Chapter 807: The Trial (Part II)

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Xia Town is a small town on the shore of Weishan Lake, in fact, before this year, it was still called Xia Village, and its scale can be imagined. However, because the Grand Canal runs through the north and south of Weishan Lake, as the ships have become more and more dense in recent years, in order to facilitate the management of this unusually wide 'river surface', Caoyun Yamen has set up a branch here......

But the name can't be changed, there is no village in front of it, there is no shop in the back, and it all depends on the popularity of passing ships. These winters have been surprisingly cold, and before November, the river is frozen and cannot be navigated for at least three months. At this time, Xia Town is particularly remote, quiet, and almost isolated from the world......

"Thief God, what kind of madness is this?" A middle-aged man wearing a thick cotton coat and a leather hat on his head stood on the frozen pier with his feet and complained in a low voice: "I remember when I was a child, I didn't need to wear a jacket until the lunar month, what happened to me all these years?" ”

"Don't you ......" Another man who was dressed like him and was about the same age nodded: "It's getting colder and drier every year, and if it goes on like this, the north will really be bare for thousands of miles." ”

"This is called self-inflicted sin, and you can't live" A man younger than them snorted coldly: "The emperor ignores the government, the officials are corrupt and pervert the law, and the people are not happy, this is a warning from the heavens" said to the first man: "My lord, I must find out the 'Governor Yinshan' and those people behind him this time, and return the court to a bright and prosperous world."

"Haha...... That's exactly how it should be. The man looked at the second person with some embarrassment, but fortunately the man did not seem to be listening to them, but turned his gaze to the newly built official road to the south, where a group of people and horses were driving unhurriedly.

"It's coming" The three of them whispered at the same time, and they no longer talked, but straightened the fur hat on their heads, wanting to wear this winter melon-like outfit a little serious and noble.

Those who were lazy and lazy on the side also hurried over to line up, but the height was uneven, and they had never stood in line, and at a glance, they were staggering. The original intention of several adults was to let them strengthen their momentum, but this time it was completely unsuccessful.

After a while, the group of people approached, and it turned out to be those Dongchang Fanzi who were escorting the prisoner cart, and behind them, they were closely followed by a team of Jinyi guards. From a distance, it looked like a joint operation of the factory and guards, which frightened the officials for a moment, and said in their hearts: Such a high standard......

"Who is Wan Zhongcheng?" Seeing a few people standing on the edge of the dock, as well as the deflated Cao Ding, the head of the Dongchang did not get off the horse, and the big horn hugged his fists.

The first official stood up, also hugged his fists and said: "This official is exactly, the left of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, Wan Lun." As he spoke, he took out the seal letter from his arms, and the head of the Dongchang stall did not get off the horse, and shook the whip on the ground, and actually swept the seal letter away from his hand, and then took the whip in one hand, and took the seal letter with his hand, glanced at it casually, and complained: "Wan Zhongcheng, didn't we say you, why did you find such a ghost place?" deviated from the official road for at least sixty miles, and the brothers are going to be tired and fall apart, and our feelings are worthless, right? ”

"You ......" The younger official, who was about to have a seizure at that time, was pulled by the second official, and said lightly: "The earth dragon has been burned in the yamen, please send you into it to rest, there is nothing to entertain, one yellow and two white, full of wine and meat." ”

"It's still this lord who is on the road." The head of the Dongchang stall glanced at the younger official contemptuously, and said, "The person will be handed over to you, and the trial will be concluded quickly, at most three days." ”

"Hehe, the lower official is not from the Metropolitan Procuratorate," the second official turned to one side, indicating that he was just a landlord: "Xiaguan Lingyunyi is just a promotion of this Caoyun Branch." ”

"Whoever he gives it to," said the loud man, waving his hand, "Anyway, it will be three days from now on." As he spoke, he looked back at the four men who escorted the car and said, "You have to follow every step of the way, if the offender is missing something, be careful of your dog's head." ”

Several fans responded together: "Oh"

After speaking, these imperial eagle dogs swaggered towards the yamen of the Caoyun Branch.

