The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 112 The fate of Wei Tianjue
Dalao, Minhou County.

Wang Wenlong sat on the railing, feeling itchy all over.

He has been in jail for three days. Although he is taken care of by Xu Xueju, he is still suffering.

This hellish place has no windows or lights and is completely dark. You can't see the sky or the ground. The walls are covered with rats, cockroaches and geckos crawling around in the darkness. Wang Wenlong is still under the care of Xu Xueju. He has been in jail for three days and is about to collapse. , he cursed Wei Tianjue ten thousand times in his heart for having harmed him to this point.

Chen Jinglun watched through the fence as Wang Wenlong struggled to pick up rice from a big bowl.

He opened his mouth and said with relief: "The matter has been found out. The demon book that framed you was written by Fang Baozhou. The evidence is conclusive. Brother Wang will be out in a few days."

Wang Wenlong was not surprised. Historically, the "Continued Concern and Crisis Hongyi" contained a large list of officials, and was finally signed with the names of real officials. However, those officials involved were basically all safe. Otherwise, Wang Wenlong would not have dared to take the risk. .

Hearing this, he asked: "Then Fang Baozhou confessed his crime? Who wrote the book?"

"Fang Baozhou is dead. The person who wrote the book was a fortune teller in the City God's Temple, and he is also dead."

Wang Wenlong couldn't help but be surprised, Gao Yin is so ruthless!
Then he was glad that he chose to write a demon book instead of directly inciting all beings to attack Gao Yin.

I originally thought I could take advantage of the chaos to kill Gao Yin, but now it seems that with Gao Yin's ruthlessness, Wang Yu and the others were lucky in history to have the opportunity to attack him.

Wang Wenlong couldn't help but ask: "If a person dies like this, why don't Futai and Fantai say anything?"

Chen Jinglun said:

"The matter has been investigated clearly, and the witnesses and material evidence are all there. It is convenient for everyone that the guy is dead at this time."

Wang Wenlong thought about it and asked, "Have the people from Jinyiwei come to Fuzhou?"

Chen Jinglun nodded, and Wang Wenlong understood instantly.

The local justice system of the Ming Dynasty was divided into three levels: province, prefecture, and county. Governors, prefects, and county magistrates handled criminal cases personally. There was also a sentencing inspector in the province who specialized in reviewing files, which was equivalent to a review process.

Larger cases will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and after the Ministry of Punishment has reviewed them, they will be reviewed by Dali Temple.

So if Fang Baozhou is dead now, he only needs to submit the completed files to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to close the case.

And if Fang Baozhou survives, the factory guards will be involved.

Factory guards such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei were actually special trial agencies established in addition to the ordinary judicial agencies of the Ming Dynasty.

Their powers are very unclear. Basically, they can intervene in matters that the emperor thinks should be dealt with. Four of them, "prison edicts, evil speeches, human lives, and bandits" are particularly emphasized as the scope of Jinyiwei's investigation.

The factory sanitation system is equivalent to a rigid system added to the original legal work process, and the jurisdiction is based on one sentence. Problems can be found wherever you go. Naturally, no official likes this kind of thing.

The actual area under the jurisdiction of the Jinyiwei refers to the northern and southern capitals and the Gyeonggi area. For the benefit of Fuzhou officialdom, Jin Xuezeng and Xu Xueju were naturally happy to see Fang Baozhou die of illness before the Jinyiwei who came to investigate arrived.

And it is conceivable that Gao Yin will help to check the sloppy eye when the time comes, and this matter can pass quietly.

Wang Wenlong asked: "What about Wei Tianjue? He probably can't save it, right?"

Chen Jinglun shook his head: "It depends on what Gao Yin thinks. After all, Wei Tianjue only has one copy of Fang Baozhou's confession. Apart from that, neither the one who wrote the demon book nor the one who printed it knows that Wei Tianjue has other Participated in this matter. Maybe if Gao Yin retains his love, Wei Tianjue can survive."

Upon hearing this, Wang Wenlong simply shrugged: "Wei Tianjue is dead."

……

Chen Jinglun was right. Wei Tianjue's relationship with this matter was not very deep.

Wei Tianjue himself insisted that this matter was completely framed by Fang Baozhou.

He also provided evidence to prove that Fang Baozhou believed in Zhao Yiping's demon religion. Wang Wenlong was mentioned in the demon book to open the eyes of the demon Zhao Yiping, and he was mentioned because Fang Baozhou had a personal grudge with him.

For Gao Yin's sake, Fuzhou Prefecture just took him into custody and did not do anything.

It seems that Wei Tianjue was not involved in the demon book in the whole process, and he could have completely removed it.

in prison.

Lin Shiqing came to Wei Tianjue with a smile on his face: "My father-in-law brought you some snacks."

