Wang Zhicai had preconceived ideas and, like Liu Tingyuan of the Zhejiang Party, classified the case as a conspiracy to assassinate the prince in his heart.

Then, it was natural to infer that the murderer behind the scenes must be Concubine Zheng.

Since he has come to the conclusion, Wang Zhicai felt that every performance of the suspect was in line with his inference during the trial.

For example, when Lord Wang saw the suspect named Zhang Cha at first sight, he concluded that this guy was definitely not a lunatic.

He ordered someone to bring a bench, sat on the bench to examine the Zhang Chou, and shouted: "From the real call, who instructed you to enter the East Palace to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Ah? Why did you assassinate the Crown Prince?" Zhang Cha was stunned, looking confused.

"I dare to pretend to be stupid and act crazy with me. Everyone thinks that the Ministry of Justice's instruments are not ready!" Wang Zhicai snorted angrily.

Seeing the prison guard going to get the torture instruments, Zhang Cha was frightened and realized something, and shouted: "I am wronged, wronged! How dare the villain assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Wang Zhicai asked, "You are not assassinating Your Highness, why are you going to enter the Eastern Palace with a weapon?"

Zhang Cha was stunned and said with a stern affair for a while: "When you say to the adults, the villain is lost."

"get lost?"

Wang Zhicai laughed and pointed at Zhang Cha and said coldly: "Are you a fool? Will you be lost in the palace if you get lost? How did you come in? Come with me quickly, or you will suffer a lot from the flesh and blood."

"Don't hit me, don't hit me," Zhang Cha might be really afraid of being punished, his voice weakened and he murmured: "I'm here to complain."

"Who do you want to sue, and where do you go?" Wang Zhicai asked. He didn't believe what Zhang Cha said. He told him that the truth was about to surface.

Zhang Cha didn't say anything anymore, just repeated that he had beaten people to death in the palace, but he couldn't survive anyway, so it would be better to give him some fun.

This made Wang Zhicai angry, and what he wanted was a confession!

At this time, Zhang Cha screamed in a bad mood. Wang Zhicai thought about it and asked the prison guard to get delicious food before Zhang Cha, and said in a harmonious voice: "If you tell the truth, I will let you eat. If you don't, you will be unable to escape the torture, but your stomach will also make you very hungry."

Zhang Cha was so hungry that he licked his lips and wanted to eat, but after thinking about it, he still whispered: "I really don't dare to say it."

Wang Zhicai waved his hand and signaled the prison guard to avoid it. Then he put the food in front of Zhang Cha, coaxing: "Even if he really commits the crime of beheading, he will always have to fill his stomach."

Zhang Cha glanced at the fragrant food, and after hesitating, he finally confessed.

He said that he owed a lot of debts by betting with someone, and the creditors chased him to collect the debt. He had no choice but to ask a relative who was working in the palace to borrow money. Unexpectedly, the relative asked him to go to the East Palace to kill a husband, saying that his husband was the most annoying.

"He told me that as long as I kill that stinky husband, I will give me money to buy a few acres of land, which is enough for me to benefit for the rest of my life..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Cha no matter what the adult in front of him thought, he reached out and grabbed the food and ate it.

Wang Zhicai was really confused: Could it be that he was assassinating the prince?

He asked, "Where is your relative serving, and what is his name."

Zhang Cha refused to say that.

Wang Zhicai had to threaten him again with torture. After Zhang Cha trembled, he said that his relatives seemed to be on duty at the imperial concubine.

After receiving this confession, Wang Zhicai was overjoyed and ordered the prison guard to take care of Zhang Chayan. Then he hurried to the house of the Minister Yang Qiming.

Yang Qiming and Wang Zhicai were both Donglin Party members, so his family was naturally one of the gathering places for Donglin officials.

Since the resignation of the Donglin Party leader Ye Xianggao, the Zhejiang Party’s Fang Congzhe presided over the cabinet, so the Zhejiang, Qi and Chu parties supported each other to deal with the Donglin Party members, which made the situation of the Donglin Party in the Middle Dynasties not very good.

Those who often come to Yang Qiming's house to gather include Miao Changqi of the Hanlin Academy, Sun Chengzong of Zuo Zhongyun, Liu Yiren, the examiner of the Ministry of Personnel, Sun Juxiang, Jiang Bingqian, etc.

When Wang Zhicai walked into the living room of Yang Qiming's house, he saw Miao Changqi angrily saying to Yang Qiming: "One pillar of history uses the word madness to escape from the traitors; the other pillar of history uses the word "supernatural powers to eliminate loyal ministers and righteous men..."

Wang Zhicai heard that the first pillar of the clan refers to Liu Tingyuan, the censor of the Zhejiang Party’s imperial city inspection, but who is the second one?

