River stone does not turn

"Ouch! My lord, why are you here?" The thin man immediately nodded and bowed to meet him, but he blocked the door, "This place is very dirty, it will stain your clothes, this small matter will be handled by the lower officials That's it."

The person who came didn't pay attention to the thin man's words, and said kindly: "Master Huang's wish is accepted by the king, but this errand is entrusted by the sage to you and me to handle it together. Is there any reason why the king will not come if he dislikes dirty things?" ?”

"That's that, that's that!" The thin man hurriedly agreed, and reluctantly moved out of the way.

The person who came was Chen Wang Yin Qiuli, the younger brother of the monarch, and the hottest heir to the throne of Xiluo.The law of Xiluo stipulates that the brothers of the monarch and the heirs of the monarch have the same inheritance rights.Yin Qiuli has outstanding talent, extraordinary bearing, and is the most favored by the monarch. Emperor Guangwen has said on different occasions: If he wants to pass on the throne, the one who suits him best is Prince Chen.

Therefore, in Xiluo, most people dare not offend Chen Wang.

However, the lean man is not an ordinary person. His name is Huang Shu, a fifth-rank officer of the Bingma Division.Although it is the fifth rank, it belongs to the Prince's Mansion, under the management of Prince Yin Luoyun.

This time Lu Jianyu was involved in the fraud case of the Agricultural Taxation Department, which was arrested by Emperor Guangwen.In general cases, the criminals are arrested by the officers of the Judiciary and Criminal Division. This time, it was a major case, and it was sent by the Bingma Division, Chen Wang was in charge, and Huang Shu assisted.

So just now when Yin Qiuli came in, Huang Shu would have the guts to stop him.

As soon as Yin Qiuli entered the courtyard, he saw Lin Chu who was pinned down on the ground. He was very clear about what Huang Shu was planning. Targeted directly, he followed the procedure and asked, "What's going on?"

"Go back to the prince! The suspect is under arrest." Huang Shu replied.

Lin Chu lay on the ground without any struggle. It was obvious that Huang Shu was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Yin Qiuli didn't point it out, but asked: "This person is not on the list of prisoners. How can he be a suspect?"

Huang Shu was stunned for a moment. Originally, with five hundred taels of silver in his hand, and killing Lin Chu, everything would be perfect.But Yin Qiuli came in, and it was impossible to kill him, so he had to bear the pain in his heart, took out the bank note from his pocket very unwillingly, and handed it to Yin Qiuli: "Look, my lord, this is The criminal evidence found just now. He is a low-rank official, how could he have such a thing, it must have been given by Lu Jianyu. Lu Jianyu is so generous, how can he still not know Lu Jianyu's whereabouts?"

Yin Qiuli turned his head slightly to look at the bank note, Huang Shu immediately shrank his hands subconsciously, thinking: The five hundred taels of silver will be gone before it is warmed up.

Yin Qiuli glanced at the yellow number, understood everything, stopped looking at the bank note, walked up to Lin Chu and asked, "Tell the truth! Where did Lu Jianyu go?"

Lin Chu was lying on the ground just now, and he had already heard the conversation between the two clearly. His previous calculations had been shattered by this man named Yin Qiuli. Since he couldn't die, let's just watch him live!Then he answered truthfully: "Go back to the lord, the little one is just an ant, how could Lu Jianyu tell the little one whereabouts?"

"How do you explain what Mr. Huang is holding?" Yin Qiuli asked.

It is difficult to explain the matter of the bank note. It can be considered that Lu Jianyu suddenly showed kindness and thought about his next life's livelihood for his sake, or it could be considered that he deliberately left a bank note to get him sent to prison.But he is just a low-rank official, even if he is imprisoned, it is useless, so is it really for his livelihood?Lin Chu laughed, how is it possible that the sun comes out from the west?

Yin Qiuli was not displeased to see Lin Chu laughing back, he knew in his heart that this question was so absurd that he could only laugh back.However, he seemed to still want to hear Lin Chu's verbal answer, so he asked, "What? Can't explain it?"

Lin Chu sighed: "Back to the prince, I really can't explain it."

When Huang Shu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Look, my lord, this kind of answer! Said he didn't know Lu Jianyu's whereabouts? Impossible!"

Lin Chu heard that there was no excuse, and Yin Qiuli folded his arms and pondered. He was supposed to handle tonight's matter, but Emperor Guangwen deliberately inserted a yellow number in it. The yellow number belonged to the prince, and the agricultural tax department who committed the crime this time belonged to the prince. The sphere of influence, which shows that Emperor Guangwen did not want to be too harsh on the prince because of this incident.In this way, Huang Shu had better not offend this person.

For Huang Shu at this moment, being able to do business is his greatest wish, and it would be even better if he could make a fortune.Then follow Huang Shu's wish and take Lin Chu to the Judiciary.The chiefs and young ministers of the Department of Justice and Criminal Justice have been officials for many years, and they are all people with deep hearts and will know how to deal with it.Huang Shu got the benefits and made a job, so he won't make a fuss about this matter anymore.He said: "Master Huang is right, take him to the Judicial and Criminal Division."

"Yes!" The sword-wielding soldiers pulled Lin Chu up from the ground and set him up.

