Shuntianfu sent the assassination case to the Criminal Department, because the case attracted the attention of the emperor, Yu Qian personally went to the Criminal Department every once in a while to ask if it had been approved? It just so happens that it's autumn, and you can catch up with the autumn queen.

On this day, Shangshu Zheng Xi invited Yu Qian in, and Yu Qian briefly explained the situation of handling the case, and then took out the petition and submitted it.

Zheng Xi took a look, pondered for a moment, and said, "This case will have its own fate sooner or later. ”

After serving tea and sending off guests, Yu Qian returned to Shuntian Mansion, and his heart fell to the ground like a stone, indescribably relieved. Although Hu Desheng said that he had caught Xu Juren, one of the murderers, Yu Qian didn't believe it very much, and then sent someone to inquire about the brother of the talented girl Qingdai, and immediately knew in his heart that his brother-in-law had a personal vendetta, so Xu Hao was excluded.

In any case, Hu Desheng made a great contribution, and Yu Qian did not say anything about him, and he took the opportunity to retaliate. At present, Xu Juren was locked up in prison and was not punished, and it was also a dignified person who connived at the girl's appearance to show up to be immoral, Yu Qian thought that it could be a small punishment by the way, and after the case was completely closed, Hu Desheng's anger was almost gone, and then he would release the person from Lu.

Hu Desheng waited for five days, and ran to the Ministry of Officials every day to inquire about the news, Zhang Xin was worried that Xu Hao would suffer in prison, so he paid close attention to the movements of the Criminal Department, and every time he said that the local government had not replied, Hu Desheng was helpless about it.

Here, Zheng Xi personally entered the palace and reported the list of people to be executed this year, and when Zhu Gaochi carefully opened the song, he said: "Your Majesty, the Western Regions pay tribute to the Buddha relics, this is auspicious, and the prisoners of the world should be amnestied." ”

Zhu Gaochi said casually: "Emperor Wu of Liang, Emperor Yuan Shun was addicted to Buddhism, and the guilty were often exonerated and returned home, and the national law was reduced to a fictitious state, and the people were very dissatisfied with it, how could they follow suit?" ”

Zheng Xi touched a nail and remembered that a few days ago, Qin Tianjian reported a lunar eclipse. But it was a cloudy day and did not appear, so he said: "There is no solar eclipse this year, this is auspicious, please make a decree to celebrate the whole world." ”

Zhu Gaochi frowned slightly, looked up at him, and secretly said that he is now in Zhu Pi to execute the prisoner, and human life is at stake, but you are auspicious and auspicious, and you really don't know the general situation. ”

"I didn't see it in the Gyeonggi area, and there were solar eclipses everywhere. What kind of auspicious is it? ”

"Yes."

Zheng Xi broke out in a cold sweat, and his suggestions were rejected twice in a row, did he lose his holy family? Or did someone impeach me? Disgruntled the Holy Lord?

Just when he was worried, Zhu Gaochi said: "The evidence of the assassination case is conclusive, but I have some questions, why did the location chosen for murder and wealth be openly chosen on the street? Such a bold murderer is unheard of, and your criminal department should review it, and if it is correct, it will be executed. ”

"Yes." Zheng Xi perked up and retreated cautiously.

Besides, Liu Gongzi paid all the silver that should be punished according to the time limit. The two sisters-in-law turned into a fate along the door, playing the signboard of the government, and the wives and grandmothers of each family learned the reason for the charity, and each of them not only paid ten taels of silver in rice. added two taels of silver to the fire consumption, and each person still had twenty or thirty taels left, and he was grateful to Fang Fucheng.

The most unlucky thing is the eight-knife paper of Zhou Du's father and son, and there are not so many silver taels at home. can only wait for the Liu family to retreat and sell it.

Liu Yuan threatened: "The adults only broke the ground, not the green seedlings. Now the yellow and black beans in the field have not been harvested, and it is not too late to hand over the beans in November.

Bai Qing and others were entrusted by him. Every day in the Zhou family, he made a mess of Zhou Du's father and son, and today he wanted to take Zhou Bala's wife back to see the official, so that he could persuade him.

Zhou Bala said angrily: "The Liu family's silver is finished, but the silver of those two sisters-in-law must not be finished, is it only my father and son who owe money?" Why are you so bothered? ”

Bai Qing is also impatient with his family, who wants to run errands for nothing every day? Angrily, he took out a small book folder from the stocking bucket, opened it and found some bills, picked out one of the drop tickets, and shook it open to show people.

