Chapter Twenty-Seven: Taking a Risk
As soon as the words came out, the whole house was shocked!
Shen Cheng trembled his beard, pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and gritted his teeth: "Bold! You are bold, indiscriminately intruding on the court, offending Long Yan, especially unrepentant, you deserve death for your real sin! ”。
Wanli's brows furrowed even tighter, if Guo Zhiyuan's act of breaking into the palace just now can be said to be impulsive and ignorant of the rules, but now he still pleads not guilty under his own questioning, it is simply unreasonable! Could it be that this kid is just a stunned young man? A hint of disappointment flashed in Wanli's eyes, and he waved his hand and said: "That's it, you broke into the court and made a loud noise, it was a capital crime, thinking that you were young and ignorant, spare you death, drag it out, and the court staff is thirty!" ”。
The two guards with knives immediately mentioned Guo Zhiyuan like an eagle catching a chicken and dragged him out, Guo Zhiyuan wanted an effect that was not shocking and endless, so as to leave a deep impression on Wanli, so he did not hesitate to take risks, in fact, he had already thought of countermeasures in his heart, and shouted: "Slow!" I have a dynasty of loyalty and filial piety, and the saint rules the world with filial piety, and the people of the world are praised! In ancient times, there was Ti Ying to save his father, the history chapter has been praised, passed down through the ages, but the world does not know, if there is no saint of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, how can there be a thousand good stories of Ti Ying saving his father ......".
"Today, the small people are not talented, they want to emulate the sages, avenge their father's grievances, continue the good stories of the ages, and it is also a helpless move to break into the palace, the Holy Sage Ming is far better than Emperor Wen, how can he cure the sins of the small people because of filial piety, Shen Xiang will execute me without asking the reason, isn't it to trap His Majesty in unfilial piety and injustice? ! ……”。
Shen has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, and after his face was slightly stagnant, he immediately scolded angrily: "What a sharp-toothed man!" Guo Zhengyu has a major suspicion in the demon book case, and the saint is discerning, and he has his own holy judgment, so how can he say that he is wronged? It is an indisputable fact that you trespassed into the court, do you think that you can deceive the Holy God with your clever words?! ……”。
Now that he has torn his face, Guo Zhiyuan doesn't have so many scruples, and retorts without giving in: "The saint is clear-sighted, naturally he will not make my father feel wronged, just now I heard it clear outside the hall, the saint has planned to let my father be acquitted and the official reinstated, but Shen Xiang obviously does not have any evidence to prove that the demon book case is my father's mastermind, but he still bites it, it is clear that he wants to cure my father's trumped-up crimes, Xiaomin will not come forward again, I am afraid that my father has died unjustly in prison!" Although Shen Xiang's plan to kill people with a knife is wonderful, it may be difficult to block the mouth of the world! ……”。
"You! ......" Shen Yi was so angry that he trembled, and said calmly: "You don't want to spew blood, frame the head of the court, and if you commit the following crimes, you should be beheaded according to the law!" ......", he turned to Wanli and said: "The minister asks the holy general to punish this arrogant child, if the saint does not allow it, the old minister can only tell the old man to return to ......his hometown."
Shen has always made a trick, and the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty seems to like to use this trick --- to lift the burden, and it is often very effective, after all, the emperor needs someone to work, and the first assistant is gone, and the emperor naturally has to deal with it carefully.
