If Zhou Jing, the minister, said that there was still a slight possibility of taking the opportunity to suppress the old royal party, then Zhongshu Ling's words completely eliminated this small possibility.
Shangshu Ling is the head of the hundred officials, Zhongshu Ling's status is only after Shangshu Ling, and he has no enmity with Cui Ming. How could the two of them deceive His Majesty and the officials at the same time?
The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who had been speaking for Cui Ming just now, suddenly turned pale and sweated like rain. He knelt on the ground with a thud and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I swear to God, I was also deceived by Cui Ming and didn't know that he was here."
Colluding with the Demon Sect..."
At this time, no one in the court paid attention to the Minister of Staff.
Whether he knows anything about it, or whether he is an undercover agent of the Demon Sect, the court will definitely investigate to the end. Not only him, but anyone who has a close relationship with Cui Ming, the court will thoroughly investigate.
The Demon Sect is notorious. They harm the people and intend to overthrow the imperial court. No country will tolerate the people of the Demon Sect.
At that time, the Jiujiang County Sheriff was also considered a high-ranking member of the imperial court, but because of the crime of "colluding with the Demon Sect", more than a hundred members of his family were executed, and not even their souls survived.
Cui Ming's case involves the Demon Sect and is of great importance.
Collaborating with the Demon Sect is tantamount to treason.
The Queen immediately issued an order, commanding the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to immediately control the personnel of Princess Yunyang's Mansion. Anyone closely related to Cui Ming, whether they were officials in the court or the dignitaries of the divine capital, would be subject to strict interrogation without exception.
After the court was dismissed, all the courtiers left with solemn expressions. After Li Mu walked out of the hall, he did not leave the palace, but walked to Shangyang Palace.
Before the dynasty dispersed, he received a message from Shangguanli that the Queen wanted to see him.
Li Mu returned to Beijun this time with a mission and needed to meet the Queen to report on her duties.
After arriving at Shangyang Palace, he told the Queen everything that happened during his trip, including his encounter with Fan Ji's assassination, catching her and letting her escape.
The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple moved very quickly. As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple asked for an audience outside Shangyang Palace.
After the Queen's call, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple walked into the main hall. The Minister of Punishment looked serious and said: "Your Majesty, one day ago, Cui Ming and Princess Yunyang went to Shenlong Garden to play, and they have not returned yet. I and the Minister of Dali Temple went to
In Shenlong Garden, it was found that only Princess Yunyang was sleeping in the room, and Cui Ming was missing..."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Li's expression changed slightly and he said, "It's impossible. The inner guards have been keeping an eye on Cui Ming. He has never left Shenlong Garden..."
Li Mu was not surprised by this. With Cui Ming's cultivation level, there were countless ways to leave quietly. It was obvious that the speed at which Cui Ming got the news was far faster than the speed at which Li Mu was on his way. Between him and the Demon Sect,
time, it is very likely that they were contacted through some kind of magic weapon or secret technique.
The Queen closed her eyes and pinched her fingers. After a moment, she slowly opened her eyes and said majestically: "He went to the north and sent an order to the Thirty-sixth County. Princess Yunyang's consort Cui Ming colluded with the Demon Sect to frame the imperial officials. Once discovered,
Arrest immediately, no matter life or death..."
"I obey the decree."
Li Mu deeply realized how important instant communication was. He looked at the Queen and asked: "Your Majesty, is there any magic weapon that can transmit sound instantly thousands of miles away? If I had such a magic weapon on my body at that time,
If the weapon is used, Cui Ming will not be given a chance to escape."
The Queen thought for a while, stretched out her hand, and something appeared in the palm of her hand.
It was a white one, like a conch shell.
The conch shell slowly floated in front of Li Mu and was held in his hand.
The Queen said: "If there is an emergency, you can use your magic power to activate this conch and speak to it, and I will be able to hear your voice."
Li Mu happily accepted the treasure and asked: "Your Majesty, is there something that can teleport people thousands of miles away in an instant? Can you give me one? If Fan Ji didn't have this treasure, it would be impossible."
Escape from being taken in by your ministers..."
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple looked at Li Mu twice.
The Queen glanced at him and said: "The teleportation talisman requires a strong person above transcendence, and it takes a lot of time and energy to make it successfully, and I don't have it either."
Li Mu felt a little pity, thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, do you still have the Good Fortune Pill? I used the one you gave me last time..."
"Gone!"
The queen waved her sleeves, and Li Mu was swept out of the door by a violent force.
If it was gone, it would be gone, so he wouldn't drive him away so rudely. Li Mu straightened his clothes and walked slowly outside the palace.
Cui Ming ran away, but he could run in the first grade of junior high school, but could not run in the fifteenth grade.
What he did has touched the bottom line of the imperial court. Even if he ran to the ends of the earth, he could not escape the imperial court's pursuit. He had lived in the divine capital for more than ten years and left countless traces. Through his remnants, it is estimated that
It is not difficult to get to his position.
After returning home, Li Mu released the two female ghosts. Su He was still sleeping, and he didn't know when he would wake up. He asked them to stay with Xiao Bai at home and do some work such as cleaning the house.
That’s fine.
It is easier to raise two obedient ghosts at home than to hire many maids and servants.
Li Mu didn't stay at home for long before he walked out and walked to the Criminal Department.
