Suspect in Jinling

"In the first year of Zhengtong, I inherited my father's position as the captain of Jinyiwei. It was the time when Luo Cheng was a teacher, and the Taiping sect was very powerful. As soon as I entered the post, I was selected by Beizhen Fusi and sneaked into Taiping as a secret sect. In the third year of orthodoxy, Taoist Luo Cheng selected an heir in a cave in Xixian County, Shandong Province. At the foot of the mountain, after I escaped from death, by accident, I became the highest position in the church at that time, so I was elected as the new head teacher;

"At this time, the imperial court mistakenly believed that all the people in the cave were dead, and I couldn't get in touch with Jin Yiwei's upline, so it was difficult for me to be the head teacher, but as time passed, my official's desire to return to the imperial court became more and more determined. Jin, Xu, these old forces of the Taiping Sect are vicious and difficult to discipline. I am well aware of how harmful they are, so I tried every means to regain contact with the imperial court. In April this year, I finally got Beijing Wang Zhen. Agreed, return to Jinling North Town Fusi in secret as an inspector of Jinyiwei, and use my information to direct the actions of the town's government department - this official's identity is not intentionally concealed, but to avoid unnecessary speculation and dampen morale. I have asked for special approval from Wang Gonggong and Tang Gonggong, so I will not disclose it for the time being."

Li Mengliang said calmly, turned his head to look at Tang Guan, and said: "Eunuch Tang, now that the success has been achieved, colleagues in Jinling are asking this again, can we change our confidentiality agreement a little bit?"

Tang Guan immediately came to his senses, and immediately said: "Yes, yes, Master Li is right, this matter has indeed been specially approved, and even as early as the 23rd of last month, the prince issued an edict, saying that Master Li has Great contribution, but he left the imperial court for too long before, and was worried that he would not be able to convince the public, so he temporarily brought up the Taiping Sect as a supervisor. Once the roundup is successful, he will immediately promote Mr. Li to be the commander of the Fusi of Jinling North Town—a document It has been sent out, and it is on duty at our government office, if you still don’t believe me, our family can send someone to pick it up now.”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Duanxian's face suddenly twitched——

Fourth Master and Kuang Jian frowned tightly and looked at each other, completely unaware of this situation.

On the other hand, Jiang Xingzheng half lowered his head, half in disgust, and half in distaste, hooking the corners of his mouth.

Li Mengliang's explanation is very sinister. Even if few people in this room really believe his words, they can't expose him. Lu Duanxian and Jiang Xingzheng are inconvenient to say more due to their identities, while Ying Tianfu's fourth master and Kuang Jianze It is inconvenient to say too much, attacking the shield with the spear of the other, once they question the rationality of Li Mengliang's secret actions, there will be loopholes in their actions that can be questioned, and they have miscalculated the most important link: They thought that Tang Guan would not protect Li Mengliang, but they did not expect that Tang Guan not only helped Li Mengliang out of the siege, but even threw out the promotion papers in one breath.

The corners of Kuang Jian's eyes twitched violently——

"Master Li, congratulations."

Li Xian, Li Min and others were the quickest to congratulate Li Mengliang.

Li Mengliang hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I will be an official in Jinling in the future, and I ask all the government offices to take care of me."

After being reminded by Li Mengliang, the extinguished arrogance in the eyes of the eunuch Tang Guan ignited again at this time, and he said to everyone with a smile: "Master Li, Li Mengliang, was the best secret sect of Beizhen Fusi back then. Countless confidential news came back from the imperial court. I heard that Master Li Min had obtained an old file of the Taiping Sect from the Secretary of the Town Office more than two months ago? Now it seems that the old file was lent to Zuo Tuiguan and Xiao Kuang The head arrester refers to the news of the Taiping Sect... You don’t know, that old document was passed back by Master Li Mengliang back then, and our Ying Tianfu in Jinling was able to find out the organization and relationship of the Taiping Sect so quickly. To wipe out the rebellion in the west of the city, it is also credited by Lord Li 11 years ago!"

The atmosphere pretended to be harmonious, and Master Li Min had to laugh and flatter when he heard the words, but Kuang Jian soon stopped laughing, Tang Guan turned his head and said to Li Mengliang: "Master Li, last night's ghost is sad 'Has it been interrogated? Today is just right, let me tell you about the results of the interrogation."

