Huanghuafang Hutong of the Division, Teaching Workshop Division. Song Cheng, who was wearing a three-grade official uniform, appeared here, because he had taken office in a hurry, and now the investigation of this case can be said to be justified.

Song Cheng really doesn't have much utilitarianism, as if he was born to punish and promote goodness, and he wants to uphold justice and fight crime as his own responsibility.

It's just that he overestimated the integrity of the official position of the Shuntian Mansion, and faced a corpse that obviously had major doubts, but he waited for the corpse to decompose without conducting an autopsy.

In the face of such a corrupt Shuntian Mansion, he also relied on His Majesty's support, and immediately asked for the removal of several officials related to the corpse vegetarian meal.

Song Cheng still suppressed a fire in his heart, and his first case in office was to investigate the death of Lanxiang, a prostitute who was the head of the teaching workshop, and now he came here to conduct a scene investigation.

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"Lord Fu Yin, they will have a drink in this private room that night, Lan Xiang will accompany Zhu Qi's little grandfather, and another girl, Qingzhu, will accompany Xu Gongzi Xu Yuanxuan! The two sons drank a lot of wine here that night, and did not leave until they were drunk, and Lanxiang and Qingzhu helped the two sons back to their rooms in the back house for the night. Zhengjiupin Fengluan Liu Tai is the top manager of the Teaching Workshop Division, and immediately recounted what happened that night.

Song Cheng imagined the situation where the two of them were drinking here that night, looked at the dining table that had already been cleaned and said, "How much wine did the two of them drink that night, is there a record?" ”

"The two of them drank a total of eight pots, and there is a bill for this matter!" Fengluan Liu Tai was stunned for a moment, and then reported the prepared number.

Song Cheng's gaze left the empty table, and he asked seriously, "How many dishes did the two of them eat that night?" ”

"Both of them are arrogant noblemen, and every time they come, they will call a big table, and there should be as many as eight or nine plates!" Fengluan Liu Tai seemed to have seen it with his own eyes, and immediately made a serious gesture.

Song Cheng saw that there was no problem with this private room, so he nodded noncommittally and said, "You can take this official to the place where they will stay that night!" ”

"Song Fu Yin, please come here!" Although Fengluan Liu Tai belonged to the household department, he did not dare to snub this Shuntian Mansion Yin, so he raised his hand respectfully.

It's daylight and the recent murders have affected life here, so it's very quiet.

The group came out of the private room and soon came to a staircase through the back house. Song Cheng was a very serious person, and suddenly stopped in front of the stairs and said, "I'm afraid that a weak woman can't help them get down this staircase, right?" ”

"There is Xiao Er here to help, and it was the two Xiao Er who helped to help the two sons back that night!" Fengluan Liu Tai was slightly stunned again, and explained flatteringly.

Zhao Zhutou, who accompanied him, originally thought this thing was strange, but when he heard this explanation, he was relieved. Behind the Jiaofang Division is a cave, where there are not only many houses, but also several courtyards are planned, and even a lotus pond is opened in the courtyard.

The corridors here seem to be extensive, and if you are not familiar with this place, you can easily get lost.

Song Cheng didn't say anything along the way, just silently observed the layout here, and found that since there are some special sentry posts here, there are personnel on duty here at the sentry posts.

If it is the same courtyard room, it is fine, but the guests of different courtyards can't escape these sentry posts if they want to meet.

"Lord Fu Yin, the little grandfather Zhu Qi stayed in this room that night!" Fengluan Liu Tai led the group to a room, and pushed open the door looking a little uncomfortable.

Song Cheng smelled a peculiar smell in the air, so he asked lightly: "Since the incident, has this place been cleaned?" ”

"It wasn't cleaned! After learning that Lan Xiang's case caused a turmoil, Xia Guan strictly ordered no one to enter this room again, and did not even let them empty the pot overnight, just to facilitate future inspection! Liu Tai immediately nodded affirmatively.

Song Cheng walked around the room, stretched out his hand to wipe the dust on the tabletop, glanced at the night pot again, and then went to the place where the hanging beam looked up at the beam and the rope.

"Lord Fu Yin, the stool that day probably toppled over in this place!" Liu Tai saw that the bench was standing, so he stepped forward and put the bench down in a position and said.

Zhao Zhutou deliberately picked up the stool again, and then stood up to compete with the rope that was still hanging on the beam, but the rope was obviously too low.

