158 Corrupt officials fall from power

The prince is here in person, and the case will naturally be retried.

Liu Weizhi's side filed the case, and handed over a piece of testimony to the prince for review.

He Zhixian has a fearless position, and the iron case is nailed in his heart, even if Liu Zhizhou is invited to sit in the town, and there is a prince to supervise the trial, he will not dare to cover the sky with one hand.

After reading it, Xia Jingyu patted Liu Weizhi's hand and said with a slightly playful smile, "This case is undoubtedly ironclad, how are you doing?"

Liu Weizhi withdrew his palm, stood up straight, frowned and snorted coldly, "Can the sin obey the law?"

"I'm not convinced!" replied Liang Liao and his knees.

Without waiting for He Zhixian to reprimand him angrily, Liang Zijun argued, "The Great Xia Law clearly stipulates that the trial should follow confessions, five hearings, and torture, so that the trial can only be entered after that." There is no doubt about who the plaintiff in this case is and how he obtained the conclusive evidence. In terms of how can the confessions obtained from the torture of a suspect be used as evidence in court? Why is it that the people have no way to witness the arraignment and only hear the testimony displayed in front of the case? I am afraid that there are people who deliberately distort the facts, confuse the public, and deliberately cause unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, with the intention of wronging innocent people such as us!

"Presumptuous!" He Zhixian shook his fingers and shouted, and clarified to the prince in fear, "The prince must not listen to his nonsense, why should the subordinate officials make something out of nothing?" and he has not been tortured in private, and the matter was brought to trial overnight from the time of emergency, and the main secretary and the county lieutenant were present, so he can't deny it here, this son is the best at quibbling......"

"Whether it's nonsense or not, you will know when you ask after the interrogation of the witnesses" Xia Jingyu waved his hand, stopped He Zhixian's tirade, and looked at Liang Zijun, who was not afraid, with a little appreciation.

This son is quick in thinking, not afraid of danger, and worthy of great responsibility.

Liu Weizhi also nodded to him slightly, as long as it is indeed an unjust case, it is not allowed for corrupt officials to talk about it.

More than 20 accomplices and witnesses were pressed into the lobby, each with open skin and flesh, with traces of torture.

When Liu Weizhi opened his mouth, the people who were still trembling just now saw that the presiding judge was the prince of the dynasty, and immediately cried out in tears.

No matter how the magistrate ordered him not to slander the court, more than 20 dart men still retracted their confessions, crying that they couldn't stand the criminal law, so they were forced to sign and draw a copy of the testimony.

Liao Fanzhi said heartbroken at the right time, "These are my Liao Ji's habitual hired workers for many years, if they take smuggling, why don't I know as the owner?...... I implore the prince to be aware that when the partnership was doing business, it was not just me, Liang Zijun, and Li Shoucai, because the customs clearance documents were quite cumbersome, so I implored He Biting to coordinate and promised to share some profits with him afterwards. But why is it that after the case was discovered, only we were convicted of the crime, and the nephew of the county magistrate was not seen to testify before the case?"

"Oh, there is such a hidden secret, how do you know the county ......" Xia Jingyu stretched his tone and looked at the county official who was slightly sweating on his forehead like a play.

"The prince doesn't know that it was my nephew who exposed the entrainment case. He made his own opinions, and was grounded in the house by me for the convenience of his big business in private, and he was sent back to his hometown to guard the tomb as soon as the case was concluded. I also ask the prince to see that he is young and ignorant, and he takes the initiative to denounce it, and the lower officials also have the responsibility of teaching unladylike, and I implore the prince to surrender his guilt!"

Seeing that the prince's face was unhappy, He Zhixian's heart sank. He Biting has too many tricks in his hands, even if there is no conclusive evidence in his hands, now that the prince is under supervision, once he can't resist all the tricks, he will only have to drag him to death together. If it really reaches the point of no return, you can only abandon the car to protect the handsome.

"Fart! He exposed? I think he was a hindrance from it, intending to swallow up our family property before deliberately planting it!" Liao Fanzhi got up and wanted to rush forward to fight with He Zhixian, but was immediately suppressed by the quick-eyed official and pressed to the ground.

"How do you say this?" Liu Weizhi hurriedly shouted.

Without waiting for Liu Weizhi to interrogate the reason, there were people beating drums outside the yamen to voice grievances. When you come to the court, no matter how clever the county is, it will not be able to clear the crime of corruption and perversion of the law.

The person who beat the drum and shouted the grievances was a foreigner holding a 300,000 taels of gold tickets, and when he came to the court, he angrily accused He Zhixian of being greedy for the people's money, refusing to exchange the silver tickets for a long time, and imprisoned him in the inn and not going out. If it weren't for the fact that the prince was here today, I don't know how long he would have been detained by this corrupt official.

Liao Fanzhi only sued He Biting a moment ago for his intention to be greedy for family property, and at this moment, it was revealed that He Zhixian deliberately embezzled people's money. The collusion between the two uncles and nephews inside and outside makes it difficult not to suspect their impure motives.

