Vicissitudes know Jinhua

Wu Ming only looked at the unrecognizable corpses and said: "This case is a bit strange. If it is robbery, there are still jade and jewelry in the car. It is said that it is a vendetta, but there is not a single ingot of gold and silver left."

There was another sentence hovering in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it outright: I don't know who the dead person is, and it caused Prince Fengjing's son to rush over viciously, but how could Qi Wushang be related to this case of murder and burning of corpses?It is related, how dare the Taizun of Songzhi County arrest and question this hussar general who has won the three armies?

Wu Ming has been a headhunter for a long time, and he has accumulated quite a lot of prestige. Although he is usually a little tactful, he is also upright. At this time, he has doubts and hesitation, and finally he can't hold back: "I don't know His Royal Highness... What's your opinion?"

Qi Wushang seemed to have been awakened, looked at the remains of the corpse with disgust, and said, "Good idea? If these people don't die, I will take their lives too."

Speaking of flying on the horse, Jian Mei raised his eyebrows: "If you are willing to investigate this case, you may as well continue to investigate, but if the criminal is caught, report it to me first..."

He suddenly smiled, with indescribable pride, shook his head and said: "No need, how could you catch him... Just investigate as you like!"

Wu Ming was excited and asked tentatively, "Could it be that His Highness knows the murderer?"

How could Qi Wushang be restrained by such superficial interrogation, raised his eyebrows and only smiled but did not answer, but Qiu Si said sternly: "Please catch the head Wu and be careful! His Royal Highness is going to Beijing to meet the emperor day and night, how can he have time to meet some murderer? The dead body was also discovered by everyone in Songzhi County first, we were just passing by, and had absolutely nothing to do with the murder and cremation case, arresting the head of Wu, you have to think twice if you can eat more, don't stain the innocence of my Yongliang military department."

Qi Wushang's status is both expensive and important, and he holds a heavy soldier in his hand. When it comes to this matter, Catcher Wu had no choice but to saw off his mouth, and led the county government officials to kneel and send him off with a bitter face.

Qi Wu thought about it sadly, but walked to the corpse again, and said, "Qiu Si, the boning knife!"

Qiu Si took out the knife from his boot and offered it with both hands, Qi Wushang weighed it, and handed it to Jiang Wu: "Look at the neck injury of the deceased, but such a thin blade stabbed it out?"

Wu Ming shook his head vigorously, wondering if he drank too much sorghum wine last night, why he was so dizzy that he couldn't understand people's words, and asked in a daze, "Your Highness, what is this?"

Qi Wushang seemed to be in a very good mood, the sun was shining on his face, his sword eyebrows and starry eyes were full of heroism: "The imperial court stipulates that there is a time limit for arresting and handling cases. Generally, cases are compared every five days, and major homicide cases are compared every three days. Stick responsibility, isn't it?"

Wu Butou was the first to touch his buttocks, and the rest of the guards also freed up a hand, touching their buttocks and nodding.

Qi Wushang smiled: "If I don't help you with this case, I'm afraid it won't help if you break the second half of it."

Wu Catcher's spirit was buoyed to the point of happiness, and he hurriedly shouted: "His Royal Highness, help me!"

Qi Wushang said it very directly: "The three people in the car were all killed by this son."

Wu Butou wanted to go crazy, he raised his hand and kept wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead: "Your Highness...you were joking, haha, you were joking..."

Over there, Jiang Wuzuo had compared the size and thickness of the neck wound on the corpse with the boning knife, Qi Wushang asked, "How?"

Jiang Wuzuo wiped his hands clean, and pondered: "The shape of this knife fits the wound very well."

Qi Wushang turned to look at Wu Butou: "Why are you trembling? These three people deserved to die. On the official road last night, they dared to provoke and attack our Yongliang iron cavalry. How can this son tolerate him?"

At this moment, Wu Butou didn't know whether he should admire His Royal Highness, who spoke empty teeth and pulled the strings in his crotch without changing his face, or whether he should admire the three burnt corpses, what kind of courage and courage. The mere three of them dared to attack the Yongliang iron cavalry at night. This army is a sharp blade that even the most stalwart and fierce enemies in the grassland dare not lightly touch!

Qi Wushang still took care of ordering the execution room scribe: "Have you written down everything that my son said?"

The clerk was biting his pen and his hair was dazed, his mouth was covered with ink like a black fungus, and he said in surprise, "I have written it down! When I get back to the yamen, I will sort out the records and file them..."

Qi Wushang nodded, and said: "The boning knife should be regarded as evidence, you should close the case truthfully and seal the file for Songzhi County to report to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple! This case should be handled by the Secretary of the Dali Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, perhaps You have to make a fuss in front of the emperor, it has nothing to do with you."

After that, he flew on the horse and went away with a whip.

