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Chapter 30 The Living Dead

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Although Hu Butang handed over the investigation of the Jinyiwei file to Zhang Ning, in the end, the Jinyiwei's own internal investigation could only be conducted by the Jinyiwei's own guard, and only those files that meet the conditions would be delivered to Zhang Ning.

Even the emperor's imperial case was not allowed to be investigated. You can imagine how many shameful things were inside.

Zhang Ning went to Jinyiwei every day to pay the price, and gradually felt that the yin energy in this place was very heavy, darker than the six doors of the government.

Recently, the capital was strong, and the sun was falling off the mountain, and the wind was bleak and the waning moon was gloomy, as if countless unjust souls were shrouded in the air.

It is said that the country is full of life. People's lives must be carefully decided by judicial review. People who died unjustly seem to be laughing and mocking, just like the sound of the whimpering wind in the streets and alleys.

What's more, the family has not been at peace these days. Wang Zhen must have been castrated himself, and he could hear the painful moans of ouch, ouch... every night.

No one took care of him, only Old Man He or Niu Er gave some porridge that was easy to swallow when he was kind, and added some tea when he was kind.

That's all. If it weren't for his fellow villager's home, who would care about his life or death?

I cut a piece of meat from myself, but there was no anesthesia or necessary care at this time.Zhang Ning thought that Wang Zhen had a family and a wife in his hometown, but he was going to suffer this pain, so he couldn't help but sigh.

After five or six days, the filing inspection of the Three Judicial and Jinyiwei was coming to an end. There were only more than 60 files selected on both sides, of which only eight were sentenced to death involving the remains of Jianwen, all of which came from Jinyiwei.

As Wang Qinian predicted, a large number of massacres of Jianwen's remains were in the early years of Yongle. Few sentenced to death eight years later. Even if they were later reported by local officials, most of them were demoted to low-ranking property and plundered their property, and not many were killed.

Hu Ying sat in front of the desk above and threw the remaining fifty copies aside, picked out the eight files involving the remaining ministers to browse. He quickly paid attention to three of the files that recorded the whereabouts of the criminal's daughter; and the other five were in line with the requirements for having a daughter, but their records were sent to Nanjing Fule Academy and local Jiaofangsi.

Hu Ying handed the five copies to Wang Qinian: Try these three copies first, if you get nothing, you will write a book to the local officials of the Jiaofangsi to confirm whether they are still in the local area.

Yes, Hubutang.Wang Qinian took over the file.

Yuan Jinlu, native of Gaoyou County, Yangzhou, found out that he had a letter exchange with former Hanlin Attendant Zheng Qia... Hu Ying read a little and looked up and said, "The last time the palace maid Zhou spoke, he had a Jianghuai accent. This Yuan Jinlu was from Jianghuai. Could he be the father of the palace maid Zhou?"

Wang Qinian didn't speak, and Zhang Ning almost didn't interrupt and was silent for a while.

It is OK to infer the opposite reason. If the palace maid Zhou is the daughter of Yuan Jinlu, then Zhou has enough reason to participate in the assassination case, use a Jianghuai accent, etc.; but everyone cannot argue positively, and a series of reasons cannot prove that the two are father-daughter relationship.

The palace maid Zhou was sent to the palace and we will try her.Hu Ying patted the file on the table and exhaled a long breath.

Wang Qinian immediately went to pass the report, leaving in a hurry, looking expectant.Hu Ying has taken over the Qin case for almost ten days and has made no progress. Now that he suddenly nodded, it is inevitable that people will have hope.

Even Zhang Ning's mood was no exception. Although he did not want the case to be progressed and finally had something to do with Taohua Villa, the matter was very worried and wanted to know the result as soon as possible.

Zhang Ning still made the record of the torture, but Wang Qinian also participated, while the other three officials sent to make soy sauce and a group of clerks did not have the opportunity to participate in the secret trial.

In addition to Hu Ying and the other three, there were also eunuch Wang Gou'er and several Jinyiwei sent from the palace.

Because Wang Zhen castrated himself and was eager to be a eunuch, Zhang Ning couldn't help but pay more attention to the real eunuch Wang Gouer in front of him.

This eunuch has a very slim figure, a belt with no sense of a man, his words and deeds are feminine but not vulgar, and his special rituals have a classical temperament.

The temples exposed under the brim of the high-tube hat were a little white hair, but their skin was white and thin. Zhang Ning really couldn't tell the eunuch's approximate age.

The palace maid Zhou was slowly escorted in with her shackles, and she was still allowed to sit on a chair to the south, with two Jinyiwei carrying embroidered spring swords standing behind her.

She stared at the ground like last time, and even the people in the room didn't look at it. It seemed that the interrogation situation would be unoptimistic and it would be difficult for her to speak.

But Hu Ying still persisted in the opening remarks of his interrogation: What is your name?

Zhou: ...

Hu Ying disregarded her negative resistance and asked: Who is your envoy?

Zhou: ...

Wang Gou'er couldn't bear to watch it anymore and said femininely: Hu Butang and her are so irrelevant. She doesn't know how to ask this, and she has to ask with a whip!

Hu Ying gave Wang Gou'er a wink, and Wang Gou'er had to stand aside and shut up with boredom.

