Meng Suige glanced at Li Jie's side face, nodded and said: "I recognize you, I'm an old acquaintance, Deputy Lieutenant Wang Cong and Wang Cong." He paused slightly, then chuckled jokingly: "Oh no, it should be Chief Wang now. "
After hearing this, Wang Cong instantly became quiet and stopped struggling. His face showed despair and a dead silence.
Yao Yaopi asked Wang Cong with a smile: "Master Wang, how come a young and talented man pretends to be an old man if he doesn't do anything good?" She patted her forehead lightly and said with a smile: "Oh, by the way, Doctor He has a higher official position than the principal, and the king is really smart."
After this great change, Wang Cong calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Han Changmu: "The winner is the king and the loser is in your hands. I have nothing to say."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows and glanced at He Zhenfu.
He Zhenfu understood and found the belt from Wang Cong's sleeve.
Wang Cong's face darkened, knowing that the situation was over, and he couldn't help but look a little more defeated.
Han Changmu didn't bother to ask Wang Cong any more, and just raised his chin towards Meng Suige and Yao Yao: "Leave it to you."
Both claimed it was.
After walking out of the room, Han Changmu turned to He Zhenfu and said, "Quietly, don't disturb others, bring Yu Qing over."
Tonight was destined to be a restless night. When the sky dawned, several dormitories in the east and west dormitories were empty, and the scholars inside were missing.
Among the Forbidden Army, there were also a few people who disappeared inexplicably.
The disappearance of those scholars did not attract the attention of other scholars. After all, in every provincial examination, a few people would be caught cheating and subsequently expelled from the Gongyuan.
As for the disappearance of several forbidden troops, it did not attract anyone else's attention. The mobilization of the forbidden troops was a common thing, not to mention that with the commander Jin Zhong in charge, nothing could happen.
But the Mingyuan Building was not so quiet, and the meal was tasteless.
Han Changmu looked through the thick pile of confessions at his hand and felt his forehead twitching. He pinched his eyebrows in distress.
The Gongyuan, which was thought to be impregnable and airtight, unexpectedly had such a huge flaw, leaking like a sieve.
Four scholars, five imperial troops, and two officials were enough to capture a Gongyuan, enough to destroy a provincial examination, enough to obliterate the efforts of hundreds of people, and enough to arouse the emperor's anger.
He smashed the desk hard to vent his anger and rage.
After this moment of rage, Han Changmu regained his composure, took the confession and walked to the first floor of Mingyuan Building.
Jiang Shen and others were also anxious.
Han Changmu did not deliberately hide everything that happened in the Gongyuan last night from them, everything happened under their eyes.
When they saw all this, they were no less shocked than Han Changmu.
Even more frightened than him.
Seeing Han Changmu walking in with the confession, Jiang Shen suddenly became calm. He stood up in a panic and came forward.
"Jiuchao, how's it going?"
Han Changmu presented the confession to Jiang Shen and said sadly: "Mr. Ge, this is the confession, please read it first."
He helped Jiang Shen sit down, brought a lamp and candle over, and stood quietly beside him.
As the confessions in his hand were put aside page by page, Jiang Shen's face darkened inch by inch, and finally he looked haggard.
Mu Rongjun and the others sitting at the bottom looked at each other in disbelief when they saw this scene, and felt a sense of ominousness in their hearts.
After reading the confession, Jiang Shen let out a sigh of relief. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He slammed the desk and angrily shouted: "How dare they, how dare they, how dare they do such evil, how dare they do this." Such things destroy the foundation of the country."
Mu Rongxun hurriedly walked up and patted Jiang Shen on the back to cheer him up. Hearing Jiang Shen say this, he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, and his voice trembled slightly: "Mr. We have been caught, no big losses have been caused, and the impact has not spread. Everything must be recoverable.”
Jiang Shen patted the back of Mu Rongxun's hand with his backhand and said calmly: "What you said, Sanlin, you are right."
He raised his eyes and looked at Han Changmu. After thinking for a moment, he spoke cautiously: "Jiuchao, I leave it to you and Commander Jin to deal with the aftermath of this matter. There are many papers for the provincial examination. After the transcription is completed, this pavilion and Sanlin They are about to start grading the papers, and I am really overwhelmed."
Han Changmu had long expected that Jiang Shen would say this. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It is not difficult to catch the ghost hiding in Gongyuan. It is difficult to deal with the aftermath and find out the person behind the scenes.
If you don't do this well, your reputation will be ruined if you are not careful, and you will fall into a place of no return.
Han Changmu knew very well that although so many people were arrested last night and so many confessions were obtained, none of them directly pointed to Xie Liangzhan and his group, and there was no evidence to prove that he was involved in this matter.
Although it is said that the Department of Internal Health handles cases without asking for evidence, Xie Liangzhan and his team have been operating in the Dajing Dynasty for decades. They are deeply entrenched and intertwined. If they cannot be uprooted, there will be endless troubles.
He was unable to arrest and release Xie Liang again and again without sufficient evidence, so as to scare the snake away and leave endless consequences.
