Chapter 143: Desire to Promote and Suppress
Li Yuntian heard it, this cold-speaking and arrogant woman was Lianxiang, and it seemed that she rejected the other party's settlement conditions. The fastest update is the most stable, I will tell you, the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?
"Stinky **, don't be ignorant, it's your blessing that the uncle has taken a fancy to you, and it annoys the uncle, and the uncle puts you in the kiln and makes you a cheap person."
Then, a man's angry voice came from the lobby, obviously angered by Lianxiang's attitude, "Lord Liu, a woman like her will not be honest if she is not punished, and she will be killed by beating her with a board." ā
"Miss Lianxiang, if that's the case, this official won't be able to help you." The male voice who persuaded Lian Xiang to accept the mention of yƬ before seemed a little helpless, and reminded quite "kindly", "Miss Lian Xiang, this official reminds you that when you are going to play the board, you will have to take off your pants and be punished, and your reputation will be completely ruined at that time?" ā
"Lord Liu, if the little woman admits to this case, where will she have a reputation?" Lianxiang sneered, and asked in a sad voice.
"Come on, take the thirty boards!" Seeing that Lian Xiang was so ignorant of current affairs, that Lord Liu lowered his voice and shouted loudly.
Li Yuntian couldn't help but speed up his pace when he heard this, and after entering the lobby, he saw several sergeants pressing Lian Xiang in front of the hall, and the two of them were untying the belt around her waist in a daze.
The Ming Dynasty does not explicitly stipulate whether the victim should take off his pants when he is punished with canes, but generally speaking, civilians must take off their pants and be punished when they are beaten with a board.
Therefore, the presiding judge generally does not lightly use the cane on the woman, unless the woman is extremely heinous or the presiding judge has accepted a bribe, then the cane is used to humiliate the other party.
This is also why Cui Hui used a clamp stick instead of a torture rod when he punished the green calyx, no matter what the green calyx said, he was also an official, and he couldn't use the rod to punish the green calyx, otherwise he would inevitably be criticized by his fellow officialdom.
"Stop!" Seeing that the skirt belt on Lianxiang's waist had been untied, Li Yuntian frowned slightly and shouted in a deep voice.
"Who are you who dare to interfere with this official's case? Did you know that trespassing is a big crime? There was a tall and thin middle-aged man sitting in the lobby, frowning and glancing at Li Yuntian, thinking that he was the son of a powerful family, and said quietly.
There were several young men who looked like sons and brothers standing in front of the hall, and the leader was a tall and handsome young man, who looked dignified, but his eyes were a little dark, his eyes were scattered, his face was not good, and he looked like he had been hollowed out by wine by excessive indulgence, and he looked at Li Yuntian with slanted eyes.
"This official is the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Huguang Dao, and he is here to observe this case." Li Yuntian waved the seal letter in his hand at the tall thin middle-aged man sitting in the hall, and said with an expressionless face.
"It turned out to be Mishi-sama." The thin and tall middle-aged man was startled when he heard this, he noticed that Li Yuntian's seal was tied with a bright yellow ribbon, and hurriedly got up and walked over to greet him, arched his hands and said, "Liu Guang, deputy commander of the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Southern City, Xiaguan, meet Lord Yushi." ā
Lian Xiang turned her head to look at Li Yuntian, her eyes showed a look of surprise, she didn't expect Li Yuntian to appear here, and thought that it should be the rescuer moved by Aunt Hong.
Several of the executing sergeants hurriedly let go of Lianxiang, and the maid in the white dress stepped forward quickly and helped her up with concern, secretly feeling glad in her heart, if she came one step later, Lianxiang would be humiliated.
"Who are these?" Li Yuntian glanced at the few sons and brothers standing in the hall, frowned slightly, and asked Liu Guang in a deep voice.
"Lord Yushi, these are the people who reported the crime." Liu Guang bowed and explained, with a smile on his face, an important duty of supervising the imperial history is to inspect the security of the five cities, and the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division are most afraid of finding fault with the imperial history.
"Lord Yushi, Zhao Hu, the secretary of the Yangzhou Salt Merchants Association." The tall and handsome young man smiled and bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and reported to himself.
"The Salt Merchants' Association?" When Li Yuntian heard this, a strange look flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect that he could also deal with the people of the Salt Merchants Association in the capital.
Zhao Hu has the posture of a gentleman, Li Yuntian does not think that he can climb to the position of secretary of the Salt Merchants Association with his real skills, and he relies on his father's power, so it seems that Zhao Hu's father should be an important figure in the Salt Merchants Association.
Hearing that Zhao Hu was a member of the Salt Merchants Association, Lian Xiang's face suddenly changed, and she naturally knew that the salt merchants in the world were the richest and had the closest connection with the capital.
"Are you famous?" Li Yuntian knew that the reason why Zhao Hu pointed out his identity was to use the name of the Salt Merchants Association to suppress him, so he secretly sneered in his heart and asked quietly.
"I'm so busy with the official business of the Chamber of Commerce that I'm really ashamed to have abandoned my studies for a while." Zhao Hu looked embarrassed and replied with a smile.
"Since you have no merit and fame, why don't you kneel when you see officials? Are you trying to rebel? Li Yuntian's face sank when he heard this, and he shouted coldly.
The smile on Zhao Hu's face suddenly froze, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to give him such a facelessness, and the officials of other yamen were polite when they knew that he was a member of the Salt Merchants Association.
"Don't kneel yet!" Liu Guang secretly complained in his heart, he noticed that the maid in the white dress came with Li Yuntian, and knew that Li Yuntian was here to help Lianxiang, and when he saw that Zhao Hu was stunned and looked at a loss, he hurriedly shouted at him.
