Jinyi Night Walk

Zheng Ci twirled his beard, and said slowly: ... The Duke of Fuguo is a high-ranking official with a high reputation, and this case is very sensational and attracts the attention of all.In my opinion, it is more appropriate to try the case of Fu Guogong Tongfan first "to identify the truth earlier and quickly filter out the rumors" to avoid unnecessary right and wrong! ", Chen Ying immediately said: "Master Shangshu's words are wrong. The case of Fu Guogong was exposed because of Xu Hu's collusion with the gangster case. This case happened after the Tongwo case in terms of time, and it is related to the Tongwo case. It has a lot to do with it. Therefore, it is more appropriate to try the case first, and then try the "Tongfan case."

One of these two is Zhu Gaochi's person" and the other is Zhu Gaoxu's person, the lord has already started the war, so naturally they waved their flags and shouted, trying their best to please.

After Chen Ying finished speaking, Zheng Ci immediately shook his head and said, "The Imperial Envoy Chen's remarks are absurd. Now the person who is suing is Fu Guogong for accepting bribes and covering up his death. associated.

Therefore, there is no need to try it first. If the impact of the Tongwo case in eastern Zhejiang is of course "the Tongwo case is important, if you look at the world," then it is "the Tongfan case is important. The Duke of the Ming Dynasty is the Qing Dynasty. Isn't it more important that "turbidity" is related to the state system, so "it should be tried first, and the general case is passed." "

Chen Ying glanced at Dali Temple Minister Xue Pin and asked, "So, which case should Mr. Xue think we should try first?"

Xue Pin is a wall-riding faction, listening to the two people's guns and arrows, secretly glad that he is fine, but Chen Ying did not want to burn him again, and secretly scolded Chen Ying, but on the surface he had to sit upright and be fair , deliberately thought for a while, and said: "Both cases are going to be tried today. It doesn't matter who comes first and who comes later. They are all the same!" ", Chen Ying has a mean nature" and wanted to force him to express his opinion, so he said, "Then the criminals from the two cases cannot be brought together for trial. The three of you and I are side judges." Since the two highnesses insisted on their own opinions, Long Duan The matter cannot be resolved, so the three of you and I should express ourselves! "

Tasting this hatred, he turned his heart and gritted his teeth: "Since this is the case, then I think it's better to try the case first!"

Chen Yingsu knew that Xue Pin was cautious and honest, so she wanted to bully him and let him go as he wanted. Who would have thought that "no matter how honest and cowardly a person is, he will be ranked in the Jiuqing" how could he do this in front of everyone? There are many officials and two princes to show you that you are timid? He still wants face." It turned out to be self-defeating, and Xue Ping sided with Zheng Ci instead.

Zheng Ci immediately said to Long Duan: "Okay, the three judges have already made a decision. The two adults agree to interrogate Fu Guogong first, and Long Jue will be promoted!"

Chen Ying still wants to stop "it's too late" Long Fei is not an idiot "since someone is willing to call the shots" can't hurry up and carry it out, keep procrastinating, let him, a little official, sit on the wax?Long Fei immediately grabbed the gavel, raised it high, and lowered it lightly." "Pa", with a soft sound, he commanded, "Ascension!"

In the first case, Yang Xu's case was tried first, and a large group of people were immediately brought in from the judgment hall.

Yang Xu, Lu Mingzhi, their stewards and servants, the staff of Taicang Guard Commander Ji Wenhe who found the ledger, and some of the goods seized from the ship were also taken as evidence, and they were all put on display.

Lu Ming came to the hall, knelt down firmly, without panic, even a little arrogant.The reason is very simple. Yang Xu's cover-up of their merchant ship is true, but the reason is because of a secret mission that cannot be made public.And this case has already been heard by the government and the public, and there is absolutely no possibility of a secret handling." Therefore, there is no other way but to trick him into overturning the case. Therefore, Lu Mingzhi has been given secret instructions in advance, and he has been taught how to say it. Knowing that today's interrogation is safe and sound, naturally he is not afraid.