Kuang Jian's heart skipped a beat, her back straightened, and her palms tightened suddenly——

Jiang Xingzheng was startled, and opened his eyes wide to look at Li Mengliang——

Li Mengliang responded with a smile, and slowly took out a stack of confessions from his lapel, and after showing them to everyone, he said slowly: "This morning, the officer interrogated Killing Xiangyue. This person is a famous craftsman from the Ministry of Industry under cover. It has been admitted that the Hu Zhao case, the Hubu Xiayang case, the Hubu Shitang case, the Hubu Fu Yuchen case, the Zhenfu Si Chuji case, and the Xunyuan Yusi Nian case...all the six court officials belonged to him kill……"

Kuang Jian didn't speak, but stared at the confession closely, waited until Li Mengliang finished speaking, and immediately questioned: "Master Li, has this confession been confirmed by the interrogator?"

Li Mengliang nodded: "Of course, he signed and admitted all the above evidence."

Jiang Xingzheng turned to stare at Kuang Jian with red eyes——

Kuang Jian's chest heaved unbelievably violently, and he realized that he still underestimated Sha Xiangyue's feelings for Li Mengliang, so he immediately turned his eyes and looked at Li Xian, who was above him: "My lord, I want to make a correction request It is impossible to kill Xiangyue to kill Yu Si Nian!"

Tang Guan laughed lightly: "Xiao Kuang arrested the head because the prisoner told lies?"

Fourth Master's pupils shrank nervously——

Kuang Jian frowned tightly and did not fall into Tang Guan's trap: "Master Li's specific interrogation process is not clear. I don't know if the prisoner made a false confession or there was something wrong with the interrogation, but Mr. Yu Sinian died at four On the evening of March 22, Sha Xiangyue and Beizhi were together all the time that night, and there was absolutely no time to commit crimes."

"Always together?"

Tang Guan asked sinisterly: "All night?"

"All night."

Kuang Jian answered clearly.

Tang Guan showed some subtle expressions: "Captain Xiao Kuang is so sure, what were you doing all night?"

"These people are all human beings. Sha Xiangyue's identity has been completely exposed, and your relationship with Sha Xiangyue has become an article on the table. If someone asks, just say it, don't cover it up, you also cover it up." Can't stop." This morning, before Li Min set out to guard the Yamen, Li Min told him how to deal with Sha Xiangyue: "Fengyuelushui, click as much as you can. Wuyuan, don't make trouble for yourself."

And Tang Guan asked this question now, not because he didn't know the inside story, but just to humiliate him.

Kuang Jian raised her eyes and said in an extremely calm tone, "We were doing bed work that night, Eunuch Tang, do you want to hear the specific process?"

Tang Guan's eyelids twitched suddenly——

Everyone at the meeting turned their gazes to Kuang Jian's face, secretly surprised by his calm and frank confession. On the other hand, Tang Guan, the eunuch, seemed to have been ridiculed and humiliated at this time, and his face couldn't help but darken: "Since you have a relationship with the suspect With such an intimate relationship, how do you want us to believe your testimony?"

Kuang Jian raised his eyes and looked directly at the people opposite: "I am willing to accept any degree of scrutiny. Ying Tianfu's action against the Taiping Sect started as early as March this year. I am the main contact person of the action. Whether the whole process is concealed or not? Selfishness, whether there is any cover-up, all can be questioned."

Kuang Jian's response was too passive, Fourth Master was anxious, his eyes blinked rapidly——

Who knew that the eunuch Tang's level could only be maintained for a short while, and then he said: "You have no selfish intentions, so what are you doing now? Denying the crime is not trying to reduce his crime!"

Li Mengliang was a little surprised, and turned his head to look at Tang Guan suddenly.

Zuo Yang immediately relaxed, exhaled slowly, and raised his chin as if watching a show.

"What mitigation?"

Kuang Jian was puzzled, and went back directly: "It is my bounden duty to handle cases impartially. Even if the criminals have committed heinous crimes, they must not be framed at will!" After finishing speaking, he raised his head and bowed to Li Xian who was behind the big case: "Master Li, what happened to the murderer Xiangyue? There are still doubts about the confession of Yu Sinian, and I applied to intervene in the interrogation."

Tang Guan heard the words and slapped his chair hard: "Lord Li, the town government secretary rejected the request! Ghost Jianchou was clearly arrested by Ying Tianfu last night, why did he disappear halfway? If it wasn't for the town government secretary Houhu to capture him, this heinous person would have I really want to escape! Xiao Kuang arrests the head and intervenes in the town government department, if the prisoner disappears again, who will take the responsibility?"

Such accusations of accusing Sang and Huai, for a while, even the fourth master couldn't sit still!

"sit down!"

Suddenly, Li Min spoke in a deep voice, and his subordinates were about to fight back uncontrollably when he stopped. Fourth master was taken aback, shut his mouth immediately, and moved his butt back.

"As Eunuch Tang said," Li Min looked at Tang Guan and said slowly, "The two of my subordinates have a close relationship with Gui Jianchou. The behavior of encircling and suppressing yesterday can be called my act of exterminating relatives in response to the righteousness of Tianfu. They There is a lesson to be learned from the public mind, and the doubts about Yu Sinian's case are just for the sake of discussion, and Eunuch Tang's speculation just now is too hurtful."

