"Get up and speak." Hu Ye said loudly, "Zou Kai, do you know this person lying on the stool?" ”

Zou Kai looked along Hu Ye's fingers and saw Wang Youtian lying on the stool, and recognized him at a glance as the person who framed him.

"Lord Qiyu, I know this person, he is the owner of Huaiyun Wharf, and he framed him for the crime of grass people." Zou Kai said.

"You talk nonsense!" Wang Youtian was already beaten to the point of weakness at the moment, and he could only shout with his strongest strength.

"Really? How can you think he's talking nonsense? Do you have proof that you are innocent? Hu Ye suddenly smiled, he just suddenly thought of some strange laws in the future.

It is said that if a prisoner is caught, it is not for the judge to prove his guilt, but for him to prove his innocence. Everyone has been arrested, how can this prove their innocence?

This kind of logical question, Hu Ye often thinks about it, and today I happened to give this Wang Youtian a test to see how he faces this problem. By the way, let's try to see if this criminal of the Ming Dynasty has a high IQ, or only relies on the backstage to show off his might.

"You want me to prove my innocence?" Wang Youtian was stunned, and the officials and thugs in the hall were also stunned, what kind of warden is this, how can the prisoner prove his innocence? There doesn't seem to be this in the Da Ming Law.

But just now Wang Youtian has already pleaded guilty to the crime of trespassing on a private house, how can he prove his innocence? Isn't this a direct confession of guilt?

"I ...... He ......, "Wang Youtian was stunned by Hu Ye, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Hu Ye sighed. People of different eras really have different ideas, "Zou Kai, you framed this Wang Youtian for you." Give them to the official one by one. ”

"Yes, sir." When Zou Kai saw Hu Ye's words, he was speechless about Wang Youtian's question, and he had a little more confidence in Hu Ye to clear his name.

"Two months ago, I heard that Wang Youtian was recruiting workers on the wharf, and the salary for a month could be five taels of silver.

"It turned out well. I carried the goods under his hands. During this period, the grass people also thought that although this kind of manual work was tiring, it should not have such a high wage. A few times I asked around my co-workers. But their answer was the same, saying that I should work with peace of mind and wait for the money. ”

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Zou Kai began to tell in detail about his work on Wang Youtian's dock, and the more he talked, the more Wang Youtian's face became. He felt as if he had fallen into a big trap. This time it's definitely going to be planted in it. Now I can only hope for the boss's wife, hoping that the boss's backstage can come forward to save herself.

"A month ago, I always felt weird when I was carrying things on the ship, and the wages were so easy to come by, so I wanted to get the money for the completion and leave as soon as possible, otherwise I would always feel unsure."

So this Wang Youtian handed me over to his room and gave me five taels of silver, which looked very generous. I felt weird when I held the silver. Until I walked out of his room and was subdued by two servants. I came to my senses, it turned out that this Wang Youtian didn't plan to give me wages from the beginning, and gave me the five taels of silver to facilitate the framing of him. Zou Kai pointed to Wang Youtian who was lying on the stool, and said in a loud voice, because he made himself stay in prison for a month.

"Hmph, nonsense, if anyone who is a worker has a salary of five taels of silver, wouldn't all the people in Nanjing City come to me as a coolie, and I will have a mountain of gold that will be eaten up." Wang Youtian touched his buttocks, which was about to lose consciousness, and said viciously, "Your five taels of silver are clearly stealing my money, and you dare to frame me for framing me, I think you are a bloody person!" ”

"I'm spewing blood?" Seeing Wang Youtian's ugly face, Zou Kai sneered, and then suddenly pointed at Lu Shun on the side, "My lord, it was this Lu Zhutou who brought someone to arrest me at that time, if I was stealing money, would I run to his room in broad daylight to steal money?" Or was it stolen in his presence? ”

"And it just so happened that this Lu Catcher happened to patrol his docks, and happened to come to his house to catch me?" Zou Kai said coldly.

Lu Shun's face turned white all of a sudden, he didn't expect how to escape, and he was finally involved.