Yang Xu didn't kneel down when he entered the hall, even Ji Wenhe's personal soldier who was the witness knelt down, but he stood there.Long Fei pretended he didn't see it, coughed and said, "Fu...Yang Xu, I'm enjoining you to hear..."

"Wait!"

Zhu Gaochi said something suddenly, Long Fei immediately stopped talking, turned to Zhu Gaochi, arched his hands, and said with a pleasant smile: "What is your order?"

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "Has Yang Xu already convicted him?"

Long Fei was taken aback, and hurriedly said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is joking." Isn't the officer under trial? The case has not yet been judged, so Yang Xu naturally has not been convicted."

"Oh! So he's just a suspect now?"

"Yes, it's just a suspect, the case has not yet been finalized!", "In this case, Yang Xu is still a first-class duke and an important minister of the court. Should he be given a seat?"

Zhu Gaochi turned to Zhu Gaoxu, smiled cordially and said, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Zhu Gaoxu was about to refute, but then he laughed and said bluntly: "What brother said is that Yang Xu has not been convicted, but he is still the status of the Duke, and he should have a seat."

Zhu Gaoxu was talking, but he was secretly sneering in his heart: "Father has already spoken about this matter. You are determined to win, so you are naturally rampant. I will not argue with you. Anyway, the most important thing is that this matter happened. The purpose is to keep my power in the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion, and keep my power in the army! Suppressing Yang Xu is only because the Shuangyu Guards have taken the blame, so I have to deal with it. My original goal has been achieved, "why still you Entangled in the matter of winning, Yang Xu may be able to reverse the case, Xu Hu has ironclad evidence, I want to see how he reverses the case! "

The two princes nodded, and Long Fei hurriedly said: "Come here! Move a seat for Duke Fu!"

Someone flew away from the hall, but hastily moved a big chair from another signing room. Xia Xun sat up in a big way, Erlang's tui turned up, like an old man, so leisurely.

This kind of behavior is a bit contemptuous of the court. Long Fei still pretended not to see it, coughed, and raised his voice and said: ... Yang Xu, today there are officers and soldiers from Taicang, when they took over Shuangyu Island, they captured a merchant ship from Luzon. , The captain said to himself that he was protected by you. If what he said is true, it is, in general, a serious crime. Now there are witnesses and physical evidence..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Mingzhi let out a mournful howl, knelt up a few steps forward, and shouted loudly: "You are wronged! You are wronged, my lord! We are good citizens! We are a law-abiding merchant ship, and a merchant ship that does business with Da Ming in an upright manner! We didn't know any Fu Guogong at all, and we didn't go on a si merchant ship. We were sailing on the sea well, but we were caught by the navy of Daming and beat us into tricks. Duke Asylum "I don't know anything, my lord! "

This guy was full of energy and yelling, he really couldn't see that he was beaten into a trick, the officers and soldiers of the Taicang Guard were Ji Wenhe's confidants, he was very confident, but he didn't expect this Luzon businessman Dare to overturn the case in court, couldn't help being surprised and angry, jumped forward and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? You clearly confessed it yourself, but now you dare not admit that you are under the protection of Duke Fu?" Lu Mingzhi followed his lead Looking forward with his fingers, he saw Xia Xun sitting on the chair with Erlang's tui tilted up, and he couldn't help but asked in a daze, "Is he the Duke Fu?I really haven't seen it! "

Chen Ying didn't know that the case had been overturned. The two princes were not summoned into the palace by the emperor until the last moment. From the perspective of outsiders, "the two princes were just ordered to supervise the trial and told them to The case was judged impartially, so Zhu Gaoxu hadn't had time to tell Chen Ying about it. Chen Ying, who didn't know the truth, was still working hard, and immediately interjected: "Bold!How can you be presumptuous in the courtroom!This officer asks you, you said you are a serious businessman, "is it time for Luzon to pay tribute?"