However, this time Shen's consistent trick did not work, Wanli saw that the two were arguing, angry and funny, and for Guo Zhiyuan to face the first assistant of the dynasty, he was not afraid,-for-tat, and he did not fall behind, and he was secretly surprised, but it made him feel a little sorry for his talents, so he waved his hand to Shen Yiyi and said: "Shen Aiqing, why do you have to be like an ignorant child, Aiqing's heart of loyalty to the monarch and the country, don't I know?" Don't mention the words of returning to the hometown, Aiqing is an important minister of the country, how can he be rash? ! ……”。
After speaking, he reprimanded Guo Zhiyuan with a straight face: "Guo Zhiyuan, Shen Aiqing is the first assistant of the court, how can you arrange it randomly!" Thinking that you are young and ignorant, and out of a filial piety, it is understandable, I will spare you this time, if you talk nonsense again, you will not be spared! Why don't you ask Shen Xiang for guilt?! ……”。
Although Wanli's words are strong, if you observe carefully, you will find that there is actually a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth, and his disposition, on the surface, is to comfort Shen Cheng and reprimand Guo Zhiyuan, but in fact it is biased towards Guo Zhiyuan, everyone thinks, Shen Cheng even used the trick of telling the old man to return to his hometown, but in the end he still had no choice but to get Guo Zhiyuan, so who is the real loss?
Guo Zhiyuan also knows what to do, his goal has been achieved, if he still doesn't know how to advance or retreat, then he is really stunned, and first saluted Wanli and said: "Holy Shengming, thank you for not killing!" He turned his head and pretended to bow his hand to Shen Cheng and said, "The kid has no form, please forgive Shen Xiang!" ”。
Although Shen always hated Guo Zhiyuan very much, Wanli had already given him enough face, and he couldn't be reluctant anymore, so he snorted coldly and didn't say anything more.
Guo Zhiyuan knew that this first hurdle was over, so he naturally had to be angry, and continued: "In the case of the demon book, my father Guo Zhengyu was framed by a traitor, and the so-called indirect evidence is nothing more than a confession extorted by torture into a trick, or secretly guided and forged, the purpose is just to frame Zhongliang and exclude dissidents through the demon book case. The little people implore the Holy One to do justice for my Father! Wash away grievances! ……”。
Emperor Wanli frowned slightly, turned his head to Shen Yi and asked expressionlessly, "Shen Aiqing, what he said is the truth?" Is there such a thing as torture to extract confessions, and torture is turned into a confession? ……”。
Guo Zhiyuan didn't name him, but everyone present could hear that every word he said was aimed at Shen Zheng! After all, Shen has always been an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for forty or fifty years, his face is not red and his heart is not beating, and he replied to Wanli first: "There is no such thing!" The Holy One must not listen to this clever word and the instigation of this disciple! ……”。
As he spoke, he turned around and pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and shouted: "Boy, if you think that you can frame your true appearance with your empty mouth and white teeth, then you are very wrong, you said that the evidence was forged by torture, but there is evidence?" If there is no evidence, you are framing the important ministers of the court, and you should be beheaded according to the law! ……”。
Evidence? There's a lot of history books on it! Guo Zhiyuan was waiting for Shen Zheng's words, and he laughed in his heart, the opportunity to use his advantage to cross has come! Lang Sheng said: "According to Shen Xiang's accusations, my father conspired with Shen Lingyu to publish and engrave the demon book, and today the three divisions will be tried, and the three law divisions will mention Shen Lingyu and his nurse Gong's little daughter to the court for interrogation, and the chief judge asked Gong's little daughter: 'How many plates are there in the demon book you have seen?' The little daughter of the Gong family replied: "A room full of people", the saint, as we all know, the demon book is only a few pages, how can the printing plate be full of a room? Obviously, the testimony accusing my father of conspiring with Shen Lingyu to publish the demon book was all fabricated by the youngest daughter of the Gong family under torture! ……”。
Shen Cheng laughed out loud when he heard it: "What nonsense! The trial of the three legal divisions has not yet ended, how the presiding judge asks questions, and how the prisoners answer, all of them are improvised, and there is no definite form, but you say it as if you have seen it yourself, can you still foresee the future? ! ”。
Guo Zhiyuan said unhurriedly: "Yes, Xiaomin once learned Zhou Yi divination from a wandering Taoist when he was a child, although it is a small skill of carving insects, but he can indeed foresee the future!" ……”。