Just as Zhuo Gaolin was about to confess.
Suddenly, Duan Bin Duan Baihu came to this execution room with Master Ji and his subordinate Zhao Haidong, as well as a group of people dressed in the official uniforms of the Punishment Department, and Duan Bin ordered lanfeng: "Put Zhuo Gaolin down for me, and this case will be taken over by the Punishment Department." ”
Duan Bin was Lan Feng's direct superior, and it was reasonable to say that his orders could not be ignored. Lan Feng stepped forward and asked, "Lord Hundred Households, why is this case to be handled by the Punishment Department?" We are already on the verge of interrogating the corrupt officials behind him, and the implications must not be small, and we cannot easily let go! ”
Duan Bin said in a helpless tone: "Zhuo Gaolin saw the color and killed people, this case is an ordinary civil homicide case, Jinyi Wei is inconvenient to intervene, leave it to the Ministry of Punishment to take over!" ”
Lan Feng retorted, "Zhuo Gaolin is the chief catcher of The Heavenly Palace, he is an official, how can Jin Yiwei not intervene?" ”
Duan Bin said with some impatience: "Zhuo Gaolin is no longer an official, he has long been dismissed from his post. ”
"Then why is he still wearing a head-catcher's outfit?" Lan Feng asked.
The official of the Punishment Department behind Duan Bin suddenly said: "It is not that the matter of secretly hiding a few official uniforms has not happened, and there is nothing to be fussed about." ”
I didn't expect them to be so cunning, and Lan Feng still wanted to argue with reason: "Hundred Household Lords, Zhuo Gaolin was captured on the spot, and we can't let it go!" ”
Duan Bin was no longer polite: "Lan Zongqi, are you going to disobey Shangfeng's orders?" ”
Lan Feng stooped down and hugged his fist, "Don't you dare to be inferior!" ”
Duan Bin said coldly, "Then hand over!" ”
Lan Feng saw the triumphant look on the face of the official of the Punishment Department, he and Duan Bin's official rank were one or two grades higher than their own, and it seemed that today he could not keep Zhuo Gaolin. So they said to Shan Qing, "Pull Zhuo Gaolin up and hand it over to the Punishment Department." ”
Shan Qing and Shen Qiqi pulled Zhuo Gaolin up and handed it to the officials of the Punishment Department, and then watched them escort Zhuo Gaolin out of the execution room step by step.
Duan Bin said to Lan Feng, "Several of the Demon Sect's big demon leaders have not yet been caught, so you should track down their tracks!" Leave the case alone. ”
Lan Feng and the four of them were full of reluctance in their eyes, but they still had no choice but to do so, and replied, "Yes, Lord Hundred Households." ”
Then they watched Duan Bin walk out of the execution room, while Lan Feng was still frozen in place, overwhelmed.
Shan Qing said indignantly, "I almost interrogated the mastermind behind Zhuo Gaolin, but I didn't expect to be preempted by them, I was really unwilling!" ”
"Alas!" Guan Changji sighed a long time and said, "They can say that they can move a hundred households to release people, it seems that the forces behind Zhuo Gaolin cannot be underestimated!" ”
Shen Qi, too, sighed, "This is what money can make ghosts push and grind, which is really helpless!" ”
Although Lan Feng was also unwilling in his heart, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had these corrupt officials and traitors around him, his empire would degenerate faster, and it would be easier to subvert his empire, but sooner or later these traitors would also be stepping stones for their own climbing, so let them run wild for a while!
Lan Feng thought of this and stopped tangling, but seeing that everyone was gray-headed, he comforted: "Don't be discouraged, leave them crazy for a while!" Killing people and destroying mouths can be done, what else dare not be done? Sooner or later, they will show their horses' feet again. ”
"The flag is right." Shan Qingjing Lanfeng suddenly opened up: "Skynet is restored without leakage, and sooner or later they will be punished." ”
Lan Feng saw that his morale was revived, and ordered: "Send secret agents to keep an eye on them, especially the officials of the Punishment Department just now, and report it at any time whenever there is news!" ”
"Yes, flag."
"After everyone is busy today!" Lan Feng said slowly, "Just leave your shift and go home earlier!" ”
Shan Qing and the three of them said in unison, "Yes." ”
They were busy for a while, and then they went home separately.
