Holding on to the table and slowly sitting down on the stool, looking at the paper on the table for a while, Xu Ping said in a deep voice: "Dozens of people are the same excuse, do you think it is credible?" ”

Wu Zunlu sneered and shook his head: "Because of the layoffs of the three divisions, I can still make myself believe that these public officials think of making trouble together, and even the rhetoric is basically the same, that is, it is clearly mocking us!" ”

Xu Ping looked up at Liu Xin and Sima Chi: "What do you two think?" ”

Liu Xin said: "These must be made up!" These cheap billets are thinking that they know that they may be caught by the government, and they have already colluded before the incident! It's not difficult to break their tricks, it's just that it takes time, the problem is that hundreds of people have been arrested now, and most of the daily government affairs of the three divisions have been stopped, and we don't have time at all! It's impossible for the government to give us time! ”

Sima Chi hesitated for a moment and said: "It's not early now, we must sort out the paper and hand it over to the political affairs hall, otherwise we won't be able to catch up today." Alas, how do we report these confessions to the government office? The personnel have all been caught, and there are confessions, if the case is closed in the political affairs hall, what if we don't believe the confessions of these people? ”

Xu Ping frowned and lowered his head, only to feel that his head hurt. In the early dynasty, Lu Yijian's attitude was already very clear, that is, to close the case as soon as possible and suppress the matter. If it is reported according to the existing results, it just gives him the truth, and on the grounds of affecting the political affairs of the court, a letter will be written down and several people will quickly close the case, and the matter will be over.

If this is the result, what are you tossing a few people for a day? This time he was tricked by a small official like this, what else will he do in the third division in the future? What kind of new opening business, is it so bad for these people?

"Report it, since the result is like this, we can't press back and not report it." Xu Ping raised his head and looked at the three of them, "But we must make it clear that we don't believe the confessions of these people, because there are too many doubts." One day is too short to arrest hundreds of people, and we don't have time to carefully screen them, so we are asked to give us at least a few more days. If we can't hear it clearly this time, this kind of thing will happen in the future! ”

Sima Chi sighed: "I have to do this first." After writing the pleadings and reporting the letter, I will go back to the yamen to report to the owner of the stage, and see what the owner of the stage says. ”

At that moment, Sima Chi wrote the results of the trial and said the thoughts of several people, Xu Ping drew the charge first, and several others followed behind to name them.

Wu Zunlu and Sima Chi left, Liu Xin went to clean up the mess, and Xu Ping sat alone behind the table, watching the fiery sunset on the horizon. Now that things are pressed up and down, Xu Ping feels that it is unprecedentedly tricky.

At this moment, Xu Ping suddenly felt that it was a good thing that the government's methods were rough, if it could be simple and rude, many of the problems he was facing now could be solved.

However, the Great Song Dynasty has always paid attention to prudent punishment, and after the Zhenzong Dynasty, it wants to intensify its efforts, or Zhenzong needs to use this to win the hearts of the people. In this era, officials are even more constrained in handling cases, and most of the so-called famous prison officials rely on wisdom to solve problems, rather than relying on harsh punishments.

Officials who like to be punished at every turn will have a bad reputation among scholars, and they will be impeached for some reason. This is also the reason why Xu Ping has always been very cautious about the use of torture and tries not to leave scars.

It doesn't matter which is better or worse between prudent punishment and heavy punishment, the key is to grasp the degree. As long as social stability and harmony can be ensured, the vast majority of people have a sense of security, which is what society needs. It is not advisable to blindly pay attention to benevolence and righteousness and to be lenient, with the result that criminals do not receive the punishment they deserve, become more and more unscrupulous, and social order deteriorates.

In this era, there are obviously signs of this, the empty prison is the political achievement of officials, and the few people sentenced to death are the benevolent government of the emperor, and they all have to be written about in a big way. And those who have been hurt by sin, no one thinks about their feelings.

Xu Ping is also facing this problem now, and he has no clear accusations and evidence in his hands, so he can't arrest people indiscriminately, let alone use torture indiscriminately. Although he knew that Taishi Liu in Xu Chang's mouth must be a weighty figure, he couldn't arrest and torture him, but could only find evidence from the people who made trouble on the street.

The opponent obviously knows this, and cuts off wherever it is caught, like a centipede with countless feet on its body that can be given up, knowing that it is there, but cannot catch it.

Looking at the slanting sun on the horizon, Xu Ping also felt very helpless.

The next day, Xu Ping and the others did not go to the early court, and gathered in the salt and iron division early in the morning to continue to judge and screen the arrested officials. The situation has not changed much, and it is still overwhelming.

The sun rose, and Guo Xuan, who had descended from the early dynasty, returned to the Yamen of the Salt and Iron Division, and whispered to Xu Ping's side: "Deputy envoy, the two of them quarreled in the vertical arch hall this morning!" ”

Xu Pingqi said: "What are you arguing about?

Not to mention that Wang Zeng has always been kind-tempered, the relationship between the two is very close, and they shouldn't quarrel.