Hu Ying said to Zhou again indifferently: It’s too much to implicate innocent people, so it’s better for you to say it out as soon as possible.Because of the heinous crimes you committed by yourself, hundreds of people have been implicated and imprisoned, and some people are going to be executed.As long as you tell the backstage, some people don’t need to be punished... For example, Yuan Jinlu, a Jianghuai person who was imprisoned in the imperial prison, was originally on the list of releases at the beginning of next year, and this time he was involved in your case...

Haven’t they been killed by the Jinyiwei?Zhou suddenly looked up and spoke.

Hu Ying and Wang Qinian immediately looked at each other. Zhang Ning, who was writing quickly, immediately stopped to look at her, and saw complex emotions such as suspicion and surprise in her eyes.

Dead?

Hu Ying quickly asked in an unexpected tone, and then buried herself in the file.

Zhou Shizhao looked extremely concerned, and almost wanted to stand up and look at the file he was flipping through.

If Zhang Ning didn't know that Yuan Jinlu was indeed sentenced to death, he would also believe Hu Ying's performance at this time. Unexpectedly, this court minister who was usually serious and stable would be like a real person to lie.

Life is like a play.

He was not dead and was sentenced to death five years ago, but he has been detained in the Northern Fushishi Prison.Hu Ying poked the empty file contents on the case with his finger.

But at this time, Zhou's expression showed suspicion and alertness. She said coldly: Even if you use this method to deceive me, it is useless. So what if you know that the Yuan family has something to do with me?Could it be that a person who has passed away will send a dream to instruct me?

Hu Ying's mouth showed a smile that was not easy to be noticed. Zhang Ning thought to himself: After all, he is a teenage girl with insufficient experience. If you don't speak, you can't help but take it. Once you open your mouth, you can play Hubutang?

Even if I want to cheat you, I will not talk nonsense.Hu Ying said calmly.

Zhou said: Unless I see it with my own eyes, I won’t believe it if you say it cleverly!

Hu Ying winked at Wang Qinian and Zhang Ning, stood up and left the seat. The eunuch Wang Gouer and a general of the Jinyiwei also left the interrogation room and came to the next room.

Hu Ying asked the general of the Jinyiwei: Then Yuan Jinlu should not be dead, right?I probably remembered that I had been in charge of things related to Zheng Qia, the rest of Jianwen party. Zheng Qia has not been arrested so far. Yuan Jinlu would not have been executed if he was involved in him.

The general said: I don’t know either, so I can only ask Commander Lin, why don’t you find someone to ask Commander?

Hu Ying nodded: Go and ask Commander Lin. If Yuan Jinlu is still in the imperial prison, tell me, and mention the guard from the Northern Fushi Department to the guards and take care of him separately... and clean up for him.

He turned around and said to Wang Gou'er: I won't be tried today, and I will talk about it when Yuan Jinlu brings it here.

He looked very confident about Yuan Jinlu's life.

Before that, even Zhang Ning thought that a person who had died in the file should have died. Today, he gained knowledge and found out that there was a kind of living dead person.

The office received a letter in the afternoon. Yuan Jinlu was indeed alive, and everything was expected by Hu Ying.

The next day, the political prisoner who had been detained for several years was transported from Tianjin by the Jinyiwei to the Jinyiwei Yamen in the capital. It is located south of the imperial city Chengtianmen, and is with major yamen such as the Sixth Ministry of the Central Government. It is almost not imprisoned by prisoners, and there is no decent prison. The palace maid Zhou and others are only temporarily detained.

When Zhang Ning and Hu Ying went to see Yuan Jinlu together, they found that there were two men and women, and the woman should be his wife.

When Zhang Ning and others saw the person, they had been cleaned and cleaned up. Although their hair was messy, they were not dirty, and their prison uniforms were not worn for a long time. Even so, the two prisoners looked very pity, and they were very weak in the corner quietly. The skin showed a pathological dish, and there was no symptoms of sunshine and malnutrition for a long time.

People who are imprisoned in the imperial prison should not even be treated as a gift, and they cannot be able to eat and drink three meals a day. You can imagine what people who live like Yuan and his wife eat on weekdays.

Then Hu Ying interrogated the palace maid Zhou and took her to the place where Yuan and his wife were imprisoned to see him with their own eyes.

Hu Ying calmly explained to Zhou: You can only look outside the window and not make a sound to alarm them.Think about it, if they knew that their daughter had also been arrested, they might not feel good.

Zhou nodded pale.

When she walked to the window, she only looked inside, and tears were pouring out like spring water. Her hands were tied back and could only bite her lips with her teeth, and a trace of blood soaked out from the corner of her mouth.

The Jinyiwei next to him rushed forward when he saw the blood, and Hu Ying stopped him.

A handful of tears, a trace of blood.Zhang Ning immediately lowered his head in a complicated mood. He only saw a couple in trouble and a child who was silently looking at his parents.

But seeing Hu Ying’s expressionless face, the person holding power in his hand could only be as sturdy as him, right?

Zhang Ning raised his head and looked at the sky and sighed silently in his heart. Behind Zhou's sorrow, Kong was sad for a while.