Chapter 309: The Second Master of the Chang Family, This Is the Way for Heaven!
When Yang Jing and the others heard Zhu Yunxi's words, they felt awkward in their hearts.
With one sentence, this grandson denied the fact that Chang Sheng was a murderer, which simply disregarded the law of the country and reversed black and white!
But now he doesn't even have the position of chief judge, and he sits on a small bench with a bad name, so naturally he can't speak well, so he can only endure this breath.
But when Chang Sheng was brought up, he still stood up and shouted.
"A man who is a transgressor is always rising, and does he not kneel down to be judged?"
Chang Sheng had planned to confess his guilt from the beginning, and he never thought of escaping responsibility.
Therefore, when he heard Yang Jing's words, his knees were weak and he wanted to kneel down on the spot.
However, as soon as he bent his knee, he was stopped by Zhu Yunxi.
"Don't kneel!"
"Chang Sheng's title has not been revoked, he is still my Ming Dynasty's super founding father, and he can be exempted from kneeling when he is tried in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"
Feng Sheng and the others, who were sitting down to watch the excitement, applauded on the spot when they heard Zhu Yunxi's words.
"Well said!"
"No matter what Chang Sheng says, he is also the founding father of our Ming Dynasty, even if he commits a great crime, he shouldn't be pickled by such villains!"
There were three chairs on each side of the lobby, and on each chair sat a senior official.
Sitting on the left are a few Shangshu, which can be regarded as a delegation of civil officials. Sitting on the right is the Duke of Guo, headed by Tang He, who should be a noble delegation.
Feng Sheng's sudden voice directly blinded the people in the lobby.
Isn't this person a bystander, why does he still have the right to speak?
Fu Youde and Tang He didn't care about this, and nodded affirmatively while echoing Feng Sheng.
Not to be outdone, the civil officials hurriedly stood up and ridiculed each other.
"Chang Sheng has committed such a heinous crime, and it is a matter of time before he is stripped of his title, so why not let him kneel?"
Hearing this, Feng Sheng hurriedly stood up and scolded.
"Sooner or later?"
"As long as he doesn't lose his title for a day, he is the founding prince of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Lao Tzu worked hard to fight for the title on the battlefield, why don't you use it here?"
"Chang family nephew, we are not expensive, don't lose the face of our military generals!"
Chang Sheng didn't care whether he knelt or not, but when he saw Feng Sheng say this, he could only agree to come down.
"Alas!"
"Uncle Feng Shi is right, our title is rewarded by the emperor, even if we kneel, we can only kneel to the emperor!"
Feng Sheng hurriedly cheered when he heard this.
"Well said!"
"Our Ming Dynasty only kneels to the emperor, others want us to kneel, but there is no door!"
A cadre of military generals and nobles who did not squeeze in outside the door cheered in unison when they heard the conversation between the two.
"Second Master Chang is doing well!"
"I didn't disgrace our generals!"
Chang Sheng listened to so many affirmative voices outside the door, and he was also very happy.
Although he has always boasted that he doesn't care about these people's opinions, in his bones, he still likes to be affirmed and recognized.
When the civil officials heard the noise outside the door, their faces became extremely ugly.
But they can only look at it if they are ugly, after all, civil officials are different from military generals and nobles. The civilian officials are basically a turnip and a pit, even if they want to come over to see the excitement, they don't have that time.
The generals are different, as long as they don't bring troops to fight, they can be idle when they are in the capital.
Every day, they either drink flower wine or visit the kiln, and come to Yingtianfu to watch the trial, which is already a rare serious matter for them.
Yang Jing saw that the outside was basically chartered by the military general Xungui who was idle and had nothing to do, and hurriedly called Ying Tianfu Mansion Yin over and asked him to let some people in.
Yin Songyi of Yingtianfu Mansion looked at the courtyard full of people, and he was so angry that he was about to scold his mother.
I don't usually think anything, why are there so many soldiers today?
"My lord, the courtyard can put these people down, really
I can't put it in. Even if they let it in, they won't be able to squeeze in front of it......
"Then tear it down!"
"Tear down the door panels, tear down the courtyard walls, and involve as many people as possible!"
Song Yi knew that Yang Jing wanted to coerce public opinion to blackmail His Majesty, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to severely punish murderers like Chang Sheng.
