On the 23rd day of the 10th year of the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City, unitary time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Yamen of the Criminal Department.

Because of the relationship of time, the yamen of the criminal department at this moment has long been a little deserted, except for the few soldiers who are guarding the door as usual, there is no one in or out. After all, it is a small year, and although it has just arrived at the time of the release, the big and small officials inside have already found an excuse to go home for the holidays.

But at this time, a group of officers and soldiers came, straight to the yamen, with the knowledge of the guards guarding the door, they knew that there was a case coming to the door, which made their faces show a strange look, and sent to the criminal department at the current hour, obviously the case must not be small, this is going to be busy again.

Naturally, it was the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses Division who escorted Yang Zhen's group, but Yang Zhen did not wear any torture instruments on his body, and when he walked with these soldiers, he couldn't see that he was a suspect. This point, even Ou Changlin can't insist on it, after all, as long as the governor of Jinyiwei identifies his identity, no one will really dare to disrespect him.

Before and after coming to the yamen of the criminal department, Ou Yushi took the lead and walked up, revealing his identity and saying: "Which other official is in charge of the yamen now?" The official has an important case that needs to be discussed with him. ”

Although he was very reluctant in his heart, these soldiers guarding the door naturally did not dare to offend Lord Yushi, so they hurriedly replied honestly: "Guo Shilang is still handling affairs in the yamen, and the lord can find him." ”

"Hmm, lead the way." Saying that, Ou Changlin waved his hand, and then motioned to the people of the Soldiers and Horses Division to take Yang Zhen inside. Those people glanced at Yang Zhen helplessly, and could only follow the instructions and continue to walk in front and back with him in front and back - this way, they did just that.

Yang Zhen seemed very calm at this time, and walked in behind the soldiers with a relaxed expression, of course, what he was thinking in his heart was not something that could be revealed on the surface.

After walking through the front hall and along the path in the courtyard, everyone finally came to a fairly spacious mansion. The soldier who led them over hurriedly took the lead and said to an official who was packing up his things inside: "Lord Shilang, there is a district imperial history who brought the suspect over for trial. ”

Guo Yuewei, who was busy with the criminal department, frowned, why did he still have such a thing at this time? But in front of the always difficult Yu Shi, he didn't show any dissatisfaction, so he stopped his movements, and then looked up to say hello, but this time, he saw Yang Zhen in the middle of the crowd, and he was stunned: "Yang Dudu......"

In the capital, the most dealings with Jinyiwei are the Criminal Department, whether it is they escorting people to the past, or what evidence Jinyiwei brings over, the two sides have some cooperation. In this way, the officials here are naturally very familiar with a brocade guard boss like Yang Zhen.

Now when he saw that it was Yang Zhen in civilian clothes who appeared in front of his public office, Guo Yuewei's first reaction was that the other party had something important to discuss with him, just to avoid people's eyes, so he lied about the imperial history.

Just as he was about to step forward to salute, Guo Shilang saw another person standing up before Yang Zhen: "Xiaguan patrols the city and Chang Lin in the imperial history area has seen Lord Shilang!" ”

"Huh? Is there really a royal history? Guo Shilang was stunned again, and glanced at this guy in some surprise, not understanding where he got the courage to dare to talk to Yang Dudu.

But then, something even more surprising happened to him, only to see Ou Yushi continue: "I hope Lord Shilang will forgive me, if it is not a big matter, the lower officials will not dare to come and disturb at this time." But because this murder case involved Yang Zhen, the governor of Jinyi Guard, the soldiers and horses and the subordinate officials did not dare to punish him, so he brought the person to the criminal department and handed it over to you, Lord Shilang, to deal with! ”

"What?" Although he was only fifty years old, Guo Yuewei at this time only thought that there was something wrong with his ears: "Who do you say is involved in a murder?" ”

"It's this Yang Dudu." The other party's reaction was also expected by Ou Changlin, so he looked very calm and pointed at Yang Zhen.

At this time, Guo Shilang finally understood, it turned out that Yang Dudu did not come as an official today, but changed to the identity of a suspect, which really surprised him, and the accident took a long time to relieve himself.

After a long period of concentration, Guo Shilang said, "You all come in and talk, what the hell is going on." ”

So, Yang Zhen and Ou Changlin, as well as the two people from the Beicheng Soldiers and Horses Division with bitter faces, the commander Lu Qing and the officer, entered the hall, and the others stayed outside.

Originally, if Yang Zhen came here, he would naturally have to take a seat, and Guo Shilang would have to be careful on the side, but now because of the change of identity, Guo Yuewei had to sit on it, and asked a little nervously what the case was.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen can also accept the current situation, so he told a rough outline of his previous experience. Of course, when he said this, Ou Yushi would always interject from the side, point out a few suspicious points, and emphasize the evidence obtained from the corpse, as well as the question that the fatal injury was consistent with Yang Zhen's dagger.

