Forensic lady champion husband

Chapter 49

A guilty conscience.

This was the only thing Yan Ziqin could think of. The pawnbroker was held between two fingers, and the ink on it was still fresh after the candlelight saw through it. It should have been prepared hastily after today's incident.

In fact, they didn't need to go through all these troubles, because what Yan Ziqin saw in the Zhusheng Hall of the Niangniang Temple that day was only a female corpse who had committed suicide by hanging from a beam, and there was no clue to Ding Hao's disadvantage. In front of the Holy One, he would not say a word that he did not see with his own eyes.

It's just that I don't know whether it was Jing Zhaoyin's intention, or Ding Wei's instruction, or both, that the Tang scribe came to look for him overnight?But in any case, the pawn ticket cannot be accepted. If it is accepted, the meaning will change. Even if it is telling the truth, it will be regarded as a partial statement after receiving benefits.

"I understand what you mean, but you can't accept things." Yan Ziqin said, put the pawn ticket on the table, and pushed it back to the Tang clerk.

The Tang clerk laughed again, every inch of wrinkle bloomed accordingly, he looked old and weird under the firelight, he didn't touch the pawn, just rubbed his hands and said: "Master Yan, look... the humble job is just handed over, don't you Accept it, the people above are uneasy."

Yan Ziqin said: "Whether you feel at ease or not depends on what the old man says?"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time. The Tang scribe stuffed the pawn ticket into his sleeves, stood up and said, "Your Majesty Yan is worthy of being the leader of the top ranking list. He is indeed a sensible person. I will definitely convey it to you. It's getting late, and I will resign from my humble position." Seeing that Yan Ziqin also got up, he said again: "Master Yan, there is no need to send it off, there are people outside who will take the humble job back."

After the person walked away, the smile on Yan Ziqin's face gradually faded, and finally turned into ice. He sighed bitterly, and suddenly slapped the "testimony" left by the Tang scribe on the table.

Listening to the words Tang Shuli said before leaving, the implication is that Ding Wei has already prepared, and has already placed people near his home, and has no intention of letting Tang Shuli go alone. If he said tonight What shouldn't be said, or revealed half of the meaning of confronting Ding Wei, I'm afraid whether he can appear in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice tomorrow safe and sound is still a matter of opinion.

Sitting back on the chair, a cold wind came into the room through the gap in the window, rustling the testimony on the table. Yan Ziqin picked it up and put it on his knee to watch. What was written on it was nothing more than the clothing of the deceased and the situation at the scene, such as red The beige, the scarlet skirt, the white silk around the neck, and the drooping palms were basically in line with the situation at that time, but there was a very strange sentence that caught his attention.

Abdominal no protuberance.

Abdominal no bulge?Yan Ziqin tried his best to recall the scene at that time, but he couldn't seem to remember the condition of the female corpse's abdomen, because Mrs. Qu fainted on the spot, Yan Ziqin's attention quickly shifted to his mother-in-law, and his impression of the corpse was just a glimpse.

However, following this sentence in reverse, there is a great mystery. If a woman's abdomen is protruding, then the biggest possibility is that she is pregnant. This prepared testimony tried to emphasize this detail that should not be emphasized. Then the facts are likely to point in the opposite direction - Ruan Qingqing was pregnant before her death!

It is not uncommon for a woman to be pregnant, but it is a different matter when a prostitute is pregnant. In the Song Dynasty, although there were many official prostitutes, the anecdotes between officials and prostitutes were also talked about by the world. According to the law and According to the concept of men and women, the relationship between officials and prostitutes can only be limited to the spirit, and the possible relationship is limited to the joy of singing and dancing at the banquet, the joy of poetry and wine, as for the love of silver screen jade pillow, emerald quilt and red wax, etc. It belongs to the scope of the crime of stealing private goods and is called "excessive".Even so, there are still romantic people in private who are unwilling to be reconciled to the ambiguity that is elusive, trespassing on taboo doors, once they are exposed, they will immediately cut off their promotion path, and they must not repeat the crime for more than ten years before they can be promoted.

Although he was not dismissed, after ten years of abandonment, his official career has no future at all. Even if ten years have passed, what can be foreseen is a more gloomy future.

Ding Hao must have defiled Ruan Qingqing, and even made her pregnant. As long as this matter is not exposed, Duke Jin still has room to turn around, but if he is found to have committed the crime of excessive abuse, Ding Hao will There is no future at all.

Yan Ziqin was thinking, and walked back to the bedroom with his hands behind his back. Ming Shu was sitting by the charcoal basin making him a hood, but when he looked up, he found that he had forgotten to wear a cape again, and only had a thin straight suit on his body, so he came in from the outside.

"Are you really not afraid of the cold or something? It's clear that your hands are cold, but you always hang around in the ice and snow dressed in paper." Mingshu said, washing his red hands with hot water.