Guo Jian said with a wicked smile: "It's not for the case you are handling now. Lu Xianggong read yesterday's pleadings and thought that the case could be closed, and he would send dozens of people to the leader, and the rest of the blind followers should be stopped. Wang Xianggong disagreed, saying that there were still many doubts in the case that needed to be clarified, and that he would have to wait a few more days. Lu Xianggong insisted, and Wang Xianggong did not give in, and the two quarreled in the court. Cai Shenzheng helped Wang Xianggong, Song Shenzheng helped Lu Xianggong, hehe, it's lively. ”

Where did Xu Ping still have the heart to laugh, and asked Guo Qian: "Then how to decide in the end?" ”

"Let's let you interrogate for two days, if there is no result, but it will be decided."

Although the prime minister ranking is headed by Lu Yijian and followed by Wang Zeng, Wang Zeng is still senior in terms of qualifications. It was not particularly important to the government, and in the end, Lu Yijian still chose to take a step back and give Xu Ping and others another two or three days.

Xu Ping called Liu Xin, Sima Chi and Wu Zunlu over and told them about it.

For a while, the atmosphere was a little dreary, and several people felt that things were tricky.

At this moment, a military general hurriedly ran in and saluted before Xu Ping: "Deputy envoy, people from Kaifeng Mansion have come outside, and they keep saying that they want to come in and arrest the criminals." We won't listen, and we'll be barging in a minute! ”

Xu Ping rushed to his head when he heard the anger in his heart, and even Kaifeng Mansion bullied him, when the third division is a soft persimmon pinch?

Wu Zunlu, who was on the side, saw that Xu Ping's complexion was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I don't know if there is any official business that implicates the three divisions, but I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding between them." Wait, I'll go out and have a look. ”

Xu Ping tried his best to calm down and nodded to Wu Zunlu.

After a while, Wu Zunlu hurried back and said to Xu Ping: "A wave has not settled, a wave has risen again, and there is another big case in Kaifeng City today!" It's right that Kaifeng Mansion came to get people, I already let them in. ”

Wu Zunlu is the official of Kaifeng Mansion, of course, he is speaking to his yamen.

Xu Ping said with a cold face: "What case?" Who in the three divisions was implicated? ”

"This morning, there was a Jinju Jinshi who failed in the provincial test and hanged himself in front of the goods. Before he died, he left a suicide note, saying that he was deceived by the official of the goods department, and secretly exchanged the quotation that he went to exchange money. The deputy envoy knew that at this time, I don't know how many days had gathered in the capital to rush for the exam. Those who failed in the provincial test were at a loss, and they were holding back a drum of resentment in their hearts. Taking advantage of this incident, more than 100 Luodi Jinshi blocked the gate of the Drum Courtyard with their corpses, asking the court to give an explanation. And the person who said in the Jinshi's suicide note that he was lying to him is being arrested and interrogated by us here. This is a big case of human life, and the collusion of any public officials is a trivial matter, so Kaifeng Mansion hurriedly came over to get people. ”

Xu Ping frowned and did not speak.

In the year of Dabi, at the beginning of the year, thousands of people came out of thin air in Kaifeng City to rush for the exam, and there were many cases. As soon as the results of the provincial test came out, there were various situations for those who fell behind. The worst thing is that those families borrowed money to catch the exam, and they didn't even have the money to go home, even if they begged for food and returned home, they had no way to live in the future. There will be no shortage of suicides and reckless criminals in these months. When this kind of case happens, the first people are just taking this opportunity to vent their grievances.

However, Cheng Lin, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, felt that he had not become a ruler, and he knew Kaifeng Mansion, and he was not happy. It was at this time that he still wanted to fight for half a year in prison to show his means.

The fact that the prison is empty is not that there are no cases, but that no matter what the case is, the trial is completed on the same day, and the suspects who have not been convicted are not detained. In a place like Kaifeng Mansion, it is extremely difficult to do this, and it is simply an impossible task without means.

Therefore, in the event of such a fatal case, Cheng Lin must bring the prisoner back in the shortest possible time, and the sun will set before it sets. If it is unfortunately delayed to the next day, the time spent in prison will have to be recalculated.

Ordering his subordinates to let go of the tolerance of the closed mansion to come in, Xu Ping only felt that he had a terrible headache, and this matter was getting more and more complicated. When a major murder case comes in, I don't know how much time I have left for myself.

After a while, the inspector of Kaifeng Mansion came in with a menacing officer, saluted Xu Parallel, and said loudly: "Sent by the government to arrest the suspect Cui Youde, the director of the goods department, please release the deputy envoy Xu!" ”

Xu Ping nodded and ordered a general to bring Cui Youde over.

Seeing Cui Youde, who was in his thirties, came over, the patrol inspector who led the team bowed his head and asked the people around him to identify the culprit, and shouted at Cui Youde: "Cui Youde, you have committed the case of stealing money from people who are trying to change it, follow me back to Kaifeng Mansion to pass the court!" ”

Cui Youde shouted wronged: "The emperor is above, Cui swears to the sky, there will be no such thing!" That Jinju Jinshi was originally taken to the fake delivery to the exchange of goods, and there were several troubles a few days ago, and many people in the business knew about it, how could they wronged me out of thin air! ”

"There's a lot of nonsense, follow me to the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion and tell the mansion!"

The inspector said, while instructing his subordinates to come forward and get people. (To be continued.) )