In the first year of Lin De (664 AD), the eighth day of the ninth month of autumn, the sixth quarter of the hour.

In the northwest of Chang'an City, where Xiuzhen Fang is located, Wukang Mansion is here. To the south is Puning Fang, where Li Tao's mansion is located, and then Kaiyuanmen. The south of the street is Yining Fang, the north position in the square, is located in the detailed punishment temple, formerly known as Dali Temple.

It is a judicial organ that is in charge of prisons and litigation, and is mainly responsible for Gyeonggi, similar to the Supreme Court. It handles crimes committed by central officials, sentences of imprisonment or higher in Gyeonggi, and difficult cases in prefectures and counties. On the other hand, the division is responsible for handling cases at the local level and above with a prison sentence.

After the verdict is issued, it will be sent to the division for review and then reported to the East and West Taiwan. After the approval of the East and West Taiwan, it will be sent to the Detailed Punishment Temple, and the approval will be confirmed to be correct, and the judicial process will be completed. It is worth noting that all the death penalty cases were approved by the emperor. If the emperor does not approve it, then I am sorry that the death penalty cannot be carried out.

The entire trial process is supervised by the Constitutional Authority, similar to the procuratorate. In case of a major case, the emperor issued an order to conduct a triage of three divisions. From the detailed punishment of the three products, the highest official of the detailed punishment temple; The punishment of the three products is too Chang Bo, which is the book of the criminal department; The great priest of the three products is the imperial doctor, and the three divisions are jointly judged.

It was the first year of Xianqing, and Wu Kang committed great disrespect and enjoyed the trial of the three divisions. It was yesterday's court meeting, and he was shocked again, and Li Jiu issued an edict asking him to inspect the detailed punishment of Zhengqing and preside over the trial of the three divisions. Look at this whole thing, feng shui takes turns, and there is an inexplicable sense of joy.

The one who is going to be tried this time is the human cat Li Yifu, and he has an incident in the east window. On the twentieth of last month, Nanya Right Jin Wuwei, Cangcao joined the army Yang Xingying, and reported Li Mao with his real name: the prince's right Si Yilang, his eldest son Li Jin, blackmailed the eldest grandson Yan. demanded 700 copper coins and forcibly sold official positions and supervisors.

Li Jiulongyan was furious, the grandfather of the eldest grandson Yan was his uncle Wuji; The biological mother of the eldest grandson Yan is a sister and a princess. At the beginning, because of politics, he was framed and forced to death, which can be said to be helpless. Four or five years have passed, the hatred has gradually faded, and the guilt has accumulated deeper and deeper. Li Yifu's behavior, Tai Sui's head broke ground, and he thought that his life was long.

On August 22, the crown prince right Chongye guard, soldier Cao joined the army Cen Feng, and Shangshu reported Yifu: right Fengyu Wei Changshi, the second son of Yifu Li Qia, extorted 400 yuan of money, and sold right Chongye Changshi. Right Fengyu led Wei Huaijing to testify on the same day, and this matter is absolutely true.

Li Jiu was angry and cried, and Cao Cen Feng, the right Chongye soldier, was once the eldest princess's family order. After serving for more than 20 years, watching the princess grow up can be described as hard work. My sister's bones are not cold, and the domestic servants are bullied, which is a slap in the face of the emperor.

Long Yan was furious, put Li Yifu under house arrest at home, and set up a special team to investigate by executing Cheng Di Renjie in detail. As the saying goes, when the wall falls, everyone pushes it, and the drum is beaten by ten thousand people. This is a political signal, and those who have been persecuted by the Yifu have reported it with their real names.

The desk of the task force is piled up with a mountain of report letters, which is higher than the wall of Yining Fang. Si Yuan Taichang Bo Dou Dexuan quickly checked the accounts, and the reports were all facts. Li Jiu's heart is like ashes, and all of Li Mao's children, including his son-in-law, are all under house arrest at home, waiting to be dealt with later.

Yifu wept bitterly, wrote a letter of blood asking for sin, and prayed for the grace of the saint. So here's the problem, Li Jiu is really affectionate, and he can't bear to be ruthless. At the beginning, Wang Liwu was abolished, and the first support of the Yifu was called a charcoal in the snow. Relying on that opportunity, the sage realized his ambition and expelled the Guanlongmen valve.

Seeing that things had changed, Wu Kang couldn't agree, and wanted to use the head of Yifu to Bo Li Jiu's favor. alleviate his disgust with Mei Niang because of meddling in political affairs. So on August 30, I decisively shot again to add fuel to the fire.

