Lin Shangli, who was sitting at the top, lowered his head and took a nap, maybe because of the hot weather.
"Beheaded? More than a hundred military attachés were beheaded without trial?"
With his mouth half open, Gao Sheng looked very surprised.
He turned his head and looked at Li An and Jiang Qianxiao: "Two adults, I think this case really needs to be opened again."
"Master Gao, you shouldn't be confused about what is the main case being tried by our three divisions today, right? You have to re-open the case again and again. Do you think there is anything better than finding out the Ming Dynasty's more than 1,000 troops?
Is it more important to collectively take refuge with the people behind the Japanese pirates?" Li An finally couldn't bear it anymore, and his expression changed.
"But more than a hundred military attachés were beheaded, so this is no small matter."
"Dongchang handles cases and has the right to kill first and report later. Doesn't Dali Temple know that?" Li An shouted loudly.
Gao Sheng gritted his teeth: "Those are more than a hundred military attachés, the backbone of the army."
"I only know that those are my relatives arranged by Zhao Wuming. They are scum in the army and prisoners." Li An suddenly stood up: "Master Gao, this is the meeting of the three divisions, Dali Temple
If you can participate, you can try the case normally. If you want to guide the trial thinking and ramble, then please ask Dali Temple to leave the Criminal Department, and we, the Criminal Department, the Supervisory Office, and the Third Division of Dongchang will conduct a joint trial."
"You." Gao Sheng stared at Li An and was speechless for a moment: "Okay, okay, the Ministry of Punishment is obviously deliberately covering up Dongchang's fault. Since you have mentioned this, I, Dali Temple, really
I no longer have the shame to stay here. I will go to the palace right now and ask for an explanation from the emperor."
After saying that, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked straight towards the gate without even looking at Zhao Wuming who was kneeling in the hall.
Xiao Chen turned around, nodded slightly towards Du Shaoqin who was waiting outside, and pursed his lips towards Gao Sheng's back.
Seeing the Dali Temple Qing really throwing away his hands and leaving, Li An couldn't help but feel a faint fear in his heart.
Dali Temple, as one of the highest legal departments in the imperial court, was so angry with him that he was so angry. If the emperor blamed it, he would probably be punished.
Seemingly sensing what Li An was thinking, Jiang Qianxiao, the censor of Zuodu, said with a serious face: "Now, Dali Temple deliberately guided the trial thinking and delayed our normal trial of criminals. Mr. Li did the right thing. He went to Beijing.
Go to the emperor to lodge a complaint. I also want to lodge a complaint. I suspect that Dali Temple is more or less connected with the Japanese pirate incident, and a case should be filed for investigation."
In one sentence, he made his position clear.
It also gave Li An a complete reassurance.
If the two of them hug each other, Dali Temple will not have the upper hand. What's more, there is a heavyweight next to him who keeps pretending to be asleep.
With a smile on his face, Li An bypassed Jiang Qianxiao and came to Lin Shangli's side: "Mr. Factory Master, the Dali Temple has left. What do you think we should do next?"
Although Lin Shangli half-squinted his eyes and refused to believe Li An, Lin Shangli knew nothing about what just happened.
"A few days ago, when the two adults were in court, they also saw the emperor's attitude. The emperor hated the Japanese pirates deeply, and even wanted to conquer the Ryukyu Kingdom personally. And the Zhejiang Dusi also made the emperor extremely sad. Your Majesty
Didn't I say that just after Ding Xihou was dealt with in the west, Zhao Wuming appeared in the south." Lin Shangli said slowly.
Although he did not mention how the case should be tried, these words have already stated what the outcome of the three-party joint trial must be.
Li An and Jiang Qianxiao are both old foxes who have been in court for many years. How could they not understand this meaning?
The emperor wanted to deal with Zhao Wuming severely, and he even wanted to tell it from the broomstick's mouth that he was assigned by the Ryukyu Kingdom's court to come to the Ming Dynasty to harass the people and plunder property.
Even if it doesn't come out in the final trial, I still have to make this confession.
Zhao Wuming, who was kneeling on the ground, watched helplessly as the Dali Temple Minister left, feeling as if his heart had been broken.
However, I couldn't open my mouth to call him.
The spirit that he had held so plausibly just now suddenly slumped.
Li An walked towards Xiao Chen again.
