wealthy queen

If you want to say who is the busiest person in this new year, it must be the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Yang Wanli was entrusted with a heavy responsibility as soon as he took office, responsible for investigating the criminal evidence of Lu Shuren and all people related to him. It is equivalent to being the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice through the back door, and directly responsible for such a big case, bypassing the minister. Fortunately, with the help of the Nether Dark Guard, it took more than half a month to collect all the evidence that should be collected, but when he interrogated everyone, all of them pleaded guilty and were about to close the case, but An irreversible emergency has occurred.

"What did you say? Say it again."

The day before yesterday, in order to prepare the closing statement and memorial, Yang Wanli stayed up late at night, and Yang Wanli was hurriedly called up before dawn. Hearing the servant's report, Yang Wanli couldn't care less that he was only wearing obscene clothes and trousers. , uncovered the quilt and rushed out of bed, her eyes wide open filled with disbelief.

"Reporting to my lord, just now the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to report that last night, Lu Shuren's family committed suicide by taking poison in prison."

"Impossible, I'm obviously heavily guarded, how is it possible..."

Lu Shuren and his family members are all serious criminals. Given their crimes, it is not an exaggeration to sentence them to death by death. Now they commit suicide collectively in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It is still the day before he is going to close the case. , not only him as the chief judge, but even the emperor who appointed him will be questioned, how could this happen?

The housekeeper who came to report was destined to be impossible to answer him. Mrs. Yang, who got up after her, waved back the housekeeper silently, took a coat and gently put it on him: "Master, you have been calculated by others, and things will happen if they don't happen." No matter how regretful and shocking you are, it’s useless, why don’t you think about how to remedy it, emperors and empresses are shrewd, and won’t blame you too much.”

No one knows better than him how hard the master has been during this period. In order to make achievements and not embarrass the empress and his wife, he can be said to be greedy from dawn to dusk, and even deal with official business on New Year's Day. It's been a lot of time, but now... Now that things have come to an end, they can only blame themselves for being too careless.

"Ugh……"

Yang Wanli sighed deeply, and raised his hand to attach it to him: "Thank you Madam."

"It's the master who worked hard."

Mrs. Yang came from a prominent background, her upbringing was extraordinary, she was impeccable in everything she said and did, and she would not behave in the slightest bit that was not in line with your wife. He stopped him and leaned his head on his shoulder. Although he and the master may not love each other deeply, they have been married for more than 20 years, supporting each other and accumulating a very deep relationship. His hard work was wasted, and Wusha might be lost because of it, and he felt indescribably sad and distressed.

"Thank you Ma'am for being with me for so many years. Don't worry, I haven't seen such a big storm? It won't just be like this. Let someone come in and wash up. I'm going to the Criminal Department."

Yang Wanli didn't feel that his wife's behavior was out of control, but felt warm in his heart.

"Ah."

Let him go, Mrs. Yang called in the servants who had been serving him all year round. Yang Wanli, who had accepted the facts and cheered up, simply washed up and left home in a hurry without even having breakfast. Pei Yuanlie, who was doing morning exercises with the children, also received the news, but he was not in a hurry to deal with it. He just ordered Tianshu to keep an eye on it, and continued to lead the children to do morning exercises without any abnormality, and would squat down from time to time to correct them The posture and strength of clenching and punching fists, as if nothing had happened.

At three quarters of the hour, the Royal Study Room

"Understood, I will order someone to investigate this matter. How has Sun Shangshu found out about the Tan family? The seven-day period is coming soon."

Not surprisingly, the first person who asked to see him today was Sun Mingquan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice. Pei Yuanlie took a long time to accompany Shen Liang to have breakfast before meeting him in the imperial study with him. He behaved very calmly about the suicide of the group by taking poison, as if it was not a big deal.

"Yes, the investigation is almost complete, Weichen will go back and continue the investigation."

Looking up at the emperor who was leaning on the dragon chair carelessly, and then at the queen who seemed to be busy with something and hadn't put down her pen, Sun Mingquan was not sure what they meant, so he could only bow down and choose to leave, but In the lowered eyes, jealousy and dissatisfaction were intertwined. The emperor and empress husband and wife were too partial to Yang Wanli.

"Ah."

"Wei Chen retire!"

Pei Yuanlie nodded as if there was nothing, and Sun Mingquan bowed and left the imperial study room. When only the two of them were left, Pei Yuanlie's slightly narrowed eyes slowly turned to Shen Liang: "Liang Liang, what do you think of this matter?" ?”

"How else can I look at it? Group suicide by taking poison. Where did the poison come from? I can't think of any other answer. Jealousy makes people ugly. It seems that Uncle Yang and the others are in a more difficult situation than we imagined. Once it is publicized, it not only clearly points out that Uncle Yang is not capable enough, and that he was able to become the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment is entirely due to nepotism, but also implies that you and I are not good at employing people, and our intentions are not sinister."

Shen Liang didn't let go of his shame, but wrote while talking, answering his questions with two purposes.

"Ah!"

With a sneer, Pei Yuanzheng sat upright, and called out Tianshu in a deep voice: "I will leave this matter to you to investigate, this time there is no need to investigate secretly, let me investigate openly, and no one from the Ministry of Punishment is allowed to leak. Check one by one, and whoever doesn't cooperate will pick up the black yarn, including Sun Mingquan, as for Yang Aiqing, send him into the palace, and bring evidence of Lu Shuren's bribery over the years."

