Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 154 The Three Murderers Are Neatly Hanging Together!
Daming Palace.

Inside Zichen Palace.

Usually at this time, the empress is no longer here.

But today, Li Zhi is not in the mood to go to other places, eagerly waiting for the first-hand news of the case.

When he heard the servant's report, he immediately showed a relieved expression: "Li Yuanfang did not disappoint me, call him in!"

Li Yan entered the palace.

He is almost familiar with the place where the prime minister came to the cabinet.

This time it was different, before I got to the steps, I saw that there was already a maid laying out blankets there, and Li Zhi's gentle voice came from above: "Yuan Fang, sit down!"

Li Yan saluted as before and sat down: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zhi couldn't help being more satisfied when he thought that this son was deceived by rumors before, so he stopped investigating the case, but he didn't take credit for it, and silently borne the wind and rain.

This is his favorite courtier!
Able to hate any other courtiers, but also loyal to the emperor!
Of course, he still hopes that Li Yuanfang can quickly see through the rumors.

But thinking about it, it seems unrealistic.

Fortunately, there are plum blossom inner guards, who can grasp the trend and eliminate the storm.

The combination of inside and outside is perfect.

Li Zhi was pleased with his control over the court, and began to ask: "Yuan Fang, how is the investigation going on with this case?"

Li Yandao: "According to Dou Decheng's confession, Fu Baolang Li Sichong, the suspect in the arrest of Jiangnan case, was brought to the inner guard for interrogation. This is his testimony."

He handed the testimony to the chamberlain for presentation.

Li Zhi took it, looked at the beginning, and said with a smile but not a smile: "Before the criminal law, he took the initiative to confess, it seems that Li Shilang is good at teaching his children... Well, you only know the truth when you are drunk, Yuan Fang, do you believe it? "

Li Yan said sternly: "I don't dare to make a statement without evidence."

Li Zhi nodded: "That's right, this kind of thing really can't be justified, but it's been six years since this case, and it's far away in the south of the Yangtze River. Now that Li Sichong is making sophistication, do you have a way to get the real evidence?"

Li Yandao: "I will do my best to investigate, and this case is really important, please read on."

Li Zhi smiled and looked down.

Now he wants to find out the truth and prove his innocence, but he doesn't really care much about what the truth is.

Just looking at it, his smile not only disappeared, but his hands trembled again: "Once Yun Dan becomes addicted, those who take it will not be able to do without it. , will life be worse than death, and die miserably?"

After reading it carefully, Li Zhi almost stood up, and said sharply, "Is this alarmist talk, or is it true?"

Li Yan said: "There should be no exaggeration."

"No wonder you would rather spread rumors than let the investigation continue. The real key to this case is actually this elixir! Then the Wuyun elixir I took..."

Li Zhi showed deep fear.

But thinking about Tai Hospital's evaluation of Wuyun Pill, the trials of Shangyao Bureau every time, and even though he himself likes to take pills for pain relief, he doesn't feel particularly dependent, and carefully read the testimony. Suan breathed a sigh of relief: "If the ingredients are in the right amount, there will be no such harm..."

Even so, Li Zhi immediately ordered: "Quickly recruit the imperial doctor into the palace!"

Just at this time, Empress Wu also said at the same time: "Your Majesty, please don't be careless, we should quickly recruit the imperial doctor!"

Li Zhi nodded to his wife.

Yes, nothing is more important than my dragon body!

The servant immediately went to summon him, Li Zhi regained his composure, and the veins on his forehead popped up again: "So, thief Dou deliberately made this poisonous pill to control people who buy the medicine?"

Li Yan said: "It should be so."

Li Zhi thought of the spread of rumors, and such evil things would eventually tarnish his reputation, and his murderous intent was revealed: "If such an act of endless calamity is not punished with capital punishment, how can we comfort the people of the world!"

Li Yan thought about Dou Decheng's current appearance, and the death penalty might be the same, but it is not an exaggeration to kill the drug lord: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Zhi immediately asked again: "Where's the account book? Who did Thief Dou sell this elixir to?"

Li Yandao: "I have already targeted Hao Da, Dou thief's trusted servant, and are arresting him!"

Just before entering the palace, Li Yan got news from Di Renjie.

Dou Jing revealed the private house in the south of the city where Hao Da might be located, and Wang Xiaojie led the team to go straight there, and encountered fierce resistance.

Resistance is a good thing, but the most feared thing is that people will leave the building empty.

Now it seems that it is not far from clearing up the remnants.

Li Zhi was very satisfied: "In a short period of time, there are such gains, good! Very good!"

Li Yan said again: "Your Majesty, I still have something to report, but it's just that the matter involves a superior, and Rong Chen is rude..."

Li Zhi's eyes were fixed: "Your superior?"

Li Yan is the Inner Guard's envoy, who is not under the command of the three provinces and six ministries, and there are only five officials directly related to him.

It was the five cabinet leaders who were appointed not long ago.

Li Zhi asked, "Who is it?"

Li Yan began to submit materials again, and presented all the materials from both parties: "This one is the crimes reported by Dou Lu Jiyi and others, and the other is the list of crimes led by Cui Ge. Please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

Li Zhi looked at the contrasting sides.

On one side is a thick stack, on the other side there is only a single sheet of paper.

Naturally, he first took the list of accusations against Cui Shouye, and after scanning it, he became more and more angry: "It seems that the inner guards I selected, in the eyes of Cui Shouye, are full of culprits!"