"Oh, it turned out that Lu Zhutou personally led someone to arrest him, I don't know if Lu Zhutou happened to be passing by at that time, or did someone report that this Zou Kai was going to steal at that time?" Hu Ye pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and asked Lu Shun curiously.

"Someone ventilates ......," Lu Shun just said, but when he saw Wang Youtian lying on the stool, he immediately changed his words and said, "At that time, I happened to patrol to the dock of this Wang Youtian, and I saw Zou Kai hurriedly walking out and going to check on the side. There was no problem, but this Wang Youtian rushed out at that time, saying that the five taels of silver on Zou Kai's body were stolen. ”

"Originally, we didn't believe it at the time, but after the last Zou Kai said that the five taels of silver was a month's salary, we didn't believe it, and Wang Youtian was bewitched by the side, so we brought Zou Kai back for interrogation." Lu Shun said cautiously.

Hu Ye looked at Lu Shun curiously, and found that this thing's brain was turning quite fast, and he had completely skimmed himself in such a short time. It's a pity that the clever brain is used where it shouldn't.

"Interrogation? Who were the wardens at that time? But did he interrogate it himself? Or are you the main interrogator? Or is there no interrogation at all? Hu Ye shouted loudly.

"Damn it! Damn it! Lu Shun was startled by Hu Ye's voice, felt kneeling down in front of Hu Ye, and then said, "At that time, the previous warden had already been promoted, and there was no warden to succeed him, so he overstepped his position and interrogated Zou Kai. ”

"Zou Kai, let me ask you, was it you who was interrogated by Lu Catcher?" Hu Ye asked Zou Kai instead.

"If you go back to your lordship, it is indeed me who was interrogated by Lu Zhutou, but he didn't give me a chance to argue at all. He directly ordered two officials to press my hand and put his fingerprint on the confession, which was what he called an interrogation. Zou Kai roared angrily. shook out what Lu Shun had done.

"Oh, and what's going on? Lu Zhutou, how do you explain this? Hu Ye asked Lu Shun coldly.

Lu Shun was complaining at the moment, the original object of interrogation should have been Wang Youtian, but it seemed that he had become the object of interrogation.

"My lord, it was this Zou Kai who said nonsense, and he took the initiative to confess his guilt at that time." Lu Shun had no choice but to retort.

"Really?" Hu Ye slammed the shocked wood. Lu Shun shuddered with fright, "Didn't there be two officials who forcibly pressed the handprints pressed by Zou Kai's hand at that time, and now these two people stand up and explain the truth." I could have avoided their guilt for being beaten into a confession. ”

As soon as Hu Ye said this, the two officials who were still wavering hurriedly stepped forward, knelt in front of Hu Ye respectfully, and cried loudly. "Your Excellency. At that time, Lu Zhutou ordered us to do this, and we couldn't do anything at that time. Ask for your grace, ask for your grace. ”

Hu Ye looked at the two kneeling servants, and knew that his rebellion had been successful, and as long as there were these two examples, someone would stand up and expose Lu Shun's crimes later.

"Lu Zhutou, what else do you have to say now?" Hu Ye asked coldly.

"You two eat inside and out." Lu Shun stared at the two officials who betrayed him viciously, and wanted to kill these two people. But the current situation does not allow him to do so.

"If you don't speak, I'll admit it, so it seems that I was on Wang Youtian's dock. Isn't it a coincidence? Instead, it was discussed with some people, and they joined forces to frame Zou Kai, yes or no! Hu Ye was shocked, stood up directly, and his words were loud, and Lu Shun could not tolerate the slightest disobedience.

Lu Shun also knew that Lu Dao's rebuttal was useless at the moment, and he regretted that he had believed Hu Ye's words for what he had done.

"My lord, my humble position was also deceived by Wang Youtian for a while, so I would do this kind of thing of knowing the law and breaking the law, and please ask my lord to be merciful outside the law." Lu Shun sat down on the ground and said while kowtowing to Hu Ye.

