"Li Yuchang's case has spread throughout several provinces in the past three years, involving countless people, and it is almost boiling. A few days ago, the Governor took over the case of Li Lin's widow, Li Yuchang, and he is here today to put an end to this case once and for all. Now, the Governor ordered Lord Xu Zuyin Xu of Zhentai to preside over the trial, and the Governor and Lord Song and Lord Zhao of Fantai to jury, and asked Lord Cao of Jiangning Weaving to supervise the trial. I must give you an explanation. ”

Ma De stood in front of the gate of the Yamen of Zhentai, with more than 20 officials above the fourth rank standing beside him, and said loudly to the crowd standing in front of the Yamen. After speaking, without waiting for any reaction from the people below, he turned around and led a group of people into the Yamen.

Then, the people, who had already filled almost a street, immediately followed them and walked inside. Li Lin's case has been circulating in Jiangsu for three years, and although the officialdom does not care, some people who know about this matter among the people are that when they heard that the newly arrived governor was going to try the case, a large number of people immediately rushed in. These are only part of the street, and all the storefronts opposite the Yamen have also added 20 to 30 percent of the tables and chairs.

And the day Ma De invited Xu Zuyin to come to the mansion has only been two days now.

Sunu took advantage of the situation and wanted to save his "brother-in-law", but his behavior was forced back by Ma De. Although he was very angry, when Ma De laid out the list of what he had done in Jiangning for nearly ten years, as well as the almost one-foot-thick list of the actions of his subordinates, he could only leave in anger. The crimes recorded on these lists are not enough for him Sunu to cut ten lives. Even if he has made meritorious contributions and has Kangxi's trust, no one can hold on to the big case of killing the salt merchant Anqi. The salt merchant Anqi was a very rich man, no more than fifty years old, but he suddenly died a few days before the imperial court was about to announce the implementation of the ticket salt law. Especially after An Qi's death, the An family immediately moved out of Jiangsu, but since then there has been no whereabouts, which is even more suspicious. As early as two years ago, when the dispute over the salt class had just stopped, Ma De had already begun to investigate the mastermind behind the salt class. He didn't want to investigate the prince, he wanted to investigate the prince's agent in Jiangsu. As a result, the hard work paid off, and finally dug up the big worm Xu Zuyin, and just a few months ago, Ma De's people found out again that Sunu's personal soldiers had almost been replaced in the past two years. So, after careful investigation, he finally found that a few days before Anjia opened Jiangsu, the three hundred personal soldiers under Sunu also disappeared at the same time, and appeared again ten days later. In the next few days, some of Sunu's pro-soldiers suddenly became wealthy and generous, and after that, these pro-soldiers were transferred out one after another, either to Uriya Sutai, or to the forward battalion in Beijing, or somewhere else. Therefore, when Ma De knew that Li Yuchang's case was related to Xu Zuyin, he began to use his ideas and planned to take this opportunity to enter Jiangsu. The governor of Jiangnan has jurisdiction over three provinces, and if he can govern one more, he will never just want to govern two. Besides, if there is revenge and no revenge, it is not called a gentleman! If it weren't for Yu Zhong's poor performance in all aspects of military training, even if he was covered by Kangxi, he would definitely not be able to survive that year. If it weren't for Nian Qianyao's barking to the outside world now, Yu Zhong would have sent him to the bottom of the sea in Japan a long time ago. I just don't know if this old brother will have the luck he has now when they meet next time.

However, revenge for revenge, Sunu didn't know that just after he left, Ma De asked people to put away the one-foot-thick list, and then burned it all. Although Ma De began to investigate the case of the salt class openly and secretly as early as two years ago, it was only in the last few months that he was found Sunu, and there was no favorable evidence at all. Especially if you have to go to Uriya Sutai or the forward battalion to check people, it will be in vain. It's okay to take it first, but if you really want to do it, you can only live or die, and both sides will lose.

And after Sunu left, Xu Zuyin was left in his camp by Ma De. Unexpectedly, Ma De did not do anything to this boss-level figure in Jiangsu, but informed the Lord of Zhentai that he was ready to open a court to retry Li Yuchang's case, and the reason why Ma De kept Xu Zuyin in his own camp was that the presiding judge could not contact the outside world, so as to "avoid suspicion".

