However, not many people were resting in the middle of the court.
Prison Administration.
Guo Dan just came back from Cao Yamen, and his face looked a little ugly.
Entering the main hall, the prison chief was verifying the laws and orders. When he saw Guo Dan, Shi Lu directly asked: "Prisoner Guo, have you got the love letter related to Huang Sheng?"
Guo Dan shook his head and said:
"I returned to prison, but I didn't get it."
"I went to Cao Yamen early in the morning, trying to find out who the victims were by looking for relevant love letters, but it was still a step too late. All the love letters related to Huang Sheng in Cao Yamen were taken away in advance.
gone."
"I missed it."
Shi Lu's expression remained normal and he was not surprised.
He said calmly:
"This is normal."
"The Huang family has been in business for a long time and has many connections in Xianyang. It is not easy to find their flaws in this way. Although Qin Luoheng pointed out that Huang Sheng had raped her, there was no conclusive evidence. He only relied on verbal words to try to find out.
It is really difficult to overturn the case on your own."
"In my opinion..."
"Stop looking for loopholes."
"Even if you find those victims, they may have been bribed long ago. Although Qin Luoheng is very brave, his status is not high, and the Huang family is a dignitary in the court, so the victims will not dare to come forward and identify them."
"You should have thought of it a long time ago."
Guo Dan gritted his teeth and said with aggrieved eyes:
"This mother is a maid!"
"Huang's people are so insidious. Don't they clearly want to harm others?"
"Huang Sheng's virtues are known to all the respectable people in Xianyang. But unfortunately they cut off all the clues, leaving us with no way to start. When the interrogation came, Huang Jingxiu could even bite him to death. Huang Sheng had never raped other women. This turned out to be a problem.
Qin Luoheng made a false accusation."
Shi Lu chuckled and said:
"What does it matter?"
"If Huang Sheng has not raped other women, Qin Luoheng should be put to death according to the law. Whether or not there is a false accusation does not matter. If Huang Sheng has raped other women, what Qin Luoheng said will naturally not constitute a false accusation."
"You're thinking wrong."
Guo Dan glanced at Shi Lu and said doubtfully: "Prison Chief, Your Majesty asked you to investigate the case thoroughly, why are you not nervous at all? If the verdict is wrong, the impact will be great. On the one hand, it will determine Qin Luoheng's life or death.
On the other hand, it determines Huang's situation."
"Why is it that even after the clues were cut off, the prison chief was still not in a hurry?"
Shi Lu said calmly: "Your Majesty did ask me to investigate this case thoroughly, but it is just this case. I only need to solve Qin Luoheng's murder case. As for the Huang family, whether they deliberately protected Huang Sheng or not, that is not mine.
It needs to be considered, this is what the Yushifu wants to investigate."
Shi Lu smiled.
said:
"We can't get those love letters, but His Majesty can get them. As the saying goes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make. Huang's series of reactions are enough to prove that they have a guilty conscience. Their actions will definitely fall into disgrace.
It fell into the eyes of the imperial censor."
"You can just ask directly when the court comes tomorrow."
"What's so difficult about this?"
Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, thoughtful.
Looking at the dark-skinned Shi Lu, he couldn't help but take a few glances.
Then he asked again:
"What if the imperial censor didn't check?"
Shi Lu chuckled lightly and said lightly: "This has nothing to do with me. I only care about whether Huang Sheng has committed any lewd behavior. No matter who took the relevant love letter, just ask the superior directly. In front of His Majesty, he will
In the name of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, lying is deceiving the emperor!"
Guo Dan was at a loss for words.
He completely understood Shi Lu's thoughts.
He didn't even think about checking.
To be precise, Shi Lu had already guessed that Huang would take away the love letters, so he didn't even think about investigating them in depth. Moreover, His Majesty only asked him to try the murder case, and did not ask him to try the favoritism that Huang might be involved in.
case, he was even happy to see this.
The cases he handles are actually very clear.
There is only one doubt.
It's about whether what Qin Luoheng said is true.
If it were anyone else, he would definitely try to find clues and witnesses to prove whether what Qin Luoheng said was true, but Shi Lu didn't do that. He chose to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the opportunity to go to court.
Ask the officials who took the love letter and let them answer.
There are many benefits to this move.
Firstly, it directly made it clear to His Majesty that it was not his fault that the love letter was taken away in advance. Secondly, it avoided being involved in Huang's possible favoritism case. Thirdly, it directly let Huang's ideas fall into place.
Empty.
Huang's people thought that if they took away the love letter, the Tingwei Mansion would be powerless.
Even if Shi Lu goes to ask for it in person, they can find various excuses to delay it, leaving Shi Lu unable to determine whether what Qin Luoheng said is true or false.
The case attracted a lot of attention, and His Majesty was pressing for a quick closure. In the absence of insufficient evidence, Shi Lu could only conclude that Qin Luoheng was lying.
But everyone underestimated Shi Lu.
Including Guo Dan himself.
They all thought that Shi Lu came from a local place and did not understand the game of court. They never thought that this black-faced man with a naive smile was actually well versed in this trick and did not fall into the trap at all. Instead, he found another way to defeat everyone.
