Chapter 122: Retrial of the Hexi Gong Case
The warhead has been soaked in peaches with five poisonous roots, and if it is not treated with medicine, the wound will rot and pus in a few days at most, and his life will be lost.
Lin Hao couldn't be clearer that the urine of these so-called masters, as long as there is a glimmer of life, they will not be willing to die.
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Dozens of miles north of Xichang Mansion, in a thatched house.
Mao Xiang's face was pale, his legs had rotted, and all the medical centers in Xichang and several surrounding counties were targeted.
If you can't get the medicine again, not only will you not be able to save your legs, but you will also lose your life.
Now that the treasury in Xichang has also been lost, if nothing happens, the master will still remember the old feelings and make himself atone for his sins.
If you lose a leg, you are no different from that wasted man, you can't leave Na Qincha behind, maybe your identity has been exposed, and the master will never let himself live for the sake of the great cause.
"My lord, there is a lang zhong outside Xichang City, it is said that he opened a hospital in Xichang City before, because he killed the patient and paid money to buy his life, so he was driven out of the city, and now he lives by setting up a tea stall, so that his subordinates will arrest him."
A middle-aged man in a flying fish suit holding an embroidered spring knife arched his hand.
"Let's go ourselves."
Mao Xiang wrapped his rotten leg with a coarse cloth, gritted his teeth and got up, staggered and walked towards the thatched house.
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"Second Highness, there is a discovery!"
The flag officer of the Imperial Forest Army beckoned to Zhu Gaoxu.
There is a wall in the cellar that separates the darkroom.
"I recruit, this wall was built by the descendants of Moban, weighing thousands of catties, if you don't know where the organ is, it will be impossible for manpower to break it."
Li Niang's face is like ashes, and now it can be regarded as conclusive evidence, if he resists stubbornly, no one will be able to save him.
"You don't have a chance."
Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly.
Wang Ben took out the C4 explosives and pasted them on the wall.
"Bang!"
There was a loud bang.
The entire wall collapsed in an instant.
The entire dark room was the size of Lin Hao's house in Xichang Mansion, and sacks were piled up into a mountain.
Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward and used the Longquan sword to cut open a sack, and the private salt poured down.
"All the illicit salt will be sealed and escorted to the Xichang Mansion for temporary storage, and the criminal Liniang will be imprisoned immediately."
Zhu Gaoxu's face was gloomy, just the private salt in this secret room was thousands of stones, worth hundreds of thousands of taels, I don't know how many years this salt road has been in operation, and how many people have been poisoned.
Li Niang confessed in prison, she came to Xichang seven years ago, opened this Manjiang Building, covered people's eyes, and privately transported the private salt to the south in batches.
Chen Jugen is not the person behind the private salt business, there are other people behind the scenes, only Chen Jugen calls that nobleman.
"Above the court, there are only a few people who have hands and eyes to the sky."
"Brother Lin, in your opinion, the noble person in Liniang's mouth will be which minister in the court?"
Zhu Gaoxu asked.
Selling illicit salt is a capital crime, and as an official of the imperial court, it is a crime plus a second degree!
"Why must it be the minister of the court, why not the person who has left the court?"
Lin Hao squinted slightly.
I knew in my heart that Mao Xiang was the key to the private salt case, and the person behind the scenes was very likely to be the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen whose whereabouts were unknown.
"The situation is confusing, now that Xichang Mansion has been blocked, Li Niang is also willing to surrender, as long as we calm down, it won't be long before Chen Jugen will find clues and let people come to contact, and then they can dig deeper."
Zhu Gaoxu only felt that he had no clue for a while, salt and iron were the bottom line of the imperial court, no matter what position he was in, as long as the case was a dead end, if he wanted to find out the person behind the scenes, he was afraid that it was not so easy.
Early the next morning.
Xichang County Ya, Zhu Gaoxu, Lin Hao, and Song Li came to inspect, and Lin Hao wanted to recommend a place for Chunqiu.
In essence, it was to add a desk in the tribute courtyard, but it was also necessary to give everyone an explanation, so Wang Dacheng was asked to retry 57 death row prisoners in Xichang Mansion in three days.
Wang Dacheng, who was dressed in a cyan official robe, sat on the high hall, obviously a little uncomfortable, he was the main bookkeeper before, and he was in charge of miscellaneous things such as documents, books and seals, and now he has become a magistrate, although he is only in charge, but he is really in charge of the life and death of tens of thousands of people in Xichang Mansion.
"Your body is really good with a green robe."
Zhu Gaoxu bowed slightly.
Wang Dacheng is nearly six feet long, which is converted to one meter nine, which is definitely a burly figure, but it is a pity that he has a kung fu foundation, otherwise with a little training, he will be a good general on the battlefield.
These words fell into Wang Dacheng's ears, he was simply flattered, the person in front of him was the second prince of the dynasty, and it was not impossible to ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future.
"Take the prisoner Hexi Gong."
Wang Dacheng photographed the shocking wood, and he also heard about the case of the Gong family in Hexi, but unfortunately he had no real power at the beginning, so he could only sigh.
A dying old man with shackles was escorted to the court by the officials.
Wang Xianzhi and Hu Yan, who were wearing prison clothes, were also led to the court, and when they saw Wang Dacheng sitting in the position of the magistrate, the two of them almost crushed their back molars.
Why, Wang Dacheng sat in the position of the magistrate, but the two became prisoners.
"What crime is this man guilty of?"
Zhu Gaoxu asked, he was nearly sixty years old, but with such a heavy shackle, he really couldn't bear it.
