Chapter 904: Caught off guard

Two days later, a cavalry team of more than 100 people rushed to Jianning Mansion at a gallop, entered the city under the stunned gaze of the gatekeepers, and went straight to the Yamen of the Fujian Xingdu Division.

In addition to the officials of the Jiangwutang who came to Jianning City to deal with the matter of moving to Xiaoliuqiu Island, it was the first time for the people on the street to see so many soldiers wearing the black uniforms of the Jiangwutang appearing, and they gathered on the street in amazement to watch the excitement, and discussed in private, not knowing what was going on.

"Sue sù Lord Dusi, King Zhongwu has arrived, let him come and greet him quickly!" After stopping in front of the yamen of the Fujian Xingdu Division, a young military attache turned over and dismounted with an expressionless face, and walked towards the courtyard gate surrounded by everyone.

Several guards were secretly guessing which of the adults from the martial arts hall was here, and there would be such a huge momentum, and they were taken aback after suddenly hearing the words of the military attaché, and they all looked at the young military attache who was surrounded by people.

Subsequently, a doorman came back to his senses, pulled his legs and ran inside, and went to the back house to inform Feng Yong, the commander of the Fujian Xingdu Division.

Back house.

Feng Yong was flirting in the courtyard with Xinna's concubine in his arms, and suddenly heard Li Yuntian coming, so he was so frightened that he pushed the concubine away, and after tidying up the clothes on his body, he hurried to the front yard.

"Go, return all the gifts sent by Yang Yu." On the way, Feng Yong summoned the butler and commanded expressionlessly.

After the accident in Shangma Village, Yang Yu spent a lot of money on the Fujian Bank Division, among which Feng Yong, who was the commander of the Fujian Bank Division, naturally accepted a generous gift.

Now that Li Yuntian came to Jianning City without telling him, Feng Yong knew that it must be for the affairs of Shangma Village, and realized that things in Shangma Village might become bad, so he immediately decided to return the gift sent by Yang Yu and draw a line with it, so as not to set himself on fire at that time.

The housekeeper knew that the situation was strict, so he didn't dare to slack off and trot all the way to do this.

"The humble duty is seen by the prince, the prince has come to the humble duty and has not been able to welcome him, and I hope that the prince will forgive his sins." When Feng Yong came to the front yard, Li Yuntian was sitting in the living room with a stern expression, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to greet him.

"Lord Feng, why did this king come this time, I think you know clearly, how did you thoroughly investigate the matter of Shangma Village?" Li Yuntian glanced at Feng Yong and asked quietly, he did not make a false accusation but pointed out the meaning directly, which was enough to show how dissatisfied he was with what happened in Shangma Village.

"Lord Wang, the humble position has been investigated clearly, let him explain it to you now." A chill had already risen on Feng Yong's spine, and he hurriedly replied respectfully.

In his impression, Li Yuntian has always been kind and pleasant, but now his tone is so cold, it is obvious that he has been angry with the affairs of Shangma Village, so he does not dare to have the slightest carelessness, and casually pushes the responsibility to the people below.

With Feng Yong's status, it was naturally impossible to go to Shangma Village to investigate the case in person, and the middle and low-level officials in the Dusi Yamen were sent, and the high-ranking officials definitely didn't want to get involved in matters that might offend the martial arts hall.

Li Yuntian naturally knew Feng Yong's intentions, stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit aside, and then waited expressionlessly for the officials who had gone to investigate the case in Shangma Village to come and make a report.

"I've seen the prince in my humble position." Not long after, several panicked officials hurriedly entered the door, holding some documents in their hands and bowing to Li Yuntian.

"Sue the prince, how did you find out about the matter in Shangma Village?" After the officials finished saluting, Feng Yong asked in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, after verification by the inferior ranks, the family of Zhao Laosan, a military household in Shangma Village, owes Jia Yanzhong, a merchant in Jianning City, fifty taels of silver, Yan Zhong knew that he was going to move to Xiaoliuqiu Island to discuss the repayment, but Zhao Laosan did not admit it and swore that the imperial court had forgiven their debts."

A middle-aged man wearing a six-grade official robe hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "Yan Zhong naturally refused to just lose fifty taels of silver, so he argued with Zhao Laosan, but unexpectedly, Zhao Laosan insisted on not paying off his debts and entangled a group of relatives and friends who wanted to beat Yan Zhong. ”

"Lord Wang, these are the confessions provided by the military households present in Shangma Village at that time, please take a look at it." As he spoke, the man in the official uniform of the sixth rank bowed down and held the official document in his hand above his head.

This person is Wu Liang, the judge of the Yamen Judgment Division of the Fujian Xingdu Division, who is specifically responsible for the litigation cases of the Fujian Xingdu Division, and this time the case in Shangma Village was the one he led the team to thoroughly investigate.

The guards on the side stepped forward, took the confession in Wu Liang's hand and put it on the table next to Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian looked through it quietly, and the contents on it all testified that Zhao Laosan did not repay the debts and committed the murder first, all according to the fingerprints of the witnesses.

Feng Yong secretly observed Li Yuntian, but what disappointed him was that Li Yuntian's face was calm, and he couldn't see any psychological reaction at all, and he didn't know whether he was satisfied with these confessions, which made his heart even more bottomless, after all, Li Yuntian was not in vain to stand out from the Manchu Dynasty and become the loyal martial king of the Ming Dynasty, how could he let him see through his heart?