Tang Guan let out a breath slowly, and remained silent.

Seeing the quarrel between the two parties lingering for a while, Li Xian said slowly: "Xiao Kuang's testimony is credible, but as a man of the public family, and with such a relationship with Gui Jianchou, it's better to avoid suspicion—but Since the confession is doubtful, we have to investigate and ask questions. How about this, the garrison yamen and Yingtianfu each sent a third party to attend the case of the Zhenfu Division. If the crime is not condoned, Ying Tianfu can raise reasonable doubts about the interrogation results, Eunuch Tang and Master Li, what do you think?"

Tang glanced at Li Mengliang, Li Mengliang nodded confidently, Kuang Jian still wanted to fight, Li Min immediately gave him a deep look, Kuang Jian gritted his teeth, and could only give up.

The main discussion in the garrison yamen today was the follow-up matters of the Taiping sect's encirclement and suppression. Li Xian presided over the meeting, and the topics were thrown out one by one. When it came to the conviction of the Taiping Sect, Tang Guan said disgustedly, "There is nothing more to say, these are all rebellious, and they will be dragged to the vegetable market and beheaded. Those of us who are bosses, it is the right way to ask for rewards from our subordinates."

Ying Tianfu is different. Master Li Min directly took out a stack of applications from his sleeve, which was finally finalized for him by the third master and fourth master last night in the duty room. Tianfu's view."

The soldiers guarding the yamen immediately stepped forward, took Shen Wen and handed it to Li Xian's desk.

Li Min: "Ying Tianfu advocates light punishment as the main priority, only correcting the culprits, regardless of the accomplices, carefully screening their crimes, and prudently convicting them."

Li Xian: "How is the progress now?"

Li Min: "The interrogation of the prisoners in Yingtianfu Prison is still being stepped up. The final result has not yet been ascertained, but there are a few of them who are very typical. You can talk to Marquis Fengcheng first. For example, the Taiping sect member named Zhu Shi Yes, he joined the religion not long ago, and he joined the Taiping religion ten days ago only because of the Shigu case. It comes back to life."

"rebellion?"

Tang Guan grasped the key point and said in astonishment: "Master Li is too sympathetic to the Taiping Sect! The imperial court has already made a conclusion on the treatment of these heretical demon parties, and they must be strict! Since they have invested in the Taiping Sect, they should know this. It is a taboo of my Ming Dynasty!"

Li Min turned his eyes to him indifferently: "But the Taiping believers and heretical demon party that Eunuch Tang talked about were originally just victims of disasters and starvation in Nanzhili! ——If you want to check, you can find thousands of people like this in the shacks in the west of the city." The common people, they don't have enough clothes, they don't have enough to eat, their residences leak wind in winter and rain in summer, and they join the Taiping Sect. Eight out of ten people do it to fill their stomachs. Tang Gonggong, if it weren't for the people in our government to ignore them Ask, why should they throw themselves into heresy?"

Tang Guan suddenly froze for a moment. Obviously, what Master Li Min said was beyond his cognition, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

At this time, Li Xian spoke first: "What does Ying Tianfu mean?"

Li Min: "The identities of the Taiping believers and the red lotus tattoos are by no means the reason for these people's death crimes. Ying Tianfu begged the garrison yamen to stop the arrest of evil and heretics, to calm people's hearts, calm down rumors, allocate funds for disaster relief, and appease the people in the west of the city... Jin Chizi and others pulled out overnight, and this is the best time for the government to take over. As for the construction of the west of the city, there is no delay. The government proposes that the Jinling Ministry of Industry take the lead to gather the craftsmen who were expelled from the city due to the demon party more than half a month ago. , let them return to their homes, and work together..."

The original intention of the "Treasure Lantern Project" was that Si Ye and Kuang Jian were worried that Ying Tianfu's strong eradication would cause too much disturbance in the west of the city. The dark forces in Jinling City have always been difficult for the government to penetrate. It is bound to be accompanied by labor pains. They weigh up and down, and finally choose to hide in it, take advantage of the situation, and take an extremely secretive path.

Tang Guan closed his eyes at the end when he heard it. He felt it was absurd, touched his mouth up and down, and asked Li Min, "Rebelling against the good people, Mr. Li put it simply, and wanted to build houses for them, but such a big project Even if the Ministry of Industry takes the lead, the Ministry of Households will allocate funds, where is the money from the Ministry of Households?"

"Eunuch Tang asked a good question."

Li Min raised his head lightly, and pressed down with heavy eyes: "The household department is now, why is it that there is no money?"

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Tomorrow I will update earlier, the writing is almost done.