Chapter 40 When you stare into the abyss
Huang Pei had seen Du Ruo's fingerprint method, and the drawings in Du Ruo were indeed copied by him and handed them to Wang Lei's hands.
At this time, when Du Ruo said he wanted to check his fingerprints, Huang Pei knew that he was going to be exposed.
"Prime Minister Huang Tong, are you asking yourself? Or do you want me to test my fingerprint?" Du Ruo asked.
Huang Pei looked at Du Ruo, sneered, and said, "What are you asking for? Even if there is the fingerprint of this official on this drawing, what does it mean?"
Huang Pei indirectly admitted that he had his fingerprint on the drawing. Sun Huai and Feng Zhi looked at him in confusion, and even Du Shouyi looked at Huang Pei with a blank look on his face.
"It means that the mastermind behind Wang Lei's theft was actually you, Judge Huang Tong. You designed this case in order to frame my father!"
Du Ruo's words are so convincing.
During the process of solving the case, there were traces left by Huang Pei at all times. Du Ruo had this suspicion for a long time, but he was uncertain. After Wang Lei insisted that Huang Pei was only talking to him after he was arrested, Du Ruo almost dispelled his suspicion of Huang Pei.
However, after discovering the drawing in the wooden box that day, Shangguan Fuere told him that the drawing was a secret of the government and that it was impossible for ordinary people to get it. He instantly understood that Wang Lei did not tell the truth!
After hearing Du Ruo's words, Du Shouyi suddenly realized, but he still didn't believe that Huang Pei would plan such a thing. He had no grudges and grudges with him. He just wanted to stop him from getting promoted, so he would not take such a big risk.
"Prime Minister Huang Tong, am I right?" Du Ruo asked.
"All nonsense! You have no reason to frame me, and your heart is sinister!"
Huang Pei pointed at Du Ruo and gritted his teeth, but before he finished speaking, Sun Huai next to him spoke: "Prime Minister Huang Tong, is there any fingerprints on this drawing?"
Huang Pei's face froze and he said for a while: "Yes."
He knew that even if he didn't admit it, Du Ruo could still measure it.
"Okay, please hand over the seal!"
Sun Huai is performing his duties.
Huang Pei originally planned to turn Du Shouyi into a "dislike of the official", but now he has become a dislike of the official after he has been troubled.
"snort!"
He glared at Du Ruo coldly, and Huang Pei began to unseal the letter. He was not worried because he could not condemn his crime just by just a drawing with his fingerprint.
Seeing that Huang Pei's seal was received, Du Ruocai stood up and said, "As for whether Huang Tong is the envoy, I am already helping my father find dirty silver. By the way, I found out that the drawings are physical evidence, and I still have someone to test. Please go to the court to review."
Upon hearing this, Du Shouyi was overjoyed, and Sun Huai and Feng Zhi also looked at Du Ruo in surprise, while Huang Pei's eyes became panicked.
"Ascending to the hall!"
Sun Huai returned to the main position, Du Shouyi and Feng Zhi were at the jury, and Huang Pei with a face gloomy face was in the hall.
Du Qing and Shangguan had already arrived at the yamen, so Du Ruo asked them to take over the two subordinates of Huang Pei who were arrested yesterday.
They were pried open by Shangguan last night. There were too many ways to deal with such minions. As soon as they went to court, they immediately confessed that they were ordered by Huang Pei to transfer Hu Yue'er.
"Huang Pei, why did you transfer Hu Yue'er?" Sun Huai asked.
Huang Pei sneered twice, but just kept silent.
Du Ruo, as the organizer, replied: "Because Hu Yueer is a lover of Wang Lei, and knows the location of the dirty silver, Huang Pei is afraid that I will find Hu Yueer and find the dirty silver."
After saying that, Du Ruo asked Shangguan to bring Hu Yue'er up again.
"...It was all instructed by Huang Tong. He said that as long as Brother Lei follows, he will return our contract and will also operate to exile Brother Lei to Huangzhou and let us be together."
As soon as Hu Yue'er arrived, she recruited everything.
Du Ruo had already started to plot against her. Last night, she asked Shangguan to threaten her with Wang Lei, saying that if she didn't tell the truth, she would exil to Shamen Island. She was eager to save her lover and naturally fell into trouble.
Besides, she also understood that now that all the dirty silver was found, Huang Pei would never be able to defeat the governor Du Shouyi again, so everything he promised before might not be able to do. It would be better to stand on the governor's side.
A woman's love is only for her lover, and she will not defend Huang Pei for her loyalty like Wang Lei.
But Du Ruo still can't figure out why Wang Lei tried his best to defend Huang Pei.
"Huang Pei, do you know your guilt?"
Now that people have all the evidences and physical evidence, Sun Huai asked Huang Pei, even if Huang Pei did not answer, he could convict Huang Pei.
"Hahaha!"
Huang Pei laughed loudly in the hall. He looked at Du Ruo and then looked at Du Shouyi, with a very ugly smile.
"Du Shouyi, you have a good son, I will admit defeat!"
He looked at Du Ruo again: "Little fox! You are cruel! I can't beat you!"
On the stage, Sun Huai and Feng Zhi looked at Du Shouyi. They had the right to judge Huang Pei, but this was Meizhou and Huang Pei was a subordinate of Du Shouyi, so Du Shouyi ordered the arrest.
