Xue Yan sat slanted in the carriage, leaning his face impatiently, with the other hand on his knee, and his fingers tapped on and off.
There have been rumors in the court recently that the fifth prince suddenly got the emperor's blue eyes and entered the punishment department at a young age.
How much honor is that
Some people say that it was because Emperor Qing Ping favored Concubine Shu and favored the Jun family, some people said that Xue Yan secretly had some tricks, and some people said that it was because of the frequent troubles caused by other princes that the emperor noticed him.
No matter what the reason, in a word, everyone knows that Xue Yan has had great luck.
But Xue Yan felt annoyed.
In the past, Emperor Qing Ping hated him, and only wished that there was no such person in the palace. Instead, he was happy to be quiet and planned and arranged by himself, and there was nothing difficult to do. On the contrary, this time, the fate of his evil star was solved in front of Emperor Qingping. He suddenly seemed to be ill and became his own father overnight.
Xue Yan never knew that having a biological father was such a troublesome thing.
Not only was he summoned to talk one after another, but he also found a useless position for him in the Punishment Department, and he had to do trivial chores every day.
It was as if he had given him a lot of honor, with a look of trust and kindness, attracting everyone in the court to pay attention to him. Those who stepped forward to slap on the horse, and tried to inquire, like the gangrene of the tarsus, could not catch up.
It also attracted several temptations from Dongchang, and taught him to spend a lot of thought and show sincerity before appeasing them.
However, Xue Yan was able to handle these things. Only one thing, like a flame falling on a dry pyre, ignited all the things that annoyed him.
Xue Yan irritably pulled out the hidden compartment on the carriage, and took out a thin book from it.
"Due Sutra".
He opened the book with one hand and read it boredly.
The thing that annoyed him the most was that Jun Huailang had left.
As if leaving no trace at all, when he returned to Mingluan Palace, even the luggage in the east hall was emptied. The huge side hall was re-locked, as if no one had ever lived in it.
That person disappeared from his world without a sound, just when he vaguely understood what kind of feelings he had for the other party.
The boy who was in the first stage of love was at the height of Tongshen's anger, but the red line was suddenly cut off, and his restless heart was locked in the cage.
That heart slammed left and bumped against the iron fence all day long, causing him to be in a bad mood every day.
And today, another boring case fell into his hands.
It seems that Emperor Qingping intends to give him a chance to show his talents, so that he can show it to all the officials in the court, and also to show it to Emperor Qingping himself. And the officials of the Ministry of Punishment also have their hearts and minds, and if there are any important cases, they will be handed over to him, so that they can sell him some favors.
Although Xue Yan didn't want to be appreciative, the official was considered his top no matter what, and he had to do the assigned tasks.
The official asked him to chase after the son of a household official who had embezzled huge sums of money.
That kid was the official's direct son. After his father was sacked, the Ministry of Punishment took over his home as usual. But I didn't expect that the account book of the stolen home could not match the number, and there was a deficit of more than 10,000 taels of silver.
It turned out that this kid fled with his father's stolen money and hid in a concubine's house. After the investigation by the court, he took his concubine, his wife and children and fled the city together, wanting to carry the money incognito and live happily ever after.
In Xue Yan's opinion, this kind of problem could be solved by sending someone to arrest and torture him, but the minister of punishment insisted that Xue Yan deal with it.
Although the original intention of the minister of punishment was to sell Xue Yan for a benefit, so that he could capture the kid without any trouble, and he would not be able to copy the stolen money.
But how could he have imagined that Xue Yan didn't care about this money at all.
Therefore, this flattery is slapped on the hoof.
Xue Yan waited boredly. After a while, a soldier came to report that he had caught someone and asked if he could close the team.
Xue Yan raised his hand and signaled that he was going to get out of the car.
"This is the trial." He said lightly.
He received information in the past two days, saying that the concubine of the young master was a purr who he had redeemed in the brothel a month ago. Long before redeeming her, the two of them had already made an oath, and it was up to you. For the sake of this woman, this young man was beaten by his father while he was still at home, and he just didn't let him marry him.
And when his father had an accident, he was the first to find her with the money, and wanted to run away with the woman. If his wife hadn't come to the door with the child, he wouldn't have brought these three people with him.
At this time, when the team is closed, only his family can be captured, and the silver ticket must be hidden with the woman in the brothel.
If this son-in-law treats her with more affection than Jin Jian, he will have more trouble.
Xue Yan couldn't be bothered to waste time on this kind of shit.
After receiving his order, Jin Bao, who was waiting outside, quickly set up a footstool for him, and asked him to get out of the car with a curtain. Xue Yan got out of the car and walked straight to the post house without looking sideways.
The idle people and others have been driven to the corner by the soldiers. The lobby of the huge post house has been empty for most of Xue Yan, and it is spacious and quiet.
Only the cries of the women and children who were taken down were left.
Jinbao stepped forward quickly and brought him a chair. Xue Yan turned around, lifted the cloak, and sat down on the chair.
"Search." He said lightly.
Immediately, a few soldiers stepped forward and searched them up and down, and even the luggage they brought, they all searched clean.
However, there is only a small amount of silver, and there is no huge amount of silver notes that this young master took away.
The brothel woman was on the side, sobbing and crying: "The official wants to search, and he needs some reasons. The little girl's body and the package are all the little woman's own money. Whatever the official wants to search, give it to the little girl. Exactly!"
Saying that, she wiped away her tears weakly.
