Holding the two confessions of the brocade guard and the etiquette department, the emperor looked left and right, and he couldn't see a name. It is said that the intestines of the literati are twisted and turned, which is not false at all.

The emperor simply slapped the stack of confessions on the case and asked, "Where does Shen Tong know?" ”

"The minister is here." Shen Congxi came out of the queue.

"I order you to try this case again." The emperor tapped his finger on the confession on the case and said, "I don't believe it, it's so difficult to get the truth in the Celestial Empire!" ”

Shen Congxi received the order, did not dare to delay, and went straight to the Jinyi Guard prison.

Outside the main hall, Sun Yanxi walked over quickly to stop him, Sun Yanxi asked with a smile: "Lord Shen, are you going to interrogate people?" ”

"Yes! His Royal Highness the Emperor decreed, aren't you also there? Shen Congxi was a little strange, how could Sun Yanxi ask like this.

"Are you going to ...... Still being tried in Jinyiwei's prison? Sun Yanxi asked.

Only then did Shen Congxi hear Sun Yanxi's voice: as long as they were still in Jinyiwei Prison, the three of them would not be able to escape the influence of the first two confessions. Don't dare to say it, I hurt Jinyiwei, and I still have my life?

Sun Yanxi is really a veteran, the emperor didn't order him this time, I'm afraid he wanted to give Shen Congxi a chance to make meritorious contributions. He bowed his hand to Sun Yanxi gratefully, turned around and went back to Wuying Palace, and went to the emperor to ask for advice.

The next day, Shen Congxi was ordered to bring all three suspects to the prison of the Criminal Department for retrial.

Sure enough, in the prison of the Criminal Department, the three of them changed their confessions again. Shen Congxi did not rush to hand in his confession this time, but suddenly interrogated late at night after a few days.

All three of them slept in a daze, and all of a sudden the torches in the cell were almost cooked, and this time the confessions of the three were not much different from the last time. Shen Congxi asked them to put their handprints on their confessions.

In this way, the emperor got a third confession. The emperor looked at the confession and smiled, oops, it is really not easy to judge the case of the literati, because they want to save face, they always cover it up, and they want to cover it up. However, what the emperor wants is not just a truth, what the emperor wants is the hearts of the people of the Celestial Empire.

"Tell me the will, and in three days, at the noon gate, I will interrogate me personally. Shen Tongzhi, Wen Cunzhi, Hou Zhengxiong and others were tried together. ”

For a time, the noon gate royal trial trial fraud case became the most sensational news in the whole capital.

First, the trial fraud case has been fermenting for many days, and there are all versions of it, and the storytellers are too busy, and everyone wants to know the merits. The second is the noon gate, the place where the case is tried, which is the place where the head is chopped, and the case is tried next to the guillotine. The most important thing is that this is a royal trial, and the emperor personally hears the case! Can you see the emperor back, and you can brag for half your life without bragging?

On the day of the imperial trial, the front of the noon gate was crowded with people who were eating melon seeds and watching the excitement. Don't bring a small bench? It's not that I forgot, it's that there are so many people that I can't even put down the bench. can stare at Jin Wuwei and Jin Yiwei's eyes.

Shen Congxi verified the identities of the three in public and said: "Today, you wait for the three of you, life and death are only a thought. The emperor is sage, and the public retrial will not make any of you unjust. All the emperor wants is the truth. ”

Xu Jing and Tang Ning never thought that when they entered Beijing to take the exam this time, they most hoped to see the emperor in the palace examination, but they didn't expect to see the emperor in such a situation.

When they stopped, the emperor asked, "The noon gate is just around the corner, and you don't have anything to say?" ”

Xu Jing told the truth: "Last year, Tang Ning and I went to Beijing to prepare for the exam, and admired Kun Zhanshi's talent, so the two of us privately sent money to study in Kunda's mansion. At that time, Master Kun was not the chief examiner, and we were not bribing the examiner. ”

"Master Kun solved some strategic propositions for the two of us, and we didn't expect that after he became an examiner, he would use three of them as the exam questions for this exam. The two of us have been instructed by Master Kun, and we are naturally familiar with the road when answering the questions. Downing also said.

