Criminal investigation in ancient times

Zhang Rui lay on the desk case, his head was in a daze, and it took him a whole day to read the case file.After reading the case file, my first thought was that Sima Zhaoliang died unjustly.He was about to do everything he could do without conscience.Because I have a father who is a prime minister, he has done a lot of evil since he was a child.As small as a concubine who molested the elder brother, as big as murder and arson, they really did all sorts of evil.Zhang Rui, who was watching, wanted to give the murderer a high-five and say "well done!"

However, no matter how many crimes were committed, the case still needs to be investigated. Since it can be confirmed that there were three people in the inner room at the time, the only thing to find out now is who is the third person, or who sent him?

Sima Yun fell, and the Sima family's vitality was greatly damaged, so who would benefit... The target was directed at Li Qian, the prime minister on the right. He's all alone.

Several times the royalist party held memorials to impeach Li Qian for forming a party for personal gain, but they were forcibly suppressed, and the court was full of smog.

The emperor wanted to take care of it, but he had enough energy to spare, so he seemed to let them go, and the anxious royalists were very distressed.I thought brokenly in my heart: If the emperor doesn't care, these people should force you to step aside! "

Zhang Rui took out a piece of straw paper and drew a sketch of all the relationships between the characters, and the last person's name jumped out on the paper - the eldest prince Zhou Yongsheng.

Once the writing brush was thrown away, there was no way to investigate the case. Even if the eldest prince did it, what could he do?Could it be that you ran to the emperor and said, your son killed someone, so you should kill your son soon!It is estimated that the emperor will kill him first.Thinking about it this way, Zhang Rui suddenly felt that maybe he should listen to Zhou Yin's advice and not touch this case.

***

In the palace, Zhou Yin and the second prince were walking in the imperial garden.

Zhou Yongzheng: "Uncle Twelve, why haven't I seen you enter the palace for a while?"

Zhou Yin said: "There are a lot of things going on in the house these few days, and I feel a little unwell, so I didn't come."

Zhou Yongzheng said anxiously: "Are you... still in good health?"

Zhou Yin smiled and said, "What is good? Is this life good?"

Zhou Yong's expression turned dark and he changed the subject: "I heard that Sima Yun suffered from stupor, and I'm afraid he won't be able to get up again in the future."

Zhou Yin paused and said, "I know."

Zhou Yongzheng: "Then what does the emperor think?"

Zhou Yin: "The ones that should come will come, you can't force it. Although the emperor's body is not as good as before, but here" said and stretched his finger to his head, it is not as good as our brothers. He doesn't talk or ask, explaining It's still under his control, when he can't control it...that's when they will be unlucky."

Zhou Yongzheng nodded and said: "Uncle Huang is right, I was impatient. By the way, I heard that Uncle Huang made a young man as a confidant a few days ago?"

Zhou Yin frowned and said, "It's just a relationship on a few occasions, so you can't be considered an acquaintance."

Zhou Yongzheng jokingly said: "I didn't know that Uncle Huang would be able to dine outside with someone whom he met a few times."

Zhou Yin patted him on the head silently and said: "Don't think too much, you won't grow tall if you think too much."

Zhou Yongzheng rolled his eyes: "..." He's still young, okay! ! !It will definitely grow taller in the future! ! !Why poke his sore spot with this every time? ! !Can you still have fun...

***

When Zhou Yin returned to the palace, Zhan Qing told him about Zhang Rui's situation today.

Zhou Yin rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Send some hidden people to protect him... The water is too muddy this time, how dare he jump in it, I really don't know how high the sky is."

Zhan Qing took the order and sent a few good men to quietly protect Zhang Rui.

Of course Zhang Rui didn't know this, so he took the sketch he had drawn and told Zhang Yaozhi the analysis of the case. After several years of practice, I want to directly recommend you as Shaoqing."

After hearing this, Zhang Rui hurriedly said: "Xiaosheng dare not, Xiaosheng is too young to take on this great responsibility."

Zhang Yaozhi: "You don't need to be modest, your vision and mind are enough to do the job, but you are too young and don't understand the way of being an official. Sometimes blindly being upright will not help people, but will harm many people."

Zhang Rui didn't understand.

Zhang Yaozhi said with a smile: "Take this case as an example. Even if you point the finger at that person, you can't investigate that person. Although the emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, it's just talk, don't take it seriously. You have to investigate the people under him. , as long as you don't go past that person, the emperor will not pursue it.

Zhang Rui nodded, so if the deduction is correct, it should be done by Prime Minister You's faction.

Zhang Yaozhi said: "The murderer should be on this list." He said and handed a piece of paper to Zhang Rui.This is the list sent by the person in Tsing Yi that day. There are seven names on the list, and it is the list of those who bought pipas from Du Yuniang in the past three years.

Zhang Rui took the list and went back to his study. Among the seven people, three of them were famous prostitutes in the brothel, so they could be excluded directly. The Eighth Prince actually bought three pipas himself? !Zhang Rui sighed, this Eighth Prince is really romantic, he has too many confidante and confidante!

In the end only three names were sketched.Zhang Rui looked puzzled in his heart, why are these three people?One is Wei Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is Jiang Bozhong, the minister.Uh...it seems to be Jiang Tai's father, who seems to know something important.Another person turned out to be Dong Zhuo, the concubine son of Marquis of Ping An, who died. Zhang Rui drew a circle on this person's name with a pen.

