Not to mention the bet between the two, Tang Fan came out of Wang Zhi and saw that the time was almost over, so he walked home.

Recently, because he wanted to investigate the case of the East Palace, he ran to the palace and the West Factory, and sometimes he had to go to the Han family. Shuntian Mansion could not go to work normally. Lord Pan happily gave him his leave, so that he did not have to go to the yamen to report every day during this period, and could wait until the case was over before going back.

Although it is also a case investigation, going there on time every day to sit in the yamen and working hours are two completely different concepts. Although Lord Tang is not the kind of official who is sloppy, he is still very happy to be lazy occasionally.

Seeing that the case was over, this free and easy life was coming to an end. Lord Tang was inevitably a little sad. He did not go around the familiar wonton stall to eat wontons, but went home directly.

Of course, it would be best if A Dong cooked at home today. As I did last time, Lord Tang would never want to experience the experience of eating glutinous rice balls on an empty stomach.

The sky gradually darkened, and when he was still a distance away from home, Tang Fan vaguely saw wisps of smoke rising from the kitchen in his home, and it seemed that he could even smell the fragrance of food. This made his mood better. He hummed a small song in his mouth and his steps became much lighter.

No matter where you go, it’s better to go home!

The gate of the courtyard was not closed, half closed. As soon as he walked in, he heard a burst of laughter coming from inside, as if there was a vague voice of a familiar man.

Suizhou is back?

Tang Fan was stunned at first, and then a smile appeared on his face.

But before he could walk in, he saw the dining room door connected to the main hall open, with a table of steaming food inside. Xiao Adong was walking out of the kitchen, holding a plate of freshly prepared, and shouting: "Brother Sui, Sister Zhou, the food is all right, brother will definitely not come back to eat, let's start the meal first!"

Next to the dining table in the hall was a man and a woman.

The man was naturally Suizhou, which he hadn't seen for many days. He seemed to have lost weight, but he seemed more lean. I think it was time to come back. He did not wear the Jinyiwei robe that everyone was afraid of, but instead changed into a regular suit, but it was more like a sword that had not yet been unsheathed. The underside of the regular suit was the sword light that was full of blood.

Such a person does not need to be beautiful and beautiful at all, and to protect his body with sharp blades. Just standing there is no need to ignore it.

Another girl was the cousin of the Zhou family that Tang Fan had met the day before yesterday. She came to Suizhou that day and returned in vain, but today she happened to run into it.

I don’t know what she said, but there was a slight smile on Suizhou’s cold face, and her laughter was even more like a silver bell. The distance between the two was not close or far, just right, and the arms seemed to be about to be touched, but it seemed that they didn’t touch them at all. When it fell into Tang Fan’s eyes, there was a kind of ambiguity as if they were there.

As Dong jumped into the hall with the vegetables and said something to the girl. The two of them laughed together, as if they were intimate.

How long have you known this? It’s almost like a tangle. He is more intimate to her than me!

Lord Tang thought to himself that he would never admit that he felt a little sour.

The angle he stood was blocking him, and the sky was dark, and no one noticed him there for a while.

When Tang Fan saw the three of them sitting separately, he seemed to be ready to start dinner without waiting for him, so he did not go in. Instead, he turned around and quietly retreated.

As night falls, the lights of thousands of families are on the verge of reunion. Lord Tang is not so silly and mom-like, but today he doesn't know what happened. When he saw the three people laughing and laughing in, he felt that he seemed a little redundant, as if the other party was a family. Now he went in rashly, but instead disturbed the other party.

The most hateful thing is A Dong, a girl is not a big one, she is not old yet, so she is in a hurry to please outsiders!

Tang Fan muttered, but didn't realize that there was any grammatical problem with this sentence. He walked around the Sui family with his hands behind his back, and soon he walked around the small door of the Sui family's backyard.

Smelling the smell of food from inside, he felt even hungry. He was wondering whether to go out to find something to eat before coming back. He also felt that he was running back and forth these days. Although there were times when he was sitting in a sedan chair, he could not compare with those who often needed to rush. After relaxing, his legs became sore and weak, so he was too lazy to move. He sat directly on the threshold of the back door and stared at the sky with stars in a daze.

It was almost early autumn, and it started to feel a little chill after nightfall.

After a while, Lord Tang sneezes, and the sleepiness surges.

His head leaned against the door frame, and before he knew it, he actually fell asleep like this.

I slept very heavily this time, and I didn't know the situation.

I don’t know how long it took, but when I felt like I had a heavy weight on my body, Tang Fan opened his eyes.

It was completely dark outside, but the light from the yard still immediately saw the person in front of him.

"Guangchuan?" Lord Tang said in a daze, and saw the person next to him again. "A Dong, why are you here?"

Only then did he realize that his body had sunk just now because Suizhou took a cloak and covered it with it.

Adong put his waist on his back and chattered: "Brother, you're okay. We're waiting for you to come back and forth. We're so anxious that Brother Sui is going to go out to find him. Who knows you're hiding here, why don't you go inside!"

Tang Fan just woke up, his eyes were blank, his expression was still half awake.

Seeing that A Dong wanted to say something else, Suizhou stopped her and helped Tang Fan up.

After sitting for a long time, his legs became numb, and Tang Fan's expression twisted and he almost fell forward.

Fortunately, Suizhou was very clear-headed and quick-handed, so he directly supported him around the waist.

"Can you leave?" Sui Zhou frowned, his expression that he would pick him up if Tang Fan could not leave.

For the sake of man's dignity, Lord Tang naturally said quickly: "It's okay, I just sit for a long time, just stand for a while."

