Chapter Twenty-Nine: Falsely accused of theft
It was dark that day, and Zu Ti came out of Zhang Hua's house, because he had to go on the expedition in two more days, and he had something to ask Zhang Hua for, so he went home very late.
Zu Ti thought that everything was ready, and he would be able to go out in two days, and he was in a good mood and walked lightly.
There were few pedestrians around, and suddenly, a masked man in black flashed in front of him and rushed to the roof!
Instinctively, Zu Ti jumped onto the roof and chased after the man.
The man in black ran all the way, Zu Ti chased closely, and after a while, the man in black came to a mansion, obviously an official eunuch's house, the man in black didn't seem to find Zu Ti, and climbed into it from the tall courtyard wall.
Zu Ti thought that he must be a thief, so he didn't think much about it and went in.
It was quiet inside, and there was no one on duty at night, and the man in black didn't know where he went, and he was wondering, the man in black came out of a room with a small bag in his hand, and Zu Ti knew at a glance that it was the thief who had succeeded, and he shouted: "Thief, tie your hands and arrest it!" ”
When the man in black saw that Zu Ti was going to arrest him, he smashed the bag into Zu Ti's face, and without answering Zu Ti, he jumped directly on the roof and disappeared!
Zu Ti was chasing after him, and suddenly torches and lanterns lit up in all directions, and the generals and soldiers rushed out together, surrounded on all sides, and shouted: "Catch the thief, catch the thief!" ”
Zu Ti was just about to say something, when a general came up and said: "It turns out that the thief is you, isn't this Zu Ti who worshiped the general!" ”
"I'm Zu Li, you misunderstood, I came in to catch thieves, not thieves who stole things, you are mistaken!" Zu Ti argued.
"Catch thieves? What about the thieves you are talking about? We only saw you alone in our Jiafu courtyard. ”
When Zu Ti heard about Jiafu, he asked, "This is Jiafu?" ”
"Yes, I said that you don't pick a place to be a thief, and you dare to come to Lu Guogong's mansion, hum, come here, arrest me!"
Only then did Zu Ti know that this was Jia Mi's home, and at this time, a government soldier handed a bag to the general, and the general said: "Okay, everyone is dirty, tie me up and send it to Henan Mansion tomorrow!" ”
All of this was actually arranged by Jia Nanfeng at the behest of Jia Mi, in order to lure him into the house, accuse him of theft, and put him in prison.
The dawn broke in the east, Liu Kun retracted his sword, he didn't sleep all night last night, just waited for Zu Ti to come back, but waited until midnight.
Liu Kun hurried to Sili's Mansion after breakfast, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the catchers talking, but when people saw him, they stopped talking and looked at him directly.
Liu Kun felt strange, he pulled a small catcher and asked, "What are everyone talking about?" Why do you seem to be avoiding me? ”
"Liu Zhutou... This...... This ......," Xiao Catcher was obviously reluctant to say.
"Say something quickly, be careful that I beat you!" Liu Kun was anxious.
"Okay, I said, Liu Zhutou, we heard that something big happened last night!"
"Ah, what happened to him?"
"We heard He Zhutou say that last night Lu Guogong Jiafu caught a big thief, and he was dirty, this person is yours...... Your ......"
When Liu Kun heard that it was not good, he grabbed his collar and said, "Hurry up!" ”
"It's your good brother Zu Catcher!"
"Ahh How can this be, did you hear it wrong, how could Brother Zu become a thief?! ”
"That's right, it's him, I heard that he is now locked up in a prison in Henan Mansion."
Liu Kun let go of his collar and was stunned, how could things be like this?!
He hurriedly left the Sili Mansion and came to Henan Mansion, and went directly to Yin Leguang.
Le Guang was in the second hall, he saw Liu Kun coming, and asked, "Liu Zhutou, I know you will come." ”
"Is it true that Brother Zu has an accident?" Liu Kun asked cautiously.
