In the Shuntianfu Court, everyone's eyes looked at Sun Ming, a middle-aged thin man with the light of the Marquis of Huichang.

Because the Ming Dynasty learned the historical lessons of the disaster of the Han and Tang dynasties, and made many measures to restrain the forces of foreign relatives, except for the founding meritorious Xu Da, only Sun Jizong, who was in the line of the Marquis of Huichang, reached the status of a nobleman.

Sun Jizong served as the commander of Jinyiwei when he was the little grandfather, although he was demoted to Jinyiwei because of his identity, he was also a high-level member of Jinyiwei.

After the change of seizing the door, he was directly promoted to the Marquis of Huichang because of his merits, and he also referred to the military power of the Beijing camp, and several younger brothers held important positions in the Jinyi Guard, and his son Sun Ming served as the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

In addition, forty-three people, including sons, sons-in-law, and domestic servants, begged for favor, while seventeen domestic servants entered the Beijing camp to serve in the military.

At that time, the Huichang Marquis Mansion was unique in the capital, and it was also a dazzling existence among the noble groups, and it was the most noble Qi Xun since the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Sun Jizong has only passed away for a few years, and as a result, Sun Jizong's grandson Sun Ming has committed such a big mistake, and now the Huichang Marquis Mansion can be eliminated from then on.

In fact, this kind of thing can't be blamed on the Marquis of Changhou, after all, the land deed in Qian Gui's hand is really too tempting, and it is hard not to be tempted by hundreds of thousands of taels.

If you want to blame it, you can only blame hundreds of thousands of taels for being too tempting, but you met Yin Songcheng of Shuntian Mansion, who is good at peeling off the cocoon, and there is an emperor Hongzhi who is not faint, which caused Sun Ming's plan to plot money and wealth.

At this moment, all eyes were on Sun Ming, and Sun Ming and the Marquis of Huichang Mansion were facing a real catastrophe.

Song Cheng had already suspected Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, and now the shopkeeper Sun pointed out, even looking at Sun Ming: "Marquis of Huichang, please stand in the court!" ”

Sun Ming sighed silently, but he knew that he was already unavoidable, so he reached out and stroked his beautiful long beard, and stood in the center of the public hall.

Due to his identity, he naturally does not need to kneel down to worship this little Shuntian Mansion Yin, but he needs to be interrogated by the Shuntian Mansion Yin who has the support of the emperor.

Zhou Yu and Wang Yuan secretly exchanged glances, only hoping that Sun Ming could keep his promise and never let this case involve the two counts.

Song Cheng's face still didn't show the slightest expression, and he interrogated in a businesslike manner: "Marquis Huichang, your servant testified that you sought to get rich through the prosperous pawnshop, but is there such a thing?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Sun Ming with bated breath, causing a nervous mood to fill the entire court.

"Not bad!" Sun Ming glared angrily at his henchman Sun Shopkeeper who was kneeling on the ground, and after some weighing, he simply admitted the matter directly.

"Huh? Is it really the Marquis of Huichang? ”

"How could a good Hou Ye do such a thing?"

"It's hundreds of thousands of taels, and Master Hou has to be tempted!"

"It's incredible, the Marquis of Huichang is going to be beheaded, right?"

……

When the people in the hall heard that Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, had admitted his crime, they immediately seemed to have blown up their nests, and they turned their heads and ears one after another.

This speculation is one thing, but now it has been confirmed that it is another, the dignified Hou Ye actually did such a heart-wrenching thing, which immediately refreshed many people's cognition.

It's just that "Yan Yuan's life is short, and he is not a vicious person; The thief is old, how can he be a good person" is the real way of the world, and who can say that the prince cannot be a great evil?

After all, it was poverty that limited their ambitions, and they were satisfied with eating big fish and meat at every meal, but the dignified prince naturally couldn't have just this vision, after all, there were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

There is just one question that is also put in front of everyone, as a relative of the emperor, what kind of punishment will the Marquis of Huichang get for committing such a serious crime?

Although there was already a precedent for Qingyun Hou to ask for beheading, but that time it involved the crime of rebellion, but now Huichanghou is just slaughtering a merchant's family.

Quiet!

Song Cheng heard the noisy voices in the hall, and even slapped the hall in shock.

Mighty - martial!

The twelve yacha who were holding water, fire, and wood long sticks looked particularly energetic today, smashing the green bricks in front of them with the water, fire and wood sticks in their hands, and shouting mighty voices neatly in their mouths.

The people in the hall realized that they had disrupted the order of the public court, and the emperor was still sitting above, so they hurriedly closed their mouths and waited for the next verdict of the case.

