"I invited some beautiful girls who are both beautiful and artistic to come to the house for a gathering, and Zhang Gongzi, you ...... It's that friend!"

As he spoke, Andre's whole person looked very cramped, even if he was wearing a half-covered wolf-shaped mask, and his ears were not covered by any objects, it still revealed his state of mind that he was ashamed to speak.

"This ......! Although the 'Rou Luofang' belongs to the place where people are served, it is not a place where everything can be done just by spending money.

I'm afraid that the Marquis will help you so much, if any drunken person starts talking nonsense, I am afraid that it will cause trouble for you!"

Listening to Marquis Andrey's words, Zhang Lingyun's heart seemed to have set off a monstrous wave, and he looked at the person sitting next to him with doubts in his eyes.

The two of them were just passers-by drinking at the same table, and they were not even close friends, but the Marquis of Andrey helped him several times.

Although Zhang Lingyun was surprised by taking the initiative to help the little junior sister solve her difficulties and share the confidential documents of the missions of various countries, now this Marquis of Andrey has even dedicated his own name!

Although I don't know if there are many restrictions on high-ranking nobles in Fanbang countries, there is no high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty who dares to openly 'prostitute drinking'!

According to the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty", all (civil and military) officials who stay in prostitutes (prostitutes drink and sit in this law) will have a rod of sixty, and the matchmaker will be reduced by one.

Officials and their descendants have a meal and chat with the Qinglou woman, which is also considered a crime, and if it is found out by the imperial history of the city, the person concerned will be punished very severely.

Officials have normal physical and mental relaxation, mental adjustment, and friendship exchanges, and although it is strictly forbidden to 'drink alcohol as prostitutes', officials will still disguise themselves and secretly go to the Qinglou.

The brothels in the capital are full of people, and prostitutes from the south and the north compete for officialdom, and some high-ranking officials, for the sake of their own statements, will secretly take their favorites to the suburbs and live in their own courtyards for a few days.

As long as no one cares about this 'prostitute drinking', even walking on the street arm in arm is not a big deal, but once someone wants to take the opportunity to do it, any small matter between officials and Qinglou can set off waves in the political arena!

"This 'Rou Luofang' has been bought by me, and the deed of sale of those people is in our hands, so we shouldn't be able to make any big waves!"

Andre lifted his breath and stroked his chest, suppressed the tingling sensation from the vibration in his ribs, raised his hand and took out a delicate wooden box in the bookcase, and pushed it to Zhang Lingyun.

"Marquis Andrew, what do you mean?"

Although this 'art museum' is a place that cannot be put on the stage, it is also a distribution center for important information.

Which official spoils his concubine and insults his wife, which backyard has made waves again, and even which nobleman the emperor favored that night can be heard in this place!"

With the benefit of Marquis Andrew, Zhang Lingyun slowly opened the brocade box, looking at the title deed of the 'Rouge Luofang' inside, as well as more than 30 deeds of sale, Zhang Lingyun looked at the other party in surprise.

"My subordinates are all five big and three rough fighters, and it is not a problem to fight and contribute, but if it is some management and management, it is not very good at it!"

What Andre said was high-sounding, but in fact, he didn't want Zhang Lingyun to misunderstand, and felt that he had grasped his soft place and deliberately threatened him, which changed the relationship between the two.

As early as the stall where there was an accident in Wuchang and the National Post House, Andre felt that the matter was not simple, and he bought 'Luo Yanfang' in order to create evidence of his reappearance for everyone.

Andre did everything as before, thinking that he was acting in secret, but he didn't expect Zhang Lingyun to receive the attention of the government, so he had to expose his backhand.

"You and I have only known each other for more than a month, but Your Excellency has saved me from fire and water several times, and now I don't care about ......my reputation!"

"Brother Zhang, it's rare to have a confidant in life, I just don't want your friend to suffer!"

Seeing Zhang Lingyun's moved eyes slightly red, as if he was about to cry, Andeli was so shocked that he waved his hand again and again to appease the other party's overly excited mood.

"There is nothing more beautiful in the world than to have a few friends who are willing to think about you, and it is my blessing to be able to meet the Marquis of Andrés!"

"Seeing each other is knowing each other, and time will prove that our friendship lasts forever!"

In a harmonious mutual support, Zhang Lingyun completely let go of his wariness of the Marquis of Andrey.

After identifying some of the 'Rou Luofang' girls through the portraits, Zhang Lingyun held the documents of the Criminal Department and walked out of the Marquis's Mansion amid the whispers of everyone.

