Chapter 48: Gold Plating Makes Meritorious Deeds
After Xiao Yian left the Hou Mansion, Qin Shu changed into his official uniform and took the imperial edict to report to the duty room of the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Punishment welcomes the arrival of newcomers. The six departments of the imperial court are not like small places. When promotion is difficult, they will dominate and exploit the newcomers to take advantage of them.
At their level, the flow of people up and down is relatively large. Anyone who can come in can't guarantee that they will be your boss tomorrow. Especially if you are as young as Qin Shu and come with the imperial edict, you have a better chance of promotion. It's not too late to curry favor.
Then time quickly came to the next day's three-division trial.
Xiao Chenghuan was imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple. Even if he rebelled, he was well fed, clothed, and housed well. He was not as shabby and desolate as in the TV series, where he was locked in a dark sky prison wearing prison clothes.
The officials of the three judicial departments began to interrogate Xiao Chenghuan, and Qin Shu stayed aside silently. As an excellent gold plater, he could not interfere in matters and miss the big event. Whatever they said was what they said. Anyway, he would get credit after solving the case, so he touched Just fish.
When faced with the interrogation, Xiao Chenghuan was very cooperative. He admitted to the rebellion and admitted to raising Monster Race for fun. He didn't say how he did it. It was related to the face of the royal family and everyone didn't ask in detail. However, Xiao Chenghuan refused to admit that he controlled Monster. Race causes chaos.
The documents for closing the rebellion case came out quickly. Qin Shu read it over and signed the document. The case was closed after the three judicial officers stamped it.
Soon, the eunuch brought the confession and closing documents to Emperor Liang.
Emperor Liang glanced at the closing document, squinted his eyes, and said calmly: "This document is not suitable for public disclosure, so rewrite it."
The chief eunuch passed the copy back, and everyone present looked at each other.
The rebellion caused so much noise, so many people died, and the implication was too great. It needed to be announced as soon as possible to appease people.
But the emperor kept a careful eye and held the right to announce it. Now that he has rejected it, it is obvious that he is not satisfied with the result.
Everyone knows about the joint trial of the three departments now, but the result of the case has not been announced for a long time, which means that the joint trial of the three departments is incompetent.
A meeting was held on site to re-examine Xiao Chenghuan, and then the new closing text was written, signed by all parties and handed over to the chief eunuch.
Not long after, news of the rejection came from the chief eunuch. The people present were speechless and immediately started a meeting.
"I just said that the truth behind Monster Race's rebellion must be found out before His Majesty will approve it."
"No matter how you look at it, Monster Race's rebellion is related to the deposed prince, but he refuses to let go. If he doesn't let go, we won't be able to close the case!"
"According to me, why don't you punish the deposed prince? Maybe he will open his mouth. The Punishment Department has many ways to deal with prisoners!"
"You still want to torture the deposed prince? Who do you think he is? Do you think this is a prison?"
"But the Monster Race captured by the Demon Suppressing Division, why didn't the interrogator get any clues about the deposed prince?"
"..."
At this time, everyone felt that the truth about Monster Race's rebellion was dismissed without finding out, and they were having a crackling discussion.
Finally, the Minister of Dali Temple looked at Qin Shu who was fishing, and knew that he was here to get gold, so he didn't say anything. This kind of thing is too common, and maybe there is a mystery hidden in it?
"Little Marquis, do you have any opinion on this case?"
"Ask me?" Qin Shu was fishing and eating snacks from Zongzheng Temple. I have to say it was pretty good.
Minister of Dali Temple: "We old guys are not smart. You are young and have more active thinking. You may be able to see more things than us."
"Okay then." Qin Shu was speechless. He just came here to fish for gold, but he was forced to participate.
"Master Zhao, the young Marquis is very young now, so don't embarrass him."
"The Marquis of Qin is excellent in martial arts, but he still needs to grow in this area."
"That's right, Qin Hou is a newcomer to the Ministry of Punishment, and he still lacks experience in this area."
Everyone felt that Qin Shu was very young and was just here to gild and learn.
Qin Shu opened his mouth and said: "Why don't you write this in the closing document: The deposed prince Huan was deceived by Monster Race. He lost his original intention and lost his nature. His hysteria became more and more crazy. He then caused chaos in the capital and was controlled by him. Soldiers aid torture..."
