A few drums sounded, and the officials shouted "ascend to the hall", and then the county ordered Ma Qingquan to walk up to the hall in a small square step unhurriedly. He is nearly forty years old, wearing a seven-grade light green official robe, a silver belt and nine silver belts around his waist, polite and polite, elegant and elegant in his every move, and sits in the court, and the "fair and honest" plaque hanging above his head immediately makes people feel a sense of fresh breeze but more awe. The people outside the yamen were amazed, and then quickly quieted down.

After scanning the people in the lobby unhurriedly, Ma Qingquan clamped the shocking wood with his index finger and middle finger, lifted it gently, and then stopped in the air for a while, and then fell sharply, snap! With a crisp sound, Ma Qingquan immediately ordered: "Now, the trial will be held on the case of the murder of the Fang family caravan in Baijiling!" Summons the plaintiff and the defendant! ”

Fang Tongxing was already waiting in the hall, so he also took the lead in entering. Here, watching the people outside the court of the officials, Zhao Rengui wearing a flail was brought out. This Zhao Rengui is a middle-aged man in his forties, tall, and with a scar on his forehead.

"Father!"

"Father!"

Zhao Shangyi and Zhao Shangchen, who were standing in front of the crowd, immediately knelt down and bowed when they saw their father wearing shackles and his hair was cold and messy.

Zhao Rengui saw that his second son's cheeks were red, and he immediately shouted excitedly: "Second son, your face ...... Damn Fang Tongxing, he took advantage of XX's absence to bring someone to the door, it was too arrogant! Boss, didn't you take care of your two younger brothers, you disappointed your father too much, huh! ”

"Father, it's not the Fang family who came to the door, no, my injury is..."

"Impossible! It's not the Fang family, how could you be injured in the face? ”

"Father, the wound on the second brother's face was caused by me."

"Huh?" Zhao Rengui was first surprised, and then shook his shackles and scolded angrily, "Boss, you are too willing to look forward to a certain person, how does a certain usually teach you, to unite!" Be united! Only if our father and son are of the same heart, we will not be bullied, and now that my Zhao family is framed and in danger, your brothers should be more united, you! You've disappointed so-and-so! ”

"Father, my son knows that he is wrong!"

"Father, it's none of my business's business, it's what I did wrong, it's right for my eldest brother to teach me, father, I really don't blame my eldest brother."

"Boss, look, your second brother is so sensible and maintains you everywhere, you! Alas! ”

"Get in! Get in! Zhao Rengui's arrest pushed him into the court with all his might, and it ended the conversation between the Zhao family's father and son.

Fang Tongxing and Zhao Rengui knelt in the lobby on the left and right.

After routinely interrogating who his surname was and where he lived so that he could record it, Fang Tongxing read the complaint aloud to Ma Qingquan's question about who he had accused: "The Ming Mansion is above, and the villain sued Zhao Rengui of Xiaxi Village for colluding with the Tubo people to murder his brother Fang Tongliang, resulting in the killing of his brother Fang Tongliang and a total of 43 people in the caravan.

On the eighth day of the second month of the fourth year of Tianbao, his brother Fang Tongliang led a caravan of 43 people to pass through Baiji Ridge in Siguniang Mountain, and was ambushed by the Tubo people who had been ambushed here in advance. The brother and the caravan of forty-two people were killed one after another, and only one of the guards, Wei Zhongxian, fled back. According to Wei Zhongxian, when the Tubo people committed the murder, they threatened to use people's money to do things for others. Before his brother died, he asked him who he received money, but Zhao Rengui of Xiaxi Village, the murderer of Tubo laughed and nodded on the spot.

In the twelfth year of Kaiyuan, Zhao Rengui of Xiaxi Village wanted to forcibly seize a piece of mountains and forests from our family, and the two families have formed a grudge since then. Now Zhao Rengui is jealous of our family's industry, and has made many provocations, and the year before last, he united with a number of merchants to falsely accuse the Fang family of operating illegally. Because what he told was purely false, and was rejected by the previous county order, the Zhao family was unwilling, and even went to foreign countries, colluded with Tibet, and robbed and killed our caravan......"

Fang Tongxing made a loud statement, accusing the Zhao family, and roughly explained the grievances and grievances between the Zhao family and the Fang family. In fact, Ma Qingquan had already seen the paper, and this was just a procedure in court.

Zhao Rengui was pressed to his knees in the lobby, and immediately shouted: "A certain wrong! Wronged! Ming Gong, a certain wrong! Zhao Rengui was full of energy, and his voice was loud, which made people's ear drums buzz.

Sitting in the hall, Ma Qingquan couldn't help frowning, patted the shocked wood again, and shouted: "Silence! ”

"Defendant Zhao Rengui, Fang Tongxing of Shangxi Village in this county relied on you to communicate with foreign countries, and bribed the Tubo people to rob and kill the Fang family's caravan, so that Fang Tongliang and a total of 40 and three people were all killed, and the goods were looted, can you plead guilty?"

Zhao Rengui immediately shouted: "Ming Gong! A certain did not admit guilt, a certain person was deliberately framed, Fang Tongxing killed a certain second brother back then......"

"It was when Fang Tongxing accidentally injured your second brother Zhao Renfa, your Zhao family held a grudge, and at the same time wanted to seize the Fang family's property, so he colluded with the Tubo people to rob and kill the Fang family's caravan, this official is not wrong, right? Come on! Inheritance card. ”

Wei Zhongxian, who escaped from Baijiling, was soon reported to the court. This person's face was dark, his eyes were gloomy, and he bowed to the hall and said: "Ming Gong is above, a certain merchant with the head of the family, Fang Tongliang and other merchants, when passing through Baijiling, was ambushed by the Tubo people who had been ambushed in advance.......

