Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 37 Ting Lieutenant
Tingwei Mansion.

Tingwei is one of the Nine Qings and is responsible for the administration of justice across the country.

Unlike the costume drama, the plaque at the gate of Tingwei Mansion does not have four golden characters hanging high above the mirror.

The plaque is just the Tingwei Mansion carved in Qin seal script, which looks ordinary.

Entering Tingwei Mansion, you can enter the main hall through a corridor covered with stones.

Outside the main hall, there is no dynasty Mahan displayed outside the hall, but a stone statue.

The statue is Xie Zhi (xie zhi), with wide-eyed eyes, shaped like a unicorn with a rhinoceros horn on its forehead.

It is said that Xiezhi can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, loyal and traitorous.

If you find a treacherous official, knock him down with a horn, and then eat him.

It is used to deter court officials and other judicial officials, to remind them of integrity and strict law enforcement.

And in the main hall, there were no three guillotines of dragon, tiger and dog, and there was no Grand Master Qingtian patting Xingmu with his solemn eyes and serious expression.

It was a wooden desk with black paint on it.

The floor is paved with floor tiles made of almond wood.

On the wall directly opposite the door, there is a plaque with white characters on a black background.

It reads: the way of officials.

There is also a small line of notes below: The way of being an official must be clean and upright, prudent and firm, and selfless.
The general idea is to tell law enforcement officials to be honest and honest.

And Ting Wei "Li" is sitting in front of the case, using a knife and pen to review the memorial.

And Ting Wei's three subordinate officials, Ting Wei is "resting", Ting Wei's left supervisor "Liang" and Ting Wei's right supervisor "Shi" are assisting Ting Wei in handling official affairs.

Seeing that Zhonglang had brought Meng Wu there, Li put down his knife and pen, and said politely, "General Meng, why are you here?"

Three subordinate officials followed closely behind and saluted General Meng Wu.

After a polite meal, Meng Wu expressed his intention to come.

After hearing this, Li's face was shocked.

File a case for a frog?
What absurdity.
If it gets out, it will not be good for Your Majesty's reputation!

Li left and right pondered, thinking it was better to find out this in private.

Meng Wu didn't care, and told you the matter, what you do is your business, and it has nothing to do with me.

But Meng Wu still pretended to be polite and said: "Whether it is public or private, I will do my best to help Ting Wei."

This is what Li was waiting for, and since this is the case, then I will start.

Ting Wei did not neglect, and immediately gave the order.

First of all, all Zhonglang guards who came into contact with this matter made notes.

Second, the family members and insiders of the imperial masters were arrested quickly, and they could not be allowed to escape, and they were all brought back to the Tingwei Mansion, and the official interrogated them one by one.

Third, search all the places where the imperial masters have been in the past few days, without any clues.

Meng Wu looked at Li Jianjian's eyes, bowed deeply to him, and immediately went to investigate the matter.

The first is to bring the imperial master's wife, son and others to Tingwei Mansion
But what they live in is not a prison cell, but a guest house in the sky prison in the capital, because they are not prisoners after all.

Turn a deaf ear to the matter and have no power to convict now.

Meng Wu quickly took them to the guest house, and of course the family members of the imperial master wanted to escape.

But no matter what they do, they cannot do without Yan (Qin Chao's ID card).

So while they were running, they were reported and arrested by Meng Wu.

These people are considered to have fled in fear of crime, and they will be taken by Mengwu to a dusty cell, where they will suffer from hunger and cold, and endure the harassment of flies and mosquitoes.

Meng Wu also ordered twenty Zhonglang guards to go to the homes of the imperial teachers to look for any suspicious clues.

But these Zhonglang guards were only focused on smashing things, and they didn't find any useful things.

Li did not punish them. After all, the murderer dared to commit crimes at the emperor's feet this time, so he must be careful in everything.

In most of the transcripts of Zhonglang guards
Except that I was so nervous at the time, that is, I forgot.

Some people talk a lot, but it's all a bunch of nonsense.

In the end, Li also replied unceremoniously: "Listen to what you say, and you will win ten years of shit!"

After an hour of busy work, except for some trivial matters, there was no progress.

In modern criminal investigation methods, crime scene investigation, monitoring and autopsy are three essential components.

But no one died in this incident, and there was no monitoring in ancient times. The scene can only ask Yingzheng for instructions, and he can only enter with Yingzheng's permission.

Without any choice.

Li can only ask the wives and sons of the royal teachers first.

According to the procedure, the wives of the imperial masters were beaten into the main hall.

These masters are not eunuchs, but animal trainers from China.

They were born to understand the language of jade dragons and beasts, and were appointed and dismissed as royal teachers by Ying Zheng.

Who would have thought that they would ignore the laws of the Great Qin and even kill the divine beasts for their own self-interest!
Faced with Tingwei's questioning, his wife shook her head one after another, not knowing about it.

Under Li's persecution, these women and children still did not show any flaws.

This made Li couldn't help questioning, could it be that the imperial masters who broke the law had magical skills?

It can not only destroy evidence, but also hide information.

Ting Weili shook his head like a rattle.

Every crime has flaws.

While everyone was melancholy, Meng Wu stepped into the main hall, cupped his hands and said, "I found two footprints!"

footprint!

Ting Wei was startled and stood up suddenly.

Meng Wu continued to explain that it was in the stables where the royal masters raised horses.

In addition to the footprints of the horse, the footprints of the master and others, there are two special footprints.

Ting Wei instantly understood.

It seems that all these plans were discussed in the stables.

In order to hide the eyes and ears, the stables are indeed a good choice.

Ting Wei was overjoyed, he thought Meng Wu had other clues.

But looking at Meng Wu's expression, one knew that they had found nothing but footprints.

Ting Wei sighed helplessly, one footprint, what clues can they deduce from it?
But right now, the most critical evidence is this.

This is something Changwen Jun and Chang Ping Jun have never calculated.

The footprints are in the stable where the imperial master raises horses.

In addition to the footprints of the horse, the footprints of the master and others, there are two special footprints.

Ting Wei instantly understood.

It seems that all these plans were discussed in the stables.

In order to hide the eyes and ears, the stables are indeed a good choice.

It is not difficult to see that they are Qin-style shoes, one is one foot two inches long and the other is one foot three inches long. [One foot is equal to ten inches, about 23.1 centimeters]

The front part of the shoe print has a pattern, and the pattern is careful, while the back part is empty.

Through this shoe, Ting Wei sees a glimmer of hope.

So, under Li's order, Meng Wu searched for clues in Xianyang City.
All clues related to this cannot be let go.

Especially wealthy businessmen, miners and other wealthy people.

Suddenly, the eunuch Lingxi news came from outside that Ying Zheng Xuan Ting Wei Li entered Zhangtai Palace!
An explosive news!
As the king of a country, Yingzheng naturally wants to see if the newly appointed Ting Wei can give Yingzheng a satisfactory answer in the first case!

Ying Zheng also wanted to see, who was it that conspired to hurt Xiaozhinu and put Xiaozhinu to death?
Even if he is a brother who loves brothers and sisters, the lonely king will not be merciful.

(End of this chapter)