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Chapter 238 Don't Scatter Eagles If You Don't See Rabbits (Part [-])

On the seventh day of October in the 43rd year of Kangxi, the first snow of this winter finally fell. Although it was not very heavy, it stopped from midnight to dawn, and there was not much snow. It just coated the ground of the capital with a layer of silver white. , but the weather suddenly turned cold, the temperature was extremely low, although it was not yet to the point of freezing, but the cold wind was blowing on the face, but it was already freezing. This kind of weather is only suitable for cats in the house She got up early in the morning, practiced the civil and military homework stipulated by Old Master Chen, and only had time to pick up a bowl of porridge before rushing to the prison of the Ministry of Justice in a sedan chair.

It has been five days since he took over the Caishikou case, but the case still hasn't made much progress at all, even though the fourth master has basically transferred all the guards in the house to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, searching and detecting day and night Unfortunately, the income is very limited-there are quite a few officials of the Ministry of Punishment brought by him for interrogation, but these old gangsters are more difficult to deal with each other, and it is difficult to act with the help of Eighth Master and his group It is impossible to obtain any substantive evidence by relying on verbal intimidation alone. The case has reached a stalemate at this point in the trial, and the fourth master who has nothing to do can only hold on to the daily interrogation , while urging Hongqing from time to time to start apprehending the fugitive death row prisoner.

Arresting escaped death row prisoners is easy to say, but it's just a sentence, but it's not so easy to do. It's easy to catch documents at sea. If you order, the Ministry of punishment will hurry up and do it, but you need to mobilize troops from five cities It is a troublesome task for the Secretary to go after him. For this reason, Hong Qing did not know how many times he ran back and forth. Tuo Heqi, who holds the power of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, just refused to cooperate well. Even if he sent a manpower, Most of them are just in vain, but Hong Qing doesn't care about it, he has already made arrangements for dealing with it, but he is not afraid that he will not be able to do the job, so he just plays superficial and perfunctory to deal with the fourth master every day. , but I didn't expect that Si Ye could not bear to wait, so he took action by himself, and sent the guards in the mansion to arrest all the three families involved in the criminal prison, and then sent a letter to Hong Qing, asking Hong Qing to interrogate as soon as possible Obviously, after such an adjustment, Hong Qing naturally had no excuse to work abroad, and had to report to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice early in the morning.

The matter of hearing the case is undoubtedly very trivial. Although Hongqing just went through the main findings of the three families as a matter of routine, she couldn't stand the large number of people detained. After all the trouble, it was already past noon. Tired and hungry, Hong Qing hastily used up the bento that Liu San'er brought, and planned to go back home to have a good rest, but she stayed out of the "A" cell, but changed her mind , leading a group of guards to step on the snow to the "D" prison not far away.

"Wang Yanhe, the head of the imprisoned hall, kowtowed to the young prince."

Just as Hong Qing and the others reached the gate of the prison, they saw a middle-aged official in a sixth-rank official robe leading a group of prisoners hastily greeted them, and they were so respectful that they couldn't stop paying respects.

"Excuse me, isn't the lord on duty today? Why do you have the leisure to hang around here?"

Seeing that the person who came to meet him was Wang Yanhe, Hong Qing couldn't help but frowned slightly, not for any other reason, but because Hong Qing knew very well that this person was the servant of Master Jiu, who appeared at such a time It was obviously not a good thing to be in the prison with the word "Ding", and there were inevitably some thorns in the words he shouted.

"The little prince was joking. The next official is the head of the prison hall, and the various prisons of the prison are also responsible for their duties. They have been sent by the superior. I am afraid that they will be dedicated to doing business in this prison for the rest of this month. I don't know if the little prince will come. Do you have any orders?"

Wang Yanhe was sent by the Eighth Master to the "Ding" cell to stare at Mu Ning and the others. Naturally, he is not an idle person. Although he heard the sarcasm in Hong Qing's words, he was unmoved in the slightest and kept smiling He explained it carefully, with the air of resignation.

"It's nothing serious. Ben Baylor has a foreign friend who is being talked about here. How about asking Mr. Wang for convenience?"

Seeing that although Wang Yanhe was respectful, but his eyes did not dodge at all, Hong Qing's heart sank involuntarily, knowing that this person might not be so easy to deal with, so she didn't bother to go around and make a request directly .

"This..., hehe, the little prince Mingjian, the prisoners in this prison are full of suspects awaiting trial. According to the law, they are not allowed to visit in private. The duty of the next official, please ask the little prince Haihan to take care of it."

Sure enough, as Hong Qing expected, although Wang Yanhe looked embarrassed, there was no room for discussion in his refusal.

"Well, Mr. Wang is a good official if he is loyal to his duties. If everyone in the court can do this, why worry about the world not being able to rule, good, very good."

As an aristocrat, it is naturally impossible for Hongqing to have any serious disputes with Wang Yanhe here. If there is a real quarrel, it will definitely be a bullet. Such an immediate loss, Hongqing will not take it, it is just With a smile on his face, he praised Wang Yanhe.

