Chen Huang originally said that he would stay in the six departments for three months each, but in fact he only stayed in the household department for more than a month before he was transferred to the punishment department.
It seems that asking for leave in an honest manner is not acceptable to the emperor. Compared with the Ministry of Household and Civil Service, the Ministry of Punishment has much less work. I don’t know what position the Ministry of Punishment will assign him. It is best to be a sinecure, where he can stay in peace and stability.
After enough time, just pat your butt and leave, and your hat as a broomstick boss will naturally be taken off.
The emperor said that Tang Ning would not disobey the imperial edict before mid-November and came to the Ministry of Punishment to report the matter early on the ninth day of November.
The person who received him was a minister named Xu Cheng from the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry of Justice was different from the Ministry of Household Affairs. There was only one minister. After Xu Cheng took him to the yamen of the Ministry of Justice, he left in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry.
Although the Xingbu Yamen where he works has the most affairs among the four Xingbu Yamen, it is much less busy than the Hubu Yamen. The Xingbu Yamen responsible for judging cases does not have to hear cases every day, because there are Ping'an County Yamen and Jingzhao County Yamen below.
In the government office, unless it is a life-threatening case or a case specially arranged by His Majesty, the Criminal Department will not accept those trivial cases.
An official bowed to him and said respectfully: "I am a member of the Criminal Department, Wai Lang, and I have met Mr. Tang."
Tang Ning met Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, and then brushed her face in front of the ministers and Zhang Gu of the Criminal Department. She looked around and asked, "Where is the doctor?"
Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, said: "Sir Lang Zhong was injured a few days ago and went home to recuperate."
In the Xingbu Yamen, he is the biggest one besides the Xingbu doctor. Now that the Xingbu doctor has gone home to recuperate, he has become the top leader of the Xingbu Yamen.
Although it would be a bit troublesome for him to handle all the major and minor matters of the Punishment Department, but the doctors of the Punishment Department are no longer in the yamen, so no one will say that he is a broom star to defeat the Shangguan, right?
The officials of the Ministry of Punishment dispersed, and in a duty room, someone whispered: "The rumors outside that Chief Tang defeated Shangguan are indeed true. When he came to the Ministry of Punishment, Shilang Yang sprained his foot twice in the same day.
I was burned by hot water and I heard that I need to rest for at least three months..."
Someone immediately echoed: "It's too dangerous, we must be careful..."
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The Department of Punishment where Tang Ning worked was in charge of criminal law and prisons. There were no major cases on weekdays, and he left the daily affairs to Yuan Wailang. He had nothing to do for several days in a row, just writing manuscripts and reading books in the duty room.
"Reading idle books?" Song Yi, the Minister of Punishment, said without raising his head: "Reading idle books is better than looking for idle things. Does Xu Shilang want him to find idle things?"
Xu Cheng, the Minister of Justice, had his eyelids twitching. The last time he was looking for trouble, he had asked the Ministry of Hubu to dismiss a minister. He didn't want to follow the old path of the Minister of Hubu.
Although he was in the Ministry of Justice, it was difficult to be a Beijing official, and he often had to consider everything comprehensively. He did not dare to say that every matter he handled was for the sake of justice. Just in case, it was better not to take the initiative to provoke that person.
As soon as Xu Cheng walked into the duty room, an official from the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly walked forward, bowed and said: "Sir Xu, someone has reported the case."
Xu Cheng frowned and asked, "Who reported the crime and what was the matter?"
The Ministry of Punishment is the highest department in charge of punishment in Chen State. Major cases across the country are summarized in the Ministry of Punishment and reviewed by the Ministry of Punishment. However, the Ministry of Punishment does not often review cases on weekdays.
There are county yamen and government yamen in the capital. These two yamen can already handle more than 90% of the cases. The remaining 10% are the most difficult ones. Those that cannot be handled by these two yamen will be handed over according to the rules.
By the Ministry of Punishment.
However, the fact that cases are not often tried does not mean that they will not be tried. It is just that those trivial cases are usually blocked by Zhang Gu. Once reported, it must be a serious murder case. But in general, these serious murder cases
, it is also easier than what is handed over by the county government or the government government.
The clerk from the Ministry of Household Affairs said: "A wealthy businessman in the west of the city found his wife hanging at home this morning and came to the Ministry of Punishments to report the case."
"Suicide?" Compared with homicide cases, suicide cases are much simpler. They usually only need to be filed with the Ministry of Punishment and do not require too much investigation.
Xu Cheng thought for a while and said, "Let the people from the Xingbu Yamen handle it."
