Wolf Dysprosium
Chapter 70 Fighting
Ji Chunming was stunned by this slap, and fell against the wall, covering his face with blank eyes.Chen Shuang raised her leg to kick him, Ji Chunming panicked in fright: "You, you have, you are insulting gentleness!"
He really didn't come back to his senses.No one had ever slapped him before, but Jin Yan's slap was so crisp and hard that it made Ji Chunming dizzy.
"As an official of the imperial court, discussing the case with ordinary people, you can't convince others, and instead start a dispute with the people." Jin Yan said, "It's time to fight."
Ji Chunming's face gradually turned red, and he muttered, not speaking.
"As a scholar, in the face of doubts, you can't even talk about seriousness. You are still a champion, so your literary talent can only fall on paper, right?" beat."
Ji Chunming finally squeezed out a sentence: "A scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain..."
"As the chief criminal of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, you know that this case is suspicious, you know that the investigation process is full of difficulties, and you know that it involves a lot. You don't want to find a way to find out, you don't cooperate with Changlu Temple to dig out the hidden secrets behind it, and you even only find it at a street stall. Discuss, don't pursue the connection between Yang Songer and private private loans," Jin Yan said quickly, "It's time to fight."
Ji Chunming finally put down his hand.He was still a little dazed, but his eyes had gradually changed, staring at Jin Yan.
"I heard that you have written the eight words 'the sky is bright and the sun is bright' thousands of times on the wall of Jin's mansion." Jin Yan said, "As a commoner who admires Jin Mingzhao, as an official, Faced with the grievances suffered by Jin Mingzhao, he remained silent, but he firmly believed in the words that slandered and slandered me, and he didn't know how to identify and question me." Jin Yan said firmly, "Do you think I came back with Cen Rong, what kind of blessing did I receive? ? When Jin Yan returned to Liang Jing, he was nothing more than a pawn in the court situation. The only reliable person around him was this one. You have read a lot of poetry and books, but you can't tell right from wrong. You are so stupid, you should fight."
Ji Chunming couldn't refute it with a single word, he just clenched his fists tightly.He tried to argue: "But, Mr. Shanda..."
Jin Yan had already turned and walked away, not intending to listen to his defense.Chen Shuang followed closely, You Junshan flashed out from the alley, and Jin Yan motioned for the two to leave as soon as possible. "I was just talking nonsense. When he came to his senses, he might spit on me again." Jin Yan said with a smile, "Let's go, go to Second Sister Yao's shop and have a look."
Since the deer head was delivered to Second Sister Yao's shop, Jin Yan went to the shop every now and then to check on Buyu's progress.
After the pieces of the deer head are glued together with old paint, they have been put together into a complete shape, but the cracks are clear and cannot be concealed.The pasted deer head is placed in a porcelain bowl and placed in a cabinet to dry in the shade.This drying process takes about ten days, which is very long.Every time Jin Yan visited, Second Sister Yao opened the cabinet to let him see the deer head, but he was not allowed to touch it.
After the old lacquer dried in the shade, there were several black marks on the blood jade.Jin Yan asked Second Sister Yao if the crack could be erased, Second Sister Yao shook her head. "If it's cracked, it's cracked. No matter how much you repair it, you can't erase the traces." The second sister Yao always said to him, "But there is still a final process, at least it won't be ugly."
I will visit Second Sister Yao again tonight. Second Sister Yao has already taken out the deer head and has a small bowl of powdered gold leaf in hand.Seeing Jin Yan coming, Second Sister Yao frowned slightly: "There are too many people."
Chen Shuang and You Junshan had no choice but to retreat to the door.Jin Yan sat down in front of Second Sister Yao, not daring to take a breath.Second Sister Yao didn't raise her head, she was holding a finger-sized paintbrush with her slender fingers, and was carefully brushing the paint along several cracks on the deer's head.She brushed paint and sprinkled gold leaf powder very quickly. After one crack was treated, she immediately began to paint the second crack.Jin Yan didn't even blink his eyes, he just felt that Second Sister Yao's delicacy and care seemed to be doing something ingenious.
The front and rear cracks on the deer's head were all coated with gold powder.The second sister Yao brushed off the excess gold powder with a fine brush, and picked up the strap of the deer head for Jin Yan to take a closer look.In the candlelight, the deer head jade is warm and moist, the traces of blood jade are faint, and the two deer eyes are red and white.There are several golden cracks on the head of the deer, which melt and emit light, like flowing water.
Jin Yan couldn't help reaching out to grab it, but Second Sister Yao took it back. "You can't touch it yet." She explained to Jin Yan, "This deer head has to be hung in the cabinet to continue drying in the shade. After three days, the gold covering is finished, and this thing will be repaired."
There are three more days, only three days.Jin Yan nodded again and again, very grateful: "Thank you!"
The head of the deer shakes slightly, and the color is smooth.Second Sister Yao smiled and said, "What kind of sweetheart gave this thing? You cherish it so much, which girl is so lucky?"
"It's not a girl." Jin Yan replied softly, "It's a man who is good at horseback riding and archery."
Second Sister Yao shook the deer's head, and said "Oh" slowly: "You too..."
Jin Yan: "Huh?"
She smiled and waved her hands. At this time, the small door leading to the backyard in the store was opened, and a young man walked in covering his face: "Sister, do you have any wound medicine here..."
He stopped before he finished speaking.Sitting in the shop, Jin Yan nodded slightly: "Master Ji."
Ji Chunming looked at Jin Yan, and then at Second Sister Yao.He didn't speak, but Second Sister Yao scolded: "You fought with Wei Yan again?"
"No, no!" Ji Chunming blushed, and asked Jin Yan directly, "Why are you here?"
Jin Yan: "Come to buy jade." He got up and bid farewell to the second sister Yao, and left the last sum of money for buying jade, and agreed to pick up the jade on the day of the beginning of summer.
Not far from the shop, Ji Chunming's voice came from behind him.His face was half swollen from Jin Yan's slap, and he looked a little funny, he trotted all the way to catch up with Jin Yan, still a little out of breath.Seeing him running, Chen Shuang couldn't help but think of the way Ji Chunming bumped his head against the column on the night of drumming in Changlu Temple, and couldn't help laughing.
With his smile, Ji Chunming, who ran close, immediately widened his eyes: "You are that ghost!"
Chen Shuang: "Damn, who do you think is a ghost?"
Ji Chunming pointed at Chen Shuang, and then at Jin Yan. "So that's how it is... you sent the ghost who went to Changlu Temple to sue the king of hell?"
Jin Yan nodded: "I heard from Chen Shuang that you clearly found out that those two were not ghosts, but you didn't tell the truth."
Ji Chunming kept silent, Jin Yan asked Chen Shuang and You Junshan to avoid, and walked with Ji Chunming to the Yanzi Creek.
"I've seen Yang Song'er's case file." Ji Chunming tidied up his clothes and said seriously, "Yang Song'er's family of seven died, and it was the first year of the year, the first big case in Liang Jingcheng. This case was investigated by Liang Jing's government. There was no one who committed the crime. The case file was sent to Changlu Temple. After reading it, Changlu Temple felt that there was no problem, so it sent it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Both the chief criminal officer and the minor criminal officer must have a look at such a big case. Mr. Sheng also thinks No problem, but I don't think so."
"But you can't do much." Jin Yan said, "Even if you are the servant of the Ministry of Punishment."
This sentence just hit Ji Chunming's pain in his heart, and he couldn't help frowning.Yang Songer's family was poor, with only two tile-roofed houses left by his ancestors.A larger one is divided into the living room and the couple's bedroom, and a small one is divided into the parents' and children's bedrooms.But all seven of them died in Yang Songer's couple's room, and their death conditions were messy.
For such a big case, an autopsy must be performed.However, Wu Zuo of Liang Jingfu suddenly fell ill the next day after the autopsy and asked for leave to return home.Several officials who had been to Yang Songer's home also resigned and returned to their hometowns.Although the case file explained how Yang Song'er's family burned charcoal and how they were smoked to death by carbon gas, there was no corroborating autopsy evidence.
"Yang Song'er's family is dead, and no one will bring justice, so this case is over. But I always think about it, and I think there should be something else hidden." Ji Chunming looked at Jin Yan, "I saw you at the gate of Changlu Temple. When I saw the pleading paper written in blood, I knew that this might be the only chance to re-examine Yang Songer's case."
Jin Yan asked him: "Now that the case is deadlocked, is there no way for you to solve it?"
"How do I solve it?" Ji Chunming said distressedly, "The investigation process has its own process. All the cases in Liang Jingcheng are investigated and handled by the Liang Jingfu. The death or injury of more than five people is a major case, and Changlu Temple needs to look at it. Wait for Changlu Temple Check out the ins and outs, the criminal department received the case file, but it was trial, arrest, or imprisonment or execution, that's all. Major cases need to be examined and approved by the Yushitai, but the Yushitai only hears whether there are any cases in the Changlu Temple and the Criminal Department's investigation. The case of Yang Songer has been closed by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Yushitai, and the case has already been finalized and sealed. Although I am a minor criminal under the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I am really helpless in this case."
