In fact, Shen Xi didn't need Jiang Liwei to provide any confession, he asked Yu Niang to give Jiang Liwei a "chance", Jiang Liwei didn't know how to grasp it, so he couldn't complain about him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When the court was held again, Jiang Liwei was shocked to find that several Huizhou government officials who had been secretly transferred by him outside the city to escort the capital and then "disposed of" halfway had been brought to court. This also means that he has no use value, even if he confesses now, it seems that he can only make Shen Xi add him a charge of "abusing lynching and torture into a trick", and killing him is more justified.

Jiang Liwei was about to protest against Shen Xi's arrogance of people, when officers and soldiers behind him blocked his mouth with sackcloth, and said with a curse: "Don't look at what kind of place this is, you still want to roar in court when you commit something?" Only with Lord Shen's permission! ”

Jiang Li only wanted to cry without tears, and now things are far beyond his estimate, showing that Shen Xi has set a trap to harm him. He glared at Yu Niang angrily, and regarded Yu Niang, who had gone to persuade him to "turn back to the shore", as Shen Xi's accomplice, and Yu Niang could only smile helplessly in the face of Jiang Liwei's angry eyes.

"Master Governor, the grass people are guilty, the grass people gave the prefect five hundred taels of silver before......" Seeing Shen Xi coming out of the inner hall, the kneeling gentry and big businessmen in the hall of the government hurriedly confessed.

Mouthful, the court is very noisy!

Shen Xi "snapped" and slapped the shocked wood, and said angrily: "Even if you are guilty, you must wait for the official to interrogate the sinner before speaking, and take him to the back hall first!" ”

Originally, the person was escorted to the back hall, which was basically a signal of abuse of lynching.

In the hall where the mirror is high, you may have to take care of the onlookers, and you can't mess around, and it is possible to kill and cripple in the back hall, not to mention that there is a dungeon in the backyard of the prefect's yamen, where the torture equipment is complete.

But for the gentry and big businessmen present, they can't wait to go to the back hall, hurry up or not late, and be able to enter the back hall to explain that their sin will be forgiven by the governor, and the back hall is a good place to operate secretly.

Just when these people were wishful thinking, the non-commissioned officers who were acting as officials had already come, and an officer and soldier escorted one person, not through the doors of the main hall and the back hall, but through the moon gate outside the lobby.

According to the usual practice, if you walk from a place where the side courtyard is darkly lit, it is very easy to be beaten violently, and the gentry and the big merchants almost know the rules of the yacha detainees, and know that it is very easy to be beaten when they go to a place where there is no one, and only by giving the benefits can the skin and flesh suffer less.

But they miscalculated again, this time they were escorted by regular soldiers on official business, these veterans may be slack off on the battlefield, but they dare not beat the gentry and big businessmen under Shen Xi's nose.

Most of the gentry were from scholarly families, and almost all of those merchants could read and write. Although the martial arts disdain civil officials, in the context of the era of emphasizing literature over military force, they still have an inferiority complex in front of literati, and they also admire those capable literati or civil officials more.

This is also the reason why the three armies believe in Shen Xi to the extreme, because Shen Xi has wisdom and strategy that they do not have, regardless of age.

However, among the literati, they are very particular about seniority, and after seeing it, they first ask about their teachers, and then ask about their backgrounds, and as for their own talents and knowledge, they are put at the end.

Shen Xi asked all the officials of the prefect's yamen to be escorted up, and the "confessions" and "reports" written by the people were sorted out and brought to their hands, and only some of the officials were willing to come forward to testify, indicating that in addition to the crime of embezzlement, Song Kuang also disregarded the laws of the imperial court and colluded with bandits, killing good people and taking meritorious deeds.

Shen Xi didn't say who reported and who didn't, and nodded slightly: "These confessions, this official is very satisfied, anyone who reports the offender Song Kuang, this official will not be held accountable, and he will be dismissed and retained to see the after-effects." As for those who do not change their crimes, they are guilty of the same crime as Song Kuang, and they all ask the ...... of the beheading family."

"My lord, the lower officials are willing to admit their guilt, expose the Song prefect for killing good people to become bandits, and show merit to ......the imperial court."

Hearing that the consequences were so serious, those officials who had no testimony turned white with fright.

At this time, they don't care if they offend people, the most important thing is to save their lives at this time, since someone has come out to report Song Kuang, then even if Song Kuang's charges of perverting the law for bribes and killing good people and making meritorious deeds are implemented, there is no to come out and report, and those who do not report will be buried with Song Kuang, which is the result they don't want to see the most.

The Huizhou Governor, who was in his forties, shouted hoarsely: "My lord, the lower officials are willing to report the criminal Song Kuang." ”

Those who did not give an honest confession were all panicked at this moment, and those officials who pleaded guilty in advance and testified secretly rejoiced. There were a lot of officials kneeling and kowtowing in the lobby, and Jing Yue shouted angrily when he saw this: "Don't make a noise, otherwise you will be waiting for the killing stick!" ”

At this time, even his life is almost gone, so what do you care about killing the bastard? The voices of officials vying for mercy became more and more poignant.

Shen Xi said: "This official has always had clear rewards and punishments, and those who confess their sins before and after morning and evening, although they have repented but their hearts are unpredictable, and the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime is unforgivable, and they will be beaten with a cane fifty first!" ”

Shen Xi singled out the confessions of officials who did not give truthful explanations and handed them to Jing Yue, every time Jing Yue called an official, the official came out not to beg for mercy, but to thank him: "Lord Xie, Lord Xie......"

It seems honorable to be beaten with fifty sticks, which is very incomprehensible to others, and only the person concerned understands that it is worth a thousand things to exchange for the peace of oneself and the whole family by suffering in the ass.

