The criminal department of the Song Dynasty was very aggrieved.

There aren't many opportunities to fish for oil and water.

Because the Great Song Dynasty has five places to try cases within the city walls of the capital, they are the Yushitai, Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, Kaifeng Mansion, and Xiangfu County.

In the central institutions of the Song Dynasty, there were three official offices that could try cases, as well as their own cells. For example, the Imperial Historical Observatory is one of them, and the general officials are the criminal officials who attracted the attention of the emperor's court after the impeachment of the Imperial Historical Observatory. The prison of Yushitai is also called Wutai, because the conditions are the best, but it requires the identity and rank of officials, so it has become a model prison in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, with good food, elegant accommodation, and few prisoners, and paper money can be provided, allowing self-trial, repentance, confession of accomplices, and defilement of colleagues...... At that time, Su Shi couldn't distinguish himself in Wutai, and finally had to climb more than 30 'accomplices', but he was helpless.

The only drawback of Yushitai is that there are many crows, and I don't know if it's talking about people or really crows.

The second is Dali Temple, which during the Tang Dynasty dealt with the Yamen of reported cases across the country. The review and judgment are all carried out within Dali Temple. When the case is closed, it will be transferred to the Criminal Department. The Song Dynasty followed the system of the Tang Dynasty and used Dali Temple as the adjudication body for important cases in the country. It is tantamount to snatching a large part of the power of the criminal department.

This is also the reason why only the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households of the Six Ministries are slightly better, and the other departments are very deserted. Their duties overlapped with the yamen under the Shangshu province. If it competes with the ordinary yamen, the six departments still have a big card, but the monk book province, the province of the province, the big man of the directly subordinate institution of the Shangshu province is in power, and before the reform of Yuanfeng, the chief official is the governor of the government. After the restructuring, it was divided into two, and the left and right Shang servants shot. Among them, Shangshu's right servant will let the prime minister concurrently serve.

How dare the Six Ministries compete for benefits and power with the Shangshu Province?

For most cases, the same is true, the local government reports to the criminal prison departments of various roads, and then uniformly reports to Dali Temple. After the verdict of Dali Temple, the criminal department generally had no opinion. Only in cases where the controversy is relatively big and the family members are unwilling, and there are high-ranking officials in the court, the criminal department will review the case.

After the review by the Criminal Department, if there is any doubt, it needs to be retried by the Third Envoy Division.

It was judged by the Imperial History Zhongcheng, the Criminal Department Shangshu, and the Dali Temple. The case was circulated in the yamen, and the prison where the tried prisoners were escorted also wandered between these yamen. This is also the highest judicial system in the Great Song Dynasty.

As for Kaifeng Prefecture and Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture tried the entire Gyeonggi Province case, including the reported cases from 17 counties under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture.

It can be said that it is impossible for the princes and ministers to commit crimes to be sent to Kaifeng Mansion because of their different duties. Only when the emperor names and lets Kaifeng Mansion try the case, will the case be sent to Kaifeng Mansion.

As for Xiangfu County, it's all tears.

In the first county of the Great Song Dynasty, the county magistrates and officials were in the capital, and no one could control it, so they could only bully the scoundrels on the streets. The prison is full of unlucky people who have been arrested and repaired the city wall in winter.

If you want to say that Li Kui's grade is not enough to go to the Yushi Terrace, the same normal procedure should be to go to Dali Temple, not to the Criminal Department. The reason why he appeared in the prison of the Criminal Department was because Xing Shu was the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he thought that he could help by putting Li Kui on his own turf. Although Xing Shu is a repeated villain, he has always had a good attitude when he asks for help.

But although Xing Shu was well-intentioned, there was less communication in this matter.

Originally, he was in a hurry to launch the palace, and he pondered waiting for himself to come out of the palace, return to the criminal department, and then go to the prison to instruct his subordinates to be completely in time.

And it is very likely that it is not impossible for Li Kui to leave the palace with him.

The reason why he didn't instruct his subordinates was because of such a thing as forcing the palace, how could it be known to outsiders?

The less one person knows, the less risk of being rumored out. He is the one who suffered a big loss in the matter of Wang Jue, and if he had not detained Wang Jue at the beginning, if Cai had not been responsible for all the guilt afterwards, he would have come to an end.

In Xing Shu's opinion, it is no less secret than the palace coup, and even the cronies around him can't believe it, how can he remind the subordinates of the Criminal Department in advance?

