Seeing Yang Zhen frowning slightly after listening to Ma Yue's words, Ren Zhigu felt a burst of happiness in his heart: "Don't think that someone will guarantee you and not take my criminal department yamen seriously, if you really let me catch the evidence, I can also convict you of murder!" ”

But at this moment, Yang Zhen was only a little unhappy, he had already prepared for such a situation, so after Ma Yue finished speaking, he said: "My lord, I think it is very inappropriate to let this Ma Sibin be a witness. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he has a lot to do with that Japanese man, and it is inevitable that he will be biased in his heart, which is not fair to me. ”

"Huh?" Yang Zhen's statement is indeed common knowledge in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty four or five hundred years ago, it seems very fresh, Ren Zhigu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yang Zhen, you are a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and Ma Sibin is also a person who has been studying the sage books for ten years, how can he do this?" This is clearly helping Ma Yue.

Damn, Lao Tzu talks to you about the law, and you talk to me about morality, what's the matter? Yang Zhen felt even more unhappy in his heart, raised his eyebrows, and said more clearly: "If it is just a personal relationship, I believe that Ma Sibin will not treat me like this." But what if this matter is still related to his own future? Ma Sibin, presumably the killing of the Japanese people next to you this time has done you a lot of damage, right? Only from the changes in the other party's appearance and temperament, Yang Zhen could already deduce a rough idea, so he simply said bluntly.

It is said that don't slap people in the face, don't scold people, don't expose shortcomings, Yang Zhen's sentence stabbed the biggest pain in Ma Yue's heart, and immediately made him change color, and couldn't help but scold: "Yang Zhen, you are a very harmful thing, and at this time, you are still ashamed, are you really not afraid of the strict laws of our country?" It's a fact that you killed someone, but you still dare to be so presumptuous in the lobby of the criminal department, and no one can cure your sin? ”

Yang Zhen wanted this effect, and immediately bowed his hand to Ren Zhigu and said: "My lord, you have also seen it, this Ma Sibin is like this when he mentions the events of the day, obviously he hates it deeply, and his testimony is really unconvincing." ”

Ren Zhigu saw that Ma Yue was so excited, and he didn't feel that he frowned. He really wanted to fall into Yang Zhen's crime, but he had to make it impossible for people to find any problems and tricks, otherwise he would rather let go of this opportunity and talk about it in the future.

Ma Yue saw that Ren Zhigu was moved by Yang Zhen's words, and his heart became even more anxious, so he hurriedly said: "My lord, this person has the audacity to kill the envoy of another country at the foot of the Son of Heaven in my capital, which damages the face of my Ming court, and it is really a crime that cannot be punished, and I hope that my lord will not be deceived by his clever words!" ”

This Ma Yue was really anxious, but he didn't know that the more he spoke like this at this time, the more it confirmed Yang Zhen's previous statement to him, this person was so incriminated because of personal hatred, and his testimony was not strong at all.

In the case of an ordinary case, as long as the presiding officer intends to convict the person, even if the witness is biased, it is not a problem. But this case is not ordinary, it can even be said that it is the attention of the government and the opposition, and it has also alarmed the Son of Heaven, as long as there is a little problem, Ren Zhigu, the chief judge, has to take the blame, so the more Ma is like this, the more difficult it is for his testimony to be accepted.

Ren Zhigu looked at Ma Sibin, who was already a little out of control, and sighed unconsciously in his heart, it seems that the idea of finishing his work in one battle today has to be dispelled, and it should not be able to convict Yang Zhen of the felony. But fortunately, there is no way to escape his murderous behavior, maybe he can make a fuss about this matter, even if he can't be convicted of any major crimes, it is good to remove him from his official position.

Lord Ren above was still scheming, but Yang Zhen below obviously didn't want him to succeed, and had already begun to fight back: "My lord, I have something else to say about killing that widow below." ”

"Huh?" Ren Zhigu glanced at him a little strangely, not knowing what else he could say besides saying that he was defending himself.

Yang Zhen glanced at Ma Yue with a sneer, since you have to put me to death, then it's no wonder that I am! I saw him say with an extremely solemn look and tone: "I think that this Japanese man is not an envoy of another country, but just a swagger and deceitful. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Ren Zhigu was surprised, but even Ma Yue on the side was stunned, he even threw aside his previous anger, and said angrily: "What did you say?" What's your heart in talking nonsense? The previous contradiction was just a private future, but what Yang Zhen said now is related to the overall reputation of Honglu Temple, which can't help but make him not care.

"Yang Zhen, you are talking nonsense, can you believe this kind of thing?" Ren Zhigu also frowned dissatisfiedly, and picked up the shocking wood and patted it.

"This assertion is not a fabrication, it is really reasonable." Yang Zhen was not in a hurry, and said eloquently: "You all say that the Japanese are envoys of the Japanese country, but I don't know what evidence there is?" ”

"Hmph, that's naturally there, he came with the Japanese ambassador Hirano Daxiang, how can you do it with a word?" Ma Yue hurriedly said.

