Chapter 237: Internal strife "Unjustly accused, unjustly accused."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingjian immediately cried out that he was wronged.
"Sin General does not know how to obey, and tries to use the mantis as a chariot to compete with General Manager Zhu in front of the battle array.
But this matter of murder and arson has never been done by Sin General."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were shouts all around, "Cut him, chop this inhumane dog thief."
"Cut to pieces with a thousand cuts, cut this thief into pieces with a thousand cuts."
"Cut him, chop him, chop him into pieces" The people watching saw Zhang Mingjian pushing two, five, and six, and they were furious.
They all yelled and threw the bricks and tiles in their hands at this person.
Although most of them were intercepted by the soldiers who maintained order with their shields, seven or eight pieces still slipped through the net and hit near the target, causing Zhang Mingjian to hold his head and dodge.
"Be quiet, be quiet."
Luo Ben, who joined the army, picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table.
"The roaring court, what a shame.
Anyone who dares to throw bricks will be thrown out of the city.
No one is allowed to enter the city until the case is heard today."
"Mighty, mighty, mighty!"
The government officials beat the ground with fire sticks and sang loudly again.
It took a lot of effort to finally calm the people around them.
Luo Ben, who joined the army, sighed, looked around, and suppressed his anger and said: "Zhang Mingjian, you are a famous figure after all.
Since you have done it, you must dare to do it.
Why force this chief judge to create some embarrassing scenes?
, so that everyone can’t stop."
"Unjustly accused, the guilty general has been wronged."
Zhang Mingjian was so desperate for survival that he immediately lost all regard for his dignity.
"That afternoon, the guilty general ordered people to close the city gate, and then sent his brothers to the wealthy families in the city to collect military supplies.
I wanted to Got it With money and food, his subordinates would not harm the people.
Unexpectedly, after the sun went down, soldiers and gangsters suddenly took the opportunity to cause trouble.
The guilty general suppressed him several times but was afraid that his subordinates would also be affected, so he had to give up.
"Yangzhou City" "Shut up!"
He didn't expect Zhang Mingjian to be such a rogue.
Luo Ben, who joined the army, was so angry that he interrupted loudly, "You are the chief manager of Yangzhou Road.
All the soldiers and horses in the city are at your disposal."
"The position of the guilty general was bought at noon that day, and even the officials and generals under him were not recognized.
The only ones who could be mobilized were the more than 6,000 people in his direct lineage.
The others were nominally under the general's control, but in fact no one could Listen to the guilty general.
If the guilty general does not make a decisive decision and withdraw from Yangzhou, all the guilty generals will be killed by the rebels."
"Fart", "lying", "shameless" and "talking nonsense" were immediately followed by the sound of a landslide and tsunami of curses.
Even the elders in the jury couldn't bear it anymore.
They stood up tremblingly, pointed at Zhang Mingjian's nose and cried: "You, you shameless thief.
And you still dare to say that you were not involved.
At the beginning, Who was it?
Who sent soldiers to block the door of my house?
I had to hand over one hundred thousand cash and five hundred kilograms of rice before I would let my whole family go."
"Zhang Mingjian, you can't even think of denying the blood debt of more than 40 members of my family."
"Zhang Mingjian, if you dare to do something but dare not admit it, who do you think you are?"
In the blink of an eye, everything inside and outside the trial court turned into a mess.
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That Zhang Mingjian also risked everything in order to survive.
He stamped his feet vigorously a few times and shouted loudly, "Wu, you still have the nerve to say that I and my people borrowed money and food from your house, but after my people took the money, they did not enter your house."
You, on the other hand, were afraid that you would suffer alone, so you told my brother that the Liu family across the street is in the jewelry business and makes a fortune every day."
"You bastard named Wu, I will fight with you."
Before he finished speaking, an old man in his sixties in the jury had already jumped in front of another old man in his seventies, punching and kicking him.
The old man Wu who was beaten knew that he was in the wrong, covered his face with his hands, and shouted loudly, "You, don't listen to his instigation.
At that time, I didn't say that at all.
I just, I just" "I won't listen.
I won't listen to anyone named Wu.
I'm not done with you."
"Quiet, quiet, quiet."
Luo Ben, who joined the army, was sweating all over.
The gavel was almost cracked and he couldn't control the order.
Liu Ziyun, who was responsible for leading the troops to maintain order, had experience.
He grabbed a whip from the hands of his cronies and whipped a few whips in the air.
"Shut up, slap, shut up.
If anyone is shameless again, I will Beat him to death first" He used to be a non-staff official in Xuzhou Prefecture, and he was good at bullying the people.
Since the uprising, he has led his brothers on expeditions here and there, and he has accumulated a very strong murderous aura.
After a few whips, the jury was immediately silenced.
Then there were a few more "pah pah pah" blows, which shocked the people outside the venue into silence.
"Unjust, unfair."