However, the more Ma De is like this, Song Rou and Zhao Shenqiao, as well as Xu Zuyin himself, the more they feel that he still has a trick. Especially today, when Cao Yin appeared in front of everyone, Song Ying and the others almost felt faint. Cao Yin's Jiangnan weaving is just a four-grade official, although there is nothing surprising in the eyes of the people, but what kind of person this brother represents, how can they not know? It's just that how did Ma De invite this guy to come over to "supervise the trial"? Don't you think it's stressful enough?

What is even more unexpected is that in addition to the relevant people, Ma De even called the officials of the eight prefectures, three prefectures, and one hall in Jiangsu, as well as the prefects, Tongzhi, and Daotai. It can be said that in addition to those who were arrested by Made, almost all of them should have come. Except for those who are bold enough not to sell the face of the Governor. For example: the local prefect of Jiangning, a man named Chen Pengnian!

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"Ascension!"

What is in charge of public security and torture is that Xu Zuyin is far more professional than Ma De. It's just that the Yamen of Zhentai is a little bad now. Although Ma De heard the legend that the city was full of wind and rain, he was going to make a big fuss in Jiangsu, so he withdrew the siege of the Yamen. However, on this day, all the servants of the Yamen of Zhentai had been replaced, and all of them were brought by Ma De from his own governor's yamen, and of course, even the pestle. This trick does not need to be taught by Luo Xin, and the MA reporters, who are well aware of the darkness of society, have almost no trust in the officials in Jiangsu at this time.

"Take the plaintiff Li Lin!"

After the shouting of the team leader, Li Lin took a child and walked slowly into the lobby. The child was only five or six years old, and it was her son. When she went to Anhui to file a complaint, Wang Zhizhang of Huaining County, which is under the jurisdiction of Anqing Prefecture, happened to go to Anqing Prefecture to have something to do and ran into it. That Wang Zhizhang was one of the nine Jinshi who went to Shanyang County with Li Yuchang to investigate the relief, and he also knew that Li Lin's family had made a lot of trouble for this case, and immediately guessed that Li Lin's ninety percent of the time when he came to Anqing was likely to find Ma De to file a complaint. This Wang Zhixian knew that if Ma De took over this case, at that time, Ren is Heavenly King Laozi might not be able to suppress it, and he was anxious, so he immediately sent someone to kidnap Li Lin's son, trying to force Li Lin's to give up reporting the case. However, he didn't expect that such a move would force Li Lin's family to be anxious, and he really went to the court desperately. In the end, he was shocked and frightened, and finally found his master to discuss. As a result, this master of Huaining County is still a land master, who has followed several Huaining Zhixian counties, and has also stayed on the ground in Anhui for more than 20 years. After hearing what he had done, he was immediately frightened, and simply persuaded Wang Zhizhang to send Li Lin's son to the governor's yamen and turn himself in! In the end, Wang Zhizhang thought about it, but finally didn't have the courage to mess around under Ma De's nose, so he really surrendered. Li Lin's son came back like this.

"Li Lin, what are your grievances? Who are you going to sue? ”

Xu Zuyin sat in the lobby, Ma De and Cao Yin on the left side of the table, Song Rou and Zhao Shenqiao on the right, and then there were a number of prefect-level figures, but these people could only stand.

"The women's paper has been thrown into the Yamen of Zhentai three years ago, and the adults will know it when they check it."

Li Lin pulled his son to kneel down and replied a little stiffly. She sued for three years, her family wealth was scattered, and she suffered a lot, and the Yamen of Zhentai opened this case for the first time, and no one would believe her if she had no grievances. If it weren't for Luo Xin's repeated advice before she came, plus she herself had some insight and knew that if she made the matter bigger, Ma De would no longer be able to meddle in the case, and then only the three divisions of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate would be able to conclude the matter, and it would be too difficult to say what the case would go, maybe even Xu Zuyin would sue together.