Chen Ying was originally an official in Beiping and was demoted to Guangxi by Emperor Jianwen for a while because of Zhu Di's involvement. He didn't know much about the tribute trade of the Fan Kingdom, but he knew that many countries have tribute periods, not you Come whenever you want.For example, North Korea, which has a close relationship with Ming Dynasty, pays three tributes a year, Ryukyu pays a tribute every two years, and the [Japanese] whom Zhu Yuanzhang hates is a tribute every ten years.

Because the tribute period is so long, "[Japan] cannot obtain enough goods from the Ming Dynasty through normal channels, and Japanese pirates are profitable, so more and more people go to the coast of [China] to be desperadoes, Japanese pirates As a result, troubles abounded. Although Chen Ying didn't know the detailed rules of Lu Song's tribute, but this was clearly on point. As long as Lu Song's tribute period is wrong, then this confession will be self-defeating.

Zheng Ci has been a Beijing official since the Hongwu Dynasty, but he knows more about this aspect." He said to Chen Ying with a smirk: "Master Du Yushi, Lu Song admires and admires me, Daming, very respectful, even Emperor Taizu Gao was pleased, so the tribute to Lu Song is stipulated to be irregular!"

Chen Ying choked for a moment, and suddenly remembered the approximate location of Luzon Island, and couldn't help sneering: "This is a low-level official who is ignorant and educated.

However, I still want to ask for advice. The country of Lu Song is located in the South China Sea. Will the tribute road be Hangzhou? "

Although Zheng Ci wanted to favor Xia Xun, he didn't dare to open his eyes and talk nonsense about this matter, so he asked Lu Ming, "The tribute road of Lu Song should be Fuzhou, why did you appear in the East China Sea?"

Lu Mingzhi replied in a fluent manner, and immediately said: "Don't dare to lie to the master, the tribute route of our Lu Song Kingdom is indeed Fuzhou, but because the Japanese are now roaming around and frequently plundering ships going to Fuzhou, Chen Zuyi, the South China Sea thief, also took the opportunity to send pirate ships to go north. , to rob merchant ships off the coast of Fuzhou, we had no choice but to detour to the north, who would have thought that the pirates and Japanese pirates avoided it, but were stopped by the officers and soldiers and forced to accuse us of being bandits!"

Chen Ying was puzzled, and suddenly asked again: "Since you said that you came here as a tribute, did you hear it?"

"some!"

Lu Mingzhi turned his head confidently and called out: "Steward Lei", show our survey and cooperation to the gentlemen! ", sitting here, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't bear to see him anymore. The trial of Yang Xu was simply a performance, a performance to clear Yang Xu's innocence. Zhu Gaoxu already knew it well, the problem is that his confidantes don't know it yet." He tried his best in a doomed impossible battle, and he, the coach, was really uncomfortable sitting on it.

But at this time, he couldn't give Chen Ying a hint. On the other hand, he was on trial. As a prince with a sensitive identity, he couldn't come forward to smooth things over, so he passed in a few words, admitted Yang Xu's innocence, and asked people not to interrogate him.Therefore, he could only watch Chen Ying try his best to fight for him.

The detonator ran up to Lu Mingzhi, took off his shoes in front of everyone, opened the insole, took out a thing wrapped in oiled paper from the interlayer, opened it, and said: "There are many pirates on the sea." If the goods are lost, we need to take another trip to work harder, and the loss will be recovered, but if the survey and cooperation issued by Daming is lost, this business will not be possible, so the old man is only afraid that something will happen to the survey and cooperation, and he regards it as a treasure , so hidden...","

As he said, he unwrapped the oil-paper bag, took out a copy of Kanhe from it, and handed it up tremblingly, the eyes of Ji Wenhe's confidant Xiaoxiao beside him widened: "When we took down this group of people on the island" They have been searched inside and out, and after they are sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the prison chief of the Ministry of Criminal Justice will definitely conduct a comprehensive search." How could they leave such a thing for him? Damn it! Ghost!", @.