"Are you sure there is no problem?" asked the fifth line.

"What are you talking about? Don't you know who I am?" Zhu Zhizhi asked.

"I know, the noble Princess Qingying!" This was originally a good saying, but when spoken from the fifth line, it always sounded a bit awkward.

"That's alright, I grew up in the palace, why can't I settle this little matter?" Zhu Zhizhi asked with some pride.

"Then you grew up in the palace, have you ever been to Tianlao?" The fifth line also said in a rhetorical tone.

"Well, not really." Zhu Zhizhi replied sheepishly.

"Haha! That's not the same as me." The fifth line sneered.

"How is it possible? Do you believe it or not, the people in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment must recognize me?" Zhu Zhizhi said with great certainty.

Regarding this point, Wu Xing also believed it, so naturally he would not argue with her.

The fifth line entered the palace for the first time, but Zhu Zhizhi grew up in the palace, so this time the fifth line had to let her accompany him in. Mu Xianxin originally wanted to follow, but because Mu Xianxin was talking nonsense in Yunxia Tower, she

In the fifth line, the business was not done, but instead something happened

This caused a lot of trouble. So the fifth line stopped letting her come, and even sued the little junior sister in front of the master. Regarding this, the fifth line seemed to be a bit too stingy, and Zhu Zhizhi gave him the nickname "stingy"

The nickname "Ghost" is quite correct.

But then again, if Mu Xianxin is brought into the palace to investigate the case in the fifth line, and she is still talking nonsense, it will really cause a big mess, and it will not just be a fight.

It's so easy to settle the matter.

Zhu Zhizhi was very familiar with the palace. Although she had never been to the prison of the Ministry of Punishments, she still knew where it was. The two of them came straight to the door of the prison. Zhu Zhizhi originally wanted to go in directly with the fifth line, but did not want to be watched by the two

The officers and soldiers at the door stopped him, which immediately aroused the laughter of the fifth line: "Haha! Didn't you say that they all know you?"

"We know each other, so we have to act according to the rules!" Zhu Zhizhi argued.

After she finished speaking, she immediately took out a token, and then said to the jailer: "In case of internal secret investigation, let your biggest leader come to see me immediately."

Zhu Zhizhi said it with great air and seemed to feel that she was very proud. In the fifth line, she originally thought that she was holding a princess token, but when she saw it, she realized that it also had the words "Ouchi Secret Agent" written on it, which was actually the same as herself.

It's the same, it's also a first-class gold medal for Ouchi Secret Agent.

When the jailer saw that it was a spy from Ouchi, he immediately sent someone in to inform the officer.

"How come you have this?" asked the fifth line.

"It's a token! Little thing, I can have as many as I want." Zhu Zhizhi said very grandly.

Soon, a prison officer came out together with the guard. Seeing that it was Zhu Zhizhi, the prison officer hurriedly knelt down and said: "I'm going to the prison of the Prison Department, Jin Qiu, to see Princess Qingying, and at the same time I saw the Fifth Young Hero."

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"I'm just telling you! Someone must know me." Zhu Zhizhi immediately showed off in front of the fifth row, as if he wanted to regain the face he had just lost.

But the fifth line ignored her at all, and asked in a very suspicious tone: "Master Jin, do you know we are coming?"

"Of course." Jin Qiu replied with a smile.

"How do you know?" Line 5 asked sharply.

"Haha! The superiors have already ordered me to fully cooperate with you two, so I know this." Jin Qiu said with a smile.

"So, everyone in the Criminal Department knows about it?" The fifth line's face turned a little ugly.

"Hey! Stingy, don't be so nervous. Mr. Jin, please take us in first." Zhu Zhizhi said very relaxedly.

Hearing this, Jin Qiu immediately led the way. The fifth line then took the opportunity to whisper to Zhu Zhizhi: "Didn't the prince say that we should come in secretly? How come the people from the Criminal Department also know about it?"

"If we want to enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, my imperial brother must inform the Minister of Punishment, Mr. Zhao, in advance! Therefore, it is normal for the people in the Ministry of Punishment to know about this! Mr. Zhao must have told Mr. Jin in advance, just to let us come in more easily.

Convenient." Zhu Zhizhi replied.

"Aren't you afraid that people from Dongchang will find out?" The fifth line asked again.

"You probably don't know much about the affairs in the palace. Mr. Zhao Yanyong, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, has always been at odds with Eunuch Shi Zhong of the East Factory. Shi Zhong even regarded Zhao Yanyong as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh. But because

The emperor and my brother both trust Mr. Zhao very much.

, so Shi Zhong has nothing to do with him for the time being. Since my imperial brother has greeted Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao must know the importance and will definitely keep it a secret for us. As long as Mr. Jin doesn’t talk nonsense, there should be no problem.

" Zhu Zhizhi explained.

"Oh! That's it." The fifth line really doesn't understand officialdom matters, and has no interest in understanding them.

The prison chief of the Ministry of Punishment usually has an official rank of the sixth rank. Although the fifth rank holds a sinecure position, he is a senior official of the fourth rank. He is on an equal footing with the Minister of Punishment and can be regarded as Jin Gu's superior.

"Master Jin, have you had any prisoners from Dongchang sent here in the past month or two?" Line 5 followed Jin Qiu and asked.

