Chapter 23 Official Tea
When Wangshu went to the official mansion to meet Gu Huaijin, it was already early the next morning. Walking on the road, she turned around and explained what Zero Lu had done.
As soon as he entered the official mansion, he saw Kong Qingyun talking to Gu Huaijin with an embarrassed face.
"Your Highness, don't embarrass the petty officials. This matter has been heard, and His Majesty has also told the petty officials to investigate this matter. The villain also believes that Lord He is innocent, and he will definitely return his innocence at that time, and he will personally send him home. ”
"Since it is His Majesty's will, it will be enough."
After Wangshu's reminder last time, Gu Huaijin was much more cautious. Kong Qingyun deliberately moved Gu Chengye out this time, and he didn't want to say anything more, but just reminded: "Master He is old, Kong Tingwei must not use the criminal law." ”
Wang Shu walked in and interrupted their conversation, she smiled and said to Gu Huaijin, "Your Highness is watching here." By the order of the eldest princess, you and I can both observe the interrogation of Lord Kong here. ”
Kong Qingyun's face was not good, but the smile on Wangshu's face was even stronger, "I won't embarrass Master Kong, the eldest princess's edict will arrive in a while." ”
Seeing this, Kong Qingyun couldn't refuse, so he had to smile and say, "Come to think of it, this is the 'Qinghe County Lord'." ”
The subordinates had already reported to him that Wangshu had entered the He Mansion to search, but he didn't expect that she would run to the official mansion to spread wild.
"Master Kong is well-informed." Wangshu glanced at him and explained with a smile: "Coincidentally, the eldest princess is quite interested in this case, and she wanted to listen to the trial from the sidelines, but she was not in good health, so she sent me and His Royal Highness to do it for her." ”
Kong Qingyun didn't believe her nonsense, but he still said humbly: "It is an honor for the minister to be favored by the eldest princess." ”
"I have long heard that Master Kong tried the case quickly, and I admired it, and now I have specially found an opportunity to come to audit, and I hope that Lord Kong will give me advice."
Kong Qingyun is like a monkey, how can he not hear the ridicule in Wangshu's words, he decided the case quickly because of the decisiveness of others to give money. His face was blue and white for a while, but he couldn't have a seizure. I had to scold the Yajun on the side: "Why don't you hurry up and move two chairs over, and I don't know how to show the seat to His Royal Highness and the county lord, I really don't have any eyesight!" ”
Pity the Yajun let him be angry in vain, and he didn't dare to complain.
Wang Shu and Gu Huaijin glanced at each other and sat down.
Kong Qingyun wanted to drag it. But it didn't take long for Ling Lu to deliver Gu Wanyan's hand. Kong Qingyun examined it carefully, but he couldn't find a problem, so he had to take a picture of the shocking wood and prepare to try the case.
Wangshu whispered something in Ling Lu's ear again, and she got the order and ran out again.
The Yajun escorted He Jiming in, and the iron lock grinded against the ground, making a piercing sound.
He Jiming is already a handful of years, and now he has to go to prison and suffer, presumably he didn't close his eyes all night, and his face was so haggard.
After being imprisoned for so long, he was still extremely calm, knelt down and presented his confession, "Master Kong, I did send someone to Fanbang, but it was only for the purpose of finding horses, not for smuggling. ”
Kong Qingyun glanced at the confession, and didn't look at it carefully, but just pretended to be embarrassed and said: "But those official teas were found in Lord He's convoy, what is Lord He's explanation for this?" ”
"This is a frame-up, a frame-up." He Jiming's answer was extraordinarily affirmative.
If it was in the past, Kong Qingyun would not have listened to his argument and decided the case directly, but now Xiao Wangshu and Gu Huaijin are sitting here......
Kong Qingyun glanced at the direction of Wangshu, and pretended to be serious: "Okay, since Master He is sure that he was framed, then I will have the leader escorted up and confront you face to face." ”
The Yajun then brought up another person, who was a thief with eyes and eyes, and he was cunning at first glance.
Kong Qingyun asked He Jiming, "Lord He, look, this is your person from where you are?" ”
He Jiming nodded, "Yes, this is indeed the leader I sent." ”
Kong Qingyun took out a piece of paper from the table and ordered someone to hand it to Wangshu and Gu Huaijin.