Huang Shu was amused when he saw it, and when the soldiers were almost gone, he leaned closer to Yin Qiuli, and handed over the bank note very unwillingly: "My lord, this... is my filial piety to you."

Yin Qiuli looked at the bank note, patted Huang Shu on the back and said with a smile, "I didn't see anything. Mr. Huang has worked hard tonight. Let's go!" He spread his hands politely.

Huang Shu immediately understood Yin Qiuli's meaning, Chen Wang doesn't want bank notes?That's great!He immediately stuffed the silver ticket back into his sleeve, and complimented: "With the prince here, it will not be hard at all for the next official."

Yin Qiuli laughed and shook his head: "Your mouth!"

Huang Shu hurriedly laughed, and the two left the messy yard amicably.

It was only when Lin Chu got into the prison car that he realized that Lu Jianyu had committed a serious crime this time. The Department of Agriculture and Taxation went up to Changqing and down to the executive officials, but he ran away.

Seeing that Lin Chu also got into the car, everyone showed disdain. They are court officials, what is this person?Are you also eligible to take a car with them?Thinking about it, everyone moved their positions at the same time, far away from Lin Chu.

Seeing the faces of the officials and lords of the Agriculture and Taxation Department, Lin Chu could tell what they were thinking at a glance. Do you still care about these things at this time?It was hopeless.He sat down in the vacant seat while thinking, just as the carriage started, everyone fell forward in a flurry of inertia, you crushed me, I crushed him, the sound of the full car sucking, only he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

The Judicial and Criminal Division was brightly lit that night, so many prisoners came all at once, not to mention the interrogation, just arranging the cells was too busy.Lin Chu had the lowest status and was ranked last. When it was his turn, it was almost dawn.

The chiefs and young ministers of the Department of Justice and Criminal Justice are all a little old, and they are already sleepy by this time.However, as soon as Lin Chu came to the hall, he frightened them awake.

Dazed Chang Qing wiped his glasses, glanced at Lin Chu, checked the handover list again, and frowned.How could a petty official be sent in?

The two young ministers next to him hurriedly took over the list, checked it carefully, and found that there was indeed this person's name, which was added on purpose later, and their brows furrowed accordingly.

The case file sent up said: This person has an extraordinary relationship with Lu Jianyu, he must have been involved in Lu Jianyu's escape, but this person stubbornly refused to explain, so he was arrested and handed over to the Judiciary for interrogation.

"It's ridiculous!" one of the Shaoqing whispered, "This is just a low-grade official, how could he know the whereabouts of Lu Jianyu? You think Lu Jianyu is stupid, you can easily run away, and you will leave such a useless tail on the ground. Silvermoon City?"

"Yeah!" Another young minister echoed, "As far as I know, this person is not favored by Lu Jianyu's side. I remember that last year, a group of officials under my command went to Lu Jianyu's house and saw Lu Jianyu hanging him there as a new favorite to beat him. Come on, we really accept such a person, and we can't escape the responsibility of being careless."

Chang Qing lamented: "I've heard about the old man you mentioned, but...the ones in charge of arresting people today are those from Prince Chen and the Crown Prince. Can you say that they arrested the wrong person?"

"This..." The two Shaoqing looked at each other and sighed helplessly.The prince is a bit confused, they know it, why is Prince Chen also confused today?

Changqing saw the doubts of the two young ministers, and continued: "In my opinion, Prince Chen is not a foolish person. He always has his reasons for arresting people."

"Your Excellency is right!" The two young ministers nodded, and one of them said: "I see it this way, we will take them in and arrange cells according to their crimes. As for whether they will be tried or not, we will decide how we want to be tried."

"That's right! They caught him in. We follow the rules, and we won't be responsible for being careless." Another young minister said.

Chang Qing smoothed his beard and said, "That's how it is handled!" After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and said quietly, "In the case of the Agriculture and Taxation Department, the Holy Majesty only said to arrest people, but did not interrogate them. The road ahead is difficult! You can’t offend people from the very beginning.”

The two young ministers nodded one after another, and one of them cleared his throat, and said to the officer sitting behind the railing, "Which room is free in Tianzihao's cell?"

The officer immediately looked through the records. There were too many people coming in today, and the prison cell of the Judicial and Criminal Division was suddenly crowded. After careful review, he replied: "Return to my lord! Room No. [-] of Tianzi is empty."

"Okay!" Changqing knocked on the gavel, "The suspect, Lin Chu, is being detained in Room No. [-], Tianzi." He knocked on the gavel again, "Retire!"

The officer in charge of the transfer personally took Lin Chu to the Tianzi Prison. Everyone was very cautious about sending such a low-grade official to the Tianzi Prison, for fear of making a mistake.

Lin Chu guessed something from the reactions of the ministers and young ministers just now.It can be seen that the thinking of the three people is clear, and they all think that a person like Lin Chu should not be imprisoned, but due to the identity of the person sent to prison, they pretended to be confused and went through the procedure to accept him.This is not a bad thing for Lin Chu, it is better to meet a group of people who are clear-headed but pretend to be confused than to meet a group of people who flatter and take advantage of the opportunity to do things wrong.He knows the darkness in the prison best, and half of his illnesses are caused by staying in Shimen's private prison.