Chapter 43: Case Closed?

This "mighty" sound, Huang Gongxu's county government hall, is also often shouted, the old guy listened, and his ears were calloused. But today, seeing the majesty of the governor's yamen made his heart chill, his scalp tingled, and he almost slipped off the chair.

Huang Chulei's performance was not much better than his father, and he almost didn't sit on the ground.

Majesty! It's so majestic! In this kind of peace, you can only bully the weak, how can you not be timid when you come to this majestic Dharma hall where the mirror hangs high.

Miyano Sen's family was escorted to the hall together, and everyone fell to their knees and kowtowed to the governor. Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "Which of you is Gong Naisen's wife?" ”

The lady in the center spoke: "The people's woman Wang's family is the wife of Gong Naisen. ”

"Hmm." Yue Su picked up the list submitted by Tong Zhou earlier, and said: "Gong Naisen hanged himself in fear of sin, and the headquarters sent someone to the mansion of Er and other people, and copied out a total of 100,000 taels of silver, 7,000 taels of gold, and a total of thirteen boxes of jewelry, jade, calligraphy and paintings. With so much money, just with Gong Naisen's money, let him be the prefect for ten lifetimes, and he can't save it. The ministry asks you, where did all this money come from? ”

"If you go back to your lordship, these gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings are all the income of my husband's corruption and bribery." Wang didn't say anything else, just answered truthfully.

"Count yourself on the truth. The headquarters asks you again, where did the house and the land where you lived in Zhugang Town come from? Yue Su asked coldly.

"It seems that this was sent by someone else, and the women don't know who it is. However, Gong Ping, the steward of the house, should be clear. Wang replied honestly.

Yue Su nodded and asked, "Which of you is Gong Ping?" ”

A middle-aged man kneeling behind Wang hurriedly replied, "The little one is called Gong Ping." ”

"You also heard what your wife said, and she said that you know where this house and the field came from, so tell me about it." Yue Su said lightly.

Don't look at Yue Su's plainness, but it faintly reveals a majestic atmosphere. Over the years as an official, he has been upright, selfless, and decisive, and has already developed a momentum of not being angry and self-imposing.

Gong Ping has reached this point, and it is useless to conceal his feelings, and if he doesn't do it, he will get into trouble. But if it weren't for the prestige of "Yue Shaving His Head", the lord would not have let his wife hide in Zhugang Town with his family property.

So, Gong Ping replied truthfully: "This house and land property were originally from the rich Toda Autumn in Zhugang Town, because my son suffered a lawsuit, so he honored my lord and begged my lord to exonerate his son." ”

"Oh." Yue Su nodded, and asked again, "Then do you know what crime Tian Qiulai's son has committed?" ”

"This villain was originally unclear, but later the lord asked me to go to Zhugang Town to help him take care of the land there, and the villain learned from the mouth of the tenant in the village that it was Tongxu County who framed Tian Qiulai's son for murder and put him on death row, and Tian Qiulai gave this ancestral property to my lord in order to save the life of the only son."

As soon as Gong Ping finished speaking, Huang Gongxu, who was sitting in the lower hand, immediately stood up and said hurriedly: "My lord, the lower official has been wronged, the lower official has never framed Tian Qiulai's son, and I hope that the lord will know it." When he said this, the old man was almost frightened and cried.

Yue Su turned his head and glanced at Huang Gongxu, and said coldly: "The headquarters hasn't asked you yet, why are you in a hurry, sit down for me!" ”

Yue Su's last four words were extremely harsh, and Huang Gongxu was frightened, unstable, and sat back in his chair. Yue Su didn't pay attention to him anymore, then looked at the people under the stairs and said, "Which one is the wife of the housekeeper Gong Yu?" ”

A woman kneeling in the second row hurriedly replied, "The folk woman Qiao's is Gong Yu's wife." ”

"Oh......" Yue Su said lightly: "The headquarters wants to ask you, how is Gong Yu usually a person?" Who do you deal with often? ”

"My husband is an old servant of the palace family, and he has been serving the palace family for three generations to my husband. The husband is usually silent, and if the master has something, he usually arranges him to do it, and he never mentions it to me. As for who I often deal with, what I know is the owner of some trading shops in Kaifeng City. Qiao replied.

Gong Yu is a slave of the palace family, and has been for three generations, Yue Su has already learned about this from the people of the palace who have been arrested, and what Qiao said is about the same as what the palace people said.

Now that all the palace has been arrested, and all the property of the palace family has been copied, it seems that the palace family should have no connection with the Dragon Slaying Gang. Because, if Gong Naisen was really a member of the Dragon Slaying Gang, the money would have been taken away by the Dragon Slaying Gang, how could he leave so much for himself.

Through Gong Yu's surname, Yue Su can make such a decision, that is, Gong Yu is very loyal to the Gong family, worried that he will be arrested and can't stand the torture, so he confesses the hiding place of the Gong family, so that the Gong family has been defeated since then.

After this inference was established, Yue Su had no intention of embarrassing the palace again, and all the stolen money was copied back, so don't kill innocents in vain.

Yue Su pondered for a moment and said, "Take them down and put them in prison for the time being." ”

"Yes!"

The servants put the palace in prison, and now only Tian Qiulai knelt down in the hall. Because there were many people kneeling at the bottom of the stairs just now, Huang Gongxu and his son hadn't noticed him yet, and now he was the only one left, and he didn't knock it out at a glance. Seeing Tian Qiu here, Huang Gongxu's father and son finally understood what was going on. The heart and liver that were beating rapidly almost jumped out of his throat.

