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Seeing Nangong Biluo's serious and calm expression, Zhu Hongyan frowned again. "So what if you killed someone with your own hands? Are you going to kill me here?"

Nangong Biluo shook his head, "I won't kill the prince. I said that I have killed people with my own hands. I know that no matter how cheap people's lives are in this world, when you go from blood-free hands to killing people, it is a terrible process, especially killing people. When it is not the intention, that kind of guilt can make a person breathless. Even after I killed someone for the first time, I would have nightmares all night long until I can calmly deal with a person's life and death. After so many years of work, I The biggest feeling is that life does not distinguish between high and low, and it should not be judged by individuals, so I am a headhunter, not a martial artist who can kill people with a knife, let alone a prince who doesn't touch his hands Blood, but a single decision can easily ruin countless lives."

"I believe in the law, but not a distorted king's law. If the justice of the king's law is determined by killing or not, then I should be full of sins. If not, then the criterion for deciding whether a person should be punished What is it? My lord, you think of human life too simply, and you also regard the laws of the Ming Dynasty as too cheap. This is true of kingship, but it is precisely the existence of laws that make up for the defects of one-man autocracy, so that the emperor cannot easily Decide one life and death, avoid one person's guilt. You don't live because of the law, but only because of the royal power. The worst thing you do is not to take advantage of anyone. The most wrong thing is that you shouldn't treat people like rags and life as worthless."

"What makes me sad is that those in power are unwilling to stick to the law, and they are unwilling to treat their subjects as citizens. The privilege you are secretly proud of now is the reason for my chills. I am willing to be loyal to the king's law, but I will not be foolishly loyal, my father I always like to talk about the universe, and what I stick to and believe in is the scale in my heart. It is not absolute, small and meager, but it makes me worthy of myself and worthy of teaching."

"My lord, I have never thought that the death penalty is the heaviest punishment, only the inner confession is. The punishment is only a kind of consolation and means, and it is also a late retribution, but the current situation is that the Holy One is protecting you, and you have not decided what you should have. Sin has not been punished as it should be. Instead, you are here to talk to me about governance and justice. This kind of result is only good for you. What you say about balanced governance is just condoning the rampage of eunuchs and the murder of the walking corpse building. , if the Son of Heaven thinks this is good, then I can't help but feel that Daming is worrying, and His Majesty is confused!"

Zhu Hongyan’s expression changed drastically. He glanced outside the house and scolded angrily: “What nonsense are you talking about! Their ability is there for all to see.”

"What about the Walking Corpse Building?" Nangong Biluo looked straight into Zhu Hongyan's eyes, "What is your original intention for building the Walking Corpse Building? You said you never wanted to find a seat. Why is the Yellow Character Building so mysterious? The emperor placed you here, really? Just out of love?"

Zhu Hongyan calmed down, "It's nothing more than love, I'm his own younger brother. You also know that my grandfather likes to do some weird things. He was sick in his early years. The walking corpse building is the product of the rise of boredom. I have already said what I said. If you are upset, you can try to overturn Brother Huang’s judgment, but I don’t think it is wise. Wang Jin will not let go of any negligence of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Just take what you said just now. It might become his reason to attack Wang Rui."

"Master Wang is just and strict. He is loyal to the emperor, loves the people and works diligently. Such a person is loyal to the Holy One, and he will not be afraid of Wang Jin."

"But he can't deal with Wang Jin at all. You have to admit that Wang Jin is no less favored in front of the emperor's brother than me. I said that I am not as big as him. It is not just a joke." Zhu Hongyan moved the chessboard. Heizi took all of them away, and Yuzi surrounded a small number of Baizi, "You will know that the world will not be peaceful after the collapse of the walking corpse building, and it may even be even more dire."

Nangong Biluo also glanced at the chess game, but still didn't quite understand Zhu Hongyan's tricks. "Even so, I don't regret bringing down the walking corpse building. You also have to know that the emperor has a blue sky on his head. If you bother me today, I will leave."

She drank the cold tea and got up to leave.

Zhu Hongyan watched her go to the door and suddenly stopped her again, "Nangong, I'm sorry for your father and Feng Piaoxu. If you blame me, you should, but I also don't regret knowing you as a friend."

Nangong Biluo took a deep breath and turned around, "To the lord, Nangong Biluo has no regrets and no regrets. When we meet again, you and I are still old acquaintances."

