A Clash of Gods - Chapter 908

[Chapter 898]

Chu Mingwei cupped his hands and said: “Master Huibutang said that Meng Chu’s murder of Liang took place two years ago, and the lower official still remembers that it happened in June of that year, and in August, the Xingbu Yamen After receiving a secret report, he immediately sent people to Nanling to investigate the case secretly. Due to the drought in Nanling in the past two years, the Qinhuai war was still in a stalemate, the treasury was empty, and it was impossible to transfer too many materials to Nanling for disaster relief. It caused a lot of bandits.” He turned his head and said, “Wei Yujiang, it seems that you were sent to investigate that case.”

Wei Yujiang stepped forward and cupped his hands: “Lord Chu, this case was indeed investigated by a humble officer. Meng Chu, the commander of Nanping Prefecture in Nanling, led his troops to kill the bandits, and the head of the bandit leader Liu Ba was sent to the capital. As a reward, the Ministry of Personnel was also planning to promote Meng Chu, but due to the front-line war, the promotion was delayed a little. Meng Chu made a contribution at the end of June, and the head of the so-called Liu Ba was sent to the capital at the beginning of July, but in August, A secret report was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, and after receiving the secret report, Qian Raoshun ordered Master Chu to take charge of the case, and Master Chu immediately dispatched a low-ranking officer to Nanling to investigate.”

Although this case happened two years ago, many officials present obviously nodded slightly when they heard about Wei Yujiang’s report.

“What did Weiss examine at that time?” Qi Ning asked.

Wei Yujiang looked stern and said: “After the investigation in Nanling, I found that Liu Ba was not dead at all and was still in trouble in Nanling. After that, I got the help of the local people to determine the specific details of the case. In June of that year, Meng Chu led a total of 15 subordinates, and slaughtered a remote village at night. All the villagers were killed. Meng Chu and others took away the corpses of 16 young and strong people as robbers, and the corpses of the old and the weak. Together with the village, it was burned to nothing.”

Qi Ning’s face was cold, he nodded and said, “What happened later?”

“Beijing found witnesses and physical evidence, Meng Chu was irrefutable, and the Ministry of Punishment issued a document that the fifteen people who participated in the massacre that night, except Meng Chu who was escorted to Beijing, the other fourteen were all on the spot.” Wei Yujiang said sternly: “Beijing is in Nanping. The government personally saw the fourteen people being executed, and then escorted Meng Chu back to the capital.”

“After returning to Beijing, what will happen to this case?”

“After returning to Beijing, the imperial court decided to execute Meng Chu in public as an example.” Wei Yujiang said, “The sentence is set for early September, and Meng Chu was handed over to the prison and put in the death row of the Ministry of Punishment.”

Qi Ning nodded slightly, then glanced at the officials and asked, “Who is the master of the prison in the prison hall, can you stand up?”

Everyone’s eyes immediately turned to the person who was kneeling behind Da Xichong. The fat man was the one who had scolded Wei Yujiang the most viciously before. At this time, the man’s face was pale, his forehead was sweating, and he climbed up a few steps from the back, trembling. The voice: “The humble position… the humble position is here!”

“Are you Zhou Bo, the jailer of the Prison Office?”

“Yes… it’s a humble job!”

Qi Ning smiled slightly, and then asked, “Is there anything wrong with what Wei Sishen said? When he brought Meng Chu back from Nanping Mansion, did he hand it over to you to be put on death row in the Department of Punishment?”

“This…!” Zhou Bo hesitated before saying, “Master Huibutang, indeed…it’s true!”

“That’s good.” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Then when it came to the September sentence, Meng Chu was brought up from the death row of the punishment department and sent to the court for execution. Was it you who brought up Meng Chu at that time?”

Zhou Bo lowered his head and said, “Yes… it’s a humble job!”

Qi Ning smiled lightly and took out a piece of paper from the case file, “Here is an official letter, the incident happened in Luling, there was a local tyrant who forced him to be a prostitute. What a group of people do is to deceive and abduct good people into prostitutes.”

Everyone present was a little confused. They thought that they were talking about the Meng Chu case, but they suddenly jumped to Luling again. Nanping Mansion and Luling are far apart. Could it be that the two cases are implicated?

“Master Daxi, do you know the existence of the Luling group?” Qi Ning stared at Da Xichong and asked.

Da Xi burst into cold sweat on his forehead, and his expression was not as arrogant as before.

Reluctantly, he said with a smile: “The Lord Hou is asking such a strange question, Xiaguan…how do you know the land tyrants of Luling when Xiaguan is in Beijing?”

“But as far as this official knows, every year you can earn at least one or two thousand taels of silver from that land tyrant.” Qi Ning said with a smile: “In the past two years, there are still three or four thousand taels of silver. Bar?”

Everyone was shocked.

“Master Hou, you…you can’t spit your blood.” Da Xichong’s color changed: “Xiaguan… When did Xiaguan accept the money from Nadi?”

“In December of the previous year, you received eight hundred taels of silver.” Qi Ning ignored it, looking at a piece of paper and said, “In May last year, you received one thousand taels of silver, and in December last year, you had another One thousand taels of silver came into the account.” He coughed twice and said, “In April of this year, another thousand taels were sent there… the total is three thousand eight hundred taels, am I right? ”

Da Xichong looked pale, opened his mouth, but couldn’t make a sound.

“By the way, and Lord Zhou, every time Lord Daxi receives silver, you also receive it at the same time, but the amount is halved, and the total is 1,900 taels. If I’m wrong, you can complain now. “Qining said lightly.

