Chapter 792: Come Prepared
"My father asks you, how is the moon on the twenty-ninth of October?" Just when everyone in the lobby was secretly guessing Li Yuntian's intentions, Li Yuntian looked at the round-faced guy with a cold expression and asked.
"It's the waning moon." The round-faced guy was highly nervous at this time, and since Li Yuntian's question was very simple, he subconsciously answered it after hearing it.
"Oops!" Hearing this, Wei Xin's face suddenly changed, and his eyes showed a look of surprise, and it was only at this time that he understood Li Yuntian's true intentions.
Yang Rong, Zhang Fu and the others also realized Li Yuntian's intentions, and couldn't help but talk to each other, no one thought that Li Yuntian would deliver a winning blow in this place after going around in a big circle.
A smile appeared at the corner of Yang Shiqi's mouth, Li Yuntian had actually made the foreshadowing after seeing the round-faced guy and the others, and had been waiting for the opportunity to make a move, but everyone on the scene didn't even find out Li Yuntian's true intentions, and then slapped the round-faced guy and the others by surprise, even Wei Xin had nothing to do now.
"At the end of October, the night was gloomy, and on the twenty-ninth there was only a waning moon left, and the night was more than a hundred paces away, how could you see the faces of people walking in the distance? Could it not be that the two lanterns did not shine on the way, but on those who walked? Sure enough, Li Yuntian's face turned cold for a moment, and he looked at the round-faced guy coldly and said.
"That'...... There were many stars that day, so the villain could ...... You can see the faces of people more than 100 steps away. The round-faced guy was taken aback when he heard this, obviously he didn't take this issue into account, his face suddenly became a little pale, and he hurriedly said under Li Yuntian's aggressive momentum.
"Every winter, a cold snap moves south from the bitter cold of the north, and the weather is gloomy, the clouds increase, and the starlight is usually blocked." Li Yuntian sneered when he heard this, and glared at the round-faced guy with a cold expression, "Qin Tianjian has a record of the daily weather in the Gyeonggi area, if you insist that the stars are bright that night, then you can access Qin Tianjian's records!" ”
The round-faced guy was suddenly dumbfounded when he heard this, his expression was stunned, and large beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, Li Yuntian's previous words had undoubtedly blocked the luck in his heart, if he claimed that the stars were bright that night, and once Qin Tianjian recorded that the night was gloomy, he would not be able to eat and walk around.
Most importantly, the weather in the Gyeonggi region at the end of October was mostly gloomy and sunny, and Lee was right.
Seeing that the round-faced guy was speechless, Yang Shiqi and Zhang Fu and others in the lobby couldn't help but secretly applaud Li Yuntian in their hearts, many of them had only heard about Li Yuntian's wonderful deeds in handling cases before, and now they really lived up to their reputation when they saw it, and they could find subtle flaws from the clues and successfully counterattack, and there was probably no one on Li Yuntian's right in the Ming Dynasty.
"Answer Zhen Guogong's question!" Wei Xin secretly complained in his heart at this time, he thought that the evidence he had to prove Li Yuntian's involvement in the arquebus case was foolproof, but now he knew that there was such a huge loophole, and after a while, he said to the round-faced guy expressionlessly, "Did you see Zhen Guogong on the road, or did you see it when you entered the warehouse?"
In Wei Xin's opinion, since it is difficult for the round-faced guy to see the appearance of the other party clearly when the people are walking in the distance, then when the people gather together at the door of the warehouse because they have to open the door, the lights that illuminate the road in front of them will definitely shine on the people waiting at the door, so that they can see each other's appearance clearly.
As for the warehouse, it may be a little far away from the round-faced guy's dormitory, these are not problems, as long as there is this possibility, Li Yuntian will not be able to get out.
"Lord Wei may not have been to the Bafang Warehouse, and the residence of the guys at the Bafang Warehouse is separated by a wall from the warehouse rented by Yang Fu, and it is impossible for them to see what is happening in front of the warehouse." Li Yuntian immediately sneered when he heard this, and opened his mouth to remind Wei Xin.
"Zhen Guogong, you don't seem to have been to the Bafang Warehouse, how do you know the situation in the Bafang Warehouse?" Wei Xin's eyes suddenly showed a look of embarrassment when he heard this, he really hadn't been to the Bafang Warehouse, how could this kind of errand thing be his turn, and then he realized something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Li Yuntian in confusion.
Everyone present also had a puzzled look on their faces, Li Yuntian seemed to have claimed that he had not been to the Bafang Inn before, so how could he know that there was a wall between the dormitory of the guys at the Bafang Inn and the warehouse rented by Yang Fu?
