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Chapter four hundred and seventy-two tribunal tribunal

Since all the criminals were detained in Dali Temple, in order to facilitate the withdrawal of criminals, the trial of the three departments was usually arranged to be held in Dali Temple. In the morning, the Lin Lingsu assassination case, which had been delayed for a year, was held again.

There is only one focus of this case. Is it the assassination of Lin Suling done by three soldiers without authorization, or is it the deliberate planning of commander Pan Yue?

This is also the point of disagreement in this case, because of this disagreement, this case has been delayed for a year.

But the importance of this case is not the case itself, but behind this case is the secret struggle between Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu for the Censorate, and the struggle between Wang Fu and the Ministry of Justice controlled by Cai Jing and Dali Temple.

Wang Fu and Li Yan won a major victory in the struggle to overthrow Yu Shen. In the second round of the battle for the Censorate, whether Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng could block Wang Fu and Li Yan's aggressive momentum after forming an alliance is crucial.

The key figure here is that Mr. Liang became the chess piece that was laid in the Censorate's Office and laid out in the Censorate's Office - Li Yanqing.

The small court of Dali Temple has been laid out. A plaque is hung on the top with four large characters "Sanshi Chenggong" written on it. There are three large tables placed in the shape of "Pin" on the steps below. In the middle is the seat of the Censorate. This is also a convention. Except for some special circumstances, almost all cases of the Censorate's trial are initiated and dominated by the Censorate.

On the left is Dali Temple and on the right is the Ministry of Justice. Behind each case-trial chief, three auxiliary officials sit to assist. On both sides are full of Dali Temple officers wearing soap and red public uniforms and holding water and fire sticks.

Li Yanqing looked around and looked at Gu Yiqun and Zhao Shu, doctors from the Ministry of Justice. Both of them said they were ready. Li Yanqing said, "Then let's start! First interrogate Pan Yue."

An official from Dali Temple shouted loudly: "Three departments will be held to try, and the proposal criminal Pan Yue!"

.........

Just as the trial of the Third Department began, in the Zhizheng Hall in the Imperial City, Wang Anzhong was reporting to Wang Fu about the trial of Lin Suling's case. Wang Anzhong did not fall asleep all night last night. The reason why he couldn't fall asleep was not that Li Yanqing wanted to trial Lin Lingsu's case, but that he received a news last afternoon that Zhang Bangchang had impeached the emperor that he had used the censor to monitor Yu Shen and Cai Jing without voluntarily.

This was of course Wang Fu's emergency arrangement. In order to please Wang Fu, he took the risk of arranging nine censors to monitor Yu Shenfu's house and Cai Jingfu's house.

As the chief censor, Wang Anzhong did not have the power to call the censor. When encountering some major events, he would mobilize multiple censors to participate. For example, the promulgation test held by various states, and a large number of censors would be sent to various places for supervision examinations.

However, the targets he monitored this time were the prime minister who had just been dismissed and the old prime minister. He monitored such high-level officials without the consent of the emperor and sent a censor to monitor the censor without permission, which seriously violated the rules of the officialdom and even the emperor could not shelter them.

So after learning that he was impeached, Wang Anzhong had not slept all night and was anxious. He no longer cared about what the Sansi would try the case. The Sansi would try the case became an excuse for him to urgently ask for Wang Fu.

After listening to Wang Anzhong's report, Wang Fu's face became very gloomy, "What you mean is that it is because of my reasons. I approved this case, so you cannot stop it. The responsibility lies with me, Wang Fu. Is this what it means?"

"Bei Zhi has no intention of shirking responsibility. It is just a retelling of Li Yanqing's words. As the chief censor, Bei Zhi really has no power to stop the case of the trial of the three departments. This involves not only the Censorate, but also the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, unless it is..."

"Unless I'm going to stop, right!"

Wang Fu glared at Wang Anzhong with great dissatisfaction, "Don't I know, do you still want to remind me?"

Of course, Wang Fu could stop the case of the three departments' trial, but this was equivalent to handing over his own handle to Liang Shicheng. Liang Shicheng complained in front of the official family. How could he explain it?

Originally, a small case turned into a big event, would that bastard Liang Shicheng let him go? Wang Fu knew in his heart that he could never stand up again in this case, and that Wang Anzhong must handle it for him.

At this time, Wang Anzhong was extremely worried and his voice trembled a little. "Can the three departments try the case first? I promise to find a way to ruin the case, but I heard that Zhang Bangchang had supervised the censor on the day the emperor impeached him. Bei Zhi begs his husband... to solve this matter first."

Wang Fu laughed, "I have heard of this matter, the problem is indeed quite serious. The impeachment letter has been handed over, and it is currently in the hands of Eunuch Li. Wang Zhongcheng, it is not difficult to solve this matter. The key is your sincerity!"

Wang An sighed helplessly in the center. He knew better than anyone else about what sincerity Wang Fu wanted to see.

...........

The trial of the Dali Temple Small Court has ended in the morning trial, and three assassinated soldiers will be interrogated in the afternoon. Li Yanqing also knew that Wang Fu would not stand idly by and would inevitably have blocking actions.

Since the case has been tried no less than ten times before, and now the case is just a necessary form, why can't it be completed in one day? The three parties unanimously agreed that they must close the case today.

They only took a short rest for half an hour and began to interrogate the three assassinations of soldiers.

The three soldiers who assassinated Lin Lingsu have been detained separately to prevent them from colluding with confessions, but the effect is not very ideal. The three soldiers have obviously received the same hint.