"The leader of the team had written a confession before, saying that these official teas were all instructed by Lord He to be transported to Fanbang to be sold."
Wangshu looked at the confession carefully, and she asked the team leader: "How much tea did Lord He let you transport to Fanbang?" ”
The team leader replied: "It's just the car that was searched, and it is said that there is still one behind, but in order to hide people's eyes, it will be transported in batches." ”
Wangshu smiled and glanced at He Jiming, "Lord He thought about it thoroughly, but he didn't know where to get so much official tea?" ”
"I'm an official of the imperial court, how can I get so many official teas. These official teas are only available in the palace. He Jiming was so angry that his beard trembled, and he pointed to the leader and said, "I have treated you well from the top and bottom of the He Mansion, so I will allow you to frame me like this today." ”
In the face of He Jiming's anger, the leader didn't say a word, just lowered his head.
Wangshu said to Kong Qingyun again: "How did Master Kong know about this? ”
"It was a villager's car that accidentally hit the convoy, and when he saw a lot of tea turned out of the car, he came to report the case to the official."
Wang Shu didn't speak, and Kong Qingyun said tentatively: "In my opinion, later the Yajun found a large amount of tea from Lord He's study. With so many teas, without the permission of Lord He, I am afraid that no matter how capable others are, they will not be able to transport them into He Mansion as if no one else is around. ”
"Not necessarily." Knowing Kong Qingyun's plan, Wangshu glanced at him with a smile, "The horses in He Mansion have to eat hay every day, and the sweaty horse that was given to me is even more picky. The little maid in the stable has to go out of the house every day to find new haystacks. ”
Kong Qingyun was quite puzzled, "What does this have to do with transporting official tea?" ”
With his brain, he can also be a court lieutenant, and Wangshu almost didn't roll his eyes. It can be seen from this that he usually decides cases, but he is afraid that those unjust cases can be discharged into the river.
Wangshu sighed lightly: "Master Kong also said that it is difficult to transport so many official teas into He Mansion at one time, let alone directly to Lord He's study." If there is a person who can take advantage of the skill of transporting the haystack, hide the official tea in the haystack, transport it into the stable of He Mansion first, and then find an opportunity to move it to Lord He's study. Isn't that much easier, you say? ”
Kong Qingyun also seemed to realize his stupidity, and he coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, "This is just the county lord's speculation, is there any evidence?" ”
"I brought the evidence, but I haven't interrogated it clearly, so I'm going to bother Master Kong to interrogate it together."
Wangshu asked the Yajun to escort Maoxing. Na Maoxing is not very old, where has he seen the majesty of the government, and he was so frightened that he shouted "wronged" as soon as he came up.
"My lord, the slave really doesn't know anything! This has nothing to do with the slave maid! ”
Wangshu snorted coldly and threw the handkerchief in his hand in front of him. The hay in this handkerchief had been taken from the stable of He Mansion just now, and a few green sticks could be faintly seen in it.
"This is the hay in the stables of Hefu, and there is also the powder of tea leaves in it. The reason why the horses were so excited was because they ate the tea leaves. How can the feces excreted by horses that eat tea be normal? When I asked you, you didn't know if this was a dereliction of duty or an intentional deception. ”
Na Maoxing's eyes flickered and said, "The slave didn't notice this at that time. ”
"That's your dereliction of duty." Wangshu's tone was cold.
At this moment, Zero Lu walked in again, pushing a four-wheeled cart with a gray-haired old woman, blind and lame, and holding a dove staff in her hand.
When the old woman heard Maoxing's voice, she hurriedly got off the four-wheeled bicycle and limped to Maoxing.
"Kid, what's wrong with you? How did you get caught in the government? Do you have any injuries on your body? Did they punish you? ”
Pity the parents of the world, this old woman was originally a late child, and she is very precious to Mao Xing on weekdays. Although he is disabled, he only has this son in his eyes.
"Mother, why are you here?" Mao Xing held the old woman's hand and kept reassuring her, "The child is fine, they didn't torture me. ”
Linglu walked up to Wangshu, put some objects in her hands, and whispered something in her ear. Wangshu bowed slightly.
