i am afraid

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice is suffering, and Zhou Ping'an is also very shocked and angry. You must know that he has always taken Zhou Zhiqing very seriously, and today he only let him go out for a walk. If something really happened, he would hate himself to death. .

Seeing this, Jiang Yan frowned, and said, "Ping An, let go first, and talk if you have something to say."

Zhou Ping'an took a deep breath and let go of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, but the eyes that were as cold as a bone scraping knife were still turning around him, as if trying to scrape a few pieces of flesh off his body.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was released, and he couldn't help covering his neck. He looked at Jiang Yan, "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of the minister!"

"Tell me exactly what happened." Jiang Yan said coldly.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice just wailed habitually. He also knew that Zhou Ping'an was the little emperor's confidant, so he could do whatever he wanted behind his back. If he made a fuss in front of the emperor, it would be a slap in the face.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice stroked his gray beard, organized his words, and said: "Fang Caichen received a report, so he took people to Mingxinyuan to investigate..."

"Then why are you arresting my brother!" Zhou Ping'an was furious, and he shouted loudly, startling the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice tried his best to ignore Zhou Ping'an, and regarded him as air. Write down this account first, and there will be opportunities to settle it later. He took a deep breath and continued: "According to the situation at the scene, it is indeed Mingxinyuan. The students are more likely to strike, Mr. Lin, that is, the deceased once clashed with the students at the gate of Mingxinyuan, and then everyone rushed up, and the deceased fell on the ground..."

"Then I ask you why you arrested my brother! Did he kill someone? Ah!" Zhou Ping angrily roared.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice raised his head and glanced at Jiang Yan. He was actually very dissatisfied in his heart. A small commander of the imperial guards offended him like this. According to the law, he should be put in a prison cell, but the little emperor pretended not to see it. Yes, he was not a fool, and he didn't show it, he just kept it in his heart.

"Commander Zhou's relatives were at the scene of the murder, and Zaoli from the Ministry of Punishment questioned him normally. He promised well, but wounded more than a dozen people on the way, and fled from the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment..."

In fact, if Zhou Zhiqing hadn't seen Zhou Zhiqing beat out from the door with his own eyes, the Secretary of the Criminal Ministry would not have believed it. It was such a person who could knock down more than a dozen people. He was checking the injuries of the slaves when he was dragged here , None of them woke up, the wounds on the body were broken, the mouth and nose were bleeding from the head, it just seemed that no one had woken up yet, and they didn't know what kind of trauma would be caused after waking up.

Zhou Ping'an was surprised: "He left?"

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty forgive me, I want to go back and have a look."

Jiang Yan waved his hand and let him go. He turned around and looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and said, "Leave this matter aside for now, and tell me about the black prison."

The Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs had already prepared for this, he seemed to ponder for a moment, and then said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this matter happened in public, and the impact was extremely bad, and I also made my own decisions. Your prestige may be damaged..."

"You really make up your own mind." Jiang Yan glanced at him and said coldly: "You don't need to worry about this matter, leave it to the prime minister."

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice's eyes darkened, "Your Majesty?"

Jiang Yan took a deep breath. Officials and households honor soldiers and criminal workers. Although the Ministry of Punishment is not high in the six departments, it has its own structure. If you want to change the Ministry of Punishment, you must uproot the power of the Ministry of Punishment.In the past, he might have felt that he had no way to do it. After he became the emperor, he realized that it was not that he didn't have the ability to change people. In fact, he only needed one sentence, not to mention the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, even the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of the Ministry of War, but What about after changing?The prime minister has been weakened, and Shangshu has become a position of daily management. It may take more than ten years just to hone it. During this period, the connections and forces formed during this period cannot be estimated. If they are suddenly replaced, there will be no one who can use them. , and even caused great turmoil in the officialdom.

Jiang Yan thought clearly, he endured the desire to drag people out and slaughter him, but his face was a little ugly.

"Go back."

Gu Xi stood aside, he didn't mean to rescue Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Jiang Yan didn't have a good relationship with these people, it was an opportunity for him.

In the previous dynasty, there were three provinces and six ministries, and the minister was only a third-rank official. Most of the time, he just helped the prime minister and did chores. Things that are beneficial to him are not necessarily beneficial to the little emperor, but at this stage, most of the things that are beneficial to him are also beneficial to Jiang Yan.

