After rebirth, I became the villain's Mr.

As soon as Wei Chengxue entered the clan's mansion, a large number of servants came to Yongshan Palace to overthrow the wall and dump the cabinet.After tossing a lot of time, I don't know where to find a few letters, shouting that they should be taken away as evidence. .

Nanny Gui was so angry that she cried, but those servants kicked her to the ground and walked away.

In the afternoon, news spread that the correspondence with the bandit leader Duan Shuiming had been found from the palace of the Great Emperor.

When Tao Jiusi heard about it, his grief turned into anger, he regained his energy, and went to the Ministry of Punishment with the ability of being a man in two lifetimes.

Zhu Shunli was immersed in reading the files of old cases, and when he saw Tao Jiusi entering, he said excitedly: "Master Tao, come and share the rewards, I'm just seeing the wonderful part, the poisoning method in this case is really clever, wonderful!"

Tao Jiusi: "..."

Tao Jiusi walked in, took out the file in Zhu Shunli's hand, and said solemnly: "A big case happened in the court, which is much more vivid than the past. I hope you will be interested."

Zhu Shunli's eyes lit up and his ears pricked up.

Tao Jiusi then explained the matter of Wei Chengxue in detail.

After listening, Zhu Shunli commented: "It's just the most common frame-up, and it doesn't seem to be anything exciting." It's a bit hard to see the meaning of the perpetrator.

Tao Jiusi: "..."

Xindao Zhu Shunli's brain circuit is really different from ordinary people.

However, Zhu Shunli continued to say solemnly: "But it is about the eldest prince, and I have a duty to do so."

Only then did Tao Jiusi heave a sigh of relief, and said sincerely: "It is estimated that investigators will be selected from the six departments to investigate the case tomorrow. I used to be the teacher of the First Prince, so I definitely can't directly intervene. I can only ask Lord Zhu to seek justice for His Highness."

Zhu Shunli nodded, and suddenly said: "You just said they found the letter?"

Tao Jiusi nodded: "According to rumors, seven or eight letters from Duan Shuiming were found, and there were many treasonous words in them."

Zhu Shunli frowned and said, "Strange, how do you think they judged that those letters were written by Duan Shuiming himself, not forged?"

Tao Jiusi said, "Probably the handwriting is the same."

Zhu Shunli said: "I remember that it has been 12 years since Duan Shuiming left the court because of that incident. At that time, the city was full of disturbances, and everyone knew about it. Duan's house was also confiscated, gold and silver treasures were confiscated, and everything else was burned. Tell me, after so many years, who still remembers Duan Shuiming's handwriting? Or how did they imitate Duan Shuiming's handwriting?"

Tao Jiusi thought deeply: "Duan Shuiming is a rebellious courtier, no one should keep his calligraphy privately, and the only place where his handwriting can be found today is probably...the cabinet treasury."

Zhu Shunli raised his head and said to himself: "When I start investigating, the truth will naturally come to light."

Tao Jiusi patted him on the shoulder encouragingly, and said, "David's number one detective, it's up to you."

After leaving the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it was time to light the lamps. The officials went to the empty building, and the palace seemed even quieter, but Tao Jiusi had other thoughts.

He went out of the palace gate and did not go home, but went straight to Nanny Gui's small courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he saw Hua Yuntai waiting here.

Hua Yuntai showed no expression on his face: "My young master told me that I will be at your disposal during this time."

Tao Jiusi nodded, and told the whole story of his conversation with Zhu Shunli today.

Hua Yuntai was startled, and said, "The cabinet treasury is also managed by the cabinet. With Jiang Ziheng in charge, we can't find anything."

Tao Jiusi shook his head: "Even if Jiang Ziheng is the chief assistant, it is impossible to bribe everyone, let alone do it himself."

Hua Yuntai was eager to try: "Then what should I do?"

Tao Jiusi said: "The cabinet treasury keeps all the memorials of this dynasty, because they are all old sesame seeds and rotten millet files, so the guarding is not very strict. Senior officials of the third rank and above can come in and out to check, and even borrow them. The most urgent thing is to go and see Duan Shuiming Are the memorials from the past still kept in there. Eunuch Hua, may I invite you to sneak into the cabinet treasury to have a look tonight?"

Hua Yuntai nodded, and said: "It's not difficult, but it will take three or four hours for me to go back and forth. Mr. Tao, you go home first, and after I finish the investigation, I will go to your house to find you."

Hua Yuntai covered the top and headed towards the imperial palace, while Tao Jiusi was meditating all the way, and walked home slowly.When I returned home, I brewed a pot of bitter strong tea, and dug out a book of my favorite legends, planning to drink while waiting.Who knew that the plot that would be fascinated by reading it over and over again, but today I couldn't read a word of it, my eyes always drifted to the window involuntarily, thinking why Hua Yuntai hadn't come back yet.

