[Vol. 1] Section 133: The Gillian Gu Case

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If Tian Wei's illness and death were unexpected by Liu Che, then the ending of Queen Chen Ajiao was expected.

In the fifth year of Yuanguang (130 BC), in July, the empress Chen Ajiao, who was known for her brutality, was involved in a big case that shook the government and the opposition.

This is a witch Gu case, the case is related to a witch named Chu Fu, said to be a big case, in fact, the case is extremely simple, the witch Chu Fu taught the queen the art of witchcraft, and the intention is unknown.

Witch Gu is a contraband in the harem, its power is very huge, regardless of whether it is actively carried out or framed, the people involved are either dead or abolished, it is difficult to get out, and it is even more difficult to turn over.

Chen Ajiao's involvement in the case is not a bad thing in Liu Che's eyes. This unruly woman, he has endured it for ten years, and he was forced by the pressure of Mrs. Dou before, so he didn't dare to show it too much.

Everyone knows that the marriage between them is just a transaction, and the princess Dou helped him ascend to the throne, and he married her daughter as the queen, and that's it.

If it was just a reciprocal deal, Liu Che might continue to tolerate it. But what disappointed Liu Che was that this Chen Ajiao did not have the ability to manage the harem, but her ability to cry and scatter was first-class. What disappointed Liu Che even more was that this woman's stomach was really uncompromising, and she did not give birth to a boy and a half girl to Liu Che.

Over time, like his father, Liu Che completely lost faith in arranged marriages.

Today's Liu Che is no longer the trembling rookie Liu Che, he has ten years of work experience, and up to now, he has been able to rule this huge country, in this country, he is no longer afraid of anyone, even his mother-in-law who calls for wind and rain.

Liu Che knew very well that no matter what the truth was, the witch Gu incident would be a good excuse.

For this reason, Liu Che carefully selected a chief judge who advocated strict punishment and strict law.

The presiding judge's surname is Zhang, his name is Tang, a native of Duling, born in a family of eunuchs, his father was Chang'an Cheng, after his father's death, Zhang Tang took over his class, and has been in this position for many years.

Zhang Tang has been associated with the law since he was a child, and he has an extraordinary talent in adjudicating cases.

Zhang Tang's father went out to work, and before leaving, he told him to guard his home and not lose anything, Zhang Tang promised. As a result, when Zhang Tang's father returned home and found that the meat in the family had been lost, Zhang's father was furious and took a whip and whipped Zhang Tang.

"Call you kid lazy, call you kid lazy!"

Zhang Tang hugged his head in pain. After that, he decided to pour all his anger on the rats.

The young Zhang Tang said that he would do it, he dug all the mouse holes, and finally caught the mouse that stole meat.

If it were a normal person, it would definitely be a stick to blow it over, flatten the rat and let out the evil breath. But Zhang Tang made a surprising move.

He brought the table, prepared the pen and ink, tied up the mouse, and shouted a sentence of ascension.

"Bold thieves, why do you steal meat and recruit quickly!" Zhang Tang was shocked to shoot it, but it was decent, with a board and an eye.

If today's parents see such strange behavior of their children, their first reaction will definitely be to touch the kid's forehead to see if the high fever has burned his brain.

However, Zhang Tang's father didn't think so, although he was surprised, he still seriously read the interrogation process and documents from beginning to end, to Zhang's father's surprise, his son was so young that he actually interpreted the process of the government's trial and judgment of the case at a young age.

Zhang's father concluded that his son was a genius and would have a great future in the future.

Many years later, Zhang Tang's career confirmed his father's judgment, and this also began with Empress Chen's witch case.

Before Zhang Tang took over the witch Gu case as a servant of the imperial history, Zhang Tang served as a Chang'an official, giving the history of the matter, the captain of Maoling, and the history of the prime minister, although he was repeatedly promoted, but for Zhang Tang, who had a strange talent, it was still a little overkill.

But Brother Zhang Tang is lucky, when he was the prime minister, he won the appreciation of Tian Wei, Tian Wei, as introduced earlier, he has no ability to govern the country, but he spares no effort in recommending talents.

Brother Zhang Tang became the imperial servant in charge of the lawsuit, he was one step closer to Liu Che, although he was still unknown, but after all, he could show his face in front of the emperor, and he had a bright future.

Zhang Tang, who has a dream, is waiting for the time to show his skills.

And Empress Chen's witch Gu case undoubtedly gave him such an opportunity.

When Zhang Tangren gave the internal history of the matter, he was to the famous cool official Ning Cheng, and Ning became an official, and he learned from the goshawk Zhidu who made the powerful landlord frightened.

Under the influence of Ning Cheng, Zhang Tang highly respected the strict punishment law, coupled with Zhang Tang's brother's own talent, he has far surpassed the 'cool' of Zhidu and Ning Cheng.

Compared with Zhidu's Zheng and Ning Cheng's greed, Brother Zhang Tang also has obvious characteristics and is cunning.

Of course, Brother Zhang Tang's cunning still has a bottom line, at least he does not frame the loyal and innocent. If it is indeed involved, it is a different matter. He went further than Zhidu and Ning Cheng in the principle of judging cases, and for prisoners, he always advocated that if they could let people die, they must not be lived.

For example, if the murderer bought your kitchen knife to kill people, if the murderer is unlucky and planted in the hands of Brother Zhang Tang, then you are in danger, arrest you, and you may still be justified when you are interrogated, but Brother Zhang Tang can make you speechless with one mouth.

Who told you to sell kitchen knives to the murderer? Don't you look at the other party's character when you sell kitchen knives?

Don't shout injustice, when he was in charge of the Tingwei Mansion in the future, his harshness did suppress the murderous criminals.

Zhang Tang took over the Empress Wu Gu case as a servant of the imperial history, which shows Liu Che's expectations and appreciation for him.

Liu Che will not know that this case is a hot potato, if you don't have a little courage, the final result of this case will only be happy. However, the result of everyone's happiness is not what Liu Che really wants in his heart.

Chen Ajiao has a lot of wrongs, but none of them are enough to be a reason to abolish her, she has a strong family support behind her, in this regard, she is different from Liu Che's father's Queen Bo, Emperor Jing can easily abolish the weak Bo family, and Liu Che has to weigh it when he does the same thing.

Many people thought that Brother Zhang Tang had jumped into the fire pit. After satisfying Liu Che, he will offend the Chen family and Mrs. Dou, and let go of Chen Ajiao and let Liu Che live up to him, he is really in a dilemma, walking a tightrope on the cliff.

Brother Zhang Tang didn't think so, in his eyes, things are actually not complicated, how to deal with the case before and how to deal with the case now, of course the case has to offend people, if everyone is afraid, then don't come out and mix.

Check, check it out for me.

Brother Zhang Tang issued a mobilization order to the officials.

For a time, the queen's bedroom was closely monitored, and all the slaves, guards, disciples and grandchildren of the witch Chufu around the queen, and even the seven aunts and eight aunts all became the targets of Zhang Tang's strict investigation.

With such a stick, two or three hundred people were involved.

Except for the queen Chen Ajiao, who needs to be handed over to Liu Che for judgment, Brother Zhang Tang treats the other criminals equally, and there is no forgiveness for killing.

Zhang Tang reported the case and the verdict to Liu Che.

Liu Che expressed his satisfaction after reading it, and he finally found a reason to end this decade-long painful arranged marriage.

In the same year, after Liu Che issued an edict, Chen Ajiao was expelled from the Middle Palace and moved to Changmen Palace.

The Gillian Gu case seems to be a coffin, but in the eyes of many people, it is still a mystery case.