It was that dark room again.
The man with the three black teeth knelt down and said, "Your Honor, Zhuo Gaolin has been taken back to the Punishment Department, and he did not divulge our affairs where he was in Jinyiwei." ”
The dark shadow smiled, "Very good, there is no problem with the person sent!" ”
"The lower officials specially sent a clean-style official to Jinyiwei to ask for someone, and even if they continue to investigate, they will not be able to find any clues." The man with the three black teeth laughed mischievously.
"Well done." The black shadow suddenly turned sharply and said coldly, "You should dispose of Zhuo Gaolin and the prison officer as soon as possible, and leave no more handles." ”
"Yes." The person with the three black teeth should say, "The subordinate officer must handle it properly and will never leave a trace." ”
"Hmmm!" The black shadow said lightly, "There are also people sent to monitor the few Jinyi guards who arrested Zhuo Gaolin to see if they have any changes, and use the old way to test them, it is best to use them for my use, if not, then you will watch and do it!" ”
"Yes." The man with the three black teeth complimented: "The adult is far-sighted, and the subordinate admires it." ”
"Okay, back off!" The dark shadow urged him to go down to work.
The man with three black teeth saluted and withdrew.
Two days later.
Shen Qi, coming out of the house, holding a long strip of something wrapped in coarse cloth, walked down the street and came to the private room of a remote tavern, where a young man dressed in brocade and chinese clothes sat waiting for him.
The young man in the brocade said impatiently, "You are late, have you brought something?" ”
Shen Qi, who did not answer him, just sat down, put the things wrapped in the coarse cloth in his hand next to him, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and ate them violently.
The young man was a little surprised at first, and then he was silent, all his eyes were fixed on the coarse cloth wrapped in long strips, only occasionally looking at Shen Qida's eating and drinking.
After Shen Qi's food and drink were enough, he said lightly, "Did you bring what I wanted?" ”
The young man took out something wrapped in silk, pushed it in front of Shen Qi, and said, "Hand over the money with one hand, deliver the goods with the other." ”
Shen Qi, who was wrapped in coarse cloth next to him, brought it to the table and pushed it over, but he refused to let go of his hand for a while, hesitated for a while, and finally let go of his hand; picked up the thing wrapped in silk in front of him, opened it and looked at it.
The young man also opened the thing wrapped in coarse cloth and looked at it, and smiled satisfactorily: "Very good, if you have no problem, then I will go." ”
Shen Qi,Didn't answer, and the young man acquiesced to him, so he got up and walked out of the private room, leaving Shen Qi alone stunned, looking at the silk-wrapped thing in his hand with some shame, and his eyes were full of bitterness and helplessness.
The fourth day of the Xue family's extermination case.
early morning.
Lan Feng drank tea in the teahouse, and Shan Qing, Shen Qi, and Guan Chang followed the three of them to the teahouse together. Lan Feng saw that Shan Qing did not call two plates of oil flowers as soon as he entered the door, presumably something happened that made him absent-minded, so he asked: "Shan Qing, what happened, let you forget to call the oil flowers, and I have never seen you come side by side!" ”
"General flag." The manager then bowed down and said, "Yesterday Zhuo Gaolin's case was closed. ”
"Oh!" Lan Feng was surprised: "So quickly, how did the Punishment Department close the case?" ”
The manager replied, "Zhuo Gaolin committed suicide by hitting the wall in the prison of the Punishment Department, and the prison officer Kuang Hui also committed suicide in fear of his crime." ”
"Chagolin is excusable!" Lan Feng asked with some puzzlement, "Why did the prison officer Kuang Hui commit suicide in fear of sin?" ”
The manager then slowly recounted: "According to the reported case file, the prison officer Kuang Hui and the head catcher Zhuo Gaolin jointly extorted money from the prisoner's family, and the matter was exposed, and they knew that their sins were serious, so both of them committed suicide in fear of their sins. ”
Shan Qing said indignantly, "It is simply too cheap for Zhuo Gaolin to commit suicide in fear of crime, and this case is still full of doubts, so hasty conclusion of the case, it is inevitable that it is too hasty!" ”