Xin Hongliang, the general of Fengchen on the right, Cui Shenqing, the chief of Fengchen on the right, and Shang Yuan on the Yusu Festival, the three of them jointly played a sparse performance: Li Yifu's mother was mourned, and on the day of Shuowang's mourning, he secretly disguised himself to go out of the city. With the Taoist priest Du Yuanji, he went out of the city to the east of the ancient mound and spied on the look.

intends to spy on the disaster, steal luck and change fate, and his actions violate the ban, and he may not be subservient. This is a bombshell, divination is disgusted with victory, and it is the reverse scale of the royal family. At the beginning, Wang Liwu was abolished, and the crime of the queen was to practice the art of disgust and victory. Li Zhong, the former king of Liang, was demoted to a commoner because of his private divination.

Hope is even worse than the former, if there is indeed the truth, it is the last straw that crushes the camel. Li Jiu passed on the book again, and punished Shaoqing Yuan Dashi in detail, Wang Qianshi of the Detailed Punishment Temple, and Zhao Daoxing, the general of Zuo Jinwu, to jointly investigate the matter. Liu Boying, the general of the left prison gate, and Xiong Yuanyi, the general of the right prison gate, issued information on entering and leaving the city.

Du Yuanji, under the mountain of Qingcheng, was arrested by Zuo Jin Wuwei when he fled in disguise. He confessed to the matter of hope and explained the process in detail. In just two days, the human and material evidence was complete, and the joint investigation report was sent to the Zichen Palace.

On the fourth day of the first month of September, Zuo Fengchenwei was dispatched to cooperate with Zuo Yulin's army. Wu Kang personally led the team to blockade Yining Fang and arrest Li Yifu. Including his sons, Li Jin, Li Qia and Li Yang, as well as son-in-law Liu Yuanzhen.

handed over to the Detailed Punishment Temple for detention, and at the same time sent Zuo Yulin Army to blockade the entire Li Mansion, allowing him to enter but not to leave. All the properties of the Li family, including the shops in the two cities, were temporarily sealed with stickers. Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, just waiting for Li Jiu to speak.

Yesterday, in the early morning, Li Jiu personally named Liu Xiangdao, the chief inspector of the school, Dou Dexuan, the chief inspector, and the young master of the Shaoqing Yuan, and formed the three divisions for trial. Zhu Yichen, who was seriously ill, was recuperating at home, so he was replaced by Shaoqing.

At the end of the court meeting, Li Jiu suddenly became a demon, and Wu Kang corrected the Qing and led the trial. The bastard who killed a thousand knives was obviously not well-intentioned and wanted to see Naion's jokes. There have long been rumors in the court that the current queen Wu has five eagle dogs under her command.

Wu Kang, the general of Zuo Fengchen, is the number one lackey of the minions and the biggest henchman of the Wu family. The young master of the crown prince Xu Jingzong, the secretary of the Taichang Uncle Li Yifu, the right-hand man of the Wu family. Yuan Gongyu, a native of Xitaishe, who also serves as Si Xian's doctor, is the dog leg of the Wu family.

The late Metropolitan Governor of Yizhou, Wu Kang's father-in-law, Cui Yixuan, was the founder of the Wu family. So from an outsider's point of view, this time the three divisions will be tried, the number one dog bites the second dog, a typical dog bites a dog. The political enemies collectively climaxed, and Shangguanyi suggested a public trial at the court meeting. The people were allowed to observe, openly, justly and fairly, with the authority of the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time to warn the officials. This is very vicious, and he wants to nail his political opponent Yifu to the pillar of shame. Wu Kang scoffed, he was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, afraid that I would bend the law for personal gain.

These bastards, with the heart of a villain, live the belly of a gentleman. I have already decided to handle this case impartially and add bargaining chips to Mei Niang. Li Yifu was imprisoned, I planned and carried it out, and I was the gravedigger. Damn Xu Jingzong, he did the shopkeeper and didn't care about bullshit.

Li Jiu didn't want to do this, too many courtiers reconsidered, and he had to compromise. Agreed to the Prime Minister's request, opened the detailed punishment hall, allowed officials to observe, and forbade ordinary people to observe. At the same time, he was ruthless and gave Sikong Li Tao, the status of the minister, and was responsible for supervising the whole process.

