Chapter 83 The cruel official is back! I dare to do what others dare not do!!
"Boom!"
"Oh...it's going to rain again!"
There was a thunder in the sky, and in the front yard of the Duke's Mansion, dozens of lazy figures looked up at the gloomy sky, sighing constantly.
It's already the third day.
From that day when the Queen obtained her permission and started interrogating the case, that figure has always been in the main hall and never left.
I ate inside, slept inside, and worked overtime all night for three consecutive days.
Although it didn't reach the point where he couldn't sleep, he only slept for a short time and soon got up again to investigate the case.
Not to mention that the servants in Duke Ding's palace had never seen anything like this before, the eunuchs in the palace were shocked.
This man came from Liangzhou.
Is the job in Bianzhou so exaggerated?
We in Chang'an are so happy!
After these three days of hard work, Li Yan basically had a clear picture of the situation in the Duke's mansion, as well as what transgressions and violations there were.
Of course, the slaves in the Duke's Mansion are also confident.
Because many of these situations are common among the rich and powerful, and the two saints turn a blind eye, what can the little martial virtue guard do?
Li Yan really did not intend to start from these restricted areas. He began to repeatedly screen and keep the slaves with higher status and the least hardship in the Duke's Mansion.
This group of people are slaves on the surface, but in reality they are idle and idle.
Usually at this time, he would either go back to his own house and fall asleep soundly, or he would hold his little lady in his arms in Pingkangfang and undergo a test similar to that of an official.
At this point, after three days of staying up, I couldn't stand it anymore.
Li Yan was in high spirits and stared at Zhu Wudao: "You said Pang Si also died that night? Why wasn't such a coincidence reported earlier?"
Zhu Wu yawned and forced himself to smile: "What did Li Wuwei say? Pang Si and the servants are both humble servants. What does it have to do with the Duke's case? I didn't say that.
?"
Li Yan's face darkened: "Don't give me that playful smile. Whether it matters or not is not something you, a bitch, can decide!"
Zhu Wu's cheeks twitched, his head hung, and hatred flashed in his eyes.
He can laugh at himself, but how dare you really treat me like a slave?
However, he also knew that the situation was stronger than the people, so he could only endure it forcefully: "It's my fault, it's my fault."
Li Yan waved his hand: "Bring Pang Si's body up."
Zhu Wudao: "Pang Si's body has long been thrown into the mass grave outside Anhua Gate."
If Wu Minzhi had not pretended to be crazy, he might have continued to ask how Pang Si died.
But the great prince is crazy, who has time to care about the life of a slave?
Pang Si was usually cruel and cruel, and also offended other people. When no one showed any interest the next day, he threw the body to feed the dogs.
Li Yan's tone became sharper: "After all, there is no evidence to prove it? I think you evil slaves have a big problem!"
Zhu Wu's expression changed slightly: "Li Wuwei, what do you want to do?"
Li Yan stared at him and said coldly: "I want you to tell the truth, what exactly did you hear that night!"
Zhu Wugen raised his neck: "Li Wuwei, I have said everything that needs to be said, and I don't know anything else!"
Li Yan nodded: "Okay! I've noticed in the past few days that you have a lot to hide, so go to the side first! Whenever you want to say something, come to me at any time!"
He replaced another slave and came up: "Chu Da, where are you?"
Those who can be called noble slaves are those who have the trust of their masters and have outstanding status. There are not many in the entire Duke of Zhou's palace.
This Chu Da is the oldest one. He is already over forty and is considered an old man among the common people.
At this time, he was called by Li Yan. He walked out slowly, not avoiding the falling raindrops, and said in a hoarse voice: "Li Wuwei, please forgive me. I am old and frail, and I can no longer hear clearly."
Li Yan asked: "If you can't hear clearly, can you see clearly?"
Chu Da said slowly: "I am old and frail, and I can't see clearly anymore."
Li Yan said: "Then you can leave the house!"
Chu Da was stunned.
Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Since you are old and frail and unable to serve Zhou Guogong, why do you still stay in the house? Could it be that Zhou Guogong misses old feelings? Do you know some secrets?"
Chu Da hurriedly said: "I am just a servant of the Duke. I don't know any secrets, but you, Li Wuwei, have no right to make such a decision!"
Li Yan sneered: "You look mediocre, hide a lot, have a bad influence, and give others a bad look. Everyone is like you, how can I investigate the case?"
"If I can't catch the murderer, the Duke will not be able to recover! Is it possible that Duke Zhou's safety is still in danger under your little slave? What do you think, officials?"
Li Yan looked at the chamberlain sent by Empress Wu.
The leader, Eunuch Gao, immediately burst out with a humble laugh: "Li Wuwei is favored by the Queen and is supervising the case. We are solely responsible for everything. We are only responsible for taking care of Duke Zhou's situation so that we can inform the palace at any time without asking for the slave's opinion."
