Chapter 12: The Criminal Department is blocked
"Meet His Royal Highness the Prince, below is Zhang Wenjin, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, you see this is your lost sachet!"
Chu Ran snorted, and then Zhengse said:
"I've seen Zhang Shilang, this sachet is my beloved thing, thanks to you, I have recovered it, today I came with Lord Di with His Majesty's warrant, and there is one more thing, that is, the prisoner Zhou Huai and the Wang family witnesses and a dry file will be transferred to Dali Temple for review!"
Zhang Shilang slapped his thigh after listening:
"It turns out that this is the case, Your Highness, Lord Di quickly invite inside, but the witnesses of the Wang family are currently in the empty room of the Criminal Department, maybe they are a little unaccustomed to the water and soil these days, and they are now cultivating, I'm afraid it is inconvenient to move around!"
"Oh? In this case, I have to go and see, this witness is not trivial, and there must be no problems! Di Xue said and let Zhang Shilang lead the way.
"Master Di, you go and mention Zhou Huai, so as not to have too many dreams at night, I know a little about medical skills, go and see the girl of the Wang family first!" Chu Ran whispered to Di Xue.
Di Xue listened to Chu Ran's words, and nodded lightly in her heart.
"Master Zhang, the prince can go and see the girl of the Wang family, I am in a hurry, and I want to see the murder suspect now!" After Di Xue finished speaking, Zhang Wenjin did not stop him, and sent a guard to take Di Xue to the prison of the Criminal Department.
The prison of the Ministry of Punishment is very cold, the environment is dark, and you also need to burn candles during the day to barely see.
Di Xue narrowed her eyes to allow herself to adapt to the environment, and followed the guard to the door of a cell and stopped.
"Prisoner Zhou Huai, you have been submitted to Dali Temple, and the current Dali Temple Master Di will escort you back!" The guard said.
"I was detained from Dali Temple, and I will go back again, can you handle the case well, I have said countless times that I did not kill anyone!"
Di Xue followed the sound and saw Zhou Huai dressed in a linen prison uniform, his hands and feet were shackled, and he was sitting on the straw and boredly looking at the narrow skylight in the prison.
Di Xue looked at him neatly, and the skin on the handcuffs and shackles was not worn out, and it seemed that he had not suffered any flesh and skin.
On closer inspection, his hands are covered with calluses, and his skin is bronze, which seems to be a practitioner.
So he cleared his throat and said: "The prison in Dali Temple is better than the conditions of this criminal department, Zhou Gongzi, you should deign to go!" ”
Zhou Huai turned around when he heard the voice, and saw a tall, fair-skinned woman who looked very familiar: "But Master Di of Dali Temple!" ”
Di Xue nodded: "I had a relationship with Zhou Gongzi in the palace, so let's go?" ”
As soon as the words fell, he heard the sound of the iron chain, and then Zhou Huai walked to the door and said to the guard: "Why are you stunned, open the door!" ”
The guard opened the door and Zhou Huai walked out: "Master Di, you are not only like a god in judging the case, but also beautiful as a flower, you must return my innocence!" ”
"Zhou Gongzi rest assured, he will definitely enforce the law impartially, if you have grievances, the truth will naturally come out!" After Di Xue finished speaking, she took Zhou Huai's shackles and walked forward.
Zhou Huai followed behind and asked endlessly: "Master Di, how old are you, can you have a marriage match, and do you have sisters in the family?" ”
"Ahem, the patrol of Dali Temple is here, Lord Di, let's go and transfer the file?" Chu Ran came to the door of the prison at some point, glared at Zhou Huai behind Di Xue, and then said.
Without waiting for Di Xue to answer, Zhou Huai suddenly said in surprise: "Brother Ran, why are you here!" ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince is ordered to investigate this case!" Di Xue returned.
Zhou Huai saw this, and his hanging heart was also relaxed, he obediently closed his mouth, and followed the patrol of Dali Temple into the escort car.
"Master Di, do you think we will escort the prisoner back first, or wait for you?"
A cute-looking boy in his early twenties dressed in patrol clothes said.
"Let's go back later, Han Shu, you go with me to get the file!"
After Di Xue finished speaking, the young patrol named Han Shu followed.
The file of the Criminal Department was placed in the inner hall, and Di Xue and his party went around for a long time before they arrived at the place.
Looking at the inconspicuous house with earthen walls and grass in front of him, Chu Ran asked:
"Isn't the dossier extremely heavy? How can I put it in this dilapidated house, and I think it is a larger toilet from a distance! ”
"This is for fear of being stolen, twenty years ago, the Criminal Department was stolen and lost a lot of important files, when the emperor was furious and removed most of the officials of the Criminal Department, so the Criminal Department thought of this way to confuse the gentleman in order to prevent the tragedy from happening again!"
Chu Ran nodded after listening to Di Xue's words, and at this time Zhang Shilang came over:
"Shizi, Master Di, it's really unfortunate, Lord Shangshu is sick, and the petty officials who are sorting out the files are also sick, and the files have not been sorted out completely, so they can't take it away today!"
