Dali Temple is in the west of Renhe County, less than 40 zhang apart.

Gao Hengsun sat behind the main desk in the lobby, looking at the crowd inside and out, very unaccustomed.

Looking at the servant Shi Jiang Wanli on the left, Feng Mengde, the waiter of the Criminal Department on the right, and the officials listening to the hall on the side, they felt even more unaccustomed.

This posture is completely a small "three-division trial", and it seems that King Yan is planning to quickly resolve today's case.

The political system of the Song Dynasty was full of checks and balances, and created a system of separation of trial and judgment in the judiciary, and in the judicial system at all levels, there were two parallel institutions, one responsible for hearing the facts of the case and determining the facts, and the other was responsible for examining the detailed laws and sentencing judgments.

Although some small states and counties will combine the two because of the reduction of official subordinates, and officials hold two positions, it does not contradict this principle, because larger cases have to go through multiple layers of review by superiors.

As the highest judicial body, Dali Temple has two responsibilities, but the cases it hears will be handed over to the Criminal Department for sentencing.

In addition, this is not over, and after the results come out, they will have to be handed over to the Imperial History Observatory or Zhongshu, or even the emperor for review.

Gao Hengsun looked at King Yan who was standing under the hall with a gloomy face and closed his eyes, and asked, "Your Highness, all the people involved in the case of the fight are all here, is it time to start the trial?"

Zhao Mengqi slowly opened his eyes, "The fight is not a big case, and the injured person is still alive and dead, so let it go for a while."

Well?

It is related to the imperial examination, the government and the opposition are watching, and nearly a thousand people are looking at it with their eyes, this is not a big case?

What life and death are undecided, I am afraid that the lifting person is already cold, the so-called rescue, could it be that King Yan deliberately wants to delay time.

I heard that the first few Wujiang people to do it had an unusual relationship with King Yan, is King Yan trying to find a way to protect them?

Many officials present were suspicious, and Gao Hengsun actually had this thought, "Your Highness means that there is a more serious and urgent case than this!?"

"Yes." Zhao Mengqi glanced around, didn't explain much, and gave the order straightforwardly, "Take someone to commit it!"

Gao Hengsun is also helpless about King Yan's noisy move, no matter what case it is, let's try it first.

A moment later, a group of soldiers escorted two blindfolded and gagged men into the lobby.

One of the women, dressed in gold and silver, and full of wealth, kicked and struggled even when she was carried by the soldiers.

The military inspector Ke Qiu took off the rags from her mouth, and began to abuse non-stop, extremely spicy.

"You dog-killing talents, pickled red guys, let go of the old lady quickly...... arrested the old lady for no reason, didn't he have no money for the New Year, and he wanted to do that blackmail...... Chaos Spirit! I'm really blind to your dog's eyes, my family is an official household, but I can't afford to be provoked by you cheap thieves......

Seeing King Yan frowning, Ke Qiu hurriedly stuffed the rag back into the woman's mouth, blocked the foul language behind, and then explained to King Yan with an embarrassed face.

"This woman's name is Guo Mei, she is the wife of Lai Jiang, the supervisor of the Salesian Bureau, and she was arrested in the gambling house, according to the orders of the Mo Inspector, she didn't say anything to her, and she was negligent for a while, so she stained Her Highness's ears, and she was guilty of being lowly and guilty......

If you want to try a case, you can't still keep your mouth shut.

Therefore, Zhao Mengqi didn't mean to blame, and waved his hand, "It's okay, go to the blocked thing, and see what kind of feces she can squirt."

Guo Mei's ears were not blocked, hearing the word "Your Highness" in Ke Qiu's words and Zhao Mengqi's words, she was already stupid, after unbuttoning the blindfold, she found that she was in the lobby, and immediately collapsed to the ground in fright, and her jewelry was jingling.

Lai Jiang next to her trembled, and his mouth trembled, "No... I don't know what the subordinate has done?"

The people who watched the trial were also very surprised when they saw Lai Jiang wearing an official uniform, and they speculated and discussed.

"It's actually an official, what a big deal has this done, why did you get caught in court directly?"

"It's still the husband and wife who were arrested together, shouldn't it be a scheme

Reverse, right?"

"I know him, a native of Lin'an, a jinshi in the previous department, in charge of the errands of the Salesian Bureau, but he is only nine grades, what kind of rebellion can this be?"

"Salesian Bureau? Aren't you just in charge of a bunch of orphans? What can this do? Probably I accidentally offended King Yan."

Zhao Mengqi looked at Lai Jiang coldly, "Lai Daguan, what did you do yourself, shouldn't you be clear in your heart?"

"Huh? This, the lower officials have always been law-abiding and loyal to the imperial court, and they will never dare to do anything that violates the discipline...... If, if it is a matter of the cheap internal Guan Bo play, the lower officials really don't know about it......

Lai Jiang had a bitter face, looking loyal and honest.

"Hehe, I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, since you don't want to confess your crimes, then let everyone see what good things you have done."

After speaking, Zhao Mengqi clapped his palms, and the soldiers escorted a large group of mermaids in.

"Prisoner, the Salesian Bureau posted a book and brought it to you."

"Human prisoner, Salesian Bureau official He Fan, bring it."

