The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 870 Public Trial 1
"Finally found you!"

"My lord, these things are... we picked them up, we..."

In a small courtyard somewhere, Liu Quan looked a little panicked, his two little brothers were already like chaff.

The package on the ground was full of gold, silver and jewels, and it seemed inappropriate to appear in the hands of three ruffians.

Now all the gentry in the city have been arrested. Although their houses are guarded by officers and soldiers, there are many loopholes after all, and it is not uncommon to attract thieves.

Liu Quan and the other three were local ruffians, and it seemed normal to do some stealthy things.

"Pick it up? Where did you pick it up? Tell me the place, and I'll pick it up too?"

"My lord, we really picked these things up, but we were just worried about how to find the owner. Now that we meet an adult, why don't we ask the adult to be burdened and return the things to the owner for the villain!"

Liu Quan said that he was proud of his words, but in essence he wanted to use gold, silver and jewels to bribe a group of officials in front of him.

If it was normal, these officials would definitely have reaped the benefits and made a lenient to Liu Quan and the other three.

But today's situation is different, just because of the officials in front of Liu Quan, there are other things to find him.

"Your name is Liu Quan, right?"

"How about the adults..."

Before Liu Quan could ask a question, the head catcher snapped, "Tell me honestly!"

"Yes, the villain's name is Liu Quan!"

"A few days ago, you were the one who sued the big family in this county, right?"

Are you going to liquidate yourself?

Thinking of this, Liu Quan's heart trembled for a moment, but he still felt that he hadn't lived enough.

"answer!"

"It's a villain, but the villain doesn't want to sue!"

"Don't want to sue? You treat the yamen as a vegetable market, can you bargain?" The attitude of the head catcher became more and more severe.

"Tell you, the case will start in three days, and you will have to hear the verdict at that time, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Liu Quan could only answer like this, his expression was full of humility.

"Boy, let me remind you, don't try to escape, there are many people out there who want your life!"

After saying this, Catcher left with his men, causing Liu Quan and the three of them to have different thoughts.

"Brother, what should we do?"

"When we go to court, I'm afraid we will be charged with crimes, and we will die!"

"Brother, why don't we slip away!"

Liu Quan's face was dark. At this moment, he had a question in his mind. He was doing sneaky things in the city, and how did the officials find him.

This shows that someone is secretly watching him.

Thinking of this, Liu Quan knew that it was impossible to escape, and this time he had to go to court honestly.

His status is lowly, and the officials and gentry are trying to deal with him, so what can he do.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, you guys hurry up and leave with these treasures!" Liu Quan looked depressed.

"Big brother..."

"Let's go!"

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Two days passed quickly, and the news that the procuratorate was going to open a court to hear Tian Mu's case had spread throughout Jiangxi County.

Since the case was supervised by the emperor, its trial standards were raised to the highest level. University scholar Xie Xiaofang, governor, chief envoy, and prefects of various prefectures will all attend.

In addition to these officials, high officials and gentry from various places in Jiangxi County were also invited to watch the trial.

Of course, in addition to these big figures, the government also allows ordinary people to watch the trial.

As a result, there were so many people participating in the trial that the inspector's yamen couldn't hold it at all, so the trial location was arranged outside the city.

At this moment, Lin Quan arrived outside the barracks. It took him six days to travel from the capital to Jing'an.

Behind Lin Quanquan, he was followed by Ju An, the commander of the capital, and Yang Zhi, the eunuch guarding Jiangxi.

As the chief supervisor of editorial affairs, Lin Quanben has a noble status, not to mention that he is still an imperial envoy, so Juan came over to flatter him.

After seeing the trial scene of the Tianmu case, Lin Quan was not very interested in it, just because the case was not under his control.

Next, under the leadership of Juan, he went to see the cells in the military camp, where thousands of people were detained.

Looking at it from a distance, Lin Quan calmly said: "Nowadays there is a shortage of people in the northwest, and they came at the right time!"

