"Presumptuous!" Xiong Linghong shouted, and at the same time he saluted Zhao Sixian, pointed at Zhao Xuan and said, "This criminal has always been arrogant and does not know how high the sky is. Please punish her twenty times."
Zhao Siqian raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, aren't the people who are making the plans also from your Sanfa Division? How can they be so cruel to their own colleagues?
"No need." He said in a low voice, "Zhao Xuan, the gentlemen of the Third Law Department are here to hear your case of dereliction of duty. You should thank all the gentlemen."
"No, no, no, I still want to thank you, Eunuch Zhao. I am very unpopular in the Sanfa Division. They are all afraid that one day I will lead a team to raid their homes. That is to say, my father-in-law will not let me raid my house, so it is the most fair."
"Bold Zhao Xuan! You..."
Zhao Siqian raised his hand to stop him and leaned forward, seeming to find it very interesting.
"You are not afraid?"
"I'm afraid. Father-in-law, please be careful with your hat. If you go any further, it will fall off."
"How did Wu Zhaokun die?"
"I don't know. He should be considered missing. His life or death is unknown."
"No matter what, he disappeared in your hands. You committed the crime of negligence. And arresting the court official without the court's approval is the crime of concealing the truth. Do you understand how serious these two crimes are?
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"Understood, I'm very familiar with beheading. More than half of the high-ranking officials I've arrested committed the same crimes. But, I still have something to say."
"What?"
"Father, how can your Chief of Ceremonies be in charge of the Three Laws Department? The Wu Zhaokun case is not yours to try."
As soon as these words came out, all the adults in the hall took a deep breath.
Who doesn't know that the eunuch party has been in power for more than twenty years? The eunuch in charge of the eunuchs claims to be nine thousand years old, and he leads the eunuchs to dominate the six ministries. Who dares to say that these father-in-laws are not the right ones?
Zhao Siqian played with his white jade nails and said slowly:
"We will take care of whatever the emperor wants the clerk to supervise. Of course, that includes you, a little gold medal catcher."
Zhao Xuan made a face and changed the subject nonchalantly:
"I have compiled more details about Wu Zhaokun's case into a file and submitted it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Whether he is missing or murdered, you adults should make your own decisions."
The officials of the Sanfa Department exchanged glances with each other, but no one dared to speak. It was Zhao Siqian who spoke:
"A file is a file, and I would rather hear your own words about how Wu Zhaokun died."
At this time, a person in the hall straightened his body and showed a smile.
He is Feng Guangjin, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the highest official responsible for supervising the imperial examination fraud case.
As early as when the case came to light, he had a private meeting with Yu Zicai, the Minister of Rites, and conducted an exchange of interests.
Yu Zicai had many disciples and was very important in the government. He was called the "Yu Party" and was regarded as the representative of the old ministers. He held the imperial edict of the late emperor and was the only party that could compete with the eunuch party.
The princeling party to which Feng Guangjin belongs is the most declining faction in the party in the DPRK. If you help Yu Zicai escape unscathed, you can get the support of the Yu party and help the prince consolidate his position.
His protégé, Liu Gongmao, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who went to Jiangdu to take charge of the case, had already dealt with it. In the file submitted to the court, representing the results of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's review, there was no mention of the connection between the Jianghuai Chamber of Commerce and Yu Zicai and Wu Zhaokun.
Wu Zhaokun was given a "crime of oversight."
Although the dossier submitted by Zhao Xuan definitely records the crimes of Yu Zicai and Wu Zhaokun, so what? Liu Gongmao's dossier has been submitted to the Supervisor of Ceremonies in advance, implying that the interests of the Yu Party and the Princelings are aligned in this case. If the Eunuch Party does not want to
The two parties were at odds at the same time, so they could only submit Liu Gongmao's files to the emperor, allowing Yu Zicai and Wu Zhaokun to be exonerated.
Although Wu Zhaokun's disappearance was unexpected... Thinking of this, Feng Guangjin felt a little uneasy again, but he still comforted himself. Even if Wu Zhaokun jumped out of the ground and kowtowed to confess his crime, he would still have a way to deal with it - as long as he could get past the situation of Bingbi eunuch Zhao Siqian.
Just turn it off.
