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"What bad luck!"
In the prison cell of Dali Temple, Zhao Hongrun wiped his face, but he still felt as if there was something fishy and sticky on his cheeks.
At the side, the retainer Wen Qi said solemnly: "Your Highness, the 'you' mentioned by Zhang Sanxiao just now probably does not refer to you, Your Highness, Master Xu, Master Chu, right?"
After wiping his hands, Zhao Hongrun threw the towel into the tub.
Wen Qi was right. Zhao Hongrun also felt that the "you" Zhang Sanxiao said before his death did not refer to him, Xu Rong, Chu Shuli, Yang Yu and other officials, but more to "Ji Ji".
The surname Zhao belongs to the royal family.
"And what about the blood debt... Could it be that those anti-Wei forces are actually targeting my family, the Zhao family with the surname Ji?"
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun stepped back to the torture room where Liu Wang was originally tortured.
At this time, in the execution room, Liu Wang had been freed from the ropes and shackles, and was talking to a painter - dictated by Liu Wang, the painter drew the appearance of the carriage that took Zhou Yan, the Minister of Punishment, away.
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"It's like finding a needle in a haystack."
Zhao Hongrun turned around and said to Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple who was standing aside.
Xu Rong nodded, and it could be seen that the old man didn't look very good.
There is no other reason than that the key figure in the case, Zhang Sanxiao, actually had a poison bag hidden in his mouth, which means that the other party may not be a peripheral member of the murderous party.
It's a pity that before this, no one had connected Zhang Sanxiao, a mere petty official in the official department, with the deceased, so no one had checked whether there were any tools that could kill himself hidden in this person's mouth.
As for Zhang Sanxiao's suicide attempt.
Now, the clues are almost gone, and the remaining Liu Wang has no idea about the real weighty information in this case.
In desperation, Xu Rong could only look for the carriage.
How difficult is it to find a carriage in Daliang, the capital of Wei State?
However, Xu Rong and others had no other clues.
After half an hour, the painter drew a picture of the carriage that took away Zhou Shangshu according to Liu Wang's dictation.
Later, Liu Wang was also taken away.
Zhao Hongrun did not break his promise. He allowed Liu Wang to temporarily return home to serve his mother. After his mother passed away, he would then fulfill his punishment and be sent to the army.
Of course, it is inevitable to send one or two officials from the Ministry of Punishment to monitor Liu Wang during this period.
As for the letter of silver, no one asked Liu Wang for it.
For this reason, Liu Wang was very grateful to Zhao Hongrun for his generosity before leaving.
After getting the drawing of the carriage, Xu Rong immediately ordered someone to copy and rub the seal and send it to the Bingwei Mansion Office, and asked Bingwei to search for traces of the carriage throughout the city.
As for whether they could find the carriage, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun, Xu Rong and others were not sure. After all, they were in Daliang.
Just when everyone's mood was inevitably a little frustrated due to Zhang Sanxiao's incident, Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, came to the prison cell in Dali Temple, holding many cases in his hands.
"Your Highness Prince Su, look at these, are they the headless case sects you saw that day?"
As soon as he saw Zhao Hongrun, Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, handed the case in his hand to Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei who took the initiative to step forward.
Zhao Hongrun carefully read through the case files one by one, nodded after a while, and affirmed: "Yes, it is the headless case file that I had witnessed that day..." After that, he turned to look at the Criminal Department
Tang Zheng, the left minister, lowered his voice and asked: "Is this really found in your department's warehouse?"
"Yes." Tang Zheng nodded.
Except for Wen Qi, who just arrived today, everyone in the room understood what Tang Zheng's admission of this matter meant.
This means that there are also internal thieves in the Ministry of Punishment. After Zhou Shangshu disappeared, someone took these cases from the ward where Zhou Shangshu worked and put them in the Ministry of Punishment's warehouse. It is hoped that these cases will be sealed away.
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"Can you tell me in detail?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
Seeing this, Tang Zheng nodded and was about to speak when he saw Xu Rong, the Minister of Dali Temple, cupping his hands towards Tang Zheng and saying apologetically: "Before that, I would like to apologize to Lord Tang.
"
Seeing this scene, not to mention Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, was confused, even Zhao Hongrun was a little confused. In the end, it was Chu Shuli, the chief minister of Daliang Mansion, who came forward to explain and clear up the two people's doubts.
It turned out that after parting with Zhao Hongrun last night, Xu Rong asked Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, to go to the treasury of the Ministry of Punishment the next day to check the cases of Wang Ling, Ma Qi, Su Li and others.
But in fact, in the middle of the night, Xu Rong had already asked Shaoqing Yang Yu to investigate, and indeed found the cases of Wang Ling, Ma Qi, Su Li and others, but Yang Yu followed Xu Rong's instructions.
, after verification, they did not take them away, but still placed those cases in their original locations.
Obviously, Xu Rong planned to use these cases to test Tang Zheng.
"...This is what I thought at the time. If the case files of Wang Ling and others can be found in the library of the Ministry of Punishment, it means that the murderer does not want these things to be seen by us, let alone those cases.
