Volume 1 One Hand Covers the Sky Chapter 93 Human Skin
As early as the trial in Yanzhou, Chen Qiusheng asked Liang Fenghou to read out the letter, but he stopped reading only the first half of the paragraph. He originally thought that Chen Qiusheng was afraid that he had a sister-brother relationship with the queen, but he didn't expect that today on the top of the Chongdu Golden Palace, this letter was actually read cleanly.
He can't escape, it's not just him, this matter has already involved Pang Boyi.
There was silence all around, Shangshutai hundred officials, you look at me, I look at you, and then they all secretly peeped at Pang Boyi.
Emperor Jingcheng seemed to be watching, and Chen Jinqiu already had a sense of reverence for the chess game set up by his eldest brother in his heart, he is now the chief judge, the situation has developed so far, he must not be soft!
"Pang Sikong." Chen Jinqiu turned to Pang Boyi, and said slowly in a cold voice, "What do you do to interpret this letter?"
Pang Boyi opened his eyes, bowed calmly, and said, "Please also ask Ting Wei to summon Yu Chengyue to come up and prove the authenticity under the supervision of the right court."
Jiao Pengxing raised his head when he heard this, and his fingers clenched into fists.
"Gangs in the outer nine cities fought, and Yu Chengyue escaped from the prison and was unfortunately involved in the fight." Chen Jinqiu looked at him, "He's dead."
Pang Boyi's hands folded between his abdomen, he leaned back and said leisurely: "That is death without proof, a letter woman can be fake, how can you use this as evidence to disturb the audio-visual?"
"The emperor's eyes are like torches, and he will be able to distinguish right from wrong." Chen Jinqiu raised his arm to Emperor Jingcheng and saluted, "How can you and I disturb the audio-visual?"
"If this is the case, then it will be according to the words of the right eunuch of the court captain." Pang Boyi calmed down, "Summoning the housekeeper of the Daizhou Pastoral Mansion, Ma Fu. Come up and seek the truth of this epistle."
Hearing this, Chen Jinqiu turned around, knelt down, and said in a loud voice, "Please forgive your Majesty, the prison is not properly guarded, and Yu Chengyue escaped from the prison and died in the outer nine cities. Ma Fu was also murdered by thieves."
All the officials looked at Emperor Jingcheng in unison, silent.
Emperor Jingcheng rubbed his dragon beard and said, "The blame is here, Chen Jinqiu, and the two witnesses are dead. How are you going to try this case for me?"
All the officials looked at Chen Jinqiu in unison, and their eyes were full of sneer. Two crucial witnesses lost their lives in prison, and now he has no evidence, what can he use to prove the authenticity of the letter? What do you use to confront Pang Sikong, who covers the sky with one hand?
Foolish dreams, smiling tigers? It's clearly a paper tiger.
Chen Jinqiu remembered the day he parted with Chen Qiusheng in silence, and the three sentences in his words made him eye-catching and remembered them day and night.
Listen.
What did he hear?
Chen Jinqiu's ears rang with the sound of ridicule, and some civil officials took the lead in shouting, "Shameless people, how can you be tried without evidence?" "Slander the loyal ministers of the court!" "This is a crime of deceit, and the crime deserves to be punished!"
What else did he hear? A kind voice rose in my heart.
"Think about moving forward and think about retreating."
Chen Jin Qiu Li said, "If I can produce evidence, Your Majesty, will you dare to convict today?"
Emperor Jingcheng laughed, he laughed slowly, and said, "How dare you? If you are justified, you will be dealt with according to the law of Zheng Guo."
Chen Jinqiu raised his head and looked directly, and his voice was clear: "You have no jokes?"
Emperor Jingcheng pressed the dragon head on the dragon chair and said, "There is no joke."
Chen Jinqiu immediately bowed down, and immediately stood up and walked to Luo Chuan, who was trembling. His eyes furrowed, and he grabbed Luo Chuan's robe with both hands and pulled it violently!
With a hiss, the prisoner's robe was torn apart, revealing his blood-soaked body. Chen Jinqiu turned around and took the white paper on the table, pressed it Luo Chuan's chest, and immediately tore it off.
