Scarlet Cloud finally escaped, he stunned a guard in the unlit courtyard, and then pretended to escape from the house.

Although he didn't see who won the fight in the end, he probably guessed that he didn't want to make trouble for the emperor in the ninth horse.

However, this time the blow was a bit heavy, and I am afraid that it will hurt my lungs more or less, and it seems that I will not be able to come back in a short time.

It was already late at night, and the guards of the princess's mansion were still searching the whole mansion, and this incident still alarmed His Majesty in the palace, and even sent a team of Nine Babies to help search overnight.

Xue Jun stood quietly in the darkness of the princess's compound, he felt that his fate must have been bad recently, either he was injured, or all kinds of things had happened. But it's okay, at least I helped the scarlet man escape, otherwise he would have fallen into the hands of the Nine Infant Protectors, and he would have looked good at that time.

Today's princess's mansion was brightly lit, and looking at the guards who were constantly patrolling inside and outside the courtyard, Xue Junwu opened his mouth and yawned heavily.

At this time, a black shadow appeared in Xue Jun's worrying afterglow, and he recognized that the black shadow was the doctor of the Nine Infant Protector's Mansion, Yin Xin Hou Nalan Yanhua.

"Master Hou!"

Xue Jun bowed to Nalan Yanhua worriedly: "You are really the first soldier, you don't go back to rest so late." ”

"Your Majesty has explained, you must ensure the safety of Princess Anyang."

Nalan Yanhua's whole face was also hidden in the dark corner where Xue Junwei was, as if with a smile on his face: "What's more, I'm here to express my congratulations." ”

"Congratulations?" Xue Jun asked worriedly.

"Isn't the Nine Horses going to take up the Crime Division of the Criminal Department tomorrow? For thousands of years, there have been nine horses that can hold official positions. ”

"Thank you, Master Hou."

Xue Jun said that he was silent after thanking him, and said in his heart that he knew this faster than the Criminal Department, and he was afraid that if he could not be appointed as the deputy director of the Crime Department, he would also have a share of this Hou Ye.

The silence lasted for a while, and Nalan Yanhua opened his mouth to break the silence and said: "In other words, there is a case in our Nine Infant Capital Protector Mansion that will be handed over to the Criminal Department recently, and if it is finally handed over to the Crime Division, it will be more tiring and tiresome for the Nine Infant Horses." ”

Sure enough, it's still greasy!

Xue Junwu knew from the beginning that His Majesty and this Hou Ye still wouldn't believe him, so he began to drive ducks to the shelves.

"In his position, seek his own government, and do his best."

Xue Junwu barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and bowed to Nalan Yanhua, who called the official of the family, don't say that it is a case, even if it is dirty water, he will take it.

The huge search lasted until the second half of the night, and the moment he saw everyone leaving the princess's mansion, Xue Jun was secretly relieved in his heart, and it seemed that the matter of Yu Pei should not be exposed. There is still Yunni guarding in Anyang, and it is estimated that there will be no danger.

This night, Xue Jun returned to his room worriedly, lying on the bed and didn't sleep much, and he didn't know what kind of case Yin Xinhou said.

Most of the cases in charge of the Criminal Division of the Criminal Department are cases that have not been adjudicated for a long time, and most of the cases like this end up in the sea and have not been heard from again. Xue Junwei guessed that it should be a case related to Ma Jiu.

I thought about it for half the night.

Early the next morning, Xue Junwei put on his official uniform at the urging of Anyang, was sent into the carriage by the scenery, and went to the official office of the Criminal Department in the palace to meet the adults of the Criminal Department one by one.

Although he is a nine-rank official, according to the ordinary process, he is not qualified to enter the palace office, let alone meet those adults who are qualified to enter the palace office to handle government affairs.

But he has a high status behind him and is called Jiupin, but in fact, everyone understands in their hearts that it is just for the people of the world to make an appearance, and in a few years, he can also enter and exit the palace office at will to deal with government affairs.

Outside the official office of the Criminal Department, Xue Junwei waited outside for a while in a nine-grade official uniform before being invited in by a chief bookkeeper of the Criminal Department, saying that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department had just returned from the prime minister's side and was waiting for him in the inner hall of the official office.

So Xue Junwu took a few deep breaths and walked into the inner hall.

He had a one-sided relationship with Lord Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and it was when the Criminal Department took him to prison.

Introduced into the inner hall by the head of the criminal department, Han Xian, who was in charge of the entire criminal department, seemed to have not slept all night, the dark circles on his face were a little deep, his face was very kind, and in his identity, he could see the ancestral tomb of the head of the crime department that was the head of the main department's family and smoke. But after he got the news yesterday, he thought about it all night, and after turning it over, he came to a conclusion that it should be the ancestral tomb of his Han family that was smoking.

"Lord Shangshu."

Xue Junwu clasped his hands together, closed them in front of his chest, and bowed down first.

"Ouch, the nine horses don't have to make such a big gift, it's not the first time you and I have met, yesterday Princess Anyang Yan specially visited Xiaguan, and when I finish my official business, I will take you to office immediately."

"Lord Xie Shangshu."

... ...

After Han Xian finished the government affairs at hand, he took Xue Junwei to ride in his own carriage and drive on the street.

