Daming: At the beginning, the big snow dragon rides to create a martial arts court

"kill him!"

At this time, the sound of fighting came from the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce, and Di Renjie's face changed: "There is Yuan Fang's voice."

Bao Zheng said: "Commander Qinglong, Zhang Zhong is stalling for time to let the Penglai Chamber of Commerce transfer Penglai Dan."

Qinglong waved his hand: "Listen to my order, who dares to stop me! Kill without mercy!"

Zhang Zhong's face suddenly turned extremely pale, his body swayed and he almost lost his footing, he tried his best to delay for so long, but he didn't expect to be able to transfer successfully.

Di Renjie and Bao Zheng looked at Zhang Zhong's appearance coldly, and knew in their hearts that there was a huge secret hidden in it.

In order to prevent the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple from handling the case, he dared to use his bow and arrow to prevent Di Renjie and others from entering. The Penglai Chamber of Commerce and the collective poisoning of the scholars may not be just a business relationship.

Zhang Zhong knew in his heart that the situation was over, he let out a long sigh for all the caravan guards to get out of the way.

"Framing, it's all framing..." Zhang Zhong muttered to himself.

"Is it a frame-up? If you are really innocent, we will find out and return your innocence. If you are stubbornly resisting, if it is really related to you, the crime will only be aggravated!"

Di Renjie's every word was like a knife's edge, piercing Zhang Zhong's heart fiercely, his eyes were sharp, and he seemed to be able to see through Zhang Zhong's thoughts, sonorously and forcefully: "You think you are innocent for blocking us in? Your Majesty personally intervened in the case, you Think you gave up halfway? Zhang Zhong, what are you hiding! Don't take chances!"

Zhang Zhong lowered his head, trembling slightly, without saying a word.

A group of people drove straight in, and arrived at the warehouse under the leadership of Zhang Long and Zhao Hu.

Outside the warehouse, more than a dozen people were lying on the ground, but no one was dead, only arms and legs were broken, and more than 20 people surrounded one person with swords but dared not go up.

The person they surrounded was Li Yuanfang.

Seeing Di Renjie and others coming, Li Yuanfang sheathed his sword and reported: "My lord, I was guarding in the warehouse, but I saw that the people from the chamber of commerce wanted to transfer Penglai Dan, so I had no choice but to show up to stop it."

"It's good to block."

Di Renjie nodded, walked into the warehouse, and came to the shelves. He saw hundreds of brocade boxes lined up neatly, and each brocade box contained ten Penglai Dan.

"The evidence is convincing! These elixirs are the elixirs that poisoned the scholars, Zhang Zhong, what can you argue about?" Di Renjie questioned Zhang Zhong.

Zhang Zhong looked at the neat brocade boxes and sighed, as if he had aged ten years: "The scholar poisoning case really has nothing to do with me. There was a case of Penglaidan poisoning, [-] people were poisoned and [-] died.”

There was no sound in the warehouse, Di Renjie and Bao Zheng were stunned, Qinglong was puzzled and said: "Impossible, when such a vicious case happened, even though I was not the commander of Jin Yiwei at that time, I was a fellow of Jin Yiwei. How could I not understand such a case?" Know?"

Zhang Zhong was silent: "So far, the real culprit has not been found in this bloody case. As for why you don't know, I don't know either."

Everyone's heart is chilling, except for foreign wars and plagues, 200 people were poisoned to death at one time, and [-] people were poisoned. It is definitely a super vicious case. Qinglong, who is an acquaintance of Jin Yiwei, doesn't know about such a case?

It stands to reason that with so many deaths, there is no way to hide it.

In the silence, Di Renjie spoke slowly: "I am reviewing the pending case of Dali Temple (cgcb), but I have not seen this pending case."

"I didn't see it in the Ministry of Punishment either." Bao Zheng said in a deep voice.

Di Renjie, Bao Zheng, and Qinglong all realized that someone was deliberately hiding this incident, and buried this bloody case in history. As time went by, no one gradually knew about it.

If it weren't for this scholar poisoning case, no one would have paid attention to an unsolved case five years ago that was deliberately hidden.

"Since it's an unsolved case, why do you know that it's someone who witnessed it?" Bao Zheng asked.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes." Zhang Zhong lowered his eyes: "Nearly a thousand people mourned everywhere, and some people died in pain."

Di Renjie said strangely: "Your pill is ten taels of silver, how precious it is, how many pills do you need to poison thousands of people? What is the specific situation?"

"There is a benevolent man in Mingxue County, Nanzhou, who often helps the local people. He even opened a big medical clinic. The poor people come to see a doctor, and the medical clinic almost provides free medical treatment."

"During that time, there seemed to be serious illnesses spreading in Mingxue County. There were hundreds of thousands of sick people, and the medical center couldn't cure them after several treatments. Later, the medical center took out the elixir, that is, Penglai Dan, and gave the sick patients, and they were cured. "

"But there were too many sick people, so the medical clinic dissolved the elixir in water and let the patients drink water. But for some reason, the people who drank the elixir had severe pain in their stomachs, and more than two hundred people died that day."