He Zhixian was really at a loss for words, so he had to blame Liao Ji Qian Zhuang for the shortage of silver, and it was not his fault that the amount was not met. Turned to interrogation Liao Ji for deception and loss of money bank's inventory, otherwise why is there no stub of the 300,000 taels of gold bills in the account book?

Liao Fanzhi sneered and asked for the arraignment of the head of Liao Ji Qianzhuang's account. When someone came to find him, he inspected Liao Kee's account books as many as a dozen boxes over the years.

The bookkeeper only skimmed the years and months, and hurriedly checked the next one. Half a pillar of incense* Kung Fu was shocked, "Why don't you see the accounts of the beginning of August of the seventeenth year of Jing Yuan? These 300,000 taels of gold tickets are recorded by the villain himself, how can he not remember such a large amount of money?"

If He Zhixian hadn't guessed the intention of this move at this time, he would have been the county magistrate in vain for many years, and shouted angrily, "Bold......! The prince is clear-sighted, but he wants to be the master of the lower officials......"

Xia Jingyu only waved his hand, and the guards at the door with big shoulders and round waists stepped forward to arrest the corrupt official, twisted someone to cover his mouth and nose, and stopped him from making noise.

"Are there any witnesses?" asked Liu Weizhi.

"Yes, at that time, the head of the treasury was also accepted" The head of the account room was not clear, so he had to answer the question of Lord Zhizhou truthfully.

After the arraignment of the head of the treasury, Xia Jingyu took the confession after signing and drawing the detention, and said with a smile: "You corrupt official, do you still have something to say? This king has never wronged good people, if you have any excuses, tell me now."

"The lower officials were wronged...... Ten brave officials can't do stupid things to be greedy for private property, and when Liao Ji was sealed, many officials were present, they were simply planning for a long time, in order to get rid of the crime, the prince was far-sighted and could not listen to the villain's nonsense...... Xia Guan has always been conscientious in managing the affairs of the county, not trying to make merit, but seeking no ......fault," He Zhixian cried with tears in his eyes.

Xia Jingyu listened to the drama and poured all the nonsense into his ears, and said with a sympathetic face, "Yes, most of the village can be saved in the disaster year, there is no credit and hard work, you get up first and talk back......"

The more Liu Weizhi listened, the darker his face became, the whole wall grass fell with the wind, and he secretly coughed and reminded, "Right and wrong are clear, merits and demerits cannot be offset, the prince should try this case first."

"Oh oh~ Look at my confusion, this king will listen to your grievances later, the business is important!" Xia Jingyu slapped his forehead and said comfortingly.

Liu Weizhi's silver teeth were secretly bitten, which official did not abide by his duty to manage the affairs within his jurisdiction? Only how could he know that the county was rewarded for his merits? Then wouldn't all local officials like them have to be rewarded for their meritorious deeds?

Liang Zijun lowered his eyebrows, secretly figured out the intention of the prince's move, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't dare to assert it, so he had to stir the water even more muddy, "Lord Qiqi, how do you know whether the county is greedy or not, and you can find out if you have private property." In order to detain Liang, he and the thieves framed the Liang family's fish and meat village, and Liang's two brothers are still in prison pending trial."

Xia Jingyu squinted her eyes slightly, what a-stirring stick, this left is unfinished and out, and the case will reveal another inside story without waiting for a detailed trial, if you don't try your best to cover up something, why not interlock so much that you don't have time to interrogate?

If all four things are real crimes, who will care that one of them is very likely to have another hidden secret? This Liang Zijun grasped the hearts of the people and deliberately mixed them up, and what he wanted to cover up could not be said to be the crime he committed.

Xia Jingyu secretly guessed that Liang Zijun also racked his brains to budget the next step, and only Liu Weizhi dismantled the cases one by one and interrogated them in detail.

Why was he still confused when he was pressed into the court, he was so good at taking a nap at home, and as soon as noon was over, he went to the prison and fell into the well, how could he break into a gang of yacha in a moment, and he would pass through the court without saying anything about it? Even his uncle was pressed on the defendant's stone, how could he dare to fight against people? He immediately cowered and knelt under the hall, like a three-year-old baby.

Fortunately, he still knew how to measure his proportions, and he didn't shake his uncle out, and took all the blame on himself according to the agreement, hoping that his uncle would turn around and rescue himself after he got rid of the crime.

It wasn't until the trial of the smuggling case that He Biting shouted that he was wronged, and scolded the two in court for harboring evil intentions, and he was a scapegoat for pulling him into the gang early in the morning.

Liang Zijun sneered coldly, why bother to say that he had a hard time with only a three-inch tongue, how could he beat Liang Zijun with his little intelligence?

Liu Weizhi's view shouted "Seeing is believing, there is no need to confront each other"

When the evidence was brought to court, why bother immediately stepped forward to uncover it in person. Breaking open the smelly shell, he pointed to the pearl hidden in the bread and shouted proudly, "How do you deny it this time......?"

"There are so many boxes, is it possible that there are all stolen goods?" Liang Zijun pretended not to know.

"Hmph~ Of course there is more than one box, but this box alone is enough to convict the two of you!" He Zhixian reprimanded at the right time.