Yue Su turned his head to look at Huang Gongxu and his son again, and said with a smile: "Huang Zhixian, now the headquarters is going to ask you a few words." ”

"Your Excellency ......" Huang Gongxu hurriedly got up and said: "Xiaguan has never framed Tian Qiulai's son, and I hope that my lord will know it......"

Yue Su smiled and said, "The Ministry originally didn't plan to ask you about this, since you mentioned it three times and twice, then the Ministry will listen to it and see what is going on." If you really didn't frame someone, the ministry will definitely return your innocence. Say, did you arrest Tian Qiulai's son and put him in prison? ”

As soon as I heard Yue Su say that I didn't plan to ask about this, it was you who had to say it three times or twice, so I asked about it. Huang Gongxu got this, and his intestines almost lost his remorse, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to my lord, the lower officials did arrest Tian Qiulai's son in prison. But at that time, someone testified that Tian Qiulai's son had killed someone, and the lower officials routinely interrogated him. ”

"And after that? Did his son admit it? Yue Su asked casually.

"His son refused to admit it, so the lower officials interrogated and collected evidence at the same time, and later found the real murderer, arrested him, and released Tian Qiulai and his son." Huang Gongxu said with a smile.

"Then you will arrest Tian Qiulai's son into the county government and detain him for a few days?" Yue Su asked again.

"It's like ten days and eight days." Huang Gongxu replied.

"It wasn't long. By the way, I heard Tian Qiu say that during this period, his son has pleaded guilty, and after being sentenced to beheaded prison by you, he was put on death row. Is there such a thing? ”

This matter cannot be concealed, after all, when Huang Gongxu announced the verdict at that time, there were not a few people watching from the county office, and as long as there was a little investigation, it would be found out. Therefore, Huang Gongxu had no choice but to say: "My lord, here's the thing. ”

"Then why did Tian Qiulai's son confess his guilt at that time?" Yue Su asked with a smile.

Because there were already witnesses at that time who proved that it was Tian Qiulai's son who killed him, but he flatly denied it, and the lower officials sentenced him. He was not punished, so he confessed that he had killed himself. But my lord, this is by no means a torture to extract a confession, it is really a big punishment that has witnesses to prove that he killed someone, and the lower official mistakenly thought it was true. Unexpectedly, as soon as the torture instrument was on, he recruited it. Huang Gongxu explained.

"According to what you say, it is not that you deliberately beat Tian Qiulai's son into a trick, but that witness made a false accusation that caused you to make a wrong judgment. Is that so? Yue Su said with a smile.

"Your Excellency is right, it is true." Huang Gongxu said with a smile on his face. When he heard those words, he was inevitably happy in his heart, and secretly said proudly: "People say that 'Yue shaves his head' is clear, and I think it's just like that, and I sent him away in a few words, and he said that if someone bragged about 'Yue shaving his head' in front of me, I would refute him in person." ”

When Huang Gongxu was proud, he heard Yue Su say again: "Where is the person who made the false accusation now?" ”

"The man...... Where is that person now, the lower officials don't know, maybe they moved. Huang Gongxu denied.

"Smack!" When Yue Su heard this, he knocked on the shocked wood and shouted: "Huang Gongxu, as an official of the imperial court and a parent of a county, don't you know the laws of the Ming Dynasty?" Framing others, the crime is added to the third degree, you said that the guy framed Tian Qiulai's son to kill people, and you were tired of beating Tian Qiulai's son into a trick, but after the truth was revealed, why didn't you punish that guy severely, but let him get away with it, and now there is no trace! At the entrance of the yamen in the world, it is clearly written that false accusations are added to the third degree, and the more sue rods are fifty. Falsely accusing others of murder, the crime is added to the third degree, it is enough to be beheaded! You dare to tell the Ministry now, I don't know where people have gone! ”

"This ......" Huang Gongxu realized that 'Yue Shaved Head' had already been in his chest, waiting for him here.

"Xiaguan...... The lower officials were confused...... I hope that the adults will be gracious......" Huang Gongxu hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"You're confused, I think you're pretending to be confused!" Yue Su slapped the table and said loudly: "As a parent of a county, you are dizzy, careless of people's lives, and dare to speak cleverly in front of this court, I think you have really lived enough!" Someone! Take off his black veil and strip off his official uniform! ”

"Yes!"

The messenger on the side agreed, came to Huang Gongxu's side, and removed his black yarn and official uniform. At this moment, Huang Gongxu and his son were all stupid. Huang Gongxu hurriedly rushed up and kowtowed, crying: "My lord, spare my life...... Adults spare their lives......"

Huang Chulei was not much better than his father, and when he saw that his father's official uniform had been ripped off, he fell to his knees with a "plop", and his body kept trembling.

"Huang Gongxu, the cause and effect of this case, the ministry has already investigated and understood, how can you allow you to quibble! You will now truthfully invite why you framed Tian Qiulai's son for murder! Also, how did you bend him into a move? After the verdict, why was he acquitted? When he was released, he did something so that he died at home in less than half a day! ”

Yue Su's words were righteous words, and Huang Gongxu heard it in his ears like thunder. He didn't dare to deny it anymore, kowtowed and said, "The lower officials are willing to recruit." ”

At the moment, I told the cause and effect of this case 1510 again. The reason for framing Tian Zi is the same as Tian Qiulai, purely for revenge, and the reason why he was released was because Gong Naisen, the prefect of Kaifeng, wrote a letter to him and ordered him to release him. As for how Tian Zi died, he was really punished too severely, and he was tortured by Huang Chulei on death row, and he died soon after he was released.

(To be continued)