"Lu Shun! You eat things inside and outside, where is the momentum of collecting money before? Didn't you say that inside the yamen is your world? Now that Lao Tzu's ass is beaten like this, you are so subdued? Aren't you afraid that the people behind the boss lady will settle accounts with you? Do you think this kid can compete with the people behind the boss lady? Wang Youtian roared at Lu Shun, he was still convinced that the person behind the proprietress would come back to save him.

"Bold thief, dare to roar in court, don't you see that the warden is trying the case!"

Lu Shun yelled, it is one thing to be bewitched, but it is another thing to accept bribes. You must know that what the emperor hates most today is corruption and perversion of the law, and the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty are basically related to corruption and perversion of the law. If he is detained by Wang Youtian, this life is probably over, and without Hu Ye's action, the people from the Criminal Department will come to the door, not to mention the border.

"Ha Lu Ha! Ha Lu Ha! It turns out that you Lu Shun is such a person, just when I Wang Youtian misjudged you, after Lao Tzu comes out of here, it will be your end! Wang Youtian laughed, not knowing where the momentum came from.

"Hehe, are you still thinking about those backstages in the court to save you?" Hu Ye looked at Wang Youtian's arrogant appearance and asked with a smile.

"Boy, since you know that there are people in our court, don't let me go quickly, otherwise be careful that your black gauze hat is not guaranteed!" Wang Youtian said viciously.

"You're wrong, where did I, a petty official, get a black gauze hat, if you lose it, you lose it, but it's nothing. It's just that I don't think you have time to save you now, and you still want to get out of here? By the time I've convicted you of all your crimes, your head will fall to the ground! Hu Ye suddenly raised his voice, which frightened Wang Youtian for a while.

Hearing this, Wang Youtian was already a little weak-hearted.

It's been a while since I was caught in the yamen, and the proprietress must have already known the way, and she must have gone to the court to move the rescuers, calculate the time, and it should be there now. But now there's no movement outside, what's wrong?

Just when Wang Youtian was thinking, the proprietress of Wanghuai Tower had indeed arrived in the imperial city, and came to a magnificent mansion, and the plaque on the door of this mansion had four big characters written on it, Chongshan Hou Mansion!

"Cousin. You came forward to let that Lu Chun take care of his subordinates, and a small warden actually arrested dozens of people in my building, and he was so arrogant. It's really unbelievable! The proprietress of Wanghuai Tower was sitting opposite a middle-aged man at the moment, sipping strong tea and saying angrily.

And sitting opposite the proprietress is Li Xin, the Chongshan Hou of the Ming Dynasty, who once followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight the world.

"Cousin, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle." Li Xin said with a serious expression.

"What's wrong? Could it be that you are a marquis, and you are still helpless against a warden? The proprietress said coldly.

"What do you know?" Li Xin looked at the boss lady with an idiot's eyes, his cousin was relying on his relationship. Only then did he open a Wanghuai Tower on the Qinhuai River, and he did a lot of shady things.

I used to spoil her, and solved a lot of troubles for her. But I'm afraid it's a bit troublesome this time, especially today.

"Do you know what day it is?" Li Xin asked coldly.

"September 20th, it's not a special day, what are you afraid of." The proprietress asked curiously.

"Today, more than 2,000 generals and thousands of households from all over the country have come to the capital. Another hour. On the one hand, they will reward those who have followed the emperor to fight the world, and on the other hand, they will ask the sky for rain, hoping that the rain will fall as soon as possible, so that this catastrophe will pass quickly. Is this a big deal, you say? Li Xin asked.

"What does this have to do with you going to save people?" The proprietress asked puzzled.

"The relationship is big, those who entered the city are basically people who followed the emperor to fight the world in the early years, and many of them are older than me. This time, the emperor let them go to Beijing to receive the reward, mainly because the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty caused panic. The emperor is trying to appease their hearts. ”

"If you make a big fuss, let those old generals hear it. casually say a word to the emperor, can the emperor not give them face? When the time comes, I may be dragged into the water. With the emperor's temper, if I know the Tao, my head will not be guaranteed. Do you say that your subordinates are important, or that your cousin and my head are important? Li Xin asked angrily.

