Chapter 793: The Situation Is Grim

"Zhen Guogong, do you have something to ask them?" After the round-faced guy and the others changed their confessions, Chen Tai asked Li Yuntian quietly, wanting to see what Li Yuntian would do next.

Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others also looked at Li Yuntian in unison, looking at him with interest, looking forward to his next counterattack.

"Governor Chen, my father has nothing to ask them about." Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, then his words turned around, and he said to Chen Tai in a deep voice, "Since they didn't see who the person who entered the treasury was, then they are not witnesses in this case, should they be dealt with in a separate case?" ”

"This ......" Chen Tai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to say such a thing, and then a wry smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he nodded to Li Yuntian and said, "Zhenguo is reasonable, and this governor will deal with them separately." ”

"Come on, bring them down." As he spoke, Chen Tai waved his hand at the round-faced guy and the others, and gave an order in a deep voice.

Wei Xin looked at the round-faced guy and the others with a depressed expression, although he didn't want the round-faced guy and the others to leave, but he couldn't refute Li Yuntian, as Li Yuntian said, today's court trial is to convict Li Yuntian of secretly possessing an arquebus, but the round-faced guy and the others have not seen Li Yuntian come to the Bafang Warehouse, so naturally there is no need to get involved in Li Yuntian's case.

As for how to deal with the case separately, then it is not the concern of the court trial now, it will be another case related to arquebus.

Seeing this, everyone present had smiles on their faces, and they were happy to see Li Yuntian make Wei Xin suffer a dumb loss, after all, since the establishment of Jinyiwei, the relationship with the Chinese martial arts of the DPRK has been tense, which is related to the special nature of Jinyiwei, which makes the civil and military officials in the DPRK both jealous and disgusted with Jinyiwei.

"Zhen Guogong, I heard that the regulations formulated by the Jiangwu Hall are extremely strict, and this governor has one thing I want to find out, can the firearms workshop of the Jiangwu Hall be able to do this except for your warrant to expand the production of firearms?"

After Yang Laoliu and the round-faced guy and the others were taken out of the lobby, Chen Tai groaned for a while, looked at Li Yuntian with a stern expression and asked, he already had evidence in his hand that the batch of arquebuses in the warehouse of the Bafang Warehouse was additionally made by Li Yuntian.

Obviously, this is the most unfavorable accusation against Li Yuntian, because the firearms workshops under the command of Jiangwutang belong to Li Yuntian, and it is impossible to increase production without Li Yuntian's order.

"Nobody has done that." Hearing this, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he shook his head at Chen Tai.

In fact, Li Yuntian did not tell the truth, there is another person who can do this, and that person is Emperor Xuande, and Emperor Xuande's edict can also make the firearms workshop increase production, and there is no need to report to Li Yuntian.

Not only that, Emperor Xuande's edict can also revoke the order issued by Li Yuntian, in other words, Emperor Xuande's edict is the highest level order in the martial arts.

It's just that Li Yuntian can't say this matter, otherwise it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of Emperor Xuande from the outside world, and it will also make the arquebus case more complicated.

"And then, how do you explain the extra arquebuses?" Chen Tai noticed the wry smile on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and immediately realized that Li Yuntian had something unspeakable, and then asked in a deep voice.

"There is only one explanation, someone forged the warrant of this father." Li Yuntian did not hesitate at all, and replied in a loud voice.

"Zhen Guogong, do you have any evidence?" Chen Tai opened his mouth and asked when he heard this.

"The warrant issued by this duke is kept on record in the martial arts hall, and the workshop that produces muskets will have an official document to increase production, as long as Governor Chen checks it."

Li Yuntian thought about it when he heard this, and looked at Chen Tai with a stern expression, "Chen Dudu, the other party's methods are very superb, and they can actually forge the official documents in Yang Fu's hand that are fake and true, and it is difficult for the people in the musket workshop to see the flaws." ”

"Unfortunately, Ben Governor is unable to do this." A wry smile flashed at the corner of Chen Tai's mouth, and he shook his head at Li Yuntian expressionlessly.

"Why?" Li Yuntian didn't expect Chen Tai to refuse him, his brows suddenly frowned slightly, and he realized that something might have happened that he didn't know, so he asked quietly.

"Not long after you came to the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, a fire broke out in the Jiangwu Hall and the Musket Workshop, and the treasury of the Jiangwu Hall and the account room of the Musket Workshop were burned down." Chen Tai explained to Li Yuntian with a stern expression.

"What?" Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard this, he never thought that the person who designed the arquebus case would dare to attack the martial arts hall and the arquebus workshop, you must know that there is the highest military secret of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not think that the fires in these two places happened by accident.

You must know that the fire prevention measures of the Wutang and the firearms workshops are outstanding in Daming, and it is not easy to catch fire at all, and the two places are still on fire at the same time, and even if there is a fire, there are effective fire extinguishing facilities, so there should not be much loss, but listening to Chen Tai's meaning, it seems that the warehouse of the Wutang and the long room of the arquebus workshop seem to have been burned clean by the fire, and there is no other reason for this situation except to explain it by human factors.

