Updated: 2012-08-19

"Brother Tan, they are all their own brothers. Just speak if you have something to say." Lin Qingliang smiled heartily and said in a deep voice.

"Brother Lin, someone heard that there might be hidden information in the case of Zhao Shijie, a doctor of the Shanxi Department of the Ministry of Revenue, and asked me to come and inquire. I want to ask Brother Lin to check it carefully to see what happened." Seeing that Lin Qingliang was so invisible, Tan Zong pondered for a while and said.

"Zhao Shijie!" Lin Qingliang's eyes couldn't help but look of surprise flashed through his eyes. He didn't expect Tan Zong to ask about this. If he remembered correctly, Tan Zong met Zhao Shijie a few days ago at the gate of the Supervision Office. He seemed to know nothing about Zhao Shijie at that time, and then said with a smile, "This Zhao Shijie is really a blessing he has cultivated in his previous life. He can actually have friends who know me, otherwise he would be doomed this time."

"Brother Lin, is his affairs very serious?" Tan Zong couldn't help but ask.

"The evidence of human evidence is conclusive, and it is his subordinates who personally testify. Even if there is something that he did not do, he must have done it in the face of these evidences." Lin Qingliang pondered for a moment and looked at Tan Zong meaningfully.

"Brother Lin, do you still have room for slowing down this matter?" From Lin Qingliang's words, Tan Zong felt that Lin Qingliang caused trouble this time, so he asked tentatively.

"Brother Tan, if someone else asked Lin this, Lin would definitely tell him that there was no possibility of this matter turning around." Lin Qingliang looked at Tan Zong with a smile, "But since it was Brother Tan who spoke, then of course there is still room for slowing down the matter."

"Brother Lin, this matter is very difficult?" Tan Zong heard what Lin Qingliang said. He was giving himself a favor. So he thought Zhao Shijie's situation would not be too bad, so he asked suspiciously.

"It's hard to say, but it may take some energy." Lin Qingliang shook his head and explained to Tan Zong with a smile, "Zhao Shijie was reported by his subordinate this time. The subordinate who reported him prepared the evidence of his greed. I looked at it and it was very detailed and seamless. However, this also shows that this matter was obviously someone deliberately framed Zhao Shijie. Otherwise, how could he be able to contact such detailed evidence just by relying on that subordinate?"

"Since that's the case, why didn't the Supervision Office continue to investigate and find out the real murderer behind the scenes?" Tan Zong couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard this. It seemed that Zhao Yalan was indeed not wrong, and Zhao Shijie's case was full of doubts.

"The fact that such detailed evidence is shown that this matter must have been planned by the people in the Ministry of Revenue, and the official rank will definitely not be low." Lin Qingliang laughed immediately after hearing this, "There are only two reasons for the other party's doing this. One is that he had a conflict of interests with Zhao Shijie, and the other is that it involves factional struggles. The civil servants look down on our supervisory office on weekdays and make things difficult for the court. Now that they are fighting each other, our supervisory office will naturally be happy to sit in the mountains and watch them bite dogs there. Anyway, no matter who becomes a victim of this fight, it will only deepen the conflict between the two sides and has nothing to do with our supervisory office."

"So that's it." Tan Zong suddenly realized when he heard this. It turned out that there was also a dispute between civil servants and the Supervision Office. No wonder the Supervision Office did not investigate this case in depth, because there was no need for them to escape the crime of Zhao Shijie, a civil servant. It would be better for both sides to fight to the defeat.

"Brother Lin, how should we deal with this matter?" After understanding the right and wrong in Zhao Shijie's case, Tan Zong pondered for a moment and asked Lin Qingliang.

"Apply for a review." Lin Qingliang smiled slightly when he heard this and said to Tan Zong, "Let Zhao Shijie's family make a fuss in front of the Supervision Office for a few days, so that we can follow the situation to review the case."

"Since the other party intentionally framed Zhao Shijie, he must have done a good job of dealing with it. I'm afraid it's not so easy to find evidence to cleanse Zhao Shijie." Hearing this, Tan Zong's brows couldn't help but frown together, and he seemed a little worried.

"Brother Tan, as long as you look for this evidence carefully, there will always be something." Lin Qingliang smiled slightly and said meaningfully.

Looking at the strange smile on the corner of Lin Qingliang's mouth, Tan Zong immediately understood that forging evidence not only the people from the Ministry of Households can do it, but the people from the Supervision Office are also proficient in this.

