After breakfast on the second day, Sima Jingwen, Wang Dao, and Gu Rong were about to go to the mansion when Qinghu came in.

It turned out that Qinghu was ordered to escort the prisoner car, but he was afraid of changes on the way, and rushed back day and night, just waiting for the city gate to open, and then entered Jianye City, and now Gao Bin has entered the government prison, guarded by Huang Jing's guard captain.

Sima Jingwen asked Zhou Rong to arrange for Qinghu to eat and rest, and then he and Wang Dao and Gu Rong took Xiu Wuji and Zhanpeng to the mansion hall.

And Yi Xue and Murong Jia also changed into the clothes of King Langya's guards, and followed behind Xiu Wuji, instead of waiting for news at the official post, they wanted to see the situation of the court trial, although Murong Jia was a prince of Xianbei, but it was not convenient for him to participate in the court trial.

At this time, Shi Li had already waited for the marquis, and after seeing Queen Langya, he hurriedly told Gao Bin that he had been put in prison and was waiting for arraignment, and deliberately declared: "King Langya, the minister is guilty, and he knows that he has the responsibility of negligence, so don't listen to the trial." ”

Seeing Shi Li acting so coyly, Sima Jingwen felt a burst of disdain in his heart, but said quietly on the surface: "Lord Shi is a bicycle assassin who is personally sealed by the imperial court, and he must be tried, Lord Shi is too worried!" ”

So he ordered to be promoted to the hall and bring Gao Bin, while Gu Rong acted as the clerk, and Wang Dao and Shi Li sat on the side to listen to the trial.

Gao Bin knelt down at the foot of the hall, and Sima Jingwen asked, "Gao Bin, please raise your head." ”

Gobin straightened up.

"Gao Bin, you are a stolen person from the tomb of King Shanyang, you can't deny it, and you will bring the loss of grain in Huaiyin from the truth."

Gao Bin raised his head, glanced at Shi Li with his spare eyes, and then said slowly: "The criminal knows that he is guilty of death, and the loss of food in Huaiyin is all due to the greed of the criminal minister, and he took advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to transfer grain, and instructed Zha Yong to pretend to be an official ship, and hide the grain in the name of borrowing grain from the Yin soldiers when the Huaishui fog was foggy, so as to wait for the future action." ”

Gao Bin was in the prison of Shanyang Wangcheng, and he had been told by the people sent by Shi Li that if he could bear it, he would be the only one who died, and if he did not comply, his wife and children would not even have a chance to be assigned as slaves.

Sima Jingwen heard that Gao Bin was taking the blame alone, and asked in a clear voice: "You mean that the grain of Huaiyin was done by you in collusion with Zha Yong?" ”

"Yes!"

"Let's be specific!"

"The imperial court ordered Yangzhou Mansion to transfer 20,000 stone of grain from the official warehouse to Chang'an for disaster relief. The criminal also heard that Li Zhao would also arrive in Yangzhou to supervise the collection of 40,000 stone grain, so he moved the greed of embezzling official grain, and after some calculation, he repaired the book to Cha Yong and asked him to prepare the boat. ”

"How did you get Cha Yong to obey you?" Sima Jingwen continued to ask.

"Cha Yong is the chief helmsman of the twelve halls of Caoyun, and at the same time, his Chaji rice shops are all over the counties and counties in Jiangzuo, and there are both ships and people, as well as places to sell stolen goods, so he also repaired the book for Cha Yong and asked him to prepare Cao boats to transport grain. Cha Yong is a mercenary person, and we have worked together before. Gobin replied.

"In your letter to Zha Yong, did you requisition the ships to transport official rations, or did you tell all the plans?"

Therefore, the matter is not trivial and cannot be extraneous, so the criminal minister gave Zha Yong a document to officially requisition the boat, and wrote a private letter, emphasizing that he must personally escort the ship for the imperial court's grain collection. When Cha Yong arrived in Jianye, he told him of the plan and planned with him the landing of official grain and the hiding of grain. ”

"In this way, are you willing to take the responsibility for the mastermind of Huaiyin's loss of food?"

"This case was indeed planned by the criminal minister, and it was done in conjunction with Li Zhao and Zha Yong, and the criminal knew that he had failed the emperor's favor and was guilty of death!" After Gao Bin finished speaking, he bowed down again, tears streaming down his eyes.

At this time, Shi Li stood up, pointed at Gao Bin and said: "Gao Bin, you have been with my colleagues for many years, how can I not know that you are so narrow and greedy, alas, you, you!" ”

Shi Li made a sad look, regretting that he didn't know anyone, and then knelt on the ground and said:

"King Langya, the minister never expected Gao Bin to be so bold and reckless, the minister is guilty of negligence, and the minister is guilty of losing the emperor's grace! I didn't expect that Li Zhao was corrupt and perverted the law under the emperor's order, and colluded with Gao Bin, which made the people of Yangzhou suffer from it. ”

Sima Jingwen looked at Shi Li, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Director Wang, and then turned to Xiu Wuji beside him, in fact, he was watching Mu Yixue's reaction.

