The first work of the imperial prison

The Chang family is a well-regulated family with a very strict hierarchy. For three consecutive generations, there have been more than five ranks of Beijing officials. From the color embroidery of the widowed old lady's clothes to the servant girls who can go and who can't go, there are all kinds of problems. strict requirements.

Ye Baiting doesn't think it's strange. The patriarchal dynasty, the feudal society, and the inferiority of the sons and daughters are the mainstream ideology of this era. There are many similar families, but it is such a family that respects rules everywhere. The head of this generation unexpectedly Not the first son, but the second son's son, Chang Hongwen.

It is not the eldest son with a detached status, not the son of the eldest son who has attracted much attention. Chang Hongwen's life when he was a child is very sad. From his school experience, it can be seen that the whole process is very unsatisfactory, but he just got up. No matter how lucky he is or how hard he works, his official career is fast and steady. He is now 34 years old and has been appointed as Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Slowly being marginalized, people outside don't even know each other.

Since Chang Hongwen is the patriarch of this generation, of course there are many privileges. He can do what other bastards can’t do, and he can do things that other bastards can’t. But this privilege is only for him. Emphasis on concubines, rules remain unchanged.

This family seems rigid and tolerant, strict and casual, and the contradictions are such that they can coexist harmoniously. There is no rumor about it. It is said that it is all thanks to Chang Hongwen. It is said that he is too gentlemanly, humble and undisputed. Virtuous, diligent housekeeping.

The deceased, Chang Hongwu, was Chang Hongwen's younger brother. He was also born in the second room and was also a concubine. Xiao Chang Hongwen was in his teens and killed his biological mother when he was born. The younger brother who has the closest relationship with Chang Hongwen, but this younger brother is not the same as his elder brother at all. Can't read, can't be an official, under the protection of my brother, I started the housework, and gradually became an indispensable person.

Chang Hongwu has no privileges in this family. He has to abide by all the rules and regulations that concubines should abide by, but the other concubines stay in their own yard honestly and don’t cause trouble, but he can’t. He always needs to go around and make arrangements, and he faces more risks and punishments, so he is always anxious, afraid that he has done something wrong and that he has not done enough.

He married a wife, and the marriage lasted less than a year, when his first wife died of a sudden illness. Three months ago, he remarried Zhang, the daughter of a merchant. Zhang was beautiful and charming, and they had a very good relationship.

On September [-]th, the old lady’s birthday banquet was full of guests, and Chang Hongwu was very busy. He had to take care of this and that, and he had to solve unexpected problems from time to time. I couldn't straighten up anymore, so I said in the words of the maid: the corners of my mouth are foaming, and I don't know how long I haven't drank water.

Ye Baiting slid his fingertips over the confession paper and landed on the word 'study',

After such a busy and tiring day, the last wave of guests was finally sent away, and the relationship with his new wife was good. Why didn't Chang Hongwu go back to his room and go to the study to read?Having trouble with your wife?Or what happened that day, who needs to be explained and discussed with?

From the perspective of time, the deceased has been in charge of the family affairs for a long time, and has long been able to handle it with ease. There should be nothing to explain and discuss with anyone. Even if there is, it will not be too late the next day. It can be regarded as taking good care of her, and she often laments that she has not done enough, so she probably won't have any grudges with others?If you have made trouble earlier, you won't make trouble for no reason on such a day.

At the end of the day, everyone in the Chang family was tired from top to bottom, and the murderer was no exception. Why not choose this night to do it earlier or later?Even if you are not tired, you are not afraid of being seen by many people?

Ye Baiting's brain is spinning, thinking non-stop, dreaming as if he is at the scene of a crime, environment, motivation, choice of methods...

When I woke up the next day, I was almost out of my mind, and when I was sharing the porridge, I gave out the more portion that belonged to me.

He thought that Shen Jiang would come here early today, but no one came after waiting for a long time... This idiot doesn't want to get promoted and get rich?

It was a long time after noon before he waited for Shen Jiang who came late.

"Get up, follow me." Shen Jiang looked around, lowered his voice, mysteriously.

Ye Baiting didn't know why, so she followed him along the wall, picked a dark place, turned around a door, and walked into a room. The room was small, and there was a table in the middle, and on the table was a set of uniforms for soldiers in Jinyiwei.

"Change clothes."

"Change...your clothes?" Ye Baiting frowned.

"Why, the young master still doesn't like it?"

