The Golden Age Chapter 457: Strictly silent

Lu Junzhong, the official book of the Criminal Ministry, and his officials naturally knew that the weapons depot case had been handed over to Dali Temple. Lu Junzhong was calm and composed, but Zhu Dongshan and others were quite surprised.

After the Wu Defang case was uncovered, the officials of the Xing Department were eagerly waiting to follow the Master Department to show off their skills.

Fan Wenzheng’s case has already received a lot of rewards from the management of the Criminal Department. This case is bigger than the last time, and more people are involved. If it can be investigated to let the saint Long Xindayue, everyone will inevitably. Won the award again.

The decree from the palace caused Dali Temple to take this case away, which greatly disappointed the officials of the Criminal Department.

Some people were even worried, wondering whether it was possible that the last time the case was handled did not satisfy the saint, so that Dali Temple was allowed to take over the case?

The officials of the Criminal Ministry are very calculating and cunning, but because of this, they always think more than others.

Since the saint enthroned, the Dali Temple, which once sat on the same level as the Criminal Ministry, has long been trampled underfoot by the Criminal Ministry. When the officials of Dali Temple saw the officials of the Criminal Ministry, they were all courteous and ugly. For so many years, The Xing Department has been eating meat, while Dali Temple just sipped the soup along with it.

Now that this big case has been taken by Dali Temple, is it possible for a saint to start reusing Dali Temple?

Zhu Dongshan looked at Lu Junzhong who was playing with torture instruments, and he was really a little surprised.

Lu Butang seemed to disagree with Dali Temple taking over the case, nor did he have any unhappy emotions. Seeing Zhu Dongshan's expression a bit ugly, he smiled and said, "You also think that the saint is going to reuse Dali Temple?" /

"Xiaguan didn't think that way." Zhu Dongshan said softly: "Xiaguan just worried that if this case is really handled by Dali Temple, it will still have some impact on us."

Lu Junzhong laughed strangely: "It's done properly? Su Yu's ability is also suitable for a small case. For such a big case, our Lord Su can't do anything next." Put down his torture instrument, and said lightly: "How wise the saint is, knowing that once our criminal department starts the case, there will be a result, and the saint does not want to have the result so quickly this time. Let this case be too big, and don't want us to really pick out the noble man behind it."

Zhu Dongshan took two steps forward and whispered: "My lord, you mean, the palace already knows who is behind the scenes?"

"Dongshan, even we know it, let alone a saint?" Lu Junzhong held his back with one hand and touched the goat’s beard. As soon as the decree was sent to Dali Temple to investigate the case, Dali Temple immediately invited the three principals of the Armament Department, the Treasury Department, and the Duzhi Department to Dali Temple. This is not Su Yu's meaning, but the palace's meaning." Lips A sly smile appeared on the edge: "This proves that the sage knows that this case is not just the work of a bureau of the Ministry of Finance, but also the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households."

Zhu Dongshan nodded and said: "The saint is wise, and he is naturally insightful about this."

"Able to connect the three important departments of the three yamen together, and they did it quietly. It was not revealed until today. How many people can do it?" Lu Junzhong smiled lightly: "To do this, at least two conditions must be met. The first is that, naturally, there is the ability to make the three directors obey his instructions, and they dare not defy. The second is that of course, there must be a guarantee. Heavenly guts, no bear heart and leopard guts

Who would dare to do such a big thing behind the palace? "

Zhu Dongshan immediately said: "What the adults said is extremely true, and the officials also think so."

"In this way, who is behind the scenes is already ready to be revealed." Lu Junzhong smiled and said: "While viewing the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty, there are only those who have the courage and ability to undertake such big cases. "

Zhu Dongshan whispered: "The lower official thought that among those few, the princess should have nothing to do with this case."

"Oh?" Lu Junzhong smiled and said: "Why can you see it?"

"Your Royal Highness holds Neiku in her hand, she doesn't need money." Zhu Dongshan leaned closer and whispered: "And this little bit of money, the princess must not look down upon."

Lu Junzhong smiled and said: "So you think that the nobleman behind this scene is the minister of the country?"

"The first thing the next official thought of was the prime minister of the country." Zhu Dongshan sighed: "But after pondering for a whole afternoon, the more I pondered, the more I felt wrong. The prime minister of the state enshrined tens of thousands of households, and the palace often rewarded him, both inside and outside the capital. Honor their Xiahou family's car-carrying capacity. To put it bluntly, he really wants money. He sent someone to walk around the place, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be recovered easily. It's just a small part. The money that is greedy for ink will cost more than a hundred thousand taels of silver in a year. You said that if you are such a shrewd person, how can you go to the water because of this mere hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Lu Junzhong nodded and laughed: "You’re right. The prime minister and the princess are both shrewd and extraordinary. No matter how confused they are, they can’t do such things. In fact, the case itself is not difficult, but No one dared to tear his mouth. Now Qin Xiao tears his mouth open. As long as the palace really wants to investigate and handle it, the case will come to light within a few days. Let's go to investigate first."