"Yes."

Tianshu led the order to go, Pei Yuanlie and his wife looked at each other with a tacit smile and got busy, as if this matter had never happened. They are not people who are afraid of challenges, whether it is open or secret Yes, since they have already made a move, they will follow up, no big deal.

On the open space outside the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, corpses are neatly placed. Wu Zuo has experienced corpses. They all died of poisoning, and they all died of the same poison. The cells where they were held did not show any signs of fighting. The traces of painful struggle before death, preliminary judgment, they should all commit suicide.

However, hundreds of people committed suicide by taking poison. Where did the poison come from?You know, from the day they were taken into custody, Yang Wanli ordered that all visits be stopped. Who could provide them with such a large amount of drugs?And since there were traces of their struggle before death in the cell, why didn't the jailer notice it?Also, Lu Shuren's crimes are numerous, and he deserves to be hacked into pieces, but it's not true that the Lu family can't leave a trace of blood, so how could they all commit suicide in despair?

"Self-suicide or poisoning, especially unknown, Yang Shilang don't have to worry, His Majesty has entrusted this matter with full authority, Yang Shilang, please enter the palace as soon as possible."

Tianshu, who brought people here, listened to Yang Wanli's narration of the current situation, and did not express anything, but urged him to enter the palace quickly, so as not to keep the emperor and empress waiting for a long time.

"Well, then there will be Lao Tianshu in command."

Others don't know how special Tianshu's identity is, how can he not know?

Now that the emperor sent him to personally investigate this matter, Yang Wanli felt a little relieved. This matter happened suddenly, and the people who arranged everything behind the scenes obviously came prepared. Without special means, it may be difficult to find out the truth .

"Where is the responsibility, the matter of duty, Yang Shilang is polite."

If it were someone else, Tianshu would not be polite to him, although he is not very enthusiastic at this time.

"Then the official will enter the palace."

More or less clear about his character, Yang Wanli didn't feel neglected, and he turned around and left after clenching fists with him again. Tianshu raised his hand expressionlessly: "Everyone in the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment except Sun Shangshu and Chu Shilang Take him to Huanxi Building for interrogation."

"Yes."

Hundreds of armored guards dispersed in an instant, Tianshu squatted down and looked at the bruised and already stiff corpse, thought for a while and suddenly snapped his fingers: "Go ask Deputy Commander Yang of the Nether Dark Guard, and tell me that I have something to ask him for help. "

"Yes."

The Iron Armored Guard and the Nether Dark Guard cooperated tacitly, as if they were already a family. The Iron Armored Guard waiting behind him had no objection, and disappeared from everyone's sight in a flash.

"It's rare that you have a day when you ask me for help."

In less than half an hour, Yang Peng, who was in charge of assisting Wei Yue and the others, appeared like a ghost. Tianshu, who had checked all the corpses, stood up, took the handkerchief handed to him by his subordinates, wiped his hands and said, "Some You guys are stronger than us."

Tianshu did not hesitate to admit the obvious facts, and did not take his teasing tone to heart.

"Tsk tsk... It would be too cheap for him to die like this."

Raising his eyebrows, Yang Peng walked towards Lu Shuren's body, curled his lips and kicked with his toes. After insulting their lord like that, it would be too easy to die. If I had known that they would have just made him pay the price regardless of the evidence.

"You know no less than me, and I'm too lazy to tell you again. I came here to ask you for help, to find out when and how they were poisoned."

Tianshu didn't bother him either. In terms of medicine and poison, he believed that no one could be stronger than the Nether Dark Guard, except for the lord. He didn't dare to ask the lord for help for such a thing.

"no problem."

Yang Peng was also a straightforward person, so he agreed without thinking, turned around and immediately summoned his entourage to give instructions, and after he left, he said: "I heard that you ordered the arrest of all the people in the Ministry of Justice, so you don't have to interrogate yourself? Also, Sun Mingquan and Chu Caizheng have entered the palace again, and they also found Lan Yunchan to accompany them."

While speaking, Yang Peng squatted down, and saw a flash of cold light, the prison clothes on Lu Shuren's body were automatically separated, revealing his pale and stiff body, Yang Peng was holding a special scalpel like a magic trick, with a smile on his lips , coldly and unusually melted Lu Shuren's throat.

"So what? Iron armored guards follow the rules of iron armored guards, and you also know medicine?"

He knew that Lei Zhen knew medical skills, but he didn't know whether Yang Peng, Yuan Shao and the others could. things.

"Everyone in the Netherworld Guards knows both medicine and poison. The difference is only good or bad. Healing diseases and saving lives is not my strong point. I'm fine with dissecting corpses."

Looking up at him, Yang Peng carefully checked the condition of the inside of his throat, and moved his gaze to the open belly of the corpse. There was another flash of cold light, and he was disembowelled on the spot. Fortunately, all the people in the Ministry of Punishment were caught by the Iron Armored Guards. After leaving, the armored guards around him were also used to bloody scenes, otherwise it would be strange if his actions didn't scare others to death.