Chapter 179 The Murderous Dispute
According to the emperor's strict order, the deadline has exceeded one day, and officials at all levels are under great pressure. The officials of Kaifeng Mansion are even more of a dragnet combing of the key target - the Bianhe block. In the evening of that day, a servant suddenly received a message from a passer-by that someone had discovered the den where the princess was detained, and the officials were suspicious, but when they arrived there, they only found three or four tied skins, and after inquiry, they said that the princess had been rescued by a group of strangers. The officials of Kaifeng Mansion hurriedly reported to the officials, and then from Gao Yu to the relevant officials panicked again, and when a group of people were anxious about the princess's new whereabouts, there was a good news in the palace, the princess returned to the palace, and the officials were relieved, but some people's hearts were uncomfortable.
In the Taiwei Mansion, Gao Yu sat depressed, he was busy for several days, the princess didn't have a single hair, but she was sent to the palace intact by the King of Huainan County, especially unpleasantly, it is said that it is still the credit of the Jingdong boy, if this matter is spread, isn't it a slap in the face of the Taiwei!
Let's say that when Gao Yu was troubled, Fu An and Lu Qian walked in.
"Taiwei is thinking about Princess Yurong?" Tomiyasu asked quietly.
Gao Yu glanced at him lightly and said nothing, and Na Fuan continued:
"The little one also thinks that this matter is strange, that kid in Jingdong is not familiar with the place, the princess is hidden tightly, and the government can't find it no matter how much effort it takes, how can he find out! It wasn't until Lu Yuhou said that his subordinates felt that it was very likely to be a conspiracy. ”
"What do you mean?" When Gao Yu heard this, he immediately looked at Lu Qian.
"The subordinates thought, Jingdong's kid was able to find Princess Yurong so smoothly, it is very likely that he did something to Princess Yurong himself, thinking that he offended the Taiwei and others when he first arrived in the capital, seeing that his fame was hopeless and difficult to gain a foothold, he acted in this drama of a thief shouting and urging a thief, and the opportunity to make meritorious service was used as a step for his promotion, which is really possible."
"Besides, I heard that at noon that day, the princess disappeared after coming out of the inn, according to our eyeliner, not long after the princess and her party came out, a few people seemed to come out of the inn to follow."
After Lu Qian reported, Fu An followed up to report some more information. After listening to the report of the two, Gao Yu closed his eyes and thought for a while, but asked:
"Then what should you say about the king of Huainan County?"
"The king of Huainan County was naturally deceived by that kid, and he was used by him without knowing the truth." Lu Qian replied.
"But without evidence, everything is empty talk!"
Gao Yu seemed to be moved after hearing this, but it seemed inappropriate to think that it would be inappropriate to convict people based on conjecture alone, and there was also the king of Huainan County.
"The little one recognized an idler by the Bianhe River called Niu Er, and he happened to come to my house yesterday, saying that he saw the kidnapping of the princess by that kid from Jingdong, and he was willing to testify at that time."
Let's talk about how Niu Er got to Lu Qian's house, it turned out that yesterday night in the cave, he was talking with a cave man about buying and selling Yurong, and suddenly saw Gu Haotian bring someone in, and hurriedly fled from the dark passage with the cave man. After escaping, he was also terrified for a while, and then thought that Lu Qian, Gao Taiwei and others were enemies of life and death with that kid from Jingdong, so it was better to find him, maybe there was some life, so he thought of a reason to find Lu Qian.
Lu Qian is also a scheming person, although he refused to believe his words, but when he heard that it was against Jingdong Kid, he took the initiative to ignore the flaws in it, and instead made suggestions.
"One person is not enough to testify! It is said that there are a few live mouths caught over there, who knows what those people say. Gao Yu said at this time.
"Isn't Taiwei the chief officer of this search and rescue princess, if Kaifeng Mansion wants to move the prisoners over, how dare they refuse, as long as the prisoners are in their hands, how do they want to open their mouths at that time, it's not ......"