Shen Xi's "clear rewards and punishments" are also accepted by these officials, who hesitated before and did not grasp the opportunity to be exonerated, and now it is not easy to save their lives, and it doesn't matter whether the ass is opened or not.

In the courtyard in front of the lobby, the onlookers automatically moved out of a vacant lot, and saw that these officials were being beaten in turn, and the execution was still going on there, and Shen Xi had already begun to interrogate Sui Zhu and others.

These Huizhou officials who were detained by Jinyiwei were originally framed for Song Kuang, although their own buttocks were not so clean, but like Shen Xi's position, they wanted to put Song Kuang to death, so as not to be victimized by beating snakes, so the evidence provided by these people was more detailed.

With the confessions of these people, it is clear at a glance how many people were killed, what kind of credit they reported to the court, how the rewards of the court were distributed, and the relationship of interests.

During his three years in office in Huizhou, Song Kuang killed as many as 369 ordinary people, many of whom were women and children, and all this was just to make the black gauze hat on his head stable and have the opportunity to be promoted, and at the same time to get rewards from the imperial court in the name of suppressing bandits, collect money and food from the gentry and merchants, and raise more women.

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The case that Yu Niang took nearly a year to complete was concluded by Shen Xi in one night, and the evidence was conclusive.

In the end, Shen Xi was shocked, and said sharply: "The criminal ministers Song Kuang, Hu Chu and others were corrupt and perverted the law, killed civilians Zhao Si, Sun Kun, Liu Fugui and others, and took the lead of bandits, the crime is extremely evil, and now this official will conclude the trial of this case, according to the facts, tomorrow at noon at the entrance of the market, together with 25 bandits from Elephant Head Mountain, behead the public!" ”

"Song Kuang's family property is confiscated, his wife and concubine ask for the way to come from the house, send the road silver to return to the hometown, tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, the official will personally supervise and ask for the beheading!"

"Mighty!"

The officers and soldiers on both sides of the army shouted even harder.

Song Kuang, who was convicted of capital crimes, also wanted to reprimand Shen Xi for abusing his power and disregarding human life, but the soldiers no longer gave him a chance to speak, and pressed his head to the ground, as if he was about to use a knife and axe.

The onlookers let out a huge cheer, the public court in their eyes is the most sacred place, Shen Xi convicted Song Kuang of guilt, and there were so many people who testified that even the thieves themselves admitted it, so Song Kuang couldn't argue.

A corrupt official who has been evil in the local area for many years, and now he has been condemned to death by the imperial court Zhengsanpin Qincha, and in the eyes of the people, he is very relieved, and the people hate to go up and skin Song Kuang alive and eat his flesh raw.

And Shen Xi just needs the heads of Song Kuang and others to go out for this time.

"Quit!"

Shen Xi shouted and stood up, and before he could enter the inner hall, there was already a sound of praise outside.

"Lord Shen is fair and honest."

"Lord Shen is Bao Qingtian alive."

"Lord Shen is the first hero of my Ming Dynasty......"

Shen Xi didn't pay attention to these beautiful words, he knew that the people were the most easily bewitched by public opinion, in the past, Song Kuang collected black money in the public court to condemn the good people to death, and the onlookers shouted nothing more than that.

Entering the inner hall, Yu Niang saluted and said: "Lord Shen has worked hard all the way, but he can be the master of the local people in Huizhou, and the slave family admires him." ”

Shen Xi sat down and said with a smile: "There are so many words of praise outside, but only this sentence of the Yu master is the most popular." In the past few days, in order to quell the bandits and solve the case, this official really hasn't even slept well. ”

Only then did Yu Niang know that Shen Xi, who seemed to be relaxed, had used great energy to investigate the case, and peeled off the cocoon, and finally used Song Kuang's corruption and bribery as a breakthrough to find out in one fell swoop the case of killing good people in Huizhou for several years.

"Lord Shen, since you are tired, you should rest early, and you will have to ......be beheaded tomorrow," Yu Niang reminded.

Shen Xi raised his hand to interrupt Yu Niang's words: "No, although Song Kuang's case is over, it must be done from the beginning to the end, and there are still local gentry and businessmen who have not been asked!" ”

Yu Niang secretly wondered, could it be that Shen Xi was going to be like Song Kuang, reaching out to the local gentry and businessmen to ask for money?

Shen Xi seemed to know what Yu Niang was thinking, and asked Yu Niang to go to the backyard with him.

When the gentry and merchants saw Shen Xi, they all knelt down and expressed their willingness to testify, but they did not know that the case had been concluded in the lobby in front of them, and even the dirty silver had been confiscated.

Under the blazing torches, Shen Xi's face was full of determination, and he said loudly: "This official will do what he says, and anyone who confesses will be pardoned, and then this official will send someone to inquire about the person who gave bribes, and if there is anyone who hides and conceals, he will be sent to his house!" ”

When Yu Niang heard Shen Xi's words, her body couldn't help but be excited.

In her heart, there is a shadow of "raiding her home", because it was raiding her home that made her a crime, and she was still alone after so many years of wandering.

The gentry and merchants in the backyard breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and Shen Xi said to forgive their sins, that is, they and their families were safe, but those families who did not come to confess their sins would be unlucky. Shen Xi instructed Jing Yue: "Immediately go through the file, but anyone who pays more than 60 bribes will send troops to raid their homes!" ”

Jing Yue commanded: "Yes, my lord! ”

The officers and men were heavily armed, and they were sent out one by one...... As long as it is found in the file that the gentry families in the city have paid bribes and report them in the future, they will all be raided and questioned. (To be continued.) )