Liu Juesi, the secretary of the ministry, looked at the emperor's decree, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the three divisions were canceled and Zhang Fangyan, a scholar of Zhishi University, came forward to preside over the trial, and the three divisions who were previously in charge of the review were changed to assist from the side. In this regard, Liu Juesi, who has always been dislike many things, was surprised, but he was very happy to see it. Otherwise, according to the previous regulations, it is the Criminal Department that is responsible for the trial in the Third Division, so the burden on his shoulders will be heavy enough to crush a person's backbone. Of course, this is not the point, if it is not handled properly, it is likely that the late holiday will not be guaranteed, or it will become a dream bubble if you want to get out of the whole body.

There are also a number of presiding officials who are as happy as Lao Shangshu, otherwise once the trial begins, there will inevitably be two sides to ask for it, and at that time, if one is not careful, he may choose the wrong side and stand on the wrong team.

However, not everyone in the Criminal Department has this attitude, and Zheng Sanjun, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, is the most distinctive of them. "If the case of Niu Dan is not handed over to the Son of Heaven's army, the Criminal Department will bear the brunt of it, and it will be handed over to Zhang Fangyan, who has been in charge for more than ten years, but I don't know how the saint plans it!"

Zheng Sanjun saw that Liu Juesi didn't talk to him, so he took the initiative to ask: "The ministry should be the top table to fight!" ”

Liu Juesi glanced at Zheng Sanjun, and said angrily: "When will you change the mind made by the saint?" Is it useful? If you want to fight, the old man won't mix with you......"

With this clear refusal, everyone thought that this matter would be over, but they never expected that Zheng Sanjun would really go to the emperor alone, and asked that the criminal department still lead the interrogation, even if Zhang Fangyan had the ability to break the prison, he would help from the side.

As a result, this recital naturally sank into the sea, there was no movement, and the emperor had neither instructions nor reprimands, so the matter did not happen. However, when Zheng Sanjun insisted again, officials at all levels in Beijing had been attracted by another strange thing.

After receiving the order, Zhang Fangyan issued a proclamation stating that all officials above the seventh rank in Beijing must participate in the investigation, send out the question and answer papers, and after answering truthfully, 100 people will be selected from among all the officials participating in the question and answer to serve as a jury.

This kind of maverick act is unprecedented, and all the officials have seen the joke, but no matter how they look at the joke, the question and answer paper sent out after the court meeting must be filled. The current Zhang Fangyan is directly connected to the emperor, otherwise it would not be a joke to be alone in front of the emperor.

Looking at the Q&A paper sent by Zhang Fangyan again, the officials were also confused. Of course, Zheng Sanjun, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, also received the paper, and after being an official for decades, he actually answered the paper again, but after unfolding it, it was ridiculous to see the content.

"Isn't this kind of question a joke?"

"The lower officials think that there must be a root cause for Zhang Gelao's problem." Zheng Sanjun raised his head, but saw that it was Xu Shiqi in the criminal department who answered, "Oh? Tell me, what other reasons can there be for these short problems in parents? ”

Xu Shiqi replied solemnly: "The lower officials have carefully studied the routine of Zhang Ge's old trial and prison break, and he always chooses the common people or the rich gentry of the landlords to serve as jurors. ”

"Jury?" The first time Zheng Sanjun heard the term jury, Xu Shiqi described it carefully, but he was still confused, "If the jury is found guilty and not guilty in the end, what else does the presiding judge do?" Nonsense, it's nonsense! ”

"Yes, Xia Guan also thinks it's nonsense, but Zhang Ge Lao seems to be tired of it, and he really let him turn over some unjust cases!"

Zheng Sanjun sighed, pointed to the question and answer paper in front of him and said, "Fill it in, it's an errand after filling it out!" ”

Thousands of papers were collected, and in just one day, Zhang Fangyan announced the so-called jury list, and the officials also wondered, not knowing what the selection criteria were, but although the selected person secretly called unlucky, he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to win the errand head-on.

And Zhang Fangyan obviously had a plan for a quick decision, and the next day he announced the start of the trial, borrowed the place in the lobby of the Criminal Department, and pulled up his posture to prepare for a big fight. At the same time, the three law divisions were also invited, but their identities were very different. The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple were respectively entrusted to him, and Fu Yongchun, the left imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, sat on the lobby of the Criminal Department angrily, muttering in his heart, what is this? The Metropolitan Procuratorate has always been responsible for supervision, but today it is good, Zhang Fangyan was arrested and directly responsible for the evidence of the crime of Niu Dan, what is this to do, should it be sued?

But Zhang Fangyan is under a holy order, if Fu Yongchun opposes, it is to resist the decree, he can't afford this crime, so he has to pinch his nose and cooperate.

Who knew that after the cow egg went to the court, he kept shouting grievances, Fu Yongchun's anger was aroused, and the evil fire in his body had nowhere to vent, so he turned over the case files handed over by the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses and Shuntianfu for a while, and questioned them like a series of accusations.

However, the cow egg was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it was actually refuted one by one, and the imperial history of the left capital of the dignified Metropolitan Procuratorate was disgraced. Fu Yongchun was annoyed and ashamed, and shouted loudly: "It seems that you can't cure your sharp teeth without heavy punishment, come on, give me a beating!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the presiding judge Zhang Fangyan cough, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate only has the burden of proof, and has no right to punish, so they all retreat!" The official soap Li had already come up with a water and fire stick, but when he saw that Zhang Ge Lao had spoken, he had no choice but to retreat in disgrace.

