Chapter 21

Li Chengqian still remembers those two cases.

One is a serial case of headless corpses in the capital, which occurred during the reign of the previous emperor. The murderer appeared mysteriously in the imperial city under the feet of the emperor, committed crimes in the middle of the night, chopped off the heads of the people and took them away.

This incident caused panic among the people in the capital. Many people stayed indoors after the sun set, and even the curfew that had been abolished for a long time was reinstated.

The court and the public were shocked. The late emperor attached great importance to it, but the people from the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Jinyiwei were helpless.

Later, a small prosecutor from Shuntian Prefecture suddenly appeared and arrested the murderer within three days, thus eliminating the great worry of the people in the capital.

This person is Qin Zhicheng.

After this case, Tan Zhicheng became famous in the capital, but the late emperor only rewarded him with gold, silver, and jewelry, and only promoted him to a first-rank official position.

Three years later, a great witchcraft panic broke out in the capital. Many people had a yellow talisman stuck on the back of their heads while they were walking on the street or sleeping at home for no apparent reason.

The people who had the yellow talismans affixed to them soon began to feel unwell, with high fever, constant abdominal pain, and some family members even fell ill and died for unknown reasons.

This made the already turbulent capital city even more shrouded in a terrifying shadow.

All the major departments in the court were mobilized, but none of them found the cause, and some officials were even implicated. The incident spread to the court, and people in the court and the public were in panic.

Later, someone thought of Qin Zhicheng and reminded the late emperor, so the late emperor ordered Qin Zhicheng to solve the case.

Tan Zhicheng took on the task at a critical moment and lived up to the emperor's expectations, finally solving the case ten days later.

The emperor was very pleased and directly rewarded Tan Zhicheng with 10,000 taels of gold and promoted him to the position of governor of Shuntian Prefecture.

Li Chenghuan remembered this man's path to promotion so clearly because it was so fantastic.

In these years, although Qin Zhicheng did not make any great achievements in his position as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, he also did not make any mistakes.

But now when Li Chenghuan looked at the fat man with a ruddy face, he felt a little uncertain.

Lin Nanjie: [Wow! Master Qin, you are awesome!]

Li Chengqian couldn't help but listen patiently.

[In the serial headless corpse cases of that year, he never found the murderer. He just happened to encounter a case of a butcher killing people. The butcher killed his wife and his father-in-law's family when he was angry because of the bad relationship between husband and wife. After the murder, he chopped off his wife's head to vent his anger.]

[After Qin Zhicheng caught this man, he thought this was a great opportunity to make a contribution. In order to expand his reputation, he directly pinned the headless corpse case on this butcher.]

[He was really lucky. The real murderer of the headless corpse case died after accidentally falling off a cliff. He never did evil again, so his lie was not exposed.]

[It is a pity that although the late emperor commended him, he did not give him any substantial promotion.]

After hearing this, Li Chenghuan looked at Tan Zhicheng with a serious look.

Lin Nanjie: [Wow! This is even more amazing! ]

Li Chengqian was surprised. What else?

Lin Nanjie's inner voice was full of excitement: [He was the one who caused the Yellow Paper Witchcraft Case! ]

【The thief is crying out for help! 】

Li Chengqian was stunned.

Was the Yellow Paper Witchcraft Case that caused a sensation in the capital back then actually a self-directed trick?

Li Chenghuan looked at Qin Zhicheng's plump body. His face was flushed, his heart was happy and his body was plump. He looked several years younger than his actual age.

With his pampered appearance and inability to even solve a case, he actually managed to fool all the civil and military officials in the capital and the late emperor?

Even he was always on guard against unknown people appearing around him.

Li Chenghuan frowned slightly. This incident caused a commotion throughout the city and even affected the surrounding areas of the capital. It was impossible for one person to do it.

He looked at Lin Nanjie.

Could it be that Lin Nanjie made a mistake this time?

Lin Nanqi's eyes lit up: [Wow! ]

[When Qin Zhicheng solved the headless corpse case, he was angry that the previous emperor did not promote him, and was very depressed for a while. Later, he was still not satisfied with a small position as a prosecutor, so he planned hard for a long time and finally came up with a brilliant idea. ]

[He disguised himself and secretly hired some street beggars to stick yellow paper on people's heads when they were not paying attention.]

【Yellow paper was originally used for sacrifices, and was considered a bad omen by the common people. People who were pasted with yellow paper felt uneasy. It happened that a fever was prevalent at the time, and many people fell ill due to the psychological pressure. As a result, the story became more and more widespread. Later, many people believed in this witchcraft, and some even deliberately bought yellow paper and pasted it behind the heads of people they disliked.】

[For example, the official who was implicated was given a yellow paper because he loved to compete too much and made his colleagues unhappy.]

【Who would have thought that he had something on his mind and got seriously ill when he got home.】

Li Chengqian was shocked when he heard this.

This trick can indeed be described as ingenious.

But I can't really get in touch with the person in front of me.

Every time Li Chenghuan looked at Tan Zhicheng, he felt that he would be infected by his stupidity.

Lin Nanjie continued: [After this incident, Qin Zhicheng was finally promoted to Shuntian Prefecture Governor as he wished. Uh...he started to retire?]

[He felt that being promoted to Shuntian Prefecture Governor was already a great honor to his family, so he didn’t want to work too hard and just sleep until noon every day! ]

[So he neither accepted nor offered bribes, and refused them despite being very tempted! He concentrated on living a good life in his old age in Shuntianfu.]

