Chapter 47 Ascension, Trial
The assassin has already lost his hand, and maybe the people behind him will jump off the wall in a hurry, so it's better to prepare for it in advance.
In the early morning, the sun rises in the east, and everything seems to be the same as yesterday.
However, there are already many people outside the yamen of the Assassin's Mansion, and they all know that today is the day when the yamen is going to openly try the case, and they all want to come and join in the fun.
When the sun rose, the officials saw that the time was almost up, opened the gate of the yamen, and organized the people to come in in an orderly manner.
Although the people came to see the excitement, they also knew what kind of place this was, and after entering the yamen, their voices were lowered a few degrees, and they whispered.
"Hey, I didn't pay attention to it last time, this assassin looks really magnanimous."
"No, this Thorn Mansion is really big, it is estimated that it can accommodate more than 100 people." As the speaker spoke, he swept over the Thorn Mansion and said with emotion, "It's so big—"
"Who said it wasn't, it's enough for our ancestors to live for eighteen generations." The person who spoke looked at the furnishings in the Thorn Mansion, his face envious.
Although they all have houses in the city, they are generally two or three small dilapidated houses, and the family of about ten people lives together, which is too crowded.
Are there no rich people in Yinchuan City?
Of course, there are quite a few, but the really rich people don't come to join in the fun, and even if they want to know, they mostly send small servants and the like to come here to watch, and then let them go back and talk to them.
At least not among the people who came to the yamen this time.
"Ma San, don't daydream, it's enough for your ancestors to live for eighteen generations, what do you live in? Prison life! The speaker looked at the other people, winked his eyes, and laughed.
The people around him laughed too.
"Yes, Ma San, don't daydream!"
"That's it, it's ......"
Ma San pursed his lips, "What's the matter, I can't make people think about it." ”
The voices they spoke louder and louder, and soon attracted the attention of the officials, who came over with a frown.
"No loud noises are allowed, and those who make any more noise will be thrown out of the yamen."
Looking at the terrible appearance of the officials with straight faces, the people had no choice but to nod their heads, they still saw the key point of today, but they couldn't be driven out like this.
In the lobby, Li Su sat majestically in front of the big case, with a fair and strict plaque on his head, his back against the seawater crescent screen, and his face was serious and serious, not angry and arrogant.
Today, Li Su is the chief judge, and Si Yunlan is his deputy, standing behind him.
Originally, Si Yunlan's rank was lower than Li Su's, which was also reasonable.
Lin Gong and Jiang Ge sat on the sidelines and watched.
Twelve yachas, wearing black and red hats, pheasant feathers in their temples, soap-red official uniforms, and high black boots on their feet, were divided into two columns, holding water and fire sticks and standing face to face on both sides of the court.
The ones who could stand in the court were all cards that had jumped out, and each of them was very burly, with a fierce face, standing on the sidelines, like a hunting beast.
Li Su sat in front of the hall, it was not the first time he had sat in the public hall of the Yamen of the Assassin's Mansion, the last time was to dispose of Liu Yuan, and this time it was Lin Jingdan.
Although there were hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him in the yamen, Li Su did not have the slightest nervousness on his face, he held the shocking wood in his hand, slapped it heavily, and said in a deep voice, "Ascend to the hall!" ”
"Mighty"
The hard work of the twelve officials in front of Li Su was pulled down by him some time ago, and not only that, but he also carried out a major purge of the personnel of the Assassin's Mansion.
Although those who stayed knew that they were fine, they were still afraid that they would make a mistake and end up like their former colleagues.
If it's just dismissal, it's okay, if it's sentenced to exile, then the lives of the whole family will be gone.
So these days, all the servants, servants, and servants of the Assassin's Mansion have done their work very well.
Li Su naturally guessed their psychology, but he didn't bother to deal with them at all, since they wanted to behave, let's behave well.
"Bringing people to commit crimes."
"Yes."
Soon Lin Jingdan was brought up.
Lin Gong, who was sitting on the side, saw Lin Jingdan's appearance clearly, his eyes were red, and he was about to get up with a stalk in his throat, but Jiang Ge on the side hurriedly grabbed him.
"Mrs. Lin, what are you doing here?" He said in a low voice.
Mrs. Lin, who was stopped by Jiang Ge, gradually calmed down, although he was still distressed, he had calmed down, at least there was no change on his face.
Seeing Lin Jingdan's current appearance, Li Su was also surprised, obviously when he saw him before, there were no silver threads on both sides of his sideburns, Lin Jingdan seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden.
The dirty prison clothes and messy hair made this former high-ranking adult no longer proud.
"Lin Jingdan, according to the investigation, you took advantage of your position to deduct and embezzle the Yellow River construction funds, and you can plead guilty to this matter." Li Su looked at Lin Jingdan who was kneeling in the hall with deep eyes.
"I plead guilty." Lin Jingdan had long expected that they would find out everything, and he didn't think that he would be able to hide it from the world.
As soon as his words fell, the people outside began to chatter.
"Huh? He just pleaded guilty? ”
"yes, that's too fast, isn't it, how did he admit it so easily? Shouldn't he firmly deny it, then pass witnesses, lay out evidence, and then he bows his head and admits it? ”
Obviously, Lin Jingdan's direct admission aroused the curiosity of the people.
"Yes, if everyone is like this, then the yamen will be easy."
……
Jiang Ge looked at Lin Jingdan who was kneeling in the hall, and was very satisfied in his heart.
"Tell me clearly, which officials have you bribed along the way, do you have any helpers?" Li Su looked at Lin Jingdan who was kneeling on the ground with a serious face.
When Lin Jingdan built the Yellow River embankment, he started from west to east, and the first to start construction was Lanzhou, followed by Jingyuan County, Zhongwei County and Wuzhong County, and Wuzhong County was followed by Yinchuan.
The Yellow River is a long road, although it is only a short five counties, but the length of the river alone is 1,000 miles, and it took a year and a half to repair it from Lanzhou to Yinchuan.
Hearing this, Lin Jingdan raised his head and glanced at Li Su, who was sitting in the hall with an imposing body, it was impossible for him not to regret it, but he knew that regret was useless, what he had to do now was to keep his family from being implicated by him.
"Lanzhou, Jingyuan County, Zhongwei County, Wuzhong County and Yinchuan, I have all bribed the government with money." Lin Jingdan did not lie in this regard.
He believed that Li Su must have asked those people, and there was no point in telling this lie.
"Tell me who took your bribes."
Lin Jingdan moved his suppressed leg and said, "Zhongwei County Gong Cao Chengshi, Wuzhong County County Commander He Renke, Lanzhou Assassin Mansion Gong Cao Zhang San." ”