At about four o'clock, in the courtyard of the Detailed Punishment Temple, the sun was still shining. The courtroom was set up temporarily, all kinds of equipment were available, and all the officials were in place. Wu Kang sat in the north and faced south, wearing a big purple official robe, wearing a three-beam Jinxian crown, exuding a heroic and righteous spirit.

The two detailed punishment Shaoqing stood on both sides of the left and right, cooperating with Wu Kang to ask the case. On the case in front of him, there were five stacks of case files, recording the evidence of the suspected crime. A total of two hundred and six copies, recording all the official positions sold during Li Yifu's tenure as a division. Including civil and military officials, lords and titles, civil and military officials, etc.

In the outer area to the east, there are two detailed punishment temples, and six detailed punishment temples, including Di Renjie, all of them are sitting in danger. In the western periphery, there are two palm prints, two detailed records of the execution, and fifty-six detailed criminal histories. Each person sits alone at a desk with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ready to record the trial.

On the left side in front of the presiding judge, Li Tao squinted his eyes slightly, and his old face was expressionless, like an old monk in a fixed position. Liu Xiangdao sat down with his hand, and he was the chief torturer Taichang Bo, representing the division of the yamen. On the opposite side is Dou Dexuan, the chief secretary of the school, representing the imperial history of Xiantai.

Forty detailed torture questions, holding water and fire sticks, lined up on the left and right. The rest of the detailed investigation is guarded by the entire courtroom and is responsible for maintaining order. Asking about things is in the south of the forest, sitting and eating melons, all the old gods are there, waiting to see a good show.

There are prime ministers of the current dynasty, three provinces, six ministries and nine temples, and more than 30 officials. Old friend Xu Jingzong, the official ceremony on the street, is also impressively listed. and the funniest thing, Li Hong and Li Xian brothers, wear regular clothes to join in the fun. It is estimated that Li Jiu arranged it so that the future pillars can see the dirty officials' faces.

Wu Kang secretly thought that this was the strongest onlooker in history. It felt very funny, when I was tried, no one came to watch. But then again, with such a big scene, the old brother Li Yifu can die without regrets.

At this time, Li Tao opened his eyes, looked at the copper kettle dripping, and reminded unhurriedly: "The hour is almost up, General Wu, please do it." Don't waste time, learn about this earlier, and you will be at peace. The old man can also report the results to the court as soon as possible. ”

Then let's start, Wu Kang nodded, and slapped the shocking wood. He stroked Tang Law, led all the staff to get up, and swore solemnly: "I follow the system of saints, fake the majesty of Tang Law, try the corrupt bill, and now announce the trial." In the case of Li Jin's sale of officials, the departments asked directly about the matter, and the two made a court. ”

The rhythm of the stick forest is pestle, and the relevant officials are dispatched. About half an hour, Li Jin wore prison clothes, escorted him into the prison guard, and walked into the stick forest. The victim's eldest son, Sun Yan, and the whistleblower, Yang Xingying, stood on the left and right sides.

First follow the routine, each report their name and home address. Then he patted the shocked wood and asked the eldest grandson Yan: "In February of the first year of Linde, Li Jin, the prince's right secretary, visited your door. Is it true that you are asked for 700 pieces of copper and allowed you to take the position of supervisor of Jinjin? ”

The eldest grandson replied truthfully, crying aggrievedly, saying that after he was a criminal official, he didn't dare to expect an official position. At that time, he politely declined, but the other party did not relent, and even made threatening words. In desperation, he sold his ancestral property to raise money, just to get through the difficulties.

Xingying testified from the side that he was good friends with the eldest grandson Yan, and once the two had a drink and accidentally learned about it. Seeing that his friend was in pain, he couldn't bear it for a while, so he complained under pressure. Wu Kang let him draw a prisoner and began to ask Li Jin: "Confess leniently, resist strictly, and explain honestly." Selling the official to the eldest grandson Yan, are you arbitrary, or is someone instigating? ”

The questions are all nonsense, they must be instructed by others, and the only one who can sell the official title is the official book. Li Jin is not a fool, when he comes to this step of the field, it is useless to quibble, and it is even more useless to be strong. poured beans into the bamboo tube, saying that it was instructed by his father, and he threaded the needle.

