Bai Suzhen, who was beside Xu Jiaorong, hurriedly stretched out her hand to support Xu Jiaorong, "Sister, don't worry, there may be a turning point in this matter!" ”

However, this matter in the court is obviously not like this, this He Langzhong is too lazy to ask Xu Xuan and Xu Jiaorong and others, and even Xu Xian, who is still in a coma, he didn't ask, and shouted directly, "Li Gongfu, what else do you have to say?" Hmph, the evidence is ironclad, and there is no room for you to quibble! The official announced the verdict here today, Li Gongfu stole the treasury silver The evidence is conclusive, Xu Xuan and Xu Xian and the two of them, transporting the stolen silver is an accomplice, and sentenced to behead the prison marquis, and the official will write the punishment department, and immediately execute it, Li Men Xu's Bai family did not report it, and the crime was increased by one degree, but remembering that both of them were women and children, they were given a lighter punishment and assigned to the ...... of the teaching workshop."

Everyone in the field was in an uproar, this punishment is not serious, Xu Xuan, who was lying on the ground at this time, heard that he was angry, originally he was going to deal with those people, there was still a trace of hesitation in his heart, but now it seems that these people do not plan to cut down their own family!

He Langzhong also smiled bitterly at this time, but if he had some methods, how could he be so hasty and fall into a reputation for careless human life, but the current situation does not allow him to handle the case carefully, after all, the work of this group of people who catch and do it quickly is really a little unclean, and it can't stand people's scrutiny, so only close the case quickly, and immediately submit the case to the criminal department, and wait for the adults above to use the seal, and the case will be decided, but even if someone wants to overturn the case, this difficulty is not ordinarily small, at least the yamen who want to review this time have their people.

Before everyone could come to their senses, they saw a commotion outside the hall.

He Langzhong in the hall looked solemn: "Who is making noise outside?" Get me out of here! ”

Before his men could move, he saw a group of soldiers walking in from outside, these people were obviously soldiers who had been killed on the battlefield, and the aura of killing made everyone in the field change their faces.

"Tell your lord," shouted someone outside the door

The faces of everyone in the field changed, Xu Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this voice, and when he heard this, his face became pale, if he was a criminal department Langzhong against an ordinary imperial history, the grade would naturally be higher, but there was the Song Dynasty, and the officials were not just based on the rank to determine the level of the official position, for example, according to the inspector, it was a temporary official position, which could be filled by the eight-rank petty official, or it could be the first-rank member of the dynasty, but even if it was an eight-rank petty official, it could be a high-ranking official with a higher rank than him, but no matter what, the envoy of the Imperial Historical Observatory came, and he was absolutely unsure that the case was condemned to death. Because this Yushitai is not from their faction.

A moment later, I saw a middle-aged official in a purple official robe, striding in through the main entrance.

"Ah, why is it that Su Gefei, the servant of the Imperial Historical Observatory, is here, this is troublesome," the He Lang Center in the hall panicked, this Su Gefei is the second-in-command of the Imperial Historical Observatory, fair, and he couldn't get along with them in the past, and even participated in him a few times, this is a well-known and difficult character. If this person comes here, I'm afraid that he will definitely not be able to finish the things explained above, and if he can't get it right, he will be involved himself!

He Lang thought so much about it, but his face was silent, and he walked out quickly, and before he got closer, he had already bowed down and said, "He Yiwen has seen Master Su in Langzhong of the Xiaguan Criminal Department!" ”

Su Gefei nodded, and went straight to the lobby, and after sitting down, he looked at He Yiwen, the serious expression on his face was slightly retracted, and he showed a smile, "Lord He, I heard that your criminal department asked you to come here to interrogate the case of the loss of treasury silver in Qiantang County, but now, someone told Yushitai that there was torture to extract confessions and take people's lives, so the official family asked me to come and have a look."

When He Yiwen heard this, he immediately felt as if he had been struck by lightning, but it was just a small case of stealing treasury silver, how could he let the current officials know, and even sent a third-grade senior officer to investigate the case, this situation is not right.

He Yiwen quietly wiped the cold sweat on his head, the verdict of the case file he had just written had too many loopholes, I was afraid that he would not be able to withstand this person's scrutiny, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "The official family is merciful, where does the lower official dare to judge the case arbitrarily and disregard people's lives, but this case has been tried, Li Gongfu Xu Xuan and others should cooperate with each other to steal the treasury silver in Qiantang County and hide it in the Xu family's old house and Li Mansion, and now more than 1,300 taels have been searched, the evidence is conclusive, and please take a look at it."

As he spoke, he handed over the case file along with the confession recorded by the scribe beside him. I saw Su Gefei take over this case, and looked down carefully, but after just a few glances, he frowned and said, "Lord He, why are there so many loopholes in this case?" You're in such a hurry to close the case, I'm afraid it's a little too hasty, right? ”

He Yiwen's face turned pale, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "My lord, this is indeed conclusive evidence, and the lower officials can only convict the suspect based on the evidence." ”

Su Gefei looked at He Yiwen who was kneeling in front of him, and sneered, "What a conviction based on evidence, if this is really the case, why is there no one in this confession who even detains their paintings, and this Xu Xuan didn't ask?" Lord He, is this how you try cases in this criminal department? ”

"My lord, there are witnesses, and the stolen money has been found in their house, can't this still convict them?" He Yiwen on the side, somehow at this time, actually mustered up the courage to look at this Su Gefei.

Su Gefei snorted coldly, "You said that there are no loopholes, then I will interrogate you well, and let you see how many loopholes there are in this case!" ”

But before he could start acting, he saw a hurried catcher outside the hall, holding a few letters in his hand, and quickly ran to the lobby, but at this time he looked at the two adults in front of him, and was a little flustered. Not enough to react quickly, bowed down and said, "My lord, my subordinates have made new discoveries, in the old mansion of the Xu family, I found many letters between Xu Xuan and his teacher, Cheng Fang, a former scholar of the Hanlin Academy,"

"What? Have Cheng Fang's letter? At that moment, He Yiwen couldn't help but exclaim, although he knew that the letter was fake, but at this time, he "checked" this evidence, as long as Cheng Fang was pulled into the water, the rest of the things would be very easy to do!

At the moment, He Yiwen didn't care about Su Gefei on the side, and snatched the letter from this fast hand with some excitement, although he had read this letter a few times, but at this time he was still a little excited to open the envelope, just glanced at it a few times, raised his head and laughed, "My lord, the case is indeed over in a hurry at the moment, and now the evidence that the official has just gotten, the mastermind behind this case of stealing treasury silver, is Cheng Fang, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy!" ”