Chapter 54 Investigating the case Tianlao [Second update, please subscribe]

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Chapter 54 Investigating the case Tianlao [Second update, please subscribe]

Zhu Youxiao was still recuperating in Cining Palace. Even if Wan Guifei was greedy, she would not dare to leave Yuhuatian to do anything. So after taking over the drowning case, Yuhuatian left Cining Palace and returned to Xichang

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At this time, several key figures from Xichang were waiting in the Yamen.

Yan Shisan and the top stall owner Ma Jinliang stood at the main seats with cold and arrogant expressions. The laziness on Ding Xiu's face also disappeared. At this time, his face was also gloomy, and he was obviously in a bad mood.

Behind him is Ji Xueyong, the third gear head, wearing a sky blue python robe, with a shiny bald head, and a scar running through the upper and lower parts of his left eye. He looks quite ferocious, but at this time he is as docile as a kitten. In front of several elder brothers

, I don’t dare to be presumptuous at all.

Next to Ji Xueyong is Zhao Tong, the Xichang killer, with a green face showing disgust and a chilling look in his eyes.

Behind him is a young man wearing ordinary clothes. He has a handsome appearance and is a little reserved, but his cheekbones are protruding and his hands are covered with calluses. It is obvious that his martial arts skills are not weak. This person is Zheng Yuan, the boss who transferred from Dongchang before.

, the weapon is a meteor hammer.

Even Tan Luzi came after receiving the news of Yuhuatian's return. Although he was promoted to deputy governor and ranked third rank, he only dared to stand behind Ma Jinliang at this time and did not dare to go beyond him.

Tan Luzi was very self-aware. He knew that the reason why he was promoted was because the governor wanted him to be the deputy governor in charge of the internal affairs of the West Factory because of his loyalty. But if he dared to use the donkey on the slope to climb up to his former eldest brother

I am afraid that his life will not be easy. Therefore, in front of Ma Jinliang, he always keeps a low profile and does not dare to act like a deputy governor.

At this time, the atmosphere was silent, and everyone stood in the mansion, waiting quietly.

"Tap-ta-"

Not long after, crisp footsteps sounded outside the house, followed by Yuhuatian's aloof and indifferent figure appearing at the door.

Everyone looked solemn and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed:

"Meet the Overlord!"

Yu Huatian glanced at everyone, then walked straight to the governor's seat and sat down, waving his hands and saying: "Get up."

Everyone stood up.

Yuhuatian did not hesitate, and simply explained the situation of entering the palace to meet the saint, and then said: "There is something fishy about the emperor falling into the water. The emperor has asked me to be responsible for investigating the matter. Do you have any suggestions?

Tell me."

Hearing this, everyone seemed to have reached an agreement and turned their heads to look at Ding Xiu, who had a gloomy look on his face.

Yu Huatian's eyes flashed, and he also looked at Ding Xiu and asked, "Do you know about this?"

Ding Xiu took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, then took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Master Governor, just now my subordinate followed Lu Wenzhao to Prince Xin's Mansion, and accidentally discovered that someone did it deliberately for the emperor to fall into the water.

The person who did this is none other than King Xin Zhu Youjian. But... my master Ding Baiying and two junior brothers and sisters were all involved in this matter..."

A trace of surprise flashed in Yuhuatian's eyes, but he was not surprised. He nodded slightly and said, "Then what do you think?"

Ding Xiu was silent for a moment and said: "Ding Baiying is, after all, my subordinate's mentor, and her goals are actually the same as those of my subordinates. The reason why she chose to seek refuge with King Xin may be that she wanted to assassinate the emperor and support King Xin."

If you rise to the top, you can change the world today."

"My subordinate has already met with her, but I don't know if I can make her change her mind. If she can return from her lost ways and stay away from King Xin, I beg the governor to see that he can work with her master and apprentice."

Out of love, let her live, if not..."

Ding Xiu took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Then please allow the governor to allow my subordinates not to interfere in this case. As for whether they live or die, it has nothing to do with my subordinates!"

Hearing this, Yuhuatian nodded slightly, with a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.

The reason why he values ​​Ding Xiu is because he has clear grievances and attaches great importance to love and righteousness. If he really breaks off his relationship with Ding Baiying because of the case of falling into the water, and directly chooses to kill his family regardless of the relationship between master and disciple, Yuhuatian will

Instead, consider whether you can continue to use it in the future.

But now, Yuhuatian is very satisfied with his answer.

"Don't worry, since she is Master Qi, I will give her a chance to choose, including Lu Wenzhao."

Yu Huatian said calmly: "But you have been with me for so long, you should also know what my ambition is in my heart. The world is already chaotic enough, and it cannot be changed by changing the emperor, let alone Zhu Youjian

He’s not a wise master, he doesn’t have the ability to change the status quo.”

"My power at this moment comes from the emperor, so it is most beneficial to me as long as the emperor is alive. Anyone else who dares to murder the emperor is an enemy of me!"

"This time they were deceived by King Xin. For your sake, I don't have to worry about them. But if they are still stubborn, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

Ding Xiu felt relieved and said in a deep voice, "Ding Xiu understands, thank you Lord Governor!"