As an imperial envoy with full authority, Lin Quan's words decided the fate of these thousands of people.

"These people are really guilty of the heinous crimes. It's a good deal for them to be able to live and go to the northwest to farm!"

Facing the imperial envoy, Juan was a bit flattering, so he followed Lin Quan's words.

After all, this is the emperor's confidant eunuch, and it will be of great benefit to curry favor with him, but if he offends him a little, he will be in great trouble.

Lin Quan was noncommittal, and Yang Zhi who was on the side quickly said: "Eunuch, all the ministers have already greeted you outside the city, look..."

For the imperial envoy Lin Quan, the civil servants showed a lot of "restraint" and only went out of the city gate to greet him according to the regulations.

Even Ding Yan, who came out of Prince Yong's Mansion, could not openly violate the regulations, so he could only wait at the gate of the city with his colleagues.

Only Juan, who is a military officer, can ignore these rules and go directly to the barracks.

After a few moments of silence, Lin Quan said, "Then let's go!"

After leaving the barracks, Lin Quan and his party rushed to Fucheng.

The military camp was not far from the Fucheng, so it didn't take them long to arrive at the city gate.

Headed by Xie Xiaofang, the governor's yamen, the chiefs of the second division of feudal courts, and the prefects who will participate in tomorrow's trial are all waiting at the city gate at this moment.

The faces of the people present were calm, and they were not happy to welcome the arrival of the imperial envoy, so we can see that they were quite resistant to Lin Quan's arrival.

This is actually quite normal. Civil servants have always disliked people in the inner court.

The plan of Xiongshu's intervention seriously damaged the court system, which made the civil officials even more unhappy.

It stands to reason that whoever caused this matter should be hated, but the officials did not dare to complain about the emperor, so they could only vent their anger on Lin Quan.

Lin Quan knew what the officials were thinking without even going to the scene. He was already very experienced in this kind of thing, as he had done in Prince Yong's Mansion before.

After getting off the sedan chair, Lin Quan walked slowly towards the officials with his hands behind his back, with a smile on his face.

When he came to a distance of two feet from the officials, Lin Quan stopped and looked at the officials with his head raised.

Under the leadership of Xie Xiaofang, the officials present knelt down on the ground together, and then kowtowed: "I will pay my respects to the emperor!"

Lin Quan was triumphant, so what if he hated himself?You don't have to kneel in front of yourself.

After waiting for a few seconds, just when the officials thought that Lin Quan was going to make some fools, they heard Lin Quan say: "Saint Gongan, excuse me, everyone!"

Going forward to help Xie Xiaofang up, Lin Quan said: "Old Ge, our family is new here, and there are many things that I don't understand, you should help me!"

Anyway, Xie Xiaofang is a cabinet minister, so Lin Quan naturally needs to treat him with courtesy, and besides, he may ask others for help in the future.

"Eunuch Lin is serious. The emperor appointed you to be in charge of investigating the case. How dare we intervene without authorization!"

Xie Xiaofang was doing Tai Chi, and the officials on the scene watched calmly, but Hu Lizhen was the only one with an expression of displeasure.

"Mr. Ge, what you said...is too embarrassing!"

A eunuch asked the cabinet ministers to save face, which upset many people present.

"He's a eunuch, how can he know the court's laws? How can he understand the black and white of the world!"

Although Hu Lizhen was complaining, he still knew how to measure it, so his voice was kept so low that only a few people around could hear it.

At the scene, only Ding Yan, who was born in the palace, knew what it meant for the emperor to assign Lin Quan to take charge of the case.

Ding Yan feels sorry for the gentry in Jing'an Mansion, it can only be considered unlucky for them to meet Lin Quan, even innocent people may not be spared.

Lin Quan and Xie Xiaofang chatted, and under the eyes of all the officials, they walked slowly into the north gate of Jing'an Mansion.

(End of this chapter)