Emperor Zhu Runze of the Ming Dynasty asked, what is the theft?

Xiao Tongzhi suddenly sweated like rain, he took a deep breath, stepped forward and knelt down and said: Your Majesty, this Li Muge is quite famous in the Jiangnan School Palace, but I heard that he has a bad character, and he is obviously a talented person, but he is a businessman, and he is quite despised by his peers. It is said that three days ago, the rich son of the school palace stole an ancestral jade folding fan, came to report the case, we sent a messenger to investigate, and the result was found from Li Muge's body This folding fan, which has now been seized by the government and locked in prison. After an overnight trial, the charges have been confirmed, if it weren't for the big exam, we would be about to write ~ reform to show his talent and fame.

When Zhu Runze heard this, his face became extremely ugly, and he said coldly, then how did you know that the folding fan was stolen by him?

Li Muge's life was extremely poor, where could he afford to buy a folding fan, and how could he have this folding fan except for stealing? Moreover, Zhang Xiucai had already identified this folding fan as his ancestor.

Dean Lu asked, I don't know what words are written on this folding fan?

Xiao Tongzhi bowed down and said, when the case was being tried, the lower official happened to be present, and the four words on it seemed to be rigid and easy to break. Your Majesty, Li Muge's guilt is conclusive, he has pleaded guilty, and he is now being detained in prison.

I listened to it very angrily, if I guessed correctly, this folding fan should be given by Emperor Zhu Runze himself before the Flower God Festival, I can't imagine that the husband is innocent and guilty, but Li Muge was imprisoned for holding this folding fan, and even the spring fan was missed.

Zhu Runze was so angry that his hands trembled, he held back his anger and said, the evidence is conclusive?

Xie Shiting saw the emperor's anger, on the day of the Flower God Festival, Zhu Runze's appreciation of Li Muge, he had already seen it in his eyes, and when he saw this opportunity, he said in a loud voice, Your Majesty, as far as I know, the son of this big family has a holiday with Li Xiucai, I don't know if Li Xiucai's imprisonment this time has something to do with it? Maybe there are some misunderstandings, and I can't say for sure.

Xie Shiting is a quasi-household secretary, a dignified second-grade official, and Jinling Tongzhixiao is just a fifth-grade official, he saw the emperor's intention to defend Li Muge, but regardless of his identity, he stood up to speak for Li Muge.

Zhu Runze glanced at Xie Shiting, is this really the case?

Xie Shiting said respectfully, this adult son is in the sea, and he also participated in the Spring Festival this year. According to the law of the imperial court, if there is a family member participating in the imperial examination, this invigilation and inspection examination will be avoided.

When he heard this, his face was shocked, and he quickly knelt on the ground, and the subordinate was guilty!

Zhu Runze snorted coldly, but ignored Tong Zhi, and asked Lord Xuezheng, where is this sea? Lord Xuezheng did not dare to cover up, and even ordered someone to look through the roster, I said at this time, I am now in Room No. 11.

Zhu Runze led everyone to the front of the Xuan No. 11 house, the stinky room was stinking, and our eldest son was lying on the table and falling asleep, snoring like thunder, and he was bleeding. I didn't expect him to be able to sleep in this environment, which is really admirable.

Zhang Youqian stepped forward, son, wake up, wake up!

The sea slept like a dead pig, turned over, and said, beauty, don't run!

Yo, it's still a spring dream. Zhang Youqian leaned next to his ear and said loudly, Qin Huai Siyan has come to sleep for his son!

He rolled his eyelids, but saw more than ten people standing in front of the number house, and said with a confused expression, "What, can you hand in the papers?"

Dad, are you crazy? You're not my Dad, who are you?

Xiao Tongzhi cried and mourned, you are my ancestor.

Dahai said, Dad, didn't we say okay, in front of outsiders, you are not allowed to call me little ancestor.

We were dumbfounded when we listened, and Xie Shiting couldn't help but say, your family is really messy.

Zhu Runze looked at the sea coldly and asked, "Have you finished answering the three tests?"

The sea rejoiced, that must be done. He raised the answer sheet in his hand, and the first name in this year's spring season is none other than me! Emperor Zhu Runze of the Ming Dynasty asked, "There is no cheating?" Emperor Zhu Runze asked, "I am not cheating?" These two catchers can testify.

I nodded continuously, this test paper was answered by the young man himself.

Zhu Runze took the dossier, opened it, and the two big characters of "Fart Theory" came into view. He read the article and laughed out loud. Seeing Zhu Runze laughing, he thought that this person admired his literary brilliance very much, and said a little proudly, how is it?

