As Yan Shifan expected, Xiao Feng returned safely, and Jiajing withdrew the order to have the Jinyi guards watch Yan Shifan to death. Of course, the protection of the Xiao Mansion is still effective, and everything returns to the way it was before.
Anyway, you have your own way to deal with Yan Shifan, so I won't worry about you. Otherwise, it will appear that I am too partial, which will make Lao Yan heartbroken.
But Jiajing's protection during this period was effective. Without his order, Yan Shifan's unscrupulous and crazy counterattack between Xiao Feng's burial and his return would have caused irreparable damage.
And the most important point is that even Yan Shifan has not come to his senses yet, and Jiajing did not expect it.
That was the official interpretation of Jiajing's behavior: Long Live's feelings for Xiao Feng were deeper than those of the Yan family! Normally I can't compare, but when I saw Zhen Zhang, I could see it!
This has caused some wavering officials to reconsider whether to join the strict party. Originally there was no other way to join, but in order to protect myself, now it seems that it is okay to just follow Xiao Feng!
Although Xiao Feng has no intention of forming a party, Zhang Juzheng has been hinting everywhere that he has a very good relationship with Xiao Feng. After Xiao Feng climbed out of the coffin, he was the first person he looked for!
So... Zhang Juzheng is a young talent, and his teacher is the junior assistant! Could it be that Xu Yiyi said this through the students?
Moreover, some people recalled that Xiao Feng said when he was arguing with the Confucian scholars in the Yangliu Lane courtyard that his academic teacher when he was admitted to the scholar examination was Xu Cifu!
Although the teacher of a scholar is not as close as a scholar, a teacher is a teacher after all. Xu Cifu's behavior of seconding opinions seems to be less recently. Could it be that because Xiao Feng is back, his temperament has become tougher?
Amid these looming rumors, the imperial court's work allocation for Enke Jinshi has also come down.
The number one scholar Tang Ruyi must have entered the Hanlin Academy. Xu Jie assigned Tang Ruyi to Zhang Juzheng without saying a word and asked him to "take good care of" him.
The father of Yan Shifan, who was ranked second on the list, secretly hinted to Jiajing that he hoped to restore his son to his official position and get up from where he fell.
But Jiajing thought for a long time and rejected the proposal. After all, he dug up my son's grave. If I let him take care of Taichang Temple, my son would probably complain to me in my dreams.
After much deliberation, Jiajing had an idea and made a jaw-dropping decision: let Yan Shifan serve as the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple, which was Xiao Feng's previous position.
You Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Shaoqing of Taichang Temple are both in the fourth rank, which can be regarded as equal.
Of course, under normal circumstances, let alone the second place pick, even the top pick cannot be directly promoted to the fourth rank. However, Yan Shifan's situation is different, and everyone can understand it.
After Yan Shifan heard about the appointment, he was just a little puzzled. It doesn't really matter what official he is now, as long as he is of sufficient rank.
Because they reach the same goal through different paths, as long as Yan Song is the chief assistant, he will eventually gradually progress to the level of six ministers.
But when he heard about another appointment, he jumped up and broke the glass.
Xiao Feng, Tanhua, serves as the Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple. He is also a fourth-rank official, but according to the rules, the status of the left is slightly higher than that of the right.
Not to mention Yan Shifan, even the civil and military officials in the dynasty couldn't understand, what is Long Live doing? Put two chickens who will fight fiercely whenever they meet in a cage. Do you think they don't fight fiercely enough?
There are also many officials who secretly sympathize with Xu Hui, the chief minister of Dali Temple. If these two thorns enter your Dali Temple and become your right-hand man, I am afraid that you will have to live a life of fighting with each other in the future.
As Jiajing's new scapegoat, Xu Hui is very calm. As a veteran official, Xu Hui's skills are no worse than Guo Jun's. And he knew very well that neither of his two new deputies was guaranteed to be on duty.
I must come to see him when he has something to do, but when he has nothing to do, he can't find anyone. Even when Yan Shifan was the young minister of Taichang Temple, he worked at home most of the time.
Not to mention Xiao Feng, he has only worked under him for a few days. His time allocation during work is roughly as follows: Accompanying Jiajing first, then going to WTO inspection, then going to Zuixian Tower for drinking, then practicing martial arts at home, and then on the street Walk the dog before going to work at Dali Temple.
So, you have nothing to worry about! Anyway, there is not much work in Dali Temple. At the end of each year, we pick out the problems of the Punishment Department and Shuntian Prefecture, and ask the judge or the temple deputy to write a work summary. Hasn’t another year passed?
While Xu Hui was still cheering himself up, Xiao Feng strolled to work!
As soon as he entered the door, he greeted everyone, especially the few policemen who had bravely broken into Yan's mansion with him and were chased by Yan Song and hundreds of officials together. He patted everyone on the shoulder and was very affectionate. 33
Those detectives felt they had gotten into trouble last time when they came back, which had caused Xu Hui trouble, and they didn't dare to express their anger for a long time. Now that Xiao Feng is back and so affectionate, everyone feels that they are doing well again, and they feel proud and proud.
