A few days later, the holy decree summoning Su Jin to Beijing to investigate the case arrived in Qinzhou, and as early as a few days ago, Su Jin had already arranged the affairs of the northwest, and even prepared to salute.

After Yan Shuzhen cried and cried that day, Su Jin wrote a handwritten letter to Shuzhen early the next morning and handed it back to the capital to be handed over to Bao Zheng.

Despite this, this case is not easy for Su Jin, first of all, the letter is ironclad evidence, although it is a private letter written by Shi Jie to Fu Bi, Fu Bi did not reply to cater to it, it seems to be Shi Jie's wishful thinking; But this kind of thing doesn't need any ironclad evidence at all, as long as the emperor opens his mouth, the big case of rebellion is an iron case, and no one can overturn it; What's more, as the saying goes: there is no wind and no waves, if you are upright, why doesn't this Shijie talk to others about it, but asks you Fubi? When this sentence comes out, you can't say it clearly, even if you are covered with mouth.

After Su Jin returned to the capital to meet Zhao Zhen, he did not start easily, but first took the letter in his hands and studied it repeatedly in a public room assigned by the Criminal Department, hoping to find a place to start from this letter; If the letter is true, then there is no need to investigate the case, and if the letter is false, it can naturally wash away the grievances of Tombi Shisuke.

However, Su Jin's research on calligraphy is very limited, not to mention the unknown Shi Jie, who can't see the reason for it horizontally and vertically, and he can't judge the errors in the content of the letter.

So Su Jin decided to interrogate Shi Jie, and the party could only see the clue when he read this letter, and he had been watching it for ten days and half a month, and I was afraid that he had no clue.

Su Jin did not publicly interrogate Shi Jie, but personally went to visit Shi Jie in the prison, Shi Jie was locked in the prison of the Criminal Department with a flail, although the Great Song Dynasty has a tradition of not punishing the doctor, but the three officials in charge of hearing the case couldn't help but give this stinky and hard guy a little bitter in the face of Shi Jie's stinky temper and not the abuse and sarcasm, Shi Jie's age is actually not very old, less than forty, but the study is weak, after being tossed, he has become a decadent Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the unkempt Shi Jie through the railing, Su Jin felt a little sorry for this guy, holding the thighs of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others, and suddenly a big disaster came, and Fan Zhongyan Han Qi and others didn't even dare to defend him, this drummer was really sad.

"Open the shackles." Su Jin instructed the jailer.

A jailer hurriedly said: "Zhang Shilang of the Criminal Department has ordered, Shi Jie is a prisoner, and he can't be retired." ”

Su Jin shouted: "This official is the special errand of this case, and now he has full authority to decide all matters in this case, I want you to open the shackles, and then the official is not polite to you." ”

The jailer didn't dare to argue, although several adults greeted them and asked them not to give face to the new adult, and it was best to obstruct him from handling the case, but the momentum of this Lord Su and the murderous guards behind him seemed to have three words written on the head: Don't mess with me; Most of the tolerance officials are sleek, and at this time, they are naturally looking at the wind and changing according to local conditions.

In the process of removing the shackles, Shi Jie kept his eyes closed, at the mercy of the messenger, and when Su Jin ordered someone to bring a stool to Shi Jie to sit down and talk, Shi Jie suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Is there any wine?" I haven't drunk in days. ”

Su Jin immediately ordered someone to bring a pot of wine and a few dishes and put them on the adobe kang in the prison, and Shi Jie was not polite, he drank half a pot of wine, and ate and drank a lot of side dishes.

Su Jin sat aside and waited for Shi Jie to eat and drink, and Wang Dynasty Mahan and other guards also stood upright in the aisle outside the cell, everyone didn't say a word, watching this Shi Jie gobble up, it seems that they haven't eaten decent food and wine for many days.

Shi Jie finally sighed with satisfaction, burped a big wine, raised his eyes and looked at Su Jindao: "Youlao has been waiting for a long time, let's go on the road." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "On the road? On what road? ”

Shi Jie said: "Mo frame, I know this is a severed head meal, I didn't expect to be asked to be beheaded so soon, these people can't wait." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "Mr. Shoudao is too worried, this official is not here to send you to the execution ground, doesn't Mr. Shoudao know me?" Let me introduce myself. ”

Shi Jie looked at Su Jin left and right, looked at it for a long time, but shook his head and said, "Forgive me for being clumsy, I really don't know." ”

The dynasty on one side said loudly: "My lord is a scholar of Jixian Palace, a road envoy from Jingyuan and Qinfeng in the northwest, and now he has been summoned to Beijing to investigate the big case against Su Jinsu. ”

Shi Jie was taken aback, squinted his eyes and stared at Su Jin up and down for a long time, and sighed: "Sure enough, it's a young Yingjie, I'm blind, I didn't even recognize Lord Su, who else can there be besides Lord Su who is so young in the court, but who is in the official uniform of a third-grade official?" ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Sir, Su is just favored by the emperor, I came back to Beijing this time for your case, so I came to visit Mr. today." ”

