The sound of three bangs on the street, as well as the sound of three gongs, it was already the third watch, the six departments of the cabinet and the three legal divisions of the chief and deputy officials were summoned, the first watch, Nati rode around, the sound of horses' hooves stepping through the heavenly street was heard by many people at home, and now they know what happened.

The deputy imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Liu Xiyao's family of Zhengsanpin was sent to the Imperial Prison, and now they have moved to the prison of the Criminal Department.

Charged with rebellion.

Upon learning of this, everyone was in an uproar, wondering where the charge of rebellion came from, and what was in front of them was a report.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, the three cabinet ministers, stood in the middle of the big case, looking at the report on the big case.

A group of officials from the Six Ministries and the Three Divisions stood in front of the rest of the papers, which also had a transcription of the report, and everyone looked at the words recorded on the report.

Some people who saw it quickly, their faces had changed, and now they finally knew where the charge of rebellion came from.

Some people subconsciously wanted to say something, but they were afraid of the presence of Xiao Jing and Ouchi who were standing in the hall, but they were all silent.

After about Mo Zhuxiang's work, a report was read by the officials present, and Xiao Jing, who had been standing next to him, spoke out at this time: "There is a will, the emperor asked our family to ask the three pavilion elders and all the adults, how do you feel after reading this recital, and how to convict Liu Xiyao and other criminals." ”

Hearing this, those people from the Sixth Department and the Third Law Division went to see the three elders, Xie Qian turned his head to look at Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang also looked at Liu Jian, but Liu Jian looked down at the letter of the song, as if he hadn't finished reading it, and just repeated softly in his mouth: "Unbelievable, unbelievable."

Xiao Jing's gaze suddenly turned and he raised his chin, "Elder Liu Ge, if you have something to say, what makes you feel unbelievable?" Is it to take down the rebellious criminal officer that makes you feel incredible? Or does the emperor's will make you feel incredible? Please make your words clearer, and we can go back to reply. ”

Liu Jian raised his head at this time, "The old man's eyes have been looking at this report, which makes the old man unbelievably the content of this report. ”

"Oh? What makes you feel unbelievable? ”

"There are so many unbelievable places, do you want the old man to tell them one by one?"

"There is a will, Elder Liu Ge must be informed."

"If there is a will, then I will speak." Liu Jian raised his voice, "There are four unbelievable places, one of which is that Wu Qingyan, who is above the newspaper, colluded with his uncle; second, the amount of hidden fields of the Liu family and the Zhou family; Third, the audacity of the two families resisted the law; Fourth, Wang Shouren's deep hiding is not revealed. ”

didn't get the answer he wanted, Xiao Jing then asked, "Hidden deeply?" Then Liu Ge Lao is praising it, is it saying that this Wang Shouren handled it very well, right? ”

Liu Jian was silent when he heard this, this was about to express his position, he could feel that many pairs of eyes were focused on himself, and the rest of the people present were looking at him, wanting to see how he wanted to express his attitude, whether it was humble or generous.

After a while, he slowly shook his head and said: "The old man's so-called deep concealment is to say that his person seems to be soft and kind, but in fact he is ruthless, which makes people creepy and cold. ”

"That's not right, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Xiao Jing's face was a little unsightly, and he used the usual gloomy and sympathetic tone of eunuchs, "Then what does Liu Ge Lao mean that His Majesty's handling of this is also wrong?" ”

"That's not what the old man meant."

"And what do you mean?"

"The old man thinks that this matter is not a rebellion."

"Those two families have the audacity to resist the law and gather people to make trouble, this is not a rebellion, what is a rebellion?"

Liu Jian said slowly: "Those two families are bold and resist the law, but they are not really rebelling. ”

"Our family doesn't understand, in Liu Gelao's place, the rebellion is still real and fake?"

“.”

Liu Jian was silent, and the rest of the people were silent, although they were all silent, but this silent attitude seemed to say that this matter was not a rebellion.

Seeing that this group of people was silent, Xiao Jing's face became even more gloomy, just because of this, naturally he couldn't go back to reply to the decree, not to mention, none of these people were clamoring, there was no clamoring, and there was no handle.

Say more wrong, say less wrong, don't say good, use this silence to express a kind of silent protest.

His eyes were fixed on Liu Jian, and he glanced at the officials in the hall one by one, "Elder Liu Ge, what do you mean by not speaking now?" What do you mean when you don't speak? Nothing to say? Still don't want to talk to us? ”

"That's fine, our family is here by will, if you don't say, I'll ask one by one, and you will answer. Liu Ge Lao! ”

Liu Jian said loudly: "Why is Father-in-law Xiao so loud, if you have something to ask, the old man will reply by order." ”

"Is Liu Xiyao guilty or not?"

"Guilty."

"What crime?"

"His family gathered to resist the law, and I have the joint and several crime of lax supervision, as well as the crime of rebellion as determined by His Majesty."

Xiao Jing stared at him closely, "Is it a rebellion?" ”

Liu Jian looked directly at his aggressive gaze, but he didn't say anything like yes or no, but just said, "Is it a rebellion?" ”

"What about his family?"

"It's not."

Xiao Jing was almost laughed at angrily, he felt that his own brain was not easy to use at this time, "Let's ask Liu Ge Lao now, what is Liu Xiyao's rebellion, his family is not a rebellion, Liu Ge Lao straightened your tongue and then answered." ”

The old man's tongue was very straight, and the old man's words were even more clear, since Xiao Gonggong couldn't understand it, the old man would explain it again.

The crime of Liu Xiyao's family, although the responsibility is heavy, but it is not the crime of rebellion, although Wang Shouren killed them too ruthlessly, but the punishment is not very wrong, but the crime is really unfair.

In the law of the Ming Dynasty, there is only a law of how to execute, but there is no framework on how to count as a rebellion.

But although his family is not a rebel, Liu Xiyao is a rebel. ”

Liu Jian said a lot in one go, but in summary, there was only one meaning, Wang Shouren was right to kill them, at least they couldn't find fault, and more importantly, they didn't need to argue about this, it had nothing to do with them.

What they were arguing about was the crime, and the crime of rebellion was wrong.

His family was not a rebel.

And Liu Xiyao is a rebel.

"Now Liu Xiyao has been ordered by the emperor to be sent to the prison of the Criminal Department on the charge of rebellion, which was set by the emperor and set by the emperor in accordance with Wang Shouren's disposal.

Now that you say that Wang Shouren has wrongly convicted those two families, you are blatantly saying that the emperor's will is wrong, and it is the emperor who has done the wrong thing, you"

Speaking of this, he was interrupted by Liu Jian, "Father-in-law Xiao, don't misunderstand, the old man didn't mean this." ”

"Then what the hell do you mean!"

Xiao Jing's voice was high and sharp, "Follow me in circles here, aren't you!" Think about what you say for yourself, and see if it's a contradiction?

said that Wang Shouren's crime was wrong, the emperor recognized the crime, and according to this conviction of Liu Xiyao, our family is here to ask you if you said that the emperor did something wrong, but you said that you didn't mean that, you tell me, what do you mean! ”

Xiao Jing's tone was very high, but Liu Jian still looked calm, and replied again unhurriedly: "The old man means that Liu Xiyao's family is not a rebel, Liu Xiyao is a rebel." ”

(End of chapter)