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Chapter 85: The Cool Official Returns!What others dare not do, I dare! ! (Ask for the first order, ask for a monthly pass!)

"Boom!"

"Ah... it's going to rain again!"

There was a thunder in the sky, and in the front yard of the Duke's Mansion, dozens of lazy figures looked up at the gloomy sky, and kept moaning.

It's been the third day.

From the day when the empress gave her permission to interrogate the case, that figure has been in the main hall and never left.

Eat inside, sleep inside, and work overtime all night for three consecutive days.

Although he didn't reach the point of being sleepless, he only slept for a short time, and soon got up to investigate the case again.

Not to mention that the servants of Dingguo's mansion have never seen such a thing, the eunuchs in the palace were all stunned.

This man is from Liangzhou.

Is Bianzhou's work so exaggerated?
We are so happy in Chang'an!

After these three days of hard work, Li Yan basically got a clear idea of ​​the situation in the Duke's Mansion, which ones violated the law, and which ones violated the law.

Of course, the slaves in the Duke's Mansion also have nothing to fear.

Because many of them are the common situation of the rich and powerful, and the two saints turn a blind eye, what can the little Wu Dewei do?
Li Yan really didn't plan to start with these restricted areas. He began to repeatedly screen and keep the servants with higher status and the least suffering in the Duke's Mansion.

This group of people are slaves on the surface, but in fact they have nothing to do with production and are idle.

Usually at this time, he would either go back to his own courtyard and sleep soundly, or accept the test similar to an official in Pingkang Fang with his little lady in his arms.

At this time, after three days of suffering, I couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Yan was in good spirits, staring at Zhu Wudao: "You said that Pang Si died that night? Why didn't you report such a coincidence earlier?"

Zhu Wu yawned and apologized with a forced smile: "What is Li Wuwei talking about? Pang Si is a lowly servant like a servant. What does it have to do with the Duke's case? I didn't say that." ?"

Li Yan's face darkened: "Don't give me a hippie smile, it doesn't matter, it's not something you, a lowly slave, can decide!"

Zhu Wu's cheeks twitched, his head was lowered, and hatred flashed in his eyes.

He can laugh at himself, but how dare you treat me like a slave?
However, he also knew that the situation was stronger than others, so he could only endure it forcefully: "It's my mistake, it's my mistake."

Li Yan waved his hand: "Bring Pang Si's body up."

Zhu Wudao: "Pang Si's body has long been thrown into the mass grave outside Anhua Gate."

If Wu Minzhi hadn't pretended to be crazy, he might have continued to ask how Pang Si died.

But the majestic prince is crazy, who has the time to care about the death of a slave?

Pang Siping was cruel and offended other people. The next day, when no one cared about him, he threw his body to the dogs.

Li Yan's tone became more severe: "After all, there is no proof of death? I think you evil slaves have a big problem!"

Zhu Wu's face changed slightly: "Li Wuwei, what are you going to do?"

Li Yan stared at him, and said coldly: "I want you to tell the truth, what exactly did you hear that night!"

Zhu Wu raised his neck: "Li Wuwei, I've said everything I need to say, and I don't know anything else!"

Li Yan nodded: "Okay! I've seen it these days too. You have a lot of secrets to hide. Go to the side first! Whenever you want to talk, come to me anytime!"

He changed another slave to come up: "Chu Da, how about you?"

Those who can be called slaves are those who are trusted by their masters and have outstanding status, and there are not many in the entire Duke Zhou's mansion.

This Chu Da is the oldest one. He has passed forty, and he is considered an old man among Xiaomin.

At this time, being called by Li Yan, he walked out slowly, not avoiding the raindrops, and said in a hoarse voice: "Please forgive me, Li Wuwei, I am old and weak, and I can't hear clearly."

Li Yan asked: "I can't hear you clearly, can you see clearly?"

Chu Da said slowly: "I am old and frail, and I can't see clearly."

Li Yan said: "Then you go out of the house!"

Chu Da was stunned.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows: "Since you are old and frail and incapable of serving Duke Zhou, why do you still stay at the mansion? Could it be that Duke Zhou misses old love? Do you know some secret?"

Chu Da hurriedly said: "The slave is just a servant of the Duke, and I don't know any secrets, but Li Wuwei, you have no right to make such a decision!"

Li Yan sneered: "You look mediocre, you hide a lot, your influence is bad, and you make a bad appearance for others. Everyone is like you, how can I investigate the case?"

"If I can't catch the murderer, the Duke won't be able to recover! Is it possible that Duke Zhou's safety is still under your little slave? What do you think, several internal officials?"

Li Yan looked at the servant sent by Empress Wu.