It wasn't until she was lying on the bed after washing up, leaning against the warm Yan Ziqin and lamenting how great the "little stove" was, that Ming Shu realized that she had been talking to herself since entering the door, Yan Ziqin didn't respond, and often asked His jaw was drooping—he always did when he was thinking.

Mingshu patted him lightly and said, "What did that scribe tell you?"

Yan Ziqin turned over, still immersed in his thoughts, and said absently: "The matter of Ding Hao..."

"He asked you to give false testimony?" Mingshu asked.

Yan Ziqin said: "It's not perjury, let me ask you, do you still remember whether the female corpse in the empress temple is pregnant?"

Mingshu was surprised and said: "I'm not a god, how can I tell if someone is pregnant at a glance? But her belly is flat, even if she is, it is less than three months."

Yan Ziqin said: "Fortunately, fortunately, I won't give false testimony, and I won't turn against Ding Wei." After finishing speaking, he fell into a deep sleep with his arms around Mingshu.

Is it too tired?In the darkness, Ming Shu opened her eyes and looked at his brows with only the faint light of the charcoal fire. Even in her sleep, she was still frowning. move.

Yan Ziqin's leg pressed down on her, it was so heavy...

Sure enough, early the next morning, people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to inform him, and asked Yan Ziqin to go to the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice after the imperial court was over.Although there were many things going on in the world, they could not escape the emperor's eyes and ears. Before Yan Ziqin left, he had already reported to several scholars in Jiying Hall, but the officials suddenly ordered him to meet him.

This young official also has some eccentricities. It is recorded in the history that "Renzong has four seasons clothespins, no furnace in winter, and fan in summer". He wears clothes that are neither thin nor thick in all seasons. It is cold, so fans and charcoal fires are never used.At this time, he was resting in the Wende Hall. The empty hall looked a bit cold because there was no heat from the fire. Resting, but still sitting on the throne, looking from a distance, majestic and gentle, with kindness in his soft eyes.

Yan Ziqin was a subject, although he accompanied him for nearly half a year, he never dared to look directly at the holy face. After bowing down this time, the officials shunned the others, leaving only Yan Ziqin, saying: "Yan Qing's family, please rest yourselves."

Yan Ziqin got up, but the official said: "I have something to tell you, come forward and listen carefully."

Yan Ziqin was taken aback, and called me instead of me. Obviously, this conversation was not a formal meeting between the monarch and his ministers, so what could it be?He already had a premonition that it was related to the next matter in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, so he stepped forward as he said, and it was the first time he was so close to the emperor, his heart was beating fast, but his mind was actually calm.

"I transferred you to Jingzhong and kept you by my side. Naturally, I have my considerations. The sword must be unsheathed after all, and when it should not be unsheathed, you must know how to hide the front, do you understand?"

There was a glint in Yan Ziqin's eyes, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your servant is taught."

The official said with a smile: "It's good if you understand that the water in the world can be clear or turbid, but as long as it can carry the big ship of the country, it is beneficial. It is not a last resort, do not disturb the waves. The water in the world will lead to three rivers." , with the five lakes, a gust of wind can roll up thousands of waves, what should be done is to let the boat sail smoothly, the sediment is not mixed in a day, let alone washed out in a day, you go, stand for me Guard this pool of Jingbo in front of the Duke of Jin."

This is the art of the emperor, balance first, good and evil second, with the official's words, Yan Ziqin's shoulders relaxed - the official knew his difficulties, so he appeased him in advance, even if he did something beneficial Ding Wei's proof, the officials will not doubt his loyalty and position.

Because the time has not come yet, on the boat of the country, there is the power of the Queen Mother in the front, and the power of officials represented by Ding Wei in the back. The imperial power is trapped in the center, and the balance of either party cannot be lost.

Yan Ziqin was ordered to resign. He suddenly realized that in the face of the ebb and flow of power, right and wrong are no longer important. Regardless of whether what he said is true or not, the most important thing to do is to temporarily maintain the stability of Ding Wei's faction. Through this joint, he could stand more calmly in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment and speak out the testimony that he had silently recited thousands of times in his heart.

Although he became a suspect, Ding Hao, who was still able to take his seat, laughed loudly, and the laughter fell back under the high arched dome of the lobby. If it was normal, Yan Ziqin, who was jealous and hated, would definitely not be able to hold back the fact that the Tang scribes came to bribe him yesterday. The matter was revealed, and he begged the Ministry of Criminal Justice to retry the case, but now, he knew that Ding Xun's unscrupulous laughter was not important, what was important was the ending of cutting grass and roots.

The sharper it is, the more it will kill with one blow.

When the news got out, Ding Wei was very satisfied. He couldn't wait to meet this young man and see how "transparent" he was.

(End of this chapter)