The program cannot be messed up.
"Come here, take Huang Pei down and put him in prison!"
Du Shouyi threw out an arrow and had his own yamen runners to get Huang Pei.
Huang Pei looked tragic and was dragged out like a pig.
"The fingerprints on this drawing need to be verified." Feng Zhi said.
Du Ruo naturally did as he did, and demonstrated it in front of Sun Huai and Feng Zhi and the others with fine toner, and found a lot of fingerprints, including Wang Lei's ones.
Sun Huai and Feng Zhi were amazed and praised Du Ruo again.
The following are some aftermath matters, mainly Du Shouyi was responsible for the sentence of the main culprit Wang Lei. Should Hu Yueer be appointed as an accomplice... At Du Ruo's suggestion, Hu Yueer was pardoned and Wang Lei was sentenced to exile to Qinzhou in the north.
As for Hu Yue'er's contract, of course, it cannot be written on the surface. This is a trivial matter. Just look for a reason to return it to her.
Finally, after summoning the stolen wealthy businessmen and returning the poor money to them in proportion, the case was settled.
The rich businessmen were all feeling like they were losing their parents, but they had no choice but to do anything about it.
As for Huang Pei, Du Shouyi could only be detained. How to convict the court still had to wait for the court to judge.
At this time, there were still four days before the old prefect of Chengdu resigned. Within these four days, Du Shouyi had plenty of time to write two reports and one to submit the Criminal Division to completely close the case.
In this way, he was not a serious official during his tenure. When the transshipment envoy elected the successor of the prefect of Chengdu to the court, he would write his name.
Another report was a memorial, and the court was reported to the court. This case was so serious that it was destined to be selected and submitted to the government for review and finally made public in the court's residence.
At this moment, Du Shouyi's official voice will inevitably rise!
A thick and colorful stroke will also be drawn on the qualification book.
Even if you can't compete for the prefect of Chengdu, you will be promoted in no time. This was the Song Dynasty. As long as you make achievements as an official, you will definitely be promoted.
After more than 100 years of history in the Northern Song Dynasty, except for the ruined Huizong Dynasty, no official with political achievements in other dynasties has not been promoted.
For example, Fan Zhongyan was just a small magistrate along the coast at first, but just because he raised funds to build a moisture-proof dam for the people. Later, he was promoted to three levels in just a few years, and became the magistrate in his forties.
There are also people who are promoted by relationships, but once they reach the central government, they will be the object of despised by all the big guys. Sooner or later, they will find an excuse to kick you out.
For example, Zhang Yaozuo, the uncle who Renzong loved Concubine Zhang, was also a genuine Jinshi. Before being transferred to the central government, he had been a local official for more than 20 years, and his qualifications were sufficient.
But just because his niece is a concubine, the big guys such as Yanbo and Bao Zheng in the court just don’t like him no matter how they look at him. They ask him for trouble every day and exclude him without real power. This is not enough. Emperor Renzong wanted to give him an honorary title, but the big guys didn’t agree!
Finally, Zhang Yaozuo was excluded from his life and retired early and returned home to retire.
Therefore, Du Shouyi's wave was stable, and Du Ruo put down a big stone in his heart. Now he just needs to wait for news from the court.
But there was still a cloud of doubt in his heart that could not be solved.
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"Why are you so protective of Huang Pei?"
Du Ruo came to the prison and asked Wang Lei for doubts. From the fact that he stole the silver and money without spending, it was enough to prove that he had good character.
When Du Ruo contacted him, he also found that although this person was a bit extreme, he had an upright personality and a open mind, and was a man.
But why is such a person willing to sacrifice for Huang Pei?
Du Ruo had a feeling that even if Huang Pei didn't help Hu Yueer with a book contract, Wang Lei would help him.
Wang Lei looked at Du Ruo. After this, he had nothing to hide. He said, "Because Huang Tong is a good official!"
"Good official?"
Du Ruo smiled contemptuously and asked, "Will a good official instruct you to frame my father? My father has never done anything bad in the past few years in charge of Meizhou, right?"
"Master Du is not bad, but he has never done anything good." Wang Lei showed some contempt and continued: "That's all. He doesn't do good things himself, but instead prevents Huang Tong from eliminating the harm for the people. What kind of people-friendly official!"
Du Ruo raised his eyebrows: "How do you say this?"
"Huang Tong judged him, since he first took office two years ago, he has been persuading your father to rectify pawnshops and private usury. At least he should impose heavy taxes on pawnshops and stop all private usury! But your father has never heard of it!"
After hearing Wang Lei's words, Du Ruo was stunned. He never knew these things and never thought about them.
"really?"
"What are you doing? Two years ago, I secretly investigated the evidence of pawnshop trauma and harming the people for Parliament Huang Tong, but your father has been protecting them! If you don't believe me, go and ask your father!"
"Damn it!"
Du Ruo scratched his head, and it seemed that something suddenly collapsed in his heart.
——I thought I was a righteous brave man, but after fighting for most of the day the evil dragon, I finally found that I was the tmd evil dragon here?
"No wonder you tried your best to protect Huang Pei..."
Du Ruo smiled bitterly, and he also felt that pawnshops and private usury should be rectified, not only from Meizhou, but from all the Song Dynasty should be rectified!
"I'll go back and ask my dad..."
Chapter completed!