"This king asks you, but these confessions were spoken by those military households themselves?" After looking through a few confessions, Li Yuntian raised his head and asked Wu Liang expressionlessly.

"Lord Yu, they are all complained by those military households, and they are written by the documents of the Dusi Yamen." After seeing Li Yuntian's sharp gaze, Wu Liang's heart tightened for no reason, and he hurriedly answered.

"Were there any idle people waiting for you to record the confession?" Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, and then continued to ask.

"Lord Wang, in addition to the people from the Dusi Yamen, there are also officials from Jianning's right guard who came to investigate the case." Wu Liang hesitated for a moment and answered honestly.

To be honest, Wu Liang wanted to say that there were no idle people present, so that there would be a lot less trouble, which not only gave Li Yuntian an explanation, but also covered up the truth of the facts.

But under Li Yuntian's coercion, Wu Liang involuntarily changed his mind, after all, Li Yuntian was famous, how could he be the kind of person who was easy to fool.

What is especially important is that Liu Yuntian suddenly drove to the Yamen of the Fujian Xingdu Division, which gave Wu Liang a great shock, it is obvious that Li Yuntian is here for the case in Shangma Village, he is not a fool, since Feng Yong will shirk responsibility, then he definitely does not want to get involved in this matter too much.

Although Wu Liang also loves money, he never wants to lose his official position or even go to prison, Li Yuntian can even find out the two Huaiyan cases, let alone a small Shangma Village case?

Hearing this, Feng Yong's brows couldn't help frowning secretly, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, it was obvious that Wu Liang was protecting himself and didn't want to get too involved in this matter, but he couldn't say anything and couldn't let Wu Liang carry this matter, in the final analysis, this was the trouble caused by Jianning's right guard.

"This incident happened in the guard under the jurisdiction of Jianning Right Guard, and when you collected evidence, you actually let the people of Jianning Right Guard accompany you, what is the purpose?" Li Yuntian's eyes flashed coldly when he heard this, and he looked at Wu Liang coldly and asked.

"I was negligent in my duties, I just wanted to let the people of Jianning's right guard help understand the case and forget to let them recuse themselves, and ask the prince to punish the crime." Wu Liang knew that his actions had violated the principle of recusal in the trial, and seeing Li Yuntian's grim expression, he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground to plead guilty to Li Yuntian, and cold sweat couldn't help but show on his forehead.

Wu Liang, as a judge, knows very well that his practice of not letting outsiders avoid it is dereliction of duty at worst, and it is a major crime of conspiracy if it is serious.

As Wu Liang knelt down, the officials who followed him also knelt down one after another, some of them were so frightened that they trembled and turned pale, Li Yuntian's anger was not something that these petty officials could bear.

"It is the emperor's holy decree to move the people to Xiaoliuqiu, and now you and others are so slack in the case of Shangma Village, it is really hateful!" Li Yuntian slapped the table with his right hand, pointed at Wu Liang and the others and said in a deep voice, "Come on, take them down, and thoroughly investigate whether they have violated laws and disciplines in the trial." ”

"The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life!"

The guard standing at the door walked in quickly when he heard this, seeing this situation, Wu Liang's face suddenly changed greatly, he knew that Li Yuntian was a master of interrogation, as long as he wanted to investigate the case, he would definitely be able to get to the bottom of it, he didn't want Li Yuntian to find out the evidence of his crime at that time, so he hurriedly shouted, "Lord Wang, he accepted the benefits of Yan Zhong's one thousand taels of silver from his humble position, so he let his people stay at the scene of evidence collection." ”

"Lord Wang, I received two hundred taels from Yan Zhong for my humble position."

"I received five hundred taels for my humble position."

"I received three hundred taels for my humble position."

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Seeing that Wu Liang confessed, the people who followed him also poured beans into bamboo tubes one after another, and confessed the bribes they had received.

"Lord Wang, the rule of lowly duties is not strict, and there is such a strict bribery incident, please punish the prince."

Feng Yong's face became very ugly, he never expected that Wu Liang and the others would not have the slightest power to resist in front of Li Yuntian, and they were so frightened by Li Yuntian's words that they confessed, so his face was cloudy for a while, and then he got up from the seat and said to Li Yuntian.

"Lord Feng, this is a matter of your Fujian Xingdu Division, this king will hand over this matter to you for thorough investigation, I hope you can give this king a satisfactory answer." Li Yuntian glanced at Feng Yong, said a word to him expressionlessly, got up and left, and handed over this matter to Feng Yong to investigate again, which could be regarded as giving Feng Yong a face, if he was allowed to do it, the matter would be a big problem.

"Lord Wang, the lowly position has already made people clean up the backyard, so the prince will live here temporarily." Feng Yong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, and hurriedly chased after him and said respectfully.

He is most afraid that Li Yuntian will make a big move in this matter, don't talk about Jianning's right guard at that time, even the Fujian Xingdu Division will be unlucky, no matter how Li Yuntian is also the prince of Daming, once he makes a move, he will be thunderous, how can the little Jianning right guard work his big driver?

"This king is going to stay in the Jianning Mansion, and now there are many matters on Xiaoliuqiu Island, and this king doesn't want to delay here for too long." Li Yuntian waved his hand and left without looking back, obviously not wanting to live in the Yamen of the Fujian Xingdu Division.

"Humble duty understands!" Feng Yong knew that Li Yuntian was expressing his dissatisfaction with his handling of Shangma Village to him, so he didn't dare to speak anymore, and bowed down to send Li Yuntian to the Jianning Mansion Mansion.