The general meaning is that Xiao Chenghuan was confused by Monster Race very early. This time, after the Monster Race was controlled, he helped the villain to rebel.
The Minister of Dali Temple frowned and said: "Little Marquis, if you close the case like this, you will get further and further away from the truth that the deposed prince controlled Monster Race to cause chaos."
Qin Shu analyzed: "I feel that His Majesty's two rejections probably did not want the truth. What he wanted was a satisfactory result for dealing with the deposed prince. However, our previous copy did not give a satisfactory result to His Majesty. It is better to Let’s put this result up and take a look.”
The prince was forced to rebel. This kind of thing did not bring good reputation to the emperor. From the fact that he held the right to publish it, it can be seen that Emperor Liang valued his reputation. The two rejections showed that he did not want the naked truth.
Now he proposes to change active rebellion to passive rebellion, so that Xiao Chenghuan's notoriety will not be so heavy. With the reputation, Xiao Chenghuan's death penalty for rebellion will be dignified, and it will also make people feel regretful.
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present suddenly lit up. It was only then that they realized that the two rejections were actually due to dissatisfaction with the closing documents, so they thought of solving the Monster Race case.
This three-division joint trial is essentially just a case of rebellion. It can only be said that the authorities are confused and the beholder is clear.
"Wonderful! This statement makes sense, makes sense!"
"As expected of the Marquis of Qin, he is superb in martial arts and quick in thinking. He will be formidable in future generations."
"Look at it, look at it, I would say that Mr. Marquis, young people are active in thinking. Now, this is called professionalism."
"..."
No one expected that someone as young as Qin Shu could see things more clearly than they did, and they couldn't help but admire Qin Shu.
"Okay, then this time the copywriting will be according to Qin Hou's wishes. Little Marquis, you can write it."
"That's okay." Qin Shu picked up the brush. He came here to plating gold and fish, but he never thought that he would become the main force.
Not long after, the eunuch sent the closing documents to Emperor Liang.
Emperor Liang glanced at it and his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's accurate! Let's announce the results of this copywriting!"
This result suited him very well. He looked at the signature and found that it was Qin Shu who was the main author, indicating that he had written the result.
Emperor Liang: "This boy can do it! Going for gold plating will be a meritorious service."
The chief eunuch quickly sent back the news of the passage, and everyone smiled happily and were very enthusiastic when facing Qin Shu.
Originally, Qin Shu came to make gold-plated pendants, but now they have become pendants.
After everyone said some polite words, they dispersed, and Qin Shu went to see Xiao Chenghuan.
When Xiao Chenghuan saw Qin Shu coming to see him, he said, "I didn't expect you would come to see me again."
Qin Shu asked: "As the Crown Prince, is it worth raising a Monster Race?"
Xiao Chenghuan smiled and shook his head, with a complicated look on his face, "You are not me, you can't understand me. When I brought her into the East Palace, I had already thought about this day, and even had inexplicable expectations, even if my father suspected both. Even now, I didn’t drive her away..."
"I am superficial." Qin Shu had to say that it is really difficult to explain the complexity of human nature.
Xiao Chenghuan said: "Thank you so much, Marquis Qin, for fulfilling me like this."
Thank him for fulfilling his wish to die that night, and thank him for giving him a relatively dignified death in terms of reputation.
Qin Shu chuckled: "You're welcome."
…
Just a few steps out of Zongzheng Temple, Qin Shu took a quick glance and saw a peerless beauty with a graceful temperament and an alluring appearance. Even though she was wearing a heavy crown, she could still see her plump figure.
[Ding, I found the heroine Yang Lingying...]
Qin Shu was shocked and turned around to see the beauty entering Zongzheng Temple. As she was, it was obvious that she was going to see Xiao Chenghuan, although their relationship was not very good.
"The queen is actually the heroine of luck?"
Qin Shu withdrew his eyes. He didn't expect that the queen was actually the heroine of Luck. This was a surprising discovery.
"Are you going to inherit the Prime Minister's legacy?"
Qin Shu smiled slightly. He said there was a long way to go, so don't worry and go to his mansion.