The eunuch Gao who was the leader suddenly let out a humble laugh: "Li Wuwei is valued by the empress. He supervises the handling of this case and is fully responsible for everything. We are only responsible for taking care of Zhou Guogong's situation, so that we can report to the palace at any time without asking the slave's opinion."

Li Yan pointed to the servant: "Look, this is the one who is loyal and worthy of praise!"

This is indeed the case these days, the slaves outside are arrogant and domineering, while the eunuchs in the palace keep themselves safe.

It's also pretty ridiculous.

Shouldn't the most awesome master be the empress?
The internal officials were praised, and immediately held their heads high, squinting at the servants of the Duke's Mansion.

Yes, you are also servants, why are you so beautiful?
The slave world, rolled up.

Seeing Li Yan carrying out the queen, the courtyard was suddenly silent.

Li Yan looked at Chu Da, whose face was blue and white: "Seeing that you are dressed gorgeously, a little servant dares to wear silk. If you are really the Duke's beloved servant, you should be wronged outside for a few days. Take you back!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up abruptly and pointed his finger: "Come on, drag him out of the house for me!!"

Seeing a few servants who were usually at odds with him, they really rushed towards him, and Chu shouted in a miserable voice, "Speak, slave! Say, slave!!"

Everyone wanted the position of Hao Nu, and Pang Si died, and the next few who had the opportunity fought openly and secretly, and their brains almost went out of their minds.

If he was thrown out of the mansion, how could he come back?
Zhu Wu suddenly changed his face, and stared at Chu Da viciously, but it didn't work, Chu Day said in a begging voice: "Please ask Li Wuwei, I will tell you what I know, but I really wasn't in the Duke's room that night. , I don’t know what the Duke said at that time.”

Li Yan's tone softened: "It's okay, the clues are not only found in the Duke's house. Think about it carefully, how did Pang Si die that night, and what unusual things happened?"

Chu Da thought for a while, and felt the cold gaze of Zhu Wu next to him, and he simply broke his heart: "There is one thing, that night, four ladies who knew each other, Mu Guogong's reputation, voluntarily came to the mansion to perform dances, but they were caught by Pang Si. To make things difficult, two of them were blackmailed by Pang Si for [-] gold in order to escape, and the money was later swallowed by Zhu Wu!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Wu jumped up all of a sudden: "Chu Da, you old dog, how dare you spout blood!"

"Xiaojie!"

Li Yan called his name, Wang Xiaojie let out a smirk, strode up to Zhu Wu, and slapped him.

Zhu Wu screamed and flew up, fell into the pond, and fell to the ground immediately.

All the slaves shouted, and saw Li Yan holding the chain knife on his waist, and said word by word: "Anyone who delays the Duke's illness and disturbs my judgment, kill!!"

"kill!!"

Wang Xiaojie, who was dressed in a martial robe, and Xu Da and other patrolling soldiers glared at the tiger at the same time, full of murderous intent.

All the servants fell silent for a moment.

Chu Da was also frightened, poured beans out of the bamboo tube, and dropped everything.

In fact, Li Yan also knew about this, and the four people who were forced into the Duke's mansion all knew that Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Shu San were nearly killed, and the other two women were knocked out by Pang Si for [-] gold each.

The four of Pang died, but they had to give the money. In the afternoon of the second day, Zhu Wu went to knock the gold back.

Li Yan didn't have the time to pay attention to this matter at first, but at this moment, he was stabbed out by Chu Da.

Hearing his tone, he was also very jealous of the money.

After all, both of them know the lady, so that's six hundred gold!
Not to mention for slaves, it is quite a big sum for fifth-rank dignitaries.

Chu Da and Zhu Wu didn't deal with each other in the first place, and it wasn't Wu Minzhi who offended them at this time, so of course they wouldn't worry about it.

Li Yan asked someone to write down the notes and placed them in front of Chu Da. Chu Da gritted his teeth and pressed his fingerprints.

Li Yan handed the confession to Wang Xiaojie: "Quickly go to the two well-known ladies for verification, and bring Xu Da and them together."

"Yes!"

Wang Xiaojie was a little puzzled, why did so many people go to confirm the testimony?
But he also carried out the order and took a team of people to rush forward.

All the slaves in the yard saw that this was the case, and immediately stopped resisting, and tacitly moved away from Zhu Wu who was lying on the ground.

That's right, there's another slave position vacant!
However, what they never expected was that when Wang Xiaojie went to Pingkangfang and came back, there were no more than a dozen people.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. When Wang Xiaojie went there, he was wearing a coir raincoat, but when he came back, he was drenched to the skin.

But when he strode in, his face was full of anger and excitement: "Liu Lang, besides the two ladies who know each other, there are many people complaining about their grievances. I brought them here together!"