Zong has received our attention...since
In this way, if they are the accomplices of the murderer, they will most likely hide those criminals..." At this point, Xu Rong once again cupped his hands towards Tang Zheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishments, and said apologetically: "In short, I rashly suspected Tang Zheng.
Sir, I am deeply sorry."
"Uh... Mr. Xu is exaggerating." The left minister of the Ministry of Punishment waved his hand, with an expression on his face that seemed a bit dumbfounded. He said with a wry smile: "I really didn't expect that Mr. Xu had doubted me."
At this point, he saw that Xu Rong seemed to be about to apologize again, and quickly lowered his voice and said seriously: "However, Mr. Xu's suspicion is not wrong. There is indeed a traitor in our Ministry of Punishment..."
Everyone in the room was stunned when they heard this. Only Xu Rong's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Did Mr. Tang find something?"
"That's right." Tang Zheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "Today, I found the case report of Wang Ling and others in the storage room of our Criminal Department. I felt that something was wrong. Because His Highness Prince Su once
As I said, Wang Ling is
Zhou Shangshu's old friend, Zhou Shangshu, has always refused to close the case. How could he return the case of Wang Ling and others to the library of our Ministry of Punishment and seal it up?... Since it is not Zhou Shangshu, it can only be Zhou Shangshu.
The perpetrators of this case."
Taking a deep breath, Tang Zheng continued: "Therefore, Tang immediately checked and found out that on June 15th, the day after Zhou Shangshu disappeared on June 14th, there were three officials from our Criminal Department.
He once entered and exited Zhou Shangshu's room, and waited in the room for a while... These three people were "Chief Inspector Wei Chi Fang",
"Tan Gongpei, the assistant minister of the Department of Regulations", and "The proverb of punishing the treasurer and official Yu for the stolen goods." At this point, his face showed a somewhat serious look, and he added with slightly narrowed eyes: "After this, the official will be punished."
I quickly went to the warehouse and checked the entry and exit records, but I didn't find anyone coming in or out on June 15th and 16th..."
Zhao Hongrun, Xu Rong, and Chu Shuli looked at each other with some shock in their hearts.
If what Tang Zheng said is true, it means that someone took advantage of their work to put the cases of Wang Ling and others into the library of the Ministry of Punishment.
Among the three names cited by Tang Zheng, "Yu Yan, the official responsible for punishing stolen goods" is the most suspect.
only……
The official of the Ministry of Punishment could actually be one of the evil gangsters?
Doesn’t this mean that the hidden power of the evil party is far beyond everyone’s imagination?
Looking at everyone present, Xu Rong asked in a deep voice: "Where are these three adults now?"
"The imperial guard has been asked by the lower official to be detained in the Shangshu's prison room of Zhou Shangshu." Tang Zheng cupped his hands and said: "In order to avoid the suspicion of the three of them, the lower official also detained several other officials."
"Okay." Xu Rong nodded.
At the same time, in the Shangshu class room in the Ministry of Justice's main office, several ministers and ministers were standing or sitting, discussing in the room.
"Sir, Sir, I wonder why the Minister of the Tang Dynasty called us here?"
Several lieutenants gathered around Shan Ming, the right servant of the Ministry of Justice, asking what happened.
After hearing this, someone said carelessly: "What's the point of asking? I'm sure you're asking us about the Minister's affairs... I don't know what Shilang Tang means by this move. Could it be that he suspects that we have harmed the Minister?"
Sir?"
Shan Ming looked back and realized that the person who spoke was the chief arrester of the Superintendent's Department, Wei Chi Fang, a military officer with whom he usually had a good relationship.
Therefore, Shan Ming advised: "Yuchi, please be patient... It may not be what Lord Tang meant. You must know that all the officials in the Criminal Department have to avoid suspicion in this case and can only obey the orders of Dali Temple... Dali
The temple wants to interrogate us, how can Mr. Tang stop it? I think it should just be a question, nothing serious."
"oh……"
After listening to Shan Ming's persuasion, the officials in the room gradually felt at ease.
It can be seen that they are all a little depressed. After all, Dali Temple is a subordinate of their Criminal Department on weekdays, but now they are investigating them.
While these officials were waiting quietly, suddenly, Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple, Chu Shuli, the minister of Daliang Mansion, and Zhao Hongrun, with the cooperation of Yiqian Zongwei, imperial guards, and military guards, quickly broke into the Ministry of Punishment.
Shangshu class room.
"Take it!"
Following the order from Dali Temple Qing Zheng Xu Rong, Wei Jiao and other clan guards swarmed up with the imperial guards. Under the astonished gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes in the squad room, they arrested "Chief Inspector of the Supervisory and Apprehending Division, Chief Wei Chi Fang".
Three people, "Tan Gongpei, the minister of the Department of Law and Regulations" and "Yu Yan, the official who punished the stolen goods" took control.
"You...what are you going to do? Mr. Tang? Mr. Xu? What are you doing?" Chi Fang, the chief arrest officer of the Supervisory Department, subconsciously wanted to struggle, but was locked tightly by Zongwei Chu Heng with brute force.
, unable to move at all.
And just when he was angry, Zongwei Lu Mu in front of him clasped his fists and said "I'm offended", then forcibly opened his mouth and put his hand in.