Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Lord Wei!The two marquises of the Wei family in the capital—Marquis of Xian'an and Marquis of Feng'an, they are both well-known relatives of the state, how could they be involved in the bombing?The people were in an uproar.

Su Yan straightened his face and said sharply: "Well, there is no evidence at all, and you dare to gossip about the relatives of the state, so you know that this is a serious crime that loses your head!"

Grain merchants complained incessantly:

"Everything the villain said is true, my lord can learn from it!"

"It is indeed the money taken from Tongji Bank, and there is a seal on the banknote, solid evidence!"

"The villain really doesn't know what's going on with the bombing, maybe Boss Wan doesn't know either?"

"It makes sense. I'm afraid you have to ask Wan Xin himself if he knows about it." Su Yan touched his bare chin and pondered, "But this Wan Xin is the brother-in-law of Feng'an Hou Weijun after all. Sending him to interrogate, I'm afraid he will offend Marquis Feng An..."

Some of the people who were closer to the high platform heard his "talking to himself", and out of nowhere, a surge of blood surged in their chests.

Perhaps it was because Marquis Feng An was notorious for wantonly plundering beauty among the people, which aroused a lot of public indignation; and this young Mr. Su was well-known in the capital. guts.The common people don't understand the power entanglements in the court, and they don't care. They only recognize a simple truth-those who rob people's women are thieves, and those who are loyal and brave are good officials.

Therefore, a bold young man shouted: "My lord! But Mr. Su, who is the one who "beats the drums at the imperial gate, punishes evil and eliminates evildoers"? I have heard that Mr. Su is not afraid of power. It's over!"

"That's right! If Master Su shrinks back, who else would dare to pluck that vicious tiger's beard?"

"Since we are investigating the case, we must investigate to the end, and let everyone know the truth about the Baizhifang bombing."

"Your Excellency, you must make the decision for the family members of Cao Min who died in the bombing!"

"I beg Mr. Su to be the master of the people..."

"Master Su..."

The people's sentiments were raging, and the hearts of the people were on fire. Su Yan's eyes were so moved that he clapped his hands and promised: "I will live up to the entreaties of my fathers and fellow villagers. Even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers, I will never back down!"

There was applause from the audience.

After the deputy judge's case, Zuo Guangbi, a doctor in the criminal department, rolled his eyes and said to Chuqiu, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, "I understand what we are here for today."

Chu Qiu was only in his thirties, and he was handsome and handsome. Six years ago, he was born as a first-class Jinshi. Taste.Hearing this, he said: "Why are you here, Brother Jin should make it clear."

Zuo Guangbi said: "Come here as a foil. Seeing the performances on and off the stage, Su Twelve's reputation will rise again."

"...Are you implying that he wins the hearts of the people, Shien Jiayi?"

"Is not it?"

Chu Qiu lightly sneered: "There must be Enke City, and Yike Jia. In today's public trial, the enmity between Su Qinghe and the Wei family really came to the fore, and they will never die. Together with the Queen Mother, it can be regarded as a blatant offense. Nearly Brother, would you be willing to take the same risk to offer this favor to the common people?"

Zuo Guangbi was a little embarrassed by his rhetorical question, and blushed: "Brother Lingchuan, this is boring. He Su Qinghe has only met you a few times, and I am close to you?"

"Naturally, intimacy is incomparable. But brother, have you seen that Xiezhi?" Chu Qiu raised his chin at Su Yan's official uniform on the back, "He is wearing the robe of a speech officer, and he is also wearing a robe. It means that the case is handled in the capacity of the censor. If this case can be recorded in the annals of history, it will add a lot of color to the achievements of our court officials. Justice is greater than personal affection, brother close."

Zuo Guangbi knows this, but he still feels dissatisfied: "It doesn't mean that Su Yan will consider himself a member of the speech officer, or what happened a few days ago? Sudden exposure of Jia Gongji and Jia Yushi at the court meeting, causing him to be dismissed and investigated? Be careful that he will also stab you in the back."

Chu Qiu suddenly felt disgusted - this Zuo Jinzhi didn't know whether he had been in the officialdom for a long time or something, but he had also become jealous, which made him feel disgusting.

He endured his displeasure, and said in a blunt tone: "The unity of officials is not for the benefit of the group, but for the purpose of more firmly performing the duties of supervision and picketing. We will go on and on and get to the bottom of the matter. Like Jia Gongji, he uses his duties as a tool for personal reputation. , I really don't deserve to be called a 'speaker'! Even if Su Yushi doesn't make trouble, I, Chu Lingchuan, will join him sooner or later!"

