Wang Zhichen raised the startled wood and slapped it, and said angrily: "Don't understand? You'll find out later! ”

Shen Ao smiled slightly: "Oh? Do you want to be executed? ”

Wang Zhichen was dumbfounded for a while, and then said: "Whoever said that he would be executed, he will call witnesses later, and see how you quibble." ”

Shen Ao couldn't help laughing even more, and said: "If you don't get punished, you're not afraid, what I'm most afraid of is that adults will be punished, didn't adults say that there are witnesses?" Where are the witnesses? Call me and see. ”

Shen Ao's disapproving attitude made Wang Zhichen a little confused, I don't know if this guy is crazy, the official family has already made a will, once the crime is confirmed, it will not be tolerated, as long as he grasps a point, Shen Ao will definitely die, at least he will be recharged with the army, and he can still be so calm.

Could it be ...... Wang Zhichen has been in the officialdom for many years, and he already feels that something is wrong at this moment, but it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the interrogation will continue: "Come, bring Fanshang." ”

In full view of everyone, a merchant was escorted in, this person has deep eyes and high nose, wearing a Han shirt, and wearing a scarf, looking quite funny, as a businessman, although he is a fan, he understands the rules, entered the yamen, immediately bowed his head, and said in a loud voice in Chinese: "I have seen all the lords......" Then he raised his eyes, glanced at Shen Ao, swallowed his saliva with some fear, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "I have seen Lord Shen." ”

Wang Zhichen glanced at Shen Ao triumphantly, and when he saw Shen Ao smiling and nodding at Fanshang, he snorted coldly in his heart, and said silently: It depends on how long you can laugh.

picked up the startling wood again and slapped it, and Wang Zhichen shouted: "Who is in the hall." ”

"Kashgar, a merchant of the Black Khanate, is known as Zhou."

"Zhou, you are a businessman, since you are here, you don't have to be afraid, if there is anything, even if you say it, with Lord Ben, no one can touch you, do you understand?"

Zhou nodded again and again: "Understand, understand, the little one must know everything, and say everything." ”

Wang Zhichen glanced at Shen Ao and said, "Do you know this adult who is sitting?" ”

"Acquaintance."

"Then Lord Ben asks you, who is he?"

"If you go back to your lordship, he is Lord Shen Aoshen of Honglu Temple."

Wang Zhichen nodded: "In this way, you really know him." Lord Shen, let me ask you, do you know this business? ”

Shen Ao pursed his lips and said, "I know more merchants, how many can I remember?" ”

Wang Zhichen said to the courtier: "Record Shen Ao's original words, and not a word is allowed to be missed." Then he said to Shen Ao: "So Lord Shen doesn't recognize him?" ”

Shen Ao said: "I don't know." ”

Wang Zhichen said angrily to Zhou Chu: "Zhou Chu, why doesn't Lord Shen recognize you, could it be that you want to bite Lord Shen?" ”

Zhou was frightened and his face was like earth, and he immediately said: "I really know Lord Shen, he said that he was on duty, I went to see him, at first he said he couldn't see it, and he sent a gift up, he didn't want it, and then I was inquired about and sent a thousand yuan of money, he was willing to see me, and said that I should abide by the law in Bianjing City, and if there is any difficulty, he will take care of it." After that, the villain went to see him several times, and each time he brought enough gifts, including a golden mask, a Western Regions horse, and a number of pearl agate, all of which were made by the villain himself, and there would never be a mistake. ”

Everyone was in an uproar, they couldn't imagine that this case would go so smoothly, and they turned their heads one after another.

Wang Zhichen couldn't help but be overjoyed, he was born in a criminal name, experienced, according to the procedure, as long as there is a witness, you can collect evidence and draw detention, and then convict; However, it is not so easy to confirm Shen Ao's crime, the evidence is not detailed, and it is very likely to be true.

Wang Zhichen cheered up and said sharply to Shen Ao: "Lord Shen, what else do you have to say?" ”

Shen Ao said indifferently: "There is nothing to say." ”

Wang Zhichen asked: "Then do you admit your guilt?" ”

"Don't admit it!"

Wang Zhichen sneered: "It seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, hum!" ”

Shen Ao smiled lightly: "He said that he would recognize me if he knew me, and if he said that he gave me money, he gave me money, so can I say that I still recognize Lord Wang, this is not wrong, right?" I recognize Lord Wang, and I gave you a beauty, does Lord Wang recognize it? ”

"You, nonsense!"

Shen Ao said with a straight face: "I'm talking nonsense, isn't he also talking nonsense, Lord Wang, you are the secretary of the Criminal Department, and you don't understand the law of the criminal name, and you called a businessman, and you want to bite me, don't you think it's too ridiculous?" ”

Wang Zhichen knew that his tongue was powerful, so he ignored him, and shouted, "Come, bring the evidence." ”

Several officials immediately presented a brocade box and put it on Wang Zhichen's desk, Wang Zhichen opened the brocade box, and then an account book fell into Wang Zhichen's hand: "Do you have any impression of this account book?" ”

Shen Ao looked at it: "Not impressed!" ”

Wang Zhichen sneered: "It's obviously your handwriting, except for you, there is no second person in the world who can write this line." ”

Shen Ao was silent.