"Yes, but not much." Jin Qiu replied.

"Can you show us the list of these people?" Line 5 asked again.

"It's simple. I'll get the list of all the prisoners right away and show it to the princess and the fifth young hero." Jin Qiu said, and immediately entered the file room and carefully searched for the list of prisoners.

In the fifth line, he originally wanted to follow up and take a look, but was stopped by Zhu Zhizhi and said: "The file room of the Penal Department Prison is a confidential place. It is best not to break in."

The fifth line was originally a free and unrestrained man in the world, but being restricted everywhere in the palace really made him very unhappy.

After a while, Jin Qiu found the prisoner's roster, but it was two thick books. Jin Qiu held the two rosters and said: "This one is for the prisoners sent by Dongchang, and the other one is from Dongchang."

Ben is a prisoner in our criminal department."

Wu Xing and Zhizhi took a look at the two rosters and saw that the list of prisoners from the Criminal Department was much thicker than that of Dongchang. Jin Qiu was a smart man. Since he knew that Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi came in to investigate the case,

That must be looking at the information of some recent prisoners. Although the fifth line only said to look for prisoners sent by Dongchang, Jin Qiu simply found all the rosters of the Criminal Department.

"Where are the prisoners sent in the past month or two?" Zhu Zhizhi asked.

"Oh! Back to Princess, there are dates on it, the last one or two months are all at the back." Jin Qiu replied.

"It's best to look for both books. You look at yours, and I'll look for this one." As Jin Qiu expected, in the fifth line, he really planned to read both books.

However, the two of them looked through it carefully two or three times, looking for all the prisoners from more than half a year ago, but no suspicious person's name appeared at all.

"Forget it, it should be gone." Both Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi returned without success, so they returned the roster to Jin Qiu, leaving him to return it to its original place.

Jin Qiu acted very quickly. After quickly returning the roster to the archives room, he came out and asked, "May I ask the princess and the fifth young hero, what are their plans next?"

"Master Jin, can you gather together all the prisoners in the past two months and let us find them one by one. Maybe their names have been changed when they came in, which is not impossible." The fifth line said doubtfully.

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"This is indeed possible." Zhu Zhizhi also agreed.

"The thing is not difficult to handle, but..." Jin Qiu seemed a little embarrassed.

"Is there anything wrong? Master Jin."

"Back to the fifth young hero, Mr. Zhao has repeatedly told me that only the lower official should know about the two coming in. If we gather all these prisoners together, there will definitely be a lot of noise, and we are afraid of leaks.

If even a little bit of information is leaked, I will not be able to bear the consequences!" Jin Qiu expressed his difficulties.

In the fifth line, hearing what he said made her even more convinced that what Zhu Zhizhi said just now was true. Since Jin Qiu was so scared, he probably knew the seriousness of the matter and naturally did not dare to go out and talk nonsense.

"Then in Lord Jin's opinion, what should we do?" Zhu Zhizhi seemed to have realized that Jin Qiu had other ideas, so she spoke.

"Back to the princess, the prisoners usually come out every few hours to get some fresh air. Later, the official will arrange for them to go out for a breather. He also invites the princess, the fifth young hero, and the official to go up to the archery tower and just observe from the top.

These prisoners should be able to see clearly whether there are two people they are looking for. In this way, it will not make too much noise, and it will just be a routine matter, and will not arouse others' suspicion.

"Jin Qiu suggested to Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi.

"Master Jin still wants to be considerate, so we will do as you say, and please make arrangements as soon as possible." The fifth line saw that Jin Qiu's words were reasonable, so he agreed very politely.

"Then please princess and the Fifth Young Hero please wait here for a moment, and I will go and make arrangements immediately." Jin Qiu said and went to the prison to make arrangements, while the Fifth Line and Zhu Zhizhi could still only wait here.

Not long after, Jin Qiu came back, and it seemed that his work efficiency was not bad at all.

"Princess, Fifth Young Hero, things have been arranged. Please follow me to the arrow tower to see what's going on." Jin Qiu said politely.

Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi did not expect Jin Qiu to work so quickly, so they just followed Jin Qiu towards the arrow tower.

The prison area of ​​the Criminal Department is like an urn city, surrounded by walls that are too high to climb, leaving only two gold and iron gates. There are arrow towers on the east, west, north and south of the wall, and there are many officers, soldiers and crossbowmen guarding the arrow towers.

, as long as the entrance and exit gates are closed, even the birds cannot fly out at all.

The two men from the fifth line followed Jin Qiu to the archery tower, while officers and soldiers below were releasing the prisoners one after another on a monthly basis. Jin Qiu himself pointed them out to the fifth line and Zhu Zhizhi one by one upstairs, and explained which ones they were.

When did the prisoner come? Wu Xing and Zhu Zhizhi searched one by one according to Jin Qiu's instructions, but still did not find any suspicious person, not even a similar person.

After all the prisoners were released, Zhu Zhizhi asked: "Master Jin, is that all?"

"All the prisoners who came in in the past three months have been released. If there is still no one you are looking for, they must not be here." Jin Qiu replied.

"Are there any important prisoners who were held in solitary confinement but have not been released?" the fifth line asked.

"In the past three months, no repeat offenders have come in, and no one has been detained." Jin Qiu replied.
Chapter completed!