The three officials hurriedly got out of the way, and the two older ones looked at each other on the side and smiled bitterly, these factory and health agents, seizing the opportunity, wanted to be ugly, as if they had rectified the officials, how happy they were.

The young official said angrily: "It's too unusual......

"Say less." The first official looked at him and said lightly: "I can't explain it with them, so let's save our strength and start the trial quickly, it will take ...... three days" He shook his head and said, "I'm not optimistic." ”

"yes, hurry up." Ling Yunyi of the Caoyun Yamen said: "The interrogation rooms are all ready-made, the two of you just need to rest assured that the interrogation will be completed, and I will greet those soldiers for you." ”

"Thank you." The two saluted him together, this time they were able to find such a hidden place to interrogate the prisoner, thanks to the help of this brother of Jiajing's twenty-sixth year Dengke, there is no reason not to thank others.

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The duty of the Cao Governor Yamen is to ensure the safety and smoothness of the Grand Canal, the artery that maintains the capital, so it has great power, and for lawbreakers, it can be directly arrested and interrogated without going through the local government.

This kind of arraignment room that can only be found in a prison is a light and dark room. The prisoner was arraigned in the open room outside, and the person who recorded the confession was in the dark room in the mezzanine...... It is said that this kind of questioning is convenient for obtaining confessions, because when a person sees that there is no one to record, he may often relax his vigilance and inadvertently say what he was unwilling to confess.

The two inquiring imperial historians had already removed their bulky cotton clothes, put on official uniforms and black yarns, and their official uniforms were red and blue, but they were all supplemented with majestic hedgehogs in front of xiōng, showing their identity with Tianxian in their mouths. Sure enough, 'Buddha relies on gold, people rely on clothes', and the two of them did not cringe when they were outside, but looked dignified and not angry...... The selection of the imperial history by the imperial court is strict, one of which is that the appearance should be majestic, the national character face and Danfeng eyes are the best, no matter how bad it is, it can't be worse.

The one in the red robe was none other than the four pins of the imperial history, Wan Lun, who was in charge of the case, and he looked at the nonsense that leaped and tried: "First wronged brother, write in the darkroom, the matter is big, and you can't fake the hands of others." "To be honest, if you knew that this Shandong patrol was a hairy boy under thirty, he would have done it alone.

Hu Yanqing was a little reluctant, but the other party was the chief judge of Shangguan, so he had to keep his head down, sit down in the dark room, and then close the door, and only an ordinary brick wall could be seen from the outside, and he didn't realize that there was a secret door at all.

It was quiet for a while, and Wan Lun also sat down in the interrogation room, thinking about interrogation later. After a while, I heard footsteps, the door was pushed open, and I saw four Dongchang fans, sandwiching a drooping old man wearing a cotton jacket and no torture equipment in the middle, and brought it in.

Wan Lun and Hu Zongxian knew each other, and when the latter was still the governor, the former went to the palace twice to investigate Yan Shifan's affairs. Today, the status of the two has dropped one by one, and the small patrol press who was honestly afraid is now sitting in danger, and Hu Dashuai, who was invincible at the beginning, has become a prisoner of his interrogation.

At this moment, Hu Zongxian's dim eyes naturally did not have the condescending kind of condescension at that time, but he did not have the fear and pity that a criminal reformer should have, he just looked at each other with gloomy eyes but calmly.

Wan Lun has been handling the case for three years, and the people who have been sentenced to death by his hands are not one hundred but eighty, and he asked himself that the murderous spirit is not weak, but when he looked at Hu Zongxian, who had no power back then, he still unconsciously maintained his respect, looked at him with pure eyes, and instructed the Dongchang fanzi: "Move a chair for the leather worker." ”

Facing the majestic Sipin Imperial History, these Dongchang fans are also more disciplined than when they were outside, and obediently moved the chairs against the wall to the opposite side of the big case.

