From eunuch to emperor

The criminal department is divided into several departments, and the arrest department is responsible for the security of the capital, and they are responsible for committing crimes.

Shen Tianhe, the arrest officer, replied: "Recently, many women have disappeared in the capital. We have received a total of 13 reports, all of which are young women..."

Before Shen Tianhe could finish speaking, Li Tianze interrupted him, and said impatiently: "As a minister of the Six Departments, I don't have time to care about such trivial matters. If there is a murder case, you should thoroughly investigate it yourself."

Shen Tianhe was stunned and speechless, bowed in embarrassment, and then retreated resentfully.

"What else is there?"

Li Tianze scanned the hall, but no one spoke.

"Okay, that's all for today, you have to perform your duties, and you can't live up to the Holy Majesty's expectations."

"Wu Shilang, when I'm not in the yamen, you have to do things well. If something goes wrong, you're the only one to ask!"

Wu Wenjing immediately bowed and said, "Your subordinate obeys orders! Don't worry, my lord!"

After speaking, Li Tianze returned to Nangong with two pretty maids.

Wu Wenjing looked at Li Tianze's leaving back, and said sarcastically in his heart: "I want to learn from Lord Long, but I don't have the skills. Painting a tiger is not an anti-dog."

Back in Nangong, Li Tianze entered Di Xingwan's room.

"your Highness."

Li Tianze's voice was magnetic and soft, and his manners were decent, he walked slowly behind Di Xingwan.

"Have you taken office in the Ministry of Punishment? How do you feel?"

Di Xingwan was dressed in mink, and the female official Shangguan Xue was helping her grind ink.

"The affairs of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs are complicated, and there are many laws in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it will take time to become proficient."

Li Tianze spoke very modestly.

Di Xingwan put down the brush, looked at the finished handwriting, and asked, "Compared to Long Chengen's, how is my handwriting?"

The story of Long Chen competing in calligraphy in the Literature Museum has spread throughout the capital. Everyone knows that Long Chen is a great calligrapher, and he created his own line of regular script.

Di Xingwan likes regular script very much, and thinks regular script is strong and upright.

Li Tianze's heart turned cold, but he praised: "Princess's handwriting is better than Lord Long's."

Di Xingwan smiled and said: "It's just bragging, how can I be better than him."

It was snowing outside and it was freezing cold, Di Xingwan said to Shangguan Xue, "Get ready, I want to take a hot bath."

Li Tianze's eyes lit up, and he said, "I'll serve the princess."

Di Xingwan immediately refused: "No, you should familiarize yourself with the law and judge cases. I begged for the position of Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. Don't embarrass me."

Li Tianze bowed: "Obey!"

Shangguanxue packed up her clothes, and Li Tianze sent the princess to the door of the bathroom.

"What happened to those three maids? Have you found out?"

Di Xingwan asked suddenly.

Li Tianze slowly replied: "Still investigating, this matter is a bit strange."

Di Xingwan frowned and said: "People from my Nangong disappeared for no reason. You are the head of Nangong and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. You must find out!"

Li Tianze bowed: "Obey!"

Di Xing went to take a bath at night, Li Tianze exited the room resentfully, and returned to his yard, the pretty palace lady who accompanied him asked, "Princess refused again?"

Li Tianze's face was cold, he nodded slightly and said: "The princess is still dissatisfied with me, I heard that Long Chengen served her, why can't I."

The pretty court lady advised in a low voice: "My lord, don't show it. Maybe it will be fine after a long time."

Li Tianze nodded slightly, and endured it for now.

Outside, two palace maids came in with smiles, and said: "Master Tianze, we bought a parrot that can talk, and I gave it to you to relieve your boredom."

Tian Ze smiled softly, "Ye Liu, Chun Bai, you two have a heart."

The lady in the palace went forward to pick up the birdcage, pulled Yeliu and Chunbai with a smile and said, "Let's go, let's play in the back room."

