When Li Yuan and Shen Zhu arrived in Beijing, it was already noon two days later, and they immediately reported to Fang Wendong, the secretary of Dali Temple. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fang Wendong was very happy, and immediately arranged for someone to escort Kong Wuli to the Criminal Department.

Just after escorting people away, someone from there came in and said, "Your Highness invites you to go to the East Palace immediately." ”

Since the prince was invited, Fang Wendong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately put down the work at hand and rushed to the East Palace.

When he arrived at Dedong Palace, Fang Wendong found that Zhong Shiqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Song Yu, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, were also here, and his heart suddenly tightened.

It seems that the prince attaches great importance to this case, Fang Wendong couldn't help but say in his heart. He immediately stepped forward to salute the prince with a solemn face.

The crown prince motioned for him to take a seat, looked at him and the other two important ministers and said: "Now that Kong Wuli has been arrested, according to the judicial procedures of the country, it needs to be interrogated by the criminal department first, and then tried by the three divisions. ”

If you don't hurry up this year, you will have to wait until after next autumn, and in view of the previous lessons of too many prisoners committing suicide before being sentenced, the prince emphasized the speed of this trial.

Right now, Kong Wuli is the only witness in this case, and all the Sansi has to do is to interrogate him repeatedly until he gets the truth of the matter.

Zhong Shiqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, immediately responded: "I have reported this matter to Your Majesty below, and Your Majesty has also replied that the prisoner can be interrogated immediately, and someone will be sent to interrogate him today." ”

The prince nodded and said, "You still need to send someone to guard him day and night, don't give him a chance to commit suicide, otherwise I will ask you first." ”

"Yes." Zhong Shiqing hurriedly replied.

The crown prince also said to Song Yu, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: "The work of supervision depends entirely on you, and you must ensure that every procedure is unimpeded, and if you can, strive to conclude the case before the end of October." ”

"Follow Your Highness's instructions." Song Yu hurriedly said.

The prince looked at Fang Wendong of Dali Temple again, and said, "Your side must closely follow up the review results of the Criminal Department every day, supervise each other, and cooperate with each other. ”

Fang Wendong hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The prince said: "In a word" The sooner this case is closed, the better, the fewer troublesome parts the better, and try not to trouble Your Majesty. ”

How could such a major case not trouble the emperor? The chiefs of the three divisions looked at each other, and they were all a little puzzled.

However, since the prince did not explicitly intervene in this matter, it can be seen that he still hopes that the case will be tried according to normal procedures, and since this is the case, he has not said anything more.

After coming out of the East Palace, the chiefs of the three divisions immediately returned to their respective yamen to deal with the matter seriously.

Unlike many prisoners who were caught, Kong Wuli did not have the slightest idea of suicide, but instead ate and slept well, looking like he wanted to enjoy himself before he died.

In the afternoon, Zhong Shiqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who returned from the East Palace, immediately ordered someone to press Kong Wuli to the lobby, and he wanted to interrogate him personally.

At this time, Li Yuan and Shen Zhu, who were sent by Fang Wendong, the secretary of Dali Temple, were also sitting on the chairs on both sides of Zhong Shiqing, waiting for the prisoners to come to the court.

Zhong Shiqing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, patted the hall and said, "Bring the prisoner Kong Wuli to the hall." ”

The official was immediately ordered to go to the prison to pick up people.

When Kong Wuli, who was as fat as a ball, swollen and strangely scarred, and had strange eyes, appeared in front of Zhong Shiqing, Zhong Shiqing couldn't help frowning.

What's going on with this man? How can you be fat like this? And there was a musty smell on his body, as if he hadn't seen sunlight for decades.

Indeed, Kong Wuli's appearance at this time is very different from when he was killing Bu Xun, if he only relies on the portrait on the arrest document, I am afraid that he will never be able to connect the person in front of him with the portrait.

After Zhong Shiqing walked for a while, he immediately knocked on the shocking wood and asked, "Kong Wuli, did you participate in the murder of Bu Xun and his wife and their son by the Dawang River on the afternoon of September 16 of the Bingwu year?" ”

Hearing this, Kong Wuli slowly raised his head and looked at Zhong Shiqing in the lobby, his expression calm and his eyes were lazy.

Li Yuan looked at the thumb-sized mole in the middle of Kong Wuli's forehead, and the nightmarish experience of that year suddenly came like a tide. That year, it was this man who killed his parents, and he was also stabbed by him at that time, but fortunately the sword did not hit the vital point, so he was lucky to survive.

Those bloody memories made him tremble and couldn't help himself just thinking about it. Those memories were the most painful scars in his life, and if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to solve the case, he wouldn't allow himself to think of them again.

And Kong Wuli suddenly remembered the past when he looked at Li Yuan, and then realized that Bu Xun's son was not dead.

He didn't die, and it seems that he is still a big official, so this time he will definitely die, Kong Wuli thought disheartenedly.

"If you ask me, I'll answer quickly." Zhong Shiqing patted the shocking wooden road again.

Kong Wuli looked at Li Yuan and replied, "Yes." ”

Everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief, after all, as long as Kong Wuli was willing to confess, it would be possible for the truth to be revealed.

Zhong Shiqing asked again: "Who are you instructed by?" ”

Kong Wuli said: "Guo Mao, the former secretary of the military department. ”

"Why did the former military department Shangshu instruct you to kill Bu Xun's family?"

Kong Wuli pondered for a moment and replied, "It's a long story for the sake of this, please allow me to speak slowly." ”

Zhong Shiqing stared at his puffy face and said, "You just say it slowly." ”

Kong Wuli then said: "About seventeen or eighteen years ago, the king had the intention of usurping the throne, so he planned to find a capable and loyal person among the important ministers of the imperial court to cooperate with him. Guo Mao received his life-saving grace, and always wanted to find an opportunity to repay, so he had a relationship with King Ling, and the relationship between the two became closer and closer after a long time. ”

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Note 1: Jiuqing trial, that is, round trial, is jointly tried by nine people from the six Shangshu, Dali Siqing, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Tongzheng Division, and generally the round trial is a major case, including the case ordered by the emperor or a major case that has been adjudicated but the prisoner retracts his confession.

Note 2: The court trial, one of the systems for the review of death penalty cases in the Ming Dynasty, was conducted by the three central divisions appointed by the emperor in conjunction with the relevant dukes, hous, and earls, under the auspices of the official department (or household department book), which was generally held after the frost fell, that is, after the autumn.

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Dear friends,The second watch is coming.,When I wrote this chapter, I looked back at the first third of the book.,After reading it, my heart fluctuated.,I can't continue for a long time.,So the update is much late.,I'm sorry! The closer I get to the end of the story, the more I realize that there are still many things that I want to express that I want to express, and I hope that I can express them all step by step.

The new book is also in full swing, and it will be a very different and wonderful story, which will be released around the end of this month, so stay tuned.