His eyes flashed, and he already had a plan in mind, and he agreed with Jiang Shen's words: "Mr. Ge can rest assured that he will preside over the provincial examination examination. The remaining matters will be discussed by the lower official and Commander Jin."
Jiang Shen was overjoyed, with a faint smile on his face: "Okay, okay, I've worked hard for a long time."
After watching Han Changmu leave with the confession, Jiang Shen raised his hand and called Ruan Ping'an and others to come closer. He carefully warned with a solemn expression: "Go ahead and tell everyone in Mingyuan Building to keep their mouths shut. If anyone If you dare to talk nonsense and act recklessly, I will never let you go leniently."
Mu Rongxun and the other three responded in unison with solemn expressions.
Han Changmu took the confession and slowly walked upstairs.
Meng Sui and three others followed behind, and they all felt the faint desolation on his body.
The three people looked at each other, and He Zhenfu asked Meng Suigai: "What's wrong? You were the only one who went in with me just now. What did Mr. Jiang Ge say to me? Why did you seem to be discouraged all of a sudden?"
Meng Suige scratched his bun and said doubtfully: "Yeah, I didn't say anything. It's just that Mr. Jiang Ge said that he would review the papers later, so those people caught last night and the things they found out after the trial were all handed over. It will be handled by our Department of Internal Health."
He Zhenfu was a little confused when he heard it, and he was full of confusion. He said, "Isn't this a good thing? Why are you not happy?"
Meng Suige nodded and asked Yao Yao over He Zhenfu's shoulder: "Yao joined the army, you are the one who said, why is my lord unhappy?"
Yao Yao looked at Meng Sui and the two of them like idiots, and sighed helplessly: "You two, you two are idiots."
Meng Suige and He Zhenfu both made a "boo" sound.
When Han Changmu heard the noise, he turned his head and looked at the three of them, nodded and said: "That's right, they are just two fools."
Yao Yao paused and burst into laughter.
Meng Suige and He Zhenfu grabbed Yao Yao from the left and right: "Stop laughing and speak quickly."
Yao Yao suppressed his laughter and said seriously: "It's not difficult to catch people, but it's difficult to deal with the aftermath. Mr. Jiang Ge doesn't want to wade into this muddy water, but he lets us adults be the targets in front of him. If I pay you back, how can you feel better?" ."
"Is this so complicated?" Meng Suige and He Zhenfu looked at each other.
Han Changmu stopped and turned to look at the three of them with a complicated expression: "Let's go."
He Zhenfu poked Meng Suigai with his elbow: "I told you to talk too much."
Meng Suige looked innocent: "Isn't that what you wanted to ask?"
"Let me ask you just tell me, why are you so lax in your mouth?"
"you....."
Yao Yao stopped the two of them and sighed: "Okay, when you are a target, you have to be conscious of being a target. Let's get to work."
It was daylight and the official office was busy. The officials spread out their examination papers and immersed themselves in transcribing.
Han Changmu and the other two sat down in the study, looking at the thick pile of confessions with sad expressions on their faces.
He Zhenfu picked up Yu Qing's confession and said in a deep voice: "Sir, the people in the Gongyuan have basically been eliminated, but these confessions cannot point to the people behind the scenes. According to Yu Qing, the jade pendant on his belt is a There is a key, but he doesn’t know where the key is. He only knows that after getting the belt, he will leave a mark in the kitchen and someone will come to pick it up."
Meng Suige touched the yellow jade on the belt and thought: "How about letting Yu Qing leave a mark for when someone comes to get the belt, you can either grab it or follow it."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows, indicating that he agreed with Meng Suigai's method: "I'll leave this matter to you."
Meng Sui rolled up his belt and put it into his sleeves, thinking about how to plan this matter.
He Zhenfu pointed to the confession and said: "Sir, Yu Qing also told about the pair of shoes. Li Cheng found the shoes. He was originally going to take the shoes out when he left Gongyuan last time, but there was a rumor from outside. News came in that Li Cheng was missing, and asked him to check it out. Sir, neither he nor the people behind him knew that Li Cheng was dead, let alone that the pair of shoes fell into Xia Yuanji's hands."
Han Changmu tapped the desk with his finger: "It can be seen that Xia Yuanji and them are not the same people. Is there any news from the inner guards who are watching Xia Yuanji?"
He Zhenfu said: "Yes, the guards said that no one has gone to see Xia Yuanji in the past two days, and Xia Yuanji has never seen anyone except going out to buy groceries, and those shoes have always been on his feet. I didn't take them off even when sleeping. This time Xia Yuanji entered the Gongyuan again and put those shoes on again."
After hearing the last part, Yao Yao sneered: "After wearing it for so long, can the stuff inside the shoes still smell?"
Han Changmu also smiled: "Yu Qing doesn't know what is hidden in those shoes. He only knows that those shoes are very important. Even if they smell bad, they have to get them."
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows, poked He Zhenfu with his elbow, and said with a smile: "It's appropriate for you to take off people's shoes."
He Zhenfu looked confused: "Why me?"
Yao Yao smiled strangely: "My lord said that."
He Zhenfu looked up at Han Changmu.
Han Changmu pursed his lips and nodded seriously: "I said so."
