Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Closing of the Coffin
"Well, this time the evidence is conclusive, do the other ministers have anything else to say?" Qi Yu looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and finally fixed his eyes on Fang Tianzhi and Xu Tao, who were paralyzed on the ground, and Xu Tao, who had a gloomy face, and raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"You disappointed me so much, for the sake of money, for power, you don't even want a human conscience, don't you?!" Qi Yao looked at the tightness in the chest of the people kneeling below.
There are so many ministers who have been found out here, and how many have not been found?! How many things have these courtiers done to make the people unjustly disappointed over the years?! Xu Tao! Xu Tao! Is this your country or my country!
"The book of the criminal department, sentencing!"
"Yes." Hu Rudao stood up from the ground tremblingly, respectfully stepped forward and saluted the emperor on the dragon chair, and then said loudly:
"Chang Du, the prefect of Jinling, slaughtered 23 members of the Jin family, hid refugees for more than two months, and tried to kill them after the matter was exposed, but failed, and conspired with Fang Tianzhi and others to communicate in a vain attempt to suppress the matter, and the evidence is conclusive.
Anyone who commits a crime in Article 11 and Article 32 of Volume 1 and Articles 7 and 8 of Volume 2 of the Criminal Law shall have his mansion confiscated, and all of them shall be dragged to the noon gate and sentenced to the death penalty of dismembering the body of five horses. ”
When Chang Du heard this, the smile that had been hanging on his face froze, and then he pulled an extremely ugly smile without smiling and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”
Hu Rudao took a deep breath and said: "Fang Tianzhi, the secretary of Dali Temple, not only failed to fulfill his obligation to investigate the case, but instead killed seven people who went to Beijing to accuse him for the sake of wealth, and committed Articles 8 and 11 of the first volume of the Dalong Criminal Law. ”
Xu Tao's hands turned white, Fang Tianzhi's heart was completely cold, two lines of turbid tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, and his face, which was originally not angry and self-assured, seemed to suddenly disperse his essence, and he collapsed there as if he was ten years old in an instant.
"Dong Chu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, brutally killed his nephew who went to Beijing to complain, colluded with Chang Du, Fang Tianzhi and others to mutilate the people, and committed Article 17 of Volume 4 of the Dalong Criminal Law, Article 11 of Volume 1, and the crime should be beheaded.
However, he has never made any mistakes in his 26 years as an official, and has made many contributions to the court, and the capital crime can be avoided and the living crime cannot be escaped, and even his wife and children are assigned to Lingnan, and future generations are not allowed to enter the court as officials. ”
Dong Chu lowered his head and didn't say a word: power, money, what are people busy with in this life?
I am cautious and fearful of being in this court, looking at people's eyes every day, and flattering people every day, for fear that a person who accidentally offends the court will not end up in this fate.
Officialdom, ministers, power, money, beauty, hehe, the world is just a floating cloud, and I am not confused in the year of confusion, I actually understood it in this way......
"Wu Qifu, the waiter of the Criminal Department, shielded Chang Du, the prefect of Jinling, and had no intention of reflecting on the three lives in his hands, the evidence is conclusive, and he committed Article 6 of Volume 2 and Article 13 of Volume 4 of his Dalong Criminal Law, and his mansion should be copied, pressed into prison, and beheaded after the autumn!"
Wu Liu knelt on the ground, trembling and hanging his head without saying a word, and then saw that Wu Qifu actually took advantage of everyone's lack of reaction, stood up and rushed to Xu Tao's side, knelt on the ground and hugged Xu Tao's arm, crying and shouting:
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister, save me, save me, you said, let me be promoted after this time, you said that I am your henchman and will not ignore me, Prime Minister, save me, please beg you~"
Xu Tao shook off his hand: "Lord Wu, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, when did I promise you, and when did I promise you, self-respect." ”
Wu Qifu looked at Xu Tao's cold attitude and froze in place, Qi Yao waved his hand, and when two imperial guards came in, they dragged him out until his figure disappeared, and he was hoarse and scolded Xu Tao in the distance.
Everyone didn't expect this episode, Xu Tao's face was dark, and the emperor's face was not good-looking.
Only that Qi Yu, with a happy look, almost laughed out loud: You Xu Tao also have today, interesting and interesting.
After the rest of the people were sentenced, Qi Yao no longer wanted to look at the snot and tears of the ministers in front of him, and kneeled on the ground begging for mercy, so he rolled up his sleeves and retreated.
After seeing the emperor leave, the ministers stood up one after another, looking left and right, sighing endlessly.
Chang Du walked to Qi Yu's side, bent down and saluted before he spoke: "His Royal Highness King Jing is really powerful, not long after returning to the dynasty, he overturned nine officials and cleaned up a batch of moths for me Dalong, it is really a young man ~ Young and promising." ”
Before Qi Yu could speak, he saw Qi Zhen walk to his side and pull him behind him: "Prime Minister, my ninth brother is also a coincidence, if you want people to know unless you don't do it, right?"
Chang Du looked at Qi Zhen in front of him, he always felt that these four princes were gentle and gentle, and their tempers and personalities were weak, no matter what they encountered, they were all about themselves.
didn't expect that as soon as the Nine Princes returned to the court, he blocked in front three times and twice to show his sharp teeth, whether it was bluffing or really having strength, it was really hard to figure out.
Qi Yu saw Xu Tao, whose eyes were fixed on Qi Zhen, and said, "What do you look at my fourth brother like this." ”
Chang Du retracted his gaze, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Jing and the fourth prince have a really close relationship, envy, envy." ”
Qi Yu looked at the back of the departing Xu Tao and said to the people next to him, "Is he sick?" ”
"Mouthless." Qi Zhen gently patted Qi Yu's head and pulled him out of the hall.
Qi Yu stood in front of the hall and took a hard breath: Ah, it's so cool.
Qi Zhen stood beside him: "There are too many officials in the court to protect each other, and now that the refugee case has been solved, directly injuring nine central officials, how will you get along with the ministers of the court in the future?" ”
"The master still disdains to get along with those indiscriminate people, human skin and beast heart, maybe I don't know if he sells me one day."
"You~"
"However," Qi Yu paused: "I'm really a little pitiful Chang Du, I have been an official all my life, honest and honest, but for the sake of my son... And after a few days of investigation, I felt that Chang Du did not want to kill the refugees, and in the end, I was forced to kill the official document when I found it.
In fact, I can feel that he still has a conscience, and he can only blame himself for giving birth to an unsuccessful son. ”
Qi Zhen looked at Chang Du, who was escorted down by the guards at the foot of the high steps, his back was desolate but not rickety, and there was a sadness in his heart: Lord Chang, a generation of loyal ministers is going to be recorded in the history books for 10,000 years, knowing that this result is still cooperating with me, can you regret it......