"Dong dong dong..." A knock on the door interrupted his train of thought, Zhang Rui frowned, put the list in the book and said, "Please come in."

Lin Xiaoqing walked in and said, "I see that it's already getting late outside, so I want to ask my cousin to go back home together."

Zhang Rui looked outside, the sky had already started to darken and said: "Then I'll tidy up so that my cousin can go with me." He casually put the books on the table on the bookshelf, and brought a few files back to the Lin Mansion.

Back in the side courtyard, Uncle Han had already arranged the meals and was waiting for Zhang Rui to come back for dinner.

Uncle Han: "Master... this old slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not."

Zhang Rui wiped his hands with a towel after washing and said, "Uncle Han, it's okay."

Old Han hesitated and said, "Master, you go to Dali Temple every day to help investigate the case. Although it is a good deed, what about your studies? There are still more than two months before Chunwei...Sir, should you hurry up?" Review your homework?"

Zhang Rui smiled and said, "Uncle Han, maybe I can enter Dali Temple directly without taking the imperial examination."

Uncle Han said: "Why? Could it be that the Minister of Dali Temple wants to recommend you?"

Zhang Rui: "Exactly. Although the Ministry of Criminal Justice has always been the lowest among the six departments, it also has its advantages. I like to settle cases, and I prefer to eliminate harm for the people. It is my wish to be able to enter Dali Temple."

Uncle Han said: "Since the young master said so, the old slave has nothing to say. The only thing I have to confess is that the young master must protect his own safety. You don't have an official position now, so Dali Temple entrusts you with such an important case. Your trust is true, but it is also pushing you into danger!"

Zhang Ruidao: "Uncle Han, don't worry, Mr. Zhang has arranged for me to protect my safety."

Lao Han nodded his head and said in relief: "If my grandfather is alive and can see the young master's progress, I don't know how happy he will be! Young master, hurry up and eat, you can see that the food is cold after I babble."

Zhang Rui smiled and picked up the chopsticks to hold the dishes on the table.Since Aunt Yuxiu gave them money last time, Zhang Rui's life has improved a lot.In his previous life, he was a bachelor. As the head of the criminal investigation department, he also had a salary of five or six thousand a month.After being reborn in ancient times, this petite young master has extremely high requirements on the quality of life.In terms of underwear alone, most of the shirts in ancient times were made of cotton, but the cotton underwear worn by this young master can swell the neck, wrists, and thighs... Zhang Rui secretly complained that his body is not as good as that of a woman. It's okay to go in the rain, there will be a little bit of wind and rain in this life, and he will feel uncomfortable all over. He hasn't practiced the grappling technique until now, it's all tricks, and his body has no inner strength.

Zhang Rui wiped his mouth after eating, and asked the maid to clean up the table.He took out the file and looked at it, but continued to analyze the list in his heart.

Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo... why him?wrong!If it can be explained in this way, I'm afraid it was arranged from the beginning that day. Dong Zhuo, Zheng Sen and Sima Zhaoliang came to ask Xianglou together.During the period, I met the upright official who sold singing. The upright official should have been arranged by Dong Zhuo.

The upright official acted in a scene of swearing to the death, and successfully seduced Sima Zhaoliang. After the two entered the inner room, the killer hidden on the beam took the opportunity to kill Sima, and then the two worked together to drag Sima Zhaoliang out of the window. Throw it out.

Afterwards, the murderer hid back on the beam. The upright official screamed and pretended to faint. After being taken to Dali Temple, after interrogation, he secretly took poison and committed suicide.But the person above was afraid that the matter would leak out, so he had to kill Dong Zhuo, the pawn, and finally blamed Sima Yun.

He clapped his hands and said, "It's really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone!" Zhang Rui couldn't help giving a thumbs up.The opponent really made a good move. Not only did Sima Yun get involved, but he also took the opportunity to cut off the title of Marquis of Ping'an, and Marquis of Ping'an's daughter is the wife of General Zhenbei!This Ping Anhou is the Yue family of General Zhenbei.It is impossible to watch his father-in-law become a commoner, and naturally he has a disagreement with the emperor.As a result, it turned to the eldest prince's side in the end... Thinking about it this way really shocked Zhang Rui into a cold sweat!You must inform Master Zhang about this tomorrow!

Uncle Han: "That's right...young master, Aunt Yuxiu may be dying soon."

Zhang Rui was interrupted suddenly, his head hadn't reacted yet, and it took him a while to understand what Uncle Han meant.Hastily said: "What happened to Aunt Yuxiu?"

Uncle Han sighed: "She has been in poor health since she gave birth a while ago. Although she has taken a lot of tonics, her health is still not helping. The doctor said that she has a serious heart disease. If she doesn't untie her heart knot, she may not live long. ..."

After hearing this, Zhang Rui sighed in his heart, that Yuxiu was only in her early thirties, and she was in her prime in modern times, but now she allowed her body to decline and had already lost confidence in the Lin family.The only thing that supported her to live until now is probably that she couldn't let go of her son Lin Xiaomin.

"I'll go see her tomorrow morning, hoping to help her untangle her heart."

Uncle Han: "It should be so. She treats us well, and the young master Sanbiao is close to you. The young master has a clear heart. If you can persuade her a few words, persuade her. If she dies, the young master Sanbiao will be even more difficult." .”