After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Back in the duty room, Master Hu wiped the sweat from his forehead, put a thick stack of confessions on the table, and took a long breath, saying, "Sir, you are really smart. You thought of using a fake Monkey to force Pig to confess. Look at his unyielding attitude before, and the way he just cooperated with the investigation and acted like Zhang Benji Mo, he is completely different!"

Minister Xing pondered and said, "That person just now was not Qian Fugui."

Master Hu was surprised: "What?"

Minister Xing looked at the confession on the table and said: "The one who can make Haizhu change like this must be Haizhu's real old friend."

Haizhu did confess, and he saw no signs of lying in Haizhu's expression or tone.

It can be said that everything stated by Haizhu is true.

However, it is unknown which of these confessions were known by Haizhu himself and which were told to the court by the old friend through Haizhu's mouth.

Master Hu slammed the table and stood up: "How can this be? How dare you fool the imperial judge! Sir, do you want to arrest this man?"

Minister Xing analyzed: "No, if he needs anything, he will come to us on his own initiative."

The rage in Master Hu's heart was extinguished by the cold water: "Ah, yes."

-

The sky is bright.

Snake wakes up from sleep.

He opened his pair of blue eyes as deep as the ocean and began to untie Ji Li's acupoints.

Ji Li's body, which had been stiff all night, was finally able to move.

But, damn, his legs are numb!

Ji Li's eyes gleamed: "You really sleep well, even in prison. What are you thinking? If someone came to assassinate us last night, both of us would have been dead!"

Sishe said: "In a safe environment, you can sleep peacefully."

Ji Li said indignantly, "What if? I mean, what if someone comes to assassinate us, one of us is acupunctured, and the other sleeps like a pig. Aren't you afraid of anything happening?"

Snake: "Did that happen?"

Ji Li choked.

Sishe glanced at him and pointed at the Feng Shui compass in his hand: "Your compass is broken."

Ji Li was furious: "It's already broken! I told you to press my acupoints!"

Snake thought for a moment and said, "Did the Twelve Guards come here last night? Who?"

Ji Li said angrily, "I want to know too! I've had the Feng Shui compass for so long, and this is the first time it's reacted so badly that even the needle broke. I don't know who did it!"

Snake asked, "Could it be the one we were looking for a few days ago?"

Ji Li said thoughtfully, "It's hard to say, but I don't think it's likely. This is the first time that the Feng Shui compass has a hexagram that it can't handle, and it actually broke."

Snake looked at the patched compass and asked: "How did it break before?"

Ji Li admitted frankly: "I was unlucky, I broke it."

-

As soon as Lu Yuan left court, he was summoned to the Ministry of Justice by Minister Xing.

"Master Xing wants to interrogate me?"

Lu Yuan asked.

Minister Xing said calmly, "Grand Commander Lu was summoned as a witness. It's not an interrogation, it's just a routine investigation."

He said, pointing to his duty room, "Grand Commander, please."

Lu Yuan followed suit and walked into the duty room and sat down on the chair.

Master Hu was quite afraid of him.

He was originally sitting in the corner, but he couldn't help but pull the table back, wishing he could embed both himself and the table into the wall.

Seeing his men being so cowardly, Minister Xing could only shake his head secretly without showing it on his face.

"Lu Yuan."

He changed his title.

From this moment on, he will no longer be facing a top official of the court, but an ordinary witness.

"You once worked as an aide to the late crown prince. Do you remember a man named Luo San?"

Lu Yuan tapped the table with his knuckles. "Luo San? Do you remember? Did Hai Zhu tell you? He told you? This is not like him. Did he meet someone?"

Before I said anything, he had already guessed most of it. No wonder I was accepted as Lin Zhengliang's apprentice.

Minister Xing said sternly, "I cannot reveal the details of the case to you. You just need to answer my questions."

"Luo San is a hunchback. Everyone calls him San Hunchback. He is good at astronomy and mathematics, but he often makes mistakes due to his alcoholism. He is not very prominent among the retainers. After the death of the crown prince, he immediately stole a sum of money and ran away. There were many retainers who ran away at that time, and the emperor was too lazy to pursue them."

Speaking of this, Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes, "Is he the traitor?"

After the Chu family and the prince met with accidents one after another, he suspected everyone in the prince's mansion, but he didn't take Luo San to heart.

Looking back now, simply excluding him was unusual in itself.

This can only be discovered by inferring the cause from the result.

But I didn't realize it immediately at that time.

Luo San is not simple. He understands himself and knows how to hide beautifully in front of himself.

Minister Xing continued to ask: "After that, have you seen him again?"

Lu Yuan shook his head: "No, if it was really him, then his identity registered with the government office must be fake, and his so-called friends are just for show."

The implication is that it is meaningless to ask who Luo San was close to when he was in the Prince's Mansion.

Lu Yuan and Xing Shangshu have very different methods of handling cases. Xing Shangshu is good at digging out clues and flaws from details, while Lu Yuan is better at logical reasoning.

There is no essential distinction between high and low.

The two of them have their own strengths. They do not interfere with each other's methods of handling cases, nor do they reject the ideas provided by the other party.

Minister Xing nodded, agreeing with Lu Yuan's inference.

Lu Yuan said: "I will also investigate secretly. Once I have any news about Luo San, I will inform the Ministry of Justice in time."

Minister Xing stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Grand Commander."

The two of them left the duty room.

A little kid clattered towards Minister Xing: "Grandpa Xing, Grandpa Xing!"

A gentle smile suddenly appeared on Minister Xing's serious face: "Zhao Zhao!"

Bao Shu stretched out her little arms: "Grandpa Xing, hug me!"

Minister Xing held the little girl in his arms, smiling: "Why is Baoshu here?"

"I came to see Grandpa Xing." Bao Shu rubbed her hands helplessly and sighed, "And I can find a father by the way."

In ancient times, Su Che was calling for his brother, and today, Zhao Zhao is calling for his father.

Lu Yuan: “…”

What did you say, little bastard? Say it again!

Minister Xing burst into laughter.

Master Hu poked his head out, looking confused.

The impartial and just Judge Xing, you are so surprised that you would laugh. Are you sure you are not stupid because of the Chu family's case?

Minister Xing smiled at the little guy in his arms and said, "Okay, then give Zhao Zhao a favor and get your father back!"

Lu Yuan's face darkened: "Master Xing, I have not been arrested."

Meng Qianqian stepped forward and gave Minister Xing a junior’s salute: “Lord Xing.”

Minister Xing nodded, and looked at Meng Qianqian with the kindness of an elder.

The corner of Lu Yuan's mouth twitched. It turned out that Ben Du was an outsider.

Bao Shu pointed to a potted plant in the yard: "Grandpa Xing, what is that?"

"Grandpa Xing will take you to see it!"

Minister Xing carried Baoshu away.

Lu Yuan asked curiously, "When did she become so close to the Xing family?"

Meng Qianqian curled her lips proudly: "Your daughter has a wide network of contacts."

Lu Yuan snorted coldly: "How well can you know him? Do you recognize Luo San?"