It's just that considering the relationship between his burly body, it doesn't seem to be a big problem. Song Cheng found that this room was very closed, only a front window near the door, so he asked seriously: "How many times did Zhu Ji go out that night?" ”

"Not once!" Liu Tai replied in the affirmative. Song Cheng couldn't help but be stunned, but said suspiciously: "You said that Zhu Ji didn't go out once, can you guarantee this?" ”

"Don't hide it from Lord Yin, because there was a theft case just now, Xia Guan strengthened management that night! This row of rooms is arranged for two people to be on duty here, and there are personnel on duty at each outpost outside, and even the thatched house will be recorded! Besides, unless it's going to be a tuba, who will run outside without anything, Zhu Ji's little grandfather was really drunk like a dead pig that night! Liu Tai nodded seriously and explained seriously.

Zhao Zhutou also looked at the layout here just now, and found that the management here is indeed very standardized. Song Cheng's brows frowned slightly, and he asked seriously: "What about Xu Yuanji?" ”

"Xu Gongzi is the same, he is as drunk as a dead pig, and he didn't get up that night! He was woken up early that morning after Lan Xiang's self-hanging case! Liu Tai said seriously.

Song Cheng took a deep breath, but stared at Liu Tai's eyes and directly pierced the lie: "You lie!" "In the Qianqing Palace, sandalwood smoke curls up.

Zhu Youjiao, who was wearing regular clothes, looked at the information that Dongchang had just sent, and saw the above case about Lanxiang, the official prostitute of the teaching workshop, and his face couldn't help but slowly become solemn.

"According to the slave's investigation these days, this case really has nothing to do with Funing Hou Zhuqi! It was not Zhu Qi who had the same room with Lanxiang that night, but someone else, Zhu Qi was actually a replacement! Zheng Guozhong reported with two assistants who were in charge of investigating the case, looking disappointed.

originally thought that by grasping the case of Lanxiang, the official of the teaching workshop, they would be able to take the opportunity to punish the Funing Hou Mansion, but the investigation found that the case was not related to the Funing Hou Mansion.

In the face of such a result, since it is impossible to hit the Funing Marquis Mansion hard, then this case naturally loses the value of investigation.

When Zhu Youzhu saw the results of the investigation of the case, he also said in disappointment: "Since it has nothing to do with Zhu Qi, then don't waste any more manpower, this case will end here!" ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, the Shuncheon Mansion is also investigating this case, do you want to share the results of this investigation with the Shuncheon Mansion? Zheng Guozhong immediately expressed his position and asked again.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the personnel who provided information above, and asked bitterly: "The government pays attention to human and material evidence in handling cases, do you want to expose the secrets of your East Factory?" ”

"No...... No! Zheng Guozhong found that he was not thoughtful, and even shook his head. Zhu Youzhu knew that the matter had nothing to do with Zhu Qi, so he said: "You don't need to meddle in this case anymore, the case can be investigated by the Shuntian Mansion, I believe that the Shuntian Mansion can investigate it clearly!" The reason why he was interested in this case earlier was not all because he wanted to target the Funing Hou Mansion, but mainly because he hated the dereliction of duty of his predecessor Yin Wuxi of the Shuntian Mansion.

Now that Wu Xi has been disposed of and it has been proved that Zhu Qi is replacing others, there is no need to spend any more effort on this case.

Song Cheng is a good investigator, even if Zhu Qi, Yang Tinghe and others played a little trick, but presumably this trick can't escape Song Cheng's eyes.

As the son of heaven who is in charge of the overall situation, sometimes you need to make some trade-offs, instead of doing everything yourself, but you must know how to grasp the key points.

"Your Majesty, after our secret investigation, we have now found out that Liu Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, was greedy for tens of thousands of taels of military spending during his tenure!" Zheng Guozhong continued to report.

Zhu Youzhang's face did not have a happy expression, and he said very calmly: "Is there any evidence?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter has been confirmed, and now there are account books and personnel as proof!" Zheng Guozhong took out a confession and account book from his sleeve, and presented it seriously.

Zhu Youzhu read the content listed above and the testimony of the witnesses, so he lightly ordered: "Since this is the case, then arrest people!" He knew that these martial arts had not been investigated at all, and these martial artists had done nothing less by virtue of their transcendent status and corruption and perversion of the law.

Now that he dares to go against himself, he naturally wants Dongchang to settle accounts with them. If they can honestly take the money they give and be an idle martial artist, they won't care too much about them.

It's just that they want to compete with themselves for military power, and they also try to encourage the battalion to make trouble, then they all have to go to hell.

In fact, the best result is to hit the Chengguo Mansion with a stick, after all, the Marquis of Xiangcheng was sealed by the Xiangcheng Bo, and the influence is not the same as that of the Chengguo Mansion.

