From eunuch to emperor

The imperial palace of Jinling City was preserved as the residence of Jinling.

The yamen that originally belonged to the six ministries were all divided into various divisions, as the yamen that managed the former land of Nanliang.

The original Ministry of Punishment has now become the Department of Apprehension, headed by Qi Wenhai.

Because Qi Wenhai got acquainted with Long Chen, he entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and became the doctor of the arrest department.

After Jinling was broken, Li Xiannan was in charge of the army, and Gongsunming was in charge of government affairs. Neither of them knew how to arrest and solve crimes, and thieves ran rampant in Jinling City.

In desperation, Gongsun Ming wrote to the Empress, requesting to send an expert investigator to Jinling City.

Qi Wenhai naturally became the best candidate.

Therefore, the empress decreed that Qi Wenhai be transferred to Jinling City to serve as the head of the arrest department, and at the same time serve as the servant of the punishment department of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In less than three years, Qi Wenhai was promoted from a head arrester in a county to a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, which can be said to have reached the sky in one step.

Outside the arrest department's gate, Liu Butou took a few brothers back to the Yamen.

After entering the yamen, a young arrester sat down on the edge of the flower pond and rubbed his temples with both hands.

This young catcher followed Liu Butou to tidy up Zhao Pu.

An older policeman passed by, and said with a smile, "Heizi, did you go looking for a date last night?"

The young policeman was named Xu Heizi, and everyone in the yamen called him Heizi.

He had a lover outside the city, a young widow with a son.

The orphan and widow are pitiful, so Heizi falls in love with her.

The little widow has a man from the public family to rely on, and Heizi can also be free, consensual, everyone knows.

"Lao Li, I also know that you have a good relationship with the lady in the brothel."

Heizi smiled, and the old head catcher spat: "Little bastard, you have learned to talk back, go rest when you are tired, don't hold back, Jinling City has been relatively peaceful recently."

Qi Wenhai's ability is not particularly strong, but fortunately he handles things fairly and with great care. After taking office, the atmosphere in Jinling City has improved.

The law and order of a city is actually related to the habits of police officers in a city.

As long as the atmosphere of arresting people is good and they don't collude with people in the underworld, the people in the underworld will not dare to mess around.

Wherever a place is chaotic and dark, there must be something wrong with the police in that place.

Even the policeman himself is a gangster.

After Qi Wenhai took office, a lot of misbehaving arrests were arrested, and several of them were beheaded in public. His habit immediately changed, and the law and order in the city improved accordingly.

"understood."

Heizi smiled, and the old catcher hurried away with a smile.

Heizi got up slowly and walked a few steps, but Heizi still felt dizzy.

"Go back to your room and sleep for a while."

Heizi walked towards the Yamen's dormitory, where several police officers were playing chess.

"No, eat his horse."

"Let's go, let's go."

"Watching chess without talking is a real gentleman, you two shut up."

Several people pointed at the chessboard with loud voices.

Heizi found his own bed, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

...

Lanzhitang.

The sky was slightly bright, the hall master Yin Rou got up very early, the yard was lit with torches, and the staff started to work early, getting things ready, and as soon as the city gate opened, all the carriages headed for Xicheng immediately.

Ji Xianxian went all out to restore the country, and all the resources of the Dragon Gang were on it.

"Where's Mel?"

Yin Rou asked the people around her.

"It seems that I haven't woken up yet. It's strange. Sister Meier wakes up very early every day."

"Let me go and have a look, maybe I'm too tired and overslept."

A woman came downstairs to Mel's door.

He reached out and knocked on the door, but there was no response.

"Sister Meier, is the hall master looking for you? Are you awake?"

Still no response from inside, the woman continued to knock on the door.

"Sister Meier?"

Seeing that there was still no response in the room, the woman felt a little anxious.

With a slight push, the door opened automatically, but the door was not locked.

It was slightly bright outside, but not too bright in the room, the woman came in and called softly, "Sister Meier?"