"The prisoner, the Salesian Bureau's mother, Wang Lai, brought it."

"The prisoner, the Salesian bureau official Guo Sanqi, brought to ......"

There are a total of seventeen people, that is, the Salesian Bureau from top to bottom, and all the people who are in charge are wiped out.

Then, there was a large group, "the prisoners, who were involved in the nursing home official Li Hongbo, and brought to ......"

There are more than 30 men and women in this network, all of whom are working in nursing homes.

At this time, the person who was watching the trial looked confused, and Gao Hengsun, who was trying the case, was even more confused.

However, Lai Jiang already understood the reason and fainted in fright.

Then, another soldier brought in a box of account books and five or six bamboo baskets that I didn't know what they contained, and then brought in four or five little babies.

Looking at this somewhat strange scene, the inside and outside of the lobby suddenly became unusually quiet.

Zhao Mengqi's low and mournful voice sounded, "The Salesian Bureau and the nursing home are places where the court cares for the people, but in the hands of these scumbags, they have become a place of cannibalism!"

He walked to a frame, lifted it, grabbed a handful of ragged clothes and threw it on the ground, "These are the ones they wear for the orphans in the bureau, and not even everyone has them, so it's so cold that even strong men can't keep out the cold, let alone children, and they have thrown more than 90 babies in a few low firewood houses, not even a brazier!"

Zhao Mengqi pointed to a few little babies, "After I got there, I saw these babies cleaning in the yard, and the reason why they were able to go outdoors was because they put together all the clothes that the children could wear, so that they could barely freeze to death, and the babies who stayed in the firewood room could only cover their bodies naked, with so-called bedding full of holes and even rags."

"You wouldn't have imagined that a pile of cow dung could be treated as a treasure by them, just because it could be smeared on the body as clothes......

Zhao Mengqi's voice became heavier and heavier, and he opened another bamboo basket, and then with his foot, the bamboo basket fell down, rolling out a pile of black "rice balls".

"This is the food of the babies, moldy grains, mixed with bran bran, plus dried wild vegetables, etc., these wild vegetables are still picked by the babies themselves in the wilderness in the past......

"Lone tried to take a bite, forcing himself to swallow, his mouth was like chewing sand, his throat seemed to be cut by a knife, and he fell into his stomach and turned over the river and the sea, this is not a fucking thing for people to eat at all!"

"But that's it, there are only two babies a day, and you can't even cheat on a full stomach......

"Also, according to the regulations, every baby should be hired a nurse, yes, there are thirty-nine nurses in the account books, each of them three times a month, but in fact there are only four nurses, three of them really have milk, but except when dealing with outsiders, they have never really fed the babies, and the babies usually really eat rice porridge made from old grains, and most of them are not cooked."

With that, Zhao Mengqi walked to the pile of prisoners and dragged out a woman like a fat pig with one hand.

"This is also a nursing mother, or a mother! Look, does anyone think she's still able to milk in her forties? She is still a cook, with four or five monthly money, eating big fish and meat, and using seven or eight braziers to warm herself, why? Just because she is Laida

The official's sister!".

Speaking of this, Zhao Mengqi almost couldn't control himself, so he wanted to beat the woman to death with one punch, and then took a deep breath, "Zhao Heyun, you can talk about the rest of the matter."

Then, Zhao Heyun stepped forward, opened a bamboo basket, trembled his hands, and took out the two swaddling clothes inside.

"After we went to the Salesian Bureau with His Highness, among the more than 20 babies, we found these two dead babies, and after the preliminary examination, they died of cold and starvation, and after the doctor's examination, the condition of the other babies was also very critical, if we went a little later, I am afraid that there will be more deaths."

Zhao Heyun put the two swaddling clothes back and opened the other two, but he didn't dare to look inside.

"This is part of the corpses that we dug up in the corner of the courtyard, there are thirteen here, all infants, and more than fifty, which were not brought, and there should be many more that have not been found."

A rancid smell wafted through the lobby, and if it weren't for the middle of winter, it would have been many times stronger.

Smelling this smell and listening to Zhao Heyun's words, many people couldn't help but retch.

Zhao Heyun shook his head violently, gritted his teeth, and continued, "Judging from the account books, in the past two years or so, the Salesian Home has successively adopted 847 abandoned baby orphans, plus the original 352, minus the 582 who were adopted, 293 died, and there are still 324 left, counting the two who just died, there are only 133 people in the hospital."

"I dare to conclude that there are many tricks in this account book, and there are still nearly 200 people missing, 200 lives! Just disappeared out of thin air!?"

"The imperial court allocates money and grain according to the number of people on the account, where does the extra money and food go!? How much else is it used for? When you think about it, it's chilling!"

"But everyone here said, can this matter be vaguely passed!?"

Zhao Heyun opened his blood-red eyes, looked at Gao Hengsun behind the big case, then looked at the officials who were hearing the trial on the side of the hall, and then glanced at the people who were on trial inside the hall.

Suddenly he roared like a wild beast, "You say, 'Can you!'?"

The sound reverberated in the air again and again, striking everyone's heart.

Grief and anger gathered in dark clouds over people's heads, causing thunder to roll.

"Can't! I can't!"

"Check! Get to the bottom of it!"

"Find out everything, and cut these beasts with a thousand cuts!"