Suspect in Jinling

In the town government department, Jiang Xingzheng was at his desk grabbing a pen and was sorting out information on the Taiping Sect. A hundred meters away from him was the Imperial Prison, where Jin Yiwei was interrogating day and night.

At present, there are more than [-] Taiping believers who have been arrested, but according to the confessions, most of them are peripheral figures of the Taiping sect, and they have no real important information. Most of them are not even natives of Jinling. Pan biting and identifying, did not force out any really useful news.

The more Jiang Xingzheng investigated, the more he discovered that the Taiping Sect was an unfathomable organization. Key figures could not be captured, and key information could not be heard. Now the outside world sees him as a turmoil, but in fact he has not opened up a useful situation at all.

It would be great if an important person can be arrested!

Jiang Xingzheng frowned tightly, and picked up a pen to outline the relevant information...

At this time, someone knocked on the door suddenly, "Come in!" Jiang Xingzheng sipped softly without raising his head, and then Qu Bao bowed his head and led the two people in, saying, "Baihu, uncle and aunt are here to visit you!" Jiang Xingzheng raised his head and was Seeing her parents' round figures walking across the threshold, Jiang's mother carried a food box and said cheerfully, "Son, your father and I have brought you supper."

The door was quickly closed from the outside, and Jiang Xingzheng walked up to meet him, complaining softly, "Why are you here? Didn't you say you don't need to send me something!"

It was hot outside, and Mother Jiang wiped her sweat and said to him, "It's not because I'm afraid that you are busy and don't have enough to eat. I brought a chicken here to nourish your body." Came to see your Master Lu, have you been too showy recently? Just now your father and I greeted him, he didn't look good."

"Hush your voice!"

Jiang Xingzheng hurriedly made a gesture of silence, stood up and leaned against the door to listen to the movement outside the door, and after confirming that there was no one there, he turned around: "Don't worry about my official affairs, you two elders, don't come here in the future! "

"How did you say that?" Jiang's father was also a little anxious: "Of course we don't care about your official business, but we can't ignore your future. Your boss surnamed Lu is not easy to get along with at first glance. You If you are competitive, he will definitely not be used to it, if you have no choice, your mother and I will try to write a way to help you take care of yourself."

It is already annoying enough to deal with official affairs, and his parents are holding on to his hard-to-serve superior, Jiang Xingzheng is angry and anxious: "Father, I still have a lot of confession files that I haven't had time to read. If you don't For the matter, take mother and go first...!"

"This is what I want to remind you about!" Jiang's father stared at him, and said angrily, "You said you haven't been home for a few days, and we can't see you at all. If we can find a chance to talk to you about something serious, You are now in the limelight enough, the above has named and rewarded you, you can accept it if you see it, our family is either a high-ranking official, or an ordinary businessman, it is too late, you have arrested so many people, you You should also let your mother and I sleep peacefully."

When Jiang Xingzheng heard this, his heart became cold, and he said firmly: "My son has done so much not only for his meritorious service and awards, but also for the Taiping Sect. How many relatives have harmed us, my father-in-law, my fiancee, and my elder sister, your daughter, father Mother said such a thing, did she forget all the previous enmity?"

Jiang's father was suddenly taken aback by what was said, and he became at a loss, while Jiang's mother hurried to help: "My son, it has been more than ten years since what you said about your elder sister, and Wu Guan has also obeyed the law. Now only You are well, your elder sister's soul in the sky will feel gratified, don't say anything else, just say how much painstaking efforts my father and I spent to send you to the town government, you..."

"Hey!" Jiang's father interrupted his wife: "It's not that I don't want to mention what happened back then!" Turning his head and saying to Jiang Xingzheng: "Since you want to investigate, then investigate, father also knows that it is because of Yu Si In the case of [-], you are holding your breath and feeling unhappy, in short, Quan took it for the sake of Yufu's face, and spent such a large amount of money inside and out, and we also admitted it for the last time!"

Jiang Xingzheng found it absurd when he heard that the public and private were indistinguishable, but it was related to the Yufu, and he didn't care about anything else, he just asked vigilantly, "What do you mean the last time you also confessed? Do you have other thoughts? "

Jiang's father dragged his voice: "I wanted to tell you about this a few days ago. I was afraid that you would be distracted by business affairs, so I didn't say it all the time. I discussed with your mother and wanted to break off the marriage with Yufu, and I will give it to you later." Say a new one."

"why?"

"There is no reason." Jiang's father patted his thigh, and almost took out an abacus, "Eight hundred coins, that is the dowry gift for marrying the daughter of a fourth-rank official. At the beginning, we also thought that the prospects in Yu's family were good. Yu Sinian also takes care of you, so I agreed, but the money is not for an orphan."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense, Jiang's mother hurriedly tried to persuade her again: "Son, listen to your father, after all, the position of the main wife is unusual. If you really feel pity for that girl, you can also consider taking her as a concubine in the future."

