An official walked out of the duty room, looked at a person standing in the yard, and asked: "Why is Chief Wei free to come to the Ministry of Personnel today?"
Wei Peng got straight to the point: "The Ministry of Punishment has two cases. I need to check the detailed information of the two officials. Could you please help me check their files?"
The official asked: "Which county official are you from? Master Wei will sit down for a while in advance, and I will arrange someone to help you transfer."
Wei Peng handed him a piece of paper and said: "Danyang County, Anyi County Magistrate Ding Yun, Hanyang County, Tianhe County Chenghou Bai."
The head of the Ministry of Personnel arranged for his subordinates to check the files of the people Wei Peng wanted, while he sat in the duty room and chatted with Wei Peng.
The Wei family once belonged to the old party, but Wei Peng's father was demoted and dismissed because he was involved in the case of the Minister of Rites framed Li Mu. He was never hired. I thought that the Wei family would be removed from the capital in the future. Unexpectedly, after the imperial examination, Wei Peng
He was unexpectedly specially recruited by the Ministry of Punishment again. Although his rank was not high and he was the same principal as him, it was said that he was deeply appreciated by the Minister of Justice in the Ministry of Punishment, and his future future was naturally brighter than his.
Wei Peng had the case in his mind and had no intention of chatting with the official. Fortunately, the junior official quickly obtained the files of the two officials.
The files used by the Ministry of Justice to investigate the case could be transcribed, but many of the contents would be omitted when excerpted. Wei Peng simply read them in the Ministry of Personnel.
The files of the Ministry of Personnel are obviously much more detailed.
It not only records their place of origin, family and other information, but also records every assessment, promotion, and transfer after becoming an official.
After looking through it carefully, Wei Peng found more doubts.
There are many similarities between these two people. They were both students of Baichuan Academy. They left the academy in the same year and became officials in the court. They were both in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. They were promoted at the same time. They were assassinated at the same time. Even the methods of death were very similar.
I'm afraid it's difficult to explain this with the word "coincidence."
After returning to the Ministry of Justice, Wei Peng informed Zhou Zhong of what he had discovered today.
Zhou Zhong tapped the table with his index finger and asked: "So you suspect that the two cases were committed by the same person, and that the murderer behind the scenes has a grudge against these two people?"
Wei Peng nodded and said: "There cannot be so many coincidences between the two cases. It is very likely that they are a vendetta. But without more clues, trying to find the murderer is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Zhou Zhongdao: "The Ministry of Punishment is only responsible for investigating the case and pursuing the culprit. It is enough for the Ministry of Punishment to investigate this case and leave it to the court for processing."
Wei Peng bowed and said, "Yes."
Wei Peng actually wanted to investigate further, but now that the Vice Minister had spoken, he did not persist.
It would be better to hand over this case as soon as possible to prevent him from losing all his hair at such a young age.
After Wei Peng exited, Zhou Zhong stood up several times and sat down slowly, appearing a little anxious.
In the Zhongshu Province, Li Mu took out the document that was re-submitted by the Ministry of Punishment in a hurry. These yamen still have to hammer and hammer from time to time before they know how to do things seriously. After he urged the Ministry of Punishment last time, a few days later, about that
In the case of the assassination of two officials, the Ministry of Punishment has responded.
Li Mu did not expect that these two unrelated cases were actually connected in this way. In this way, the court had a clear direction when it sent people to track down the murderer.
Chasing the murderer is a matter for the minister of worship.
The Enshrinement Department is an institution independent of the court.
There were strong men recruited by the imperial court from all over the country, who specialized in handling such major cases that the local government could not handle. After the incident in Yang County, the one who went to capture Xiaoyu was the Chongfeng Si.
Li Mu handed the report of the return of the Criminal Department to Liu Yi, the Minister of Zhongshu, and Liu Yi quickly issued an order to pass it to the Enshrinement Department.
At this point, Li Mu has fulfilled his duty.
He returned to his yamen again, and after not sitting for long, he felt a familiar breath coming from outside Zhongshu Province. He walked out of the yamen of Zhongshu Province, looked at Mrs. Mei standing at the door, and asked: "Sister Mei,
What's up?"
Master Mei glanced at him and said, "It's okay, I just haven't seen you for a few days. I stopped by to take a look."
Li Mu scratched his head: "How many days has it been?"
Master Mei said: "You really have a wife, forget your Majesty, you haven't been to Changle Palace for five days."
Li Mu corrected her: "Why did you forget Your Majesty when you have a wife? Aren't I worried about irritating Your Majesty?"
Lord Mei asked: "Why does it irritate His Majesty?"