"Fu'an, you take someone to Kaifeng Mansion, bring a group of criminals over, and after tonight's interrogation, you will take care of it."
Gao Yu was moved when he saw that what Lu Qian said made some sense, so he ordered Fu'an to take the prisoner over and reason again.
At night, Fu An, a relative of Taiwei Mansion, took a few prisoners from the prison of Kaifeng Mansion. Soon after, Cai Jiagoro took a few people into the yamen of the criminal department. However, these two seemingly unrelated actions led to a good show in the morning of the second day.
Wende Palace, it is another day of the early dynasty, due to the safe return of Princess Yurong, the old emperor is in a good mood, and saw him sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the king of Huainan in the court class with a smile, thinking in his heart, I didn't expect this son who does not show mountains and rivers on weekdays, this time he has made a great contribution, and he is about to open his mouth to commend him, only to see one person from the court, but it is the leading minister of the case, Taiwei Gao.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a good song."
As soon as the old emperor saw that his henchmen and favored ministers had a foundation, he had to put down his heart in advance, and said, "Let's play."
"The minister heard a report from Kaifeng Mansion yesterday, saying that he had detained several prisoners who had violated the princess, so he interrogated him overnight, during which Niu Er, a common man from the Bianhe neighborhood, testified, according to the confessions and testimony of these two parties, the main culprit behind the disappearance of the princess was Gu Haotian, a native of Jeju, Jingdong......"
"Taiwei Hugh's gibberish ......"
It is said that Chai Wenbo did not go to the court in the past, but today he received the will of the old emperor, and at this time, he was standing in the court, and Gao Yu, who suddenly heard it, actually said that Gu Haotian was a murderer, and was taken aback, and hurriedly went out to stop it.
"The king of the county is in a hurry, and listen to the official slowly."
Gao Yu didn't pay much attention to this idle county king, and he interrupted him without waiting for him to finish speaking.
According to the confessions of those prisoners, that Gu Haotian found them about ten days ago, and the two sides negotiated a deal of five hundred taels of silver, and on the morning of the princess's disappearance, this Gu Haotian informed them that they were waiting in Xiangguo Temple and kidnapped two young women disguised as men. But at noon yesterday, he took a group of people to the princess's hiding place and killed people when they saw them, and it was he who escaped the catastrophe with a few clever people, waiting for the arrival of the government personnel. ”
"There is another testimony of Niu Er, that was after Princess Yurong left the inn, and there were two people in the inn who kept an eye on Xiangguo Temple, and they didn't turn back until the princess was robbed."
"The minister thinks that Gu Haotian is a Jingdong person, and it has been less than a month since he arrived in the capital, the princess is missing, and thousands of officers and soldiers in the capital have searched for days and cannot find it, and how can he be easily found by an outsider, so the minister thinks that he has already planned, the prisoner's confession and Niu Er's testimony are credible, and that Gu Haotian should be detained and interrogated to find out the truth."
There was a little truth in the report, and some ministers who didn't know the truth nodded one after another, and even the old emperor was a little shaken.
"Taiwei is ridiculous, this time to rescue Yurong, this king has been involved from beginning to end, but that Gu Haotian is doing his best, it can never be the person Taiwei said."
Chai Wenbo was furious when he saw Gao Yu reversing black and white, and immediately opened his mouth to refute it.
"This is the insidious thing about that kid, if he doesn't pull the county king, how can he prove his innocence, think that he is hopeless in the imperial examination now, and he suffers from the lack of promotion, it is very possible to fight such an idea, but I am afraid that the county king will also be used." Gao Yu said a sentence that was neither soft nor hard.
And although Chai Wenbo believed that Gu Haotian was definitely not that kind of person, he couldn't think of a suitable word for a while, and he was only angry when he stood there.