Wu Ming stared at the dust billowing, rubbed his nose and sneezed: "My son is kind-hearted, he showed us a clear way, so let's do it this way! Anyway, gods fight, and we mortal ghosts have nothing to do with it!"

Qiu Si's background is unusual. His father, Qiu Mingxi, served as an aide to King Fengjing for decades. Qi Wushang's side often speaks out, and when he was riding his horse at this moment, he couldn't help asking: "Why does Your Highness consider himself a murderer? The prince has repeatedly asked us to be careful in everything during this pilgrimage to the new emperor. The truth of the population should not lead to suspicion..."

Qi Wushang laughed nonchalantly: "The court is like a war situation, the father's chest is high and the valley is deep, but I am happy to send out surprise soldiers. Soldiers are deceitful. Only by showing what you want to see can you do what you don't want."

Qiu Si thought for a moment and couldn't figure it out, Qi Wushang actually smiled and said: "Go to Chenjing, you can let go of your hands and feet, you can be arrogant and domineering, I will bear everything!"

The Yongliang army has the strictest military discipline, and Sang Qiqiu Si couldn't help but stare at each other dumbfounded.

On the day when Qi Wushang entered Beijing, the urgent case files at Eight Hundred Li in Songzhi County, Lingzhou Prefecture were also sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple.

The Minister of Dali Temple heard that Zhengyuan hadn't closed his eyes all night, and he really didn't dare to be professional, so he went to the Ministry of Punishments before dawn to ask Shangshu Yin Zhixia for advice.

Yin Zhixia is also considered a legend. When he was young and in high school, he entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice with the book of history. , There was a great uproar in the court, but Yin Zhixia showed no color, joy or fear, and he was still a persistent cold face.

In the past few years, Yin Zhixia has strict justice, strict punishment and straight prisons, and his official reputation has gradually become more and more prosperous. The officials and censors can't find a single mistake, so they have to calm down. who.

This person is not very old, and he has been an official for eight years, but since he became an official, he has never shown a smile. Once, Qi Jin had a big banquet in the imperial garden, when all kinds of flowers were in full bloom, and the emperor and his ministers chanted poems and composed poems happily. When he was drunk, Qi Jin said with a smile: "It is said that Yin Qing entered the court and did not show her face. I feel deeply regretful... Today, silk, bamboo, orchestra, brush, ink, calligraphy and painting are all enough to make everyone happy. If Yin Qing is willing to laugh for it, Presumably, the cherry blossoms in the garden will also lose their color!"

The emperor said so, the ministers were already curious, and they couldn't stop making fun of it. The official Zhang Zizhen loves beauty, sex and disposition, and he is even more happy when he hears it. !He decided not to disgrace his mission, his big black beard was shaking straight, and his witty words were like pearls, every sentence rolled towards Yin Zhixia.

Unexpectedly, Yin Zhixia's face was frosty, and he listened quietly for a long time, then suddenly he got up in full clothes, knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Yin Zhixia of the Ministry of Punishment, there is something that I dare not not tell Your Majesty."

Qi Jin knew something bad was going to happen, this person was strict and strict, and seeing that it was about to explode, he hurriedly said: "At this moment, it's just the monarch and his ministers having fun together, not talking about political affairs."

Yin Zhixia put on a serious face: "Your Majesty also said that monarchs and ministers, don't you know the old saying that the king is like a loyal minister as a brother? How can a minister be upright if the king's heart is crooked?"

He was so distasteful that the lutes and qin songs stopped during the banquet, and everyone had to listen attentively to the Lord Shangshu's words and direct remonstrances. They were all suffering in their hearts and their faces were dull. Yin Zhixia said: "Today's gathering of the monarch and ministers, your majesty and all the ministers and workers don't talk about governing the country, regardless of the safety of the people. Talking about sensual and obscene things, it is indecent not to preach and teach, and I am so grateful to His Majesty, I really can't bear to sit idly by and not persuade, I just want to buy loyalty for the sake of selling, I only hope that Your Majesty can be courteous, respectful, military, relatives, virtuous, and far away, and please give me a lesson!"

Qi Jin sighed, thinking that he just made you smile, how could he become obscene?But all his words are righteous and cannot be disputed, and there are direct ministers of the Ming Dynasty who did not avoid the axe and admonished him, so he can't be blamed on him, so he just said complacently: "What Yin Qing said is very true, since it is so, let's break up first Alright."

Yin Zhixia was relentless: "I have one more word."

Qingling Linghan's eyes turned to Zhang Zizhen: "Master Zhang, as the head of the Ministry of Officials and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, but cleverly said that the Lord of Confusion is frivolous and disrespectful..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Zizhen knelt down and pleaded guilty in the spirit of begging for death: "Your Majesty, I'm guilty!"

