"Sir, we are robbing passing ships on the Si River on the orders of a senior official," said the pirate.
The judge of the Dali Temple asked: "The chief attendant? He is the chief attendant of the Jiangzhou City government. What is his last name?"
"Yes, his last name is Liu. It has always been this Liu Changsui who has been in contact with us. We don't know which master Liu Changsui is working for. We only know that master is a man with great connections and is not someone we pirates can afford to offend."
Censor Qiu snorted coldly, but said nothing more in the end.
The pirates have already confessed Liu Changsui from Jiangzhou City. As long as that Changsui is a sensible person, he will not drag Jiang Ruming into it.
The three men left the interrogation room and opened another door. The others were waiting outside.
Minister Zhou said, "Since we have found out that this matter was instigated by the long-term attendant in Jiangzhou City, and there is another official behind it, whether it is Governor Jiang or not, we have to go to Jiangzhou City to investigate this matter thoroughly, so as to prevent the person behind the scenes from putting the blame on Governor Jiang. What do you think, Imperial Censor Qiu?"
Censor Qiu was silent.
What can he say? What else can he say? Things have come to this point. If he continues to stop it, others will not believe that Jiang Ruming is innocent. If so, why does he keep making excuses?
It's really a difficult situation.
Censor Qiu didn't know how to resolve this situation, so he nodded helplessly and agreed, "Minister Zhou is right. We should go to Jiangzhou City."
The Dali Temple judges had no objection to this.
This matter was settled, so they headed towards Jiangzhou and the boat docked at the Jiangzhou ferry.
As soon as they arrived at the ferry, the news of the Sansi's arrival reached Governor Jiang.
Governor Jiang was surprised, but when he heard that the waterway taken by the three officials was the Si River, he immediately understood that it must be those pirates who attacked the official ship and were captured and interrogated, and they gave him away.
After tapping the table with his fingers, Governor Jiang sent someone to explain the matter to Liu Changsui. If he was interrogated, he must not tell anyone about him even if he died. Otherwise, he would have plenty of ways to target him.
When Liu Changsui received the news, he was extremely anxious. He sat quietly at home all night and then hanged himself that night.
When Jiang Ruming learned that Liu Changsui was dead, he picked up the teacup and took two sips of tea without saying much. Liu Changsui was a smart man. Once the clue was cut off, it would not be easy to find him, even if the Taoist priest in Jiangzhou was instructed by him.
What's more, he has the Third Prince behind him.
If we really offend the third prince, no one will have an easy time.
The only thing that made Jiang Ruming feel difficult was the arrival of Minister Zhou. Minister Zhou was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and after he arrived in Beijing, he would be a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, which made him shorter than Minister Zhou. From now on, he would meet him every day.
What's more, the former Bibu Langzhong was also the confidant of Minister Zhou. This time Minister Zhou came with great force and would not let him go easily.
Not easy to deal with.
Minister Zhou, who was being missed by Jiang Ruming, arrived at Jiangzhou City and handed the pirates over to the Jiangzhou government office. He also asked whether the Jiangzhou government office had a long-term attendant named Liu.
The county magistrate thought for a moment and said, "There was a long-serving man named Liu, but he hanged himself at home a day ago."
"Hanged to death?" asked the judge of Dali Temple.
"Oh, yes. Liu Changsui was fine a few days ago. Who would have thought that he would suddenly die? Are you looking for Liu Changsui for something important?"
The Dali Temple judge looked at Zhou Shi
Seeing that neither of them expressed their opinions, Lang and Qiu Yushi continued, "Since he is involved in a case, has anyone seen Liu Changsui recently?"
The person died suddenly, it must be that the person behind the scene couldn't sit still and killed him to silence him. ?
The Dali Temple judge thought about this and asked again: "Where is the deceased?"
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"Still in Liu Changsui's home." The county magistrate had never thought that Liu Changsui was involved in the case, nor had he thought that Liu Changsui committed suicide out of fear of punishment, nor had he sent a coroner to perform an autopsy. ?
Faced with this situation, the county magistrate could only walk forward with his neck shrunk. No matter who Liu Changsui worked for, his sudden death and the involvement of the three courts meant that he could not get involved.
For some things, the more you know, the faster you die.
Led by the county magistrate, several people came to Liu Changsui's home.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw several people in mourning clothes crying in the hall. The county magistrate went up to them and explained the situation to them. Then he ordered the bailiffs to take them away and make room for them.
The coffin had not yet been sealed, and Liu Changsui was lying quietly inside the coffin. The county magistrate felt sad when he saw this, and could not bear to look at him any longer. He called for the coroner, then gave up his space and went aside to wait.
The coroner went forward to examine Liu Changsui's injuries and found that Liu Changsui had no signs of struggle and died very peacefully. It was not that he was killed by someone and then disguised as hanging, but that Liu Changsui hanged himself to death.
The coroner did not hide anything and told the truth.
The Dali Temple judge was surprised and said, "He actually committed suicide."
Things have come to this point, as if the clues have been cut off. Even if they find out who Liu Changsui has been in contact with recently, they cannot conclude that that person is the mastermind. Even the people who came into contact with Liu Changsui are just the subordinates of the mastermind. Without any evidence, it would be impossible for them to investigate further.
unless……
The judge of the Dali Temple asked, "Where is the Taoist priest in Jiangzhou? Can we ask them to come over and do some calculations?"
The county magistrate heard it.
He walked forward and said, "The Taoist priest of Yunyue Temple is in the temple."
"Go and invite the person here," said the Dali Temple judge.
