Thousands of Mountains

The emperor Chen Ze finally returned to the capital. The fact that the assassins encountered in the hunting ground camp was known to all courts at this time. General Yun left with his pet, and returned home after being punished. Naturally, the ministers would not let go of such a good opportunity to add insult to injury.

In the morning court on the first day back to Beijing, the judges remonstrated and impeached one after another. , and now they have committed such a rebellious and inhumane act of assassinating the king, it is simply sensational, and they jointly signed a letter demanding severe punishment.

Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin just stood and watched the farce. He glanced at Qi Yanzhi, only seeing a figure from his back, with his head slightly lowered, without saying a word.

The angry scene of the officials in the court finally calmed down a little bit. If it was usual, Chen Ze would have been impatient to listen to the nonsense of these officials who only scold people and do nothing. Today, they let them spit and spit. a few hours.

Yin Cen obviously felt that the wind direction had changed, and he couldn't help feeling vigilant.

The crown prince Chen Ji on the second-floor steps was nowhere to be seen. Yin Cen knew that last night when the spring hunters returned to Beijing, Chen Ji blocked the sword for the emperor. For the first time, Chen Ze let Chen Ji stay in the palace to recuperate for a few days. With the imperial physician guarding him day and night, this is probably the closest fatherly love Chen Ji has felt in the past 16 years.

But Chen Ji just wanted to go back to the Prince's Mansion as soon as possible, he didn't see Yin Cen for half a month, and such a big change happened, now he is trapped in the palace like an ant on a hot pot, restless.

Today's court also made Yin Cen a little uneasy. After the hustle and bustle calmed down, Chen Ze spoke unhurriedly and called four people to come out. Kong, Minister of Criminal Affairs Ruan Mingsha, Minister of Dali Temple Jiang Wansheng."

The four of them stood in the middle of the court hall, and Chen Ze said in a strict voice, "After retiring from the court today, the case of Spring Hunting's assassination will be tried jointly by the three jurisprudence divisions. Elder Qi Ge will be the presiding judge, and the other three divisions will be deputy judges. Do you understand?"

The four said in unison, "I understand."

Zou Hengkong turned sideways and asked Ruan Mingsha, "Master Ruan, is the suspect currently in prison at the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Ruan Mingsha replied, "That's true, General Yun and guard Shen Cang are both in prison."

Zou Hengkong said again, "The two of them have not been convicted yet, Lord Ruan please take good care of him."

Ruan Mingsha glanced sideways at Qi Yanzhi, flicked his sleeves and said disdainfully, "Master Zou is too worried. I have always acted according to the laws of Daning, so why worry so much."

Zou Hengkong turned to the emperor again, "May I ask your majesty, where are the two assassins who were assassinated that night?"

Chen Zedao, "The two gangsters committed suicide on the spot, and the corpses were disposed of by Xin Shangyun that day."

Zou Hengkong turned to the group of officials, raised his head slightly and asked, "Commander Xin, what should I do with the assassin's body?"

Xin Shangyun did not come out, he was tall and tall, looked down at Zou Hengkong in the crowd and said, "Such a vicious person should have been dragged out on the spot | his body was broken into pieces..."

When he said this, Qi Yanzhi suddenly raised his head and turned to look behind him with a frown. Xin Shangyun noticed Qi Yanzhi's abnormality, and his voice slowed down, "However, His Royal Highness tried his best to obstruct, saying that dead people are also evidence of crimes." , insisting that the murderer and the murder weapon be brought back together, and now both of them are in the mortuary."

Zou Hengkong's expression seemed to be relaxed, and a big stone fell from Yin Cen's heart. Zou Hengkong followed Xin Shangyun's words and continued, "His Royal Highness is absolutely right, if Lord Xin testifies against you in a fit of anger Yes, but violated the laws of my Daning."

Xin Shangyun glared at him, and was about to refute him, but Yin Cen just came out, and the four adults in the court cupped their hands and said, "As the censor of the capital, I need to cooperate with Lord Zou to try this case, but Since I am not familiar with the case, can Rong Xia inspect the assassin's body and murder weapon first, and understand what happened with the two suspects before the court hearing?"

Qin Nianqin also came out of the line at this time, cupped his hands and said, "My minister Qin Nianqin, Prime Minister of Dali Temple, also played, please go ahead and investigate together with Lord Yin."

Ruan Mingsha glanced at Zou Hengkong and Jiang Wansheng with a half-smile, "Is it yours?" Then he turned to Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin, "Young officials nowadays are so unruly? What do you want to check? What, it is natural to wait until after the interrogation to make arrangements, and it will never be your turn to act on your own."

Although Jiang Wansheng is the Minister of Dali Temple, his official rank is still one level lower than Ruan Mingsha's. Seeing this, he hurriedly said, "It's the lower officials who rarely restrain their subordinates. Please forgive me."

Then he gave Qin Nianqin a hard look.

Qin Nianqin and Yin Cen remained unmoved and stood still, waiting for the emperor Chen Ze to speak.

There was silence in the hall, and Chen Ze's voice was a little impatient and stern, "You can go to the mortuary to check. As for the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, anyone who has private contact with the suspect before the interrogation will be deemed to be guilty of the same crime as the suspect!"

When the sound came out, Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin's hearts trembled, Chen Ze had already announced his retirement from the imperial court.

Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin went straight to the mortuary. The two guards on duty were members of the Imperial Army. Yin Cen handed over his badge. , not to enter."

Yin Cen was in a hurry, and the trial would start in half an hour. At this moment, the little devil blocked the door. He was anxious and angry, with blue veins on his forehead, and pointed at the two men and cursed, "You Dare to stop? Just now the emperor personally allowed to inspect the mortuary, are you trying to resist the order?!"

"I'm sorry, the emperor's decree did not come to me. Since you are in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you naturally know the rules. We also follow the rules. If you let it in, you will turn around and ask the cabinet and the chief of ceremonies. Come on, can I afford it?" The doorman was still relentless.

Qin Nianqin was extremely impatient to chatter with these two, stepped forward and almost roared, "Do you know what kind of case this is? Rebellion, assassination! The emperor was furious about this case, and ordered to investigate every bit of this case! Such important two witnesses, you stop here so that no one can see them, who gave you the courage?! Half an hour later, the three judiciaries will have a joint trial. If you ask about the appearance, figure, and weapons of these two people, who will answer them? Are you?! Delaying the trial, not to mention dismissal, killing your dog's life is light!"

After this roar, the two little devils were obviously taken aback. They looked at each other hesitantly, and one of them stretched out his hand towards Qin Nianqin, "Big... man, waist card..."

Qin Nianqin handed over the waist badge and let out a cold snort, then pulled Yin Cen straight into the room.

Yin Cen silently gave Qin Nianqin a thumbs up under his sleeve, Niu Cha, the jade-faced scholar got angry... Wu Ye'er may not be able to match this power.

The light in the mortuary is dim, and ice bricks are laid all year round, making it extremely cold.

Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin walked to the innermost room, lifted the black curtain, and saw two corpses lying flat on the desk.

Wearing black night clothes, the corpse was escorted back from the Cuishan hunting ground, and it had begun to rot on the way. At this time, ice bricks were placed around it, but it still couldn't cover up the smell of the corpse.

There is no formalin in this era, Yin Cen looked at the corpse, if he didn't hurry up to test it, he might not be able to keep it for a few days.

Yin Cen took out a pair of linen gloves from his bosom, Qin Nianqin stared blankly, unexpectedly prepared?

Putting his hands on, Yin Cen quickly untied the clothes of the two of them. Except for the knife cut on the throat, there were no other marks on the whole body.

The two are ordinary in appearance and in stature, but from the body muscles, it can be seen that they are practitioners for many years. The entire palm of the right hand and the tiger's mouth are covered with calluses, and they are people who are accustomed to using knives.

knife?

A flash of light flashed in Yin Cen's mind, he picked up the long knife from the side of one person, moved it to the candle, and sized it up carefully.

This knife is very similar to his Green Mountain Blade, but it is different.

He remembered that on the day he met Yun Jianqing, he said that there were also a batch of Yun's knives that he personally forged in the Funan Camp. They were the same model as the Qingshan Blade, but heavier and wider, and more suitable for killing on the battlefield. Now this knives... ...Yin Cen saw a very small word "cloud" on the bottom of the back of the knife. Is this the Yun family knife that Yun Jianqing was talking about?

Yin Cen had never seen the Yun Family Saber before, if this one was real, Yun Jianqing really couldn't tell this time.

Qin Nianqin saw Yin Cen staring at the cloud word closely, and saw his brows furrowed tightly, and asked, "But what's wrong with this knife?"

Yin Cen raised his head and said worriedly, "The word cloud on it is the unique Yun family saber in Funanying. If this saber is really made by General Yun, it will be a disaster."

Qin Nianqin also picked up another knife and looked at it carefully, but he had doubts, "Ping Shan, why is this knife... so similar to yours?"

Yin Cen was taken aback, but he didn't expect that the scholar who didn't practice martial arts would also notice the similarity, and suddenly he fell into the guilty conscience of lying desperately before, "The appearance is a bit similar, but my knife...is obviously used by an assassin. It looks like a saber."

Qin Nianqin seemed to believe it or not. Although General Yun was framed by others, he, Yin Cen, and Chen Ji had also expected that they were also responsible for investigating the case at this moment. However, Yin Cen's worry and tension clearly exceeded the treatment. The attitude of routine cases.

When he met Yunnan, Yin Cen was calm when facing old foxes like Ye Mingzhi and Ren Tonghuan, and he was even more puzzled by Yin Cen's anxiety at this moment.

There was no time to think about it, the time for the Tripartite Trial has arrived.

Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin hurried to the place of interrogation - the Wenhua Hall where the cabinet works.

Yin Cen entered the cabinet for the first time, and when he entered, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Chen Ji was also there, sitting on the side of the main case as a deputy judge.

On such an occasion, it was difficult for the two of them to reveal anything, and they only exchanged glances. Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin sat beside their superiors as jurors, and Xin Shangyun, as a witness that night, was also present.

Qi Yanzhi arrived when the trial was approaching, and sat in the middle of the trial.

There are two scribes on the side, who have already laid out white paper and rubbed the ink. From now until the end of the interrogation, everything that everyone said will be recorded.

Before the time was right, Qi Yanzhi clapped the case and opened his voice, "Detain the suspects Yun Jianqing and Shen Cang into the palace!"