Nightwatcher

"call out!"

The crossbow arrows came through the air.

The middle-aged officer drew his sword out of its sheath and slammed the crossbow arrows flying in the face. The hostility cultivated in the army suddenly surged up.

This little gong dared to shoot an arrow at him, he deserved it if he beheaded today. The beaters have always flaunted their power, if they don't retaliate at this time, when will they wait.

The middle-aged officer raised his sword and shouted: "Whoever breaks into the punishment department will die!"

The clanging sound continued, and the soldiers drew out their sabers with solemn expressions, as if they were about to go to war.

Xu Qi'an reined in the horse's hooves, and he took out the gold medal from the imperial court: "I am ordered to investigate the case, so I will step down."

The middle-aged officer was not at all afraid, and led someone to block the way: "The Criminal Department is also ordered to investigate cases, and idlers are not allowed to approach."

"Don't make mistakes." Xu Qi'an narrowed his eyes.

"It's fine if you want to enter the Ministry of Criminal Justice, let me send someone to pass the message." The middle-aged officer sent a guard to pass the message.

As a result, after waiting left and right, the guard never returned.

Min Shan pointed his knife at the other party and said angrily, "Bad boy, you're playing tricks on me."

"Listen well. No one is allowed to enter the yamen without the consent of the Lord of the Ministry of Justice. Anyone who trespasses will be shot to death." The middle-aged officer sneered.

"Yes." The guards grinned.

The Ministry of Punishment is going to cut off this line. No matter how much trouble I make, I must delay it. After a few days, they will finish their investigation and reap the harvest. Or the clues are worthless, so they will probably be handed over to me. I am a body of guilt, and time is life.

"If you insist on blocking it, don't blame me for using the privilege of the gold medal." Xu Qi'an pressed the handle of the knife.

"Cut first and play later?" The middle-aged officer grinned grimly, his long knife wrapped in a powerful aura, "You are just a copper gong, and you are rushing to kill people at the entrance of the criminal department?"

With a flash of bright saber light, Xu Qi'an passed by the middle-aged officer, and stopped steadily at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment.

It wasn't until this time that the two parties realized that Xu Qi'an was so decisive, including the guard's colleagues.

Xu Qi'an held the knife in his right hand, and with a flick of his wrist, a line of blood was drawn on the ground.

The middle-aged officer swayed and fell to the ground with his head raised.

A soldier stepped forward to check, touched the officer's neck, and lost his voice: "Dead!"

Now, the faces of the watchmen also changed.

Conflicts belong to conflicts. Although everyone looks like they are about to fight, if they kill people, the incident will escalate, and it is the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice who are killed.

Even the most arrogant watchmen have never committed murder in the street at the gate of any yamen in the Six Departments.

brush!

All the soldiers turned around and faced Xu Qi'an. The atmosphere was like a powder keg, which was about to explode.

This broken technique is that a three-second real man is not enough to support me in a protracted battle, so I should find a chance to change in the future.

Enduring the exhaustion, Xu Qi'an took out the gold medal and showed it to everyone: "Handle the case according to the order, and those who obstruct it will be killed without mercy!"

He swept across the soldiers with sharp eyes.

"Still backing down!" he yelled.

Under the double shock of the gold medal and the officer's corpse, the soldiers retreated.

Xu Qi'an received the scabbard and led two silver gongs and twelve bronze gongs into the office of the Ministry of Punishment.

Along the way, Yang Feng and Min Shan kept looking at Xu Qi'an, as if they were getting to know this person again.

Min Shan frowned and said, "Aren't you too impulsive! Killing people outside the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is still a person with an official position. Aren't you afraid of being held accountable afterwards?"

Xu Qi'an, who killed someone for the first time, still had a hostile look between his brows, and glanced at his bearded beard: "Do I have anything to do afterwards?"

Min Shan was taken aback.

Xu Qi'an sneered and continued: "I'm already in a desperate situation. For me now, progress is life, and clues are life. Anyone who dares to stop me from handling the case will kill me.

"The Ministry of Punishments and the Yamen of the watchmen have never dealt with each other. If there are government officials robbing meritorious service, these people will be a stumbling block for me to handle the case. I don't want to be cruel. In the future, there will be a second, third, and fourth person who will jump out and stop me." Me. If I don't kill them, they will kill me indirectly.

"If I cut off one person who doesn't have eyesight today, other people who don't have eyesight will be jealous and afraid tomorrow. This is also a disguised way to reduce killing."

As Xu Qi'an said, he glanced at the two silver gongs Yang Feng and Min Shan, with a smirk: "The two who are also under Yang Jinluo's command doubt me and don't trust my ability to handle affairs, let alone the government office And the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

What he said is very clear, this is to stand up.

Yin Luo Yang and Min laughed and said, "Master Xu, we underestimated you."

This voice, Mr. Xu, is really sincere. Instead of being forced by the emperor's order.

The yamen of the Ministry of Punishment is very large, and Xu Qi'an caught an official on the way to lead the way.

