Luo nine needles

Chapter 40 Unfinished business

Liu Yan was indeed in the official room and did not sleep.

He had been demoted for many years, his parents had passed away, his wife had already remarried with Li, and Amnesty returned to Beijing alone. After he became Minister of Dali Temple, the emperor gave him a maidservant, but most of the time he lived in the government office.

Zhang Yuan rushed to his residence cursing, but was stopped by two attendants outside the door.

These two attendants are all military guards, and they are not as easy to deal with as door officials.

"Roaring the official office, Zhang Yuan, although the Duchasi has occupied our Dali Temple Prison, there is still room for you to pretend to be one!" they shouted.

Zhang Yuan stopped, and said with a snort, "I just have a loud voice and great strength, so where do I growl?"

This guy looks rude but he is not stupid. The two attendants thought, what should they say, but Liu Yan already said, "Let him in."

Zhang Yuan was let in.

"Master Liu, it's not that I don't understand the rules, it's just that you are too difficult to meet." He said, seeing Liu Yan sitting at the table eating, he snorted, "My lord is enjoying the beauty..."

As he approached, he saw the food on the table, and couldn't say the words "beautiful food and wine".

A plate of salted beans, a piece of hard cake, and a bowl of water.

It's too shabby too.

"Your Excellency will eat this?" Zhang Yuan frowned and said with some suspicion, "Didn't you just show it to me?"

The salaries of officials are fixed, and most of them are not enough for a banquet in a luxury restaurant in the capital. Of course, not all officials live on their salaries.

Zhang Yuan knew that some officials liked to appear clean and honest, with simple food and clothing.

But Liu Yan, your simplicity is a bit too fake!

Liu Yan glanced at him: "You deserve it too?"

Zhang Yuan was ashamed.

But what Liu Yan said was also true. He was a junior member of the Jingzhao Mansion, and he was nothing in front of Liu Yan, a minister who spoke in front of the emperor to make decisions on state affairs.

"What about your penance in the middle of the night?" He muttered.

Liu Yan picked up a salty bean and put it in his mouth, saying: "This is not bitter, this is a good recipe. Back then, I almost died from eating the muddy rice in the prison of Prince Jin's mansion. Someone taught me Eat like this..."

When the three words "someone" slid past, his voice seemed to be slightly stagnant, and Zhang Yuan couldn't help paying attention, but just when he thought Liu Yan was going to introduce this person, Liu Yan's voice slid past again.

"Eating this way will not only make the prison bosses feel more at ease and be able to cut back, stop making things difficult for me, but also nourish my stomach. Sure enough, I survived, and I have been demoted for ten years. Never had a bad stomach either."

He looked at Zhang Yuan.

"Of course, I only have this one, so I won't invite you to try it. You can try it yourself when you get home."

Who wants to taste this!
What a recipe!
This official Liu Yan's road was bumpy. He was young and enthusiastic and had just stepped into his official career. When he was about to show off his ambitions, he bumped into the prince's fief which was the most difficult to gain a foothold in. He almost killed himself and narrowly escaped. Demotion to the barren land of south of the Five Ridges, wasted a full ten years.

Suffering a lot, there must be something wrong with my brain!
Zhang Yuan didn't bother with him, nor was he interested in eating these bean biscuits, so he took a step forward: "Master Liu, how are you tracking down the murderer of the scholar case?"

Liu Yan said: "Hasn't the case been investigated and handed over to your Jingzhao Mansion? Why are you asking me?"

First, Huo Lian came to the door and pointed out that Mo Tu was responsible for Liu Xiucai's death, and then the tenant's wife also found out the news. Money buys evil.

"What kind of money do you have as a prisoner!" the official over there asked.

The tenant's wife laughed wildly, and pulled a silver button from the inner skirt: "I am rich. When I got married, my husband gave me two silver buttons. I always wear them next to my body. This is money." With a bit of shrewdness and a bit of complacency, "It originally cost me two buttons, I'm not stupid, I bargained, and in the end it only cost me one button..."

It only cost a silver button to buy Liu Xiucai's life.

Liu Xiucai's life is only worth a silver button.

The officials who questioned were speechless.

The tenant's wife was supposed to be escorted to Beijing, but the tenant's wife died that night after laughing crazily. After investigation, it was either homicide or taking poison, or her body was withered, and the only string left after the great grief and joy was broken If you die, you will die.