"It's okay, you can hand over the incomplete file to me!" Di Xue said and glanced at Chu Ran, as expected.
Zhang Shilang hurriedly arched his hand: "Master Di doesn't know, the file of the Criminal Department must be signed and sealed by Lord Shangshu before it can be taken away!" ”
Di Xue looked into the room, although there was no one on the surface, she still heard a subtle sound with her internal strength.
It seems that Zhang Shilang is determined not to let himself get the file, so it is better to go back to Dali Temple to arrange it earlier.
"Since it's not a coincidence today, then we won't bother much, and I hope that after Lord Zhang finishes the file, he will notify you!"
Chu Ran saw that Di Xue was relieved, and naturally thought of the trick, so he also said not to disturb, and several people took the Wang family girl and Zhou Huai back to Dali Temple.
On the way, Han Shu asked suspiciously:
"My lord, that Zhang Shilang is obviously prevaricating us, why did you go along with their wishes!"
Di Xue smiled slightly, half-squinted her eyes, and said:
"They prevaricate that we refuse to give the file, just to delay the progress of our investigation, the more the Criminal Department is like this, the more it shows that they have a ghost in their hearts, and if this is the case, it is better to let them delay the revision, and we will ignore it!"
Chu Ran saw that Han Shu was scratching his head and still looked puzzled, and said with a smile:
"Now that the file of the Criminal Department is handed over to us, it is still a revised and refined version, which will not help us much!"
Seeing Han Shu's understanding expression, Chu Ran smiled lightly: "Your family is good at everything, but you are too smart and don't think about others!" ”
"Your Royal Highness, you are changing the law and saying that I am stupid!" Han Shu finally reacted now!
The carriage drove smoothly for half a burnt incense time, passed through the streets and alleys of Yuanjing, and finally stopped smoothly in front of the door of Dali Temple.
Di Xue gave up her room where she occasionally rested in Dali Temple to the Wang girl.
Then he personally placed Zhou Huai in the prison, and ordered Zhang Ying to guard it personally, and the patrol guards inside and outside the prison were doubled, so Di Xue breathed a sigh of relief.
Di Xue rested on the stone table in the backyard, looking at the sky, the sun was already a little west, and then she remembered that she hadn't eaten anything until now!
"As for being so nervous, I see that you have been busy for a long time, and you are tired!" Chu Ran walked out of the Wang girl's house.
Di Xue shook her head, suddenly her stomach growled, and then her stomach hurt uncontrollably, Di Xue's forehead was sweating, and she couldn't speak with her hands on her stomach.
Seeing this, Chu Ran immediately ran to the front, approached and asked, "What's wrong, is it an upset stomach!" ”
Di Xue looked at Chu Ran's face that was set off by the shade of the tree, and her eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the corners of his red eyes.
Coupled with his slightly red cheeks after running, he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, and couldn't help blurting out: "It's like a ripe apple!" ”
"What?" Chu Ran didn't hear clearly, so he leaned closer and asked.
The autumn breeze obediently cooperated with the slight blowing of the corners of the clothes, the leaves rustled, Di Xue gently stroked the broken hair in front of her forehead, and said with a smile: "I said, the corners of your eyes and cheeks are like ripe apples!" ”
Chu Ran looked at Di Xue and lightly opened her lips, her words were like soft catkins across her chest, but she hit her heart hard and hard, and the girl in front of her was bright and bright, like a person in a fantasy world, which made people can't help but be attracted.
"Where did you get the pastries, so delicious!"
Chu Ran came to his senses when he heard the voice, and found that Di Xue was not in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.
At this time, Di Xue had already detoured behind Chu Ran, tapped Chu Ran's arm, and vaguely stuffed the pastries in the food box in her mouth and asked:
"Your Highness? Chu Ran! Are you stupid? ”
Chu Ran turned around and saw Di Xue's mouth stuffed with the pastries he was holding, her cheeks bulging, and her heart couldn't help but soften:
"Eat slowly, don't choke, it's just for you, it's all yours!"
Di Xue swallowed the pastry with difficulty, took a breath and said:
"It's alive, by the way, Chu Ran, the red in the corners of your eyes is natural!"
"Hmm!" Chu Ran nodded shyly, but then her eyes dimmed, because of the corners of her eyes, some people have laughed at her since she was a child, and later when she grew up, these people stopped talking because of their identity, did she also feel weird!
"That's really special, when I first saw you, I thought it was a little good-looking, and I thought you drew it yourself!" Di Xue said with a smile, of course, the second half of the sentence was to amuse Chu Ran.
Chu Ran blushed even more when he heard this, handed the food box in his hand to Di Xue, and said:
"Don't make fun of me, eat quickly!"
"By the way, you and I don't have to be formal in the future, just call him by his name!"
Di Xue picked up the last piece of pastry on the plate and stuffed it into Chu Ran's mouth, then smiled and waved her hand:
"You eat slowly, I'll go and learn from Gongzi Zhou about the incident that day."
Looking at Di Xue's figure walking away, Chu Ran squatted on the ground in annoyance, how was she pinched just now, Chu Ran, you have to be like a man, you can't always be dominated by her!