The first person to be promoted to the court was the leader of three assassinators, named Zhang Shun, a native of Kaifeng Mansion. He was strong and burly. When the assassination occurred, he was a ward magistrate. He was robbed up in heavy shackles and stood in the hall carelessly.

"Kneel down!"

Zhao Shu, the head of Dali Temple, shouted, and two officers used water and fire sticks to hit his leg with heavy blows. Zhang Shun knelt on the ground. He suddenly roared like a wild beast, scaring the two officers to tremble.

Li Yanqing glanced at him and said lightly: "Take him off the heavy shackles."

Zhao Shu whispered: "The Censor doesn't know that this person is very cruel and aggressive. Two prisoners have been injured by him."

"It's okay. If he wants to die, he won't insist on Pan Yue at once. Open the shackles for him!"

Zhao Shu had no choice but to wink at the officers, and the two officers opened the shackles for Zhang Shun in fear.

Zhang Shun smiled and did not hurt people as Zhao Shu was worried. Instead, he sat on the ground, rubbed his wrists and ankles gently, and looked at Li Yanqing coldly.

"You dog officials are smarter than them. I know I don't want to die. That's right, why do I want to die by myself? Just let me go if you have any fart!"

Li Yanqing slapped the agglomeration and asked sternly: "Zhang Shun, I ask you, what's wrong with Taoist Lin Lingsu's approach to doing it on the city?"

"You dog official want to come and deceive me, just dream! I will tell you, I don't know any Taoist priests, if Pan Yue asks me to kill someone, I will kill someone, and I don't know anything else."

"But your first confession is your art of hatred and hate. In addition, Lin Lingsu occupied 2,000 acres of land when he was cultivating the Shenxiao Palace, including 30 acres of land in your family. You hated him to the core and kept looking for an opportunity to kill him. This is also your confession. I have sent someone to verify it. It is completely true. Then I can determine that you have the motivation to assassinate Lin Lingsu. The first confession is completely true!"

"Nonsense! I was ordered by Pan Yue. The first time I was tortured and forced to confess, I wrote a statement against my will."

‘Bang!’

Li Yanqing beat another give-off, "Take Pan Yue!"

After a moment, Pan Yue was taken to the lobby and knelt down beside Zhang Shun. Li Yanqing said, "Pan Yue, Zhang Shun insisted that you were instructing him to assassinate Lin Lingsu. What do you say?"

"Nonsense, when did I instruct you?" Pan Yue glared at him.

Zhang Shun sneered coldly: "General Pan is so worried about it. You told me in person that Lin Lingsu would cast spells on the city wall. You promised to give us five hundred taels of silver each afterwards. You also said that you would go to the north of the city to inspect that day to show that you were not on the scene. Have you forgotten all these words you said to me in person? I remember clearly."

Li Yanqing asked again: "Zhang Shun, is it what Pan Yue said to you in person?"

"That's it! I wrote it clearly in my later confession."

At this time, "Pan Yue" suddenly stood up, bowed to Li Yanqing, and retreated aside.

Zhang Shun was stunned, "This..."

Li Yanqing snorted heavily, "He is not Pan Yue, he is just a censor. You actually don't know Pan Yue at all!"

Zhang Shun knew that he had been fooled, his face was flushed. He suddenly roared and rushed towards Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing raised his hand and the inkstone flew out like lightning, hitting Zhang Shun's left knee. Zhang Shun screamed and fell to the ground and couldn't stand up.

Several officers stepped forward and tied his hands up. At this moment, there was a burst of applause from outside, "It's really wonderful!"

I saw three people walking outside. The old man in charge was Cai Jing. The person who followed him was Liang Zhongdu, the Minister of Justice, and Cai Jing's son-in-law, while the other was Zheng Zhi, the Minister of Dali Temple.

Gu Yiqun and Zhao Shu were so scared that they stood up to salute, and Li Yanqing also stood up to salute, "Old husband, long time no see!"

Cai Jing walked in and said with a smile: "It's worthy of being a Tanhua family. He grasped the key to the problem at once. Zhang Shun didn't know Pan Yue. This case is interesting. I wonder how Jingshi Li discovered this loophole?"

"Beizhi carefully investigated the city wall defense situation before and found that five battalions were responsible for defending the city at that time. Two of them were not Pan Yue's subordinates. Pan Yue was just on the commander-in-chief, and Pan Yue was transferred to the capital for only two months. Beizhi suspected that the three assassinated soldiers did not know Pan Yue. In addition, they had interrogated separately in the previous few times, and Pan Yue had never met them, so Beizhi wanted to test it today."

"Don't Pan Yue doubt this?" Liang Zhongdu, the Minister of Justice, asked.

Li Yanqing nodded to Liang Zhongdu and smiled and said, "Pan Yue never suspected that they were not his subordinates, and they had never tried together. In fact, Pan Yue had more than a thousand people under him. His tenure was too short, and he didn't know most of his subordinates. Even if he met, he would take it for granted that these three people were his subordinates.

Zhao Shu also said: "Censor Li is right. In the past, Censor Liu firmly demanded separate trials. They have never met before!"

Cai Jing praised: "Zhiwei sees you, no wonder Master Zhong admires you so much, it's not without a reason!"

At this moment, an official ran in panic and said, "The Censorate King Zhongcheng is here!"

Cai Jing sneered, "How did I know he will definitely come today?"
Chapter completed!
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