The entrance to the inner prison.

Cui Shouye paced back and forth, feeling more and more uneasy as he walked.

This feeling of uneasiness reached its peak when footsteps came from behind.

He straightened his robes, managed to regain his composure, and turned around. Just as he was about to ask a question, Li Yan had already spoken first: "Leader Cui Ge, Li Baolang has given the explanation."

Cui Shouye's heart almost stopped: "Hand in... hand over?"

Li Yan smiled half-heartedly: "Lead Cui is very happy? Please take a look!"

Cui Shouye almost snatched it, took the testimony, and scanned it quickly with his eyes.

After reading the beginning, I made a drunken gaffe and held a grudge. I couldn't help but feel that this excuse was good and reasonable.

But upon closer inspection, his face changed, and finally turned pale: "Yundan is a poison pill. Once a person becomes addicted to the drug, he will crave it more and more, and he will not be able to get rid of it until he dies?"

Li Yan nodded: "This is what Li Baolang explained. Whether this is the case needs to be verified."

"That's right, that's exactly it!"

Cui Shouye thought about that year that Li Sichong's aunt was seriously ill and that this person had a reputation for kindness and filial piety, and he suddenly realized the motive of the Jiangnan case.

At the same time, I also understood why Doulu Qinwang and others turned against the Dou family, and couldn't help but feel full of regret: "This thing is vicious, and the Dou family actually used it to gain support from all the major families. The saint will never allow it!"

I thought I just accidentally killed some servants, but I didn't expect it to be such a serious matter.

If he had known this, he would never have covered it up for them.

Cui Shouye calmed down, looked at it carefully again, and finally felt relieved when he saw that he was not mentioned.

But after this, he no longer looked like a superior official, and his face was full of enthusiasm: "Fortunately, Li Jiyi took action and solved the case quickly, so that the thief Dou can be brought to the saint!"

Li Yan said coldly: "Commitment? Where is the workshop where Yundan is made? Where is the account book of the sales? Where are the people who sell this product? There is none! For such a big case, I will use this testimony to submit the report?"

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Cui Shouye laughed dryly: "You can take your time, the culprits have been caught..."

Li Yan pointed at the prison and said sternly: "Because the thief Dou has been captured, I should have been able to ask him about it, but in the end you tortured the thief Dou into this state. How can I explain it to the saint?"

Cui Shouye also showed annoyance. If he had known better, he would not have done it so cruelly. He explained: "This is someone else forcing him to take medicine. It has nothing to do with me!"

Li Yan fluttered his sleeves angrily, turned around and left.

Cui Shouye hurriedly caught up with him, bending his waist slightly: "Li Jiyi, Yuanfang, please listen to my explanation, it's really not me this time..."

Li Yan also stopped and said in a deep voice: "Leader Cui Ge, you are a superior official. I shouldn't be so rude, but now Dou Decheng, as the most critical prisoner, has been deposed by you, and Yundan is poisonous. Now

The case is of great importance and everything needs to be done as quickly as possible, do you understand?"

Cui Shouye's eyes flashed coldly: "I understand, how about Doulu Qinwang?"

The reason why the in-laws turned against him was found, but the two sides had become enemies and could never return to their previous relationship.

Among the twelve internal guards, besides Li Yuanfang, Doulu Qinwang was one of the most capable.

Having such an enemy makes people uncomfortable. When they find an opportunity, they will naturally stab the opponent severely.

Li Yan looked at him without saying a word.

Cui Shouye understood again and immediately prepared to implicate him: "What Li Jiyi means is that Doulu Qinwang alone is not enough?"

His eyes flickered and he began to think about how to come up with a list that would be acceptable to the saint. He said, "Let me think about it and I will reply to you soon!"

Li Yan stared at him deeply, cupped his hands and said, "Busy with official duties! Farewell!"

He is indeed busy.

Di Renjie went to get close to Dou Jing, hoping to find out the location of Hao Da, the powerful slave of the Dou family, and follow the clues to wipe out the drug trafficking route.

But this matter must be dealt with in a two-pronged approach, so Li Yan distributed Hao Da's portrait, ordered the internal guards to dispatch, and began to search Chang'an for traces of this man and all his cronies within the chamber of commerce.

After being caught, they were immediately escorted to prison for interrogation. No one related to the sales of cloud pills would be spared.

In just six years, Dou Decheng first established a high-level channel.

However, the merchants in the West Market can occasionally obtain cloud pills, which shows that his ambition is not limited to this.

We must nip all the sparks of drug trafficking before they are in their bud.

With the edict in hand, coupled with Li Yan's prestige in having the prime minister's son arrested for interrogation, the internal guards were shocked, and no one dared to disobey the order.

All of a sudden, all the Wu De guards and patrolmen were dispatched one after another to cooperate with the bad guys from the Yamen Wuhou to start a blanket search.

