Chapter 558: Confession (one more) (1/2)

Chapter 558 confession (one more)

Xing Shangshu entered the palace to see the emperor.

The emperor was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study room, and after hearing the report from Wei Gonggong, he was brought in.

”Weichen, see your majesty.”

Xing Shangshu respectfully saluted.

The emperor sat behind the desk, put down the memorial that he had read, picked up another one, and asked: ”Xing Shangshu suddenly entered the palace, why?”

Xing Shangshu hesitated for a moment, and said: ”Chen...something starts to play.”

The emperor opened the memorial: ”Why can't you wait until the early period?”

Xing Shangshu said in the heart, but if you can wait until the morning, you are afraid that you will be unhappy if you say it in front of the civil and military officials.

Speaking of which, I just ran into Laojijiu and Yuan Shoufu halfway through. Laojijiu shouldn’t read the contents of the document clearly?

only glanced at it, it is logically invisible.

Even if you see it clearly, as a veteran, you will not publicize the matter.

Thinking about this, Xing Shangshu secretly relieved.

Xing Shangshu said respectfully, ”It's a case, and the Weichen is undecided whether to speak in the court.”

The emperor asked: ”What case?”

Xing Shangshu replied truthfully: ”The case of Xianleju.”

”Xianleju?” The emperor frowned, ”Is it the most famous brothel in Beijing?”

”Your Majesty also knows.” Xing Shangshu was surprised.

Don’t blame him for being so surprised. Xianleju’s reputation seems to be great, but after all, it is just a brothel. The imperial city has a distinct class, and it is more difficult to overcome the barriers of class than to climb to the sky.

As long as the emperor is not interested in visiting the brothel, he will not pay attention to it.

”I've heard it.” The emperor said indifferently, ”Does a brothel case need to talk about the court?”

Xing Shangshu looked complicated and said: ”This case has a lot of implications and it has something to do with the royal family.”

The emperor said lightly: ”Which prince went to the brothel to have an accident?”

It’s the prince to pay it back, I’m afraid you won’t be so embarrassed in your heart.

Xing Shangshu understands that today's head is stretched out, and the head is shrunk, and it is also a knife. If you don't say it, you have to say: ”The oiran of Xianleju died. It was something that happened on the seventh day of the new year.”

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor had the impression that it was the day when the army returned, and it was also the day when he saw Ning'an again.

What happened to such a good day?

The emperor frowned.

At first, Xing Shangshu only thought it was a civilian murder case, and there was no need to alarm His Majesty, so he didn't mention it in the court.

Xing Shangshu continued: ”But after verification, the Weichen accidentally discovered that the oiran of Xianleju was not dead. She died in a suspended animation and found a substitute Jin Chan to escape her shell. Her real purpose is to get close to Doctor Gu in the medical clinic.”

The emperor didn’t have much interest in the matter of a brothel oiran. He only said, ”Which doctor Gu from the hospital?”

”The medical hall next door to Women's School is called Miaoshoutang.” Xing Shangshu didn't know the relationship between the emperor and Gu Jiao. In order to attract the emperor's attention, he added, ”Doctor Gu is Xiao Liulang's wife.”

Xiao Liulang is the new champion selected by His Majesty, and His Majesty should always look after him a little bit.

In fact, Gu Jiao is also the daughter of Ding'an Houfu, but Gu Jiao herself has never admitted.

The emperor’s eyes were a little cold: ”What is an oiran in a brothel approaching the doctor in the medical hall?”

Shangshu from the Criminal Ministry: ”Assassination.”

”Assassination...” Little genius doctor? !

The emperor's expression became suspicious and solemn: ”You just said that Xianleju's case is related to the royal family. Could it be... the royal family instructed that oiran to harm Doctor Gu?”

Xing Shangshu did not answer directly, but took out the confession letter and the case file from the wide sleeves he sewed halfway.

The emperor brought the confession letter and the dossier, and he recognized that these were Xiao Liulang's handwriting.

Xiao Liulang concurrently served as the secretary of the Criminal Ministry. In Gu Jiao's words, he was Xing Shangshu's secretary and spokesperson. If he did a good job, he could become the secretary-general of the Criminal Ministry.

It is normal for him to write the dossier and confession.

Of course, not all confessions are written by officials of the Criminal Department, and some of them are confessions written by criminals.

The confession note stated that Bai Kun did not have much literacy, so Xiao Liulang was ordered by the Criminal Department to write for him.

After the emperor finished reading it, he snapped the confession letter on the desk with a snap: ”Outrageous! The prisoner who tried!”

Xing Shangshu simply said to the emperor in order to avoid extra-junctions, ”Weichen personally interrogated, and Xiao Liulang temporarily took the place of the handwriting.”

Swordsmen of the Criminal Department are generally appointed by Yamen litigators, but when the litigants are not in the Yamen, they can also be appointed by others by Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

Xiao Liulang was born in Hanlin, so he doesn't even have the qualifications to be a knife and penman.

If it is a case tried by others, the emperor is afraid to retry one or two, but Xing Shangshu and Xiao Liulang are both officials that the emperor has brought up with one hand, and the emperor still trusts them.

The emperor didn’t know about Xiao Liulang’s ability to judge the case. If Xiao Liulang was only adjudicated, the emperor would have to doubt whether he was deceived, but Xing Shangshu was a veteran of criminal cases, and he would never let a thief fool him. Up.

Could it be...really the royal princess did it?

But this is ridiculous, isn’t it?

Summoning the current emperor brother, in other words, the young master behind Xianleju is his sister.

He only has three younger sisters-Ning'an, Xinyang and Huaiqing.

None of these three seem to be suspicious.

Ning An doesn’t need to mention, how could she be such a kind and innocent person in association with the forces of the brothel and do something to harm the little genius doctor?

Huaiqing is an idiot, let alone this ability.

will never be Xinyang.

Xinyang is indeed a powerful character. Among so many princesses, there is neither the blessing of the mother, nor the special favor of the father and the emperor, but she has never suffered from anyone.

She also got the great marriage that the emperor father prepared for her before his death.

She is indeed a woman with wrists.