In Yang Zhen's mind, even if he had completely said it this time, it would put a lot of pressure on the Criminal Department, but if he wanted to tell them to be obedient and respond immediately, it was not realistic to even start the trial of the Xu family's case, so they would have to delay it for a few more days. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the facts were beyond his expectations, the day after he found the Criminal Department, a document was sent to Jinyiwei by the Criminal Department, which clearly stated that the trial of the Xu family's case by the three divisions would be held in the main hall of the Criminal Department two days later, that is, on October 15, and Yang Zhen would be invited to testify in court.

If it weren't for the fact that the seals of the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple were printed side by side under this document, Yang Zhen would have suspected that someone had forged it. But whether it was asking the official who sent the official document, or repeatedly checking the document, Yang Zhen didn't even find the slightest problem.

"What's going on? Didn't they procrastinate before? Why did you suddenly change sex, and you have to go to trial? Xia Kai and several other Yang Zhen's cronies also said with some confusion after reading this document.

Shen Yan said after a deep sigh: "It's better than them not saying anything, at least to start the matter." However, my lord, from the point of view of the lower officials, they suddenly changed their minds, and there must be something else, and we must take precautions. ”

However, Cai Yingyang was very unimpressed: "This case has all the human and material evidence, can they still open their eyes and talk nonsense to exonerate those guys of the Xu family?" Even if they have this mind, I'm afraid they don't have the ability! ”

Yang Zhen quietly listened to the discussions of his subordinates, and only said after a while: "What you said has some truth, anyway, we just have to go and see what they will do." As long as I'm here, I can't do anything about them. By the way, I told you to keep an eye on the movements of those officials who have a deep relationship with the Xu family, but did you find anything? ”

Song Guang, who has been in charge of the affairs of the secret agents, hurriedly replied: "These days, although some officials are connected with each other, because of the big matter, they don't dare to make much moves, and I haven't seen them go to the officials of the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions to intercede. In addition, Zhang Gelao's place, except for Xu Fan's two brothers, who had been there once, no one who was close to the Xu family had ever entered the door - although many people went to visit, they were all blocked from the door and could not see Zhang Gelao's face. ”

"Oh? It seems that Zhang Ge Lao is really selfless, and he refuses to even sell this little favor? Yang Zhen was a little strange.

"He should be afraid of the DPRK and China." Shen Yan guessed: "At this juncture, everyone will guess that he is Zhang Ge Lao, and if he can get mixed in, he always wants to stay out of the matter." After all, over the years, although Zhang Ge Lao has great power and everything is going well, there are still many enemies in the open and in the dark. ”

Yang Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "I think it should be like this." Looking at this situation, the decision of the Three Law Divisions to open the trial this time doesn't seem to have much to do with him, so what are their ideas......" After a while, he laughed again: "Forget it, these things are always incomprehensible, so I won't guess him." Anyway, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, as long as they dare to excuse the Xu family, I will definitely fight with them to the end! ”

"We are also willing to follow the adults and fight them to the end!" A group of subordinates also echoed the truth.

Yang Zhen smiled unconsciously when he saw this: "Okay, with such an attitude from everyone, why worry that this matter can't follow our thoughts!" ”

Having said that, when it came to the day of the trial of the three divisions, when he came to the main hall of the Criminal Department to prepare for the trial, Yang Zhen still had a trace of apprehension in his heart. There is always a fear of the unknown.

But all the progress of the trial of the three divisions this time made Yang Zhen unable to say anything wrong, in front of him, the Jinyi guard, and a certain eunuch sent by the palace to hear the trial, several presiding officials did not miss a trace of the three accusations that Yang Zhen had made against the Xu family at the court meeting before - the crimes of bad sea ban, collaborator and interception and killing of the Qin Cha, and they did not have the slightest intention of excusing them.

That's not all, and then, they took out the most missing testimony, not only brought Yan Huan and other people from the Yangzhou Cao Gang to the court for questioning, but also brought those captured widows to the court, interrogated them, and pointed the crime directly at the Xu family.

Subsequently, several officials politely asked Yang Zhen, who had been sitting next to him to listen to the trial, and asked him if he had anything else to add to this.

Everything seems to be so smooth, and the crime has been completely decided, Yang Zhen naturally has no opinion on this, and can only say that this is indeed the case. But at the same time, his heart is even more unsteady.

Because this court trial was so smooth, it didn't seem to be true, it was too abnormal. You must know that if the Xu family is really convicted like this, this family that has been entrenched in Jiangnan for many years may be completely wiped out from now on, and the male of the Xu family may be sentenced to exile, go to the poor mountains and bad waters, or go to the border to experience the test of life and death; Those important children and grandchildren may not even be able to save their lives. The female may be relatively better, but the fate of being sent to the teaching workshop department as (female chang) (female branch) is inevitable.