The clerk was just helpless, a little afraid of this group of vicious watchmen, he didn't dare to disobey them, and led them to the meeting hall.

Pass through the compound and come to the meeting room of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. This is a spacious hall with no tables, only chairs, neatly arranged.

People from the two yamen sit on both sides, with a clear distinction.

On the left are the officials of the Ministry of Punishment headed by the second-rank Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, who is wearing a scarlet robe and embroidered with a golden pheasant.

On the right is the officials headed by Chen Fuyin of the Fourth Rank Jingzhao Mansion, who wears scarlet robes and embroiders clouds and geese.

Sitting in the middle was an eunuch wearing a tall hat and a boa robe, with a pale, beardless face, squinting eyes, and a strange look of yin and yang.

The eunuch was flanked by two eunuchs.

When they arrived at the door, the officials trembled like little quails: "Zhu, my lords, the policemen have arrived."

In the chamber, more than a dozen high-powered officials looked over at the same time.

Xu Qi'an met the eyes of all the bosses, stepped across the threshold, clasped his fists and said: "My officer, Xu Qi'an, you are being polite."

He scanned the crowd and saw a familiar woman, Lu Qing, one of the arresters of Jingzhao Mansion.

The latter also noticed him, and a deep blankness flashed in his eyes. Especially after seeing the two silver gongs and other gongs headed by Xu Qi'an, they became even more shocked.

A certain official of the Ministry of Punishment glanced at Xu Qi'an, and said calmly: "In such a big case, the beater didn't even send a golden gong. I will definitely file a letter of impeachment tomorrow."

Xu Qi'an said indifferently: "Why do you need to explain to your Ministry of Punishment when the watchman investigates the case?"

After a pause, he said: "I heard that the Ministry of Punishment has detained many servants in Dali Temple, the Ministry of Rites, and the palace, and prevented us from calling watchmen for interrogation. Lord Shangshu, dare to ask what this means."

Sun Shangshu, who had met once before, didn't speak, didn't even look at Xu Qi'an, picked up the teacup expressionlessly, and took a sip.

In officialdom, serving tea means seeing off guests.

The corner of Xu Qi'an's mouth curled up, and instead of arguing, he quietly found a seat and sat down.

In the eyes of everyone, he admitted to being cowardly and endured Sun Shangshu's dismounting.

At this time, an official rushed over in a panic, glanced at the beating guards, bowed his head and whispered a few words in the ear of an official of the Ministry of Punishment.

The official of the Ministry of Punishment changed his face greatly, and he stood up against the case, pointed at Xu Qi'an and others with his halberd, and scolded: "It's unreasonable, there is no law at all!"

All the officials in the hall frowned.

Sun Shangshu said: "What's going on?"

The official of the Ministry of Punishment looked excited, and cupped his hands and said: "Master Shangshu, Eunuch Liu, these group of watchmen killed people at the entrance of our criminal department, and they killed generals with official positions. How arrogant and arrogant. They must be severely punished."

All the officials were taken aback, even the great eunuch who put on airs and squinted his eyes and said nothing, looked at Xu Qi'an and the others in surprise.

Sun Shangshu's face remained unchanged, he patted the armrest of the chair lightly, and said: "The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of criminal laws and laws, to share your majesty's worries, and to plead for the people, come here."

"Slow!" Xu Qi'an interrupted loudly, and said with a sneer: "I was ordered to investigate the case, and the Criminal Department obstructed and obstructed the handling of the case. I held the gold medal and cut it first and then played it. In addition, I suspect that the Criminal Department colluded with the criminals. The culprit who destroyed the Shanhe Temple in Yongzhen, Sun Shangshu, why don't you come with me to the Dagengren Yamen?"

How dare you be so rigid?

The officials of the government office looked at each other in dismay, unbelievable, is this really something that a little gong dares to say?

Sun Shangshu is a second-rank official who holds great power, one of the princes in the court, the Tongluo in front of him dares to speak like this, and doesn't take Sun Shangshu seriously.

The officials of the government office couldn't help looking at their immediate superiors, but found that Chen Fuyin was looking at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, pretending not to see it.

"Bold!"

"Dare to frame Lord Shangshu, how many heads do you have?"

The officials of the Ministry of punishment were furious.

Xu Qi'an was even more frantic. He took a step forward, pressed the knife with one hand, and stared at the people in the Ministry of Criminal Justice: "If the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot solve the case, I will solve it. If the Ministry of Criminal Justice cannot kill people, I will kill them!"

"And!" Xu Qi'an took out the gold medal bestowed by His Majesty from his arms, shook his hand, and "bang" the gold medal spun and embedded in the ground, splashing fine dust.

"The Criminal Department dares to obstruct my handling of the case, and I will kill the Criminal Department together!"

"Is it clear enough?"

The meeting hall was silent, and the furious officials of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs suddenly became silent, not because of fear, but because of shock.

