In a few days, it will be the day when the soul case will be heard.

Therefore, the case involves officials from two ministries and involves a wide range of departments, and according to the provisions of the Daliang Law, it is necessary to conduct a triage by the three divisions.

The so-called three-division trial means that the criminal department, Yushitai, and Dali Temple will jointly try the case, so as to speed up the handling of cases and avoid unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

On that day, the entire Ye family came to Gyeonggi Province and waited to watch today's court session.

Ye Qiong wore a hat and hid in the crowd, and her mood was rare and calm.

She has done everything she can do, just look at today's results.

On the high hall, He Chenglin sat in the position of the chief judge as the secretary of the criminal department, on one side was Zhang Boyong, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and on the other side was Shi Qing, the Qing of Dali Temple.

In addition to the people of the three divisions, there was an extra chair on top of the high hall, and it was Cui Li, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who sat down.

He Chenglin saw that the people were in place, and the people were surrounded by people under the high hall, so he patted the hall and shouted: "Ascend to the hall-"

Ye Zhujin and Ye Qishu were escorted up, as well as several officials from the Ministry of Household and Industry, and a few bald monks wearing robes.

He Chenglin first asked Ye Qiong's father, Ye Qishu: "Prisoner Ye Qishu, do you know what crime you have committed?" ”

Ye Qishu replied loudly: "This official is guilty." The official was ordered by His Majesty to build a bridge on the outskirts of Beijing, during which there were rumors that the bridge was repaired by 'calling the soul', but the official did not take it seriously, and did not report it, in order to ensure the construction period of the bridge and even drive away the people, resulting in rumors spreading, the official did not do his job effectively, which is the crime of the official. ”

He Chenglin smiled in his heart, and asked Ye Zhujin and a few others, and the confessions obtained were roughly the same, most of the officials of the six ministries thought that they were guilty of not taking the rumors of "calling souls" seriously, and allowing it to develop into what it is today is a crime of dereliction of duty.

He Chenglin finally asked the monks, and one of the monks shouted out his grievances: "The poor monk is immeasurable, the monk who is registered, the poor monk is innocent, just put a pair of scissors in the baggage, and some people wronged me for being a 'demon monk' who cut people's hair to cultivate, and even beat me, begging the adults to return my innocence!" ”

The people in the hall discussed, pointing at Ye Qishu and Ye Zhujin: "It's all their fault, building a bridge also has to 'call the soul', so that ordinary good monks are in trouble, you see that the monk was beaten and his nose was swollen." ”

"Silence! Quiet! He Chenglin shouted pretentiously, and asked another monk, "What about you, do you know what crime you have committed?" ”

Ye Qiong squeezed the handkerchief in her hand. That's it.

The monk flinched and rolled his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes wide and pointed at Ye Qishu and said, "I, I was invited by him, them, and from other provinces together!" ”

The hall was in an uproar, and another monk also kowtowed forward on his knees and said, "I, so am I." We, who were invited by these two adults surnamed Ye, to come over and do it on the bridge, calling the soul for the Sheng King nine years ago! ”

There was a sudden silence in the originally noisy yamen, and even Shi Qing, the secretary of Dali Temple who was crooked on the chair and would not listen, opened his eyes wide.

He Chenglin was happy in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be surprised and patted the shocked wood on his face: "Have you thought clearly, are the two Lord Ye asking you to call the soul of the late King Sheng?" ”

The two monks swallowed and nodded yes.

Ye Qishu shouted angrily: "Ridiculous! How could we do such a thing, the bridge is there, all the people can see how we built it, when did we ask a monk to do things on the bridge? ”

Several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry also nodded, but He Chenglin said gloomily: "There is more time for the people to see it." ”

Du Siheng, the head of Dali Temple, coughed and said: "He Shangshu, this is your speculation, and our three divisions are going to talk about empirical evidence in handling the case." ”

He Chenglin choked and looked at Du Siheng's unkind gaze.