Bao Zheng asked: "Where's the good man later? Where's the doctor in the hospital?"

Zhang Zhong replied truthfully: "In one day, people in several villages were affected, and more than 200 people died. The great benevolent people and the doctors in the hospital committed suicide because of their guilt."

Qinglong sneered and said: "It's true that a businessman seeks profit, but since you have learned from the past, you still dare to sell Penglai Dan, how cold-blooded and ruthless!"

"Penglai Dan can boost the spirit and concentrate the mind. As long as you don't take too much, it is such a good medicine. How can you give up eating it because of choking?"

Zhang Zhong raised his head suddenly, and argued plausibly: "The bloody case five years ago must have been caused by someone secretly, and it has nothing to do with Penglaidan itself."

Bao Zheng and Di Renjie questioned him again, but Zhang Zhong kept silent and refused to say anything more.

Qinglong let out a sigh of relief: "Take it back to Beizhen Fusi! Remember, keep it under strict supervision, and no one is allowed to visit except me."

"Lord Di, Lord Bao, the entanglement is getting wider and wider at this time, and they need to go to the palace to report to His Majesty."

All three of them understood that to cover up such a bloody case, the people behind it had a lot of energy.

Jinyiwei, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice may all be involved.

It was originally a poisoning case of Cha Shizi, but unexpectedly, a more serious murder case was found out, which made the three people feel that the matter became more and more difficult.

Chapter 79 I support you!

"The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei..."

After listening to the three people's narration, Zhu Qiyu was naturally furious. Such a big case can be covered up. What kind of power is behind this?

There is definitely no way to cover up a criminal department. It is reasonable for the two to speculate that the criminal department, Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei are all involved.

As an emperor, he is most afraid of courtiers forming cliques for personal gain, and this matter has already touched Zhu Qiyu's bottom line.

"Even if you investigate to the end, let me investigate. Don't be afraid of offending anyone! I will support you behind the scenes, and I want to see who has such great energy to cover up the Nanzhou massacre."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Both Di Renjie and Bao Zheng are extremely smart people. Although the truth is still half-hidden, they can vaguely sense the huge vortex behind them. Without Zhu Qiyu's clear attitude, they are really a little panicked.

Both of them are honest and just, resolute, and not attached to the powerful. They are not afraid of the forces behind the Nanzhou massacre, but because they are afraid that they will not be able to find out the truth behind it with their own strength, leaving the more than 200 souls with nowhere to redress their grievances.

"Come here, announce that Cao Zhengchun is here to see me!"

Not long after waiting, Cao Zhengchun rushed over, seeing Zhu Qiyu's expressionless face, the air in Qianqing Palace seemed to be condensed, pressing heavily on his heart, and he was terrified.

"Cao Zhengchun, five years ago, Ma Shun was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei because he climbed up with you. After that, Jinyiwei almost became a subordinate organization of the East Factory. Five years ago, there was a bloody case in Nanzhou, do you know?"

Cao Zhengchun looked bewildered: "Your Majesty, although Ma Shun worshiped the minister as his godfather, and the minister can command the Jinyiwei through Ma Shun, the Jinyiwei is still the emperor's army, the emperor... If the Lizong entrusts the Jinyiwei with an important matter, The minister may not know, after all, he is only the son of the minister, not even the minister's confidant."

Anyway, Cao Zhengchun had nothing to hide from Zhu Qiyu, so he openly revealed his relationship with his godfather.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Qinglong."

"The minister is here."

"You can go back to Jinyiwei to collect the case files. If Jinyiwei went to Nanzhou to investigate this case five years ago, they will definitely leave the case files. Take Ma Shun immediately."

"Bao Zheng, Di Renjie."

"The minister is here."

"You go back to the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple has also called up relevant files."

"I understand."

About a quarter of an hour later, Yu Shiyue and Jin Lian arrived.

Now Yu Shiyue is the minister of the Ministry of punishment, but five years ago he was the minister of Dali Temple.

And Jin Lian is now the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and five years ago was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Di Renjie, tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Di Renjie turned sideways, facing the two of them and said: "The two adults have already known about the case of the poisoning of the scholar. The official followed the vine and found the Penglai Chamber of Commerce. He also arrested Zhang Zhong, the head of the Penglai Chamber of Commerce, two hours ago. The legitimate son of the British Duke Zhang Fu."

"Zhang Zhong explained a bloody case that happened in Nanzhou five years ago. More than [-] people were poisoned and more than [-] people died. In such a big case, one of the two adults was the secretary of the Ministry of punishment and the other was the secretary of the Dali Temple. Should know."

Jin Lian said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the case of poisoning by elixir in Nanzhou is an unsolved case recorded by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. So far, it has not been definitively determined. Whether it was poisoned by elixir is doubtful. The group of thieves has also been wiped out, but the leader of the thieves was arrested and interrogated in Beizhen Fusi, but he did not plead guilty, so this big case has become an unsolved case."

