Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 709: Misfortune comes from the mouth (Part 2)

Judging from the current situation, it seems that Zhang Fei has the upper hand. After all, he has come up with a logical relationship to explain the charges of slandering the government of Hu Changbai and Qiu He.

This is actually a difficulty in this case.

Because there is no specific logical relationship in discussing government affairs, in the past it was the emperor and officials who took matters into their own hands.

In this case, Zhang Fei was facing the imperial power, so he had to explain clearly before he could help Hu Changbai and Qiu He get away with the crime. The emperor does not need to explain. As long as Zhang Fei cannot explain clearly, then Hu Changbai and Qiu He are guilty.

But this is not enough, because the prosecution of the Procuratorate is not to help Hu Changbai and Qiu He escape guilt, but to convict Huangcheng Division.

It’s just that if Hu and Qiu are not exonerated, it will be impossible to convict the Huangcheng Division, because what the Huangcheng Division prosecutes is abuse of punishment and subjugation.

But having said that, even if Hu and Qiu are cleared of their grievances, they may not be able to convict the Imperial City Division. That sentence is definitely controversial, and there is no problem for the Imperial City Division to do so.

Just before noon, with the scorching sun shining brightly, Zhao Pian announced a temporary adjournment and would resume the trial in the afternoon.

These officials and ministers did not choose to go home. Instead, they went to a nearby tavern or wine shop to have a heated discussion about the crime of slandering the government.

After a break, the trial continued.

"Hu Changbai."

Zhang Fei said: "When were you captured into the Imperial City Division?"

Hu Changbai said: "That night."

Zhang Fei asked again: "What happened after that?"

Hu Changbai pursed his lips and said with great grievance: "After that, the officials of the Imperial City Department said that we slandered the government and disturbed the morale of the army, and asked us if we wanted to rebel? Of course we don't admit it, how dare we do this? Ah! But it will be beheaded.

No matter how much we complain, they just don't believe us, and then they torture us to force us to confess. ”

Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder how they tortured you? Can you tell me more specifically."

Hu Changbai suddenly trembled violently and said: "They first tied us with big wooden shackles around our necks, and then they fed us full of water and beat us with cloth bags filled with stones. Belly and back."

Recalling the despair that made the sky and the earth not work in the Imperial City Division, the fear came to my heart again, and I cried anxiously. When Qiu He saw it, he also started crying silently.

When the people outside the hospital heard all this, they felt horrified and frightened. They must not talk nonsense in the future. This is really terrible.

Zhang Fei felt the same way about this. He had also felt this way when he was in Dengzhoufuya prison, and asked: "So your shoulder bone and rib fractures were all caused by these two punishments? ”

Hu Changbai nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "Did you admit it in the end?"

Hu Changbai cried and cried: "We really couldn't bear the beating, and we thought to ourselves that since we couldn't get out anyway, we might as well admit it early, at least we wouldn't have to be tortured by them, so we admitted it. ”

"I have no problem for the time being." Zhang Fei sat down.

Li Lei stood up immediately, showing that he was confident, "Hu Changbai, I want to know how you explained when the Imperial City Division accused you of the crime?"

Hu Changbai said excitedly: "We don't want to rebel!"

Li Lei said: "So that's how you explained it."

Hu Changbai nodded and said: "I really just drank too much, so I didn't control my mouth and said a few more words. I really didn't have any other ideas."

Li Lei asked again: "Is there any other explanation?"

Hu Changbai thought for a while and then shook his head.

"I have no questions."

Li Lei sat down.

Zhang Fei stood up and asked: "Hu Changbai, Qiu He, have you read the book?"

Hu Changbai and Qiu He shook their heads.

Zhang Fei said: "Do you know what it means to slander the government?"

The two shook their heads at the same time.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you know that what you say will disturb the morale of the army?"

The two shook their heads.

How can these two illiterate people understand this?

"I'm fine."

Zhang Fei sat down.

The two of them had a quick battle, which made people unable to react.

After some research at noon, Cheng Yi was able to understand a little bit and thought about it silently.

Li Erbi's question was to emphasize that their explanation was unclear, so they did not blame the Imperial City Division for using punishment.

Prosecutor Zhang hinted that the two of them had no idea what these charges meant, and how could they give an explanation.

"In this confrontation, Na'erbi still has the upper hand! In the end, prosecutor Zhang can only make everyone think that they don't know how to explain, but from the perspective of the Imperial City Division, how do they know that you don't know how to explain? . There is nothing wrong with using torture to extract confessions."

Cheng Yi whispered softly.

He actually also likes to study these issues.

"I would like to ask Bachelor Sima to attend and testify."

