Chapter 94
Any case that can trouble the Shuntian Prefecture Governor, the Minister of Justice, and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple must naturally be an extremely difficult case to solve.
These cases have one thing in common: few clues and no clues.
It usually requires going through the case from beginning to end, visiting the site, looking for witnesses, and seeing if there is any evidence that has been missed.
However, no matter how difficult the case was, as long as it was brought to Chu Huan, the system could easily get to the bottom of it by spending some energy, and it would all be figured out in the time it took to drink a cup of tea.
It is very convenient to solve, but it also causes more problems.
Chu Hua, with no previous experience in solving cases, could find a breakthrough just by looking at the case files. So why couldn't the other officials see it? If they couldn't even compare to a woman in the boudoir, how could they still hold their official hats firmly?
——The more cases you solve, the more enemies you make.
——It will expose in advance the fact that other people can hear the conversation between Chu Huan and the system in sharing mode.
But how can we justify the tragic deaths of the victims by letting the murderer escape? What if he kills again during this period if he's not apprehended soon?
There was nothing I could do when I didn't know, but now that I know Chu Huan, it's hard to let go.
Let’s expose it in advance.
It is always more worthwhile to expose it in order to give justice to the deceased than to accidentally reveal the truth.
Chu Huan had a lot of courses to attend, so if she wanted to investigate the case, she had to wait until she was free. The Shuntian prefect and his men left the case files with her, giving Chu Huan enough time to review the files, ponder the clues, and investigate the case.
After Chu Huan sent someone to give them some obvious or subtle breakthrough points, Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple would investigate, arrest people, and close the cases, and the rate of solving cases would rise sharply.
The people of the capital were surprised to find that the court had recently cracked many serial cases and old cases and arrested many hidden criminals. Teahouses and restaurants everywhere were talking about these things, and the happiness index of the people of the capital was slowly rising.
After three months of pleasant cooperation among all parties, Chu Huan herself had no objection, but the Fifth Prince and Nangong Ling were almost pissed off.
The Fifth Prince was furious inside, but he remained calm and composed on the surface as he recounted, "Those cases were solved thanks to you. Now everyone only knows that Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple are highly skilled at solving cases, while you haven't gained any fame or credit at all."
If someone stole his credit, the Fifth Prince would make those people suffer in private, even if he didn't make a fuss in front of the emperor. So he couldn't understand Chu Huan's reaction of having his credit stolen but still getting nothing.
"Why do you seem not angry at all?"
He had been waiting for three months, but hadn't heard of anyone being tricked and harmed. This showed that Chu Huan really had no intention of settling scores later.
"What's there to be angry about?" Chu Huan asked him back, "I just provided them with some clues and possible investigative directions. They were the ones who did the field work, searched for clues, arrested people, obtained evidence, and conducted interrogations. Solving the case is their credit."
The Fifth Prince: “…”
Nangong Ling: “…”
No, that is the credit of the system, and also the credit of you, the person bound to the system.
Unfortunately, this cannot be said, and...what Chu Huan said makes sense.
The system did help solve the case, but the investigation before and the aftermath were all done by Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple. They all deserve credit and hard work.
At most, Chu Huan worked hard but didn't get any compensation, and she didn't care, which made the two of them extremely unhappy.
"So are you going to sacrifice your sleep time every day to help them investigate the case?" Nangong Ling couldn't help but have some opinions in her mind, some against Chu Huan and some against the court.
She felt that Chu Huan was too submissive and didn't know how to resist, and she also felt that the imperial court was too ignorant of the limits.
Of course not.
Chu Huan was about to respond when the system suddenly popped up, highly critical: [That's right! I'm tired of hearing about murder and theft every day!]
Its host is a ruthless person who will become an empress in the future. It's okay to help solve a difficult case occasionally, but you can't rely on her all the time!
If the subordinate is useless, replace him with a useful one. How can you let the boss work late every day and give all the credit to the subordinates?
Chu Huan also felt that this was not acceptable. Recently, more and more cases had been sent to her, and many of them had not been thoroughly investigated. She could find something wrong by looking at the case files, and there was no reason why experienced case handlers could not see it.
