In the Nanjing Governor's Mansion, the state judge Yang Shiyang reported the progress of the case to the government Yin Li Shimian with a smile on his face.

The magistrate is subordinate to the Criminal Department, and he performs his duties with the government Yin. However, the Ming Dynasty was in charge of the government, and the civil affairs, judiciary, and trial were grasped with one hand, and if the case was wrong, the number one could not escape the responsibility.

Li Shimian's face is like an ice cube, his temperament is cold, he is not smiling, and he is famous for his "iron face." ”

Li Shimian held the dossier: "Xingde, I went to the pilgrimage the day before yesterday." I just came back today, and someone committed a murder on the street in Jiangning that day, and you caught the culprit, but you didn't interrogate in the lobby, why is this? Could it be that you have accepted benefits from others, and you are going to do this to conceal it? This is the capital, how can you do such a deceitful thing. ”

Yang Shi said in horror: "My lord, since I took office, I have done it myself and dedicated myself to the public. The teachings of the saints come first, and the teachings of the adults come last, how can I be negligent. ”

"Hmph, it's good that you know, Your Majesty is working hard today, and the responsibility for the entire capital is on you and me, if you do something wrong, you and I can't eat and walk around. The autumn season is about to begin, and the scholars of the entire Nanjing are gathered, and there is no room for sloppiness. In the past few days, His Majesty has summoned this government to give lectures, and that's all he said. Li Shimian casually browsed some case files, and he didn't understand it very well, but the form still had to be done.

Yang Shi nodded: "What the lord said is that the lower officials must do their best." ”

"What the hell is the murder going on?" After Li Shimian finished his training, he went straight to the point, which was the purpose of his coming to see Li Shimian.

Yang Tuiguan briefly stated the case, and then said: "My lord, it's not that the officials don't handle it, it's that the case is strange?" ”

"Oh?"

"After an autopsy, the slain was found to be highly poisonous. Even if you don't get killed, you won't survive. ”

Li Shimian exclaimed: "What? ”

"After an experienced old man, it was determined that this poison was extremely poisonous, tempered with more than ten kinds of poisonous weeds, and two or three hours after human eating, it made people hallucinate, irritable, then sluggish, and finally vomited blood and died."

Li Shimian frowned and said, "In this case, this case is a premeditated murder, and the criminal is just manslaughter?" ”

"What the lord said is very true, and the lower officials also think so." Yang Tuiguan said, "The lower official interrogated the scholar with the sword, whether he was from Guangxi, or Xiucai, who entered Beijing to prepare for next year's exam." If it is not intentional, then the question arises, who is the deceased, who did he contact before his death, the lower officials almost mobilized the fast arresters and fast hands of Nanjing Mansion, and there was still no gain in two days. ”

Li Daren said angrily: "What a bunch of rubbish. ”

Yang Tuiguan was embarrassed when he heard this, but it was useless to scold. At this time, the trial was simple and rude, and it was a big punishment. There are countless unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and the means to solve the cases are extremely limited, even the first forensic science work of the Great Song Dynasty, "The Collection of Grievances", is full of loopholes, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, which emphasized political achievements and bureaucrats.

The only one who is efficient in solving the case is Jinyiwei. Not to mention, there are several concubines in the family, and they have a few illegitimate children, and they are all clear.

The problem is, with Master Li's temperament, he won't let Jinyiwei toss, he has always hated Jinyiwei, isn't this a slap in the face?

Yang Tuiguan said bitterly: "My lord, the lower officials must do their best." However, there are some difficulties. ”

Master Li said angrily: "What's the difficulty? ”

Yang Tuiguan poured bitter water: "My lord, you don't know, it's autumn in another month, and now the scholars are gathered, how can you check?" Seal up the Nanjing Mansion? That's not all the same, the scholars are in trouble, it doesn't matter if you and I are scolded by His Majesty, I just don't know if you and I can keep our official hats. If it is not sealed, there will be fear everywhere, and if you go tomorrow after checking it today, won't it be the boiling of public resentment. ”

Li Shimian also thought of the key point, as Yang Tuiguan said, the deceased outsiders had to interrogate the people in Nanjing Mansion one by one if they knew him and who had contacted him, but in doing so, he would inevitably toss the people three times. Lord Li Shimian frowned slightly, twisted his beard and muttered.

"Xingde, you want to?" Li Shimian was shocked, and suddenly remembered the reason why Yang Tuiguan arrested people without asking and not interrogating.

