Chapter 017: The Situation Expands

Xu Hongji took office for the first time since the first major event is to suppress the trouble-making scholars, although he is young, but also know the trick, before Zhang Wenda's seal letter arrived, he strictly ordered his subordinates not to beat the scholars, with shields to separate them as much as possible, but Jinyiwei was miserable, there were dozens of people who were injured, the general flag in charge of the command at the gate was beaten to death, Jinyiwei felt annoyed and was ready to fight back, Zhang Wenda Yinxin arrived, and then Qin Weimin rushed to the scene and found that there were prisoners injured, After Jin Yiwei died, he was dizzy and almost unable to stand, and loudly scolded and retreated, and then indicated that he would retry Zhang Liang's case at a later date.

The matter could not be hidden, Zhang Wenda wrote a chapter, sent it to Jingshi in an expedited manner of 800 miles, and arranged to wait for Jingshi's reply before making a decision. However, at present, Chen Cao is the person in trouble, and it is no longer reliable to treat the crime at home, Zhang Wenda ordered to take Chen Cao into custody and take care of it in person.

Zhang Wenda Xingyuan backyard, Chen Cao is eating, although he has been detained, but he has not been convicted, the treatment he deserves is still there, Zhang Wenda frowned and looked at Chen Cao who was gobbling up, shook his head and said: "Do you know that things are getting bigger and bigger, if you can't end it this time, your life can't be saved, and the old man's niece and daughter are not easy to say..."

Chen Cao took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "Don't worry, adults, I haven't done it before, I haven't done it, and the bigger the thing, the better." ”

Zhang Wenda didn't have any expression, just stared at Chen Cao, and Chen Cao continued: "In this way, the person behind can suffer a great crime, and when the time comes, he can also help others a lot." ”

"The key is to help yourself, you guy, it's not easy to get along." Zhang Wenda stood up after speaking, looked at the sky and muttered: "I knew this was the case, Kecang should have cleaned you up at that time..."

Kecang is Li Maohui's expression, Chen Cao doesn't know, so he can't understand Zhang Wenda's words, if you don't understand, then eat more...

Ten days later, there was a decree to send south, the will was given to Zhang Wenda, the emperor's meaning, with Zhang Wenda as the messenger, full authority to deal with the matter of Nanjing, after the report was over, the eunuch was born as the celebrant eunuch, and stayed with the holy decree to prepare to observe.

Two days later, the Nanjing Criminal Department issued an official document to prepare for the public trial of Zhang Liang's death on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, with Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the Beijing Division, as the main trial, Qiao Yunsheng, the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, Xiong Mingyu, the imperial envoy of Nanjing, and Cao Yubian, the Shaoqing of Nanjing Dali Temple; Gao Hongtu, the imperial historian of the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gu Dazhang, a member of the Jingshi Criminal Department, Chen Yiyuan, the prefect of Yingtian, Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, Qin Weimin, Nanjing, Luo Yangxing, the envoy of Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town, Zhang Yanzong, the commander of Shou Ninghou, Xu Xianchun, the envoy of Fusi in Nanzhen, and the eunuch of Xuanzhi attended together, and the lineup was huge.

After Chen Cao learned about this lineup, he sighed in his heart, he was a small and thousands of households, and he actually provoked so many people to watch, and then thought of Gu Dazhang listening, he couldn't help laughing in his heart, thinking that the truth would be revealed in the future, Chen Cao wanted to see if Gu Dazhang's expression at that time would be very rich, and whether he could make an emoji out.

That night, Chen Cao met Zhao Xin for the last time, and after carefully arranging the matters of tomorrow's public trial, he nodded with satisfaction and blew out the lamp and fell asleep, and even had a good dream.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival, it is advisable to judge the case, ask the auspicious, and take a concubine

The place of public trial was in the yamen of the Yingtian prefect's mansion, and a group of officials sat according to their ranks, and more than 200 prisoners, scholars, and many powerful landlords in Nanjing were put in.

The reason why there are many people watching the case, the main one is still Chen Cao, his Nalan Rongruo's name has long sounded in Jinling, when they learned that Zhang Liang was involved in the case, the men and women in Nanjing City wanted to know what would happen to Chen Cao this time.

The major gambling houses are full of handicaps, and many people are ready to make a windfall in today's public trial.