What happened to the yamen? What happened to Wei Yuan?

Sending such a stunned youth to handle the case, isn't this giving the handle to the political opponents?

Just based on these words, if he is caught in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he will be unable to get out for the rest of his life. Tomorrow, the Ministry of Punishment will join Wei Yuan's book to see how he explains it.

"Hehe!" The eunuch in the boa robe laughed, "Sure enough, he is young and vigorous, showing his sharpness."

He looked around the crowd: "Let me introduce this Tongluo to everyone, he was recommended by the eldest princess, and was personally named by His Majesty as the chief officer of the yamen.

"By the way, Duke Wei sentenced him to beheaded seven days later because he beheaded his superior. His Majesty is merciful and allows him to take the crime and make meritorious service."

No wonder the host officer handpicked by His Majesty dared to slash and injure his superiors so violently. After seven days, he was cut in half. No wonder the killing intent was so intense!

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment suddenly fell silent.

This is a hopeless lunatic, solving crimes is his only hope, such a person is the easiest to go to extremes. If he was pushed into a hurry, I'm afraid he would be willing to bring a few to be buried with him.

This can be seen from his beheading the officer without hesitation.

Seeing that the officials of the Ministry of Punishment were seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages one after another, the chief eunuch pressed his hand and said, "Sit down, the Sangbo case is very involved, and His Majesty attaches more importance to the tax and silver case than the tax and bank case. I have been specially appointed as the governor to urge you to handle the case." .

"It's just the right time to call the watchman, so I'll talk to you guys later."

This eunuch is obviously more inclined to me, to be more precise, it is the beater, is it Wei Yuan's relationship?

Xu Qi'an cupped his fists and returned to his seat.

Song Tingfeng was very cooperative. He ran forward and pulled out the gold medal, offering it with both hands: "My lord, your gold medal."

Xu Qi'an glanced at the crowd like a demonstration, and reached out to take it: "Yes!"

His Liwei in the second stage works very well.

Creating an image of yourself as a desperate reckless man can solve many problems in the future. If the people in the Ministry of Punishment and the government office want to strive for success, they have to weigh it first. The guy I have to face is a psychopath who draws his sword and kills people at the slightest disagreement.

As for the troubles that will be caused in the future, Xu Qi'an doesn't care, because he believes that Wei Yuan will protect him from the wind and rain. Secondly, if the case cannot be settled, he doesn't have to worry about the follow-up. He will either die or leave the capital forever.

Eunuch Liu took a sip of tea and said, "There are people missing in the three yamen. These missing people are most likely dishes, helping thieves secretly smuggle gunpowder. What do you think about this matter?"

Chen Fu Yin said: "Our government has sent people to investigate the family members of the nine deceased, all of them are still in the capital, and have no knowledge of the disappearance of their relatives. This government deduces that the nine people did not escape, but were silenced."

Eunuch Liu nodded slightly.

An official from the Ministry of Punishments said: "In the three yamen, there must still be hidden dishes, and the more hidden dishes are the ones who killed people and wiped out those who knew."

Eunuch Liu frowned and pondered.

Xu Qi'an observed silently. Since he stayed and participated in the meeting, the detainees were of little use.

Because as long as you listen to the conversations between the Ministry of Punishment and government officials, you can get the information you want to know.

"I'm afraid not only Dali Temple and the Ministry of Rites, but even the Ministry of Industry has dishes." Lu Qing said solemnly.

Everyone looked at the only woman present.

Eunuch Liu looked at Lu Qing and nodded: "Continue."

Lu Qing said: "The humble staff has investigated their family background and interpersonal relationships. With their abilities, they are not enough to smuggle so much gunpowder from the gunpowder factory. Therefore, there must be someone from the Ministry of Industry secretly assisting, and the official position is not small."

Official position is not small

"Gunpowder is a strategic material that the court attaches great importance to. Various confidentiality and anti-theft measures are very strict and complete. Without the assistance of senior officials from the Ministry of Industry, this matter would not be possible."

The logic was clear and reasonable, and everyone kept nodding their heads as they listened, and looked at Lu Qing, the female captor, with admiration.

Xu Qi'an noticed that an eunuch next to Eunuch Liu was writing vigorously, as if he was taking notes, recording the conversations of everyone.

Is this to be shown to Emperor Yuan Jing?

The old emperor attaches more importance to this case than the tax and bank case. Well, yes, I don’t know what that thing came out of Sangbo.

Something that is not extremely scary or extremely important will not be sealed in Sangbo.

Xu Qi'an thought to herself.

Eunuch Liu, who was wearing a python robe, looked towards the watchman, looked at Xu Qi'an, and asked, "Master Xu, don't keep silent. As the chief officer of the watchman, what have you gained?"

Officials from the government office and the Ministry of Punishment looked over at the same time.

PS: I'm a little tired, and I don't want to correct the typo word by word. Please remember to mention it in this chapter and remind me.

The plot of these chapters is more serious, so I won't be skinny.