The only exception may be Xu Jie, who after all, is a former important minister of the imperial court, who has made great contributions to the society and is old. But in the case of the family being ruined and all the children and grandchildren are scattered, this old man will probably not be stronger than his old opponent Yan Song in the end - Yan Song was exiled in the wilderness of his hometown after his home was raided in his later years, and he could only survive by eating sacrifices, and finally died of hunger and cold.

If this is just an ordinary big family, Yang Zhen is completely acceptable to Yang Zhen with such a result under the triage of the three divisions. But the Xu family ...... They have such deep roots in the court, how can they be so passive and don't even think of a way to save themselves? How could these officials not leave any mercy and put all the evidence on the Xu family?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Yang Zhen felt in his heart, but it was a pity that everything in front of him made him unable to see the slightest flaw, so he could only endure and watch from the wall for the time being, to see what tricks they were playing.

"Smack!" The three officials who presided over the case made a final summary after pushing each other, and Weng Ruyan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, made a final summary: "The case of the Xu family this time is conclusive, and it is really shocking. No matter which of these three major crimes is, it is enough to condemn the entire clan to death, and even if it is a relative of the emperor, this crime cannot be exculpated. Although Mr. Xu has worked hard for the country all his life and has made great contributions to the society, but the merit is merit, and the fault is wrong, and this matter cannot be exempted. In our meaning, all the men of the Xu family will be beheaded, the other men will be assigned to the border, and the female dependents will be enslaved in the Jiaofang Division. Of course, how this case should be decided in the end will still have to be decided by His Majesty. As he spoke, the three officials bowed their hands respectfully towards the chamberlain.

Seeing that neither Yang Zhen nor the eunuch objected, the three officials immediately said: "In this case, then send someone to put Xu Fan and Xu Kun and their families in prison first, and then finally convict them of their crimes after the imperial court decrees that Songjiang arrests the rest of the Xu family and others into Beijing!" ”

As a fire stick was thrown down the hall, several officials from the Criminal Department also hurriedly responded, picked up chains, knives and sticks and other things and went out, this is to get the Xu family brothers.

Until this time, Yang Zhen couldn't see anything unusual: "Could it be that these court officials knew that this case could not be turned over, so they gave up the Xu family completely for their own safety?" Not only did he give up, but did he plan to stab the Xu family a few more times and destroy the Xu family? ”

Although everything is developing like this, Yang Zhen's heart is still full of doubts, there must be something he didn't expect, and there must be something strange inside. It's just that what is wrong with this, he can't say for a while, but his brows can't help but slowly wrinkle.

In fact, it was not only him who was uneasy in his heart, but the three adults were also beating drums in their hearts behind the selflessness of the iron mask.

"Nothing can go wrong, right? Don't really put all the charges into practice, otherwise we will offend too many people. Millions, millions, where must that person go......" Thinking of this, the eyes of the three officials couldn't help but look outside, full of anticipation and uneasiness.

It wasn't until they saw that the leader of the errand who had been ordered to go to get people turned around again, and the three of them looked at each other before they finally breathed a sigh of relief. But the things on the face still have to be done, at least in front of Yang Zhen, they didn't dare not pretend, so they sank their faces and asked the officer: "You are a trick, didn't you ask you to get people, why did you come back again?" ”

The man hurriedly knelt down and replied: "If you reply to the words of the adults, it is not that the little ones are lazy, but because the errands that the adults told the little ones to do have been done. ”

"Huh?" Although the faces of the three of them were gloomy, there was a trace of joy in their eyes.

"As soon as the little leader came out of the yamen, he saw Xu Fan and Xu Kun coming with a house slave and one person, and they said that they had come to surrender." The man hastened to explain.

"Is that so?" The three officials suddenly perked up and hurriedly said, "Go, hurry up and bring people to this official!" ”

The messenger hurriedly agreed, and hurried out. And Yang Zhen, after seeing this scene, his eyebrows immediately raised: "Sure enough, the variables are coming!" ”

In just a few moments, several officers of the Criminal Department led the three of them into the hall. Yang Zhen's gaze naturally swept over the faces of the three of them one by one, and when it fell on the face of the last person, his gaze shrank suddenly: "Why did he get to the capital?" "It's Xu Ying, Xu Jie's third son. Although he looked much haggard at this time than when he was in Huating, his appearance did not change, and Yang Zhen recognized him at a glance!