He listened carefully and realized that what Miao Changqi said was Liu Guangfu, the Censor of the Chu Party who had impeached Li Sancai twice.

When Liu Guangfu heard about the assassination case of the East Palace yesterday, he wrote a letter saying that a traitor in the court wanted to regard the thief Zhang Cha as a strange man, so as to make his first contribution.

Where is the suspect locked up, whose territory is the Ministry of Justice, and who is the one who cheated on the little finger, there are all kinds of numbers inside and outside the court.

Therefore, Liu Guangfu was regarded as a thorn in his eyes by Miao Changqi and was very scolded.

Seeing that Wang Zhicai came back, Yang Qiming hurriedly asked with concern: "Have the thief recruited? Who is the commander?"

"Zhang Cha is not crazy or crazy, he is determined and brave, and this case is in the sky." When he said this, Wang Zhicai's eyes were lit.

Everyone was so excited that they said this, and they all listened with their ears.

Wang Zhicai told the trial process vividly. When he heard that the eunuch who instructed Zhang Cha was from Concubine Zheng's palace, everyone couldn't help but show joy.

"But although I know how to instruct Concubine Zheng to intervene, the Zhang Chou only admitted to beating a husband named Wang, rather than killing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I'm afraid it's difficult to contact Concubine Zheng." Miao Changqi was happy and thought of this key point.

Yang Qiming pondered for a moment and said to Wang Zhicai: "Tomorrow, seven officials will be summoned to the trial. You will also participate. Hu Shixiang will preside over the trial. Follow the questions you have reviewed today and see if the candidate will give out anything else."

"Have you handed over what the council confessed?" Wang Zhicai asked.

Yang Qiming said: "I will write a memorial and pass it to the palace immediately. This matter is to pass it into the palace in detail even if I ask a question so that no one can do anything to it."

Miao Changqi also said: "Yes, I have to be careful of the fact that Concubine Zheng is anxious to jump over the wall! Do you still remember the monster rebellion case last year? It was obvious that Concubine Zheng was pointed at by Concubine Zheng, but in the end he asked the Dongchang to intervene. Not only did he rob the criminals from the Ministry of Justice, but he also suppressed the case. This time, he could not give them a chance."

Everyone decided to make a plan, and Miao Changqi was grinding the ink. Yang Qiming picked up the pen and thought for a moment before drafting the memorial, and sent someone to rush to Tongzhengsi to pass the message.

The Tongzhengsi had already received the publication of the Silijianwen Library, but the memorials about the case of the East Palace were immediately handed over to the palace, so Wanli soon saw Yang Qiming handing over this memorial.

After seeing it, Wanli went to Yikun Palace.

As soon as he saw Concubine Zheng, Wanli asked angrily: "Tell me the truth, did you send someone to assassinate Chang Luo!"

Concubine Zheng was so scared that she was panicked because no matter what the truth was, the outside world would definitely associate this matter with her Concubine.

Now that her husband comes to question her in person, she is even more frightened, and she explains repeatedly that this matter has nothing to do with her.

"You see it yourself!"

Wanli was so angry that he threw the memorial from the Ministry of Justice on the Imperial Concubine.

The imperial concubine picked it up and looked at it, her face suddenly turned pale.

"What else do you have to say! I never expected that you still have this intention! How could you attack my son like this!"

Wanli was furious, and the palace servants and eunuchs outside the hall were frightened and Zhan Zhan was so scared.

"I have said it many times. This matter is definitely not done by me, and I have no intention of this. Why does Your Majesty not believe in me!"

Concubine Zheng held her youngest son, who was in the cradle, and looked very pitiful.

"Not you, or who?"

Wanli was so angry that he shivered, "I remember why you mentioned the matter of being a vassal a few days ago, but it turned out that he had this idea!"

"Your Majesty, do you really think it's my concubine who is going to harm the prince?" Concubine Zheng didn't expect that her husband would think of her so much, and she was heartbroken.

Wanli snorted: "The thief has been handed over to the judicial department for strict review. If anything is found, I will never tolerate you!"

After saying that, he left with a look of his sleeves, leaving only the concubine who was staring in a daze.

After a long time, the imperial concubine moved to the bed, put down her young son, stroked his face and sobbed, "Son, someone wants to harm me, my mother and son, but now, only your own father can save us."

After saying that, he covered Chang Yan's quilt, walked silently to the small hall of the border hall, and handed a token to Zi Yatou who had been staying in it.

"Go quickly and let him try to rescue me no matter what, otherwise my life will be difficult to protect." After saying that, the imperial concubine stuffed a small note into Zheng Zi's hands.
Chapter completed!