The front yard of the Zhongwang Mansion, the meeting room.

Mrs. Xue was anxiously pacing back and forth in the living room, anxiously waiting for Zhou Yuting's arrival.

With the fermentation of Xue Xuan's case, Mrs. Xue has heard the rumors and knows that the He case is involved in the struggle between the inner court and the civil official group, which will become a disaster for Xue Xuan, and it is likely that her life will be worried.

A few years ago, Liu Qiu's tragic death in prison was still vivid, which made Mrs. Xue feel a biting chill, and she had no choice but to go to Zhongwang's Mansion for help.

In Xue Xuan's interpersonal circle, Li Yuntian has the greatest power and status, and at the same time, he is the only person who can suppress those increasingly arrogant Jinyi guards, plus the orthodox emperor asked Li Yuntian to try Xue Xuan's case, so Mrs. Xue naturally came to Li Yuntian.

It was precisely because Li Yuntian wanted to interrogate Xue Xuan that Mrs. Xue chose to come to Zhongwang's Mansion late at night to visit, so as not to be seen and criticized.

"Mrs. Xue, why are you here so late?" Zhou Yuting was already ready to rest at this time, and after learning the news that Mrs. Xue was coming, she hurriedly sorted out her clothes and went to the living room, and asked in surprise when she saw Mrs. Xue pacing back and forth.

Zhou Yuting naturally knew Mrs. Xue's intentions, Xue Xuan had made such a big deal and caused a storm in the city, but this kind of thing couldn't be mentioned by her on her own initiative, so she simply pretended to be confused.

"Princess, my lord shouted that he was wronged and imprisoned, please save him for the sake of the same family." Mrs. Xue knelt down as soon as her knees weakened when she saw Zhou Yuting, and the two young people behind her also knelt down, the two were Xue Xuan's sons, and this time they accompanied Mrs. Xue to Zhongwang's Mansion.

"Hurry up, please." Seeing this, Zhou Yuting hurriedly stepped forward to help Mrs. Xue, although she is now a princess, Li Yuntian has a good relationship with Xue Xuan, so she is naturally very polite to Mrs. Xue.

"Princess, last year, Liu Shi died in the edict of Jinyiwei for no apparent reason, and Mrs. Ben is worried that my master will also suffer this fate." After Mrs. Xue was helped up, she looked at Zhou Yuting with a worried face, looking very helpless, if Xue Xuan also came to "commit suicide in fear of crime" in prison, then she would want to cry without tears.

Judging from Liu Qiu's matter, Jinyiwei's people can really do this kind of thing, anyway, as long as Xue Xuan dies, there is no proof of death, and the dirty water poured on him cannot be washed away.

"Mrs. Xue, now that the emperor has paid attention to this case, let Prince Zhong and the Master of Ceremonies and the Three Law Divisions try this case publicly, Xue Shaoqing will definitely be able to save the day." Zhou Yuting knew that Mrs. Xue was worried about Xue Xuan's comfort, so she smiled and comforted her.

"Princess, Mrs. Ben has nothing else to ask for, she hopes to save my lord's life." Mrs. Xue felt a little relieved when she heard this, and said with a gloomy face, her eyes looking a little moist.

In fact, she already knew that Li Yuntian was going to try Xue Xuan's case, but after the words came out of Zhou Yuting's mouth, she felt a lot more relieved, after all, Zhou Yuting was much better informed than her as a princess, since Zhou Yuting told her not to worry, then Xue Xuan would definitely not have an accident in the imperial prison.

In Mrs. Xue's opinion, Xue Xuan's personality is too upright and not suitable for being an official, rather than being frightened by the name of a Qingliu celebrity, it is better to return to his hometown to do learning, and doing learning is Xue Xuan's strength.

Zhou Yuting could understand Mrs. Xue's mood at this time, so she reached out and took her in her arms to comfort her, when Li Yuntian was imprisoned in the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion by Emperor Xuande, she was in the same situation as Mrs. Xue, because she was worried that Li Yuntian would not be able to sleep at night.

Metropolitan Inspectorate.

At this time, a courtyard of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was brightly lit, and Wang Wen and Zheng Xiang were interrogating the people involved in the case one by one in the wings.

Because the He murder case and Xue Xuan's bribery case are closely linked, Li Yuntian is ready to start the investigation from the He murder case, which means that he will be busy working overtime again at night, interrogating He's neighbors and those colleagues who are commanding Tongzhi by Zhao Du overnight.

Since Li Yuntian is going to investigate these two cases, he must grasp some information related to the case, otherwise how can he lead the trial of the case? Only then can he keep the situation firmly in his hands and not let the situation go out of his control.