When he was feeling proud, there was another person who clenched his fists and had a face full of resentment. That was Xiong Linghong, the Minister of Punishment. He had already seen the clues the moment Zhao Siqian entered the lobby, and he really wanted to personally prove that he had colluded with the eunuchs.
Everyone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate was cut to pieces!
They have the file submitted by Zhao Xuan in their hands, but with the Supervisor of Ceremonies standing on top of it, they cannot present it to the Emperor for inspection!
Moreover, his subordinates acted impartially, but were imprisoned, kneeling in front of him, while he could only stare here!
How cowardly, so damn cowardly!
His fierce gaze swept across Zhao Siqian, Feng Guangjin and others in turn, and finally landed on the Dali Temple officials.
Three halls' joint review? What a three halls' joint review! From now on, it will be renamed the Si Li Supervisory Committee's review!
Zhao Xuan, who was kneeling in the hall, didn't know what these senior officials were thinking. After hearing Zhao Sixian's words, he showed surprise and said: "Eunuch Zhao, have you read the files I wrote? I should have known that I could write better.
Already..."
"As one of the criminals, the file you wrote has no reference value. I am talking about the file submitted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It clearly records how you abused your power and privately ordered a search of Wu Zhaokun's private residence. Are you because of this?
A private search yielded no results and you were worried about being punished, so you murdered Magistrate Wu Zhaokun and lied about his disappearance?"
Feng Guangjin narrowed his eyes. This was the original text written by Liu Gongmao in the file. It seemed that the Chief of Ceremonies accepted their hint.
As long as Zhao Xuan dies, all this will...
"No, Wu Zhaokun's disappearance has nothing to do with me." Zhao Xuan replied calmly.
Do you still have to fight to the death? Feng Guangjin shook his head in his heart. Although Zhao Xuan's status as a gold medal detective makes it very difficult to deal with, as long as the Chief of Ceremony and the Metropolitan Procuratorate take action together, who can escape?
"I would like to remind all of you, including Eunuch Zhao, that this joint trial should not be about my dereliction of duty, but about the entire imperial examination fraud case, right? Why are you catching me asking questions?" Zhao Xuan said impatiently.
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Because you are the most critical link in the whole case, and also the most insignificant link... Liu Gongmao smiled in his heart.
"You are not qualified to ask questions. You can answer whatever I ask you. This is good for both you and me."
"..."
"I'll ask you again..."
"Don't ask, I agree."
Xiong Ling Hong suddenly felt angry at the top of his head, and in the blink of an eye all the strength in his body seemed to have been drained away.
Zhao Siqian smiled and said: "Finally admit it?"
"I admit that I ordered the search of Wu Zhaokun's house, and indeed nothing was found."
The smile on Liu Gongmao's face was almost uncontrollable.
"Tell me more details."
"After I discovered part of the stolen money from the imperial examination fraud case, I took matters into my own hands and went to Magistrate Wu's home to search privately on the night of November 9th, but failed to find anything..."
Um?
Feng Guangjin, who thought he had a chance to win, hadn't noticed yet. Zhao Siqian frowned, seeming to have noticed something was wrong.
One of the Dali Temple officials sitting opposite was sweating profusely and clenching his teeth.
"Stop." Zhao Siqian waved to stop Zhao Xuan and asked sternly, "You mean privately? It is written in the file that you led the team to search, and the date is also..."
"Eunuch Zhao, sirs, this criminal is lying!"
An unfamiliar voice sounded in the hall, and Feng Guangjin came back to his senses. He looked in shock at the person who interrupted Zhao Siming——
The lowest-level official participating in the trial, one of the prime ministers of Dali Temple, looked pale, with trembling eyes, but Wan Shengwei, whose eyes were determined, jumped up from his seat and shouted loudly:
"You said that you led the search privately, which is inconsistent with the files collected by the Metropolitan Procuratorate! If there is no evidence that you can believe is true, how dare you search the home of a third-grade official?"
Zhao Xuan sneered and said: "This gentleman is so cool. I am answering Eunuch Zhao's question. You have no evidence. Why did you interrupt me?"
"Who said there is no evidence? I have a witness here!"
He turned to the door, feeling that his tongue was no longer obedient and he almost bit himself.
"It's passed...it's passed that Wu Zhaokun's wife, Mr. Yu, came to court to testify!"