Lin Nanjie sighed: [Yeah, who doesn’t want to retire early with pay? ]

[This fat, should it be happiness fat? 】

[But this is not a reason to confuse right and wrong, you bastard official! ]

Qin Zhicheng only felt that the emperor had been staring at him for a long time, and his eyes were becoming more and more unfriendly.

Qin Zhicheng wiped the sweat from his forehead. He thought, the comfortable officialdom he had been leading for many years would not be destroyed in an instant, right?

Li Chengqian looked at him deeply.

Qin Zhicheng didn't know that he was being targeted.

Li Chengqian said, "I remember that the Ministry of Justice has been overwhelmed with cases recently. Isn't Qin Aiqing well-known for his good judgement? All the cases will be handled by Qin Aiqing of the Friendship Association."

When the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice heard that he could hand over the case on hand, he was immediately delighted.

"I have heard that Lord Qin can solve cases that are difficult for ordinary people to solve. I would like to thank you in advance."

After saying this, he hesitated again: "Reporting to the emperor, many of the cases that are piled up in the Ministry of Justice are not in the capital, but are spread all over the country, the farthest being Zhangzhou. After all, Mr. Qin is a Beijing official, will it be inconvenient?"

Qin Zhicheng nodded quickly and said, "Shuntian Prefecture also has a lot of official business. I am afraid I dare not represent the Ministry of Labor and Justice in this matter."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I have my own arrangements for Shuntian Prefecture. Just let Qin Aiqing run more. In addition, I will also send Jinyiwei to assist and protect Qin Aiqing's safety."

Qin Zhicheng was stunned. Zhangzhou? That was the southernmost place in Daqi! It was said to be full of snakes, rats, insects and ants, and the sun was scorching hot all year round. It had always been a place where officials were demoted. The elderly and the weak were demoted there, and it was common for them to die of illness there because they could not withstand the hot and humid weather!

How can we live now that he is gone?

We also have to send the Royal Guards to watch him all the time, so he can't slack off even if he wants to!

Li Chengxuan's smile was faintly intimidating: "My dear Tan, are you unwilling to share my worries?"

The fat on Qin Zhicheng's face trembled: "I am willing to share the emperor's worries and obey the emperor's orders!"

Lin Nanjie's eyes lit up when he looked at Li Chenghuan.

【Wuhu! The emperor's move is brilliant! 】

[Isn't Lord Qin lazy? Let him travel all over the world, and let the Jinyiwei watch him work every day. Let's see if he dares to be lazy. ]

[For a man like Qin Zhicheng, the only way to stop him is to brandish a whip.]

[It’s a pity that the evidence in the previous two cases was destroyed, so it’s not easy to report him again.]

Li Chengqian smiled slightly.

It is too easy to deal with Tan Zhicheng. When he is out on a case, if he does anything that is not in accordance with the facts or does not comply with the laws of Da Qi, the Jinyiwei will report it to him immediately.

By then we will have sufficient evidence and punishment will be much easier.

Not only Tan Zhicheng was dumbfounded, but also Liang Chengkai. If Tan Zhicheng was transferred away from the capital, who would be able to protect him in the future!

Lin Nanjie also rolled up his sleeves, and there was also this scumbag!

[Wow! This Liang Chengkai not only has his eyes on Minister Lu's young daughter, but he is also casting a wide net, planning to kidnap Elder Feng's daughter if Minister Lu's daughter doesn't go with him!]

【Shameless scumbag! 】

Li Chengqian: ???

At this time, Luo Wan said: "Liang Chengkai is a bastard, he is not a human being, he has a private house in Xiliu Hutong, where he spends his days drinking and partying!"

Lin Nanqi tried to hold back his anger for a moment, but couldn't hold it back any longer, and said with a piercing look in his eyes, "I heard from Miss Luo in prison that Liang Chengkai is very ambitious and has great ambitions. Although he is currently discussing marriage with Minister Lu's niece, he has his eyes on Minister Lu's little daughter!"

"He also said that if Minister Lu's daughter didn't go with him, he would go and deceive Elder Feng's granddaughter!"

Luo Wan and Si Nanhao looked at Lin Nanjie in surprise at the same time.

Huh?

Didn't she say that?

How come he didn't hear it?

Minister Lu:!!!

Mr. Fengge:!!!

What!

Master Feng and Minister Lu both changed their expressions.

The ministers only felt a gust of wind blowing, and Feng Yuanxiu stood in front of Liang Chengkai. With a "slap", Feng Ge Lao, who usually walked slowly, slapped Liang Chengkai with full force, and Liang Chengkai's right cheek swelled up instantly.

"You beast! My granddaughter is only thirteen years old, and you dare to set your sights on her!"

"It really pissed me off!"

Lu Jingyao also reacted and said that his little daughter had been absent-minded recently. Fortunately, she was found by the housekeeper looking in through the back door several times. It turned out to be this evil beast!

With a "pop" sound, Liang Chengkai's left cheek became even swollen.

"Bah! You shameless thing!"

"I was really blind to fall in love with you. My slave Ying is less than fourteen years old, and you have such a dirty heart!"

Lin Nanjie: [Oh wow! ]

[Feng Ge's old son died young, leaving behind only this granddaughter, whom he treated like the apple of his eye, and nurtured and taught her every day, fearing that she would be kidnapped by some bad boy.]

【Lu Shangshu and his wife had a daughter in their old age, and they loved her to the core.】

[If you mess with Daqi's two eldest daughters/granddaughter slaves, you're done! ]

Liang Chengkai looked at the two current cabinet ministers with angry expressions and was at a loss for what to do. He collapsed to the ground in an instant.