Turbulent Times Chapter 787: One hundred thousand taels of silver

Xu Jingzong immediately asked back: "Zhang Shilang is sure, there was really no one else present?"

"Besides the three of them, who else is there?" Zhang Shilang sneered and said, "There were quite a few people present yesterday, and they can be summoned at any time. Master Xu, be careful what you say."

"A servant from the Li family is not considered a human being." Xu Jingzong sneered.

"The servants of the Li family, how is this possible, how could they poison and kill their young master?" Many people immediately questioned it.

The mere slaves, why they poisoned their young masters, and who gave them the courage, this is even more inconceivable than that Mrs. Luo was the murderer.

"Xu Jingzong, are you kidding? This is the Golden Palace, Your Majesty and all the adults are watching." Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment felt that he had finally found the opponent's flaw, and immediately said sarcastically.

"Murderers are not as stupid as we imagined. They often hide very deeply, and all kinds of evidence point out that the person who is most like a murderer is often not the real murderer." Xu Jingzong turned his head and bowed deeply to Yang Guang, saying: "Your Majesty, those who seem to have the least motive for killing, and who seem to be the least likely to be the murderer, are often the most suspicious."

"What kind of nonsense is this!" Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment said in a cold voice after being stunned for a moment.

Xu Jingzong's eyes gradually froze, until the servant of the Ministry of Punishment felt a little hairy, and then said coldly: "Master Zhang, don't worry!"

He took out another item from his sleeve, handed it to the eunuch, and said: "This is the confession of several servants of the Li family, please read it your Majesty."

Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Lanyiwei Mansion will definitely torture those servants of the Li family to extract confessions. This testimony should not be trusted!"

Xu Jingzong suddenly turned his head and said in a cold voice: "Master Zhang, you think that everyone handles the case like you, and they can't go to trial without severe punishment. Master Zhang is worried about the authenticity of this testimony, so it's better to have more people." Worry, worry, how do you explain the origin of the one hundred thousand taels of silver in the secret room under the bed at home!"

"You, you... nonsense."

Zhang Shilang's complexion changed drastically, and his face turned pale in an instant. He pointed at Xu Jingzong with a trembling hand, and shouted sternly, but his reaction was so intense that he had already betrayed him.

"One hundred thousand taels..."

Hearing this number, many people in the court changed their colors at the same time.

It is impossible for a mere servant of the Ministry of Punishment to save one hundred thousand taels of silver on his monthly salary, excluding daily expenses, in his whole life.

In fact, although the officials standing here seem to have a lot of glory, except for people from powerful families, people from ordinary nobles such as Su Wei and Yu Shiji have a monthly salary to support a family. How can you save a hundred thousand taels of silver?

At the same time, they looked at Wang Junlin and Xu Jingzong, and gradually became terrified. In less than an hour, the Blue Yiwei Mansion not only solved the case of the murder of Li Chengfeng's son, but also found out How did they get the silver under the bed in Zhang Shilang's house in the Ministry of Punishment?

Some officials who have a large amount of gold, silver and treasures in their homes think of this, and beads of sweat appear on their foreheads.

"Your Majesty, the Lanyiwei Mansion has long received a report that Zhang Shilang of the Criminal Department accepted a large amount of bribes, practiced favoritism, settled cases in a muddle-headed way, and ignored human lives. It was not found until today that there were more than one hundred thousand taels of silver hidden in the dark room under Zhang Shilang's bed. , countless gold jewelry..."

Before Xu Jingzong finished speaking, Zhang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment, who was already paralyzed on the ground, was shaking like chaff, and wept loudly: "Your Majesty, I am guilty. Someone gave me 50,000 taels of silver early this morning, and asked me to take the son of Master Li to death. The case of being murdered was settled as an iron case. He also said that the evidence was convincing, and that the criminal department would only need to go to the woman's home to find the poison. He said that the bigger the case, the better. , put it under the bed, minister, minister is afraid, I dare not spend a penny! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Yang Guang's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Say, who ordered you, otherwise I will kill you!"

Zhang Shilang's body trembled, but he still gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I really don't know, the person they sent is masked, I really don't know who it is!"

At this moment, almost all the courtiers are concerned about this case.

Sure enough, it was planted and framed. The people behind the scenes were really generous. They poisoned and killed the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

The eyes of the crowd couldn't help looking at Qin Angong Wang Junlin, the revenge of the seven great clans of the Guanlong clan except the Dugu clan came so violently and quickly? Or is it not the seven great clans of Guanlong, but the king of Qi, Yang Hao, or the Hongnong Yang family?

"Take him down!" Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "The case of Zhang Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment will be handled by the Lanyiwei Mansion. I must investigate it strictly!"

"I obey the order!" Wang Junlin immediately stood up and said.

Yang Guang looked at Xu Jingzong again, and asked: "Have you found out, who is behind the scenes?"

Xu Jingzong shook his head and said: "Return to Your Majesty, those two servants of the Li family are only doing things with money, and they don't know anything about other things."

"Check! I want evidence." Yang Guang spoke again, his voice extremely serious. Although he also guessed that it was the Guanlongmen faction who did it, but this kind of thing needs evidence, otherwise people in the world will think that the emperor is looking for excuses to weaken him again. The aristocratic family caused panic and uneasiness in other aristocratic families, and the consequences were unpredictable.

After a series of orders, Yang Guang suddenly asked Xu Jingzong: "You didn't use torture, how did you get them to confess?"

Xu Jingzong was stunned for a moment, and said: "This method is the method in the Lanyiwei Mansion's trial regulations set by the Commander-in-Chief. It is unlikely that Mr. Li was poisoned by one person, and the possibility of accomplices is very high. , I just locked those servants in different rooms according to the trial regulations, and told them that no matter who is the principal criminal or who is the accessory criminal, the person who confesses first will be exempted from death. If the other person confesses first, Those who do not confess will be executed by Ling Chi..."

Xu Jingzong said lightly: "Then the accomplice will be recruited."

Even many courtiers are masters of mind tricks, when they heard Xu Jingzong's understatement and thought about these few words carefully, they couldn't help but feel a chill coming from their tailbone.

Although this can be regarded as a technique of torture, it seems to be a level higher than torture...

And this method is just one of the interrogation regulations of the Lanyiwei Mansion. Everyone turned their heads to look at Wang Junlin who was standing there with a blank face, thinking that this son is really clever, he can be called a monster! The ministers didn't know that Nie Xiaoyu had tossed this out.

The ministers thought to themselves, those who hid behind the scenes and wanted to take revenge on Wang Junlin probably didn't expect Wang Junlin to easily thwart their tricks, and now they might get burned.

Because what they will suffer next is the thorough investigation of the Lanyiwei Mansion and Dali Temple...

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