"In order to avoid panic among the common people, this incident was kept under wraps. It's just that I never gave up on pursuing this case during my tenure as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. This case was also reported to Dali Temple for review. There must be a file in Dali Temple."

Di Renjie's face changed slightly, unexpectedly, the murder case of Nanzhou elixir poisoning turned into another version in Jin Lian's mouth.

Poisoning by pills and massacring bandits are two completely different things.

However, Zhang Zhong's one-sided words are really not enough to be believed.

But Zhang Zhong didn't need to make it up. After thinking about it, making up this case won't do him any good. What's the point?Involved in a bigger case?

Bao Zheng on the side also frowned, and couldn't tell whether Jin Lian was telling the truth or concealing some facts.

Zhu Qiyu stared at Jin Lian's face and said, "Is that so?"

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Jin Lian said: "Your Majesty, I guess that this is Zhang Zhong making up a random case to delay time. When I entered the palace, I saw many nobles also entered the palace. I think it was to intercede for Zhang Zhong. He had ulterior motives. It is even more deceitful, and should be punished!"

Bao Zheng and Di Renjie were confused again. Judging from Jin Lian's tone, it seemed that it had nothing to do with Zhang Zhong, and it seemed that there was no need to hide anything for Zhang Zhong.

Could it be that Zhang Zhong was poisoned by fabricating the elixir?

"Regardless of the truth of this case, I hope that the truth will come to light. Jin Lian and Yu Shiyue, the two of you personally experienced this case five years ago, and assisted Bao Zheng and Di Renjie to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to retrieve the files of these two cases. .”

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Jin Lian and Yu Shiyue's eyes twitched, and they were a little surprised. As ministers, they were reduced to assisting the minister of punishment and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to handle the case. They clearly felt that Zhu Qiyu attached great importance to this case.

A group of people left together, and when they arrived outside the Qianqing Palace, they were shocked. Eighty percent of the nobles in the capital gathered outside, as well as two cabinet elders.

At first, the cabinet was only the emperor's advisory body, with only the status of a consultant. The emperor had the final decision-making power, and the academicians rarely had the opportunity to participate in the decision. The number of assistant ministers ranges from one to seven. The assistant ministers are envoys to work abroad, and most of them call themselves cabinet ministers.

But it is far from reaching the prime minister, the power of the prime minister.

Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande, and Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu who had served in the orthodox four dynasties were collectively called "Three Yangs".

The three Yangs all became officials during the Jianwen and Yongle years, and successively entered the cabinet to take charge of the government. The main administrations were in the Renzong and Xuanzong dynasties. Industry, Nanyang has a degree.

In the period of Zhu Qizhen, the emperor was young, and the three Yangs assisted the government. The power of the cabinet was further improved, and it had the power of the prime minister and the prime minister.

It was also from Zhu Qizhen that the chief minister of the cabinet became the de facto prime minister.

And the other elders, at least they are also vice ministers, with high positions and weights, and the right to speak in the court exceeds six ministers.

Chapter 80 Rashomon?

Di Renjie and Bao Zheng looked at each other, and immediately understood that it was caused by Zhang Zhong. Although Zhang Zhong was unable to accept the title because of his disability, he was Zhang Fu's son after all. The British government took action as soon as he was arrested.

As expected of the representatives of the nobles, the British government summoned most of the nobles in such a short period of time, even Chen Xun and Miao Zhong, the elders of the court, came.

In the Qianqing Palace, a servant came to report: "Your Majesty, Chen Xun, Miao Zhong, two cabinet elders, Zhang Fu from the British government, Zhang Fu and more than a dozen honorable persons jointly asked to see Your Majesty."

"Presumptuous! So many people are begging to see His Majesty, what are they doing? Are they here to force the palace?" Wu Yan, who was studying ink, said coldly. Although she was young, she was already a wise and psychic emperor. Understand the purpose of these people.

"Let them kneel if they want to kneel, as long as they want to kneel "[-]"."

Zhu Qiyu said indifferently, the more these people do things to force the palace, the more it shows how tricky it is. In Zhu Qizhen's case, 200 people died in his mind, and when the officials forced the palace, the board was held high up and down gently.

In Zhu Qiyu's heart, this strengthened his determination to find out the matter.

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It was already morning, and Bao Zheng, who hadn't slept all night, was still in high spirits.

Back at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jin Lian assisted Bao Zheng to look through the case files. There were so many piles of files taller than a person, but it was not easy to find the case from five years ago.

If it were Bao Zheng, he might not be able to find it after searching for a few days.

Fortunately, Jin Lian used to be the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and he handled the case himself, and found the case file in less than an hour.

To Bao Zheng's surprise, such a big case was only a thin page.

"Master Jin, is this the file of the Nanzhou case?"

Jin Lian nodded: "Yes, this is the file of the Nanzhou case, I remember it right."

Bao Zheng took a deep breath and took the case. He was glad that the case was only five years old, and the file was still there. In a few years, even the file would disappear.

In this era, as time goes by, it is normal for the files to be lost slowly.

Opening the case file, there are only a few hundred words recorded on it:

Nanzhou Mingxue County.