"Lord Zuodu Yushi, what the lower officials said is true, and there is no half-nonsense, otherwise I am willing to be punished!" In the face of Gu Zuo's warning, Han Liang was not afraid at all, and solemnly bowed his hand to him.

"Niu Yushi, what do you say?" Seeing Han Liang's resolute attitude, Gu Zuo's brows suddenly furrowed slightly, and he turned his head to look at Niu Fei who was standing there.

"My lord, the lower official is innocent, and he is not afraid to go to court with him, if Han Yushi can't hold the evidence of the lower official's corruption and perversion of the law at that time, I hope that the lower official will be the master." Niu Fei knew that things could not be avoided, so he bowed to Gu Zuo with a stern expression and said.

"Okay, this official is in charge of you." Gu Zuo nodded when he heard this, turned to Li Yuntian expressionlessly, and commanded in a deep voice, "Zuo Du Yushi, this case will be handed over to you, while Lord Qin and Lord Fan are here, find it out carefully." ”

"The lower officials must do their best." Li Yuntian quietly bowed his hand to Gu Zuo, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, with Gu Zuo's words, he could try Niu Fei's case openly.

"Can you two be a witness?" Then, he smiled and asked Qin Yue and Fan Min, if there were two people who were in attendance, the case could be confirmed.

"It's a gesture." The matter has come to this point, Qin Yue and Fan Min are not easy to shirk at this time, so they happily agreed, anyway, the two of them just witnessed and did not interfere in the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Han Yushi, since you said that Ma Yushi was corrupt and violated discipline, is there any evidence?" Since Wu Youzi was still at the scene, Li Yuntian politely asked his soldiers to send him home, and when Wu Youzi left, he was shocked and looked at Han Liang with a stern expression.

"My lord, this is the evidence collected by the lower officials, please take a look at it." Han Liang raised the letter in his hand to Li Yuntian and replied in an orderly manner.

The errand officer on the side immediately stepped forward, picked up the letter and gave it to Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian opened it and looked at it, his brows immediately frowned, and his expression became solemn.

This made the current atmosphere suddenly tense, and everyone was very curious about what was written in the letter, which would surprise Li Yuntian so much.

"Where did you get this evidence?" After reading the contents of the letter, Li Yuntian put it on the desk and looked at Han Liang expressionlessly.

"Your Excellency, some people put these evidences at the door of Xiaguan's bedroom a few days ago, and Xiaguan felt unbelievable at first, thinking that Niu Yushi couldn't do the above things anyway, but for the sake of prudence, Xiaguan secretly visited and confirmed the above several important pieces of criminal evidence, and the rest please check the rest." Han Liang bowed slightly and replied solemnly.

Hearing this, there was a commotion at the scene, and the imperial historians whispered in private, no one thought that these evidences would come so bizarrely, it was obvious that someone was secretly investigating Niu Fei, otherwise how could Han Liang know so much about Niu Fei's privacy.

Han Liang had been in the Imperial Court for more than ten years, and the imperial historians knew him well, knowing that he did not have such ability, and the only explanation could only be that someone had figured out his hand to deal with Niu Fei.

As for why Niu Fei was chosen, the reason is very simple, Ma An and Han Liang are Jinshi of the same department, have the same friendship, and have a very good personal relationship, and now Ma An has been rectified by Niu Fei, so Han Liang is undoubtedly the best person to stand out for Ma An.

In everyone's opinion, if it weren't for the sudden turn of Ma An's case, Han Liang would definitely show this evidence to pull Niu Fei into the water when he tried Ma An's case.

Niu Fei's face turned pale, he was not afraid of Han Liang, because Han Liang couldn't get his handle at all, what shocked him was the people who collected his evidence, these people made him even more frightened, as if a pair of murderous eyes were watching him in the dark night.

"Silence!" Li Yuntian saw that there was an uproar inside and outside the lobby again, so he slapped the startling wood hard, looked at Han Liang and asked, "Who are you, these evidences were not found by you, but given to you by someone?" ”

"Exactly." The scene immediately fell silent, and Han Liang bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and replied in a deep voice, "After thinking about it for the past few days, Xia Guan doesn't know who collected those evidence. ”

"Niu Yushi, this official asks you, did you meet Zhang Gui, a wealthy businessman from Jiangnan, in Mingyue Pavilion on the evening of February 19 this year." Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, and turned to Niu Fei, who was standing aside.

"February 19......" Niu Fei, who was trying his best to figure out who was plotting against him behind the scenes, was stunned when he heard this, his eyes were full of shock, he never thought that the other party would know such a secret thing about him.

On the evening of February 19, Zhang Gui, a big salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, invited Niu Fei to go to Mingyue Pavilion, a famous green building in the capital, for a banquet.

Niu Fei has worked in the local yamen for nearly 20 years, so he naturally knows the importance of accumulating contacts, so a wealthy businessman like Zhang Gui is naturally his primary target for making friends.

Of course, Zhang Gui would not approach Niu Fei for no reason, Niu Fei is the new imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he has his back to the big tree of Gu Zuo, so he is naturally the object of friendship with a businessman like the shopkeeper.