"Goodbye, old acquaintance, huh." Zhu Hongyan murmured twice, sighed and smiled, he picked up a white piece and threw it to her. "Here you are, I still have a black chess piece but I can't give it any more."

"This is?"

"You won this by yourself. Nangong, where there is blue sky, there will be night. You can go on this road, I want to see this life." Zhu Hongyan leaned on the back of the chair, not arrogant At that time, he was also a gentle man, such a person is naturally pleasing, and he can't complain that many people will give up on him.

Nangong Biluo looked at the chess pieces in his palm, frowned and said nothing, took one last look at Zhu Hongyan and left the high wall.

After she left, Zhu Hongyan fell into deep thought when he recalled the two visitors who came today.After thinking about their words, and also thinking about Shen Yi, Shen Zhong and Feng Piaoxu, he finally let out a long sigh and shook his head sadly.

He didn't change the cold tea, but took the chess and left. After two or three moves, he reflected on Nangong Biluo's sentence, "Have you ever killed someone with your own hands?" ', he looked at the many chess pieces that he had withdrawn from the chessboard into the chess box, and had to laugh at himself, and he picked up another black piece from the black chess pile. "Nangong, Nangong, I really lost to you again."

Zhu Hongyan stood the sunspot in his hand on the table and twirled it. Watching it change from anxious to slow, Zhu Hongyan finally calmed down and continued his seemingly endless chess game.

Ministry of Punishment.

Lin Yanshou looked at Nangong Biluo, who came to hand over the official documents, and didn't know what to say for a moment. She was no longer the chief arrester of the third department, and she was reduced to a general arrester. Need her co-organization.She did not have any objection to eradicating the walking corpse building and arresting many important criminals in the walking corpse building.

After concentrating on punishing the scattered remnants of the walking corpse building, and arranging the aftermath of the problems left over from the walking corpse building case, she came to hand over the suspicion and rumors outside, but Lin Yanshou could also see that she Depressed mood.Even if Zhu Hongyan was caught, but now the person at the top acquiesced to the rumors outside, so as not to damage the royal family's face, the fact that Zhu Hongyan was behind the walking corpse building had to be kept a secret.And the one who is to blame can only be Mei Ji, that is, the dead Feng Piaoxu.

But how true or false the rumors about Feng Piaoxu and this girl were, Lao Wang and he couldn't ask, so they didn't know how to comfort them.

"Master Lin, have you interrogated those girls in Fengyue Tower?"

"Ah?" Lin Yanshou was still wondering what to say, and he was stunned for a moment before he realized that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was destroyed and had to be rebuilt, and those arrested in Fengyue Building had been handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation earlier. "Ah, they have all been interrogated. Except for those who have a background in martial arts and have indeed had contact with the corpse building, the others are just ordinary brothel girls. However, due to their identities and the protection of Feng Piaoxu, I haven't thought of dealing with them for the time being." In other ways, the deeds of prostitution may have been burned in the Fengyue Tower, they are prostitutes, according to this situation, they are usually handed over to the music workshop or exiled into the army—”

Lin Yanshou looked at Nangong Biluo, and it was hard to say anything, and immediately changed his mouth: "Maybe someone claims them, and they can leave if they are willing to follow, but I don't think anyone will go to the Yamen just for them."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a yamen servant sent a message: "Lord Lin, do you want to see Lu Sanniang in Yingchun Court?"

"Yingchunyuan?" Lin Yanshou was a little surprised, "What does this old bustard want from me? Tell her to come in."

"Oh, I said that he was the one who begged me, and let me run from Shuntian Mansion to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and finally pushed me to the Ministry of Criminal Justice." Lu Sanniang heard his voice before seeing the person, and made a big fuss The loud complaint just entered the lobby, and she, who was still careless, turned cold when she saw Nangong Biluo, "Huh, I really didn't read the almanac when I went out. It's bad luck to see people's faces and animal hearts in broad daylight. Cough cough, Lu Sanniang pays homage to Mrs. Lin, what about me?" I came to beg to see Master Lin for nothing else, but to get back the girls in my building."

"Ask for the girl in your building? I don't even look at this place." Lin Yanshou put on an official prestige, and couldn't get used to her mocking Nangong Biluo when she saw it.

