Suddenly, Zhao Zhu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, rushed to Zhongshu Province, and Hu Weiyong immediately met with him.

"Meet Hu Xiang." Zhao Zhubi respectfully saluted Hu Xiang's subordinates.

The six books are subordinate yamen of Zhongshu Province, and contrary to the standing Hu, the six books are changed like a marquee. From Shen Liben last year to now, in just over a year, there have been three more secretaries of the Criminal Department who have either dismissed officials or been imprisoned or confused.

Therefore, Zhao Zhu was very well-behaved in front of Hu Weiyong, and he did not have the slightest reserve, and he really hoped that Hu Xiang could pull him at a critical moment, so as not to let him fall into the pit and die.

"Sit down, Zhao Butang doesn't have to be formal." Fortunately, Hu Weiyong is also very amiable, and he has no prime minister's frame at all. He also got up from behind the prime minister's case, sat on the chair next to him, and talked with him cordially.

After the greetings, Hu Weiyong talked about the case of the 'Four Princes and Seven Wolves'......

"Although it is said that the prince will take the lead, and the provincial government will try it, but the specific investigation of the case still has to be carried out by your criminal department, so if there is any difficulty, just say it."

"Xie Hu is considerate." Zhao Zhu thanked him gratefully, and then said cautiously:

"I have thought about it carefully, and this case is currently facing three major difficulties. One is that the level of the personnel involved in the case is too high, and the investigation and handling of the criminal department will inevitably be constrained. ”

"All I can say is that you just have to do your own thing, and when the sky falls, there is a high top. If you ask for more information about things that you can't get right, you will make fewer mistakes. Hu Weiyong said lightly, of course, he asked him for instructions.

"Yes, keep in mind." Zhao Zhu nodded hurriedly to indicate that he had written it down.

"Two?"

"Both, although the matter is very simple to say, but if you really want to investigate, it will be extremely troublesome...... Each family had to file a case separately, collect evidence separately, take a confession, and then go to court alone. In this way, it will take a long time, and the case will not be closed before the year. ”

"That's not going to work. The identity of the four princes is there, and the case drags on for a long time, and the pressure will become more and more intense. Besides, the seven marquis are also the backbone of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, they have been absent for a long time, and the country's military affairs will not be wasted? Hu Weiyong shook his head categorically and said:

"As for you saying that it will take too long, this is also simple, so why not go long? The Criminal Department is understaffed, so the case must be closed as soon as possible! ”

"Yes." Zhao Zhu nodded, a little embarrassed: "If you are too hasty, I am afraid that the paperwork will not be solid." ”

"So what? Are you really trying to handle the case? Hu Weiyong smiled disapprovingly: "What we want is the result of never monitoring hundreds of officials again, how can we really not succeed in our four princes?" ”

After a pause, Hu Xiang lifted Erlang's legs and said, "As long as we don't embarrass the four princes, will the emperor and the prince get to the bottom of your desk work?" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhao Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "When Xiang Hu said this, Xia Guan has a bottom in his heart. ”

"So, the third problem has been solved?" Hu Weiyong smiled.

"Sort of." Zhao Zhu nodded with a wry smile: "Actually, it is also the biggest problem - conviction. No matter what the fourth prince says, he is also the son of the emperor, and the crime is too heavy, and the emperor will not be able to pass such a pass. If he can lift it high and put it down gently, then the seven marquis can also be logically lowered and fall lightly. ”

"Hmm." Hu Weiyong nodded and said: "Actually, they are not strict in discipline, and their subordinates are not light or heavy, which is very different from what the four princes do." ”

"Well, it can't be helped." Saying that, his eyes suddenly turned red, as if he was touched and sadly said: "Who made the family a dragon son and a dragon grandson, our ordinary sons, we don't have this good life." ”

Zhao Zhu naturally knew what Prime Minister Hu was sighing, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, in fact, the cases of Prince Hu and the Hou Ye are quite similar, and the discipline is not strict, and the subordinates are not serious, so what can I ......do."

"Alas, the old master's heirs are difficult, and there is only one son in the year of the sixtieth birthday." Hu Weiyong couldn't help himself, and in front of Zhao Zhu, he hid his face and cried. "I was expecting him to continue my Hu family's incense and send the old man to the end, who would have thought that he would want a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, what kind of ......evil am I making?"

"Hu Xiangbei cried badly." Zhao Zhu was a little at a loss, and hurriedly picked up a few handkerchiefs and handed them to Hu Weiyong to wipe his tears.

"That's a rag...... Hu Weiyong didn't answer.

"It's a joke...... Zhao Zhu awkwardly put down the strange and delicate white rag.

Hu Weiyong waved his hand and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve. After a stroke, he would salivate from time to time at the corners of his mouth, so he always kept this item on hand.

"The old man has already decided, next month Tianci will open the knife and ask for the beheading, and I will go with him." He wiped his tears with a handkerchief, but he couldn't stop them. Growing grief:

"It's so cold and dark down there, he'll be scared alone......"

"......" Zhao Zhu was a little confused at first, but gradually tasted it. knows that Hu Weiyong must have something to ask for, otherwise when will the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty become a crying old lady?

And he knew that Hu Weiyong was so down-faced, and what he wanted was definitely not small, so he really didn't want to pick it up.

But if he didn't pick up the stubble, Hu Weiyong couldn't stop crying, and said that what should he do about this?

He finally asked helplessly: "Hu Xiang, can the lower officials do something for you?" ”

"I can really ......" Hu Weiyong waited for his words, then lowered his voice and explained his plan and discernment.

His plan is very simple, to put it bluntly, it is to 'slaughter the white duck'. The so-called 'slaughtering the white duck' is a kind of black-box operation in which the officials of the former dynasty protected each other and the officials and gentry colluded.

Whenever a wealthy and powerful family encounters a lawsuit for their lives, they will pay money to buy the lives of the officials on the one hand, and on the other hand, they will pay another sum of money to buy the lives of poor children or unemployed vagrants, so that they can take the blame for their crimes. He changed his identity and continued to do evil freely.

In the Yuan Dynasty, where officials were corrupt and discipline was lax, slaughtering white ducks had formed a tacit process. There is even a ridiculous record of the son of a gentleman being killed five times without dying.

Even in this dynasty, the 'slaughtering of white ducks' has not been completely banned, but has only turned from the light to the dark. And because the criminal law of this dynasty is severe, if you don't get it right, you will lose your head, so the price code is much higher than that of the previous dynasty. And it's useless to have money alone, and the relationship still has a bit......

Zhao Zhu didn't expect that the dignified prime minister would also slaughter a white duck for his son to die.

His face turned pale when he heard this, and he was silent for a long time and said: "I have heard of such a thing as finding a substitute for a dead ghost, and it is not impossible to do it." can make the son's case involve the holy hearing, and the palace will come to verify the identity at that time, once it is discovered, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"Don't worry, the old man asked him to find a young man who was nine points similar to my son, and he damaged his brain, and taught him the sentence 'My name is Hu Tianci, and my father Hu Weiyong' every day." Hu Weiyong said firmly: "That rebel son has suffered in prison for so long, and you have quietly changed people, even if my wife is in person, I can't tell the difference!" ”

"Alas, okay......" Zhao Zhu had no choice but to agree.

(End of chapter)