Fu Qi didn't know why, so he hurried to ask what was going on?
Ji Baihu said something about the relationship.
It turned out that last night Ji Baihu suddenly received an urgent letter from self-defense, saying that he wanted to keep Xie Qingquan alive.
Ji Baihu frowned and said, "the letter was written by Lord Qianhu himself. I have to obey orders."
Fu Qi asked, "well, why did Li Qianhu suddenly send you such a letter?"
"Because the Xie family in Bianjing came forward and wanted to save Xie Qingquan's life, let's show mercy."
Ji Baihu was very depressed when he said this.
When they work for the royal guards, they never need to consider human feelings and identity. No matter who they are, as long as they fall into the hands of the royal guards, there is nothing they can't dig out. It is precisely because of this that the officials in the court are extremely disgusted with the royal guards. Especially this year, civil servants continue to impeach the Royal Guards for abusing their power and arrest people indiscriminately without certificates, resulting in constant unjust cases.
The Emperor didn't want to pay attention to it, but more and more impeachments were sent. Last month, the Chinese officials in Beijing even organized a joint letter to impeach the royal guards.
Under the pressure of the officials, the young emperor had to make a compromise and began to restrict the words and deeds of the royal guards.
Nowadays, the royal guards are far less publicized than before. They must keep a low profile and add a lot of scruples.
Just like this time, in order to keep Xie Qingquan in Bianjing, the royal guards had to stop the torture of Xie Qingquan, and all the previous hard work was in vain.
Ji Baihu drank the wine in the cup at one breath, and his eyes were full of unwilling and anger.
Fu Qi was born in a high-class family and was also a close minister in front of the son of heaven. Naturally, he also knew the situation in the court very well.
He knew that the royal guards were in an awkward position and comforted: "the Xie family only said that they wanted to keep Xie Qingquan's life, but they didn't say that the case could not be investigated. We have a letter written by Xu Jinhe to Xie Qingquan and a confession given by the martial master. There are both human and material evidence, which is enough to convict Xie Qingquan of accepting bribes and bending the law for personal gain."
Ji Baihu still felt bent and put the cup on the table: "it's not enough! Xie Qingquan is Xu Yizhi's disciple, and Xu Jinhe is Xu Yizhi's kinsman. If this case goes deep, it will certainly dig out Xu Yizhi's old fox! "
Tangtang royal guards came to such a small place as Jiuqu county this time. Naturally, they won't just check small people.
What they really want to check is the relationship between Xu Jinhe, Xie Qingquan and Xu Yizhi!
Fu Qi sighed, "as you said, Xu Yizhi is an old fox. It's not so easy to catch his fox tail."
Ji Baihu raised the wine pot to him: "would you like a drink, Shizi?"
"No, I still have injuries. I can't drink."
Ji Baihu did not force himself to listen to him, but filled himself with wine and drank it with his head up.
He said in a muffled voice, "if we had known this, we should have come earlier. If Xu Jinhe hadn't died, maybe we could catch the evidence of his collusion with Guo Tianyin and find out Xu Yizhi."
Fu Qi turned the Buddha beads and said slowly, "that's not necessarily."
Ji Baihu looked up at him: "why not?"
"Before I left Bianjing, I heard that Guo Tianyin was arrested. It is reasonable to say that he is Xu Yizhi's nephew. Xu Yizhi will certainly find a way to get him out, but Xu Yizhi didn't do so and kept Guo Tianyin in his cell. Xu Yizhi's name is to let Guo Tianyin reflect in prison, but I always think Xu Yizhi's intention is not so simple. I didn't know until I came to Jiuqu county and learned that Xu Jinhe had contacted Guo Tianyin. Xu Yizhi should have noticed that we were staring at Xu Jinhe. He didn't want Guo Tianyin to have anything to do with Xu Jinhe, That's why Guo Tianyin was detained in Bianjing. Now Xu Jinhe is dead. There is no proof of his death. Relying on a letter alone, Guo Tianyin will be punished at most. Think about it. How can an old fox who can calculate three steps after taking one step be tripped by a small lift? Even if we catch the living Xu Jinhe, with the cunning of Xu Yizhi, we will be able to retreat. "
Ji Baihu was a little confused by him.
"In that case, why did you come all the way to this small place to investigate Xu Jinhe?"
Fu Qi sighed, "things in the hall are very complicated."
Seeing that he had no intention to say more, Ji Baihu didn't ask any more and continued to drink.
Fu Qi asked: "you interrogated all day and night, didn't you ask anything from Xie Qingquan?"
Ji Baihu shook his head: "no, that guy's mouth is very tight. He won't say no matter how much punishment he uses."
Fu Qi suddenly smiled: "I see."
"Huh?"
Fu Qi explained: "before, I was still wondering why Xie Qingquan refused to confess. I thought he had backbone. Now it seems that he must have secretly informed the Xie family in Bianjing city and asked the Xie family to come forward to save him, so he bit to death and refused to tell the truth."
As long as Xie Qingquan doesn't confess, the royal guards must keep him alive. When he delays until the Xie family sends a letter, he can successfully muddle through with the influence of the Xie family.
Frankly speaking, Xie Qingquan is deliberately delaying time.
Ji Baihu sneered: "if I knew this, I should kill him directly and see how the Xie family can save him!"
Fu Qi smiled: "don't be angry. He is also an official of the imperial court. How can he say that he will die. If he really dies in the hands of your royal guards, those civil servants will know later and will certainly impeach you. "
"I'm not afraid of them!"
"You are not afraid, but the emperor has to worry about it. Let it go."
Ji Baihu was unhappy: "we can't do anything to him now, but we won't let him go so easily."
Fu Qi asked, "what else do you want?"
"I have to ask someone to check Xie Qingquan again."
In fact, the royal guards had checked everything about Xie Qingquan before, but Ji Baihu still felt that it was not enough.
He threw down his wine glass and personally led people to turn the county yamen upside down, up to the eaves and roof, down to the mud pond, every inch of land can not be let go, which can be said to be digging three feet.
The whole county yamen was in a mess, the flowers and plants in the yard were pulled out, and the water in the well and pond were drained.
Fu Qi looked at them like bandits crossing the border. He was speechless, but he didn't stop them.
Anyway, the Xie family only said to protect Qingquan's life, but they didn't say they couldn't move anything else.
Unexpectedly, the royal guards actually found something in the pond.
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