Zhang Fei said suddenly.

Before others thought anything, Sima Guang was immediately stunned. You didn’t say you wanted me to attend to testify!

What is the situation?

Zhao Pian thought they had made an appointment, but when he saw Sima Guang dumbfounded, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and looked at Zhang Fei again.

Zhang Fei explained: "That's the case. Since the Imperial City Division testified against Hu Changbai and Qiu He, there was a lack of judicial explanation and it was quite general. So I hope to ask Bachelor Sima to explain it to us. I don't know what Sima said. Are you willing, Bachelor?"

Wang Anshi on the side was a little unhappy and thought to himself, when it comes to legal attainments, I am not inferior to him. If you don’t invite me, why don’t you invite him? You look down on people, right?

Judicial interpretation, such a noble name. Of course Sima Guang would not refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

Zhao Peng immediately invited Sima Guang to court.

After Sima Guang sat down, Zhang Fei asked: "Sister Sima, I heard that you are familiar with history books and have rich political experience. In your opinion, this conversation between Hu Changbai and Qiu He, Will it disrupt the morale of the military, or even conceal the intention of rebellion?"

This first question directly stopped Sima Guang.

Li Lei couldn't help but sit up straight and looked at Zhang Fei with confusion.

Fu Bi, Han Qi and others all looked surprised.

If you ask this question, you must answer "yes". It is impossible to answer "no", because these words alone are definitely inflammatory. Many rebellion cases come from this. This is This is a very sensitive issue and no one can bear this responsibility.

This is why Li Guozhong and others believe that this lawsuit is very beneficial to them.

Wang Anshi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not me who invited him.

Sima Guang struggled for a long time, and suddenly looked at Zhang Fei with an unhappy face. What kind of question are you asking?

You should ask Wang Jiefu this kind of question. He is facing the Imperial City Division. I am against the Imperial City Division. I impeach them every day. How should I answer this question?

Zhang Fei pretended not to know and asked, "Doesn't Bachelor Sima not know that either?"

Sima Guang could only say truthfully: "I think this is possible."

Zhang Fei said: "Sister Sima, can you explain it in detail?"

Sima Guang thought for a long time before saying: "As Liang Yuhou said before, many Xiang soldiers think that the labor is heavy, but at the same time they are not clear about the court's policies and difficulties. Hu Changbai's words may cause misunderstandings, which may lead to If there is chaos, if someone has evil intentions and takes advantage of the situation, it may cause even more trouble."

"So it's so serious."

Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Do you think, Academician Sima, the Imperial City Division should investigate this matter?"

Sima Guang's eyes are full of murderous intent, what on earth do you want to do?

He is opposed to the Imperial City Division being separated from the judicial system. He is fundamentally opposed to the Imperial City Division investigating these matters. This is within the jurisdiction of the judiciary, but he cannot say so. But if he does not say so, it is not a disguised proof. , he supports the Imperial City Division.

This is really a dilemma.

Li Guozhong and Li Lei also looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Ask yourself, none of them thought of this move!

Indeed!

Sima Guang should come up and say that this is really not very beneficial to them.

After a while, Sima Guangcai said: "Of course the Imperial City Division should investigate this matter, but it should be investigated clearly and not blindly using punishment to extract confessions."

"I know."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Bachelor Sima, for being able to attend and testify."

That's it?

Everyone present was dumbfounded, including Sima Guang, who had just finished answering.

They thought Zhang Fei was feinting again, but in fact, there was a murderous intention hidden in it. How could they know that Zhang Fei had pointed it out and which way was the procuratorate heading?

Stop asking questions here, then the above answer will be of great benefit to the Imperial City Division!

Li Zhien just scratched his head as he looked at it. Could it be a friendly force?

He is not the only one who thinks so, including Wang Anshi and others, they are also speculating.

Because Zhang Fei often flattered the emperor during the court trial and secretly helped the emperor.

This is really possible.

Then the purpose of this lawsuit is not to attack the Imperial City Division, but to safeguard the power of the Imperial City Division.

Cheng Yi, who originally thought he had some understanding, couldn't help but fall into confusion again at this moment.

What is his purpose in asking these questions?

Zhao Bian was also stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and glanced at Li Lei again, as if to say, Sima Guang is here even if he doesn't come, why don't you ask a few questions.

Li Lei really wanted to stand up and ask a few questions, but Li Guozhong stopped him, "The current situation is very favorable to us. If you ask questions, it may cause trouble."