"Second Highness, this person is guilty of theft, stealing ten stones of grain from the grain store, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he should be beheaded."
Hu Yan hurriedly explained.
"Shut up, did the palace ask you, Wang Dacheng, you boldly go to the trial, if someone dares to cheat under the nose of the palace, you will bear the consequences!"
Zhu Gaoxu put Shang Fang's sword on the court, which means that it is like His Majesty coming in person.
"Hexi Gong, what did you steal?"
Wang Dacheng made a shocking sound.
"Lord Qingtian, please be the master of the grass people, the shackles are too heavy, the shackles are too heavy, and the old decay really can't stand it."
Hexi Gong burst into tears, and kept kowtowing to Wang Dacheng, his hands and feet were tortured by shackles and shackles.
"Remove the shackles and shackles for him, what is the grievance, although it is said."
Wang Dacheng nodded.
"The grass people are the Gong clan of Hexi, who opened a private school in Xichang Mansion and taught students the Five Classics on weekdays, but because he stole a bag of grain, he was sentenced to be beheaded by this king."
Hexi Gong hid his face and sobbed, Mr. Teach's social status in the Ming Dynasty was definitely not low, but now he has become a prisoner waiting to be beheaded, how can people accept it.
"Just stealing a bag of grain, you were sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn?"
Zhu Gaoxu's face was a little unbearable.
The crime of theft is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, if it is according to the nonsense, ten stones of grain should indeed be beheaded, but if it is only a bag of grain, it is not a crime to death at all.
"Your Highness, this person is really cunning, don't believe what he says......"
Without waiting for Wang Xianzhi to finish speaking, the Shu Dao in Wang Ben's hand was already on Wang Xianzhi's neck: "One more word, the head will fall to the ground!" ”
Wang Xianzhi swallowed his saliva and didn't dare to say anything more.
Half a year ago, the king of the grass peel on the grounds of running a school privately, closed the grass people's private school, a family of ten lost their income, and in case of natural disasters, the price of food can be said to be higher day by day."
"The three grain stores in Xichang Mansion are all the industries of this king's skin, and the rice in the grain stores is piled up into a mountain, not only do they not sell, but they also take the opportunity to raise the price of grain, and a bucket of grain will be sold for a sky-high price of one or two silver."
"The people of Xichang couldn't afford to buy rice at all, so the grass people took their families to dig wild vegetables in the mountains outside the city.
"Guanyin soil is what people eat, adults can still endure hunger, but the child is still young, the grass people really don't want to follow others, easy to cannibalism, the child is dying of hunger, there is no way, I went to the grain store, stole a bag of grain."
"It was said that it was a bag of grain, but in fact it was not even a liter, and after the incident, Wang Papi colluded with the grain merchant to frame the grass people and steal ten stones of grain."
"Ten stones of grain, a thousand catties of weight, grass people can't carry it on their shoulders, they can't carry it in their hands, how to steal these ten stones of grain."
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Hexi Gong said eloquently, above the public court, the atmosphere was extremely dignified.
"Go on."
Zhu Gaoxu nodded, wanting to see how Wang Xianzhi was a person with no bottom line.
"Immediately afterwards, the grass people were raided, the children were hung on the city wall and burned to death, the wives and daughters were sold into the goulan by the king, and the ancestral house was also forcibly seized and became a private house of nonsense."
"All the people who are imprisoned have to be put on these shackles and shackles, and after a long time, their hands and feet are cracked and pus, and the pain is unbearable, and if they want to be untied, they have to pay 20 yuan to the county government, but where do the grass people get 20 yuan."
When Hexi Gong talked about this, he cried into a tearful person.
"Your Highness is wronged, it is clear that this guy knows that he will not escape death, and in this strong words, when has the criminal done such a tragic thing?"
Wang Xianzhi kowtowed vigorously, if he was allowed to sit down, even ten heads would not be enough to kill.
"Do you have witnesses?"
Wang Dacheng asked.
According to the inmates, in the ancestral house of the grass people, there is now a room of concubines with nonsense, if the adults don't believe it, go and take a look."
When the Hexi Gong clan saw Wang Xianzhi beating upside down, he blushed his neck and complained.
"Wang Xianzhi is talking nonsense, do you two still have something to say?"
Wang Dacheng slapped the shocking wood in his hand again, and scolded loudly.
"Let's try the case of the Gong family in Hexi first."
Lin Hao said that Wang Xianzhi and the two were already certain to die, and they were not in a hurry.
"Chuan Hongchang grain store shopkeeper."
A short time later, a middle-aged man dressed in a robe and pot-bellied was brought to the court.
Wang Xianzhi, who was kneeling in the court, desperately glanced at the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, after last autumn, how much grain was stolen from Hongchang Grain Shop, if you dare to hide it, you won't wait!?"
Wang Dacheng asked.
"My lord, at that time, the grain shop lost ten stones of grain, and the Gong family of Hexi took advantage of the night to break the big lock of the granary, smuggled the grain out of the city that night, and sold it to a grain store in Zhanggong County, but he didn't expect that the grain bag was printed with the name of my Hongchang plan, so the matter was revealed."
The shopkeeper knows that his net worth and life are in the hands of Wang Xianzhi, and the Hongchang grain number is also Wang Xianzhi's industry, even if Wang Xianzhi becomes a prisoner, he will not dare to oppose it.
Maybe Wang Xianzhi will be acquitted tomorrow, but he will be the one who is miserable.
Although it shows that people with eyes can see at a glance that the shopkeeper is cheating, if Wang Dacheng can't produce evidence, he can't change the verdict.
Lin Hao and the others also wanted to see how capable Wang Dacheng was.