Feng Jingyao knelt on the ground, his body was wrapped in chains and ropes, his hands and feet were powerless, he couldn't struggle, and he scolded: "The tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs, you rats and dogs, whose power is this, actually arresting grandpa for no reason, what is the reason?" ”

Su Jin almost laughed out loud, Feng Jingyao may still have a trace of illusion, thinking that the evidence has not been leaked yet, and he still has to do a dying struggle, no wonder his expression is so arrogant; It is really sad and lamenuous that so many relevant officials were arrested in the prison last night, and this person has not yet seen the signs.

Song Zhener was shocked and shouted: "Prisoner Feng Jingyao, you are also worthy of talking about heavenly reason?" What you have done has been conclusively evidenced, and this government asks you, what have you done since you came to Yangzhou 16 years ago? How many of the previous Yangzhou government officials have you corrupted and bought, and you haven't recruited them from the truth? ”

Feng Jingyao sneered: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, how can I buy Yangzhou officials, since I came to Yangzhou Mansion, paved bridges and roads to help the common people, although I dare not call it a good person, but I also spent a lot of money to do some good things for the people of Yangzhou, that is, at the beginning of your Song prefect's office, I also funded the repair of the official road of the East Gate Wharf, and made a contribution to the smooth transportation of the Caoyun Road, that is, at that time, you also called the old man a great good man in public, how did you change your face in a blink of an eye, and then cross the river and demolish the bridge after you have made political achievements, and it is really the honest and honest Song Governor's Mansion; Phew! Pigs and dogs are inferior. ”

Song Zhen's face was blue and red for a while, and he said angrily: "At this time and that time, this official is deceived by you, how can you know that you are a traitor in private when you first come to Yangzhou?" In addition, the officials who colluded with you said that you were a flower in front of this house, and this house was just deceived by your gang of petty people. ”

Feng Jingyao said: "Blinded? Didn't you see it with your own eyes when I paved roads and built bridges? ”

Song Zhen said: "How can a small kindness cover up the big one, you hoard Juqi colluded with officials to take advantage of the robbery, in Yangzhou has been indignant, some good deeds are used to confuse the public and cover people's eyes, how can paper wrap the fire, what else do you have to say today?" ”

Feng Jingyao said: "The old man is not guilty, I have never done anything about what you said." ”

Song Zhen reached out and picked up a stack of papers on the case and said, "You still have to quibble, what should you do?" This is evidence that you set a trap to control the main subordinate officials of Yangzhou Mansion, and the officials above it were held hostage for you and wrote dozens of confessions; You also tried to lure the Su envoy into your trap, but the Su envoy was clever and witty, not only escaped the trap, but also wiped you all out because of this, what else do you have to say? ”

Feng Jingyao was stunned, he never expected that these confessions would fall into the hands of the government, he trusted Mihua very much, he didn't believe that Mihua would betray himself and hand over these evidence to the government, and besides, Mihua didn't know where the evidence was stored, but he didn't know how to get it.

Of course, even if it is true, Feng Jingyao will never admit it: "Can you cure the old man's sin with these few pieces of paper?" Besides, even if it is an official confession, these officials broke into my Feng family's mansion and insulted several old men and daughters, and the old man swallowed his anger and asked them to write a confession for their own safety, is it also wrong? ”

Song Zhen didn't expect Feng Jingyao to deny the evidence, of course, there was not a trace on the evidence to show that Feng Jingyao forced the officials to write, and when the officials wrote their confessions, they only wrote down the process of their own forcible entry into Feng's house, and if they were guilty, it was only Feng Jingyao's crime of covering up, and the real guilt was only these officials, which was a bit of a headache.

Song Zhen really has never encountered these extremely difficult characters, in his cognition, people read sage books, know etiquette and shame is the most basic truth, he always sees all people as simple as himself.

To say that he is a nerd is to exalt him, but in fact he is just a rotten Confucian who follows the old ways, and his champion was also snatched from his brother Song Qi; In the imperial examination in the second year of Tiansheng, Song Zhen's younger brother Song Qi was the champion of the palace examination, and Song Zhen was the flower explorer, but the Empress Dowager Liu, who was in power at the time, disagreed, saying that 'the younger brother cannot be the first brother'.

The people of the world naturally hugged Song Qi, so the folk praised the brothers as "double champions" and called them "Big Song" and "Little Song". In fact, this is to give Song Zhen face, if you talk about the champion, it is actually his younger brother Song Qi's.