He held aloft the white paper stained red with blood and swirled, and said in a loud voice, "This is the testament of Yu Chengyue, everyone, Your Majesty, please take a look!"
When the hundred officials heard this, they all looked over, and those standing behind looked at them on tiptoe.
After the waiter took it, he respectfully handed it to Emperor Jingcheng, who unfolded the blank paper to read the handwriting covered by blood, and his gaze gradually became solemn between glances. He held up a blank piece of paper to Pang Boyi and said sternly, "Pang Aiqing, you should take a good look at this thing."
The white paper fell, and the waiter hurriedly ran to pick it up, and then handed it over to Pang Boyi.
Pang Boyi glanced at it for a moment, his chest rose and fell, he lowered his hand, and a drop of blood dripped from the white paper. He said, "Your Majesty, the letters may be forged—"
"The handwriting on this letter can be faked!" Chen Jinqiu approached and pointed to the seal on the white paper, "What about this private seal? This is a personal thing of Yu Chengyue, the pattern is only known to him, the prisoners are stripped and searched when they enter the prison, he must not carry it on his body, this thing is engraved on Luo Chuan's body, how to fake?!"
Pang Boyi lowered his eyes and looked at the white paper, then looked at Luo Chuan, and said in a dark voice: "The thief is vicious and framed me!"
"How can you talk nonsense?" Chen Jinqiu sneered, "The suicide note on this human skin is clearly written, and the context of the confession letter case is clear. When Zhen Yi committed treason, His Majesty Huicha beheaded him. Jiang Zimo wants to wish the heir of the Zhen family to abscond, and you are plotting against Yanzhou. Your Majesty has not been to the court for many years, Pang Boyi, you are in a vacant position, Lingshang Shutai and hundreds of officials, monopolizing power, acting recklessly, resulting in an empty treasury! Regardless of this, the facts of this case also point to an unsolved case in Yanzhou many years ago!"
Taiwei Tian Cangzhou bowed sideways and asked, "Dare to ask Lord Chen, what is the old case?"
Chen Jinqiu turned around and saluted, and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I sincerely ask you to try the case of the fire of the Yanzhou flower boat here!"
Emperor Jingcheng clenched the dragon's head, raised his arm and waved, and said, "Accurate!"
The eyes of the hundred officials turned to Chen Jinqiu, and they didn't dare to breathe here.
"Back then, Concubine Chu Guifei went south to Yanzhou, and brought the three princes King Qi and the four princesses to visit the beautiful scenery of the river on the Yanzhou flower boat." Chen Jinqiu walked around Pang Boyi, "The seven states are all under Yanzhou, and they all gather together. But the disaster came suddenly, the flower boat caught fire, the herdsmen of the seven states were buried in the sea of fire, and the concubines of Chu, the third prince, and the fourth princess also died. And the mastermind behind the scenes was Mu Chengyue of Xuzhou Prefecture, but it was not the fire that killed people that night, but a group of thieves who sneaked into the flower boat. It is you who instruct them, Pang Boyi!" Chinese Net
Pang Boyi's eyebrows were full of gloom, and he said in a deep voice, "Where is the evidence?!"
"Luo Chuan!" Chen Jinqiu stared at Pang Boyi, "Tell our Master Pang Sikong, what happened back then!"
Two distinct voices echoed in my head.
Think about it, think about change first!
Luo Chuan pursed his white lips, and he bowed down and said weakly, "Back then, Lord Yu ordered Ma Fumen to go to Yanzhou to assassinate Concubine Chu. Ma Fu sent me to lead, and the seven state shepherds on the flower boat were all killed by the Jianghu guests."
Pang Boyi stared at Luo Chuan sideways, and shouted, "Where is the witness!"
Luo Chuan was frightened by his fierce face, and he said sadly, "The Jianghu guests are all dead, no-"
"There's one more!" Chen Jinqiu approached from behind, as if biting Pang Boyi's neck, "Biography, bandits, old bears!"
The old bear was brought up, and with the chains dangling, he knelt down.
