After Fang Zhongjin came out of the palace, he walked back to his mansion.

At this time, it was almost dark, and Chen San and Wan Hongfu were waiting at the entrance of the alley.

Seeing Fang Zhongjin come back unharmed, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

And when I returned to the house, I saw Ji Chang'an, who had been waiting here for a long time.

When Ji Changan saw Fang Zhongjin, he hurriedly walked over and looked him up and down, before he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Are you okay?"

Fang Zhongjin said calmly: "I have nothing to do, but you have something." ”

Ji Changan was stunned and asked, "What do you say?"

Fang Zhongjin said: "The matter of your attempt to ask the emperor for a marriage has now spread to all the mansions in the capital. ”

When Ji Chang'an, who was in his twenties, heard this, his face turned red rarely, and finally asked, "Who said it?"

He knew that only Fang Zhongjin should know about this matter, but Ji Changan believed that Fang Zhongjin would not take out such a thing and talk about it with others everywhere. ”

Fang Zhongjin found a chair and sat down, crossed Erlang's legs and said calmly: "It was said by King Han in front of the emperor." He also said that you were talking nonsense everywhere, and this came to his ears. ”

This is pure slander, and it is nonsense about the marriage of children.

Ji Changan is a man, so it doesn't matter. But the bell is a girl's house.

If it is rumored that he is privately involved with a man, it is even more ridiculous that he has made a private agreement with his fiancé for life, and he doesn't know how to face the gossip of outsiders.

Ji Changan's face was already red with anger at this moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This old horseman!"

He even forgot that he was still scolding a prince.

Fang Zhongjin said again: "Since he said so in front of the emperor, you and I have only one way to go." ”

Ji Changan nodded, and the other party Zhongjin showed a grateful look.

Fang Zhongjin said again: "But your coachman, it's better not to use it anymore." The words of the two of us that day could only be heard by him. ”

Ji Changan's face turned pale. He knew that Fang Zhongjin's internal force had entered the realm at this moment. There are not a few masters in the world who can escape his ears, and there are many friends with him.

Then if you can listen to their conversation, before the two of them are vigilant, it can only be the coachman.

Ji Changan thought deeply and nodded.

Fang Zhongjin looked at Ji Changan's face, and finally swallowed a sentence into his stomach.

"Even your father, you should be on guard. ”

Fang Zhongjin knew that Ji Changan was good friends with him, but this was because their interests were the same now.

If Ji Changan's father is involved, he doesn't know if Ji Changan will turn against him when blood is thicker than water.

Ji Gang naturally wants to take precautions, but it is enough for Fang Zhongjin to take precautions, and there is no need to deliberately point out this again.

Fang Zhongjin continued: "There is also Bai Suhang dead. It was hanged at home. Shortly after the Emperor's decree. ”

Ji Changan nodded and said, "I already know about this." ”

The death of the champion caused a lot of trouble in Beijing. Although the common people may not be aware of it, most of the nobles in Beijing know about it through their eyes.

Ji Chang'an, who is a thousand households in Jinyi, knows more inside information than others.

Fang Zhongjin said calmly: "It's good that he died." ”

Ji Changan glanced up at Fang Zhongjin in surprise, Fang Zhongjin, whom he knew before, didn't seem to say such a thing.

But Fang Zhongjin himself was unaware and continued: "I suspected that Bai Suhang had something to do with Ryanbo's death, but it was just speculation.

If you want to obtain conclusive evidence, unless Bai Suhang obediently speaks, there is no way to convict him of the crime.

Now he died suddenly, whether it was fear of sin or silence. It all proved my guess right.

Although Bai Suhang's clue may be broken, we have a new clue.

From the emperor's decree to Bai Suhang's death, all those who should know the news may be the eyeliner to ventilate the news.

As long as we separate and interrogate all these people without leakage, there will always be people who can't stand the torture and confide clues. ”

Fang Zhongjin calmly finished this paragraph, and saw Ji Changan patting him on the shoulder and saying, "Okay, brother, you are becoming more and more like our Jinyi Guard." ”

After the two explained various details, they took the people to the palace early the next morning.

Fang Zhongjin and the others had already obtained Zhu Di's approval, and without hindrance, they brought out the people who knew the content of the holy decree at that time.

Among them were three eunuchs who delivered the message, four scholars on duty who wrote the holy decree, and twenty-six guards who were responsible for arresting people.

It is said that the dark line of passing on the news and letting the people behind the scenes kill people in time is among these people anyway.

Because Zhu Di had already given Fang Zhongjin full authority to handle it, none of the thirty-three people dared to leave without permission.

When the brocade guards took them away in shackles, these people didn't dare to say a word in the open except for the bitter cry in their hearts and the bitter scolding.

Jinyiwei's reputation in Beijing has always been extremely bad, and their ability to extort confessions through torture is also famous.

These thirty-three people have been preparing for a hard time since yesterday.

Sure enough, when they were brought into the Jinyi Guard's yamen, they were interrogated separately one by one.

The content of the interrogation is nothing more than what he did yesterday and who he met. and then recorded them one by one by the brocade guards.

It's just that after there are more people, it is inevitable that there will be discrepancies in some details.

It's no wonder that even people who have nothing to do with the case will remember things badly one night.

But this is in the hands of Jin Yiwei, which can be said to be a big doubt!

The brocade guards knew that these people were from the palace, and they didn't really torture them.

It's just that they are divided into three shifts and take turns to ask them "what they did", "who they met" and "what suspicious things they saw" repeatedly

By the next morning, many people couldn't stand it anymore.

The brocade guards came to ask during the rest of their shifts, but these people who were asked couldn't close their eyes all day.

In other words, anyone who can't close their eyes, can't move around at will, and repeatedly answer similar questions to different people will be on the verge of collapse.

It's no wonder that the brocade guards are rambling repeatedly.

This is actually a method of inquiry, and it is also the secret of Jinyiwei's repeated miraculous achievements.

On the one hand, no matter how cunning the prisoner is, if he is not allowed to sleep all the time, his defenses will also collapse due to fatigue.

Second, if someone is sincere and false, then there will inevitably be inconsistent flaws under repeated answers.

Third, some people did not notice the suspicions, but they may suddenly be remembered by others under repeated questioning.

These brocade guards did not need to judge the confession. As long as they record them truthfully one by one, and finally present them to Fang Zhongjin and Ji Changan.

At that time, the two men will be able to find clues in the confessions.