Therefore, after a slight hesitation, he hurriedly ordered the officials to dismantle the door panels and courtyard walls.
Not long after, thousands of people poured into the courtyard of Ying Tianfu, and people crowded outside to watch the trial scene one by one.
Yang Jing saw that the number of the people was far away from the military generals, so he slapped the table and shouted at Chang Sheng in the hall.
"The prisoner Chang Sheng, do you admit that you killed one hundred and thirteen people in the Lu family's mansion?"
Hearing this, Chang Sheng arched his hand towards Yang Jing.
"We admit it's the one who kills!"
"But we really haven't counted how many people we've killed, but I remember that all the people in the Lu family who could breathe were slaughtered by me!"
"There are two little cubs in the Lu family who tried to climb the wall to escape, but they were shot to death by me with one arrow and one arrow on the edge of the wall!"
When Yang Jing heard this, he trembled with anger, and he couldn't stop shouting.
"It's the other way around!"
"It's the other way around!"
"Do you still have a little humanity, those two are still children, they are only teenagers this year, and you can even do it!"
"Such a ferocious person, I really don't know what else is necessary for trial, and he should be immediately pushed out and executed by Ling Chi!"
Chang Sheng was not afraid at all when he heard this.
"Ling Chi, ......"
"It's okay......
The generals who were watching the bustle outside the door were not afraid at all when they saw Chang Sheng hearing the punishment of "Ling Chi", and they couldn't help but cheer again.
Seeing this, the people on the side also shouted "real man" one after another to praise Chang Sheng.
When Yang Jing heard such a voice outside, he secretly scolded Diao Min in his heart, and began to read out Chang Sheng's guilt.
"The facts of the crime in the case of Chang Sheng's destruction of the door are clear, and the criminal also confessed, according to my Ming law, this is a heinous crime and should be punished with capital punishment."
"Someone's coming!"
"Push Chang Sheng out and execute a thousand slashes!"
Just when several officials wanted to step forward to arrest people, Zhu Yunxi, who was sitting in the presiding judge's position, spoke.
"Wait!"
"Our litigants have something to say!"
"Please, our litigants come out and defend themselves!"
As soon as Zhu Yunxi's voice fell, the military generals brushed the ground and dodged a passage.
Zhou Zhiqing held a folding fan in his hand and swaggered out of the passage.
As soon as Yang Jing saw Zhou Zhiqing, he chuckled in his heart.
This guy is a well-known iron mouth in the Criminal Department, wasn't he demoted to Haizhou as a magistrate, when did he get together with Zhu Yunxi's grandson?
Zhou Zhiqing came to the lobby, bowed to the adults, and then said loudly.
"Students, meet your adults!"
"Lord Yang said earlier that Chang Sheng would destroy the door, and he felt that this was inappropriate."
Yang Jing snorted when he heard this.
"Zhou Zhiqing, although you are known as an iron mouth, but the evidence in this case is conclusive, how can you be allowed to talk here?"
"Could it be that you dare to say that Chang Sheng didn't destroy the Lu family?"
Yang Jing shook the folding fan, looked at a line of small words on the folding fan, and then said with a smile.
"Of course not!"
"As far as the lowly knows, Lu Lu's eldest son often lingers in the flowers and has affairs with many Qinglou women. Among them, there is a Yangzhou singer who is pregnant with the child of Lu Lu's eldest son, Lu Wei, and has been more than three months now."
When Zhou Zhiqing said this, he hurriedly glanced at the fan again, and then continued.
"In addition, before Lu Wei got married, the Lu family once expelled a servant girl, and the servant girl was abused by Lu Wei at that time, and she was also pregnant with a child, and gave birth to the child."
"The Lu family still has two descendants, one older and one small, how can they be characterized as annihilation?"
"This...
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As soon as Zhou Zhiqing's words came out, there was silence in the entire hall, and all the officials involved in the trial were ***.
They couldn't have imagined that the military generals and nobles were so shameless that there were two descendants of the Lu family out of nothing!
In fact, the civilian officials really guessed correctly.
The child in the belly of the Yangzhou singer, the Yangzhou singer herself can't tell.
But one thing is certain, that is, she did sleep with Lu Wei, the son of the Lu family, and there are many people who can testify.
Another servant girl of the Lu family also has things such as teeth and deeds of sale that can testify, and she does have a child with her.