Li Yuntian unhurriedly flipped through the official documents at hand in the public room of the imperial history of Zuodu, although the case of He and Xue Xuan was very important, he knew that this kind of matter could not be rushed, so he waited calmly, and dealt with the official business at hand by the way.

"Lord Wang, I just got the news that someone was talking about He's case in the casino, saying that he saw Zhao Commander Tongzhi's concubine Yue stealing people." Yun Na walked into the room quickly and bowed down to report to Li Yuntianyu.

"Bring that guy here." Hearing this, Li Yuntian put down the official document in his hand, stretched lazily, and commanded in a deep voice, after waiting for so long, he finally got what he wanted.

Ever since he learned from Zheng Xiang that He had a strange rebuke to Yue, Li Yuntian had a vague feeling that He's case was likely to involve weathering, after all, Yue's widow was a handsome and beautiful person, even if she didn't want to be the red apricot on the wall, she couldn't stop those who were lying on the wall to watch the red apricot.

Although Li Yuntian did not have any evidence in this regard, this did not prevent him from looking for relevant clues, in fact, not only those neighbors of the He family and the colleagues of Zhao Du commanding Tongzhi, in his opinion, as long as the Yue family stole people, there would always be some clues, and what he needed to find was those clues.

In other words, those neighbors and colleagues are just a front, and Li Yuntian's purpose is to collect clues from the people.

Obviously, the stakes in Yue's case are very high, and those neighbors and colleagues will not open their mouths even if they know something, and no one wants to ask for trouble.

But the people in the market don't have so many scruples, and casual words in private are likely to provide the clues that Li Yuntian wants, which is Li Yuntian's breakthrough.

In the entire Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am afraid that only Yun Na knows Li Yuntian's true intentions, and after bowing to Li Yuntian, he immediately arranged for the secret arrest of the person who said that he saw the Yue family stealing people in the casino.

"Lord Wang, those people are stubborn, and they all say that they don't know, it's really too hateful."

Soon after Yun Na left, Wang Wen came in angrily to report to Li Yuntian, just as Li Yuntian guessed, no matter what method Wang Wen used, those neighbors and colleagues were all silent, and they didn't know anything, and they chose themselves from He's case cleanly.

This made Wang Wenbai busy all night, so angry that he smoked, he originally thought that there would be other gains.

"Lord Wang, don't be impatient." Li Yuntian knew that Wang Wen was in a hurry to investigate the case, so he smiled and motioned for him to sit down on the chair next to him, if He's case was simple, he would not come forward.

This kind of case, which is involved in the struggle between the various factions of the imperial court, is the most difficult to adjudicate, not because of how complex it is, but because of the need to find a way to balance the interests of all parties.

"Lord Wang, we are too merciful to those Diao people, it is better to punish them according to the subordinate officials, as long as those Diao people are punished, they will be honest." After sitting down on the seat, Wang Wen said to Li Yuntian hatefully, if it wasn't for Li Yuntian's explanation in advance, he would definitely use heavy punishment on those neighbors and colleagues.

You must know that He's case has been cleared, not to mention those ordinary people, even those people in the former military governor's mansion can only consider themselves unlucky when they are beaten.

"They are only here to assist in the investigation of the case, not the people involved, so it is better to be cautious." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, reached out and touched his lower abdomen, and then ordered the guards standing in front of the door, "Tell the kitchen, prepare supper for the people on duty, and also send it to those who come to assist in the investigation." ”

"Lord Wang, you are really sympathetic to the people!" Wang Wen couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he heard this, and said to Li Yuntian with admiration, and there was no suspicion of patting horses in his words.

"No matter what they say, they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and you and I, as officials of the imperial court, should care for them." Li Yuntian smiled and waved his hand, then Yu Feng turned to Wang Wen and said, "This king has already found the clues of the He family's case, Lord Wang doesn't need to be anxious, we can find out what is hidden in this case later." ”

"Oh?" Wang Wen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with a surprised expression, he was very surprised by Li Yuntian's words, Li Yuntian had no contact with those involved in the case.

However, Li Yuntian's case handling has always been surprisingly successful and unfathomable, and Wang Wen saw that Li Yuntian did not explain the meaning, so he suppressed the curiosity in his heart and waited secretly.

Li Yuntian's supper was very simple, rice porridge, steamed buns and a few side dishes, Wang Wen accompanied Li Yuntian to eat anxiously, because he was preoccupied, so there was a feeling of chewing wax.