Jin Yan thought to himself, this person does not put on the airs of a scholar or a young minister, but his speech is not pedantic.
"How is your relationship with Wei Yan, Shaoqing of Changlu Temple?"
"Very good." Ji Chunming said, "I met him when we were young, and we took the scientific examination together. He passed the examination two years earlier than me, and now Changlu Temple is mainly managed by him. Unless it is a case that Mr. Sheng wants to supervise, it is normal. Wei Yan is basically in charge of everything."
"Do you know why Wei Yan doesn't accept Liang Jingfu's investigation conclusion?" Jin Yan asked again, "Do you want to allow time for Brother Sheng Keliang to process the evidence?"
Ji Chunming was startled, and said anxiously: "Of course not! He is not such a person!"
It turned out that the reason why Wei Yan refused to accept the case files from Liang Jingfu was to suppress the case in Liang Jingfu, so that Liang Jingfu could find out all the connections behind Wang Bailin.Sheng Keliang's relationship in Changlu Temple is complicated. As soon as the dossier enters Changlu Temple, Sheng Keliang will definitely take action, and Wei Yan can no longer interfere.
"Wei Yan and I now only hope that Liang Jingfu can find out the relationship between Wang Bailin and Sheng Keguang as soon as possible." Ji Chunming said, "Little General, what can you do?"
"Yes." Jin Yan said, "but this method requires you and Wei Yan to take risks. It's not an adventure of fighting on the battlefield, but if this matter is revealed, your official career will be interrupted and it will be difficult to continue."
Ji Chunming stared at him closely, thinking silently.
After knocking and knocking with the clapper, Ji Chunming finally said, "Please tell me."
***
In a blink of an eye it is Lixia.
This day Jin Yan woke up especially early.He had breakfast with You Junshan, and You Junshan bid him farewell and rushed to where Cen Rong was.Chen Shuang wasn't there, but Yue Lianlou came instead.He brought Ruan Buqi's letter, which said something about Bai Ni, everything is safe.
"Is it today?" Yue Lianlou asked, "The matter of Wei Yan and Ji Chunming..."
"It's today." Jin Yan said with a smile, "accompany me to fetch jade. You haven't seen Second Sister Yao, you must like her."
Yue Lianlou heard that there was a beautiful girl to see, and immediately became interested, and finally waited until dawn, and the two went out together.
At this time in the imperial palace, Cen Rong was dressed in court uniform and was explaining to Emperor Renzheng and other ministers about the buying and selling of officials by the Ministry of Officials.
After he took over the management of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials changed people.This scandal of buying and selling officials is the tail left by the previous minister of officials.Naturally, Cen Rong would not tolerate it and dealt with the matter drastically.
As expected, Liang Taishi argued with Cen Rong in court, insisting that Cen Rong's handling was to avoid the important and ignore the minor.Cen Rong should have known about this matter when he took over the Ministry of Officials. Now that he has handled it in such a muddled manner, he only sees it being perfunctory.
The two argued endlessly, and the ministers joined in one after another, and it was very lively for a while.
At the same time, Wei Yan led a team of people and knocked on the gate of Liang Jing's mansion.
The Shaoqing of Changlu Temple came to supervise the case in person, and the Governor of Liang Jingfu did not dare to neglect, so he immediately got up to receive him.The purpose of Wei Yan's trip is simple, that is to personally interrogate Wang Bailin.
Wang Bailin has been released by Liang Jingfu, but he has been under the surveillance of Mingye Hall.The governor of Liang Jing's government repeatedly evaded: "It's not that easy to arrest people. It doesn't mean that if they are caught, we will definitely catch them immediately. I hope Shaoqing will give it a few more days."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Bailin was tied up and thrown in front of Liang Jing's mansion.
Fu Yin had no choice but to ask Wei Yan to interrogate him.Wang Bailin was confused, seeing that there was only a young man with a beard in front of him, so he used his rogue skills, asked three questions, gritted his teeth and didn't open his mouth.Wei Yan didn't talk nonsense with him, asked a few words but he didn't say a word, and immediately ordered someone to carry the torture tools.
Yin Pei of Liang Jingfu said with a smile that this is not a major crime, and Liang Jingfu is not allowed to use torture without authorization according to the law.Wei Yan frowned with thick eyebrows: "Don't worry, Fu Yin, I will come to punish you."
Fu Yin's complexion suddenly changed.Changlu Temple has the right to torture anyone. Shaoqing Weiyan has been in office for several years and has a low reputation in the officialdom, but everyone knows that this person uses severe punishments. No one can escape his twelve serial punishments.
The third instrument of torture was used, and Wang Bailin couldn't hold it anymore.He cried and babbled nonsense, and he clearly understood all the things about Sheng Keguang and himself.
The governor of Liang Jing's government turned pale with shock, while secretly sending someone to report to Sheng Keguang, and at the same time sending people to find Sheng Keliang and report Wei Yan's condition.
When the messenger ran to the street, he was tied up in a sack and thrown into the alley.
Fu Yin waited left and right, seeing that Wei Yan's pen was flying like a fly, writing three or four sheets of paper with eloquence, he went to find Sheng Keliang before returning. "I can't find Mr. Sheng!" The official was sweating.
"Hasn't the court ended yet!" Fu Yin was anxiously turning around, "Today is not a routine meeting, why did it take so long!"
"It's over, it's over. I heard that the grand master and the third prince were arguing endlessly at the court, which delayed the time." The official sent back, "But just after the court was over, the third prince called Mr. Sheng away again."
Fu Yin's complexion changed drastically, and he fell into the chair.When he came back to his senses, he knew that these things today were planned. "...What Wei Yan wants to do, just follow him, don't stop him." He said, "I can't stop it, I can't stop it..."
"But if Mr. Sheng blames it later..."
"What else is there for grand masters!" Fu Yin lowered his voice, "In short, if Shaoqing wants to do anything, let him do it, and Liang Jing's mansion will assist. If there are big things, they will be pushed to Changlu Temple and Wei Don't touch any signatures or pledges on Yan's body!"
***
Sheng Keliang was stopped by Cen Rong before he walked out of the palace after the court was over.Cen Rong invited him to chat at the teahouse, which was frequented by court officials, and Cen Rong took it all in today, only Sheng Keliang and Cen Rong were in the teahouse.
Cen Rong poured tea for Sheng Keliang, and Sheng Keliang said with sincerity and fear, "I can't do it, I can't do it."
Cen Rong smiled and said, "Today is Cen Rong's treat, Mr. Shan, you don't have to be polite. You have a good reputation, and everyone in the court knows that it is Cen Rong's luck to invite Mr. Sheng."
Sheng Keliang lowered his head and waved his hands.The two chatted some gossip, and they couldn't get the point out of going around.Sheng Keliang felt uneasy, and asked directly: "The third prince has something to ask Sheng?"
"It's nothing." Cen Rong said with a smile, "It's just asking about Sheng Hong's current situation."
"What happened to Sheng Hong?"
"A few days ago, I heard people say that Sheng Hong bought a new horse. Does Mr. Sheng know about this?"
Sheng Keliang vaguely remembered that Sheng Hong had said that his second uncle planned to buy a horse for him.
"That horse is strong and beautiful. It is a very rare galloping original Gaoxin horse. I like it very much. Unfortunately, the price is expensive, so I hesitated for a while." Cen Rong smiled crookedly with a pair of fox eyes, "A horse It's worth a hundred taels of silver, even if it's me, I still have to hesitate."
Sheng Keliang broke out in cold sweat immediately.
As a third-rank official of the imperial court, his regular salary was originally generous, and he often received various salary increases, but it was extremely difficult to take out a hundred taels of silver at a time.Sheng Hong bought a horse that even the third prince hesitated for a hundred taels, which shows that he spent a lot of money.
Sheng Keliang actually intended to leave a long time ago, but after Cen Rong said this, he didn't dare to leave.How much does Cen Rong know?Does Cen Rong know about Sheng Hong's lending activities outside?Sheng Keliang had no choice but to continue to insinuate and question carefully.
Less than two streets away from the teahouse is Sheng Keguang's jade shop.He was receiving guests in the shop, while chatting and laughing, many officials suddenly poured into the shop, the leader was Wei Yan, Shaoqing of Changlu Temple.
Wei Yan not only brought officials from Changlu Temple with him, but also people from Liang Jingfu behind him.But Sheng Keguang was not afraid at all, he stood up with a smile and said hello: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Shaoqing recently?"
Wei Yan didn't talk to him, but with a big wave of his hand, the officials immediately stepped forward and took him down.