Even if the cause and effect of Liu Xiucai's case were clear, the Liu family was not reconciled, but first a group of officials in the capital accused Liu Xiucai of bad morality. It can be seen that only knowledge can't be promoted without realizing it. Then Taixue stood up and said that the candidates would be strictly investigated. As for conduct, if you are guilty, you should be punished, if you have a mistake, you should correct it, and you should not cover it up. Some students also came to the government one after another, asking to check themselves, to show the innocence of scholars all over the world.

There was chaos for a while.

In order to avoid getting too involved, under the pressure of all parties, the Liu family died down, and Dali Temple handed over the case to Jingzhao Mansion. Both the accused and the murderer died, and the case was closed.

"What's the end of this?" Zhang Yuandao, "Is the tenant's wife a murderer? But she's also a victim."

"In other cases, she may be the victim, but in this case, she is indeed the murderer." Liu Yan said, and glanced at Zhang Yuan, "As a judicial officer, you can't disregard reason and law."

Zhang Yuan sneered.

"She can be regarded as an accomplice at most. The real murderer, the one who tempted her to become the murderer, is that Motu."

"Now, the scholars are afraid of delaying their exams, and the officials are afraid that they will be involved, so they turn a blind eye to the murderer and rush to get things done."

"What's more irritating? There are rumors in restaurants and teahouses about the case of the anonymous man who strangled a scholar, and this murderer turned out to be a hero who is a hero!"

He said here to see Liu Yan.

"Master Liu, don't you also think that this murderer is a hero and should not be punished, but should be rewarded for his heroic deeds?"

Liu Yan said: "The state-owned state-law family has family rules, lynching and killing people who violate the law, what a heroic act."

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Sure enough, Mr. Liu still enforces the law impartially."

"I have been victimized by violating the law, so I naturally know the pain." Liu Yan said, putting the last bite of pancake into his mouth.

The harm of breaking the law refers to the fact that he was oppressed by the power of King Jin back then. Zhang Yuan touched his nose and took a step forward: "Then, Mr. Liu must join me to continue to track down the murderer, right?"

Liu Yan finished drinking the water in the glass and shook his head: "That's out of my control, it has nothing to do with me."

This guy!Zhang Yuan stared again: "Does your Dali Temple let law-disrupting murderers like this?"

Liu Yan put down his teacup and said: "Our Dali Temple only cares about our affairs, Zhang Yuan, let me say it again, this case has been handed over to the Jingzhao Mansion, you should find the right person, don't come to my Dali Temple to make noise. "

Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth and took a few deep breaths: "Liu Yan, everyone said that you are stern and selfless, I thought you would not just sit idly by."

Liu Yan smiled: "I'm not being stern and selfless. I used to think that I should be stern and selfless, but someone taught me a truth later, that is to do what I can."

Do what you can?Zhang Yuan thought, what?Weighing it is troublesome, isn't it all right?
This is the truth that was learned when he was arrested for ten years after he was arrested for the king's brother-in-law?

"Forget it, I was wrong." Zhang Yuan said, and he was about to throw his sleeves away, but stopped again, "Then, show me the case file of the tenant's family that you checked in Qingzhou earlier."

The tenant's wife admitted that she bought the murderer, and the murderer must have been someone who had dealt with the tenant's wife, and must have left traces.

If you don't investigate, he will continue to investigate!
He will not stand by and let Mo disciples lynch and disrupt the law.

Liu Yan hummed: "This is within my ability, so I can show it to you." Having said that, she shook her head again, "You can't see anything. The Mo disciples are extremely secretive. They have their own secret messages. It's hard to snoop."

What a joke, why not do it?
"Thank you, sir." Zhang Yuan raised his hand: "I will do my best."

Liu Yan smiled, and didn't care that this sentence was mocking him just now for saying that he should do what he can.

"However, you can ask Du Chasi." He went on to say, "When King Jin rebelled, Mohist giants led hundreds of Mohist disciples to help."

In the end, they all died in the hands of Huo Dudu.

Liu Yan lowered his head and saw a salted bean in the plate.

"Don't waste food."

There seemed to be a voice in the ear saying.

Liu Yan reached out and picked up the salted beans and put them in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)