Chapter three hundred and ninety seventh confusion case
It rained for a while late.
By the next day, there was still no sign of clear weather.
The happiest thing on a rainy day is to lie in a warm bed, read a book, watch the scenery, and do something you love.
For this happiness, Lu Bai did not go out, but asked Yun Niang to send a message to Fang Qianhu in Fusi, Nanzhen, asking them to arrest the shopkeeper Shen of Meiji Buzhuang who appeared.
Fang Qianhu is the most suitable person for Nanzhen Fusi.
Because he is not so loyal to Lu Bai, he will inevitably violate the law when doing some work, let alone arresting shopkeeper Shen. He will never dare to lynching shopkeeper Shen. Lu Bai estimates that he will try his best to punish shopkeeper Shen and others. Treat each other with courtesy.
After taking care of this important matter, Lu Bai no longer paid attention to his official duties, but asked someone to move the furniture in the study room to the bed next to the river.
He and Gu Qinghuan lay together on the couch with their feet touching their feet. Between sleeping and reading, they would look at the Qinhuai River from time to time. The fine rain fell like silk on the water, creating ripples in circles. Occasionally there were river fish. The probe came out, and before it spit out a few strings of bubbles or before it retracted its head, a awning boat passed by, and the frightened fish hurriedly returned to the water.
Willow trees hang low on both sides of the bank, with leaves that look like they have been washed. Oil-paper umbrellas are like dragons on the streets, and the sound of hawking is endless. From time to time, you can smell the aroma of vegetables and wine from restaurants.
Lu Bai had some side dishes cooked and served, and he and Gu Qinghuan drank and ate on the couch. They lived a leisurely life, not much different from the days of gods.
As the saying goes, after eating and drinking enough, Lu Bai couldn't help but have some crooked thoughts. After a lot of troubles, the still lonely swallow on the beam was fed a mouthful of dog food and left the beam, floating on the water. After a slight tap on it, it went away.
This plum rain will last for many days.
Lu Bai, however, could not rest for many days. The king's failure to go to court early was not what his position should do.
He had to go to Nanzhen Fusi in the rain the next day.
As soon as he arrived at Nanzhen Fusi, Lu Bai went to Zhao Prison first and saw that Shopkeeper Shen was fine, with no skin or flesh injuries on his body.
"What a job you're doing -" Lu Bai patted Qianhu on the shoulder and praised him, "You can't offend anyone."
Fang Qianhu thought Lu Bai was mocking him, so he laughed to cover it up.
Not long after Lu Bai came out of Zhao Prison, the Shen family arrived, and it was the head of the Shen family, Shen Yi, who came in person.
As the head of an aristocratic family, Shen Yi is not very old, almost in his early forties, but his hair has turned blue-grey. However, he is in good spirits, with a rosy complexion, bright eyes, and an air of energy that cannot be concealed.
Shen Yi currently does not hold an official position in the temple.
The reason is that Shen Yi's father died less than three years ago and Shen Yi is still in Dingyou. But everyone knows that after the three-year period, Shen Yi will surely ascend to a high position. Maybe with the support of Jianzhai, he can still do it. Entering the cabinet.
"Master Lu, do you know what happened to my Shen Bing?" After greeting Lu Bai, Shen Yi asked in a neither humble nor overbearing tone, but the anxiety in his tone could not be concealed.
Lu Bai was not surprised at all.
Although he sent the money over the day before, Shopkeeper Shen was arrested by Jin Yiwei yesterday morning and did not hand over the money to the Shen family at all. The Shen family is most anxious now. It is the time to use Shopkeeper Shen, so they naturally have to come over quickly. Ask what happens.
Lu Bai told Shen Yi not to worry, he was going to interrogate Shopkeeper Shen soon.
He asked Shen Yi to sit nearby and listen, and then asked Jin Yiwei to escort Shopkeeper Shen up.
Lian'er is worthy of having grown up with a vixen since she was a child. Her acting skills are really good. She first called Lu Bai a "dog official" when she first started. She also scolded Lu Bai for being a confused official and handling a stupid case. She also asked Shen Yi, the head of the Shen family, for help.
Shen Yi waved his hand, telling Shopkeeper Shen to calm down, "I believe Mr. Lu will enforce the law impartially."
When Shen Yi said this, there was a little anger in his tone. He didn't know who he was angry with.
Lu Bai was too lazy to pay attention to him and recounted the clues he had followed. It had to be said that after going to the Customs and Supervision Bureau, he found out that shopkeeper Shen was Lian'er pretending to be the boss, and Yong had a quarrel while drinking on the boat into the city. The Customs Supervision Bureau held a grudge. Lu Bai's guess was quite reliable when he took advantage of the customs supervision department to smuggle illegal salt and make a fuss about it and commit blackmail.
Fang Qianhu listened nearby and nodded unanimously, thinking that it was shopkeeper Shen who did it.
