Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 526: Civil, military and law (11)

Zhang Fei's seemingly very reasonable explanation, in the eyes of those distinguished guests, made some people panic.

What happened?

During this lunch, there must be a story happening.

Because of the interrogation in the morning, most people believed that Zhang Fei was indeed biased, but at the beginning of the afternoon, these few questions made the case worsen.

Especially the fact that the kind of cowardly edict was confirmed.

Coupled with Zhang Fei's change of attitude towards Zhong Er, this will inevitably make people's imagination run wild.

Naturally, Zhong Er is very angry, but he can only bear it. If he gets angry with Zhang Fei at this time, it will be a dead end. As long as Zhang Fei convicts him, those civil officials will definitely support Zhang Fei with all their strength. Then beat him to death.

Zhang Fei didn't care about their feelings, but continued to ask Li Shui: "Director Li, you don't have to care about what Deputy Envoy Zhong said, just answer the chief judge's question and tell what you saw and heard Come out."

"Yes."

When Li Shui first appeared in court, he was still very nervous, but now seeing that the judge is very good, he is full of gratitude and respect for him, and since he is going to ask Lu Lu, he is naturally even less afraid.

Zhang Fei asked again: "As for the question just now, do you have anything to add?"

Li Shui had finished speaking, but Zhong Er interrupted him so much that he really added: "As far as I know at that time, the deputy envoy Zhong was deployed in Suizhou, and he was preparing to face the battle, and there was no sign of retreating. It can be seen that he I had no intention of withdrawing troops."

Zhang Fei nodded, then turned his head to look at Zhong Er, "Deputy Minister Zhong, after you occupied Suizhou, did you receive an edict from the prefect of Lu?"

There was still some resentment in Zhong Er's heart, so he just nodded slightly.

Zhang Fei said: "Then did you obey?"

Chang Er shook his head, thinking, I can't fight with him, this is my disadvantage. He quickly added: "But there is a reason why I did this."

"What's the reason?" Zhang Fei asked.

Chang Er said: "As Master Li said, the first edict of Lu Zhifu did not involve Wei Mingshan's department, so I wrote back to ask for clarification. As for the second edict, I have considered it The deployment of the general and other troops is definitely not as simple as Master Li said, just withdrawing the soldiers and horses to Qingjian City."

Zhang Fei said, "How do you say that?"

Chang Er said: "In the initial inducement to surrender, the commanders of the surrounding armies knew about it, because we also thought that once Suizhou was recovered, Xixia would never let it go, and they were all deployed in advance. of.

If I choose to withdraw troops suddenly without discussing with them, it will make them very passive, and I have to communicate with them first.

Secondly, it was the enemy army that came at that time, and it was all within our plan. I was prepared to fight, and the chances of winning were very high. Even if I didn't withdraw, there would be no danger. "

Zhang Fei nodded, and said to Li Shui: "Master Li, I have no other questions for now, you can go down and rest first, if necessary, I will ask you to come up."

"Yes."

Li Shui stood up, bowed his hands in a salute, and then retreated.

Zhang Fei suddenly looked aside, "Guo Xianggong, I have to trouble you to go to court again, and help the chief judge to clarify a problem."

Guo Kui was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand why Zhang Fei asked him to appear in court again, but he was still able to appear in court.

Zhang Fei explained: "Mr. Li's confession just now, Guo Xianggong is listening."

Guo Kui nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "Then Mr. Guo should also have heard that the deputy envoy also involves the issue of coercion. Guo Xianggong has led troops for many years and has rich experience. Can you tell me what should be done in the case of the deputy envoy?" Dealing with it is the most appropriate."

Guo Kui first looked at Zhang Fei dejectedly, it's embarrassing for you to ask such a question.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Under normal circumstances, you should strictly abide by the order, and you should not send troops without authorization, let alone send troops under false orders."

Speaking of which, he paused for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But under special circumstances, this kind of thing has happened, not only limited to generals, some civil servants have also had similar behavior, Even when the military situation is urgent, and the superior cannot be contacted, or he has not waited for the superior's order, and he has no sovereignty, in the face of a crisis, he can only fabricate orders and lead the troops to fight first."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Then how does the imperial court generally deal with this situation?"

