It was late at night, but the streets of the capital were not calm.
The soldiers in charge of the night patrol have stopped several groups of people in succession. First they stopped the grandfathers of Jin Yiwei, and then it was the car of the Minister of Punishment and Dali Siqing. They were reprimanded, but they knew that something might have happened there. .
Because the direction these people are going is the Ministry of Punishment.
In the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the lights were bright at this time.
The prisoners who rioted before were all tied up and gagged, and isolated in other cells. The cells where the accident happened before were all vacated. Xue Tingxiang and others looked gloomy, and the atmosphere was extremely depressed.
The doctor has been asked to take a look. Xiang Rong and the others are not in serious trouble, they are just a little frightened.
Yin Nian was furious, and the officials from the Ministry of Punishment who were in charge of the prison were called over.
"Check, let them give this official a good check. This happened just after people were locked in. How can you let this official see people in the future!"
All the members of the Ministry of Punishment were silent and did not dare to speak.
Du Jipeng took a step forward and said, "Lord Lao Yin is still not involved in this matter."
Yin Nian looked over and said, "What does Mr. Du mean?"
Du Jipeng didn't give him any face, and said, "What is the meaning of this official, Master Yin should understand. When such a thing happened in your prison of the Ministry of Justice, how could Master Yin let this officer and His Majesty still trust the Ministry of Justice?"
Yin Nianpo felt shameless, and said with a stiff face: "This accident will not happen again in the future."
"Master Yin still thinks about the future? Have you ever thought about it, if Master Xue didn't really feel relieved and came to sit in person in person, this time Xiang Long and others really had an emergency, I'm afraid you, me, Master Xue, and Master Wang would all take off. It doesn't matter."
"Okay, stop arguing with the two of you. Both of you are the chief judge. No one wants such a thing to happen. This time is probably an accident. After this, Sir Yin will definitely investigate and rectify it thoroughly..."
"It's not an accident!" Not far away, Xue Tingxiang's voice suddenly sounded.
The cells in the nearby corridors were all emptied, which was what Xue Tingyan meant, and he looked around after that. Because he didn't see anything, and everyone didn't care, he didn't expect him to suddenly say such a thing.
"Come and see. The cells of Xiang Long and others are all separate cells. In order to prevent them from interfering with confessions, the cells they are in are separated. But you can look at the cell where Xiang Long is, and the lock, the lock. There are no smash marks on it, and the fence of the cell is not damaged, how did the insane prisoners get into these cells?"
Saying that, Xue Tingyan went to the door of another cell: "Look at this cell again. There are no smash marks on the iron lock in this cell, and the cell door is intact. Let's look at this cell again, the lock in this cell is also intact. There are smash marks on it, and it is obvious that someone broke the lock and released the person inside."
After following Xue Tingxiang to check a few cells, Du Jipeng's face became solemn: "Master Xue means that someone deliberately broke the lock and let the people inside out."
Xue Tingxiang shook his head.
Du Jipeng scrutinized his face, and suddenly took a cold breath: "Master Xue means that someone deliberately did not lock the prison door, so the prisoners inside ran out. Xiang Long's prison door was also unlocked, which means that some people want to use the prison door. The prisoner's hand killed the other party, so there will be no smash marks on the lock of his cell door."
Xue Tingxiang nodded: "Yes or no, after checking the prison doors of other criminals, you can come to a conclusion."
Du Jipeng raised his hand slightly, and Jin Yiwei's people went to look around, and even the punishment department didn't use it.
Not long after, Jin Yiwei's people came back and reported that the locks on the prison doors of the prisoners brought from Henan showed no signs of being smashed.
As for the doors of other prisoners, some locks were smashed, while others were not.
"Master Xue, Master Du, what do you mean, that someone in my punishment department deliberately colluded with others to kill people?"
"This—" Xue Tingyan paused and said implicitly, "This official didn't say that."
"You said it yourself, Sir Yin." Du Jipeng interjected.
"you-"
"Actually, it's quite easy to find out. When people do things, they all have a subconscious mentality. Master Du, what would you do if you wanted to kill someone with the hands of a criminal?" Xue Tingxiang asked.
"This—" Du Jipeng pondered for a while, and said, "Naturally, it's like today. If someone investigates it, it can be inferred that it was an accident. It was those prisoners who went crazy and rioted. For their sake, it's better not to close the door."
Xue Tingxiang ignored Yin Nian's ugly face and said with a smile, "That's not enough. How can we do it without showing any traces? Naturally, it looks like it happened naturally. But these are people, and it's not that easy to be a person. Manipulation, do you ask them to kill people, will they kill people? At this time, there needs to be an introduction."
"If it was me, I would not only do what you said, but I would also deliberately choose a few short-tempered people who have attacked others in the past. With these people taking the lead, it will come naturally. You said that, Master Yin? At the end, he looked at Yin Nian with a smile.
Yin Nian was stunned for a moment, then immediately reprimanded: "Master Xue, what are you asking this officer? How does this officer know what other people think? Do you suspect that this officer is the one behind the instigation?"
