[Rebirth] The lord wants a minister to die

The emperor sent someone to bring a desk to Song An, and placed a square gavel.

Song An shivered and bowed to accept the order, his thoughts were spinning faster than a flywheel, trying to figure out how impartial the emperor's "justice" was, whether he was merciful or merciless?

After Song An sat down at the desk, he slapped the gavel and said in a loud voice, "Bring Duke Zhong and Lang Zhong He De to the court!"

The case of Long Ancheng is nothing to go to trial. After all, He Dazhong has brought his son to plead guilty, but it is just going through the procedure and let Song An look at the next charge.

It was Pan Wei who escorted He Dazhong and He De.Pan Wei has been secretly investigating He De's acceptance of bribes for several months. The officials he suspects and the engineering supervisor are very tight-lipped, and there are no useful clues for several months. , the progress of the investigation has made great progress.

He handed over the bank note records of He De's bribery to the Holy Master as evidence, and asked the county magistrate of Long'an City as a witness to prove that He Dazhong's favoritism and cover-up were true.

He Dazhong pleaded guilty one by one, with a solemn face, but He De kept crying for His Majesty's mercy.

He De burst into tears: "The guilty minister was bewitched by the traitor, it was Sun Bei..."

Pan Wei immediately cut off the conversation: "Two days ago, Sun Bei committed suicide at home in fear of crime, and left a suicide note."

Sun Bei was indeed dead.Qin Fang had just found out that Sun Bei and Zhang Nan were from the same village, and Pan Wei received a report saying that Sun Bei hanged himself at home.

Pan Wei sent someone to submit the suicide note: "The confession in the book about accepting bribes is undeniable, and the two are colluding. In addition, I still have a witness who needs to be invited to the hall."

Song An glanced at the emperor, seeing that the emperor showed no objection, he definitely wanted to investigate this matter to the end, then nodded: "Bring it up."

The witness who came in was Shen Yu, accompanied by Yang Kun.

It was the first time for Shen Yu to come to the imperial palace, and it was also the first time to see the Holy Majesty. Fearing the majesty of the Son of Heaven, she knelt on the ground for a moment, and stammered and kowtowed: "Cao...Caomin Shen Yu pays homage to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor! ..."

Yang Kun knelt down neither arrogant nor humble: "Craftsman Yang Kun pays homage to the emperor, long live the emperor."

Pan Wei trembled when he saw Shen Yu speak, and scolded him for his incompetence, and explained for him: "Shen Yu is a villager in Taohua Village in Long'an, and was entrusted by the village head to come to Beijing to file a complaint. De. The collapse of the Longan embankment was not a natural disaster, but He De took bribes and cut corners in construction work, which led to the collapse of the embankment, unable to stop the torrent, and drowning 190 people in Taohua Village."

Pan Wei gave Shen Yu a wink, he immediately understood, kowtowed and said: "The Caomin has a blood book, please look at it."

The eunuch presented Shen Yu's three-zhang blood book, in which he wrote about the achievements of Taohua Village, followed by the villagers' own blood signatures.

Song An frowned, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "But Mr. He has already confessed all these."

Pan Wei cupped his hands and said: "That's not all. The head of Taohua Village entrusted Shen Yu to come to Beijing to file a complaint. In order to protect Mr. He, Duke Zhong used his soldiers to chase and kill Shen Yu, intending to kill him." Heavy, as heavy as a bell, shocking.

"Slander!" He Dazhong waited for his big eyes, and immediately said anxiously, "This is pure slander! I made a big mistake in protecting De'er because of my love for my son, but I never killed anyone! Please learn from me!"

Pan Wei looked at Shen Yu: "Tell Mr. Song, is there someone chasing and killing you along the way?"

Shen Yu wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, and said in a trembling voice: "Caomin did encounter someone who was chasing him on the way to Beijing. Thanks to Brother Yang's help, he escaped. If things get serious...otherwise we will let the grassroots..." Shen Yu gave He Dazhong a terrified look, and said, "Let the grassroots die without a place to bury them."

Yang Kun was at the side to testify that Shen Yu's words were not false.

He Dazhong was about to defend himself, but Pan Wei didn't give him a chance to speak, and said again: "Not only the Duke of Zhongguo wanted to commit murder, but even He Zhan, the third young master of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion, wanted to attack Shen Yu. He learned that Shen Yulai In Beijing, he approached Shen Yu in the name of buying and selling Jade Bodhisattva, intending to kill him. Zhang Nan, the director of Xiunei, secretly reported the matter to Weichen. On that day, Weichen wanted to arrest He Zhan, but he seemed to have expected it and did not He didn't attack Shen Yu. Wei Chen thought he was going to kill Zhang Nan, but he didn't expect He Zhan to kill Zhang Nan instead."

Pan Wei waved his hand and said to the people outside the hall: "Bring the suspect He Zhan to the court!"

He Zhan's hands and feet were bound with iron chains, he asked Feng Ming King for a new robe, except that he was a little haggard, but he didn't show the slightest bit of embarrassment.Seeing the wound on He Zhan's face, Ning Huaqiong couldn't help but leaned over and hugged He Zhan, crying, "Zhan'er..."

Duke Zhong's expression was serious, full of guilt towards his son.All these things have nothing to do with He Zhan, and he was involved only because of his surname.

He Zhan bent his mouth, gently stroked Ning Huaqiong's back, and said, "I'm fine."

Pan Wei said: "At that time, there were only He Zhan and Zhang Nan in the Accord of Pinxianglou, and the murder weapon was the Yinshuang sword that He Zhan had just bought. When Weichen heard Si Li shouting, and went in to arrest him with the Dali Temple gang, He Zhan still holds the murder weapon in his hand, and Zhang Nan's blood is all over his robe."