It's just that the Duke of Chengguo served in Nanjing, and although Zhu Fu, the son of the Duke of Chengguo, was ambitious, he did not leave any handle.

"The slave and the maid receive the order, and the slave and the maid will retire!" Zheng Guozhong saw that the matter was over, and when he planned to go to arrest someone, he saluted with his men.

Zhu Youzhu put down the incriminating evidence about the Marquis of Xiangcheng, but said to the people who were about to leave: "Qin Conggui stay!" ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to order?" Qin Conggui was quite surprised, and saluted respectfully.

He was an old man in the East Palace, and the personal eunuch of the Son of Heaven when he was in the East Palace. As a dragon servant, he should have soared, but now he has left the Qianqing Palace and worked in the East Factory.

"Are you still used to it in the East Factory?" Zhu Youzhu looked at the former personal eunuch, and also said with a complicated expression.

Qin Conggui's eyes suddenly moistened, and he replied: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, the slave can still adapt!" ”

"You are an old man from the East Palace, you have been by my side since you were a child, and you have always served me! Now I have not reused you, have you ever resented me in your heart? Zhu Youzhu looked at this slightly chubby and white little eunuch who was both familiar and unfamiliar, but asked with concern.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! Qin Conggui suddenly closed his fingers, and then slapped himself violently, as if he wanted to beat himself to death.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Zhu Youzhu saw that he was actually masochistic, so he stopped when he stopped. Qin Conggui had no resentment towards Zhu Youjiao, and even kowtowed and said to himself: "The slave maid had a different heart in the East Palace in the past, not only for the Empress Dowager Zhou's eyeliner, but also to please the crown princess!" Your Majesty did not dispose of the slave and maid because of this, and the slave and maid are already grateful, so how can they resent Your Majesty? The slave maid only hates herself for not being able to be wholeheartedly loyal to Your Majesty back then, and she is ashamed to be Your Majesty's grace, and the slave and maid are guilty...... Sin deserves death! As he spoke, tears of remorse couldn't help but flow, and he repented of his actions back then.

"Yes! You were a playmate who grew up with me, but you got too close to Qingning Palace, and you wanted to please Concubine Shu, although I have always remembered the old love, I don't dare to put you by my side anymore! Zhu Youzhu saw that Qin Conggui had sincerely repented, but he was also bitter.

After all, Jia Conggui already has a precedent of disloyalty, and no one can guarantee that he will not be interested in the Empress Dowager Zhou or Concubine Shu again, but it is impossible to be emotional.

Even if a woman has slept with her, once her heart is not pure, she will naturally release the Qianqing Palace, instead of leaving a bomb for herself.

Qin Conggui is also a person who misses the old love, not to mention that the object of their eunuch's loyalty is always only the Son of Heaven, and he is also very worried: "The slave is ashamed of His Majesty's grace, and the slave and the maid regret it!" ”

"You work hard in the East Factory! As long as you work hard for me, I will not be stingy with rewards, although it is not good to recall you back to my side, but the position of the governor of Dongchang may also be given to you in the future! Zhu Youzhu said sincerely.

Qin Conggui saw that His Majesty was still thinking about himself, and immediately said seriously: "The slave must work hard in the East Factory, and I am willing to die for Your Majesty!" ”

"I haven't rewarded you since I ascended to the Great Treasure, and I was really happy that you reported everything about me to the Empress Dowager, but you have also accompanied me for so many years, so I will reward you with one hundred taels of gold!" Zhu Youzhu was a person who had been beaten by society in his previous life, and he should be rewarded.

Jia Conggui deeply felt His Majesty's affection, so he solemnly said again: "Thank you, Your Majesty, slaves and maids can't be loyal inside, but they are willing to be Your Majesty's external dogs!" ”

"Stand down!" Zhu Youzhu asked Huang Pan to take Jia Conggui to receive the reward, and he raised his hand gently. He knew that although Qin Wugui had flaws, the little eunuch who could focus on cultivating by his side was naturally not a stupid person.

Once given the right stage, it can also shine. As soon as Huang Zhong led Qin Conggui away, Liu Jin came in with Song Shu.

"There's news from Yangzhou, right?" Zhu Youzhu saw that Liu Jin brought a note from Nanzhili, so he asked lightly.

If the S.H.I.E.L.D. battalion is the starting point of its own road to strengthening the army, then the rectification of Huaiyan is the starting point of sorting out its own finances, and only a healthy financial situation can lead China on the road to rejuvenation.

It is precisely because of this that he has always been very concerned about the progress of Yangzhou, but he hopes that Wang Yue can make a major breakthrough in Yangzhou, and he can take this opportunity to reorganize the finances.