Under the relationship of interests, a little thought is nothing.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice endured a mouthful of old blood and withdrew. Anyway, he had paid off Li Heng's favor. Even if the matter didn't get done, so what?He was dragged from the government office all the way to the palace, and his old face was completely humiliated. Li Heng has the face to tell him that the favor has not been repaid?

Zhou Pingan rushed back to the vacation all the way, but he didn't find Zhou Zhiqing's shadow. He asked neighbors and passers-by back and forth, only to find out that he never came back!

A fool is easy to find in Beiling City, but he is born with a look of avoiding gods and ghosts. Who can tell that he is a fool?An ordinary person blends into the crowd, and trying to find it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Holding on to his last hope, Zhou Pingan posted a missing person notice, asking the city gate officials to keep an eye on the situation, and searched back and forth on the road from Mingxinyuan to Zhou Mansion, and almost sent out all members of the imperial guards to investigate, but the person disappeared just like that Gone, as if it had never been there.

At this moment, it is very strict to leave one place and go to another place. You need to open a way to the government first, state the reason for leaving, and go to a certain place. There has been no news from the city gate official, so Jiang Yan agreed. Zhou Ping'an searched in the city, but after searching for a long time, he did not find any news.

What they don't know is that the seemingly taciturn Zhou Zhiqing has a lot of friends in the army, and almost all the people under him are loyal to him, even... his subordinates who have retired a long time ago.

Song Er was an unremarkable clerk when he was in the army, but when he returned to Beiling City, he was a well-known dude. The dude had been in the army for two years, but he didn't change his body, didn't learn any outstanding qualities, so he recognized a big brother. Everyone said that his elder brother was amazing, he killed a prairie wolf with one punch, laid a wild boar with two punches, and killed a blind bear with three punches. a bragging vice.

So the dude who learned to brag was sent to the city gate to guard the gate, and there were a hundred or so people under his command, who gathered around him every day to listen to his bragging.

Knowing that his elder brother is also from Beiling, Song Er was so happy that he didn't sleep for three days. He would bring his elder brother to see his parents with eyes open and closed, but Song Er never expected that he would actually be able to see his family in Beiling. Brother!

The elder brother was all in tatters, covered with blood, dark and thin, but his sharp eyes were still the same as before.

Song Er felt sorry for his eldest brother, knowing that his mind was different from ordinary people, he didn't talk nonsense, and quickly led him into the small house near the gate of the city, entertained him with delicious food and drinks, for fear that his elder brother would suffer a little grievance.

Zhou Zhiqing looked at Song Er and was very satisfied. He didn't mean to look outside at all, so he just stayed in Song Er's small courtyard.

Things were a bit chaotic that day, but Zhou Zhiqing probably understood that he was walking on the road and had a fight in front of him.He passed by and the man bumped into him.He was upset and pushed the man.The man died, someone caught him, and he ran away.

A younger brother told him before that when everyone is killing people, it is okay to kill people in black clothes. If everyone is doing well and killing people, they will be locked up by people in armor.He killed the man in black, but no one was killing at that time, the younger brother was also wearing armor, he could kill other people, but he couldn't kill the younger brother, but he didn't want to be locked up, so He ran away.

As a fugitive, Zhou Zhiqing was a little nervous. The specific manifestation was that he mentioned the barracks many times. He instinctively knew that killing people in the barracks was not against the law. If he broke the law, he had better hide in the barracks.

Song Er was extremely moved. He felt that his elder brother was thinking about the battlefield, so he knew that a born hero like his elder brother might be rewarded by the prince as those people said, and he would spend his entire life in the countryside!Brother was born to be a general!

Although reluctant, but to respect a person is to let him pursue his dream!

Song Er was very bloody, and he got through the relationship overnight, and got Zhou Zhiqing a real guide with a false name. He also knew that he was looking for his elder brother in the city recently, but since the elder brother didn't want to go back, as his younger brother, he naturally to hide from him.

In fact, Song Er was secretly wondering if his elder brother left his younger brother because he was not good to his elder brother. The elder brother was not as thin as before in the barracks, but he was almost as thin as he came back in just a few days. I can't recognize it anymore, and other people don't know, as the elder brother's clerk, he clearly understands how rich the family has been accumulated by the elder brother over the years, and the sack elder brother who is one person tall never leaves him, most of which he personally sees Someone exchanged it for gold and silver. Sometimes he looked at the sack with greed, but now it was gone.

But the eldest brother didn't care about it, and he didn't have the right to pick on other people's own younger brother, but the eldest brother must not be allowed to support him anymore.If he doesn't cherish it, someone will naturally cherish it.