Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Xu Lingshi of the Ministry of War put his hands in his sleeves and walked restlessly on the road leading to Dali Temple.
Yesterday, Du Shilang from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs suddenly invited him to a small gathering in the mansion. Halfway through the drink, the two of them talked about the murder case in Beijing that the third division had taken over two days ago, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked into the Hongmen Banquet.
Du Zhijuan took out a case file and put it in front of him, saying: "Although I recommended that suspect, he followed the same path as you. The scene of the crime has not yet reached the point of admitting murder, but you must know the cases handled by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple. Those interrogation methods are basically unbearable. If you don’t do something sooner, I will be implicated by then. You won't feel better either."
Xu Lingshi scolded his mother in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it.He bought an official from Du Zhijuan. After all, a history of orders is nothing more than a low-rank official. His official history of orders is even more insignificant. He thought he could live a stable life, but he would encounter such kind of thing.
Seeing his hesitation, Du Zhijuan changed the name of Poppy Poppy to pretend to be powerful.
"If you don't want to do it, it will be the Ministry of War that will have an accident in the future. Think about what kind of person Su Shangshu is?"
Poppy's uncertain smile appeared in his mind, he took a sip of wine, and continued: "Of course, I will find a chance to make him keep his mouth shut, and if you do a good job, I can still Then please ask Su Shangshu for your credit."
Xu Lingshi looked at the forged testimonial case file, and thought of being able to make a fortune by Su Ying's side, so he put it away cruelly.
***
Officials below the sixth grade in Dali Temple all gather in the same area to work.After Tu Muxiang finished transcribing the case catalog at hand, before he had time to take a break, he heard someone calling him.
"Qili, I have something urgent at home today, so I'm leaving first. There are still ten catalogs in the dossier room. Liu Sicheng will come to check and accept tomorrow. Please take care of me today!"
"Ah...ah? But I..."
The two people agreed, but basically I was copying.
Seeing his colleagues at the same level as him but leaving half a year later than him, Tu Muxiang was very depressed.Obviously it was time to quit work soon, but when he thought of Liu Sicheng's serious face, he still had to go to the dossier room.
It seems that today will not be able to catch up with the evening show of Tianpingfang.
***
"Who is coming? Report your name and official position."
"I'm Xu Hong, the commander of the Ministry of War."
"What are you doing here?"
"At the order of Shangshu, I came to check the file of Xue Guoxi's crime committed last month."
The secretary of Dali Temple completed the visitor registration, waved to him, and said, "Go in, but hurry up, we are going to get off work soon."
After speaking, he sat down again and continued to quietly read the script.Xu Lingshi heaved a sigh of relief while agreeing to go to the dossier room.Just now he saw that there were some stimulating illustrations in the little notebook, so he probably didn't have much energy to deal with him.
God help me too.
He hurried to the place where the files of the Dali Temple were kept, glanced at the recorder at the door, saw that his head was still down, and rummaged through the shelves for the files of the capital murder case.
The sound of announcing the change in the temple sounded, and the secretary got up and looked into the house, thinking that there was still a tea master there anyway, so he went off to work.
Tu Muxiang moved a stool and placed it in front of the shelf. The catalogs he was going to copy were all old cases, which were placed in the most remote corners, piled up along the walls to the ceiling.
After finally finding the remaining ten books, he carried a large stack of files and walked towards the door.Halfway there, I found someone at the end of the shelf, looking for something.
Tu Muxiang put the file aside, stepped forward and asked, "What is this lord looking for?"
Xu Lingshi was startled when he heard the voice, and stammered, "I, I'm looking for... looking for the case file transferred from the Ministry of Military Affairs to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Yes, the Ministry of Military Affairs..."
"But here are all the case files of the presiding judge of Dali Temple."
Tu Muxiang looked at him suspiciously, and said: "Besides, the time for external officials to check the files has passed, and you have violated the rules by staying here. Even if you didn't do it on purpose, I have to make a note as the master record .”
"Sorry, sorry, I'm leaving now, right away."
Xu Lingshi put the file in his hand back on the shelf, and then walked out the door.
Fortunately, the file has been switched.
He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Tu Muxiang picked up the file and looked at the visit records when he went out, and found that Shi Xuhong, the commander of the Ministry of War, was written on the column behind him.He wrote down the name, then locked the door and continued working.
***
Li Luosu has been banned by Duanmu medicine in the East Palace for the past few days, and cannot appear outside the sleeping hall and book pavilion, let alone step out of the palace gate.
Yu Lingbo was entrusted with a heavy responsibility to watch over Li Luosu and prevent him from escaping again, so he had to live in the East Palace for the past few days.
Li Luosu was bored, because the Taifu didn't have time to give him lessons these days because of the investigation of the case, and even the Taibao didn't know why.
He looked at Yu Lingbo who was sitting next to him reading a book, and said, "You don't feel tired and panic while watching me while reading."
Yu Lingbo put down the book, and said helplessly, "I don't want to either. I haven't been home for several days, but for my life and your safety, His Royal Highness, please condescend to accept my minister's surveillance."
Just when Li Luosu wanted to try to have some fun, Dali Temple sent someone to report that he would be invited to go again.
Li Luosu was puzzled, but also a little angry, and asked, "Isn't the prince already there? Why do you want to go again?"
As soon as Duanmu Yao came to the East Palace, he heard the little guy's angry voice.
"what happened?"
"Prime Minister You, Dali Temple Minister sent me to invite the prince to Dali Temple."
"Why?"
"This... the officer is not very clear."