"Hmmm! ......" Xu Zuyin was not angry when he heard Li Lin's words, raised his hand and took the case file on the table in front of him, flipped through it casually, and then asked: "Li Linshi, among the people you want to sue are the former Shanyang Governor, the current Huai'an Prefect Wang Shenhan, and the former Huai'an Prefect, who is now transferred to Suzhou. Although I took your case, I still have to remind you. Do you know that both of them are officials of the fourth grade, and if you sue the officials with the people, you will finally sue down, and you will be distributed 3,000 li according to the law? ”

"A folk girl avenges her husband, and she doesn't even want her life. What are you afraid of, three thousand miles? Li Lin sobbed. Who knows what she's been doing for the past few years? Xu Zuyin still wants to say such a sentence now, and she immediately feels wronged. Her son was very sensible and didn't say a word, stretching out his little hand next to him to wipe her tears.

"Li Yuchang was born in Jinshi, he was ordered by the emperor, and he died for no reason, Li Lin, as the wife of an official, avenged her husband, how can it be regarded as suing the official with the people?" Ma Delang said.

"That is, how can it be regarded as suing the officials with the people? We have a prefect who has dismissed the officials, and he still calls himself a 'lord'. Someone in the crowd outside the lobby who was let in for the hearing spoke loudly, and immediately received a large number of approvals. In these years, one day as an official, no matter whether the year is up or dismissed, in the eyes of many people, it is still an official status.

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"Yes, it can't be regarded as a lawsuit against the people!" There was a bustle outside the door, and Song Rou saw Ma De looking at him, so he had to express his opinion and end the topic. He is the governor of Jiangsu, and before Ma De became the boss, he was still the boss, and his speech was naturally representative.

"Okay, it's not a lawsuit against the people!" Xu Zuyin replied helplessly, didn't look at others, and shouted loudly: "Rumor the defendant Wang Shenhan!" ”

"Summoning the defendant Wang Shenhan ......"

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Wang Shenhan looks a little rich, and he can be regarded as dignified, but there is a smell of wilting all over his body, and after being brought to the lobby, he immediately knelt on the ground: "Xiaguan Wang Shenhan has seen all the adults!" ”

"Wang Shenhan, have you ever murdered Li Yuchang, a new science and technology jinshi, who is under the emperor's order?" Xu Zuyin stared at Wang Shenhan and asked a little complicatedly. It's just that Wang Shenhan didn't look up at all when he knelt there, and his eyes were useless at all.

"Lord Huitai, Xiaguan...... Xia Guan did murder Li Yuchang! ”

"Coax ......"

Originally, almost everyone thought that Wang Shenhan should deny the above few sentences, which met the general standards for defendants, but Wang Shenhan's performance surprised too many people. Li Lin had already cried and pounced on him, and was immediately pulled away by the officials, but Li Lin's son still seized the opportunity to bite him...... Children don't have much to eat, so they are especially ruthless when they bite into meat!

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"What's going on? Why is this Wang Shenhan so frank? Zhang Yuxiang asked Yinzhen beside him. The two of them were surrounded by Gao Fu'er and a few plain clothes guards, and several people were trying to form a small circle in the crowd to protect the two from being embraced.

"I don't know. Let's see! Yin Zhen shook his head and replied. Since Mader is going to try the case publicly, of course he has to come and see it. However, Mader's move also disappointed him. Publicly adjudicating the case, there is no inside information, how can he show his skills in front of Kangxi?

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"Wang Shenhan, your courage is not small. Don't you know that Li Yuchang is under the emperor's order? Kill for your life! Kill the emperor, do you want the lives of your entire family and nine clans to pay for it together? Xu Zuyin did not have any surprises at Wang Shenhan's answer like others, when Ma De showed him Wang Shenhan's confession before, he knew that Wang Shenhan would answer like this, but he still hoped that Wang Shenhan could suddenly retort, in that way, even if Ma De was well prepared, I am afraid that he would have to be busy for a while to get rid of this charge of "coercing officials".

