Nightwatcher

At nightfall, the mighty Marquis Mansion.

The mighty Marquis, who looked like a rich middle-aged man, sat on the chair with an ugly expression.

There are also two beautiful women in the hall, one of them is kneeling, crying with pear blossoms and rain, heartbroken.

Another beautiful woman comforted in a low voice.

The second daughter disappeared mysteriously today, combined with the collision of the carriage before the incident, Wei Wuhou concluded that her daughter was kidnapped.

He went through the possible enemies in his mind. If it is a political enemy, it should be impossible. After all, the hereditary title has been replaced by his generation, and he has been gradually squeezed out of the power stage of the imperial capital.

Of course, the nobles who are in a group are still an interest group that cannot be ignored.

But there is still a difference between the whole and the individual. Marquis Mighty Wu didn't remember that he had such a political enemy who went all out to kidnap his family members.

As for enemies, they have not made any enemies recently.

"Master has already reported to the officials, and also notified the Jinwu guard guarding the city gate. Don't worry, Ying'er will come back."

"Sister, Ying'er is a weak woman, if something happens to her, she won't be able to survive even if she finds her back."

Wei Wuhou's face twitched, and his face became more and more gloomy.

At this moment, a servant hurried in and shouted, "Master Hou, Miss has been found!"

Wei Wuhou and the two wives rushed to the front hall, and saw the haggard daughter whose face was still wet from tears, and the sword guard who sent her back.

After asking the butler to send the sword guard away with rewards, Marquis Mighty looked at his daughter for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief: "Ying'er, what's going on."

Zhang Yuying was embraced by her crying mother, and she cried, "It was the young master of Zhou's family who kidnapped me. He not only wanted to tarnish my daughter's innocence, but also planned to kill her to silence her."

He immediately told what he had seen and heard, and vividly added the story of how he escaped from the wolf's den by taking advantage of the negligence of the guards.

"Master Hou, you have to make decisions for my concubine and Ying'er." Zhang Yuying was trembling with motherhood.

"Master Hou, Zhou Li's repeated bullying of Ying'er is also insulting my Houfu." The wife said in a deep voice.

The mighty Marquis was furious, smashed the table with his palm, trembling with anger: "The surname Zhou is too deceitful!"

the next day.

Meridian Gate, the east side gate.

The civil and military officials of the last court were surprised to find that the Mighty Marquis came in armor today, but there was no weapon hanging from his waist.

On this day, an interesting thing happened in the hall.

The mighty Marquis put on his armor and went to the hall, carried out the meritorious deeds of his ancestors, and complained to Zhou Shilang tearfully.

Shouting: the ancestors slashed through thorns and thorns for the emperor, went through life and death, and the daughter of the descendants was bullied by others, and the majesty did not protect them.

Things are going crazy.

The culprit, Zhou Li, was stunned. I didn't know when I hijacked Miss Zhang Jiaer.

Emperor Yuan Jing was furious and ordered Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to handle the case and give the results within two days.

As a suspect in the case, Mr. Zhou Li's first stop was the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The person in charge of interrogating him was Xuncheng Yushi.

Sitting in front of the case, this official of the sixth grade, without further ado, gave Mr. Zhou a reprimand.

After beating Zhou Li, who was crying for his father and mother, he slapped the gavel: "Zhou Li, the yard where the concubine of the mighty Marquis is imprisoned is your private house?"

"Yes!" Zhou Li could only admit.

It is very common for powerful aristocrats to buy private houses in the inner city. When Zhou Li bought the yard, he didn't ask anyone else to do it.

His name is on the deed, and the government office also has procedures for buying a house.

"Since it's your yard, there's no need to talk about it, just sign it!"

Two yamen servants stepped forward, one took the confession, and the other forced Zhou Lihua into custody.

According to the review process of the three divisions, after the trial by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the verdict will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

So Mr. Zhou was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, where his treatment changed drastically.

Full of wine and meat, the doctor in charge of the criminal department thoughtfully found a doctor and applied gold sore medicine to Mr. Zhou's bloody buttocks.

After several hours of "interrogation", the Ministry of Criminal Justice overturned the result of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and ruled that Zhou Li was innocent, but someone planted the blame.

The dossier was handed over to Dali Temple.

Without further ado, Dali Temple gave Zhou Li another slap in the face. After some "rigorous" interrogation, Dali Temple rejected the judgment of the Ministry of Punishment and considered Zhou Li guilty.

The next day, seeing that Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment each insisted on their own opinions, but did not give a result, Emperor Yuan Jing ordered the three divisions to interrogate, and the case was escalated.

Dali Temple sent a temple official and two temple ministers; the Ministry of Punishment sent two doctors and four principals; the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent two censors to patrol the city.

A total of eleven officials jointly tried the case.

The camp of the joint trial of the three divisions is that the Ministry of Criminal Justice believes that Zhou Li is innocent, but was framed by culprits. Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate unanimously found Zhou Li guilty.

The two sides wrangled for a whole day, and without a winner, naturally there was no result.