Li Yan pointed at the chamberlain: "Look, this is the person who deserves praise for his loyalty!"
This is indeed the case these days. The wealthy slaves outside are arrogant and domineering, while the eunuchs in the palace are keeping to themselves.
It's also quite funny.
Shouldn't the most awesome master be the emperor and empress?
When the officials were praised, they immediately held their heads high and looked sideways at the servants of the Duke's mansion.
Yes, you are also a servant, why are you so famous?
The slave world is rolled up.
Seeing Li Yan carrying out the queen, there was a sudden silence in the courtyard.
Li Yan looked at Chu Da, whose face was green and white: "Look at your gorgeous clothes, and the little servant dares to wear silk. If you are really the beloved servant of the Duke, you will suffer outside for a few days, and when the Duke recovers, you will naturally
Bring you back!"
After saying that, he stood up suddenly and pointed his finger: "Here comes someone, drag him out of the house!!"
Seeing several slaves who usually had no dealings with him actually pounced on him, Chu Da shouted sadly: "Slave said! Slave said!!"
Everyone wants the position of Haonu. After Pang Si is dead, the next few people will fight openly and covertly when they have the opportunity, and the human brain is almost like a dog brain.
If he was thrown out of the house, how could he possibly come back?
Zhu Wu's expression suddenly changed and he glared at Chu Da fiercely, but it didn't work. Chu Da said in a pleading voice: "Please ask Li Wuwei, I will definitely tell you what I know, but I was really not in the Duke's room that night."
, I don’t know what the Duke said at that time.”
Li Yan's tone softened: "It doesn't matter, the clues are not only found in the Duke's house. Think about it carefully, how did Pang Si die that night, and what unusual things happened?"
Chu Da thought for a while, felt Zhu Wu's cold gaze next to him, and simply became heartbroken: "There is one thing. That night, four ladies who all knew me, admired the reputation of the Duke of Guo, volunteered to come to the house to perform dances, but they were beaten by Pang Si.
In order to make things difficult for them, two of them were blackmailed by Pang Si for three hundred gold, which was later swallowed by Zhu Wu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Wu jumped up: "Chu Da, you old dog, you dare to spit on others!"
"Xiaojie!"
Li Yan called his name, and Wang Xiaojie laughed evilly, strode to Zhu Wu, and slapped him.
Zhu Wu screamed and flew up, fell into the pond, and immediately fell to the ground.
The slaves were in an uproar when they saw Li Yan holding the chain knife on his waist and saying word by word: "Anyone who delays the Duke's condition or interferes with my conclusion of the case will be killed!!"
"kill!!"
Wang Xiaojie, who was dressed in a military robe, and Xu Da and other patrol soldiers, all looked at each other with anger and murderous intent.
All the servants were immediately as silent as cicadas.
Chu Da was also frightened. He poured beans out of the bamboo tube and threw away everything.
In fact, Li Yan also knew about this, and the four people who were kidnapped into the Duke's Mansion all knew that Madam Wu and Madam Shu Sanni were almost killed, while the other two women were paid three hundred gold each by Pang Si.
Pang and the others died, but the money had to be given. At noon the next day, Zhu Wu went to knock the gold back.
Li Yan didn't have time to pay attention to this matter at first, but he didn't expect to be exposed by Chu Da at this time.
Judging from his tone, he was also very jealous of the money.
After all, both of them know the lady, that’s six hundred gold!
Not to mention for a slave, it is a considerable amount of money for a fifth-grade dignitary.
Chu Da and Zhu Wu had never dealt with each other in the first place, and it was not Wu Minzhi who was offended at this time, so of course they would not worry about it.
Li Yan asked someone to write down the transcript and put it in front of Chu Da. Chu Da gritted his teeth and pressed his fingerprints.
Li Yan handed the confession to Wang Xiaojie: "Quickly go to the two ladies of Douzhi to verify it, and take Xu Da and the others with them."
"yes!"
Wang Xiaojie was a little confused. Why did so many people go to confirm the testimony?
But he also carried out the order and went out with a group of people cheering in front of him.
When all the slaves in the yard saw this, they immediately stopped resisting and tacitly stayed away from Zhu Wu who fell on the ground.
Great, there is another free position for a slave!
However, what they never expected was that when Wang Xiaojie went to Pingkangfang, there would be more than a dozen people who came back.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Wang Xiaojie was wearing a raincoat when he left, but he was soaked when he came back.
But when he strode in, his face was full of anger and excitement: "Rokuro, in addition to the two ladies, there are many people who are complaining about injustice. I brought them all here!"
Li Yan got up, walked through the front yard, crossed the red gate of Duke Zhou's mansion, and came to the large square where the horses were parked in front of the gate.
