"Back to the emperor, when this incident first started, Malianshan wanted to privately enclose the river where the jadeite stones were found and mine it, but Ma Yunshan asked him to mine it in the name of water conservancy construction. In this way, ordinary people cannot approach the outside world. While the project was in progress,
In the process, another project payment can be deducted." Li An said hurriedly.
Ming Chengzu's face turned purple and blue, as if he was about to explode.
"Are you taking this out of context, or are you saying that all the witnesses and physical evidence are available?" Ming Chengzu asked coldly, staring at Li An.
In front of all the officials, he had just made an exception and promoted Ma Yunshan from an ordinary director of the Ministry of Etiquette to the commander of the Jinyi Guards. However, he did not expect that he would give himself such a loud slap in the face.
After this incident, although the officials would not blame themselves, they must have looked down upon themselves somewhat.
Ming Chengzu felt extremely regretful about his hasty decision.
"Go back to the emperor." Li An hurriedly bowed again: "Whether it is the person involved, Ma Lianshan, the magistrate of Lantian County Yang Kang, or the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture who was kept in the dark, they are all outside the main hall. The emperor can call them in at any time for questioning."
"Bring Yang Kang, the magistrate of Lantian County, in." Ming Chengzu said in a low voice.
After a moment, with the sound of shackles clattering, Yang Kang, the magistrate of Lantian County, with his hands tied behind his back, disheveled and wearing the clothes of a prisoner of the Ministry of Justice, was escorted into the main hall.
Seeing the angry Ming Chengzu, his legs weakened and he collapsed to the ground.
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die. In order to cover up the fact of my daughter's manslaughter, I killed Wanquan, a failed scholar who wanted to continue to sue. I plead guilty. However, Yuhuan is mentally retarded and committed manslaughter again. I hope the emperor will be merciful and spare her life.
." Kneeling on the ground, Yang Kang burst into tears and cried.
"Yang Kang, we'll talk about the murder and silence later. I'm asking you now, is it your idea that Magou Town plans to secretly mine jadeite rough in the name of building water conservancy projects?"
Yang Kang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he was doing and said loudly: "It's not my intention, it's my son-in-law Ma Lianshan's idea."
"You are a dignified official of the imperial court, but you actually seek personal gain for yourself in the name of building water conservancy projects and serving the people. I will kill you, do you have any complaints?"
"No, I was wrong. I deserve to die!" Yang Kang fell to the ground as if his bones had been picked out.
"Bring Malian up the mountain." Ming Chengzu ignored Yang Kang and shouted towards the outside of the hall.
Unlike Yang Kang, although Ma Lianshan was also shackled and knew his fate, he still straightened his waist and walked in slowly.
Although he is not an official of the imperial court, he understands the etiquette of kneeling when the emperor wants to do so.
As soon as he crossed the threshold, he knelt on the ground.
It was just that he knelt down and worshiped, but not a single word came out of his mouth.
Looking at Mal Lianshan who was looking forward to death, although the officials wanted to immediately sentence him to beheading, they could not help but secretly admire his unhurried and fearless expression.
"This Malianshan can still be so calm and composed even when he is about to die. He is a man."
"How could a man who looks quite handsome marry a wife who looks like a man?"
"It's not like she is the county magistrate's daughter."
"Oh, this is the world, no one can escape it."
All the officials couldn't help but started talking in low voices.
Ming Chengzu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who is kneeling in the hall?"
"Early Min Malianshan."
"I thought you were mute, but it turns out you can speak." Ming Chengzu snorted coldly, "Did your elder brother Ma Yunshan teach you about building water conservancy in Magou Town?"
"Back to the emperor, this idea was thought up by the common people themselves and informed my father-in-law. It has nothing to do with my eldest brother." Looking up, Ma Lianshan actually took all the responsibilities on his own.
"Oh?" Ming Chengzu couldn't help laughing, "Do you think you can take on this matter? Do you think that you can completely throw Ma Yunshan away? If there are no thousands of Jin Yiwei in Xi'an Prefecture, if you say so, I
I really believe you."
Ming Chengzu looked outside the hall again: "Bring in the Qianhu of Jinyiwei."
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers from the Criminal Department who had already escorted the prisoners and had been waiting outside the door for a long time hurriedly escorted Zhang Jin in.
Different from the previous prisoners, Zhang Jin wore two shackles on his body.
There is only one purpose, lest he jump over the wall and rely on his own martial arts to escape from the battlefield or hurt others.
Knowing that he was bound to die, Zhang Jin stood in the main hall and had no intention of kneeling down to worship Ming Chengzu.
