Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 211 Playing Dead

Kaifeng government office.

Bi Shiyuan described what happened to him in detail.

He wrote in the rented house, was arrested by a group of officers and soldiers, until he was beaten and threatened, and then found that most of the books he had copied for four years had been destroyed, and the valuables and money bags he had hidden in the cotton coat were all confiscated. up.

As a scholar, Bi Shiyuan had a clear mind and extraordinary language organization ability, and described the situation in detail.

This makes the listener feel like seeing it with his own eyes.

Especially when he said that most of the books were damaged, his tone trembled slightly and his eyes were slightly red, which was even more touching.

Wang Yansheng stood aside, with an indifferent expression on his face, without any intention of refuting.

Kou Xiang, who was sitting at the top, heard Bi Shiyuan talking about "destroying books", and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

Also as a scholar, Kou Xiang naturally knows the significance of books to a scholar.

This feeling cannot be experienced by future generations.

Thanks to various technologies, people in later generations can store books effectively and reasonably, regardless of paper printing or computer storage.

When you need it, you can even find everything you want by just typing a few keywords.

In ancient times, due to the influence of the environment, books were not easy to store, and many books were only stored in the hands of a few people.As long as one is improperly stored and a little accident occurs, it may lead to the loss of ancient books.

Destroying books is the most unforgivable and unacceptable thing in the hearts of scholars.

But the most unforgivable behavior in the eyes of scholars is so insignificant in Wang Yansheng's heart.

So when Kou Xiang asked Wang Yansheng whether what Bi Shiyuan said was true.

Wang Yansheng admitted it generously, and said: "This matter is my fault. I believed the rumors and mistakenly thought that he was a spy from the Northern Han Dynasty, so I took him down."

"As for the money matter, it is estimated that some subordinate's hands and feet were not clean and they were embezzled. This is fine. I will pay double or five times as much as the loss. As for beating him, I have a bad temper and got excited. Officials It also told me to restrain myself a little, and I must pay attention in the future.”

He spoke casually, and didn't mention destroying books at all. In his heart, those things would be too smokey if burned, so why would he care.

Along the way, Wang Yansheng figured it out.

What's wrong with me?

It's just that the wrong person was caught, and then he was greedy for some money and beat him up.

Apologize, pay some money, and get a small fine.

I have killed countless enemies for Da Zhou, made great contributions to Da Zhou, and just beat a few people, what is a big mistake?
Judgment as you want.

Even Zhao Du's commander didn't have to look for him, he could solve such a trivial matter by himself, and he could bear it.

It's just that I lost a lot of face, and I have to find a way to get it back.

Wang Yansheng was not afraid of boiling water, but he was looking forward to closing the case quickly so that he could return to the inspection department as soon as possible, so as not to spread rumors and lose more face.

Kou Xiang looked at Wang Yansheng, who was fearless and even a little impatient, and laughed angrily.

I have been working in the position of Cao Canjun in Kaifeng Prefecture for nearly a year, and I have encountered such people a lot.

Obviously committed a serious crime, but I didn't notice it, I just thought that what I thought was the law, and what I thought was right.

After a long period of tempering, Kou Xiang had his own experience on how to try and judge cases, and said, "The inspector said, you heard someone accuse this Bi Shiyuan of being a spy from the Northern Han Dynasty?"

Wang Yansheng replied very directly: "Not bad!"

Kou Xiang asked: "Later, I found out that I was caught wrong?"

Wang Yansheng replied: "That's right."

Kou Xiang asked again: "How did you find out?"

Wang Yansheng said: "Of course it was investigated."

Kou Xiang asked again: "And then let him go after confirming?"

Wang Yansheng suddenly felt that the above-mentioned so-called Fa Cao joining the army was too stupid to ask such a simple question in such detail. No wonder it was said that literati were greedy and knew that they would not work if they were paid.Unlike them, they do hard work.

"The officials are really good. I can do this kind of work. Why promote these idiots?"

Wang Yansheng complained impatiently in his heart.

I also had a certain amount of impatience with Kou Xiang's question, and said, "Otherwise? It's not a meticulous work, so I let it go naturally, and can I still keep it for dinner?"

"Bastard!"

Kou Xiang slapped the gavel suddenly, and shouted: "I don't care about the crime of destroying the saint's classics because of your greed for wealth. Just because of your random arrest and abuse of power, it is enough to punish you."

Wang Yansheng was taken aback by Kou Xiang's sudden change of face, but he was confused about the charges of "random arrest and release, abuse of power".

After reacting, Wang Yansheng glared at Kou Xiang angrily and said, "How dare you frame me?"

Kou Xiang sneered and said, "Stupid and ignorant, do you know your own responsibilities as an inspector?"

Wang Yansheng had an ominous premonition, and said, "Isn't it just arresting people!"

"Yes!" Kou Xiang sternly said: "Your duty is to maintain the law and order in the southern city of the capital, and your task is to arrest people. Anyone who breaks the law and taboo can be arrested. But after you arrest people, you should send them to the prison in the city. According to what the other party said The crime will naturally be taken over by Kaifeng Prefecture and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Whether he is guilty or not can only be determined after an interrogation."

"Who gave you the power to release people? Who gave you the power to try the case?"