Qi Jin understood the donkey's heart on the slope, and hurriedly said: "Zhang Qing knows that he has made a mistake, so he will be fined for half a year, a small punishment and a big punishment!"

A public case in the Imperial Garden was hastily concluded. Since then, no one in the court has dared to ask Yin Zhixia to smile. Even the emperor has hit a hard nail. Can you be more popular than the emperor?You are not a meat bun with thin skin and big stuffing!

There are factions and factions in the imperial court, and Yin Zhixia doesn't rely on one faction or another. He doesn't sell anyone's face or buy anyone's account.

After Qi Hefeng came to the throne, Zhang Zizhen was deposed, Shen Mengjia from the Ministry of Rites released her ribbon and went back to seclusion, and Yin Zhixia also asked to hang up the crown and release the crown, but Qi Hefeng insisted on not allowing it, and went to the imperial chariot three times to stay.Li Huaine from the Ministry of Industry is sensitive in words and deeds, and he has a little friendship with him on weekdays. On the day he came back from the inspection of water conservancy in the suburbs, he went to Yin's mansion for a long talk with his feet in mud and water. , the prudence, diligence, iron face and steel wrist are the same as before.

At this moment, Yin Zhixia finished looking through the case file of Lingzhou Mansion, and said coldly: "The case will not be closed, and the review will be rejected."

Wen Zhengyuan smiled wryly, thought for a long time, and said: "Look at this... Did the emperor know about it first?"

Yin Zhixia threw away the dossier early, and looked at the documents from various prefectures that had just been delivered, without raising his eyelids, and said: "This case belongs to Lingzhou, and it should be reported by the Lingzhou prefecture, but this final document is written What is it all about? Qi Wushang murdered and cremated the corpse, with a murderous knife? No criminal statement, no witness statement, no murder process, no documents and paintings, no trial records...even the three dead bodies are unidentified! Your Excellency is still going to play against the emperor? What are you playing? Impeaching the Lingzhou government for malfeasance? The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are in a state of incompetence?"

Wen Zhengyuan's face turned red and pale: "But the son and the emperor are brothers... The Yongliang army is the pillar of the country, how dare the Lingzhou mansion send Prince Fengjing's son to question? This case is to kill the magistrate of Lingzhou. I don’t understand the trial. Master Yin, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is in charge of the laws of the country, and my Dali Temple is only reviewing, refuting, criticizing, and copying newspapers. This is a big matter, and the two departments can work together!”

Yin Zhixia didn't accept this, and said with a somber face: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice only directly accepts cases in Chenjing, and other places, no matter how big or small, must be tried by the local government. According to the law, I have to reject this case file and order it to be investigated carefully." To collect evidence, if Master Wen is unwilling, then Dali Temple will approve the prison and send him away. The punishment department of Dali Temple has different opinions, and there will always be Yushi Zhongcheng."

Wen Zhengyuan's beard was about to turn white, and he sighed sadly: "Lord Yin! The current court is really in dire straits, and the old man wants to return home with his bones, but this case, alas, this case... "

He spoke so pitifully that Yin Zhixia had no choice but to stop writing, and said calmly: "Master Wen, why are you so confused! This case involves Prince Fengjing's son, the emperor will only know about it earlier than us, I am afraid that Sacred Heart Candle Zhao has already made a decision. Why are you in a hurry to report to the imperial court?"

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Wen Zhengyuan is an old slicker who has been in the officialdom for decades, and he is best at bullshitting. If he was on a normal day, how could he be messed up by this matter?However, there was a civil strife in the Tian family, the officialdom was walking on thin ice, and the authorities were fascinated by it, so he made a big mistake and almost took one step into danger. At this moment, Yin Zhixia's words pointed it out, he couldn't help being both happy and ashamed, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Yin, for your kind words! The old man will remember your kindness."

Yin Zhixia didn't listen to it, and went to read the file with his head down.

When Qi Wushang and his party arrived in Beijing, Qi Hefeng was the happiest. The Fengjing Prince's Mansion in Chenjing City was tidy and beautiful early on, and the servants were arranged in every detail. They held a banquet at Zhiping Palace that night. Tao Ruopu, Duke of Liang, arrived early and sat quietly waiting.

Qi Wushang didn't rush, he first settled down in the palace, and then took a quick bath in the hot spring pool to relieve his fatigue, until a big eunuch in the palace came over to "lead the way" with a smile on his face. Changed into the royal robes, but did not sit in a sedan chair, and galloped into the palace on a white horse with a purple bridle bestowed by the emperor.

The Zhiping Palace has long been filled with crowns and magnificent decorations, and the two rows of high-burning red candles reflect the spring scenery in the palace, and the plum blossoms are so charming that one would think it was a peach blossom by mistake.