During the trial, Yushi Zhuo didn't make any objections. He borrowed the clothes that Li Shangshu left at the Yamen to change, feeling a little bored.
Because of Hu Yuan's status as the Crown Prince of Nan'an, there cannot be a separate interrogation. All interrogations about Hu Yuan must involve the presence of the three judges.
That's why An Zhicai summoned the Third Division this time and only asked about the very obvious account book matters.
Among the three giants of the three divisions, Xie Shaoqing has the lowest official position. He was replaced because Hu Siqing avoided suspicion, not to mention that he was a member of the Hu family who was being tried.
Although Hu Siqing repeatedly asked Xie Shaoqing to act fairly and not to take him into consideration, Xie Shaoqing could not take his words seriously, so he just sat there and listened more and spoke less.
Li Shangshu is mature and prudent, so naturally he will not interrogate him first.
Zhuo Yushi flipped through the file, looked at Hu Yuan who was sitting in the hall, and said lazily, "Your Majesty, please tell the truth. The five hundred thousand silver must go somewhere."
"I don't understand what the censor said."
"Is there anything you don't understand? At that time, the Yan family's wealth was about three million, plus the grain and grass stolen by Liu Zhong earned one hundred nine thousand and thirteen taels of silver. Your Majesty, if you want to split the accounts with Liu Chong, don't be afraid to tell him.
"Although Liu Zhong is a military commander, he is a meticulous person. He remembers the accounts of the year clearly." Zhuo Yushi said, "Your Majesty, your Liu Zhong's account book clearly records that what he took back then was 20%.
Seven hundred thousand taels. Shizi took 2,300,000 taels alone. In addition to the 100,000 taels awarded to the Zhou family, your expenses over the years, the properties you purchased, and the accounts are combined, and there are still 500,000 taels missing."
"All my confessions are true." Hu Yuandao.
"I advise the Crown Prince to tell the truth frankly." Zhuo Yushi pushed the file away, "The Crown Prince has been serving as a clerk in the Ministry of War for many years. Even if he wants to hide money, he should not be so hasty. There is only one reason for such haste. The incident happened suddenly and there was no time to do anything more.
Prepare."
"Otherwise, with the prince's methods, how could such a ridiculous flaw happen?" Zhuo Yushi disdainfully said, "Those ignorant landlords and rich men in the countryside would not tell such crude lies."
"If you adults insist on pouring this dirty water on me, I will have to admit it." Hu Yuan said coldly.
"Your Majesty, you really put a lot of money on your face." Zhuo Yushi smiled sarcastically, "If any of the three judges are not high-ranking officials or have extraordinary status, what do you think? But Hou
It’s just that the government is unworthy of its descendants.”
"If you didn't have a good father and a good ancestor, you would be worthy of standing here and being interrogated by the three judges!"
Zhuo Yushi is worthy of being the leader of the Yushitai. His words made Prince Hu blush with humiliation and his eyes were about to burst. I stared at Zhuo Yushi fiercely, as if I was about to pounce on Zhuo Yushi at any moment and bite Zhuo Yushi to death.
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"Why, the prince has never heard such a truth?" Zhuo Yushi said, "Don't thank me too much. I am a kind-hearted person and do one good deed every day."
Zhuo Yushi turned sideways and looked at Mu Anzhi who was sitting in the middle, "Your Highness, when I first entered the door, I saw Mr. Hu outside. Why don't you ask Mr. Hu to come closer and listen together."
It was Mu Anzhi's first three-division trial after he took over the military ration case. He didn't know that Zhuo Yushi hated Prince Hu so much. Zhuo Yushi's proposal was good. Even though Mu Anzhi didn't like this person, he said with a cold face, "Okay."
Zhuo Yushi seemed to have accidentally ordered the Yamen servant who had gone out to invite someone, "Master Hu is also in the Criminal Department, and he has been invited as well."
Mu Anzhi resolutely said, "There is no need for An Li to come over! He is a close relative of mine, and according to the rules, he should avoid suspicion."
