Soon, Chen Zhi, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, Wang Wen, the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, and others rushed to Li Yuntian's public house, all with serious expressions, and they also learned about Xue Xuan's arrest, and they felt very headache about it.

Xue Xuan's reversal of the case for the He family, Chen Zhi, Wang Wen and others all knew that because Jinyiwei and Dali Temple were not easy to offend, the case that should have been re-investigated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate was not taken over by the Supervision Imperial History, so the Metropolitan Procuratorate pushed it to the Criminal Department.

The Criminal Department naturally did not want to offend Jinyiwei and Xue Xuan, but it was the judicial yamen of the Ming Dynasty to try the prison, and He's case was jointly handled by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, so there was no way to retreat, so there was no way to retreat, so he had to find a chief who had just been transferred from the local government to try it.

Originally, those people in the Criminal Department thought that He's case was just a formality and would not change the outcome of the trial by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

It's a pity that the people in the Criminal Department feel depressed that the principal wants to gain a firm foothold in the capital and go further, so he feels that this He's case has an excellent opportunity to take the position.

Because the principal had limited contacts in the capital for the first time, he didn't know that Jinyiwei was involved, and thought it was just a case dispute between the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, so he happily took the case and prepared to show his talent in adjudicating cases to the outside world, and then emerged in the officialdom of the capital, so that those high-powered adults knew that there was a person like him.

The capital is a gathering place for the yamen of the major ministries, and there are countless officials like the director, and only by making a name for himself can he not be obliterated in the officialdom full of talents.

Although the principal also heard some rumors about He's case later, but as the saying goes, glory and wealth are in danger, wouldn't it be too mediocre if he followed the crowd, and after weighing left and right, he still planned to have a future, no matter how to say that He's case also received the attention of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

In fact, He's case was very simple, the confessions of those witnesses and the physical evidence could not prove He's guilt, and there were many loopholes in the case, so the head of the Criminal Department announced He's acquittal on the spot and put Yue in the prison of the Criminal Department for the crime of recoiling.

Unexpectedly, this time he stabbed Jinyiwei's hornet's nest, and Jinyiwei's Beizhen Fusi immediately dispatched, not only arresting Xue Xuan, who retracted his confession to He's family, but also the director of the Criminal Department was also implicated, and he was also put in the prison of the Criminal Department.

Because Xue Xuan's reputation and status in the officialdom are very high, and he is a leader in the Qingliu of the imperial court, his imprisonment has made the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate feel great pressure, because the source of the He case is in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is sent by the emperor, let's take a look." After Chen Zhi and the five major officials of the Imperial Palace, Li Yuntian quietly handed the music on the table to Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi and the others hurriedly circulated Xue Xuan's recital, with embarrassed looks on their faces, they really did not fulfill their duties in the He case, and in order to avoid trouble, they passed the buck on the case, and did not verify Xue Xuan's objections to the case.

"The emperor's meaning must not be said by this king, the face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot be lost." Looking around at Chen Zhi and the others with complicated expressions, Li Yuntian picked up the teacup on the side, and while tasting it slowly, he asked lightly, "Who supervised the He family's case?" ”

"Lord Wang, it is supervised by the lower officials." Wang Wen, the deputy capital of the left capital, had a hot face, and bowed to Li Yuntian and said.

According to the regulations, after the trial of the case heard by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the facts of the case should be reported to the higher authorities, and Wang Wen's boss who reported at that time was Wang Wen.

Although Wang Wen saw that there were many doubts about He's case, he did not pay attention to it with the mentality that more things are better than less, and now if Wang Wen is held responsible, he will not be able to escape the blame.

"The He case is no longer a separate life lawsuit, it involves the face of our Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the emperor has paid attention to this case, so this king hopes to bring it to a proper conclusion." Li Yuntian glanced up at Wang Wen and said unhurriedly, "Lord Wang, since this case is supervised by you, then there is a beginning and an end, and it will be investigated clearly." ”

"The subordinate obeys." Wang Wen suddenly felt depressed when he heard this, and he bowed to Li Yuntian helplessly and said, he wanted to exorcise evil spirits and avoid evil, but he didn't think about it, but he caused a big trouble, everyone knows that Xue Xuan's imprisonment is not simple, and with Jinyi Wei in the middle, I am afraid that he will not be able to use his strength.

At the same time, Wang Wen couldn't help but hate Xue Xuan in his heart, if it weren't for Xue Xuan's nosy, he wouldn't have fallen to his current status, and he was also annoyed that Xue Xuan deliberately made trouble with the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there were more cases in the capital, why did Xue Xuan stare at He's case?