Duanmu Yao rubbed his forehead and thought for a while, thinking that there might be something wrong with the suspect, so he said to the clerk, "I'll go with you."
Then he said to Li Luosu: "You stay in the East Palace well, and I will deal with this matter."
"Oh……"
Li Luosu watched the Taifu walk out of the East Palace with a tired face, feeling a little overwhelmed, so he continued to sit beside Yu Lingbo in a daze.
***
Inside the cell of Dali Temple.
Zhao Wuyue never expected his badge to be dropped at the scene of the crime. At that time, he strangled the dancer girl and hurried home, pretending to be sick to hide from the rumors for several days, who knows that he still did not escape the disaster.
Fortunately, there was no fourth person present at that time. As long as he killed himself and did not kill anyone, there would still be a turning point. Moreover, Du Zhijuan had already told him that he would find a way, as long as he did what he said.
I hope that person is not a royal relative...
***
Duanmu Yao stepped into the office of Dali Siqing.
"Yun Siqing, I heard that you sent someone to look for the prince again. What's going on?"
Yun Yubai was reading the new case file, and when he saw that Duanmu Yao had arrived, he asked him to sit down and handed him the case file.
"Prime Minister You, I interrogated the suspect again this morning, but for some reason, he suddenly changed his previous testimony this time, pointing out that he was the one who was killed by the prince. Although you are the guarantee, there are no other witnesses at the scene. Don’t jump to conclusions.”
Looking at the new testimony, Duanmu Yao asked, "What's the result of the autopsy?"
"The time of death overlaps with the time after the prince came out of the dance workshop."
"The suspect himself has witnesses during this period of time?"
"This...to tell the truth, Du Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment and Fang Shilang from the Ministry of War testified for him. That night they had a banquet at Su Shangshu's house in the Ministry of War until dawn."
It is a little doubtful that the Ministry of Military Affairs will testify for the people of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but why do the people from the Ministry of Punishment...?
Duanmuyao put down the case file and said to him: "There should be some other reason for this, please continue to examine, and I will also ask Doctor Yushi to supervise, but the crown prince must never appear here again."
"Okay, I see."
***
After leaving Dali Temple, Duanmu Yao went straight to Yushitai.
Tao Youran heard the news of the retraction of the confession, and said: "This Zhao Tingchang of the Ministry of War seems to be a newcomer. Generally speaking, the seventh rank and above are officials, and the seventh rank includes the subordinates of the seventh rank. The way of entry is not necessarily the imperial examination, but there are also some other channels, such as being recommended by officials with a rank of four or higher."
"There is another possibility, to buy an official."
Duanmu Yao rubbed his forehead, and said: "If he bought an official, it would explain his motive for retracting his confession. He is either afraid of hindering his official career or being threatened by the people above him."
"Then I'll go to the Ministry of Officials to find Zihui and check his files."
"Yeah. By the way, do you know which workshop the dead dancer is from?"
Tao Youran thought for a while, and said, "It seems to be Xiaoxiangfang."
***
During the day, Xiaoxiangfang is a little deserted, like a lifeless palace, but Xia Jushuang likes this time very much, because it is not so noisy, it is like returning to the ruins of the old country, which makes people feel peaceful.He was wearing a thin layer of water-red Luo Yi, leaning on the railing on the second floor of the lobby, looking around this gold-selling cave that made him feel a lot of emotion.
Duanmu Yao walked into Xiaoxiang Fang, looked around carefully, and said loudly: "Excuse me, is anyone there?"
The voice echoed in the large hall, just when he thought everyone was still resting, a pleasant voice came from the second floor, Duanmu Yao looked up.
"What is the guest officer doing? If you want to have fun, wouldn't it be too early?"
peony? ... No, not him.
Duanmuyao knew clearly that the prince was being grounded in the East Palace. Although the lazily leaning on the railing in front of him looked similar to his little guy, his temperament was completely different.
"I have some questions I want to ask. I don't know...what is the name of this young man?"
"Mr. Furong, of course, you can also call me Xia Jushuang."
Xia Jushuang walked down the stairs slowly, his figure swaying, Duanmuyao realized that he was not wearing shoes, but was stepping on the floor barefoot.
"It turned out to be Mr. Fu Rong, who has long admired his name."
Xia Jushuang smiled, he didn't see any admiration on Duanmuyao's face, just like the general, both of them were not interested in him.
"Then what's your name?"
"My surname is Duanmu."
"Then, what does Mr. Duanmu want to ask?"
"May I ask if there is a dancer in your square who never came back after going out five days ago?"
"...If you're talking about Hong Ling, she really hasn't come back."
"Then do you know where she went?"
"What do you ask for this?"
"Because she died, and an important person beside me was involved."
Xia Jushuang tilted her head, stared at Duanmuyao for a while, and said: "No wonder, I thought she had eloped with some romantic, so she was already dead...well, it's good to be dead."
His tone made Duanmu Yao a little uncomfortable, but he still smiled and said: "If you have any clues, please tell me, and there will be something in return."
"... There is a banquet invitation from the Minister of War." Xia Jushuang thought about it and said it.
"So, come to drink with me when you have time in the future, and it will be your reward."
"……thanks."
Xia Jushuang narrowed her eyes, watching Duanmu Yao go out with a happy expression.
The author has something to say:
Author: The Encounter between Taifu and Mr. Fu Rong!What will happen next? (~ ̄▽ ̄)~
Little Peony: ...Did you give Taifu the wrong script?Come on!Drag the author out and beat him to death! (#‵′)
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