Chapter 70: The Case of Li Zhen (15)
Chen Ying hesitated for a moment, how could Xue Jun not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and immediately drank: "Say it quickly!"
"He said," Chen Ying said: "Li Zhen, the head of the military department, was involved in a case of his Jinyiwei, and now he is in prison in Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei is not easy to get involved, but the case is very urgent, he needs to try Li Zhen's confession, I hope I will make it convenient." ”
"Which case is involved in Jinyiwei?" Xue Jun said: "What confession does Ji Gang want to try?"
"I really don't know about this," Chen Ying said: "But before, that is, when Qin Heng impeached Li Zhen and just went to prison, Master Ji also mentioned this matter to me, saying that he hoped that I would suspend Li Zhen in prison, he had a case to try." ”
Li Zhen, the director of the Ministry of War, was accused of accepting bribes at the same time, but he was also involved in a case, and it was a case handled by Jinyiwei, so it was not just as simple as corruption and bribery, Jinyiwei has always only handled big and important cases, and he can make Ji Gang so attentive, asked twice, and finally asked for an official document from Chen Ying to enter the prison, and interrogated overnight, it can be seen that the matter seems to be more urgent, I don't know which nerve of the sixth department and Jiuqing will interrogate Li Zhen, which nerve of his Ji Dadu Governor has been pulled.
Xue Jun intuitively felt that there must be a reason why Ji Gang was so urgent, but Chen Ying really couldn't say anything, he did not send people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate into the prison, but the people of the Jinyi Guards pretended to be the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took the official document given by Chen Ying, and deceived the temple to open the prison.
After a night of torture, Jin Yiwei should have obtained a confession, but why did he torture the four people to death together? Could it be that these four people were also involved in Ji Gang's case? This also doesn't make sense.
Since Chen Ying explained, she stood there motionless, and the lobby was quiet, and everyone felt a trace of coolness on the back of their necks.
"Lord Chen," Xue Jun felt that there was indeed almost nothing to be tried from Chen Ying, so he eased his tone a little and said: "Lord Chen handed over the blank official document stamped with the seal of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Ji Gang, so that the death of the important person in this case was caused, and the Lord has something to do with it, although you did not directly instigate it, but you also have the important responsibility of indirectly causing the death. ”
Chen Ying glanced at his confession, this text was the same as he had thought, but it was actually beneficial to him - because the emperor had issued a clear decree that Jinyi Wei would handle the case, and all the capitals should provide convenience and not be obstructed.
Therefore, Ji Gang handled the case, he just obeyed the emperor's will and provided him with convenience, not colluding with Ji Gang.
This case was like a thunderstorm that shook the entire city of Nanjing. Up to now, the characters involved are characters who can make the world tremble, and now they are all talking about it, from the princes and nobles, the six ministries and nine secretaries, to the peddlers' pawns, and the people who lead cars and sell pulp.
The commander of Jinyiwei involved in the case made Ji Gang even more furious, he has always been the only one who framed others, this is also the first time he has been framed, and he is also an unexpected person, he is naturally angry, within one day, he came to Chunhe Palace three times, asking for the case to be transferred to Jinyiwei, he promised that within three days, all the trials will be clear.
Seeing Gao Chi's obvious hesitation, Zhang Zhaohua said: "Why, this case involves Ji Gang, so you don't dare to try it?"
Gao Chi said: "Jian Yi and Yang Shiqi have persuaded me before, saying that this case will end as soon as possible, just hit Chen Ying's lax discipline, if the trial continues, there will definitely be something unpredictable - it really made them accurate." ”
As he spoke, he slapped the latest transcript on the table and said angrily: "This case is getting bigger and bigger, and the imperial history of the Zuodu is not enough, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard! The official of the state, is there another one who is upright? The state has set up a criminal education for the people, and it is supposed to be a good people's business, and the treacherous bandits have nothing to do, but in the prisons of the capital and Dali Temple, there are many shady scenes, and there are unjust prisons like a forest, and some people add the law outside the law, and punish them outside the punishment, and the affairs of the world are indiscriminate in the hands of these people!"
"Just ask me if you dare to move Ji Gang," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Chen Ying is also a civil official from the right path, he is under your jurisdiction, but Ji Gang will not listen to you, he only listens to the emperor." This time he is involved, what if he doesn't listen to the interrogation? That is, he listens, and in the course of the interrogation, if he tries to see the poor dagger, and is bent on pulling things to the palace and the emperor, and deliberately wants to turn things upside down, what should you do?"
The reason why Zhang Zhaohua asked this is because he doesn't know what the case that Ji Gang interrogated on Li Zhen is, whether it is related to Jianwen's relics, or other earth-shattering cases, because the cases in his hands are all disgraceful, bloody, and they are all ordered by the emperor to be handled - if this case is also ordered by the emperor to investigate, then he has reason to be so arrogant, and he is not afraid of interrogation.
"I won't say that if I dare to investigate Chen Ying, I won't dare to investigate Ji Gang," Gao Chi said: "This case must be strictly investigated to the end, once it is verified, no matter who it is, it will be severely punished!"
"Okay, then you can investigate," Zhang Zhaohua made a helpless look, "Anyway, I can't listen to anything you say in this matter." She dragged Sister Yu away, but Gao Chi kept staring at her back, and her expression kept changing.
Ji Gang's request was rejected, he was already involved in the case, and the involvement was not light - if the weight of the previous report was still too light, then the personal identification of Chen Ying, the imperial history of the left capital, convinced everyone.
It is impossible for him to ask for an investigation of the case, and all the human and physical evidence in this case have been carefully protected, and even Li Zhen, the only surviving person, has been transferred from Ying Tianfu to a safer and more hidden place, and additional personnel have been sent to protect him, everyone is waiting for Li Zhen's sobriety, he is the only person who can directly convict people.
"Fu Zun," Wang Tongju persuaded again with a sad face, "You can't bring any more trouble to yourself!"
"The implication of Chen Ying in this case is already earth-shattering," he said: "If Ji Gang is implicated again, I am afraid that the world will be shaken! You have to figure out the holy will, this case has been going on for nearly a month, but there is not the slightest news from Beijing--Doesn't the emperor know about this case? He didn't say a word, and the prince was doing a big job in Nanjing, could it be that the emperor also wanted to beat Chen Ying and Ji Gang? No! No!
"The prince wants to cut off the emperor's left and right hands," Wang Tongju couldn't wait to shake Xue Jun awake: "You are the knife in his hand! You are now more dangerous than Chen Ying and Ji Gang, you should think about how to protect yourself!"
Xue Jun's words shocked him, because he really didn't want to think about it, the prince might not really want to find out the so-called truth, not really want to uphold justice and rectify the bad habits of officialdom, but to use his upright and unyielding temperament to sharpen him into a knife and kill people who threatened him and made him unstable in his position! This is more difficult for him to accept than forgetting the laws of heaven and the country, and discovering that Ji Gang is the mastermind behind the scenes. He shook his head and said: "The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive! If the case is not clear, I will never give up!"