Yongning Wei Zhen guarded Cai Lin to the Quanzhou Health Bureau, Shen Xi's trial trick would not work, originally he planned to only need two or three more court passes, so that the officials of the Quanzhou Prefecture and County Yamen who were arrested and brought to justice could loosen up and confess Zhang Lian's guilt.

Cai Lin behaved arrogantly, but the more arrogant he was, the more he reflected the fear in this person's heart, Cai Lin was not sincere in helping Zhang Lian, he was just afraid that he would be involved in the case......

Such an old eunuch who doesn't even have heirs and descendants is just asking for more money to support his old age, and he won't care about Zhang Lian's life or death.

That night, Shen Xi stayed in the lobby and kept writing at the desk.

Yu Niang came in with a lantern and said earnestly: "Lord Shen, as I said before, it is better to leave this case to the imperial court to decide, and my lord really shouldn't cause trouble and ruin his future." ”

Shen Xi raised his head and asked with a smile, "Even Yu Niang has no confidence in me?" ”

Yu Niang wants to say, people are not sages after all, how can they never make mistakes? Isn't everything in this world in your calculations? However, she didn't want to hit Shen Xi, so she said:

"The local forces in Quanzhou are intricate, Cai Zhen can't defend it, and there will be others who obstruct it, and I am afraid that it will not be peaceful when I return to Beijing. The slave family heard that Zhang Lian had sent the recital of Lord Shen to the Beijing Division in advance, and I am afraid that before the case is concluded, the edict to punish Lord Shen's crime will come, and the previous efforts will be abandoned at that time! ”

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "It won't be long...... Aren't you in a hurry to go back? If I can leave in the next two days, I will be able to return to the capital by the end of May. The case will continue to be tried in court tomorrow, but this time I believe that even Cai Lin has nothing to say. ”

Yu Niang thought about it, could it be that Shen Xi already had the exact evidence of the crime?

Now the people brought by Cai Lin are surrounded by Luojiang Town, where the Quanzhou Health Official Office is located, and they can't even leave, so how can they get incriminating evidence?

However, Yu Niang also thought of it, even if Shen Xi couldn't get out, at least he had the Chamber of Commerce to help secretly. But after all, the Chamber of Commerce is just a group of people of three religions and nine ranks, and it is relatively limited in its help.

Shen Xi stayed awake that night, and Yu Niang also kept watch in the lobby all night.

Yu Niang was afraid that Cai Lin's people would be detrimental to Shen Xi when they entered the Quanzhou Health Office, but it seemed that Cai Lin had already won the battle, or Cai Lin did not expect to be detained before entering Quanzhou Wei, so he did not arrange the rescue and assassination in advance.

Seeing that Shen Xi was still writing, Yu Niang was very curious to know what Shen Xi wrote, but she knew that with her identity, she couldn't come forward to check it at all.

As soon as the morning dawned, Cai Lin stretched his waist and came to the lobby of the Quanzhou Health Bureau, and made a sharp and piercing voice: "Lord Shen said that the case will be tried today, and our family can listen to it when you try the case, and see who comes out to testify that Governor Zhang's mansion is corrupt and perverts the law." ”

Cai Lin was very afraid that Shen Xi would interrogate the people of the Quanzhou Mansion and Jinjiang County at night or just after dawn, so he got up early in the morning and went to the lobby to watch. In fact, it makes no difference whether he watched the trial or not, because the people from the Yamen of Quanzhou Prefecture and County, who were arrested yesterday, knew that he was coming, and that one dared to talk nonsense?

Shen Xi smiled slightly and said, "Cai Zhenshou is so relaxed, it really makes this official embarrassed. The official has just received the news that the county seat of Hui'an has been captured by the rebels four days ago, the Hui'an county commander was killed in the riots, and most of the officials in the county were killed by the rebels, and then the rebels looted in the city, and a large number of people joined it......

"What?" Cai Lin was shocked when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down, "This is absolutely impossible, where did you get the news?" Why don't we know? ”

At this moment, Wang He hurriedly came in, he had just learned the news that Hui'an County had been captured by the rebel army, and came to Shen Xi to discuss.

Listening to Wang Heyi, Cai Lin will be skeptical.

