Dongli drinks wine after dusk

Chapter 90
The Ministry of Criminal Justice seldom makes business trips, and if they usually do, it means that the cases they handle are not too small.Either relying on its own strength alone is already very difficult, or the crime occurred in too many areas, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice could not investigate it by itself.

Nowadays, politics is still relatively clear, and local officials continue to have minor problems in governance, but major problems are not committed.Officials and their families were treated preferentially in this dynasty. For the sake of their own feathers, there are still a small number of officials who eat particularly ugly.

Zhao Dongzhi has been a member of the criminal department, Wailang, for several years. After a lot of tempering, he has become more and more useful. The veterans of the criminal department gradually entrusted him with some important cases for assistance, so this foreign mission is honorably fulfilled. on his head.

Of course, to get to the bottom of the reason, it's not because there is no one in the Ministry of Punishment to send, let alone because Zhao Dongzhi is irreplaceably important.

It's just because behind him there is a golden signboard of Duke Ding's son. Judging from the detached status of Duke Ding's mansion, this golden signboard can help him avoid many troubles.

He can handle cases that ordinary people in the criminal department can't handle, and even the complicated nobles have to give him face. Even when he is among the royal relatives, he can still speak up.

Compared with being upright and upright, it is obviously more practical for him to be able to eat from all walks of life. Otherwise, how dare those old monkeys who can become fine with a little sticky hair dare to use him with confidence!
There is another reason, Zhao Dongzhi privately thought that he ran eight hundred li to kill two horses to Anqing, and he still had to relax and take a breath, if he really sent those old bones to come, he might fall apart.

Alas, it's just bullying his young man to talk!How can he let him be a small official, just accept his fate.

I don't know what kind of temperament this general judge of Anqing Mansion is. Don't be like that old magistrate, he is incompetent, he just wants to eat and wait to die, otherwise how would he do his job.

The person from the capital was Zhao Dongzhang who only brought a few servants to the door, and his actions were very low-key, which quickly attracted attention. It was rare for the magistrate Zhao to wear neat official uniforms and come forward to meet.

Zhao Dongzhang was doing Tai Chi with the other party unhurriedly, and he seemed to be very talkative. You came and I chatted very lively. If you listen carefully, you will find that what these two people are talking about is all nonsense. As for his purpose, nothing was mentioned.

Later, Zhifu Zhao became impatient with socializing, so why not come here for what you like, but criminal cases such as killing and extorting goods, neglecting human life, etc., can be dumped on Jiang Wenyuan anyway, what does it have to do with him?He might as well go back to Houya to feed his wife and children.

After a few more polite words, Zhifu Zhao stood up and dodged the crowd.Zhao Dongzhi thought to himself, although this person has no achievements, at least he still has self-knowledge, he is not a person who is blindly obsessed and wants to control everything in his hands.

The others left when they saw the master, knowing that the person who came was of great status, even though he is now a small member of the criminal department, Wailang, his future prospects are limitless, and he wanted to make friends, but he didn't give him the opportunity, so he could only be unwilling Get up and leave.

Soon, only Jiang Wenyuan and his subordinate Yang Deng were left in the main hall to join the army.

The two groups of people announced their names and positions again, sat down and started talking about business.

"Master Jiang, my lords, this kid is bothering you. I have taken the liberty to come here. I do have a matter, and I need you all to help me."

"Yuan Wai Lang is polite, we will do our best for our duties. I just don't know why Yuan Wai Lang came here this time?" I didn't get any information before, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice didn't even issue an official document. The young boy with a weak crown came here with a warrant. If the warrant hadn't been checked again and again, it was indeed true. It is not new for him to be regarded as a liar.

In fact, the Criminal Ministry has never acted like this.

"Don't dare to lie to my lords. Not long ago, something happened in the capital." Zhao Dongzhi explained the purpose of his visit. Of course, this one-fifth is within the scope of what he can tell the truth. That said, they don't need to know.

The incident that happened in the capital is a bit strange. It is between the case and the incident, and it cannot be determined for the time being.But in the end, it involves human life, so don't let it go easily, so Zhao Dongzhang was sent here.

If there is really a conspiracy behind this matter, the involvement will not be small, and there may be high-ranking officials involved in it, so the bosses of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs have made a plan, and it is not too late. Before the other party realizes that they have been targeted, it is possible. Leave the beginning and the end, hurry to check.

As for why there is no official document from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the most important reason is not wanting to alert those who may be involved in the case.

This matter is a long story, Zhao Dongzhi picked up what he could say and began to tell the ins and outs:
The factional struggles in the capital are much more intense than before, and there is a trend of splitting within the civil official group, which has now been clearly divided into two factions.

The reformist faction headed by Grand Master Wei Qiu and the old-fashioned faction headed by Crown Prince Taibao Xu were no longer satisfied with confronting each other in court, and turned to personal attacks.

Jiang Xun, the servant of the Ministry of Rites who was involved in this struggle between the two factions, is Luo Xu's follower.

The Ministry of Rites is the most insignificant among the six departments. Jiang Xun's ability is mediocre, and he has done nothing for so many years. At the age of 44, he reached the fourth rank, all thanks to Luo Xu's care.

Just because he married Luo Xu's favorite concubine.Taking him under the knife is completely like a pond fish that suffers.Of course, he was also to blame for his misbehavior, and someone took the blame.

Jiang Xun is not very capable as an official, but he is full of ability to raise children. He and his wife live in harmony. They have been married for 22 years and gave birth to seven children, six daughters and one son.

Relying on his wife's natal family to make a fortune, and still relying on Lao Taishan to gain a firm foothold, the price is that such a wife must pay a high price, and she cannot be unhappy in the slightest.

People at that time valued children, and Jiang Xun was no exception. His only son was seven years old, the youngest of all his children.

In ancient times, the child mortality rate was very high, and a man was not so safe. However, when the wife gave birth to the youngest son, she was already old, and when she caught up with dystocia, she almost died twice, and the son was born weak.And since then, no matter how hard he tried, his wife's stomach never moved.

This son became Jiang Xun's eyeball.He held it in his hand for fear of falling, and put it in his mouth for fear of melting. He raised it carefully until he was seven years old. Even the opening of the door was handled by Jiang Xun, not by outsiders.

But no matter how carefully he took care of him, his son grew bigger and bigger, and his weakness became more and more serious, to the point where it was hard to get back.Finally, when he was seven years old, he died of illness.

The Jiang family couple went blind from crying, and it was impossible to wake up their son who had been sleeping forever.

The underage child died, both parents were present, there was no big funeral, Jiang Xun buried his son, and life went on. This matter should have been overturned. What he needs to consider most now is how to persuade his wife to agree with him. Taking a concubine and having a child should not cut off the incense.

Who would have thought that the tomb of the unlucky child who was already dead was stolen, and there were more corpses of girls in the discarded coffins!

(End of this chapter)