Suizhou asked: "Why don't you enter the house?"

What he repeated was the question Adong asked just now.

Tang Fan felt a little guilty and touched his nose: "I just came back a little tired, so I thought I could sit here for a while, but who knew I accidentally fell asleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that the reason was too bad.

Who is Suizhou? A person from the Beizhen Fushi and a good at interrogation. Can you tell whether Tang Fan is telling a lie or the truth?

Under the silent gaze of the other party, Tang Fan became more and more guilty.

Suizhou looked at him for a while before saying, "Go back, A Dong go and cook ginger soup."

Lord Tang’s inner sadness has long been like a river: Stop talking...

"Also, Sister Zhou also cooked two dishes, but I didn't think it was so good. She didn't move after just taking a bite. I think Sister Zhou couldn't eat too much. Brother, I secretly told you, I think Sister Zhou seemed to like Brother Sui, just like our sister Aqiu liked you before. When she was having dinner, she kept secretly glanced at Brother Sui, but Brother Sui pretended not to see it. That situation was so funny..." A Dong was like a little hen, talking and laughing, and whispering, and even waving her little arm almost made Lord Tang's eyes look blue.

Tang Fan looked dark and couldn't help poking her, which meant that she could stop at the right time.

Unfortunately, the little girl failed to understand the spirit and was still talking about gossip between Suizhou and his cousin.

"And, I heard Sister Zhou ask Brother Sui, "Cousin, do you still remember the agreement between our two families when they were young?" A Dong imitated the expression of the Zhou girl, squinted her eyes and tried his best to show a shy look.

Tang Fan almost laughed at her. Although she wanted to continue watching her perform, based on the principle of benevolence of brothers and sisters, Tang Fan kindly reminded: "A Dong."

Adong said impatiently: "What are you doing? You are not listening carefully. They are talking about important places!"

Tang Fan pinched her chin, turned her head back, and signaled her to look behind her.

I saw Sui Zhou standing there, looking at her expressionlessly, and I don’t know how much I heard.

A Dong: “…”

Suizhou: "…"

A Dong continued to pretend to be demented: "..."

Suizhou glanced at her lightly: "Go and see the firewood, there is porridge on the stove."

As if he was granted a general amnesty, he slipped away from Suizhou like a flying man and ran to the kitchen.

Suizhou's eyes fell on Tang Fan again.

Tang Fan blinked, showing an innocent and pure expression with "I have no idea what she was talking about just now."

Suizhou said slowly: "The ginger soup is cold."

Tang Fan said oh, and quickly lowered his head to drink the soup.

The room was temporarily trapped in a subtle and awkward atmosphere.

Fortunately, Lord Tang was smart and smart, and immediately thought of another topic that could divert attention.

"How is the case you went to handle this time?"

Suizhou dragged a chair and sat down: "This time we went to Jiangxi and investigated the case of Huang Jinglong, the governor of Ji'an Prefecture."

Tang Fan sat upright and followed, "What did he do?"

Suizhou said: "The Jiangxi Censor's Office reported that from the eleventh year of Chenghua in Ji'an Prefecture, there were more than 300 prisoners in three years. They were tortured by the prefect Huang Jinglong to death, but they pretended to die of illness and concealed it."

Tang Fan was moved in a horror: "It's so bold!"

Suizhou nodded: "Yes, so there was an order from the superiors to order the Ministry of Justice, the Censor and the Northern Punishment Department to go to the local area to investigate the case and arrest Huang Jinglong into Beijing. I had left Beijing in a hurry before, and was the case."

Tang Fan asked: "How is that going, but it's still going well?"

Sui Zhou said: "It was quite smooth, and the evidence was conclusive, and Huang Jinglong could not argue. There should be 417 people who died by him. Among them, there were dozens of people who were arrested without guilt and lynched by him. However, when we counted the bodies, we found that there were more than ten fewer items. When we asked Huang Jinglong again, he couldn't tell why."

Tang Fan said: "Why?"

Sui Zhou said: "I don't know, he only said that there are not so many people, but the number of 417 is counted after we checked the prisoners in detail and the families of the deceased reported the case. The argument is not wrong, and maybe there are more than so many people."

Since Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court appointed officials to be appointed as Jinshi as the entry standard, which means that you must pass the Jinshi exam to be considered qualified to be an official. Of course, this is not absolute. If you have a way or have good luck and just have a vacancy, you can become an official. However, no matter how high the official is, it will be almost the same as the governor and you cannot enter the center or the cabinet.

This is why in the Ming Dynasty, everyone was forced to pass the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination.

Then again, I have worked hard to study books for more than ten or even decades, and once I became an official, everyone has different ambitions. Some are to serve the country, some are to benefit the people, some are to make more money, and some are to love power and to climb higher. These are understandable.

But I haven't heard that someone has worked hard to become a fourth-rank magistrate, but ended up going to abuse the prisoners, causing them to be reported and ruined.

What do you think of?

Could it be that Huang Jinglong was stupid in his study, driven crazy, and developed a rebellious mentality, and wanted to abuse prisoners to seek spiritual pleasure?

Tang Fan felt it was a little incredible and understood why this case alarmed the Jinyiwei.

"Did Huang Jinglong explain his motives and purpose?"

Sui Zhou shook his head: "After he was arrested, he didn't say a word and refused to reveal anything."

After Huang Jinglong was captured and returned to Beijing, even if the mission was completed, the rest of the matter would naturally be followed by other people and other departments, so there was no need for Suizhou to come forward.

While speaking, A Dong came in with a bowl, and the fragrance blew under Tang Fan's nose with the light breeze from the door being opened.
To be continued...