Tang Ning received her first case just two days after coming to the Criminal Department.
Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, looked at him and said: "Mr. Tang, this case is simple. People from the Criminal Department probably went to investigate and investigate. If there are no accidents, after the case is characterized, it can be handed over to the county government office."
Tangning thought for a moment before nodding and saying, "Then let's go."
Although he had seen dead people, at that time, his life was threatened, and he couldn't care less about it. But in fact, he still had some fear of corpses in his heart.
The deceased was a wealthy businessman from the west of the city. He drank a lot of wine last night. When he came back in the morning, he found his wife hanging herself in the room. Tang Ning briefly asked about the case and walked out of the Criminal Department Yamen, just in time to see a group of people walking in.
Zhao Man waved to him from a distance and asked, "Hey, where are you going?"
Not only Zhao Man is here, but even Chen Huang has changed into ordinary clothes, and has only had zero or countless private visits in private. Chen Huang has become more and more fond of playing this trick recently.
Tangning stepped forward, raised her hands in cooperation, and said, "Sir, there is a case in the west of the city, and we are planning to investigate it."
Chen Huang looked at him with an expression of interest on his face and said, "Let's go and have a look too."
Handling a case is not about watching the fun, but Tang Ning couldn't just say that they were out for business this time and tell them to stay somewhere to cool off. She could only go there with them.
When they arrived at the scene of the crime, the body had already been removed from the white silk ribbon, but the officers from the Ministry of Justice who left first still had some skills in handling cases and did not let anyone else enter the room.
Zhao Man hid behind Chen Huang and only dared to take a sneak peek.
A clerk was asking about the case in detail. Tang Ning walked into the room, looked around, and finally looked at Bai Ling.
He leaped into the air, grabbed a beam above him with one hand, and jumped down after a moment.
Things like climbing over a wall or going to a house are no longer trivial to him now.
Zhao Man glanced into the room, and when she saw this scene, she immediately opened her eyes.
Tang Ning walked out of the room, squatted down, and lifted the white cloth on the ground. Zhao Man immediately closed her eyes again.
At this time, the little official had finished asking and said: "Sir, the deceased is the wife of a wealthy businessman named Hu. She was found dead at home this morning. The time of death should be midnight yesterday. Last night, Hu was out drinking and stayed up all night.
Return..., the work has been inspected and it is confirmed that he hanged himself."
A well-built man knelt on the ground, with runny nose and tears, and cried: "Madam, isn't it wrong for you to tell me something? Why are you so hard to think about..."
"She didn't hang herself." Tangning shook her head and said, "She was strangled to death first, and then she pretended to have hanged herself."
Emperor Chen took a step forward, looked at him, and asked, "How do you determine that she did not hang herself, but was murdered?"
Tang Ning shook her head and said, "This was not said by the official, but by the deceased himself."
"Ah, damn, can dead people talk?" Zhao Man screamed and ran away immediately.
Chen Huang looked at him with doubt in his eyes and asked: "How can a dead man speak?"
"Not only can the dead speak, but they are often more credible than what the living say." Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Anyone who hangs himself will struggle violently before death, which will cause the white silk to roll on the beam, causing the beam to collapse.
The dust has changed in many places. If there is only a trace of dust, it means that the victim was moved here after death."
"Only based on this, can we conclude that she did not hang herself?" Chen Huang looked at him and asked doubtfully: "What if she wanted to die and didn't struggle?"
"It is human nature to struggle when hanging yourself." Tangning shook her head, pointed at the corpse, and said: "Besides, people who really hanged themselves also have many external manifestations, such as closed eyes, open lips, holding hands, exposed teeth, and strangulation.
The marks are deep purple, the tongue is against the teeth when hanging on the throat, and the tongue is protruding below the throat. There is drool on the chest, and there is feces behind the buttocks. If someone is beaten and strangled to pretend to hang himself, the mouth, eyes, and hands will be open.
Scattered, the blood vessels under the throat are weak, the traces are light, the tongue cannot come out, and it cannot reach the teeth..."
He continued without pausing: "Although the marks on the neck of this corpse are deep, the mouth and eyes are open, the hands are scattered, the tongue cannot come out, and the teeth are not touching. It should be that someone strangled him and pretended to hang himself. Therefore, this should be a case of suicide."
A murder, not a suicide."
After hearing this, the man thought about it carefully and suddenly said: "What this gentleman said makes sense. I have been doing autopsies for many years and have seen many people who hanged themselves. It seems that it is exactly what this gentleman said, and this corpse is somewhat different."