After Wei Zhongxian roughly recounted the situation at that time, he emphasized: "Ming Gong, the Tubo people can ambush in advance, if it is not for someone to report the news in advance, it is absolutely impossible to calculate the time and place so well.

Moreover, before the head of the family died, the Tibetans made it clear that they were using other people's money to do things for others. When the head of a certain family asked him who he was doing things for, the Tubo people said that the Fang family was blocking whose financial route, didn't they know?

At that time, the head of the family immediately thought of Zhao Rengui, because my Fang family has always been kind to people and has never had a grudge with others, only Zhao Rengui has never been able to let go of the old grudges and wants to seize the Fang family's property. When the head of the family asked if it was Zhao Rengui, the Tubo people also admitted it..."

Zhao Rengui was furious when he heard this, pointed at Wei Zhongxian and shouted: "Ming Gong, he is the Fang family, of course he said so, this is just his words, not enough to believe......"

"Shut up!" Ma Qingquan slapped the shocked wood and interrupted Zhao Rengui, "The official didn't ask you, how could it be your turn to speak?" Come on! Heirloom witness Leon. ”

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In the cross-courtyard of the fast shift, Yuan Jin, who looked thin and weak, did everything he could to intimidate Li Ang.

Li Ang's face turned blue with fright, and he replied repeatedly: "Mr. Yuan, I remember, I remember." When I get to the church, I will tell the truth, definitely, definitely. ”

Yuan Zhen looked at Li Ang's face with fear, and said with satisfaction: "On this court, there are its own rules, and you must remember what a certain party said, otherwise once you break the rules of the court, you will be punished with a rod, and if you end up crippled for life, it will be your own fault." ”

"Thank you Mr. Yuan for teaching, I will abide by the rules and do what Mr. Yuan says."

"Well, the children can be taught!"

Yuan Zhen left satisfied, and soon after, Li Ang was summoned to the court, outside the court, in addition to the onlookers, Li Ang also saw Yang Nan, she actually stood with Zhao Shangyi and others, this discovery, made Li Ang surprised.

Yang Nan was able to get him out of the military camp in Yerong City, and so far Yu Shouzhong and those people have not come to trouble him again, just from this, it can be seen that Yang Nan is very powerful behind him.

Now she is standing with Zhao Shangyi and others, is it a coincidence? Or is she a member of the Zhao family at all?

Ma Qingquan picked up the startled wood and patted it, and asked, "Who is in the hall?" Who's the people? ”

"Hui Minggong, my name is Li Ang, a native of Shangxi Village in this county."

"Where are you on the eighth day of February this year?"

"On the third day of the third month and the eighth day of the first month, I was collecting medicine in Siguniang Mountain."

"Have you ever witnessed the looting and killing of the Fang family's caravan?"

"I witnessed .................. with my own eyes" Li Ang, who was pale, roughly described what he saw that day, which was basically the same as what Wei Zhongxian said.

"So, did you also hear Fang Tongliang ask the murderer if he received Zhao Rengui's money?"

"Hui Minggong, I did hear it."

"Okay, you step down, come here, and present physical evidence."

Li Ang was immediately taken to the hall, and then saw a servant holding an arrow to the hall, Ma Qingquan stood up, looked down at Zhao Rengui and said: "Zhao Rengui, this is the arrow that killed Fang Tongliang, and there is also the mark of your Zhao family on it, and the human and material evidence are all there, how can you deny it?" ”

"Ming ....... Ming Gong, the arrows used by my Zhao family have never been marked, this is someone deliberately framed ......"

"Shut up! As the so-called people are about to die, their words are also good, could it be that the deceased Fang Tongliang also deliberately framed you? ”

"This ........."

"Boldly Diao Min, there are all human and material evidence, do you admit guilt?"

"Ming Gong, wronged!"

At this time, Zhao Shangyi, who was outside the hall, saw that the situation was not right, and immediately applied to go to court to defend his father.

After getting Ma Qingquan's permission, he strode up to the hall and knelt beside his father.

Ma Qingquan asked, "Zhao Shangyi, what do you have to say?" “

Zhao Shangyi bowed and said: "Ming Gong, there are so many people surnamed Zhao in the world, and the arrows found at the scene have the word Zhao on them, which does not prove that this is my Zhao family's thing, how do you know that it is not imitated by others to blame my Zhao family?"

Secondly, the so-called collusion of the Zhao family with the Tubo people was just a speculation by Fang Tongliang before his death, and the Tubo people did not explicitly admit it. This is known from the testimony of eyewitness Leon.

Third, Wei Zhongxian is very suspicious. The Fang family's caravan totaled forty-four people, and even Fang Tongliang, the head of the Fang family, was not spared, but Wei Zhongxian escaped unscathed, which is one of the doubts.

After he escaped, he should have gone to Yerong City to ask the border army for help, but he did not go, but ran back to Xipu for the distance, which is the second suspicion.

Based on the above two points, there is reason to suspect that Wei Zhongxian was instructed by others to collude with the Tubo people to murder his family master, and at the same time blame my Zhao family. Please ask Ming Gong to punish him so that he can reveal the truth. ”

Ma Qingquan reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "Zhao Shangyi, how does this official try the case, do you still need to teach you?" ”

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