Zhu Runze sneered and commented on eight words, which hit the nail on the head and stink. As he spoke, he threw the file to Xie Shiting, and Xie Shiting read it and said that the writing was extraordinary, and it was really first-class. He handed the file to Dean Lu again, and Dean Lu shook his head after reading it.

Zhu Runze looked at Xiao Tongzhi coldly, you have raised a good son.

Xiao Tong knew that his forehead was sweating, but he didn't dare to answer.

Scholar Xie, you are the author of this question, this policy is good, and this young man is also ingenious, I don't know how to reward it?

Xie Shiting said with a smile, Your Majesty, the young man is brilliant, it is a pity to abandon it, why don't you be named "Listen to the Lord of Yuxuan Pavilion, Huanpu Pavilion Shangshu"?

I slander in my heart, I deserve to be the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, and even the thatched toilet is so elegant. I have long heard that the Jiangnan literati are sour and rotten, and the women's toilet is called Tingyuxuan, and the men's toilet is called Huanpu Pavilion.

Is this a very big official?

Xie Shiting said with a smile, it's very big, the four hundred and eighty toilets in Jinling are all under your son's control!

Dahai said, Dad, did you hear me, I'm also an official!

Xiao Tongzhi's face was pale, and he knelt aside.

Zhu Runze said, for the sake of you not engaging in favoritism, spare your life and get up.

I said in my heart, how do you know that he didn't cheat for personal gain, Zhang Youqian and I received 10,000 taels of silver, but I didn't do anything for him.

I was worried just now, this is in a hurry, biting us, and now a heart has finally landed, if you really let the cheating become, wouldn't we become accomplices, 10,000 taels of silver, buy you and your son's two lives, it's a good deal. If he had been interested, he probably wouldn't have mentioned it again.

Zhu Runze turned around and glanced at me, let's go.

I wondered, where to go?

Zhu Runze walked past me and said, "Ying Tianfu Prison." You continue to invigilate the exam here, and I can go with Lu and Xie over there, Governor Song, and you also come together, I want to see how your six doors try the case.

Xiao Tong Zhilian wiped the sweat from his forehead, and followed in small steps.

Came to the six-door prison, I know that the emperor stays, this prison is a dark place, you are the honor of the ninety-five, it is really indecent to go in, I will go and bring the prisoner here. As he spoke, he was about to go inside, Zhu Runze shouted, stand down!

Xiao Tongzhi was immobilized and did not dare to move.

Zhu Runze said, two head catchers, lead the way in front of the head.

When I sent Xu Kaishan to the prison that day, I was very familiar with this place, and I even led everyone to the interrogation room, but I saw that in the interrogation room, Li Muge was hanging from a pillar, covered in blood and ragged clothes, obviously tortured.

When the interrogation cell leader saw Xiao Tongzhi, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Xiao, why are you here today?"

Xiao Tongzhi secretly made his eyes, this Li Muge's theft, can the evidence of the crime be confirmed?

The cell boss hurriedly said, this kid has a hard mouth, and he insists that the jade folding fan is a gift from others, and he refuses to admit to stealing, but don't worry, I "let the dead ghost speak" Wu Buyan is here, this kid can't insist on tonight.

Governor Song whispered, Your Majesty, the lower officials also feel that there are many doubts in this matter, why don't you go to the court in person to interrogate in Jinling Mansion?

Seeing this, Zhu Runze looked unkind, stood outside the interrogation room, and said, I am watching here, but I want to see how you can implement the evidence of the crime. Come on, my lord.

No matter how stupid he is, he can see that Emperor Zhu Runze defends Li Muge's heart, but before he released his words, saying that Li Muge was guilty of stealing, if he changed his words again, and did not say that he was difficult to protect, even his life may not be able to be saved. At this time, he gritted his teeth and walked in with the cell boss.

He ordered someone to wake up Li Muge with cold water, and said, Li Muge, you are a showman, but you are stealing in the Jiangnan School Palace, the evidence is conclusive, do you recruit or not?

Li Muge said loudly, I, Li Muge, have been taught by my parents since I was a child, listen to the teachings of the saints, the rich and noble are not lewd, the poor are unswerving, and I rely on my own hands to support myself, and my virtue has never been ashamed, I just have some discord with your son-in-law, so you sent someone to frame me, I don't accept it!

Knowing what he said, he didn't care that the emperor and the two scholars were outside, and said viciously, then you can explain, is that folding fan yours?

Li Muge said loudly, exactly.

Xiao Tongzhi heard him admit that the folding fan was his, and said sharply, but why did the people in the school palace recognize it one after another, this folding fan is the ancestral heirloom of the Zhang family, you have been in the Jiangnan School Palace for two years, and your worth has never exceeded five taels of silver, how can you afford such a valuable thing? If you didn't steal it, how could it fall into your hands?