Sheng Keguang's face was ferocious: "Wei Yan! You know who I am!"
Wei Yan: "I know."
Sheng Keguang: "Then what's going on with you now! If you want to catch me, you have to ask your immediate superior! When did Changlu Temple play this trick? What did you find out? If you want to detain the family members of officials, at least You have to ask the Ministry of Punishment for permission!"
Several people walked in, and the first one was Kou Ji Chunming, the head of the Ministry of Punishment.
Sheng Keguang's expression changed: "Ji Chunming, what play are you singing again?"
"In the case of Yang Song'er, Sheng Keguang was an important witness. Now Changlu Temple is eager to solve the case, so it called me to witness it." Ji Chunming said, "The chief minister is not here, and the young chief will act on his behalf."
Sheng Keguang cursed loudly, and the other officials from the Ministry of Punishment who followed Ji Chunming turned pale and were in a dilemma.Seeing the crowd watching outside the door, and they hurriedly closed the shop door, Sheng Keguang scolded even more fiercely.Wei Yan shook out the file and explained Wang Bailin's confession to Ji Chunming.Ji Chunming nodded repeatedly, expressing that he understood clearly and was about to take the file.
The clerk of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was shocked, and grabbed Ji Chunming's wrist: "Young Sikou! Are you crazy?! Even if Changlu Temple finds out the case, this file will be in the hands of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it will go through three chapters and four trials. You can't accept it!"
"Three chapters and four trials will take at least three to five days." Ji Chunming said, "The third prince is staring at this case, and I can't bear the responsibility for such a delay."
"If you can't afford it, then don't take it!" The secretary lowered his voice, almost whispering, "I have sent someone to look for Mr. Shan, and everything will be discussed when Mr. Shan arrives."
But Ji Chunming has already taken the file from Wei Yan.He not only took it, but also took out the seal from his arms.Wei Yan flattened the handover certificate received in the dossier, and Ji Chunming's hand was controlled by the document, and he couldn't press it no matter what.Wei Yan snatched Ji Chunming's seal and pressed it quickly - the certificate was printed with Shao Sikou's seal, and the handover of the dossier was completed.
Sheng Keguang was dumbfounded, and shouted: "Wei Yan! Ji Chunming! I have been involved in a lot of things, and Sheng Hong and Mrs. Li cannot escape the responsibility. Don't think that you can just put all the blame on me!"
Wei Yan looked at Ji Chunming: "Young Sikou, what's next?"
"Search Sheng Keguang's shop." Ji Chunming waved his sleeves, "Continue to interrogate Sheng Keguang and find out the secret."
It was rare for Wei Yan to see him so upright and majestic, so he smiled slightly: "Okay."
***
Sheng Keliang didn't leave the teahouse until noon.He was full of complaints and depression: Cen Rong liked to go around in circles, and his speech was always erratic, and he couldn't get to the point.He asked about Sheng Hong's affairs in every possible way, but Cen Rong was full of ghosts, but refused to say how much he knew about what Sheng Hong did.
Sheng Keliang ate a stomach full of water, got a stomach full of anger, went out with a gloomy face, and saw the housekeeper anxiously circling beside the car.
"Master, it's not good..." The housekeeper told him in a few words that Sheng Keguang had been detained by Changlu Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.
Sheng Keliang was shocked: "Isn't this case in Liang Jing's mansion? Why did it go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"
"Wei Yan and Ji Chunming didn't know what medicine they took, and they handed over the dossier within a day, and they didn't even pass the third chapter and the fourth trial. We want to find you, but we can't get in this teahouse."
"Without three chapters and four trials, this handover is invalid!" Sheng Keliang was furious.
Liangjing Mansion handed over the case file to Changlu Temple, Changlu Temple submitted the file to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice delivered the record to Yushitai, all of which had to go through three chapters and four trials.The fourth trial refers to four internal trials to ensure correctness, the third chapter refers to the case handler, the Shaoqing or Shao Sikou, the temple minister or the big Sikou, and the three inscriptions confirm that the file can be submitted to the higher level.
Sheng Keliang realized at this moment that Cen Rong had left himself in the teahouse on purpose.
Even if there were no three chapters and four trials, even if the handover was not established, the dossier had indeed been in the hands of the Ministry of Punishment, and it might even have been in the hands of Cen Rong.
"Going to the Criminal Department?" the housekeeper asked.
"Go to Grand Master Liang's residence." Sheng Keliang was struggling with his legs when he got into the carriage, but he couldn't move his legs.He let out a long sigh, and told the housekeeper: "Go home and watch your wife, don't let her do stupid things. I will support the sky falling, Sheng Hong...don't let him act rashly. Don't mess with the newly bought Gaoxin horse. It's injured, keep it, it's the horse that the Third Prince wants."
***
The long day came to an end when the night was dark.
Yue Lianlou stayed with Jin Yan for a day, but felt that Jin Yan was very boring.After taking the jade, the two of them took a walk beside the Yanzi River, watched a play at the gate of Liang Jing's mansion, and then went to Sheng Keguang's shop to watch for a while.It seems that many things have been done, Yue Lianlou watched the excitement happily, but Jin Yan never laughed.
He and Jin Ye had known each other for more than a year. Looking back now, the time when Jin Ye laughed the happiest was when the two of them, He Lansone and Zhu Ye traveled from Beidu to Xuelang Mountain together.
Back at the mansion, Jin Yan carefully took out the deer head from the brocade bag.
The deer head has been repaired, and there is no defect except for the few golden cracks.A thin crack was drawn from the deer's eye, like a golden tear.The candlelight made the blood jade transparent and bright, and the gold leaf powder sealed in the colorless lacquer shone brightly.Jin Yan recalled that day when He Lansone revealed this piece of jade, the sun was shining brightly, the grass and leaves were green and tender, and the wind blowing through Wangyuan stirred their hair and the corners of their robes.He Lansone tied the deer head around his waist, embraced his waist, bowed his head and kissed him.
"Does it look good?" Jin Yan shook the deer head and asked Yue Lianlou.
He smiled happily, as if something was lost and found.Yue Lianlou felt sad and couldn't help rubbing his hair: "It looks good."
"It recovered." Jin Yan said, "When I go to Beirong, I will take it with me."
"Won't it go bad?" Yue Lianlou asked while eating dried pears on the table.The dried pears are very sweet, and there is a plate of lion candy beside him. He smiled while eating: "You really like this sweet thing."
Jin Yan didn't answer his question, and the slave mark on the inside of his left arm felt a little painful.When the Gaoxin arrow flew towards him, the fear, pain and shock still remained in his heart, and he felt a dull pain every now and then, but he couldn't tell anyone, dared not say it.
Holding the deer head in his hand and looking over and over again, Jin Yan's eyes sometimes became gentle, and sometimes full of melancholy.
Cen Rong hurried in, and this was what he saw.He was used to seeing Jin Yan in a daze, so he took off his outer clothes and sat next to Jin Yan, heaving a long sigh of relief.
"What would I do without you?" He laughed, "This day is really long, too long!"
Yue Lianlou slipped out of the window with dried pears, not listening to what they said.Cen Rong told Jin Yan what had happened in the court, his eyes were full of joy: "Daddy said that I am thunderous and powerful in handling cases, and the dirty things of the officials have nothing to do with me. Liang Anchong wanted to charge me, but this time he made a mistake .”
"Have you got the dossier?" Jin Yan asked.
"I got it." Cen Rong smiled, "Chen Shuang's hands and feet are very fast. There will be a good show to watch when he goes to court tomorrow."
Jin Yan breathed a sigh of relief.How the court debates is not his concern.He turned the deer's head lightly in his palm, wondering if Ji Chunming and Wei Yan searched Sheng Keguang's shop and found something interesting.
Just as he was in a daze, his palm suddenly became empty——Cen Rong snatched the deer's head away.
Jin Yan's expression suddenly turned cold: "Give it back to me."
"Have you repaired it?" Cen Rong looked at the deer head carefully, "Is this repair method broken?" He suddenly raised his hand and threw the deer head out of the window.
Jin Yan got up and rushed forward, his face was pale, but he didn't hear the sound of the jade piece falling to the ground.
A hand was raised from under the window and was holding the deer head.Yue Lianlou said loudly: "How shameless are you? Is this your thing? You throw it around."
Cen Rong was a little displeased, and the fox's eyes flickered coldly: "What do you still keep this thing for?"
"You don't need to worry about it." Jin Yan took the deer head and put it in a brocade bag.He was really terrified just now, and his voice was still a little weak at this moment.The second sister Yao said that if the deer head fell again, even if the gods shot it, it would not be able to recover.
"What's the matter with you and that green-eyed wolf cub?" Cen Rong asked, "...do you like him?"
Jin Yan didn't answer.
Cen Rong suddenly got up and walked in front of Jin Yan, pinching Jin Yan's face: "Do you like a man?"
