Chu Mingwei bowed and said, "The emperor of the Ministry said that the case of Meng Chu killing Liang and taking credit for merit happened two years ago. The officials still remember that the incident happened in June of that year. By August, the Ministry of Justice received a secret report and immediately sent someone to Nanling to investigate the case secretly. In the past two years, due to the drought in Nanling, the Qinhuai war was still in a stalemate. The national treasury was empty and it was impossible to transport too much materials to Nanling to rescue disasters, which caused many bandits." Turning his head, "Wei Yujiang, that case seems to be sent to investigate."
Wei Yujiang stepped forward and bowed, "Return to Lord Chu, this case is indeed a case of Beishi. Meng Chu, the captain of Nanping Prefecture in Nanling, led troops to kill the bandits. The head of the bandit leader Liu Ba was sent to the capital. For this reason, the court also issued a reward. The Ministry of Personnel was also preparing to promote Meng Chu, but due to the front-line war, the promotion was slightly delayed. Meng Chu made contributions at the end of June and the so-called Liu Ba's head was sent to the capital in early July. However, in August, it was reported to the Ministry of Justice. After receiving the secret report, Qian Raoshun ordered Lord to be responsible for the case. Lord Chu immediately sent Beishi to Nanling for investigation."
Although this case happened two years ago, many officials present obviously nodded slightly when they knew about this matter and heard Wei Yujiang's report.
"What did Wei Sichen find out at that time?" Qi Ning asked.
Wei Yujiang looked cold and said, "After investigation in Nanling, Bei Zhi found that Liu Ba was not dead at all and was still in trouble in the Nanling area. After that, he received help from local people and determined the specific details of the case. In June of that year, Meng Chu led a total of fifteen subordinates to slaughter a remote village at night. All the young and old in the village were killed. Meng Chu and others took away 16 of the young and strong corpses as bandits. The corpses of the old and weak children were all burned to pieces with fire."
Qi Ning's face was cold and nodded, "How did you go?"
"Weizhi found evidence and physical evidence, and Meng Chu could not argue. The Ministry of Justice issued a document that except for Meng Chu who participated in the massacre that night, all fourteen people were escorted to the capital, the other fourteen people were all on the spot for justice." Wei Yujiang said seriously: "Weizhi personally saw the fourteen people being sentenced to death in Nanping Prefecture, and then escorted Meng Chu back to the capital."
"What should I do about this case after I return to Beijing?"
"After returning to the capital, the court ordered to kill Meng Chu in public to serve as a warning to you." Wei Yujiang said: "The sentence is set in early September. The humble official handed Meng Chu to the prison hall and was imprisoned in the death row of the Ministry of Justice."
Qi Ning nodded slightly, then glanced at the officials and asked, "Who is the prison in Tizhu District? Can you stand up?"
Everyone immediately looked at the person kneeling behind Da Xi Chong. The man was fat and the most fierce one who scolded Wei Yujiang before. At this time, this person's face turned pale and his forehead was sweating. He climbed up from behind for a few steps and said tremblingly: "I am a humble job!"
"Are you Zhou Bo, the Prison Officer of the Prison Office?"
"Is it a humble position!"
Qi Ning smiled slightly before asking: "Is there any mistake in what Wei Sishen said? He brought Meng Chu back from Nanping Prefecture back then, did he hand it over to you to be imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice?"
"This!" Zhou Bo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Master Huibutang, it's indeed true!"
"That's good." Qi Ning smiled and said, "Then it was the September sentence, and it was proposed to Meng Chu from the death row of the Ministry of Justice and sent it to the court for execution. Is it you who proposed Meng Chu?"
Zhou Bo lowered his head and said, "Is it a humble position!"
Qi Ning smiled faintly and took out a piece of paper from the case file. "There is a public letter here. The incident happened in Luling. There was a local tyrant who forced the good to be prostitute. After investigation, the leader ran a prostitute in Luling and gathered a group of people. All he did was to cheat and deceive the good to be prostitute."
Everyone present was a little confused and thought about talking about the Meng Chu case, but why did they jump to Luling again? Nanping Prefecture and Luling are far apart? Could it be that these two cases are involved?
"Mr. Da Xi, do you know the existence of the people in Luling?" Qi Ning stared at Da Xi Chong and asked.
Da Xi burst into cold sweat on his forehead, his expression was not as arrogant as before, and he forced a smile: "The Marquis asked strangely. How can the lower officials and officials know the land tyrants in Luling in the capital?"
"But as far as I know, every year you can get at least one or two thousand taels of silver from the earth bully." Qi Ning smiled and said, "In the past two years, why have you got three or four thousand taels of silver in return?"
Everyone was discolored.
"Marty, you can't spit out a slander." Da Xichong suddenly changed color: "When did the Xiaguan accept the money from the Earth Domineer?"
"In December of the previous year, you received 800 taels of silver." Qi Ningli ignored it and looked at a piece of paper and said, "In May last year, you received 1,000 taels of silver. In December last year, you received another 1,000 taels of silver." He coughed twice and said, "In April this year, he sent another 1,000 taels over there, which totaled 3,800 taels. I was right?"
Da Xichong looked pale, and he opened his mouth but couldn't make any sound.
"By the way, there is also Lord Zhou. Every time Lord Daxi receives the money, you also receive it at the same time, but the amount is half, and the total is 1,900 taels. If I say it wrong, you can now complain about the injustice." Qi Ning said lightly.
"Humble!" Zhou Bo's forehead lies on the ground, his whole body trembling.
