strictlysupreme Chapter 473: Arrest the person first, and tell the charges later
Chapter 473: Arrest the person first, and tell the charges later
"I'll have to trouble you, Lord Shangshu, for this matter~"
"what?"
Minister Li was at a loss for a moment, looking at Jiang An and then at the clerk standing at the door.
He laughed dryly, "It has to be me?"
But he doesn't want to do it...
Jiang An: "It has to be you."
"Sir, why don't you go out and take a look?" The clerk pointed to the hall and motioned to Minister Li.
“Ah? …Ah.”
Minister Li left the house under the eager gazes of the county lady and the clerk.
Before leaving, Jiang An glanced at his desk.
The books and official documents were arranged in a mess, and the girl also saw a few miscellaneous books recording the local customs of Nanshang.
At this moment, the little girl didn't have too many thoughts in her mind. She just felt that Minister Li was living a very comfortable life and had time to read some books.
"Who... who did this?!"
In the hall, Minister Li stood in front of the Left Assistant Minister, whose life or death was unknown, and looked at the chaos on the ground.
"The Ministry of Justice was robbed?" He looked at his subordinates with an inquiring look.
The subordinate quietly stretched out a finger from his wide sleeves...
Minister Li looked in that direction and successfully saw the county lady's delicate face.
Jiang An admitted calmly, "Yes, it was the main one in this county."
"what?"
Minister Li dismissed his subordinates casually and also ignored the Left Vice Minister whose life or death was unknown.
"Can I... can I pretend that I didn't see or hear anything?"
He...he just wants to live a life of idleness and wait for death!
"That's probably not possible."
The little girl shook her head, looking regretful.
"This county lady is still waiting for the minister to present a memorial to His Majesty tomorrow. The left assistant minister was disrespectful to the new right assistant minister who was holding the imperial edict and jade pendant, and he was defying the emperor's authority. Considering that he has served His Majesty in the Ministry of Justice for many years, he can be spared the death penalty, but he cannot escape the punishment of life..."
"According to the laws of the Southern Merchants, you should be exiled three thousand miles north."
Minister Li took a half step back, swallowed his saliva, and tried to persuade Jiang An, "The county lord just took office and sent his colleagues into exile?"
The little girl smiled and praised herself, "This is how I can show that I am impartial and just~"
"Of course, the greatest credit goes to you, Shangshu. You are a great leader~"
"hehe…"
Minister Li is about to cry.
This little ancestor herself... he can't afford to offend her, not to mention that she has the evil god of the north behind her, and now there is also His Majesty.
Behind this Left Vice Minister are Empress Dowager Xie and Prime Minister Xie.
Jiang An picked a chair at random and sat down, not in a hurry, waiting for Minister Li to slowly weigh the pros and cons.
"Master Shangshu, please think carefully..."
Then the sunlight came through the window paper, leaving a clear distinction between light and darkness on Jiang An's face.
When the little girl spoke, her dark round eyes looked even deeper, like a man-eating beast lurking in wait, "Now the dynasty still has the surname Jiang."
"He is just a minister after all~"
You are just a minister after all. Even if you are removed from office, Prime Minister Xie will not really do anything to you.
You can still be the Minister of Justice who just eats and waits for death.
"Your humble servant... Your humble servant understands."
Minister Li was stared at by Jiang An, and a drop of sweat ran down his temple.
He didn't dare to wipe it off, and he changed his self-proclaimed name from "this official" to "your humble official".
Minister Li had figured it out. This little girl was determined to kill the Left Assistant Minister!
Judging from Jiang An's status and his heroic deeds at the last morning court session, even if Minister Li did not have to write this memorial, she would have sent him into exile anyway.
But if he hadn't written this memorial...
Minister Li smiled awkwardly and immediately went back to get a blank sheet to write on.
Even if he was the Left Vice Minister, he should have been exiled!
If the little girl knew about his rich inner thoughts, she would probably shout three times, "I am wronged."
At most, she wanted to use this opportunity to see if this Minister Li was really as he was described by others, and what his bottom line was...
After all, he will be someone you will have to deal with in the future, so it is always good to understand the situation clearly.
About another stick of incense time passed before Jiang An finally received the badge and the staff she was supposed to have as the Right Vice Minister.
Wu Heting, who was waiting at the gate of the Ministry of Justice, was slightly surprised when he saw that it was Minister Li who personally brought the person out.
After all, according to common sense, the job of receiving the new official should be the responsibility of the Left Assistant Minister, and Minister Li should have stayed away from him...
When everyone was within his field of vision, Wu Heting finally understood why it was Minister Li who came out with such an eager look on his face to see them off.
Is this a gift for subordinates?
These are our ancestors!
The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice was being held up by two minor clerks, with ropes tied around his hands and feet and even a cloth strip stuffed in his mouth.
Look at that bloody face...
Tsk tsk.
After Lord Wu and Minister Li greeted each other, he whispered to the girl, "I asked you to take up the post, and you came to confiscate my property!"
"Why did you bring another one back?"
Jiang An looked proud and patted Wu Heting on the shoulder, "I caught one on my first day in office, isn't that amazing~"
Battle records available!
Wu Heting didn't understand, "Is he related to the missing students?"
Jiang An: "It's okay~"
"I just don't like it."
Who made him start talking nonstop as soon as he came up?
Besides, wasn’t it him who said it... This guy is from Prime Minister Xie’s party, and he does a lot of evil things on a daily basis.
Why do you care? Just arrest them first and make up the charges.
"First, arrest him for the crime of disrespecting the emperor's authority. You can find the remaining charges and present them all together tomorrow~"
What a simple thing!
Hearing this, Wu Heting almost fell down the stairs.
Fortunately, I had subordinates around to help me.
He looked at Jiang An in disbelief, "Can you do this?"
Mr. Wu's life and world outlook, which were built on his iron-fisted approach to solving cases over the past few decades, were in jeopardy at this moment.
The little girl climbed onto the horse and asked, "What else?"
She has even thought about what to do with the missing student case this time...
From the time the first student disappeared to the day she arrived in Beijing, there was more than a month in between.
Moreover, the bodies of those students are still in the mass grave in Lingxi outside the city.
After a month of vultures and mountain dogs fighting for food, would there be anything valuable left?
She will definitely investigate. If she can find some clues, then everything will be fine. If she can't find any...
Then don't blame her for ordering sheep~
Do you want to ask Jiang An what Dian Yang Yang is?
The little girl grinned and said whoever she disliked was the murderer.
If you have the guts, just dance in front of her and argue with her~