Seventy-eight people were standing there. When they saw officials in green uniforms coming out, they immediately rushed forward and shouted at the top of their lungs: "We have a grievance! We have a grievance!"
"Come in and take shelter from the rain. Speak slowly! Speak slowly!"
Li Yan saw that the leader of the old man was wearing Wang Xiaojie's raincoat. He also saw rain falling from the sky. Many people did not have umbrellas at all. Just when he wanted them to come in, there was already so much noise that he could no longer hear anything.
"Took away my land... My father was killed... My daughter was snatched from the street... My shop... I broke into my house in the middle of the night... My baby was crushed to death..."
Everyone was talking at once, the voices were gathering together, and coupled with the sound of rain, Li Yan couldn't hear a complete sentence at all.
But these few words and the soaring cries contain countless heinous crimes.
This is Chang'an!
Chang'an!
But it is precisely in Chang'an that the common people are relatively wealthy and are more likely to be targeted by evil slaves.
And year after year, countless people were destroyed by them, their wives and children were separated, but few people dared to report to the official.
But now, the opportunity has come.
In criminal psychology, there is a broken window effect. A broken window is more likely to cause crimes by latecomers.
The news of Zhou Guogong's illness, driven by the prince, has now spread throughout the government and the public. At the foot of the imperial city, the people are also well-informed, and it has begun to spread in the streets and alleys.
Ever since, when Wang Xiaojie, dressed in military robes, came to Pingkangfang with a team of capable veterans and let both of them know that the lady confirmed the authenticity of the confession, the whole Beili was shocked.
That window was broken.
It’s just that this time it’s not a crime, but an accusation against Duke Zhou’s government for the crimes they have committed over the years!
Sins that are too numerous to describe!
More people are definitely still waiting and watching, but the whistleblower here has already made the slaves inside change their colors in horror.
Especially when he saw Li Yan arranging these accusers and walking back with a livid face, Chu walked over quickly and flexibly.
This time, he became more articulate and spoke quickly: "Li Wuwei, we will fully cooperate with this case. Just ignore the untouchables' affairs!"
"Untouchable?"
Li Yan stared at him: "Emperor Taizong once said that the people are the water and the king is the boat. The water can carry the boat and also capsize it. The kings of all ages have always paid careful attention to public opinion. We, the ministers, must pay even more attention to it.
You protect the country and the people, but you dare to call the people untouchables?"
"It's a slave's nonsense! It's a slave's nonsense!"
Chu Da laughed repeatedly and slapped himself several times in succession, but he used both soft and hard tactics: "Li Wuwei, you are a noble man with a bright future, so why do you need to be like lowly servants like us? You are here to investigate this time.
It’s a haunting case, not these trivial matters. If you get distracted and miss the queen’s instructions, I’m afraid it won’t be easy for you!”
Li Yan was silent for a moment and nodded slightly: "I really have no time to be alone."
Chu was ecstatic.
But the next moment, his smile solidified.
Because Li Yan said leisurely: "But there is a man who is upright, not afraid of power, and only wants to fight against evil. Counting the time, he will be here soon!"
"Is there such a person?"
Wang Xiaojie was fascinated by what he heard.
To be honest, if he hadn't followed Li Yan, he would never have dared to offend Zhou Guogong. He didn't expect there to be such an upright person.
Knowing that he could not be merciful, Chu Daze immediately ran back to the courtyard and shouted in a sad voice: "My lord, save me! My lord, please save us! The inner guards are going to start a killing spree!"
The rain was pouring down and it was beginning to cleanse away the impurity of the world. How could the sound reach the inner courtyard?
But the maid, who was always ready to report, saw that something was wrong and hurried back.
Li Yan turned a blind eye and just waited with a sneer.
Sure enough, there was no reaction from the backyard.
Because Wu Minzhi couldn't come forward.
He can't say that he will stop pretending to be crazy for the sake of a group of slaves. Then all his previous actions will be in vain!
As time passed, Wang Xiaojie and others were recording the confessions of the accusers. The bright red handprints, like the blood splashed when beheading, stimulated the hearts of the slaves.
Chu Da's eyes were full of despair, but he still refused to give up. He took the lead and roared: "I am a subordinate of Duke Zhou, let's see who dares to touch me!"
The group of servants became extremely united in an instant, and all yelled: "We are under the Duke of Zhou, let's see who dares to touch us!!"
"I dare!!"
A decisive voice came.
Everyone looked together and saw a figure standing in front of the gate.
In the flash of lightning, his face flickered and appeared, and all he could see was a grin showing his white teeth.
Under the thunder, his voice faded and appeared, and only a voice full of hatred and unyielding voice could be heard:
"I am Qiu Shenji!"
"Qiu Shenji, who was just released from Wannian County Prison!"