Chapter 1246 - Step by Step

Wang Zhen was smiling when he left Li Yuntian's public room, carrying Yue's "confession" in his arms, and after returning to the resting place, he was burned in front of him.

Through this contact with Li Yuntian, Wang Zhen can be said to have gained a lot, not only solved the trouble caused by Wang Shan, but also had a way to properly deal with Xue Xuan, and as soon as the case of He and Xue Xuan was over, he could return to the palace to report to the orthodox emperor.

If he had known that Li Yuntian had known so much, Wang Zhen would not have let Wang Shan leave the capital for Nanjing in embarrassment, causing both himself and Wang Shan to have a false alarm.

"Father-in-law, it seems that you and Prince Zhong have a good conversation." Mao Gui saw that Wang Zhen's mood became comfortable, so he said with a smile after burning Yue's confession, although he didn't know what was written on the paper he burned, but it was not good for Wang Zhen, so Wang Zhen burned them.

"If those ministers in the court were as sensible as Lord Zhong, we would have prospered by the Ming Dynasty, and there would not be so many grievances and entanglements." Wang Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said slowly.

"Congratulations to my father-in-law, I have completed the errand assigned by the emperor." Hearing this, Mao Gui was sure that Wang Zhen had reached a consensus with Li Yuntian on the case of the He family and Xue Xuan, so he smiled and bowed to Wang Zhen to say hello.

"By the way, how has Li Qingzheng's old puppeteer's crimes been collected?" Wang Zhen's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness, it was so enjoyable to cooperate with Li Yuntian, no wonder Li Yuntian could win the love of Emperor Hongxi, Emperor Xuande and the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family, and then he remembered something and couldn't help but say hatefully.

"Father-in-law, the little ones are looking around, but the old man is usually cautious, and it is difficult for the little ones to find out about his crimes for a while." Mao Gui heard the words with a wry smile on his face, and replied in a deep voice.

Originally, Li Qing was studying in Guozijian wholeheartedly, and he had nothing to do with Wang Zhenben, but more than a month ago, Wang Zhen was ordered to go to Guozijian, and was offended by Li Shimian.

After Li Qingzheng took charge of the Guozijian, he felt that there were many shortcomings in the Guozijian, so after some investigation and research, he wanted to reform the Guozijian, so he reported it to the orthodox emperor.

Because Guozijian is the Taixue of the Ming Dynasty, which is commonly known as the Royal Academy, the orthodox emperor attaches great importance to this matter and ordered Wang Zhen to go to Guozijian to check on the spot, after all, Wang Zhen was born as a teacher, and he also studied hard in the cold window.

If it is left in other yamen, the officials in the yamen will definitely be warmly entertained, flattering and bribery, not to mention that Wang Zhen is coming on behalf of the orthodox emperor this time, just Wang Zhen holds the veto power of Guozijian innovation in his hands, and everyone dare not snub Wang Zhen.

It's a pity that Li Qingzheng is upright, never does those things that are flies and dogs, does not bribe, does not give gifts, and does not flatter, but only receives Wang Zhen according to the custom, which makes Wang Zhen dissatisfied, thinking that Li Qingzheng looks down on him, so he wants to teach Li Qingzheng a lesson.

In fact, what Wang Zhen hates the most is a clear stream like Li Qingzheng, not only an elm head who doesn't know how to be flexible, but more importantly, he always spoils the good things of others without knowing whether to live or die.

Wang Zhen has just taken charge of the ceremonial supervisor, and in the face of challenges from the internal and external aspects of the ceremonial supervisor, it is the time when he needs to stand up for power, so he is ready to give the civil and military officials in the court a powerful taste, and remove the three masters of the clear stream in the court, so that there will be a lot less annoying noise in his ears.

It's a pity that Qingliu Sanjie is an honest official and handles cases fairly, which makes it difficult for Wang Zhen's subordinates to collect evidence of Li Qingzheng's crimes.

"Li Qingzheng's matter can be slowed down first, and now we will make every effort to solve the case of He and Xue Xuan." After listening to Mao Gui's report, Wang Zhen's brows furrowed slightly, Qingliu like Li Qingzheng usually keeps himself clean, and it is really not easy to find trouble with them, anyway, he will have time to play with Li Qingzheng in the future.

"Father-in-law, the little one doesn't know whether to talk about it or not." Mao Gui bowed to Wang Zhen when he heard this, and said in a low voice, "Father-in-law, the gang in Dongchang has become more and more arrogant recently, and the little one who sent someone to investigate the situation of the Yue clan just now was closed, and they didn't take you seriously at all. ”

"Lu Rong, this idiot, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, if he wasn't a fellow countryman of the Queen Mother, how could he have today's status?" Wang Zhen sneered when he heard this, and was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Rong, the prince of Dongchang Factory, and relied on the support of the Empress Dowager Sun to fight with him in the inner court.