Tao Jiu thought to himself, if Duan Shuiming's memorial is gone now, it is very likely that he is lying in the home of a third-rank or second-rank official at this moment.When the third prince framed the eldest prince, he didn't bother to cover up and let his own people take the lead. Then these memorials would most likely be in the hands of Qian Yu, Xu Yi, and Zhou Shi.

At that time, we will investigate secretly, and we will not worry about finding evidence.

After waiting for another two hours, the sky was already glowing with white light, and Hua Yuntai finally turned back.

He tore off the black cloth covering his face without much thought, and the first sentence was: "It's gone!"

Tao Jiusi was overjoyed and said, "Speak slowly."

Hua Yuntai: "According to the records of that year, I found a small grid with Duan Shuiming written on it, but the dozen or so memorials mentioned in the records are all gone!"

Tao Jiu thought for a moment, and said: "I will inform Lord Zhu about this as soon as I go to court today, and ask him to go to Daku to ask questions and see who has borrowed or visited, and then we will investigate one by one. Don't startle the snake. "

Seeing the dawn, Tao Jiusi was full of energy, and his thoughts became clearer after a night of sleepless nights. As soon as he arrived in Da Nei, he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to wait.After waiting for a while, I saw Zhu Shunli enter the door dejectedly.

Tao Jiusi's heart sank, and he asked, "Master Zhu, what's the matter?"

When Zhu Shunli saw Tao Jiusi, he sighed and said with a mournful face, "On the road, I ran into Yang Shangshu who was in a hurry to go out. After asking about it, I found out that our Ministry of Punishment is actually Mr. Shangshu who is going to try the case in person."

Tao Jiusi knew right away that this should be Concubine Du Gui's meaning.

Tao Jiu thought for a moment: "My lord, why don't we investigate privately first, as long as we have evidence, we may not be able to wash away the eldest prince's grievances."

Zhu Shunli thought for a moment that solving the case does not depend on his status. Even if he used to be among the people, he still had to take care of other things when he saw them. Now that he is in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and his favored eldest prince is suffering, how can he rely on his status? So he cheered up and said : "Master Tao's words are true, I don't believe I can't find out the truth."

Tao Jiusi also smiled confidently, and said, "I have an important clue, and I am waiting for Master Zhu to investigate."

Zhu Shunli looked forward.

Tao Jiusi: "I asked someone to enter the warehouse at night last night. Guess what we found?"

Zhu Shunli: "Could it be that all of Duan Shuiming's memorials have disappeared?"

Tao Jiusi smiled and nodded.

Zhu Shunli got up immediately and said, "Let's go, Mr. Tao, let's go to Daku."

The two of them were very anxious, they had nothing to say all the way, they concentrated on their way, and arrived in front of Daku's gate not long after.

The Daku is a mighty building, but it looks simple on the outside, and even more so on the inside, except for the sky-high bookshelves, full of memorials and documents, there is no superfluous decoration at all.

Generally speaking, these memorials and documents are useless, they are only used for archiving purposes, so this place is not considered a major internal vulnerability. There are only four servants who take turns watching, registering who borrowed what, and who came again.

The two quickly found the servant on duty today.

The waiter was sitting at the table and yawning when he suddenly saw two adults approaching. He abruptly turned his yawn into a smile, and greeted him, "What advice do you two have? You can only enter if you have a third grade or higher in this library. If you have If you need anything, the servant can do it for you."

Zhu Shunli took out the signboard of the Ministry of Punishment, and said solemnly: "I am investigating the case under the order of Mr. Yang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Please help me."

The waiter thought, what kind of case could be related to this moldy place, it's been a long time.On the face, he was very cooperative and said: "I don't know how to cooperate with the slaves?"

Tao Jiusi cut to the chase: "We want to check the memorial of a man named Duan Shuiming 17 years ago."

The waiter obeyed, found a rather thick book, rummaged through it for a long time, and muttered: "Yes", he took a lot of keys from the back, and led the two into the big warehouse.

The big library is so big that you can't see the end at a glance. There are a lot of materials on the huge bookshelves, but they are neatly stacked and neatly arranged, which is very refreshing.

The servant led the three of them through dozens of huge bookshelves, and finally stood still. The servant looked around and found the word Duan Shuiming in a corner.

But the strange thing is that the memorial, which was obviously not there when Huayuntai visited last night, is lying quietly in the lattice at this time, as if it has been there for a long time.

Tao and Zhu looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

Zhu Shunli took those memorials, read and heard them, and tossed and tossed against the sun for a long time. After half a cup of tea time, Zhu Shunli said dejectedly: "It is old, and there is no trace of tearing seams, it should be true. .”

Tao Jiusi thought, could it be Hua Yuntai's eyesight?Or is he lying to me?No, he is a loyal servant, there is absolutely no need to obstruct him.

After thinking for a while, Tao Jiusi suddenly said: "I understand!"

Tao Jiusi: "Eunuch, may I ask if someone came here this morning?"

The waiter nodded: "Yes, how does your lord know?"

As soon as the words came out, Zhu Shunli also understood, and hurriedly asked: "Eunuch, who is that man?"