Old man Liu in the jury did not dare to fight with old man Wu anymore, sobbed and cried out, "Master Qingtian, I want to sue.
I want to sue this guy named Wu for colluding with the bandits and killing him.
There are more than seventy people in my Liu family.
I feel sorry for my little grandson, who was snatched away and beaten alive by the rebels when he was only seven months old."
"Don't cry.
When the trial of Zhang Mingjian is over, I will accept your prosecution."
Luo Ben, who joined the army, also felt that Old Man Liu's plight was pitiful.
He glared at Old Man Wu hard and tried to persuade him softly.
"Unjustly accused."
Old man Wu immediately jumped up, rushed to Zhang Mingjian's side, and knelt down with a "plop", "Sir, I'm unjustly accused.
Yes, it's this thief.
Zhang's men are holding the knife to force the villain, let him The villain pointed out which other family had a lot of money.
The young man was scared at the time, so he said: "Pa" Robben slapped the gavel hard and interrupted his defense, "You also sit back and continue to be your jury.
As for other matters, we will talk about it after the trial of Zhang Mingjian."
"Yes, yes" Old Man Wu did not dare to refuse, stood up tremblingly, and walked towards the jury's seat tremblingly.
Joining the army, Robben sighed again, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and emphasized loudly, "From now on, no one is allowed to talk about things that have nothing to do with Zhang Mingjian.
Unless you want him to go unpunished, otherwise, everyone Please sit quietly for me.
I will ask you about other cases later."
"Yes" the jury members agreed in unison, and then several parties distanced themselves from each other and threw their gazes at each other like knives.
"Zhang Mingjian, are you sure that the murder and arson had nothing to do with you?"
Robben turned his eyes to the prisoner again and asked loudly.
"The guilty general just couldn't stop him.
The guilty general didn't kill people at all, nor did he instruct his men to kill people or set fires."
Zhang Mingjian risked everything and gritted his teeth to hold on until the end.
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"Okay, then stand aside" Robben looked at him with contempt and ordered loudly.
Then there was another shock, "Come here, take the first witness of this case to court."
"Your Majesty has an order, bring the first witness of this case to court."
"Your Majesty has an order, bring the first witness of this case to court."
"Your Majesty has an order, bring the first witness of this case to court."
The officials also wiped their sweat and raised their voices professionally. , shouted over and over again.
After working as government officials for half their lives, this was the first time they had seen a case being tried like this.
Based on my personal experience, it is surprising that a clear case can be found when a case is tried like this.
While I was secretly cursing in my heart, I heard another sound of chains dragging.
Immediately afterwards, several soldiers led a man with a square face and slowly walked into the trial venue.
"Yu Darui, why are you here?"
Zhang Mingjian was shocked when he saw this person, and instinctively opened his mouth to ask.
He remembered that at that time, he had sent this person with his own soldiers to act as bait to attract the attention of the Huai'an army.
Logically speaking, this person should have died in the battle long ago.
Unexpectedly, he ended up becoming a prisoner like himself.
Yu Darui, a square-faced man, didn't want to look at him.
He spat blood on the ground and responded through gritted teeth, "Manager Zhang, Yu is not dead.
How dare you let the manager down?
How dare you die?
General Manager Zhang is not dead.
Yu is not dead."
How dare you die in front of Mr.
Zhang?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Mingjian asked angrily, his ears burning after being scolded.
Commander Yu Darui spit on the ground again, then raised his hands and saluted the presiding judge, "You can ask whatever you want.
For the sake of your army's efforts to save Yu and the brothers at all costs these days, I should tell you everything I know, and tell me everything I know.”
"Okay then" Luo Ben, who joined the army, nodded and ordered pleasantly, "tell me how Yangzhou was destroyed by the rebels.
Just tell it truthfully.
You don't need to accuse anyone."
"Yes."
Yu Darui raised his hand again and responded loudly, "On that day, two Mongolian princes appointed Zhang Wanhu as the general manager of Yangzhou Road, but they did not leave any food or military pay for our Qing Army.
In order to buy this position, General Manager Zhang also paid another He sent two Mongolian princes a large sum of money.
He felt that he had suffered a loss, so he called us to discuss it and said that it was impossible to defend Yangzhou City no matter what.
It's better to take advantage of the situation and find another supporter.
Then, he ordered General Gui and several other captains to close the land and water gates and then lead the people out to seize the city.
Numerous large families were blocked first, and they were forced to pay money and food from door to door, and they were also asked to report each other.
Whoever had more money might still have the capital to prepare for recovery."
I hate Zhang Mingjian for pushing everyone out to die in vain, but he secretly ran away.
Yu Darui shook everything that happened that day like beans from a bamboo tube.
After other rebels and local ruffians got involved, killing people and setting fires everywhere, Zhang Mingjian also truthfully explained the reason why he refused to stop it, "At that time, Xiao Qiu, the commander Qiu Zhengyi who died in the battle, said, it can't go on like this, it can't go on like this. ,all Yangzhou would be completely destroyed, and we are all sinners through the ages.
