"I report to the envoy that my father did not commit suicide out of fear of guilt, but was murdered by Wan Sitong. The confession was also forged by Wan Sitong." In the court, He Nian was inexplicably sad and angry.
"You said the confession was forged, do you have proof?" Deputy Prosecutor Xu Liang asked.
"Although Wan Sitong made people imitate my father's handwriting, he could not imitate the charm. My father's handwriting was far stronger than what was written in this book. Moreover, the confession was signed with my father's name, but my father loved the piano as much as his life, and he was very fond of the piano.
When a friend writes a letter, he never signs it with his name, but with the words 'Qin Madman'."
Xu Dian nodded and shouted: "Bring on the disobedience."
All the dissenters in the Sanfa Division are masters of autopsy. The one who came up was in his fifties, unhurried and calm. At first glance, he was a master of this art.
Xu Liang signaled to disobedience, "Tell me, how did He Zixiang die?"
"During the autopsy of the villain, it was found that the body had severe abrasions on the head, face and limbs, and the skin on the shoulder blades had obvious peeling and bleeding. This shows that the deceased struggled fiercely and resisted before his death. He did not hang himself, but was strangled on his back.
Then hang it on the tree.
After wiping off his disobedience, Xu Liang stared at Wan Sitong and sneered, "What else do you have to say?"
As soon as He Nian appeared with a suicide note, Wan Sitong knew something was wrong. But the crime of fraud in the examination room was so serious, how could he admit it? He argued forcefully: "I don't know how He Zixiang died. This person has always been
He was greedy, and the subordinate was not ashamed of his behavior and reprimanded him several times. He must have had a grudge in his heart and deliberately wrote a suicide note to frame him."
"Bang!"
The gavel in Zhan Mingfeng's hand clapped again and shouted: "You called He Zixiang to the house and wanted to make him bear all the blame. He refused, so you ordered the nursing home to kill him. Not only did you kill him, but you also
The two bearers of his family were also killed. Your family’s nursing home has already recruited people for this matter. Why don’t you actually recruit them!”
Hearing this, Wan Sitong became even more panicked, but still refused to plead guilty and claimed that he was wronged.
"Hmph, lead people to commit crimes against ten thousand tigers, ten thousand leopards, and ten thousand biaos," Jian Mingfeng sneered again and again.
Wan Sitong was shocked when he heard Wan Hu's name. He didn't expect that even his most trusted domestic slaves and the nursing staff would betray him!
"On that day, under the orders of the master, I and Wan Hu and Wan Biao strangled Inspector He to death, then deceived the two bearers who were carrying him into the backyard and hacked him to death. Please spare my life, villain.
I'm just a domestic slave, I dare not disobey the master." Wan Bao cried and knelt down to beg for his life.
"After the villain killed Inspector He and the bearers, he stayed until late at night, hung the body of Inspector He in the woods, and smuggled the bodies of the two bearers out of the city and sank them into Lake Baikal. All of this was
The master forced the villain to do this, please give me a clear warning from the imperial envoy." Wan Biao also begged for mercy.
"Wan Hu, do you have anything to confess?" Zhan Mingfeng knew that Wan Hu was the head of the Wan family's nursing team and must know many secrets, so he looked at Wan Hu kindly. That means, if you want to survive, you have to
Recruit more useful things and make atonement for your sins.
Wan Hu was worried and said loudly: "My master ordered us to kill Inspector He and the two bearers. He also ordered me to secretly monitor Yu Shi Zhang. There is a cellar in the backyard of the house, and all the stolen money is in it."
; He also said that he would use the money he earned to go to Beijing and find a lucrative job??"
"Dog slave!"
Wan Sitong was so angry that he rushed over and tore him apart, but was knocked down by the policeman next to him.
Zhang Mingfeng was very satisfied. This person's loss of attitude meant that his spirit was about to collapse. He shouted coldly: "Can you plead guilty?"
"Unjustly accused!" Unexpectedly, these two words were still received.
"What a hob, he really won't give up until he reaches the Yellow River." Zhang Mingfeng was so angry that he ordered the fake scholar to be brought to court for confrontation.
Nineteen of the thirty fake scholars have been arrested so far, and eleven more are being arrested. These people either have direct contact with Wan Sitong or contact Wan Sitong through other officials.
They all point to him.