"There is no need to avoid suspicion." Zhuo Yushi lazily leaned on the back of his chair, "Master Hu is the legitimate eldest son. It is well known in the world that father and son are at odds with each other. Maybe there is some evidence of annihilation of the family."
Zhuo Yushi ordered again, "Invite them all together."
Huan Ran was invited into the lobby. When he saw his father, he rushed over and knelt in front of his father, hugged his father's legs, and asked with a choked voice, "Father, father! How are you? Father, you have endured hardship!"
When Hu Yuan saw his son, he couldn't help but blush slightly, and put his hand on his son's head with pity.
This is what Huan Li saw when he arrived.
He bowed respectfully to Hu Yuan and stood aside silently.
The angle of Huan Li's salute was so clever that Hu Yuan didn't even notice the arrival of his eldest son.
Zhuo Yushi laughed loudly and said to Li Shangshu Xie Shaoqing, "I have heard in the past that Prince Hu prefers concubines. I would not know how ridiculous it is until I see it with my own eyes."
"Anyone who doesn't know this would think that Mr. Hu is an outsider." Zhuo Yushi was completely unafraid of the gazes of the Hu family and his son. He looked at Huan Li appreciatively, "The eldest son is good at everything, but his life is not good.
Such a father."
Then he said to Huan Ran, "Instead of hugging your father's thigh and looking up and crying, it would be better to be calm and calm like the eldest son."
Zhuo Yushi clicked his tongue twice and said disdainfully, "A bastard is a bastard."
Huan Li looked at Zhuo Yushi quietly. Huan Li was shaking with anger, "You, you are so presumptuous!"
"What's so presumptuous? This is a fact. You are originally the son of a pig-killing woman. You don't think that Prince Hu prefers you, so you are so noble that you can stand shoulder to shoulder with your brother, right? Are you worthy?"
Huan Ran was so angry that he was shaking all over, but Prince Hu held his shoulders in one step and said, "Don't be fooled by him, he is irritating you."
Zhuo Yushi stood up and walked down the hall, facing Huan Ran face to face and said, "Lowly bastard! If I get closer, I will definitely smell the fishy smell of pork from your other half."
Huan Ran couldn't bear it anymore and swung his palm towards Zhuo Yushi.
Zhuo Yushi was on guard for a long time, and suddenly pulled away, but Huan Ran's palm missed. Zhuo Yushi didn't even look at Huan Ran anymore, turned back to the desk, raised his hand and ordered, "Huan Ran roared in the court, intending to attack the court."
Sir, pass the staff!"
Hu Shizi said excitedly, "How dare you!"
"I don't dare to do anything!" Zhuo Yushi sarcastically said, "Do you think he is you? Are you still holding the title of Crown Prince and cannot be punished?"
Zhuo Yushi waved his fingers and said, "Hit!"
Two wolf-like government officials came forward with sticks. One stick fell on the crook of Huan Ran's leg. Huan Ran fell to his knees with a cry of pain. Then a stick fell on his shoulder. Huan Ran responded and lay down on the cold blue bricks of the lobby of the Criminal Department.
On the ground.
"Sir, how much?"
"Just hit him, don't kill him, no matter whether he is injured or disabled."
Then the torture sticks fell like raindrops.
Hu Yuan's eyes were red and he glared at Zhuo Yushi. Zhuo Yushi leisurely picked up the tea cup and slowly sipped the tea.
The blow hits the child's body and hurts the father's heart.
Hu Yuan was so distraught that he became angry with Huan Li and shouted angrily, "Just look at me like this!"
Huan Li didn't even want to argue anymore. He closed his eyes gently, as if he didn't hear Hu Yuan's question.
Du Changshi couldn't help but said, "An Li is not the censor who gives orders. If he doesn't watch, how can he help and applaud?"
Zhuo Yushi choked on his throat with a mouthful of tea, but almost died.
The sound of heavy sticks came one after another, and finally, Huan Ran's uncontrollable screams sounded in the lobby.
Hu Yuan was like a beast whose cubs had been injured, filled with devastating anger but helpless.
