The old Minister of Dali Temple actually no longer reviews the case files of Dali Temple very much.
His eyes are now dim and he can no longer see clearly the fine print on the case file. Even his hearing is actually not very good now. He now has to shout loudly to hear people clearly.
If it were not for the divine grace, he would have returned to his hometown long ago.
Fortunately, he finally resigned successfully this time, so even though he still comes to Dali Temple on time every day to report, his role here is actually just that of a mascot. His work is basically ignored by those below. After the people were separated, he only came here to water the flowers, drink tea, bask in the sun, and have a heart-to-heart talk with the people below.
Of course, he is an old man who is about to retire and return to his hometown, and has never formed a clique. Now that he is leaving, the place will be deserted. Everyone is very busy, and the people below are not willing to listen to his nagging anymore.
The only people who could care about him were Lu Zhizhang and Zhao Shuhai. After all, whether they could take his place or not, the old man still held a crucial vote.
And Lu Zhizhang is really busy with official work, so even if he wants to go to the old man to try to establish relations, he actually doesn't have much time.
In the end, the only one who had this free time to accompany him was Zhao Shuhai.
However, because the old man loved talking about his skills as an official, Zhao Shuhai no longer liked coming over to talk to the old man.
So when Lu Zhizhang entered the courtyard of the Dali Temple Qing, he could see that the Dali Temple Qing was now personally taking care of the blue hydrangeas in his yard.
But the old man heard the servant shout into his ear that Lu Shaoqing was here.
The old man just put down the small kettle in his hand. He squinted his eyes with all his strength and saw Lu Zhizhang clearly. Then he said, "Lu Shaoqing, you are such a rare visitor. Why do you have time to see me, old man, today? Why? Yun?" Has the governor’s case been investigated thoroughly?”
Hearing the old man mention this, a hint of shame flashed across Lu Zhizhang's face.
"I haven't investigated this case thoroughly yet. Don't get me wrong, sir. I actually came here because I wanted to ask for your order on something, so I came here."
Hearing that Lu Zhizhang didn't come here just to chat with him, the old man put away his shabby and mean heart.
He smiled slightly and said, "What order do you want, Master Lu?"
Lu Zhizhang raised his voice and said, "I don't know, sir, do you still remember that last month, you personally gave instructions on a case about the murder of a servant in Zhou Shilang's family?"
After hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, the old man seemed to have finally remembered the matter. He nodded slowly, "I remember this case. After the murderer was brought to justice, the order I gave was the death penalty. He will be executed next month! If I didn't remember, Wrong, the murderer will be executed in the next day or two."
I didn't expect that the old man could still remember it so clearly. Lu Zhizhang nodded with a heavy expression, "It's hard for you to still remember."
Facing Lu Zhizhang's flattery, the old man didn't answer. His cloudy eyes seemed to flash at a certain moment. "If I remember correctly, there is actually no objection to this case, right? Why are you still bothering with this case, Mr. Lu?" ?」
When asked by the old man, Lu Zhizhang just lowered his head in shame.
"Sir, this case may have been misjudged by the subordinate!"
Hearing this, the old man's eyes gleamed even more. He suddenly slapped the table, and then said in a stern tone, "How can it be possible to try the wrong case? If it is, it is! If it is not, it is not! Mr. Lu, trying cases is not a child's play, let alone There can be no ambiguity, you must know that we are responsible for human lives!"
This old man has never been so harsh before. Ever since he successfully resigned, the old man has become more and more pleasant. Lu Zhizhang has not been scolded by this old man since he came here.
So when he suddenly started lecturing, the boy beside Lu Zhizhang was also startled. He looked at Lu Zhizhang anxiously.
However, for some reason, Lu Zhizhang felt extremely calm after being scolded by him.
"Yes, my lord is teaching you that the official is willing to guarantee his own life. This case is indeed the official's fault.
That Fang Dali was wronged! The official also deeply felt that human life was at stake. This case only made the official uneasy, so the official wanted to ask the Lord to postpone Fang Dali's sentence. The official wanted to re-investigate the case. "
After hearing Lu Zhizhang's answer, the old man seemed to finally calm down a bit.
"It's not impossible for me to help you with this matter. It's just..."
After the words fell, the old man suddenly fell silent. He looked at Lu Zhizhang with a deep look, "It's just that the date of the Yunzhou Prefecture case is also very close at hand. Do you have any clues now?"
Facing the old man's question, Lu Zhizhang could only shake his head.
The old man then looked at Lu Zhizhang with a disapproving look, "The Emperor ordered you to investigate the Yunzhou case. Now that the appointment is approaching, you have no clue about it. You are even still working on other cases." Investigate, if His Majesty finds out about this matter, what do you want His Majesty to think? What do you want the officials to think? Don’t you know which of these two cases is more serious?"