Jin Yan gritted his teeth: "Let go of me."
Cen Rong touched his face, very intimately and gently: "Okay, my brother's tone is too strong. You give me this deer head, and I will deal with it for you. He is from Gaoxin, and you are from Dayu. With Chi Wangyuan, you can’t meet again. It’s useless to keep this stuff.”
Seeing that Jin Yan still didn't respond, Cen Rong said, "Are you still planning to go to Beirong to find him?"
Jin Yan said without hesitation, "Yes."
Cen Rong's face changed again and again, like resentment, anger, unwillingness and humiliation. "What's so good about him?"
"He is unique in the world." Jin Yan said loudly, "I just like him, and I am willing to be with him!"
"He almost killed you!" Cen Rong said angrily, "If the arrow misses a little bit, you will die!"
"He killed me and I like him!" Jin Yan was not afraid at all, and he didn't take a step back. "Even if I die, as long as he appears in front of my grave, as long as he calls my name, I will stand up and talk to him." Walk."
Cen Rong was startled and angry, clenched his fists tightly, he didn't know where the anger came from, and he didn't know how to vent it.But he doesn't like to see Jin Ye's current appearance, nor does he like to hear Jin Ye say these words.He wanted to stab Jin Yan, and some kind of intuition told him that he could only be happy if he made Jin Yan sad now.
"But he hates you." Cen Rong said softly, "He wished he could kill you, and even destroy your tokens. You knew it a long time ago, but you just didn't want to admit it. That day in Beirong What did you get in [-]? You got nothing, you went back alone, with the mark of a slave, and even the wolf cub you like will kill you."
Jin Yan was trembling all over, biting his lip tightly.
"No one loves you, no one loves you, you have nothing, Jin Ziwang." Cen Rong said, "You only have me, you can only rely on me. What kind of deer head or Chi Wangyuan, is it useful for you to think about those things? You go Looking for him? Why are you looking for him? Let him shoot you again? This time to the heart, impartial, he will not show mercy..."
Seeing the intense pain in Jin Yan's black eyes, he felt a strange joy.As he spoke faster and faster, he was suddenly punched hard on the back of the head. Yue Lianlou jumped in from the window and pushed Cen Rong out.
"Get out!" he yelled viciously.
Standing in the courtyard, Cen Rong was blown by the early summer wind and instantly woke up.Yue Lianlou closed the windows and doors, Cen Rong gritted his teeth secretly, turned around and left.
Yue Lianlou went to see Jin Yan: "Don't listen to his nonsense, no, definitely not."
Jin Yan grabbed the brocade bag, his fingers trembling slightly.He kissed the deer's head through the brocade bag, and the bitterness in his mouth was unbearable. Every word of Cen Rong became the arrow that He Lansone shot at him that day.This time it was extremely accurate, it stabbed and twisted in his heart, the pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe.
Outside the window, the Lixia moon is almost full.
The huge moon illuminates the sky and the earth, and the summer wind blows the green and fluffy grassland from south to north.The fire on the Blood Wolf Mountain was raging non-stop, the hot climate was unbearable, and only the canyon at night could be cool for a while.
The secret room in the canyon where Gao Xin's arrows were originally stored was opened, and Helan Jinying and Zhu Ye removed all the arrows in it.They found a camp in the nearby Nushan tribe that was willing to take in the Gaoxin people. The old Gaoxin people and the young Gaoxin people couldn't bear the increasingly hot weather in Xuelang Mountain, so they planned to take these people to the camp to spend the summer.
Zhu Ye dug out a small box from inside, and it was empty.She handed it to Helan Jinying, and Helan Jinying handed it to Helan Sulfone.He Lansone couldn't help being startled: there was a piece of blood jade in the box.
He didn't mention it, put the box aside, and continued to carry Gaoxin arrows in and out.
With Gao Xinjian, leading Zhuo Zhuo and the old and young clansmen, everyone set off in the starry night, and finally arrived at the small camp of Nu Mountain after a few days.
After the Nushan Tribe was severely injured by Zhe Weng in the Five Tribes Rebellion, they have been unable to hold their heads up.And because of the small number of people in the tribe, all of them are women and old people, gradually, from the most powerful and largest tribe, it became a marginal tribe smaller than Yetai.
After the king of Yunzhou became the emperor of Beirong, he returned the Xuelang mountain to the Gaoxin people, and the slaves of Nu mountain were also released, and many of them took root in this small camp.
After He Lansone and He Lan Jinying settled the old and the young, they went to the camp to find Akula and Longda.
Akula did not plan to go back to Yetai after he came to Xuelang Mountain with them. He was here to teach some martial arts to the people in the tribe and the Gaoxin children.Longda used to be the guard of the Nushan Tribe and trained the army.He Lansone had communicated with him before that the Gaoxin people needed an army, and he wanted to train a strong enough army, and he planned to gather the Gaoxin people and these Nushan criminal slaves together.
Lun Da laughed that he was too ambitious, he really wanted to be King Gao Xin.
He Lansone said that he just wanted to protect Xuelang Mountain and his people.
The people of Gaoxin listened to He Lansone and He Lan Jinying, but the slaves of Nushan would not obey the orders of the two brothers.If they want to achieve the goal of Helansulfone, they also need an experienced veteran of Nushan.
After a long conversation with Longda, He Lansone learned an important thing: Zhe Weng slaughtered the leaders of the Nushan tribe and their descendants, but one of the young men was not in Nushan at that time.He is the youngest son of General Min, the leader of Nushan Mountain. He is known as a general, but he has a stubborn personality. He heard from the merchants that there are people from the rivers and lakes who know martial arts in the north, so he secretly followed him to gain knowledge.
After that, there was civil strife among the five tribes, and Nu Shan was slaughtered, and he was never heard from again.
"Yuan Sang is still alive." Lunda said, "He sent a message back, telling us not to look for him. He has no interest in being the leader, and only wants to travel around."
But he is still the son of General Min, and everyone responds to it.As long as he is found, the slaves of Nushan Sin will definitely gather immediately.
He Lansone entrusted Akula to look for Yuansang, and Akula set off for Beidu, and it took more than half a month to go there.
When the two brothers came to Lunda's tent, Akula was cooking and eating meat in the tent.Both Longda and his wife were absent, so He Lansone cut to the chase and asked Akula about Yuan Sang's whereabouts.
"I found the whereabouts, but I didn't find anyone." Akula said succinctly, "You are determined to find him, right?"
He Lansone nodded.Helan Jinying was noncommittal, quietly waiting for the next sentence.
Akula asked He Lansone again: "Longda said that this person has a bad personality, even if I find him, I can't persuade him to come back. So what should I do?"
He Lansone didn't hesitate: "I'll go see him myself."
Akula: "Wherever you go?"
He Lansone: "Even if he is in Beirong King City, I will go."
"That's not necessary, he's not in Beidu, not even in Beirong." Akula said leisurely, "Three years ago, Yuan Sang followed Dayu's merchants across the Lixing River and went to Dayu. He said he wanted to meet Dayu Jianghu, go and be a big-hearted Jianghu guest who is a chivalrous man."
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Second Sister Yao's way of buying jade, I refer to the method of "Golden Shuri".Kintsugi originated from the art of lacquer and lacquer in my country, and it emerged after it was introduced to Japan. Kintsugi is generally used to repair ceramics. The effect is very moving, and the cracks are preserved, but the cracks are also very beautiful.
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Let me briefly explain the responsibilities of the Sanfa Division and Liang Jingfu.
Liang Jing's mansion is Liang Jing's local yamen, and they will investigate and handle Liang Jing's cases.Liang Jingfu will be fine with the investigation of small cases, but major cases must be reported to the higher-level institution, which is [Changlu Temple].
Changlu Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Yushitai are actually at the same level, but they have different responsibilities. They are responsible for different parts when handling a certain major case, and there are differences in the process.
Changlu Temple is a state institution. It can firstly investigate cases on its own, and secondly, it needs to review major cases reported by the local government.In the case of Yang Songer, Changlu Temple was sued, but this case was originally investigated and handled by Liang Jingfu, so after the restart, Changlu Temple and Liang Jingfu jointly handled it.
The Ministry of Punishment does not investigate cases, but only tries, arrests, detains or executes.After Liangjing Mansion and Changlu Temple have investigated the case, if they want to arrest someone for trial, they must report the case file to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which will decide the case, which is equivalent to the procuratorate.The job of the criminal department is to [confirm that there is no problem with the file in my hand, and I can be convicted].
Yushitai is the highest supervisory organ with more complex functions, and managing the six departments is only one of its tasks.For any major case, after the Ministry of Criminal Justice convicts, it must submit a report to Yushitai together with Changlu Temple, "Our two departments worked together on this major case, and this is the result and record of our work." Yushitai confirmed [ The two departments have done a good job, and there are no mistakes or omissions in the investigation and trial], so this case will be completely closed
He really didn't come back to his senses.No one had ever slapped him before, but Jin Yan's slap was so crisp and hard that it made Ji Chunming dizzy.