Guo Kui said: "Not necessarily, it depends on the specific situation."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then based on Guo Xianggong's experience, do you think it was a military emergency at that time?"

Guo Kui started sweating as soon as he came up, how could you ask such a question, wouldn't you be a little more reserved and more direct than me, a military general, no matter how you answer it, it seems wrong. After hesitating for a while, he said, "I personally think it's quite sudden, but the best way to deal with it is to discuss it with the prefect Lu."

This old driver is different, try not to offend both sides.

Zhang Fei continued to ask: "If the prefect Lu refuses to agree, how will Guo Xianggong deal with it?"

Guo Kui said directly: "I was not in Yanzhou at the time, so I had no way of knowing the specific situation at that time, so I dare not speak nonsense."

"It's okay!"

Zhang Fei said again: "Thank you again, Mr. Guo, for your help."

Guo Kui nodded awkwardly, and looked at Zhong Er apologetically.

Zong Er still nodded gratefully.

Su Zhe suddenly frowned, and said in a low voice: "It's really strange to say that even if the deputy envoy knows that Lu Zhifu will refuse, he can still send a letter and let him know first. In this way, even if he doesn't wait for Lu The magistrate's reply letter will send troops immediately, and it will not make Lu Zhifu so angry."

Wang Shen whispered: "Actually, there has been a rumor about this."

Su Zhe asked: "What rumor?"

Wang Shendao: "It was at that time that Zhong Er actually had the official's secret edict in hand, so he decisively sent troops."

Su Zhe said in surprise: "Really?"

Wang Shendao: "I heard this rumor before when I was the manager under Mr. Han."

Chen Qi frowned and said: "But according to our investigation, the deputy envoy Zhong never admitted that there was such a secret edict, and it was not mentioned in the file at that time, nor was it mentioned by the officials. Now, at that time, the official had just ascended the throne, so how could he have issued a secret edict to Deputy Envoy Zhong."

Wang Shendao: "So this is the rumor, and I just heard it from hearsay."

Su Zhe frowned slightly.

Suddenly heard Zhang Fei say: "Broadcast to Chen Xiaowu."

Chen Xiaowu?

Who?

The people present were dumbfounded again.

Chen Qi smiled wryly and said, "Whether these three witnesses are the president of the court or Er's pen, the witnesses passed on will always confuse people."

But seeing a man in his twenties, in short brown clothes, came forward, and when he stopped, his legs were trembling uncontrollably, he was at a loss, and he didn't know what to do.

Looking at this man's attire, Lu Shen couldn't help but sneak a glance at Zhong Er, who was opposite him, and found that Zhong Er was also looking at this person. He didn't seem to know him, and he was extremely curious.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Chen Xiaowu, please sit down."

"Oh oh oh!"

Chen Xiaowu nodded, supported the back of the chair, and sat down slowly.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Are you thirsty?"

Chen Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Zhang Fei ordered: "Give him a cup of tea."

When the tea was delivered, Chen Xiaowu held it in both hands, took a sip, and calmed down a little.

Zhang Fei waited for a while before asking with a smile: "Chen Xiaowu, what do you do?"

Chen Xiaowu raised his head and said, "I am a soldier."

Zhang Fei said: "Where do you serve as a soldier?"

Chen Xiaowu said: "At present, he is in the Yongxing Army."

"How long have you been in the army?"

"Eight years."

"Eight years? You look as old as me, didn't you join the army very early?"

"Hey."

Chen Xiaowu scratched his head and smiled honestly, "It's quite early, but I should be older than the officials."

Zhang Fei said: "Really? How old are you this year?"

"I am twenty-seven."

"That's really two or three years older, so I have to call you Brother Chen."

"Ouch! Don't dare! Don't dare!"

Chen Xiaowu waved his hands embarrassingly.

The eyes of the people next to you are falling out. Are you trying a case, or calling you brothers?

