Chu Mingwei arched his hand and said: "Lord Huibutang, the case of Meng Chu's killing of Liang and Mao Gong happened two years ago, and the lower officials still remember that the incident happened in June of that year, and in August, the Yamen of the Criminal Department received a secret report, and then immediately sent someone to Nanling to secretly investigate the case. In those two years, because of the drought in Nanling, and the Qinhuai war was still in a stalemate, the treasury was empty, and it was impossible to transfer too many materials to Nanling for disaster relief, which caused a lot of bandits. He turned his head and said, "Wei Yujiang, it seems that you were sent to investigate that case." ”

Wei Yujiang stepped forward and said, "Lord Huichu, this case is indeed a lowly investigation. Nanling Nanping Mansion Captain Meng Chu led the troops to kill the bandits, the head of the bandit leader Liu Ba was sent to the capital, for which the court also issued a reward, the Ministry of Officials was also ready to promote Meng Chu, but because of the front-line war, the promotion was slightly delayed, Meng Chu was at the end of June, the so-called Liu Ba's head was sent to the capital in early July, but in August, there was a secret report to the Criminal Department, after receiving the secret report, Qian Rao Shun ordered the Lord to be responsible for the case, and Lord Chu immediately sent a humble post to Nanling to investigate. ”

Although this case happened two years ago, many officials present obviously nodded slightly when they knew about the incident and listened to Wei Yujiang's report.

"What did the Westswalk find out at the time?" Qi Ning asked.

Wei Yujiang's expression was cold, and he said: "After investigating in Nanling, I found out that Liu Ba was not dead at all, and he was still causing trouble in the Nanling area. Subsequently, with the help of the locals, the specific details of the case were determined. In June of that year, Meng Chu led a total of fifteen of his subordinates to slaughter a remote village at night, and all the people in the village were killed. ”

Qi Ning's face was cold, and he nodded: "What happened later?" ”

"The humble duty found human and material evidence, Meng Chu is irrefutable, the Criminal Department issued a document, the fifteen people who participated in the massacre that night, except for Meng Chu escorted into Beijing, the other fourteen people were all punished on the spot." Wei Yujiang Zhengse said: "I personally saw those fourteen people being sentenced to death in Nanping Mansion, and then escorted Meng Chu back to the capital. ”

"After returning to Beijing, what will happen to this case?"

"After returning to Beijing, the imperial court has a will to behead Meng Chu in public to set an example." Wei Yujiang said: "The sentence is set at the beginning of September, and Meng Chu was handed over to the prison hall and put on death row in the Criminal Department. ”

Qi Ning bowed slightly, then glanced at the officials and asked, "Who is the head of the prison hall, can you stand up?" ”

Everyone's eyes immediately looked at the person kneeling behind Da Xichong, that person was fat, and he was the most ferocious one who scolded Wei Yujiang before, at this time, this person's face was pale, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he climbed up a few steps from behind, and said in a trembling voice: "Humble duty..... Humble! ”

"Are you the prison director Zhou Bo?"

"Yes..... It's a humble duty! ”

Qi Ning smiled slightly, and then asked, "Is there a mistake in what Wei Sixuan said?" When he brought back Meng Chu from Nanping Mansion, was he handed over to you to be put on death row in the Criminal Department? ”

"This ......!" Zhou Bo hesitated for a moment before he said, "Lord Huibutang, indeed..... Indeed it is! ”

"That's good." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Then in September, Meng Chu was raised from the death row of the Criminal Department and sent to the court for execution, was the person who proposed Meng Chu at that time, is it you?" ”

Zhou Bo lowered his head and said, "Yes..... It's a humble duty! ”

Qi Ning smiled faintly and took out a piece of paper from the case file, "There is an official letter here, the incident happened in Luling, there is a local tyrant who forced Liang to become a prostitute, after investigation, the person who led him ran a prostitute in Luling, gathered a group of people, and did all the things of abducting and deceiving Liang to become a prostitute." ”

Everyone present was a little confused, thinking that it was good to talk about the Meng Chu case, how could they suddenly jump to Luling again, Nanping Mansion and Luling are far apart, could it be that these two cases are involved?

"Lord Daxi, do you know the existence of this group of people in Luling?" Qi Ning stared at Da Xichong and asked.

Da Xichong's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his expression was not as arrogant as before, and he smiled reluctantly: "Master Hou asked this strangely, Xiaguan..... Xiaguan is in Beijing, how do you know ..... Meet the land tyrants of Luling! ”

"But as far as this official knows, every year you can get at least one or two thousand taels of silver from the hands of that land tyrant." Qi Ning said with a smile: "In the past two years, how can there be three or four thousand taels of silver?" ”

Everyone was stunned.

"Master Hou, you ..... You can't spew blood. Da Xichong suddenly changed color: "Xiaguan..... When did the lower official receive the silver from the land tyrant? ”

"In December of the year before last, you received eight hundred taels of silver." Qi Ningli ignored it, looked at a piece of paper and said: "In May last year, you received a thousand taels of silver, and in December last year, you received another thousand taels of silver. He coughed twice and said, "In April this year, another 1,000 ......taels were sent over there, adding up to 3,800 taels, am I right?" ”

Da Xichong's expression turned pale, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound.

"By the way, there is also Lord Zhou, every time Lord Daxi receives the silver, you also receive it at the same time, but the amount is halved, a total of 1,900 taels, if I say it is wrong, you can cry out now." Qi Ning said lightly.