Lan Feng probably understood what had happened, and sighed a little, "It is indeed too hasty, the head of the Tianfu Prefecture and the prison officer of the Punishment Department collude with each other, and they can cover the sky with one hand and kill people and destroy their mouths." If nothing else, Kuang Hui is their substitute ghost. ”
"It is not uncommon for Shangfeng to make mistakes and find subordinates to replace the dead ghosts." Shen Qi's heart had a doubt that had been haunting him: "Why is it to find Kuang Hui?" A few days ago, when I saw the prison officer Kuang Hui, I felt that he was a very cautious and steady person, and I couldn't imagine that he would have anything to do with the scum of Zhuo Gaolin. ”
The manager remembered that day and said, "General Banner, when we came out of the Prison of the Punishment Department that day, the prison officer Kuang Hui seemed to have something to say to us. ”
"Yes, if I am not mistaken, it should be that he thinks that I am Lord Chincha and wants to report something, so he has offended some of the people above, thus causing trouble." It seems that the water in the Punishment Department is deeper than we thought. Speaking of the Prison of the Punishment Department, Lan Feng remembered Xue Haihua and asked, "Is there any news about Xue Haihua over there from the secret agent?" ”
Shen Qi, holding his fist, said, "Back to the General Banner, there is no news for the time being." ”
Lan Feng continued to ask, "Did you find any clues about the official of the Punishment Department who took away Zhuo Gaolin?" ”
"Back to the flag, no." Guan Changji shook his head and said, "That official's name is Xiao Shanghao, the official to the chief of liupin, we have thoroughly investigated his style of work as an official for all these years, he is still upright and honest, and he has not found any bad deeds, that is, he is a bit arrogant and arrogant." ”
Shan Qing interjected, "General Banner, I think this Xiao Shanghao is the one they deliberately put down, so as to lead our noses." ”
"Got it." Lan Feng took a sip of tea and continued, "This matter is put on hold for the time being, and then it will be exhausted when more favorable clues are found." ”
"Yes."
Lan Feng shouted, "Xiao Er will put on two more plates of oil flowers." ”
Xiao Er replied, "Good! Coming soon! ”
Lan Feng took a bite out of an oil flower and said, "Everyone eat well, and when you eat well, go and track down the traces of the remnants of the Demon Sect." ”
Lan Feng After they finished eating refreshments and came out of the tea house, they crossed the street and walked on the way back to The Town Fusi. There are more pedestrians on the streets today than ever before, and it seems that they are all running in the same direction.
Shan Qing saw that Shen Qi's embroidered spring knife was not equipped with his imperially gifted embroidery knife, so he asked, "Elder Brother Shen, why don't you bring the embroidery spring knife?" Don't you usually see that you often take it out and show it? ”
Shen Qi's embroidered spring sword was given by the emperor when he went to participate in the guarding of Zhu Yuanzhang's sacrifice. The embroidered spring knife is the standard equipment of the imperial guards when the emperor sacrifices or parades; there is also the embroidered spring knife that cannot be worn without authorization unless it is given by the emperor, and Shen Qi's embroidery spring knife really makes Shan Qing, who is still young, envious.
Shen Qi, suddenly asked, was a little surprised: "Oh, oh, I let go of the house." ”
Shan Qing joked, "Such a precious sword, aren't you afraid of losing it when you put it at home?" ”
Guan Changji solemnly explained: "The embroidery spring knife cannot be worn without authorization unless it is given by the emperor, so even if someone else steals it, it is useless." ”
"I've heard that some rich people want to pay a high price and want to buy a few embroidered spring knives to play with, so there are many people who want to move." Shan Qing turned to Shen Qi, and said with a mischievous smile, "Elder Brother Shen, it is better that you also sell the embroidery spring knife and make him a fortune." ”
Shen Qi's face suddenly flashed a trace of shame, and he calmly said, "I, I don't want to find death, I dare to sell the imperial gifts." ”
"How about borrowing me to wear it for a few days?" Shan Qing was still entangled.