"As an official of the imperial court, discussing the case with ordinary people, you can't convince others, and instead start a dispute with the people." Jin Yan said, "It's time to fight."
Ji Chunming's face gradually turned red, and he muttered, not speaking.
"As a scholar, in the face of doubts, you can't even talk about seriousness. You are still a champion, so your literary talent can only fall on paper, right?" beat."
Ji Chunming finally squeezed out a sentence: "A scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain..."
"As the chief criminal of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, you know that this case is suspicious, you know that the investigation process is full of difficulties, and you know that it involves a lot. You don't want to find a way to find out, you don't cooperate with Changlu Temple to dig out the hidden secrets behind it, and you even only find it at a street stall. Discuss, don't pursue the connection between Yang Songer and private private loans," Jin Yan said quickly, "It's time to fight."
Ji Chunming finally put down his hand.He was still a little dazed, but his eyes had gradually changed, staring at Jin Yan.
"I heard that you have written the eight words 'the sky is bright and the sun is bright' thousands of times on the wall of Jin's mansion." Jin Yan said, "As a commoner who admires Jin Mingzhao, as an official, Faced with the grievances suffered by Jin Mingzhao, he remained silent, but he firmly believed in the words that slandered and slandered me, and he didn't know how to identify and question me." Jin Yan said firmly, "Do you think I came back with Cen Rong, what kind of blessing did I receive? ? When Jin Yan returned to Liang Jing, he was nothing more than a pawn in the court situation. The only reliable person around him was this one. You have read a lot of poetry and books, but you can't tell right from wrong. You are so stupid, you should fight."
Ji Chunming couldn't refute it with a single word, he just clenched his fists tightly.He tried to argue: "But, Mr. Shanda..."
Jin Yan had already turned and walked away, not intending to listen to his defense.Chen Shuang followed closely, You Junshan flashed out from the alley, and Jin Yan motioned for the two to leave as soon as possible. "I was just talking nonsense. When he came to his senses, he might spit on me again." Jin Yan said with a smile, "Let's go, go to Second Sister Yao's shop and have a look."
Since the deer head was delivered to Second Sister Yao's shop, Jin Yan went to the shop every now and then to check on Buyu's progress.
After the pieces of the deer head are glued together with old paint, they have been put together into a complete shape, but the cracks are clear and cannot be concealed.The pasted deer head is placed in a porcelain bowl and placed in a cabinet to dry in the shade.This drying process takes about ten days, which is very long.Every time Jin Yan visited, Second Sister Yao opened the cabinet to let him see the deer head, but he was not allowed to touch it.
After the old lacquer dried in the shade, there were several black marks on the blood jade.Jin Yan asked Second Sister Yao if the crack could be erased, Second Sister Yao shook her head. "If it's cracked, it's cracked. No matter how much you repair it, you can't erase the traces." The second sister Yao always said to him, "But there is still a final process, at least it won't be ugly."
I will visit Second Sister Yao again tonight. Second Sister Yao has already taken out the deer head and has a small bowl of powdered gold leaf in hand.Seeing Jin Yan coming, Second Sister Yao frowned slightly: "There are too many people."
Chen Shuang and You Junshan had no choice but to retreat to the door.Jin Yan sat down in front of Second Sister Yao, not daring to take a breath.Second Sister Yao didn't raise her head, she was holding a finger-sized paintbrush with her slender fingers, and was carefully brushing the paint along several cracks on the deer's head.She brushed paint and sprinkled gold leaf powder very quickly. After one crack was treated, she immediately began to paint the second crack.Jin Yan didn't even blink his eyes, he just felt that Second Sister Yao's delicacy and care seemed to be doing something ingenious.
The front and rear cracks on the deer's head were all coated with gold powder.The second sister Yao brushed off the excess gold powder with a fine brush, and picked up the strap of the deer head for Jin Yan to take a closer look.In the candlelight, the deer head jade is warm and moist, the traces of blood jade are faint, and the two deer eyes are red and white.There are several golden cracks on the head of the deer, which melt and emit light, like flowing water.
Jin Yan couldn't help reaching out to grab it, but Second Sister Yao took it back. "You can't touch it yet." She explained to Jin Yan, "This deer head has to be hung in the cabinet to continue drying in the shade. After three days, the gold covering is finished, and this thing will be repaired."
There are three more days, only three days.Jin Yan nodded again and again, very grateful: "Thank you!"
The head of the deer shakes slightly, and the color is smooth.Second Sister Yao smiled and said, "What kind of sweetheart gave this thing? You cherish it so much, which girl is so lucky?"
"It's not a girl." Jin Yan replied softly, "It's a man who is good at horseback riding and archery."
Second Sister Yao shook the deer's head, and said "Oh" slowly: "You too..."
Jin Yan: "Huh?"
She smiled and waved her hands. At this time, the small door leading to the backyard in the store was opened, and a young man walked in covering his face: "Sister, do you have any wound medicine here..."
He stopped before he finished speaking.Sitting in the shop, Jin Yan nodded slightly: "Master Ji."
Ji Chunming looked at Jin Yan, and then at Second Sister Yao.He didn't speak, but Second Sister Yao scolded: "You fought with Wei Yan again?"
"No, no!" Ji Chunming blushed, and asked Jin Yan directly, "Why are you here?"
Jin Yan: "Come to buy jade." He got up and bid farewell to the second sister Yao, and left the last sum of money for buying jade, and agreed to pick up the jade on the day of the beginning of summer.
Not far from the shop, Ji Chunming's voice came from behind him.His face was half swollen from Jin Yan's slap, and he looked a little funny, he trotted all the way to catch up with Jin Yan, still a little out of breath.Seeing him running, Chen Shuang couldn't help but think of the way Ji Chunming bumped his head against the column on the night of drumming in Changlu Temple, and couldn't help laughing.
With his smile, Ji Chunming, who ran close, immediately widened his eyes: "You are that ghost!"
Chen Shuang: "Damn, who do you think is a ghost?"
Ji Chunming pointed at Chen Shuang, and then at Jin Yan. "So that's how it is... you sent the ghost who went to Changlu Temple to sue the king of hell?"
Jin Yan nodded: "I heard from Chen Shuang that you clearly found out that those two were not ghosts, but you didn't tell the truth."
Ji Chunming kept silent, Jin Yan asked Chen Shuang and You Junshan to avoid, and walked with Ji Chunming to the Yanzi Creek.
"I've seen Yang Song'er's case file." Ji Chunming tidied up his clothes and said seriously, "Yang Song'er's family of seven died, and it was the first year of the year, the first big case in Liang Jingcheng. This case was investigated by Liang Jing's government. There was no one who committed the crime. The case file was sent to Changlu Temple. After reading it, Changlu Temple felt that there was no problem, so it sent it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Both the chief criminal officer and the minor criminal officer must have a look at such a big case. Mr. Sheng also thinks No problem, but I don't think so."
"But you can't do much." Jin Yan said, "Even if you are the servant of the Ministry of Punishment."
This sentence just hit Ji Chunming's pain in his heart, and he couldn't help frowning.Yang Songer's family was poor, with only two tile-roofed houses left by his ancestors.A larger one is divided into the living room and the couple's bedroom, and a small one is divided into the parents' and children's bedrooms.But all seven of them died in Yang Songer's couple's room, and their death conditions were messy.
For such a big case, an autopsy must be performed.However, Wu Zuo of Liang Jingfu suddenly fell ill the next day after the autopsy and asked for leave to return home.Several officials who had been to Yang Songer's home also resigned and returned to their hometowns.Although the case file explained how Yang Song'er's family burned charcoal and how they were smoked to death by carbon gas, there was no corroborating autopsy evidence.
"Yang Song'er's family is dead, and no one will bring justice, so this case is over. But I always think about it, and I think there should be something else hidden." Ji Chunming looked at Jin Yan, "I saw you at the gate of Changlu Temple. When I saw the pleading paper written in blood, I knew that this might be the only chance to re-examine Yang Songer's case."
Jin Yan asked him: "Now that the case is deadlocked, is there no way for you to solve it?"
"How do I solve it?" Ji Chunming said distressedly, "The investigation process has its own process. All the cases in Liang Jingcheng are investigated and handled by the Liang Jingfu. The death or injury of more than five people is a major case, and Changlu Temple needs to look at it. Wait for Changlu Temple Check out the ins and outs, the criminal department received the case file, but it was trial, arrest, or imprisonment or execution, that's all. Major cases need to be examined and approved by the Yushitai, but the Yushitai only hears whether there are any cases in the Changlu Temple and the Criminal Department's investigation. The case of Yang Songer has been closed by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and Yushitai, and the case has already been finalized and sealed. Although I am a minor criminal under the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I am really helpless in this case."