"Both the Customs Supervisor and Huang Junsheng's Jinyiwei are greedy for money. You used money to seduce Huang Jinyiwei, and asked him to kick the Customs Supervisor until he was seriously injured and drowned him in the water. You also wore sweat medicine while the wine was red, and Huang Junsheng drowned. In the water—" Lu Bai slapped the table, "Shopkeeper Shen, you thought you were doing it secretly, but you didn't expect that you would be found out by Lu today, right?"
Shen Yi frowned.
He knew that Shopkeeper Shen was smuggling private salt, but he didn't know that he was being blackmailed by the Customs and Supervision Bureau. Now after listening to Lu Bai's reasoning, I have to say that it still makes sense, but there is something wrong, but Lu Bai hasn't thought of it yet.
Shopkeeper Shen said proudly at this time: "Mr. Lu, all of this is just speculation. Do you have any evidence?"
Lu Bai sneered, "Of course it is. The interrogators at Xishui Pass have all seen you smuggling smuggled salt. The Customs and Supervision Department very abnormally inspected your cargo ship for smuggled salt that day, and everyone around you also saw it."
Shopkeeper Shen smiled slightly and said confidently, "What if the Customs Supervisor wants to have a taste of private salt?"
He took a few steps forward, "Besides, these are all Mr. Lu's guesses! But the fact is that I have a very good relationship with the Customs Supervision Bureau and Huang Junsheng Jinyiwei. After that interrogation, we went to the Red Mansion to eat flowers together. I'm drunk, and the girl from the Red Mansion can testify to this."
He said aggressively: "Let me ask Mr. Lu again, did you personally see me deceive Huang Junsheng, and ordered someone to kick the Supervisor to the point where he was seriously injured and thrown into the river to drown? I'm afraid it's just a guess. Does Mr. Lu have any evidence?"
"This..." Lu Bai's tone paused, and he turned back to look at Fang Qianhu, "Did anyone get a confession from torture yesterday?"
Fang Qianhu shook his head.
This is a member of the Shen family. Not to mention that the Shen family may become the secular power of Jianzhai in the capital in the future. Even now, the Shen family is very popular. It is not something he can provoke with a thousand households. How can he dare to torture this person to extract a confession.
Shopkeeper Shen smiled proudly, "That means there is no evidence?"
He spread his hands and said, "Mr. Lu, guessing cannot solve the case. No matter how logical the guess is, it is just a guess. If the guess is useful, the cases in this world will be much easier to solve."
"This..." Lu Bai frowned.
He was very angry.
In order to show that he was angry with Shopkeeper Shen's words, he couldn't help but think about this loss-making business - although Shopkeeper Shen was caught, it was useless. Maybe it was because he knew that Lu Bai wanted to let her go. The lottery opportunity Haven't arrived yet.
Hey, it seems that this panel enforces the law fairly.
Lu Bai showed his anger towards the panel, and it looked very similar to that.
The head of the Shen family, Shen Yi, now realized that all of this was just speculation.
He stood up at once and said, "Mr. Lu, evidence is what matters when handling a case. If you don't have any evidence of my brother Shen's murder, I don't think this case needs to be tried."
He stared at Lu Bai with a teasing smile on his lips, "Mr. Lu, you have just come to the capital. When you were in the northwest border city, you could repeatedly solve major cases through repeated attacks, but this method does not work in the capital."
Lu Bai had a sullen face and said nothing.
Shen Yi said again: "Master Lu, if you are stubborn, let's go to the emperor to argue. I believe the emperor will definitely give my brother justice."
Lu Bai thought to himself that the emperor is too lazy to pay attention to your nonsense.
"Okay." Lu Bai said still stubbornly: "Then let's go to the emperor to discuss the matter of smuggling illegal salt at Meiji Cloth Village."
Shen Yi was delighted, "Master Lu, I'm afraid this matter of smuggling private salt will not be under the control of the Nanzhen Fu Division, right?"
Lu Bai was silent.
Shen Yi, who had the upper hand, was aggressive, "Also, Mr. Lu, I'm afraid he's not clean himself, right?"
As Lu Bai prospered in the capital, his actions in Yancheng were also exposed. Although most of them were cases handled by Lu Bai, as well as his experience when he started his career, he lacked his cultivation experience. So much so that everyone felt that Lu Bai hadn't been cleaned out yet.
"You..." Lu Bai tried his best to show his unwillingness.
However, the heat was almost over and it was time to finish, so Lu Bai said a harsh word, "Shopkeeper Shen, don't be complacent. I tell you, I will definitely find evidence of your murder."
Shopkeeper Shen raised his head proudly, straightened his back, "I'm waiting!"
Then, Lu Bai threw down his life and left, but before getting lost, he waved to Fang Qianhu helplessly and asked Fang Qianhu to take care of the funeral arrangements.
Fang Qianhu is quite good at this.
While apologizing, he asked someone to release Shopkeeper Shen, and sent them out with a smile amidst Shopkeeper Shen's ridicule.
After their figures disappeared, Fang Qianhu turned around and smiled secretly in his heart. He didn't expect that Lu Bai, who had been so arrogant since entering the capital, was defeated by the Shen family. This was his first case.