"After the accident of the Bafang Warehouse, my father transferred the architectural drawings of the Bafang Warehouse from the Daxing County Workshop, so he knows the distribution of the buildings inside." A sneer flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, could it be that he would make such a low-level mistake? Then he pondered for a while, and said to Wei Xin in an orderly manner, "If Lord Wei has any doubts, you can check the corresponding records of the Daxing County Workshop, and that drawing is now in the lecture hall, and Lord Wei can send someone to retrieve it at any time." ”
"Or it's not so troublesome, my father can draw that drawing, so that these guys from the Octagon Warehouse can check the authenticity!" As he spoke, Li Yuntian turned around and presented a document that proved that he had seen the architectural drawings.
"The Governor thinks it's a very good move." Chen Tai nodded when he heard this, turned to Wei Xin and said, "What does Lord Wei think?" ”
Wei Xin didn't expect Li Yuntian to read the architectural drawings stored in the workshop of the Bafang Warehouse in Daxing County, which made him feel depressed in his heart, since Chen Tai had already agreed, then he had to nod and agree.
Subsequently, the sergeant of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Li Yuntian lay on a desk and drew the architectural map of the Bafang Warehouse.
In fact, no one at the scene knew that the architectural plan of the Bafang Warehouse was from Li Yuntian, so even if Li Yuntian did not retrieve the architectural drawings of the Bafang Warehouse from the Daxing County Workshop, he could draw it accurately.
The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to go to the Daxing County Workshop to transfer the architectural drawings of the Bafang Warehouse instead of Shuntian Mansion was because Shuntian Mansion was not directly responsible for managing the affairs of the capital, otherwise he would not be tired to death, and it was actually the two Yiguo counties in the capital that were responsible for managing the daily affairs of the capital.
Shuntianfu has a total of five prefectures and nineteen counties, namely Tong, Ji, Zhuo, Ba, Changping five prefectures and Daxing, Wanping, Liangxiang, Fangshan, Dong'an, Gu'an, Yongqing, Baoding, Dacheng, Wen'an, Wuqing, Xianghe, Baodi, Ninghe, Sanhe, Pinggu, Shunyi, Miyun, Huairou nineteen counties, also known as Shuntianfu twenty-four counties.
Among them, Daxing, Wanping two counties rely on Guo, called Jing County, with the central axis of Beijing city as the boundary, the eastern part of the city and the suburbs belong to Daxing, the west of the city and the suburbs belong to Wanping.
Not only Shuntian Mansion, but also all the prefecture-level yamen in the Ming Dynasty have Yiguo County, and after the case is usually reported to Yiguo County after the case is located, it will be tried by Yiguo County, and if the trial of Yiguo County is not effective, it will be reported to the government office.
In this way, it can also explain where the scholars of the city where the government office was located took the county examination at the time of the imperial examination, and those scholars did not take the county examination in the government office, but took the county examination in Yiguo County.
The Bafang Warehouse is just within the jurisdiction of Daxing County, so the architectural drawings of the Bafang Warehouse should be reported to the Daxing County Ya Workshop for archiving and backup.
Not long after, amid the discussion of the civil and military officers at the scene, Li Yuntian put down the brush in his hand and asked the sergeant on the side to show the sketch of the building of the Bafang Warehouse he drew to the round-faced guy and others.
The round-faced man was stunned when he saw the drawing, which clearly marked the location of the reception area, the living area, the storeroom area, and even the kitchen and toilet, which shocked him, and he would never have known it in such detail if he had not seen the architectural drawing.
"This governor asks you, is there any omission or inappropriateness in the map drawn by the town of the country?" Chen Tai saw the surprised look on the faces of the round-faced guy and the others, and knew that the drawings drawn by Li Yuntian were the layout of the Bafang Warehouse, so he asked quietly.
"Lord Governor Yudu, this drawing of the Duke of Zhenguo is very detailed, and there are no mistakes." The round-faced guy came back to his senses and hurriedly replied with a panicked expression.
"Then you tell the palace, did you see the town of the country go to the treasury that night?" Hearing this, Chen Tai's face sank, and he asked loudly, he finally knew that Li Yuntian was not unprepared to come to the Gyeonggi Governor's Mansion, it turned out that he had made so many preparations in advance, no wonder he was able to firmly control the situation on the scene, forcing Yang Fu and the round-faced guy and others to be in chaos.
"This ...... This ......" The round-faced guy's face turned pale in an instant, and his face was sweating like rain, if he answered that he had seen Li Yuntian, then once Qin Tianjian's records showed that the light was not good that night, then he would be finished, and if he replied that he had not seen Li Yuntian, he would have to retract his previous evidence, so he was in a dilemma for a while.
"Boldly Diao Min, if you don't tell the truth when things come to this point, do you have to punish you!"