But Manager Zhang said that it would be better if it was destroyed.
After it was destroyed, the Huai'an army would not only get nothing from Yangzhou City, but also lose a cent.
They will be tired by the victims and will not have the strength to attack Luzhou."
"Cut him, chop him, chop him into pieces" "Chop him, chop him into pieces, chop him into pieces" "Cut him, chop him up, chop him into pieces" From all around, the shouts of killing resounded again.
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A slice.
The people held up bricks and tiles and pushed forward as hard as they could, hoping to smash Zhang Mingjian into a pulp immediately.
Upon seeing this, Liu Ziyun quickly ordered the brothers who maintained order to stabilize the shield wall against the crowd and prevent them from getting closer.
After finally calming down the anger around him, Zhang Mingjian heard Zhang Mingjian shout loudly, "Unjust, the guilty general is unjust.
The man surnamed Yu originally wanted to continue to lead the team to defect to the Mongols, but the guilty general did not listen to him.
So he felt resentful in his heart.
The guilty general, so he deliberately punished the guilty general to death."
"Shut up!"
Robben, who joined the army, stood up angrily, pointed at Zhang Mingjian's nose and cursed, "Show some human behavior.
After all, you are a hero who has been famous for many years.
Don't show any shame at all."
After he finished cursing, he ordered someone to take Yu Darui down and bring another witness.
The second person brought into the field was one of Zhang Mingjian's soldiers.
After coming up, before Robben could ask, he shouted loudly, "Master Qingtian, I'm here to help you.
I'm going to do everything."
That day, I led two hundred brothers and was ordered to block the home of a big salt merchant.
Manager Zhang said They asked their family to pay 300,000 copper coins, or the equivalent in gold, silver, and jewelry.
When that family couldn't get enough, the younger one ordered his brothers to rush in and kill all his family's guards first.
Then he killed his family members one by one and forced him to hand over all the valuables and the gold and silver in the silver cellar.
Then Manager Zhang sent someone to tell Xiao that this family was so rich that he was afraid of the future.
There will be trouble.
The young man suddenly became ruthless and killed nearly a hundred people in the family.
Then he set a fire and burned the house clean. " "You are a thief who seeks glory behind the Lord's back, is that what I asked you to do?"
Zhang Mingjian was furious and rushed over to beat him.
The soldier did not dodge and let him hit him a few times, and then continued to confess, "Since I did that thing, I can't sleep well every day.
I know that sooner or later I will be punished.
The subordinates of my subordinates Brother, I have been punished on the battlefield.
I deserve to die, but if I am still alive, I will not die in peace."
"You, you are a thief who is seeking glory.
I feed you with good food and drink every day.
You, you dare to betray me."
Being held by two guards, Zhang Mingjian was baring his teeth and claws like crazy.
"The general betrayed him, so I'll wait first."
The leader of the soldiers glanced at Zhang Mingjian coldly and retorted disdainfully, "It's my duty to wait for the general to die on the battlefield.
But the general refused to let me wait.
You must understand.
While I was asked to fight a bloody path to the east and cover your breakout, I turned around and fled northward.
If the villain didn't drag you along, he would not be able to live in peace."
Zhang Mingjian was so cold that he trembled in his heart.
He turned his head and emphasized loudly to the chief judge, Robben, "He, he wronged me.
He blamed me for not escaping from the battlefield and wanted to drag me to die together."
"You stand aside first, and I will call other witnesses."
Knowing that Zhang Mingjian would not shed tears without seeing the coffin, Luo Ben, who joined the army, patted the scaffold again and announced loudly, "Send the witnesses Yeluqi, Han Zhong, Xiao Xiangui, and Pu Zheyuan , bring it together.”
"Bring witnesses Yeluqi, Han Zhong, Xiao Xiangui, and Pu Zheyuan" "Bring witnesses Yeluqi, Han Zhong, Xiao Xiangui, and Pu Zheyuan" "Bring witnesses Yeluqi, Han Zhong, Xiao Xiangui, and Pu Zheyuan" Amid the professional shouts of the government officials, several Khitan and Goryeo soldier leaders were escorted into the trial court at the same time.
Everyone was downcast and lost their minds.
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When Robben ordered them to tell the truth about what happened in Yangzhou City that day, they rushed to confess, "Sir, we deserve death.
But at that time, it was the Qing Army who took the lead in killing people and setting fires.
I saw that no one cared about this matter.
Their eyes turned red, and they started to burn and kill them together."
"I and my brothers had to eat or drink, and we didn't know what to do next.
I saw the Qing Army blocking the doors of other people's houses and going from house to house killing people and robbing them.
I couldn't control myself and just followed suit.
Get up.
I deserve to die for my crime, please give me a good time
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