia was at all." ”

Han Changdu's hand flipping through the file paused, and his eyes swept over the neat line of small letters.

This page is a record of what was going on in the house at the time of the crime.

According to what is written in the dossier, Xia Yuanji at that time was lying on the ground with his head facing the door, and his feet were on the kang with his feet, and the blood spilled out from under his body, just to the door, blocked by the threshold, and gathered into a shallow pool of blood, which could just cover the upper of his shoes.

Judging from this posture of falling to the ground, it was indeed as if Xia Yuanji heard something and walked towards the door, but as soon as he opened the door, he was stabbed face-to-face in the vital point, and then lay on the ground and died.

And in the pool of blood, there was a pair of footprints, the left foot was an inch behind the right foot, and the pattern on the sole of the shoe was clearly recognizable.

Seeing this, Han Changdu's face was slightly gloomy, and his eyes narrowed coldly.

If you first enter the house, and then kill people, and the blood spreads on the ground, then the footprints on the ground will not be so clearly visible, but will only be a vague phantory shadow, and the footprints that are so clear now must have been caused by stepping on them when the blood stains were half dry.

Han Changwan raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a vague suspicion in his heart.

He didn't speak, and Zhang Yan didn't dare to continue, only staring at Han Changdui's hand where he stopped.

After a moment of silence, Han Changdui began to flip through the file again, and continued to look down silently.

According to the dossier, when Zhang Yan was caught, there were large blood stains on his face and placket, his right hand and arm were full of blood, the short knife was grasping in his hand, and the upper of the gray-blue shoes on his feet was also splashed with a little bloodstain, and the soles were stained with a thin layer of blood, and the blood on the soles was not evenly distributed, with more in some places and less in some places.

Han Changwan sighed in his heart, putting aside how sleek and accommodating Zheng Binyuan was, just looking at the detailed and accurate records of the Wannian County file, he knew that he was experienced and meticulous, and he was an impartial and upright person.

Han Changdui continued to look down, turned a page, and it was written on the file that after comparison, the blood-stained shoes on Zhang Yan's feet were in harmony with the footprints left in the pool of blood.

His honor is indeed a murderer who has just killed someone and is running away frantically.

But it's still full of loopholes.

Xia Yuanji's fatal wound was in the abdomen, the knife stabbed into the lower abdomen and then pulled out, killing with a knife, blood splashed out, it would indeed splash the murderer's clothes, but his wound was in the lower abdomen, and the murder weapon was a three-inch-long short blade, stabbing someone at such a close distance, the blood in the lower abdomen splashed out, and it could only be the murderer's abdomen, at most on the clothes on the chest, how could it splash on Zhang Yan's face.

If it is said that after Zhang Yan killed someone, he wiped his face with his murderous right hand and wiped the blood on his face, then why did he still have a knife in his hand when he was caught?

The biggest suspicion is that there is only a pair of footprints of Zhang Yan walking into the house in the pool of blood, but there are no footprints of Zhang Yan walking out.

How did he get out, didn't he fly out?

Even if it flies out, there should be a turning movement.

As for Xia Yuanji's little guy, it is written in the file that his whereabouts are unknown.

Han Changdui slowly raised his head and asked lightly, "When you arrived at the door, could you see the people in the house?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment: "At that time, the door was hidden, and I didn't see anyone in the house." ”

Han Changwei asked another question: "Do you think there are people in the house, or rather, how many people are there?" ”

Zhang Yan was even more stunned: "Brother Xia went to Beijing to take the exam, and he only brought a small servant with him, and the little guy was behind at that time, and Brother Xia must be the only one in the room." “

Han Changwan was surprised by Zhang Yan's innocence, and sighed helplessly: "Before you fainted, did you see that little guy?" ”

Zhang Yan shook his head blankly: "No, the stick hit it was too sudden, I didn't react at all, I didn't see anything, and when I woke up, I was already at the gate of the rented yard." ”

This is a rammer who doesn't know anything, and it's no wonder that the people in the Annan County Mansion are convincing, and it's even more difficult that Zheng Binyuan knew that there was something strange about this case, so he had to lock up Zhang Yan.

In such a situation, everyone will think that the murderer is Zhang Yan.

Han Changdui pursed his thin lips tightly, and a wordless wry smile appeared on his lips, knowing that he couldn't ask anything about Zhang Yan, he stood up, took the file and sighed: "Okay, you will stay here temporarily for the next few days." ”

With that, he walked out quickly, opened the door, and the sun shone in, and he stepped into the sun.

Zhang Yan looked at Han Changdui in the sunshine, feeling extremely relieved, and at the same time, endless questions were born in his heart.

"Envoy!" Zhang Yan suddenly opened his mouth and stopped Han Changdu.

Han Changwan turned slightly: "What, what do you think of again?" ”

"No," Zhang Yan shook his head: "I want to ask, why does the envoy want to help you?" ”

Han Changwan smiled: "Didn't you say it yourself, are you willing to serve the work of the official?" ”

Zhang Yan choked, his cheeks were slightly red, a little embarrassed, it was just his momentary eagerness, although it was sincere, but he was self-aware, now he was just a tribute with an unknown future, he had just touched the side of a jinshi, he didn't think that his identity like this could give Han Changdui a little help, and Han Changdui could help him with this dispensable help, and he forgot to sleep and eat to help him clear up his grievances.

Seeing that Zhang Yan was embarrassed and silent, Han Changwan raised his eyebrows slightly, a little unbearable, but he had to tell the truth: "This matter is the meaning of His Royal Highness the King of Han, Zhang Di entered the Han Palace's concubine, and you can be regarded as having something to do with the Han Palace, and it is reasonable for the King of Han to ask about you." ”

This speech was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Zhang Yan was stunned.

He was stunned for a long time before the corners of his lips twitched, and he stumbled in disbelief: "Adi, King Han, King Han's concubine," he paused, and suddenly remembered something, and shouted like crazy: "This is impossible, impossible, Adi is such a self-respecting and casual girl, it is impossible to be willing to be a concubine!" ”