Although the Lord Siqing only responded to Zhao Shuhai's warning, how could Zhao Shuhai be frightened by a small warning.
He was full of curiosity and excitement at the moment.
What kind of case could make Lu Zhizhang ignore the case of the Yunzhou Prefect appointed by the Holy One and work hard for it?
With such curiosity, Zhao Shuhai walked straight into the archives recording various cases.
There are many bookshelves in the archives, with mountains of case files piled on them, and various clerks are also busy processing and sealing various case files.
Almost no one noticed Zhao Shuhai's existence.
Zhao Shuhai just casually picked up a case file from a bookshelf, glanced at it for a few times, and then put it down again.
He found that most of these cases were trivial. This was not what he was looking for.
Then Zhao Shuhai turned to another row of bookshelves.
However, after flipping through a few volumes here, the content he saw seemed to have nothing to do with Zhou Shilang.
Just when he had no clue, a clerk came to store a thick stack of case files.
Zhao Shuhai immediately motioned to the clerk, "Hey, what are the case files you are holding?"
When he heard someone calling him, the clerk looked up from the thick case file and looked at Zhao Shuhai.
After discovering that the visitor was actually the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the clerk immediately became frightened.
"My lord, this is a recently concluded case, and I am preparing to store it."
After receiving such an answer, Zhao Shuhai immediately changed his mind.
The case Lu Zhizhang is investigating must be a relatively new one.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shuhai just pulled out a case file and looked through it again.
The case files stored here are obviously newer than those just now, the handwriting on them is still clear, and the ink has not dried completely.
Unfortunately, this case had nothing to do with the Zhou family. Zhao Shuhai was too lazy to look through each one, so he suddenly raised his head and asked the clerk, "Are any of these new cases related to the Zhou family?"
Hearing Zhao Shuhai's words, the clerk was a little confused. It was not that there were no cases involving the Zhou family here. After all, the Zhou family was also a common surname in the capital, and there were several officials named Zhou. He really didn't know which Zhou family Zhao Shuhai was talking about.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being stupid. I really don't know which Zhou family I'm referring to. Please make it clear."
After hearing the officer's question, Zhao Shuhai understood the crux of his confusion. Zhao Shuhai only whispered, "Isn't the Zhou family the same as the Zhou family who had their home confiscated due to the Yunzhou Prefecture case a few days ago? Who else could be there besides their family?" Some other Zhou family?"
Hearing Zhao Shuhai's words, the clerk suddenly realized, "It turns out to be his family. His family has indeed not been very peaceful recently. We have several cases recorded here. Which one do you want to see?"
Zhao Shuhai said speechlessly, "It's just the last month."
The clerk still whispered, "The cases in their family all happened in the past month."
Hearing this, Zhao Shuhai said impatiently, "Then bring them all over and let me see."
He really wanted to see what kind of monsters and monsters the Zhou family had this time that could actually bring about so many cases.
The clerk did not hesitate when he heard the words, and only transferred three case files related to the Zhou family to Zhao Shuhai for inspection.
This first case is the case of master suing servant. It turned out that Madam Zhou had sold a young maid who was a good girl to Lichun Courtyard. After the maid escaped, she sued Madam Zhou.
Seeing Zhao Shuhai looking at the case in a daze, the junior official said to Zhao Shuhai, "Sir, this case was handled by the Shangjing Mansion, and we were only reviewing it for the final time. Not long after this case, the wife of the Zhou family died in prison. middle."
After hearing the clerk's explanation, Zhao Shuhai nodded.
Then he turned over the second paper. Although this case was related to the Zhou Mansion, it had nothing to do with the master. Several servants of the Zhou Mansion were killed on the way home.
Seeing Zhao Shuhai looking at the case, the clerk immediately talked about the case with Zhao Shuhai, "Sir, this case is being tried by Mr. Lu himself. This case can be said to be very exciting. I heard that he also had a close relationship with the first The cases were linked. The murderer Fang Dali was the cousin of Fang Yue'er, the maid in the first case where the servant sued the master. I heard that Fang Dali signed a new contract in order to get back his cousin who was later sold by her father. I chose to kill these servants because of my contract of betrayal. Master Lu’s interrogation at that time was wonderful. The prisoner refused to confess at first, but under your interrogation, he still admitted his crime."
Hearing the junior official talking about this matter with excitement, Zhao Shuhai actually had some impressions of this case.
But how could he remember that the murderer in this case, Fang Dali, was supposed to be executed a few days ago, but for some reason, the Dali Temple minister saved him again?
But he really couldn't think of any connection between this case and what Lu Zhizhang was investigating.
So he then only looked at the third case. When he saw this case, Zhao Shuhai felt his eyes light up.