"Hey, look at me, here is the deed of prostitution I bought from Feng Piaoxu." Lu Sanniang said and took out all the deeds of prostitution that Feng Piaoxu had entrusted to her before, "I was arrested in Fengyue Tower before. The women in my building have long been in my building, and they only temporarily lived in Fengyue Building because they were not busy. They are all delicate and weak women. They are honest and responsible. Something happened to Feng Piaoxu, let me also pay for it. I have inquired about it before, and those weird buildings and ghosts have already been handed over to Dali Temple for review. Those locked up in the Ministry of Criminal Justice are innocent. I want It’s okay to go back to them.”

"This—" Lin Yanshou narrowed his eyes. He glanced at Nangong Biluo after flipping through the deed of sale. Seeing her nodding, he returned the deed of sale and said, "Okay, I'll trouble them if they occupy the cell." , I have also received news several times that someone is going to rob the prison, so you don’t have to worry about taking her away, come on, take her to the cell to get her.”

Lin Yanshou waved his hands out of sight, Lu Sanniang bowed her head with a smile, followed the yamen servant and left without forgetting to take a look at Bai Nangong.Nangong Biluo turned a blind eye to this, and only asked: "Master Lin, you said that there is news that someone is going to rob the prison?"

"The news from Zhao Yi is nothing but the two women Ningyan and Yaohong who are still wanted, but it's just news that they haven't been seen for a long time. Isn't Shuiyatou always responsible for arresting them, and there is no news yet?"

Nangong Biluo shook his head and frowned, Lin Yanshou coughed when he saw this, and said: "Cough, anyway, the dust has settled now, so don't worry, let Shui girl take it easy. You too, since you burned it, you brought it back Yu Wang, I have been busy cleaning things up. I heard Lao Wang and Xiao Qin say that you have never been home, and you are not afraid that your younger siblings will come to the Yamen to make trouble? With her temper like a firecracker, when you hear those people outside , Those crazy talkers don't seem like people who can hold their breath, shouldn't you also go home to appease and appease, and take the opportunity to rest for a while."

Nangong glanced at him and understood what he meant, "There is a cup of tea at home to appease, I will rest after I arrange it. As for the crazy talk outside, it is obvious that someone deliberately targeted it, and I have no way to refute the rumors. The reputation of a colleague, after a while, people will forget it."

"Oh, I hope so. Some words don't have much effect on rough old men, but you are still a daughter. If you can explain it, don't bear it. If you bear it too much, others will think you acquiesce. There are eyes and ears in this world. There are many people, but few people have brains and hearts. If you show him some things on the bright side, he will turn a blind eye to them. If you don’t explain them, something will happen.” Lin Yanshou urged earnestly, “ In addition, I and the old king demoted you, in fact, it was to protect you. You put Yu Wang on the top of your head. From the attitude of the Holy One, you may be framed. I don’t know what crime you will be convicted of. , it’s better for us to block our mouths first, don’t be discouraged. You have done a good job, and Haotian’s spirit in the sky will comfort you. With your ability and prestige, it will not be difficult to be promoted to the chief arrester of the third division.”

He sighed as he said, "Oh, I thought that you would restrain your own savagery by following Lao Wang's violent temper. You haven't been steady for a few years, but you did it again like this, and it still touched me. Tian family. Old Wang is not as tough as you. I am so scared that I am covered in cold sweat. I will retire and return to my hometown in two years. Girl, let me save myself. I don’t want to see you in trouble after sending Haotian away. ah?"

Nangong Biluo felt guilty. Ever since Liushang disappeared, she had been reckless. "I see, thank you for your help all these years. Even you are two years away from returning to your hometown, and there is another good official missing in the court."

"Oh, don't put on the hat of a good official. At best, I'm just a grass on the wall. A good official like Lao Wang is a rare good official. You are right to follow him. You can retire from old age and return to your hometown. That's fine, I don't want to take any other pictures." Lin Yanshou patted Nangong Biluo's shoulder with a smile, "Oh, this dust, the girl really should go home and wash it. In early spring, new swallows fly back to the eaves, and it's another year It’s a beautiful scenery, it should be clean and refreshing, you can live with everything, no matter how difficult it is to get through it, it will be refurbished. I still have business at hand, so I’ll go get busy first.”

Nangong Biluo smiled and watched Lin Yanshou dragging his chubby body away, and then went to the cell. At that time, Lu Sanniang was about to take away everyone in the cell.