Jiang's father snorted when he heard the words, and said dissatisfied: "In terms of character alone, accepting her as a concubine is flattering her, Xingzheng, don't try to hide it from us, she is a girl who is restless in the room, last time you I was dismissed because of her. At that time, we did not embarrass her because of your face and the face of your in-laws. We also gave her a manor horse farm. If we take her into the house in the future, it will be because of our old love. Listen! Mine, in two days, you will go to the Yu Mansion and explain it to them in person!"

"Son, don't do such a thing!"

Jiang Xingzheng got up with a flushed face, and for a moment, his fingers were shaking with anger, "The invitation to accept the invitation has passed, and she is my unmarried wife! ... Why do I want to go up to her when she gains power for the sake of my future?" , I just kicked him away, my Jiang family shouldn't do such a shameful thing!"

Jiang's father stared at him: "What are you trying to do, kid..."

"Father, I don't need to say any more. I don't need the [-] strings, but Yu Daijiao, I'm married. Please go back." Jiang Xingzheng took a few deep breaths before slowly regaining his senses. The chicken soup didn't even have any appetite anymore After drinking, he turned around and sat back behind the desk, flipping through the official documents with a clatter.

Seeing that he ignored him, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother could only sigh again and again, carefully put the chicken soup back into the food box, and kept chanting: "You child, you child..."

The small courtyard in Huifu Lane is rarely so lively. Zhu Shizai and Geng Yichun are also there. Paper lanterns are lit on the low table. They will urge the town government secretary to issue a death penalty order, I have read the list, and Zigu is on the first list."

Zhu Shi panicked and opened his eyes wide: "...Huh?"

Kuang Jian: "Don't be afraid, this death penalty order was won, and the yamen must obtain a clear order, so that the prisoner will not be dealt with privately by the town government secretary, and Zigu can be transferred from the Imperial Prison to the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhu Shijie, a commoner, seemed not to understand the difference, and just looked at Kuang Jian ignorantly: "What do you mean?"

Kuang Jian: "Da Ming attaches great importance to death penalty cases. Only the signing of the town government department does not constitute an iron case. The relevant cases must be transferred to the Three Law Departments. The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Criminal Ministry, and Dali Temple will review them in turn. The three departments Only after unanimous consent can the final collusion be carried out and the death penalty executed."

Geng Yichun nodded and said: "Yes, this move looks dangerous, but it is actually the easiest to find a turning point. I don't know about the other two, but at least in the Dali Temple level, I will definitely not agree. The oral evidence obtained is solid enough, and I will come forward to leave the case and ask the Ministry of Criminal Justice to review it."

Zhu Shi was still a little ignorant: "Then the cigu can be saved?"

Geng Yichun smiled wryly: "No, according to the past practice, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is likely to uphold the original sentence. You know that the current wind is not good, and it is related to the case of the Taiping Sect. Many officials are still waiting and watching. The Court and the Ministry of Punishments may not dare to object."

"That……"

Kuang Jian: "Don't worry, Geng Shaoqing will be caught at the last hurdle. If the Ministry of Criminal Justice insists on the original verdict, he will just dismiss the case back."

Zhu Shi frowned tightly: "Then what if Yushitai of the Ministry of Punishment has always insisted on the original sentence?"

Kuang Jian: "Then this matter will enter into a tug-of-war. If there are more than three trips, the three courts can persuade the garrison office to intervene. At that time, the case will not be decided by the town government alone, and multiple forces may intervene. As long as Mushroom is innocent, he can overturn the case at any time."

Kuang Jian's last words undoubtedly gave Zhu Shi confidence, his eyes changed from confusion to clarity, and he nodded vigorously: "Got it!"

Geng Yichun: "However, we can deal with these things Kuang Butou said, but the most important thing now is to cooperate with us. If she relaxes, no matter how hard we work outside, it will be useless."

Zhu Shi: "Tell me, how will she cooperate?"

Geng Yichun: "Because it is a sentence of treason and beheading, the relatives of the prisoner will definitely be called to see her for the last time in the next two days. You must see her and make it clear that you should not plead guilty casually, let alone make a confession inexplicably... As for how to say it specifically, I'll teach you later..."

Geng Yichun and Kuang Jian are the same kind of people, honest, honest, and cunning. The two explained the matter clearly to Zhu Shi in a simple way, let him form a basic understanding of this matter and the rescue plan, and then told him what he could do. What, what must be done.Zhu Shi took the paper and pen and hurriedly wrote down the words Geng Yichun taught him. Seeing that he had nothing to do for a while, Kuang Jian pushed the mat and got up, and went around the screen to watch Sha Xiangyue.

Sha Xiangyue's house is full of antique-style furniture. Behind three stacks of screens, he is sitting under the shade of green screens, with a small table on the low couch, and he is looking at things under the lamp with his knees folded. The lavender skirt is spread out. On the bed, the fog melted into the fundus of the eyes.

"Why are you looking at that painting again?"

Kuang Jian threw off her clothes and lay down beside him, lowering her voice for fear of being heard.

Sha Xiangyue rolled up the painting scroll, and gave him a light look: "It's so beautiful that no one is allowed to see it."

Kuang Jian couldn't help laughing, tugged at his sleeves, and pulled him: "What looks good? Tell me, do paintings look good? Or are people good looking?"