However, just like Lu Rong can't help Wang Zhen, it is difficult for Wang Zhen to treat Lu Rong well, as long as the Empress Dowager Sun is alive for one day, then Lu Rong will be safe.

"That is, Lu Rong, the villain, relies on the favor of the Queen Mother to put the East Factory as his situation, and it is very difficult for our people to pass the East Factory at all."

Mao Gui couldn't help but echo when he heard this, as if he was very dissatisfied with the people in the East Factory, and the people in the East Factory before Lu Rong came were allowed to be transferred.

"Don't pay attention to him, when Ben supervises the case at hand, he will find an opportunity to repair the people in the East Factory, let them keep to themselves." Wang Zhen smiled coldly, he was at a disadvantage in this wrestling with Lu Rong in the East Factory, after all, Lu Rong was the factory father of the East Factory and had the support of the Empress Dowager Sun, so he could only bow down.

Wang Zhen's target was Jinyiwei, and his influence in Jinyiwei was much greater than that of Lu Rong, so that the two sides formed a mutual restraint and containment.

Before ascending to the hall in the afternoon, Jin Lian, Yu Shiyue and others all rushed over and sat there talking to each other in low voices, all wondering how Li Yuntian would deal with the facts of the He case.

At this moment, no one thought that Li Yuntian had reached an agreement with Wang Zhen on the case at noon, and the rest of the matter was just a formality.

In addition to Jin Lian and Yu Shiyue, Jin Yiwei commanded Lu Jie and the former military governor Zuo Du Governor and Antai Hou Liang Kun also led their subordinates to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to hear the trial.

The reason why Lu Jie came was not because Li Yuntian found out that Yue's adulterer was Jinyiwei's person in Xiuzhuang, after all, this has not been confirmed, Lu Jie's arrival was due to the fact that He's case was followed by Jinyiwei at the beginning, so he also came to hear the trial.

Liang Kun is because the deceased Zhao Commander Tongzhi is a member of the former military capital governor's mansion, and the He family and the Yue family belong to the military household, so he naturally has to come to hear the trial.

Originally, a case like this should have been tried by the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces, but because the case had reached the Three Law Divisions, the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces no longer had the right to hear it.

It is worth mentioning that Lu Jie and Liang Kun are different from Wang Zhen and Jin Lian and others, and the two only hear the trial and do not participate in the trial of the case.

If you say that the most depressed people among them, it is none other than the former military governor's mansion Zuo Du Governor and Antai Hou Liang Kun, who would have thought that a person who had been dead for two years could make such a big case, and the former military governor's mansion did not even have the power of jury, just a trial.

"Lord Wang!" When Li Yuntian walked into the public hall, the people sitting on both sides of the hall stood up to greet each other with a respectful attitude, secretly guessing who would be punished in the end, the He family and the Yue family.

Due to the importance of the He murder case, and the person who presided over the case was Li Yuntian, this made this court trial have enough gimmicks, so gambling houses in the capital have opened gambling tables one after another, betting on whether He murdered his husband.

In the eyes of the people, if Li Yuntian presides over the trial of this case, he will definitely be able to get the facts of the case to light.

"Criminals." After settling down on the desk behind the lobby, Li Yuntian slapped the startled wood hard, and shouted in a deep voice to the officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate standing at the door.

Hearing this, everyone present looked at the entrance of the lobby, to be honest, they had not seen the He family and the Yue family involved in the case.

"The prisoner knocks to the prince and the lords." Soon, He was brought into the lobby and knelt in front of the hall to salute Li Yuntian and the others.

"He, this king asks you, did you poison your husband?" Li Yuntian looked at He Shi and asked quietly.

"Lord Wang, the wife can't do such a heart-wrenching thing, I hope the prince will see it." Hearing this, He Shi hurriedly raised his head and shouted injustice, his expression extremely sad and indignant.

"He's, this king read the case file, and asked the commander Tongzhi to go to the pharmacy to catch the medicine before he died, but is there such a thing?" Seeing that He did not admit his guilt, Li Yuntian asked in an orderly manner.

"Lord Wang, the prisoner did ask the maid to go to the pharmacy to grab medicine, but it was all tonic to nourish the body, my lord was unwell during that time, so the prisoner made him a tonic." He nodded when he heard this, and did not deny the matter of buying medicine.

"Since what's the case, why don't you let Commander Zhao see a doctor?" Li Yuntian's face sank, and he asked in a loud voice.