Not to mention instructing his subordinates, today there is a seven-grade official, and the Zhiji Pavilion will be admitted to the prison of the Criminal Department, so that people can keep an eye on it, and provide them with delicious food and drink. Isn't this a clear sign that something big is going to happen?

When I met a subordinate who was good at franchising, I inquired carefully among my classmates and friends, and if I heard some gossip, Xing Shu would have to sit on wax.

It's not helping, it's harming.

And it harms others and oneself.

But it was precisely this little bit of caution that made Li Kui regarded as a fat sheep. can also wear official robes to appear in the prison of the Criminal Department, obviously a fat sheep with oil and water to fish. Whether it is from the Imperial Historical Observatory or from the Dali Temple, the prisoner who was escorted. In short, it has entered the final trial stage, and this goods can't afford to make waves. But there should be no major crimes, after all, an important criminal, who would dare to let him wear an official robe?

"Boy, what's the matter?"

The chief officer of the prison of the Criminal Department is Xing Si, a miscellaneous official from the eighth grade.

The civil official disdains to be this official at all, and would rather go to the county to be a professor and academic official of the ninth grade than to be a cell boss.

The deputy of the prison of the Criminal Department is the prison officer, the minor official of the nine grades.

The officials walked in front of Li Kui with a petty official wearing the same green official robe as Li Kui, who was obviously a head shorter than Li Kui, but it did not prevent him from looking at Li Kui. The evaluation of Li Kui's worth in his heart has risen a lot again, it doesn't smell, it's clean, obviously he hasn't suffered in the prison cell, and he is a master who is willing to spend money.

This guy has spent money in Dali Temple or Yushitai, and he has spent a lot of money. Feng Shui takes turns, and it's time for him to eat meat in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Throughout the year, it is difficult for the Criminal Department to meet a decent prisoner like Li Kui, who is willing to spend money and is worth a lot of money, and is the most high-quality prisoner in the prison of the Criminal Department. If you come here like this every month, hundreds of people up and down in the prison of the Criminal Department will be able to live a nourishing life.

Can Li Kui have a good face for a small prison director who can't be smaller?

He snorted coldly and said, "I'm not guilty." ”

"Good boy, when you are dying, your mouth is still stiff and hard, but when you come to the official's land, you can't help but play prestige, do you understand? If you know each other, come according to the rules, and the official will take care of you. If you really feel that you are covered in iron, this prison of the Criminal Department is an iron-making workshop, and you must be beaten into nails. ”

The other party deliberately gritted his back molars and made a very cruel appearance, as if he wanted to scare Li Kui. I don't know what others think of Li Kui, but he feels that the expression and tone of this thing are like eunuchs, and they are really not a thing.

Li Kui was frightened by a few words, and sneered: "Please, but I hope you don't regret it!" ”

"Good boy, the emotional Yushitai and Dali Temple are all kneeling, come to my criminal department to pretend to be tough, if this official doesn't let you know the majesty of my criminal department prison today, you still think that this official is guarding the prison of the criminal department, and you still think it is a good hall? Come on, take it, hit me! ”

"Master, it won't work! You see that he is an official, and it is indispensable that if the second master asks about the case tomorrow, he will sue the master for a complaint, so it is better to follow our old rules and dry him first, so that he can know that he is no longer an official, but a prisoner. ”

"It's still your kid who is clever, okay, just arrange him in the deepest part of the cell, so that he can also feel the difference between my prison and other prisons."

The official was shocked, and that place was the prison cell of the official condemned prisoner. However, prisoners who are 'punished' and 'frightened' are not held in the same cell as death row inmates. In case someone dies, they are also in trouble. At most, let the death row inmates scare and scare this newcomer.

However, looking at Li Kui's death, I am afraid that he doesn't care whether he is a neighbor with a death row prisoner. Besides, if this guy comes out with some real money, it will mean a little bit, and it won't make the prison director unable to get off the stage, right?

"Master, the little ones will be arranged!"

"Wait." The steward and the official in the prison of the Criminal Department discussed and rectified him, although Li Kui is a little unlucky now, he looks like a prisoner, but he has always thought that he is a meritorious man!

And it is impossible for the emperor to erase his credit.

He met the 'little ghost' in the prison, and deliberately wanted to get oil and water from him, but he never thought that there was no oil and water, and he was still afraid of Li Kui's identity, afraid that he would sue and bite back. Can the cell arranged in this way be a clean and bright room where you can enjoy the sun?

