Although Wang Pu didn't say it explicitly, the meaning of the words was already very clear, the reason why Fan Wencheng was able to contact Zhu Changfang so quickly was because someone threaded the needle through it, that is to say, the officials in the court and Jiannu colluded inside and outside and were embarrassed, and this object of suspicion was directly aimed at Gao Hongtu.

However, of course, Gao Ju and Shi Kefa would not believe Wang Pu's words, this is a major matter related to hundreds or even thousands of lives, and they must not be careful.

Shi Kefa said: "Master Hou, can you let this prisoner speak?" ”

Wang Pu took out a confession from his sleeve and said loudly: "Three presiding judges, this is Fan Wencheng's confession, as for letting the prisoner speak, I think it will be spared." ”

Shi Kefa said: "Why, Hou Ye didn't dare to let him speak?" ”

"Jokes." Wang Pu said, "What don't I dare." ”

"That's good." Shi Kefa nodded and said loudly, "Come on, renew the upper and lower jaw bones for the prisoner." ”

A servant had already stepped forward to connect the jaw bone for Fan Wencheng.

Shi Kefa asked, "Are you Fan Wencheng, a criminal in Liaodong?" ”

"You are the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Shi Kefa." Fan Wencheng said abruptly, "I've heard of your name, you are a hard bone, and you are honest as an official, but you don't have any skills." ”

"You!" Shi Kefa said angrily, "Answer the official's question well." ”

"What else is there to ask?" Fan Wencheng frowned and said, "Isn't the confession already clearly written?" ”

Fan Wencheng is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, knowing that he will not survive if he falls into the hands of Wang Pu this time, he will not survive anyway, and quibbles, retracting confessions, and gibberish will only make him suffer more from his flesh and skin, so why bother?

Shi Kefa said: "You are really sent to Nanjing by the slave chief Dorgon?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "Nonsense. ”

"Have you really seen King Lu?"

"What do you say?"

"Talk back, or you will be punished!"

"Yes, of course I did."

"Zuo Liangyu listened to your instigation before raising troops?"

"You can say the same thing."

Gao Zhuo had already read Fan Wencheng's confession and found that it did not involve collusion with officials in the DPRK and China, so he asked: "Criminal Fan Wencheng, what officials have you been in contact with in Nanjing?" ”

"Officials?" Fan Wencheng said, "No." ”

Gao Zhuo said loudly: "Tell me honestly, and you can't hide it." ”

Fan Wencheng laughed: "Okay, tell me honestly, I have more officials in contact with Nanjing." ”

Shi Kefa asked, "Who are they?" ”

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "There are you, Master Shi, Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu, oh, and Gao Hongtu you just said, you are all Jiannu's annihilation ......"

"!" Shi Kefa said angrily, "What nonsense! ”

Wang Pu waved his hand, and two soldiers of the Central Army rushed forward to re-remove Fan Wencheng's jaw bone.

Shi Kefa said to Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu: "Old Sun Ge, Hou Ye, this Fan Wencheng is a faction of nonsense, nonsense, and the confession he has confessed is not credible. ”

Wang Pudao: "Whether Fan Wencheng's confession is true, please ask Zhu Changfang to ask?" ”

"It's fine." Gao Zuo nodded and said, "Come on, go and invite King Lu immediately." ”

The two officials took the order to go, King Lu's apartment was not far outside the imperial city, and the officials went to the palace hall with Zhu Changfang, the king of Lu, and Zhu Changfang entered the door and saw Fan Wencheng, and immediately collapsed to the ground in fright, and said continuously: "It's not about Xiao Wang, it's not about Xiao Wang......

"Don't panic." Shi Kefa said slowly, "This time I invited the prince to come just to be a witness. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Changfang nodded again and again, got up from the ground in embarrassment, and said, "Don't panic, don't panic." ”

Gao Zhuo pointed at Fan Wencheng and asked, "Lord Wang, do you recognize this person?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Changfang nodded and said, "His name is Cheng Wenfan, he is a staff member sent to Nanjing by Wu Sangui, he said that the three princes of the former emperor have been killed in Yanjing, and the current Long Live Lord is ......."

"Lord Wang!" Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo Huo Ran's color changed, and they shouted in unison, "Be careful! ”

Zhu Changfang was startled and said in a low voice: "Yes, be cautious, you must be cautious." ”

Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo glanced at each other and said, "Whatever the official asks you, don't talk about irrelevant topics." ”

Gao Zhuo specially told the copywriter in charge of recording: "What the prince said just now is not allowed to be recorded." ”

This case is getting more and more complicated, and even the big Han annihilation of Wu Sangui is involved, and the matter is also involved in today's Long Live Lord, saying that Long Live Lord is impersonated, this matter can be a big trouble, and if the trial continues, won't even Long Live Lord have to be arrested and re-screened for identity?