And at this time, I saw the criminal department Shangshu Yang Zhan Ban playing:
"Your Majesty, yesterday evening, Cai Xianggoro Cai Yan led people to escort a few murderers to the Criminal Department, saying that they were the suspects in the case of Princess Yurong, and the lower officials did not dare to slack off, and after the trial, they also got a confession, but they identified the witness Niu Er as the main culprit in this kidnapping case."
As soon as Yang Zhan finished speaking, there was a "coaxing" sound in the court. Because everyone knows that this Yang Zhan is Cai Xiang's person, but now he is on the opposite side of Taiwei, and the matter also involves Cai Xiang's Wulang, this incident is lively, so everyone's gossip is great.
And when Gao Yu was proud, he was suddenly confused by Yang Zhanyi, the murderer from the Criminal Department, and when Cai Wulang was involved in this time, he didn't know at all.
"The murderers are all detained in Kaifeng Mansion, and the murderers from Cai Xianggoro?" Gao Yu glared at that Yang Zhan and asked fiercely.
"If the murderers are all detained in Kaifeng Mansion, then wouldn't it be the words of the Taiwei family in the court today, and Cai Xianggolang's hard work for days and days will not become a sinner like the kid from Jingdong." Yang Zhan replied to him neither softly nor hard.
"How could Cai Gorou - how could he be involved in this?"
Gao Yu thought that Cai Yan was an idle person on weekdays, so he would take care of these idle things, so he said without thinking.
"Didn't the captain have a gang of criminals at hand, didn't he mention that when he rescued the princess yesterday, it was Cai Xianggoro who led it?" Yang Zhan teased.
At this time, Gao Yu's heart suddenly shook, and he instantly remembered that when his son went to the Shanshui Inn to provoke, he had a dispute with Cai Jiawulang at the right time, and he lost 20,000 taels of silver.
"Father, when I rescued Yurong yesterday, it was indeed Cai Xiangwulang Cai Yan who took the lead, and my son was present to see it with his own eyes."
At this time, Cai Wenbo also came back to his senses, and immediately thought of the mystery of Gu Haotian's arrangement that day, so he followed Yang Zhan's words.
"Tai Lieutenant, although my family Gorou is usually not good, he also distinguishes between right and wrong, and the day before yesterday he also talked about it, saying that it was the search for and rescue of the princess, and he also had to contribute."
Rescuing the princess is a great achievement, since everyone gave this credit to their own Wulang, Cai Jing naturally will not refuse, at this time, he stood at the head of the team and said lightly, but with his sentence, no one in the Manchu Dynasty officials dared to doubt Cai Jiagolang's credit in this matter.
And Gao Taiwei's heart was desperate at this time, he once again gritted his teeth at his incompetent subordinates, and actually missed such a major clue as Cai Wulang, but now he has been riding a tiger. He thought that he could only hope for that Niu Er, and that Po would be able to withstand the pressure. So he stubbornly spoke:
"Regardless of the source of Yang Shangshu's criminals for the time being, there is another witness here in Xiaguan, and he will know it when he goes to court."
The old emperor was immediately appointed, so someone went out of the palace to deliver the decree. However, after the pillar incense, the messenger reported that the witness Niu Er was missing, and there was an uproar. And after Gao Yu was stunned for a moment, he looked relieved, Niu Er suddenly disappeared at this juncture, although he suffered some losses in the court, but he could retreat to protect himself by confusing right and wrong.
"Your Majesty, at this critical juncture, the witness has really disappeared, it is really strange, please investigate this matter thoroughly to find out the truth."
This high-ranking man is worthy of the thick and black, and immediately seize the opportunity, and the wicked will sue first.
"This is strange, isn't the witness in the hands of the Taiwei? Could it be that someone grabbed it? Yang Zhan saw that Gao Yu was shameless, and immediately ridiculed him.
"There are many people in the capital, and who knows who did it." Gao Yu answered, and then stopped talking.
Moreover, when the Manchu Dynasty was talking, a person suddenly broke in outside the Wende Hall and went straight towards the emperor, but no one dared to stop the Chinese Wu.