"Hey, hey, you pig! Got up. ”

Zhu Qilu, who was still asleep, was woken up by cold water, and just when he wanted to get angry, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and then asked expectantly: "Can I go out?" How long does it take to get home? ”

The jailer who was pestered and questioned by Zhu Qilu was a little annoyed, and said mockingly: "You can indeed come out from here, but not to go home, but to the Criminal Department for trial!" ”

"You kid is really blessed, this time the trial of the Criminal Department was presided over by five pavilion elders!" The jailer couldn't help but feel gloating as he watched the expression on Zhu Qilu's face change.

"What? No way! What about my father? He'll save me! I am a relative of the emperor, you can't sentence me! I don't go to the Criminal Department, I don't go to the Criminal Department. After speaking, Zhu Qilu didn't care about his own image, and clung to the wooden door of the cell with both hands, unwilling to leave.

"Come on, drag him away!" The jailer who took the lead commanded.

"Yes." Soon, many jailers rushed up, pulled Zhu Qilu off the wooden door of the cell, dragged him like a dead dog, and escorted him to the criminal department.

……

Today's criminal department is particularly lively, and many officials have gathered here early in the morning.

When many officials gather together, they inevitably exchange information and greet each other.

"Hey, have you heard? Yesterday, King Han Fan Zhao of Pingliang Mansion entered the palace to meet His Majesty! ”

"And here's what, why don't I know?"

"The news of your Ministry of Rites is too closed, let me tell you, King Zhao did enter the palace to meet His Majesty yesterday, presumably to intercede for his son."

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If he, the father, does not intercede for his son, for whom does he intercede? ”

"But His Majesty didn't see him at all, only said that he was sick!"

"I heard that this King Zhao also went to Yan Ge Lao's house......"

"No......"

In the discussion of many bureaucrats, five sedan chairs of different colors stopped in front of the criminal department, and the five cabinet ministers got off the sedan chair. ”

"What are you all doing here? Is there nothing to do? Seeing that so many people were gathered in front of the criminal department, Gao Gong frowned and said in a deep voice.

The many bureaucrats gathered here saw that the head of the household was speaking and prepared to disperse.

"Forget it, let's see what it is, don't be so rigid! We're all colleagues. Yan Shifan shouted to stop the people who were about to leave.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's still the words of the elder Xiaoge."

"Look what's going on, and there's no shortage of meat?"

"Humph!" Gao Gong just glanced at Yan Shifan, and then left angrily.

"Really, it doesn't stop in the morning." Xu Jie sighed and shook his head, his tone full of helplessness.

The five elders entered the lobby of the Criminal Department, came to their respective positions and sat down, as early as last night, the lobby of the Criminal Department had been rearranged, there was a brand new long table on the top of the lobby, a cup of freshly brewed hot tea was placed on each long table, five Taishi chairs were placed behind the long table, and the rest of the furnishings remained unchanged, and there was a plaque hanging above the lobby, and four big characters were hung on the book mirror.

Yan Song sat in the center, next to Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Yan Shifan.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department and other officials of the Criminal Department could only sit in the seats on the side of the long table, while the position of Shuncheon Mansion Yin was in the corner.

"Now that the elders have arrived, bring all the prisoners with you." Shuntian Mansion Yin Ding Shichang stood up from his seat and commanded.

"Yes!"

Soon, Zhu Qilu and the two killers he had hired earlier were escorted by the jailer to the lobby of the Criminal Department.

As soon as they entered the lobby, before everyone could speak, the two killers took the lead and fell to their knees, their heads banging on the ground: "My lords, this person made me wait to do all this!" We were forced, wronged! ”

After saying that, the two pointed to Zhu Qilu on the side with their index fingers, and their words were full of fear.

"Shout what? What to shout? I haven't asked you to speak yet. Shangshu of the Criminal Department, who was sitting under the long table, hurriedly opened his mouth and scolded.

"It's okay, let them speak." Yan Song waved his hand and motioned for the two to continue.

"You don't know, our brothers were originally settled in the capital, and they were all day long on the streets, doing some sneaky things, learning some kung fu, and not doing their jobs. But one day, by chance, we met this young master from Pingliang Mansion! ”

"This young master has made a lot of generous moves, and the two of us have also gained a lot of benefits by following him! Lingering in gambling houses and green buildings all day long, this day is not bad. ”

"But one day, while wandering in the streets, he fell in love with the poor scholar's good looks, so he had evil intentions and wanted to force him to be his concubine, but no matter how attentive he was, he was ignored by the little lady."

"So in his anger, he wanted the overlord to bow hard, and when he asked someone to find out where the little lady lived, he himself came to the door and sent us to guard the outside of the house, intending to do something wrong."

"Alright, these things have already been mentioned in your previous confessions, so why mention them again?" Yan Shifan roughly flipped through the confession and interrupted impatiently.

"Your Excellency! What I want to say is that in fact, the victims are not only the scholar and his little lady. ”

"What do you say! Could there be anyone else? Gao Gong couldn't help frowning when he heard what he said, and then asked eagerly.

"Yes, not only the scholar and the little lady, but also the little lady's parents and a three-year-old child."

"That day, after he inquired about the little lady's residence, he sent us to guard the house, but just as we were about to do it, the little lady's parents returned home with the child, and we were found.

"So you killed them all?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the two people who were kneeling on the ground and said coldly.

"Yes, but he forced us to do it! He threatened us that if we didn't do it, he would send someone to kill our whole family, and the two of us were scared, so we ......"

"You fart, it's all a false accusation, I've never let you do this, I'm going to find someone to kill your whole family now!"

Hearing this, Zhu Qilu, who was originally kneeling on the ground and quiet, instantly became furious, his eyes were red, and he kept struggling, trying to break free from the shackles.

"Shut up, you go on." Yan Song's gaze like an ice cellar swept over Zhu Qilu, and when the latter saw this, he didn't dare to make another mistake, and gradually quieted down.

"Under his threat, we will kill the little lady's family! The original plan was to take advantage of the night to transport the body outside the city, and the front was quite smooth, but it was found while transporting the body of the little lady. ”

"What about the corpses before? Where are you buried? Xu Jie then looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice.

"Due to the rush of time, we had to temporarily bury the body under a large willow tree by the moat outside the city." Seeing Xu Jie's questioning, the two of them didn't dare to hide anything, just like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and revealed the location of the body.

"Then why didn't you two tell the truth in your previous confessions? Do you have to wait until today? "Yin Ding Shichang, who was sitting in the corner, was numb and trembling all over his scalp at the moment, there was a big mistake in the case, and there was a problem with the confession he submitted!

"Because before, when we were in prison, someone threatened us."