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Chapter 300 An Unremarkable Trial

Although Yunchu really hoped to put the iron chain in the hands of the policeman around Qiu Shenji's neck, and then expend a lot of strength to drag him back to the Wannian County Prison step by step under the scorching sun.

Doing so should make the child who is being eaten by the dog laugh out loud, which will counteract the pain of being torn by the dog a little.

Di Renjie didn't give him this chance.

He felt that Yunchu's actions would offend all the honorable groups, and would cause the honorables to feel a strange emotion similar to the sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox, and then they would have opinions on Yunchu, which would not be conducive to them continuing to enforce the heavenly power in the future.

Dali Temple is different, he is not Dali Temple Chancellor now, but a seventh-rank official working as Dali Temple Chancellor.

The first requirement of this job is to be unselfish.

To be honest, Dali Temple is dedicated to deal with nobles and big households, and it is a department that supervises them to be honest and not make mistakes at will.

As for the huge number of Guizhou chiefs who made mistakes, that is a question that Wannian County Facao needs to consider.

Therefore, the expressionless Di Renjie borrowed a chain from the Yamen servants in Wannian County, wrapped it carefully with the clothes of the dead, and then locked Qiu Shenji's neck, and asked Qiu Shenji to hold the chain with his hands. Will not be strangled to death while being dragged by a horse.

Qiu Shenji's body is very light, coupled with the fact that the horses walk very slowly, and the bluestone road between Chang'an Square City has long been trampled on by pedestrians, so even though Qiu Shenji was dragged, he didn't suffer much. Sin, at most make the clothes a little dirty.

The case of the extermination of the Tubo envoys was a case ordered by the emperor to be investigated, so Qiu Shenji is now a suspect.

The eldest son of Tubo Prime Minister Lu Dongzan was killed at Xianyang Bridge. This is also a case that the emperor, as well as the three provinces and six ministries unanimously demanded a strict investigation. Therefore, this is a big case that reaches the sky.

No matter who made the case, the emperor and his courtiers wanted to know how he did it.

Therefore, when some ignorant nobles thought that Di Renjie's behavior was undignified.

Di Renjie just gave him a cold look, and those nobles immediately understood that things might be different from what he imagined.

In addition, Qiu Xinggong looked down on anyone because he once saved Emperor Taizong, and everyone's relationship was not very good, so he just muttered a few words, and no one asked any more.

If the area where the prisoner is located is outside Chang'an City, then it can be determined that the Lifang where the prisoner is located must have been polluted by the prisoner and needs to be physically disinfected.

If the area where the prisoner is located is outside the border of the Tang Dynasty, a circle will be drawn with the prisoner as the center to carry out the most thorough disinfecting.

Therefore, some people who walked very close to Qiu Shenji on weekdays, especially the group of people who witnessed the beggar being eaten by dogs, all belonged to the main direction of investigation by Dali Temple.

The cavalry under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple dispatched one after another and began to capture those people. Di Renjie did not intend to let any one go, so the list given by him and the rest of the Dali Temple was very detailed.

The most important reason why Di Renjie has not been promoted to the position of the seventh-rank Dali Temple Chancellor until now is that Dali Temple did not detect the Tubo envoy's extermination case and the Xianyang Bridge bombing case. The three provinces unanimously agreed to suspend the promotion of all Dali Temple officials. , and rewards.

Di Renjie has this problem, and the rest of the Dali Temple Prime Ministers have the same problem. Now that the first clue to the real culprit behind the scenes has appeared, these people will naturally work day and night, hoping to pass this round of screening. Find out the real culprit, return Dali Temple to a bright future, and allow Dali Temple to be ashamed.

As a result, the death row in Wannian County was suddenly overcrowded. This made Yan Jiu, who had been lonely for a long time, overjoyed, and kept recommending various new instruments of torture that he thought were the best and least harmful to the investigators at Dali Temple. .

The first interrogation went through a long six days. During these six days, the investigators of Dali Temple were still very gentle. They hardly used any instruments of torture. They just questioned and checked the criminals over and over again. confession.

Six days passed, and nothing was asked. Whether it was the trilogy in the Tianshui County Government House, the servants, or Qiu Shenji's friends, they all gritted their teeth, expressing that they didn't know anything.

This is very normal. What Di Renjie was waiting for was not the confessions of these people, but the clues related to the two cases provided by the people outside the prison.

He knew that Qiu Shenji had been thoroughly investigating the emperor's assassination case in the palace recently, and he also knew that Qiu Shenji had used many, many methods that were inhumane to investigate.

When Yanjiu said that people are roasted on the fire, they meant roasting parts of the human body, such as fingers and toes, and cutting off one part after roasting, which did not cause much harm to the prisoner.

Qiu Shenji was different. He liked to paint people with oil before roasting them. In the palace, he had already roasted two eunuchs and a court lady. Concubine.

