I followed Fang Yunshan all the way back to the Jiantiansi General Office. Before I could go in, I saw an official waiting at the door.
Seeing Fang Yunshan and Lin Ji appear, the officials came up. After saluting, they said to Lin Ji: "Master Lin, come with me to visit Dali Temple."
Lin Ji looked at Fang Yunshan.
"Shen Hong's case is being tried in Dali Temple. Just go with them." Fang Yunshan seemed to be a little uninterested. After waving his hand, he entered the gate of Jiantiansi on his own.
Seeing this, Lin Ji had nothing to say.
"Let's go."
But at this moment, an official took out a pair of shackles and wanted to put them on Lin Ji.
But before Lin Ji could say anything, the expression of the leading official changed.
"Those with no eyes, Mr. Lin is here to answer the question, not a criminal!"
With that said, the leading official slapped his subordinate on the face, and then looked at Lin Ji with a smile on his face and made a gesture of invitation.
"Mr. Lin, you are laughing at my lack of strictness. Please go ahead."
Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, looked deeply at the charming official, and said nothing more.
"Let's go."
Followed the official mission all the way to Dali Temple.
This Dali Temple is much grander than the Jiantiansi General Office, and its gate alone is as big as the two Jiantiansi ones.
There were seven or eight government officials guarding the door, all of them serious in speech. If an ordinary person came to see him, he would have to walk a little faster and leave the place where he was.
After entering Dali Temple, Lin Ji was taken to a side room to wait.
After waiting for less than a moment, someone came to call him to the court for questioning.
After following the yamen servant to the lobby, Lin Ji took a few glances.
On the high platform at the far end of the lobby, three adults in official uniforms were sitting upright, each looking more serious than the other.
At the bottom, there are three clerks with pen and ink ready.
The yamen servants holding the killing sticks on both sides had nothing to say, and the sticks would never fall on his butt.
The only thing that surprised Lin Ji was that there was a guy wearing a pointed hat on the other side of the platform.
"Editor's office?" Lin Ji raised his eyebrows slightly.
What does the joint review of the three departments have to do with the editorial department?
Just when Lin Ji's thoughts were surging, the person sitting in the middle on the high platform spoke.
"I am Yang Ziyu, the Minister of Dali Temple. I am called to ask you questions this time. You must answer truthfully. If you conceal anything, even the Supervisor Tiansi will not be able to protect you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ziyu subconsciously picked up the gavel at hand, but suddenly thought of something, and instead gently put the gavel down again.
Yang Ziyu pointed to the two people beside him again.
"Your Excellency Cui Yancui, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and His Excellency Wang Ji, the Censor of the Imperial Procuratorate."
After all, Lin Ji is not a prisoner, but is the fourth-rank commander of the Jian Tiansi. Now he is still related to Emperor Pei, so he still can't offend him too much.
Therefore, Mr. Wang nodded slightly as a greeting.
As for Mr. Cui, his expression was much more serious.
"This case is being investigated personally by His Majesty, and we will wait for the three departments to review it. Commander Lin, you must be aware of it."
Lin Ji smiled, held up his hands and considered meeting the three of them, and then turned his attention to the eunuch with the pointed hat who was listening.
"Who is this?"
"Yin Hu." The pointed hat smiled, "Wuma, who you slandered as a killer, is my biological brother."
As soon as he heard this, Lin Ji immediately knew that this guy had bad intentions. Everyone had already made a confession, and you were not a good person to retract your confession in front of the court.
But apart from that, Lin Ji was more concerned about another point.
"So Wu Ma is your biological brother? How many sons did your father give birth to? Why did he send them all to the palace?"
As soon as these words came out, Yin Hu's already pale face became a little gloomier.
Lin Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Normally, cursing is just about giving birth to a son without a butthole. But when it comes to your father, there is no such thing as giving birth to a son. It's interesting, it's really interesting."
"Bold!" Yin Hu stood up suddenly, his invisible momentum suddenly shaking.
For a moment, the government officials on both sides were almost unsteady on their feet, and the three adults on the high platform also had ugly expressions on their faces.
Only Lin Ji remained unafraid and looked at Yin Hu with a smile.
"Why, in front of three adults, do you still want to take action?" Lin Ji's tone was filled with danger.
Yin Hu's expression froze, he turned around and apologized to the three adults, and then stopped.
"Okay, let's end the farce here." Cui Yan, the Minister of Punishment, frowned and looked at Yang Ziyu, the minister of Dali Temple.
"Master Yang, please ask."
Yang Ziyuqian gave way: "Master Cui, let's ask."
"This is Dali Temple, I won't overstep my bounds, don't worry about this, just ask."
The Minister of Punishment is a second-rank official, while the Minister of Dali Temple and the Censor of the Capital are both third-rank officials.
Therefore, Cui Yan did not speak. Even in his own territory, Yang Ziyu did not dare to speak first.
boom!
The gavel finally fell.
"Commander Lin, I think you know the whole story of Shen Hong's case. I've called you to ask questions today. The question is about Shen Hong's assassination in Tongtian Town the night before yesterday. Whatever I ask, you answer. You can't hide anything.
cheat."
"You really can't hide it?" Lin Ji raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yin Hu.
Yin Hu's face changed slightly and he was about to speak.
But Yang Ziyu was the first to nod and said: "Yes, to conceal it at this time is to deceive the emperor. The three clerks over there will hand over the records of the court trial to the Holy One. The three of them will have three copies, and no one can make any false claims."
Lin Jize smiled and said: "In that case, please ask, sir."
Yang Ziyu picked up a piece of paper in front of him, with many words written densely on it.
"Lin Zhangling, why were you in Tongtian Town the night before?"
"Why, you can't go to Tongtian Town?" Lin Ji asked back.
Before Yang Ziyu could speak, he continued: "I walked in and out all the way from Weizhou to Kyoto. When I got to Tongtian Town, I felt tired and wanted to rest for the night. Is there any problem?"
Yang Ziyu turned a deaf ear to Lin Ji's sarcasm, and asked again: "When the Editorial Department escorted Shen Hong to Tongtian Town? Why did he stay in the same inn with the Editorial Department's officers?"
"It's just a coincidence. You think I want to live in the same place as those eunuchs? I think it's unlucky."
"Presumptuous!" Yin Hu slammed the table, but all he got was Lin Ji's sneer.
Yang Ziyu shook his head slightly and looked at the other two people beside him.
After a moment of pause, he waved to the yamen servant.
"Bring it here."
Lin Ji didn't know what it meant at first, but soon he saw a woman covered in blood being brought up.
"Huang Ling?!"
Lin Ji's voice received no response. After Huang Ling was brought up, her body collapsed and fell to the ground.
Blood was flowing from dozens of large and small wounds on his body, and there were traces of iron branding on his lower abdomen.
Apparently he had been severely tortured.
"Commander Lin, you rescued this assassin, right? Now that the witness is here, what else do you have to say?"