Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 16 Innocent
At noon on the second day, He Liu and Lao Hu escorted Ding Wang to the Criminal Department.

He Liu found Xu Yuanju, the servant on the right, "Master Xu, what's going on? It took us Jin Yiwei a lot of effort to find out the big thief Ding Wang. You actually let him go."

Xu Yuanju said: "Oh, the sixth child has come to ask me to ask my teacher Xing for his crimes! Sit down first, come on, and serve tea."

He Liudao: "Master Xu, Ding Wang is by no means innocent."

Xu Yuanju hurriedly explained: "Sixth, we are our own people. I said something taboo. You Jinyiwei arrest people, sometimes you don't need evidence-because you are Jinyiwei. Our criminal department handles the case, but we need evidence. The four doctors from the Prison Division, the Proposal Division, the Supervision Division, and the Zhili Cleanup Division, and the eight principals took turns to interrogate Ding Wang's case. The final conclusion was surprisingly consistent—he was innocent. An innocent man cannot be locked in a prison."

He Liudao: "Master Xu, can you let those four doctors and eight principals come to this hall? I have something to ask them."

Not long after, twelve officials from the Ministry of Punishment came to the lobby.

He Liu asked, "How did you investigate Ding Wang's case?"

The supervisor said: "After we took over the case of Ding Wang, we interrogated the criminal first. Then we sent people to check his home. Finally, we checked with the two court officials from the Ministry of Rites. We found out that Shen Liku The lost silver was exactly 20 taels. In other words, the lost silver happened to be the one that Wan Anliang stole. The fact that Ding Wang stole 8000 taels of silver is purely fictional. Ding Wang’s family only had a few Ten taels of silver, and no stolen goods were found."

The Proposal Secretary Lang Zhong also said: "Master Liu, Ding Wang is indeed an innocent person. I think it was after Wan An's crime was committed, he talked about it randomly."

The doctor of the prison department also chimed in: "Ding Wang, a soldier in the warehouse, has clean hands and feet. Wan Anliang stole more than 20 taels of silver from the Ministry of Rites. After the incident, he must have been terrified. That's why he got involved indiscriminately."

He Liu waved his hand: "Okay. I see, you guys go down."

Xu Yuanju said to He Liu: "You see, old six, it can't be four doctors in the four divisions of the Ministry of Punishment, and eight masters collectively cover up a soldier in the warehouse. If these twelve officials speak for a certain big man, it's okay There is suspicion of cover-up. Ding Wang is just a small soldier with a humble status. People in the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot offend you Jin Yiwei for a small person. After all, this Ding Wang was indeed wronged. There is only one possibility .”

He Liu was puzzled, and everyone in the criminal department said that Ding Wang was innocent.Could it be that Wan Anliang was talking about it indiscriminately when he confessed?
What Xu Shilang said makes sense.People from the Ministry of Punishment can't offend the entire Jinyiwei in order to protect a small Kubing.

He Liudao: "Let's do this, Lord Xu. I'll take this Ding Wang back to Beizhen Fusi for the time being. I'll interrogate Wan Anliang again. Ask him if he's talking nonsense."

Xu Yuanju said: "Okay. By the way, sixth son, is it satisfactory that the lady of your mansion has studied in girls?"

He Liudao: "Oh, I almost forgot to thank Mr. Xu. It is up to Mr. Xu to take care of the female school."

Xu Yuanju waved his hands again and again: "It's just a little effort. Sixth, I still have a note to write. I won't send it to you. Let's go."

He Liu escorted Ding Wang back to Beizhen Fusi, and went directly to the third son Jin Wanguan, wanting to interrogate Wan Anliang.

However, Jin Wanguan told him an amazing news: "At noon today, Eunuch Lu came to our Beizhen Fusi to deliver the emperor's will. Wan Anliang, as a third rank in the imperial court, used the behavior of a thief in the market to steal Shenli's treasury silver. It's sensational. You don't need to go through the three law divisions, and you don't need to wait for the autumn to be executed immediately in Beizhen Fusi. At this moment, Wan Anliang's head has fallen to the ground!"

He Liu was startled: Ding Wang's case has really become a no-brainer case!The only circumstantial evidence is that Wan Anliang is dead, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice agrees that Ding Wang is innocent.Now Ding Wang can walk out of Beizhen Fusi "cleanly".

He Liu found Liu Da, the governor of Beisi, and returned to his life.

It just so happened that Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei, was drinking tea in Liu Da's duty room.

Lu Bing said: "Lao Liu is here. At noon this afternoon, Eunuch Lu praised you for your ability to handle affairs! Only you can transport the four silver pillars to Lingji Palace."

He Liudao: "Eunuch Lu has wrongly praised his subordinates. However, Commander, this case does not seem to be closed."

"Oh? The perpetrator Wan Anliang has been decapitated. Is there anything left to settle?" Lu Bing asked.

He Liuyiwushi told the commander Lu Bing about Ding Wang's affairs.

Lu Bing asked Liu Da: "Yuanzhen, what do you think?"

Liu Dao: "Since the people in the Ministry of Punishment are unanimous in their opinion, the subordinates think that maybe that Ding Wang was indeed wronged."

Lu Bing asked He Liu again: "Lao Liu, what do you think?"

He Liudao: "The subordinates don't know if this Ding Wang is really guilty. The subordinates just think that this Ding Wang is definitely not as simple as a soldier."

Lu Bing pondered for a long time: "Let's do this. Tomorrow, you hand over Ding Wang and his case files to Dali Temple, and see what Dali Temple has to say."

The Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the "three law departments" of the Ming court.The three law departments are jointly responsible for all prisons and cases in the world.

"This subordinate takes orders." He Liu said.

After He Liu left, Liu Da asked Lu Bing, "Commander, there is one thing my subordinates don't understand."

Lu Bingdao: "You want to ask, why am I interested in a little Kubing?"

Liu Da nodded: "Yes."

Lu Bing smiled and said, "Yuanzhen, although you have become the governor of the Beisi, you are still too young. You don't think carefully about things. According to He Liu, this Kubing is calm and composed when facing the Jinyiwei—you Have you ever seen a small person calmly facing Jin Yiwei? Everyone has a secret. The difference is only the size of the secret. From He Liu's description, I think there must be a huge secret hidden in this Ku Bing."

Liu Da thought for a while: "My lord, there are two possibilities now. One possibility is that the entire Ministry of Criminal Justice is covering up Ding Wang. The other is that Ding Wang is indeed innocent. If the former - then there must be something amazing hidden in He Liu. big secret."

Lu Bing nodded in satisfaction: "Children can be taught. The duty of our Jinyiwei is to find out every big secret in the world and tell the emperor the truth. Also, don't underestimate this little man like Ding Wang. There are lessons learned from past dynasties. Sometimes, little people often connect to the sky and are closely related to big people!"

Liu Da cupped his hands: "The commander has taught me a lot, and my subordinates have benefited a lot."

Lu Bing said again: "He Liu is considered an old man in Jinyiwei. On weekdays, he doesn't fight for merit or profit. This is commendable. You, the governor, must take good care of such subordinates."

"Yes."

Although Liu Da said yes, he was always puzzled in his heart.In his opinion, He Liu is just an honest person with no plans.Why did Commander Lu Bing treat him so differently?
Among the thirteen imperial guards of Jin Yiwei, which one is not a man full of scheming—only the old Liu He Pingan, who has almost no other skills except for ransacking the house.

(End of this chapter)