The three laughed and giggled and went into the back room to tease the parrot.

...

Ministry of Punishment.

The arrest officer, Shen Tianhe, hurried into the front hall, where a middle-aged official was pacing anxiously.

Seeing Shen Tianhe approaching, the officials hurried up to greet him, took Shen Tianhe's hand and said: "Master Shen, my daughter is missing, and I have been looking for it all day and night, please send someone to help me find it!"

Shen Tianhe comforted: "Lord Liu, please be safe and don't be impatient, tell me what's going on?"

The middle-aged official is Liu De from the Department of General Affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Master Shen, yesterday my daughter went out to buy some rouge, but she hasn't returned yet. I searched all over the house, but there is no trace!"

Liu De was so anxious that he only had one daughter.

Shen Tianhe said in relief: "We will send someone to look for it immediately, Master Liu is relieved..."

A girl who has not left the cabinet did not return all night, this is very abnormal, Shen Tianhe has a bad premonition in his heart.

"Master Shen, please!"

Liu De was so anxious that there was nothing he could do.

"Master Liu, go back first, and I will immediately report to the servant."

After sending Liu De away, Shen Tianhe entered the back office, found Wu Wenjing, and said, "Master Minister, more and more women are missing in the capital, what should we do now?"

Wu Wenjing is also very serious. A total of 15 cases of missing women have been reported, but these people are not alive or dead, and the cases cannot be investigated.

"Let everyone go, so many people are missing, you can always find clues."

Wu Wenjing had no choice but to use the most stupid method.

Shen Tianhe was also helpless, so he had no choice but to do so, and all the personnel of the arrest department were released to find someone.

...

There is a lake in the south of the capital, and there is a spring in the center of the lake. Clear spring water gushes out all the year round, which is called Spring Lake.

The water source here is the best in the entire capital. In winter, the imperial court will send people to chisel out ice cubes from the center of the lake and store them in an ice cellar to cool off in the heat of summer.

Those who are responsible for mining ice are called ice households.

A group of ice households were digging ice in the spring lake. Square pieces of ice were dug out, carefully placed on a sled, wrapped in straw with horseshoes, and slowly pulled towards the ice cellar of the palace.

An old man commanded by the side, and said: "Don't cut the ice too hard, it will break if you use too much force, it must be just right..."

boom!

A young man used too much force, and the iron rod blasted a piece of crystal clear ice.

The old man scolded: "Don't listen to what I said! I tell you not to use too much force!"

The young man said aggrievedly: "I did what Master said, and it exploded by itself."

The old man was so angry that he cursed: "Fart! Such good ice, how could it blow up by itself!"

The ice door next to him didn't dare to chime in, the old man was sent by the imperial court.

"Old man Xu, what do you think this is?"

An ice house next to him suddenly found something under the ice.

The young man picked up the iron rod and stabbed it a few times, and the old man cursed again: "You still stab, stab your mother..."

"Master, there are corpses under the ice!"

Old man Xu hurried over, and sure enough there was a corpse under the ice, judging by the clothes, it should be a woman.

"Not good, hurry up and report to the official!"

Old man Xu hurriedly sent someone to report to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

...

Qiuxing Palace.

Long Chen was sitting in the room, still thinking about how to heal Bai Tingting's scar, this girl values ​​her body too much.

"Do I really care about their bodies?"

Long Chen asked himself.

Xiang Ning came in from the outside, whispering to Xiao'e as they walked, with a very rich expression on her face.

"What are you talking about?"

Long Chen asked.

Xiao'e gestured happily: "My lord, do you know the flower-picking robbers in the capital? The capital suddenly disappeared a lot of women, and they were neither alive nor dead."

Xiang Ning immediately took over the conversation and said, "I finally found it today. In Quanhu Lake, there are more than a dozen corpses. It is said that they were all ruined. It's very evil..."

Speaking of this, the expressions of the two were a little frightened.