Di Renjie's attitude was very clear. If those people couldn't help him nail Qiu Shenji to death in these two major cases, then they would definitely be nailed to death in the emperor's assassination case by Qiu Shenji.

Everyone has been in the officialdom, and has been in the palace for so many years, and some have even been in the palace for a whole life, so they are all smart people.

As a result, the report documents received by Dali Temple fell like snowflakes on the desks of Di Renjie and other five Dali Temple officials who specialize in interrogating criminals.

Witnesses, testimonies, and evidence, you really get what you want.

With these things, because Qiu Shenji's identity can only be further investigated after the joint trial of the junior three divisions is completed, so, in nine days, a joint trial consisting of Dali Temple Sizhi, Yushitai Yushi, and Criminal Department member Wailang began.

The emaciated Qiu Shenji was packed in a wooden barrel and carried in with a foul smell.

Yu Shitai, Yu Shirou, who had always been obsessed with cleanliness, covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and said straight to Dali Sisi: "It's disgraceful to treat a captain who serves as a chariot like this."

Dali Temple Sizhi said indifferently: "He can't control his body, and his body is deformed, so he had to be carried in a bucket. This is the prison of Dali Temple, not his Tianshui County Government House, and no one is waiting for him. Shit."

Huang Zheng, a member of the criminal department, also covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief and said, "At least rinse it with water to remove the smell."

Seeing that the two inspectors made such a request, the Dali Temple Secretary waved his hand, and immediately the jailer from Dali Temple carried down the dull-eyed Qiu Shenji. After a while, Qiu Shenji, who was dripping wet, once again It was carried up in wooden barrels.

This time, Qiu Shenji seemed to have been woken up by the cold water. He grabbed the edge of the barrel with both hands, and begged the three judging officials of the junior third division present: "Whichever it is, just tell my father that this is a conspiracy. Qiu Shenji will be grateful." .”

Rourou looked at Dali Sisi again and asked: "You didn't torture to extract a confession, you should know that he is the captain of Fengche handpicked by the queen, no matter what, he must give him the dignity he deserves."

Dali Temple Secretary sneered and said: "I was involved in the Qin case, I can't wait for the decency you said, we didn't torture him to extract a confession, of course, we didn't deliberately take care of him, come here, remove Qiu Shenji's clothes, and let the two superiors examine him Does he have traces of torture to extract a confession?"

Qiu Shenji held the barrel tightly with both hands and begged, "I am physically disabled. For my father's sake, please give me some dignity. I can swear that Dali Temple has never tortured me."

Wailang, a member of the criminal department, said: "This is a common practice, you don't want such a common practice, but there are many people who wish for it.

Come on, take off your clothes. "

Amidst Qiu Shenji's begging, the jailer still stripped Qiu Shenji's clothes, held his half body back and forth, and showed the three officials inside and out.

Of course, this is the rule, but these three officials are not abnormal, so they naturally turned away.

After Qiu Shenji put on his clothes again, something seemed wrong with him. He stared at everyone in the room with glowing red eyes, wishing to tear them to pieces.

Gentlely said: "Since the criminal has no physical injuries, it means that his confession was obtained in a sober state and can be accepted."

Wai Lang, a member of the criminal department, frowned and said, "He didn't make a confession. In his confession, he only complained of grievances and accused you of framing Zhongliang at Dali Temple."

Dali Temple Secretary sneered and said: "Who is willing to confess the great crimes of the Yi tribes, so after the two upper officials have seen it, we can do it and find out the culprit as soon as possible. After the new envoy from Tubo arrives, So that the turmoil brought about by these two cases can be completely calmed down."

Gentlely said: "You can't just close the case hastily in order to calm the turmoil?"

The secretary of the Dali Temple directly asked his deputy to bring up a thick stack of documents, and casually distributed them to Rourou and Huang Zhengdao: "This is the evidence, testimony, and witnesses collected by my Dali Temple. Among them, 37 documents have been verified by my Dali Temple. , without a doubt.”

Wen Rou flipped through the documents for a while, and finally sighed, came to the wooden barrel containing Qiu Shenji's body, looked into Qiu Shenji's eyes and said, "Qiu Shenji, the evidence is convincing, what can you do if you don't say it?"

Qiu Shenji shouted: "This is a frame-up, this is a conspiracy. Some people don't want me to continue to investigate His Majesty's assassination case and deliberately set up a trap to frame me. I want to submit a report and see the queen."

Seeing that Qiu Shenji was going crazy, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, also came over and said, "Let me tell you clearly, after His Majesty learned about this in Jiucheng Palace, the edict he sent back to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, and Yushitai was only two words— — Thorough investigation!
Qiu Shenji, even if the queen values ​​you very much, but this time, the queen can't save you.

Now, you'd better tell the origin of gunpowder first. If the gunpowder formula you provide can surpass the gunpowder formula of Wuyan Academy, maybe you can live. "

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