“Inferior position…!” Zhou Bo lay on the ground with his forehead on the ground, trembling all over.

Qi Ning said with a smile: “You may be very strange, why would a land tyrant in Luling send money to the capital? Why should he give it to Lord Daxi and Lord Zhou? Actually, it’s not surprising. The two adults are the saviours of the Diba. They lived a life. It is natural for them to be filial every year. By the way, the Diba is called Chu Long, but that is only the current name. Years ago, that person was called Meng Chu!”

There was an uproar in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment, and all the officials were shocked. There was a commotion, and there was a lot of discussion.

“It’s natural for you to be surprised. Didn’t Meng Chu be executed two years ago? Why is he still alive now?” Qi Ning said with a smile, “I just said that he has a savior, so he can naturally survive.” Staring at Da Xi Chong asked: “Master Daxi, what happened, can you tell everyone?”

Although he had a faint smile on his face, his eyes were very cold.

Da Xichong opened his mouth slightly, clenched his hands into fists, and finally said, “Master Hou, you…Xiaguan you don’t understand, Xiaguan…Xiaguan doesn’t know what the savior is.”

“Zhou Bo, Mr. Daxi doesn’t want to say it, do you want to say it?” Qi Ning didn’t talk to Daxi anymore, his eyes moved to Zhou Bo: “If you can tell the truth, it can be regarded as a confession, and this official can ask the court for Say a few words of love. You should understand that since I know this, I naturally have enough evidence at hand. I will give you a chance to confess. If you miss this opportunity, I promise that there will not be a second time. ”

Da Xi hurriedly turned his head and shouted: “Zhou Bo, we can’t be framed by others. Some people want to exclude dissidents from wronging good people. We must not give in. No one in this court can cover the sky with one hand. We are really going to suffer grievances. We have to write to the court and ask for it. The emperor and Duke Zhen Guo are the masters!” He bit the word “Prince Zhen Guo” very seriously, and the meaning was obvious. Naturally, he wanted to warn Zhou Bo not to talk nonsense, at least there was the big tree called Duke Zhen Guo.

“It’s okay, you can go up to the court, I’ll give you this chance.” Qi Ning said with a smile: “It happens that Chu Long… oh, no, it’s the criminal named Meng Chu who has arrived in the capital. This official has also settled him, and I will bring him with me when the time comes, and let you clarify it to the emperor.”

Zhou Bo was shocked, and he raised his head abruptly and said, “Sir Butang, this matter… this matter is a momentary confusion for the humble post, but… but the humble post is also involuntarily…! ”

Da Xichong’s face was ashen, and he shouted angrily, “Zhou Bo, what are you talking about?”

“Sir, this matter… This matter can’t be concealed.” Zhou Bo cried and said with a sad face: “Let’s take the initiative to plead guilty to Lord Butang, Lord Butang said that he will… Let’s intercede!”

“You stupid pig.” Da Xichong struggled to stand up, rushed forward, kicked Zhou Bo’s head, Zhou Bo was kicked to the ground immediately, holding his head in both hands, Da Xichong was going to rush up again, A police officer from the Ministry of Punishment rushed forward and grabbed Da Xichong. Da Xichong panted heavily, pushed him away, turned to Qi Ning and said, “You are framing, you…you have to exclude dissidents. , so you want to kill me…!” He opened his hands and said loudly: “Everyone, this person must not be here to cover the sky with one hand, we… we have to unite…!”

But these officials present were all born in criminal names, and everyone saw this scene in front of them, and they already understood it in their hearts.

There is no doubt that Meng Chu was sent to the capital to be executed, but now the Meng Chu who should have been executed two years ago appeared in Luling. There can only be one explanation. Chu had already left the death row, and the one who was executed was a scapegoat.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the past and present. The officials in the Ministry of Punishment are also very aware of this kind of thing, but this kind of thing is absolutely invisible. Even if it happens, it is extremely secret. Once it is exposed, it is amazing. event.

Da Xichong was the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and UU Kanshu www.sonicmtl.com bribed Zhou Bo, the prisoner in the prison room. The two went on and on, and it was not difficult to replace prisoners.

If Zhou Bo gnawed his teeth to the end, everyone present would really doubt the credibility of this matter, but when Qi Ning exposed the matter in public, Zhou Bo was obviously frightened and did not dare to argue at all. Zhou Bo’s reaction was also Let everyone immediately understand that Da Xichong was operating behind the scenes and secretly swapping prisoners was obviously true.

If this is true, Da Xichong and Zhou Bo will inevitably die. No one dares to get involved in such a big case.

On weekdays, if it was because of other things, with Da Xichong’s status and prestige in the Ministry of Punishment, shouting like this might really attract a group of people to come over, but at this time, no one dared to get involved in this matter, after all, who? They didn’t want to lose their heads because of this, all of them bowed their heads and didn’t say a word, letting Da Xi rush to shout in the hall.

Da Xi Chong shouted several times, but no one stood up at all. Even the officials who were very close to him kneeling behind him before knew that this was a big deal, and they all had their heads on the ground and didn’t say a word.

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ps: First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone, the update is really bad these days.

My parents are old, and their health is not good. During the New Year, all the things are done by me alone Method.

I used to be young and these things had nothing to do with me. Now I suddenly realize that the New Year is so hard, and the slow update due to family affairs is indeed my fault. Fortunately, it will be soon. After the year, I will definitely speed up and sincerely apologize to everyone again. !