And in terms of talent, Song Zhen's article knowledge and conciseness and ability as an official are not as good as Song Qi, but Song Qi is free and easy, lives a luxurious and enjoyable life, and has more concubines and prostitutes, so it gives people a feeling of not being very stable, so the official is not as big as Song Zhen.

On the other hand, Song Zhen's official fortune was prosperous, and he was promoted to Zaifu, in fact, Song Zhen was blindly cautious in politics and had almost no achievements at all, while Song Qi was in and out of the court, whenever he had a straightforward opinion, and there were many practical views, such as the "three redundancies" and "three expenses" theories that bluntly talked about the disadvantages of finance and taxation in the early years, and the armaments of Hebei, etc., all of which were thought-provoking and won the praise of enlightened people in the DPRK and China.

But it is such a Song Qi, Song Zhen picked his nose and raised his eyes, pointing fingers at him like a brother, when Song Zhen was still the deputy prime minister, but on the night of Shangyuan, he took Zhou Yi to read hard, and others called friends to look at the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles, this old scholar really can't see it, but he has no right to say it to others, so he ran to Song Qi and lost his temper with him and said: "Look at you, you don't do your job all day long, and you don't study hard, you know how to enjoy, Do you still remember the scene when we read poetry and books hard in the state school and ate cold porridge to satisfy our hunger? You've forgotten the time of poverty. ”

Song Qi really couldn't do anything about this brother, but if he was as smart as he was, he would have a way to deal with this rotten brother, so he asked with a smile: "Brother, don't you understand what you ate cold porridge for?" If you still eat cold porridge after high school in the imperial examination, why should you take the exam back then? ”

Song Zhen, who was choked with a word, brushed his sleeves away.

Song Zhen is a typical example of reading dead books, and this kind of rotten Confucianism is just liked by some people, so he can be the champion, and he can once enter the two governments in the center of power as the deputy prime minister, but this person's governing ability is really mediocre, even if he has no achievements, he is always a stumbling block, Zhao Zhen is a more enlightened emperor, so after the pro-government, this side stone was kicked away.

But this person has never been at fault, how to say that he is also the former champion, if he publicly says that he has no ability, wouldn't he slap himself in the face, so he went out of Yangzhou, out of sight; Enjoy the central lu, but what you do is the prefect's errand.

That's it, Yangzhou is also worse day by day under his rule, and in the past three years, this rich land can't even endure a famine, and several tumors have been brewed.

In the face of a stubborn person like Feng Jingyao, Song Zhen felt powerless, he thought that as soon as the evidence came out, Feng Jingyao would immediately confess to the law, don't you know that the world is not as perfect as the book says, after all this in Yangzhou, Song Zhen is also a little self-aware.

Song Zhen looked at Su Jin like a plea for help, Su Jin also understood that he would never be able to try for a reason, and there were still many things to come out of Feng Jingyao's mouth, such as the place where the grain was stored, such as the cases he had done in the past, he had to admit that he had the upper hand at the beginning, how could he be tried later?

But Song Zhen didn't speak, Su Jin would not overstep his bounds, Song Zhen is the prefect, and the prefect has the right to try the case, but he has no right, and he just came out to cause Song Zhen's dissatisfaction, not to mention, it will also cause everyone to discuss, saying that he doesn't understand the rules.

Su Jin is a person who ignores the rules, but in the past few months, he has also dealt with a lot of officials, large and small, and naturally understands a lot of the rules in the officialdom.

"Special Envoy Su...... This one...... This house is a little unwell, I want to go to the side to rest for a while, and ask the special envoy to interrogate on my behalf, I don't know what to do? ”

Song Zhen said very skillfully, I don't have the ability to fight with him, I just suddenly feel uncomfortable, you help me ask, I'll sit on the side.

Su Jin smiled slightly and said: "Lord Fuzun works day and night, you have to be careful, these things should be done by the officials, but it's a pity that the punishment is also a criminal, and the interrogation is unreasonable, it's really embarrassing." ”

"How does it not make sense? Qin Ming made it clear that food-related matters were handled cheaply, and this case was related to food, so the envoy should not refuse, if it weren't for the fact that the government was unwell, he would not have asked the envoy to work hard. ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "In this case, the envoy asked on behalf of Lord Fuzun, Lord Fuzun is pointing at the side, and I have some confidence, people come!" Make a cup of hot tea to warm up your body. ”

Su Jin walked towards the presiding case, Song Zhen Zhiji covered his stomach and walked to the side case with the support of the officials, fell off the seat with Su Jin, drank hot tea, and let out a long breath; Xin said: "Su Jin should have been tried a long time ago, so the mansion was too lazy to talk more to these stubborn people, and he didn't have to pollute the mouth of the mansion." ”