Zhang Wenda's position is very high, in the main seat of the lobby, the three jurors are secondary, and the observers are noble, sitting on both sides, Ying Tianzhi Chen Yiyuan sits on the lower side of the officials of the three law divisions, instead of Zhang Wenda to interrogate.

Although Zhang Wenda is the chief judge, he doesn't have to speak, leave everything to Chen Yiyuan, just listen to it, the main purpose is to close the case, so Chen Yiyuan at the beginning will arrange it.

Syllable...

Chen Yiyuan was shocked, and the officials in the hall knocked on the water and fire sticks and shouted 'mighty'...

"Today's public trial of Zhang Liang's case, the presiding judge is Master Zhang, the secretary of the Beijing Division," Chen Yiyuan said and stood up and gestured to Zhang Wenda, and after seeing Zhang Wenda nodding, he sat down again, and continued: "The jury is the adults of the Nanjing Three Law Divisions, and now this official announces that he will be promoted..."

After another period of 'Hewu', Chen Yiyuan was shocked again: "Advocate Chen's going to court with bitterness." ”

Zhang Chen and Zhang Hong entered the lobby together, they were taken in by Gu Dazhang when they were in Beijing, and then they were protected by Jinyiwei, and followed Zhang Wenda back to Nanjing, of course, they have been in Zhang Wenda's line since they returned to Nanjing, and naturally they didn't know that Chen Cao had been to their house.

"If you report your name and any grievances, in front of all the adults in the DPRK and China, just say in detail."

Zhang Hong has the identity of Xiucai, it can be seen that if the official does not kneel, Zhang Chen has to kneel, so the two salute at the same time, and then Zhang Hong took the lead and said: "I have seen all the adults, the student Zhang Hong, is the forty-fourth year of Wanli Xiucai, the deceased Zhang Liang is my own brother, this Zhang Chen, is my brother's widow." On March 19, my brother and Song Che had a conflict in the drunken village building, Song Che injured my brother and left, and then my brother returned home and died on the second day, at the end of the Tianfu Tong sentence Huang Chengxian accepted bribes from Jinyi Wei Qianhu Chen Cao, and the case was judged to be a mutual assault between the two parties, and Song Che was sentenced to death by negligence, and exiled to Liaodong, then Song Che was a sergeant, and went to Liaodong, but he went to the border in disguise, and my brother became a person who died in vain, please make decisions for my brother. ”

"Lord Qin, have you figured out the identities of Zhang Hong and Zhang Liang?" Xiong Mingyu asked.

Qin Weimin arched his hand and pointed at Zhang Hong: "Zhang Hong is indeed a talent in Jiangning County in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, their Zhang family is a scholarly family, and the three brothers are famous, and his brother Zhang Ke is a person in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, and he is also an alternate official in Jiangning County." ”

"Zhang Hong, what is the main purpose of your cooperation with Zhang Chen's family to go to Beijing to file a lawsuit this time?" Zhang Wenda asked coldly.

Zhang Hong stiffened his neck and said stiffly: "The lawsuit should be sued by Tianfutong to sentence Huang Chengxian and Jinyi Wei Qianhu Chen Cao to give and accept each other privately, and disregard people's lives." ”

The observers also have the right to speak, and Yushi Gao Hongtu nodded alone, looked thoughtfully at Xiong Mingyu who was on the jury, and said: "Lord Xiong, according to my Da Ming law, how to deal with the civil sue officials?" ”

Xiong Mingyu stared at Gao Hongtu, with some unhappiness in his eyes, but he couldn't help but answer, and said in a faint voice: "According to the law, those who sue the officials will be twenty first." ”

Zhang Chen's obviously frightened expression made Zhang Wenda, who was sitting on the top, laugh a little in his heart, Zhang Hong was a little panicked, and spoke first: "Ladies and gentlemen, the complainant is a student, and my younger brother and sister are just bitter masters who came to testify. ”

Gu Dazhang was watching the excitement from the sidelines, his son Gu Linsheng was among the students of Guozijian who were hearing the trial, and Zhang Hong's words were prepared in advance, so that he could deal with it calmly now.

