"Is dinner served?"

"What's the food for? Go out, you go to Dali Temple tomorrow."

Du Wulang was very surprised and said: "Just one case, how could it be moved around?"

"Hey, are you talking nonsense? The case of assaulting an official will be adjudicated by Jingzhao Prefecture, reviewed by the Ministry of Punishments, and the case will be closed. You can wait and see. Tomorrow, the case of bamboo paper will be tried in Dali Temple."

"Move me to Dali Temple Prison?"

"What kind of prison is this? Tomorrow you will be the accuser, as you have been since the past. Go home."

"I am now the plaintiff."

Du Wulang looked back at the Ministry of Justice and waved goodbye to the officials.

After leaving Shangshu Province, Da Xi Yingying whispered: "We beat Yuan Miao. Now that we are out, he must be going in."

~~

Yushitai.

Wang Zhi walked through the long corridor, and a small official came towards him and said: "Zhongcheng is back. The right minister sent someone to deliver a message yesterday, ordering the false accusation of Yuanhu Cao to be resolved as soon as possible."

"Where is the complainer?"

"In the council chamber."

"Let's go."

Wang Fei has long wanted to wear a purple robe. He has been eyeing the position of imperial censor for a long time and cannot give it to Zahu. Zahu is the favorite of the saint, and he is not bad at it. He can compete for it.

Therefore, when he learned that the Yan brothers were suing Yuan Ming, he avoided it and did not solve it for Li Linfu, just to show his importance in a small way.

But he had no plans to fall out with Li Linfu for the time being. Seeing that the heat was almost over, he came back to ease the situation. He was ready to put aside this trouble for Yuan Zhen.

There were many people in the meeting hall, including Pei Kuan, Yang Zhao and others, as well as several supervisory censors who had already stood up to salute him.

"I've met Wang Zhongcheng."

This means that the Yushitai is still in the hands of Wang He.

He glanced at Yan Quanming and Yan Jiming brothers, and said, "You are the ones suing Cao Yuanming of Jingzhao household."

"Exactly."

"Do you have an official status?"

"I will be a long history under the judge's court in Yingtian, Hebei Province." Yan Quanming responded.

Wang Xian raised his hand, showing off his official authority, and was about to say that the officials in Hebei still had no control over the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion.

Suddenly, a clerk hurriedly arrived.

"Zhongcheng, the sage issued an edict, ordering Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple to review the Yuan Ming case."

Wang Fei's expression remained unchanged, but he was actually stunned for a moment, and even forgot to put down the raised hand.

He was wondering, if the son-in-law of the right prime minister was investigated, would there be a rift in the relationship with the right prime minister?

But the sage issued a decree and it was impossible not to check it.

~~

"Search for me!"

Yuan Zhen was assigning his officials to search Fengwei Building.

According to the clues given by Lu Qi, the two murderers who used Mo Dao to kill people were hiding there.

He heard that these two people were very fierce, so he brought many people here specially for fear of hurting himself.

When he stepped into the lobby, he looked up and saw hanging the painting "The Story of Horses" signed "Han Yu". The last time his father-in-law dealt with Xue Bai, it was because of this matter.

This time it was a little different, after all, he took action.

Suddenly, someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Yuan Ming was startled, and while shrinking, he shouted: "Protect me!"

Looking back, I saw several officials from Dali Temple.

"Are you here to get someone?" Yuan Miao frowned, a little arrogantly, and said, "The murderer hasn't been found yet, so we have to wait a little longer."

The officials of Dali Temple looked at each other.

"Motodo Cao, the criminal we want to take has been found."

"what for?"

Yuan Zhen was still asking questions, but they suddenly pounced on him and held him down.

"take away."

"What are you waiting for?" Yuan Zhen couldn't react for a moment and kept yelling and scolding, "Do you know who I am?!"

"People from Jingzhao Mansion, stop! How dare you search if you know whose property this is? Go to Xuanyangfang to apologize!"

"Let me ask you a question!" Yuan Miao was furious and scolded: "If you dare to touch me, I will remember your faces, and none of you can even think of running away."