Li Yan got up, walked through the front yard, stepped over the Zhumen of Zhou Guogong's mansion, and came to the big square where the horses were parked in front of the gate.

There were seventy-eight people standing there. Seeing officials in green clothes come out from inside, they immediately rushed forward, shouting at the top of their lungs: "We have wronged! We have wronged!"

"Come in to shelter from the rain, speak slowly! Speak slowly!"

Li Yan saw the old man at the head, wearing Wang Xiaojie's coir raincoat, and also saw the rain falling from the sky. Many people didn't have umbrellas at all. Just as he wanted them to come in, they were so noisy that they couldn't hear anything.

"Snatched my field... my father was killed... my daughter was snatched in the street... my shop... broke into the door in the middle of the night... my baby was crushed to death..."

Everyone was chattering, and the voices gathered together. Coupled with the sound of rain, Li Yan couldn't hear a complete sentence at all.

But in these few words and howls soaring to the sky, there are already many heinous crimes.

This is Chang'an!
Chang'an!
But it is also precisely Chang'an, where the people are richer and more likely to be targeted by evil slaves.

And year after year, countless people were ruined by them, their wives were separated, but few people dared to report to the officials.

But now, the opportunity has come.

In criminal psychology, there is a broken window effect, a broken window is more likely to trigger the crime of latecomers.

The news of Zhou Guogong's illness, driven by the prince, has now spread throughout the government and the public. At the foot of the imperial city, the people are also well-informed, and the news has also begun to spread in the streets and alleys.

Ever since, when Wang Xiaojie, who was dressed in a military robe, brought a group of capable veterans to Pingkang Fang, and let the two ladies know that the confession was true, the whole Beili was a sensation.

That window was broken.

It's just that this time it's not a crime, but to sue Duke Zhou's government for the crimes they have committed over the years!

An untold crime!
More people must still be watching, but the whistleblower here has already made all the slaves inside startled.

Especially seeing that Li Yan arranged for these accusers, and when he came back with a livid face, Chu's thighs and feet deftly greeted him.

This time, he became articulate and spoke quickly: "Li Wuwei, we will fully cooperate in this case, and don't bother with those untouchables!"

"Untouchables?"

Li Yan stared at him: "Emperor Taizong once said that the people are water, and the king is a boat. Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. The kings of all dynasties have always paid attention to the opinions of the people. To defend the country and secure the people, yet you dare to call the people a pariah?"

"It's slave nonsense! It's slave nonsense!"

Chu Da laughed again and again, and slapped himself several times in a row, but he did it both softly and hard: "Li Wuwei, you are a nobleman with a bright future, why should you be as knowledgeable as us lowly servants? You are here to investigate this time. If you get distracted by the haunting case, not these miscellaneous matters, and miss the Queen's order, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it!"

Li Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "I really don't have time to clone."

Chu was ecstatic.

But the next moment, his smile froze.

Because Li Yan said leisurely: "However, there is one person who is upright, unafraid of power, and only wants to fight against evil. Count the time, and he will come soon!"

"There are other characters like that?"

Wang Xiaojie was fascinated when he heard it.

To be honest, if he hadn't followed Li Yan, he would never have dared to offend Zhou Guogong. He didn't expect there to be such an upright person.

Chu Da knew that he couldn't be kind, so he ran back to the courtyard immediately, and shouted sternly: "Duke save me! Duke save me! The inner guards are going to kill!"

The heavy rain poured down and began to wash away the uncleanness of the world. How could the sound reach the inner courtyard?

On the contrary, the maid who was ready to report at any time saw that something was wrong, so she hurried to the back.

Li Yan turned a blind eye and just waited with a sneer.

Sure enough, there was no response from the backyard.

Because Wu Minzhi couldn't show up.

He couldn't say that for a group of servants, he stopped pretending to be crazy, and all his previous actions were in vain!
As time passed by, Wang Xiaojie and others were recording the confessions of the accusers. The bright red handprints, like the blood splashed when beheading, stimulated the hearts of the slaves.

Chu Da's eyes were full of despair, but he still refused to give up, and took the lead in roaring: "I am under Zhou Guogong's mansion, let's see who dares to touch me!"

The group of servants became extremely united in an instant, and they roared together: "We are under Zhou Guogong's mansion, let's see who dares to touch us!!"

"I dare!!"

A decisive voice came.

Everyone looked together and saw a figure standing in front of the gate.

In the flash of lightning, his face flickered, and only a grin could be seen showing his white teeth.

Under the thunder, his voice flickered, and only the voice full of hatred and endless death could be heard:

"I'm Qiu Shenji!"

"Qiu Shenji who was just released from Wannian County Prison!"

"I dare!!"

(End of this chapter)