The current situation is like a dead knot, if you want to try King Lu, it will definitely involve the bloodline of Long Live Lord, without interrogating King Lu, you will not be able to find out the identity and origin of Fan Wencheng, and if you don't find out the identity of Fan Wencheng, you will not be able to clear the suspicion of Gao Hongtu colluding with Jiannu, all the way down, if Gao Hongtu's case wants to be tried, you have to start from the bloodline of Long Live Lord.

If you really want to file a case to review the bloodline of the Long Live Lord, even if the final result proves that Emperor Longwu is the bloodline of Chongzhen, but this matter has been spread, and it will inevitably be used by people with ulterior motives, in this way, wouldn't it be a big mess in the world? Isn't the foundation of the Ming Dynasty about to be shaken? Aren't Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo going to become sinners in history?

Although Shi Kefa and Gao Ju were dissatisfied with Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu's control of the government, they were not ignorant of the general situation, and they knew that this case could no longer be investigated, so it could only end here.

Wang Pu wanted this effect, deliberately implicating Fan Wencheng and Zhu Changfang in the Gao Hongtu case, just to make Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo have scruples, and no longer dare to get to the bottom of the matter, and then he could only try the case according to Wang Pu's predetermined route, and beat Gao Hongtu and his party into a traitor to the enemy, and then kill them all.

Speaking of which, Wang Pu just wants to use the hands of Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo to kill Gao Hongtu and his party! Shi Kefa is upright and has a clean breeze on his sleeves, and he is very respected by Shilin, and Gao Hongtu and his party died under Shi Kefa, which can block the mouths of the people of the world and save Wang Pu a lot of unnecessary troubles.

As soon as Wang Pu waved his hand, King Lu was escorted down by two soldiers of the Central Army, and King Lu turned around vigorously and said miserably: "It's not about Xiao Wang, a few adults, it's really not about Xiao Wang......

Wang Pu smiled coldly and asked, "The three chief judges, do you want to continue the trial?" ”

Shi Kefa and Gao Ju glanced at each other and asked, "Then what does Hou Ye mean?" ”

"Stability is paramount, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty cannot be shaken." Wang Pu said in a condensed voice, "And the three presiding judges who should know already know about it, so close the case." ”

Although Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo felt that there were many doubts in Gao Hongtu's case, Yang Tingjian's confession may be true, and Gao Hongtu did intend to get rid of Wang Pu by pretending to build a slave, but there was no direct evidence that Gao Hongtu and Fan Wencheng were connected, so hastily convicting Gao Hongtu of colluding with Jiannu was a bit reluctant, and Jiang Yueguang, Wang Duo and others couldn't say anything, the two were not fools, and they knew that Wang Pu was clearly going to borrow their knives to kill Gao Hongtu and his party!

But the first half of Wang Pu's sentence is very reasonable, stability overrides everything, Da Ming ...... Can't mess around!

Shi Kefa took a deep breath and asked in a condensed voice: "Then according to Lord Hou's opinion, how should this case be sentenced?" ”

"Ben Hou thinks that the main criminals Gao Hongtu, Fan Wencheng, and Zhu Changfang are extremely evil, and they should be treated with sincerity and benevolence, and placed outside the Taiping Gate to be spurned by passers-by, so as to warn the world not to be traitors, and accomplices Jiang Yueguang, Wang Duo, Yang Tingjian, Zhang Pu and others also have treason and defection to the enemy, and they should be punished!"

Wang Pu said this, and said with a smile: "Of course, Ben Hou just made a suggestion, and the final decision is in the hands of the three presiding judges. ”

"What, Renbi!?"

Shi Kefa and Gao Zhuo looked at each other in shock, this is a torture that is even more cruel than Ling Chi's execution!

The so-called human body is to cut off the limbs of the prisoner, put them in the middle of the urn, and then pour copper into the ears, cut off the tongue, destroy the vocal cords, gouge out the eyes, so that the prisoner cannot see, speak, hear, and walk, but he will not die...... It can be described as cruel to the extreme!

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Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Longwu, who was lying on the imperial case and pretending to sleep, suddenly woke up from his nightmare and exclaimed: "Don't come, don't come!" ”

"Long live Lord, Hurrah Lord, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Zi'an stumbled in front of Emperor Longwu's imperial case, stretched out his hand to support the sweaty Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu hugged Zhang Zi'an like a drowning man grabbing straw, and hissed: "He wants to kill me, he wants to kill me, Zhang Zi'an, you go and gather the guards, go and gather the guards......

"Hooray." Zhang Zi'an said regretfully, "No one can kill you, and no one dares to kill you, you are just a dream." ”

"Dreams? Just a dream? Emperor Longwu calmed down slightly, looked around and then breathed a long sigh of relief, the whole person seemed to be paralyzed as if he had lost his strength, and said with relief, "Huh, it's just a dream, fortunately, it's just a dream......