In March in the painting, Sha Xiangyue holds a fish food box and feeds the fish sideways—it is strange enough to secretly look at her own portrait, but Sha Xiangyue does not answer, puts the scroll aside, and pulls out a picture of the construction method to cover it up. Kuang Jian raised her chin and pretended to watch it together with him, while watching, she asked, "Why didn't you watch it? Didn't it look good just now?"

Sha Xiangyue was ridiculed by him, turned around and shoved Kuang Jian directly, turned over and sat on his waist: "If I die in the future, I will take this painting into the coffin! Even a ghost looks at it every day, Kuang catcher , let's go!"

"I can't see it, why do you still think about such a long-term thing?" Kuang Jian laughed, stroking Sha Xiangyue's back, not understanding what kind of cruel description he was using.

Sha Xiangyue didn't like to be hugged by him, and was about to get up after struggling. Kuang Jian knew that Sha Xiangyue had a grumpy personality and was like a cat. He could take the initiative in everything, but others could take the initiative. Reached down, pinched him hard and touched him: "That painting is not good, you like it, I will draw others for you in the future..."

Kuang Jian turned over and hugged the man hard to prevent him from breaking free. While clutching his vitals, she pressed against the tip of Sha Xiangyue's ear and kept blowing into his ear hole. The two of them had nothing serious to do. Twisting and stumbling to make out in the room, about the time of a cup of tea, Geng Yichun's voice came from the outside, it seemed that the talk was over. "Wu Yuan, come out and see me off!" He shouted outside, while Sha Xiangyue was panting inside, her legs crossed, her waist slumped, her eyes dimmed, she glanced outside, then turned back to Kuang Jian: "... use me Going out?" Kuang Jian got up, rinsed his mouth and washed his hands quickly, and straightened his clothes: "No, just lie down, I'll be right back."

Zhu Shi and Geng Yichun had finished talking, and Zhu Shi was clumsily sorting out the urgent matters he wrote down in dog-crawling characters.Kuang Jian came out of the room with a serious face, showing no flaws in his body, and was about to send Geng Yichun off with big strides, when Zhu Shi suddenly took a few steps and quietly grabbed Kuang Jian's clothes.

Kuang Jian looked back unexpectedly: "What?"

Zhu Shi said embarrassingly, "Geng Shaoqing has helped the villain so much, do I want to show something? After a meal or..." As he spoke, he began to dig something out of his pocket, "I have to trouble you, Catcher Kuang ..."

Kuang Jian immediately blocked his hand, glanced at Geng Yichun who was at the door, and said to Zhu Shi in a deep voice: "Nothing is needed, we just help you to complain, if you do these small tricks, it will be self-defeating."

After saying a few words to urge him, he went to the door by himself. The generation of Huifu Street is quite elegant, the street is full of peaches, and the road is also quiet. Geng Yichun stood in the dark corner of the street, watched Kuang Jian come out, and smiled wickedly: "You have other things for me to do, don't you?"

Kuang Jian looked around, without saying a word, took out a clove from his waist and handed it to him: "Find someone for me."

Geng Yichun picked it up and asked, "Who?"

"Jiang Xingzheng."

"Him?" Geng Yichun was very impressed with this recently popular name, and only asked: "What do you want to do?"

"When you three judicial divisions hand over the case, are you going to be the first to sue?"

Geng Yichun: "This is a big case in the yamen, and it may not... ah... be dropped! It must be dropped! Are you going to drop him?"

Kuang Jian couldn't help laughing, as if he was laughing. This small expression was too exaggerated: "He took the lead in arresting people, so it's justified to find a way to get him to sign the first accuser. Isn't it difficult?"

"It's not difficult, but what's wrong with him?" Geng Yichun crossed his arms and asked with a smile: "You want to cut off his official career."

The case of Zigu is a big deal. Once it enters into a tug-of-war and the garrison ends, and in the end Zigu is acquitted, whoever sues first will suffer. The bigger the trouble, the less likely the first accuser will escape punishment. , with Jiang Xingzheng's current foundation, as long as he does this, a lifetime dismissal is inevitable.

Geng Yichun didn't expect that such a young man who was far away from the court and disliked political manipulation, he was able to easily conspire, and the conspiracy was so light, "This is not your style, but I haven't seen you targeting anyone for many years."

Kuang Jian leaned against the wall, and smiled lightly. It happened that the lights of Lin's house were lit, and the myrtle leaves rustled, and the sharp lines and corners were clearly cut off on his jaw.

"I'm too lazy to target him, I just want to see him go away." Kuang Jian explained.

Geng Yichun clicked his tongue softly: "But I heard that someone backed up this kid. Do you know who it is? Let me show you the truth first?"

While talking, Zhu Shi also hugged his bag and went out shyly. Kuang Jian glanced at Geng Yichun tacitly, without saying anything, but said: "Don't worry, if the person behind him really loves him, he won't be so serious." Let him do so many eye-catching things." Immediately after, he patted the trembling little carpenter on the shoulder, and waved his hand at Geng Yichun: "Go back, let me know when everything is done."