Shi Jie was overjoyed, and then his face was covered with gloom, and he shook his head and said: "Don't bother, my lord, this time the old man is planted, and he can't argue with the rights and wrongs of this matter with hundreds of mouths all over his body, it's a pity that I die, but it's a pity that it has affected Yanguo, it's really a sin." ”

Su Jindao: "So, you pleaded guilty?" Then why not draw a pledge to sign, and save everyone trouble. ”

Shi Jie said angrily: "Confession? What sin am I? The old man had never written that letter, and I had no idea where it came from, so how could I admit such a trumped-up crime? ”

Su Jin held up the letter and said, "Didn't you write this letter?" Have you seen it? ”

Shi Jie shook his head and said: "They read it to me, but they refused to show it to me, saying that they were afraid that I would destroy the letter and destroy the evidence, and the villain was the villain, thinking that everyone in the world was like them, and they had ghosts." ”

Su Jin stretched out his hand and handed the letter to Shi Jie's eyes and said, "Take a look, look carefully, if you feel that something is wrong, bring it up." ”

Shi Jie said: "Aren't you afraid that I will destroy the evidence? ”

Su Jin smiled: "I'm afraid, but I believe that you are wronged, although you and I have never met, but Mr. Shoudao's name has been famous for a long time, and the lord is in charge of the country's eunuchs, cultivating talents for the Great Song Dynasty, and he has also written the book "Tang Jian", in order to admonish traitorous ministers and eunuchs, point to the current affairs, and have nothing to hide, but he is a great Confucian who is dedicated to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Shi Jie was moved by Su Jin's words and almost burst into tears, shook his head and sighed, "What's the use of talking about this now?" The villain secretly made trouble, and used my mouth to accuse Yanguo, and blamed the old man for being open-mouthed on weekdays, but this time he was framed by someone. ”

Su Jin said: "The one who should come will naturally come, if Mr. Shoudao gives up, the official can't do anything, now the evidence is unfavorable, if you are really innocent, then this letter must be fake, fake things will naturally have flaws, except for you, others are afraid it will be difficult to see." ”

Shi Jie nodded, picked up the letter and unfolded it, read it carefully word by word, and then handed the letter to Su Jin, bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Sir, can you see the clues?" Su Jin asked.

"Hey! It was really painstaking, not only the handwriting was very similar, but even the title and tone of my correspondence with Yan Guo were exactly the same, and the letters I wrote to Yan Guo were never signed, and even they noticed this, and I only stamped a small seal on the corner of the letter, and the seal was a small seal with the alias 'Gong Cao', which was also imitated, no wonder all people thought that this letter was from me. ”

Su Jin explained through Shi Jieyi, read the letter again, and saw the small seal of the word 'public exercise' in the corner of the letter, and the means of this fake person can be regarded as the extreme, but think about it carefully, such a big thing, if you want to frame others with a letter, you must naturally be meticulous to the extreme, otherwise it can be seen at a glance that it is fake, then it is still a fart?

Su Jin stood up, carefully sorted out his thoughts, stopped and pointed to the small seal with a letterhead: "Is the handwriting and carving technique of this seal exquisite?" Imitation handwriting and imitation of seal should not be quite the same, right? Seals are knife work, so there is something different about them. ”

Shi Jie said happily: "Lord Su is right, my seals are all carried with me, they are my private things, and they will never be stolen, but this seal must also be fake, let me take a closer look at whether the seal is different." ”

Su Jin stretched out his hand and motioned him to take a closer look, Shi Jie's eyes narrowed and almost came to the place where he looked at the seal carefully, and after a long time, he sat down on the ground and sighed: "I am also convinced, this seal is almost exactly the same as mine, and it can be seen that the counterfeiter has put a lot of effort into it, and the old man is really convinced." ”

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "How is it possible?" If even the seal is exactly the same, it is clear that your seal has been stolen. ”

Shi Jie shook his head and said: "It's impossible, I carry all the seals with me, I have a special bookcase with me, and it is all the pen and ink seals and inks I use myself, how can they steal them?" ”

Su Jin thought for a while and suddenly said, "Are you carrying that bookcase by yourself?" Never leave your body? ”

Shi Jie said: "Of course not, there is a little guy with you, you mean...... He......? Impossible, absolutely impossible, Brother Jin has served me for almost ten years, I treat him as a brother, he has also served diligently in the past ten years, I am very good, six years ago I was sentenced in Jiazhou, I met bandits on the way to the post, if it wasn't for Brother Jin's life, I would have died, he couldn't have betrayed me. ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Mr. Shoudao, don't be excited, everything is in conjecture, and there are no absolutes in the world, whether your little guy betrays you or not is not up to you, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, no matter what, I will also check this Jin Ge'er; This letter is too realistic, but if you don't hear that you are smart, you will be mistaken by your cleverness, and maybe this is where they made a mistake. ”