Where did the thorn come from, insert a sentence at this time!

He Chenglin asked loudly: "Among the people present, have any of them seen the monks on the bridge on the outskirts of Beijing asking a monk to do things?" ”

The people talked a lot, and they all said that they really didn't see it.

He Chenglin was so angry that his teeth itched, but he still said: "These two monks also presented two objects in prison, which are the contracts signed by the criminals Ye Qishu and Ye Zhujin with them, which proves that the criminals did employ them!" ”

In the hall, Ye Jin stood up at Ye Qiong's behest, and shouted in a frustrated voice: "Report to Lord He, I have two testimonies I want you to hear." ”

He Chenglin squinted at Ye Jin in the hall, but Ye Jin already said with a smile: "Below is the eldest son of Ye Qishu, a criminal in the hall, who just passed the exam last year, and he can not kneel when he sees the official." ”

He Chenglin was stunned, he didn't want Ye Jin to kneel, how did he say that he deliberately humiliated Ye Jin, didn't he see the imperial history around him look over?

He Chenglin patted the shocked wood again and said, "Bring the witnesses up." ”

The two carpenters trembled and knelt down, Ye Jin handed over the two copies of the testimony drawn to the officer, and the officer handed it to He Chenglin, He Chenglin's eyebrows twitched, and he reluctantly passed the testimony to everyone.

Cui Li nodded when he got the testimony, and cast an appreciative look at Ye Jin in the hall.

Du Siheng also showed his admiration, and his opinion of the Ye family was even more changed.

He Chenglin asked the two carpenters: "Are you, in order to get the errand to participate in the construction of the bridge, you released the rumor that the person's birth date and hair were put in the bridge, and planted it on the head of another carpenter?" ”

Ye Qishu trembled with anger when he heard this, and couldn't help but scold: "Ridiculous! ”

He Chenglin patted the startling wood and continued to listen to the carpenter: "Yes, it's a small rumor. Everyone said that the carpenter's craftsmanship was passed on from Lu Ban, and he knew how to win a little, so we discussed the rumor, but even then we didn't get an errand, and Lord Ye was very strict. Who would have thought that the rumor would spread more and more, to the point that he could curse people if he got people's hair. ”

Saying that, the two carpenters kowtowed in unison: "Damn it, it's uneasy to make such a thing happen every day." Please also let go of Lord Ye, they are all good people, and the brothers all said that there is enough meat and labor to build the bridge, so we have a crooked mind! ”

Ye Qiong sighed and quietly wiped away the tears for the Xie family beside her.

Daddy attaches great importance to people's livelihood, not to mention anything else, Dayu has done it three times without entering the house, for which A-Niang has complained to herself and her sister, but she always understands.

The people discussed: "If the source of this rumor is false, it seems that the 'soul calling' is still not credible, and the two adults are wronged." ”

"If the two adults just listened to the rumors and thought of calling the soul of King Sheng, this kind of thing, it is better to believe it than to believe it!"

There was panic in the people's expressions.

Nine years ago, King Sheng almost hit the capital, and many people in Beijing still remember.

He Chenglin saw that things were still not completely reversed, so he said: "The testimony of the two carpenters can only prove the source of the rumor of 'calling souls', indicating that the technique of disgust is false, but it does not mean that the two criminals did not give King Sheng a method, what do you think?" ”

Du Yushi nodded, and Dali Siqing had no objections, but Cui Li said: "Jinyiwei also found out some news, and asked His Majesty if it could be announced, why don't you take a look at it first." ”

Cui Li stood up and said to the brocade guards guarding the hall, "Bring it up." ”

Everyone was confused, and Ye Jin quietly stood back where the Ye family was, bowing slightly to Ye Qiong.

Ye Qiong smiled in her heart.

What Jinyi Wei brought up were a few ordinary old people, women and children, but the expressions of the two monks who testified in the hall changed greatly.