"The little prince has won the award, the lower official is just doing his job, I really don't dare to be the little prince's absurd award."

Wang Yanhe could hear that Hong Qing's words were obviously ironic, but he thought that he had Ba Ye and others backing him, but he refused to make any concessions. He stood in front of Hong Qing without any intention of giving way.

"Your Majesty Wang is on a errand, and Ben Baylor also has the imperial order. He has to capture the fugitive death row prisoners. Today, he searched all over the capital and couldn't find them. Ben Bayle suspects that the three fugitive death row prisoners are still hiding in the prison cell of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Thoroughly investigate, and ask Lord Wang to lead the way, Ben Baylor intends to search from the cell with the word 'D', please stop!"

How could Hong Qing be so easy to dismiss, seeing that it was hard to say, she immediately changed her face, assumed the posture of an imperial envoy, and gave the order unceremoniously.

"This... I'm afraid it can't be done. This place is an important place of the Ministry of Punishment. How could those death row prisoners fall into the trap of themselves? The little prince is joking."

Seeing Hong Qing put on a business-like posture, Wang Yanhe couldn't bear it any longer. In the cold weather, he broke out in a cold sweat, but he refused to give in, so he explained with a smile on his face. some.

"Hey, the killing of the white goose happened in the most important place of the Ministry of Criminal Justice? Since all the prisoners in custody can be replaced, what can't be done? No matter how much it is, don't blame Ben Baylor ruthless!"

Since she turned her face, Hong Qing would not be very polite with Wang Yanhe, so she put on a gloomy face and put on a posture of dominating others.

"Ah, this..., that's fine too, little prince, please!"

Wang Yanhe could ignore Hongqing's request to visit friends, but he didn't dare to stand up to Hongqing in official matters. If Hongqing were to be taken down in one fell swoop, even if Ba Ye and others came forward, they would definitely keep Wang Yanhe Zhou Quan, Wang Yanhe also didn't want to try at such a loss, after a little struggle, he still had to do what Hong Qing said.

"Well, you will go in with Ben Baylor to search, and you must not let go of every cell. You have searched carefully. If you miss the thief, Ben Baylor will punish you severely!"

The fake show must be done for real, otherwise, there is a possibility of being criticized by others, Hong Qing knows this very well, so she will not make such low-level mistakes, so she is not in a hurry to enter the prison. Instead, he turned around and gave Li Minxing and other palace guards a death order with a solemn expression.

"twitter!"

All the guards knew the true meaning of Hong Qing's words, so they couldn't help but secretly laughed, but they didn't dare to show it, they could only agree with the promise with a suppressed smile.

The prisons of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are divided into North and South Prisons, the South Prison houses male prisoners, and the North Prison houses female prisoners. The South Prison has four buildings and the North Prison has two buildings. The specifications are the same, and the same is true for dark, dirty and smelly. People walk in it and feel natural. Fortunately, Hong Qing had already spent a noon in the "A" prison cell in the South Prison before, and he was used to the dark and murderous atmosphere of the cell, so he didn't feel too uncomfortable. Of course, Hong Qing himself would not do the fussy search of the prison. Li Minxing and others were doing it pretendingly. As for Hong Qing herself, she was just wandering leisurely. Just wear it.

"My lord, my lord, I'm here, I'm here, I'm Mu Ning!"

The search was carried out very carefully, and the progress could not be fast. After more than half an hour, less than half of the prison cells were searched, and they had just turned a corner where a few torches were inserted, before Hong Qing got used to the light and dark. Turning around, I saw a person in a cell on the left rushing to the fence, waving his hands indiscriminately, and shouting loudly.

"Munning?"

These days, Hong Qing has never visited Mu Ning in person because of the situation, but in private, he has arranged for the insider of the prison to bring Mu Ning some food. It's relatively comfortable, but suddenly seeing Mu Ning's ragged and unkempt face, he looked like a beggar, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.

"It's me, it's me, little prince, you are here, I..."

Mu Ning has always been a pampered master. He has been imprisoned for the past few days. Although he has never been taken to interrogation, he has suffered a lot of crimes. Seeing that Hong Qing has arrived, he feels that there is hope for salvation, and his mood is agitated. , Immediately choked up and couldn't speak a complete sentence.

"Brother Mu Ning is suffering."

Seeing Mu Ning, who used to be personable in the past, now looks like this, Hong Qing felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the reason why Mu Ning fell into such a field is really related to Hong Qing. It's not an exaggeration to be implicated by Hong Qing. Facing Mu Ning's eager eyes, Hong Qing couldn't help but feel a little guilty. For a while, she really didn't know what to say, so she could only speak dryly. He reassured him.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that this place is really not a place for people to stay, and I don't want to have a second time if I'm killed. Fortunately, you are finally here, little prince!"

Thinking of getting rid of the sea of ​​suffering soon, Mu Ning's eyes couldn't help but moisten, but he didn't notice that Hong Qing's face became more and more ugly.

(End of this chapter)