"Yes, early this morning, Lu Guogong sent someone to send Zu Ti, saying that he sneaked into Jiafu last night, stole a lot of jewelry, and was dirty, and asked my Henan Mansion to punish him."
"Lord Le, this must be a misunderstanding, how can my eldest brother steal with his grandfather's character?"
"Of course I know the behavior of your two brothers, but the problem now is that you believe it is useless, alas..."
"Master Le, I'm going to meet my eldest brother now."
Le Guang said in embarrassment: "Liu Zhutou, I understand your mood very well, but the people of Jiafu left a message, no one is allowed to visit, and they have to go to court today, and after the trial, they will be punished according to the law, you also know that the public power of Lu is tilted towards the government and the opposition, who dares to offend!" ”
"Le Daren ......"
A messenger came in and interrupted Liu Kun and said, "My lord, the time for promotion has come, please sit in the hall and ask about the case." ”
Le Guang waved his hand, and the yacha retreated.
"Liu Zhutou, I'm going to try this case now, and you can also go to the lobby to observe."
Le Guang sat on the lobby, the yacha on both sides stood still, Zu Ti was also brought to the lobby, Liu Kun stepped forward to say something to Zu Ti, but was stopped by the yacha.
Le Guang was about to ask about the case, when he suddenly heard a voice: "Lu Guogong is ......!." ”
As soon as Le Guang heard that Jia Mi had arrived, he left his seat and knelt down to greet him, and everyone knelt down as well.
Jia Mi came in with a team of government soldiers, walked to Le Guang's side and said, "Lord Le, get up." ”
Everyone got up, and Le Guang said: "Lu Guogong is here to ......"
Jia Mi glanced at Zu Li, who was still kneeling, and said: "I am here to watch the trial, this person is bold and reckless, he dares to enter Jia's mansion at night to steal, and he is arrested by me, Lord Le must enforce the law impartially and punish the crime strictly." ”
As soon as Le Guang heard that he was going to watch the trial, he knew that he would not give Zu Ti a chance to turn over, so he said: "Lu Guogong, please sit down, and wait for the lower officials to judge and convict." ”
Le Guang Jia Mi sat down, and Le Guang patted the shocked wood and shouted: "Zu Qi, you are guilty!" ”
"Subordinates don't know sin."
"Hugh wants to quibble, Jiafu sued you for stealing at night, isn't it true?"
"My lord, my subordinates came home from Zhang Sikong's mansion last night, it was already dark, and I saw a masked man in black sneaky, and followed him behind, this person entered Jiafu, and his subordinates thought that this person was a thief, so he also sneaked into Jiafu, and the thief stole a bag of jewels and came out, and I met him, he threw down the bag and fled in order to protect himself, but at this moment, the people of Jiafu suddenly rushed out and said that I was a thief, and my subordinates were wronged!"
"So my father-in-law is going to deliberately frame you!" Jia Mi interjected.
"The subordinates didn't dare, and the subordinates thought it was just a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding? Don't think that you can be lawless if you worship the general, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you are good at light work, don't think that you are the head of the East Palace Sect and you can be empty-eyed, this is not a misunderstanding at all, it is a complete theft! We must punish the crime severely! ”
Jia Mi was furious, thinking that at the beginning, Zu Ti scolded him in the East Palace, he had already written down this account, this time he was instigated by Jia Nanfeng to plant Zu Ti, of course he was unusually positive, and he couldn't wait to chop him immediately to relieve his anger!
Le Guang saw this and understood, Jia Mi wanted to cure Zu Ti's crime, he patted the house and said: "The court listens to the verdict, the suspect Zu Ti entered Jia's mansion at night to steal jewelry, the evidence is conclusive, remove all positions, and sentence you to three ...... in prison"
"Wait!" Jia Mi got up and said.
"Guogong ......" Le Guang didn't know what he was going to say.
"It's not that he has been imprisoned for three years, Zu Ti is a habitual offender, and the theft in Luoyang was all done by him, which is simply a heinous crime, and he should be sentenced to beheading!"
Yes!