Until dusk, a white-clothed Sitianjian was invited to the Yamen by officials.

"According to His Majesty's will, come to assist in handling the case." Si Tianjian's white robe explained his intention, looked at Zhou Li who was kneeling in front of the hall, and shouted:

"Zhou Li, did you kidnap Zhang Yuying, the concubine daughter of the mighty Marquis Marquis?"

Zhou Li shook his head again and again: "I didn't, it wasn't me, I was wronged."

A group of officials stared at Si Tianjian's white clothes.

The white-clothed man said righteously, "He's lying!"

Zhou Li's face was bloodless.

Three days later, Zhou Shilang was dismissed from office and sent into the army because he was greedy for money and food from the Mo state treasury and was not strict in teaching his children. His son Zhou Li was exiled in southern Xinjiang.

Fifty riders were driving slowly on the official road, Second Uncle Xu rode his horse to lead the way, and the horse's hoof was so proud of the spring breeze.

After the news of Zhou Shilang's downfall came, Xu Pingzhi dragged Xu Qi'an and Xu Erlang to drink all night. There is both the joy of revenge and the ease of unloading a heavy burden.

The two brothers rode behind Xu Pingzhi, and Xu Erlang said, "I have something to ask my brother."

Xu Dalang glanced at him sideways: "I wonder why Zhou Li would plead guilty to this crime, or why the mighty Marquis and other court officials would not see through this not-so-sophisticated frame-up?"

Xu Erlang pondered: "I only thought of part of it. For Zhou Shilang's political enemies, it doesn't matter whether Zhou Li was wronged or not. They will seize this bargaining chip and bite Zhou Shilang to death.

"For the mighty Marquis, this is a chance to take revenge. In the past, he couldn't beat Zhou Shilang because he didn't have any helpers. Now it's a god-given opportunity. That's why he went to the palace in armor that day, causing a lot of discussion in the court.

"As for whether his daughter was kidnapped by Zhou Li, he may doubt it, but before there is enough evidence, it is obvious that this young master Zhou who bullies his daughter again and again is even more hateful.

"What I can't figure out is that Zhou Li didn't do this. Shilang Zhou and his party know it well, and they should take countermeasures."

"Why did you go to Sitianjian the day you became me?" Xu Qi'an laughed loudly: "Do you still remember what is the name of Sitianjian Bapin?"

The "eighth-rank qi watcher" Xu Xinian's eyes bloomed with brilliance, and he suddenly became enlightened.

"During the tax and bank case, the sorcerers of the Sitianjian participated in the tracking and trial of the case, which shows that the current emperor is dependent on the Sitianjian." Xu Qi'an looked ahead, proudly:

"The case looks unreasonable at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that there are no clues left. Well, brother, I am a professional in this field. Coupled with the factor of party disputes, the case is destined to be troublesome and difficult to investigate, so the simplest and most effective The best way, of course, is to find the sorcerer of Si Tianjian."

Xu Xinnian was convinced: "So, big brother bought Si Tianjian's sorcerer."

"Vulgar!" Xu Qi'an spat, and said openly: "The matter of the alchemist, how can it be called a bribe, it is an exchange of equal value!"

After a pause, he said, "Farewell to the old, remember, except for blood relatives, all friends and enemies in this world are because of the word "interest", especially in the officialdom."

"No one will treat you well for no reason, and no one will hate you for no reason. Even if it is your best friend, if he makes friends with you, it must be because your existence is of positive use to him .”

"In the future, when you become an official in the court, the eldest brother hopes that you can be a capable minister, not an upright official." Xu Qi'an instilled his own private goods into the younger brother, and said slowly: "Remember, be as light as dust."

To train the younger brother to become the chief assistant of Dafeng, first of all let him become his own shape. Otherwise, what's the use of cultivating a chief assistant who is different from each other?

Xu Nian stared into the distance, and said loudly: "What if I am lost in the fog of power in the future?"

"That's your own good fortune. Of course, if Ci Jiu becomes a treacherous official who is out of order, the eldest brother will clean up the house." Xu Qi'an said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Okay!" Xu Xinian confronted each other, "If my elder brother becomes a martial artist who will cause trouble, so will I."

Why do I feel like I set a flag? Xu Qi'an coughed and looked at Xu Pingzhi: "Second Uncle, you want to witness for us."

"Get out!" Xu Pingzhi turned around and cursed: "Open your mouth and keep your mouth shut, pretending that I don't exist?"

ps: In order to highlight the party struggle and the despair of the evil villain Mr. Zhou, I originally wrote a total of 6,000 words in the paragraph of the review of Zhou Li.

For this reason, I also checked the ancient case-solving process.

Later, I thought, why did I give so much ink to a small supporting role? Isn't this a mess of priorities. With so much pen and ink, how good it is for me to write about my aunt...

So the essence was extracted, the party struggle was highlighted, and the trial process was shortened. That thing is not interesting to write, I guess you will not like it.

The plot of Zhou Shilang is the beginning of this whole volume.