"Then I'll thank you Brother Lin." Tan Zong then laughed and bowed to Lin Qingliang.

"Brother, why should you be so polite?" Lin Qingliang patted Tan Zong on the shoulder intimately and said with a smile. After Zhao Shijie's affairs were over, Tan Zong owed him a favor. Not only that, the relationship between the two would be one step closer.

On the way back to the inn, Tan Zong leaned in the carriage and closed his eyes to rest. With Lin Qingliang's statement, it seemed that Zhao Shijie was now in danger, and he had already finished his mind.

Suddenly, Tan Zong opened his eyes, lifted the curtains, and nodded to Shen San who was following the carriage.

Seeing this, Shen San knew that Tan Zong had something to look for him, so he got on the carriage. Tan Zong whispered a few times in his ear, and then got out of the car and left, disappearing into the vast night.

Tan Zong closed his eyes again. He had done what he should do. As for the result, it depends on Zhao Shijie's luck.

At midnight, there is a grand house in the south of the capital.

Zhao Yalan sat in the hall with an anxious expression and said something to a middle-aged man with a round face. The middle-aged man with a round face is her husband Du Ming.

Du Ming has been running around the capital these days, busy with Zhao Shijie's affairs, and found a lot of people, and spent a lot of money. Unfortunately, none of them could come in handy, and no one was able to get people from the Supervision Mansion with Zhao Shijie's conclusive evidence.

Du Ming has been in the capital for so many years and has several friends in the Supervision Office, but those people are too low to help at all. He finally got into a sixth-rank chief in the Supervision Office through one of them tonight. As a result, the chief learned that he was coming for Zhao Shijie's affairs, and got up and left without even drinking, which made Du Ming's heart cold.

For the sake of the 100 taels of silver notes Du Ming gave in advance, the chief showed him a way out before leaving, which was to ask him to find a way to find evidence that Zhao Shijie was framed, otherwise he would have to prepare for Zhao Shijie's funeral.

One hundred taels of silver were exchanged for a nonsense. Du Ming was in tears. If he could find evidence of Zhao Shijie being framed, then the person who was full of money asked the chief for help.

"Madam, why don't I go to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow and beg my elder brother's colleagues, they usually have such a good relationship with my elder brother, so now you can't just stand by and watch!" Du Ming and Zhao Yalan discussed for a long time but did not think of any good way to save Zhao Shijie. After thinking about it, they looked up at Zhao Yalan.

"Brother is involved in the greed case. The matter that the Ministry of Revenue is most afraid of. They are not too late to hide, so how can they come forward to help the eldest brother?" Zhao Yalan shook her head. After Zhao Shijie's incident, Du Ming went to Zhao Shijie's colleagues and asked them for help. As a result, those people either stayed away or regretfully expressed their powerlessness. No one wanted to be involved in this matter, so as not to harm Chiyu.

"Once the Supervisory Office reports the eldest brother's crime to the official, it will be too late." Du Ming couldn't help but stand up and said anxiously while paced back and forth in the hall.

"Perhaps, we still have a glimmer of hope." Zhao Yalan picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea, her eyes showing a look of expectation.

"Madam is talking about that Mr. Jia?" Du Ming stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Yalan, and said worriedly, "He met us by chance. Would he really help us for Min'er's meal?"

Zhao Yalan returned to the capital yesterday afternoon, which surprised Du Ming. She thought something had happened. She didn't feel at ease until she learned about Tan Zong's affairs.

Du Ming was full of curiosity about Tan Zong, whose identity was mysterious. It was hard for him to imagine who Tan Zong had provoked, so that the other party would tie him and a woman in the mountains and send him to the county government for interrogation.

Judging from Du Ming's social experience for so many years, he felt that Tan Zong promised Zhao Yalan to help Zhao Shijie was just an excuse, and he did not really want to help Zhao Shijie get out of trouble.

"I think that Mr. Jia is a loyal and righteous person, and should not go back on his word." Zhao Yalan put down the teacup, pondered for a moment, and looked up at Du Ming. She had never missed anyone over the years.

"Although he said that, is there any way he can rescue his elder brother from the Supervision Mansion?" Du Ming frowned tightly. He could not believe that there was such a person in this world who went to the Supervision Mansion to save people for a meal. Moreover, Zhao Shijie was arrested by the people from the Supervision Mansion, so how could he be rescued by saying that he could be saved.