Wang Zhichen was even more excited, thinking that Shen Ao had softened, and raised the account book in his hand and said loudly: "Lord Shen, do you want Lord Ben to read it to you?" "Open the first page of the account book, read: "An Long, a merchant of Guizi, give a pair of jade horses, and five hundred yuan of gold......"

After reading this, it took half an hour, everyone was dumbfounded, and many officials who had a dislike for Shen Ao were suddenly overjoyed, with ironclad evidence, Shen Ao had no possibility of turning over this time; Unexpectedly, this Shen Ao, who has only been in office for less than a month, is already full of bad deeds, and he is really a goose plucking, and the few famous giants in Bianjing City have not been left behind in his account books.

Wang Zhichen's mouth was dry, he put down the account book, and smiled at Shen Aoyao: "Does Lord Shen have anything to say?" ”

Shen Ao was silent for a moment: "No." ”

"Then do you plead guilty or not?"

"Recognize!"

Waiting for this sentence, Wang Zhichen was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Bold and arrogant, as the secretary of Honglu Temple, you are corrupt and lawless, and your evil deeds are so clear that the heavens are angry and resentful, and someone comes to strip him of his official uniform and wing hat, and immediately put him in the prison of the Criminal Department. ”

A big stone in his heart finally landed, Wang Zhichen's heart almost jumped to his throat, originally he was afraid that there would be something wrong on the way, but he didn't expect that it was so smooth today, so smooth that he couldn't believe it was true, stood up, saluted Cai Jing who was the head behind him, and said: "Taishi, can you close the case?" ”

Cai Jing opened his eyes, looking like an ancient well without waves, and was about to nod, when someone on the side suddenly said, "Wait!" ”

Wang Zhichen looked over, the person who spoke was one of the deputy judges, Jiang Min of Dali Temple, according to the grade, Jiang Min was one level lower than Wang Zhichen, but the two did not belong to each other, Jiang Min was Dali Temple, which was one of the two major criminal institutions in the Great Song Dynasty, he said that one was slow, that is, Cai Jing, and he could not close the case at will.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "Lord Jiang, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Jiang Min saluted Cai Jing and said: "Master, although Shen Ao has confessed, but the bribery in the account books is shocking. Xia Guan suggested that he first ask Shen Ao where he hid those bribes, and then enlighten His Majesty, so that Shen Ao can not only be convinced, but also start and finish well. ”

Cai Jing was silent for a moment, but he couldn't guess what Jiang Min's intentions were, but he couldn't refute Jiang Min's proposal, so he had to nod his head and say, "What Lord Jiang said is right, then let's try it again." ”

Wang Zhichen nodded and said, "It's better this way." ”

After that, the three of them returned to their original positions, this time Wang Zhichen was not polite, since the evidence is conclusive, Shen Ao is the criminal official, what else is polite to the criminal official, what to do, what to do, the shocking sound of the whole yatang shook the aftermath, and then shouted loudly: "Shen Ao, can you hear what Lord Jiang said clearly?" ”

Shen Ao said: "I didn't hear clearly. ”

Dealing with this kind of bad tricks, Wang Zhichen didn't laugh angrily, he just felt that this Shen Ao was just like that, it was more than enough to bully those rigid scholars, but in front of Wang Zhichen, who had been punished for a long time and was well-informed, it was nothing more than that, back then, it was those murderous thieves, Wang Zhichen was the same as the judge, not to mention Shen Ao's little tricks.

Wang Zhichen said sharply: "Okay, Lord Ben will tell you again, let me ask you, where are all those belongings?" You'd better recruit from the truth, otherwise people will raid the house, don't blame people for being ruthless. ”

Shen Ao said: "I don't know, even if I know, I must not say." This time, he became serious, his face looked extremely sacred, and he had a posture of not saying anything about death.

"Hmph, if you don't say it, there is naturally a way for you to speak, you don't have to forget, now that you are the evidence is conclusive, you are a criminal official, if you start to be punished, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it!"

"Execution? I'm most afraid of the people who will be tortured. Shen Ao looked very scared, his face changed drastically, and said: "But this matter is very important, you are tortured, I will not say it." ”

Shocked Tang Mu slapped heavily: "Bold, you are contemptuous of this official, someone is ...... coming"

Seven or eight soap officials of the criminal department who were fighting with open flames shouted one after another: "Here." ”

Everyone's nerves were tense, and they couldn't imagine that the result of the matter was like this, Zhou Zheng's face changed slightly, and he wanted to stand up and speak, but Quartz on the side grabbed him and shook his head at him, Zhou Zheng sighed, and couldn't bear to look at the next scene.

King Jin was still silent, watching with interest, and from time to time he was telling jokes with a few princes on the side.

There are also people with happy faces, who can't be punished immediately, and look at the hall with a pair of eyes stunned, for fear of missing this scene.

Cai Jing suddenly opened his eyes, and he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of what the problem was, so he had to continue to close his eyes and recuperate, and let Wang Zhichen test the water first.