Now, if it weren't for the three-level interrogation, he would not dare to sit in the upper position and let Xiao Chen stand in the hall and scold loudly.
Now that Dali Temple has left, the Inspector General basically wears the same pants as himself and doesn't care about the etiquette.
He nodded towards Xiao Chen, with a smile on his face: "Brother Xiao, the emperor has a decree, asking me to set up the lobby again and wait for the prisoners. I didn't bother to pick you up outside the city, you won't be angry with me.
Are you angry?"
"The court's affairs are the most important thing, why am I so stingy?" Xiao Chen chuckled.
"Have you almost done your investigation on Zhao Wuming's matter?" Li An winked.
"The three departments will review, please complete this procedure for me. Why, do you want to take my report directly and submit it to the court?"
"The factory owner also said just now that this joint trial of the three divisions is just a formality. The emperor's meaning has been very clear. We will just follow that and give a confession. But there are many people involved in this Zhejiang capital division.
, asking questions one by one, it won’t be done within a few days. We don’t care, but the emperor is impatient. It’s better to just hand it over according to the results of your investigation.” Li An looked wretched.
Expression said.
"I checked everything else, but I really didn't get involved in the matter of Zhao Wuming colluding with the Japanese pirates. This matter should be asked by the Ministry of Punishments themselves."
"Hey." Li An shook his head, "Dongchang has more experience than the Criminal Department in the matter of extracting confessions. How about leaving Zhao Wuming to you for questioning?"
"Where, the prison of the Ministry of Justice?"
"That's fine. As long as it's convenient for you, we'll put the prisoners wherever you say?" Li An said in a low voice.
As long as we can get the prisoner's confession and deliver it to the emperor quickly, everything else will be easy to handle.
Returning to the main seat, Li An pretended to interrogate Zhao Wuming again, and then asked the guards to take him into prison.
Calling Lin Shangli and Jiang Qianxiao, the three of them went to the Hall of the Criminal Department to drink tea.
Xiao Chen followed the guards from the Criminal Department to the prison.
Looking at the heavily guarded prison of the Criminal Department, Zhao Wuming's heart completely collapsed.
Although the Minister of Dali Temple has a fatal friendship with him, it is no longer possible to rely on him to deal with the three departments of the Ministry of Punishment, the Inspectorate, and the East Factory to turn things around.
After shackling Zhao Wuming, the guards from the Criminal Department exited the cell and nodded respectfully towards Xiao Chen at the door.
Xiao Chen walked into the cell with his hands behind his back.
"What is your relationship with the Minister of Dali Temple, Gaosheng?" Xiao Chen walked to the small bed in the cell and sat down slowly.
"It doesn't matter, I don't know Mr. Gao." Zhao Wuming said after avoiding his eyes for a few times.
"I remember that you are a person who doesn't like others to be better than you. Seeing that you are about to be beheaded, don't you want to drag a few people into the water before you die?" Staring at Zhao Wuming, Xiao Chen laughed.
"Shi Ke can't be humiliated. Dongchang insists on putting me to death, and I can't do anything about it. However, I feel dissatisfied with pouring dirty water on me like this." With a cold snort, Zhao Wuming straightened his waist.
Make yourself look very upright.
"Okay, okay, stop pretending to be a gentleman. Do you know why I killed those thousands of households you appointed and arrested you but never came to interrogate you? I don't want to be with a despicable villain like you.
Say a word." Xiao Chen was rude and did not leave any face to Zhao Wuming in his words.
"I am now a prisoner of the imperial court. The East Factory is the most important department of the emperor. You can say whatever you want. Whether I am despicable or not, you have to know it yourself."
As if he didn't care about Xiao Chen's words, Zhao Wuming turned his head to the side.
"Well, you are going to die anyway, and I am kind-hearted, so I will let you be a clear conscience. The Songmen Guard soldiers defected. I am not sure whether it was your instigation or not, but I will definitely put this crime on your head.
How can I put it this way, I will slam all the shit on your head, and you won’t have any chance to stand up."
Seemingly a little tired, Xiao Chen crossed his legs and kneaded himself gently with both hands.
"Why? Why are you targeting me like this? Dongchang and I have never had any problems?" Zhao Wuming squinted his eyes and was very angry.
Although he knew that he would not survive, he did not want to die in such an unclear way.
