Since the criminals were all detained in the Dali Temple, in order to facilitate the extraction of the criminals, the triings of the three divisions were generally arranged to be held in the Dali Temple, and in the morning, the assassination case of Lin Lingsu, which had been delayed for a year, began again.

There is only one focus in this case, was the assassination of Lin Suling done by the three soldiers without authorization, or was it a deliberate plan by the commander Pan Yue?

This is also the point of disagreement in this case, because of this disagreement, the case dragged on for a year.

But the importance of this case is not the case itself, but behind this case, there is a secret struggle between Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao for the Yushitai, and it is also the struggle between the Yushitai controlled by Wang Hao and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple controlled by Cai Jing.

Wang Hao and Li Yan won a major victory in the struggle to bring down Yu Shen, so in the second round of the battle for Yushitai, whether Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng can stop Wang Hao and Li Yan's aggressive momentum after forming an alliance is crucial.

The key figure in this is that Liang Shi became the chess piece that regained control of the Yushitai and laid it in the Yushitai - Li Yanqing.

The small hall of Dali Temple has been arranged, there is a plaque hanging on it, on which four big characters are written'Three Divisions', and there are three wide tables placed in the shape of 'Pin' on the steps below, and in the middle is the seat of the Imperial Historical Observatory, which is also a common practice, except for some special circumstances, almost all the three divisions of the trial cases are initiated and led by the Imperial Historical Observatory.

On the left is Dali Temple, on the right is the Criminal Department, behind each case chief sat three auxiliary officers to assist, and on both sides stood the Dali Temple officers wearing soap and red uniforms and holding water and fire sticks.

Li Yanqing looked left and right at Gu Yiqun and Zhao Shu in the Criminal Department, both of them said that they were ready, and Li Yanqing said, "Then let's start!" Pan Yue was interrogated first. ”

An official of Dali Temple shouted: "The three divisions will be tried, and the proposal will be made by Pan Yue!" ”

.........

At the same time as the trial of the three divisions began, in the Zhizheng Hall in the Imperial City, Wang Anzhong was reporting to Wang Huang about the situation of the Yushi Hall's trial of Lin Suling's case, Wang Anzhong didn't sleep all night last night, and the reason why he couldn't sleep was not that Li Yanqing was going to try Lin Lingsu's case, but that he got a message last night afternoon that Zhang Bangchang had impeached him for using the Imperial History to monitor Yu Shen and Cai Jing without authorization.

This was of course Wang Hao's emergency arrangement, and in order to curry favor with Wang Hao, he took the risk of arranging for nine overseers to be responsible for monitoring Yu Shen's Mansion and Cai Jing's Mansion.

As the middle of the imperial history, Wang Anzhong is not without the power to call the imperial history, and when encountering some major events, he will also mobilize a number of supervisors to participate in the imperial history, such as the release test held in various states, and a large number of inspectors will be sent to various places to supervise the examination.

It's just that the object of his surveillance this time is the newly deposed Xiangguo and the former old Xiangguo, and the surveillance of such a high-level official was sent out to supervise the imperial history without the consent of the Son of Heaven, which seriously violated the rules of officialdom, and even the Son of Heaven could not cover it.

So after learning that he was impeached, Wang Anzhong almost didn't sleep all night, anxious, and he couldn't care about what the three divisions would try anymore, and the three divisions would try the case as an excuse for him to urgently ask to see Wang Huang.

After listening to Wang Anzhong's report, Wang Hao's face became very gloomy, "You mean to say that I can't stop this case because of me, I approved this case, so you can't stop it, the responsibility lies with me Wang Hao, is that what you mean?" ”

"The humble position does not mean to shirk responsibility, but just repeats Li Yanqing's words, as the middle of the imperial history, the humble position really has no power to stop the case of the three divisions, which not only involves the imperial history platform, but also involves the criminal department and Dali Temple, unless it is ......."

"Unless it's me who stops it, right?"

Wang Hao glared at Wang Anzhong with great dissatisfaction, "Don't I know, do I want you to remind me?" ”

Of course, Wang Hao can stop the case of the three divisions, but this is equivalent to handing his handle to Liang Shicheng, and Liang Shicheng sued in front of the official, so how can he explain it?

Originally, a small case turned into a big one, and that bastard Liang Shicheng would let himself go? Wang Hao knew in his heart that he must not come forward with this case, and he must let Wang Anzhong handle it for him.

At this time, Wang Anzhong was extremely worried, and his voice trembled a little, "Can the three divisions try the case first, I promise to find a way to stir up the case, but I heard that Zhang Bangchang had supervised the imperial history on the day of the impeachment of the heavenly bullet, and I begged for justice...... Settle this matter first. ”

Wang Hao laughed, "I have also heard about this matter, the problem is indeed more serious, the impeachment letter has been handed over, and it is currently in the hands of Gonggong Li, Wang Zhongcheng, it is not difficult to solve this matter, the key depends on your sincerity!" ”

Wang An Zhongzhong sighed helplessly, Wang Hao wanted to see what sincerity, he knew better than anyone else.

........

The trial of the small public hall of Dali Temple has ended in the morning, and the three assassins will be interrogated in the afternoon, and Li Yanqing also knows that Wang Hao will not stand idly by, and there will inevitably be a blocking action.

Since this case has been tried no less than ten times before, and now it is only a necessary formality, why can't it be completed in a single day? The three parties agreed that they must conclude the case today.

They rested for only half an hour before proceeding to interrogate the three assassins.

The three soldiers who assassinated Lin Lingsu had been kept in separate custody to prevent them from colluding in confessions, but the effect was not very satisfactory, and the three soldiers had apparently received the same hint.

