Yang Jiao followed Chen Ying to the Tai'an Hall where the Queen Mother lived, and then walked into the hall under the leadership of Huang Renli, the head of the inner palace.

He immediately noticed Ning Xuening kneeling in the hall and holding a bead hairpin against his neck, and saw a graceful and luxurious old woman sitting on the main seat, and there were several beautiful women standing on the side of the main hall.

Immediately, Chen Ying saluted:

"Chen Yingmeng, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, asked the Queen Mother for peace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Jiao followed:

"The courtier's criminal department will pay a visit to the Queen Mother in the middle of the matter."

When the words fell, Jiang Xuening, who was kneeling beside Yang Jiao, looked stunned, as if she had something to rely on in her heart, and when she raised her eyes to look at him, she couldn't help but fall down with a bead hairpin against her neck.

At this moment, those beautiful women had Yao Xi, as soon as she saw Yang Jiao, a touch of surprise appeared on her face from the bottom of her heart, and she stared at Yang Jiao intently.

In this gesture, Zhou Baoying on the side beckoned to her before she came back to her senses.

The luxurious old woman, that is, the Empress Dowager Xue, frowned:

"The Criminal Division is in the middle of the matter? It's just a seven-grade petty official. ”

Chen Ying replied respectfully:

"Back to the Queen Mother, in a short period of time after Lord Zhang entered the Criminal Department, he has already dealt with the backlog of criminal names for more than half a year, but he is a good hand, and the minister is afraid of being weak, and he treats the mother slowly, so he brought Lord Zhang."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xue was not entangled, and asked lightly:

"Have you already known about the facts of the case on the road?"

Chen Ying replied:

"It's all already said."

Empress Dowager Xue bowed her head, with a touch of coldness:

"Then you two will give me a good investigation to see what kind of villain is doing behind the scenes."

Chen Ying looked at Huang Renli:

"Dare to ask where is the physical evidence in today's case?"

Huang Renli took out the paper of fornication and anti-party found from Jiang Xuening's room in Yangzhizhai:

"Lord Chen, please take a look."

After Chen Ying finished reading what was written on the paper, he handed it to Yang Jiao:

"Lord Zhang, take a look, too."

Yang Jiao took it, and saw that it was written on the paper how innocent the three hundred loyal souls were, and if the Yongjun dared to be the son of heaven, he knew that he was talking about the tragic death of three hundred children twenty years ago.

He spoke calmly:

"White deer paper, ordinary letterhead size, italic handwriting, the minister has read the rubbings of the content engraved on the jade Ruyi on the way here, and it is indeed no different from the content of this letter."

Chen Ying asked out loud:

"What does Master Zhang mean is that in whose hands is this thing, and who is related to the anti-party?"

Yang Jiao spit out two words:

"Not necessarily."

Empress Dowager Xue didn't hear her satisfactory answer, and her eyes were cold:

"The physical evidence is so clear, but it's just not necessarily, what is Lord Zhang's intention?"

Yang Jiao is still calm:

"Matters related to the opposition to the party are intricately intertwined, the law is true, and there is no crime without evidence, and a single piece of paper cannot be convicted, and the original circumstances need to be investigated before it can be asserted."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Baoying said in a low voice:

"Master Zhang is really a direct minister."

Yao Xi and Yourong replied with a smile:

"That's nature."

Yang Jiao asked Huang Renli:

"Dare to ask who, when, and where did this thing come from?"

Huang replied:

"It was our family who checked in the palace according to the order of Niangniang, and at the moment of tonight, I came out of Jiang Xuening's room in Yangzhizhai."

Yang Jiao asked:

"The room is huge, where am I asking?"

Huang Renli replied:

"It's a book sandwiched on the case, and it's very hidden, and if you don't dig through it carefully, I'm afraid it's hard to find."

"What book?"

"This."

The little eunuch beside him saw that Huang Renli's face was embarrassed, and immediately bowed down and said:

"When I go back to the adult, the little one doesn't know how to read, so I remember that there are four words on the book cover, and I only recognize one word."

Jiang Xuening suddenly spoke:

"It's "Poetry Around the Fireplace", only this book is placed on the courtier's case, and it was just read an hour before Huang Gonggong brought people to search, and the rest of the case is some pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so I remember it clearly."

Because she knelt in the Tai'an Hall for an hour with extremely tense mind, she seemed very weak when she spoke, and her body was even more shaky.

Seeing this, Chen Ying asked the Queen Mother for instructions:

"Niangniang, the minister's face is not right, can you allow her to get up first, the minister is only afraid of interrogation, she will faint, and the case will be delayed."

Empress Dowager Xue snorted coldly:

"Hmph, I'm afraid it's good that she doesn't lift my Tai'an Palace."

She glanced at Jiang Xuening with disgust, saw that her face was pale and she looked physically exhausted, and said:

"Get up."

"Yes." Jiang Xuening couldn't kneel for a long time, her feet were already numb, and when she got up with difficulty, she couldn't help but stumble towards Yang Jiao.

Yang Jiao quickly grabbed her arm, and this scene made Yao Xi's face change and she sulked.

After Jiang Xuening stood firm, she said in a deep voice:

"Please also ask Lord Zhang to be clear, this paper has nothing to do with the courtiers, and it is definitely not the handwriting of the courtiers."

Yang Jiao was unmoved, and said:

"How can you prove yourself if you have no evidence."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Shu beside Yao Xi stood up:

"The courtiers can testify for Miss Jiang."

Suddenly, Jiang Xuening was surprised, and Empress Dowager Xue's expression changed slightly, she knew this niece who was so well-educated.

"The Queen Mother, Lord Zhang, the courtiers know a little calligraphy, Jiang Er Girl originally wrote the grass, although she learned regular script with Mr., but she is still like a child toddler, and she can't write this page of handwriting."

Although Jiang Xuening felt weird, she still thanked her:

"Thank you, Miss Xue."

Yang Jiao naturally understood that Xue Shu was the culprit, because the emperor had no heirs and was in poor health.

Therefore, whether it is Empress Dowager Xue or Xue Yuan, the Duke of Dingguo, they all want to marry Xue Shu to Shen Jue, the king of Linzi, and then try to make Shen Jue the emperor's younger brother, so that the future queen is the Xue family.

And Xue Shu some time ago, he found that Shen Jue was wearing a handkerchief that was obviously his daughter's handkerchief, and saw that Jiang Xuening's handkerchief was the same as the one in his hand, so he thought that Jiang Xuening was favored by Shen Jue, so he took aim at it, but in fact, Shen Jue's handkerchief was Jiang Xuehui's.

Subsequently, Yang Jiao said calmly:

"Although there is evidence for what this girl said, there is still a possibility that the handwriting is imitated, so leave it alone for the time being."

He continued unhurriedly:

"If you want to prove that this thing is related to Miss Jiang, it is not difficult, the palace is very strict about the inspection of entry and exit, and at the beginning of entering the palace, you must check the things you carry, so if it weren't for the second girl Jiang who bought the palace people who checked at that time, then this paper should come from the palace."

"And there are regulations in the palace for all paper products, not allowed to burn privately, it will be used and collected in one place, the management is very strict, this paper is the white deer paper used in the palace, how much Yang Zhizhai each person sent, how much used, the internal affairs department should have a record."

"If Niangniang suspects that this statement was written by Jiang Er, and it is related to the case of Yu Ruyi, she may wish to order the transfer of the account books of the Internal Affairs Office."

"Check the number of papers in Yang Zhizhai again, if the number of papers of Miss Jiang Er does not match, a little less, the suspicion of this crime will be added by five points."

(End of chapter)