"Don't face the big case, swing to the east." Bandund Road.

Fanzi was stunned for a moment, but did so anyway, and placed the chair facing east.

"Then move the chair across from it." Wan Lun commanded again.

Fanzi seemed to understand what he meant, and hurriedly moved another chair from the wall and placed it opposite that chair.

"Get out, four, and close the door." Wan Lun said lightly.

"Well, we're going to guard the prisoners." Fanzi can't do it now.

"You are guarding the door, can the people inside still fly with wings?" Wan Lun frowned and said, "As long as what happens in this gate, this official will be responsible." ”

Fanzi reluctantly retreated.

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Wan Lun walked away, and then walked over from the front of the big case, looked at Hu Zongxian, stretched out his hand to the chair on the west side, and said, "Please take a seat." ”

Hu Zongxian looked at him and sat down.

Wan Lun also sat down, looked at Hu Zongxian fixedly, and said, "You are a revolutionist, and I can no longer be commensurate with my position." But your fame has not changed, you are three subjects ahead of me, so I will call you a senior. ”

Hu Zongxian nodded and closed his eyes.

"You may wonder why they are interrogating you in the middle of the process." Wan Lun said in a deep voice: "The junior might as well tell you, because once you arrive in the capital, you may not be tried yet, and you will die in prison first." ”

Hu Zongxian's eyelids moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

"I know you're not confused," thinking he didn't believe it, Wan Lun said lightly: "The predecessors can be called a generation of heroes, when you know that people don't kill for themselves, your existence has already threatened the safety of some people, so the original love has become a reason for people to kill people." ”

Hu Zongxian's breathing seemed to be slightly shorter.

"Although I handle your case, I have no grievances with your predecessors, and I don't want to see the former heroes of the anti-Japanese war become sinners spurned by thousands of people." Wan Lun saw that the method worked, and continued: "As long as you cooperate......"

Hearing the words 'sinner', Hu Zongxian's breathing became even more rapid, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Whether Hu is a sinner or not is not something you can say......

Although he was rejected, Wan Lun was secretly happy in his heart, most afraid that he would be discouraged, and the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, as long as he still had obsession, he could use it to break through his mental defense: "The seniors said this, the younger generations dare not agree, how does the historian evaluate a person's merits and demerits?" Isn't it a reference to Qingliushilin's evaluation of him? He said and lowered his voice and said, "Senior, why is this difficult, to carry this black pot for others?" ”

"I don't know what you mean...... Hu Zongxian lowered his eyelids and said.

"Also, the seniors have done so many things, how do you know which one the juniors are asking?" Wan Lun sat up straight and said in a deep voice: "Although you have already made a decision, after all, you are a first-class member and a hero of the anti-Japanese war, if there is no ironclad evidence, the court will not dare to do anything to you." This Wan Lun is indeed an interrogation expert, he first treated Hu Zongxian politely, so that the other party relaxed his guard, and then bluffed, disturbing his mind, and after Hu Zongxian was in a big mood, he directly hit the mystery in the other party's heart, this set of psychological tactics has always been invincible and omnipotent

Hu Zongxian really entered, squinting his eyes at that Wanlun, it was clear that he had 'something to say quickly, and a fart to let go' He couldn't understand, now Wang Zhi can also be regarded as making peace with the imperial court, I heard that at the beginning of the year, he also won a title such as 'Royal Shipping', such a happy ending, it is said that the rights and wrongs at that time should have all been revealed, why did he hold on to this matter again? And say that he rebelled? It's just hard to understand.