Li Kui is not an open-minded person, and he can't do such a stupid thing as repaying grievances with virtue, pointing to the prison director's nose and saying; "Boy, I remember you, what's your name, tomorrow the master will come to you for your bad luck!"

Gary is an old prisoner, and in his career, he has seen that kind of lowly and high-ranking official like a mouse, and in the prison he is as frightened and trembling as a mouse sees a tanuki.

He has also seen the kind of gangsters who don't want to die, who kill too many people, their eyes are red, and they are ruthless and inhumane. But under his means, there is only the share of subservience.

But he has never seen a character like Li Kui, and the day before, he dared to point at his nose and ask him for his name. Not only that, but he also dared to say that he was unlucky to find him tomorrow.

I have seen arrogant prisoners, but Gary has never seen such an arrogant person as Li Kui.

"Good, good—"

Prison Secretary Gary was trembling like chaff by Li Kui, but his face was flushed, and he didn't know whether this guy was excited or angry, so he said three 'good' in succession, and he was not afraid of Li Kui's retaliation at all, and directly said his name: "Boy, listen well, this official Gary, the prison department of the Criminal Department, you fall into my hands, this official has a way to treat you." Maybe tomorrow, you kid won't think like that. ”

After speaking, his heart was full of joy and sneered - quack.

Noisy.

Li Kui didn't even lift his eyelids, and a cold snort interrupted Gary's arrogant sneer. For the prison director, in the prison of the Criminal Department, he is the heaven here, the king of Hades from hell, and he can't help Li Kui to be arrogant. But now he has encountered hard stubble, but for Gary, it is only a matter of time, at least one day, at most a few days, Li Kui will become like a minion, crawling in front of him and licking the shit on his feet.

The prison of the Criminal Department is not the Imperial History Tower, let alone the Dali Temple.

This product is still an official, and he is simply a fool.

Prison director Gary walked in front of Li Kui with a gloomy face, no way, Li Kui was too dark, and there was no sunlight in the prison of the Criminal Department, and there was a dark darkness everywhere, so that he couldn't see Li Kui's appearance clearly. When he came to Li Kui, he just wanted to recognize the other party's appearance, but standing in front of Li Kui, the prison secretary Gary still gasped, this guy is so dark, why is he in front of him, still a swarthy silhouette? What the hell!

As for the prison priest Gary himself, how could it be dark when he was working in such a dark environment and didn't see much sunlight all day long?

Gary's rather white face made him Li Kui misunderstood, and adding his name also made people think elsewhere.

The corners of Li Kui's mouth twitched, he didn't have the heart to do it. Although he was not shackled when he was escorted over, let alone in a flail, he was completely free. It's just that Gary, the prison priest, is a little out of the way.

Li Kui is not the kind of master who is not easy to speak.

As long as the prison director Gary spoke well, indicating that the conditions in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment were limited, and if he wanted to live in a good cell, it was clean and bright, and the food should be designated in a restaurant, how much money should be added, Li Kui didn't care about spending a little money to make himself comfortable.

But as soon as this guy came up, he put on his official authority and shook his prestige, and those who didn't know thought that this guy was a servant of the Criminal Department, not a prison director who guarded the prison of the Criminal Department and did not enter the stream. Li Kui was amused and thought that Gary was a Semu person, so he asked, "Are you a Semu person?" ”

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty will not discriminate against people of any other race, as long as they have learned Chinese etiquette, are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and are willing to contribute to the Great Song Dynasty, they can be regarded as their own people. Many Arabs in Quanzhou were officials in the city, and for Li Kui, it was just interesting to meet a sew-eyed cell leader in the prison of the Criminal Department of the Great Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, when the prison secretary Gai Rui heard this, he immediately jumped like thunder and scolded angrily: "This official is from the Central Plains, from Yuzhou, what kind of color people, your whole family is the color people, no, it's Kunlun slave ......."

"Childish!" Li Kui glanced at the prison secretary Gary, and said in his heart, what's wrong with this guy. If you are not a person of color, you are not a person of color, and it is not a shame to make it clear. Although Li Kui is not a gentleman, he will not discriminate against the identity of a sexual. It is that the eyes are colored, the skin is white, and there is a fox smell...... Speaking of which, the image is as ugly as a ghost.

Gary, the prison secretary who was placed by Li Kui, never thought that he was a cheap bone, but after being despised by Li Kui, he became curious about Li Kui.