He knew in his heart that Zhuo Ran was just borrowing the torture stick from Huan Ran to force him to confess. The screams of his youngest son made him tremble with distress.
He couldn't help but ask himself, is it worth it?
The money was actually just to make the child's life easier in the future.
Zhuo Yushi drank most of the cup of tea. Seeing that Hu Yuan still refused to say anything, he said coldly, "Assassinate me and break his hands."
Huan Ran screamed, "No! I said it! I said it!"
The two executioners stopped immediately.
Zhuo Yushi smiled and said, "You know what I'm asking you to just say? If you can't tell me, I won't comply."
The last sentence was quite an understatement, as if he didn't care, but Huan Ran trembled slightly.
Hu Yuan was the first to say, "You don't have to embarrass this child, I will tell you everything you want to know."
Zhuo Yushi pointed at Hu Yuan and said, "Stop his mouth!"
"You are brave!"
"It's not torture, what's so bold about it?" Zhuo Yushi said coldly, "Block it!"
Two government officials came forward, one held down the noble Hu Shizi, and the other pulled out a piece of white cloth and blocked Hu Shizi's mouth.
Zhuo Yushi looked at Huan Ran and said, "One wrong word and a bone will be broken!"
Huan Ran's face was pale and his breath was weak, "Sir, if you are so cruel, aren't you afraid of having the reputation of being a cruel person?"
"How many times you hit a few boards is called Cool Lie. Young Master, at least I have to pluck out your fingernails one by one and crush your finger bones one by one in front of your father to be called Cool Lie, right?" Zhuo Yushi's face darkened and he shouted sternly.
,"explain!"
Huan Ran was trembling all over, not sure if it was from pain or fear. He glanced at his father, tears rolled down his cheeks, and said intermittently, "Father gave me a private seal from Dachang Bank. I can withdraw money by seeing the seal.
It’s for the three of us, brother and sister.”
Huan Li stood as still as an old monk, expressionless.
Du Changshi looked away, if this was given to the three siblings, why not give it to the eldest son but to the second son? Is Huan Ran stupid or too smart?
Sure enough, Zhuo Yushi did not miss any loopholes, "Where is the private seal?"
Huan Ran pulled off the hosta from his head with a trembling swish, and the yamen servant took it and brought it to the hall.
Zhuo Yushi took the inspection first and saw that it was a sapphire hairpin with a lotus head. The half-open lotus petals covered the lotus-shaped stamens. The jade was naturally good. After a few cuts, the lotus flower was carved to life, but the
There is really nothing unusual about this hairpin.
Since it was a seal, Censor Zhuo took out a piece of paper, pointed at the lotus hairpin and printed it lightly using the red seal clay in the hall.
A simple Hu character wrapped in a lotus pattern was immediately printed on the paper.
Zhuo Yushi showed the seal to Xie Shaoqing, Li Shangshu of Mu An, who read it. Li Shangshu said, "Your Highness, please get the silver back first."
Mu An said, "Just go to Dachang Bank and ask them to send the money to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice. If you make a mistake by one or two, I will ask them personally."
Someone went to spread the word about the silver.
Zhuo Yushi turned to Huan Li and asked, "Master Hu, were you involved in what the second master just said?"
"The common people don't know a word of it."
Huan Ran said quickly, "I have been worried about my father these days, but I haven't had time to tell my elder brother yet."
"Then your elder brother really has to thank you for not letting him become an accomplice." Zhuo Yushi mocked.
Hu Yuan was gagged and speechless. Zhuo Yushi continued to ask, "Huan Ran, you intentionally concealed a large amount of money. Can you plead guilty?"
Hu Yuan made a whining sound in his anxious throat and kept shaking his head at his son.
"Ah -" Zhuo Yushi seemed to have just remembered something, and said to Huan Ran, "By the way, you can deny that it is just your father who is responsible for all this. It is rare to see a peerless good father like him, and he will definitely be willing to put it down
All the blame has been taken."
Hu Yuan shook his head desperately, and Huan Ran's eyes were full of tears. He opened his mouth and choked, "I know. It's not my father's fault, it's all my fault. I'm too scared. Something happened at home, and my father was afraid that I would not be able to live well in the future.