Wei Tianjue hurriedly lay down in front of the wooden fence, opened the food box Lin Shiqing placed on the ground, and saw a very delicate plate of cakes inside. He said excitedly:
"The little one caused so much trouble for my father-in-law. My father-in-law still remembers the little man and his great kindness. The little man will never forget it. He will never forget it. He will never forget it..." He kowtowed once every time he said it. After half a day, His forehead was already blood red, and he then raised his head and looked at Lin Shiqing: "Brother Lin, did father-in-law say when will he rescue me? This place is so miserable, I don't want to stay there for a day anymore. Brother Lin! "

Lin Shiqing said with a smile: "Don't worry, my father-in-law has his own way. But my father-in-law is thinking about whether you can write down the method of Yang Dao resurrection in a booklet. My father-in-law is eager to use it."

How could Wei Tianjue have any method of resurrecting the Yang Dao? He had just been making up lies in different ways to deceive Gao Yin. Wouldn't it be revealed if he told Gao Yin?

He said with some hesitation: "This method is very complicated. I can't explain it in one or two sentences. I will explain it to my father-in-law carefully after I go out."

Lin Shiqing shook his head: "If my father-in-law wants to read it, I will always write a copy."

"This... subtlety may lead to misunderstanding..."

"My father-in-law will naturally find someone to help with the details."

"Okay..." Looking at a piece of pen and ink placed in front of him, Wei Tianjue picked up the pen in a daze and could only write. Then he suddenly realized: "Full details?" He raised his head and looked at Lin Shiqing, "What details? My father-in-law and I Why do you need other people to talk about it? When will my father-in-law rescue me?"

"You write first, and I will tell you after I finish."

Wei Tianjue finally realized something was wrong, threw the pen away, and said angrily: "I won't write! Please speak clearly first. Are you willing to give up on me?"

"Did you slander your father-in-law?"

"Lin Shiqing, you always want to take my place! Is that you?"

Hearing this, Lin Shiqing lowered his face and said, "You are still uttering arrogant words at this time. Please don't give me a toast or eat as a fine. I advise you to write down the things honestly. It will be easier for everyone."

Wei Tianjue finally understood, and he reached out desperately outside the fence to catch Lin Shiqing. Lin Shiqing was startled and ran away. After a while, Wei Tianjue squeezed his face against the iron fence until his head and face began to bleed.

He threw the pastries on the floor, and then started crying and yelling.

"Gao Yin, you are not a human being! I am coaxing you like a grandson. You said you want Changyang Road, so I lied to you and said you can Changyang Road. You said you want to find a woman, so I will help you find a woman. In the end, you are neither a man nor a woman. The bitch actually doesn’t even want to take advantage of me!”

Lin Shiqing's face changed drastically when he heard this: "Why is the resurrection of the Yang Dao actually fake?"

Wei Tianjue was already half crazy and laughed: "Of course it's a lie. Gao Yin, you have been a dead eunuch all your life, and you still want to become a man, just go ahead and dream about him!"

Lin Shiqing couldn't help but have a smile on his face when he heard this, and then hurriedly hid it.

He didn't bother to look at Wei Tianjue again and waved to the gentleman behind him.

The men quickly rushed into the prison.

"What are you going to do?" Wei Tianjue just asked and was beaten by several people and ran away.

Then a man opened Wei Tianjue's mouth. The man next to him came up with a gourd and poured a large amount of sweat medicine into him in one breath.

In the next few days, these men slowly nursed Wei Tianjue back to health with egg and rice porridge mixed with Mongolian sweat medicine, until all the wounds on his hands and feet from struggling were healed.

At night, Wei Tianjue finally regained consciousness after being half asleep for several days.

He just opened his eyes in a daze on the wooden bed and before he could speak, he saw a man quickly pressing a piece of wet leather paper on his face.

At the same time, several people were holding down his hands and feet with quilts, and a thick quilt was also placed underneath his body.

After struggling for a while, Wei Tianjue gradually lost his strength. When the paper was completely dry, several men took off a mask with exactly the same appearance and facial features from Wei Tianjue's face and took it back to restore Lin Shiqing's life.

At dawn, when the yamen came to perform an autopsy on Wei Tianjue, they found that Wei Tianjue had no injuries at all. He reported that he died of a strange illness and hastily closed the case. Wei Tianjue was alone and no one came to collect the body, so he gave Yin a penny as usual. Buried in a mass grave.

The few people who buried the body dragged the body outside the city. Wherever they worked hard to dig a hole, they stripped Wei Tianjue of his clothes and threw it into a random pit.

The eager wild dogs heard the sound and chased after it.

A few people didn't even look at it, but took Wei Tianjue's clothes and money to go have a drink. After the death of Wei Tianjue, the alchemist who had killed hundreds of innocent people, his body was devoured by wild dogs in the blink of an eye.

　The next chapter will be posted later

　　
　
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