Looking at the other side, Empress Wu has classified the crimes into different categories and handed over the crimes one by one.

Li Zhi looked at the name of the leader, Dou Lu Qinwang, and thought of the information investigated by the inner guard of Meihua, he sneered in his heart: "The in-laws have turned against each other, and the hatred is even worse!"

He then read it carefully and found that it was all unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

If it's just one or two cases, it's fine, but these shocking cases all happened in recent years.

And most of them are exonerated for Xungui's children.

Li Zhi's eyes flickered sharply, but he didn't express his opinion for a while, but just checked silently.

But there were too many cases. The saint was patient in the first few cases, and hurriedly turned over the latter cases.

When it came to Cui Xiuye's flying money, thinking of Cui Shouye and Cui Xiuye, the two brothers, pretending to be at odds, Li Zhi's disgust had reached the extreme.

But up to this moment, he had no intention of touching Cui Shouye.

Until the next confession came into view, Li Zhi let out a little surprise: "Who is Song Ci, the member of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Like a search engine, Empress Wu rolled her eyes and said, "This man has been slapped on the horse to welcome him. He has been in office for six years and has made no achievements."

Li Zhi looked at the crime again, and immediately understood what was wrong: "Cui Shouye covered up Li Sichong's crimes. In order to hide his crimes, he deliberately chose this selfish trash? Good, good, he actually participated in the Jiangnan case!"

Turning back to Cui Shouye's questioning list at this time, Li Zhi's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "This is because I know that I will not give up, so I deliberately brought up these people to take the blame. I re-established the internal guards to fight against Tubo. In Cui Shouye's heart, do you still have half of the overall situation of the country?"

Empress Wu began to assist: "Your Majesty, Cui Shilang is the leader of the pavilion after all, and he doesn't know about the rumors, so please forgive him this time..."

Li Zhi was reminded by this, and immediately narrowed his eyes: "Meiniang, do you think Cui Shouye really doesn't know about rumors? Compared with Li Jingxuan, this old man dares to spread such rumors in order to protect himself, because we will not suspect he!"

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, everyone is a suspect.

What's more, Cui Shouye has a motive in the first place, and his family is also very powerful...

Oh, and one more key point!
Li Zhi said coldly: "Cui Shouye has wanted to be prime minister for a long time, if Li Jingxuan is dismissed, wouldn't he have a great chance?"

Empress Wu suddenly said, "Your Majesty is wise, it is not impossible to think this way, but it is difficult to check..."

Li Zhi waved his hand: "There is no need to check!"

The above is indeed pure speculation, but it is related to my own reputation, and there are always suspicions!

You tarnish my reputation, I will kill your whole family!
What's more, the case of Yundan is so big that just killing a commoner merchant, even if his surname is Dou, is not enough to quell the resentment.

It was very appropriate for Cui Shouye to bump into him at this time.

After the internal discussion between the emperor and empress, Li Zhi characterized the matter: "Cui Shouye, as the leader of the inner guard cabinet, is responsible for the inspection. I firmly believe that; the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of laws and criminal laws, and the minister of the Ministry of Punishment is in charge of constitutional inspection, which is even more important! However, this person Corruption and perversion of the law, so far, if it is found to be true, it is a crime of disaster and chaos to the country, and the people will not be angry if they are not killed!"

However, he looked down at Li Yan, who had been silent all this time, and said gently: "Yuan Fang, Cui is your superior officer. There is indeed something wrong with your interrogation of him. Would you like me to replace him?"

As soon as this remark came out, even Empress Wu was a little surprised.

Back then, Li Zhi's love and trust for Li Yi's mansion was never considered for his courtiers, but now it is really unprecedented.

Li Yan said decisively: "Thank you, Your Majesty, but this case is so important, how can I delay the case because of pity on my life? I hope to investigate thoroughly and never show favoritism!"

Li Zhi nodded in satisfaction: "Okay! Okay! Draft an edict! Temporarily remove Cui Shounei from his post as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and Chief of the Security Guard, and cooperate with the internal guards to make Li Yan find out the whole story of the Jiangnan case. If he is guilty, he will be sent to prison directly. There is no need to go through the review of the Ministry of Punishment!"

……

When Li Yan returned to the inner guard and saw the new edict appearing in his hand, all the people surrounded him.

Both Doulu Qinwang and Cui Shouye were very nervous.

Even if Cui Shouye committed public outrage, it is not certain that the saint will definitely take him down.

The Sacred Heart is unpredictable.

But Li Yan didn't say a word of nonsense, he just read out the imperial edict, and the voice spread inside and outside: "Cui Shou is temporarily removed from the post of the guard of the inner guard and the post of minister of the Ministry of punishment. If you are responsible for the crime, you will go to prison directly, without having to go through the review of the Ministry of Punishment!"

After finishing speaking, he pointed to Cui Shouye: "In the name of a saint, remove the scarlet robe, remove the official seal, and enter the inner prison for interrogation!"

After Cui Shouye heard the edict, he couldn't utter a single word.

The once invincible Minister of the Ministry of Justice, standing in place, seems to have turned into a clay sculpture and wood sculpture.

Let Qiu Shenji strip off his clothes, and confiscate all the fish charms with the official seal on his waist, and then send him to the inner prison.

In the innermost cell, Dou Decheng was moaning, Li Sichong was dozing off, when the door opened, a figure was pushed in fiercely: "Hang Cui Shouye up for me!"

at last……

The three murderers hang neatly together!
(End of this chapter)