After listening to this story, Guo Shilang also frowned, this case is really a little strange.

If it was up to him to judge, he would never believe that the person was killed by Yang Zhen, what is the identity of Yang Dudu, would he personally kill such a small official, and be taken down on the spot? But now that the stolen goods have been obtained, and there are so many unfavorable evidence pointing directly at him, Guo Yuewei is not easy to excuse him, so he can only say: "So, you are sure that it was Yang Dudu who killed this person?" ”

"Exactly. Although he is the governor of Jinyi Wei, his status is noble. But this is a human homicide after all, and the prince should be guilty of the same crime as the common people, how can he arbitrarily judge it because of his identity? Guo Shilang, I don't know if the lower official's words are reasonable? Ou Changlin looked at Guo Yuewei again.

The two men on the other side lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything. Only such a royal history that people dare not provoke dare to speak like this in front of a dignified servant, and his momentum is even more than him.

Guo Yuewei is also an old fritter in officialdom, just looking at the situation, he has already guessed a rough idea. In the face of this ghostly imperial history, he naturally didn't want to insist on his own opinion to speak for Yang Zhen, but at the same time, he couldn't do it if he wanted him to identify Yang Zhen as a murderer, so he said after a little silence: "This case is indeed very problematic, but I don't know what the identity of this deceased is." By the way, the corpse's head was cut off, can you find his head? ”

"No, no." Lu Qing glanced at his subordinates and said: "Our soldiers and horses also carefully searched the inside and outside of the Xianqing Temple, but they did not find the head of the deceased, so in addition to the seals on his body and the cocoon marks on his hands, he can be judged to be an official of the Ministry of Industry, but there are no further results." ”

"So, it doesn't make sense." In the end, it was the person who often interrogated the case, and Guo Shilang quickly saw the strangeness: "You are Yang Dudu who was caught at the scene, so how can you not find the head of the deceased?" If it was really the person he killed, the head should also be in the view. If he had taken the head, then why was he caught by you on the spot? If you want to look at this official, this matter will only be as Yang Dudu said, there is another murderer, and he is just a Xianqingguan who was lured away and made the scapegoat of the real murderer! ”

Yang Zhen's eyes showed a hint of gratification, this Guo Shilang had some knowledge, and he only cut to the point of suspicion in the case at once, so that his charges could be cleared.

But unexpectedly, Ou Changlin shook his head again and said: "Although Guo Shilang's statement is reasonable, there are also some problems. Maybe Yang Dudu will go and return after committing the murder? For example, he dropped something, or remembered that there might be evidence on the corpse that pointed out that he was the murderer, such as this letter about the deceased meeting in Xianqingguan, and then he turned around, but he didn't want to fall into the hands of the patrol soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses. ”

"This statement doesn't make sense, this official remembers very clearly, those soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division rushed there after hearing the screams, if Yang Dudu is the murderer, how can he have time to go back and hide his head?"

"This ......" Ou Changlin was really a little speechless, but soon, he said again: "Maybe those soldiers heard it wrong, and there was no such voice at all." Or, is there any conspiracy in this, it is Yang Zhen's own cry......"

There are some problems with this, it is clear that he insists on adding the crime to Yang Zhen, which means to stir up nonsense, not only Yang Zhen, but also several other people, and they can't help frowning.

"There are a lot of suspicious points in this case, and for the time being, we can only do this, so I will hand it over to my criminal department to investigate, and I won't bother you with the imperial history of the district." When Guo Shilang saw that the other party refuted in order to refute like this, he was unhappy for a while, turned his face and gave an order to expel the guest.

Ou Changlin's expression was also stunned, but after all, the identity of the other party was there, and he really had no right to argue with him, so he agreed: "The next official will take the order." But then, he said: "It's just a matter of human life, and the lower official has seen it, and the lower official will definitely watch this matter." If your criminal department does something to shield people and criminals, then I, the imperial historian, will not be silent! ”

Listening to these threatening words, Guo Yuewei's face was even more gloomy, and he didn't have a good voice anymore: "At this point, my criminal department will be in charge, and you should take care of your own errands." ”

After more than half a sentence of speculation, Ou Changlin had no choice but to flick his sleeves and leave a little stupidly. And Lu Qing and the others naturally didn't dare to continue to show their eyes here, so they clenched their fists and quickly retreated.

When there were only Yang Zhen and himself in the hall, Guo Yuewei looked at Yang Zhen with some doubts: "Yang Dudu, what is this trouble?" How could you encounter such a thing? Moreover, you are so dignified, how could you go to such a remote place alone, resulting in such a serious accident? As he spoke, he sighed and shook his head, as if he didn't understand.