Zuo Guangbi was slapped in the face, he shut up resentfully, and ignored his former friends.

Chu Qiu didn't mind the fact that the old friend was divorced, because after all, the ways were different, and they didn't seek each other's schemes.He can voluntarily come out of the Hanlin Academy, which cultivates "prime ministers", and is willing to be an unknown censor. He is taking a path that ordinary officials can't understand-not envious of Qingyun, only holding the character.

Su Yan didn't know that while he was interacting with the people in the audience, the friendship boat of the two deputy judges behind him almost capsized.

He went along with the flow and asked Jin Yiwei to take the driving ticket and go to Tongji Bank to summon Wan Xin. In fact, he went to the prison to snatch him out and bring him to the public trial meeting.

To say that Wan Xin is also a good hand at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, originally he refused to testify on stage, for fear of provoking and even harming the Wei family, and causing him no good relatives to cling to.Shi Yanshuang wanted to punish him, but Su Yan stopped him and said, "This kind of person only thinks about himself. Even if he succumbs to fear of punishment at this moment, he might change his mind when he gets on stage. You have to make clear to him the stakes." He will take the initiative to cooperate."

So Wanxin "accidentally" learned the inside story of the case that was inadvertently revealed from the private conversation between the two guards in Jinyi: the Wei family is about to rebel!To be assassinated by the Vacuum Sect using the Zongjun is a serious crime to punish the Nine Clans!Not to mention that the emperor Longyan was furious, even if the Queen Mother had Mrs. Qin's relationship, she would never forgive the treasoners.

Wan Xin suspected that the big explosion had something to do with the Wei Family and the Vacuum Sect.Who would have thought that she would be so dizzy that she would plot rebellion!In this way, in order not to be implicated in the situation of ransacking the family and exterminating the family, there is no other way to survive except to cooperate with the special investigation team.

With snot and tears in his eyes, he expressed his position to Su Yan, saying that he would pay for his crimes, as long as he can be removed from this case and save the lives of his family members.

As for my sister and brother-in-law, I can't take care of them when things come to an end.What's more, they concealed it first, and I can't be buried with their crazy and absurd behavior.

Su Yan congratulated him for making the right choice, and then asked Shi Yanshuang to give him a warning.

So at the public trial meeting, Jin Yiwei brought Wan Xin to him.

Under Su Yan's series of interrogations, Wan Xin first cheated, and finally "forced and helpless" to confess the instigator.

——Even though the conditions were negotiated in advance, he still kept an eye out and didn't mention the Wei family at all, only saying that they were all coerced by the Vacuum Sect.

The three words "vacuum religion" appeared at the public trial meeting of the bombing case in such a way that the general public was caught off guard.

Many people were shocked and aphasia, looked at each other in blank dismay, forming an undercurrent of whispering in the crowd.

Seeing the situation, Su Yan knew that there were not a few people in the capital who believed in the Vacuum Sect, and they were deeply poisoned, so they didn't believe Wan Xin's testimony.

But it doesn't matter, the so-called superstition is used to break step by step.

Maybe the first knock can only vibrate slightly, followed by the second, third...many times, if you keep knocking, there will always be times when the load will not be able to bear and it will suddenly shatter.

Su Yan frowned and shouted at Wan Xin: "The Vacuum Sect was banned by the government as early as the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Where did the Vacuum Sect come from! Could it be that you pretended to be an empty sect in an attempt to get rid of the crime?"

Emperor Taizu once ordered the prohibition of the Vacuum Sect to preach, and the common people knew about it, so they only dared to believe in it in private, and never dared to say it publicly.

When Su Yan asked this question, the whispers became quieter, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.

Wan Xin shouted: "Caomin is wronged! Caomin is so courageous, black-hearted, and would not do such a heinous thing as blowing up and killing thousands of people! It is really the instruction of the church to 'pass the head', Caomin There is...the Xiangchang Token as proof!"

He plopped down on his knees, and took out from his bosom a dental plaque with an eight-petal lotus flower and the word "Xiangchang" engraved on the front, and two lines of words "The great calamity is in the dark when the sky and the earth are dark, and the red lotus appears into the vacuum" on the back. Present it to Su Yan.

After Su Yan took it and flipped through it, he asked Jin Yiwei to hold the token and displayed it around the edge of the crowd.