"Mrs. Du is right. Since my young master has agreed to you, he will definitely do it. If you suspect my young master, you can try to find a way yourself." As soon as Du Ming finished speaking, the closed door was pushed open. A masked man wearing a night walker walked in outside the room and said in a cold voice.

"Is your young master Jia?" Zhao Yalan and Du Ming were startled by the masked man who suddenly appeared in front of him. Zhao Yalan quickly reacted, stood up, and looked at the masked man in surprise.

"My young master said that Zhao Shijie's family will start to go to the Supervision Office to apply for a review tomorrow. No matter what the people in the Supervision Office say, they must stay there." The masked man nodded, then said a word and turned around and walked outward. He jumped at the door and jumped onto the roof, which made Zhao Yalan and Du Ming stunned.

"Madam, who is this Mr. Jia?" After a while, Du Ming moved his Adam's apple, swallowed a saliva with a gulp, and looked at Zhao Yalan with lingering fear. If the masked man wanted to kill them just now, it would be easy.

"No matter who he is, as long as he can save his elder brother, he will be our friend." Zhao Yalan's eyes flashed with excitement. She never expected that Tan Zong would send her news so soon. If Tan Zong was perfunctory to her, there was no need to let the masked man come.

The next morning, outside the west gate of the Forbidden City, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was connected to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Tongchuansi of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the only way to contact the palace and outside the palace. In the Forbidden City, from the concubines and eunuchs and maids, if they want to meet someone or who want to see them, they must convey it through the Tongchuansi. The items sent to the palace and the items sent from the palace must also be arranged by them.

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is filled with many people who are related to the palace every day, and the houses are crowded and lively.

The Tongchuan Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is divided into three parts, which are composed of three side-by-side courtyards, which handle the affairs of concubines, palace maids and eunuchs respectively.

Among them, the courtyard that handles the affairs of concubines is the largest, located in the center of Tongchuan Department, and the courtyard that handles the affairs of palace maids and eunuchs is located on both sides.

Although they all belong to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in order to maintain order and to show different identities, the three courtyards each have their own main gates. In the middle gate are all concubines and relatives wearing brocade and jade robes, gold and silver, and on both sides are ordinary people dressed in shabby clothes. Looking around, they are clearly divided.

A carriage stopped in front of the gate of the middle courtyard of the Tongchuan Department of the Internal Affairs Office. Tan Zong lifted the curtain and jumped from it. He looked up at the rushing yard, sighed depressedly, and started to walk inside.

Tan Zong is now waiting for the court to evaluate the achievements of those who have made contributions in the elimination of the Bishop Rebellion in Suzhou and Yangzhou. When the court rewards him, he will return to Yangzhou.

He didn't know when the commendations would come, so he had to seize the time to resolve the dispute with Zhao Yuzhao before leaving. Otherwise, a "time bomb" would bury him in the capital, which would make him feel as if he was in a harsh manner and he could not sleep or eat.

Tan Zong wanted to meet Zhao Yuzhao, but there was actually the quickest way, which was to pass Zhao Yunan. However, he felt that this was his personal grudge between him and Zhao Yuzhao and did not want to involve Zhao Yunan, so as not to let Zhao Yuzhao misunderstand that he used Zhao Yunan to suppress her, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, in order to meet Zhao Yuzhao, Tan Zong had to follow the procedures and came to the Tongchuan Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"You are a blind person, you dare to hit me. You are so impatient to live." Tan Zong had just walked a few steps when he suddenly heard an angry scolding from the side, followed by a slap, as if someone was slapped in the face.

Tan Zong turned his head and then frowned slightly. He saw a middle-aged man in brocade clothes punching and kicking a middle-aged man in a shabby and thin body. The brightly dressed people passing by pointed at this, but no one stepped forward to stop him.

"Master, stop beating, the villain didn't mean it, let go of the villain, let go of the villain." The thin middle-aged man curled up on the ground, did not resist, held his head with his hands and kept begging for mercy.

"Didn't it intentionally?" The fat middle-aged man kicked the thin middle-aged man a few times, then pointed to a stain on his clothes and said viciously, "Do you know how much this clothes are worth? The old man is wearing it to see the empress in the palace. Now that you have been dirty, how do you compensate?"
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