Qi Ning smiled and said, "Maybe it's strange that a land tyrant in Luling, why should he send money to the capital? Why did he give it to Lord Daxi and Lord Zhou? To put it bluntly, it's not surprising that these two adults are the saviors of the land tyrant. They lived a life and were more filial to them every year. By the way, the land tyrant is called Chu Long, but that is just his current name. Two years ago, the man was called Meng Chu!"
The lobby of the Ministry of Justice suddenly became an uproar, and all the officials were shocked, and there was a stir and a lot of discussion.
"You are naturally surprised. Didn't Meng Chu be executed two years ago? Why are you still alive now?" Qi Ning smiled and said, "I just said that he has a life-saving benefactor, so he can naturally survive." He stared at Da Xi Chong and asked, "Mr. Da Xi, what's going on? Can you tell everyone?"
Although he had a faint smile on his face, his eyes were very cold.
Da Xi Chong opened his mouth slightly, clenched his fists with both hands, and finally said, "Marty, you don't understand what you said, you are not sure what your life-saving benefactor."
"Zhou Bo, Lord Da Xi doesn't want to say it, do you want to say it?" Qi Ning didn't say much to Da Xi Chong, and his eyes turned to Zhou Bo: "If you can tell the truth, it can be considered as surrendering and confessing your guilt. I can say a few love to the court to the court. You should understand that since I know this, there will naturally be enough evidence on hand. I will give you a chance to confess. If you miss this opportunity, I promise not to have another second time."
Da Xi Chong suddenly turned around and shouted, "Zhou Bo, we cannot let others frame him. Someone wants to eliminate dissidents and wrongly accused good people. We must not surrender. No one in the court can cover up the sky with one hand. If we really suffer injustice, we must write to the court and ask the emperor to make the decision with the Duke of Zhenguo!" He took the three words "Duke of Zhenguo" very seriously, and the meaning was very obvious. Naturally, he wanted to warn Zhou Bo not to talk nonsense, at least the big tree of Duke of Zhenguo.
"It's okay, you can climb a tree to the court, I'll give you this opportunity." Qi Ning smiled and said, "That Chu Long, no, it was the criminal named Meng Chu who had arrived in the capital, and I have settled him. Then, I will take him with you to explain it to the emperor."
Zhou Bo's body was shocked and he suddenly looked up and said, "Mr. Master, this matter is a humble position for a while, but he is also involuntarily uncontrollably!"
Da Xi Chong's face turned pale and shouted angrily: "Zhou Bo, why are you talking nonsense?"
"Sir, this matter can no longer be hidden." Zhou Bo cried and said, "Let's take the initiative to confess to the Master of the Ministry. The Master of the Ministry said that he would plead for us with the court!"
"You stupid pig." Da Xi Chong struggled to stand up, rushed forward, kicked Zhou Bo's head, Zhou Bo was immediately kicked to the ground, holding his head with both hands, Da Xi Chong was about to rush forward, and the yamen officer of the Ministry of Justice rushed forward and grabbed Da Xi Chong. Da Xi Chong gasped, pushed the yamen officer away, turned to Qi Ning and said, "You are framed, you have to eliminate dissidents, so you want to harm me!" He opened his hands and said loudly: "Everyone, you must not let this person cover the sky here with one hand, we must unite!"
But the officials present were all born in the imperial examination. Everyone saw the scene in front of them and understood it in their hearts.
There is no doubt that Meng Chu was sent to the capital for execution, but now Meng Chu, who should have been executed two years ago, appeared in Luling. There is only one explanation, that is, when the flowers and trees were transferred, the real Meng Chu had already left the death prison and was executed as a scapegoat.
This kind of thing has not been uncommon throughout the ages. The officials in the Ministry of Justice also understand this kind of thing very well, but this kind of thing is absolutely shameful. Even if it happens, it is extremely secretive. Once it is exposed, it will be a great event.
Da Xichong is the left minister of the Ministry of Justice and bribed Zhou Bo, the prison in the prison hall. It is not difficult for these two people to make a move to replace the prisoners with the secret forces.
If Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and held on to the end, everyone present would really doubt the credibility of the matter. However, when Qi Ning exposed the matter in public, Zhou Bo was obviously scared and did not dare to argue. Zhou Bo's reaction also made everyone understand immediately that Da Xichong's behind the scenes and the fact that the prisoner's substitution was obviously true.
If this matter is true, Da Xichong and Zhou Bo will inevitably die. No one dares to get involved in such a big case.
On weekdays, if it were because of other things, Ida Xi Chong's status and prestige in the Ministry of Justice, and shouting like this might really attract a group of people, but at this time no one dared to get involved in this matter. After all, no one wanted to lose his head because of this matter. They all bowed their heads and let Da Xi Chong shout in the hall.
Da Xi cried out several times, but no one stood up. Even the officials who had kneeled behind him and were very close to him knew that this matter was very important, and they were all stuck on the ground without saying a word.
ps: First of all, I want to apologize to everyone. The updates in the past few days are really not good. My parents are old and in poor health. I will arrange everything during the Chinese New Year, welcome and see off, and visit various wedding banquets, funerals, and visit relatives. I have very little sleep time every day. There is really no way. In the past, when I was young, these things have nothing to do with me. Now I suddenly realized that the New Year was so hard, and the updates were slow due to family affairs were indeed my mistake. Fortunately, it will be fine soon. After the Chinese New Year, I will definitely speed up and apologize to everyone sincerely again! nt
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Chapter completed!