"Don't dare, it's just—" Ye Baiting was about to say why, his eyes paused, and the corners of his lips curled up, "I just don't know what Shen Zongqi ate today, I'm so courageous."

It's too obvious, this is to let him go out of prison, so that he can hide his eyes and ears by wearing the clothes of a soldier!

Shen Jiang clicked his tongue: "It's boring, if you still want to play tricks, you know that you are scheming and can't be fooled."

Ye Baiting: "Stop talking nonsense, where are you going? What are you doing?"

Shen Jiang chuckled: "Boss has made great progress in the matter in hand. I don't know who to blame, so I ordered a bunch of people to follow. Today, Beizhen Fusi is empty, and I, Shen Zongqi, dominate! I have this opportunity , Why are you running around to ask for a confession, I just invited the person over, young master, ask yourself!"

Ye Baiting was very surprised: "The Chang family came to Beizhen Fusi? Chang Hongwen is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry..." Can you also invite him?

Shen Jiang stared: "What's wrong with the minister of the Ministry of Industry? I'm still the Jinyiwei! In the imperial prison, there is one person who counts as one, and they are all officials! I invite you personally, and Chang Hongwen dare not come!"

OK.You are Jin Yiwei, you are awesome.

Ye Baiting picked up the clothes, changed them, and when he put on the last one, he was a little hesitant to put it on.

The soldier's uniform is indigo, not ugly, thick material, and quite stylish, but this uniform is matched with a battle skirt, with a yellow base, and purple flowers embroidered on the border.This... The hunks are not so conspicuous in their martial arts outfits and arrows. Doesn't he look a bit bitch in it?

"Can I not wear this?"

"No!" Shen Jiang shook his head resolutely, "Beizhen Fusi rules, disheveled clothes, twenty sticks!"

Ye Baiting: ...

The uniform of the general flag is equipped with a gold-thread-wrapped armor belt, whether wearing a swastika or a helmet, it is very stylish, of course you want to!

Seeing Young Master Jiao wear the battle skirt slowly, picky and picky, his eyebrows were wrinkled into small bumps, Shen Jiang couldn't see it: "Hurry up, it's not just the battle skirt, the commander also wears it!"

Ye Baiting couldn't control himself, and poked his elbow into the opponent's Achilles' heel.

Qiu Yiqing was wearing a flying fish suit!Even the skirt is also noble, luxurious and aura, so can it be the same!

He couldn't help but be angry: "Shen Zongqi talks about the commander like this, but other people can't stand it, so they come back early to see you."

Shen Jiang: "Ancestor! Don't be crowed, hurry up!"

Outsiders are not allowed to enter the Imperial Prison, and once they are in, they cannot come out. They have no official documents, and Jin Yiwei can't mess around. Fortunately, Fusi's territory in Beizhen is quite large, and there are places where confessions can be made.

Shen Jiang asked someone to clean up the small hall closest to the edict prison, and arranged it inside and out to ensure that nothing would go wrong, and Young Master Jiao would not be able to escape from the prison, so he invited Ye Baiting to go there.

The doors on both sides are connected, Ye Baiting can't even go out, and he didn't see any sunshine, but the air is much cleaner, much fresher than the prison.The small hall deliberately creates a solemn atmosphere, no windows, and candles are lit in broad daylight. There is only a table against the wall, and a screen is placed in the middle. The pattern of plum blossoms reflecting snow is cold enough and simple enough.

Ye Baiting's eyes drooped: "You just let me stand?"

"Otherwise? Let you sit here?" Shen Jiang glanced at the slightly translucent screen, "Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

"Shen Zongqi can eat more walnuts."

"what?"

"Puzzle the brain."

Shen Jiang stared instantly.

Ye Baiting asked him: "Let me ask you, why did you call me here?"

Shen Jiang: "Ask for a confession."

Ye Baiting: "I opened my mouth to ask? Others can see the figure through the screen, but they can't tell who is opening their mouth?"

"Yes."

"Add a few cases below, and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone—" Ye Baiting turned to look at Shen Jiang, "I write, you ask."

Shen Jiang patted his thigh and directed his subordinates to do it: "That's good!"

He sits in the first place, he asks questions, even if he is slower, others will only think that he is thoughtful, calm and confident!

Quickly asked to put the young couple on the lower side, Shen Jiang was very excited: "Come! Bring someone—Master, who shall we ask first?"

Ye Baiting didn't speak, but wrote him a line.