Li Mu whispered: "You also know that His Majesty's marriage is not that happy. My wife is so beautiful and the marriage is so happy. If she is shown in front of His Majesty's eyes every day, Your Majesty may feel uncomfortable..."
Lord Mei knocked him on the head angrily and said, "If your Majesty hears this, watch your butt..."
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "Didn't you say before that His Majesty's mind is broader than the sea?"
Lord Mei's eyes wandered and said: "Even if His Majesty has a broad mind, that doesn't give you the reason to talk about His Majesty behind his back..."
What kind of nonsense is this? The Queen's marriage was inherently unhappy, and Li Mu was just stating the facts.
He was taking care of the Queen's emotions. As long as the Queen was reasonable, she would not blame him.
Among the women Li Mu was familiar with, no one was more reasonable than the Queen. She had already defeated most women by simply admitting her mistakes and correcting her mistakes.
Not only that, since Liu Hanyan came to Shendu, she has never entered Li Mu's dream, nor has she ever been to Li Mansion again.
It seems that even the Queen understands that she cannot disturb other people's world.
Lord Mei shook his head, looked at Li Mu, and said: "Don't worry about whether His Majesty is broad-minded or not. In short, you can't just ignore His Majesty when you have a wife. Have you forgotten what you were when His Majesty ignored you last time?"
Feelings?”
Li Mu thought about it carefully. During this time after Liu Hanyan returned to the capital of gods, he seemed to have really neglected the queen.
The Queen's mind is not as broad as it seems on the surface. Maybe she is already keeping accounts for Li Mu in her heart.
When passing by the market, Li Mu specially bought a crucian carp and a piece of tofu, preparing to make a crucian carp and tofu soup tomorrow morning.
After returning home, Liu Hanyan looked at the fish in his hand and said in surprise: "There is already one fish at home, why did you buy another one?"
Li Mu said: "I will save this for making soup tomorrow and send it to His Majesty in the morning."
Liu Hanyan asked in confusion: "Why do you want to make soup for His Majesty?"
Li Mu put the fresh fish in a small water tank and explained: "It's a long story. In fact, the real His Majesty is not what you usually see..."
Li Mu told Liu Hanyan about the Queen. After listening, Liu Hanyan took Li Mu's arm and said with shock and sympathy: "In this case, Your Majesty is too pitiful..."
Liu Hanyan and the Queen had similar experiences, but they were different.
Because of her pure yin body, she was regarded as an unlucky person, so she was abandoned by her parents and has never seen her family again since she was a child.
The Queen was used by her family, and more than once. To this day, the Zhou family is still using her to achieve the purpose of stealing the country.
Similar experiences made Liu Hanyan feel pity for her. In her opinion, the queen was even more pitiable than herself.
Li Mu continued: "Your Majesty was very kind to me during the days when you were not in Shendu. If it weren't for Your Majesty's protection, the new party and the old party, plus the academy, I wouldn't be able to cope with it by myself. The house we live in now is His Majesty's."
As a gift, His Majesty often teaches me how to practice and also rewards me with many things, so I want to try my best to do more for Your Majesty..."
Liu Hanyan nodded and said: "This is what it should be. You can sleep a little longer tomorrow morning and I will do it for Your Majesty..."
Li Mudao: "Let's go together."
The two of them will get up together tomorrow morning, so it is natural for them to sleep together at night.
Liu Hanyan seemed to have forgotten what he said a few days ago, so he crawled onto Li Mu's bed again at night, still holding his hand tightly in his sleep.
Li Mu kissed her gently on the forehead and closed his eyes.
late at night.
The space in the courtyard fluctuated, and a figure slowly appeared.
She took a step, then suddenly stopped, and finally did not walk into the room as usual.
The space in the courtyard fluctuated again, and the figure slowly faded and disappeared.
In the room, Li Mu and Liu Hanyan were sleeping hugging each other.
Thousands of miles away, Yushan County, Baiyu County, Baiyu County Magistrate suddenly woke up from his sleep, looked at a figure that appeared in his room, and said in shock: "Who are you? How dare you break into the county government office? Don't do it quickly."
Leave quickly!"
What responded to him was an extremely sharp sword light.
With one sword blow, the body of Baiyu County Magistrate was separated.
A phantom flew out of his body. His soul looked at the figure in the room in fear, and said sharply: "I am an official of the imperial court. If you dare to kill me, the imperial court will not let you go."
, no matter how far you run to the ends of the earth, you will never escape death..."
boom!
Before he finished speaking, a purple thunder suddenly exploded in the room.
Magistrate Baiyu's soul was struck by thunder and disappeared completely between heaven and earth.
After a while, several detectives rushed into the room, and soon there were sounds in the room.