If there was only Liu Guang in the lobby, then it didn't matter if Zhao Hu knelt or not, but now that there is one more Li Yuntian, if Zhao Hu doesn't follow the rules again, it will be asking for trouble.
Zhao Hu came back to his senses when he heard this, and knelt down unwillingly, Li Yuntian glanced at the few sons and brothers standing behind him.
The boys glanced at each other, and knelt down reluctantly, originally they came to see the excitement, who wanted to kill a Cheng Biting Jin halfway, and Li Yuntian came out with such an imperial history, implicated them, and also buckled the hat of "rebellion".
Seeing this, Lian Xiang also pulled the maid in the white dress to kneel aside, looking at Li Yuntian with a pleased expression, Li Yuntian was not afraid of the power of the Salt Merchants Association, and as soon as he came, he beat Zhao Hu's arrogance down, which really made her feel relieved.
Liu Guang asked Li Yuntian to bring a chair and put it on the side in front of the hall, and after Li Yuntian sat down, he introduced the case to him.
The story of the case is not much different from what the maid in the white dress said, because of the presence of human and material evidence, Liu Guang was ready to sentence Lianxiang for stealing, but Zhao Hu proposed a proposal, that is, he ransomed Lianxiang and let Lianxiang be his concubine, so that he would not be charged with stealing.
However, Lian Xiang did not accept this and flatly denied the theft, so Liu Guang was ready to execute her.
Zhao Hu's stolen money bag was placed on the desk in the court as evidence, and Li Yuntian checked it, and there were two gold ingots and a few pieces of broken silver, as well as more than a thousand taels of silver tickets.
The workmanship of the money bag is exquisite, it is sewn with high-quality Su brocade, and Zhao Hu's name is also written on the money bag.
Zhao Hu saw Li Yuntian frowning slightly and looking at the money bag, his face showed a smug look, he didn't believe that Li Yuntian could do anything to help Lian Xiang get rid of his crimes, if Li Yuntian was favoritism, then he was not easy to provoke, after all, Li Yuntian was not the only one in the capital to supervise the imperial history.
Although the imperial history of the Ming Dynasty was very responsible and powerful, the punishment was also very severe, and once the crime was committed, it would be added to the third degree!
Lian Xiang couldn't help biting her lip, looking at Li Yuntian silently, feeling uneasy in her heart, no matter how the money bag was searched from her boudoir, this fact could not be changed, and I didn't know if Li Yuntian had any way to crack the current situation.
"Who found the money bag?" Li Yuntian looked at the money bag and asked in a deep voice.
"Lord Qiyu Yushi, it was searched out by a small one." A thin black sergeant standing under the hall flashed out, bowed his hand at Li Yuntian, nodded and said.
"When you found out, did anyone witness it?" Li Yuntian glanced at the thin black sergeant, and felt that this person's eyes were a little flickering, so he asked quietly.
"Yes, Zhao Gongzi was next to Xiao at that time." The black thin sergeant nodded hurriedly, pointed at Zhao Hu and said.
"My lord, I was next to this military master at that time, and I witnessed this military master search the money bag out of a jewelry box." Zhao Hu nodded and looked at Li Yuntian a little defiantly.
"Isn't it this box?" Li Yuntian waved his hand, and let the stout chief holding the jewelry box come to the front of the hall, and asked Zhao Hu.
"That's it!" Zhao Hu recognized it at a glance and replied affirmatively.
"Ben Yushi asked you, after the money bag was searched out of the box, did anyone touch it?" The corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a sneer, and he asked in a deep voice.
"Lord Qiyu, since the money bag was found in Miss Lianxiang's bedroom, Deputy Commander Liu asked Xiao Di and others to block the door, and not a single item inside has been touched." I don't know what the stout is, so I replied truthfully.
"Deputy Commander Liu, since there is already a confession, it is better to let them sign and draw a charge for the investigation of the case." Hearing this, Li Yuntian turned to Liu Guang and said with a stern expression.
"That's exactly what Xia Guan meant." Liu Guang smiled and nodded, and ordered people to record confessions for Zhao Hu and others, sign and draw them, he felt that the confessions of Zhao Hu and others were pointed at Lianxiang, and Lianxiang couldn't be washed this time even if he jumped into the Yellow River.
Lian Xiang's bright eyes suddenly showed a nervous look, she didn't know why Li Yuntian did this, so those confessions didn't push her to the edge of the cliff.
After Zhao Hu and the others signed and drew on the confession, Li Yuntian looked through it and stamped his imperial history seal on it, this time their confession was equivalent to being confirmed, and if they changed their words, they would wait to be punished by Li Yuntian.
"Lord Yushi, should I judge Mercy Xiang?" After stamping the seal, Li Yuntian put the confession on the table on the side, and leisurely played with the seal in his hand, as if he had forgotten about the trial, Liu Guang felt a little strange when he saw this, so he reminded.
"Don't be busy, wait a moment." Li Yuntian waved his hand at Liu Guang and said disapprerovitically.
Including Lian Xiang, the people at the scene looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Li Yuntian's gourd.
After about a cup of tea, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the gate of the courtyard, and a group of brightly dressed men walked in quickly, all of them were tall and tall, with cold expressions, and their arrival seemed to make the temperature in the courtyard drop a lot.
What is particularly surprising is that the clothes of these big men are embroidered with a dragon head, a fish tail, and a strange creature with wings on their bodies.
In addition, each big man had a strange saber similar to the Tang sword hanging on his waist, but the style was light, oblique and slightly curved.
Looking at the group of big men who came in, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, it seems that this scene can continue to be sung.
"Fly...... Flying fish suit, embroidered ...... Embroidered spring knife! Liu Guang was stunned, staring at those big men dumbfounded, and muttered in his mouth, his eyes revealing a look of horror. One