As for who the child is, it doesn't matter, anyway, the military generals insist that it belongs to the Lu family.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and winked at Zhou Zhiqing, very satisfied with what Zhou Zhiqing had just said.
Because these two strategies to get rid of sin were conceived by him, wah-quack.
Since the civil official kept saying that it was a tragedy, he created evidence that he was not destroyed.
When Zhang Tinglan, the secretary of Dali Temple, heard this, his face was full of disbelief.
"There is no basis for what you say, but can you bring the descendants of the Lu family?"
"Yes!"
Zhou Zhiqing turned to the generals behind him and said.
"Bring the descendants of the Lu family, as well as human and physical evidence!"
The military commander dodged a path again, and out of it came a beautiful woman with a slightly bulging belly, and behind the beautiful woman was a country woman wearing a coarse cloth dress and leading a three-year-old child.
In the end, there are the old bustards in the green building, human teeth and the like.
"Woman Pan Qiaoqiao......"
"Folk Woman Ye Juan......
"Meet Lord Qingtian!"
Zhang Tinglan was a little stunned when he saw a few people appear, he thought that Zhou Zhiqing was talking casually, but he thought that the other party really brought someone here.
"Which of you is pregnant with the child of the Lu family?"
Pan Qiaoqiao raised her head and said in a charming voice.
"Back to this lord, it was the slave family who conceived Lu Wei's flesh and blood, and it has been more than three months now......
"Is there any evidence?"
Pan Qiaoqiao covered her mouth and said with a smile when she heard this.
"My lord, where is the evidence for such a thing?"
"However, three months ago, the officials of the Lu family lived in the slave family every day, and many people inside and outside the Qinglou knew it, you only need to inquire about it!"
The old bustard in the green building hurriedly took two steps forward.
"My lord, the women can testify that Lu Wei did live with my girl every day until he got tired of playing...... No, no, my girl only changed to another family after she became pregnant......
"Neighbors can testify to this!"
"For example, the shopkeeper Liu of the crude medicine shop opposite can testify to my girl. Because Lu Wei is not good at that, he often goes to his store to buy aphrodisiac medicine......
"My lord, do you know the aphrodisiac?"
As soon as the old bustard said this, the outside of the door suddenly turned into a sea of joy. Every man smiled knowingly, and secretly wrote down key information such as the opposite side of the Qinglou and the shopkeeper Liu.
When did Zhang Tinglan suffer such humiliation, she immediately slapped the table and scolded angrily.
"This is the court!"
"No one in the court asks you anything, so Hugh is talking nonsense!"
"Yes, yes, old woman, shut up......
"Who is that, what do you have to do with the Lu family?"
Ye Juan said as she dragged her son over from behind and said to the officials who interrogated him.
"This is the son of the Lu family, and please ask the adults to call the shots for the people's women, woo woo woo......
Seeing this, Zhang Tinglan asked again with a gloomy face.
"You said that this is the son of the Lu family, so what evidence do you have?"
"Yes!"
"When Lu Wei seduced the women, he once gave the women a jade pendant, saying that it was given to him by the princess in the palace......
When Ye Juan spoke, she took out a jade pendant from her sleeve and raised it respectfully above her head.
Zhang Tinglan ordered someone to take a look at it, only to see that it was branded with the royal brand, and immediately knew that this thing could not be faked.
Zhu Yunxi saw them inspecting the jade pendant, and immediately ordered someone to bring the account books rewarded in the palace and pretend to compare them.
After a while, he found a record of the jade pendant in the account book, proving that this thing was indeed from the prince's mansion and was a royal thing.
At this point, the identity of the migrant woman Ye Juan has also been confirmed.
Zhang Tinglan and the others still didn't give up, but after seeing the deed of sale handed over by Renyazi, they had to admit that the evidence was in full force......
Yuan Tai, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, stood up and said when he heard this.
"Even if the Lu family still has two bloodlines in the world, but Chang Sheng killed more than a hundred lives of the Lu family, this matter can't be faked, right?"
Yuan Tai didn't look at Chang Sheng when he said this, just stared at Zhu Yunxi on the side.
Zhu Yunxi was embarrassed by Yuan Tai for a while, and said with a slight smile.
"It's true!"
"Changsheng did kill more than a hundred people."