When he left the palace just now, he received a message from the Queen, asking him to go to the Criminal Department to investigate the case of the Jiujiang County Sheriff.
It has been confirmed that Cui Ming is an undercover agent of the Demon Sect. From the memory of the tree demon, we also learned that the tragedy in Jiujiang County was caused by Cui Ming and the Demon Sect. The so-called investigation was just to urge the Ministry of Punishment to overturn the case for the Jiujiang County Sheriff.
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On the way to the Criminal Department, Li Mu felt a little heavy.
Even if we try to overturn the case for Jiujiang County Sheriff now, what's the point? The entire Jiujiang County Sheriff clan, including more than a hundred lives of their masters and servants, died more than ten years ago. Even if the court clears their names today, they will not.
Maybe you saw it.
Princess Yunyang's consort is from the Demon Sect. This time, the entire Xiao family and its old party will probably be in a panic.
Most of the people in the divine capital were shocked that Cui Ming was an undercover agent of the Demon Sect and gossiped about the scandal of the Xiao royal family, but few talked about the unjust death of the Jiujiang County Sheriff and his family of more than a hundred members.
Li Mu came to the Ministry of Justice and explained his intention to the doctor of the Ministry of Justice.
The unjust death of the Jiujiang County Sheriff's family has been concluded at the court. Li Mu followed the Queen's oral instructions. Naturally, the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to neglect and mobilized all officials to find the person responsible for the Jiujiang County Sheriff's case more than ten years ago.
file.
These files will be overturned and rewritten, and the grievances of the Jiujiang County Sheriff will also be washed away.
Although this has nothing to do with him personally, and because colluding with the Demon Sect is a major crime that implicates the nine clans, his relatives and descendants also died in the incident more than ten years ago.
The lieutenant of the Ministry of Punishment destroyed the old false files one by one and sighed: "After more than ten years, the Jiujiang County Sheriff finally got justice."
Zhou Zhong clasped his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Delayed justice is not justice. From the day he died, he will never get justice."
After saying this, he never spoke again.
The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment was thinking about his words, but he felt that both the Vice Minister and Li Mu were silent, and the atmosphere was extremely dull. He took the initiative to change the subject and said: "Sir, a county magistrate from Tianhe County, Hanyang County, died mysteriously at home a few days ago.
The way he died was similar to the death method of the county magistrate in Anyi County, Danyang County. It seemed that it was committed by the same person. Although the two counties were thousands of miles apart, the two cases seemed to have nothing to do with each other. However, after investigation, the official found that Anyi County
Linghe and the Prime Minister of Tianhe County were both officials in the Ministry of Personnel more than ten years ago..."
Zhou Zhongping said: "Send the file of this case to my office. I will send someone to investigate, so you don't have to worry about it."
The doctor from the Ministry of Punishment nodded and said, "I'm going to get it now."
Li Mu stood in the courtyard of the Ministry of Justice, looking at the government offices where files were stored, and said, "I don't know how many unjust cases there are among them."
Zhou Zhong said lightly: "Each of these files represents several dead souls. They may have been wronged, but not everyone can be as lucky as the Jiujiang County Sheriff. Their grievances will last for thousands of years."
Thousands of years, until heaven and earth are annihilated..."
What Zhou Zhong said, Li Mu didn't know that there were so many unjust cases, very few of them could be redressed, and the vast majority of unjust cases would be buried in the Milky Way of history until the universe is destroyed.
This is also true in ancient and modern times.
After a while, Li Mu left the Criminal Department and Zhou Zhong walked back to the Yamen.
He glanced at a file on the desk. The file floated up, and a ball of fire suddenly appeared, engulfing the file. Soon, there was nothing in the void, not even ashes were left.
late at night.
Li Mu lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
More than a hundred lives were lost, and the court only had to say that this was an unjust case framed by the Demon Sect, and it could be easily dismissed, as if nothing had happened more than ten years ago, which made him feel a little panicked.
After a while, he took out the conch, activated it with magic power, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, are you asleep?"
Changle Palace.
It was past midnight, and Zhou Wu was lying on the brocade couch, but she didn't feel sleepy at all.
To her, this palace is nothing more than a cage. This cage isolates family, friendship, love, and any other emotions that humans should have.
Even during the day, when people came and went in the palace and courtiers crowded the Ziwei shop, she often felt lonely.
Every night, this loneliness will be infinitely magnified.
There was no sound around, as if the whole world, except for her, was filled with dead silence.
At a certain moment, in this dead silence, a voice suddenly came.
"Your Majesty, are you asleep?"
This sound was not loud, but it brought endless vitality to this dead world.
Zhou Wu cleared her throat, made her voice more dignified, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Mu did not expect that the Queen was not sleeping, and said slowly: "I think that the imperial court should tell the world about the injustice suffered by Jiujiang County Governor, so that he can be cleared..."
Zhou Wu thought for a while and said: "I will issue an edict tomorrow and order the Ministry of Industry to erect a monument and build a temple for him in Jiujiang County to commemorate him for future generations."
The Queen thought more than he thought. Li Mu sighed: "Your Majesty is wise."
Zhou Wu asked: "Is there anything else?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, do you have many conches that can transmit sounds? My fiancée is in Beijun. She and I are thousands of miles apart, so it is inconvenient to meet. I want to give her one..."