A six-rank official came out of the yamen and shouted: "Who is here to talk nonsense, slander the government, and instigate the people? Grab them all! ”

The people were so frightened that they didn't dare to silence, Jiang Jun shouted at the back of the crowd: "It's him, he was bought for 1,000 taels of silver yesterday, everyone ignore him, we protest, protest against the favoritism and malpractice of the three divisions of the yamen, protest, protest against the officials of the three divisions of the yamen accepting bribes and committing favoritism!" ”

The people who had just been suppressed by the bullet clamored again, the official who had just come out was the head of the Criminal Department, it just happened that he had just received a bribe of one thousand taels of silver from the Wang family yesterday, and he was broken by someone, his face was swollen purple for a while, and he couldn't make a sound, Duan Fei immediately guessed when he saw his appearance, and immediately shouted loudly: "My lord, yesterday, that Steward Luo has been caught by Lord Duan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he has recruited everything, you better admit it obediently." ”

The principal had never seen Steward Luo, but his silver was handed over by the right attendant of the Criminal Department, knowing that the person's surname was indeed Luo, and he was not afraid of ghosts calling the door if he didn't do anything wrong, after hearing Duan Fei's words, his expression was even more panicked, pointing at Duan Fei and quibbling: "What nonsense are you talking about, come here, arrest me!" ”

Su Rong shouted: "Are you weak-hearted? The lord of my family is Duan Fei, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who has the right to supervise hundreds of officials and impeach, you accept bribes, bend the law for bribes, and do not kneel down and admit your guilt! ”

The yamen was full of voices before, but Su Rong's voice came into everyone's ears clearly, and the principal who bore the brunt of it was even more clear, only to feel that the voice seemed to fall from the sky, like thunder, his heart was shocked, only to be so shocked that his soul was scattered, his legs were weak, and he really knelt down, only to hear Su Rong continue to ask: "What is your name?" What is the crime of accepting bribes and perverting the law! ”

The man was flustered in his heart, his head was confused, and he bowed to Su Rong behind Duan Fei again and again: "I...... My name is Zhang Rongguang, I am guilty, I ...... I shouldn't have taken bribes, I'm guilty, please forgive me! ”

Seeing this situation, the people roared to the ground, and the officials of the Criminal Department were also dumbfounded, Duan Fei shouted: "Everyone has seen it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, Zhang Rongguang admits that he accepted bribes, and this official is the right capital appointed by the emperor, and he has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, and he can't ignore this matter, come on, take him down for me, send him to Lord Qian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and ask Lord Qian to punish him!" Who would dare to stop this official? Get out of the way! ”

The officials who ordered the officials to stop the people were arrested, where did these officials dare to stop them, the people cheered, and crowded around Duan Fei and others to rush inside, and the unlucky Zhang was also taken by Hong Bang and Jiang Jun, pushing and shoving around the wall and coming to the front of the lobby.

There were only a few people under the court of the Criminal Department who were hearing the trial, where was it overcrowded, the people believed Duan Fei's words just now, and after squeezing into the hall, they shouted one after another: "We protest, protest against the three divisions of the yamen accepting bribes for personal gain!" Harbor criminals, stop the yamen, and prevent the people from hearing trials! ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Lord Shi Wei of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "No noise under the lobby, drive me out!" ”

Duan Fei came out of the crowd and shouted: "Slow, Duan Fei, the right capital of the Xiaguan Imperial Procuratorate, see the three adults, the people are not vexatious, but there is evidence to witness, just because we are blocked out of the yamen, and the officials don't let us in, why is this?" Just now, the head of the criminal department, Mr. Zhang, was revealed to have taken bribes of 1,000 taels of silver, and he also confessed in public, and the lower officials suspected that someone in this case was secretly manipulating and bribing many officials, and the lower officials suggested that before trying Zhou An's case, the case of Zhang taking bribes should be tried first, so as to solve the confusion of the people and set the record straight. ”

Wei Daxian was about to speak, Qian Rujing was shocked, holding Wei Daxian's words in his throat, Qian Rujing shouted: "There are people in the criminal department who accept bribes to prevent you from entering? Which Lord Zhang did a good thing? Bring it up to him! ”

Lord Zhengxue of Dali Temple said to stop him: "Lord Qian, isn't this right?" The three divisions will try Zhou An's case. ”