Walking to the window, the woman smelled a stench.

The woman was startled, and immediately took out the torch and lit the oil lamp on the table.

Using the oil lamp, the woman saw a large pool of blood on the bed, and the black hair mixed with blood on the pillow looked horrifying.

"Come here!"

The woman screamed in fright, turned around and rushed out the door, shouting: "Come here..."

Yin Rou heard the voice upstairs, immediately jumped and landed downstairs, and scolded: "What are you shouting for!"

The woman trembled and said, "Sister Meier, Sister Meier..."

Yin Rou felt that something was wrong, rushed into the room in two or three steps, and saw a big puddle of blood on the bed, Meier's clothes were still there, and the mattress was soaked and stained dark red.

Meier's hairpin and hair fell on the pillow, and the white bones were placed on the bed, looking horrifying.

Such a terrifying scene, no wonder the women under him were so frightened.

Other people in the hall entered the room one after another, and everyone was frightened when they saw such a terrifying scene.

"How could this be? How could Mel be like this?"

The others didn't know what was going on, but Yin Rou knew very well that she was poisoned by the people of Xi'an Zhao.

But why is it poisoned here?

Who brought it back?

"Everyone go out! This matter must not be spread!"

Yin Rou gave the order, and the spectators immediately left the room.

After closing the door, Yin Rou felt that something was wrong.

Mei'er has never been to Xicheng, but she was poisoned by Zhaoren's poison. Where did this poison come from?

Is it someone from Rhino City?

Opening the door, Yinrou said to those who were careful: "Burn Mei'er, the mattress, everything in the room together, remember, don't touch them, cover your face!"

A few people had seen Meier's death just now, and it was too miserable.

Yinrou ordered so, they knew they must have been poisoned, and the poison would be contagious.

"clear."

If they didn't die in the hall, they would all want to set fire to the house.

The carriage was ready, and the leading man came over to ask if it was possible to start the carriage.

Yinrou hesitated, if Meier's poison came from Xicheng, someone must have brought it, and this person was in the carriage.

"Did any of you feel unwell? Dizzy or something?"

Feminine interrogated very seriously.

The man said suspiciously: "Dizziness? No, what's wrong?"

Yin Rou thought for a while, and said, "Some of you must have been poisoned by the Gu poison. Meier died last night, because of the Gu poison."

The man's face suddenly changed with fright, and he said, "Our people have no problems coming from Xicheng, how is it possible?"

Yin Rou shook her head and said: "It must be, it is impossible for Mei Er to be poisoned by herself, this poison is only possessed by Zhao Ren."

The man thought about it carefully, finally shook his head, and said, "Impossible, it's more than a month's journey from Xicheng to Jinling. If he got poisoned by the Gu poison, he would have been poisoned a long time ago. It's impossible to delay until now."

Yin Rou is right when she thinks about it, although the duration of Gu poison's onset varies, but it will definitely not lie dormant for a month.

Where did the poison on Mei'er come from?

"Could it be that... the Zhaoren sneaked into Jinling?"

Yin Rou only had this hypothesis left, and could not think of other possibilities.

"Jinling City is King Wu's domain, isn't Zhaoren afraid of death?"

The man blurted out.

In the Central Plains, going against Long Chen is a dead end, no matter who it is.

Feminine frowned, thinking for a long time...

There was the sound of birds singing from the roof, the sky was bright, the noise of carriages and horses outside was noisy, and the city gate opened.

"Let's go!"

Yin Rou decided to let the convoy go on the road, so as not to delay the schedule.

"Yes!"

The man was also very puzzled, where did Meier's poison come from, but there is a deadline for purchasing supplies, so you can't miss the schedule.

The carriage drove out from Lanzhi Hall and slowly headed towards the south gate.

A little smoke rose from the open space in the backyard, and Meier's bones and bedding were all burned.

Feminine feeling uneasy...