"My lord, the government is obsessed with money, intending to embezzle disaster relief money. However, at that time, the nine jinshi who came by the emperor's order all accepted bribes from me, but Li Yuchang did not accept them. I was afraid that the opportunity would be revealed, so I had to kill him. …… I beg the adults to take it lightly! Wang Shenhan covered his arm that had been bitten by Li Lin's son with his hand and choked up.

"How did you kill Li Yuchang?" Idiot. The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, and a big living person doesn't know how to turn over a plate when he is dying. Xu Zuyin secretly hated.

"Back to my lord, Li Yuchang was ordered to go to Shanyang County to check relief and live in Shanyuan Nunnery. Xia Guan originally wanted him to open more accounts in order to ...... Fill your pockets. Li Yuchang did not comply, and the lower officials were afraid that they would lose their officials, so they bought his servants to poison him to death. Wang Shenhan replied very slippery.

"Where is Li Yuchang's servant now?" Xu Zuyin asked again.

"Li Yuchang's servant is a subordinate official...... Xia Guan had already sent someone to kill him afterwards! Wang Shenhan bowed his head again and said.

"Where is the corpse now?"

"Say...... Said to be thrown into a mass grave! ”

"Say yes? What does it say? Don't you know where Li Yuchang's servant died? Xu Zuyin asked again.

"Back to my lord, the lower officials sent people, and they also listened to the reports of the lower officials."

"Who did you send? Where is it now? ”

"The subordinate sent Liu Dahu, the former ...... A few days ago, the officials of the world sent him to lead people to destroy the mouth of Li Lin's family, and he was killed by the subordinates of the general envoy Li Liang Li! ”

"You're mad!" Xu Zuyin scolded angrily. Why is this guy bent on dying? Don't even give a chance to turn around?

"Come on, take Wang Shenhan down. Summons the defendant Wang Yan again. "I hope this Wang Yan can hold on! Xu Zuyin prayed secretly. In fact, it only took a few days to "train" Wang Shenhan so "honestly", he glanced at Ma De, and he was a little shocked.

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"I've seen all of you, alas, Brother Qinran! Hey, isn't this Brother Lu Zhang? Alas, everyone is coming? Hello everyone! ……”

Wang Shenhan was brought down, and Wang Yan, the former prefect of Huai'an and the current prefect of Suzhou, was brought up. However, compared to Wang Shenhan's listlessness, the former Huai'an prefect was like a nobody, not only neatly dressed and in good spirits, but even smiled at everyone after coming in.

"Wang Yan, this is the hall of the Inspectorate of Envoys, there is no room for noise, don't you kneel down?" Xu Zuyin was overjoyed when he saw Wang Yan like this, but he still shouted and asked according to the rules.

"Lord Zhentai, as well as your lords, as an official of the imperial court, even if you are a defendant, you have the right to stand on top of this hall. You're going to have to get me on my knees, it's ...... Isn't it too much? Wang Yan asked with a grin.

"Wang Yan, don't be rude!" Zhao Shenqiao snorted.

"Lord Zhao, the lower officials are not rude to anyone!" Wang Yan spread his hands with an innocent face.

"What do you think?" Cao Yin suddenly touched Ma De lightly with his elbow and asked with a low laugh.

"It's just an official ruffian, what's so hard to deal with?" Ma De also smiled, and suddenly said loudly: "Where is the servant?" ”

"In!"

The three classes of officials in the lobby roared in unison, and the water and fire sticks slammed into the ground, immediately suppressing Wang Yan's momentum.

"Take off the flower feather on Wang Yan's head!"

"Wow!"

Hearing Ma De's order, one of the officials put down the water and fire stick and was about to remove the hat for Wang Yan.

"Wait! What did I do wrong? Why should I be dismissed? Wang Yan didn't know Ma De, in the past few days when he was imprisoned, he hadn't seen anyone except for the supervising soldiers, but he knew that Li Yuchang's case had been committed, and now when he saw that Ma De was going to dismiss his official, he immediately put on his hat and retreated, and asked loudly while returning.

"Because you ignore Shangguan, you ...... I don't think you're pleasing to the eye! ”

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"I ...... I'm not convinced! "Mader's reasons are a bit far-fetched, but at the same time, they are strong enough. Wang Yan was really wronged.