For this to happen, it's obvious that those people have taken advantage of the system and become dependent on it.
It could also be that he thought she was too easy to talk to and didn't take her seriously.
"No." Chu Huan decided to cure their lazy nature and bad habits. "Starting today, I won't answer the phone."
Fifth Prince: ???
Nangong Ling: ???
They hoped that Chu Huan would rise up and get back the credit and rewards she deserved, but she just walked away from it. Wasn't she rising up too high?
It is really surprising that they jumped from one extreme to another without any transition in between.
"Isn't this bad?" The fifth prince opened the fan with his backhand, covering the corners of his mouth but not the smile in his eyes.
Chu Huanxin said: That’s really bad, just put away that smile on your face.
"I'm not a court official, so I don't have the authority to review these files. This was just a temporary measure in an emergency, and I can't keep breaking the rules. The cases sent to me recently are much simpler, so I don't think there are any more important cases."
"Since that's the case, I can't interfere any further. It's time to focus my time and energy on my studies."
The Fifth Prince and Nangong Ling had never seen the case file in person, nor were they proficient in solving cases, so they did not know the difficulty of the case itself. Only after listening to Chu Huan did they know what the Shuntian Prefecture's Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple had done.
Instead of investigating the case properly, they just thought about how to slack off.
Nangong Ling was so angry that she laughed: "They see that you are doing a good job and don't ask for money. They plan to let you work for free. Do you have any shame?"
The girl was so angry that she started swearing. What a sin!
The Fifth Prince secretly shook his head and winked at Chu Huan, "They certainly did something dishonest. Do you want me to file a complaint against them in front of the Emperor?"
Nangong Ling looked at Chu Huan with a nervous expression: It's necessary! You must not be soft-hearted!
Chu Huan: “…”
Do you really think I'm a saint? I'm not even angry when people are fleecing me to death.
"Then I'll trouble you, Your Highness."
"No problem." The fifth prince had long been dissatisfied with this group of people.
He is only ten years old this year. Who would tell a ten-year-old child every day that this person was dismembered and that person was burned to death, and even describe the various symptoms and methods of crime in detail?
God knows that during this period of time, when he saw barbecue, he thought of people being burned to death, and when he saw sliced duck, he thought of people being dismembered. When he fell asleep at night, he would worry that someone would come and cut him with a knife. He couldn't eat or sleep well, and he had visibly lost weight. When asked about it, he had to say it was the bitter summer.
He's been left with so many psychological scars, and he's not allowed to redeem himself? The Fifth Prince squeezed his fan until it creaked.
Chu Huan: “…”
Nangong Ling: “…”
As soon as they saw the Fifth Prince's attitude, they knew that those people were going to be in trouble, but neither of them had any intention of helping them.
Those people had made contributions, and at most they would be reprimanded by the emperor, which would also teach them a lesson and stop throwing their tasks to Chu Huan for no reason.
After the class ended that afternoon, the fifth prince entered the palace and exaggerated the matter in front of the emperor.
"Father, for the past three months, I've been listening to it describe how the murderer killed and dismembered people every day. It's so heartfelt that I often wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares. Look at me, how thin I have become."
The emperor had been eating the melon of solving cases for three months and didn't think it was a big deal. But after hearing what the fifth prince said, he looked at his son carefully and was surprised to find that he had really lost a lot of weight.
"How come you're so skinny that your chin is pointed?" The emperor pinched his son's shoulder. "Why is there no flesh on your body?"
The Fifth Prince frowned and sighed, "That's because it's too detailed every time. My imagination is so strong that even seeing a cut radish makes me think of a dismembered body. How can I possibly eat this?"
Emperor: "..." Isn't your associative ability a little too outstanding?
The fifth prince said, "Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple are all facing difficulties. As a member of the royal family, I am still young and cannot share my father's worries. At the very least, I cannot disturb the court officials in their investigations. So I just endured it."
"At first, I was always woken up by nightmares. I drank tranquilizing soup for half a month but there was no improvement. Later, I just woke up and read books. My teacher even praised me for my good study."