The first to be brought to court was the leader of the three assassins, named Zhang Shun, a native of Kaifeng Mansion, who was a detainee at the time of the assassination, and he was brought up with a heavy flail and stood in the hall with a big grin.

"Get on your knees!"

Dali Temple Zheng Zhao Shu shouted, two servants hit him with water and fire sticks in the crook of his leg, Zhang Shun fell to his knees, he suddenly roared like a beast, and the two officers trembled.

Li Yanqing glanced at him and said lightly: "Give him the heavy flail to remove." ”

Zhao Shu said in a low voice: "Yu Shi doesn't know, this person is very brutal and aggressive, and two jailers have already been injured by him. ”

"Don't get in the way, if he wants to die, he won't bite Pan Yue and open the shackles for him!"

Zhao Shu was helpless, so he had to give the messenger a look, and the two messengers trembled and opened the shackles for Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun smiled, but instead of directly hurting people as Zhao Shu was worried about, he sat on the ground, gently rubbed his wrists and ankles, and looked at Li Yanqing coldly.

"You, a dog official, are smarter than them, and you know that Lao Tzu doesn't want to die, that's right, why should I find death by myself, just let it go if you have any fart!"

Li Yanqing slapped the shocked wood and asked sharply: "Zhang Shun, this official asked you, what is wrong with Daoist Lin Lingsu's practice at the head of the city?" ”

"You dog official want to coax Lao Tzu, dream! Lao Tzu will tell you, I don't know any Taoist priests, Pan Yue told me to kill people, I will kill people, and I don't know anything else. ”

"But your first confession is that you hate and aversion to victory, in addition, Lin Lingsu occupied two thousand acres of land when he cultivated Shenxiao Palace, including thirty acres of land in your family, you hate him to the core, and you have always wanted to find an opportunity to kill him, this is also your confession, I have sent someone to verify it, it is completely true, then I can determine that you have a motive to assassinate Lin Lingsu, and the first confession is completely true!"

"Nonsense! I was instructed by Pan Yue, and the first time I was tortured to extract a confession, and I wrote words against my will. ”

'Smack! ’

Li Yanqing slapped the stunned wood again, "Take Pan Yue!" ”

After a while, Pan Yue was taken to the lobby and knelt down beside Zhang Shun, Li Yanqing said: "Pan Yue, this Zhang Shun insisted that you instructed him to assassinate Lin Lingsu, what do you say?" ”

"Nonsense, when did I instruct you?" Pan Yue glared at him angrily.

Zhang Shun sneered: "General Pan is a noble person, you personally told me that Lin Lingsu was going to cast a spell on the city wall, and you promised to give each of us five hundred taels of silver afterwards, and you also said that you would go to the north of the city to inspect on the day of the action to show that you were not at the scene, have you forgotten what you said to me in person?" I remember it vividly. ”

Li Yanqing asked again: "Zhang Shun, is it what Pan Yue said to you personally?" ”

"Exactly! I made it clear in my later confessions. ”

At this time, 'Pan Yue' suddenly stood up, bowed to Li Yanqing, and retreated to the side.

Zhang Shun was stunned for a moment, "This ......"

Li Yanqing snorted heavily, "He's not Pan Yue, he's just a member of the Imperial History Tower, you actually don't know Pan Yue at all!" ”

Zhang Shun knew that he had been fooled, his face was swollen and red, he suddenly roared and threw himself at Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing raised his hand, and the inkstone flew out like lightning, hitting Zhang Shun's left leg knee, Zhang Shun screamed, fell to the ground, and couldn't stand up.

Several officers stepped forward and tied his hands behind his back, and at this moment, there was a burst of applause outside, "It's really wonderful!" ”

I saw three people walking outside, the leader of the old man was Cai Jing, and the person who followed him was Liang Zhongdu, the servant of the Criminal Department, who was also Cai Jing's son-in-law, and the other person was Zheng Zhi, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Gu Yiqun and Zhao Shu were so frightened that they hurriedly got up and saluted, and Li Yanqing also got up and saluted, "Old man, I haven't seen you for a long time!" ”

Cai Jing walked in and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being born in Tanhua, and he suddenly grasped the key to the problem, Zhang Shun actually didn't know Pan Yue, this case is interesting, I don't know how Li Yushi found this loophole?" ”

"Beizhi carefully investigated the defense of the city wall at that time, and found that there were five battalions responsible for defending the city at that time, and the defenders of two of the battalions were not Pan Yue's subordinates, Pan Yue was only the commander on duty, and Pan Yue was transferred to the capital for only two months, and Beizhi suspected that the three assassination soldiers did not know Pan Yue, in addition, they were interrogated separately several times before, and Pan Yue had never met them, so Beizhi wanted to test it today."

"Didn't Pan Yue suspect this?" Liang Zhongdu, the waiter of the criminal department next to him, asked.

Li Yanqing nodded to Liang Zhongdu and said with a smile: "Pan Yue has never suspected that they are not his subordinates, and they have not been tried together in the same hall, in fact, Pan Yue has more than 1,000 people, his tenure is too short, he doesn't know most of his subordinates, even if he meets, he will take it for granted that these three people are his subordinates,

Zhao Shu also said: "Li Yushi is right, in the past, Liu Yushi insisted on separate interrogations, and they really haven't met!" ”

Cai Jing praised: "Seeing the subtleties, no wonder the seed master appreciates you so much, it's not for no reason!" ”

At this moment, an official ran in in a panic and said, "Yushitai King Zhongcheng is here!" ”

Cai Jing sneered, "How did I know that he would definitely come today?" ”

He gave Dali Temple Qing Zheng Zhi a look, and Zheng Zhi immediately gave the order, "Please Wang Zhongcheng!" ”10