"Lord Wang, the prisoner has already said in her confession that my lord was born in the army, so he didn't care about the little illness on his body, so he didn't go to the post house to see the doctor." He Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this, she knew that if she had today, she would definitely force Zhao to command Tongzhi to go to the medical hall to have a look.

"This king asks you, how is your personal maid's family?" Li Yuntian picked up the confession on the desk and glanced at it, put it down and asked He.

Hearing this, Wang Zhen, who was sitting at the head of the right side of the hall, couldn't help but show a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, it seemed that Li Yuntian was going to lead the case to He's personal maid.

"Born poor." He didn't know why, and said truthfully, "If it weren't for the fact that the family couldn't get by, I wouldn't have been sold by my father." ”

"What do you do to her?" Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and then asked.

"Trusted." He's eyes suddenly showed a look of pain, and after a deep groan, he slowly spat out four words in his mouth.

He's personal maid said at the beginning that He had never bought arsenic, let alone poisoned Zhao Commander Tongzhi, but later changed her mind because she was tortured, saying that He asked her to buy arsenic, and assisted He to poison Zhao Commander Tongzhi, which broke He's heart.

"If that maid makes a mistake, surely you will turn a blind eye too?" Li Yuntian knew that the He family was uncomfortable, and the feeling of being betrayed by the most trusted person was uncomfortable, so he glanced around at the people in the hall and asked the He family in a loud voice.

"Exactly." He Shi did not hesitate at all, and nodded vigorously to Li Yun, although she knew that the maid was forced to be helpless, but she was still uncomfortable in her heart.

"Let her see if there are any errors in the confession, and then sign it." Li Yuntian bowed his head slightly when he heard this, turned his head and ordered the document to record the confession on the side.

Hearing this, the people in the lobby couldn't help but look at each other, and they were all surprised by this, letting the He family sign and draw the charge meant that Li Yuntian had finished interrogating her, which was really too fast.

However, based on everyone's understanding of Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian must have discovered something from He's confession, so he asked him to sign and draw the charge, which is a common routine of Li Yuntian's trial of the case.

Only Wang Zhen sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and sipped tea there slowly, although he didn't know how Li Yuntian would try the case, but he knew the outcome of the trial.

He was taken out after signing the painting, Yue was then taken to the court, as soon as she entered the door of the court, the eyes of everyone at the scene were bright, I didn't expect it to have such a good appearance, a white prison uniform made it slim and elegant, Chu Chu pitiful, people can't help but have a heart of pity and pity.

"Disaster in the face!" Wang Zhen saw the Yue family for the first time, and when he saw his beautiful appearance, he immediately frowned, and secretly said in his heart, if it weren't for the Yue family, Wang Shan would have taken a risk and instigated the Yue family to frame the He family, and then Li Yuntian found the handle.

"Yue's family, this official asked you, have you seen the He family's poisoning with your own eyes?" After the Yue clan knelt down in front of the hall and saluted, Li Yuntian looked at her quietly and asked.

"Lord Wang, although the woman did not see He's poisoning with her own eyes, she saw He's personal maid bring arsenic back from the pharmacy, and my lord showed signs of poisoning when he died, it must have been He's doing." Hearing this, Yue Shi didn't dare to slack off, and suppressed the panic in his heart and said.

"In other words, you didn't see the He family poisoned with your own eyes." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then asked quietly, "This king asked you, can you see Commander Zhao up close after his death?" ”

"The women saw it, and the women suspected that the cause of death of my lord was different, so she took advantage of the funeral at home to see the lord in the coffin in the mourning hall, and found that there were faint traces of blood in his mouth and nose." Yue nodded, "Lord Wang, these situations have already been explained by the women in the previous court trial. ”

"The king asks you, is it day or night when you check it?" Li Yuntian did not question Yue's statement, but asked Yu Feng instead.

"Lord Wang, the women are checking at night." Hearing this, Yue Shi thought about it and opened his mouth to answer, if it wasn't for Yun Na telling her that Li Yuntian was going to ask like this before, she would probably be stunned, because no one had asked her this question during the previous court trial.

"Since you are a concubine, you didn't have a chance to get close to his body after Commander Zhao died, so you chose to check it at night, I don't know if what this king said is right?" Li Yuntian pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then stared at Yue's macro and asked.

"Exactly." Yue Shi nodded, how could she dare to refute Li Yuntian, besides, what Li Yuntian said was the truth, after Commander Zhao Tongzhi's death, her little concubine didn't even have a chance to step aside, how could the He family let her appear in public? You must know that the concubine family in ancient times had no status, and the main room often suppressed it.

Wang Zhen looked at the scene in front of him with a complicated expression, if Li Yuntian came to design the case of He's poisoning of his husband, then He's would definitely be in trouble this time, not like Wang Shan, who was full of loopholes, which was simply ridiculous and generous.