Zhu Tu and Chen Yunan walked into the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate as if they were mournful, but as soon as they entered the door, their faces immediately changed, their chests were straightened, and their expressions were calm.
The tiger is not dead, let alone dead In the case of the national prince, ordinary officials do not want to be contaminated, and only the officials of the eldest prince and the second prince's faction want to be contaminated, but they have their own fears.
Whether the Peng family is the White Lotus Sect or not, the officials of the princely faction have no idea in their hearts, Xia Xun didn't say anything to them in advance, and when he came back, his freedom was restricted, and it was impossible to ask him clearly.
Although Xue Pin took great care of Xia Xun's life, he would definitely not dare to take risks if he let him personally indulge in officials to see Xia Xun, not to mention that who knew secretly if anyone was staring at Xia Xun, once he came into contact with him, his whereabouts fell into the hands of others, but he gave people a handle.
Therefore, the princelings did not dare to make a move easily.
And Chen Ying also instructed the second prince in advance, don't take advantage of this opportunity to fall into the ground, now the second prince should be Taoguang obscure, if the emperor is annoyed, this Yunnan probably doesn't want to go and has to go, so the officials of the second prince's faction also remained silent.
Although Ji Gang's authority is heavy, he lacks allies, he is a member of the prince's family, and even the officials of the prince's department have excluded him, so you can imagine how isolated he is in the court, so he can't launch a huge crusade.
But Zhu Tu and Chen Yunan's self-help actions broke this deadlock, and the officials of the prince's department took the opportunity to seize the arson case and hold on to it, so they started with a hand of "curve rescue", and the people of the second prince's family became the main attackers, even if it was for self-protection, they could not help but make a defense, not to mention that they could of course also make a big fuss with the arson case.
Both sides are dancing swords, and their intentions are in Xia Xun, but they are both making a big fuss about the arson case, and they did not directly interfere in the White Lotus Sect case, Zhu Di was so vigilant that he immediately found that the ministers had an attempt to provoke a bigger dispute under the pretext of the arson case, so he decisively ordered: The case was immediately concluded.
Zhu Tu and Chen Yunan were self-defeating and prompted the arrival of the death date in advance.
They are not idiots, at this point, even if there is still a glimmer of hope and a little fantasy in their hearts, how can they not know that the possibility of failure and death is even more sad, framing Guogong for such a big crime, even if they pull Ji Gang in, they can't save themselves.
And Ji Gang has promised that once things go wrong, they will sacrifice their lives and treat their families well, even if they are implicated and demoted to official slaves, they will definitely save them.
Although Ji Gang is a person with a strong desire for power and a cruel surname, he has a benefit, and Zhu Tu and Chen Yunan also know that even if Ji Gang does not want to abide by the promise, he will treat his family well, Ji Gang is a lonely minister in the court, he will not want his subordinates to deviate from morality again, this is a move to attract people's hearts.
Therefore, these two pawns who crossed the river and had no way back, they could only go one way to the dark, and when they came, they already had poison hidden in their bodies, and once they failed, they could only die It's a life-and-death contest, and it has been since the beginning In the main hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the highlight of today is the trial of Yang Xu, which is the most critical moment.
But Chen Ying has almost no hope for this, although others, regardless of praise or disapproval, admit that he is Chen Ying, the first master of the public case of the dynasty, but Chen Ying knows very well that if Yang Xu, the Duke of Fuguo, is the dean of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, he may not be inferior to him.
Although he was not present at the case of Yang Xu, an official of the Eastern Zhejiang Navy Division, he collected all the files and read them carefully due to his professional habits, and Chen Ying, a great expert, was quite convinced by Yang Xu's powerful counterattack methods, meticulous analytical ability, and very logical rebuttal language.
There is no strong physical evidence, and even the only human witness is not good to say whether he will retract his confession, so it is not impossible to charge a minister with rebellion, but if you want to succeed, either the emperor has the heart to get rid of him, or this official does not have enough energy to reach the heavens, and the auxiliary prince is so easy to deal with Xu Zeheng was carried up, although he had been seriously treated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Zeheng was still extremely weak, his injuries were too serious, and Jinyiwei was too lazy to serve him, even the gold sore medicine was thrown to himself, he could give medicine to the front of the body, but the injuries on his back could not be taken care of, it was summer, the weather was hot, and when he was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the wounds on his body that could not be treated had been purulent and insected, how could this body be so good that he had already been tortured to the point that he had no appearance.
Seeing Zhu Tu and Chen Yunan present, Xu Zeheng was very frightened, and immediately confessed to the three adults of the chief judge and the side judge according to the answers they obtained from forced confessions: "Back to the master's words, Xu Zeheng, a grass citizen, a native of Putai, Shandong, has entered the incense hall since he was a child and became a member of the White Lotus Sect.
Our sect leader is Lin Yuqi, a gentry of this county, Lin Yuqi inherited his father's position, and we are in Putai County."
As mentioned earlier, the only purpose of his confession was to be tortured less, and naturally he would not recruit all those who did not.
The White Lotus Sect is a cult, and although the leaders cannot escape death, the family members are at most distributed, and if they say that they have tried to rebel in Texas, it will really be over, so there are many things that should not be said, and he did not recruit them.