This was said in a pleasing way, and the emperor was delighted to hear that his son had received praise from his teacher.
"You've been drinking the tranquilizing soup for so long, why didn't you tell Father?"
The Fifth Prince said: "Father, you are very busy with many things. How can I bother you with such a small matter?"
The emperor was deeply moved by his son's filial piety and understanding. He felt even more pity for the fifth prince and asked with concern, "Have you been awakened by nightmares lately?"
The Fifth Prince shook his head: "Maybe it's been three months straight. I've gotten used to it. I haven't had nightmares lately."
The emperor nodded in satisfaction. Although his son was still young, he was frightened and had nightmares when he heard such things, which was still detrimental to the royal dignity. Fortunately, he soon got used to it and was no longer afraid.
However, the next moment, the Fifth Prince said, "It could be that the melons these days are all stolen or something, so the symptoms are much milder."
Theft? The emperor frowned. Is this case worth handing over to the system for investigation?
It was okay to eat a few murderous melons occasionally, but after eating them for three months in a row, the emperor really felt tired of it, so he stopped eating them recently. When he heard Lin You's report about an investigation, he passed the copied report to all officials without even reading it.
Because of this, he really didn't know that the case that the system solved recently was a theft case.
"Is it all theft?"
"Not really. There were murders and accidents, and theft is just a part of it. But many of them are simple cases that Chu Huan can solve with just a glance. Of course, my son is not afraid." The fifth prince looked proud.
The emperor was startled, and was amused by his son's smug expression: "You."
The father and son talked for a while, and then the fifth prince went to talk to Concubine Shu, and the emperor's smile fell.
His son is a little narrow-minded, likes to act, and likes to scare people. Because of his weird personality, he doesn't have many friends and it's rare to see him care about anyone.
This time he came to the palace specifically to complain on behalf of Chu Huan. It seems that he really couldn't bear it anymore.
The emperor summoned Lin You and gave him some instructions. He then reviewed the reports from a few days ago and sent someone to review Chu Huan's backlog of case files. "..."
If it were him, he wouldn't be able to help it either!
It was beyond his expectation that Chu Huan could endure until today - that girl was petty and vindictive.
He immediately summoned the old Grand Tutor, the old Grand Preceptor, the Shuntian Prefecture Governor, the Minister of Justice, and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple to the Imperial Study to discuss matters.
When they arrived, the emperor threw the report and case files to them and said, "I didn't know that Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple all handle cases in this way now."
"It was a murder case. The victim was found in the morning and the autopsy was completed at noon. The identity was not confirmed, the murder weapon was not found, and the investigation of witnesses and evidence had not yet begun. But the case was brought to Chu Hua's attention."
"A few night pearls were lost, and a batch of goods were lost. Did I ask Chu Huan to investigate? So many Dongzhu pearls were lost from my private vault. Did I ask her to investigate?"
"Why? Is Chu Huan now the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, the Minister of Justice, or the Minister of Justice? Does she have to investigate all the cases, big or small?"
The words came so smoothly that the sentence "Do you want her to wear your official hat too?" almost blurted out.
The emperor almost bit his tongue and didn't say this sentence which would easily make Chu Huan hate him.
He was still hoping that one day Chu Huan would come to court and help the system lead him as the emperor. But he couldn't create enemies for her now, especially three third-rank officials.
When the emperor was angry, everyone fell silent and bowed their heads in silence to accept the scolding.
After the emperor finished scolding, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, the Minister of Punishment, and the Minister of Dali Temple picked up the case files and reports and took a look at them, and they felt that they were outrageous.
The cases they handed over to Chu Huan were carefully selected. They were either extremely difficult to investigate or extremely urgent. As time went on, when they saw that everything was on track, they handed many things over to their subordinates without checking them every time, which led to such omissions.
Like the emperor, they were tired of the gossip of solving cases. When they had no time, they would just glance at the report and move on, not noticing the tricks in it. They didn't know how many times similar incidents had happened.
The incident had already happened and had been reported to the emperor. It was too late to say that he was unaware of it. The crime of negligence had already been established.
The three immediately confessed their guilt: "It was our negligence."
Their quick confession of guilt made the emperor's expression improve, and there was no need to bring up many hurtful words.
"Before, you were always arguing with me about where she should go. I thought you valued her very much. After this incident, I'm afraid her impression of you is not so good."
The faces of the Shuntian Prefecture Governor, the Minister of Punishment, and the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple instantly turned half dark.
Chu Huan had a bad impression of their three departments, but a very good impression of the Ministry of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue protected Chu Huan like a calf, and kept saying that Chu Huan should be a member of their Ministry of Revenue.
After this incident, Chu Huan will not go to the Ministry of Revenue in the future, right?
No way! Absolutely not!
The Shuntian Prefecture Governor reflected on his actions: "This matter is due to my poor supervision. I must apologize to Miss Chu in person."
The Minister of Justice followed closely behind him: "From now on, every case file submitted to Miss Chu will be personally reviewed by me."
The Dali Temple Minister was a step behind, and it was not easy for him to follow the same path as the two of them, so he chose to find another way: "I will reduce the number of times I ask Miss Chu for help."
When the Dali Temple Minister said this, the Shuntian Prefecture Governor and the Minister of Justice were dumbfounded: You are so cruel!
The emperor smiled faintly, "The Imperial Guards have reported that Chu Huan will no longer accept your case files."
The three of them were stunned. How could this happen?!
They were wrong to send the case to Chu Hua without a thorough examination, but did this completely offend her? Why didn't she accept the case?
They had already experienced the pleasure of being led by Chu Huan and the system, and they absolutely did not want to go back to the past when they almost went bald while investigating a case. They didn't know how to appease the people and immediately became a little panicked.
The old Grand Tutor and the old Grand Preceptor understood the emperor and saw that he was gloating, so they didn't say much.
They had long discovered that Chu Huan was being looked down upon and exploited, but considering that such days would become numerous after she entered officialdom in the future, they wanted to wait for Chu Huan to realize her mistake before fighting back. This was also a rare experience.
They thought of many possibilities, such as Chu Huan returning the case file, having a good talk with the Shuntian prefect and others, etc., but they never expected that Chu Huan would bring this matter to the emperor and cut off the source of the problem.
sure.
The old Grand Tutor and the old Grand Preceptor exchanged a glance and saw the same look of satisfaction in the eyes of their mortal enemies - the boy was young and full of vigor, which was understandable, and it was always better to have a more ruthless move than a weak one.
After watching the play, the emperor asked the Shuntian Prefecture Governor, the Minister of Punishments, and the Chief Justice to go back, and asked the old Grand Tutor and the old Grand Preceptor about the progress of the teaching.
The old Grand Tutor and the old Grand Preceptor answered one by one. Generally speaking, Chu Huan made the fastest progress, followed by Nangong Ling, and the fifth prince was the slowest.
Learning speed is related to age, and also to the fact that Nangong Ling was the last one to enter school.
The emperor knew the situation well, so he only asked this question to gain a brief understanding. He then asked what he really wanted to ask: "When do the Grand Tutor and the Grand Master think is the most appropriate time for Chu Huan to enter the court?"
Long before, the emperor had provided convenience for Chu Huan in various ways, allowing many officials in the court to vaguely sense his inclinations.
Today was the first time the emperor spoke out loud—he was anxious.
Too.
Counting the time, the melon-eating system has been around for more than a year.
Cowpox prevents smallpox, penicillin treats infection, corrupt officials are investigated, and Western Rong spies are captured... Dasheng has obtained a lot of good things from Chu Huan and the system.
After confirming that quinine could cure malaria and harvesting the high-yield crop of sweet potatoes this year, the emperor wanted more.
Unfortunately, it is destined to be disappointing.
The old master shook his head: "It's not the time yet."
Emperor: “…” He didn’t even give a definite time. He is really a dear teacher!
The old tutor went even further: "This old minister believes that you may be allowed to take the imperial examination in the next one."
emperor:"……"
The imperial examination is held every three years, which means we have to wait another five years.
Moreover, before that, does he have to pave the way for her to take the imperial examination?
Ahhh, what a loss!
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