Facing the old man's warning, Lu Zhizhang just said silently, "Whatever your majesty thinks, or what the officials think, I can't interfere, but I can interfere with myself. I can't weigh these two cases, which is more serious after all." It was a serious case appointed by His Majesty, and the other case was a wrong case that I personally handled. The case appointed by His Majesty was assigned to me alone. This is Your Majesty’s great trust in me. But this wrong case is related to human life, and human life is important to me. It’s also Shen Rutaishan’s fault. I can’t stand by and watch a living, innocent person die in vain under the knife of a wrongful conviction. So I must re-try this case!”
Seeing that Lu Zhizhang finally showed his desperate attitude at this moment, the old man couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
After a long time, he whispered, "Okay, if you can find out the clues to solve this case before he executes it, then I can personally go to the execution ground for you."
After hearing what the Minister of Dali Temple said, Lu Zhizhang said no more. He just nodded immediately and said, "Okay! Everything will be done as you said."
After achieving his goal, Lu Zhizhang immediately stood up and prepared to leave.
After going out, the boy couldn't help but said to Lu Zhizhang, "Sir, how did you make such a decision? Then the Minister of Dali Temple was angry, why didn't you listen to him? You know that now is the key to the review. At this time, the most important thing for us is to quickly find the Crested Ibis. Even if we can't find it, we should adopt a humble attitude. You just slap yourself in the face and go to investigate other cases. , if His Majesty comes to know about this matter, let alone whether he can become the minister of Dali Temple, I am afraid that the position of this young minister will not be guaranteed."
The boy kept talking for a long time. Originally, Lu Zhizhang didn't want to pay attention to the other party's verbosity. However, the boy's verbosity was really annoying, so Lu Zhizhang only said to the boy, "If you don't protect me, I won't protect you. I didn't do it at first." It’s not that I didn’t become a white butt when I was dismissed from office. This officialdom goes back and forth. Today, I will support you, and I will be a white butt in the future. There are many examples. This is a normal thing. After all, there are no gamblers who always have smooth sailing in this officialdom.”
After saying this, Lu Zhizhang took out another horse from the stable, and then he rode the horse and whipped towards Wangliu Street.
The boy following Lu Zhizhang became increasingly confused about what Lu Zhizhang was doing now.
The two of them didn't stop until they reached the door of Prince Jin's Mansion on Dewangliu Street.
Lu Zhizhang dismounted, and the servant couldn't help but said to Lu Zhizhang, "Sir, this is Prince Jin's Mansion, are we in the wrong place?"
This boy had grown up with Lu Zhizhang, and he knew the grudge between Lu Zhizhang and that person best.
Now seeing Lu Zhizhang going to Prince Jin's Mansion openly, he couldn't help but remind Lu Zhizhang, but Lu Zhizhang just said to him, "Of course I know this is Prince Jin's Mansion, I didn't go wrong."
After the words fell, Lu Zhizhang walked to the door of Prince Jin's Mansion. As expected, the soldiers at the door of Prince Jin's Mansion blocked Lu Zhizhang's way mercilessly. They asked expressionlessly, "Who is it?"
Faced with the inquiries from these soldiers, Lu Zhizhang just said calmly, "I, my subordinate, Lu Zhizhang, have something I want to discuss with the King of Jin."
After Lu Zhizhang explained his identity and purpose, the soldier just said to Lu Zhizhang, "Okay, please wait outside the door for a while."
After the words fell, one of the soldiers at the door went to the inner room.
Although it is almost late autumn and the weather is getting colder day by day, the garden in the Jin Palace is still full of bright flowers, with various asters and autumn chrysanthemums competing for beauty in the garden. For a moment, people forget that this is Autumn day.
Only the yellow leaves falling on the big ginkgo tree under the pavilion make people know that it is autumn.
In the pavilion, Jiang Nianjiao and Zhao Yanzhen were just sitting in the pavilion, holding black and white chess pieces and playing backgammon. They saw that their white pieces were getting more and more, and the black pieces were being strangled one by one.
After Jiang Nianjiao ate another one of Zhao Yanzhen's sunspots, she couldn't help but put her chin up and said with a smile, "How is it? Your Highness, do you accept it? If you don't accept it, then I will kill all your sunspots!"
Hearing Jiang Nianjiao's teasing words, Zhao Yanzhen just chuckled. He stood up and apologized, "Yanzhen lost. He was defeated by the lady. Yanzhen is convinced. I wonder what the lady wants?"
Hearing Zhao Yanzhen's plea for mercy, Jiang Nianjiao stopped placing the other decisive white stone on the fifth white stone.
She held her chin and tapped her cheek with her fingers, her moist almond-shaped eyes sparkling with a cunning light. She said happily, "I haven't thought of what I want yet, but if Your Highness can promise me one thing, I can be exempted from the punishment." Your Highness will punish you."
After saying this, Jiang Nianjiao only raised her little finger at him, seeming to signal him to come over.
After hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words and looking at her expression, Zhao Yanzhen knew that Jiang Nianjiao must not have good intentions at the moment.
However, he still approached him with a doting smile. When Jiang Nianjiao saw him approaching, she immediately lay down and whispered in his ear.
