Chapter 41: Crooked Strikes (Part II)
Yue Su listened to Wang Linhe's words, and did not answer immediately, but said loudly: "Someone, call Chongyue, and by the way, ask him to take yesterday's confession." ”
"Yes, sir."
The errand outside the door agreed, and went to the duty room to call Yang Yishan. As soon as Yang Yishan entered the door, he first saluted a few adults, and then heard Yue Su say: "Chongyue, you presented the confession you said yesterday to the two adults. ”
"Yes." Yang Yishan handed over the confession to Zou Jiaren, and after Zou Jiaren read it, he passed it to Wang Helin for inspection.
Waiting until Wang Helin saw it, he said: "My lord, I didn't expect Gong Naisen to do such a thing, it's really innocent." The lower officials drafted this chapter, and the upper Chen Tian listened. ”
Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "The Ministry also plans to play it according to the book today, so let's play it together." But Lord Wang, you are in charge of a provincial prison, and you are in Kaifeng with Gong Naisen, what is the official reputation of Gong Naisen, and how he will try the case and determine the sentence, Lord Wang is not clear at all? ”
"This ......" Yue Su said this, and Wang Linhe was speechless when asked.
Gong Naisen's subordinates have all confessed, and they are stationed there because they are worried that someone will go to the governor's yamen to shout grievances, why do they shout grievances, then there must have been grievances before and there was nowhere to redress, and now that Yue Qingtian is here, he found a place to reason. Kaifeng City is more than the prefect of the yamen, dissatisfied with the verdict, you can go to the inspection yamen, since it is said that now there are people who want to go to the governor yamen to shout grievances, then you according to the inspection of the yamen before what to eat.
Wang Helin's old face turned red, but Zou Jiaren helped him make a round, "Bingyan, Brother Tingxian is indeed guilty of negligence in this matter, but it is not that he is inactive." I think it must be that the people thought that the officials were guarding each other, and they were wronged in the prefect's yamen, and they didn't dare to go to the yamen to complain, so that Gong Naisen took advantage of the loophole. ”
Wang Lin Hezi Tingxian, the so-called Yamen of the Division, is the abbreviation of the Inspectorate Division.
"Yes, yes...... Xia Guan really has never received such a situation, if he encounters it, how can he let a villain like Gong Naisen get away with it for so long. What he said is absolutely true, and I hope that the adults will learn from it. Zou Jiaren gave him a step, and Wang Linhe, who was already sweating in his head, hurriedly climbed along.
Zou Jiaren is his mentor after all, and it is rare to open his mouth to say the second love for others, and this face still has to be given. Besides, he doesn't have conclusive evidence at hand to prove that Wang Linhe and Gong Naisen are in the same boat, so let's leave this matter at that, let's see later.
Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "Lord Wang, the Ministry still believes in you, and knows that you can't be in the same league as such a villain. ”
"Thank you for your trust. The lower officials will definitely fold up and plead guilty. Seeing that Yue Su didn't pursue it, Wang Linhe's heart was put down.
This is also the reputation of "Yue shaving his head" is too loud, and the sound makes this group of corrupt officials frightened. It can be said that as long as the people who are invited to the yamen by "Yue Shaved Head" with fire, at present, few can have a good end. Isn't it uncomfortable to come to the door today, Wang Linhe has secretly sworn now that it is best not to see Yue Su again in this life.
The crime of negligence is a common occurrence in officialdom, and Yue Su will not say more. At this time, I heard Zou Jiaren say: "Bingyan, I heard that all the members of the Gong family have been escorted back to the house by you, and now that Gong Naisen is dead, I won't continue to pursue them." Also, Bingyan, you are now the governor of Henan, and your official position is above the teacher, and you have some words for the teacher, and I don't know whether to say it or not. ”
"Teacher, what are you talking about, what is wrong with the student, you can teach you a lesson." Yue Su said politely.
"Now the people give Bingyan an indecent title, I don't know if you have heard of it." Zou Jiaren said earnestly.
"I wonder if the teacher is talking about the nickname 'Yue Shaved Head'? The students only heard about it yesterday. I think it's good, I shave the heads of those corrupt officials and local tyrants and bullies. Yue Su said loudly.
Hearing this, Wang Linhe's heart couldn't help but tremble. However, Zou Jiaren was very calm, smiled slightly, and said: "Kill those corrupt officials, local tyrants and bullies who have brought disaster to the country and the people, and support you from the bottom of my heart as a teacher." But don't implicate the innocent, just like Gong Naisen's crime is not punishable, but those subordinates in the house are only acting on orders. Punish them strictly, that is, it is better to leave them a way out. ”
"It turns out that this is what I said, but you have been too worried, although the students are in the heart of eliminating evil, they have always enforced the law like a mountain, and will never kill an innocent person in vain. It's just those people in the palace, and the students can't be released for the time being. Yue Su said.
"Oh? Why is that? Is there any other case involved? Zou Jiaren asked in surprise.