"Humble ......!" Zhou Bo fell to the ground with his forehead on his head, trembling all over.

Qi Ning said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you may be very strange, why did a land tyrant in Luling send silver to the capital?" Why did you give it to Lord Daxi and Lord Zhou, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is not surprising that these two adults are the life-saving benefactors of the land tyrant, who have lived a life, and it is a matter of course to be filial every year. By the way, that land tyrant is called Chu Long, but that's just the current name, two years ago, that person was called Meng Chu! ”

The lobby of the Criminal Department was in an uproar, and all the officials were taken aback, and there was a commotion and discussions.

"You naturally wonder, wasn't Meng Chu already beheaded two years ago? Why are you still alive today? Qi Ning smiled: "I just said that he has a life-saving benefactor, so he can naturally live." Staring at Da Xi Chong, he asked, "Lord Da Xi, what is going on, can you tell everyone?" ”

Although he had a faint smile on his face, his eyes were very cold.

Da Xichong opened his mouth slightly, clenched his hands into fists, and finally said, "Master Hou, you ..... The lower officials don't understand what you said, the lower officials ..... Xia Guan didn't know what a life-saving benefactor was. ”

"Zhou Bo, Lord Daxi doesn't want to say it, do you want to say it?" Qi Ning didn't say much to Da Xichong, and his eyes moved to Zhou Bo: "If you can tell the truth, you can be regarded as surrendering and admitting your guilt, and this official can say a few words to the court for you." You should understand that since I know this, I naturally have enough evidence at hand, and I will give you the opportunity to confess, and if you miss this opportunity, I promise that there will be no second time. ”

Da Xi turned his head violently and shouted: "Zhou Bo, we can't let others frame, someone wants to exclude dissidents and wronged good people, we must not give in, no one in this court can cover the sky with one hand, we are really going to be wronged, we have to write to the court, ask the emperor and the prince of Zhenguo to be the master!" He bit the word "Zhenguo Gong" very hard, and the meaning was obvious, so naturally he wanted to warn Zhou Bo not to talk nonsense, at least there was the big tree of Zhen Guogong.

"It's okay, you can go up to the court, I'll give you this opportunity." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Just that Chu Long...... Oh, no, it's the criminal named Meng Chu who has already arrived in the capital, and the official has already settled him, so it's time to take him with you and let you explain it to the emperor. ”

Zhou Bo's body was shocked, and he raised his head sharply and said, "Lord Ministry, this matter ..... This matter is a momentary confusion, but ....... But the lowly position is also involuntary......! ”

Da Xichong's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "Zhou Bo, what are you talking nonsense? ”

"My lord, this is the matter..... I can't hide it. Zhou Bo cried with a sad face: "Let's take the initiative to confess our guilt to the minister, the ministry said that it will ..... will intercede for us to the court! ”

"You stupid pig." Da Xichong struggled to stand up, rushed forward, and kicked Zhou Bo on the head, Zhou Bo was immediately kicked to the ground, holding his head with both hands, Da Xichong was going to rush up again, and a criminal department yacha rushed forward and grabbed Da Xichong, Da Xichong gasped, pushed away the yacha, turned to Qi Ning and said: "You are framing you, you ..... You want to exclude dissenters, so you want to harm me ......!" He opened his hands and said loudly: "Everyone, this person must not cover the sky here with one hand, let's ..... Let's unite ......! ”

But these officials present are all from criminal backgrounds, and everyone in front of them sees this scene in their eyes, and they already understand it in their hearts.

There is no doubt that Meng Chu was sent to the capital to be executed, but now Meng Chu, who should have been executed two years ago, appeared in Luling, which can only have one explanation, that is, the real Meng Chu had already left death row back then, and the one who was executed was a substitute ghost.

This kind of thing is not uncommon throughout the ages, and the officials in the Criminal Department are also very aware of this kind of thing, but this kind of thing is absolutely unseemly, even if it happens, it is extremely secret, and once it is exposed, it is a great event.

Da Xichong is the left waiter of the Criminal Department, and he has bought off Zhou Bo, the prison director of the prison hall, and it is really not difficult for these two people to steal beams and change pillars to replace prisoners.

If Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and held on to the end, everyone present would really doubt the credibility of this matter, but Qi Ning exposed the matter in public, Zhou Bo was obviously frightened and did not dare to refute it at all.

If this matter is true, Da Xichong and Zhou Bo will inevitably die, and no one dares to get involved in such a big case.

In other words, if it was because of other things, with Da Xichong's status and prestige in the Criminal Department, shouting like this might really be able to attract a group of people to come over, but at this time, no one dared to get involved in this matter, after all, no one wanted to lose their heads because of this matter, and they all bowed their heads and kept silent, allowing Da Xichong to shout in the hall.

Da Xichong shouted a few times, but no one stood up at all, even the officials who knelt behind him and were very close to him before, they also knew that the matter was big, and they all stuck their heads to the ground and did not say a word.

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PS: First of all, I want to apologize to everyone, the update is really bad these days. My parents are old, and their health is not good, during the Chinese New Year, all the things are all I come to Zhang Luo, ushering in the send-off, all kinds of wedding banquets and funeral banquets, going to relatives, sleeping very little every day, there is really no way. In the past, these things had nothing to do with me at all, but now I suddenly found that the New Year was so hard, and the update was slow because of family matters, which was indeed my mistake, but fortunately, it will be good soon, and I will speed up after the year, and I sincerely apologize to everyone again!