............

"Senior Brother Boss, are you sure you won't come forward to vortex?"

Looking at the slightly cold gaze of the little nephew when he left, Fifth Elder Zhang Shanyi always felt that something in his heart was slowly passing.

The child who has just entered the Taiping Palace is very attached to himself, and he is becoming more and more mature and manly, and he no longer needs the care of his elders.

"It's just that he was called for questioning, if the matter has nothing to do with him, the government will definitely return his innocence!"

"Heh! What the hell is this court like now, don't you know if others don't know?

In the face of the indifference of the Heavenly Master, the five elders were very resistant, completely ignoring the other party's face, and directly looked back in the courtyard.

Zhang ...... Good...... Don't think that you can be unscrupulous between your brothers and sisters, don't forget, I'm still the head of the 'Zhengyi Sect'.

If you are not satisfied with my decision, we can each hold our weapons and decide the victory by force, but ...... I'm not going to let you do a thing!"

looked at the group of girls in the distance of 'Longyin Holy Land' and 'Emei Mountain', and muttered something with their backs to their backs.

Zhang Shanxing, who is quite proud and tenacious, can't help but scold the fifth junior brother loudly, just hoping to maintain the bottom of everyone's hearts, and his image as the head of the big faction that is not too strict.

"You ......!

"Okay, Lingyun, that kid is acting steadily and is smooth, thinking that he can be so calm, he should be confident that he can come back safely!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, the second elder, who had not said a word for a long time, raised his hand and clasped the wrist of the fifth junior brother, leaving an intriguing sentence, and then pulled the junior brother away quickly, leaving the Heavenly Master in charge of the sect in place, looking around erratically.

............

Zhang Lingyun, who was walking all the way along Chang'an Avenue, always felt an inexplicable sense of panic in his heart, and repeatedly thought about the conversation with the Marquis of Andrey, but did not find anything wrong.

It wasn't until he stood outside the high gate of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, looking at the tall lintel in front of him, that Zhang Lingyun trembled as if he had just woken up from a dream, and pinched the hand of the herald letter, and couldn't help but ooze wisps of sweat.

The Qing Dynasty was a dynasty established with the Manchu aristocracy as the main body, and it was dominated by absolute monarchy and extreme centralization.

The legal system of the Qing Dynasty inherited the legal system of the previous dynasty as a whole, embodying the basic spirit of traditional Confucian law, and at the same time revising and improving it in light of its own characteristics and social status.

The Qing Dynasty had strict regulations on the division of judicial authority, and the lower-level judicial organs had to take the initiative to report the cases handled by the lower-level judicial organs to the higher authorities for review in detail, and transfer them layer by layer, until the trial level with the right to make a judgment was approved, and the final trial was completed.

[Criminal Department] examines and approves various laws, reviews criminal cases sent to the ministry in various places, and hears death penalty cases of "imprisonment" in conjunction with Jiuqing, as well as directly tries cases above the level of crimes in the Gyeonggi area, which is also the highest-level government office in addition to the emperor's personal trial!

The internal organizational structure of the Criminal Department is set up according to the province, and each department of the Criminal Department is responsible for the sending and receiving of some documents and some daily government affairs of other provinces and yamen, in addition to the verification of the criminal names of their own provinces.

Logically speaking, there is no need to come to this yamen, which specializes in trying major murder cases, for the inquiry of an unconvicted person, and I am afraid that it has already happened during this period, and Zhang Lingyun does not know the details.

"The one who came is 'Zhengyi'...... Zhang Lingyun?"

The official in a dark official uniform holding an eight-foot long stick looked at the man in front of the gate with a sickly face, as if he would be blown away by the wind at any time,

The corners of his mouth were full of disgust, and he shouted out the name of the only one who had not cooperated with the investigator so far.

"Oh!

Suddenly being called out by someone sternly, Zhang Lingyun was stunned suddenly, and looked up at the person on the steps with a face full of flesh and a tiresome face.

I can't help but recall Andrey's instructions before leaving, 'Gyeonggi Chongdi seems to be ordinary, but it is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, and it can be described as a five-rank official in front of the prime minister, don't offend the gatekeeper!'

Thinking that the land of Suju has been in drought for many years, and the river basin is flooded frequently, this ordinary official is so fat-headed and big-eared, he must be a person with some means.

Zhang Lingyun immediately put on a kind smile, waved his hand and shook his hand to reply.