"Then dare to ask if this ambassador Hirano came with his letter of state from the Emperor of the Japanese Kingdom?" Yang Zhen continued to ask.

"That's nature. Although this official has not seen this book in person because of his lack of rank, as far as Lord Ding said, Ambassador Hirano is a serious envoy who came with a letter of state, which cannot be faked. ”

"Haha, huh?" Yang Zhen couldn't help but sneer, and then shook his head again, looking at Ma Yue as if he was mentally retarded, but he didn't speak, just kept shaking his head.

His move made Ma Yue's heart unconsciously nervous, as if the other party really had any evidence to prove that those Japanese envoys had a problem. But years of officialdom made him vigilant, feeling that this might just be Yang Zhen's bluff, and there was no need to worry too much about it.

Just when Ma Yue was entangled, Ren Zhigu above helped him ask: "Yang Zhen, this kind of diplomatic matter is not something that you can put a beak in a small hundred households. You dare to say bluntly in my lobby that there is something wrong with the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, but you have to show evidence. Otherwise, this official will condemn you to the crime of bewitching the people! ”

In the face of such a threat, Yang Zhen didn't have the slightest intention of panicking, and after continuing to laugh for a while, he shook his head at Ma Yue, and said as if with a sigh: "It's a pity, it turns out that the so-called foreign-related officials in my Ming Dynasty are so ignorant and ridiculous." From the fact that you said that this envoy carried the letter of the emperor of the Japanese kingdom, it can be proved that their identity is not true. ”

"Why is that?" Ren Zhigu couldn't help but ask.

"Because at this time, there is a lot of fighting within this kingdom, and their emperor - yes, the emperor should be called there - their emperor not only has no prestige to speak of, but even can hardly protect himself. Let me ask, would an emperor who is not even guaranteed for his own safety have the heart to send an envoy to my Ming Dynasty for Hajj? Yang Zhen talked eloquently, looking confident.

During the two months in prison, Yang Zhen not only thought about how to get rid of the crime from his own side, but also thought of starting from the side of the Japanese people. And this thought really made him think of it.

When he talked to his brother about the general trend of the history of the world in Zhuji before, Yang Chen had mentioned the great war between China and the Japanese decades later. At that time, Yang Chen said with pity that if the Ming Dynasty could now take advantage of the Warring States Period when the Wa Kingdom was still in the Warring States Period, it would definitely be able to conquer the entire island country. In that case, not only would the great war in a few decades be avoided, but perhaps even the successive disasters hundreds of years later would be eliminated at the root.

Yang Chen at that time just felt it, and Yang Zhen only heard about it, but he didn't take it too seriously. It wasn't until Yang Zhen was in prison a few days ago thinking about how to defend himself that he thought of this, and felt that maybe it was an opportunity to say it today.

Since Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty has completely closed the sea ban, and does not send envoys to other countries, even if it is a sea across the country, they only see them coming, and they do not see the Ming sending people over. In this way, the imperial court naturally did not know the actual situation within the Wa Kingdom.

Especially after the rebellion of the Japanese invaders, which had caused great disasters in the southeastern provinces, was quelled, the imperial court was even more indifferent to the Japanese state, and it was even less likely to care about whether they were in order or chaos there. And some people who couldn't get along in the Wa Kingdom took advantage of such a loophole, forged the national certificate and came to the Ming Dynasty to eat and mix, and exchanged some so-called Hajj items from the imperial court for dozens or hundreds of times the reward.

At present, this situation has become more and more serious, and some Japanese people have even lived in Beijing and other places for a long time under the guise of envoys. Staying here not only does not have to worry about their lives as often as in the Wa Kingdom, but also is served by the Ming Dynasty with good food and drink, and they naturally don't want to go back.

"Is that true?" Ren Zhigu was also shocked when he saw that Yang Zhen said so surely. If this is the case, the face of the imperial court will inevitably be lost, and the situation of those officials in charge of receiving them in Honglu Temple will be even worse.

"I don't dare to say anything about such a big thing." Yang Zhen said: "If you don't believe it, you can interrogate the Japanese envoys strictly, and they will definitely tell the truth." Therefore, what he killed this time was just a swagger and deceitful person from another country who falsely claimed to be an envoy, and I dare not say what merit it was, but it was definitely not a crime. After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he glanced at Ma Yue meaningfully, this time he offended their entire Honglu Temple.

And Ma Yue couldn't even express his anger after hearing Yang Zhen's words. As a matter of fact, they also saw some problems in their speech and demeanor when receiving these so-called Japanese envoys, but in line with the principle that more things are better than less, they all ignored the past under the pretext that small countries did not understand etiquette.

But today, after being so broken by Yang Zhen, those past suspicions have completely become flaws, proving that what he said is correct. This made Ma Yue so frightened that he couldn't speak for a while......