Jin Yan thought to himself, this person does not put on the airs of a scholar or a young minister, but his speech is not pedantic.
"How is your relationship with Wei Yan, Shaoqing of Changlu Temple?"
"Very good." Ji Chunming said, "I met him when we were young, and we took the scientific examination together. He passed the examination two years earlier than me, and now Changlu Temple is mainly managed by him. Unless it is a case that Mr. Sheng wants to supervise, it is normal. Wei Yan is basically in charge of everything."
"Do you know why Wei Yan doesn't accept Liang Jingfu's investigation conclusion?" Jin Yan asked again, "Do you want to allow time for Brother Sheng Keliang to process the evidence?"
Ji Chunming was startled, and said anxiously: "Of course not! He is not such a person!"
It turned out that the reason why Wei Yan refused to accept the case files from Liang Jingfu was to suppress the case in Liang Jingfu, so that Liang Jingfu could find out all the connections behind Wang Bailin.Sheng Keliang's relationship in Changlu Temple is complicated. As soon as the dossier enters Changlu Temple, Sheng Keliang will definitely take action, and Wei Yan can no longer interfere.
"Wei Yan and I now only hope that Liang Jingfu can find out the relationship between Wang Bailin and Sheng Keguang as soon as possible." Ji Chunming said, "Little General, what can you do?"
"Yes." Jin Yan said, "but this method requires you and Wei Yan to take risks. It's not an adventure of fighting on the battlefield, but if this matter is revealed, your official career will be interrupted and it will be difficult to continue."
Ji Chunming stared at him closely, thinking silently.
After knocking and knocking with the clapper, Ji Chunming finally said, "Please tell me."
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In a blink of an eye it is Lixia.
This day Jin Yan woke up especially early.He had breakfast with You Junshan, and You Junshan bid him farewell and rushed to where Cen Rong was.Chen Shuang wasn't there, but Yue Lianlou came instead.He brought Ruan Buqi's letter, which said something about Bai Ni, everything is safe.
"Is it today?" Yue Lianlou asked, "The matter of Wei Yan and Ji Chunming..."
"It's today." Jin Yan said with a smile, "accompany me to fetch jade. You haven't seen Second Sister Yao, you must like her."
Yue Lianlou heard that there was a beautiful girl to see, and immediately became interested, and finally waited until dawn, and the two went out together.
At this time in the imperial palace, Cen Rong was dressed in court uniform and was explaining to Emperor Renzheng and other ministers about the buying and selling of officials by the Ministry of Officials.
After he took over the management of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials changed people.This scandal of buying and selling officials is the tail left by the previous minister of officials.Naturally, Cen Rong would not tolerate it and dealt with the matter drastically.
As expected, Liang Taishi argued with Cen Rong in court, insisting that Cen Rong's handling was to avoid the important and ignore the minor.Cen Rong should have known about this matter when he took over the Ministry of Officials. Now that he has handled it in such a muddled manner, he only sees it being perfunctory.
The two argued endlessly, and the ministers joined in one after another, and it was very lively for a while.
At the same time, Wei Yan led a team of people and knocked on the gate of Liang Jing's mansion.
The Shaoqing of Changlu Temple came to supervise the case in person, and the Governor of Liang Jingfu did not dare to neglect, so he immediately got up to receive him.The purpose of Wei Yan's trip is simple, that is to personally interrogate Wang Bailin.
Wang Bailin has been released by Liang Jingfu, but he has been under the surveillance of Mingye Hall.The governor of Liang Jing's government repeatedly evaded: "It's not that easy to arrest people. It doesn't mean that if they are caught, we will definitely catch them immediately. I hope Shaoqing will give it a few more days."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Bailin was tied up and thrown in front of Liang Jing's mansion.
Fu Yin had no choice but to ask Wei Yan to interrogate him.Wang Bailin was confused, seeing that there was only a young man with a beard in front of him, so he used his rogue skills, asked three questions, gritted his teeth and didn't open his mouth.Wei Yan didn't talk nonsense with him, asked a few words but he didn't say a word, and immediately ordered someone to carry the torture tools.
Yin Pei of Liang Jingfu said with a smile that this is not a major crime, and Liang Jingfu is not allowed to use torture without authorization according to the law.Wei Yan frowned with thick eyebrows: "Don't worry, Fu Yin, I will come to punish you."
Fu Yin's complexion suddenly changed.Changlu Temple has the right to torture anyone. Shaoqing Weiyan has been in office for several years and has a low reputation in the officialdom, but everyone knows that this person uses severe punishments. No one can escape his twelve serial punishments.
The third instrument of torture was used, and Wang Bailin couldn't hold it anymore.He cried and babbled nonsense, and he clearly understood all the things about Sheng Keguang and himself.
The governor of Liang Jing's government turned pale with shock, while secretly sending someone to report to Sheng Keguang, and at the same time sending people to find Sheng Keliang and report Wei Yan's condition.
When the messenger ran to the street, he was tied up in a sack and thrown into the alley.
Fu Yin waited left and right, seeing that Wei Yan's pen was flying like a fly, writing three or four sheets of paper with eloquence, he went to find Sheng Keliang before returning. "I can't find Mr. Sheng!" The official was sweating.
"Hasn't the court ended yet!" Fu Yin was anxiously turning around, "Today is not a routine meeting, why did it take so long!"
"It's over, it's over. I heard that the grand master and the third prince were arguing endlessly at the court, which delayed the time." The official sent back, "But just after the court was over, the third prince called Mr. Sheng away again."
Fu Yin's complexion changed drastically, and he fell into the chair.When he came back to his senses, he knew that these things today were planned. "...What Wei Yan wants to do, just follow him, don't stop him." He said, "I can't stop it, I can't stop it..."
"But if Mr. Sheng blames it later..."
"What else is there for grand masters!" Fu Yin lowered his voice, "In short, if Shaoqing wants to do anything, let him do it, and Liang Jing's mansion will assist. If there are big things, they will be pushed to Changlu Temple and Wei Don't touch any signatures or pledges on Yan's body!"
***
Sheng Keliang was stopped by Cen Rong before he walked out of the palace after the court was over.Cen Rong invited him to chat at the teahouse, which was frequented by court officials, and Cen Rong took it all in today, only Sheng Keliang and Cen Rong were in the teahouse.
Cen Rong poured tea for Sheng Keliang, and Sheng Keliang said with sincerity and fear, "I can't do it, I can't do it."
Cen Rong smiled and said, "Today is Cen Rong's treat, Mr. Shan, you don't have to be polite. You have a good reputation, and everyone in the court knows that it is Cen Rong's luck to invite Mr. Sheng."
Sheng Keliang lowered his head and waved his hands.The two chatted some gossip, and they couldn't get the point out of going around.Sheng Keliang felt uneasy, and asked directly: "The third prince has something to ask Sheng?"
"It's nothing." Cen Rong said with a smile, "It's just asking about Sheng Hong's current situation."
"What happened to Sheng Hong?"
"A few days ago, I heard people say that Sheng Hong bought a new horse. Does Mr. Sheng know about this?"
Sheng Keliang vaguely remembered that Sheng Hong had said that his second uncle planned to buy a horse for him.
"That horse is strong and beautiful. It is a very rare galloping original Gaoxin horse. I like it very much. Unfortunately, the price is expensive, so I hesitated for a while." Cen Rong smiled crookedly with a pair of fox eyes, "A horse It's worth a hundred taels of silver, even if it's me, I still have to hesitate."
Sheng Keliang broke out in cold sweat immediately.
As a third-rank official of the imperial court, his regular salary was originally generous, and he often received various salary increases, but it was extremely difficult to take out a hundred taels of silver at a time.Sheng Hong bought a horse that even the third prince hesitated for a hundred taels, which shows that he spent a lot of money.
Sheng Keliang actually intended to leave a long time ago, but after Cen Rong said this, he didn't dare to leave.How much does Cen Rong know?Does Cen Rong know about Sheng Hong's lending activities outside?Sheng Keliang had no choice but to continue to insinuate and question carefully.
Less than two streets away from the teahouse is Sheng Keguang's jade shop.He was receiving guests in the shop, while chatting and laughing, many officials suddenly poured into the shop, the leader was Wei Yan, Shaoqing of Changlu Temple.
Wei Yan not only brought officials from Changlu Temple with him, but also people from Liang Jingfu behind him.But Sheng Keguang was not afraid at all, he stood up with a smile and said hello: "I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Shaoqing recently?"
Wei Yan didn't talk to him, but with a big wave of his hand, the officials immediately stepped forward and took him down.
Sheng Keguang's face was ferocious: "Wei Yan! You know who I am!"
Wei Yan: "I know."