As a result, the first day's interrogation ended in this constant left-right bargaining, and the officials suddenly woke up a little, looking at this Fang Yan seems to have the meaning of thin mud, this guy is equivalent to making a military order in disguise in front of the holy driver, is this kind of self-indulgence long-lived?

Sure enough, news came out from the palace that night, and the emperor did not say a word after listening to the trial report by the eunuchs, obviously dissatisfied with it.

Not only is the emperor dissatisfied, but Zhang Sizhi is also dissatisfied, he wants to take advantage of this to make waves and pull Li Xin into the water, Zhang Fangyan is doing this, isn't he going to make his plan yellow! It was dark, Zhang Sizhi suddenly felt that the study was stuffy, so he pushed the window open, and a gust of early autumn evening breeze immediately poured in with coolness, making people's minds much clearer.

"Master, someone recently discovered that the eunuch Feng Quan has a lot of contact with the palace, and he seems to have the intention to make a comeback!"

Zhang Sizhi didn't care about Jiading's report, Feng Quan only had the label of the eunuch on his body, so he didn't want to turn over in this life, just tossing by this person, it was just a bamboo basket to draw water.

"What else?"

"Back to the master, that Zhang Fang Yan went to see Xu Shiqi in the Criminal Department tonight!"

Zhang Sizhi said secretly: Zhang Fangyan and Xu Qilin used to work together in the Criminal Department, but no matter how you look at him, it doesn't look like he went to see Xu Shiqi, and he can't toss any storms.

"Okay, I know, just have them tossing, and let the old man keep an eye on it!"

Who knew that it was just a blink of an eye, and the family Ding turned back again, Zhang Sizhi frowned, and was about to say something to reproach, but the family Ding preemptively said: "Master, Feng Quan is here!" ”

This is also greatly beyond Zhang Sizhi's expectations, he has never had anything to do with Feng Quan, this person visits at night, there will definitely be nothing good, just wanted to refuse but his heart moved, and he changed his mind when he was about to speak.

"Feng Quan has seen Ge Lao, I haven't seen him for many years, Ge Lao's body is getting tougher and tougher!"

Zhang Sizhi squinted his eyes as if he was asleep, waiting for him to explain his intentions. Sure enough, Feng Quan took out a gift slip from his arms and respectfully placed it on the table.

"A small gift, not a tribute!"

Zhang Sizhi glanced at it, his brows jumped suddenly, there was only a line of cursive handwriting on the gift list, but it was clearly written, with 100,000 taels of silver!

"Alas! I'm afraid that the old man won't be able to collect this money, as long as your eunuch identity is still there, it will be impossible to regain it. ”

"The elder of the pavilion misunderstood, Feng Quan is here for the dog......"

As a result, after Feng Quan told the ins and outs of the matter, it turned out to be ridiculous, it turned out that the real guilty person who Zhang Fangyan entered Beijing to fight for the death penalty review was actually Feng Quan's son, and he should have been unlucky, and he actually crashed into the hands of Zhang Fangyan, an old man.

Zhang Sizhi's eyes opened suddenly, and he laughed, "You don't have to take the money back to Zhuozhou, but it's not to stay with the old man." ”

Feng Quan was surprised, but Zhang Sizhi asked him to take a step forward......

Three days later, the retrial, the cabinet sent Xue Guoguan to sit in the town, Zhang Sizhi was still in the cabinet hall, Li Shi was worried, "Let Zhang Fangyan continue to stir up like this, will our plan have to be wasted?" Seeing that there was no one in the cabinet hall, he voiced his fears.

Zhang Sizhi seemed to be confident, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the old man will let him Zhang Fangyan taste it, what is cocooning and self-restraint!" ”

Li Shi asked Wen Yan the reason, Zhang Sizhi motioned for him to walk a few steps, and lowered his voice again, "The 100 jurors selected by Zhang Fangyan have all been ......."

"So good, so good......" Li Shi asked and even his beard kept shaking.

At this moment, a hall official ran in, "Two elders, Zhang Fangyan is making trouble again!" ”

Zhang Sizhi's heart beat wildly for no reason, but he heard the official say: "Zhang Fangyan has selected another hundred rich gentry from the common people in the market to come in, and he will jury fifty people each as ......."

If the hall official said something later, Zhang Sizhi couldn't listen to it at all, and only secretly scolded Zhang Fangyan for being an old fox, and he actually cracked one of his tricks so lightly.

Zhang Sizhi knew that there were big loopholes in Zhang Fangyan's trial method, and since the guilt or innocence was decided by the jury, no matter how the trial was conducted in the middle, as long as all the jurors were finally bought, wouldn't the problem be solved! It seems that Feng Quan has to take out some more money to buy the civilians and wealthy businessmen who are selected to come in.

The official was still chattering: "How can the government and the people sit together? Zhang Fangyan is really confused...... He also wants to corclose everyone and not allow anyone to contact him until the trial is over, saying that he is afraid that someone will buy him......"

Zhang Sizhi sneered a few times after hearing this, it seemed that he had only used a killer move, he glanced at a secret letter placed on the desk!