Next to him, the son's wife and two children also cried, and for a while, it was very miserable, as if he used power to oppress women and children.
Xue Yan knew that these people just made up their minds and felt that they dared not do anything.
After all, the greedy official had already been sent to prison to search his home, waiting for the Autumn Queen to be executed, and his family members were not implicated. Even if the officials handling the case came, they would not be able to touch them.
The bank notes could not be found, and the officials had no evidence. Who knows if the money was spent or lost? Naturally can't do anything to them.
But they didn't know that the person in front of them was Xue Yan.
The most is that the six relatives do not recognize, and they are not afraid of anything.
He just lifted his eyelids lightly and glanced at Brother Gongzi.
"Where?" he asked.
The son-in-law really was lucky, he hesitated and said, "What are you asking? The villain doesn't know."
If the money is handed over, even if the court does not want his life, how can he survive? Besides, the woman followed him out of the brothel to live with him, so how could she endure this hardship...
However, Xue Yan slowly retracted his gaze, raised his chin, and gestured in the direction of the brothel woman.
"Someone," he said. "Cut off her finger and ask again."
The people in the inn were all the merchants and common people who came and went. At this time, they didn't dare to come out, and when they heard that the high official wanted to use the punishment on the spot, they shivered for a while.
A soldier stepped forward.
They followed Xue Yanyueyu, and they were able to understand the master's orders. The soldier stepped forward and first pressed the brothel woman's wrist on the table, then another soldier stepped forward and pulled out a shiny dagger.
The two turned back and waited for Xue Yan's next order.
Sure enough, the woman struggled violently and cried, and she was so frightened that she trembled in front of the dagger. Brother Young Master's face also became extremely ugly, his legs were trembling, and he was already a little speechless.
Xue Yan turned to look at him.
"Ask one more time and cut one. I don't know if her hands are strong enough for you to tell the truth." He said lightly. "If you want to force me to ask the eleventh time, then her life will stay here today."
That Young Master was so frightened that he almost fell to his knees, and hurriedly shouted: "If you use lynching in public like this, is there still a king's law!"
"Wang Fa?" Xue Yan smiled lazily.
Jinbao, who is standing by the side, is best at observing words and judging people. He glanced at his master's expression, and a proud and sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on his face, and said lightly, "Wang Fa? Do you know which master is in front of you, so dare to talk about Wang Fa?"
With the eunuch's unique shrill voice, everyone present trembled.
How many men can there be in the world who can be served by eunuchs
The boy's legs were weak, and he immediately fell to his knees.
He knew that the person in front of him today must be the prince in the palace. Today, not to mention cutting off the fingers of his concubine, even killing their entire family, no one dared to say a word.
Then, he heard Xue Yan speak lazily: "If you don't do it yet, do you want me to urge you?"
The dagger fell suddenly.
The woman's cry suddenly became sharp.
"Husband! Husband save me!" she cried. "Just tell him, tell him!"
The dagger, which was halfway down, wiped her fingers and stopped.
"I don't want to hear one more nonsense." Xue Yan raised his hand, bent his fingers, and supported it lazily at the side of his face.
The son who was kneeling on the ground shook his rope and said, "I have already sent my servant to the north overnight. Now it should be in Wangping Village in the northern suburbs of Chang'an."
Xue Yan glanced sideways and glanced at the captain of the soldiers standing beside him.
"Do you hear?" he asked.
The captain saluted immediately.
Xue Yan turned his eyes back and instructed lightly: "Tie up a few of them, and after finding the silver note, return to the punishment department to return to life."
The captain should be, leading the soldiers to tie up a few people in an orderly manner, one team escorted a few people back to the city, and the other team went north to find the silver ticket.
Xue Yan got up slowly.
Jinbao hurriedly stepped forward, moved the chair that was in the way for him, and made way for him: "Master, should I go back to the punishment department or the palace."
Xue Yan said, "Go back to the palace."
Jinbao hurriedly sighed and turned to put the chair beside him.
Immediately afterwards, a cyan figure standing on the stairs immediately crashed into Jinbao's eyes.
After spending a few months with that Bodhisattva, how could Jinbao still know who he is
He raised his head cautiously, and sure enough, His Royal Highness was standing on the stairs, watching all the scenes just now.
Jin Bao's heart skipped a beat.
Isn't this... Master's cruel and arrogant, majestic and blessing, wanting people's fingers and taking people's lives at random, isn't it suitable for the Bodhisattva to see
He only hated that he was slow, how could he get so close, and he didn't feel the Buddha's light on that Bodhisattva.
After entering the treasure, he realized it later, and smiled ingratiatingly at Jun Huailang.
Just at this moment, Xue Yan, who walked to the door, found that Jin Bao was not following, and turned around impatiently.
"If you don't get out, are you dead inside?" He turned his head sideways and asked coldly.
Jin Bao's heart skipped a beat.
Master, when did you scold me for being bad, choose this time!
Sure enough, he turned his head cautiously and saw that the master was not moving.
He and His Royal Highness looked at each other.
The master just now looked at His Highness with lazy, impatient and hostile eyes, where is the arrogant and cold look just now? On the contrary, it was full of surprise and anxiety that could not be hidden.
Although he was still standing upright, his face still had no expression on his face, but he always looked like a student who had done something wrong and was caught by the master.
It was like a wolf that was arrogant and arrogant, the pair of majestic wolf ears and a wolf tail that rose proudly, all drooped down.