"To quell the civil unrest, it is mainly to be handed over to the commander of Wang to be responsible, but in the current situation, it is still under the responsibility of the first evil, the anger of the civilians should be the mainstay, the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce has prepared food, if the Quanzhou Wei to the northeast, it will be delivered to Hui'an County with the army." Shen Xi Road.

The local civil unrest broke through the county and led to the death of the court officials, this matter is not small, Wang He, as the commander of the Quanzhou Guard, is responsible for quelling the rebellion.

Cai Lin felt that there was a lot of crisis, because once the rebellion spread and expanded, the matter would be unraveled, and the court would investigate it, and then not only would he be blamed for not being the eyes and ears of the court, but corruption and bribery would also be exposed.

Cai Lin pointed at Shen Xi and shouted angrily: "If Lord Shen hadn't forcibly detained the people of the government, why would there be a civil unrest?" Our family wants to play a copy of you to the court! ”

Shen Xi seemed to hear a funny joke, and laughed and said: "Cai Zhenshou is really good at beating up, there is civil unrest in the place, no matter the reason, I want to rely on me as a messenger for the first time...... Dare to ask Cai Zhenshou, when did the civil unrest occur, and when did the official arrive in Quanzhou to take it? ”

Cai Lin was dumbfounded.

It was originally a clever plan, but there was only a problem with the time, the fall of Hui'an County was four days ago, and Shen Xi only arrived in Quanzhou Mansion yesterday, and the time was not right at all.

Shen Xi took out a document from his arms and raised his head: "This is a complaint filed by Quanzhou businessmen who jointly sued the Quanzhou prefect for corruption and forced businessmen to pay bribes, purchase private property, and forcibly buy and sell. In addition, dozens of grain merchants have sued the prefect of Quanzhou, forcibly putting the grain of each store into the government treasury, affecting the operation of various merchants. Does Cai Zhenshou need to take a look? ”

When Cai Lin heard this, his face was full of embarrassment, and he said angrily: "Someone doesn't recognize the ghost thing on it." ”

Cai Lin, who was a eunuch guarding the town, was illiterate.

Shen Xi said: "Cai Zhenshou doesn't know him, so Ben Qincha will read it to you personally." However, before reading it, the official still had a copy of the Wanmin Book jointly written by the people of Nan'an and Tong'an counties, suing Zhang Lian, the prefect of Quanzhou, and others, ignoring the disaster situation in Quanzhou in recent years, privately changing the yellow book, forcibly apportioning taxes, increasing labor for personal gain, and sending troops to hunt and kill people when they had no way to live, and disregard people's lives. ”

Cai Lin's face was already as pale as earth at this time, if what Shen Xi said was true, then Zhang Lian would not be enough to die even if he had ten lives.

But he thought about it, this letter of the people may not be true, even if Shen Xi is a messenger, where did he get these two letters of love to the people?

Cai Lin straightened his face and said: "Lord Shen is not going to scare people, are you casually available as the Book of the People?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and sighed: "Cai Zhenshou doesn't believe it, just a few days ago, a batch of disaster relief grain raised by Quanzhou businessmen was transported to the disaster area, I don't know if Cai Zhenshou has heard of it?" ”

Cai Lin thought about it a little, but as the guard of the guard, how could he know about this kind of thing involving local administration?

“…… When a merchant came forward and the people were relieved, why was it difficult for them to sign and draw a pledge on the royal writ? If Cai Zhenshou continues to exonerate the criminal minister Zhang Lian, then the official can only be regarded as Cai Zhenshou and Zhang Lian are one party, and report to His Majesty, and His Majesty will decide...... Commander Wang, please look at these two confessions, but they are forged? ”

Wang He looked at it carefully, and the two Wanmin Books were not fakes, that is to say, in fact, before Shen Xi asked Quanzhou Wei to come forward to take people, there was already conclusive evidence.

But the civil prosecution officials do not conform to the Ming legal system, and these two books of the people should not be ironclad evidence, but now the situation is different, because the county seat of Hui'an was broken by the chaotic people, and most of the officials of a county died unexpectedly.

Shen Xi asked: "Commander Wang, I don't know that the place is in chaos, but it is caused by Zhang Lian's corruption and perversion of the law?" ”

Shen Xi used to need people from the Yamen of Quanzhou Prefecture to testify for him, but now it is different, even Wang He can come forward to testify, because there is a large-scale civil unrest in the place, and the people in the health center will only try to clear up the relationship, and it is the best way to put the responsibility on the prefect Yamen.