The above cadres and the two sisters-in-law all had the word "cancelled" under their names, only the name of the Zhou family was nothing, "If it weren't for your father and son alone, we would come to the door every day?" Are you the ones who are full of food? Less nonsense, take the money. ”

I didn't want Bai Qing to be careless for a while, the bookclip was not inserted in the right place when it was put into the sock bucket, and it fell to the ground, just happened to be seen by Zhou Bala's lady. I was angry when I was put on my neck by an iron rope just now, and when I saw this, I quietly walked over, untied the straps of the cloth skirt, and covered the bookbook under my feet with the skirt.

Bai Qing didn't notice that he had lost something important, and said before leaving: "If you don't take out the silver tomorrow, you will definitely report it to the lord and send your family to prison." ”

Waiting for the official to leave, the lady squatted down and picked up the bookbook to show her husband, Zhou Bala was startled, and quickly took a few steps into the room, there were no less than 100 cards and tickets, some took people and some fell, and there was a stack of worship papers.

Zhou Du came in and said, "Hurry up and return it to others." ”

Zhou Bala said unhappily: "We have enough of these wicked people, God told them to lose their official tickets, and they deserve it." ”

Zhou Du sighed: "Bai Qing is coming over later, what will you say then?" ”

"Daddy!" Zhou Bala said angrily: "Even if it is returned to them, maybe it depends on us to snatch his official ticket, and he will be extorted a sum of silver, anyway, we will not be happy, and they will not be happy." ”

Next week, Bala uncovered a brick under the kang, dug a hole, put the book folder inside, and still stuffed the brick back, and there was no trace of it from the outside.

As soon as he finished his work, Bai Qing rushed in with two errands, as well as his wife and daughter-in-law, and as soon as he entered the house, he pushed the Zhou family fiercely and scolded: "You dare to cut my socks and steal my card holder, hurry up and return it to me."

The man searched the father and son of the Zhou family inside and out, and the woman searched the house inside and out, but there was nothing.

Zhou Bala shouted: "Isn't this a living hell? led so many people to raid the house, and even touched my daughter-in-law's body? I'm not done with you. ”

picked up a copper basin for washing his face, blocked it at the door, crackled and knocked it, and shouted: "Come on, the officials have raided the house for no reason." ”

Suddenly, the neighbors and the Zhou family rushed over, and Bai Qing pointed at the person who came and said sharply: "Who dares to come in?" ”

Relying on the majesty of the official, no one dared to speak, and the woman in the house grabbed the time to search, and touched the crotch of the lady's pants, chest, and thighs. The comb box on the kang cabinet or something, the mess is all turned out, but there is no card holder.

Zhou Bala took the opportunity to shout: "You come to the door to insult the people, I will go to sue you." ”

Bai Qing knew that he was at a loss, so he scolded a few words, and said gloomily: "You can't get rid of the suspicion of the things that were lost at your house, let's see." ”

Zhou Bala sneered and watched the official go away, and said to his father: "You have to finish the silver immediately, otherwise you won't be able to talk to Bai Qing." The lawsuit was closed after the money was paid. See what he can do to us, if we lose our official tickets, we will have to take at least a few strokes. ”

At this point, Zhou Du took out the dowry that his daughter gave him before her death, took a few pieces of jewelry and went to a familiar antique shop, and estimated it at seventy-six taels of silver.

Taking advantage of the night, I went to Shuntianfu again, and saw a net bag hanging between the two big trees in the courtyard, and a person was lying on it.

That person is naturally Xu Hao, since he has slept in the courtyard, several porters have wine and meat all day long. Today, I simply asked him to help take care of the gate, and I simply didn't treat him as an outsider.

Xu Hao asked, "What's going on?" ”

Zhou Du said respectfully: "The small one is here to pay the fine." ”

Xu Hao said curiously: "When is this?" Oh is the day after the deadline? ”

"Alas!" Zhou Du, who was full of complaints, briefly told the story.

After hearing this, Xu Hao remembered Liu Gongzi's face, this time he decided not to take revenge on the non-gentleman, isn't your family rich?

Xu Hao immediately took him to Kumen. There was no one in the corridor quietly, and if it was Zhou Du who couldn't find anyone, it was difficult for Xu Hao to be embarrassed.

There was a treasurer surnamed Zhang who lived nearby, and he met with a few porters for dinner tonight. Xu Hao called people out in the guest room.