Li Muge said that it was given by a friend.

Friends, I'm afraid it's empty-handed.

I glanced at Zhu Runze, but saw anger on his face.

After that, Xiao Tongzhi instructed the cell boss to summon Zhang Xiucai's father and son.

The cell boss took the order, and it didn't take long for him to bring two people, an old man and a young man, who were the rich man Zhang and his son Zhang Xiucai in the city. Xiao Tongzhi asked, Zhang Yuanwai, Zhang Gongzi, do you know this person? The father and son shook their heads one after another.

Xiao Tongzhi asked again, do you know this folding fan?

Zhang Caizhu said, this folding fan, is the heirloom of my Zhang family, when the ancestor emperor followed Taizu to fight the world, in Yingtianfu made a great contribution, Emperor Taizu on meritorious deeds, gave me this folding fan to my Zhang family, the dog brought into the palace to play, the result was stolen that night. If it weren't for the wisdom of adults, I'm afraid that my Zhang family father and son would be ashamed of their ancestors' spirits in the sky.

I glanced at Zhang Youqian and said that your surname Zhang is so thick-skinned, this acting is okay. Zhang Youqian snorted, they are them, I am me, don't engage in gender discrimination, okay? Seeing this, I said: Your Majesty, your subordinates are people from the six doors, and you are willing to do your part.

Zhu Runze nodded in response.

Zhang Youqian and I walked into the interrogation room and said, "We are here to help you." Xiao Tongzhi glanced at the two of us, meaning that he asked the two of us to find a way to make Li Muge confess, I said to the young man, are you Zhang Xiucai?

The young man said, it was down.

I said today, you don't take the exam in the school palace, why are you running here?

The man said, this official, my surname is Zhang, my name is Xiucai, and now he is a child in Jiangnan Academy, not a Xiucai who is taking the exam.

I sighed, saying that your name is unlucky, if you change it to Zhang Zhuangyuan, maybe the next champion will be yours. Let me ask you, are you taking a good look, this folding fan, is it yours?

Zhang Xiucai said that it is an ancestral treasure.

I took the folding fan and looked at it, it was the folding fan that Zhu Runze gave to Li Muge that day, so I asked, why is the time of this payment but Bingchen Mengchun? Zhang Xiucai, can you give me a reasonable explanation?

Zhang Xiucai was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting me to ask such a question, and couldn't answer for a while. I pointed to the time of payment and said, this folding fan is clearly written this year, and how did it become the heirloom of the Zhang family?

Do you know that perhaps the ancestors of the Zhang family have traveled back to the present, taken the fan, and passed it down from generation to generation at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China? Zhang Xiucai patted his head, yes, yes, it should be so.

Zhang Youqian said, my lord, it's okay to read less travel novels, this thing is harmful. Why don't you say that this fan is in the year of Bingchen before Sijiazi?

I said what a coincidence, and now it's only been two hundred and forty years.

I know that there is no book without coincidence, and the world is full of so many coincidences. From a probabilistic point of view, this is highly likely.

I shook my head, in my opinion, it is very likely that your son saw that this folding fan was not ordinary, and the four words "just and easy to fold" were more emperorly, and he was greedy and wanted to take it for himself, so he teamed up with the Zhang family to frame Li Xiucai, yes or no?

This question, loud and loud, by the way, patted the emperor's ass outside, and couldn't help but be secretly proud.

He said angrily, Master Su, what do you mean by this? Who are you with?

I was afraid that he would tell us about giving us money in a hurry, and I cried out, "I am with justice!"

Then how do you explain that Li Muge has no name on him, how could there be such a valuable thing? If it wasn't stolen, could it have fallen from the sky?

Li Muge said that it was given by a friend.

I know that this folding fan is worth a thousand gold, who is your friend's surname and where is it?

Li Muge was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, I only have a two-sided relationship with that person, but I don't know what to call him.

Xiao Tongzhi sneered, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, and I said that it wasn't stolen? This fan is worth a thousand gold, who has such a skill, will give this treasure to a person who has only seen two faces, could it be that you are a three-year-old child when you are the official?

I laughed in my heart, your IQ is probably not as good as that of a three-year-old child.

Xiao Tongzhi decided that Li Muge couldn't say anything about this fan, and said, it's better to be like this, if you can find the person who gave the fan, I will sentence you not guilty.

The door was pushed open, Zhu Runze stepped in, and Dean Lu said on the side, Lord Xiao, no matter how stupid you are, you shouldn't fail to recognize it, the words on this folding fan are written by the saint himself today.

When he heard this, his face was pale.

In the face of the ensuing blows, he finally collapsed, fell to the ground, trembled all over, kicked his feet on the ground, foamed at the mouth, and passed out.