Xu Hui smiled and cupped his hands to Xiao Fenggong: "Xiao Shaoqing, I heard that last night was your wedding night, why didn't you have a good rest and come to the wedding so early?
As you know, we are a cold yamen, and we won’t have much to do until the end of the year. You have so many things to do, so you don’t need to be on duty every day. "
Xiao Feng also smiled and returned the greeting: "Last time I caused trouble for you, Xiaguan joined the army and left. I heard that Yan Shoufu reprimanded you, and I was really uneasy.
No, as soon as I heard that the subordinate officials were assigned to your Excellency again, I hurriedly came over to flatter you, so that I would not be displeased with you. "
Xu Hui grinned and said to himself, I have been in the officialdom for decades, and this is the first time I have seen someone say flattery to his face.
The two of them were chatting, and it was announced outside that Shuntian Mansion was arresting the head and asking for an audience. An Qingyue ran in just behind the informant and raised her hand to Xu Hui.
"Sir, there have been many rape and murder cases recently in and around the capital. The cases are serious and vile in nature, and the people are uneasy.
Since the Shuntian Prefecture and the Ministry of Punishment jointly investigated for many days, but no results were found, in desperation, Master Guo Jun sent a humble official to ask for help from Dali Temple! "
Xu Hui smiled bitterly and said, "I've heard about this case. It didn't happen just these two days. You, Mr. Guo, just came to ask for help at this time. Didn't you hear that Xiao Shaoqing came back to serve?"
Xu Hui actually only told half of the truth. He had enough reasons to suspect that Xiao Feng took the initiative to provoke this matter. Otherwise, An Qingyue would come to the door as soon as he came on duty. How could it be such a coincidence?
Even Long Live said that An Qingyue and Xiao Feng had a good relationship, although in the end the Shuntian Mansion detectives refuted the rumor and said that An Qingyue's crush was Zhang Wuxin. But I heard that Zhang Wuxin is only half a person now, so we can’t tell for sure!
Seeing that Xu Hui expressed no objection, Xiao Feng got off the road and said, "The Third Division in the capital should be on guard and help each other. I have cooperated a lot with Shuntian Prefecture before, so let me take over this matter."
After saying that, he cupped his hands towards Xu Hui and followed An Qingyue away. Xu Hui shouted loudly behind him.
"Xiao Shaoqing, you will learn from every experience. If there are any matters involving senior officials again, you must not act recklessly!"
After leaving the gate of Dali Temple, An Qingyue said with a smile: "Master Xu is also interesting. He knows that you don't listen to your advice, but he is still wasting his saliva there."
Xiao Feng glanced at her: "You are so naive, you'd better get married and have children as soon as possible, otherwise something will happen sooner or later!
Can Xu Hui not know whether I will listen to my advice? These two words of his are for protection. If I get into trouble again, he has at least given me a warning in advance, and no one else can say anything wrong about him. "
An Qingyue blushed at what Xiao Feng said. She wanted to refute but felt aggrieved. She was so angry that she stopped talking. She didn't speak again until she arrived at the widow's room in Shuntian Mansion.
"There are only three corpses here, and the rest are in the Ministry of Punishment. The victim women have different identities, ages, and looks. The only thing that is the same is the way of death.
From girls from good families to female prostitutes, from thirteen-year-old girls to forty-year-old women, from beautiful beauties to ordinary-looking women, they are all there.
To be honest, I have caught a few flower pickers, but those with such complex tastes are very rare. "
Speaking of taste, An Qingyue couldn't help but glance at Xiao Feng, and everything was clear.
Xiao Feng looked at the dissected female body with a straight face. The same method of death that An Qingyue said was to insert a short knife into the heart and kill her with one knife.
Xiao Feng stared blankly at the heart of one of the ones taken out by the gangster with a blood hole on it.
Wu Zuo hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Sir, the stabbing to the heart was accurate and cruel, absolutely inhumane. And the whole body has been checked, and there are no other injuries."
Xiao Feng does not doubt the professionalism of Shuntian Mansion's Zuo Zuo, but there are some things that Fu Zuo may not be able to verify.
"Brother, if the knife was inserted into the heart after death, would you be able to tell?"
Wu Zuo was stunned for a moment, and then said confidently: "Sir, it can be done. If a knife is inserted into the heart after death, because the heartbeat has stopped, the wound between the blade and the heart will be smooth and seamless, and the wound will be as big as the knife edge from the inside to the outside.
Sir, look at these hearts. There are stubbles at the wounds, and the wounds vary in size from the inside to the outside. This is because when the heart beats, the contraction of the muscles causes cuts on the blade.
And because when the murderer's knife is inserted into the heart, the beating condition of the heart is not certain whether it contracts or expands. Therefore, the timing of insertion is different, the contraction and expansion of the heart are also different, and the knife edge is uneven. "
Xiao Feng nodded and carefully observed the three hearts and the faces of the three female corpses for a long time.
"Call the painter here and draw the corpse's expression and the corresponding heart wounds one by one for your records. Then follow me to the Ministry of Punishment, and we have to draw the ones there too."
Some people died, but not completely...