"Hurry up, I'll miss you!"

"Brother Guancha has worked hard, I don't know what happened to me, a little commoner, who was summoned by the Criminal Department!!"

The fat servant's inadvertent complaint made Zhang Lingyun feel an inexplicable sense of crisis, hurriedly walked a few steps, twisted his fingers lightly, took out a piece of tissue paper from the storage ring and handed it over.

"You kid is so sensible, and this weak appearance must have nothing to do with the 'Forbidden City Bombing' a few days ago, just prevent those little girls from biting indiscriminately!"

"Haven't you already found the suspect?"

Seeing that when the fat official saw the amount of the silver ticket, he was slightly surprised and properly put away, Zhang Lingyun immediately slowed down his walking speed, wanting to get some useful information from the other party.

"Alas, I don't know what kind of tricks this grand master has committed, he is actually more energetic than the girls of 'Rou Luofang', and last night he served people to the pot, and nearly half of them have been tortured into human form!"

"Yo! No, I went to play a few days ago! How is this good!? If the adults ask, won't I be affected by this!?"

Listening to the latest news from the fat servant, Zhang Lingyun's already restless little heart was suddenly beaten like gongs and drums.

But on the surface, Zhang Lingyun showed an embarrassed attitude, wanting to find out the true meaning of this criminal department's move!

"Hehe! It's really unseemly, admire, admire! But your idea is so weak, I can't help much!

This time, the chief judge is known as the iron-faced and selfless, the most feared of the hundred officials, he is not inclined to the integrity of any of the central forces, and he is recognized by the hundred officials!"

When the fat servant heard that the young man in front of him was involved with those women, his eyes flashed.

He looked him up and down in disbelief, sighed with regret on his face, and walked quickly towards the direction of the main hall.

"Alas......!"

Seeing the behavior of the only fat official who could give some advice, Zhang Lingyun knew that this matter would not end as simply as expected, and walked towards the highest government of the Qing Dynasty.

"Erfang Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive!"

After taking a few steps, Zhang Lingyun's eyes were attracted by a wooden sign, and he couldn't help but whisper the inscription written on it, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a meaningful smile.

Zhang Lingyun looked at the two sides of the courtyard, and the door numbers of the officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers were hung next to the gatehouse, and the slightly relieved mood became tense again, and he immediately looked ahead and stopped blocking himself.

Stepping into the one-foot-high doorrail in the lobby of the Criminal Department, Zhang Lingyun was so breathed by the thick bloody breath that he couldn't breathe, and immediately slightly turned his cheeks and covered his mouth and nose with a sleeve to reduce the feeling of suffocation on his chest.

Zhang Lingyun, who gradually adapted to the air around him, raised his head slightly and slowly moved his gaze forward, and in the center of the lobby was a desk long table and a high-backed chair, with inkstones, pen holders, stickers and other auxiliary supplies on the table.

On the chair sat the chief judge of the Criminal Department, who was wearing a blue ground placket and opening his official uniform, his face was blue and his eyes were like torches, and he was focusing on the unknown copy in his hand and carefully observing.

In the empty lobby, there is a small table and stool on the right, and a scribe in plain clothes is doing nothing to grind, preparing new paper for writing.

On the wooden frame on the left is a large drum to prepare for the warning when the hall is promoted and withdrawn, and the officials holding the eight-foot long log stand on the left and right sides of the service, and the fat officials are also among them.

Zhang Lingyun's arrival made the overall atmosphere of the Criminal Department suddenly dignified to the extreme.

It wasn't until a woman in a Luo skirt with a haggard look was brought into the hall and pushed to the ground that Sheng Yushi, who was the leader, slowly raised his eyes.

"My lord, the person who has just been tortured has a broken waist bone, and his internal organs are damaged and his meridians are damaged, if he is not treated, he will definitely not survive midnight!"

The man in plain clothes who walked with the woman, seeing the scrutinizing gaze of the person above, bowed unhurriedly, and said words that made Zhang Lingyun confused.

The man's words made Sheng Yushi frown, and he couldn't help but glance in the direction of Zhang Lingyun.

Seeing that the young man was calm and calm, and there was no change in his expression because of this, Sheng Yushi waved his hand and signaled the people to retreat.

"The people in the hall were inferior to others because of the competition skills of the Nine Kingdoms, so they were resentful and took revenge in private, and took advantage of the dead of night to perform Taoist magic.

Shuttle through the Gyeonggi region to cause fires in many places and the National Post House, and the number of dead and injured is as high as thousands, Zhang Lingyun can plead guilt......y!