Sheng Keguang: "Then what's going on with you now! If you want to catch me, you have to ask your immediate superior! When did Changlu Temple play this trick? What did you find out? If you want to detain the family members of officials, at least You have to ask the Ministry of Punishment for permission!"
Several people walked in, and the first one was Kou Ji Chunming, the head of the Ministry of Punishment.
Sheng Keguang's expression changed: "Ji Chunming, what play are you singing again?"
"In the case of Yang Song'er, Sheng Keguang was an important witness. Now Changlu Temple is eager to solve the case, so it called me to witness it." Ji Chunming said, "The chief minister is not here, and the young chief will act on his behalf."
Sheng Keguang cursed loudly, and the other officials from the Ministry of Punishment who followed Ji Chunming turned pale and were in a dilemma.Seeing the crowd watching outside the door, and they hurriedly closed the shop door, Sheng Keguang scolded even more fiercely.Wei Yan shook out the file and explained Wang Bailin's confession to Ji Chunming.Ji Chunming nodded repeatedly, expressing that he understood clearly and was about to take the file.
The clerk of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was shocked, and grabbed Ji Chunming's wrist: "Young Sikou! Are you crazy?! Even if Changlu Temple finds out the case, this file will be in the hands of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and it will go through three chapters and four trials. You can't accept it!"
"Three chapters and four trials will take at least three to five days." Ji Chunming said, "The third prince is staring at this case, and I can't bear the responsibility for such a delay."
"If you can't afford it, then don't take it!" The secretary lowered his voice, almost whispering, "I have sent someone to look for Mr. Shan, and everything will be discussed when Mr. Shan arrives."
But Ji Chunming has already taken the file from Wei Yan.He not only took it, but also took out the seal from his arms.Wei Yan flattened the handover certificate received in the dossier, and Ji Chunming's hand was controlled by the document, and he couldn't press it no matter what.Wei Yan snatched Ji Chunming's seal and pressed it quickly - the certificate was printed with Shao Sikou's seal, and the handover of the dossier was completed.
Sheng Keguang was dumbfounded, and shouted: "Wei Yan! Ji Chunming! I have been involved in a lot of things, and Sheng Hong and Mrs. Li cannot escape the responsibility. Don't think that you can just put all the blame on me!"
Wei Yan looked at Ji Chunming: "Young Sikou, what's next?"
"Search Sheng Keguang's shop." Ji Chunming waved his sleeves, "Continue to interrogate Sheng Keguang and find out the secret."
It was rare for Wei Yan to see him so upright and majestic, so he smiled slightly: "Okay."
***
Sheng Keliang didn't leave the teahouse until noon.He was full of complaints and depression: Cen Rong liked to go around in circles, and his speech was always erratic, and he couldn't get to the point.He asked about Sheng Hong's affairs in every possible way, but Cen Rong was full of ghosts, but refused to say how much he knew about what Sheng Hong did.
Sheng Keliang ate a stomach full of water, got a stomach full of anger, went out with a gloomy face, and saw the housekeeper anxiously circling beside the car.
"Master, it's not good..." The housekeeper told him in a few words that Sheng Keguang had been detained by Changlu Temple and the Ministry of Punishment.
Sheng Keliang was shocked: "Isn't this case in Liang Jing's mansion? Why did it go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"
"Wei Yan and Ji Chunming didn't know what medicine they took, and they handed over the dossier within a day, and they didn't even pass the third chapter and the fourth trial. We want to find you, but we can't get in this teahouse."
"Without three chapters and four trials, this handover is invalid!" Sheng Keliang was furious.
Liangjing Mansion handed over the case file to Changlu Temple, Changlu Temple submitted the file to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice delivered the record to Yushitai, all of which had to go through three chapters and four trials.The fourth trial refers to four internal trials to ensure correctness, the third chapter refers to the case handler, the Shaoqing or Shao Sikou, the temple minister or the big Sikou, and the three inscriptions confirm that the file can be submitted to the higher level.
Sheng Keliang realized at this moment that Cen Rong had left himself in the teahouse on purpose.
Even if there were no three chapters and four trials, even if the handover was not established, the dossier had indeed been in the hands of the Ministry of Punishment, and it might even have been in the hands of Cen Rong.
"Going to the Criminal Department?" the housekeeper asked.
"Go to Grand Master Liang's residence." Sheng Keliang was struggling with his legs when he got into the carriage, but he couldn't move his legs.He let out a long sigh, and told the housekeeper: "Go home and watch your wife, don't let her do stupid things. I will support the sky falling, Sheng Hong...don't let him act rashly. Don't mess with the newly bought Gaoxin horse. It's injured, keep it, it's the horse that the Third Prince wants."
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The long day came to an end when the night was dark.
Yue Lianlou stayed with Jin Yan for a day, but felt that Jin Yan was very boring.After taking the jade, the two of them took a walk beside the Yanzi River, watched a play at the gate of Liang Jing's mansion, and then went to Sheng Keguang's shop to watch for a while.It seems that many things have been done, Yue Lianlou watched the excitement happily, but Jin Yan never laughed.
He and Jin Ye had known each other for more than a year. Looking back now, the time when Jin Ye laughed the happiest was when the two of them, He Lansone and Zhu Ye traveled from Beidu to Xuelang Mountain together.
Back at the mansion, Jin Yan carefully took out the deer head from the brocade bag.
The deer head has been repaired, and there is no defect except for the few golden cracks.A thin crack was drawn from the deer's eye, like a golden tear.The candlelight made the blood jade transparent and bright, and the gold leaf powder sealed in the colorless lacquer shone brightly.Jin Yan recalled that day when He Lansone revealed this piece of jade, the sun was shining brightly, the grass and leaves were green and tender, and the wind blowing through Wangyuan stirred their hair and the corners of their robes.He Lansone tied the deer head around his waist, embraced his waist, bowed his head and kissed him.
"Does it look good?" Jin Yan shook the deer head and asked Yue Lianlou.
He smiled happily, as if something was lost and found.Yue Lianlou felt sad and couldn't help rubbing his hair: "It looks good."
"It recovered." Jin Yan said, "When I go to Beirong, I will take it with me."
"Won't it go bad?" Yue Lianlou asked while eating dried pears on the table.The dried pears are very sweet, and there is a plate of lion candy beside him. He smiled while eating: "You really like this sweet thing."
Jin Yan didn't answer his question, and the slave mark on the inside of his left arm felt a little painful.When the Gaoxin arrow flew towards him, the fear, pain and shock still remained in his heart, and he felt a dull pain every now and then, but he couldn't tell anyone, dared not say it.
Holding the deer head in his hand and looking over and over again, Jin Yan's eyes sometimes became gentle, and sometimes full of melancholy.
Cen Rong hurried in, and this was what he saw.He was used to seeing Jin Yan in a daze, so he took off his outer clothes and sat next to Jin Yan, heaving a long sigh of relief.
"What would I do without you?" He laughed, "This day is really long, too long!"
Yue Lianlou slipped out of the window with dried pears, not listening to what they said.Cen Rong told Jin Yan what had happened in the court, his eyes were full of joy: "Daddy said that I am thunderous and powerful in handling cases, and the dirty things of the officials have nothing to do with me. Liang Anchong wanted to charge me, but this time he made a mistake .”
"Have you got the dossier?" Jin Yan asked.
"I got it." Cen Rong smiled, "Chen Shuang's hands and feet are very fast. There will be a good show to watch when he goes to court tomorrow."
Jin Yan breathed a sigh of relief.How the court debates is not his concern.He turned the deer's head lightly in his palm, wondering if Ji Chunming and Wei Yan searched Sheng Keguang's shop and found something interesting.
Just as he was in a daze, his palm suddenly became empty——Cen Rong snatched the deer's head away.
Jin Yan's expression suddenly turned cold: "Give it back to me."
"Have you repaired it?" Cen Rong looked at the deer head carefully, "Is this repair method broken?" He suddenly raised his hand and threw the deer head out of the window.
Jin Yan got up and rushed forward, his face was pale, but he didn't hear the sound of the jade piece falling to the ground.
A hand was raised from under the window and was holding the deer head.Yue Lianlou said loudly: "How shameless are you? Is this your thing? You throw it around."
Cen Rong was a little displeased, and the fox's eyes flickered coldly: "What do you still keep this thing for?"
"You don't need to worry about it." Jin Yan took the deer head and put it in a brocade bag.He was really terrified just now, and his voice was still a little weak at this moment.The second sister Yao said that if the deer head fell again, even if the gods shot it, it would not be able to recover.
"What's the matter with you and that green-eyed wolf cub?" Cen Rong asked, "...do you like him?"
Jin Yan didn't answer.
Cen Rong suddenly got up and walked in front of Jin Yan, pinching Jin Yan's face: "Do you like a man?"
Jin Yan gritted his teeth: "Let go of me."
