That's why County Magistrate Tang became more and more worried, "What is there for him to envy for such a thankless task?"
It was said that County Magistrate Guo was jealous of him taking the case in the palace.
Yang Heshu said: "Master Yin is your immediate boss, Lord Yin transferred you in the two major cases in the palace, it shows how much he values you, County Magistrate Guo has served in Wannian County for four years, and then There will be two installments in two years."
Yang Heshu said calmly: "Even if Guo County in the capital is important, one person can take office for ten years. After a long time, let alone blocking the way of the people below, even His Majesty will be tired of looking at it."
Chang'an County and Wannian County are different from other counties. The magistrates of the two counties have no superiors such as governors and Jiedu envoys. There are only Jing Zhaoyin, and the emperors are all other than Jing Zhaoyin.
Throughout the Great Jin Dynasty, they only obeyed the orders of these two people, and they also had to go to the court every time the court met.
The county magistrates who are more rigid, especially the magistrates of Chang'an County, can not only control the emperor's relatives, but also the emperor.
In the palace, they are monarchs and ministers, but outside the palace, the county magistrate is the parent official, no matter how old the emperor is, he is also a citizen.
Therefore, for the sake of stability, the county magistrates of the two counties have been re-elected longer than those outside the counties.
Basically, those who end their term in one or two terms are either too mediocre to bear the burden;
However, County Magistrate Guo obviously does not belong to the two, but County Magistrate Tang...
Yang Heshu glanced at him, shook his head and said with a smile: "He is afraid that you will enter Jingzhao Mansion one step earlier than him."
County magistrate Tang said, "I want to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, not Jingzhao Mansion."
After leaving the palace, County Magistrate Tang let out a sigh of relief, pulled the horse from the servants waiting outside the palace, got on the horse and looked at Yang Heshu, "Stay up with me tonight?"
Yang Heshu shook his head and refused, "The children at home are not very obedient. They have been crying a lot these two nights, so I have to go back."
Magistrate Tang smiled, "Why, now we are avoiding suspicion?"
Yang Heshu gave him a warning look and said, "I shouldn't have gone to the Observatory to ask you questions today."
"I know, I know," County Magistrate Tang said with a smile, "I'm afraid that after a long time, people will wipe away all the traces? I can't trust others, but you and I can."
Yang Heshu also got on his horse, tugged at the rope, let the horse take two steps forward and said: "Go and check, I'll go back first."
County magistrate Tang couldn't force it, so he could only run home with the documents and his understanding.
As soon as he got home, he greeted his wife and went to work in the study, even eating meatloaf for dinner.
This saves time and effort, you can hold it with one hand, and the other hand and eyes can continue to work.
County magistrate Tang felt that something was wrong when he was questioned in the observation building, and when he reviewed the statements together, he realized what was wrong.
The circled people seem to have a good relationship with Xu Yu, but if you ask more deeply, they don't know much about Xu Yu, except that she has an aunt in the capital who comes every month when she is released. I don't know anything but her.
And those who they think play better with Xu Yu are not because they play well with Xu Yu, but because they play well with each other. It's just that they think Xu Yu is also one of them, that's why they have such a good relationship. kind of illusion.
County magistrate Tang was busy in the middle of the night, and found this pattern after writing down the names of these people in rows on a piece of paper.
He was covering his head with a headache, now let's not care about the people behind Xu Yu, only Xu Yu is very powerful.
Magistrate Tang looked at the people under the different arrows on the paper and pondered, so is there anyone else in the same disguise as her among these people
County magistrate Tang picked up the statement on the side and read it again, and after a while he circled a few names with some hesitation.
Mrs. Tang woke up after sleeping, and found that the light in the study was still on, so she couldn't help getting up and putting on her clothes to look at him.
She reached out her hand to touch his teacup, and saw that the tea in it was already cold, so she turned her head to look at Mingli, who had already been lying on the couch and had fallen asleep in the dark.
She secretly glanced at the sleeping Mingli, then turned around and lifted the teapot on the stove to pour water for him.
Magistrate Tang said without turning his head when he heard the sound of water being poured: "I don't want to drink any more water, you can go rest yourself, you will be ready to go out soon."
Madam Tang stretched out her hand and twisted his ear, "You also know that you will be going out soon?"
Only then did Mr. Tang realize that it was Mrs. Tang, and immediately put down the documents in his hand to please her hand, "Why is Madam here?"
"Listen, is the rooster crowing?"
When Mr. Tang heard it, it was true.
Mrs. Tang twisted his shoulder again, and said: "I don't care how busy you are, you always have to sleep. Man Bao said that staying up late not only makes you lose your hair, but also dies quickly. If you want If you don't want me to be a widow, go back to sleep quickly."
Mr. Tang was dragged, he had no choice but to put away the materials and lock them in the cabinet and go back to the room with her.
But he couldn't fall asleep even when he was lying on the bed, and his mind was still full of the case.
Mrs. Tang was so dazed that she was about to fall asleep. She turned over and opened her eyes unconsciously. When she found that his eyes were still open, she couldn't help opening them, leaning against him and asking, "What's the matter? Didn't it snow recently? Although it's a bit heavy, it's the first snow after all. Do you need to be so worried?"
She said: "It's really not possible. Tomorrow, I'll ask someone to set up a porridge shed and make more porridge."
"No, you should keep it for now. There are still many days of snow in the capital, and we will set up a porridge shed in the future. Now His Majesty and Zhao Guogong and Pi Guogong still hope that the county government has thrown grain. I am too lazy to cook, so I will check it later. The list should be distributed directly, and people can take it home and cook it themselves."
"It's not about the snow, what's the matter?"
"Yesterday, no, it was the day before yesterday. Two servants in the East Palace died the night before yesterday."
Obviously, this matter has not been widely spread outside, so Mrs. Tang didn't know about it yet, she said: "Didn't the Crown Princess just give birth to the little emperor's grandson?"
"Because of the birth of the little emperor's grandson, when the servants of the East Palace went to pick up Zhou Man, someone changed the needle bag in Zhou Man's medicine box."
Mrs. Tang woke up with a jolt.
Master Tang said: "Zhou Man discovered it early, so he didn't use the package of needles. Afterwards, he found out that the needles were soaked in medicines for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and diuresis."
After Madam Tang was shocked, she looked at Master Tang suspiciously, turned over and looked at him, "Why are you telling me these things?"
He usually keeps this kind of fatal case a secret from her.
County Magistrate Tang looked at her deeply and said, "Chang Bo and I checked for a day today, and found that the person behind the scenes is hiding deeper than Prince Gong this time, and the investigation may end in nothing."
Mrs. Tang was slightly taken aback, looked him straight in the eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"
"In this palace, besides His Majesty, Empress and Prince, who else is more powerful than Prince Gong?"