"Didn't Uncle Ji just say that?" Shen Qi, borrowing Guan Changji's words, attacked Shan Qing back: "The embroidered spring knife cannot be worn without authorization unless it is given by the emperor, and you still want to pull me into the water and dream when you are looking for death." ”
Shan Qing also wanted to continue to joke with Shen Qi, suddenly knocked down by a man holding a child, the three fell to the ground together, the child fell on Shan Qing's body, his small hand pressed on Shan Qing's face, and then climbed up;
A woman next to her immediately came over and picked up the child, she was like the mother of the child; the man also got up from the ground and apologized to Shan Qing: "The child is playful, walking without paying attention, bumping into the official, the small one is not compensating you." ”
Shan Qing patted the dust on his body and said, "It's all right, be careful when you walk in the future, if you bump into other officials, you won't be so lucky." ”
The man said in a low voice, "Yes, yes, yes, there are a large number of officials and grandfathers, and I wish the officials and grandfathers to rise to the ranks and get rich!" ”
The child with a mole in his eyebrow kept smiling at Shan Qing, and Shan Qing also smiled back: "Thank you Jiyan!" ”
"The little one said goodbye."
"Hmm."
The couple turned around and left holding the child, and the child kept smiling back at Shan Qing.
Shan Qing also smiled and said goodbye to them, then turned to Lan Feng and boasted, "You see how popular I am, and the children will laugh when they see me." ”
Lan Feng, Shen Qi, and Guan Changji all began to hold back, a serious look, Shen Qi's also held back lightly: "Yes! The whole street will smile at you, believe it or not? ”
Shan Qing looked to the side, several beautiful women covered their mouths and smiled when they saw Shan Qing; looking to the left, several men couldn't help but laugh when they saw Shan Qing; Shan Qing immediately felt very strange when he became so popular, and he also ate both men and women.
Seeing lanfeng's expression a little ill-intentioned, he then turned into a cunning sly smile and asked them, "Are your sinister looks laughing at me?" Could it be that there is something on my face? ”
Shan Qing felt something a little moist on his face, and at the stall selling toiletries next to him, he picked up a copper mirror, looked at his face, and saw a small red handprint on his face.
At this time, Lan Feng still smiled slightly, and Shen Qi, Guan Changji, couldn't help but laugh loudly: "You just walk through the streets like this, let the people of the whole capital look at your handsome and cute appearance, hahaha!" ”
Shan Qing quickly wiped off the red handprints on his face with his sleeve, while accusing the guan commander of following them down the well, said: "Sure enough, it is a guy who inserted two knives from the brothers, you don't tell me when you see it, hum!" ”
Guan Changji couldn't bear to smile and said, "It's rare to see your funny look, you always have to appreciate it!" ”
you. Shan Qing looked at the rouge box on the stall and muttered, "Just now that kid estimated that he stole a handful of rouge when the boss didn't pay attention, but he didn't expect to be so naughty." ”
"That's your destiny." Guan Changji remembered Shan Qing's funny appearance just now, and laughed: "Hahaha! ”
"Old stuff." Not to be outdone, Shan Qing shot back, "Go to your crow's mouth." ”
Shan Qing also saw that many people on the street had red thumbs on them, and suddenly asked, "Why are their thumbs all red?" ”
Lan Feng explained: "Recently, the emperor issued a new decree that the household department should recruit 2,000 craftsmen to move to Saibei with more than 20,000 horses and horses from Shanxi, reclaim the wasteland, and build the border. ”
Shan Qing was even more puzzled: "What does that have to do with the red mud on their thumbs?" ”
Lan Feng still patiently explained: "The red mud on their thumbs should have been left behind when they pressed their fingerprints after receiving the relocation payment." ”
"That's the way it is!" Shan Qing nodded.
At this time, a magnificent carriage swept past Lan Feng's side and almost hit them; Shan Qing immediately scolded at the carriage that had gone far away: "So anxious, hurry to reincarnate!" ”
Guan Changji looked at the all-copper decoration and the beast pattern on the carriage, and at a glance recognized that this carriage was the carriage of The Peak Stone Congming on their head, so he said coldly to Shan Qing: "Shan Qing, you even dare to scold Shi Qianhu, the courage is not small!" ”
"Ah! Is this is the carriage of Ishichito? Shan Qing immediately retreated behind Shen Qi's body in shock, and then said with sincere trepidation, "He didn't hear it just now!" ”
"Who knows?" Guan Changji revealed a bad smile with bad intentions, which made Shan Qing even more panicked.
Lan Feng and Shen Qi, looking at Shan Qing's frightened look, smiled slightly, and then continued to walk in the direction of Zhen Fusi.
Chapter Forty-One: The Instrument of Torture of the Jinyi Guard