This is an open case. The plaintiff was Zhou Yaoniang, the person they said they wanted to protect today, and the defendant was Zhou Yaoniang's new husband. The content of Zhou Yaoniang's report on her husband was also related to arson, wounding, and murder. This was even more exciting than the previous case. According to Zhou Yaoniang, her new husband had been coveting their family's wealth from the beginning. , in order to take away their family's wealth, this man first drove away all the domestic slaves, and then poisoned his wife. Later, his wife was rescued by a loyal servant and went to his grandfather's house. He was afraid that the matter would be exposed and wanted to go to the house to ask for help. He did not want to go to his grandfather's house. I had already known about him, so I tied him up and prepared to send him to see the official the next day. But somehow, the man escaped that night, and when he escaped, in order to retaliate, the man only set him on fire. The old house of Zhou Yaoniang's grandfather's house was burned to death, and only Zhou Yaoniang's aunt was burned to death.
In this case, Xu Tianyi is still on the run. Could it be that this is the case Lu Zhizhang is investigating?
However, Lu Zhizhang is not really close to the Zhou family, and now the deadline for the Yunzhou prefect case that Lu Zhizhang was ordered to investigate is approaching.
He was not busy investigating that case, but he was busy working on such a case. No matter how you looked at it, this didn't seem to be a wise choice.
But if it wasn't this case, what other cases could Lu Zhizhang be currently investigating?
No matter how hard Zhao Shuhai tried, he couldn't imagine what else Lu Zhizhang was investigating.
He never expected that Lu Zhizhang would have the courage to overturn his case.
It was also because of this mistake that Zhao Shuhai somehow missed the opportunity to interfere with Lu Zhizhang's handling of the case.
He focused all his efforts on the third case.
However, this case is obviously handled by Lu Zhizhang. If he goes to find Xu Tianyi, not to mention that he doesn't know where Xu Tianyi is, he just knows where Xu Tianyi is, but it has none of his business.
After all, he just wanted to cause damage, not solve the case.
As long as he can make Lu Zhizhang feel defeated and His Highness Ninth Prince unhappy, he will feel that he has succeeded in revenge.
And if you think about it carefully, regardless of whether witnessing the suffering master will definitely alarm the Minister of Dali Temple, he has only one choice at the moment. This choice is to let go of the prisoners captured by His Highness Ninth Prince today. Although this is rough, it will definitely work. Disrupting the chess game between His Highness Ninth Prince and Lu Zhizhang.
Thinking of this, Zhao Shuhai became slightly excited.
The clerk didn't know what Zhao Shuhai was excited about. Seeing him flipping through these files, he just thought that Zhao Shuhai also wanted to take care of this case, so he kindly reminded him, "Master Lu, in fact, Master Lu has issued an order to hunt down Xu Tianyi for this case, so you Don’t worry about this case.”
After hearing what the junior official said, Zhao Shuhai came back to his senses and said nonchalantly, "Of course I know Mr. Lu is in charge of this case. Don't worry, I won't compete with Mr. Lu for the credit for this case. I'm just here. Just take a look.”
After saying that, he seemed to think that this was still not safe. Then Zhao Shuhai just stuffed another ingot of silver into the clerk and said, "Don't tell outsiders that I came to investigate this matter. Do you hear that?"
How could a junior official dare to go against the other party? He could only nod in panic.
After Zhao Shuhai finished explaining his duties to the minor officials, he walked out of the archives in a carefree manner.
Outside the archives, the boy who was following Zhao Shuhai immediately followed Zhao Shuhai again and said, "Master, should we go to Qionghua Tower now?"
Zhao Shuhai nodded, "It's time to go, but your master, I still have one thing to do."
Hearing Zhao Shuhai's words, the servant immediately asked, "I wonder if there is anything else that I have to do, master? Why don't you leave it to the villain?"
Zhao Shuhai was obviously waiting for the boy to speak, so he immediately waved to the boy to come closer to him.
After the boy came close to him, Zhao Shuhai also started to whisper in the boy's ear.
Hearing Zhao Shuhai's muttering, the boy just nodded repeatedly.
Afterwards, Zhao Shuhai left the Dali Temple Yamen, but the boy went to the Dali Temple Prison to find the prison head in charge.
The cell leader was sitting in the prison. When he heard that Zhao Shuhai's boy came to see him, he was also murmuring in his heart, but he still let the boy in.
After the boy came in, he was not in a hurry to say anything else. He just smiled and said, "Wang Laotou, how about noon."
Wang Laotou naturally gave up.
"I wonder what Mr. Zhao wants from me?" Wang Laotou asked proactively.
The young man was not ambiguous. He just whispered, "That's it. My master is hosting a banquet at Qionghua Tower at noon today. He invites all the adults to attend the banquet. Especially Wang Laotou, you must appreciate it."
When he heard that it was Zhao Shuhai who was inviting guests to dinner, and that it was at a place like Qionghua Building, the prison chief Wang couldn't help but be speechless.
That place is not a cheap place.
I heard someone said that a single meal at Qionghua Tower could consume a hundred taels of snowflake silver. The guests at the banquet didn't know how grand it was, so he always wanted to see it.