"What! Is it that serious? The proprietress was also surprised, of course she knew the stakes, and she could find it again if her subordinates were gone, but if this cousin was gone, she wouldn't be able to mix in Nanjing.

"Let's wait for this matter to pass, I don't know what the Emperor Dao is doing, but he wants to reward the veteran at this time." Li Xin muttered. "The only way to do this is to give up on your men."

I'm afraid that this Chongshan Hou still doesn't know that Zhu Yuanzhang did such a thing because the person who arrested his cousin's subordinates wrote an article. This person is none other than Hu Ye who is sitting in the warden's yamen.

"I advise you, don't put your hopes in the backstage of your boss's wife, if they are willing to come to your rescue, they are already here now. But if you look outside, there's no movement, and it's clear that they've given up on you. So if you want to make up for it, now is the opportunity, as long as someone stands up to expose this Wang Youtian's crime, I can consider taking it lightly. Hu Ye looked at the group of overwhelmed thugs and provoked.

The group of thugs was already a little nervous, but now that it has passed, no one has come to save them, and they immediately believe Hu Ye's words, knowing that the proprietress will not come to save herself, so in order to reduce the crime, two of Wang Youtian's subordinates immediately stood up and said, "Lord Warden, I can prove that this Zou Kai was framed, and it is this Wang Youtian and Lu Shun who are behind it." ”

"Eat inside and out!" Lu Shun and Wang Youtian shouted at the same time, jumping the thug who stood up!

"Roaring court! Call me! Hu Ye slammed the startled wood and glanced at several officials.

Several officials have now been intimidated by Hu Ye's momentum, and they wish to do more to alleviate their crimes.

So they unceremoniously pressed Lu Shun to the stool, and they also went down with a board.

"Wang Youtian, do you still want to deny it now?" Seeing that Wang Youtian was about to be interrupted, Hu Ye asked the official to stop, and then asked Wang Youtian coldly.

"I won't let you go, I won't let you go." Wang Youtian said weakly.

"Lu Zhutou, you and this Wang Youtian are cooperating to frame the crime, can you plead guilty?" Hu Ye didn't look at Wang Youtian again, and asked Lu Shun instead.

Lu Shun was also beaten by more than a dozen or a half, and in order to show their loyalty, this group of officials beat them so badly, so Lu Shun is also in pain now. Now that Hu Ye is asked about his guilt again, he no longer has the slightest intention of resisting, "Confess your guilt in your humble position, admit your guilt in your humble position." ”

"Okay, I'll write it down for you first." Hu Ye snorted coldly, and then said loudly, "Since the truth is revealed, Zou Kai was framed, and the official announced that Zou Kai was acquitted." ”

When Zou Kai heard Hu Ye's words, he immediately cried with joy, but he didn't expect to meet by chance outside Beiping City, and he actually saved his life half a year later.

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! Zou Kai kowtowed to Hu Ye and said loudly.

"Okay, this is what this official should do, and it is my duty to avenge the people." Hu Ye waved his hand to stop Zou Kai's movements, and then said to Wang Youtian, "Wang Youtian, now that you have been convicted of trespassing on people's houses and framing people, the remaining charges of intentional homicide, robbing people's daughters, and human trafficking, I don't know if you admit it?" ”

Wang Youtian was already facing despair at this moment, and just as he was about to speak, dozens of officials suddenly poured in outside the warden's yamen, surrounding the warden's yamen. Then walked into a middle-aged man in his thirties and strode in front of Hu Ye.

"Hu Ye, in the name of Lord Yin, I came to take away these prisoners." The person who came was called Lu Jie, and he said loudly to Hu Ye.

As soon as Wang Youtian saw that his savior was coming, it must be the rescuer moved by the proprietress, and now where is he willing to admit his guilt, he suddenly shouted, "Ignorant child, now look at how you still convict your grandfather!" (To be continued......)