Late at night, the north town of Jingshi Fu Si Prison.

In a small cell, more than a dozen yellow-skinned prisoners with blank expressions were holding a fried chicken and nibbling it fiercely, and only the sound of gobbling could be heard in the cell.

Ding Shun stood in the middle of the cell with a knife, under the dim torches, the prisoners silently gnawed on the food they had not tasted for many years, like hungry beasts, Ding Shun watched this scene quietly and smiled with satisfaction.

"Listen, you bastards! What awaits you in the future, presumably you have already known the Tao, today you do Lao Tzu a favor, Lao Tzu doesn't want to lie to you, to be honest, it is still a dead word to help you, but each of you can get a hundred taels of silver settlement fee, you all have wives and children, and one hundred taels of silver is enough for them to enjoy for several years, anyway, it is a death, leave a thought for your wives and children and parents before you die, and atone for your sins in life, why not? ”

A middle-aged prisoner was the first to finish eating the fried chicken, slurped his fingers unsatisfactorily, showed a smile full of indifference on his face, arched his hand towards Ding Shun, and said with a smile: "This official is generous, early death and late death are death, if you have money, you will die happily, leave some dowry for my Hun family and son to remarry, in the future, I will die, the Hun family and son find a good family, and life will be smooth, official, I did this deal, isn't it just to say a few words of testimony in court, and go out of the city to Huangquan after speaking?" Just give me a good time when the time comes. ”

Someone took the lead, and the rest of the prisoners thought for a moment and showed expressions of approval.

Ding Shunyin laughed a few times, and then said viciously: "Okay, since we have all agreed, one hundred taels of silver per person will be sent to your house immediately, and everyone will follow me out of the city, and the ugly words are in front." Who leaked the wind to Lao Tzu above the court. You are not the only one who has died, but your entire family, and you have been in prison for a long time. You know the means of Jinyiwei. ”

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Recently, the court suddenly calmed down.

The officials who had clamored for the beheading of Du Hong and Qin Kan no longer made any sound, and the daily Jindian Morning Dynasty just stood quietly in the court class without saying a word, and there was a bit of a treacherous atmosphere in the calm.

Ten days later, the relevant human and material evidence of Du Hong's case arrived in Beijing, and the three legal divisions began to prepare for the opening of the court.

The official sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the left capital Yu Shi Daishan, the criminal department sent the right attendant He Jian, and the Dali Temple was Shaoqing Liu Yan.

The three divisions will be tried in the lobby of the Criminal Department.

The case of Qin Kan's leaflets and inciting Gongsheng to make trouble is related to the Du Hong case, and the two cases were tried together as a single case.

This case shocked the court, and the people of Beijing also talked about it, and the people gathered outside the lobby of the criminal department to watch the trial.

The day after the witness arrived in Beijing. The Criminal Department was officially opened, and the presiding judge was He Jian, the right attendant of the Criminal Department.

Patrol according to Zhejiang Supervision Imperial History Xing Zhao, Taichang Temple Qing and Hanlin Bachelor Zhang Shizhen. The Ministry of Industry gave Cao Xi'an in the matter. and Jiao Fang, the left attendant of the ministry, came to the hall to observe.

Outside the hall was crowded, and the officials in the hall held red and black water and fire sticks in two rows. The left capital Yu Shi Dai Shan and Dali Temple Shaoqing Liu Yan sat on the side of He Jian.

Everything was ready to stop, He Jian looked at Dai Shan, who was more than seventy years old, Dai Shan did not say a word, nodded lightly with a straight face.

Syllable!

He Jian slapped the shocked wood: "Bring people to commit Du Hong, Qin Kan!" ”

Du Hong and Qin Kan were brought out of the side of the hall by the officials, and the two stood in the middle of the hall.

The two were imprisoned, but they did not change their reputation, so they did not have to kneel in the hall.

He Jiansheng has a Chinese face, his eyes are pure and innocent, and he is awe-inspiring.

"Du Hong, are you guilty?"