"But this move can't be regarded as an annihilation, at least it leaves two points of blood for the Lu family?"
"Okay, even if you don't destroy the door, then you should pay for the crime with death if you kill more than a hundred people, right?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled again and pointed to Zhou Zhiqing below.
"I'm still young, so let's ask our litigator to speak."
"Zhou Zhiqing, you come to answer Lord Yuan's words."
Hearing this, Zhou Zhiqing hurriedly stepped forward and said.
"Lord Yuan, we have not denied the charge of murder, but we just don't want to admit the crime of destroying the door."
"Since Lord Yuan doesn't think that the Lu family has been destroyed, then let's continue to try the case!"
Yuan Tai was puzzled when he heard this.
"What else is being tried?"
"You have all confessed these more than 100 lives, so Chang Sheng should confess his sins?"
Zhou Zhiqing said loudly when he heard this.
"We admit it!"
"We didn't say we wouldn't admit guilt, but as long as it's not a tragedy, then we have a defense."
"Debate?"
"Yes!"
"Argue!"
"First of all, Chang Sheng is the founding father, according to the etiquette of the Eight Discussions, at least it can be regarded as a meritorious service, but the crime can be reduced by one degree."
The so-called eight discussions are the loopholes set up by the ancient emperors and nobles in order to exonerate themselves, which are respectively to discuss relatives, discuss reasons, discuss virtuous, discuss ability, discuss merit, discuss noble, discuss diligence, and discuss guests.
Each of them can be reduced by one degree.
The death penalty can be turned into a suspended death sentence, and the suspended death sentence can be turned into a prison sentence or something.
After Zhu Yunxi discussed with the three princes, he felt that it was almost impossible to completely help Chang Sheng get rid of the crime, so he could only try to start with the eight discussions.
However, there is another precondition for the application of the Eight Discussions, that is, one cannot commit the heinous and heinous crimes.
Therefore, they wasted so much effort, looking for singers and women, just to prove that the Lu family was not destroyed and Chang Sheng did not commit the heinous crime.
As long as the sin of destroying the door is cleared, you can use the loophole of the Eight Discussions to help Chang Sheng reduce his guilt one by one.
"Chang Sheng is the younger brother of the crown princess, and he agrees with the law of discussing relatives and nobles."
"During his tenure in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, Chang Sheng was conscientious, diligent, hardworking, and worthy of the ability and virtue."
"It is not right for Chang Sheng to kill people, but the Lu family provoked first, insulted the ancestors of the Chang family, and cursed the Chang family and His Royal Highness the Three Emperors Sun by doing witchcraft......
Yang Jing was stupid on the spot when he heard this, where is this and where is it to kill people with passion?
Besides, when did the Lu family scold the ancestors of the Chang family?
"Zhou Zhiqing, do you have any evidence for what you said?"
Zhou Zhiqing glanced at the fan, saw that the key information had been written on it, and hurriedly said.
"Yes!"
"Jin Yiwei dug up a large number of villains used in witchcraft from the Lu family, with Chang Sheng's birthday written on them, cursing them for madness and madness."
"In addition, the Lu family also cursed the Three Emperors and Sun for dying early, Chang Sheng heard about this, so he killed people in anger for a while."
As soon as Zhou Zhiqing's words fell, the generals behind him dodged a path again, and several brocade guards carried a large bamboo basket and threw a bunch of villains to the ground, causing an exclamation from the surrounding people.
"So many!"
"The Lu family deceives people too much, the third emperor grandson is the only seedling of the Chang family's crown princess, if I were Chang Sheng, I wouldn't be able to spare their Lu family!"
"That's right!"
"Whoever has a grandson who can be the prince has to be protected like a baby, their Lu family dares to curse the emperor and grandson, and the Chang family should destroy them!"
"The Three Emperors and Sun Ke are the hope of the Chang family, and the Lu family actually wants to extinguish the hope of others, it is really innocent!"
Yang Jing listened to the people's comments and was a little sweaty.
If these evidences are true, then the Lu family is indeed unjust.
But even if the Lu family deserves to die, does it have to be convicted by the Three Law Divisions, and then dealt with by the imperial court?
What the hell is Chang Sheng's use of the death penalty?
"Ahem!"
"Regardless of whether the evidence is true or not, Chang Sheng's murder is always a fact, right?"