However, after thinking about it, Fang Qianhu felt that it was natural.
Regarding this case, Huang Jinyiwei has been dead for a long time without any explanation. It is a coincidence that the body was found, let alone the evidence of murder. It is estimated that it would be difficult to solve this case if it was given to others.
After Lu Bai returned to his office room, he breathed a sigh of relief. This performance didn't seem to be an easy job. He was so tired that he was sweating after just doing it.
Lu Bai sat on a chair, rested for a while, and then looked out the window in trance.
Ever since Lu Bai became the Fusi of Nanzhen, he specially asked an old Jinyi guard to take care of the yard of Fusi of Nanzhen. Now the yard is well taken care of.
There was a vat of banana trees by Lu Bai's window, and the raindrops dripping from the eaves made a pattering sound on the banana leaves.
Lu Bai stared at the trembling banana leaves, thinking about other cases.
Now the case of the Customs and Supervision Bureau has been solved.
As for the demon book case, the investigation was almost done, it was just about the eunuchs, the harem and the emperor, mainly the eunuchs and the harem.
Lu Bai felt that it was almost enough to find out here.
He can't really go into the harem to interrogate the emperor's queen and concubines.
Lu Bai had already asked Gu Qinghuan to reply.
As for the file on the demon book case sent by Beizhen Fusi, it only found the death of the Taoist priest who spread the demon book. There was no follow-up investigation. I guess I knew this case was difficult.
Lu Bai was not ready to investigate further.
This case is settled.
However, the purpose of the demon book was still achieved. Lu Bai heard from Gu Qinghuan that many people were now petitioning the emperor to establish a prince as soon as possible.
Not only people from King Luo, but people from King Kang also kept writing letters. The destiny in the demon book became a reason for the Lu family to support the emperor in making King Kang the prince early, and found a reasonable reason to support King Kang.
Lu Bai estimated that the emperor was also interested in establishing a prince.
I heard that there was a fire in the palace last year that almost burned the emperor. Although it was not burned, it frightened the emperor into a serious illness. If the emperor had died without appointing a successor, the court would have been in chaos.
What is it like?
Now this is a big reason why many ministers petitioned the emperor to establish a prince.
Lu Bai estimated that the emperor would have some twists and turns in his heart under the instigation of these ministers.
Nowadays, there are a lot of rumors about who the emperor wants to be the prince. I heard that there are underground handicap betting.
However, these have nothing to do with Lu Bai.
As a Jin Yiwei, Lu Bai can't get involved in this matter, and he doesn't want to get involved in these things. However, just because you don't want to get involved sometimes doesn't mean that others don't want you to get involved.
King Luo invited someone to invite Lu Bai yesterday, and he got a jar of good apricot blossom wine, which was perfect for drinking in the rain. Lu Bai refused, refusing to stay at home and not wanting to go out, but Luo didn't expect it.
The king also had apricot blossom stuffed wine delivered to his house.
Lu Bai accepted it.
Now all the officials in the capital probably regard him as a party supporting King Luo, just because he, Lu Bai, was very popular in Xishan.
"But I don't want to get involved with anyone." Lu Bai sighed helplessly.
Based on his current cultivation, even if King Kang became the emperor, he would not dare to do anything to him and would have to win over him.
Just as Lu Bai thought of this, a guard in royal robes led a small eunuch in.
He was sent by King Luo to invite Lu Bai to drink in Juxian Pavilion.
Lu Bai originally wanted to refuse, but the young eunuch said: "I heard that Wang Changkang's first play will be performed in Juxian Pavilion today. The prince specifically asked me to invite you to come and have a look. He said that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
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Lu Bai was moved.
Now "The Peony Pavilion" is performed every day in the capital, all performed by Lu Bai's troupe.
This play is extremely popular now, the venue is full, the seats under the stage are crowded, and there are people behind the seats. They all want to see "The Peony Pavilion", so Lu Bai has to ask people to sell tickets.
Of course, these are still small scenes. The real big scene in "The Peony Pavilion" is the Three Heavens Meeting in the Mo family.
Lu Bai's opera troupe sang on the Mo's stage for three consecutive days. Because of the spaciousness of the Mo's stage, the streets were empty during those three days, and almost everyone was talking about "The Peony Pavilion".
I heard that many Huaichun girls burst into tears after watching it, and then watched it a second and third time while crying.
Many people have given "The Peony Pavilion" high praise, especially the libretto and drama of "The Peony Pavilion", which have fascinated many people.
Rumor has it that if Lu Bai's play can really be practiced, then Wang Changkang will definitely lose.
Now was the moment for Wang Changkang to respond, and Lu Bai really wanted to see it.
"Go back and tell your prince that I will definitely go tonight." Lu Bai agreed.
The little eunuch agreed and stepped back.
Lu Bai picked up the file of "Demon Book Case" in his hand, and just when he was about to have someone pack it up and put it away, something suddenly happened in his heart.