"But why do you mention the matter of 'Su Wangjun passing through the Yuanling' in your family letter?"

Tang Zheng, the new secretary of the Criminal Department, opened his mouth coldly and asked about the family order in the Mansion of the Marquis of Yuanling. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuguan was startled, and then quickly explained: "The villain didn't mention it on purpose, the villain just heard about it, so he casually mentioned it in the family letter......"

"That doesn't make sense, does it?" Tang Zheng stared intently at Xuanguan, and said: "You led your little master to play on the street, never thought that the little master would be involved in the fight, causing the little master's head to touch the stone steps and fall unconscious. …… In the eyes of this government, the fact that your little master was involved in a dispute has nothing to do with the fact that Su Wangjun passed through Yuanling County, why did you write a letter to the Marquis of Yuanling to mention Su Wangjun? The two are fundamentally incompatible. ”

"Yes, that's the case...... "Hearing this, he explained with some panic: "In the letter to the master, it is actually divided into two parts, the first one is to tell the lord about the family expenses of my Hou Mansion in recent days, and by the way, I also mentioned a few words about the big and small things that happened in my Yuanling County during this period; The latter is an urgent letter to Hou Ye about the situation of the little master...... At that time, the villain thought, it is better to send it together, so it is ......"

"Is that so?" The Daliang Mansion is Zheng Chu Shuli and turned his head to look at Uncle Yuanling Hou.

Uncle Yuanling Hou nodded and agreed: "Lord Hui, it is indeed two letters and one is sent to Xiao Hou. ”

Seeing this, Chu Shuli glanced at Tang Zheng, but after seeing Tang Zheng groaning slightly, he asked Uncle Yuanling Houyu: "Can you show that family letter for a look?" ”

"This ......," Uncle Yuanling Hou Yu looked a little embarrassed and hesitant when he heard this.

Seeing his somewhat ugly expression, everyone present guessed that in that letter to his family, something must have been written that was unfavorable to him.

After figuring out this layer, Tang Zheng Zhengse said: "Marquis Yuanling, this case is only tried today, and this government is only to confirm the testimony of your family's order, and the rest of the things, this government should not have seen it." Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhao Hongrun and asked, "His Royal Highness King Su, do you think this is okay?" ”

It's about his reputation, what else can Zhao Hongrun say, so he just nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Seeing this, Tang Zheng turned his head to look at Uncle Yuanling Hou and said, "Can Yuanling Hou show that family letter now?" If you fall in the post house, you can ask Lord Chu to send the officials of the Daliang Mansion to accompany you to pick it up. ”

Hearing this, Uncle Yuanling Hou Yu hesitantly glanced at Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and then at his hometown Ling Yuguan, and while taking out the letter from his arms, he said: "Don't bother the officials of the Great Liang Mansion, I carry this letter with me." ”

As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and handed the letter in his hand to Chu Shuli.

After receiving the letters, Chu Shuli spread out the letters one by one on the case and read them carefully with Tang Zheng and Xu Rong.

As the family order of the Marquis of Yuanling said, these are actually two letters.

In the first letter, it is recorded that the harvest of the Marquis of Yuanling this autumn is recorded, and from the number of fields owned by the Marquis of Yuanling and the high amount of land rent, it is not difficult to judge that the Marquis of Yuanling is indeed suspected of "annexing land" and "high loan and rent".

What made Xu Rong's eyebrows even more frowning was that the letter also mentioned a matter: a commoner in Yuanling County was forcibly occupied by the servants of the Marquis of Yuanling because of the high rent owed to the Yuanling Mansion.

This incident proves from the side that Zhao Hongrun bluntly said that he had collected all kinds of criminal evidence from the top and bottom of the Yuanling Marquis, and this matter is true nine times out of ten.

After understanding this, Xu Rong, the Qingzheng of Dali Temple, glanced at Uncle Yuanling Hou Xuan, intentionally or unintentionally, which made the expression on the latter's face stiff - I think Yuanling Hou also knew that if it wasn't for the crime related to his house that was not being tried today, this disguised confession letter alone would be enough for Dali Temple to send people to thoroughly investigate him and convict him according to the law.

In the end, the three inquisitors read the letter and returned the letter to Uncle Yuanling Hou, which made the latter's hanging heart fall.

"What do you think, Lord Tang?" Daliang Mansion Zheng Chu Shuli asked Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

In his opinion, he and Xu Rong, the Qingqing of Dali Temple, are both old, and their brains are no longer as good as those of young people, and Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is not yet forty years old and is in the prime of life.

After listening to Chu Shuli's inquiry, Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, shook his head, and then looked at the Yuanling Marquis's family order and said: "Xuanguan, what day is the rent collection in the Yuanling Marquis's Mansion?" ”

He arched his hand and replied, "It was last month...... That is, before the end of October. ”

"Hmm." Tang Zheng nodded, and then asked, "When did you count the rent of the year?" ”

He replied, "It is about the sixth or seventh day of the month. ”

Hearing this, Tang Zheng squinted his eyes and said lightly, "Isn't it?" If it is true that the harvest and rent income of that year have been liquidated on the sixth and seventh days of the lunar month, why don't you write a letter to the Marquis of Yuan Ling in time? Why don't you put it off until the end of this month? …… Let's put it this way, with the amount of land rent earned by the Marquis of Yuanling, the government believes that nine times out of ten, the tenants will not pay the rent until the last two days of the month...... There is no need to conceal this matter, and the government only needs to send someone to verify it, and then the truth can be known. ”

Listening to Tang Zheng's vague sarcasm, Uncle Yuanling Hou was embarrassed and annoyed, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to stand there with a calm face and not speak.