"This official sentenced him to death, but does anyone have any objections?"
As soon as Yang Jing's words came out, the surrounding people were silent for a moment. They support it, but no one thinks Chang Sheng should die. After all, he killed more than 100 people, so he had to resist his life.
It's just that there are objections to Ling Chi's torture, and now that they heard that it was just a death sentence, everyone immediately shut up.
Zhou Zhiqing coughed embarrassedly, and hurriedly colored a cadre of generals behind him, and it didn't take long for a startling "dong dong" sound to sound outside the gate of Ying Tianfu Mansion.
The three officials in charge of hearing the case frowned when they heard the sound of drums, today is the time of the trial of the Qin case, how can there be Diao Min who dares to come over to complain?
Besides, are all the officials of Ying Tianfu blind, so they don't know where to stop?
"My lord, there are hundreds of people outside the door clamoring to complain, accusing the Lu family of bullying the good, forcibly buying and killing people, and so on!"
As soon as Yang Jing heard that it was such a bullshit thing, he wanted to order someone to drive people away on the spot.
This kind of case is usually a big case, but it is not under the jurisdiction of their criminal department, and it should be tried by the local government and then submitted to their criminal department for review.
However, before he could speak, Zhu Yunxi took the lead and said.
"Call everyone in!"
"Third Emperor Sun, isn't this inappropriate?"
"On the orders of the emperor's grandfather, I came to listen to the voices of the people. This is the voice of the people, and why should Lone refuse?"
When Yang Jing heard Zhu Yunxi say this, his face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly nodded yes.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"What the Three Emperors and Grandsons said is extremely true, and the lower officials should remember the teachings of the Three Emperors and Grandsons."
It is impossible for more than 100 people to bring them all, and even if they can, they can't fit in the lobby.
Therefore, only a few delegates were brought in, and the rest were kneeling outside the hall.
As soon as a few people came in, they kowtowed to the officials in the lobby and cried.
"Please call the shots, Lord Qingtian!"
"The Lu family has privately put money in the seal over the years, and my family has only borrowed eight taels of silver, and the profit has rolled to more than forty taels in two years!"
"The little old man can't afford to pay it back, so they will arrest my daughter to pay off the debt!"
"A good yellow flower girl, it's worth ten taels of silver, so that the little old man still owes them thirty taels!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, villains also have troubles. In order to raise money to buy land, the villain pawned a piece of jewelry handed down from his ancestors, but was transferred by the Lu family's pawnshop and replaced it with a wooden hairpin......
"Big man, villains also have grievances!"
"The villain's sons who were forced by the Lu family's Yin Ziqian are all dead, please make the decision for me, woo woo woo......
As more and more people cried, around hundreds
The surnames gradually moved.
If at the beginning, they were just watching the excitement, watching the royal relatives kill the emperor's relatives.
But now they heard the cries of the common people, and the balance in their hearts gradually tilted towards the constant ascension.
Because compared to a murderer, they hate those greedy people who oppress the people by their power and are unkind to the rich.
Changsheng kills, but it kills the powerful, not casually.
But the Lu family's release of printing money is not harming the noble and wealthy families, but their ordinary people!
Comparing the two, they suddenly felt that Chang Sheng was more acceptable.
When more and more people sued and cried, and when more and more murder cases surfaced, the pickled things that the Lu family had done over the years were gradually exposed in front of the public.
Not to mention the indignation of the surrounding people, it was Yang Jing, the de facto chief judge, who heard so many people suing the Lu family and the things they had already sued, his eyes were faintly red.
The Lu family has done so many evil things behind their backs over the years?
But it's not surprising to think about it, whether it's a pawnshop or a printed money, it's something that hurts people.
If you want to make money, you can't do these two things, your hands are not black, and your heart is not ruthless.
Of course, compared to the royal family who opened the green building and the casino, the Lu family's matter is nothing.
But then again, ordinary people in Qinglou and casinos can't afford to spend, and it's the rich who are pitted.
However, pawnshops and printed money are different, and it is the poor people who are pitted.
It didn't take long for a tsunami to sound outside the lobby.
"Well killed!"
"This kind of pickled family should be destroyed!"
"Phew!"
"Well deserved!"
"The second master of the Chang family, this is the way to do it for heaven!"