Sheng Yushi, who was at the head of the lobby, clenched the startling wood with one hand, his eyes were fixed on Zhang Lingyun's cheek, and he raised his arm and slapped it heavily on the table.

With the crisp sound that made people tremble, Sheng Yushi explained in detail the reason for Zhang Lingyun's murder and the process of committing the crime.

"My lord, I'm afraid there will be some misunderstanding during this period! Since the beginning of the 'Forbidden War', there have been two open competitive competitions.

During this period, the 'Zhengyi Sect' represented by the younger generations has never intersected with the Heguo team throughout the whole process, but I haven't even met in person, so where is the resentment!?"

Seeing that although the presiding judge had a serious face and said as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, Zhang Lingyun only felt very surprised, waved his hand, hugged his fists, bowed and began to defend himself.

"Zhou, repeat what you said before!"

"My lord, just a few days ago, at mid-night in the middle of the night when there was an explosion in the city, the next day, a distinguished guest in plain clothes but very heroic,

The man didn't enter the store to eat and drink and listen to music, nor did he ask the girls to serve and chat, but called the little old man to talk, and bought the ownership of 'Rou Luofang' at a high price.

I also asked the old man and the girls to identify more than ten portraits and testify that the person in the painting lied!"

Sheng Yushi in the hall let out a low voice, and the Zhou family, who was kneeling in the corner, trembled, prostrate on the ground and kowtowed, and began to carefully describe the process of selling 'Rou Luofang'.

"Lingyun, Lingyun, can you hear me?"

Just when Zhang Lingyun was in a dilemma and didn't know how to respond, the voice of the thousand-faced sand cat came from the sea of knowledge.

"I can hear you, but what happened?"

"You don't have to worry about anything, I will deal with those people, you just need to follow the rehearsal with the Marquis of Andrey!"

Just when Zhang Lingyun wanted to ask something, the voice of the thousand-faced sand cat stopped abruptly, and no matter how he called, he no longer answered.

"Zhang Lingyun, this official has more than 30 signed and detained testimonies, all of which claim that you coerced everyone to commit perjury, do you have anything to say?"

"The adults are fair and strict, and they will not be blinded by the woman's words, and the younger generation has been to the 'Rou Luofang' to invite someone to come to the door for recreation, but they have never mentioned perjury!"

Zhang Lingyun waved his hand, clenched his fists and bowed, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, without a trace of panic at all, and he kept convincing himself in his heart that what he said was the truth.

"My lord, this person is lying! When the explosion occurred in my building, all of them rested in the 'Rou Luofang' and never went out at all!"

When Zhou heard that the comer had followed the good lines he had made earlier, his face couldn't help but show a hint of ambition, and he loudly refuted what Zhang Lingyun said, wanting to push him into endless trouble.

"This matter is not something that can be concluded by the words of the two of you, come and call the girl of 'Rou Luofang'!"

As soon as Sheng Yushi's words fell, several officials walked out from the main hall, and it didn't take long to see a person with a pale face and a white bandage wrapped in his body being carried up.

Seeing that his outfit was very similar to the old woman on the side, Zhang Lingyun's face finally changed a little.

"The people in the hall will tell you about the incident before and after!"

"Big ...... Man, little woman...... Let's be honest...... Although the little girl has a humble status and has become a lowly citizen, she also knows the truth that lies cannot be done.

In the past, everything was done by my mother under duress with a deed of sale, and I can't take it seriously, but a few days ago, a son-in-law came to visit and called my sisters and other sisters to a high-ranking house to have fun!"

The woman who was wrapped in a white cloth and seemed to be hanging with only one breath left, heard the question of the adults in the hall, and forced her to kneel on the ground in pain.

With a solemn expression that said something completely different from before, all the officials and officials present, including the Zhou family who was kneeling on the side, all showed a look of disbelief.

"You little ruffian, how could the old lady ever threaten you? Just to tell you the truth! You are ......!"

Perjury in the government can be big or small, if it is a trivial matter, it may only be fined a few coins, and if it is a false accusation of human life, it may be sent to exile.

When Zhou heard that the girl under his command suddenly turned back, she actually answered according to the false words arranged before, and she was terrified for a while, and crawled to the other party's side and shook angrily, wanting this little lady to tell the truth.

"Look at what you're doing, quickly pull people away!"

Under Sheng Yushi's loud and angry reprimand, the officials on both sides seemed to suddenly come back to their senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull the shelf.