He pointed at Bi Shiyuan and said, "Since this person was arrested because he was suspected of being a secret agent, whether it was a secret agent or not, you don't count. I and the Kaifeng government have tried it, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has tried it, and the Dali Temple has also passed the trial. You alone inspect What power does it have to set up prisons privately and judge people from right to wrong?"

"If you really want everyone to be like you, to arrest someone on the street and judge life and death, what else do Kaifeng Mansion, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment do?"

"This is right and wrong, you decide with one word, what do you think of yourself?"

Wang Yansheng panicked now, how could he know that there is such a particularity in it.

Privately set up prisons.

Just by hearing the name, Wang Yansheng knew that the crime was serious, and said at a loss: "No, I didn't, I didn't do it."

In his panic, he had an idea, his body froze, and he fell to the ground in a daze.

Now he doesn't know what crime he will be sentenced at all, but he knows how long he can delay, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely come to rescue him.

Kou Xiang knew that this guy was probably pretending to be dead, but the result would be the same whether he pretended to be dead or not.

Although the case was clear, Wang Yansheng confessed everything.

But there are still many things that need to be reviewed bit by bit. For example, who said the rumor that Wang Yansheng said "I listened to the rumor"? Is there such a person?
And who got the money?

Is it because Wang Yansheng is greedy for ink, or is there really someone with dirty hands and feet.

Threats and intimidation must also be investigated and clarified.

How could it be possible for such a case involving a fifth-rank official to be directly convicted after an easy trial?

Seeing that Wang Yansheng was pretending to be dead, Kou Xiang simply ignored him and ordered him to be imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion, and then ordered Zhang to go in and investigate the evidence about rumors and corruption.

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The Xishuimen resident of the Imperial Camp Division.

Dou Yi, who served as the envoy of the imperial camp, thought about Bi Shiyuan's case, and felt restless and restless.

Dou Yi is upright and serious, and has always been a role model for Luo Youdu's subordinates.

Zhao Pu on the side was very surprised by today's abnormality.

"Brother Xiang, what's wrong with you, you don't look like you at all!"

Zhao Pu was a little jealous of Dou Yi's good life at first, but after he made great contributions in the pursuit of Nanping, he has been recruited by Luo Youdu as Jiedu envoy and promoted official.

This made Zhao Pu very happy.

There are also some civil servants under Luo Youdu's command. Among them, Song Qi was the first to follow him, and he has already served as a pawn in the Imperial Yingsi.

The rest of the people, like Dou Yi in front of me, all serve in the Imperial Army Division.

He was the only one, Zhao Pu, who was Luo Youdu's personal subordinate, a Tuiguan who belonged to the lineage of Jiedushi.

unique existence.

With this status, Zhao Pu will naturally no longer be jealous of his friends.

After all, Dou Yi contributed a lot to being able to join Luo Youdu's command.If it weren't for him, maybe because of the two bastards Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, I would be hiding in the Longyou area far from the center and dawdling under the command of Wang Jing, the governor of Qinzhou.

For this friend, Zhao Puhuai has a certain gratitude.

Seeing that he was not in the right condition, Zhao Pu cared and said, "You are not feeling well? Or is there something else? It's okay if it's not convenient, I'll watch here, and you can handle the affairs yourself."

Dou Yi did not hide anything, and told Zhao Pu about Bi Shiyuan in detail.

When Zhao Pu heard this, he was filled with righteous indignation and cursed angrily: "What a vicious villain, how dare this person destroy the books of sages? Heaven cannot tolerate it!"

While cursing, his mind became active.

As a literati who only likes to read "The Analects of Confucius", Zhao Pu has no feeling for any book of sages.

What he cares about is the person behind Wang Yansheng.

Zhao Pu is small-minded, has the talent of a prime minister, but does not have the weapon of a prime minister.

The two brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi treat him like this, how can they not hold grudges in their hearts?
It's just that Zhao Pu knew in his heart that he was just an insignificant person, and he was not qualified to compete with the Zhao brothers at all, and he didn't expect immediate revenge.

Performing well under Luo Youdu's command and striving to get more promotion opportunities is what he needs to do.

But Zhao Pu will keep an eye on the situation of the Zhao family brothers so that they can be used in the future.

Although Zhao Pu didn't know the whole picture of the turmoil in the Dianqian Division at the time, he still got a rough idea by analyzing the one-sided information he got with his own intelligence.

Among them was the news that Wang Yansheng was Zhao Kuangyin's most loyal subordinate.

"Wang Yansheng is reckless and arrogant, so it's not difficult to deal with. The ones who really need to be careful are Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi. These two brothers are extremely despicable. Wang Yansheng is their most important subordinate, and it is absolutely impossible for them to sit idly by. But like Brother, I have to remind Kou Junjun to be careful."

Dou Yi frowned and said, "Commander Zhao is not such a person, is he?"

Zhao Kuangyin's reputation is not bad, and Dou Yi obviously didn't listen to one-sided words.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case." Zhao Pu said: "It is always right to be cautious, we have to remind Kou to join the army..."

Kou Xiang and Song Qi are good friends, and because of Song Qi's relationship, the two of them also have certain contacts with Kou Xiang.

Dou Yi also felt that it made sense, she nodded and said: "He is not at home now, let's go there together at dusk."

Zhao Pu nodded with burning eyes and said, "It should be so!"

(End of this chapter)