Someone in the crowd whispered: "It is indeed the Holy Lotus Order... I have seen it in the hands of other Xiangchang, it is exactly the same."

"Are you 'the public' too?"

"Yeah, it seems that they are all church members... You say, the bombing is really, is the church leader's intention?"

"Impossible! Didn't the scriptures say that what I taught was to destroy darkness, kill demons, and save sentient beings. How could I blow up thousands of innocent people in Baizhifang? This is impossible..."

"Everyone said that this explosion was bizarre. It was the scourge of God, and it was a harbinger of the Red Sun catastrophe. But we saw it just now, and it was clearly caused by that dust... dust explosion. It seems that it has nothing to do with the scourge of God? Liar?"

"Don't dare to talk nonsense! Don't forget that if your heart is shaken, not only will you not be exempt from calamity, but you will not be able to return to the vacuum world after death, and you will be reduced to a beast forever."

"Maybe one of the 'passing on the head' has been corrupted, making claims and trapping the leader of the sect in an unrighteous way?"

"It's possible...but it's not right. If the leader can't even see through this trick and can't stop it, how can he claim to be 'the Buddha is here to lead all living beings'?"

For a while, there were different opinions, and many people fell into the fog of indistinguishable truth from falsehood.

Su Yan put the tooth card into the evidence bag, and said: "Just relying on one brand is not conclusive evidence. It is absurd for you to identify a non-existent sect as the real culprit of the bombing. Not to mention anything else, If it is really what the Vacuum Sect did, what is the motive?"

Wan Xin memorized the manuscript for a long time, and it came in handy at this moment, and immediately replied: "To prove the prophecy rumors! The explosion of Baizhifang, isn't it just like 'a thunderbolt is a catastrophe, the sky and the earth are dark, and the sun and the moon have no light'" ?”

A child in the crowd sang along with a clear voice: "'The vacuum saves the suffering, the red lotus appears in the world, and the chaos reopens'.

The child giggled and said, "Mother, just now a big red lotus exploded out of the Bisha cabinet! Is it also a sign of catastrophe?"

People around turned to look at him.The child's mother was startled, and quickly covered his mouth: "Don't talk nonsense! What does every child know?"

The child was upset, struggling to break off his mother's palm, and shouted: "I didn't say anything! Your adults said the same thing, saying that the big explosion that night was a punishment from God. What happened that day, what happened to today's explosion?" Isn't it?"

As if waking up the dreamer with one word, many people showed expressions of astonishment, suspicion, anger and even shame.Some of the believers suddenly became sober, some were stubborn, some beat their chests, some fainted on the spot, some scolded, some scolded back, and they quarreled chaotically.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Su Yan quickly ordered the soldiers to maintain order. The drummer beat the big drum more than a dozen times in succession, temporarily suppressing the chaos.

"I see that everyone has their own ideas. Since no one can convince anyone, why not leave it to God to judge? Look at this vacuum religion that was banned by the government. Is it really doing justice for the sky, or is it using the destiny to do things and intentionally create an explosion? , to confirm the rumors they fabricated."

After Su Yan finished speaking, someone asked loudly: "How to judge? Even if God speaks, we ordinary people can't hear it! Could it be true that a god will be sent down from the sky?"

"I heard that God's will is often entrusted to miracles. How about this, I am on this high platform, in full view of everyone, and ask God's will."

The soldiers brought two long poles, tied a wide white cloth, and invited a few gentlemen who were skilled in calligraphy and painting, and drew a huge eight-petal flower with cinnabar on the white cloth according to the pattern on the token. red lotus.

Su Yan personally picked up a large brush like a mop, and painted a large circle around the red lotus with black ink, and wrote a huge "cheat" inside the circle.

The pole was erected, and the white cloth was stretched out. The black circle and the word "cheat" on the red lotus mark were particularly conspicuous, and could be seen hundreds of feet away.

Su Yan put down the large brush and said in a loud voice: "It is said that the holy lotus seal of the Vacuum Sect is bestowed by the heavens. I desecrate the holy lotus. God has a spirit, and thunder will be sent down to burn this polluted white cloth to punish me. official.

"I will wait on this stage for two hours, until the time of Xu after nightfall. If there is thunder and fire, it means that God is justifying the name of the Vacuum Sect. If everything is calm and nothing happens, it means that God is right. The Vacuum Sect dismissed it, or wanted to punish this false Sect by the hand of the official.

"What do you all think?