In order to entertain Niu Fei, Zhang Gui ordered a red-card girl from Mingyue Pavilion, Honglan, to serve him, and gave him a red envelope of 5,000 taels of silver tickets.

Niu Fei did not shirk it, but happily accepted the five thousand taels of silver tickets, and the spring breeze with Honglan was very pleasant at night.

In Niu Fei's opinion, he went to see Zhang Gui alone, and he acted very cautiously, and used a fake name for Honglan and others, so he never imagined that anyone would know about this matter, and the shock and panic in his heart can be imagined.

"Niu Yushi, do you remember the incident on the night of February 19th?" Li Yuntian was shocked when he saw Niu Fei, knowing that he was weak-hearted, so he asked quietly.

"My lord, if Xia Guan is not mistaken, Xia Guan was at home that night, and he didn't go to Mingyue Pavilion at all." Niu Fei came back to his senses, stabilized his flustered mind for a while, and then bowed to Li Yuntian, "If you don't believe it, you can send someone from the official to come and ask." ”

Niu Fei is not afraid that his wife will be confronted by Li Yuntian, because his wife has been with him for so many years, and the husband and wife have already formed a tacit understanding and know what to say and what not to say.

"Today, on the afternoon of March 16, at the Xiangyun Teahouse in the east of the city, did you meet the family of a prisoner who was beheaded by Nanzhili, accepted 5,000 taels of silver from him, and then went to the Criminal Department to check the prisoner's case file, so that the Criminal Department sent back the official document of the beheading and changed it to a transfer match."

To Niu Fei's surprise, Li Yuntian did not send his wife to the court to confront him, but quietly raised the next question.

"My lord, on March 16, the official was on duty in Nancheng, and he had never been to the Xiangyun Teahouse in Dongcheng at all, let alone received any silver."

Niu Fei's face became extremely pale, and fine beads of sweat began to ooze from his forehead, this matter was also one of his private interests, he didn't expect the other party to find out, how could he admit it, so Lian Sheng denied it, "If you don't believe it, you can go to check the records of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the next official was in Nancheng that day." ”

A sneer flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, he was sure that the duty record of the Metropolitan Procuratorate recorded that Niu Fei was on duty in Nancheng that day, but this did not mean that he did not go to the Xiangyun Teahouse in Dongcheng to meet people after disguise.

"Two years ago, when you served as the magistrate of Nanzhili, did you collect 2,000 taels of silver from a rich son's family to exonerate him, so that he raped the people's daughter and turned it into adultery, so that the victim woman committed suicide by hanging herself!

Therefore, Li Yuntian did not rush to check the records of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but looked at the letter on the table and looked at Niu Fei with a cold expression.

"Two ...... Two years ago? Niu Fei showed a look of disbelief on his face when he heard this, his mouth was slightly open, he thought that the other party had just collected information about the things he had done in the capital, and he couldn't have imagined that the other party had even checked his background as the magistrate of Nanzhili.

"Niu Yushi, do you have any impression of this?" Li Yuntian saw Niu Fei's shocked look and asked quietly.

"My lord, Xia Guan remembers this incident, the woman was greedy for vanity, hooked up with the rich kid and became an adulterer, and later forced the marriage to sue the rich kid for rape, Xia Guan Tong Guò visited and investigated, and finally determined the adultery between the two, and then made a verdict."

Niu Fei's body trembled slightly, and he involuntarily wiped the sweat on his forehead, tried to stabilize his panicked feelings, and arched his hand at Li Yuntian, and said loudly, "That woman saw that the matter was revealed, and when she went home, she hung the beam, and there was nothing the lower official could do about it. ”

Li Yuntian suddenly sneered in his heart when he heard this, if the woman and the rich kid really hooked up and committed adultery, then she must have a plot against the rich kid, so it is unlikely that she will go to court, and she will definitely settle the dispute between the two parties in private.

Moreover, the strict hierarchy of feudal society is not for any woman to be the main room, and the big family is especially particular about the right family, this truth should be understood by the woman, so if the two really have an adulterous relationship, she is unlikely to force marriage, and nine times out of ten she will choose to be a concubine.

Besides, since the woman's temperament is so strong, she must not be the concubine of the rich kid, so there are many doubts in this case.

"There are a lot of things listed above, so I won't repeat them all." However, Li Yuntian did not express the doubts in his heart, but picked up the letter in front of him and said to Niu Fei, "Niu Yushi, this official asks you, are these three things the truth before?" ”

"My lord, the subordinate took the black yarn on his head as a guarantee, there is absolutely no such thing, it is purely a malicious fabrication by someone to frame the subordinate official, please give the subordinate a master, and return the subordinate to a clean slate!" Niu Fei was willing to admit it at this time, and said indignantly after bowing to Li Yuntian, as if he had been wronged.

"In this case, you signed the previous confession, and if this official finds out that you are really innocent after these three cases, you will definitely be given justice."

Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, groaned for a while, and asked with a stern expression staring at Niu Fei.

Hearing this, Qin Yue, Wang Yucheng, Chen Tianxun, and the old-fashioned imperial historians at the scene all showed strange looks on their faces, and they all looked at Niu Fei intently, waiting for his answer with great interest.

According to their past experience, as long as Li Yuntian said the words "sign and draw the charge," the targets of his interrogation usually did not end well.