Zhang Zi was miserable in his heart, thinking that he was really frightened by Wang Pu this morning, but Wang Pu's murderous appearance at that time, even Zhang Zi'an couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart when he saw it, not to mention that Long Live Lord was only a child less than sixteen years old, although Emperor Longwu was the Ninety-Five, but he was still a child after all.

In the sound of small footsteps, the slender figure of Princess Changping suddenly walked in.

"Sister Huang." Emperor Longwu's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly, "Save me, you save me quickly." ”

Princess Changping saluted Emperor Longwu and said softly: "Long live don't worry, after all, you are the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, no matter how powerful the Marquis of Jingnan is, he will never dare to kill the king." ”

"No, you don't know, Imperial Sister." Emperor Longwu hurriedly said, "You didn't see the kind of eyes that Wang Pu looked at me in the early dynasty, he would really kill me, really!" ”

"Ugh." Princess Changping sighed faintly and said, "Long live, then you will issue an edict to revise the Da Ming Law, revise the Da Ming Law according to the meaning of Jing Nan Hou, and then completely entrust the government affairs to Sun Ge Lao, and completely entrust the military affairs to Jing Nan Hou, Long live the Lord and stay in the Forbidden Palace to concentrate on studying, okay?" ”

Emperor Longwu was stunned for a moment, a trace of loneliness appeared on his face, and he sighed: "Imperial sister, does it have to be like this?" ”

No wonder Emperor Longwu was lost, he really wanted to issue such an edict, which means that the power of the court and government was completely handed over to Sun Chuanting, Wang Pu and his son, and from now on, he, the emperor, is just a puppet in the hands of others! Is it any difference if you can't make this edict? Emperor Longwu is already a puppet in the hands of others.

Princess Changping said gloomily: "Long live, you are only sixteen years old, come and say Fang Chang......"

"That's it." Emperor Longwu sighed and said to Zhang Zi'an, "Zhang Zi'an, you should go back to the master of ceremonies to draft the decree." ”

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The next said, the entrance of the East Gate vegetable market.

2,000 heavily armed officers and men of the Central Army stood like straight javelins around the execution ground, separating the prisoners inside the execution ground from the ordinary people watching from the periphery of the execution ground.

In the execution ground, Hei pressed down on his knees and fell to death row prisoners, there were hundreds of people!

The onlookers were shocked, and their eyes widened one by one, they had never seen so many prisoners executed at the same time, and hundreds of heads fell to the ground at the same time, how tragic the scene should be?

In the crowd, several ordinary people were discussing.

The old man said: "The old man has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen such a scene, hundreds of heads!" ”

The young man said: "I heard that most of these death row prisoners are court officials, and they ended up in this fate because they betrayed the country to seek glory." ”

"Traitor to glory?" The scholar said, "Who knows if it's true or not." ”

The old man said: "This case was tried by Master Gao of the Criminal Department, Master Shi of the Ministry of War, and Mr. Sun Ge, Lord Gao and Mr. Sun Ge don't say it first, Lord Shi is a clean official, the old man can trust him, these traitors actually want to frame the Marquis of Jingnan, damn it!" If the old man wants to say that the sentence of them is light, they should all be cut with a thousand knives! ”

The scholar snorted and said, "What is a thousand cuts, you just wait to see people." ”

"Human?" The old man and the young man asked in unison, "What is Renbi?" ”

"Look." The scholar said coldly, "Soon you will know." ”

On the prison beheading platform, the supervisor Qu Shiyun looked up at the sky and said loudly: "Verify the body." ”

"Yes!"

A master took two steps forward, picked up the list of death row prisoners and a red pen on the case, and strode to the first prisoner's side. ”

The master opened the roster of dead offices and ticked a heavy check on the first page.

"Sinner Wang Duo, behead!"

"Sinner Zhang Pu, behead!"

"Sinner Yang Tingjian, behead!"

……

"Criminal Wang Yun, slash!"

After verifying the last death row inmate, the master returned to the prison table with the roster in his hand, and said loudly: "Lord Prison and Beheader, the two hundred and eighty-one death row inmates have all been verified and are conclusive. ”

Qu Shiyun said expressionlessly: "Execution!" ”

The master turned around, faced the execution ground, and shouted loudly: "The hour has ...... Execute! ”

In an instant, two hundred and eighty-one bright ghost head knives were raised one after another, and the cold light flashed, and the two hundred and eighty-one great heads had already fallen to the ground, and an old man who was nearly 100 years old exclaimed: "This Qu Shiyun is really a head shaver, killing people is the same as shaving the head." ”

Since then, Qu Shiyun has received the nickname of Qu shaving his head.

It's just that no one thought that the "shaving head" career of the cool official Qu Shiyun had just begun.

(To be continued)