Ming Chengzu sat quietly on the dragon chair and looked at each other quietly.
Ming Chengzu couldn't figure it out. One moment he was holding a salary from the imperial court, and the next moment something happened, even the person who gave him the salary stopped kneeling?
You have made a mistake, and you still want to spread your grievances on me?
All the officials were also stunned, not knowing what to do for a moment.
He remained silent and quietly looked at Xiao Chen, who was asking Ming Chengzu about the case. He raised his head slightly, looked at Ming Chengzu's shocked eyes, and then glanced at the Jin Yiwei Qianhu Zhang Jin who was standing there, not caring about this.
It was the Jinluan Palace. He exerted force under his feet and instantly rose into the air. In the surprised eyes of all the officials, he crossed over the crowd and landed next to Zhang Jin.
"Papa", two loud blows on the ear made Zhang Jin's eyes flash with stars.
Before he could recover, Xiao Chen moved his steps and came behind Zhang Jin again. He raised his right foot and kicked hard at the crook of Zhang Jin's leg.
With a "pop" sound, Zhang Jin couldn't help but fall to his knees on the ground.
Only then did Zhang Jin come to his senses and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Even if I am a criminal, I should be judged by the court's laws. Your private punishment is contrary to the court's laws."
Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and Xiao Chen grabbed Zhang Jin's hair and punched him in the mouth.
Immediately, a stream of blood gushes out from the corner of Zhang Jin's mouth.
"You are still a Qianhu of the Imperial Guard. Don't you understand that you must kneel before the emperor? The imperial court has given you a salary for so many years. Even if you have a dog, you will not be as ungrateful as you. You have made a mistake, you
But you want to blame the fault on the emperor? This is the Jinluan Palace, do you think it is in your Jinyiwei Yamen?"
Zhang Jin wanted to retort, but as soon as he opened his mouth, two heavy punches hit him in the face.
In an instant, his eyes turned blue-purple.
Facing Xiao Chen's fist, Zhang Jin no longer dared to open his mouth to refute, his whole body was trembling, and he knelt on the ground obediently.
The officials couldn't help but shook their heads.
I thought you really looked down upon death, but it turns out you are just a weakling who is afraid of the iron fist.
Ming Chengzu shook his head with a wry smile, and looked at Xu Kaiying, the commander of the Jinyiwei who had turned pale: "Commander Xu, this person is one of your Jinyiwei's front thousand households."
Xu Kaiying's legs trembled for a while, and she gritted her teeth and raised her fists: "Back to the emperor, this person is Jin Yiwei Qianhu, named Zhang Jin."
"You have trained the people in Jinyiwei very well. Their bones are very hard. When I saw them, they didn't even bother to bend their legs."
After hearing this, Xu Kaiying's legs softened and she knelt on the ground: "I failed to discipline my subordinates well. I am guilty."
As he said that, he fell to the ground like the conductor Tong Zhima Yunshan next to him.
"I don't want to ask him anymore, I just want to ask you, is this Qianhu sent to Xi'an Mansion?"
"Back to the emperor, this person was arranged by Ma Tongzhi to go to Xi'an Mansion, saying that he would handle some personal matters for him." Xu Kaiying raised her head and said with a face full of horror.
Holding the table with both hands, Ming Chengzu slowly stood up, his face full of exhaustion.
His eyes swept over the officials one by one, and finally fell on the face of Li An, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment: "I don't want to continue asking about this case. The Ministry of Punishment will have full authority to handle it. Catch those who deserve to be arrested, and kill those who deserve to be killed.
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Lin Shangli, who was behind him, hurriedly came up to him, looked at Ming Chengzu, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty?"
"Retreat from the court." As he spoke, Ming Chengzu had already moved slowly.
Without any time to think, Lin Shangli passed over the ceremonial eunuch over there and loudly announced to the officials: "Retreat from the court."
"I will respectfully send you off to your Majesty." All the officials knelt down and shouted in unison.
With the support of Lin Shangli, Ming Chengzu, who had just walked to the side door, suddenly turned around and looked at Li An, who was kneeling on the ground to see him off: "Yang Yuhuan was mentally retarded, and he only seriously injured the deceased by sitting down. The son of the deceased was sentenced to death.
, this Yang Yuhuan, let her live."
"I obey the decree." Li An responded hurriedly.
Yang Kang, the magistrate of Lantian County, who was kneeling behind the main hall, burst into tears when he heard these words. He leaned on the ground and shouted: "The guilty minister thanks the emperor."