At this time, the Dali Temple officials were still very polite. Someone saluted and said, "Forgive me, Cao Yuanhu. I will do what you are told."

Seeing this gesture, Yuan Zhen became even more arrogant and shouted: "I am the son-in-law of the right prime minister. I know who is instigating you, so just wait for me!"

…

In Dali Temple Prison, the execution room was dark and filled with a fishy smell.

This was the first time that Yuan Zhen was imprisoned, so he was inevitably frightened and became more and more panicked.

He could only keep shouting about his only support.

"Let me out! I am the son-in-law of the right prime minister!"

Shouting is useful. After a while, several officials indeed entered the execution room and stood still according to the color of their official robes.

Yuan Zhen was well-informed and knew many of them.

Yang Shaoxuan, the young minister of Dali Temple, Wang Xuan, the chief minister of the imperial censor, Xu Hao, the doctor of the Ministry of punishment, and several other minor officials, Deng Jingshan, the Dali judge, Luo Xishi, the censor...

"Wang Zhongcheng, it's me." Yuan Zhen said with a flattering smile, "Is there a misunderstanding?"

Wang Fei ignored him, his face was gloomy, and he slowly sat down in the darkness, with only the red official robe looming.

Seeing this, Xu Hao, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, stepped forward without hesitation.

Xu Hao is Zhang Jiuling's nephew. He was previously involved in the Zheng Qian case because of Zhang Jiuling's Shinto inscription. Now that he has been reinstated and is back in charge of the case of the Ministry of Justice, the direction of the case is self-evident.

"Yuan Ming, are you the right prime minister's son-in-law?"

"Since you know this, why don't you let me go?"

Xu Hao had a straight face and scolded: "The third division is investigating the case. Your crime is not small. Be honest! You want to rob Chengxin Bookstore by force. The evidence is conclusive. Do you want to confess?!"

This way of questioning made Yuan Ming dare not quibble, so he simply refused to answer.

"You learned that the price of paper is getting more and more expensive, and the cost of paper for official documents of the imperial court is huge. You used this matter for personal gain. Do you confess?"

"..."

Suddenly, Xu Hao said in Yuan Miao's ear: "Did you see it? Wang Zhongcheng can't protect you. In only half a day, you have been found out clearly. The saint is so angry that he still dares to resist. Aren't you afraid of a big disaster?"

Yuan Zhen was startled and saw that Wang Xian had walked out of the execution room.

His eyes finally turned frightened.

In fact, Wang Zhi saw a trusted official peeking outside the execution room, so he got up and walked out, turning around the corridor to a deserted place.

"Zhongcheng, Li Julang of the Right Prime Minister's Office has sent you a message. If Yuan Zhen cannot be saved, please convict him as soon as possible. Don't let the fire burn others."

"You reply to Juro, I will do my best." Wang Zhi asked: "Why wasn't the right minister giving the order?"

"The Right Prime Minister has not returned to the palace yet. It seems that he left the palace and went to Taiwan Province. He has not given any orders."

Wang Fei's expression changed, and he had a guess. The saint wanted to see the truth clearly and prevent the right minister from controlling the case.

He sent someone to call Luo Xixi over and gave instructions in a low voice.

"You will be responsible for the torture in a moment. Please grasp the appropriateness of the torture and let the case end until Yuan Ming."

"Zhongcheng can rest assured of my ability to use torture."

Luo Xishi thought that Yuan Ming would not explain immediately. When Xu Hao was speechless, he would immediately take over and kill Yuan Ming.

Then, he walked into the Criminal Department and heard Yuan Zhen's confession.

"I, I knew that the imperial court was going to purchase official document paper, and used the rent money from Jingzhao Mansion to purchase all the rattan materials in Chang'an. The rattan materials were already reduced, and the paper merchants had no time to supply the rattan paper. I was convicted, so I took the opportunity to ask them for money.

"There was a shortage of rattan paper, and the government had to issue official documents. The price of paper soared. I tripled the profit, but I returned the taxes to Jingzhao Mansion..."

"Does Jingzhao Yin Xiaojiong know about this?"

"Jingyin, he..."

"Say! How could he not know?!"
To be continued...