The next day, Wang Chun, the young minister of Dali Temple, and Han Duan, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, also came. They also asked Qianhu from Jinan to lead troops to escort them, and the palace of Prince Guishan was completely surrounded.
Han Duan was quite accustomed to being a royal guard. He tortured Yuan Zhi and Zhao Yan as soon as they arrived. But he did not dare to beat them to death. After struggling for a long time, he could not get a strong confession from these two warriors.
Immediately, senior officials from Qianhu were also arrested, because when Liang Gu reported the case, he said that senior officials from Qianhu were associates of King Guishan.
After a full delay of four or five days, Wang Yuan said angrily: "Judging from the current situation, King Guishan and Gao Qianhu were falsely accused. How to try the false accuser? You can handle it yourself. I have to rush back. Linqing is building water conservancy projects."
Wang Chun, Han Duan, and Wen Xiang all had no objections, and together with Wang Yuan, signed the staged trial results.
Zhu Dangzhi was so grateful for this that he privately gave Wang Yuan, Wang Chun, Han Duan, and Wen Xiang two thousand taels of silver each. The senior officials from thousands of households involved in the case also gave each of them five hundred taels of silver. , this inexplicable rebellion case was concluded.
How strange!
Wang Yuan left Yanzhou early, leaving the other three people behind to continue the trial of the false accusation.
After careful inquiry, we learned that the original informer, Liang Gu, had enemies with Yuan Zhi, Zhao Yan, and senior officials before he passed the imperial examination. His fellow villagers Qu Ang and Xifeng Zhu also had enemies with Yuan Zhi and Zhao Yan, and Zhu I bit it randomly when my heart was filled with oil.
By the way, Liang Gu, the person who made the false accusation, and Wang Yuan not only were Jinshi in the third year of Zhengde, but they were also disciples of Wang Yangming!
"What should I do?" Wen Xiang asked.
Han Duan said: "Of course we will handle it impartially."
Wang Chun reminded: "Before I left the capital, I asked Chief Liang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He and Academician Wang are of the same year and fellow disciples. If this case is handled truthfully, Chief Liang will be demoted at the least, or jailed at the worst. Should we be punished? Scholar Wang, to save his face, put the blame for false accusations on his two fellow villagers?"
Wen Xiang thought carefully and said, "It should be so. Scholar Wang left Yanzhou early, probably to avoid suspicion and hint that we should let his junior brother Liang Gu go."
Wang Erlang has a great reputation. These three people from the Bureau of Ceremonies, Dali Temple and Jinyiwei all took the initiative to consider him.
There is also an informer, the contemporary King of Lu, who must also be invited for questioning.
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Prince Lu's Mansion.
Chang Shi Ma Kui received the news in advance and was so frightened that he lost three souls and seven souls.
The reason why King Lu reported his son for rebellion was instigated by Chang Shi Ma Kui. Ma Kui had a bad relationship with Zhu Dangqi, and had conflicts with Qianhu officials over land disputes. He learned that someone in the court reported Zhu Dangqi. , Jinan also mobilized a large army, and took the opportunity to slander, saying that Zhu Dangzhen had colluded with thousands of households and maintained followers, and sooner or later he would rebel.
King Lu has long been frightened since the multi-person movement incident. He actually directly reported his son for treason without any verification. Only in this way would he not be implicated.
Seeing that the false accusation failed, Chief Shi Makui panicked and called in his assistants Chen Huan and Li Zuoxiu.
Ma Kui instructed: "If someone comes to arrest you two, take the opportunity to expose King Guishan's intention to rebel!"
Chen Huan and Li Zuoxiu were horrified.
Chen Huan said: "Mr. Ma, King Guishan's rebellion has nothing to do with us. Why would anyone come to arrest him and question him?"
"Yes, we didn't know that King Guishan was planning to rebel." Li Zuoxiu said.
"It's relevant now," Ma Kui pointed at Chen Huan. "You will confess when the time comes, saying that King Guishan befriended you and ordered you to secretly raise three thousand followers!"
Chen Huan was the gangster leader. He said with a sad face: "Mr. Ma, you know that I only have a hundred gangsters at most. How can I get three thousand customers?"
"I asked you to say three thousand, it is three thousand!" Ma Kui said to Li Zuoxiu again: "Just confess, King Guishan ordered you to divine destiny, and also asked you to tell fortunes to determine the date of rebellion!"
Li Zuoxiu said fearfully: "Mr. Ma, I'm just a fortune teller. I can tell marriages well, but how can I tell destiny?"
"Poof!"
Ma Kui kicked over a stool and scolded: "What you have done before, even beheading ten times will not be unjust. Listen to my words and do it. With me secretly using the money, plus the merit of the expose, I will at most sentence you to exile as a border guard."
.I will take good care of your parents, wives and children. Otherwise... hmph!"
Chen Huan and Li Zuoxiu looked at each other and had no choice but to agree.