Everyone present shook their heads in private when they heard this, and they all felt sorry for Li Yuntian, if they could get the official document to increase the production of the arquebus workshop, then Li Yuntian might have a way to find out the flaw, after all, even if the fake thing is fake, it is fake.

Moreover, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others know the inside story of the two fires better than ordinary people, although the official document of the government said that the fire in the Jiangwutang and the arquebus workshop was caused by fire candles, but they believe that it was arson.

Because after the fire broke out, the Jinyi Guard, who was in charge of guarding the place, prevented the people in the Jiangwutang and the Arquebus Workshop from putting out the fire on the pretext of avoiding the leakage of official documents, and only let the people of the Jinyi Guard rescue them, and drove the people from the Jiangwutang and the Arquebus Workshop away.

As a result, the two places that caught fire burned to the ruins under the watchful eyes of the staff of the Jiangwu Hall and the arquebus workshop, and all the texts were burned.

According to the information received by Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and others, the Jinyi guards who were fighting the fire at that time were just holding buckets and other objects to pose, and did not participate in the firefighting at all, and sat back and watched the fire get bigger and bigger and swallow up the two houses.

However, this kind of news can't be on the table, it is obvious that no Jinyi Wei will admit that they did not put out the fire at that time, plus the two fire houses have been closed by the Jinyi Wei who is responsible for the investigation, and others are helpless even if they have objections.

At this moment, Wei Xin could finally breathe a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but be a little glad that he had set fire to the warehouse where Li Yuntian's warrant was stored in the lecture hall and the account room of the arquebus workshop, after experiencing a series of previous events, he was really afraid that Li Yuntian would be able to find clues from those documents to fight back, and he would be tired of dealing with it at that time.

"Since the official document that allowed the musket workshop to increase production and the bottom file of the warrant issued by the father have been burned, the company cannot prove that it was not written by the father." After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian broke the silence on the field and said to Chen Tai rather helplessly.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, the mastermind behind the arquebus case did the most beautiful thing, so Li Yuntian would not be able to prove that it had nothing to do with the official document that allowed the arquebus workshop to increase production.

However, Li Yuntian did not admit how clever the mastermind behind the scenes was, because the reason why the fires broke out in the lecture hall and the arquebus workshop must have been ordered by Emperor Xuande to have people stationed in these two places for a thorough investigation, and he acquiesced in doing so.

In other words, the reason why Li Yuntian suffered a loss this time was because Emperor Xuande made a move, otherwise the other party would never have put those two fires in the heavily guarded lecture hall and arquebus workshop.

Without Emperor Xuande's intervention, relying solely on the personal ability of the main envoy behind the scenes, Li Yuntian did not think that they had done this.

"Zhen Guogong, have you ever talked to outsiders about increasing the number of muskets?" Even the official document to increase the arquebus was gone, Chen Tai naturally knew that Li Yuntian could not get rid of the suspicion of issuing the official document, and asked after a deep groan.

"No, the number of muskets has been produced according to the plan, and it will not change unless there are special circumstances." Li Yuntian shook his head and explained, "Moreover, the production of muskets is very complicated, requiring the cooperation of multiple workshops, and this company will never change the plan that has been made unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

Hearing this, Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu, Jian Yi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu couldn't help but light up in front of them, their faces showed a look of surprise, and they couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in amazement, they learned a huge inside story from Li Yuntian's words just now, and this inside story will clear Li Yuntian's suspicion of adding arquebuses to the next day.

However, Li Yuntian didn't show it to the outside world just now, which made Yang Shiqi and the five people feel quite surprised, they didn't think that Li Yuntian would ignore this, with Li Yuntian's talent, it was obvious that he had known about this matter for a long time, but he didn't disclose it to the outside world because of various factors.

"Zhen Guogong, there are people in the Lecture Hall and the Musket Workshop who have testified that you privately ordered an increase in the production of muskets, is this true?" Seeing that Li Yuntian did not admit to increasing the number of arquebuses, Chen Tai asked with a stern expression.

"Never!" Li Yuntian's expression couldn't help but dim slightly when he heard this, and then flatly denied it.

Although Li Yuntian knew that the people who testified against him in the martial arts hall and the musket workshop must have been tortured and had no choice but to frame him, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, this feeling of going to court with his subordinates was really too bad, and it was the last thing he wanted to face.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, even if he won those subordinates above the public court, it would undoubtedly be a defeat for the martial arts hall, because this matter was bound to produce an irreparable damage and rift in the hearts of the people in the martial arts hall, which was a result that he was very unwilling to see.

Yang Shiqi, Zhang Fu and the others heard that Li Yuntian's subordinates had testified against him, and they couldn't help but whisper to each other again, I am afraid that this was the most bitter court confrontation that Li Yuntian had ever encountered.