Zhang Hong has a meritorious reputation, and the sue can be exempted from punishment, Gao Hongtu also has a bottom in his heart, Zhang Wenda's face does not change, and the hall is quiet for a long time, only to listen to Zhang Wenda: "This official now reminds you that I am guilty of false accusations in the Ming Law, and the other party is guilty of the official. ”

Zhang Hong was shocked in his heart, he caught a glimpse of Zhang Chen's secretly glancing at himself out of the corner of his eye, obviously a little worried, before leaving to complain, Zhang Youcai was worried about whether the matter could be successful, and now thinking about this, Zhang Hong really wanted to retreat, but seeing the expression of Gu Dazhang in the auditorium, Zhang Hong strengthened his confidence and decided to resist to the end: "What the student said is true." ”

"Hmm..."Zhang Wenda's previous words were the last chance, and now that Zhang Hong has expressed his attitude, he naturally wants to do business: "Lord Chen, you continue to ask." ”

After Chen Yiyuan gave his hand, he patted the hall again: "Come on, spread that Huang Cheng entered the hall first." ”

Huang Chengxian was the first to be arrested, although so, but the Nanjing officials did not have the right to dismiss his official position, so they could only suspend his position.

Huang Chengxin was still wearing an official robe after entering the hall, but there was only a bun on his head, and the black gauze hat representing the official body had been removed.

Chen Yiyuan was shocked and shouted angrily: "Huang Chengxian, this official asks you, what is going on with Zhang Liang's case?" Is it as Zhang Hong said, you accepted bribes from others and gave Song Che a light sentence? ”

Huang Chengxian still remembered the conversation between the other party and himself before the case, but he thought that the matter had reached this point, and the person who should be offended had already been offended, if he followed the steps planned by the other party, he would be dismissed from office on the charge of accepting bribes at most, and then after the matter stopped, he was then used to be an official in Jiangnan. That Song Che and Chen Cao are friends who have had a good relationship since childhood, after Song Che's case, Chen Cao ran around for Song Che, and even came to my yamen to visit the prison with Zhang Liang involved in the Guozijian matter, and then privately forced the subordinate with his Jinyiwei identity, although the subordinate is a civil official, but the grade is not as good as Chen Cao after all, and he is still a Jinyiwei, with a different identity, the subordinate was coerced and lured by him, and had to agree to his conditions, so Song Che was sentenced to a crime of manslaughter, and asked you to be aware of it, the lower official was really forced to helpless..."

There was an uproar in the hearing group, and many people stared at Luo Yangxing, Xu Xianchun and Zhang Yanzong, who were born in Jinyiwei, but these three people were more than a cow, and there was no change in the expression on their faces, and they even pushed back directly with their eyes.

Zhang Wenda frowned, and then said, "Master Suitang carefully recorded, and then let him draw it." He couldn't help it, so he asked, "In what way did Chen Cao threaten you?" Carefully speaking, if you are really wronged, this official will call the shots for you. ”

Huang Cheng first thanked Zhang Wenda, and then said: "That Chen Cao is in charge of punishing thousands of households, and he has great power, and Xia Guan has a few unsuccessful nephews who run business along the coast, and there are some illegal things, Chen Cao Yan can make a fuss about me to dismiss my official and lose my post, and Xia Guan is afraid for a while, so that's why..."

"Hmm..." Zhang Wenda touched his beard and nodded, and then said, "Let him draw a charge." ”

"What is the lawlessness, you say carefully." Gao Hongtu couldn't help but ask.

Huang Chengxian couldn't understand, but in front of so many people, he couldn't help but speak, so he looked at Zhang Wenda slowly: "Yes... Sea... Sea..."

"Alright... You don't have to pay it back," Cao Yubian directly interrupted Huang Chengxian's words, he knew what Huang Chengxian was going to say, and it was no problem to talk privately, but now in front of many officials and those intellectuals, he couldn't speak straightforwardly, otherwise there would be not a few people who would be offended.

Although Zhang Wenda only heard one word, he also guessed what Huang Cheng was going to say first, so he also waved his hand: "Stop, you have signed the pledge, and the other things, the official didn't ask, you don't have to answer." ”

Huang Cheng first breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Gu Dazhang carefully, and then clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Wenda, he couldn't help but feel that the group of people behind him were too shrewd.

"Come on, take Chen Cao to the court." Zhang Wenda personally commanded.

When the main player comes on, the atmosphere calms down instantly, and if you listen carefully, you may be able to hear the breathing of others.

"Xiaguan Chen Cao, I've seen all the adults..." Chen Cao first saluted to the presiding jury officials, and then saluted to Xu Hongji in the auditorium: "I've seen Grandpa Guo..."

Xu Hongji nodded, he didn't believe that Chen Cao would do this from the beginning, and Song Che's case, although he didn't contribute, Xu Hongji still did a lot on the way to Liaodong.