Minister Zhou was happy to see that the judge of the Dali Temple went to invite the Taoist priest of Yunyue Temple instead of Li Lezhi. He knew how powerful Taoist priest Li was. As for this matter, it could not bring down Governor Jiang. As for whether Taoist priest Li needed to take action, it all depended on the people of Yunyue Temple.
Censor Qiu looked at Minister Zhou and said, "If there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Qiu Yushi saw that the Dali Temple judge had gone to invite the Taoist priests from Yunyue Temple, so he was not worried about this matter. Let alone the ability of that group of people, even if they were in Jiangzhou, they might not dare to say it out loud if they had calculated that Jiang Ruming was the one.
What Censor Qiu was worried about was Li Lezhi.
This Taoist priest is different from other Taoist priests. He does not have too many concerns and is on good terms with Minister Zhou. His ability...
Censor Qiu did not dare to speak nonsense, he only asked Jiang Ruming not to meet Li Lezhi, lest Li Lezhi skin Jiang Ruming completely.
Censor Qiu left in a hurry, and Minister Zhou did not stop him. He also knew who Censor Qiu would go to see at this time.
Jiang Ruming, Governor of Jiangzhou.
After all, we have to save some face.
Censor Qiu arrived outside the governor's mansion and waited for a while before being welcomed in by the mansion's chief attendant.
He walked through the corridor, came inside, and met Jiang Ruming.
Jiang Ruming was wearing the long gown he wore at home, sitting in the study, holding a book.
He was flipping through the book carefully when he heard some noise. He looked up and saw that it was Censor Qiu. He then retracted his gaze and continued reading the book in his hand.
After flipping through two pages, Jiang Ruming closed the book, looked at Censor Qiu, and asked, "Why do you have time to come to my place?"
He picked up the tea and took two sips.
Censor Qiu frowned and looked at him and said, "You knew that I would go to Yangzhou to investigate the case in the next few days, and you still dared to..."
He lowered his voice and continued, "How dare you let those pirates stir up trouble in the Si River."
"What pirates? There are pirates causing trouble in Jiangzhou. They robbed the official ships. No wonder you three officials came to Jiangzhou. In the past, our place was poor and the officials from the capital were unwilling to stay here."
"…Minister Zhou will not let you enter the capital easily regarding your case," Imperial Censor Qiu continued, "This time when I went to Da'an County, I met a Taoist priest named Li. He has some abilities. I don't know if he is real or fake, but you have to be on guard. Don't let him see you."
"Taoist priest?" Jiang Ruming asked, "Didn't the Taoist priest surnamed Li die?"
"…This man is called Li Banxian by the people of Da'an County. He has some abilities," Censor Qiu had to admit. In his heart, he had already admitted that Li Lezhi had some abilities, whether it was because of his ability to read people's expressions or because of his ability to calculate. However, he had already offended Li Lezhi, not to mention the Jiangzhou case. He could only refuse if he didn't believe it.
"Did he figure out that it was related to me?" Jiang Ruming snorted coldly, "Don't tell me that Zhou Yun found a Taoist priest from a Taoist temple in the mountains and set up a trap with him to prevent me from entering the capital. It's just some small tricks, but it deceived you instead."
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Censor Qiu hurriedly told him about Li Lezhi.
Jiang Ruming listened, first pondered, then asked in confusion: "You have always disliked Taoist priests, why do you admire them so much now? Even you believe that Taoist priest has some ability. Zhou Yun is very scheming. When he goes to the capital, Zhou Yun will recommend Li Lezhi to His Majesty and say that he is the Taoist priest who predicted the flood. At that time, His Majesty will be very happy, and you will become his foil."
“…”
Censor Qiu looked at him resentfully for a long time before he said, "Do you still want to enter the capital? If you really appear in front of him, I don't think you will be able to enter the capital this year."
“…”
Jiang Ruming then took the situation seriously. This was related to his going to the capital. No local official did not want to return to the capital. Even if he was a governor, he was not as good as a small official in the capital. For this reason, he got in touch with the third prince, did things for him, and got the quota to go to the capital.
Now, just because of a Taoist priest, he can be stopped from returning to Beijing.
Jiang Ruming didn't believe it. If he hadn't been friends with Censor Qiu for many years and knew that this man would not deceive him, he would have thought that Censor Qiu was here to have fun.
"You don't believe it!"
When Censor Qiu saw his expression, he knew that he did not take his words to heart. If no one in the court was on good terms with him and Jiang Ruming was his classmate, he would not have bothered to take Jiang Ruming's matter to heart and regard it as a serious matter.
"You don't believe that there will be a time when you will suffer losses and misfortune."
"I didn't say I didn't believe it, but you still cursed me, Qiu Changchun. Don't you want me to go to the capital?" Jiang Ruming turned the tables. Seeing that Qiu Yushi was angry with him, he stroked his beard and leaned over to ask, "Is that Taoist really that powerful? Can he really calculate the way out?"
"It's a matter without any evidence..." Before he could finish his words, Censor Qiu interrupted him and said, "Whether it's without any evidence or not, it doesn't matter if Minister Zhou trusts him. We both know whether you did it or not. Now that you have brought this to His Majesty, do you still want to return to the capital in this lifetime?"
"So what if the Third Prince arranges for you? Can he be better than Your Majesty? When the time comes, whether you can enter the capital will all depend on Your Majesty's decision. If the matter is serious, do you want me to go to the prison and bring you a last meal?"
"..." Jiang Ruming wiped the saliva off his face and moved away from Censor Qiu. He couldn't help but feel curious about Li Le.
What kind of Taoist priest is this that makes Qiu Changchun so cautious? He actually wants to meet him.
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