"Wait." The appearance of Nangong Biluo made the faces of all the girls who were planning to leave change.

"Hey, Nangong has to supervise even the leaders. You are so meticulous, no wonder you have repeatedly solved strange cases, but I don't know if any of them are wronged."

Nangong didn't respond to this, she counted the deed of sale in Lu Sanniang's hand again, and was taken back by Lu Sanniang just after reading it. "You can take away those who have sold their lives, but not the rest of Furong and others."

"Why not?"

Nangong Biluo didn't want to explain at first, but when she saw Lu Sanniang acting as if you didn't make it clear that the matter was endless, she calmly said: "They don't have a contract of sale in your hands, and they are actually related to the walking corpse building. Now there are two martial artists The high-strength people are on the run, and the possibility that they are assassins cannot be ruled out, so if you don’t want to cause trouble, you can take whoever you want.”

Lu Sanniang wanted to say something else, but Lin Lang teased her, signaling her not to anger Nangong Biluo.Although she still has a peaceful face now, she is a little strange.Lin Lang said to Fu Rong and the others: "It's okay, we have a clear heart, and our hearts are also fleshy. We will definitely come to save you."

Fu Rong shook her head to signal that she didn't need it, but Lin Lang and Lu Sanniang turned a blind eye to it. They glanced at Nangong Biluo together and took Qiu Ying and other people who had emaciated a lot to go back to Yingchun Yuan to settle down first.

Seeing them leaving Nangong with a frown, she turned her head and looked at Fu Rong, stretched out her hand and randomly grabbed someone's wrist to check, feeling that their Qi pulse was fairly stable, she let go before the hidden guard resisted, and then told the yamen servant: : "You take them to... under strict supervision. Don't let anyone find out, and no one can see them except me."

After the yamen servant nodded, Nangong Biluo left without saying a word to Furong and the others, and Furong didn't hear where the yamen servants would take them. She just touched her broken arm and thought of Feng Piaoxu.No matter how much she told herself to be calm, she still felt resentful towards Nangong Biluo for her ruthlessness and coldness.

Nangong Biluo returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate after leaving the Ministry of Punishment. Most of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was under construction. Wang Rui and the others had already moved to Dali Temple to temporarily handle official duties. Only some police officers were supervising the reconstruction.When Fan Er saw Nangong Biluo, he stepped forward to say hello. The boy's eyes were red. Nangong Biluo remembered that it was Xiaohutouqi last night. She hurriedly went to burn incense and left, but she couldn't keep watch.

"Is sister Huzi settled?"

"Well, I originally discussed with Yangzi about taking her to serve in my own home, but she didn't want to, so Yangzi and I planned to take care of her for a day alone. She is Huzi's only family member, so brothers can do everything , she will be our older sister from now on." Fan Er rubbed his nose, "By the way, Sister Qu Shui has come back, I saw her eyes were bloodshot, and she didn't rest well for several days, so I told her that you will go home in a while. She went back to rest first. Sister Nangong, Mr. Wang also means that you should take a good rest. We are watching here. I will notify you immediately if there is anything. Also, the relevant evidence of the walking corpse building, in addition to the already handed in Yes, I tidied everything up and put it on your desk in the arresting room. If you want to check it, you can take it home and check it. I asked Mr. Qin and he said that they can be handled by you. You really should take a good rest Now, these days you have to take the most important criminals from the hands of the chief of ceremonies, and you have survived for seven days, and even hard-nosed people can't stand it."

"Okay, I will." Nangong Biluo showed her first smile these days, Fan Er is really a caring and meticulous boy when he is serious.She patted him on the shoulder and went back to the arresting room.

Seeing the coffins and urns neatly arranged on the table, she was absent-minded for a moment, and when she approached, there were still some letters and a few pieces of evil tokens on the table. When you get to your arms, don't look any more.But looking at the remaining Monster Order and Xuan Gang's token still made her feel a little confused, she thought for a while, took all the things on the table and went to Fan Er again.

"Xiao Fan, you send these things back to my house first, and be careful with the bit and jar."

"Huh? Aren't you going home?"

"I still have a few places to go." She left immediately after explaining.

Fan Er asked loudly: "No, you have to explain the place before I reply to Auntie and Sister Qushui's inquiries."

"Gao Tao Prison." Nangong Biluo's voice came from a distance, and the person had disappeared.