Chen Cao found out that when he saw Luo Sigong before, the young Jinyi guard who greeted him was also sitting in the auditorium, and the flying fish suit on his body was exactly the same as Xu Xianchun, Chen Cao was not stupid, he knew that he was the person from the Zhenfu Division, so he respectfully saluted him before turning around and saluting Xu Xianchun and Zhang Yanzong.

The etiquette was also over, Chen Cao stood in place and arched his hand towards Zhang Wenda: "I have seen Lord Zhang, the lower official Chen Cao, please make the decision for the lower official." ”

"Oh..."Zhang Wenda looked at Chen Cao interestingly: "You want to be the official again, tell me?" ”

Chen Cao put down his hands and looked at Zhang Hong beside him: "The lower official is the duty of an official, since he took office as Jinyiwei, he has never done anything that hurts the heavens and reason, how do you know that he was framed by such a Diao people, and he also went to the capital to sue the royal court, so that the matter is getting bigger and bigger, and the original case that has settled has been brought up again, not to mention the loss of labor and money, the key is to move His Majesty's anger, and it is difficult to calm the hidden dangers caused by this incident even if the Diao people die a hundred times." ”

"Bloody mouth," Zhang Hong shouted: "Chen Cao, you relied on the benefits of power and power to give and accept privately with that Huang Chengxian, not to mention the death of my brother, and you are still here to confuse the public, are you really a bully of my Zhang family?" ”

Syllable...

Chen Yiyuan patted the shocked wood and interrupted Zhang Hong's words: "How can you make a loud noise in the court, forgive you for being the family of the bitter master, and don't pursue it for the time being." Saying that, he looked at Chen Cao and said, "Chen Cao, this official asks you, you have to answer honestly, did you bribe Huang Cheng first?" ”

Chen Cao is Zhizhu in his hands this time, what he has to do is to make this matter bigger, otherwise he is sorry Zhang Wenda wants to protect him, and Chen Yiyuan's words made him a little unhappy, Chen Cao turned his head to look at Huang Chengxian who was standing aside, and laughed secretly in his heart, did Lao Tzu bribe you a dog and didn't force him to count?

With a sigh of relief, Chen Cao arched his hand and said, "Back to your lords, it depends on how big the matter is and how much bribery you have to do." ”

"Presumptuous..."Cao Yubian slapped the desk: "Say whatever you want, do you think that if you are the third law secretary of Jinyi Wei, you are not qualified to judge you?" ”

Chen Cao is not a contemporary after all, seeing Cao Yubian so excited, he immediately doubted whether this guy was in a group with Gu Dazhang and others, so he raised his head and said, "Lord Cao, is it a bit too much for you to ask me like this?" ”

"What do you mean?" Cao Yubian looked at Chen Caodao angrily.

Chen Cao sneered, then bowed his hand to Zhang Wenda, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Zhang, the lower officials did pay bribes, they are Lord Chen Yiyuan of Yingtian Governor's Mansion, Lord Cao Yubian, Shaoqing of Nanjing Dali Temple, Lord Gu Dazhang, a member of the Beijing Division, and Master Gu Dazhang, and that Huang Chengxian. ”

Boom...

Cao Yubian didn't get angry yet, Chen Yiyuan suddenly jumped up eight zhang high, left the position and rushed up to chase Chen Cao, the old guy had good foot strength, and kicked towards Chen Cao first, Chen Cao was not good at stubble, just a light sideways dodge, and Zhang Hong, who was next to Chen Cao, was kicked by Chen Yiyuan, and the person fell down, not to mention, the perpetrator Chen Daren also fell to the ground, Chen Cao seemed to hear the sound of broken bones.

The lobby was in chaos because of Chen Yiyuan's appearance, the initiator Chen Cao stood aside to watch the joke, and did not step forward to help Chen Yiyuan, whether Chen Yiyuan was a corrupt official He didn't know, but he knew that someone had to get involved in this matter.

"Chen Cao, you bloody mouth, when did this official accept your bribe, you must explain it clearly to this official in front of the princes of the court." Chen Yiyuan didn't care about the pain, and shouted when he was carried back to his position.

"Chen Cao, you don't want to bite indiscriminately and falsely accuse the court officials, and there are so many people, it is not enough for you to die ten times." Cao Yubian also scolded loudly, but his heart was a little empty.