Song Cheng clearly knew that the Marquis of Huichang only admitted the title deed for Qian Fu, so he asked the most critical question: "Sun Duo went to slaughter Qian Fumanmen, but he was assigned by you!" ”

The court suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes once again focused on Sun Ming, which would be the issue that would determine Sun Ming's crime.

"No, it's all my own idea!" When Sun Duo heard this question, he immediately stood up and took it on his own.

Really!

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, saw Sun Duo jump out, and immediately shook his head slightly.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this must be assigned by the Marquis of Huichang, after all, if the whole family of Qian Fu is not slaughtered, the title deed pledged in the prosperous pawnshop will not fall into the hands of the Marquis of Huichang.

Zhu Youzhi has been watching all this silently, and he has already predicted this result, but he knows that the powerful have never lacked substitute ghosts in front of him.

Sun Ming glanced at his younger brother and said in a surprising voice: "Yes, it was Ben Hou who accused Sun Duo of doing it!" Only when Qian Fu dies and let my brother get back the pawn ticket and title deed in Qian Fu's hands, can Ben Hou logically turn Qian Fu's title deed into his own! ”

If there are no accidents, if the plan of the previous year can be implemented smoothly, the Marquis of Wuchang Mansion will surpass the British Mansion and the Chengguo Mansion to become the strongest existence in one fell swoop.

Yes?

Everyone present couldn't help but be stunned, they never expected that the Marquis of Hui Chang would admit his crime so cleanly, this is a big crime to destroy the door.

Although everyone had already guessed that Sun Duo must have been instructed by the Marquis of Huichang, if he tried all kinds of quibbles, the case might come to an impasse.

As long as Sun Duo insists that he did it himself, and Song Cheng can't find strong evidence, then Sun Duo is really likely to take all the crimes.

Of course, during this period, they will also be interrogated by the Shuntian Mansion and other yamen, as well as physical injuries, which depends on whether they can withstand this kind of injury.

Song Cheng also didn't expect Sun Ming to admit the crime so cleanly, so that the backhand he prepared was not needed, so he continued to interrogate: "Huichanghou, who paid to hire the one-eyed tiger of the northern gang leader to chase and kill Miss Qian at the Dongsheng Inn, and why did the one-eyed tiger bite the leader of the northern gang after the defeat was instructed by Du Ming, the secretary of the criminal department?" ”

Hey?

The faces of the officials such as Li Si, the head of the household department, immediately became serious, but they knew that this was the most critical issue and the real purpose of their emperor's trip.

The dignified Shangshu of the Criminal Department is a member of the court of Zheng Erpin, and now he has been framed so deliberately, which is simply a provocation to the Ming court.

"It's all Benhou's idea! It's just that the reason why Du Ming was framed this time was not that Ben Hou wanted to target the imperial court, but a personal grudge between Ben Hou and Du Ming! Sun Ming continued to take this charge, and also explained.

Personal grudges?

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, and Li Si, the secretary of the household department, couldn't help but look at each other, never expecting this result.

Zhu Youzhu has been watching very calmly, but after hearing Sun Ming's confession, he seriously interrogated the thin middle-aged man with a long beard.

Because he didn't have much contact, he didn't know much about Sun Ming.

It's just that when he just succeeded to the throne and was about to seize the power of the 12th battalion, this Marquis of Huichang took the initiative to return it, which shows that this person is stable and knows how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Now he said that he wanted to frame Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, because of personal grudges, but his first reaction was not credible.

Song Cheng found that things were different from what he expected, but he still asked: "What kind of hatred do you have with Du Shangshu?" ”

"Du Ming assisted in dealing with the land dispute between Benhou and Dingguo Gong during his tenure as a waiter in the Criminal Department, and that land was obviously occupied by the Changhou Mansion of Huichang and had been cultivated, but he helped the Dingguo Mansion!"

"That's all?"

"Isn't that reason enough?"

When Song Cheng heard the whole story, although he was suspicious, he couldn't find much fault.

Zhu Youzhu picked up the teacup again, but sighed secretly in his heart.

Although he didn't understand why Sun Ming confessed to all the crimes so easily, he felt that this was not the whole truth, Sun Ming was more like he wanted to quickly calm down the incident, and even to cover up the real mastermind behind the scenes.

Judging from the layout of the whole thing, in addition to the Huichang Marquis Mansion, there must be another force involved.

Song Cheng knew that the trial of the case was enough here, in fact, his duty was to find out the murderer of the Qian Mansion, and as for who blamed Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, it was already involved in the court fight.

The scribe who was sitting at the small table and writing hard sent the confession to the Marquis of Huichang, and Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, saw it and pressed his fingerprint very simply.