"It's amazing. A small servant in He's mansion can have a land contract, gold and silver, a high-rise building at home, and even the medicine is of the highest quality. Hurry up tomorrow, I'll go too, it's really unhappy. ”
Wangshu threw the gold and silver ingots in his hand and the title deed of the house in front of Mao Xing, who looked at these in front of him, and his face turned pale.
"Mother, how did they find it? Didn't I let you put it on? ”
is so hasty, but he doesn't admit himself.
The old woman was so anxious that she hurriedly explained: "I put it away, and I will press it under the pillow." The girl came to me and told me that something had happened to you, and I was anxious to ask her to bring me over. I couldn't see with my eyes, and I didn't know that she had turned over the house. ”
This is indeed the old woman's bedside turned over, although the means are a little despicable, but it is also a matter of urgency.
"Old man, I'm sorry." Wang Shu expressed his apology briefly, and then returned to the truth, "But if your son doesn't recruit again, we will have to torture." This government has always been frank and lenient, and strict in resistance. His innocent things are houses, gold and silver, and if you don't explain them clearly, it will be a new case. It's better to talk about it here together, two cases and one case, everyone will save trouble. ”
When she said this, the old woman was completely anxious. This child is her heart and liver, what kind of money and title deeds, where his life is important.
She cried out in fear, "Son, you can say it." Where the hell did you get all this money? When I asked you, you didn't say it, but now you can't hide it! ”
Mao Xing gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.
Seeing that he still refused to explain, Wangshu pressured again: "Maoxing, your mother is afraid that you are still young and have gone astray. She loves you so much, she can't bear to let you be tortured. If your mother is so old, if she insists on defending you and resisting the punishment for you, will she still have her life? It is said that you have obtained this money, not only for yourself, but also for the sake of filial piety to your mother. If human life is gone, what is the word 'filial piety'. ”
There is a sentence in "Luo Weaving Sutra": Scholars are impatient, people are punished, and they are unwilling. People have weaknesses, and most people's weaknesses are their relatives, not to mention filial piety.
Wangshu's words are very heart-wrenching.
Mao Xing couldn't stand it, covered his ears, and cried, "Don't say it anymore!" I said, I said yes! ”
Only then did he confess that it was a father-in-law in the palace who found him, and the father-in-law secretly hid a large amount of official tea in the palace and wanted to make some money. The father-in-law paid him a lot of money, and he couldn't resist the temptation and agreed. He guarded the stables and brought haystacks into the house every day. He saw that there was no place to put so much official tea, so he wanted to cover it with a haystack, but he was eaten by the horses. On that day, he learned that the convoy was going to Fanbang, so he contacted the leader of the convoy and asked him to bring tea to Fanbang to sell, and gave him some money. The leader had never encountered such a good thing, so he immediately agreed. Later, when the East Window incident happened, the leader was so scared that he pushed the matter on He Jiming.
"But those official teas in the study really have nothing to do with slaves! I also got up early that morning and found that there was a lot less official tea in the haystack, who knew that it had been moved to the master's study. ”
Wangshu suddenly remembered something, the little guy who answered for Mao Xing in the stable, he occasionally took over Mao Xing's guard of the stable, but now it was a little suspicious. The way he replied at that time was so calm that she ignored it.
Wangshu hurriedly asked Ling Lu to look for the little guy, and then continued to ask Mao Xing: "Who is that father-in-law who found you?" ”
"It's Gonggong Li next to the queen's mother."
As soon as these words came out, Kong Qingyun was so shocked that he dropped the shocked wood, and Wangshu was even more surprised.
Kong Qingyun's face turned pale, he picked up the shocking wood and slapped it fiercely, "Bold slave, dare to slander the queen!" ”
Mao Xing was so frightened that he hurriedly promised, "The slave is willing to swear with her life, and everything she says is true!" ”
Gu Huaijin knew that Kong Qingyun wanted to suppress this matter, so he stood up and reminded: "Whether it's true or not, Master Kong must truthfully show the saint." The rest is up to Your Majesty to decide. ”
Kong Qingyun also knew that he couldn't hide this matter at this point. He couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Shuli was confused. She didn't say hello to herself in advance for such a big matter. If he had known earlier, he would not have let Wangshu and Gu Huaijin listen.
Not long after, Linglu ran in panting, looking anxious, "Girl, no, that little guy ran away!" ”