I don't know if the Zhou family was too strong, or if the group of officials didn't eat, and it took three hands to pull the Zhou family aside.

"My lord, this person is out of breath!"

At this moment, the woman who was already covered with bandages collapsed to the ground like a pool of stagnant water, and the fat servant took the initiative to check it out, and found that she had inexplicably lost her last vitality.

"Bring all the other witnesses!"

I thought that the evidence was conclusive, but it was just a formality of Sheng Yushi, looking at the more than ten testimonies in his hand after the night trial, and then looking at Zhang Lingyun who was standing under the hall, his eyes flashed, and he faintly felt an inexplicable sense of panic.

When many officials heard the order, they ran out of the hall like frightened birds, and before long, they pressed more than a dozen women dressed in tulle into the hall one after another.

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Didn't you do what your mother told you? What's ......?"

"Mom, you're so ruthless! Even if you don't wait to see your sister on weekdays, you can't frame others for some money!"

"My sister has a strong temperament, she must tell the truth, and she was killed by your vicious and wicked woman!"

As soon as the women stepped into the lobby, they threw themselves down beside the dead women one after another, and hoarsely accused Zhou of his crimes, and the meaning of the words was already true that Zhou lied.

"My lord, I don't know what happened to this woman, she was beaten so badly!"

Thinking back to the fat servant's mention, the number of people who appear now is less than half of that of 'Rou Luofang', and Sheng Yushi's confident attitude before, I am afraid that there is an element of torture in this.

"This matter is not important, it is just a routine torture to refute the truth in the trial!"

Sheng Yushi was very entangled in the current situation, thinking that he had found the real culprit of the explosion of the Heguo Post House, and in order to avoid the authenticity, he also used a big punishment to testify.

But I didn't want this group of prostitutes to resist so many punishments, but when I was about to be convicted, I suddenly turned back, so that my reputation in this life was about to be ruined!

"Dare to ask my sisters, have you seen me before!?"

Seeing Sheng Yushi's dilemma, Zhang Lingyun turned to face the many women kneeling in the hall, waved his fists and bowed, and asked questions to everyone with a calm expression.

"Of course I have seen it, at the beginning of the curtain that day, it was this little brother who came to 'Rou Luofang' and brought the sisters to the big household to have fun!"

"Back to Gongzi, what the little woman said before is not true, she was coerced by the Zhou family, please don't be angry with me!"

"My lord, that Zhou clan privately arrested my poor brother as a threat in order to frame me and others, and the little woman was forced to lie!"

Someone took the lead in speaking, and a group of warblers and warblers immediately cried and complained, and Zhou's on the side kept retorting loudly, but they couldn't suppress the voices of more than ten people, and finally they didn't come over in one breath and fainted directly.

"Quiet! Wait for Diao Min, think this is the place for you to wait for the people to talk nonsense? Someone, drag me down...... Major 20 boards!"

Hearing that the senior officials in the hall suddenly became ruthless, the women kneeling on the ground suddenly quieted down, like frightened chicks, crawling on the ground and begging for mercy.

The government officials are very particular about beating people, and the long stick in his hand is eight feet long, and the position and force of the fall on the offender will affect his physical feelings.

If his subordinates show mercy, these twenty boards seem to be serious, but they can only walk on the ground in three days and five days.

If it is full of strength, the sticks are all on the waist bone, even if it is only 20 boards, it can cost half a person's life, and in serious cases, he will not be able to walk for the rest of his life.

"My lord, if you don't say these two sentences, you will be punished, but I am afraid of ......!"

"You shut up for me, just watch quietly, I offended this dog official, do you want to come out!"

Zhang Lingyun, who had never entered the yamen, did not know what the process of going to court to try the case was, but the punishment before these two sentences really aroused Zhang Lingyun's dissatisfaction.

Just when Zhang Lingyun wanted to argue for this group of women, the voice of the thousand-faced sand cat sounded again, directly interrupting his actions.

"It's just some lowly people who can't get on the stage, studying some dirty things all day long, if they don't get punished, who dares to guarantee the truth of what they say!?"

"Your Excellency, there are a few Fanbang envoys dressed in fancy clothes outside the door, claiming to be here to testify for Zhang Lingyun!"

Just when Sheng Yushi was beating people for his distemper and making excuses, the fat official held a metal token and quickly ran to Sheng Yushi to whisper.

"Foreign Missions...... I'll see what big waves you kid can make!"