He knew that Sima Guang was not asking the Imperial City Secretary, but that he was confused by Zhang Fei's questions, but Sima Guang was knowledgeable and experienced, and Li Lei was by no means his opponent. Now Zhang Fei has asked quite well, you If you ask again, you may be tricked by Sima Guang, and then the gain will outweigh the loss.

Li Lei also realized that Sima Guang was not meat on the chopping board, to be slaughtered by others, and immediately said: "I have no questions to ask."

Zhao Bian said: "I am very grateful to Bachelor Sima for appearing in court to answer our questions."

"Where!"

Sima Guang slightly cupped his hands and said: "I hope I can help the president."

He walked down the stage and glared at Zhang Fei from the corner of his eye. What are your intentions?

With these few questions, he will not know how to impeach the Imperial City Division in the future.

Han Qi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's no luck that this kid is able to get to where he is today!"

Fu Bi smiled and nodded, "Now that he has protected his imperial power from being eroded, the next step should be to make a killing move."

The two of them still saw it very clearly. The biggest beneficiary of Zhang Fei's words was the imperial power. The Imperial City Division must investigate this matter, which gave the Imperial City Division rationality and legitimacy.

From another perspective, Zhang Fei no longer has any worries. This is actually to sound the clarion call for attack.

If the emperor and imperial power could not be protected, Zhang Fei would not dare to attack the Imperial City Division. If the emperor was hurt, he would lose the lawsuit!

After all, the emperor is above the law.

As expected, Zhang Fei immediately announced Liu Renzan’s attendance.

Zhang Fei stood up and asked: "Mr. Liu, according to our information, this case was tried by you."

Liu Renzan nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhang Fei said: "How did you learn about the conversation between Hu Changbai and Qiu He in the tavern?"

"Someone reported it!"

"I wonder who reported it?"

"Sorry, we can't say that. Our Imperial City Division has our Imperial City Division's rules. Regarding these people, we will not tell anyone unless the officials speak."

Liu Renzan said very forcefully.

These words all imply that our Imperial City Division will not be under the control of your public prosecutors, so don’t ask.

Zhang Fei didn't care and said with a smile: "It seems that the Imperial City Department is a well-disciplined government agency."

"Of course."

Liu Renzan said proudly.

He is now paralyzed because he thinks Zhang Fei may be a friendly force.

Zhang Fei said: "What Bachelor Sima just now said, that is, what Hu Changbai said, is inflammatory and will disturb the morale of the army. It is very harmful. I wonder if Liu Gongshi agrees?"

Liu Ren praised: "Of course I agree very much, otherwise, I would not use punishment to force them to confess."

Zhang Fei said: "Since the harm is so great, the Imperial City Division will definitely conduct a thorough investigation into this case."

Liu Renzan nodded, "Of course."

Zhang Fei said: "Assuming that Hu Changbai and Qiu He have evil intentions and intend to use that hearing to incite mutiny among the soldiers. Based on Liu Gongshi's experience, will there be any accomplices in such cases? Or is it the two of them? A mere **** is enough to incite mutiny."

Liu Ren praised: "It is very likely that there are accomplices."

Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder if the Imperial City Department has sent someone to investigate Qiaoying?"

Liu Renzan blinked and suddenly fell silent.

Li Lei noticed something strange and said anxiously: "What's going on?"

Li Guozhong shook his head.

The two couldn't help but look at Liu Inzan nervously.

"Of course."

Liu Renzan suddenly answered again.

Zhang Fei asked: "Can you show us your investigation report?"

Liu Renzan frowned slightly and said: "This is the secret of my Imperial City driver and cannot be shown to outsiders at will."

"It doesn't matter."

Zhang Fei picked up a copy and said, "This is an investigation report made by our procuratorate on the relationship between Hu Changbai and Qiu He in the camp. The main reason is that Hu Changbai and Qiu He were arrested. , during the period when our procuratorate intervened, we looked at the daily activities of people close to them.

Gongshi Liu only needs to extract a few items from your investigation report and compare them with our report to prove that you have indeed sent people to investigate. ”

Liu Renzan said forcefully: "This is a secret and cannot be revealed at will. Besides, can we not send people to investigate this kind of case? I really don't know why you ask that."

Zhang Fei smiled and explained: "Because the trial is about evidence, although this is an irrelevant issue, it is also a necessary process. It is best for Mr. Liu to present some evidence to prove this. ”

Liu Renzan said to himself: "This is the secret of our Imperial City Department."

Zhao Bian suddenly said: "Mr. Liu, the president of this court thinks that the Procuratorate has already been very considerate of your Imperial City Division. You only need to come up with a few tracking results in your investigation report. You can even find It should be okay to make some innocuous items, as long as it proves that your Imperial City Division has conducted an investigation, right? If that doesn't work, the president of this court will ask the officials to produce your investigation report on the case."

