Chapter 128: Respectfully Asking for the Holy Judgment (Fourth Watch)
The sudden scene immediately attracted the attention of everyone at the scene, and everyone looked at the middle-aged man with a thin face, wanting to see what he had to say. The update is the fastest and most stable, dìng to read novels, and it is recommended to go to the eye to read the book
"Boldly disrupt the people, and actually rebelled in the court, do you think this is child's play?" Cui Hui's face changed suddenly, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the middle-aged man with a thin face, and shouted loudly, "Come on, drag this patrol down and torture him to see what his intentions are!" β
"Wait!" Seeing this, Yang Demin stopped them, looked at the middle-aged man with a slender face, looked at the middle-aged man with a stern expression, and asked in a deep voice, "This government asks you, you said that you were beaten into a trick, but there is evidence?" β
"Yes!" The middle-aged man with a thin face hurriedly nodded, took off his coat and shirt, showed his upper body to Yang Demin, and said loudly, "Lord Prefect, the grass people really can't stand it, and they have to slander Li Zhixian according to their wishes." β
Looking at the upper body of the middle-aged man with a slender face, the people in the courtyard outside the hall were suddenly in an uproar, only to see that the upper body of the middle-aged man with a slender face was covered with eye-catching whip marks, and there were even traces of being burned by a soldering iron.
Cui Hui's face became extremely ugly, and Yang Demin made it clear that he wanted to defend Li Yuntian, and he would definitely make a fuss about this matter.
"Lord Prefect, the villain is also wronged." Led by a tall and thin middle-aged man, the remaining merchants followed suit and took off their clothes to show off their scarred bodies.
They were tortured by Xu Cheng to extract confessions on the boat they came, and they had to admit that they had bribed Li Yuntian.
It's a pity that Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou escaped unexpectedly, and he didn't find those accounts, which completely disrupted Cui Hui's deployment, so he had to start from these merchants.
Seeing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, it seemed that the people of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce had not betrayed themselves, as for the fact that the middle-aged man with a thin face was forced to frame him for accepting bribes, he could completely understand it.
"What's going on, Lord Patrol?" Yang Demin's heart was settled at this time, and he looked coldly at Cui Hui, who had an ugly face, and it was obvious that Cui Hui wanted to give him an explanation.
"Sue sΓΉ Ben Patrol, who punished you? Who forced you to frame Li Zhixian? Cui Hui's face was blue and white for a while, and he asked the middle-aged man with a thin face and a grim face.
"Lord Patrol, it is a poor man with a mustache who asked us to torture us and instructed us to frame Li Zhixian." The middle-aged man with a slender face has now been open-minded, and replied loudly, it is better to seek truth from facts than to lie, otherwise he will be more passive in the future.
"Yes, that's him." The rest of the businessmen also chimed in, affirming the statement of the middle-aged man with a thin face.
"How can it be?" Cui Hui stretched out his hand and slapped the table, and said to an officer standing under the hall who was patrolling the imperial history yamen, "You go to Hukou County and ask Xu Changshi to bring Ma San back to investigate this matter." β
The eight-character Hu Dahan was the confidant who was previously sent by Cui Hui to Baishui Town to lure Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou, named Ma San, who was originally a gangster leader in the capital and was recruited by Cui Hui to do business.
Xu Cheng is an official of the Criminal Department, a fellow villager of Cui Hui, and the two have a close relationship, so this time Cui Hui brought him as a helper when he patrolled Jiangxi and served as a long history.
Now that something has happened, the responsibility must be pushed on Ma San's body, Xu Cheng has been in the Criminal Department for many years, and he is naturally very clear about what to do next.
"This governor asks you, have you ever been tortured to extract a confession?" Then, Cui Hui's eyes fell on Shi An, Liu Ming, and Gu Manfu, and asked quietly.
Hearing this, the three of them shook their heads in unison, and insisted on paying a bribe to Li Yuntian.
"Lord Patrol, is it inappropriate for you to use such a heavy sentence on a magistrate just based on the confessions of the three of them?" Yang Demin finally understood at this time, it turned out that the killer weapon in Cui Hui's hand was Shi An and the others, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.
"The matter is urgent, this case involves a huge amount of bribes, this patrol hunts on behalf of the sky, and makes a small punishment, what's wrong?" Cui Hui looked at Yang Demin coldly, and put on the official authority of patrolling the imperial history.
"My lord, Li Zhixian's current situation is worrying, and it is better to retry it at a later date according to the government." Yang Demin saw Cui Hui pressing him with his identity as a patrol imperial historian, his brows furrowed, he glanced at Li Yuntian, and said in a deep voice.
"Li Zhixian is involved in a huge amount of bribes, Yang Zhifu, if the news is leaked, who will bear this responsibility?" Cui Hui spent so much effort, naturally he didn't want to give up halfway, and said gloomily, his words full of threats.
"My lord, Li Zhixian is a member of my Jiujiang Mansion, if you follow this trial method of your lord, I am afraid that you will either die or be disabled!" Yang Demin has been in the officialdom for many years, how could he be frightened by Cui Hui and look at him expressionlessly.
"Governor Yang, are you questioning this patrol?" Cui Hui sneered when he heard this, he can be said to be a messenger sent by Emperor Yongle, and the local government has no right to interfere with his case.
"According to the words of the Inspector, this mansion is just a matter of facts."
Yang Demin will not be fooled, and replied quietly, and then changed his tone, "In the past two years, Hukou County has prospered in commerce and trade, if Li Zhixian is really corrupt, then the amount of bribes received is undoubtedly a huge amount, and the case will be very complicated. β
When Li Yuntian heard this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Jiang is really old and spicy, since Cui Hui used Emperor Yongle to suppress Yang Demin, then Yang Demin naturally had to use Emperor Yongle to fight back.