I saw Yi Xue with a cold face, frowning, looking at the play-like stone calendar with disgust, but she could only secretly hate in her heart, in this situation, she was helpless.

And Director Wang saw that Sima Jingwen was hesitating, and said with an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling: "Lord Shi's responsibility, after the trial of this case is concluded, King Langya and the imperial history of this rune festival will truthfully report to the court, and they will have their own conclusions, Lord Shi does not have to blame himself too much, get up and speak first." ”

After speaking, Director Wang gave Sima Jingwen an unspoken look, got up and helped Shi Li up.

"Gobin, what else do you add to the confession?" Sima Jingwen came back to his senses and asked.

"Back to King Langya, the sinners are gone"

Gu Rong took the confession in front of Gao Bin, showed it to him, and after confirming that it was correct, Gao Bin signed it.

At this time, I only heard Sima Jingwen say loudly: "Take Gao Bin aside and take Cha Yong." ”

Outside the hall, Cha Yong only heard King Langya summoning him, so he quickly straightened his clothes and followed the officials to the lobby.

It turned out that Zha Yong had arranged the matter of Cao Yun, so he hurried to Jianye, and he was already waiting for trial in the outer hall of the Yamen of the Assassin's Mansion, just waiting for the summons.

Cha Yong knelt down in the hall and kowtowed to King Langya and said, "The villain Cha Yong sees King Langya!" ”

Sima Jingwen said: "Cha Yong, Huaiyin's loss of food, Gao Bin has confessed, read that you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and help Lord Gu to get the stolen goods of Gao Bin, you can stand and talk, and the process of Huaiyin's loss of food is really recruited." ”

Zha Yong bowed deeply: "King Xie Langya".

Cha Yong stood up and began to explain the process of Huaiyin's grain in detail.

"The villain Zha Yong is the chief helmsman of the 12th Hall of Caoyun, in charge of the Huaishui and Yangzhou inland river transportation.

Two months ago, the villain received an official letter and a private letter from the current history of Yangzhou, saying that there were 20,000 stone of grain to be transported to Chang'an, and that he would requisition a boat to take the waterway and arrange for manual transfer. The villain transferred eight large cargo ships, because the private letter emphasized that the government requisitioned is not trivial, for the sake of insurance, the villain must personally escort the ship to Jianye, so the villain docked as promised according to the request of the tall man.

When they arrived in Jianye, they met Lord Thorn Shishi and Master Beijia, and the two adults ordered the villain to find a suitable place to go ashore on the boat carrying grain, and hide the grain.

The villain asked the two adults what they meant, and the tall man said that now that Beijun is in turmoil, this batch of disaster relief grain, to Chang'an is also in the hands of local officials, after layers of exploitation, even if those displaced people get these grains, they also live for the first day of the first year and live no more than fifteen, save today and tomorrow, it is better for us to make a windfall. ”

"You mean Lord Shi is also there?" Sima Jingwen asked.

"Yes!"

"You talk nonsense......"

Shi Li almost jumped up from his position when he heard this, and just as he wanted to continue, he saw Sima Jingwen raise his hand and signaled, "Lord Shi, don't be impatient." ”

He continued to ask: "Cha Yong, Lord Shi is an official of the imperial court, and he is a nobleman, if there is half a lie, do you know that this crime is not small?" ”

"Back to King Langya, behind the villain is the net worth of Huaicao's twelve cousins, don't dare to bite at will, what the villain said is true."

Sima Jingwen nodded and motioned for Zha Yong to continue.

After receiving the instructions of the two adults, the villain discussed with Lord Shi and Gao Bin how to hide the boat's eyes and ears and find the best place to go ashore.

We agreed to send a part of the officers and soldiers to Huaishui with the boat, taking advantage of the fog on the river, by my brother of Caoyun Qing'en Hall, pretending to be Sun Cao's Yin soldiers who died in battle, fell on the boat, and used the fog as a cover, the grain ship was transferred to the direction of the end of the mouth, because the damage to the channel has not been repaired, there is very little transportation in peacetime, and the water in Shanyang Bay is turbulent, the merchant ships and the ships are transferred from the newly built South and Beidou Gates, and the Beichenbu is basically unmanaged, so we choose the end of the mouth as the best place to go ashore. ”

"Are you saying that this plan was also discussed by you with Shi Li and Gao Bin?"

"That's right, the villain is very familiar with the Caoyun Channel, and he has cooperated before, so Lord Shi and Gao Bin trust the villain more, and we discussed this plan together."

"You talk nonsense, you talk nonsense!" When Shi Li heard this, he couldn't help but jump up again.

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