After signing and drawing, take a short break and start the next one. The process was very smooth, only two quarters of an hour, and Li Jin's stack was completed. Ordered the prison to be punished in detail, temporarily detained Li Jin, and made a shocking sound, and invited the next one: "The left and right prison officials will ask about the matter, and interrogate the right Fengyu Changshi, and Li Qia, the second son of the Yifu." ”

is still very smooth, Zongzong sold the official mantle, and Li Qia confessed. Among them, director Wu Kang played, blackmailed Cen Feng for 400 times, and sold the right Chongye Wei Changshi. There's nothing to say, sign and draw, please the next one.

Liu Yuanzhen, the chief bookkeeper of the Shaofu, the son-in-law of Li Yifu, put all the charges on his father-in-law, saying that he was forced. This is not a thing, which provokes everyone's contempt, and when he is promoted and makes a fortune, why don't you say that he was forced? Don't talk nonsense, continue to please, interrogated Li Yang, Wu Kang was heartbroken.

showed superb acting skills, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, and he almost burst into tears: "You are in Zuo Fengchenwei, and you have been with me for five years, how did you teach you?" Be upright and upright, do things worthy of your heart, and be the wind in your ears? Look at Shangguan Tingzhi, I've only been with me for a few months, and I'm about to be promoted, why don't you be angry? ”

The acting skills are slightly exaggerated, everyone rolls their eyes, Shangguan Yi's face is dark, and the vertical son is talking nonsense. Wu Kang continued to perform and began to blame himself deeply: "It's all my fault, I'm sorry for you." has been out on expeditions all year round, so that they neglect discipline, and only then will they have today's evil consequences. ”

Li Yang shed tears, busy blaming himself, the picture was too sensational. Everyone scoffed, Li Hong and Li Xian, brothers, and forced a smile on their faces. Li Tao covered his mouth and coughed, you are not his father, and it is not your turn to care. It won't implicate you, it's almost enough, let's get down to business.

The trial finally continued, and after the interrogation of the small fish, the big fish made a shining appearance. The big fish is decadent and abnormal, with deep sunken eye sockets and bloodshot eyeballs. The beard is a lot whiter, obviously just over fifty, but he looks like an old man with a sixtieth birthday. Before the power leaned towards the opposition, it can be called an infinite scenery, and there are a large group of little brothers around him.

If you fall into such a field, do not blame others, it is you who have died. The officials at the hearing, the judicial officers at the trial, had disdain in their eyes and were gloating. Li Hong sighed deeply, Li Tao turned a deaf ear, and Wu Kang sighed. You and Xu Jingzong both regard wealth as their lives, but he is better than you.

As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way. If you rely on selling official positions, you will definitely be angry and resentful, look at Xu Jingzong, and make a fortune by cultivating the history of the country. The routine is like this: If you want to leave a name in history and have enough money to be filial, you will be written in the history books of this dynasty.

All kinds of exaggerations make you outstanding and make you famous in history. If you do not honor your money, or if you sin against me, you will be written in bad ways. All kinds of foul language, all kinds of derogatory words, let you stink for 10,000 years.

Wu Kang secretly thought that this was a way to make money, and the so-called historical records were just like that. Even if he Xu Jingzong records it from facts, he will use it or not. The political wind has changed, and in order to serve politics, future emperors will change the history books in a big way.

It is all a falsification of history, and it is destined to be unrecognizable, so it is better to make a fortune by relying on it. Therefore, Xu Jingzong will be rich and noble for the rest of his life, and he will be able to live a good life. On the other hand, you Li Yifu are destined to be ruined, greedy for money will not make money, and the greatest sorrow in life.

After complaining in his heart, he began to shake his head, and ordered to ask the seat, and then give a cup of hot tea: "Li Gong sells the official mantle, Li Jin, Li Qia, Li Yang, and your son-in-law Liu Yuanzhen, all confess." I will also tell you the truth, the trial of the case until now is very unfavorable to you. ”

At this time, there should be pretending, Wu Kang said lightly: "The human and material evidence are all there, and the ironclad evidence is like Dai Zong, and the argument is pale and weak. People want faces and barks, we men make mistakes, don't choose to escape. Go in with your head held high and come out dignified, does Li Gong think so? ”

After a long silence, Yifu was sad and nodded imperceptibly. Wu Kang sat upright, read out the file one by one, and asked him to sign and draw it. In about half an hour, the seller was dealt with, and the next thing to do was to settle other culpabilities.

Such as taking prisoners as concubines, forcing the detailed punishment temple to death, and exhausting the county order to repair the tomb. persecuted and murdered Liu Renliang, coerced and lured Liu Renyuan, and Shuowang disguised himself to leave the city. All the lawlessness was appalling, and the officials were shocked and angry. Li Hong and Li Xian brothers also gritted their teeth.