Looking at the round-faced guy with a panicked expression, Wei Xin's brows were tightly wrinkled together, Li Yuntian's seemingly casual words actually forced the round-faced guy into a desperate situation, and it seemed that he had to strike again to clean up the mess, so he groaned for a while, stretched out his hand and slapped the table, and shouted to the round-faced guy, "Sue the official, did you see the Duke of Zhenguo, or did you listen to what Yang Lao Liu said afterwards?" ”
"Lord Qiyu, the villain listened to what Yang Lao Liu said afterwards, and the villain couldn't see those people clearly when the sky was dark, so he was curious and drunk Yang Lao Liu to find out the inside story." The round-faced guy was startled by Wei Xin's words, and then realized that Wei Xin, who seemed to be stern, was actually helping him, so he quickly came to his senses, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in a loud voice.
"Governor Chen, this person previously swore that he saw his father go to the Bafang Warehouse that night, but now he has changed his words, can the testimony of such a faithless person be trusted?"
Li Yuntian had already been mentally prepared, it would be strange if Wei Xin didn't help the round-faced guy, so he sneered and looked at Chen Tai with a stern expression, "If everyone arbitrarily changes their confessions in the court, then where is the majesty of the court, and how can the case be tried down?" ”
Facing Li Yuntian's questioning, Chen Tai's face showed an embarrassed look, starting from Yang Fu, those witnesses who testified against Li Yuntian had changed their confessions one after another under Li Yuntian's counterattack, and there was definitely no way to continue the trial of the case if it continued like this, because Li Yuntian could not get rid of the charges charged by those witnesses at all, and there was no need for the adults present to hear the trial here.
Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others saw that Li Yuntian expressed their dissatisfaction, and they discussed it in private, all of them felt that today's court trial was too absurd, where was there a witness who was exposed in public and lied not only unscathed, but also that the testimony he subsequently changed could continue to be accepted by the government, and was also witnessed by these most powerful ministers in the court, which was really an out-and-out farce.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the false accuser sits back, and the crime of the prince is increased by one degree, in fact, both Yang Fu and the round-faced guy should be punished now, but they are unscathed, which is really ridiculous.
Wei Xin realized that all the adults at the scene were very disappointed with the court trial, and at the same time felt smoke about the witnesses he favored, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, in fact, he didn't want to do this, but with the holy order, he had to find a way to convict Li Yuntian, otherwise he would be unlucky at that time.
Although it would take some twists and turns for Emperor Xuande to kill Li Yuntian, it was a matter of a gesture to kill Wei Xin, and it was just a matter of one sentence, he didn't want to provoke Emperor Xuande and lose his life.
Chen Tai glanced around at the whispering civil and military officials in the hall, with a helpless look on his face, he also wanted to try Li Yuntian's case peacefully and calmly and then reply to Emperor Xuande, but Li Yuntian was obviously not a person who took it lightly, and he actually beat Yang Fu and these witnesses to the ground, making him in charge of the trial now a joke.
"Listen, you will have to think about it in the future and then answer your questions, once it is confirmed, it will not be able to be changed, otherwise it will be punished as the crime of bullying the king." Since Li Yuntian had already protested, Chen Tai naturally couldn't refuse in front of all the important ministers at the scene, so he groaned for a while and said to the round-faced guy and the others expressionlessly.
"Adults, villains, and others must have thought about it before answering the adults' questions." The round-faced guy nodded hurriedly when he heard this, and said resignedly, although his expression was still panicked, he was relieved in his heart, and finally fulfilled the lie in front of him anyway.
"Then this governor asks you again, you have to answer honestly, did you witness Zhen Guogong go to the treasury of the Bafang Warehouse that night or did you listen to what Yang Lao Liu said afterwards?" Seeing this, Chen Tai asked solemnly, wanting to settle this matter.
Although Chen Tai was afraid of Emperor Xuande's punishment, he also had to be face-saving, otherwise how to stay in the capital in the future, in his opinion, he had already done what he could in the court trial, and he couldn't ignore Daming's face and had to impose the charges of the arquebus case on Li Yuntian in front of the important ministers in the court, if you want to blame, you can only blame the person who designed this matter for not doing it well, and as a result, Li Yuntian has so many opportunities to take advantage of.
"My lord, the villain really listened to what Yang Lao Liu said, and because of the dark sky at that time, he didn't see the appearance of the person who entered the treasury." The round-faced guy didn't think about it, and said to Chen Tai in a loud voice, and the guys kneeling behind him also opened their mouths to echo and confirm the matter.
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, and a relaxed look appeared on his face, as if he was not dissatisfied with the round-faced guy's change of confession.
The reason is simple, he didn't expect to overturn the round-faced guy's confession, but he just wanted to achieve another goal.