"This man...... This man!" Luo Chuan pointed at the old bear tremblingly, his frightened eyes widened, and he shouted, "He was on the flower boat back then!"
"Say!" Emperor Jingcheng grabbed the dragon's horns, "I want you to say!"
Seeing Emperor Jingcheng's anger, the hundred officials all trembled and were silent.
"In the year of Chongwu, the grass people were the guests of the Xuchengyue Mansion and killed people to make a living." Old Xiong hung his head and said in a bitter voice, "The state pastors on the flower boat all died at the hands of us, and there is also Concubine Chu......
"Old Bear." Chen Jinqiu staggered and turned to look, "Who is the one who instructed you to kill?"
"Yu Chengyue, and he has Pang Sikong's letters." Old Xiong stared at his trembling hands, "The letters are all hidden in the secret compartment in the study of the Daizhou Governor's Mansion."
"That's enough." Chen Jinqiu sat back in his seat, slapped the shocked wood, and pointed directly at Pang Boyi with a bang, he shouted sternly, "Pang Boyi! Recruit from the truth!"
The hundred officials were frightened and shrank their shoulders together, and several civil officials who were close to Pang Boyi silently took a few steps back.
Pang Boyi was not defeated by this ensuing offensive, he was silent for a long time, and after a long time, he looked up at Emperor Jingcheng, saluted respectfully, and asked calmly.
"Your Majesty really won't let me?"
There are many people outside the hall, and the cold light is flashing.
The gloomy day is still raining, cotton
The sound was far away, but it brought a sharp weapon out of the sheath, and the figures outside the closed hall shook, causing the hundreds of officials in the hall to shrink into a group, looking around each other in panic.
Pang Boyi walked to the center of the hall, he first bowed respectfully, then raised his head and chest, and said in a solemn voice: "In the year of Sheng Chong, the first emperor wanted to follow the example of the founding emperor and set up a national army to expedition to the desert, with the intention of expanding the territory of Zheng Guo in the area of the strait, so as to revitalize the heavenly power of Zheng Guo! However, the family that inherited the title is no longer the brave army under the command of the Founding Saint Emperor." Pang Boyi's voice was deafening, he looked around at the civil and military officials left and right, "The officials and women are dry, flamboyant, and they are coquettish to sign and write a kneeling invitation, which makes the first emperor's ambition unsuccessful, depressed and unwilling!" What is it called? Well? This is called greed for life and fear of death, the first rat at both ends!"
Seeing that Pang Boyi was about to fall, some of them immediately retorted: "Although the treasury was full and worry-free in the year of Sheng Chong, the whole country set up an expedition to the desert, which was a policy to destroy the country!" Our ancestors are pure and persuasive, the first emperor is wise and detached, and it is the virtue of a saint to take back his destiny, how can it be as unbearable as Pang Sikong said——"
"Officials should be outspoken, and officials should be loyal, speak, advance, and admonish! This is a virtue. You and other ancestors are just to avoid the taxes under the orders of the first emperor, and you are worried about the lack of fertile land, servants, maids, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and thousands of family wealth!" Pang Boyi glared at him and scolded, "The courtier is the minister first, and then the son, when the monarch is worried, how can you force the monarch to change the order?!" This is unkind, this is reluctance and stealing! What face do you have to speak of the Word of Lourdes?!"
The civil official was stunned, he couldn't think of a reasoned argument, his face was red for a while, and he immediately waved his sleeves back angrily.
"And you. You guys!" Pang Boyi Huo Ran turned to the military attachés, "The founding of Zheng Guo was based on martial arts, and you and others were all hereditary generals, but they neglected to govern during the Sheng Chong period, resulting in the soldiers under his command being all empty soldiers who were eating military salaries and bullying the people and dominating the market!" When he heard that there was a war and an army, he went into the house and forcibly recruited young and strong, so that the peasant households had no more strong men, and the good women held rakes. As a result, public grievances are everywhere, and civil changes are imminent! Enlisting in the army is to protect the family and defend the country, and to strengthen the prestige of my big Zheng Nan'er! If you do this, it is unrighteousness, this is ungrateful!"