Yifu all pleaded guilty, but he tried his best to refute the peeping luck: "Du Yuanji is a demon, saying that my family has prison spirit, and it needs to be suppressed by 80,000 yuan." It is also said that Shuowang will go out of the city and lift the mound to relieve the prison gas. I was bewitched by evil words, so I made a big mistake, and I implore Zhengqing to be aware that someone is harming me. ”

Look at the wool, completely give up on you, Wu Kang and Yan Yuese: "Don't worry about Gong Li, just judge Du Yuanji now, and the two of you will confront each other in court." He is an important witness, Cheng Wang Qianshi of the Detailed Punishment Temple, and Di Renjie of the Detailed Punishment Temple, let's go and mention him together. ”

The two of them made a promise and left with questions. About a quarter of an hour later, he hurried back from a run, with a large number of jailers. Di Renjie looked weird, and reported in front of the hall: "Yuan Ji knew that he would die, so he took off his belt and hanged himself. The subordinate was in the cell and found the suicide note. ”

The atmosphere fell silent suddenly, Wu Kang pretended to be surprised, and reprimanded the jailer: You should all get out of the wine bag and rice bag. The jailer trembled, pleaded guilty vigorously, and did not dare to defend himself. Fools understand that there is a cat in it, Li Tao opened his eyes and swept his gaze here.

The trial continued, and after reading the suicide note, Wu Kang shook his head and sighed again: "Yuan Ji committed suicide in fear of crime, and he clearly said in the suicide note that you forced him to be angry." In fact, it doesn't matter, it is an indisputable fact that Li Gong snooped on luck. Every time I go out of the city in disguise, the prison guards have a record, so let's sign and draw a charge..."

Yifu roared suddenly, got up and rushed to this side, asking about things quickly, and instantly controlled it. This man has hideous facial features, a stalk neck and round eyes, and scolds Wu Kang: "I treat you as a brother, you treat me as a fool, why do you want to harm me..."

The eyes were focused, and everyone had different expressions, and under the thick fear, there was some respect. Jingzong was complacent, the old god Li Tao was there, and Shangguanyi's face sank like water. Wu Kang didn't care, didn't defend or reprimand, and let Yifu vent.

I don't know how long it took, Yifu was exhausted, and finally couldn't speak. It's just those big eyes, staring at each other, before the anger does not abate. Wu Kang looked left and right, and said with a pleasant face: "The accusations are all facts, Liu Xianggong and Dou Xianggong, how should it be judged?" ”

There is nothing to say about this, the verdict according to the law is that the righteous government is heinous and must commit suicide at home. Liu Xiangdao got up, and just wanted to express something, when he suddenly heard the sound of a male duck: The sage passed down the edict, the trial ended, and Wu Kang was edicted...

More than a dozen eunuchs hurriedly came, led by Wang Fusheng. Everyone stood up and saluted, and Wu Kang immediately left the table and took over the edict. swept a few lines at a glance, and couldn't help but pull out a light smile, Li Jiu really loved it. This is a good thing, dealing with the samurai crisis, I have a little more confidence. So he held up the edict and shouted loudly: Li Yifu listens to the edict...

Si Lie Tai Changbo, the chief of the Yin Wangfu, the Li Yi Mansion of the Duke of Hejian County, the small skill of Yuanzi, and the accumulation of the land. The benefits of dust and dew are not expressed in the stream; The reputation of honesty is disordered in Yidian. The words of the forbidden are omitted, and the favor is bestowed; Those who are waiting for the waiting, the mourning of light hope. Accumulate evil goods, and defile their clothes; Minoru is evil and jealous, and he is guilty of political affairs.

He has been appointed as an envoy for many years, and he has not endured to impose heavy punishments, so he should be abandoned to suppress Chaolun. can be removed, with his wife and children, and sent to Shanzhou. The prince's right secretary Li Jin, the right Fengyu Changshi Li Qia, the left Qianniu prepared Li Yang, and the Shaofu master Liu Yuanzhen, who was dictatorial to the power gate, was rarely jealous, and adultery was a business.

Bribery is insatiable, friends are not in the office, and secrets are reported. It is also advisable to punish all the desolate descendants and remove them all. Li Jin Changliu Zhenzhou, Li Qia, Li Yang, Liu Yuanzhen, all Changliu Tingzhou...