"Lord Wang, people have brought it." Soon after the supper, when Li Yuntian and Wang Wen were drinking tea and laughing there, Yun Na walked into the room and bowed down to report.

Li Yuntian nodded to Yun Na when he heard this, and the two guards brought in a young man who was blindfolded and full of alcohol.

"Who are you, Lao Tzu is the third brother's person, if you dare to touch Lao Tzu, the third brother will not let you go." The young man's hands were tied behind his back, and he had a clump of rags in his mouth, and when he pulled them out, he threatened viciously.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian waved his hand, and Yun Na asked the young man to untie the rope in his hand and remove the cloth covering his eyes.

"You are ......" The young man rubbed his eyes, and because he had been blindfolded for a while, it was difficult for him to adjust to the outside light at once, so he squinted at the person sitting in the seat in front of him, and because his vision was a little blurry, he didn't know where the other person came from.

"Be bold, don't kneel down when you see the prince!" At this moment, one of the guards standing behind the young man let out a low cry and kicked him in the socket of his calf.

"Lord Wang!" The young man stood unsteadily, and knelt there with a plop, looking at Li Yuntian who was sitting in the first seat in front of him with a stunned expression.

At this time, he finally saw clearly that the majestic-faced man in front of him was wearing a dragon robe, and only people from the royal family could wear dragon robes in the entire capital, so the man in front of him must be the prince.

In fact, the dragon robe that young people think of is actually a python robe, and only the emperor can wear a dragon robe in the entire Ming Dynasty, but the python is very similar to the dragon, but the number of claws is different, which makes the people usually mistake the python robe for the dragon robe.

Not only that, but there was also a middle-aged man wearing a third-grade civil official robe who stared at the young man expressionlessly, which made the young man take aback and realize that what appeared in front of him were two high-ranking and powerful officials in the capital.

"Little ...... The little Zhang Wu knocked to see the prince and the adult. This made the young man who was a little drunk immediately sober up a lot, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yuntian and Wang Wen.

"Don't panic, this is the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this king is the left capital of the Imperial Palace, and this is the left deputy capital of the imperial history." Seeing the panic on Zhang Wu's face, Li Yuntian smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed at Wang Wen to introduce himself, and then said quietly, "This king has something to ask you, you have to answer truthfully." ”

Left ...... The Imperial History of the Left Capital? Disloyal...... Loyal to the prince! Zhang Wu was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian dumbfounded, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead in an instant.

No wonder he felt that there was something wrong with the color of the dragon robe on Li Yuntian's body, it was not royal yellow or red but black, it turned out that the prince who appeared in front of him turned out to be a famous loyal king.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, yellow has become the exclusive use of the royal family, the Ming Dynasty because the emperor's surname Zhu Sui Zhu is the positive color, and the purple of the hundred official uniforms since the Northern and Southern Dynasties is precious, but later because of the "Analects" there is "the evil purple to seize Zhu Ye", so purple has been abolished from the official uniform.

In addition to yellow and purple, Xuan color was also forbidden to be used by officials and ordinary people, Li Yuntian was a prince with a different surname, so the color of the official robe naturally could not be yellow or red, so he chose black to show the difference from the royal prince.

Li Yuntian's reputation in the capital is very loud, so almost everyone in the capital knows that he is also the two major yamen of the Wutang and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so Zhang Wuyi immediately guessed Li Yuntian's identity when he heard the words "Zuodu Imperial History".

"Zhang Wu, this king asks you, do you know about the He family's murder case that was recently overturned by the Criminal Department?" Seeing Zhang Wu looking at him with a frightened expression, sweating profusely on his forehead, Li Yuntian knew that he had given him a huge deterrent, so he smiled slightly and asked quietly.

"Little ...... The little ones know. After learning that the prince in front of him was the famous Li Yuntian, Zhang Wu was frightened into a cold sweat, and he was completely drunk, and he didn't dare to slack off when he heard Li Yuntian's question, and nodded again and again, "This case is known to everyone in the capital, and no one knows about it." ”

"Since this is the case, then there is something unclear about this king, and I hope you will answer truthfully." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and after a deep groan, he stared at Zhang Wu and said, "You tell this king, did you see the concubine Yue's red apricot in the He family's murder of his father out of the wall?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Wu's heart was going up and down, and when he heard the words, he was suddenly stunned, with a look of surprise on his face, he never expected Li Yuntian to ask such a question.

Wang Wen was also slightly stunned, and looked at Li Yuntian in surprise, it turned out that this was the clue that Li Yuntian found, he really couldn't imagine how Li Yuntian did it, you must know that all the people involved in the case did not cooperate with his interrogation.