Yu Huatian nodded, then looked at Yan Shisan, Ma Jinliang and others, and said: "Leave this matter to you. This King Xin is a prince after all. If there is no definite evidence, we can't touch him."

, so we must get enough evidence before arresting him."

"You can start with the people who tampered with the treasure ship. The person who supervised the construction of the treasure ship was Guo Zhen, the eunuch who was the official supervisor of the East Factory. This person and Lu Wenzhao were former military colleagues. The two participated in the project together for eight years.

During the previous Battle of Sarhu, Guo Zhen was also a believer in King Xin, but since King Xin knows that the matter has been exposed, he will probably kill him to silence him, so you can control him in advance."

"In addition, the process of supervising the construction of the treasure ship will definitely leave records. The minutes of the supervision of the construction of the treasure ship should be managed uniformly in the archives of Jinyiwei. Go get the book back."

"Prince Xin's palace will also send people to watch him to death. We will wait until all the evidence is obtained and I report it to the emperor before we arrest him."

"yes!"

Everyone bowed solemnly, then turned and left.

Not long after, a large number of masters from the West Factory came out of the Yamen and began to act separately.

All the details of this matter have been given to Yu Huatian. With the strength of Yan Shisan and the others, as long as they act according to the plan, there will be basically no accidents. Therefore, Yu Huatian is not worried and has no intention of taking action personally.

If you have to do everything yourself, what should your subordinates do?

After sending them away, Yuhuatian pondered for a while, then got up alone and walked to the Tianlao.

He wanted to see a person to see if he could be subdued and complete the plan to break through the Grand Master as soon as possible...

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The criminal law of the Ming Dynasty was very strict. Not only did Hulong Villa, Dongxi No. 2 Factory and Jinyiwei supervise and investigate cases, but also the Ministry of Punishment was responsible for punishment.

Therefore, there were two places where prisoners were held in the Ming Dynasty: one was the imperial edict prison of Jinyiwei, and the other was the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

The other private prisons, whether they were secretly set up by Hulong Villa or Dongxi No. 2 Factory, were not recognized by the court and could not be brought to light.

The prison of the Ministry of Punishment, also known as the Tianlao in the conventional sense, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment.

As the official of the West Factory, Yu Huatian is a personal guard of the Emperor. He is in charge of the power of life and death of all civil and military officials. All officials are afraid of him like a tiger. In addition, now that he has the imperial gold medal in his hand, there is no place for Yu Huatian in the capital.

A place that cannot be reached.

Among them, it naturally includes the Prison Prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Seeing Yu Huatian coming, the official on duty didn't even dare to let out a fart, let alone ask any more questions, and just let him go.

Yuhuatian's destination was very clear. He passed through the dark and damp tunnel and went directly to the bottom of the Tianlao.

This place is very deep underground and is generally used to detain those more dangerous prisoners. Moreover, as long as you are locked up here, you will basically have no chance to get out again in your life, so the guards here are also extremely tight.

A team of dozens of jailers, all wearing armor and carrying swords, and even carrying crossbows at their waists, stood at the door patrolling with serious expressions.

Seeing Yu Huatian's arrival, the warden headed by him hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I'm sorry to see you, sir!"

Yu Huatian said calmly: "Is there a person named Gu Santong imprisoned on this floor? He is the one who was imprisoned by Tiedan Shenhou himself."

"Ancient three links?"

There was a trace of doubt in the eyes of the warden, and then he asked: "Is this the weird man you are talking about who has been imprisoned for twenty years? I don't know if this person is the one who was imprisoned by Lord Shenhou, but in that cell, it is true that

There is a stone tablet with the title of Lord Shenhou engraved on it, and no one has dared to touch it for twenty years."

"it's him."

Yuhuatian nodded, that stone tablet was specially placed in the cell by Zhu Wuwu.

This was because Zhu Wuyi used trickery to defeat Gu Santong, but did not kill him. Instead, he made him swear an oath that Gu Santong would not take a single step in the future wherever there was a Tietan Shenhou.

And it was because of this oath that Gu Santong was willing to be trapped in the Tianlao with a stone tablet by Zhu Wuwu without taking a step for twenty years. Otherwise, how could he be imprisoned with this Tianlao?

"Where is it? Take me there." Yuhuatian said without any doubt.

The warden did not dare to refuse and said quickly: "Sir, please come with me."

After a while, Yu Huatian followed the warden to the last cell in the sky prison.

The cell was entirely made of stone, except for an iron door in the middle. Through the small window of the iron door, no light could be seen. The small window was even covered with cobwebs. It was obvious that no one had been here for a long time.

"Sir, this is it."

The warden carefully looked at Yu Huatian's face. Seeing Yu Huatian looking at the spider webs on the small window, he was worried that Yu Huatian would misunderstand that they were abusing the prisoners, so he hurriedly explained:

"The prisoners in this cell are quite special. Lord Shenhou has specifically instructed that no one is allowed to come near this cell, and no one is allowed to bring food to the prisoners in the cell, so..."

Yuhuatian waved his hand and said directly without any nonsense: "Open it."

"yes!"

The warden hurriedly turned over the key. Perhaps no one had been here for a long time, so it took him a long time to find the key. He opened the cell door with him, then stepped back and stood respectfully beside him.
To be continued...