Xu Zeheng talked endlessly about the characters and missionaries in Lin Yu's Seven Sects, and the topic turned to the Peng family in Qingzhou: "The grass people have long known about the Peng family in Qingzhou, and the Peng family is very famous in Shandong Mansion, and their family's business is very big, and there are often cars, horses, and goods of the Peng family passing through this county.
In addition, the grass people's wife was originally from Texan, and she was rescued and taken care of by the Peng family back then, which is also the reason why the grass people knew the Peng family."
Xue Pin interrupted him a little impatiently: "Don't talk about these old sesame rotten grains, let's get to the point."
"Yes, yes" Xu Zeheng said: "Back to the eldest master, the old lady of the Peng family passed away, after our Lin sect leader got the news, he told me that he wanted to take a few people to mourn, and specifically mentioned that I wanted to bring the lady, as well as Tang Sai'er's child, the grass people also asked the sect leader, such a far way, just send someone to send a gift, why do you want to make such a big move, the sect leader said to the grass people" Xu Zeheng licked his lips and said: "The sect leader said that the Peng family is rich and powerful, and there are Peng family businesses all over Shandong, and it will be beneficial for us to make friends with the Peng family."
The sect leader also said that the old lady of the Peng family is an old-timer of the sect, and even if he is not for the benefit, he has to go to worship and worship.
The grass people were curious, and they also asked the sect leader about the origin of the Peng family, but the sect leader just smiled and did not answer, and the grass people did not know whether it was the sect leader who did not know the true details of the Peng family, or whether they were hiding something from the grass people."
Chen Ying asked, "What happened after you returned to Potai County?"
Xu Zeheng said: "Soon after the grass people returned to Putai County, the sect leader ordered us to destroy all the tokens and scriptures related to the White Lotus Sect. ” Hearing this, Xue Pin and Lu Zhen looked at each other, the big man in the capital is not alluding to Yang Xu, who else can inform the Peng family of such secrets, except for Yang Xu, there can be no second one.
"It didn't take long for two brocade guards to sneak into Granny Qiu's house" "Is it two or three" "Two" Chen Ying glanced at Zhu Tu, and Zhu Tu hurriedly explained: "Oh, there are two people who sneak in to get people, and there is one waiting on the street outside with a car." ” Chen Ying said to Xu Zeheng: "Go on" Xu Zeheng said: "The two of them fell for the spell of Granny Qiu and Sai'er, and Granny Qiu hurriedly informed our sect leader, and our sect leader disposed of the two brocade guards, and strictly ordered us to stop all teaching affairs in case someone would catch the handle." ” "Where are the bodies of the two brocade guards who were disposed of?"
"The grass people don't know, the grass people only know that the sect leader has dealt with it" Lu Zhen muttered to himself: "Okay, it's another death without proof."
Chen Ying ignored him, according to his own train of thought, asked one by one, how many times has this been tried, Xu Zeheng didn't think about it, just opened his mouth to come, and waited until everything was asked, Chen Ying said: "What you just said, is everything true?"
Xu Zeheng said: "What the grass people say is true" "Now that this official is arraigning the suspects and witnesses, do you dare to confront them in court?"
"What the grass people say is true, and they are not afraid to confront people" "Okay, come on, bring the suspect Qiu" That Qiu Pozi staggered to the hall like a candle in the wind, with a pair of dizzy old eyes, you asked fiercely, she was slow, you asked urgently, she was still slow, anyway, she didn't admit it, you said I came with evidence.
There is no evidence, you have a trick to go, because the matter involves a prince, you can't be suspected of being beaten into a trick, and you can't be punished, what can you ask about the old and mature old woman Qiu.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Chentang, the head of the opera troupe, went to the hall, Wang Chentang took small steps, stepped on the drum and floated up to the hall, without words and tears, he shouted wronged when he saw the official, and when he heard that Xu Zeheng pointed out that he was also a White Lotus cultist, the two also burned incense together to worship King Ming and Buddha, and immediately pinched the orchid finger, and scolded him in a coquettish voice Xu Zeheng has no conscience and harms his relatives.
He cried and cried, talking about how difficult it was for him to start a troupe, about his bitterness and rise and fall over the years, and about the glory of his smash hit when he was young, vaguely, as if he was saying that he had a broken sleeve relationship with the old shopkeeper Xu when he was young.
This dung pit is getting more and more stinky, and Chen Ying, who is not a good man, is disgusted until the owner of Peng Zhuang stared at him, strode up to the hall, and when he heard what Xu Zeheng pointed out, he immediately scolded him for a dog blood spray, and then listened to it, and even stopped writing the bookcase, the lord of Yizhuang is also a character with status, but the scolding is vulgar country slang, and it is all Shandongfang dialect, the bookcase is not understandable, and second, can this thing be seen by the emperor These suspects' testimonies were tantamount to a confession as early as a month ago, and their confessions were seamlessly connected with each other.
When little Lori Tang Sai'er came up, when she saw Uncle Lin's miserable appearance, she immediately cried in fright, "pouring rain" will rain as soon as she says it, don't even think about asking anything again.
This little Lori wiping her tears is a white lotus demon, she has also killed two brocade guards, and the servants standing on both sides of the cane feel that it is a bit too much.
To be continued: