Dali Temple has his Lord Luo

Chapter 109 The Butterfly Effect
On the way back, we hurried forward without stopping. We sent military personnel from the post station to Anyang City early to report the news.

When Luo Ning and Qin Zhao's carriage returned to Anyang City, Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Han Jiang of Yushitai were already ready.

The lobby of the Criminal Department was in place, and Zhang Wen and Dou Yang were directly escorted into the trial hall.

This was the first time Qin Zhao saw the Ministry of Punishment interrogating a case, and he couldn't help but be curious. He was used to Luo Ning's style of interrogating cases, so he wondered what Chen Shangshu was like.

When Luo Ning also sat upright at the table, Zhang Wen's eyes were moist. They say that men don't shed tears easily, but he has reached this point alone, and it is indeed full of emotions.

"Who is here? Tell me your name!" Chen Shangshu said.

There are three joint trials, with the Criminal Department taking the lead, Dali Temple responsible for providing evidence, and Yushitai responsible for supervision.

"Xia Guan Zhang Wen."

"Xiaguan Dou Yang."

"Dou Yang, as an official of the imperial court, you knew the law and broke the law. You embezzled money from the Pension Department and caused the death of innocent children. Do you know your guilt?"

Along the way, Dou Yang's thoughts were changing. He thought that his murder of Xu Fang was discovered. After all, it was Zhang Wen's unjust case. He never thought that it was the silver coin incident of the National Pension Service. How to answer this?
Dou Yang concluded that Luo Ning had no evidence, so he said:
"Your Excellency, it is clear to me that I have never taken any of the silver issued by the imperial court."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Chen Shangshu picked out one piece of evidence at random:
"In January of this year, the Ministry of Household Affairs distributed 1 taels of silver to be used for the renovation of the huts of the Relief Department. Let me ask you, how much materials are used? How much is the cost? How long is the construction period?"

Dou Yang couldn't answer a word.

Chen Shangshu took out another one:
"This spring, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development distributed 5000 taels of silver to children for disease prevention and treatment. Where did this money go?"

Dou Yang felt that the situation was not good and he lowered his head and could not say a word.

Luo Ning deeply admired Zhang Wen's meticulousness. Without this evidence, I'm afraid Dou Yang would never plead guilty.

Chen Shangshu changed the subject:
"Dou Yang, I know that you are not the only one to get the money from the Sanctionary. If you can tell the other people involved, the emperor will certainly be lenient, and I will also intercede for you!"

Dou Yang lowered his head, his heart turbulent.

"How about, tell me how you killed Xu Fang!"

Chen Shangshu took his time and asked questions.

Dou Yang thought about it in his heart.

If he kills someone, he must be guilty of a felony, but if he recruits everyone else in the case of the Pension Department, can he be exempted?
Then Dou Yang said:

"Sir, for the sake of my sincerity, can you give me a lighter sentence?"

Chen Shangshu smiled slightly and said:
"Then it depends on your performance. How is it? Tell me how Xu Fang was killed by you!"

Dou Yang thought about it and finally said:

"I have known Xu Fang for more than a year, and she has won my heart. Most of the money embezzled from the National Pension Service was squandered by her.

That day three months ago, she said she was going to the city. We didn't plan to meet at first, but at night, I felt itchy and wanted to go to Zhang's house to have a look.

When I saw that Carpenter Zhang's tool cart was not in the yard, I knew that they had left the door. I was secretly happy when I found that the door was also ajar, so I boldly went in.

Xu Fang and I were playing around for a while, and she suddenly said that her family wanted her to go on a blind date. When I thought about not being able to see each other again, I felt unhappy.

I felt that my money had been wasted over the years, but Xu Fang asked me for money again. If I had given it to me so happily before, who knew that I felt angry that day and refused to agree.

Unexpectedly, Xu Fang lost her temper. I got carried away and wanted to scare her. Who knew, when I took a closer look, she was actually out of breath.

