Miao Ran said with a serious face: "This ghost is a woman. Because she was killed by the prince, her grievance is difficult to resolve. If the prince lets it go, a disaster will soon come."
Hongshi nodded and said: "I am in charge of the Criminal Department. According to my writings, there are many men and women who died. I don't know which one the master is talking about."
Ming Ran turned around and looked at the gloomy sky outside, and sighed: "There is such a big injustice, it must be an innocent person who died in vain, and he was killed by the prince himself. The prince must find a way to resolve it, otherwise..."
"Absurd!" Before he could finish his words, Hongshi gave a sharp shout and said with an eyebrow raised: "I have never killed anyone before, so don't try to confuse the public with your monstrous words here."
A glimmer of light flashed across Ming Ran's eyes, and he said calmly and calmly: "The poor monk is a monk. He never lies, and everything he says is true. The prince should be very clear about this."
Hongshi clenched his fists and said coldly: "I respect you as a monk, so I introduced you to the palace, but you are full of nonsense and simply don't know what to say. Leave quickly, otherwise I will blame you for being rude."
Ming Ran sighed: "My lord, if you don't believe the poor monk's words when a disaster is imminent, do you have to wait until something happens to regret it?" Before Hongshi could say anything, he added: "If you believe the poor monk, go ahead and regret it."
Find this woman's body and let the poor monk use the supreme Buddhist Dharma to help her resolve her anger and enter reincarnation."
Hongshi sneered and said: "I have never killed any woman, so how can I find a corpse for you? You are full of nonsense. I think you are like a monster monk. Leave the palace as soon as possible. Don't force me to leave."
You go."
Shaking his head in disappointment, "It seems that at this time, no matter what the poor monk says, the prince will not believe it. Anyway, maybe destiny is destined to give the prince a life for his life."
After saying this, he left the study directly without stopping any longer. Behind him, Hong Shi's eyes were cloudy and he didn't know what he was thinking. After he clearly left the sight, he called Wang Zhong and ordered: "
Follow this monk and see where he ends up."
After Wang Zhong left, Hongshi slowly let go of his clasped hands, which were covered in cold sweat. A sultry wind outside the door blew on him, giving him a biting chill.
Although he just scoffed at what Ming Ran said and scolded her more, he knew very well that what Ming Ran said was absolutely correct. He had indeed killed a woman with his own hands, and he had just had a nightmare about an innocent soul seeking his life.
Could it be...that it was true? Did Mrs. Xu really come to take his own life? Thinking of this, Hongshi felt chills all over, as if Mrs. Xu was behind him at the moment.
The events one after another gave Hongshi a headache. Although there was a large pile of official documents on the case, he could not read it at all. When it got dark, Wang Zhong came back and reported: "Your Majesty, I followed that monk all the way to the city."
He went to an abandoned temple outside, and then watched in secret for a while, and then came back after seeing nothing suspicious."
After a moment of silence, Hongshi suddenly said: "Wang Zhong, do you believe what the monk said?"
Wang Zhong whispered: "The theory of ghosts and gods, whether you believe it or not, there is no such thing, this slave can't say it well. But what he said does seem to be true, making it difficult to tell whether it is true or false."
Hongshi gritted his teeth slightly and said: "Before I left the palace, I heard that Huang Ama dug out Xu's bones, whipped the corpse three hundred times and threw it in a mass grave."
Wang Zhong was suddenly startled and said: "My lord, do you really believe what that monk said?"
Hongshi shook his head: "I haven't thought about it yet, but if he is really telling lies, how could he know so clearly? Except for those in the palace, no one else knows about it." After thinking for a while, he said: "
In the past few days, you sent someone to monitor that monk and see where he had been and what he had done."
The night passed without sleep, and Hongshi went to the Ministry of Punishment. There were a lot of files there for him to review. It was almost autumn, and many prisoners were going to be executed in the post-autumn period. He had to list the names sent from various places.
After review, they will be submitted to Yinzhen for review, and he will finally decide which people will be executed. In addition, some prisoners who have been convicted of death crimes held by the Ministry of Punishments will also be dealt with together.
After reading a few volumes, Hongshi frowned tiredly, and then asked Wang Zhong to make a cup of strong tea to refresh himself. After taking a few sips, he set his sights on the volumes again. At this moment
, a chief officer from the sixth rank came in and said: "Your Majesty, I have drafted some names of heavy prisoners for you on the order of Lord Shangshu. You can see which ones should be executed. If there are any reasons or problems, we will discuss them separately."
Hongshi nodded. He happened to have drawn up a list just now. Comparing the two, everything else was consistent. However, when comparing the prisoners who should be executed in the Penal Department Prison, there were discrepancies. The list presented by the chief only included
There were nine people, but the number he drew up was eleven.
He called the chief, pointed to the two more names and said, "Why are these two people not on the list you made? I have read the files of these two people. They have done many evil deeds and should be executed."
The chief took one look and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. These two people are not in prison now."
Hongshi said strangely: "Not in prison? Then where are they?"
"This subordinate doesn't know either, but he is indeed not in prison." Seeing that he couldn't find out anything from the chief, Hongshi ordered him to step down. Then he called several of his confidants in the Criminal Department, and they all said that they didn't know about these two people.
When was he taken out of prison and where was he taken?
Hongshi originally asked casually, but so many people didn't know where the two prisoners had gone, which made him a little suspicious. He looked through all the records and found nothing, as if the two people disappeared out of thin air.
He even felt that this matter was suspicious. After that, he ordered Wang Zhong to go to the prison to find the jailers to inquire. The person was taken away from the prison. No matter how hidden it was, the jailers should know something.
Wang Zhong prepared fine wine and delicacies for the prison, saying that they were rewarded by Hong Shi, which made all the jailers feel grateful for Hong Shi's kindness. Then, while they were in the mood of drinking, they asked about the two prisoners. There was actually one person who was there at that time.
He was on duty in prison, and he initially refused to tell him, but Wang Zhong pressed him again and again, and said he was short-tongued, so he whispered to him.
Having said that, that night, Lord Shangshu, who rarely set foot in the prison, brought in five or six serious people. He didn't say anything and just took the two people away. Lord Shangshu even warned them, the jailers, not to tell the story.
Tell anyone that before today, he had kept his mouth shut and never mentioned it.
When Hongshi learned about this incident from Wang Zhong, his suspicion became more and more serious. The Minister of Punishment personally took the person away without leaving any records, and no one was allowed to tell the matter. If there was no problem, the ghost
I don’t believe it, but where did he take these two people? And why did he have to go to the prison in person with just two prisoners?