The State Council is divided into five ministries, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, and the Ministry of Culture and Education.

Among the ten dukes, the Confucian family controlled the Ministry of Culture and Education, the Bao family controlled the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Fan family controlled the Ministry of Finance, and the Yao family controlled the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry, and the Ministry of Officials has always been the chief minister of the Government Council.

The Xuanyuan family, ranked second among the top ten dukes, never interfered in the management of the kingdom, and was in the Senate to protect the interests of the "indigenous nobles", and was the most low-key family in the kingdom.

Bao Tu, the son of the contemporary legal state and the current minister of the legal department, came to his office early in the morning to prepare for the afternoon court meeting.

"Lord Yao and Lord An of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry have arrived. The guard outside the door announced.

Early in the morning, if I don't go back to my own office to work, what are the people from the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry doing here?

Despite thinking so, Bao Tu got up and walked to the door.

The only minister surnamed Yao of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry is Yao Xian, whose position and identity are equivalent to Bao Tu, Bao Tu can't put up a shelf, sit in the room and wait for the other party to come in.

"Rare guest, Lord Yao, Lord An, come, please come and sit in the house. Bautu had a professional smile on his face.

"We're here for nothing. "Yao Xian is a little more enthusiastic than Bao Tu.

The three of them came to the room and sat down, and Bao Tu asked, "Why is Lord Yao going to Bao Mou's door early in the morning?"

Yao Xian gave An Chang, who came with him, and An Chang got up and bowed to Bao Tu first, and then said, "Lord Bao, please make the decision for the lower officials." Yesterday, Ding Kui, the son of the Marquis of the Protectorate, injured my son Amber, and my son's right leg was broken, and Ding Kui also instructed the evil slave to kill the chief of my family's guard on the street.

The Zhenjing City Public Security Bureau actually shirked the case on the grounds that it involved the Department of Internal Security, and now Ding Kui and the evil slave are still at large. They treat the law of the Kingdom as nothing, and only you can punish them. ”

The news of Shaodian Dan's reward to Ding Kui did not spread, only the few people present that day knew about it. Bao Tu followed Lu Guogong to Jiang's mansion, he knew, Yao Xian didn't go, he didn't know.

"Why did Ding Kui injure your son, and why did he instruct someone to kill your chief guard?" Bao Tu did not immediately get angry at Ding Kui for ignoring the law, but had doubts about the cause of the incident.

"I asked the people of the Knight Guild that Ding Kui had a conflict with An Bei because of a knight apprentice, and when the chief guard of the head of the An Division came forward to stop the conflict, he was attacked by Ding Kui, and he had to defend himself, and Ding Kui thought that he had murderous intentions, so he instructed the evil servant to kill him. Yao Xian explained for An Chang.

"Ding Kui is not yet sixteen years old this year, he had a conflict with the son of Director An, and it was inappropriate for Director An's guards to come forward. What's more, Ding Kui is still the right protector of the Internal Security Division, even if he hits the guards of Director An, the guards should not take action to defend, once they make a move, they will commit the following crimes, and it is understandable that they will be killed on the spot. Bao Tu was very reluctant to take over this matter, and he was very suspicious.

"Your Excellency, you don't know, Xiao'er and the guards didn't know Ding Kui's identity at that time, until the guards were killed, Ding Kui took out his waist card, and Xiao'er was told by the instructor of the special training camp that he knew it was Ding Kui. An Chang hurriedly explained to Bao Tu.

I don't know Ding Kui's identity? Could it be that your son took action against Ding Kui first with the presence of guards?

Bao Tu was still suspicious, but there was a murder and a colleague came to the door, so it was inconvenient for him to completely extricate himself from the incident.

"It's unlikely that the Department of Internal Health will let someone from the Sheriff's Department investigate their right guard, and the Sheriff's Department is really unable to handle the case. In this case, I will ask the lawyer to come forward to investigate this matter, but if there is anything illegal, the official will not condone it, and whoever it is will be severely punished. Bao Tu said seriously.

"That Ding Kui is the grandson of An Guogong, his family has a reputation in the army, he didn't take us civilian officials seriously at all, and Director An can't compete with him, so I brought Director An to find you after learning about this.

Who in the kingdom doesn't know that Lord Bao is jealous and hateful, not afraid of power, even if the royal family has illegal things, Lord Bao can still handle it impartially. If he falls into the hands of Master Bao, Ding Kui can't continue to be arrogant. Yao Xian kept putting a top hat on Bao Tu.

An Chang was humiliated, and Yao Xian, Minister of Agriculture and Industry, had a dull face, in order to teach Ding Kui a lesson, Yao Xian did not hesitate to come forward in person to get close to Bao Tutao. He believed that with his own appearance, Bao Tu would not let Ding Kui go easily.

Bao Tu smiled bitterly in his heart: Rong Guogong's mouth is very tight, and Ding Kui did not tell Yao Xian about the high-level reward from the king. People have just been praised by the king for their loyalty, and this head wants me to arrest people and punish them severely, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the king?

"Lord Yao, do you want to tell Rong Guogong? An Guogong took Ding Kui to hold a 'promotion ceremony', you come to me to ask for Ding Kui to be severely punished, will there be a gap between the two grandfathers?" Bao Tu hinted to Yao Xian.

"This matter involves the face of the Government Council, not Yao's family matter, and my father doesn't say it. Yao Xian raised the matter to the level of the Government Council, and he didn't think that giving Ding Kui a lesson would affect the relationship between the Yao family and the Jiang family.