"My lord means that the sage asked Dali Temple to investigate, did he not want this case to come to light?" Zhu Dongshan asked cautiously.

Lu Junzhong was silent for a while, then said: "It depends on what the nobleman thinks behind him. If he is in a panic, the saint may turn one eye and close one eye to let this case pass as soon as possible. In fact, the intention of the palace to arrest the chief of the three divisions is already very obvious. This case can end with the chief of the three divisions, and then it will be fine to pull a group of people from these three yamen and chop their heads. It's just... if anyone Be smart and think that the palace is a fool, maybe this case will return to our hands in the end."

Zhu Dongshan felt relieved to see Lu Junzhong in his chest.

As long as the palace does not want to use Dali Temple to suppress the Ministry of Justice, then even if it gives some sweetness to Dali Temple, it is not a big deal, not to mention that this case is taken over by Dali Temple, it may not be sweet for Dali Temple. , It is probably just bitter water.

Zhu Dongshan is right in thinking.

Dali Temple Qing Su Yu is really sad now.

The Dali Temple Yamen located on Xuanwu Street is a Qingshui Yamen in Kyoto. The Ministry of Justice firmly controls the imperial criminals. Not only has the power of Dali Temple been repeatedly reduced, but the Yamen has also undergone several downsizing. The number of officials is higher than that of the first emperor. Reduced by nearly half.

The duty of most officials of Dali Temple is to go to the Yamen on time every day, play chess and drink tea, and return home at some point, doing nothing at all.

Suddenly taking over a big case now, many people in the yamen have not recovered.

Su Yu does not have many official duties, and pays attention to health preservation on weekdays. The most common thing the officials say is to let everyone guard against arrogance and rashness, and treat everything with a normal heart. Don’t be anxious to get angry, but now Dali Temple Officials, he is the most anxious.

The purpose is very clear. Dali Temple has only one day. Within one day, the three principals' confessions must be presented to the palace.

At the moment when he received the order, Master Su was still a little excited, and felt that the opportunity for him to do meritorious service seemed to come.

The sudden rise of the Criminal Ministry was not the cause of Lu Junzhong's investigation of Zhao Yankuo's case for the saint. Since then, Lu Junzhong has continued to handle major cases. Not only has it risen step by step, it has also taken away and weakened the power of Dali Temple little by little.

There is a chance this time, if it can be done to the satisfaction of the palace, it may not be impossible to revitalize Dali Temple.

It was just that he quickly understood that the idea was good, but it was extremely difficult to do it.

We sent people happily and arrogantly brought the three principals from the three big yamen to Dali Temple. In order to prevent the three from colluding to confess, they did not even let the three see each other. Each one was imprisoned in a room and then expelled from Dali. The most experienced interrogation officer of the temple interrogated overnight.

Su Yu even thought that since the saint allows the internal audit to give a confession within one day, if Dali Temple can quickly send the confession into the palace after dawn tomorrow, it will definitely make the saint's dragon heart happy.

But he has no such thoughts now.

Don't say that early in the morning, as long as you can get the confession of these three people in one day, it is the bodhisattva's blessing.

After the three principals entered Dali Temple, they almost became dumb and deaf at the same time. No matter how they asked, the three of them shut up, except for a few polite words when they first entered the Yamen, about weapons. In the case of the library, the three said nothing.

Although there was a will in the palace to interrogate the confessions of the three people, it did not say that these three people must have done the case. Right now they can only be suspects.

After all, they all have official status, and Su Yu didn't even dare to use torture directly on the three people without any evidence to prove that the three people were working together to commit the crime.

Until late at night, there was no word from the three people.

Su Yu had to get off the court in person and came to the room of Han Zhou, the head of the Treasury Department of the Imprisoned War Department. As soon as he walked in, he was cold. Seeing that Han Zhou was still sitting in a chair, he was even more angry:" Come here, take his chair down!"

Ya sent down Han Zhou’s seat. After Han Zhou stood, Su Yu sat down in the chair in front of Han Zhou, looked at Han Zhou, and said coldly: "Han Zhou, you have to understand, Ben The official was ordered to try the case. This case has already disturbed the palace. Whether you say it or not, the case must be thoroughly investigated to the end. If you can confess the truth earlier, if you take the initiative to confess, the official can still tell you The saint intercedes, if you are stubborn, it will not be possible for the officer to protect you."

Han Zhou saw Dali Siqing personally come to interrogate, he finally sighed, and said: "If you have evidence, you can kill or shut it down. You can listen to it. Since the official was taken to Dali Temple, he didn't think about it. After leaving alive, the truth of this case has been forgotten by the officials."

"You...!" Su Yu was very angry, and sternly said: "Han Zhou, this is how you deal with the official? Do you want the official to reply to the palace like this?"