"Whether the vacuum leader of 'Buddha is present' can show his power, sense the world, and attract thunder, let's wait and see—"

The people outside the arena were making a fuss, saying everything.After Su Yan finished speaking, no matter how noisy the audience was, he went back to drink tea and rest behind the desk.

The two assistant judges stared at him, Zuo Langzhong's face was cloudy, and Chu Yushi frowned thoughtfully.

Su Yan said with a smile: "I still have to sit here for two hours. If the two adults have other business, you can do it yourself."

Chu Qiu thought for a while, and said: "I'm a little curious, Master Su's declaration of war against the Vacuum Sect using God's will as a knife and gun will end. Please stay with me to the end."

Zuo Guangbi had already got up to leave, but sat back after listening to it: "Since Chu Yushi said so, then I might as well wait patiently and see who the sky thunder strikes in the end."

The three of them drank tea, read books, wrote and drew pictures, and did not talk to each other.

Some people in the venue were impatient and gradually dispersed; some heard anecdotes and rushed from all directions to watch the excitement; some even went home to have dinner, and brought benches, peanuts, melon seeds, and tea, and came to occupy the scene again. Good location, waiting for results.

Many people climbed on the stone road, the steps outside the gate along the street, between the well fences, and even on the eaves, just wanting to climb high and see clearly.

The night gradually fell, and the time passed moment by moment, from Shenshi to Youshi, and then to Xushi.

The wind is clear and the air is peaceful, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there is no sign of thunder at all.

Su Yan took out a western enamel pocket watch and looked at it. It was almost nine o'clock after eight o'clock, so he got up and announced: "It seems that God really disdains the Vacuum Cult and its leader, and even a cluster of small sparks is unwilling to manifest— —”

Before he finished speaking, he saw a young man in the crowd pointing at the western sky and screaming: "Look! Meteor——"

Su Yan turned his head suddenly, and from the corner of his vision, he caught a glimpse of a stream of light piercing the night sky and flying towards the high platform, but he didn't know what it was.

"It's not a meteor, it's a sky fire! The sky fire is coming!"

"It's a miracle!"

——Sure enough!It's a pity that it's just a battle of trapped beasts.Su Yan shouted: "Archer!"

Immediately, all arrows were fired at once, but none of them hit the streamer.

Seeing the streamer falling towards the white cloth on the high platform.At the edge of the crowd, King Yu, who was dressed in casual clothes, smiled disdainfully, loosened the three-stone strong bow and let go of the arrow.

The arrow flew out and met the streamer in mid-air, but it didn't break it apart, but stuck into its edge, and nailed it firmly to the wooden beam of the archway at the intersection.

This combination of strength and precision is simply miraculous, making Su Yan speechless.

After being stunned, everyone gathered around the archway.The soldiers blocked the human wall and opened a passage for Su Yan to come in.

Zuo Guangbi and Chu Qiu recovered from their astonishment, couldn't sit still, and followed them in to see what happened.

Everyone was looking up, and it was a strange object in the shape of a big crow that was pinned by arrows. The fire tarpaulin glued to the back and wings was still blazing.There are two gunpowder cartridges strapped to the abdomen.The arrow, with astonishing aim, missed the powder cartridge perfectly, passed through the crow's wing and nailed to the wood.

Seeing the gunpowder cartridge, the people backed away in fright.

Su Yan laughed, turned his head and said to the crowd: "Come and see, this is the firearm used by my Daming army. When it falls to the ground or touches an object, the gunpowder loaded inside is ignited, causing an explosion. Isn’t the sound of the explosion like a thunderbolt?

"——If you can't find a miracle, you will pretend to be 'Shenhuo Flying Crow'. The Vacuum Sect is really well-intentioned!"

After a brief silence, someone yelled, "Teach me the liar!"

Immediately, the responses came one after another:

"False religion!"

"Cult!"

"Killed so many people, the Vacuum Cult who killed a thousand swords!"

"Liars teach!"

"Liars teach!"

The three words "liar teaching" finally merged into a torrent of uniform voices, echoing over the streets and alleys of Dongshi for a long time.The light of the lanterns on both sides of the road illuminated the angry faces.

Su Yan's gaze crossed the back of the archway, and beside the stone lions beside the steps, he saw the figure of King Yu holding his bow.In the Yu Dynasty, he shook the strong bow in his hand, raised his sword eyebrows, and smiled lazily.

Pretentious!Su Yan commented in his heart.

...However, it is quite handsome.