Shen Congxi said it well, Tang Ning is the most wronged, he is a person with a bold personality, a family of merchants, and has no status in the Celestial Empire, so he is bent on seeking fame. With his talent, not to mention the top of the gold list, Tanhua always has to take one.

Now affected by this matter, he has no chance to work in his life.

Kun Yu was already in tears at this time: "Your Majesty, Weichen is sorry for your trust!" I accepted students to promote learning, but I didn't expect that I was negligent for a while and used the old questions for the exam, which caused today's catastrophe! ”

This remark was consistent with the confession asked by Shen Congxi, the emperor nodded, but said to the two adults standing next to him: "If you miss a fraction, you will be wrong." Hou Zhengxiong and Wen Cunzhi, you two don't notice what you say, and I sentence you to redeem the rod. Do you have any objections? ”

Hou Zhengxiong and Wen Cunzhi hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: How dare you have objections to such a good thing as spending money to buy a cane punishment? !

The emperor looked at Kun Yu and said: "Kun Yu, you are ruined, because of your dereliction of duty, the people are resentful, the reputation of the court is damaged, and I sentence you to be dismissed from your post and the people." Can you have any objections? ”

Kun Yu was ashamed and wept bitterly. What does it matter if you don't have an official to save your life? However, the literati are most concerned about face, and after Kunyu returned to seclusion, after a year and a half, he also died depressed. That's an afterword.

"As for the two of you, misbehaving and trying to conceal the truth, I will sentence you to be a ransom and remove your identity at the same time, but I will allow you to enter the ranks of your descendants without being affected." The emperor finally said to Xu Jing and Tang Ning.

The onlookers threw the melon seeds in their hands and applauded.

As long as they see that the big officials are punished, and the people are not killed, they think it is a great thing. Yes, what a good emperor!

In the crowd of onlookers, there was no shortage of their fellow movers, and when they saw the emperor playing fifty boards each, they had nothing to say. After all, the emperor personally interrogated in public, and did not shield the examiner for personal gain, this is already the best ending.

A trial fraud case was finally solved by the emperor at noon.

Haitang smiled: "Your Majesty, I also became the master of Qingtian today." This Kun Yu is a confused person with no position, and he has read all the books in his stomach. This time, he made a public grievance for no reason, and it was not wronged him. ”

"Yes, he is mainly punished, Hou Zhengxiong and Wen Cunzhi, but it is just to give the people a look. It can be regarded as letting the two of them spend some money to buy a lesson. Xie Ruijiao also smiled.

Haitang leaned on Xie Ruijiao's arms, Xie Ruijiao touched her gradually bulging belly, and suddenly said: "This time there will be another boy, and next time we will give birth to a girl." ”

Begonia couldn't help but laugh: "I can't pick this one!" She remembered that when she was pregnant with the crown prince, it was Tang Yu who diagnosed him as a boy, so she asked again: "Has the Tang Sect Master contacted you?" ”

Xie Ruijiao nodded. When Tang Yu first entered the palace as a physician, he originally wanted the prince to be a multi-faceted helper in the palace, but now he has retired and returned to the Tang Gate to take over as the master.

Not long ago, he also sent a letter saying that the contact points in various parts of the Tang Gate had been merged with the nearby Fusheng Hall. In densely populated areas, the Fusheng Hall has also opened a Fusheng Medical Center to recruit doctors and medical joint ventures.

"Who would have thought that the Tang Gate, which killed people with poisonous weapons, has now become a medical door to help the world save people. It's also thanks to you that you came up with the idea of opening resurrection halls everywhere in the Celestial Empire. ”

Xie Ruijiao hugged the begonia from behind, and the two looked out the window together: the white begonia that was moved from the cold palace had grown new leaves.

Next year, it should be possible to rain petals with a kick......