Inadvertently, dense beads of sweat oozed out on Liu Inzan’s forehead.

Sima Guang suddenly realized it and murmured to himself: "That's it."

After a while, Liu Renzan said: "Of course we sent people to investigate, but we didn't find any abnormal behavior, so there is no investigation report, we will only record some useful evidence, and record the useless ones. Well."

Zhang Fei immediately said: "President, I hope Wu Qin, the commander of the Shenlong Guards' Xiaoqi Battalion, will appear in court to testify."

Zhao Peng nodded and said: "It is said that Wu Qin will appear in court to testify."

Only a tall man with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes came up to the court. The Dragon Guards were from the Fourth Army, and they were all 1.8 meters tall.

Zhang Fei asked: "I am very grateful to Commander Wu for being able to appear in court to testify. As far as I know, before he became the commander, Commander Wu held a position related to investigation in the Front Division."

Wu Qin nodded and said, "Yes, I was mainly responsible for training spies at that time."

Zhang Fei said: "Does Commander Wu know about this case?"

Wu Qin nodded and said, "I heard about it."

Zhang Fei said: "If this matter is handed over to Commander Wu first, I wonder what arrangements Commander Wu will make?"

Wu Qin thought for a moment and then said: "Remarks like this are worthy of attention, so we should first make sure not to alert others, and then send people to secretly monitor them to see if they have any accomplices.

If there is a problem, we can catch them all. If there is no problem, it is just a misunderstanding and it will not cause panic in the military camp.

In fact, if remarks like this don't get everyone's attention and the person who said it has no evil intentions, you shouldn't take the initiative to mention it, because it may be self-defeating. ”

After saying this, many people sitting here nodded frequently.

As expected of the commander of the Dragon Guard Army, he is professional.

In comparison, Liu Inzan is simply...!

Zhang Fei asked again: "What does Commander Wu think of the Imperial City Division's arrest of people that night?"

Wu Qin shook his head and said: "I don't know, I don't know how the Imperial City Division operates."

Zhang Fei asked again: "But Commander Wu just now thought that this kind of behavior might alarm the enemy and be self-defeating."

Wu Qin nodded again: "Yes."

Zhang Fei said: "Based on Commander Wu's experience, under what circumstances we should arrest people immediately."

Wu Qin thought for a while and said: "One situation is that the other party has discovered it. The other situation is that the surrounding situation no longer allows us to continue to monitor secretly."

Zhang Fei asked: "Do you think these two situations exist in this case?"

Wu Qin said: "I don't know whether they have been discovered by the other party. However, the surrounding situation still allows them to continue to monitor secretly."

Zhang Fei asked: "If the first situation does not exist, how would Commander Wu evaluate this approach of the Imperial City Division?"

Wu Qin struggled for a while and replied with embarrassment: "In my personal opinion, this should be a mistake."

Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "In a case like this, should someone be sent to investigate the people related to the suspect?"

Wu Qin said: "This must be investigated."

Zhang Fei said: "How do you usually investigate?"

Wu Qindao: "If it is not known to anyone, people should be sent to closely monitor all the people related to the suspect. If it is already known, then people should be sent to inquire, and at the same time, they should be secretly monitored."

Zhang Fei asked: "Who should be monitored mainly, or does the entire battalion have to be monitored?"

Wu Qin said: "The main focus is on people who are close to the suspects and their superiors, such as the commander and Yuhou. If there is no shortage of manpower, we will also take care of the entire battalion."

Zhang Fei asked: "Will you make a detailed report on the results of the surveillance?"

Wu Qin nodded and said, "Definitely."

Zhang Fei said: "Even if no special circumstances are found."

"Yes."

Wu Qindao: "Because the superiors usually take this kind of thing very seriously, even if nothing is found, a very detailed report must be written to prove that these people have nothing to do with the case, because the superiors will definitely ask these questions."

Zhang Fei asked: "Commander Wu, based on your rich experience, under what circumstances would you choose to arrest people directly, and only use punishment to ask for confessions, without investigating any relevant persons?"

"This."

Wu Qin hesitated for a while, "It should be against the rules to do this."

Zhang Fei said: "But it just happened."

"Uh."

Wu Qin seemed very embarrassed.

Your question is too specific. I don’t dare to offend the Imperial City Division!

Zhang Fei asked again: "Has Commander Wu never encountered this kind of situation? Or, did he not mention relevant matters when teaching students?"

Wu Qin was startled, glanced at Zhang Fei, and thought to himself, it seems that you have already investigated me clearly. I can only admit: "Yes, when I was training soldiers, I mentioned that if this is the case, there is almost only one possibility."

