That's why Magistrate Tang became more and more worried, "What does he have to envy in such a thankless job?"
It was said that Magistrate Guo was jealous of him for taking over the palace case.
Yang Heshu said: "Master Yin is your immediate superior. In the two major cases in the palace, Master Yin was responsible for interrogating you. This shows how much he values you. Magistrate Guo has been in office in Wannian County for four years.
There are only two issues in two years.”
Yang Heshu said calmly: "Guo County in the capital, even if it is important, one person will be able to hold the position for ten years. After a long time, not to mention blocking the way of the people below, even His Majesty will get tired of it."
Chang'an County and Wannian County are different from other counties. The magistrates of these two counties do not have governors. The only superiors such as Jiedu Envoys are Jing Zhaoyin, and other than Jing Zhaoyin is the emperor.
In the entire Jin Dynasty, they only listened to the orders of these two people, and they had to go to court every time.
A tougher county magistrate, especially the magistrate of Chang'an County, can not only control the emperor's relatives, but also the emperor.
In the palace, they are monarchs and ministers, but outside the palace, the county magistrate is the parent and official. No matter how great the emperor is, he is also a subject.
Therefore, for the sake of stability, the magistrates of the two counties are re-elected for a longer time than those of other counties.
Basically, those who ended their term after one or two terms were either too mediocre and unable to bear the burden; or they were too powerful and had done so many meritorious deeds that the emperor would not be willing to move them away and put them in more critical positions.
However, County Magistrate Guo obviously does not belong to these two, but County Magistrate Tang...
Yang Heshu glanced at him, shook his head and said with a smile: "He is afraid that you will enter Jingzhao Mansion earlier than him."
Magistrate Tang said: "I want to go to the Ministry of Punishment, not Jingzhao Mansion."
After leaving the palace, Magistrate Tang exhaled and took the horse from the servant waiting outside the palace. After getting on the horse, he looked at Yang Heshu and asked, "Will you stay up with me tonight?"
Yang Heshu shook his head and refused, "The child at home is not very obedient and has cried a lot these past two nights, so I have to go back."
Magistrate Tang smiled, "Why, are you avoiding suspicion now?"
Yang Heshu gave him a warning look and said, "I shouldn't have gone to the viewing tower to help you with questioning today."
"I know, I know," County Magistrate Tang said with a smile, "Aren't I afraid that if time goes by, all traces will be wiped away? I can't trust others, but you and I can still trust you."
Yang Heshu also got on the horse, pulled the rope, and asked the horse to take two steps forward and then said: "Go and check, I'll go back first."
Magistrate Tang had no choice but to run home with the documents and Ming Li.
As soon as he got home, he said hello to his wife and ran to the study to work, even eating meatloaf for dinner.
This saves time and effort. You can hold it in one hand and chew it, while the other hand and eyes can continue to work.
Magistrate Tang felt something was wrong when he was questioned at the viewing tower. When he reviewed the confessions together, he realized what was wrong.
The people who were circled seemed to have a good relationship with Xu Yu, but upon further questioning, they found out that they didn’t know much about Xu Yu, except that she had an aunt in the capital who would come every month on her release day.
I don't know anything except looking at her.
And those who they think play better with Xu Yu are not that they play well with Xu Yu, but that they play well with each other, but they think Xu Yu is also one of them, so they have that
An illusion.
Magistrate Tang was busy for half the night and discovered this pattern after writing down the names of these people in rows on paper.
He covered his head with a headache. No matter what the person behind Xu Yu was like, Xu Yu was very powerful.
Magistrate Tang looked at the people under different arrows on the paper and thought deeply, so are there any of these people who are disguised like her?
Magistrate Tang picked up the confession and read it again, and after a while he circled a few names with some hesitation.
Mrs. Tang had already slept and found that the light was still on in the study, so she couldn't help but get up, put on her clothes and go over to see him.
She reached out and touched his tea cup, and saw that the tea inside had already become cold, so she turned to look at Mingli, who was already lying on the couch, asleep.
She secretly glared at Mingli who was sleeping, then turned around and picked up the teapot on the stove to pour him water.
When County Magistrate Tang heard the sound of pouring water, he said without looking back: "I won't drink any more water. You can go and rest yourself. You will be ready to go out soon."
Mrs. Tang stretched out her hand and pinched his ear, "You also know that you will be ready to go out soon?"
Only then did Mr. Tang realize that it was Mrs. Tang. He immediately put down the information in his hand and shook her hand to please her, "Why are you here, Madam?"
"Listen, is it the rooster crowing?"
When Mr. Tang heard this, he thought it was true.
Mrs. Tang pinched his shoulder again and said, "I don't care how busy you are, you always have to sleep. Man Bao said that staying up late will not only make you lose hair and age faster, but also make you die faster. If you want
If you don’t want me to be a widow, please go back to bed quickly.”
Mr. Tang was pulled and had no choice but to put the information away and lock it in the cabinet and go back to the house with her.
But he couldn't sleep even when he lay in bed, all he could think about was the case.
Mrs. Tang was about to fall asleep in a daze. She turned over and opened her eyes. She unconsciously glanced at him and found that his eyes were still open. She couldn't help opening her closed eyes, leaned against him and asked,
"What's going on? Isn't it snowing recently? Although it's a bit heavy, it's the first snow after all. Why do you need to be so worried?"
She said: "If it doesn't work out, I'll have someone set up a porridge shed tomorrow to cook more porridge."
"No, you'd better keep it for now. There are still many snowy days in the capital. We will set up a porridge shed later. Now His Majesty and Duke Zhao and Duke Pi have thrown grain away from the county government. I'm too lazy to cook it. I'll go back and check.
Just distribute the list and let people take it home and cook it themselves."
"It's not about snow, then what is it?"
"Yesterday, no, it was the day before yesterday. Two chamberlains died in the East Palace the night before yesterday."
Obviously, this matter has not spread to the outside world, so Mrs. Tang doesn't know yet. She said: "Didn't the Crown Princess just give birth to the little grandson?"
"It was because of the birth of the little emperor's grandson that when the servant of the East Palace went to pick up Zhou Man, someone changed the needle bag in Zhou Man's medicine box."
Mrs. Tang suddenly woke up.
Mr. Tang said: "Zhou Man discovered it early, so he didn't use the package of needles. Afterwards, it was found out that the needles were soaked in drugs that promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and promote diuresis and diarrhea."
After being shocked, Mrs. Tang looked at Mr. Tang with suspicion, turned over and looked at him, "Why are you telling me this?"
He would usually hide such a fatal case from her.
Magistrate Tang looked at her with a deep look and said: "Chang Bo and I have been investigating for a whole day today and found that the person behind the scenes is hiding deeper than Prince Gong this time. In the end, the investigation may not be settled."
Mrs. Tang was slightly stunned, looked directly into his eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"
"In this palace, apart from your Majesty, the empress and the prince, who else has more power than Prince Gong?"