It stands to reason that a master like Li Kui, who eats and drinks well, must pay enough filial piety when he comes to the prison of the Criminal Department. But why does this guy seem to be stunned, he doesn't understand anything, and he still offends the chief officer of the prison of the Criminal Department.

Could it be that this guy is looking for death?

Prison Priest Gary added drama to himself and figured out Li Kui's ulterior secret. Thinking about it, this is also the truth, once a pampered person gives up on himself, wouldn't Huang Tian dare to scold?

Prison Keeper Gary immediately paid attention to Li Kui, and he felt that he should probe Li Kui's bottom.

Prison Priest Gary widened his eyes and didn't see the other party clearly, and suddenly said angrily: "Boy, I see that you are also an official, and those who were escorted to Beijing from that road will talk about it." ”

"Lao Tzu is a Beijing official."

According to the process, Li Kui must not be a Beijing official if he is imprisoned in the Criminal Department like this.

The small officials can be sentenced in Kaifeng Mansion, and the officials in the larger Dali Temple, who are working in the key yamen, will go to Wutai, that is, Yushitai to go to prison.

Li Kui said that he was a Beijing official but attracted Gary's ridicule, and the Beijing official committed a crime and came to the prison of the Criminal Department?

Isn't this nonsense?

Shouldn't you go to Dali Temple and Yushitai?

Prison Secretary Gary thinks that Li Kui looks down on his little prison director's identity, but you also wear a green robe, and we also wear a green robe, why can you look down on people?

Thinking of his humble status as a miscellaneous official, the prison secretary Gary is not angry, isn't the miscellaneous official an official?

"You don't look at what this place is. Beijing, prison of the Criminal Department. I've seen a lot of criminals, and I've seen people like you who give up on yourself, and killing people is not a nod to death, isn't it death? But before you die, there are still days to live, and you can pay some money to have people take care of you, and you won't suffer in your cell, how good. ”

"Who told me I was going to be sentenced?" Li Kui didn't want to deal with Prison Secretary Gary at all, but this guy went to stick to it like kraft candy, which was really disgusting: "Besides, I'm a Jingguan, is there a need to hide this?" ”

"Okay, well, you are a Beijing official, so you say, which yamen are you and where are you doing things?" After speaking, the prison secretary Gary smiled proudly as if he had seen through Li Kui's details.

"Imperial City, Secretarial Pavilion."

"Bah, you are such a good thing, and you are also worthy of going to the imperial city to work?"

Prison Secretary Ge Rui is sure that Li Kui is talking nonsense, and at most he thinks that he is Kaifeng Mansion, or the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War and other yamen. But what about Li Kui? As soon as he opened his mouth, he dared to say that he was working in the imperial city.

What is the Imperial City?

The three provinces are important, and the largest yamen of the Great Song Dynasty are in the imperial city. The Privy Council, the Metropolitan Hall, and several places where scholars and scholars from the pavilion are gathered, and all kinds of bigwigs are rampant, how can there be a reason that officials have committed crimes and sent them to prison in the Criminal Department?

Gary of the Secretary Pavilion has also heard of the Secret Pavilion, although the official position in this place is not large, but even if it is a petty official from the ninth grade, as long as he is sent abroad, it is the future of the general judgment. The same Beijing official, the prison secretary Gary is also a Beijing official, but when he leaves the capital, who will recognize his old face?

In the Imperial City, the gossip I heard in the thatched house of the Imperial City was all the secrets of the Great Song Dynasty, and if the secrets were leaked in the prison of the Criminal Department, who could afford to do it?

Gary, the prison secretary who felt that he was being entertained by Li Kui, said viciously to his subordinates: "Lock him up in Peng Hu's cell, I want to see if this guy's mouth is powerful, or the rules of my prison are big!" ”

"Master, Peng Hu is a death row prisoner, in case ......"

"Is it strange that there are a prisoner in my prison department? Just do as I do. With that, Gary, the prison secretary, turned his back and walked away in a huff. However, Li Kui was escorted towards the deepest cell of the prison of the Criminal Department.

The oncoming rancid smell made Li Kui uncomfortable. On the contrary, it was a dimly lit cell, but it did not affect him. The cell boss said helplessly to Li Kui: "This adult, why bother? The rules in the prison, breaking wealth and eliminating disasters, why bother not getting along with yourself! ”

"Have you arrived at the place?"

"It's here!"

"Get out of here when you arrive, you're going to rest!"