Fortunate Young Gentleman

In fact, when that neither yin nor yang voice appeared, Zhao County Cheng's expression changed a little.

Since His Majesty's last unannounced visit to the Hanlin Academy, all the major government offices in the capital have been extremely careful.

Sure enough, in the following period, His Majesty left the palace several times without any prior notice. It is said that the Ministry of Industry and the Jingzhao Mansion were caught off guard, and many officials were fined.

Could it be that His Majesty came to Ping'an County Yamen today because he didn't know he took the wrong medicine?

Unexpectedly, before he could confirm in a hurry, County Lieutenant Zheng spoke first.

When he saw the figures pouring in from outside, his face immediately turned pale, his legs softened, he knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am the Prime Minister of Ping'an County, please see your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

County Lieutenant Zheng was startled. Looking at Prime Minister Zhao, his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.

Chen Huang waved his hand and said: "Move on, and each person will hit twenty boards first."

Only county magistrates and county lieutenants have always ordered others to be beaten. When have you ever seen them beaten? Zhao County Magistrate and Zheng County Lieutenant were pinned down in the yard by the government officials. They were beaten so hard that they screamed. No matter how busy the government officials were, He stopped what he was doing and came out to watch the fun.

Zhong Mingli came out in a hurry and said in shock: "This is..."

"This is Your Majesty." Tang Ning introduced helplessly. His father-in-law was only a fifth-rank official and was not qualified to go to court. Naturally, he had never met the emperor.

Lord Zhao of the Criminal Department suddenly turned into His Majesty. Zhong Mingli was stunned for a moment, and then immediately bowed and saluted: "I, Zhong Mingli, Magistrate of Pingan County, have met Your Majesty!"

"No courtesy." Chen Huang's voice became much softer.

The emperor personally visited the Ping'an County Government Office, and the officials in the government office were supposed to meet him immediately, but Emperor Chen refused to let it be publicized. All the fast-moving government officials only speculated that the actions of Zhao County Cheng and Zheng County Lieutenant in the past two days had angered County Magistrate Zhong, causing Magistrate Zhong to I completely broke up with them.

It's just that the county magistrate and county captain are not much lower than the county magistrate. Master Zhong is impulsive and may not end well in the future.

In the front hall of the county government office, Emperor Chen looked at Zhong Mingli and asked: "The county government office is so busy. As the county magistrate and county lieutenant, you still have time to play chess in the government office. How do you, the county magistrate, do it?"

Zhong Mingli immediately bowed and said: "I am guilty."

Chen Huang waved his hand and asked: "Jingxian is different from prefecture and county. What difficulties have you encountered in handling county government affairs these days in Jingzhong?"

Just as Zhong Mingli was about to open his mouth, Tang Ning coughed twice.

He glanced at Tang Ning, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister of Ping'an County formed a clique in the Yamen for personal gain, disobeyed orders, and made the Yamen a mess. However, I have found out the evidence that he accepted bribes and bent the law for personal gain. We only need final confirmation. It will be submitted to the official department.”

"I have also seen this matter." Emperor Chen looked at Ling Yun and said: "Order the officials to supervise this matter as soon as possible. No single moth is allowed to appear in the Jing County Yamen."

Ling Yun cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order."

"My lord, my lord..." A figure quickly ran in from outside. Zhong Mingli glanced at Emperor Chen, then looked at the yamen servant and asked, "What's the matter?"

The yamen servant's face was bruised and he said: "My subordinate went to Shou'an Bo's Mansion to investigate the case, but was beaten out by the servants of Shou'an Bo's Mansion..."

"Uncle Shou An?" Chen Huang looked at Zhong Mingli and asked, "What case is Uncle Shou An involved in?"

Zhong Mingli said: "Back to Your Majesty, in August last year, the clerk of Ping'an County Government died at home. I found out a few days ago that this case was related to Shou Anbo, so I ordered the police to go quickly and pray for Shou Anbo. Come to the county government to inquire."

"I have some impressions of this case." This case was one of the most serious cases in the capital last year. Emperor Chen thought about it and said, "The Ministry of Punishment said this case was a fire case. How could it be related to Shou Anbo?"

