Chapter 287: Turning the Tables?
Among the few people who came in, the most eye-catching was Yang Zhen, who was dressed in a flying fish suit, and behind him, there were several captains in brocade clothes wearing embroidered spring knives, and they surrounded the two men who looked obviously a little sluggish, as if to prevent them from escaping.
Lu Jin's gaze quickly crossed the faces of these people, and finally fell on the most low-key person - Qinggele. At this time, Qingler was also looking at him, and nodded slightly, indicating that everything was under control.
And Wu Miao, after they came in, stared at the two people who were surrounded by them, as if they had seen a ghost: "How can this be?" Shouldn't they be dead in prison? How did it come at this point? ”
Zhuo Kai was also surprised, but before he could speak, Xu Chengzong had already taken the lead in introducing him: "Old Zhuo, you have just arrived, so I don't recognize them, these people are still colleagues with you, they are all from Jinyiwei Hangzhou Thousand Households, this is Yang Zhen of One Hundred Households."
"You just asked me why I am here all of a sudden, and now I can tell you that it is because they have begged for me. Because in this city of Hangzhou, someone killed officials and planted false accusations, and wanted to kill people and destroy their mouths, who called Ben Gongzi the most difficult to fight, so he rushed over with all his might. ”
"Xu Gongzi, what do you mean by this? Why can't the lower officials understand? Zhuo Kai's heart sank slightly, but he still pretended to be stupid and said.
"If you don't understand, it's right, otherwise you will become an accomplice to this Gonggong Wu." Xu Chengzong smiled, and pointed to the two guys who were surrounded: "Gonggong Wu, who are these two people, I don't think you need me to help you introduce them, right?" ”
Wu Miao, who was named, suddenly trembled, wanting to hide the panic in his heart, but the panic in his eyes still couldn't be hidden: "Young Master Xu, they ...... They are our family's cronies. ”
"Yes, they are your close subordinates, and you sent them to lead people to chase and intercept Lu Jin, who is going to the capital, right?" Xu Chengzong asked suddenly.
Wu Miao wanted to deny it, but Duan Feng and Duan Rui were present in front of him, so he didn't know how to tell this lie, and he looked quite embarrassed.
At this time, Yang Zhen also spoke: "Two, now you believe what I said, right?" If I hadn't listened to the advice of this Qingele brother and kept a hand, I'm afraid that the two of you would have followed in the footsteps of these people. ”
When Lu Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Qingge again, but he didn't expect that the most critical person to help him in this matter would be him!
Not only him, but the other people around him also focused their eyes on Qinggele after hearing this, and Wu Miao's eyes were even more full of resentment. He took the risk of joining forces with others, and killed his loyal subordinates, but in exchange for such a result. And all of this is actually thanks to such a government officer! - He didn't know that Qinggele was also a Jinyi Guard before, and he was also a close confidant of Xu Gong, the former Governor of Jinyi Guard.
Yang Zhen also remembered what Qinggele suddenly said a few days ago, when they were escorting Duan Feng and them back to Hangzhou-
"Yang Baihu, are you going to hand over everyone to the political secretary like this?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"What do you mean, don't you just take precautions? Although I have never seen the body of Lord He who was assassinated, it is not an easy thing to assassinate the official seal in the Criminal Division, and then retreat with his whole body, but I am afraid that there should be a murderer or his accomplice in the Criminal Division. Do you think the Yamen of the Chief Secretary will be safe? ”
Yang Zhen originally wanted to say that the other party was worrying about the sky, but after thinking about it carefully, he was secretly vigilant. Now these people in their hands are the only chance that Lu Zhen can turn the tables, and he really shouldn't bet on this.
So after groaning, he asked, "What should we do with them, according to your wishes?" ”
"They were separated, and the two most important ones were hidden elsewhere first, and the others were openly sent to the chief secretary. If it is true that they are poisoned as we have guessed, we will still have a witness in hand, and there will be room for maneuver at that time. The cunning rabbit still has three holes. After his analysis, Chingler gave his opinion.
Yang Zhen then accepted this proposal and handed over the two Duan Feng brothers to Qinggele, while he took the other captives to the political secretary to make a mission. As a result, he really guessed that Wu Miao really took risks in order to bite Lu Jinling to death, and killed his subordinates.
"Gonggong Wu, what else do you have to say now?" Xu Chengzong looked at Wu Miao, who was a little ashen, and suddenly asked.