"Someone. Bao Tu called his subordinates, "Go to the Counsel Department to inform Master Cui and ask him to send someone to investigate the murder case of Ding Kui's arson and slaves." ”

Yao Xian and An Chang glanced at each other.

"If Master Bao can handle it impartially, we are relieved. There will be a court meeting in the afternoon, and there must be many things to deal with here, so it is inconvenient for us to bother here. After Yao Xian finished speaking, he and An Chang got up together, said goodbye to Bao Tu and left the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Department of Internal Guard.

"What? The An family went to Ding Duhu's mansion last night to make trouble?" After listening to Li Hong's report, Shao Dianlong was very unhappy, "Ding Duhu didn't show his identity to bully Anbei, and he already gave the water department a lot of face."

The servant intervened in the young man's fight, and dared to attack Ding Duhu with all his might, even if Ding Duhu didn't let people kill him, I wouldn't let him go. Why did An Chang dare to bring people to the Protector's Mansion to make trouble!

These civil officials are small-bellied chicken intestines, and they want to get back to the field no matter whether they have suffered a loss or not, and they don't want to think about it, is the cheapness of our internal security department so easy to earn?

You send someone to keep an eye on An Chang for me, he dared to make trouble last night, and he will definitely make moves in the future, but I can't let Ding Duhu suffer. ”

"Subordinates obey!" Li Hong took the order and left.

The murder of the people outside the gate of the special training camp quickly spread in the upper echelons of the kingdom.

Under An Chang's deliberate propaganda, the officials of the Government Council thought that Ding Kui was a bully, arrogant, and commanded the guards to kill people in the street, and did not pay attention to the laws of the kingdom at all, and demanded that the law of the law be strictly dealt with in accordance with the law.

The Department of Internal Health naturally did not show weakness, and sent a large number of people to tell the truth of the matter, and the director of the department, Shao Dianlong, even approached the Department of Water Affairs and asked An Chang to apologize for his son's insult and arson to Ding Duhu.

When many nobles learned the truth of the matter, they accused An Chang's chief of guard of intervening in the young man's sentimental dispute, and the An family's approach was despised by the Wuxun nobles. Of course, there are traces of the Jiang family's operation.

"So, what the people in the Department of Internal Health said are true?" Cui Shuo, the director of the Department of Justice, looked at the several investigation reports in hand.

Deputy Director Geng Jie replied: "Judging from the testimony of bystanders, I am afraid that this is the case, but there is a big discrepancy in the testimony of Amber and others, and now there is a lack of testimony from Ding Kui and his guards." ”

"Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Ding Kui, but Anbei's leg was indeed broken by him, and Han Yuanming was indeed killed by him, and according to the law, he is suspected of hurting people and inflicting too heavy punishment. "Cui Shuo is familiar with the laws of the Shaodian Kingdom.

"Officials from other ministries and departments are staring at us, and as long as Ding Kui violates the law, he must be arrested and interrogated. Geng Jie felt a tremendous amount of pressure.

"Are you going to arrest it? didn't you see the people from the Internal Security Division squatting outside the door?" Cui Shuo frowned.

"Then what should we do? We can't ignore it, right?" Geng Jie shrunk his neck, the people in the Internal Security Division were already quite unreasonable, and this time they still had a reason, so they were not allowed to arrest people.

"That Shaodian Long has gone to the Water Affairs Department to make trouble, will he not dare to come to us? We can't control this matter, I'll go and tell Lord Bao, he can only decide." Cui Shuo wasn't afraid of Shao Dianlong, he faintly felt that something was wrong with Bao Tu.

For this kind of thing, Bao Tu would normally issue an official document demanding severe punishment for violators, but this time there was no official document. The Minister of Agriculture and Industry came to the door, but Bao Tu did not show corresponding concern, which did not match his usual personality, Cui Shuo felt that it was better to ask this top boss in person.

"Lord Bao, that's the way it is. Cui Shuo read the investigation report to Bao Tu in detail.

"What do you think?" Bao Tu glanced at Cui Shuo.

"The subordinates believe that the investigation is not sufficient, there is a lack of confessions from the parties, and Ding Kui has indeed harmed the bitter master, and he should be summoned to the judicial department for interrogation in court. Cui Shuo replied.

"Then why don't you do it? Do you still need to be interrogated by this official himself?" Bao Tu's tone was not good, but his expression was not so stern.

"This, the subordinates are worried that there will be a conflict with the Department of Internal Guard. Choi Seok told the truth.

"Well, Ding Kui injured people because he was under the age of eighteen, and he went home to be restrained in accordance with the law; the punishment was too severe, this is the internal security department's own business, and the department of law has the right to supervise but cannot lead it, and you can't summon Ding Kui alone.

This official writes you a document, you hand it over to the Department of Internal Security, and the two divisions jointly interrogate Ding Kui, and let the Department of Internal Health deal with Ding Kui in accordance with the law. After speaking, Bao Tu handed Cui Shuo a piece of paperwork.

It turned out that Bao Tu had already figured out how to deal with this case, and he sent someone else to understand the situation, and of course his understanding of the law was still above Cui Shuo. supervised the Internal Health Department to punish Ding Kui himself, so that the person who made Shaodian Dan lose face was Shaodian Long and not him Baotu.

Cui Shuo was relieved, and left Bao Tu's room briskly with the documents in both hands.

Protector's Mansion.

Li Hong said to Ding Kui with a very reluctant face: "Ding Duhu, come with me." Hey, Minister Bao of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has issued a document, and you have to walk around the lobby of the Department of Legal Affairs on the scene, and the director will give an explanation to the Ministry of Legal Affairs. After this is over, we will definitely not let Anchang go. ”