"Of course this is not what this official means. It's just that Lord Yin has been a minister of punishment for many years, and he must have seen some strange cases. This official thinks that Lord Yin should be well-informed."
Yin Nianhan said with an old face: "I don't know!"
"Yes or no, I will let someone check the roster to find out." Du Jipeng said.
The results of the investigation will be reported soon.
As I said before, this corridor is filled with more important prisoners.
For example, in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, there are about three types of prisoners, one is ordinary prisoners, and the other is prisoners with fame and official positions.
Needless to say, ordinary prisoners are delusional when they enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and want to live a good life. As for the prisoners who are guilty, the treatment is also different. Some are served by delicious food and drink, and some are no different from ordinary prisoners.
Most of the above two types of prisoners stay for a short time, and soon after they are dealt with, they will either be beheaded or exiled.
As for the third type, that is, repeat offenses.
This kind of prisoner is either deliberately punished and cannot be released. Or there are some secrets that are not suitable for outsiders to know and cannot be released. Another is that it is suspected of endangering the stability of the people, such as having a tendency to violence, such as full of evil.
These people are all on record, and the cells are fixed, and even every new jailer will be told about the past of these people, so as not to be injured.
So this matter is easy to check, and it is exactly what Xue Tingxiang had guessed.
So far, the result is obvious, it is indeed that there is a ghost in the Ministry of Punishment.
And this ghost is among the prison guards on duty tonight. As for whether there is anyone behind him, there is no doubt about it. The prison guard has nothing to do with the criminal, and how can he harm people for no reason.
Yin Nian said he would interrogate him in person, but was stopped by Du Jipeng. He ordered his men to escort all the jailers, Xiang Long and others back to Jinyiwei on the spot.
The scene was extremely embarrassing. Anyway, Yin Nian and Du Jipeng were torn apart.
Wang Chongyao wanted to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say.
Xue Tingxiang and Du Jipeng left together.
While walking on the road, Du Jipeng suddenly asked, "How do you know that Yin Nian and Wu Ge secretly communicated with each other?"
Xue Tingxiang smiled: "I guess."
He naturally couldn't tell Du Jipeng, because of that dream, he knew a lot of unknown things.
Including Yin Nian and Wu Gelao, the two of them seem like water and fire, but they are just pretense. In fact, who would have thought that two people who usually fought against each other with all their might, would actually be allies in attack and defense.
This is probably the last retreat left for each other between the two.
After dawn, when the news was reported, Emperor Jiacheng was furious.
This time, he directly ordered Wu Ge's elders and others to be taken into custody by the Beizhen Fusi, and the case was also personally interrogated by Jin Yiwei. The four presiding judges are not removed, but Jin Yiwei handles everything, and the other three are only for supervision. No one is allowed to intervene or stop them, otherwise they will be treated as accomplices.
The reason for this order is also because of what happened to the Ministry of Justice, which is really appalling. Under the attention of everyone, he dared to use this method to kill people.
Jin Yiwei brought back several jailers from the punishment department, but there was no result in the trial, but two jailers recruited, but they were bought by money, and the person who put their money in, they didn't even see their true colors.
Of course, the occurrence of this matter is not without benefits, and it can be regarded as directly giving Jin Yiwei the right to interrogate.
After the news came out, Beijing was full of turmoil.
And Du Jipeng had been waiting for a long time to show his strength, and on the day the order was issued, these people were punished.
In the long-abandoned prison of Beizhen Fusi, the mourning continued, and some people could not stand the torture and began to recruit.
In a cell with all kinds of unpleasant smells, two people were tied to the nails on the wall.
One of them was still unharmed, and the other was beaten to death.
"Master Xiang, you have different identities, so we will naturally interrogate you later, but in order not to make you suffer too much, we specially brought you to see the world. People in the world say that the punishment in the prison is complete, and only the world dare not think of it, there is absolutely no They don't have it, but we Jinyiwei are the ancestors who eat this line of food."
With a bang, there was the smell of scorched flesh, and then there was another scream that made the scalp numb.
Xiang Long was so frightened that his whole body was shaking, and his face was pale.
Xue Tingxiang couldn't help covering his mouth and nose, said to Du Jipeng that he had to leave beforehand, and left the place.
After exiting the gate of Jinyiwei, Xue Tingxiang got into the carriage parked by the road.
The carriage moved forward slowly, he opened the window a little, and the cold wind blew in, and the nausea went away a little.
He is not worried about whether the case will be tried or not. With people like Jin Yiwei, it will be a matter of time before they will be tried.
However, with the personality of old Wu Ge, he would not necessarily leave behind a handle on this kind of thing, so even if Xiang Long was tried, it would not necessarily come to fruition.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and there was a screeching sound from outside the carriage.
"Why did you stop our car, old man?"
Xue Tingxiang lifted the curtain of the car and saw a person standing in front of the car.
is an acquaintance.
"Master Xue, the old man has something important to discuss with you."
It's Amber.