His lips moved, and Wu Miao struggled: "On what basis do you believe that I killed the person?" Do you have proof? ”
"Whether or not you killed people is really not the big picture. What this son wants to prove is that it is enough for you to put Lu Zhen to death. At this point, I think these two of your cronies and subordinates must be willing to confess now. Am I right? ”
Wu Miao was still defending himself: "People are being detained in the dungeon of the political secretary, how can I, a town guard eunuch, succeed, naturally it is Lord Huang who is under him!" ”
However, no one present would take his words seriously. Who in this world is so confused that he kills people at will in his own territory? It is even more impossible for Huang Qinru to have such courage, and there is no need to attack these people who have already held them in their hands.
It was the two Duan Feng brothers, who were also full of resentment at this time, staring at Wu Miao, the object of their allegiance. The tragic situation of the corpses in front of them made them shudder, thinking that if they were locked up with them, the end would probably be average. This made them full of anger at Wu Miao being betrayed.
Driven by this anger, they had put all their previous respect and caution behind them, and immediately shouted: "Yes, we can testify that Wu Miao did send us to hunt down Lu Jin. Because he is worried that after Lu Zhen enters Beijing, there may be high-ranking officials in Beijing who will try their best to protect him! ”
As soon as these words came out, Wu Miao immediately stayed there completely, and he knew that all his hard work was in vain. And Yang Zhen said at the right time: "It is precisely because your father-in-law Wu has always had murderous intentions towards Lu Jin, so the evidence about Lu Jin's murder found by your people in the previous case is also worth scrutinizing." Lao Zhuo, what do you think? ”
Zhuo Kai, who had already been upset by this sudden reversal, couldn't react when he heard this, and he couldn't give his opinion for a long time. He was indeed ordered by Ma Shun to help Wu Miao deal with Lu Jin, but now the direction of the case is completely out of his control, and suddenly two witnesses were born, not to mention, and there was another Xu Chengzong who he couldn't afford to provoke, which made his position suddenly embarrassing.
Did he follow the clues at hand and follow Xu Chengzong, or did he continue to go all the way to the black ground to speak for Wu Miao? No matter how you look at it, both of these choices are very problematic. I shouldn't have come to Hangzhou to wade through this troubled water, wouldn't it be over if I sent a thousand households under him at that time?
Just when he regretted it, Wu Miao said faintly: "In any case, this case has been sent to the capital, and all the testimony and physical evidence are fine, do you really want to overturn the case for Lu Jin?" ”
As soon as these words came out, even the smile on Xu Chengzong's face was a smile. Indeed, in Hangzhou, they can find some explanations for Lu Jin, but the murder of He Huizhou and the identity of the mastermind behind the two riots that occurred on the night of the third day of the Lunar New Year are still a mystery. And the clues of these cases are all directed at Lu Jin, if they can't turn the case over before the court convicts Lu Jin, then he ......
Seeing everyone's dazed appearance, Wu Miao laughed unconsciously, but there was a slight sense of madness in this laughter: "Even if you try your best, our family can still win this game." If you say anything, the evidence and testimony are enough to convict him of Lu Jin! Because there are many people in the court who will help our family clean him up, even if you say that our family wants to kill him, the evidence of the crime will not be invalidated. ”
That's a big truth. Today's Ming Dynasty is not the later legal society, everything must be about the law. At this time, how a case is tried depends more on what kind of outcome a certain person in the DPRK or some powerful figures wants. And Wang Zhen, as a single-handed figure in the Ming Dynasty today, as long as he finds the reason, he will definitely make it difficult for Lu Zhen to turn over!
"My lord......" Lin Lie and Qinggele's hearts tugged again, could it be that the two of them have done so much, and they still can't change the current situation?
"......Huh" In the midst of everyone's entangled and embarrassed emotions, Lu Zhen gently exhaled and laughed: "Yes, this game gave you the opportunity for Gonggong Wu, so that no matter how hard I worked, I was in a disadvantageous passive situation. You can help me at all costs, and Lu Zhen is also full of gratitude. As he spoke, he arched his hand at the people around him.
Then, he turned his face and stared at Wu Miao's face: "But Gonggong Wu, you have tried your best to calculate with me, I'm afraid it may not be of any benefit to you." I think that neither Lord Huang nor Zhuo Zhenfu will hide this incident or not report it. And in the court, although Wang Zhen is now powerful, there are still a few ministers who dare to stand up! Even if they really can't help me overturn the case, it is not difficult to involve you in this case. Father-in-law Wu, am I still right? ”
Wu Miao's cheeks twitched, which was exactly what he was most worried about. If it is really as Lu Zhen said, I am afraid that his fate will be the same as that of the Duan family brothers in front of him, and he will be easily regarded as an outcast by Wang Zhen!
If this is the case, why do you have to do all this by yourself?
At this time, everyone present understood that now they in Hangzhou could no longer change the final trend of this case, and everything had to look at Beijing, thousands of miles away, and how the high-ranking officials there played the game, so as to have a final result.