Zhang Fei asked: "What is possible?"

Wu Qin said: "If you actually know that the suspect has no intention of rebellion, you will naturally not think of investigating other people, so as not to aggravate the matter and let others find out the flaws. But at the same time, if you want to take credit, Then we will use punishment to extract confessions and make a quick decision."

Liu Renzan suddenly trembled, feeling guilty.

"Thank you very much, Commander Wu, for being able to attend and testify."

Zhang Fei held up another copy, "This is about the achievements of Commander Wu. They are a very, very outstanding general, especially in investigation. He has improved the methods of investigation and obtained The recognition of the front secretary shows that he is very professional in this regard."

Zhao Pian waved his hand and signaled the court police to submit the copy, and then asked Li Lei: "Does the defense have any questions to ask?"

Li Lei was stunned. He never expected that Zhang Fei would invite such a professional to explain these seemingly vague questions. He couldn't help but shake his head, "No."

He doesn't understand this at all and has no clue.

Zhao Pian thanked Wu Qin again and indicated that he could go down and rest.

Wu Qin immediately breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his sweat regardless of his appearance. He glanced at Zhang Fei out of the corner of his eye and thought to himself, this Zhang Darer pen really deserves its reputation!

After Wu Qin went down, Zhang Fei asked Liu Renzan: "What does Mr. Liu think of Commander Wu's remarks?"

Liu Renzan gradually looked a little anxious and said: "He is not in the Imperial City Department, so how can he know about the system of our Imperial City Department?"

Zhang Fei said: "I wonder what aspects of the operation of the Imperial City Division are different from what Commander Wu said?"

".?"

Liu Renzan thought for a while, "This is a secret."

Zhang Fei said: "But I believe that the Imperial City Department must have an investigation report about other people. Not to mention Commander Wu, even the Erbi you hired knows about this. The defense asked just now Liang Yuhou, does he think he will be monitored and investigated?"

Liu Renzan said to himself: "This is the secret of our Imperial City Department, and it is inconvenient to tell outsiders."

Zhao Pian couldn't stand it any longer. You, the Imperial City Division, look down on this president too much, and said: "If Mr. Liu is in trouble, the president of this court will report to His Majesty and get this report from the Imperial City Division."

Liu Renzan's heart trembled. If the emperor came to ask, then he would be guilty of deceiving the emperor. He wiped his sweat and said: "I admit that our Imperial City Division was negligent on this point."

"Oops!"

Li Lei frowned upon hearing this.

"This is impossible."

Zhang Fei suddenly said passionately: "The duty of the Imperial City Division is to protect Your Majesty, the Imperial City, and the stability of the country. The Imperial Guards inside are all elites selected from the Fourth Army. How could such negligence occur? .

In addition, did Liu Gongshi realize the consequences of such negligence? If Hu Changbai and Qiu He are rebellious and they have accomplices, then your negligence will pose a direct threat to His Majesty.

What's more important is that reports and official documents should have been established in a system, unless someone uses their power to deliberately undermine the system of the Imperial City Department, prevent others from conducting in-depth investigations, and attempt to use punishment to kill people.

But what is the purpose of doing this? ”

Li Zhien, who was sitting nearby, felt his hair stand on end and was sweating profusely. He was dumbfounded.

Good guy, when it comes to wrongly accusing people, you are the professional!

Our family is really ashamed of ourselves!

How about recruiting this guy to the Imperial City Department?

"Don't spit on others."

Liu Renzan was so frightened that he jumped up, pointed at Zhang Fei and cursed.

Listening to what you say, I have become a traitor.

Are you still alive?

"I object!"

Li Lei, who had just woken up from a dream, immediately stood up and said, "What the other party just said was malicious speculation."

"I can take that back."

Zhang Fei looked at Liu Renzan again and said with a smile: "But I think Liu Gongshi should be given a chance to explain, otherwise, he may face trouble."

Liu Renzan glanced at Zhang Fei, thank you so **** much.

But having said that, this matter must be explained clearly, otherwise, you will die!

After weighing it up, Liu Renzan suddenly found that he had been forced into a corner and could only nod his head and said: "I admit, I am eager to make contributions."

Zhang Fei said: "Does Mr. Liu think that Hu Changbai and Qiu He have slandered the government, disrupted military morale, and intended to rebel?"

Liu Renzan's hands were shaking violently, and he said with trembling lips: "I admit that I know that they have no intention of disrupting the morale of the military or intending to rebel, but they do slander the government, I..."

"I'm fine."

Zhang Fei sat down.