Hey?

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, and Li Si, the secretary of the household, saw that there was no fear on Sun Ming's face, and faintly felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Not to mention these pampered nobles, even if they are civil officials who have experienced a cold window for ten years, they are desperate to survive in the face of the ensuing death.

It is precisely because of this that they have to suspect that this matter may not be as simple as it seems, and there may even be major variables, such as the emperor......

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, thought deeply, and suddenly his cold hair exploded, and he looked around in horror, but he had already begun to be wary of whether there would be an assassin.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Huichang has confessed, please take a look!" After Song Cheng saw that the confession was correct, he presented the confession to Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhi had been watching from the sidelines, so he naturally knew about Sun Ming's confession, so he asked lightly: "How to judge according to the law?" ”

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the law, you should cut the lord for the people, and make a decision!" Song Cheng's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, and he immediately reported truthfully.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang in the hall, and asked lightly: "Marquis Huichang, is this really the whole truth?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has indeed violated the law and has a negative honor!" Sun Ming chose to kneel down and responded with self-reproach.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Sun Ming might not confess to the person who framed Du Ming, the secretary of the Criminal Department, but he was too lazy to continue talking nonsense, so he waved his hand lightly to Song Cheng.

Since Du Ming has confessed, it is enough to make a judgment according to the law.

As for who is the mastermind behind the scenes, and which forces are working against him, he can hand it over to Dongchang and Jinyiwei to investigate slowly.

Song Cheng saw that Zhu Youzhu did not protect the Marquis of Huichang, and now the Marquis of Huichang had signed and detained, so he would be the first person in the Ming Dynasty to announce the beheading of the Marquis.

Everyone's eyes fell on Song Cheng, but they knew that the next moment would be the verdict of the case.

Song Cheng sat back in front of the public case, and immediately announced the verdict in a shocked voice: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who murders someone will be beheaded." Huichang Marquis Sun Ming tried to plot the land deed owned by the wealthy merchant Qian Gui, designed to lure him into the game, and sent his younger brother Sun Duo to Qian Mansion on the evening of December 30 in the first year of Hongzhi, killing a total of 17 people. ”

As the verdict fell, the people in the hall found that the matter was over, but there was a sense of unreality. After all, the dignified prince, and now because of the slaughter of a wealthy merchant's family, he is going to be guillotined.

It was at this moment that a young man came in a hurry.

Originally, he was stopped outside by Jinyiwei, but as the young man showed something, Jinyiwei chose to let him go.

"Your Majesty, I will be here in the Changhou Mansion Danshu Iron Coupon, and please forgive my father for his death." Sun Zhen came to the hall and knelt down, and immediately showed the things in his hand.

Yes?

Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, was originally wary of assassins, but now when he saw this thing appear, he was shocked and suddenly realized.

The earliest Danshu iron coupon in China was created by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Han Dynasty had just been established, and Liu Bang, in order to encompass these heroes, "took iron as a contract and wrote a book with Dan", and wrote an oath between the emperor and the heroes on the "iron coupon". Then the iron coupon was cut from it, and part of it was given to the hero, and the other part was placed in the temple for proper preservation.

The Danshu iron coupon made by Liu Bang at that time did not have the function of avoiding death, but was just a certificate of adding officials to the title of marquis, a bit like a certificate of honor.

As a meritorious hero, your descendants rely on this iron coupon to be able to receive money and become officials in the Han Dynasty permanently.

With the development of history, the oath on the iron coupon began to involve more and more scope.

At the beginning, it was just a simple way to give you money as a gift, but in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the function of iron coupons was further improved, and finally it had the function of avoiding death.

After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he naturally wanted to be a meritorious hero.

At the same time as sealing the meritorious heroes, he also issued thirty-four Danshu iron coupons, and promised that the meritorious heroes who owned these iron coupons had the right to be exempted from capital crimes.

Because the crime of rebellion cannot avoid death, when Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes, these heroes with iron coupons could only obediently stretch out their necks and be beheaded.

However, when the appeasement was successful, although Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, became a thorn in Zhu Di's side, and openly continued to oppose Zhu Di's "usurpation".

Zhu Di faced Wei Guogong's Danshu iron coupon, but he could only admit the effect of the iron coupon, only removing Xu Huizu's title and title, and choosing to continue to treat the rest of the Xu family well.

Now the Marquis of Huichang has the Danshu iron coupon issued by Yingzong, and Sun Ming is not a rebellion this time, it stands to reason that he can naturally avoid death, and this is also the hole card that Sun Ming can always have fearlessness.

(End of chapter)