Ma Kui wrote another letter to the guarding eunuch Bizhen. Along with the letter, he sent a large sum of money and asked Bizhen to arrest Chen Huan and Li Zuoxiu to torture him.
For the sake of money, Bizhen was willing to help Ma Kui, so he caught the two of them and sent them to the imperial envoy team for interrogation.
At this time, Li Hanchen, the censor of Shandong Province, also came to observe the entire inquiry process.
Wang Chun, the young minister of Dali Temple, asked, "Are you two accomplices of King Guishan in his rebellion?"
"Yes..." Gangster Chen Huan said bravely.
"It's unjust," the warlock Li Zuoxiu immediately interrupted and cried loudly, "I want to report the king of Lu, Shi Makui, who forced us to falsely accuse King Guishan!"
Chen Huan looked at Li Zuoxiu stupidly, then quickly realized and said: "Yes, it was Chang Shi Makui who was behind the trouble."
Seeing this situation, the guarding eunuch Bizhen did not dare to join Ma Kui anymore, and immediately took out a letter from his arms: "Ma Kui is so bold that he dares to bribe this town to frame him for King Guishan. Our family is loyal to His Majesty.
, how could you violate the law with him? I have brought Ma Kui's autographed letter. Wang Shaoqing, Commander Han, Li Yushi, Brother Wen, please take a look!"
When everyone saw it, it turned out to be another false accuser with ulterior motives.
The facts of this rebellion case are clear and can be settled.
How strange!
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The gangster leader Chen Huan and the charlatan Li Zuoxiu died unexpectedly that night.
Wen Xiang, the eunuch in charge of rituals, Wang Chun, the young minister of Dali Temple, Han Duan, the commander of Jin Yiwei, and Li Hanchen, the censor of Shandong Province, were all secretly visited by mysterious people.
The mysterious man brought his entourage and directly carried several large boxes, containing ten thousand taels of silver. He also promised to give another ten thousand taels as a gift after the completion of the matter, and everyone else had already taken care of it, so they should not have any worries.
Except for the patrol censor Li Hanchen, the other three investigators all accepted the money.
Meet again the next day.
Eunuch Wen Xiang said: "Chen Huan and Li Zuoxiu have committed suicide out of fear of crime."
Wang Chun, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, said: "It seems there is something fishy about this case."
Li Hanchen, the censor of the patrol, was furious: "What else is wrong? These two people were obviously killed by others. How could they commit suicide out of fear of crime?"
Han Duan, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "What Li Yushi said is reasonable. I also think that he was killed by someone. The person behind the scenes is probably King Guishan!"
"Most likely." Wen Xiang and Wang Chun agreed in unison.
"You...you...wait, you are confusing right and wrong, you must have taken Ma Kui's money!" Li Hanchen was about to be furious. The case was confirmed, and someone actually dared to mess around in front of the patrol censor.
Han Duan sneered and said: "Li Yushi, please be careful with your words. How can you slander someone's innocence?"
After a dispute, Li Hanchen was squeezed out by three people in turn, and he was so angry that he walked away.
Wang Chun said worriedly: "This Censor Li doesn't take the hard way, so nothing will go wrong, right?"
Wen Xiang laughed: "I am from the Chief of Ceremonies, you are from the Dali Temple, and Commander Han is from the Jinyiwei. The three of us all agree, what kind of trouble can he stir up as a patrol censor? Wang Shaoqing, don't forget, the people in the court are
The whistleblower is the same year and sect of Bachelor Wang. Bachelor Wang must be on our side in this matter. The whistleblower in Shandong is King Lu. He has many sons, so what does it mean to have one less son? The son he reported on himself must also be the same.
I don’t dare to change my words. In this way, the Chief of Ceremony, the Jin Yiwei, Dali Temple, Wang Xueshi, King Lu, and the guarding eunuch, we are all our own people, and we can turn the rebellion case into a solid case!"
These bad guys not only collect money, but also want to solve cases and make meritorious deeds!
The three men immediately put the unlucky King Guishan under house arrest. How to deal with it will have to be carefully discussed by the court.
Li Hanchen, the censor on patrol, immediately went to court for impeachment.
The three people falsely accused Li Hanchen, saying that Li Hanchen had accepted a bribe from King Guishan, so he acquitted King Guishan.
Which side do the courtiers believe?
The three men were from the Bureau of Ceremonies, Dali Temple and Jinyiwei respectively, and they were all imperial envoys who were ordered to investigate the case. King Lu and the guarding eunuch also stood on their side, making Li Hanchen, the patrol censor, speechless.
Censor Li Hanchen was actually sentenced to prison because of this and was beaten until he almost wanted to die!
When Wang Yuan returned to the capital, he was so shocked that he thought he had heard the wrong news.
At the same time, Wang Yuan was impeached by officials who sympathized with Li Hanchen as the mastermind behind this unjust case. It was said that he had accepted Ma Kui's money and covered up his junior brother Liang Gu's false accusation, which led to the shocking unjust case.