Yang Tuiguan's heart was crossed: "My lord, for today's plan, only the criminal is dead, and there is no evidence." ”

Li Shimian shouted in a loud voice: "You can't break it." ”

Yang Tuiguan sneered: "My lord, in exchange for the peace of Nanjing Mansion with the life of one person, you and I will solve the case, there is no responsibility but merit, the scholar exam, the fish jumps into the dragon gate." What's more, the criminals have already killed people, and there is no injustice. Could it be that the adults want to continue to investigate, make a disturbance in the capital, the people are uneasy, and Your Majesty is angry, so that they can rest assured? ”

Li Shimian was stunned, looked at the file, and was silent for a long time.

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Last time, there was a big ugly, and this time I ran to the girl for help. Rao is Chen Yuan has a calm temperament, and he can't hold it on his face, so he said: "Miss Li, I'm here to do business this time, uh, no, it was also a serious matter last time." ”

The girl in white said softly: "I don't have the surname Li." ”

Yes? Chen Yuan sneered and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I saw you coming out of the Li Mansion and thought you were Li Qingtian's daughter." ”

The girl in white nodded slightly, and didn't blame Chen Yuan anymore: "I heard Gongzi say that you have a grievance, what grievances do you have?" ”

Chen Yuan hurriedly told Dong Ming's murder and arrest, and now there is no news. This matter has spread all over Jiangning, but no one in Xuanwu knows about it.

"Miss, Dong Mingquan is playing on weekdays, and his body is thin. The deceased was a strong man, and the case was full of suspicions, so I came to avenge my lordship. Dong Mingquan was arrested and taken to the Nanjing Prison, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead. I went to the government office and couldn't see the adults, so I had to come here to wait. ”

The woman in white frowned, they didn't care about political affairs, and they were not allowed to manage political affairs. asked, "Who are you Dong Ming?" ”

To help others cry out for grievances, you have to have a reason, Chen Yuan said honestly: "Xiaomin has a marriage contract with Dong Ming's sister, so he took the liberty to disturb Miss." ”

The woman in white sighed: "It's just a marriage contract, but I am willing to take hardships to avenge others, and the son is affectionate and righteous." Yi Xuan ignored it, and she didn't want to go. ”

Affectionate and righteous, if it weren't for being forced by someone with a sword, what if a fool came?

Chen Yuan is not Chen Hanhan, the government does not try it, Wu Yuehe is forced to do so, there must be something wrong with the case. To wade into this troubled water by yourself is a fight between the people and the officials. If it's not good, I can't get any news if I am crippled by the government. And after going back, the poisonous lady couldn't spare herself.

"Come with me." The woman was about to go out, but she turned around and led Chen Yuan into the Li Mansion.

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Jiangning City, under the willow tree. A girl sat on the stone board, glancing around from time to time, and the pedestrians were hurrying, but the person never came.

She was sick, and her mood was even more lost.

Little feet kicked Shi Deng back and forth, muttering: "Big gray wolf, stingy ghost, said okay to come every day, this won't come, stingy ghost." ”

In a restaurant not far from him. A man in fancy clothes sat on the couch, this man was thirty-five or sixteen years old, tall, with clear facial features, a beard from the ear to the chin, and a lilac collared robe, the robe was four clusters of five-clawed green dragons, without a hat, with a golden hairpin on his head, and his whole body revealed a shrewd energy.

He sat down, and there were four men in flying fish suits, all shrewd and capable.

The shopkeeper brought tea in, and the man in the flying fish suit inspected it before putting it on the couch. The middle-aged man cleaned his hands, dried them with a towel, returned to the table and sat down, picked up a cup of tea, and gently plucked the tea leaves on the water surface with the tea lid.

"That man didn't come today?" The middle-aged man said casually.

"Yes, he didn't come to see Mademoiselle today."

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and put down the cup: "Go check." ”

"Yes." The man in the flying fish suit had to be ordered out.

Soon, the man in the flying fish suit came back and said in a low voice: "Back to my lord, Chen Yuan has gone to Xuanwu to help his second uncle avenge his grievances." ”

"Oh?"

"The day before yesterday, there was a murder case on the street in Jiangning, and Yang Shi personally led people to arrest the culprit, who was the second brother of Chen Yuan's married girl. After the Nanjing government arrested people, there was no movement, and I don't know what was going on. ”

The middle-aged man said disdainfully: "It must be Li Shimian who is not letting Zhang Yang go, for fear that our Jinyi Wei will interfere." "I suddenly thought, no, if that's the case, I should also interrogate and close the case as soon as possible. But there has been no movement for a long time, could it be strange?

The middle-aged man waved his robe and said, "Go back to Xuanwu." Then he glanced at the girl under the willow tree, and ordered, "Send someone to greet the good lady secretly, and if anyone dares to offend, there will be no mercy." ”

"Yes."