"Because of the letters you wrote to Wang Zhi, as well as the holy decrees you gave him," Wan Lun threw out his trump card unhurriedly: "He has already been handed over to the emperor"

Hu Zongxian frowned at first, then stretched out again, and closed his eyes...... When you say this, do you think of yourself or Wang Zhi as a three-year-old child? What good is it for the old shipowner to stab the former fly camp dog to the emperor? Wang Zhi would never do this

"Don't believe it." Wan Lun said lightly: "Wang Zhi is annoyed by a certain lord in the court, your east window incident is just a mistake in the deputy car" The interrogation has always been false and real, Wan Lun can't tell Hu Zongxian the truth, it's not shocking enough, and he can't play his hole cards so early. However, this statement is not something he came up with, but the idea of Lord Tsunaken...... It is said that at the beginning of the year, Wang Zhi led a fleet to aid Luzon, and after a stalemate with Yangmaozi for several months, when both sides were exhausted, the Rausch Nanyang Company stabbed out, captured the capital of Luzon, and picked Wang Zhi's peaches. Now, although Wang Zhi still occupies the tortoiseshell port, the main waterway is not there, and the major cities are not there, and it has suddenly become a tasteless chicken rib and a pity to discard.

I don't know if General Xian really has a connection with the legendary old ship owner, or if he deduced it from intelligence, anyway, he decided that there must be a contradiction between that person and Wang Zhi, and this contradiction must be known to Hu Zongxian.

However, Hu Zongxian slowly shook his head and said: "I have not asked about the world for many years, and I don't know anything about the current situation, and I ask this Zhongcheng to make his words clearer," said not only sarcastically, but also self-deprecating, and said in a low voice: "So as not to speak in vain." ”

"Okay" Seeing that he was really not so easy to deal with, Wan Lun was full of fighting spirit, and said: "Then to put it bluntly, all the so-called 'holy decrees' have no evidence and are forged."

"This question ......" Hu Zongxian pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "I should ask Wang Zhi." ”

"You ......" Wan Lun couldn't imagine that he was self-defeating, and the cage he had painstakingly set up had become a weapon thrown at him. But he didn't want to think about it, Hu Zongxian was a twenty-six-year-old junior sergeant, crisscrossing the north and south, out of the southeast of the town, what kind of wind and waves he hadn't seen, and what kind of tricks he didn't know? If you want to use a small skill of carving insects, you can get what you want, which is purely self-inflicted

"Don't quibble anymore......" Wan Lun had no choice but to throw out another trump card and said: "Zhang Rang, the 'wonderful hand' who helped you forge the holy decree, has been arrested by us in his hometown in Jiangxi, and he confessed to this matter, he still has a note written by you in his hand, and the people from the Criminal Department have also identified it, it is your handwriting of Master Hu."

"It's been a long time, I can't remember ......" Hu Zongxian lowered his eyes, and this sentence was again. But in his heart, there has been a monstrous bōlan, it seems that the other party has been planning for a long time and is fully prepared, and this time, he is afraid that he will not be able to escape

"There's no use quibbling." Wan Lun knew that he had confessed, and pursued after him: "Even if you don't say a word, we can convict you just by relying on the evidence in your hand."

After he said this, the mystery in Hu Zongxian's heart was completely solved at once, so it was, so it was, it turned out that it was the idea of beating through his heart, he no longer pretended, and his demeanor quickly regained his composure, and the former Hu Dashuai, who was looking forward to self-pride, seemed to have come back again. The corners of his mouth hung a faint sneer: "Then, why do you have to collude with the people of Dongchang to secretly get the old man here" said and looked at him coldly and said: "I have seen the holy decree, it is to escort me to the capital for trial, but now I am being tried in the middle, please ask this Zhongcheng to come up with a new holy decree, otherwise, the old man refuses to answer any questions." ”

"You, you ......" Wan Lun's black face turned pale all of a sudden, and he realized that Hu Zongxian cooperated so much at the beginning in order to get words from his mouth, and after solving the doubts in his heart, he would no longer act with himself.

Boy, don't just because the tiger is old, you are better than him. A tiger is always a tiger, and even if only bones remain, tiger bones are not comparable to dogs.

Of course, Wan Lun couldn't come up with the holy decree, this was a drama of 'cutting first and then playing', he finally knew that he was too far behind Hu Zongxian, and suddenly lost the confidence to defeat the other party with words-

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