You are so easy-going as the president of the judge.

But why are you not easy-going with us.

Zong Er also has a lot of opinions, just now he trained me very authoritatively, so how can he be good to him.

Could it be that above the royal court, the witness is the highest status?

Zhang Fei asked again: "In the fourth year of Zhiping, where did you serve as a soldier?"

"I'm in Qingjian City." Chen Xiaowu said immediately.

The chatting just now made him feel that the chief judge was different from all other officials, so he wasn't afraid anymore.

You look surprised, my soldier? I have no impression at all.

Zhang Fei asked: "What position do you hold?"

"Fireman." Chen Xiaowu said.

"!"

Chang Er suddenly showed a depressed expression, and I said my soldier, how could I not know him, he turned out to be a handyman.

The rest of the distinguished guests also looked puzzled.

Stoker?

In front of half a stick of incense, the person sitting here is the Xuanfu envoy, who is known as a man of the level of a gentleman, and a fireman came and sat there in a blink of an eye.

This gap is so big that everyone is speechless.

But Zhang Fei asked: "Since you were a fireman in Qingjian City at that time, did you participate in the battle of Suizhou?"

Chen Xiaowu nodded, "I'm going! I'm going!"

Zhang Fei smiled and asked, "Why are you so excited?"

Chen Xiaowu hehe said: "Because I am a fireman, generally speaking, when troops are dispatched to Suizhou, we will run behind, but that time, I followed the team and killed them. It worked, but I didn't expect that nothing happened."

Zhang Fei asked curiously: "Really? Do you know why?"

Chen Xiaowu said: "I didn't know at first, anyway, that's what the above said, let's go together. It was only later that I found out that the other party had agreed to surrender. When everyone passed, there was no need to fight, so we had to start a fire immediately. Rice, then we firemen will naturally have to follow."

Zhang Fei said: "Did there be a fight?"

Chen Xiaowu shook his head and said: "No, the soldiers standing guard on the opposite side saw us coming, immediately put down their weapons and led us back."

Zhang Fei asked: "Have you encountered no resistance at all?"

"No!"

Speaking, Chen Xiaowu said again: "You can't say that. When we surrounded the enemy's camp, I saw some people were still pointing at us with weapons, but after a while, their leaders came out, and then they Put down your weapon."

Zhang Fei asked: "Don't you find it strange? The people in front put down their weapons immediately when they saw you coming, but the people behind took up weapons."

Chen Xiaowu said: "I don't know about this, maybe it scared them, we killed them suddenly at that time, and surrounded them all at once."

Chang Er rested his face in one hand and didn't really want to speak. Your answer is really rough, no wonder you are a handyman.

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you Brother Chen for being able to testify in court."

Chen Xiaowu hurriedly said: "It should, it should."

Zhang Fei said: "Go down and rest for the time being, if necessary, I will pass on to you again."

"Hey! Then I will go down first."

"Please."

After Chen Xiaowu went down, Zhang Fei immediately said: "Teach the earth to run."

I saw another man in short brown clothes coming to the court.

After he sat down, Zhang Fei asked, "Tu Run, where are you from?"

Tu Run replied: "I am from Suizhou, but my parents are both from Yanzhou. They were taken captive to Suizhou more than ten years ago."

Zhang Fei asked: "Then what do you do?"

Tu Run replied: "I used to serve under the famous general Xiaowei."

Zhang Fei said: "It's called Yishan?"

"Yeah."

"During the fourth year of Zhiping, you also served as a soldier under Wei Mingyishan?"

"Yeah."

"Then did you know at that time that Wei was named Yishan and had surrendered to the Song Dynasty?"

"I know. I was the one who bribed Li Wenxi with those gold utensils."

"Really? Why did Wei Mingyi send you there?"

"Because Li Wenxi's ancestors were also from Yanzhou, and his relationship with me is pretty good."

"What's the result?"

"I thought it was going well at the time, but Li Wenming is very greedy and lustful. When he saw those gold objects, he quickly agreed."

"What did you think at the time? How do you say that?"