Yue Su nodded and said, "Have you ever heard of the Dragon Slaying Gang?" ”
Zou Jiaren stroked his beard and said: "You have written all over Henan, strictly investigating the hiding places of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and I have also received this text, how do you not know." Could it be that you have never been strict and suspect that among these people are members of the Dragon Slaying Gang. I don't think so, no matter how bold Gong Naisen is, he just dares to do some corrupt and perverted the law, as for colluding with bandits and intending to rebel, he will not dare to borrow his two guts for such things. ”
"Teacher, you don't know much about the Dragon Slaying Gang, that's why you say that, but the students have dealt with them several times. Many of the people in the Dragon Slaying Gang are not afraid of death, just like when the student was the prefect of Tongren, he met the general judge Ge Tong, as soon as he saw that the organ was exposed, the student brought someone to arrest him, and immediately committed suicide and died. There are also those dragon slaying gang bandits encountered in the Jade Pavilion in the capital, they are not afraid of death, they all contain poison in their mouths, and once they are caught, they will commit suicide immediately. Yue Su recalled the dead soldier of the Dragon Slaying Gang he encountered at the beginning, and couldn't help but be moved, and then said: "The student sent someone to take Gong Naisen yesterday, but he hanged himself earlier, his death may be called suicide in fear of crime, but even his housekeeper Gong Yu committed suicide. He is a housekeeper and has nothing to do with the case, why did he commit suicide? I think it must be the same as Ge Tong, seeing that the agency was exposed, he was afraid that he would be tortured in vain after being captured by the students, so he committed suicide. Now that all Gong Naisen's family property has been transferred, and his wife and children have also been transferred, where they will go, it must be the den of the Dragon Slaying Gang. On the surface, only Gong Naisen and Gong Yu know about this place, but this is only the surface, because the ordinary people of the palace think so. However, the students already have a lesson from Ge Tong's past, although Ge Tong died back then, but there are also cronies and subordinates in the house who know about the situation of the Dragon Slaying Gang, but they are just confused, and they are lucky, thinking that the law does not blame the public, and the students can't do anything to them. At that time, I also blamed the students, who were soft-hearted for a while, worried that innocent people would be affected, so they didn't torture and find out the guy, and they almost killed the county lord. The so-called can eat a trench and grow a wisdom, and have dealt with the Dragon Slaying Gang so much, how can the students let them succeed easily. Besides, the Dragon Slaying Gang has been exposed in Henan, and this time the students must try to find out that guy and uproot the Dragon Slaying Gang. In the past two days, the students plan to ask slowly, as long as anyone's answer does not match the preface and reveals flaws, they will be tortured. ”
After listening to Yue Su's words, Zou Jiaren nodded and said: "I didn't expect that this case would also involve the Dragon Slaying Gang, so you have to investigate carefully, and you must find out the thief, and it will not be in vain for the emperor to pay attention to you." ”
"Rest assured, the student will definitely catch all the thieves this time to repay the emperor's kindness." In the end, Yue Su is the arch of the north.
"In this way, the teacher will stay for a short time, and you will be busy first." After Zou Jiaren finished speaking, he stood up.
Wang Linhe had already wanted to leave, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "My lord, the lower officials will also leave first." ”
Yue Su stood up and personally sent Zou Jiaren out of the gate, only stopped at the head of the door, and said, "Teacher, the student still has official business, so he will not be far away."
Zou Jiaren and Wang Linhe also said politely, and then got into the sedan chair and left.
Yue Su went to the main hall and began to continue to interrogate the palace subordinates, as he had just said, carefully interrogating. There are even questions that have to be repeated several times from time to time, and as long as there is a time when your answer is inconsistent with the previous one, then you will be unlucky. He was not the only one who was interrogated, Tong Zhou, Zhang Wei, and Wang Shun, the old catchers who came out of Yangshuo County back then, also helped to interrogate and go through the sieve one by one.
It was the study again, the window was still open, and the man was still standing in front of the window, his eyes fixed on the flower garden behind the window.
Wen Tian still stood behind him respectfully, "Master, I don't know what is the matter with you calling me?" ”
"How did I do the things I told you last night?" The man in front of the window said gently.
"My subordinates have told my son according to your instructions, and he has promised that he will not go out in the near future. The city gate also gave an explanation, and added men. The people who were sent to the surrounding counties again also set off. ”
"Good." After the person in front of the window finished speaking, he sighed, and said after a while: "Zimei and Hanlian, the two girls, I'm afraid they won't be able to come out for a while." Unexpectedly, Yue Su also made a wrong judgment, I don't know if this matter is a blessing or a curse for us. ”
"Oh?" Wen Tian asked in surprise, "Master, what does Yue Su think?" ”
He mistakenly thought that Gong Naisen would have something to do with the anti-thieves of the Dragon Slaying Gang, which was all due to Gong Yu, and he also saw that Gong Yu's suicide was strange, and he may not be able to find a reason for his suicide, so it was linked to the faction of the Dragon Slaying Gang, and the results were consistent, all of them were exposed, so they cut off the clues with death. Those bandits of the Dragon Slaying Gang are really ruthless enough, and I also paid attention to Tongren's involvement in the county lord at the beginning, and I heard that Tong sentenced Ge Tong to commit suicide after being recognized. According to him, even if he is not tortured to extract confessions, he will go through the sieve one by one, as long as he finds a flaw in his words, he will start from whom. After the man in front of the window finished speaking, he sighed again.
"Master, I heard that this Yue Su tried the case, but he has a very set of rules, as long as he is targeted, there is nothing that cannot be tried. Since he believes that this matter is related to the Dragon Slaying Gang, where can he easily let it go, although Zimei and Hanlian have been trained by me, they are not deeply involved in the world after all, if they are interrogated in turns, after a long time, it is difficult to ensure that they will not show flaws. Wen Tian's tone also revealed a trace of worry.
The person in front of the window didn't speak, looked into the distance, thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "At the moment, I'm afraid there is only one way." ”
"Master, what do you mean......" Wentian asked, looking up.
"It's better for others to die than for us to die, although I promised Gong Naisen that in the event of an accident, I would save his wife and children, but now it seems that it will not work. However, they did not commit capital crimes, Yue Su at most copied their family property, I think they will be sold to Yue Su, Yue Su will judge them and the Dragon Slaying Gang, and he will not pursue those subordinates. The man in front of the window said leisurely.
"The old man is wise. The small one will be arranged, and it will definitely make Yue Su unable to see that this is the news that we deliberately sold to him. ”
"I don't have to worry about you doing things, okay, let's go down."
(To be continued)