Du Gongcai, who looked confused, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Jiang He abandon the knife on the ground, and saluted Zhao Hao respectfully, while Zhao Hao stepped forward with a solemn face to help Jiang He up.

"Your Excellency, Yang Jin, the commander of Luoyang, intended to lead the crowd to rebel, and he has been beheaded by the lower officials, but fortunately he lives up to the trust of his lord!"

The officials in the hall who were originally ecstatic in the western part of the country, seeing Jiang He bowing to Zhao Hao, had not yet reacted, and they were all stunned and at a loss.

Puff~

I saw Jiang He slam the bloody human head in his hand to the ground, and the human head rolled on the ground, shocking everyone's souls.

"It's the head of Yang Dujian!" Someone screamed.

Everyone looked at it, who was the head of Yang Jin?

In an instant, all the officials in western Beijing changed color, originally overjoyed, but at this moment, they seemed to have fallen from the peak into the cellar, and the expressions on their faces became pale.

The situation changed so fast, so fast that they could hardly believe their eyes as if they were in a dream.

"Jiang He, you committed the following crimes, killed the officials without permission, and you should be punished for the crime!"

At this moment, Yang Yu, who had experienced the transformation of great joy and great sorrow, finally reacted, and saw that the head of his only precious son was rolling on the ground, and instantly went crazy like a beast, pointing at Jiang He and roaring, he was about to rush over desperately, but he was tightly pulled by the attendant beside him.

Zhao Hao laughed: "Jiang He was ordered by Benhou to quell the rebellion and kill the thieves, what is the crime?" Not to mention that the rebellion is a big matter, but the matter is urgent, Ben Hou is holding the sword of Shang Fang given by the official family, but he can be cut first and then played, Jiang He was ordered by Ben Hou to kill the rebel, why not? Come on, take them all! ”

"Whoa!"

All the brocade guards responded in unison and raised their knives forward.

Du Gongcai finally understood at this moment, seeing that the general trend had gone, his eyes became red, and he roared: "Fight, kill!" ”

Before the words fell, more than a dozen outlaws rushed out with knives and rushed towards the Jinyi guard.

The first black-clothed man, eight feet tall and as strong as a bear, held a large ring knife and a tiger roared, and pounced on the Jinyi guard in front of him.

Woo Woo Woo ~ Three cold rays of light shot out in a row, and before the big man could get close, he was hit with a crossbow arrow in his chest, throat, and eyebrows, and the big man in black shook his body a few times, and then fell down like a half-black tower.

Woo Woo Woo ~ Dozens of crossbow arrows shot out in a row, like meteors towards those who intended to resist stubbornly, only to hear the sound of puffing arrows penetrating into the flesh and bones, and the dozen or so outlaws fell to the ground one after another.

Of the remaining two, one was slashed down by Jiang He, and the other was stabbed into a sieve by a flurry of knives and guns from several Xiang soldiers.

But in a flash, the hall was covered with blood, and those seemingly domineering outlaws, bullying ordinary people and making a living, were vulnerable in front of Jinyiwei.

When the long is the long ~

The long and short swords in the hall were thrown to the ground, and those strong men raised their hands and surrendered, although they have always been fierce, but they know how to spare their lives, today's matter, they are not a big crime, at most they can be released after a while, and they are not guilty of fighting for a little pay.

Hahaha~

In the crowd opposite, someone suddenly laughed, and then walked out of a person proudly, walked in front of the brocade guards, stretched out his hands, and said loudly: "Lock, this official wants to see how Shou Anhou convicts this official with a personal account book made up by Du Gongcai!" ”

Everyone fixed their eyes and saw that it was Zhang Yue, the criminal division.

Zhao Hao looked at this person coldly, smiled faintly, and shouted: "Take them all, those who don't obey will be punished immediately!" ”

All the brocade guards took out the shackles and chains that had been prepared one after another, stepped forward to take the people, and after a while, locked up all the more than 100 people.

Hundreds of parents and officials who were still majestic during the day all hung their heads like defeated roosters at this moment, but Zhang Yue seemed to be out of the way, still holding his head high, turned around again, and glared at Zhao Hao coldly.

"Xiaguan is Chongning four years a Jinshi and the ninth, according to the lower officials, although Shou Anhou eats poetry, calligraphy and painting, but is rarely familiar with the scriptures and laws, and although he is a member of the three grades, but he is an official for only one year, so the lower official has to remind Shou Anhou, since ancient times, there are clouds, and the punishment is not a sergeant doctor, and my dynasty Taizu is a clear order: Do not kill the scholar doctor and the person who writes the word, and the descendants have Yu This oath, the sky will die. Please also remember Shou Anhou, be careful! ”

Since the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this ancient legal principle has always been universally followed, although in some specific periods, this observance is not strict, but whether in the theory of governing the country or in legal practice, the Song Dynasty has always strictly followed the basic legal principle of "not punishing doctors".

According to the "History of the Song Dynasty • The Biography of Su Song", in the second year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Zhongxuan, the governor of Jinzhou, was sentenced to death for perverting the law for bribery. After hearing about the case, Su Song, the governor of the trial court, said to Song Shenzong that in ancient times, the punishment could not be for doctors, and Zhang Zhongxuan was an official who lived in the fifth grade, and if he was sentenced to death and made to be affiliated with his apprentices, even if he was not worthy of mercy, he would still be punished too severely, because it would dishonor the doctor. Song Shenzong thought it was reasonable, so he exempted Zhang Zhongxuan from the rod and the punishment of the cane, and exiled him to Hezhou. After that, the cane law was not applied to officials, and it became a fixed legal system in the Song Dynasty. This is a concrete institutionalization of the principle of "not punishing doctors".