Du Hong smiled fiercely: "The old man is not guilty. ”

"On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, thirteen weavers in Shaoxing Mansion were killed, but you instructed the officials to do it?"

"There is no such thing, on the contrary, the old man was asking for the eunuch Wang Peng, the supervising eunuch of the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, for their sake that day."

"What are you asking for their lives?"

"Shaoxing weavers were exploited by the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, the Ministry of Internal Affairs originally set two taels of silver and a silk wage, after layers of deductions, fell into the hands of the weavers often less than two dollars, resulting in the weavers living a difficult life, the family is difficult to raise, the people are difficult to settle, the weavers are also the people under the rule of the old man, the people suffer, the old man has to ask for their life."

He Jian shouted: "What nonsense! On that day, you took the official to Wang Peng's official post, obviously to suppress the troublemakers, and the official has obtained the testimony of the people present, Du Hong, I advise you not to lie and quibble in the court, otherwise the official will let you understand that the king's law is strict! ”

"The old man has nothing to say, if there is a word that does not match, he is willing to be thundered by the sky!"

Xing Zhao, the inspector who was observing the trial, suddenly sneered: "The court is talking about evidence, if the gambling curse is useful, what do you want to do in the prison court?" Du Hong, you have been a parent official for so many years in vain, and you have tried so many cases, could it be that if the prisoner swears that you will forgive him and release him on the spot? ”

Zhang Shizhen, Liu Ji's henchman on the side, Cao Xi'an seemed to hear a very funny joke, and laughed at the same time.

Qin Kan, who was standing quietly beside Du Hong without saying a word, suddenly stared at the three of them and said coldly: "You are the chief judge of this case?" ”

The three of them laughed for a while: "............"

"Since you're not the presiding judge, didn't your mother teach you when you were a child, that you should be slapped if you interject regardless of the occasion?"

The eyes of the three of them glaring at Qin Kan suddenly erupted with angry flames.

He Jian glanced at the three of them coldly, and said: "Three adults, this official is ordered to preside over the trial of this case, and the court only recognizes the law, not human feelings, and has nothing to do with this case, you can observe, please do not make noise, and the three of you please respect yourself." ”

The three of them touched their noses, and they couldn't vent their anger, so they had to glance at Qin Kan fiercely and sit down stupidly.

He Jian coughed twice, and was just about to continue the trial, but he heard a sharp voice outside the public hall shouting: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived-"

Everyone in the hall looked stunned, and hurriedly stood up and was dressed to prepare to welcome them.

A smile appeared on the corner of Qin Kan's mouth, and a little warmth and emotion floated in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao is a good friend with affection and righteousness after all.

Zhu Houzhao wore a black brocade robe, and swaggered into the public hall of the Criminal Department surrounded by Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others, and accepted the officials to kneel and worship.

He Jian hesitated for a moment, and said: "Today, the minister is reviewing the big case of His Majesty, and it seems inappropriate for His Highness to do this, please ask Your Highness to ......."

Zhu Houzhao squeezed his eyes at Qin Kan when he saluted, and then said with a straight face: "Bengong was holding a Boss cat in his hand just now, a precious breed bought from the people of the Western Regions......

He Jian was confused: "Forgive the minister for being stupid, does His Highness's words have anything to do with the case?" ”

"Of course it has nothing to do with the case, but it has a lot to do with the main palace......

"What...... What relationship? ”

"Just now, when the chariot of the main palace passed by the yamen of the criminal department, the cat jumped out of the car from the hands of the main palace, and I saw it quickly run into the yamen of the criminal department......

"So...... So? ”

Zhu Houzhao said loudly: "That's why this palace is here to find a cat!" Hehe, you continue to try the case, don't pay attention to me, I only look for my cat, and I will never interject. ”

He Jian wiped his sweat and said with a wry smile: "Even if Your Highness wants to stir up the situation, please think of a better excuse?" ”

Zhu Houzhao blinked innocently: "This palace is really here to find the cat......"