"This king will personally supervise the handling of the matter in order to give the emperor an explanation." Li Yuntian saw Wang Wen's gloomy face, knowing that he must be depressed in his heart, and then put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice.

Since the orthodox emperor has already paid attention to the He case, Li Yuntian must personally intervene, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the orthodox emperor.

In addition, as the leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, in the face of the trouble caused by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, of course he has no hesitation to solve it, otherwise where does the superior take responsibility, in the final analysis, the face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is also the face of Li Yuntian, and he has to come forward to solve this trouble.

Wang Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his face became soothing, with Li Yuntian in charge, things would become much simpler, and those people in Jinyiwei would not dare to be disrespectful to Li Yuntian no matter how domineering they were.

"Loyal to the prince, the emperor has a decree." Just when Li Yuntian, Chen Zhi, Wang Wen and others were listening to Zheng Xiang's report on the He case, a eunuch in the palace walked into the room with a holy decree in his hand, and said to Li Yuntian with a sharp voice.

Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect the orthodox emperor to give him a decree at this time, and hurriedly led Chen Zhi and Wang Wen and others to kneel to receive the holy decree, considering the current situation in the capital, if he didn't guess wrong, the orthodox emperor's holy decree was related to the case of the He family.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: The case of He's murder of her husband is complicated, and the case of Xue Xuan, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who was implicated in taking bribes, has a great impact, so I instruct King Zhong to try the case together with the ceremonial supervisor and the three law divisions, find out the reason, and there must be no mistakes! Chin this! ”

The eunuch immediately opened the holy decree, read it aloud in a sharp voice, and then closed the holy decree and handed it to Li Yuntian, and said with a smile on his face, "When the little one left, the emperor specially instructed that the loyal king was busy with official business, and there was no need to rush this case. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, and after receiving the holy decree, he thanked him loudly, it seems that Xue Xuan will not escape this time.

Although the orthodox emperor asked Li Yuntian to find out the He murder case and Xue Xuan's bribery case in the holy decree, it seemed that he wanted to find out these two cases, but he also asked the eunuch not to rush the oral edict, which made the orthodox emperor's statement seem a little inconsistent, if the orthodox emperor was not in a hurry about these two cases, why did he come down in a hurry?

However, if you notice the mention of the celebrant in the holy decree, then the question in Li Yuntian's heart will be solved, the leader of the celebrant is Wang Zhen, and Xue Xuan's imprisonment can be said to have a great deal to do with Wang Zhen, the orthodox emperor's move will make Xue Xuan unable to get out of this bribery case, and it is obvious that Wang Zhen will definitely get in the way.

Li Yuntian didn't have any good way to deal with this, Wang Zhen was ordered by the emperor to supervise the case this time, in a sense, his words and deeds represented the orthodox emperor, Li Yuntian had to compromise with it, otherwise he would inevitably be hated by the orthodox emperor, which was a scene he didn't want to see.

"Lord Wang, the emperor's will is too fast!" After the eunuch who passed the decree left, Chen Zhi couldn't help but come to Li Yuntian's side and said with a frown.

It stands to reason that the orthodox emperor has sent someone to send Xue Xuan's recital to Li Yuntian, and it already has the implication of letting Li Yuntian deal with He's case, as if there is no need to make this will, and he is also counted as the celebrant supervisor.

According to the Ming Dynasty's customization, the celebrant is not the judicial yamen of the Ming Dynasty, so he does not have the power to try the case, at most he sends someone to hear the case, and then reports the case to the emperor, and the phenomenon of directly participating in the trial is very rare.

After all, now is not the time for eunuchs to usurp power in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the eunuchs are not strong enough to suppress foreign ministers and then do whatever they want, and many court rules must be followed.

But the orthodox emperor's decree this time actually counted the celebrant in the holy decree, and he wanted to try the case together with the three law divisions, which gave the eunuch the power to try the case, making him no longer a supporting role in the trial of the case.

"The power of heaven is unpredictable." Li Yuntian vaguely realized that the orthodox emperor's attitude towards He's case seemed to have changed, and it was inconvenient for him to say it, so he could only answer Chen Zhi with a smile.

"Lord Wang, this king has handed over to you those neighbors of the Zhao family and the colleagues who commanded Tongzhi in Zhao, so be sure to find clues from them!

Subsequently, Li Yuntian's eyes fell on Wang Wen, who had a complicated expression, and quietly told him that as the prince of Daming, it was no longer convenient for him to retry the case, so he naturally had to secretly control the progress of the case through Wang Wen and others.