There is a provision in the law of the Great Entropy Official, only officials of the fifth rank and above are qualified to handle government affairs in the palace office, so the subordinate officials of all ministries are concentrated in the Prime Minister's Mansion to handle their respective official affairs. However, the Criminal Department of the Criminal Department is different from the Dali Temple, they are all integrated with their respective prisons, and it is convenient for them to try the criminals in the court.

Along the way, Han Xian told Xue Junwu about the provisions of the Criminal Department, Xue Junwei's memory is good, and he can probably write down eighty or ninety percent, but he remembers all the things in the Criminal Division.

How to say it, it's like a criminal investigation, on weekdays, he is responsible for investigating the cases handed over to the Criminal Department from all over the imperial capital, and sometimes when the death penalty and heavy punishment review officials of the Criminal Department are too busy, they will go over there to help, in short, they are the most bitter and tired, and they get the least salary.

Xue Jun's face was not very good after hearing this, not that he was afraid of hardship and tiredness, in order to be able to participate in politics one day, talking about how to send troops to destroy the Ming Kingdom, he was never afraid of hardship, he was only afraid that His Majesty and Yin Xinhou were playing tricks on him.

"Lord Shangshu, if I go to the Crime Division, do you have any cases that you have designated to handle, I will deal with them urgently."

"Don't be in a hurry."

Han Xian smiled and waved his hand: "When you first came to the Criminal Department, the main thing is to familiarize yourself with the environment first, as for the case... That's not in my hands, I just have to discuss everything with the officials. ”

Xue Junwu nodded lightly, and said in his heart, this Lord Shangshu pushed it clean.

The two chatted for a while, the carriage slowly stopped, the criminal department Shangshu came, there should be some to welcome the pavement, up to the head of the crime department, down to the crime department to guard the door, all who should have come came, it can be said that the suspects who were locked up inside did not arrive.

An hour later, Xue Junwei followed Han Xian to familiarize himself with the environment of the entire Crime Division, and after completing the matters of taking office, he sent Shangshu of the Criminal Department to leave and came to his office by himself.

There is a table and two bookshelves here, and the space is not large, but it is still a place where many officials want to sit.

In addition to this small house, the crime department also assigned him a small official in charge, who was responsible for serving tea and pouring water on weekdays, looking for crime ghostwriters and other small things.

Xue Junwei can probably see that this little official has definitely just gained fame, and he is not in high school.

At this moment, the little official was standing in front of Xue Jun's case, although he was not very old, nineteen or twenty years old, he looked white and clean, and he looked like a scholar.

"What's your name?"

Xue Junwu looked up at him, and first bluntly stated his meaning: "Let's say okay first, I'm not used to being served by others, I can come by myself to serve tea and pour water, and I can also come by myself to find crimes, as for writing official documents, I will not rob you of credit." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, but if he thought about it carefully, how could the son who was personally brought over by Lord Shangshu care about robbing him of a little credit.

"The villain is separated."

After a long while, Lu left his mouth and responded: "Shouldn't the villain also come to the matter of finding the crime." ”

"It's okay, I'm a person who doesn't like to be called, and I don't like to call others." Xue Junwu waved his hand casually.

Lu Li said again: "But there are tens of thousands of crimes in the Crime Department every year, and it may be very troublesome for you to find them when you first come here." ”

"Huh?! Is this Vice City? ”

Xue Junwu was stunned for a moment, and directly retracted his previous words: "That... After that, I still worked hard for you, by the way, is there any official business for me to do on the main side? ”

"Yes, it is said that there are two things that are more urgent."

After Lu Li finished speaking, he put the two documents he brought with him on the case, and he introduced them one by one: "The above is the case of the corpse of the tea flower that the imperial capital has been making people panic, and the following is the case that has just been handed over to us by the Nine Infant Protector Mansion... It seems to be some kind of palace fire case. ”

"The palace fire case?!"

Xue Jun's face changed slightly, he picked up the bottom book and opened it, and after reading about half of it, he found that it was not a case about Ma Jiu, but a case about an acquaintance, and there were many inside stories about the fire in Nanyun Wangfu sixteen years ago.

After reading it, Xue Jun's heart sank, the fire actually killed dozens of people overnight, and only the little county lord, who was only five years old at the time, survived.

"Wait."

Xue Jun muttered worriedly, as if he had noticed something, so he looked at it again: "Dozens of people didn't come out of the fire that night, how could the five-year-old little county lord come out?" ”

"That... Deputy Director. ”

Seeing Xue Junwu looking at him in a trance, Lu Li stood opposite him and reminded in a low voice: "The files of these two cases have also been sent to the Crime Division, if you want to see it now, the villain will go and bring it out for you." ”

"Take it out."

Xue Jun smiled at him worriedly, then stood up from behind the case and explained to him: "But I may not have time to look at it for the time being, you can take it out and put it on the table for me directly, I will go out now." ”

"And where are you going?"

Lu Li hurriedly followed: "Let's go with the villain, and take care of it somewhat." ”

"I'm on death row at the Ministry of Punishment."

Xue Junwu looked back at him, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "You can help me find out those files, little brother." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to death row, Lu Li's heart instinctively rose with a sense of resistance, the people in it were all heinous murderers, he didn't want to see those fierce gods, so he nodded obediently and went to find the files of the two cases.