However, during this process, Li Yan was quite surprised when a person visited him with a letter.

He personally brought the person in: "Miao Zuolang, please!"

Miao Shenke's attitude became more and more respectful: "I shouldn't disturb Li Jiyi at this time, but there are some matters that are important and must be investigated."

He got straight to the point and took out a pile of case files.

Li Yan took it, looked at the first two, his face darkened, then he flipped through the next two, and said angrily: "So many unjust cases?!"

Miao Shenke smiled bitterly: "What we have discovered are only the cases in the past six years. The forty-seven unjust cases, large and small, that Cui Shilang has handled are by no means all."

He obviously does not represent himself alone, but the six North Gate bachelors.

The capabilities of this small circle should not be underestimated. After all, they were a think tank hand-picked by Empress Wu, and they could collect such dark materials.

Li Yan looked at it and found it shocking.

During the Zhenguan period, this would never have been the case.

Investigate its fundamentals, what works first and what works below works.

Li Shimin attached great importance to the people, and his officials did not dare to deal with it. Although they were certainly not allowed to take bribes and bend the law, their number was relatively small.

However, Li Zhi didn't care about the people, so there were more and more corrupt officials under his command. There were many people who were trying to work, but of course there were also upright and loyal people, so they just relied on their own conscience.

But looking at the feudal dynasty, how many Zhenguan rule can there be?

Li Yan sighed secretly, but saw Miao Shenke take out a few more documents and hand them over: "This is the transaction between the Cui family and the Dou family chamber of commerce, mainly focusing on Cui Shilang's brother."

Li Yan took it and found that it was not a document, but a copy of the contract.

What is written above is exactly the exchange of flying money between Cui Xiuye ​​and the Dou Chamber of Commerce.

Miao Shenke explained: "This man is the direct brother of Cui Shilang. He is a doctor in the household department. His wife is the daughter of the Dou family. He has contributed greatly to the expansion of Feiqian for the Dou family chamber of commerce."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes: "But there is no such relationship between Cui Ge leader and Dou thief?"

Miao Shenke said: "That's because Cui Shilang and his brother are at odds and rarely interact with each other. The Cui family is also headed by two people, each divided into two factions. However, according to our analysis, the two broke up deliberately in order to show weakness to the saint and let the

Cui Shilang has a better chance of ascending to the position of prime minister."

"Then you can't hide it from the plum blossom inner guard..."

Li Yan sneered in his heart.

Li Zhi's plum-blossom inner guard was really good at monitoring his ministers. The ministers jumped up and down, but they turned out to be clowns.

The saint knew it clearly and looked at it coldly.

Miao Shenke took out a few more materials.

The first few interviews were based on nepotism, but in the end Li Yan's eyes lit up.

"There is a rumor among the public about Song Ci, a member of the Ministry of Justice, who got his official position in a strange way. His predecessor resigned and he took over in a hurry. I don't know whether this statement is true or not..."

"This is valuable!"

Li Yan looked at Miao Shenke and smiled: "Miao Zuolang is really a capable person!"

Miao Shenke hurriedly said: "I don't dare, it's also Minister Cui who has done many evil things, and we have already paid attention to him, so we can do our best for Li Jiyi!"

Li Yan nodded slightly and suddenly said: "What does Miao Zuolang think of Doulu Jiyi?"

Miao Shenke thought for a while and replied: "Doulu Jiyi has indeed had a bad relationship with Cui Shilang recently, but he alone may not be able to do anything..."

Li Yandao: "Cui Shilang investigated the case with ruthlessness and was very fond of being implicated. In order to escape responsibility for the Jiangnan murder case, he also wanted to slander many people."

Miao Shenke immediately said with joy: "If there is more than just Doulu Jiyi, it would be easier to handle. I will hand over these incriminating evidences right now!"

After that, he came over again and said in his own tone: "The Queen is very happy that the inner guard can free up a position as a cabinet leader!"

Using the title of Queen of Heaven instead of Queen shows that Miao Shenke still has great confidence in Queen Wu and believes that she will eventually ascend to the position of Queen of Heaven.

And Empress Wu's power is greatly reduced now. If Cui Shouye is taken down and replaced with one of her own, of course everyone will be happy.

Li Yan smiled.

Miao Shenke became more and more impressed: "I will report Li Jiyi's contribution to the Queen of Heaven!"

Li Yan then waved his hand and said sincerely: "This is your contribution. You don't need to mention me. This is not a polite statement."

Miao Shenke's eyebrows were filled with joy, and he stood up and bowed deeply: "Then I will thank Li Jiyi for his great kindness!"

Li Yan stood up and returned the courtesy: "Be loyal to the king, serve the country, and help each other. Miao Zuolang also helped me a lot. How can I be so grateful?"

"Thank you Li Jiyi!"

Miao Shenke continued to bow before leaving.
To be continued...