The ministers talked a lot, and even the emperor frowned.Looking at the emperor's expression, Song An seemed to want a heavy sentence. After all, if he was stripped of his status as Duke Zhong, he would be beheaded for murder.Cutting off Duke Zhong's head is no small matter!

Song An decided to weigh it again.

He Zhan took a deep breath and said, "I didn't kill anyone. Zhang Nan was already dead when I entered. There are people coming and going in Pinxianglou, and everyone is watching. Even if I want to kill someone, I have to find a remote place. How could I be killed so quickly?" Shaoqing, did you catch it? Such a clumsy method of framing, even a three-year-old child can see it, but Shaoqing can't see it?"

Seeing that He Zhan said that he was not as good as a three-year-old child, Pan Wei felt angry spontaneously, but it was really difficult to explode in front of the Holy One.He gritted his teeth and called out: "The secretary is going to the hall!"

Si Li was brought in and saluted the emperor.Pan Wei asked him to explain one by one, and Si Li said: "Caomin is in charge of the transaction of the official sale of Pinxianglou. Mr. He San bought a Yinshuang sword, and Caomin is in charge of handing over. Caomin was in charge of handing over the affairs. Caomin was about to enter the house when he was about to get ready. Zhichang and Mr. He San were arguing, Caomin did not dare to go in. Later, when Caomin went again, Zhang Zhichang was already dead."

Pan Wei went on to say: "From Si Li's testimony, it can be seen that He Zhan killed Zhang Nan entirely out of his will. You said you were looking for a remote place, but killing him was simply an unplanned accident. Now that the certification and evidence are all there, what do you have to argue?"

He Zhan gritted his teeth secretly.

Fuck Zilu Xingjun, why is there a false witness this time!Shame on me!With such a big scapegoat thrown down, is he willing to give up only if he is crushed to death?

He Zhan glanced at Ning Qi who was standing silently by the side, and tried his best to wink at him, telling him to quickly summon Qin Fang, the magic weapon.Unexpectedly, Ning Qi turned around silently, not looking at He Zhan anymore.

He Zhan: "???"

Pan Wei bowed to Song An and concluded: "He De, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, was corrupt and perverted the law to fill his own pockets, killing more than 100 people in Taohua Village, causing people to live in discontent and complaining, endangering the stability of the country, which is a heinous crime; Go, use official power to suppress public grievances, destroy the morality of all officials in our country, and even dispatch troops to kill; The crime should not be punished. Please, Master Song and the Holy One, make a clear judgment!"

Hearing the words "stabilizing the country", "gaining power", "official authority", and "mobilizing troops to kill" made the emperor burst into anger.

He Zhan was dumbfounded.It's fine to say that he murdered officials, but which eye did Pan Wei see He Zhan bullying the market and doing evil?He is an immortal, there is no reason to blame him if he wants to commit a crime!

"I didn't!" He Dazhong's eyes were tearing apart, and he couldn't hold back in the face of such a false accusation.He was innocent all his life, and he was charged with murder for no reason, how could he not be angry?But he kept his teeth empty, facing such an accusation, he didn't know how to refute it.He Dazhong said: "It is said that the criminal minister protected his son, and the criminal minister pleaded guilty, but the minister absolutely did not kill anyone!"

The court hall was completely silent, as if a very tight string was stretched, and it could break with just a light touch.

Song An looked at the emperor's face again, and felt a little decisive in his heart.He glanced at King Fengming, and saw Ning Qi shaking his head lightly at him, he immediately realized it, deliberately delaying his time and asked: "Your Majesty, how should you make a decision?"

The emperor replied ambiguously: "I said before, this is a case of your Dali Temple, and Song Qing can handle it impartially."

Song An asked for instructions: "Mr. Zhong Guo has made great contributions to our Jingguo country. In addition, he has come to accept the crime in person. He has the intention of repenting and can deal with it as appropriate. He De, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, is corrupt and accepts bribes. Let the frontiers serve our dynasty. As for the third son, He Zhan, he committed the crime of murder, which..."

The emperor threw the blood book in his hand in front of Song An, and Song An was so frightened that he jumped up from his seat and knelt down in front of the hall.The emperor said: "Ancestor Enrong?! Song Qing said, these 190 seven lives, plus Zhang Nan's life, which ancestor's Enrong can match!"

"The emperor forgives the sin!" Song Anfu lowered his body, his voice and body trembling, "The emperor forgives the sin!"

The court hall fell into a deathly silence, and the majesty of the emperor was suppressed little by little, so that people dared not even breathe.

The emperor closed his eyes, put his hands behind his back, clenched his fists and said: "Mr. Zhongguo shelters first, and commits crimes later. But he will be spared the death penalty if he remembers his merits. Dereliction of duty and perverting the law, secretly giving and receiving, indirectly killing more than a hundred people, the crime is heinous, the third son, He Zhan, murdered court officials, and ordered the two to be executed after autumn!"

He De was frightened and kowtowed violently, begging the emperor for mercy in pain.

Ning Hua Qionghua turned pale, her face was full of panic, she knelt and crawled in front of the emperor, crying, "Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"

He looked down at Ning Huaqiong, and said coldly: "Immediately change the Zhongguo Duke's Mansion to the Princess Mansion, anyone who dares to intercede, beheaded!"

The officials in the court knelt down one after another, begging the emperor to appease his anger.

In the midst of chaos, the young eunuch who was waiting outside announced in a long voice: "Qin Fang, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, has an audience—"

The author has something to say: He Zhan: Qin Fang!help me!

Qin Fang: Help you.I can only save you.