Cen Rong touched his face, very intimately and gently: "Okay, my brother's tone is too strong. You give me this deer head, and I will deal with it for you. He is from Gaoxin, and you are from Dayu. With Chi Wangyuan, you can’t meet again. It’s useless to keep this stuff.”
Seeing that Jin Yan still didn't respond, Cen Rong said, "Are you still planning to go to Beirong to find him?"
Jin Yan said without hesitation, "Yes."
Cen Rong's face changed again and again, like resentment, anger, unwillingness and humiliation. "What's so good about him?"
"He is unique in the world." Jin Yan said loudly, "I just like him, and I am willing to be with him!"
"He almost killed you!" Cen Rong said angrily, "If the arrow misses a little bit, you will die!"
"He killed me and I like him!" Jin Yan was not afraid at all, and he didn't take a step back. "Even if I die, as long as he appears in front of my grave, as long as he calls my name, I will stand up and talk to him." Walk."
Cen Rong was startled and angry, clenched his fists tightly, he didn't know where the anger came from, and he didn't know how to vent it.But he doesn't like to see Jin Ye's current appearance, nor does he like to hear Jin Ye say these words.He wanted to stab Jin Yan, and some kind of intuition told him that he could only be happy if he made Jin Yan sad now.
"But he hates you." Cen Rong said softly, "He wished he could kill you, and even destroy your tokens. You knew it a long time ago, but you just didn't want to admit it. That day in Beirong What did you get in [-]? You got nothing, you went back alone, with the mark of a slave, and even the wolf cub you like will kill you."
Jin Yan was trembling all over, biting his lip tightly.
"No one loves you, no one loves you, you have nothing, Jin Ziwang." Cen Rong said, "You only have me, you can only rely on me. What kind of deer head or Chi Wangyuan, is it useful for you to think about those things? You go Looking for him? Why are you looking for him? Let him shoot you again? This time to the heart, impartial, he will not show mercy..."
Seeing the intense pain in Jin Yan's black eyes, he felt a strange joy.As he spoke faster and faster, he was suddenly punched hard on the back of the head. Yue Lianlou jumped in from the window and pushed Cen Rong out.
"Get out!" he yelled viciously.
Standing in the courtyard, Cen Rong was blown by the early summer wind and instantly woke up.Yue Lianlou closed the windows and doors, Cen Rong gritted his teeth secretly, turned around and left.
Yue Lianlou went to see Jin Yan: "Don't listen to his nonsense, no, definitely not."
Jin Yan grabbed the brocade bag, his fingers trembling slightly.He kissed the deer's head through the brocade bag, and the bitterness in his mouth was unbearable. Every word of Cen Rong became the arrow that He Lansone shot at him that day.This time it was extremely accurate, it stabbed and twisted in his heart, the pain was so painful that he couldn't breathe.
Outside the window, the Lixia moon is almost full.
The huge moon illuminates the sky and the earth, and the summer wind blows the green and fluffy grassland from south to north.The fire on the Blood Wolf Mountain was raging non-stop, the hot climate was unbearable, and only the canyon at night could be cool for a while.
The secret room in the canyon where Gao Xin's arrows were originally stored was opened, and Helan Jinying and Zhu Ye removed all the arrows in it.They found a camp in the nearby Nushan tribe that was willing to take in the Gaoxin people. The old Gaoxin people and the young Gaoxin people couldn't bear the increasingly hot weather in Xuelang Mountain, so they planned to take these people to the camp to spend the summer.
Zhu Ye dug out a small box from inside, and it was empty.She handed it to Helan Jinying, and Helan Jinying handed it to Helan Sulfone.He Lansone couldn't help being startled: there was a piece of blood jade in the box.
He didn't mention it, put the box aside, and continued to carry Gaoxin arrows in and out.
With Gao Xinjian, leading Zhuo Zhuo and the old and young clansmen, everyone set off in the starry night, and finally arrived at the small camp of Nu Mountain after a few days.
After the Nushan Tribe was severely injured by Zhe Weng in the Five Tribes Rebellion, they have been unable to hold their heads up.And because of the small number of people in the tribe, all of them are women and old people, gradually, from the most powerful and largest tribe, it became a marginal tribe smaller than Yetai.
After the king of Yunzhou became the emperor of Beirong, he returned the Xuelang mountain to the Gaoxin people, and the slaves of Nu mountain were also released, and many of them took root in this small camp.
After He Lansone and He Lan Jinying settled the old and the young, they went to the camp to find Akula and Longda.
Akula did not plan to go back to Yetai after he came to Xuelang Mountain with them. He was here to teach some martial arts to the people in the tribe and the Gaoxin children.Longda used to be the guard of the Nushan Tribe and trained the army.He Lansone had communicated with him before that the Gaoxin people needed an army, and he wanted to train a strong enough army, and he planned to gather the Gaoxin people and these Nushan criminal slaves together.
Lun Da laughed that he was too ambitious, he really wanted to be King Gao Xin.
He Lansone said that he just wanted to protect Xuelang Mountain and his people.
The people of Gaoxin listened to He Lansone and He Lan Jinying, but the slaves of Nushan would not obey the orders of the two brothers.If they want to achieve the goal of Helansulfone, they also need an experienced veteran of Nushan.
After a long conversation with Longda, He Lansone learned an important thing: Zhe Weng slaughtered the leaders of the Nushan tribe and their descendants, but one of the young men was not in Nushan at that time.He is the youngest son of General Min, the leader of Nushan Mountain. He is known as a general, but he has a stubborn personality. He heard from the merchants that there are people from the rivers and lakes who know martial arts in the north, so he secretly followed him to gain knowledge.
After that, there was civil strife among the five tribes, and Nu Shan was slaughtered, and he was never heard from again.
"Yuan Sang is still alive." Lunda said, "He sent a message back, telling us not to look for him. He has no interest in being the leader, and only wants to travel around."
But he is still the son of General Min, and everyone responds to it.As long as he is found, the slaves of Nushan Sin will definitely gather immediately.
He Lansone entrusted Akula to look for Yuansang, and Akula set off for Beidu, and it took more than half a month to go there.
When the two brothers came to Lunda's tent, Akula was cooking and eating meat in the tent.Both Longda and his wife were absent, so He Lansone cut to the chase and asked Akula about Yuan Sang's whereabouts.
"I found the whereabouts, but I didn't find anyone." Akula said succinctly, "You are determined to find him, right?"
He Lansone nodded.Helan Jinying was noncommittal, quietly waiting for the next sentence.
Akula asked He Lansone again: "Longda said that this person has a bad personality, even if I find him, I can't persuade him to come back. So what should I do?"
He Lansone didn't hesitate: "I'll go see him myself."
Akula: "Wherever you go?"
He Lansone: "Even if he is in Beirong King City, I will go."
"That's not necessary, he's not in Beidu, not even in Beirong." Akula said leisurely, "Three years ago, Yuan Sang followed Dayu's merchants across the Lixing River and went to Dayu. He said he wanted to meet Dayu Jianghu, go and be a big-hearted Jianghu guest who is a chivalrous man."
The author has something to say:
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Second Sister Yao's way of buying jade, I refer to the method of "Golden Shuri".Kintsugi originated from the art of lacquer and lacquer in my country, and it emerged after it was introduced to Japan. Kintsugi is generally used to repair ceramics. The effect is very moving, and the cracks are preserved, but the cracks are also very beautiful.
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Let me briefly explain the responsibilities of the Sanfa Division and Liang Jingfu.
Liang Jing's mansion is Liang Jing's local yamen, and they will investigate and handle Liang Jing's cases.Liang Jingfu will be fine with the investigation of small cases, but major cases must be reported to the higher-level institution, which is [Changlu Temple].
Changlu Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Yushitai are actually at the same level, but they have different responsibilities. They are responsible for different parts when handling a certain major case, and there are differences in the process.
Changlu Temple is a state institution. It can firstly investigate cases on its own, and secondly, it needs to review major cases reported by the local government.In the case of Yang Songer, Changlu Temple was sued, but this case was originally investigated and handled by Liang Jingfu, so after the restart, Changlu Temple and Liang Jingfu jointly handled it.
The Ministry of Punishment does not investigate cases, but only tries, arrests, detains or executes.After Liangjing Mansion and Changlu Temple have investigated the case, if they want to arrest someone for trial, they must report the case file to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, which will decide the case, which is equivalent to the procuratorate.The job of the criminal department is to [confirm that there is no problem with the file in my hand, and I can be convicted].
Yushitai is the highest supervisory organ with more complex functions, and managing the six departments is only one of its tasks.For any major case, after the Ministry of Criminal Justice convicts, it must submit a report to Yushitai together with Changlu Temple, "Our two departments worked together on this major case, and this is the result and record of our work." Yushitai confirmed [ The two departments have done a good job, and there are no mistakes or omissions in the investigation and trial], so this case will be completely closed
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