Grass--

The excitement in Shen Jiang's eyes instantly turned into swear words. This is not asking other people to confess, this is testing him!What dog paw characters, if you are not good enough, don't learn wild cursive, he can't recognize it!

"Huh?" Ye Baiting looked at him sideways, "My handwriting is hard to read?"

How dare Shen Jiang say it's bad, dare to provoke Young Master Jiao to be angry, and Young Master Jiao dares to plot. He doesn't know how to die, so he can only try to recognize the dog's paw writing: "Very, very good, with everyone's demeanor, You want to be the first one to ask the deceased Mrs. Zhang, right? Come, bring Mrs. Zhang—"

Mrs. Zhang quickly brought her almond eyes and peach cheeks, slashed shoulders and willow waist, plain clothes and jade bracelets, and her figure is extremely coquettish.

Shen Jiang struggled to recognize the words written by Ye Baiting, and asked word by word: "I heard that you have a good relationship with the deceased?"

"Yeah," Zhang's handkerchief covered his eyes, and the pear blossoms were raining, "My husband loves me the most, but if he has free time, he will come to accompany me, clothes, jewelry, food and drink, and he is never stingy with money. He will give me everything Buy, I’m not happy, and I’ve tried my best to coax him... He couldn’t be better for me, and now he’s leaving, how can I live..."

There will be no future after entering the imperial prison, at least everyone will cry once, maybe when they come in, maybe when they are hopeless, maybe when they want to let go, thanks to this gift, Ye Baiting has mastered the art of crying proficiently Various levels, real crying and fake crying can understand.

After observing for a while, he picked up the brush, scribbled on the paper, and passed it to Shen Jiang——

Shen Jiangjing waited for a long time before asking: "The deceased is considerate and obedient. While you are being coaxed to be happy, do you also think he is worthless? Do you feel that you can't hold your head up when you are outside occasionally?"

"Ah, here..." Mrs. Zhang's eyes flickered slightly, "Marry a chicken and follow a chicken, marry a dog and follow a dog, what can I do? I have to live like this..."

Ye Baiting brushed and wrote again, and Shen Jiang asked again: "Where were you when the crime happened?"

"bedroom."

"Is there any evidence?"

"This does not."

"Have you ever been to the study?"

The question was getting faster and faster, and Mrs. Zhang was very nervous: "No, no! I was too busy during the day, and I was so tired that I wished I could lie on the bed at night, unable to walk at all, and even forgot to bring tea to my husband... "

"When were the clothes on the deceased changed?"

"This..." Mrs. Zhang thought about it carefully, "There were a lot of guests that day, and my husband changed a lot of clothes. Which one is your lord talking about?"

"As far as you remember, say it all."

Mrs. Zhang thought about it, and said sentence by sentence: "As I remember, what I wore in the morning was the festive tuanhua brocade set..."

"Your finger is hurt, how did it come?"

Mrs. Zhang shrank her fingers: "Cut, cut the flower branches."

"Okay, you go out."

The whole process is quite fast.

Shen Jiang looked at Ye Baiting suspiciously: "What's the point of all this?" There's nothing critical about it, it's not the same as if you didn't ask, "You can't be selfish just because your daughter-in-law looks good-looking!"

Ye Baiting didn't even bother to look at him: "My husband is newly dead, plain clothes should be matched with bright jade, pearls on the toe of the shoes, clothes around the neck that others can't see, and colorful necklaces, exaggerated expressions, always holding the chin up when talking , standing charmingly—Ms. Zhang is a person who likes to show off her wealth and has a good face. Good food and clothing can certainly make her face, but her husband can't stand alone and accomplish nothing but makes her feel ashamed; The deceased is true to her, but she is not necessarily true to the deceased; she often goes in and out of the deceased's study, and will express her "love" by changing tea in person; she is familiar with the scene environment, even if it is a passionate crime under a tight time , can also have the ability to tidy up and restore; what’s more—her finger is injured.”

The author has something to say:

Aww~ Zai Zai is promising, and he can coax a reward from the benefactor's father! !Thanks for the first mine of this article! !From Fu Zhe Zhe acridine (づ￣3￣)づ╭??～

Shen Jiang (rubbing paws): The boss ordered people to go out to ransack the house, and I can't come back. I am the only one, so why can't I arrange it? ︿(￣︶￣)︿

Qiu Yiqing (touching her chin): I heard that the little baby came out to ask for a confession. She is beautiful, handsome, and super sexy. I have to go back and see. ▼_▼