The treasurer asked, "Is there a ticket for the poor person?" I took the number of the ticket, put it in the book, and stamped the name on your ticket with a stamp of cancellation. ”

Zhou Dugang wanted to say excitedly that there was. Xu Hao kicked him quickly and said, "No, isn't this afraid that the deadline has passed." ”

Zhang Ku said: "No, nothing, I can accept it, but I owe no credentials." ”

Xu Hao said: "It's okay, I'll just testify, write the slip, and the three of us will add our names and draw a pledge." ”

After successfully handing over the fine, Zhou Du picked up the evidence, and Xu Hao pointed out: "You go to the Criminal Department to find Wang Ji, the director of the Zhejiang Division, and say that your good friend Xu Gongzi called you, and I will write a letter for you." If you're going to settle things, then I'm not going to be a nosyman. ”

Zhou Du said gratefully: "My daughter died a miserable death, how can the blood feud not be avenged?" However, the officials broke the case, and they just fought left and right to destroy their families, and they couldn't let the ruthless Liu Yuan get better. ”

Xu Hao and Zhang Kuguan asked for a piece of paper and pen, and said while writing: "If it is a remote county, then I won't have much to do, but this is at the foot of the dignified son of heaven, and there is no room for sneaky rampant, and the criminal department doesn't care if I accompany you to the noon gate to complain." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Kuan was shocked and said, "Xu Xianggong, you are really righteous. ”

"The road is uneven!" Xu Hao smiled.

In the criminal department outside the Forbidden City, Wang Ji was reading the file with a candle, listening to the messenger's report to let Zhou Du in, and when he took it, he saw that it was Xu Hao's handwriting, and he knew it in his heart.

The complainant, Zhou Du, is 54 years old and a native of Jinling. sued for life, and his daughter married Liu Yuan as his wife, and listened to the conspiracy of the prostitute Jin Zhi to fabricate adultery, and forced his daughter to hang herself.

Hu Desheng, Bai Qingren and others collected a number of dirty silver, and bought free gold branches and were not ordered to leave the office; The Fu Cheng Fang was confused in resuming the case, so that the dead woman's life was not worth it, and he begged Lord Wang to interrogate him.

Wang Ji asked, "Since your daughter didn't have an adulterous affair, why did she hang herself?" ”

Zhou Du got Xu Hao's guidance and said: "If my daughter's adultery is true, she will naturally die innocently, but why should Liu Yuan bribe and bribe him?" Although there is no evidence that Hu Desheng took bribes, Bai Qing's lost Zhu ticket had a footline on it, and he received at least 200 taels of silver. ”

Since it was commissioned by Xu Hao, Wang Ji couldn't ignore it, and instructed Zhou Du to submit a petition to the Sentencing Envoy Department tomorrow, preparing to ask the two yamen to go to the trial together, and the future of the province was talked about.

Coincidentally, the experience of the boss is that the fat Jinshi Ma Fuyao, the new branch Jinshi is young and enthusiastic, and he ordered Zhou Du to come in for questioning, which is roughly the same as what Wang Ji asked.

Ma Fuyao heard that Wang Ji, a well-known person in the Criminal Department, was in charge of the case, and thought that his identity was enough to be his deputy, first, to be an official to be the master of the people, and secondly, to increase his qualifications and prestige if he did it well, he asked his boss, and the boss saw that it was an ordinary civil dispute, and it didn't matter, so he nodded and agreed.

Ma Fuyao Shandong is more anxious, Zhou Du said goodbye to go home first and wait, he said: "You don't have to go back, I'll finish for you quickly." ”

Immediately ordered someone to go to the countryside to pick up a cadre of criminals, and to arrest Jin Zhi and make an official, and no one was allowed to miss the criminal evidence on the certificate.

Zhou Duxing rushed out with the messengers of the two major yamen, and the neighbors ran over and shouted: "The officials of Shuntianfu are in your house, and they have locked up your son and daughter-in-law, so don't go back quickly." ”

The inspector of the Criminal Department sneered: "Don't worry, take the chicken feathers as an arrow, let those bastards arrest people, and then we will settle accounts with them when we go back." ”

A group of people went straight to Liujia Village outside the city, and when they arrived at Liu Yuan's house, they only said that Zhou Du's father and son had paper money, and they couldn't find him.

coaxed Liu Yuan out, and four or five fat and strong women from the criminal department rushed in directly.

Liu Yuan was startled, and saw the mother-in-law enter the inner house like wolves, and when he saw the neatly dressed woman in the garden, he guessed that it must be a golden branch, so he couldn't help but say that he stepped forward and pushed the person out.

Liu Yuan shouted, "What are you going to do? Can't speak well, but why? (To be continued......)