Landing."
A roar suddenly burst out from Hu Yuan's throat. The cloth was so full that it got stuck in his throat. Hu Yuan coughed, but he did not cough up the cloth. Instead, he sucked the cloth into his throat due to his sharp breathing, and he choked for a moment.
His eyes rolled white and he fell backwards.
Huan Li stepped over and hit Hu Yuan in the back. Hu Yuan coughed violently, and Huan Li took out the cloth with his hands.
Hu Yuan choked out a mouthful of blood.
Li Shangshu scolded the government officials, "Why are you so careless?"
The yamen servant quickly apologized.
Zhuo Yushi said, "This is the order of the lower officials, and it's not their fault. It's the prince who loves his son so much that I'm a little touched."
"If you can't punish yourself, you still have to be careful in your discussion." Li Shangshu continued, "In the recent interrogation, Mr. Zhuo should be the first to take credit."
Zhuo Yushi bowed slightly and said, "Excessive praise, sir, is the responsibility of a lower official."
Li Shangshu Zhuo, the censor, was polite, and Huan Ran struggled to crawl to his father, and stretched out his trembling hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his father's mouth.
Hu Yuan shouted hoarsely, "I did it all by myself! I did it by myself! It has nothing to do with An Ran!"
"Father, father—" Huan Ran fell on his father's knees, wailing bitterly.
The confession document written by Zhuo Yushi himself was torn to pieces by Hu Yuan when he took it over.
Zhuo Yushi's face was as bright as ice and he told Hua Changshi, "Master Hua, write another one!"
When the second document was presented, Hu Yuan rushed over and tried to tear it up again, but was held tightly by the yamen servant.
He roared and cursed constantly, like a crazy beast.
Zhuo Yushi stared at Hu Yuan coldly, waiting until Hu Yuan was hoarse, his voice was hoarse, and his roar was weak.
Zhuo Yushi grabbed Hu Yuan's chin and asked him, "Do you hate me? Do you want to cut me into pieces? Do you feel distressed? Seeing your own flesh and blood being beaten into mud by the cane, your heart feels like a knife.
?”
"Isn't that how you manipulated the Yan family's father and son back then?"
"In front of his father Yan Ming, you pulled out the nails of Yan Jue's hands that could write plum blossom seals and pinched off his ten fingers. In front of Yan Jue, you broke his father's legs with two sticks."
"I thought at the time, this is really a genius idea." Zhuo Yushi smiled softly and narrowed his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about some wonderful memory. He patted Hu Yuan casually with his free hand.
face, lowered his head, looked into Hu Yuan's eyes, "Do you still remember?"
Facing Zhuo Yushi's stern eyes, Hu Yuan couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Do you still remember?!" Zhuo Yushi suddenly shouted loudly and struck Hu Yuan in the face with his palm.
Hu Yuan's whole body was staggered by the whipping, and he was about to fall to the ground. However, Zhuo Yushi grabbed his bun and dragged him back forcefully.
Zhuo Yushi pulled Hu Yuan's head and turned to Huan Ran, asking Huan Ran, "Do you know about hiding money?"
"I, I, I know."
"Confess truthfully."
"Yan, when the Yan family case was uncovered, my father said that he was worried that something might go wrong, so he gave me this seal. He said, he said, he said that it would be used by the three of us brothers and sisters in the future."
"Who else knows about this?"
"Only, just me and my father."
"Do you want to draw a picture or not?"
"Is the confession recorded correctly?"
Huan Ran hurriedly picked it up and read it, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and nodded tremblingly.
"Please Ergong Hu to draw the signature." Hua Changshi handed over the pen, ink and red clay.
Huan Ran held the pen and signed his name. He pressed his thumb into the ink pad box, and as the bright red fingerprints fell on the dedication book, Huan Ran suddenly burst into tears.
Hu Yuan couldn't help but blush.
Hua Changshi put away the confession and said sarcastically, "How lucky that father and son can still cry to each other."
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