"Don't worry, the lower officials will not disappoint the prince." The little shrimp in the trial of these He cases is not difficult for Wang Wen, no matter how he is said to be the left deputy of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court, he has rich experience in adjudicating cases, and when he heard this, Li Yuntian bowed down and replied in a deep voice.

This is not that Li Yuntian does not want Wang Wen to interrogate the He family and other related people involved in the case, because the He family and others are now imprisoned in the edict of Jinyiwei, and now the attitude of the orthodox emperor is unclear, so it is inconvenient to send people to ask for people.

However, don't underestimate the neighbors of the He family, as well as the colleagues of the dead Zhao Du Commander Tongzhi, from whom there will definitely be unexpected and huge gains.

In Li Yuntian's view, there are many clues to be found in the He murder case, and it is not necessary to start from the people directly involved in the case, but there are often unexpected discoveries from some indirect people.

After Xue Xuan was imprisoned, Yang Pu, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other leaders of the civil and official groups entered the palace one after another to ask the orthodox emperor to avenge Xue Xuan's grievances, believing that Xue Xuan was a righteous man and a gentleman, and it was impossible for him to do such a dirty thing as accepting bribes, and someone must have framed him.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of waves of ministers who came to the Qianqing Palace to meet him, the orthodox emperor was made dizzy, and he could only muster up his spirit to face the preaching of those impassioned ministers, saying that "the pro-gentleman is sparse and the villain" and "the admonisher is not guilty", etc., and almost pointed his nose and scolded the orthodox emperor as a faint monarch.

The orthodox emperor secretly felt annoyed in his heart, but those righteous and awe-inspiring ministers were all important ministers in the court, and they were under the banner of worrying about the country and the people, which made him only forcibly suppress the anger in his heart, if Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle were there, how could these ministers in the court dare to be so rude.

In the final analysis, as a young son of heaven, the strength and authority of the orthodox emperor are still a little weak, so he failed to deter those powerful people in the court.

After those civil officials left, the orthodox emperor smashed the things in the Qianqing Palace to a pulp, and vented all his anger, which made the attendants and palace maids on the scene silent, and it was the first time they saw the orthodox emperor so angry.

Li Yuntian couldn't help but shake his head secretly after learning about this, and a helpless wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, even if the orthodox emperor was young, he was also the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, and the behavior of those civil servants was indeed a bit excessive, which would only arouse the rebellious psychology of the orthodox emperor, and it would be those civil officials who would suffer at that time.

In the evening, the palace of the king of Zhong.

A four-wheeled carriage stopped in front of the gate of Zhongwang's mansion, and a middle-aged woman was helped out of the carriage by two young men, and walked towards the gate with an anxious expression.

"Who are you waiting for?" Seeing this, the guard guarding the door blocked the middle-aged woman's way and asked with an expressionless face.

"Mrs. Ben is the wife of Xue Xuan, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and she has something important to see the princess." Seeing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly reported to the door, and nodded to a young man who followed behind her, who immediately took out a few silver coins and handed them over.

"Credentials!" Unexpectedly, the guards did not accept the hard-earned money like other people's doormen, but stretched out their hands to the middle-aged woman with an expressionless face, wanting to check her identity.

The middle-aged woman was Xue Xuan's wife, but she didn't expect the guard to look at the proof of her identity, and she was slightly stunned, not knowing if she intended to make things difficult.

Li Yuntian and Xue Xuan are Jinshi of the same department, and they are colleagues of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so the two of them often move around in private, but with the continuous improvement of Li Yuntian's power and status, the number of times the family members of the two sides move around gradually decreases, but they are also frequent visitors to the Zhongwang Mansion, so the guards guarding the door should be able to recognize her.

Could it be that Li Yuntian instructed her not to intervene in Xue Xuan's case, so he prevented her from entering the door?

"It turned out to be Xue Shaoqing's wife, madam, please." Just when Mrs. Xue was thinking wildly, a guard walked behind the roadblocker, glanced at her, bowed down to get out of the way, and explained apologetically, "Madame, don't blame, this brother is newly transferred, and I don't know Madame." ”

"Madam, I have offended just now, and I hope to forgive you." Hearing this, the guards who had blocked the road before bowed down and apologized to Mrs. Xue.

"You didn't know whether you were guilty or not, you did a good job and fulfilled your duty." Mrs. Xue understood what was going on, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, nodded to the guard who was blocking the way, and hurriedly entered the mansion, if you want to blame her, she came late at night because she was not recognized by the guards who knew her in the dim light, otherwise there would not have been such a misunderstanding.