An old woman at the head knelt down at the foot of the hall and said, "The old woman Tian is the mother of these two monks, and these are their two daughters-in-law and several children. ”

The people were dumbfounded, and some people were surprised: "How can a monk have a wife and children?" ”

Ye Qiong was very calm.

It took a lot of effort to find the families of these two monks, my brother and Lu Shaodan, who would have thought that they were really not monks?

After discovering the true identity of the monks, Ye Qiong did not let them control their families, but let her brother's little servant Ah Gui spread rumors in the streets, saying that these two monks were not monks, but actually sent people by the Ye family to pretend.

He Chenglin was happy to see such news, and even pushed it again, biting the fact that the Ye family was guilty. And Jin Yiwei will follow the rumors all the way down, and finally find out the origin of these two monks, and control their families.

Maybe Cui Li originally wanted to prove that the two monks were controlled by the Ye family, but he didn't expect that the two monks were bought off and framed the Ye family in turn.

Cui Li may still be glad that he controlled the important witnesses and did not wronged the Ye family, but he didn't know that they were all deliberately revealed to him.

Ye Qiong thought and hooked the corners of her lips.

Tian said ashamedly: "The old woman was originally cooking for the masters in a temple on the outskirts of Beijing, so the two sons often went back and forth between the house and the temple. The old woman's family was poor, so the two sons discussed shaving their hair and pretending to be a monk to make a fortune everywhere, and when they couldn't make a relationship, they put on a wig and went to work to support the family. But since they went out a month ago, we haven't seen them again, who would have thought that someone suddenly came to the house and gave us a lot of silver, but we didn't dare to use it, we were afraid that they had done something bad outside, but we didn't expect it to be such a thing. ”

As he spoke, Tian said to the two fake monks, "Son! Let's be honest, we can't use that kind of money, it's unconscionable, there are gods in the head, and we will be punished! ”

The two monks had a difficult face, and were about to say something, but at the same time, their faces suddenly turned black, and then they spit out black blood, kicked their legs, and went together.

Cui Li's face changed, and he stepped forward to probe his nose, and only after a long time did he say, "I've died of poison." ”

Ye Qiong was stunned for a moment, and the people around her were afraid and retreated in unison, causing her to fall backwards, and just wanted to grab the hand of the maid next to her, a warm hand stabilized her body for her: "Be careful." ”

"Brother Shaodan." Ye Qiong saw Lu Shaodan coming over through her bib, "You also came to see the trial?" ”

Lu Shaodan nodded and persuaded her: "Relax." ”

Ye Qiong smiled: "Okay." ”

Several women and children in the hall were already crying, and they conducted a preliminary autopsy, saying, "I have been poisoned for a while, and I want them to die today." ”

Cui Li nodded, and Du Siheng on the side said: "If it weren't for Lord Cui bringing witnesses, I'm afraid that the witnesses would be more than lucky, and the grievances of the two Lord Ye would not be solved, and they would be planted with the charge of poisoning these two monks to kill their mouths, and the people behind the scenes are really vicious!" ”

Cui Li frowned tightly and said, "This matter is very important, and I want to report it to Your Majesty." ”

As a few people were talking, they heard a distant noise again, and everyone waited for a while, and a servant of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion pushed through the crowd and squeezed in, shouting loudly: "Report - two floating corpses were found under the bridge in the suburbs of Beijing, and the word 'Sheng' was engraved on the door of the floating corpses!" ”

When Ye Qiong heard this, she stumbled and almost couldn't stand on her feet, but Lu Shaodan helped her again.

But she no longer had the heart to say thanks, and her heart was panicked like she had never been since she was reborn.

Ye Qiong had already expected that the letter had not been copied by Jinyiwei, and the other party would definitely have a backhand, but she didn't expect it to be such a backhand.

Taking human life as the last fierce medicine to bite the Ye family to death, the other party is so ruthless!