"I don't think there is any need to alarm the Holy One, it is enough for this patrol to thoroughly investigate this case." Cui Hui didn't expect Yang Demin to use his own people to know and govern his body, but he commanded his army, his face changed slightly, and he rejected Yang Demin's construction, once Emperor Yongle sent someone to investigate thoroughly, then he could not influence the development of the case.
"Patrol Your Excellency, this government believes that your lordship can investigate this case well, but this case will be investigated and will involve a wide range of fields, and this government believes that it should act cautiously, explain the facts of the case to the Holy Lord, and ask the Holy Lord to adjudicate it!" Yang Demin arched his hand at the top and said in a deep voice, he would not let Cui Hui lead the trial of this case.
"Governor Yang, are you delaying the case to help your subordinates get rid of their crimes?" Cui Hui saw that Yang Demin was aggressive, and said with a sneer.
"My lord, this mansion can show the sun and the moon, and this is all for the sake of giving an explanation to the saint and the people of Jiujiang Mansion." Yang Demin ignored Cui Hui's slander and said coldly, "Before the Holy Judgment is issued, seal a piece of human and physical evidence, and you and I will take care of it together!" β
"Lord Patrol, are you satisfied with this house?" As he spoke, Yang Demin asked with a slight mockery.
"Governor Yang, do you know what the consequences of interfering with this patrol's case are?" Cui Hui saw that Yang Demin had already made up his mind, and asked with a grim face.
"Your Excellency, this mansion is just a respectful request for the Holy Judge." Yang Demin didn't accept Cui Hui's set at all, and asked coldly, "Since Lord Patrol also thinks that this case is serious, then you should act cautiously, otherwise how can you explain to the saint if something goes wrong?" Don't you trust the overseers sent by the Holy Lord? β
"Damn!" Cui Hui was speechless by Yang Demin's question for a while, and couldn't help clenching his fists, and said secretly in his heart.
Hearing this, Li Yuntian knew that the general situation had been decided, and Cui Hui would no longer be able to act as a prestige during the court trial, so he lay on the ground with his head tilted, pretending to faint, which made his torture invisibly add a little tragic atmosphere.
"Quick, send it to heal!" Yang Demin was taken aback when he saw this, and hurriedly beckoned his subordinates to carry Li Yuntian to the medical hall with their hands and feet, and Qi Wanlong and Feng Kui left without saying hello to Cui Hui.
"What are you doing in a daze!" Cui Hui saw that he was being ignored, his face was extremely ugly, and he couldn't help but shout at the messenger of the Imperial History Yamen who was standing a little dazed under the hall.
Several errand officers did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly chased after them to prevent Li Yuntian from contacting the outside world.
"How did this happen?" Looking at the backs of Yang Demin and the others who left, Cui Hui's heart couldn't help but rise a trace of bitterness, the things that were originally nine out of ten were unconsciously brought to such a point that it was difficult to clean up.
For some reason, he regretted intervening in this matter, but as the saying goes, wealth and wealth are in danger, and he must take advantage of his future future, but unfortunately he failed to take Li Yuntian down.
Li Yuntian's matter soon alarmed the Jiangxi political envoys, and the political envoys on the left and right were taken aback when they heard the news, and they couldn't imagine that the veteran and steady Yang Demin would actually be on the same page as Cui Hui because of Li Yuntian.
At the request of Yang Demin, Jiangxi's envoy quickly sent people to take over the human and physical evidence related to Li Yuntian's case, and seized the accounts of the Chen family, the Zheng family, and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce.
Since learning that Yang Demin had intervened in the case, Chen Ningning and Zheng Wanrou handed over those accounts after discussion, after all, these are important evidence, and they are not suitable to remain in their hands, and they are jointly guarded by the people who patrol the Imperial History Yamen, the Jiujiang Mansion and the Jiangxi Inspectorate.
At the same time, Cui Hui and Yang Demin each made a concession to Emperor Yongle, Cui Hui impeached Yang Demin for tolerating his subordinates and interfering in the handling of the case, and Yang Demin asked Emperor Yongle to send additional officials from the capital to supervise the handling of the case on the grounds that Li Yuntian's case was a serious matter.
For a time, Li Yuntian's case was a storm in Jiangxi, and it became a topic of conversation after tea and dinner, and many people argued endlessly about whether he was a clean official or a corrupt official, and even opened a handicap to bet on whether he was a clean official or a corrupt official, and all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky.
Although Cui Hui had lost the initiative in Li Yuntian's case, Xu Cheng brought him good news, when he searched Li Yuntian's home in the county yahou house in Hukou County, he "found" five silver tickets worth 1,000 taels from the books in the study.
And these five silver tickets are what Shi An said about the bribe to the green calyx, Shi An deliberately wrote down the ticket number on the silver ticket before handing it over to the green calyx, which is exactly the same as the one on the five silver tickets, which has become ironclad evidence of Li Yuntian's bribery.
Later, this news somehow spread out, which made the original evenly divided handicap in ** suddenly changed, the odds of betting that Li Yuntian is a clean official suddenly increased, and the odds of betting that Li Yuntian was a corrupt official decreased rapidly, indicating the people's views on Li Yuntian's case.
Just when people's attention was attracted by Li Yuntian's case, an incident occurred in Hukou County that no one could have imagined, Li Yuntian's plan to raid the Dragon Master bandit's lair was not affected, and it was carried out in an orderly manner according to the original plan, although the person in charge of this operation was Zhao Hua, but the backbone was Chen Ningning and Zhao Wanrou. One