Gongqing bone

Chapter 105
Although the case was publicly tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the new minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice obviously did not want to take over this hot potato, so it was logical to transfer it to the "nosy" servant Yan Taoxue.

Yan Taoxue didn't even have the slightest resentment, and cheerfully took over these errands that were not difficult to hear but used to offend people.

On the contrary, he was a little humanitarian and didn't start the trial immediately. He only let the criminals be put in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, under strict supervision, and no one was allowed to enter.

The next day, I picked a sunny afternoon and invited the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Imperial Envoy of Zuodu to form the lineup of the Three Law Departments; I also invited all the princes to attend the hearing.

Naturally, this kind of case involving the princes cannot be heard in public.

With the sound of the gavel slapping the table, several criminals limped onto the stage amidst the voices of the yamen servants shouting "Wei-wu-".

These criminals were erected one by one by the yamen servants. If not, they would not be able to walk in court by themselves.All of them were unkempt, and their beards and hair almost grew together.

Yan Taoxue looked at the blood-stained prison clothes on the prisoner's body, and subconsciously frowned.

"Who is kneeling in the hall? Report your name!"

"Caomin Wang Wu, Qian Xiaomeng, Zhao Yue...Kowtow to my lord!—"

"Do you know what crime you committed?"

"Little, villain knows... The villain doesn't want to make more arguments, he just wants to confess his guilt and submit to the law..." The criminal in the head didn't kneel high before, but now he fell on the ground tightly, unwilling to argue again.

Zhou Pan put Erlang's legs on the grand teacher's chair beside him, and said casually, "So the king's confession is easy to do! The surname is Yan, you have to thank me..."

Yan Taoxue ignored Zhou Pan and continued:

"Smuggling is a felony! The standard of beheading is different from selling illegal salt. You don't need to sell ten catties or nine catties. As long as you have a little, you can be executed on the spot!

Let's say that Emperor Taizu is the emperor who punished criminals most severely among the successive emperors who made legislation!You don't know what a heinous crime you committed! "

The rough body of the man kneeling on the ground trembled again: "My lord, in the final analysis, our group is nothing more than greedy for money! Things with high risks also have high rewards, it is really poor..."

It is cooperation.Yan Tao learns to raise his eyebrows, so it will be much easier to carry out the following.

"Very well, since you are willing to 'seek wealth and wealth', let's talk about where you bought a lot of fire nitrate and sulfur! These two are exactly the banned drugs in my dynasty;

After buying, where are you going to send it?And who was the last person I contacted?

In addition, do you also provide the sand, ashes, dry lacquer and other materials used in the manufacture of black powder?If not you, do you know who provided it? ..."

Yan Tao asked questions logically and clearly, making the people kneeling in the hall overwhelmed for a while, until finally they heard the words "black powder"...

"My lord, don't dare! Don't make trouble for the villain! Making black powder privately is a felony for punishing the nine clans. How dare the villain do such a thing!..."

They couldn't help denying it, their bodies like hills knelt on the ground and shivered, and the rickety meat mountain seemed to be toppled at any moment...

It was expected, Yan Taoxue thought to himself.

"Don't try to interrupt, just let you admit to smuggling, but you confessed it; now that you have to explain it clearly, you don't want to admit that you are transporting the raw materials of black powder? If you don't explain it well, don't blame me for the torture—"

Yan Tao pretended to shake the bamboo stick in the bamboo tube to make a crackling sound, trying to scare the people in the hall——

"My lord! Even if you borrow a hundred courage from the little people, the little people don't dare to transport the raw materials of black powder! It is true that we have fire nitrate and sulfur on our merchant ships, but they are used to make ice and make five things." Stone scattered! It has nothing to do with black powder!... Please be aware of the details, my lord!"

A little troublesome.

Yan Taoxue tapped his fingers on the case: "What do you do to make ice in spring? Once you make it, where do you put it?"

The man on the ground cupped his hands: "It was very hot last year, and many people in Beijing suffered from heatstroke. Our buyers in the capital wanted to prepare for the rainy day, and wanted to make a large amount of ice and store it in the cellar, in case it was in May like last year. It's extremely hot..."

It is also true.Yan Taoxue recalled that last year's scorching heat seemed to be suffocating, and the blood of the entire Lin family seemed to turn into hot lava as soon as it touched the ground...

He looked down at the dossier again, the whole half of the ship's fire...

"Wang Wu, who is your buyer?"

"Yes, yes..." "Do you still expect someone to save you when things come to an end?"

"The villain said! It's the accountant of Tianxiang Building!"

"What about the other brimstone?"

"It's Laneige Hall!"

"Lanzhi Hall is just a medicine shop owner, how dare he accept such a huge amount of sulfur! Not to mention that there is nowhere to hide, the five-stone powder will emit a peculiar smell when it is made, and even if he really uses it all to make the five-stone powder, With so much sulfur, you have to eat it until the year of the monkey!"

Lanzhi Hall is not the same as Tianxiang Tower. The former is lackluster, while the latter is a century-old store, and the power of the owner behind it is not the same.

Yan Tao slapped the gavel, his face sank like water, and he spoke out many doubts in one breath.

"The villain is telling the truth. If the adults don't believe it, you can go and check it yourself."

Wang Wu showed the appearance of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, and even sat on the heel of his kneeling knees.

Yan Tao learned to command several yamen servants and acted separately.

After a while, a wave of yamen servants came with the fat boss of Tianxiang Tower, followed by a tall and thin man with an account book in his hand.

The fat boss knelt on the ground covered in sweat, and kowtowed to all the nobles and dignitaries present one by one.

It was still a bit cold in spring, but he looked like he was fished out of a bitan, his face was greener than algae.

"...Don't dare to lie to Lord Yan. The villain did buy fire nitrate for a living. At that time, the accountant said that there was a way to save money; but it only started this year! On the one hand, I plan to see if I can use it in large quantities this summer. On the other side, ice cubes are also used for cooking in restaurants!

I used to buy fire nitrate one after another, but this time I just bought more; because it is a steady profit business, I turned a blind eye to the act of buying 'ice' in the accountant.

Such a thing happened unexpectedly, Lord Wanwang forgive me! "

After finishing speaking, the tall and thin accountant gentleman behind him with a face like a mourning concubine presented the account book.

Yan Taoxue gave his subordinate a color, and the other party nodded affirmatively.

Yan Tao learned from his heart and understood that his people went to the cellar to check, and there was indeed ice; and the size and scale should also match the batch purchased this time...

Looking through the account books again, there has indeed been an intermittent expenditure for "buying ice" since this year.But the account books can be made, so there is really no reference value.

(End of this chapter)