I was frightened, and heard some movement in front of the window. I ran out quickly and saw a jade pendant falling on the ground. I thought, don't care who it is, just think of it as the murderer.

Just like that, I put the jade pendant into Xu Fang's hand and ran home in a panic. The next day, news came that Xu Fang had died, but the murderer said it was Zhang Wen.

The most important thing is that Zhang Wen didn't confess me, so I felt relieved.

After a long time like this, when the case was concluded and sent to Yushitai, I was secretly happy that I escaped a catastrophe. "

Han Jiang and Chen Shangshu looked at each other. Chen Shangshu understood and smiled slightly at Dou Yang:

"Dou Yang, you have performed very well. It would be better if you could explain clearly where the money from the National Sanitation Agency has gone in the past few years and who was involved."

Dou Yang was anxious to get himself out and reduce his guilt, so he gave a full account.

Five days later, an earth-shattering event occurred in Zhao State. The Jinyi guards attacked overnight and arrested some officials in Anyang City and sent them to the Criminal Department.

At the same time, the Royal Forest Army in the Yanzhou capital suddenly visited, arrested several people, and took them back to Anyang City overnight.

A few days later, when Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment saw more than thirty people gathered in the hall, he couldn't help but feel sad. They were all important officials of the imperial court and the parents of the people, and they had become moths.

The emperor handed over the corruption case of the Nursing Home to the Ministry of Punishment. All the officials involved in the case had their homes raided and their positions reduced. It was ten days before the case was settled.

At this time, Zhao Ziyin was in the imperial study room, looking through the files this time. He looked up and saw Luo Ning, Han Jiang, and Chen Weiming standing respectfully, feeling very satisfied.

It's great that Zhao's judiciary is guarded by these three people. This major corruption case also made Zhao Ziyin see the loopholes in the system.

"This Yanzhou official Dou Zhi probably never imagined that a murder case would lead to the corruption case of his brother!"

Han Jiang nodded:

"However, all Dou Yang's money is spent on women, and he has not changed much from usual."

"Your Majesty, after this case, I have a suggestion."

"Aiqing, please speak!"

Chen Shangshu said:

"When it comes to silver taels issued by the imperial court, at least three departments must supervise each other. More than [-] taels of silver must be tracked and reported from the beginning by a dedicated person. For huge amounts of money, a dedicated person must be responsible for it!"

"This is a great move!" Zhao Ziyin was very happy.

"So what about officials who know the law and break the law? How to deal with it?" Zhao Ziyin asked.

"Your Majesty, knowing the law and breaking the law is an unforgivable crime. Failure to follow the law has fostered corruption. I believe that if you cut off your official position, confiscate your family, and be a slave for three generations, you will not be allowed to enter the official career. The punishment will be severe and it must be a deterrent!"

Chen Shangshu's words made Luo Ning realize the veteran's heart.

Zhao Ziyin thought for a moment:
"Chen Shangshu's suggestion is very good. Let's pass the decree like this. Oh? There is one more person. What about Zhang Wen, the general judge of Yanzhou?"

Chen Shangshu laughed and said:
"Your Majesty, this man is a talented person. He single-handedly exposed such a big case. There are three large bundles of evidence about Dou Yang that have been verified. Without Zhang Wen, corruption would have snowballed and grown bigger and bigger!"

Luo Ning also said:

"Your Majesty, this person is familiar with the laws of our country. He has a calm personality and is upright. He is a good official."

Han Jiang saw that both of them praised Zhang Wen, and he also praised You Jia to him, so he said solemnly:
"Your Majesty, I am very old and the Yushitai needs people like this. Why not let Zhang Wen come to the Yushitai."

At this point, the largest corruption case in the history of Zhao State, triggered by a murder case, came to a perfect end.

　After finishing this story, Ye Beixi read it by himself and felt pretty good. Hahaha, I wrote more than 20 stories along the way. I hope that Ye Beixi's story-telling ability and Master Luo's case-solving ability will improve together.The next one is a short story, only [-] words of "Enemies". You need to trim your thoughts and prepare for the big case.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)