Zhang Wenda knew that Chen Cao did it on purpose, but now he didn't dare to protect the situation, so he said coldly: "Chen Cao, you have to know that it is a big crime to bite the imperial court officials. ”

In the midst of the uproar, Chen Cao clenched his fists and said: "Lord Zhang, Lord Huang has already admitted to accepting my bribes before, and he has signed and drawn the charge, and if the lower officials defend themselves, it will inevitably be a struggle before death, so it is better to admit it happily and avoid being offended." ”

The words seemed to be reasonable, and they were reasonable, and they were unrefutable, everyone was speechless for a while, and they didn't even speak, Chen Yiyuan was so angry that he trembled, and pointed at Chen Cao and said: "You thing, you are still a scholar, where are the teachings of the sage." ”

Chen Cao is a military household, but it is well known that he is a famous 'Nalan Rongruo' in Jinling, and he also studied in 'university', and of course he is also a son of a saint.

Chen Cao arched his hand apologetically and said: "Lord Chen, don't be angry, you pick up half of it and start running, you have to flash your waist." ”

Flutter...

Someone in the auditorium couldn't help laughing, but then they became more rigorous, only to hear Chen Cao continue: "I deny that you don't believe in bribery, I admit that you don't believe in bribery, you don't believe it, all of you are court officials, if you make such a judgment, how can you convince the world in the future?"

Cao Yubian replied: "Huang Chengxian is an official of the imperial court. ”

But after saying that, I realized that it seemed that my words were completely a joke, because everyone looked at him in unison.

Chen Cao sneered, and then said: "Why, Huang Cheng is an official first, and I, Chen Cao, should be bullied by you because I am from Jinyiwei?" Jinyi Wei is His Majesty's pro-army, when is it your turn to point fingers? Could it be that I am from a brocade guard and can't be bullied? ”

Luo Yangxing, who was in the auditorium, immediately asked loudly: "Lord Xu, is my Jinyiwei's Zhenfu Division in Nanjing doing nothing?" ”

Xu Xianchun hugged his fist towards Luo Yangxing and said: "Lord Luo is laughing, my Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, everything he does is a royal case, and everything he says represents the Son of Heaven, and it is never like what Chen Qianhu said." ”

The two sang and harmonized in the lobby quite interestingly, Cao Yubian's face was embarrassed, and even the corners of Chen Yiyuan's eyes were trembling, obviously, Cao Yubian's words offended Jinyiwei, but Zhang Wenda admired Chen Cao's hand to marry, and the young man in front of him was indeed not a good person.

Zhang Wenda also wanted to see how Chen Cao would deal with it next, so he said: "Okay Chen Cao, don't mess around here, according to your meaning, do you admit to bribing Huang Cheng first?" ”

Chen Cao arched his hand towards Zhang Wenda: "The lower official is a brocade guard, what you say and do is worthy of this official uniform, and I Chen Cao is unwilling to do such a low-level and interesting thing as bribery." ”

"Hmph..."Cao Yubian snorted coldly, and then said: "If you are willing, you will, who knows how this matter will develop, who can prove it?" ”

Chen Cao turned around, looked at Cao Yubian with some evil taste, saw that this old guy was a little numb, and then said: "If it is interpreted according to Lord Cao's so-called relationship between whether he is willing or not, then Xia Guan would like to ask Lord Cao, the concubine you accepted at the end of last year had an affair with your third son, I don't know if Lord Cao knows whether it is clear or not." ”

"Bastard thing..."Cao Yubian slapped the table and got up, but thinking that Chen Yiyuan had suffered Chen Cao's loss, he didn't move at the moment, but scolded very angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? ”

Chen Cao shook his hand and pretended to be innocent: "Lord Cao, don't be angry, my duty is to be a Jinyi guard, at the end of the year, my subordinate Tiqi Detective reported that I heard that your little concubine said that she was willing to stay with the third prince of Cao, if it is according to Lord Cao's intentions, then it will be, so the lower official asked Lord Cao what he thinks." ”

Some people in the auditorium blushed, and the people and scholars who were hearing the trial outside the hall also whispered, Cao Yubian's face was red, and Jinyiwei's listening to the news of the officials was a matter made public by the DPRK and China, but it was just a matter that was usually reported according to the size of the matter, Chen Cao didn't like to talk about it, if it weren't for Cao Yubian's obvious favoritism towards Huang Chengxian, Chen Cao would not have chased him.