"The adults spit lotus flowers, and the lower officials are not people who specialize in words and sentences, so naturally they can't say it. Xue Jun changed the topic: "The adults haven't answered my question yet, do you know that Yuan and Qin took revenge for personal gain?"

"I don't know," Chen Ying denied: "The two of them impeached the last book, and I, as the president of this court, naturally want to sign it." ”

Xue Jun nodded, and pointed to the people in the hall again: "Dali Temple Cheng Chen Jun, Yang Cheshu, do you know each other?"

Chen Ying glanced at the two of them and said, "I know, there are too many times when the Metropolitan Procuratorate has dealt with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and I know each of them." ”

"Fang Cai Chen Jun said," Xue Jun said, "He received your instructions and released people into prison, and sure enough?"

"What instructions?" Chen Ying did not admit.

"Lord Chen, the official questioning may not be very clear," Xue Jun said: "I'll change the way I ask now, how did you give them an order, verbally or in writing?"

Chen Ying showed a surprised look: "What kind of oral writing, in Li Zhen's case, I never gave any instructions to the two of them. ”

Everyone in the hall was in an uproar, it seemed that there was no official document as evidence, and Chen Ying was planning to die and not admit her guilt. Xue Jun also snorted and said, "Jun Chen, did you hear it, Lord Chen said that he didn't instruct you at all, so you are making your own decisions?"

Even though Chen Jun has been forced by Chen Ying's coercion, but now that he has reached the point of life or death, he suddenly jumped up: "Lord Chen, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge like this! Last night, it was obviously your person, and he brought the official document of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and your handwritten letter, saying that if you want me to make it convenient, you will remember my merits and ensure that I will be prosperous in the future, I listened to your words and opened the prison door, you can't deny it!"

"Chen Jun, you can eat randomly, you can't talk nonsense," Chen Ying frowned and said: "I haven't written any handwritten letters to you, let alone sent someone to this Dali Temple prison, where did all this start?"

Xue Jun knew that without the official letter and handwritten letter, it would be very difficult to interrogate Chen Ying - but he still didn't expect that Chen Ying would deny everything. The only thing he could do now was to let Yang Cheshu, Chen Jun and the jailers go together in the courtyard to identify the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Seeing a few people shuttling through the crowd to identify carefully, Xue Jun flipped through the personnel register of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to confirm that nothing was missing, while secretly observing Chen Ying's expression, he is also a perennial trial person, how can he not know that Chen Ying is like this, either he is indeed frank and uninvolved in the matter, or he has some evidence, and the traces of self-inquiry have been done cleanly, so he has no fear.

Xue Jun didn't believe that Chen Ying was innocent, in fact, everyone sitting here probably wouldn't believe it. Apart from him, who can, who dare, who still has the need to sneak into the prison and kill people at night, not to try to annihilate the evidence and cover up the crime, what other explanations are there?

However, Xue Jun actually involuntarily raised a mystery in his heart.

He pondered for a long time, and then ordered Qin Heng and Yuan Gang in prison to be brought out, and interrogated: "You two also saw people last night, where did these people come from, and how did they interrogate you?"

Qin Heng and Yuan Gang looked at each other and said: "Last night, six people came, interrogated us roughly, and then transferred Li Zhen and them, we don't know where they came from, thinking that someone from Dali Temple came to make up for the confession." ”

The supplemental confession means that if there are omissions found during the trial of the case, further interrogation may be conducted to make up for the omissions.

Xue Jun frowned: "You don't know where they come from?"

At this time, several people were recognized, and they all shook their heads when they came in and said, "Not among these people." ”

"You have all looked carefully," Tang Zong said, "Six people, not a single one?"

The four of them shook their heads in unison and said, "It's true." ”

Xue Jun was furious: "Who is that, and whose order is it that caused such a tragic case!"

"Lord Xue, I think ...... That's all for today. Taifu Siqing took the lead in standing up, touched his stomach and said: "From the morning trial to the present, it has been three hours, and I haven't eaten lunch, and I am so hungry that I am close to my heart." ”

The case has reached an impasse, everyone has their own opinions, and the key evidence that can identify the mastermind behind the scenes has been destroyed, and Li Zhen, a dying man, can only wake up and be interrogated again.

A few waiters also nodded and agreed: "Let's go over, a few elders of the ministry can't hold it." Jian Yi also nodded slightly: "This case will be stopped first, and when there is progress, the trial will continue." ”

Everyone looked at Xue Jun's expression, although Tang Zong was the presiding judge of this case, Xue Jun was originally only appointed as a juror, but Tang Zong did not play a role at all, but it was Xue Jun who supported the beam, went deep layer by layer, and was methodical, so that several old ministers saw his ability and expressed their appreciation.

Tang Zong nodded and said that he would disperse, but everyone did not move, until Xue Jun read the papers in the secretary's hand one by one, and ordered several suspects to sign and draw the detention, and then said: "There are many suspicious points in this case, and this government will also make it clear to the prince, asking that the criminal Li Zhen be arranged in my Yingtianfu Yin Yamen, and I will take good care of him to ensure his safety." ”

He said that he dispersed, and everyone dispersed with a bang. Xue Jun sorted out and sealed the file alone, then sat on the chair and fell into deep thought. However, his contemplation was interrupted for long, and Wang Tong, a subordinate whom he usually admired, poured him a cup of tea and said, "My lord, today's case is over." ”

"What's the matter?" Xue Jun barely bothered to make a "please" gesture to Wang Tongju, wanting to hear the opinions of this resourceful subordinate.

"Adults shouldn't overstep their bounds," Wang Tong said, "Go over that Tang Sect to interrogate!"

"Tang Zong is already guilty, his Dali Temple was actually crossed in," Xue Jundao: "How can he interrogate?"

"Then it should also be reported to the prince, waiting for the decision," Wang Tong judged: "My lord, be cautious as an official - the prince sent that Tang Zong at the beginning, it is obvious what the reason is, the Metropolitan Procuratorate took revenge for personal gain, then let Tang Zong also take revenge on Chen Ying, this is a report for a report, the prince wants Chen Ying to also taste the taste of him being trapped." ”

"Now it's not a matter of personal revenge," Xue Jun said: "Now Chen Ying is indeed involved, but there is no evidence! Then Li Zhen is seriously injured, who knows if he will die or live tomorrow? If Li Zhen didn't survive, all the clues would be cut off, and Chen Ying would have escaped from justice at all, and he would be innocent!"

"Xia Guan said a big thing," Wang Tong said, "Li Zhen is dead, that is the best ending." ”

Xue Jun couldn't help but be shocked: "What did you say?"

"My lord, you still don't understand," Wang Tong judged: "Everyone can see that the prince wants Chen Ying to get good, but you can't think that this world is the prince's world just because the prince is now in charge of the country." The sky at the head of the Ming Dynasty is still the emperor. The emperor went to Beijing on a northern tour, and it was only a short time before the 3,000 battalions mutinied, and the prince had already been reprimanded. Now he is implicated in a big case, and the spearhead is directed at Chen Ying. What will the emperor think?"

The emperor's thoughts, firstly, are that the prince is incompetent and conspiratorial, otherwise how could he dare to kill Chen Ying when he is away, just because of such an insignificant case?

Second, even if the prince accuses the land of being clean, the ministers will accuse it of being unclean. Isn't it like this time the ministers joined forces to attack it, and they wanted to put Chen Ying to death, because Chen Ying has become a thorn in the side of the ministers, if this person doesn't die for a day, everyone will be like a thorn in the back, and they will never feel at ease.