Thinking about this, without Wang He's statement, Cai Lin has already shouted: "It's the criminal minister Zhang Lian, who bent the law for bribes and even boiled public resentment, and the anti-grain case in the first year...... He was the one who started it. Lord Shen, you have to enforce the law impartially, and you can't involve the innocent! ”

Cai Lin was still clamoring before, but seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately became a grass on the wall, decisively turned the gun, not only did not help Zhang Lian, but fell into the ground.

"Okay." Shen Xi nodded, "There are two people who have come forward to testify, I think Your Majesty will know who is on the side of the chaos in Quanzhou, making the people miserable and the people miserable." Please also sign with me on His Majesty's recital! ”

Cai Lin was a little hesitant in his heart, but when Wang He put the person who sent the message from Yongningwei in, Cai Lin learned that something really happened in Hui'an County and Shen Xi was not a fool, he was completely dead to the idea of protecting Zhang Lian, and now he was thinking that Zhang Lian must not be allowed to go to the capital alive, otherwise he would have to be buried with him.

"Lord Shen, you can write the book yourself, our family is illiterate, just draw it."

Cold sweat broke out on Cai Lin's forehead, Shen Xi said that he would be held accountable, and now he wanted to exchange for Shen Xi's accommodation and compromise on this issue, and it was no longer feasible to kill Shen Xi and extinguish his mouth, because even if Shen Xi, the Qin mission, died, the matter of the Quanzhou rebellion could not be suppressed, and the imperial court would send others to investigate.

Murdering Qin Cha is a great crime to exterminate the nine clans, so why bother yourself? It's better to be more direct and effective than bribery! Cai Lin thought to himself: "When I go back, I will immediately send a few hundred taels of silver over, I am afraid that this kid will not enter the oil and salt, I have to think of a way, I must not let Zhang Lian live, this is a disaster." ”

Even if Cai Lin is greedy, he doesn't have a good way to be greedy for ink, and he can't be like Zhang Lian who is 60,000 taels of silver as soon as he makes a move.

Yu Niang was beside her, and she didn't be stunned for a long time, and only now did she know why Shen Xi was so sure, because Shen Xi had expected this result from the beginning.

Now that I think about it, Cai Lin's arrival is not a bad thing, this eunuch who is greedy for life and afraid of death has "helped" Shen Xi at a critical time.

Shen Xi wrote nothing else yesterday, but it was a recital of the imperial court, Shen Xi prepared several plans, and finally chose the text of he, the Qin Mission, the local people, and the Wei Office to report Zhang Lian's corruption and perversion of the law.

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, after Wang He signed his name, he immediately had to arrange counterinsurgency matters, as for Cai Lin was not in a hurry to leave, he wanted to stay and supervise Shen Xi's trial.

But at this time, Cai Lin no longer interfered with it, but wanted to supervise and see which one spoke for Zhang Lian without opening his eyes, if he didn't put all the responsibility on Zhang Lian's head, then everyone would suffer with Zhang Lian.

"Let's open the court."

Shen Xi finally sat back at the desk in the lobby, "Within one day, the case must be concluded, and the official must join the confessions of all the people involved in the case to His Majesty, and His Majesty will decide the case." ”

Cai Lin said with a smile: "You don't need Your Majesty to decide, let's see, it's still up to you to decide, isn't it all done by the Qincha first?" ”

Shen Xi glanced at Cai Lin, the other party clearly wanted to instigate him to be reckless, and to cut Zhang Lian, the culprit, first, and then play, he shook his head slightly, and said: "This is not storytelling and singing, there is no Shang Fang sword, and there is no royal flag, what authority does Ben Qincha have to decide the life and death of a court official?" Someone came, guarded the seat for Cai Zhen, and let Cai Zhenshou participate in the trial together. ”

Cai Lin hurriedly waved his hand: "You are a Qincha, the case is still tried by you, our family is standing by the side, just listen." As he spoke, Cai Lin wiped the cold sweat on his head, thinking in his heart: "Fortunately, I came, otherwise I wouldn't know how to die." ”

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