Lady Wan Guan

A simple carriage arrived at the back office of the Ministry of Justice. Gong Shilang was already waiting. When he saw the visitor, Gong Shilang hurriedly greeted him: "I have seen the prince..."

Xiao Wang didn't wait for him to finish, and went straight in, followed closely by Gong Shilang.

Arriving at Minister Gong's duty room, Xiao Wang sat down and asked, "How was the investigation of the case?"

"Master Yao kept complaining, refused to admit that he leaked the test questions, and instigated Li Zhong to sell the test questions. But Li Zhong was bitten to death because of Master Yao's instigation."

"Shilang Gong, is it possible that Li Zhong was instigated by someone else?"

"Back to Your Highness, I have all been sentenced to death, but Li Zhong kept saying that it was Lord Yao who instigated this."

Xiao Wang frowned, thinking that this matter was a big deal. The bad thing was that those Luzhou scholars reported it to the Kyoto government office. The governor felt that the matter was serious, so he took care of it immediately. He was stabbed to his father.

Damn it, the test questions that Chu Feifan mastered were indeed the test questions prepared by the emperor himself. There were only four people who had access to the test questions, one was him, one was Yang Xiang, and the other was Lord Chen of the Hanlin Academy and Yao Shilang.

The father was furious and ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.

The only good thing is that because Gu Zhouting still wanted to investigate the theft of the Shu mission, his father handed the case to the Ministry of Punishment for trial.

Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Lord Gong, the chief judge this time, are his supporters.

Ordinarily, he should avoid it, but he really couldn't rest assured, so he quietly came to the Ministry of Punishment.

If this case can be found to be the conspiracy of someone, such as Wang Peizhong or Xiao Yan, that would be the best. But if the person who planned this conspiracy cannot be found, the case must not be closed by the examiner taking the initiative to leak the question. Otherwise, he The person in charge cannot be shied away from responsibility for his negligence.

Something went terribly wrong when he hosted the talent promotion ceremony for the first time, and Wang Peizhong and others couldn't help but seize the opportunity to bite him.

Master Gong said: "I will try my best to find out who is behind this. If Li Zhong refuses to explain who ordered him, we cannot let him pour dirty water on Master Yao."

"Then Li Zhong's family is in trouble. His father is seriously ill and needs a lot of money for medical treatment, so he is most vulnerable to being taken advantage of. In this case, Mr. Yao can at least be freed from the crime of deliberately leaking information for profit."

Xiao Wang nodded approvingly: "Are you sure?"

Master Gong looked troubled: "I will try my best."

Li Zhong is really too hard-boned.

"This is a big deal, so you have to get it done no matter what." Xiao Wang said solemnly.

"I understand."

Xiao Yan, while his father was having dinner at Fengzao Palace, knelt down in front of his father.

The emperor and queen were both shocked.

"Yan'er, what are you doing?" the queen asked.

The emperor also said: "You can just say whatever you want, why should you kneel properly?"

Xiao Yan looked aggrieved: "Father, I kindly ask my father to let Mr. Gu of Dali Temple participate in the trial of the case of leaking the title, so that I can be innocent."

The emperor was stunned: "What does this matter have to do with you? Why does it involve your innocence?"

"Father, I have heard some people talking, saying that this leak may be a conspiracy between my uncle and my son, who want to accuse the prince of negligence. I can't bear this grievance, please My father asked Mr. Gu to review the case and restore his innocence, as well as his innocence."

The queen said angrily: "Who did you listen to?"

It was obvious that the prince had neglected his duties and yet he blamed Yan'er and her brother. How could it be unreasonable.

"Mother, it doesn't matter who said it. What's important is that more than a few people must think so. This case is complicated. My father also knows the ability of the Criminal Department. This case must be investigated by Mr. Gu. Father, let's have a talent promotion ceremony. It is a major matter for the country to select talents, and there is no room for negligence. But now there is such a big mistake. If we don't find out the truth as soon as possible and give an explanation to the world, who will dare to believe in the word fairness in the future?" "I heard that, All the bachelors who participated in the imperial examination will jointly submit a letter asking for help. If things get worse and worse, it will not end well."

The emperor's face was solemn. This matter was indeed important, but Gu Zhouting was now responsible for another important matter.

"Your Majesty, what Yan'er said makes sense. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment also wants to send his granddaughter to the East Palace. It is unfair to only let the Ministry of Punishment come for trial. Besides, such a major case should be tried by three courts. Your Majesty, this matter It is better to make a decision early, otherwise everyone will keep guessing and the officials will feel uneasy." The Queen also said.

The emperor considered it for a moment and said: "Eunuch Zhu conveyed the will of the orphan and disclosed a case. The three departments of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai will jointly review the case. The case will be investigated within three days."

Eunuch Zhu took the order and took people to announce the decree.

Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, finally convincing his father.

After Gu Zhouting told him about this, he went to find his uncle. His uncle was adamant that he would not interfere in the matter. Anyone who dared to make a fuss about the ceremony would be asking for death, so he came up with a way to taint himself.

Even though it was self-defeating, there was no guarantee that others would not doubt him in their hearts.

In order to protect himself, the prince might throw dirty water on him.

He took the initiative to splash it all over himself, and then asked Gu Zhou to stop and check.

As long as his uncle didn't do this, the prince would definitely be the unlucky one in the end.

Xiao Wang just returned to the palace and met Eunuch Zhu, who was walking in a hurry and was about to leave the palace with his people.

"Eunuch Zhu, do you have something important to do when you leave the palace so late?"

Zhu Gonggong said: "The emperor has just issued a decree, leaking the case to the Ministry of Punishment, and the three departments of Dali Temple and Yushitai will review it. The Za family is about to go to Dali Temple to announce the decree."

Xiao Wang was stunned in place. He left the palace for a while and came back and forth in less than an hour. How could such a big change happen?

The joint trial of the three departments, especially with Gu Zhouting's participation, was not even remotely fake.

Eunuch Zhu bowed his hands and saluted: "The Za family has important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."

"Father, go quickly, don't delay the important event." Xiao Wang said absently.

In the small courtyard where Gu Zhou stopped, four people were sitting around drinking.

"This wine is not bad, Gu family boy, you can make a jar of it for me." Wugou likes to drink the most. He is not picky about wine. When there is no wine, the wine will be fake, but after drinking good wine, his mouth will be full of greed. .

Gu Zhou stopped and said, "This wine is not easy to make. Thirty-year-old daughter red is rare in the world."

This kind of wine is usually buried in a jar when someone gives birth to a daughter, and waits for the daughter to get married. After at least ten years of fermentation, the wine has a strong and mellow aroma, so it is particularly precious. And this jar of wine is buried underground for a long time. It has been buried for thirty years and is even rarer.

Rare is rare, but isn't Gu Zhouting doing this to help Ji Yunchen fulfill his wish? Let’s hang up the wine worm of Wusui Taoist priest first.

Ji Yunchen understood, seized the opportunity, patted his chest and said, "Taoist Master, I'll take care of this. I'll get it for you."

Wu Guo was very satisfied with Ji Yunchen's attitude: "If you kid can get this wine, I will teach you some tricks."

Ji Yunchen was overjoyed: "The Taoist priest keeps his word."

Wu Guo stared: "Is the old Taoist the kind of person who keeps his word and gets fat?"

Jiang Wanning smiled and said nothing. Do the two of them think they have a tacit understanding of each other? The person who set up the trap didn't know that he had already fallen into someone else's trap.

There’s still one chapter left, it’s very late, kids, I’ll read it tomorrow.