"Why don't I know about this, but your uncle and nephew can tell which box is stolen at a glance?" Liao Fanzhi asked in confusion.

"I think it's better to take it all apart and look at it, they are all suspects, and no one's words are enough to prove it," Liang Zijun waved his sleeves and raised his head to say.

Xia Jingyu tilted his head and leaned over and whispered, "I bet that only this box will have stolen goods."

Liu Weizhi was noncommittal, how could he know that the county had reported 12 boxes, how could such a big case dare to make a false report?

"Hey, hey, hey...... Then let's make this bet! How about you drink with me all night if you lose?" Xia Jingyu set the bet with great confidence.

"How do you know you're going to win?" Liu Weizhi pursed his lips, ignoring his request.

"Just that Liang Zijun?" Xia Jingyu raised his eyebrows and pointed at the wood slightly.

"......" Liu Weizhi is not a stupid person, he only knows Guan Qiao with a little mention. If he is not completely sure, why is Liang Zijun's face calm, not impatient or impatient? He does not even bother to use the most favorable excuse to exonerate himself, but brazenly confronts He Zhixian? I think he must have the ability to prove his innocence before he can say such a conclusive word.

Sure enough, after looking through more than a dozen boxes, why bother Ting's uncle and nephew were all hairy, and they shouted that it was impossible...... What the hell......

It wasn't until all the goods were checked that He Zhixian sat down on the ground, muttering to himself, "Impossible...... ...... I've personally looked at"

Liang Zijun looked sideways at his daughter-in-law with an appreciative look, and when he saw that people lowered their heads and avoided them, he straightened out his robe and waited for the prince to decide.

"The little county official actually bent the law for bribes, framed the loyal and good, and tried to deceive the saint by designing unjust, false and wrongful cases, how can a person who deceives the king and disregard the law and discipline be an official? Now the king will take off the official hat on his behalf, and he will be sent to the heavenly prison for trial after the year, and respectfully ask the saint to adjudicate!" Xia Jingyu was shocked and announced the verdict.

Corrupt officials are punished, which is not like ordinary people, in addition to the criminal department's arraignment, in the end, they must be branded with a jade seal to be convicted.

He Zhi County was stripped of his official uniform, which was very happy, and attracted the people of the whole city to run to tell each other, calling the prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!

In the first half of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the county government interrogated wave after wave of witnesses, and in the afternoon, the soldiers searched the private property of He Biting's uncle and nephew.

A case of corruption and perversion of the law, all the stolen goods obtained from bribery were seized, and several past incidents of the county were also involved, such as smuggling official salt, the succession of concubines, and the innocent death of Liu Yuanwai's fifth aunt, and so on.

After Liang Zijun finally moved out of the Hezhi County scientific examination and took the opportunity to collect money, the people of the county were angry from the peddlers and pawns to the scholars and students, and scolded such faint officials for insulting the sages.

If it weren't for Liang Zijun's spread on the bright side and the people of the county, even the big businessmen who had a close relationship with He Zhi County would only know one and not the other.

Those who have a heart have silently retreated, returned home to make some connections, and destroyed all correspondence. More people were angry and frightened that Liang Sanye's revenge had escalated again! Even He Zhixian was pulled off the horse, and with their previous grievances, they really couldn't teach the third master a lesson......

The means are also like everyone's ability, once it is beyond the reach of ordinary people, the envy and hatred will be replaced by admiration and fear, Liang Zijun is too scheming, which causes the sons of each family to be frightened in their hearts.

Xia Jingyu sneered secretly, what a ruthless and scheming person. Shaking his hand and waving away the subordinates who whispered in his ear, Xia Jingyu first brought the corrupt officials to justice, and the defendants and others were released on the spot, and an official announcement will be issued after the year to prove their innocence.

Liang Zijun's heart sank, and he secretly confronted this prince several times, but he couldn't focus on the cotton, if he hadn't seen the clues, why didn't he press the official document until the year later?

Liang Zijun's eyes sank slightly, and he glanced at Liao Fanzhi, and said secretly, "This matter can't be delayed!"

"Lord Wang, why is it that corrupt officials have fallen from power, but it takes us and other innocent people to recover their reputations in a few years?" Liang Zijun asked.

"Seeing that it is not early, it has already passed the time of the yamen to rest, there are still many doubts in this case to be tried, since the Qing is self-clearing, why should you be in a hurry to distinguish between the year before or the year after?" Xia Jingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, waved his hand a little sleepily, walked down the high hall, and when he passed Liang Zijun's side, he said lightly, "How do you want this king to send you down?"

Liang Zijun's face turned pale, he knelt down with a plop, and couldn't restrain himself from swinging slightly, only the two of them heard this, it was Liang Zijun's kneeling, and everyone thought they wanted to send off the prince, and immediately pressed a piece of black pressure with only a bun left, and shouted "Congratulations to the prince~"

Xia Jingyu smiled and swept past the people, lifted Chen Qing's big head and shouted, "I have trapped this king, that is, I have worked hard for your family's affairs, and you should be responsible for the place to stay......! Prepare a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for this king, and I want to drink with Wei Zhi's pain."