At this time, after thinking about it, Yu Guan explained as if Pan Ran had woken up: "My lord misunderstood, the income of tenants and tenants is counted by the account office of the house...... As for the sixth and seventh days of the first month mentioned by the villain, it refers to the date when the rent has been roughly collected, and as for the specific liquidation of the account office in the house, it is in ...... Before and after the little master was injured. ”

"Oh?" Tang Zheng raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Even if you say that before your little master was injured, the account room in your house had not yet counted the results?" That's not what you said. ”

"I ......" Xuan Guan's face showed a little trepidation, and he explained uneasily: "Yes, the villain was confused for a while, and he remembered wrong......

"Can this be misremembered?" Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes and asked Xuanguan.

Immediately, he said with a smile: "Okay, let's assume that you have a mistake, then this mansion will ask you again, Mr. Yuanling Hou's Mansion has counted this year's harvest, is it before or after your little master is injured?" …… You'll talk about it when you're ready. ”

"Yes...... It was the day before the little master was injured that the villain wrote the first half of the family letter. He replied.

Hearing this, Tang Zheng sneered and said, "Isn't it? Your little master was injured, and I believe that you were in a panic at that time, and you must have written this letter immediately when you returned to the house. …… Under the circumstances, can you still remember that there was half a letter from home? Marquis Yuanling, looking at the family order in your house, I am not enthusiastic about your family. ”

"......" Uncle Yuanling Hou Yu frowned and looked at Yu Guan, without saying a word.

Although he heard Tang Zheng's provocative intentions, it was undeniable that Tang Zheng was right, in that situation at that time, most of the people were in a panic, so it stands to reason that he hurriedly wrote a letter and sent someone to deliver it to him.

And in this case, it is indeed a bit strange that the family order can still remember "yesterday's half letter".

may have noticed that Uncle Hou of Yuanling had a calm face and did not speak, and his face showed fear, and he hurriedly said: "Master Hou, adult, villain...... Villain ......"

"Don't say it's misremembered." Interrupting his words, Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, sneered and said, "If you want to say that the half of the letter was written after your little master was injured, then it would be even more wrong...... In the eyes of the government, this is equivalent to your acquiescing sin. Speaking of this, he picked up the shocking wood on the case, and shouted after a heavy slap: "Drunk, recruit from the truth!" ”

Seeing this, the drunken man who was kneeling on the ground trembled with fright, and said in a loud voice: "The three adults are Mingjian, what the villain said, everything is true......"

"True?" Tang Zheng's eyes widened and he said sharply: "In the first half of the letter, you deliberately mentioned 'Su Wangjun passed through Yuanling County', and then on the incident where your little master was injured, you vaguely wrote, 'Those gangsters are powerful and powerful, and they are not afraid of the county guards and Wang Fa, if they are not dead, they are soldiers', which is clearly alluding to the Su Wangjun soldiers, trying to blame the Su Wangjun soldiers for this matter, so as to frame His Royal Highness the Su Wang!" ”

"I ...... The villain did not dare to ...... The villain has no ......," he shook his head in denial with a frightened face.

Seeing this, Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, slapped the shocked wood and said coldly: "Come on, punish with a cane!" ”

"......" Chu Shuli, the head of the Great Liang Mansion, glanced at Tang Zheng with a strange expression, and he said in his heart, this is the hall of my Great Liang Mansion, and it is not your Criminal Department, and it stands to reason that it is also ordered by me, the Great Liang Mansion......

But having said that, Chu Shuli was still quite impressed by Tang Zheng's fiery eyes, so he didn't care about Tang Zheng's noisy behavior.

Seeing that Chu Shuli had no intention of objecting, the officials of the Great Liang Mansion in the hall walked to Xuguan's side according to the order, ready to fight and torture.

Seeing this, Yu Guan panicked, struggled a few steps to climb in front of Uncle Hou Yu of Yuanling, pulled the hem of the latter's clothes, and said in a loud voice: "Hou Ye, Hou Ye, the villain is wronged, the villain is wronged......"

"......" Uncle Yuanling Hou Yu stared at Yu Guan with a strange expression, and after half a sound, he said quietly: "Yu Guan, how many years have you been with me?" ”

"Xu, Xu has been for more than 40 years...... "Said dryly.

"Yes, it's been more than forty years...... Uncle Yuanling Hou Yu nodded, and said with a disappointed expression: "Your father used to be the family order of my Yuanling Marquis Mansion, and he was given the surname Xu, and you and I also grew up together, have I treated you badly over the years?" Remember the year before last? Your son fell in love with Liu Dafu's daughter in the backstreet, but Liu Dafu relied on him to have some friendship with the Zhengcheng Wang family, and despised your son as a servant in my Yuanling Mansion...... And you, just repay me like that? You should know, Ah Shun, is my most painful eldest grandson......"

"Master Hou......" heard that his face was like ashes, he kowtowed again and again, and cried: "The villain doesn't know, and the villain doesn't know that the crowd pushing and proclaiming will hurt the little master, otherwise on that day, the villain will never take the little master there...... The villain also wanted to see what "those people" would do that day. ”

"Those people?"

Tang Zheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, asked in a deep voice when he heard this: "But those 'bad guys', have you come into contact with each other?" ”

He was shocked and silent.