"It was only later that I found out that Li Wenxi did not try to persuade Wei Mingshan to surrender, but swallowed those gold objects."

"Why do you say that?"

"When General Zhong and the others came, General Dawei was still holding a weapon and preparing to mount a horse to fight. Like', General Dawei knew that General Xiaowei had surrendered, and saw that the army's morale was broken, so he didn't resist and surrendered with General Xiaowei."

"Why do you know so clearly?"

"Because I was with General Xiaowei at that time."

"Is it just you and General Xiaowei?"

"No, at that time, everyone gathered around the famous general of Dawei, preparing to go out to fight, and many people saw it."

"Where is Li Wenxi now?"

"Li Wenxi ran away with a concubine of a famous Dawei general, and he has not been found yet."

Since Li Wenxi wants to covet that wealth, he will definitely not stay, otherwise, both sides will find him to settle accounts.

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said, "Thank you for being able to testify in court, you can go down and rest for a while."

"Yes."

After Tu Run left, Zhang Fei summoned more than a dozen soldiers to testify in court one after another, but they all asked the same questions.

It made some VIPs drowsy!

As for?

If you ask a dozen people to tell you about this process, are we stupid? You have to listen to it more than ten times before you can remember it.

Nawei Yingfang thought even more, if you are seeking evidence like this, if the witnesses have to pay for the carriage and accommodation, the cost of trying a case for you is really not small! No, is this kid trying to make money?

But there are also some people who listened very intently, and nodded frequently from time to time, with a hint of approval in their eyes.

Guo Kui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It seems that this kid is not lying, he was able to become the chief judge because of his ability."

Chang Gu asked curiously: "Why did Guo Xianggong say this? You can ask a young general to know the whole story. Why ask some soldiers to ask."

"The wonderful thing is here."

Guo Kui laughed and said, "It's not convincing enough if you just ask a young general to ask, after all, they were all former subordinates of Lingdi."

Zhong Gu was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Those soldiers are also my third brother's old department."

Guo Kui said: "So it's hard to be convincing. But compared to the generals, the soldiers are completely unaware of this matter, and they can only see one side of the whole thing. But putting these confessions together is the process of the whole thing, unless they are all discussed in advance, otherwise, it is impossible to spell out the process of the whole thing, which is enough to be convincing.”

Zong Gu nodded again and again, "I see."

Zhe Jizu asked again: "Are these confessions so important?"

"Of course very important."

Guo Kui said: "Haven't you heard it? These confessions illustrate two problems. First, the deputy envoy does not know that Li Wenxi is behind the scenes. If the deputy envoy knew in advance and reported the lie to the court, That would be bad, and it proves that the actions of the deputy envoy, as Xueshi Zheng said, were for the sake of greed and disregard of the overall situation.

Secondly, it shows that the deputy envoy is well-prepared, and the chances of winning are assured, rather than taking a risk. This can also prove that Deputy Envoy Zhong did not lie, and the opportunity at that time was fleeting. "

Zhong Guxi said: "In other words, these confessions are beneficial to my third brother."

Guo Kui nodded.

Just at this time, there was a sudden bang, and Zhang Feilang said: "It is said that the Xuanfu envoy of the Fourth Road of Hebei Province, Wei Guogong will testify in court."

Guo Kui almost bit his tongue.

No!

Even Han Qi came to testify in court.

The rest of the people were also shocked, even Cai Bian, Cai Jing and others lost their pens, and Su Zhe was also stunned.

What a shocking case this is.

Han Qi came to testify.

In terms of fame and status, Han Qi is a well-deserved first person, and Fu Bi is not as good as him.

To put it bluntly, no one but the emperor can invite Han Qi.

Both Zhong Er and Lu Shen felt flattered.

They all looked up.

But I saw an elegant scholar in his early thirties coming to the court, but no sign of Han Qi.

"Where is this Wei Guogong?"

"Who is this person?"

"Don't you know this? This is Wei Guogong's eldest son, Han Zhongyan, the general judge of the Yongning Army."