Tangning stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if there is a fire, the deceased will struggle before death and inhale soot in the mouth and nose. But if the person is dead before setting fire, there will be no soot in the mouth and nose. , the case file contains an autopsy report made by two people. Although the civilians who were burned to death had soot in their mouths and noses, Xu Shuli's mouth and nose were clean, indicating that he had been killed before the fire, and the murderer set the fire. It’s just covering up the truth about the murder of Secretary Xu.”

The envelope Su Mei gave him stated the whole story of the case. When he was flipping through the files, he accidentally came across this autopsy report, which could connect the key clues together.

This piece of forensic common sense was something Tangning had read in an online novel before. He still remembered that the name of the novel seemed to be "Traveling Through Time with a Clinic"...

Chen Huang looked at him and asked: "Can you infer this just from the soot in the mouth and nose of the deceased?"

Tangning nodded and said, "Living people can lie, but dead people can never lie. They are more trustworthy than living people."

Emperor Chen was still a little confused: "Even if he was murdered, how could Shou Anbo be involved?"

Tang Ning explained: "But based on this case, it may not be possible to contact Shouning Bo, but a month before the case, Xu Shuli's wife was molested by a dandy on the street. The case was brought to the county government, and it was finally settled. Then, a month later, Secretary Xu and his wife both died at home... The dude who teased Secretary Xu was the son of Shou Anbo. "

He looked at Chen Huang and said: "Based on this alone, it may not be possible to confirm that this case was ordered by Shouan Bo Mansion, but human lives are at stake, so it is necessary to ask them to come to the county government to inquire."

Emperor Chen asked: "Didn't the county government summon the son of Marquis Shou'an last year?"

Tang Ning explained: "Your Majesty, it has now been found out that it was Prime Minister Zhao who accepted the bribe from the Shou'an Marquis Mansion and removed Shou'an Marquis' son from this case."

Emperor Chen nodded and said, "Ling Yun, go to Shou'an Hou's Mansion and bring Shou'an Hou's son."

"Your Majesty, wait a minute." Tang Ning took a step forward and said, "I have a plan that I can use to test it out first."

Emperor Chen looked at him and said, "Let's talk and listen."

…

In the Shou'an Hou Mansion, a woman looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Sir, why did they send Lin'er to the county government?"

"What's that guy named Zhao doing?" The middle-aged man frowned, murmured, and then said, "Don't worry, I'm just asking a few words. I'll be back soon."

Ping'an County Government.

A young man, led by several police officers, walked into the county government office and asked: "Where is County Magistrate Zhao? If you have anything to ask, please ask quickly."

A police officer led him into the county magistrate's office and said: "Master Zhao said that this time, the Ministry of Punishment issued a death order to investigate the case thoroughly, but the young master does not need to worry, as long as he has 10,000 taels of silver, he can do it Help Shou'an Hou Mansion settle this matter completely."

"Ten thousand taels!" The young man was suddenly shocked and said, "The man named Zhao is crazy. Didn't he already give him one thousand taels last year? What else does he want with these ten thousand taels? To buy a coffin?"

The policeman immediately said: "You can't blame Mr. Zhao for this. Who made you careless and make the case so big? It cost eight lives. How could it be suppressed so easily?"

The young man frowned and said, "Where is the person named Zhao? Let him come to see me!"

The policeman smiled and said: "The people from the Criminal Department are in the front office now, Mr. Zhao is accompanying them. The county government has found a lot of evidence. If Mr. Zhao hands it over, even Mr. Shouguan will not be able to save the young master." of."

The young man gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Ten thousand taels is too much. Even the lion named Zhao must have a limit when he opens his mouth!"

The policeman looked at him and said: "Ten thousand taels can buy eight lives. Young Master can do the math. It's not a loss this time..."

The young master snorted coldly and said: "It's just eight miserable lives, not worth so much money. Go tell the guy named Zhao, five thousand taels, not even one tael more!"

Wow!

In the back hall of the county magistrate's office, there was a sound of tables and chairs overturning.

Chen Huang strode out of the back hall, put his foot on the young man's body, kicked him to the ground, and said angrily: "How come the imperial court has kept such bastards like you!"