Qian Rujing said with a sinking face: "Lord Xue's words are wrong, the Criminal Department is in charge of the law and prison, if someone is corrupt and perverts the law to accept bribes, how can he judge the case fairly?" If you don't go to court to judge and understand, I'm afraid that the people in the hall won't follow it, and the news will spread, I'm afraid that my Qian Rujing will become the biggest corrupt official in the Criminal Department, Lord Xue doesn't need to say much, come on, bring me that main matter! ”

Zhang Rongguang suddenly woke up after being pushed to the public court by the officials, he knelt down and bowed to Qian Rujing repeatedly, shouting: "My lord, I was wronged, I was wronged, I didn't accept bribes!" ”

Qian Rujing asked, "Didn't take bribes?" Then why did you just admit to taking bribes in public? Duan Fei, have you seen it with your own eyes? Who else can testify? ”

Duan Fei replied loudly in the hall: "My lord, I saw with my own eyes that Director Zhang was forced by the words between me and my master, and there was no way to refute it, so he knelt down and confessed, and the people present could testify, Director Zhang said that he was bribed by a person surnamed Luo yesterday and accepted 1,000 taels of silver. ”

"Yes, we can all testify." The people in the hall testified one after another.

Duan Fei continued: "As far as I know, this surnamed Luo is the chief butler of Wang Shiyong, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, and this Wang Shiyong is the biggest suspect in Zhou An's case!" Your Excellency understands why he sent someone to bribe hundreds of officials, right? ”

"You said that Wang Shiyong was involved in the case, what evidence do you have?" Master Xue asked.

Duan Fei said unhurriedly: "My lord, this is the case of Chief Zhang's bribery, because someone has repeatedly sent assassins to attack and assassinate the official and witnesses, and it is still unclear how many officials he has bribed the officials involved in the case, so unless necessary, I suggest that witnesses and exhibits should not be summoned lightly." ”

Qian Rujing nodded and said: "Yes, now we should try the bribery case of Director Zhang first, Director Zhang, what else do you have to say?" With so many witnesses present, you still confess honestly, do you still want me to be punished? ”

Director Zhang's face changed miserably, knowing that there was no way to refute it, and he didn't have time to be annoyed that he was suddenly confused just now and confessed in public, he kowtowed again and again: "My lord, the lower officials were confused for a while, but the villain still has something to say, the villain did not directly accept bribes, but handed them over to Lord Liu, the right attendant, and it was also Lord Liu who ordered me to stop the people and not allow them to enter the criminal department for trial." ”

"Oh? You said Liu Shilang ordered you to do this? Come on, please Liu Shilang. After Qian Rujing finished speaking, he turned his head to Lord Wei of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Lord Xue of Dali Temple and said: "Two adults, I didn't expect such a scandal to happen in the Criminal Department, and it seems that Zhou An's case can only be suspended." ”

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is only in charge of supervision, seeing that Qian Rujing said this, Wei Daxian has no choice, Lord Zhengxue of Dali Temple turned his eyes and suggested: "Since the Criminal Department has no time to try the case, it is better to hand over Zhou An's case to our Dali Temple for trial, and your Excellency only needs to send a trustworthy subordinate official to cooperate with the trial." ”

Qian Rujing frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, Dali Temple is a place to try court officials, and ...... Yingtian Dali Temple has not tried the case for a long time, right? I'm afraid that I have to write to the emperor first to do this, what does Lord Xue think? ”

Dali Temple is Xue Ze speechless, not long after, the right waiter of the criminal department Liu Lord came, he gave a salute to the three officials after Qian Rujing asked him about bribery, Liu Shilang denied it, and pointed out that Zhang Shishi had a grudge against him, this is taking the opportunity to bite and frame, the two quarreled in the hall, Zhang Shilang is now a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, he saw Liu Shilang completely blame everything on him, and simply went out to poke out some of Liu Shilang's usual bribery and corruption things.

The more Qian Rujing listened, the more ugly his face became, listening to what the principal said, it seemed that there were still many officials involved in corruption and bribery, and after the retrial, I was afraid that he would be the only one left in the entire criminal department who was not corrupt and bribed, he was shocked and shouted: "Enough, Zhang Rongguang, you said that Liu Shilang accepted bribes, and cited so many examples, do you have evidence to prove your words?" ”

Director Zhang shouted: "My lord, this kind of thing is sent in the front hand and back hand, how can there be any evidence, or someone will send someone to raid his home, to ensure that a lot of silver can be copied, the last month there were many adults in the yamen, he had a lot of vacancies in his hand, so I don't know how to receive tens of thousands of taels of silver, including the two thousand taels of silver tickets I gave him, he gave me the position of chief." ”