Fooled.
People in the Huang family are probably still secretly happy now.
These people won't be able to laugh anymore when they go to court tomorrow.
Think of this.
Guo Dan felt more in awe of Shi Lu.
This man has a black face and an even darker heart.
His body bowed slightly downward for half a minute.
Shi Lu glanced at Guo Dan imperceptibly, his face still had that harmless smile, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.
Guo Dan lowered his head.
He actually wanted to ask Shi Lu how Qin Luoheng would be judged. In the past, he would have asked directly, but now, he did not dare to be so presumptuous.
After thinking for a while, I seemed to remember something.
Guo Dan tentatively said: "Prison Chief, when I came to Tingwei Mansion, I heard some news on the way. I don't know who released it. Some people were spreading the word that Huang Sheng was a man of good character and had always abided by the law.
Qin Luoheng has turned out to be a cunning villain, and there are countless people in the city who have listened to these rumors."
"There are even people who want to petition for Huang Sheng."
"What does the prison chief think?"
Shi Lu smiled and said:
"The officials of the Qin Dynasty were governed by the law. Naturally, the rumors in the city could not be taken seriously and could not be heard. If they acted according to the voices of the people, the government would cease to exist in name only."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The people are very simple."
"Their understanding of things is very one-sided, and they are easily deceived by outsiders. Three people are like a tiger, with a cloud of followers. If they are incited by others, they will believe it is true and be fooled by others. If the government is guided by public opinion,
It will only become more chaotic as time goes by."
"When I was the censor, I was responsible for the design and supervision of the Lingqu Canal. At the beginning of the construction of Lingnan Canal, there were many opponents in Lingnan. When it was first built, it even caused riots in the local area. If we really follow the public opinion, the Lingcan Canal may be destroyed.
It can’t be repaired.”
"Now the Ling Canal is open to navigation, and all the marshes around the Ling Canal are also connected. The original swampland has now become suitable fertile farmland. The people nearby all praise it. As an official, you should not care about the immediate progress, but should take a broad view.
long."
"Most people care about immediate interests and are even a little short-sighted. Their suggestions can only be used as a reference. Those who are really in charge should take a long-term view."
"Guo Yuzhengzuo, it's time for you to calm down."
"Qin officials only follow the law."
"Ignore everything else!"
"When the truth is revealed, all the rumors will naturally be broken without telling them. As officials of the Qin Dynasty, we must uphold justice and abandon the world's distracting thoughts. Only in this way can we be fair in this troubled world.
Deal with justice."
"Your Majesty, I have learned a lesson." Guo Dan said solemnly.
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Yong Temple.
Hu Hai is very happy these days.
The tenth brother he feared the most was already in jail, and he had killed more than twenty people. Such a shocking number was enough to make other people die several times.
He knows it too.
Qin Luoheng will not die.
Qin Luoheng is the son of his father and the tenth son of the Qin Dynasty. With the support of the Zhong clan, he will not be executed no matter what.
But Hu Hai is still very happy.
During this period of time, he frequently ran to the Wang family, and through insinuations, he also found out some information. The Wang family really didn't know Qin Luoheng's true identity.
Now that Qin Luoheng is in trouble, the Wang family will definitely do his best to rescue him.
Over and over again, Qin Luoheng's kindness to the Wang family was repaid. From now on, the Wang family will no longer owe Qin Luoheng his kindness. If he marries the Wang family's daughter, the relationship with the Wang family will only get worse.
As they get closer and closer, without Qin Luoheng as an obstacle, Wang will completely fall in love with him, but sooner or later.
With Wang's help, his power increased greatly.
More importantly, because of Qin Luoheng's intervention, Wang Ben did not die of illness. Wang Ben who survived was a great help to Hu Hai. In the past half month, he had been running to the palace, back and forth,
I had contact with many officials who were close to the Wang family.
These people have more or less expressed their closeness to each other.
He also followed Zhao Gao's advice and kept suggesting that these officials take action to save Qin Luoheng. He knew very well that nothing would happen to Qin Luoheng, but others didn't know that. He just moved his words, which not only deepened Wang's good impression of him
, and also won everyone's recognition of himself.
more importantly.
It consumed Qin Luoheng's kindness towards the Wang family.
The more Wang does, the weaker the relationship between the two becomes.
And he took advantage of this lobbying to make Qin Luoheng owe him a favor. When he saw Qin Luoheng in the future, he could even talk about this matter.
Think of this.
Hu Hai couldn't help but smile.
He had never thought before that his tenth brother, whom he was extremely jealous of, would give him such a huge gift.
He has been very happy these days.
But only when no one was around, at other times, his expression was still very solemn, as if he was really worried about Qin Luoheng's case.
Hu Hai said with a smile: "Ten brother, ten brother, I will go to court tomorrow. As the younger brother, I will naturally help you to speak, but the eldest brother's people may not help you. If you think of your younger brother, you will fight with the eldest brother.
Be more fierce."
"The more fiercely you fight, the more chances I will have."
"It's a pity that my eldest brother is far away in Chu. Otherwise, it would be very exciting in the court. No matter how fiercely you fight with each other, you will never be able to compete with me, a fisherman in the dark."