It is precisely because of the extremely preferential treatment of scholars in the Song Dynasty that the Son of Heaven and scholars share the world, which caused the scholars to bend the law and fight for power and profit to the extreme. Anyway, no matter how much the crime is committed, at most it will only be distributed to the frontier, and it will not be tortured or sentenced to death, and the cost of the crime is too low, which has caused the Jingbei Road officials to form a nest case in this case of food and greed.

Theoretically, Zhang Yue has nothing to fear. After all, the ledger was recorded by Xiang Neng, and Du Gongcai signed and confirmed, and the others were not caught with real evidence, so he could completely disapprove of Du Gongcai's ledger. Although Zhao Hao has arrested all these cadres, what can he do? can't torture to extract a confession, he closed his mouth and pretended to be dumb, how could Zhao Hao be convicted?

……

Overnight, the important officials in the entire western part of Beijing were arrested, Liang Yuan arrested a full 96 people, in addition to those corrupt officials who were too weak to go to the banquet, they had already been targeted by the Jinyi guard, and it was still impossible to escape the legal net, and 13 people were arrested, so that the prison in Luoyang Mansion was crowded with more than seven "parent officials".

When the news spread, the whole Luoyang City was boiling, and for a time the people in Luoyang City put up lanterns, sang and danced, and some people beat gongs and drums to send plaques to Qincha Xingyuan to show their respect.

It's just that people are happy, but the follow-up disposal has become a problem for Zhao Hao.

Except for Du Gongcai, who has both human and physical evidence, and can be convicted without interrogation, everyone else does not admit guilt. If you want to make him confess, he must be tortured. However, torture in the Song Dynasty was very restrictive. According to the provisions of the "Song Criminal Rule", those who meet the requirements of the discussion, request, and reduction are not allowed to be tortured, and the reduction includes officials of the seventh rank or above, and in the Song Dynasty, basically officials of the rank were not allowed to use torture, regardless of whether they were scholars and doctors from the imperial examination.

Secondly, even if these officials admit their guilt, like the first evil Du Gongcai Zhao Hao, he can be killed by Shang Fang's sword, but including Du Gongcai, only eleven people are not scholars from the imperial examination, and the rest can only be escorted to the Jingshi After listening to the Criminal Department, the Jingshi Criminal Department is controlled by Cai Jing and Yang Jian and others, which is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, everything will not be under Zhao Hao's control, it is basically equivalent to being busy in vain, how can Zhao Hao be willing?

Qin Cha Xingyuan, the residual lamp is like a bean, Zhao Hao is looking at the light, his brows are tightened.

A white shadow walked in gently, Zhao Hao glanced back, saw that it was Fang Baihua, and continued to stare at the lights in a daze.

Fang Baihua sat beside him gently, picked up the wine jug on the table by herself, poured a glass of wine, and drank it all, then looked at Zhao Hao's fair face, and said with a smile: "The child's soul is not kept, do you want to be your little lady?" ”

Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at her and asked in a cold voice, "But someone recruited it?" ”

Fang Baihua's face suddenly turned cloudy, and he said angrily: "This group of eight lambs, one by one, shouted grievances, none of them were willing to recruit from the truth, and the son was not allowed to be tortured, and he was about to die of anger!" ”

Zhao Hao shook his head helplessly and said: "It's not that Benhou is not allowed to be tortured, but according to the law, punishment is not allowed." If one or two people are down, it will be enough for the official family to use strong words. Now there are more than 100 officials, and the slightest disturbance will alarm the officials. At that time, without waiting for Ben Hou to do it, the official family will come down and let Ben Hou send this group of corrupt officials to the capital to be tried and punished. ”

Fang Baihua sneered: "The official of Jingbei Road has been served by you, and now many states and counties are close to Xu and Jinyiwei to maintain order, how long can you support it?" If Luoyang to Jingshi is urgent, but it is only a three-day journey, once the news reaches Jingshi, Cai Jing and Yang Jian and others, and even the entire Zongzheng Society, including King Yan, will all be dispatched, how can they be under the control of Gongzi at that time? Why don't you cut through the mess with a quick knife and click ......"

Fang Baihua made a slashing gesture fiercely.

"No!"

Before the words fell, there was a sound of a broken drink at the door.

Zhao Hao looked back, but saw that it was Xu Churen walking in. Xu Churen, Fang Baihua and Wu Song all entered without notice with Zhao Haote's permission, so they went straight into Zhao Hao's study, and just heard Fang Baihua's cruel words.

Xu Churen said angrily: "The laws and regulations of my dynasty are extremely preferential to scholars and officials, especially not to kill scholars without permission, which is the legacy of Taizu's oath, and it is irreversible. If the prince does not follow the teachings of Taizu and does not follow the laws, not only will he lose his favor, but he will also be pointed out by thousands of people, and the world will spit on him...... Childe is now the hope of the world, and he must be more cautious in his words and deeds, how can he be so reckless? The girl's strategy is really to trap the son in a place where there is no return, absolutely not! ”

Fang Baihua was reprimanded by Xu Churen, and didn't say a word, just glanced at Zhao Hao deeply, and then retreated.

Zhao Hao looked at Fang Baihua's departing back and fell into contemplation again.