Zhu Mingfeng also ordered the accused officials to confront each other. Lu Bin, the deputy envoy to the inspection, Zhang Wenyang, the official, the experience, the governor, the Zhaomo, the school inspector, the scribe, the code official, and even the disciples, Zaoli, and the prisoner, etc., all said
He directly or indirectly accepted bribes and changed his student status on Wan Sitong's order.
"How's it going? Are you willing to recruit this time?" Zhan Mingfeng asked again in a leisurely manner.
"Unjustly accused!" I still got these two words.
"You bastard, the evidence is so abundant, yet he still refuses to plead guilty. He is really stubborn! Come here, I will be punished!" Zhang Mingfeng was angered and wanted to help Wan Sitong loosen his bones.
"I am a high-ranking official of the imperial court, how dare you to indiscriminately lynch people. The Holy edict only said that those involved in the case should be arrested on the spot and escorted back to Beijing, but it did not say that you are allowed to be beaten into execution. I want to go to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit! It's unjust.
"Ah," Wan Sitong roared, his voice hoarse and terrifying. If a beast is in desperate situation, its bestiality will be the strongest!
"Little Sikou, the evidence is now extremely sufficient. With or without his confession, he can be convicted. It is better to escort the criminal back to Beijing," Zhang E advised.
"Yes, Xiao Sikou, our errand has been completed and it's time to return to Beijing," Xu Liang also advised.
Zhang Mingfeng calmed down and ordered Wan Sitong to be escorted down. Then he asked Xu Liang and Zhang E with a smile, "Tell me, you guys, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, why is this guy still refusing to plead guilty?" Xu Liang said: "The crime of fraud in the examination room is too serious. If you plead guilty, you will die, so this guy refuses to admit it."
"Xiaoguan felt that there was still hope for this guy and hoped that his connections in Beijing could save his life, so he kept asking to go to Beijing to meet the saint." Zhang E put forward his own opinion.
Zhang Mingfeng nodded, Zhang E's words made sense. This guy was still counting on his backer, Sun Jinding, the second minister of the cabinet, to save his life, so he refused to plead guilty.
I couldn't help but sneer, Mr. Sun Ge Lao might not be able to hide from such a serious crime as fraud in the imperial examination, so how can he be willing to save you? However, in this case, all the people who should be arrested in Beihai have been arrested. Do we still need to dig deeper?
What you dig out is not something you can decide at your level. It depends on the attitude of higher-ups, even those in the Qing Palace.
"Escort the prisoner back to Beijing," Zhan Mingfeng ordered calmly.
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"But I saw that her pale pear blossoms were wet with tears, and I saw that his light willow waist was damaged by sorrow. It is rare for him to cry blood. Cao E is a filial piety, so why do you care about Xi Zijiao? I also died early, and I am a heartbroken person. This is a pitiful night.
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At the Beihai Governor's Yamen, Governor Guan Siqiu sang "The Romance of the West Chamber" proudly. As a backbone of the Guan Party, he had a deep grudge with Wan Sitong, a cadre of the Sun Party. Although the trend in the court had changed recently, Guan Shouzhen had the intention to win over Sun Jinding.
The conflict between the two parties, Guan Guan and Sun Yat-sen, has eased, but the old grudges caused by years of political strife cannot be eased so quickly.
Therefore, Wan Sitong fell, and Guan Siqiu was very happy and sang "The Romance of the West Chamber".
"Fuyuan, Beihai has turned into a mess, how can you still be in the mood to sing?" Zhang Dai, the chief envoy, broke in.
"Mr. Zhang, you came at the right time. If Wan Sitong falls, Beihai is the world for you and me. It will become clear to you. Hahaha!"
"Hey! Don't you know yet? Counselor Liu has been arrested!"
From the fourth rank, Shen You is an assistant officer of the Chief Envoy Si Yamen, located under the second rank, Chief Envoy, and from the third rank, Shen Sheng.
The review of the Beihai imperial examination fraud case intensified. Councilor Liu Guanglin was invited to tea by the Third Law Division because he had accepted bribes from fake scholars.
Now Zhang Dai couldn't sit still, so he pulled out the carrot and brought out the mud. After many years as an official, who dares to say that he is clean? If Liu Guanglin involves him again, it will be troublesome, so he hurriedly consults Guan Siqiu.
Guan Siqiu was a little dumbfounded. He wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone and kill two birds with one stone. Unexpectedly, the knife was too sharp and stabbed him! After thinking about it, he said: "The only solution now is to write to the chief minister and ask him to come forward!"