little emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 182 Examination
On March 20, the [-]th year of Wanli, the hall of the Ministry of Justice under the high-hanging blue sky and white sun four-character plaque was like a vegetable market at the south gate, completely without the slightest bit of solemnity on weekdays.There was a crowd of high-ranking officials, whispering to each other, and there was a lot of noise in the discussion. The criminal to be tried had not yet appeared, and the adults involved in the trial had already become a mess.

At the top of the hall are three iron cases side by side. In the middle sits Minister of the Ministry of Justice Xiao Daheng, on the left sits Li Sancai, Zuoqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and on the right is Hu Tingyuan, Minister of Dali Temple. The three of them look dignified and dignified Sitting but looking different.Li Sancai closed his eyes slightly, turning a blind eye to and listening to all the discussions of the officials in the hall, while Hu Tingyuan glanced at the faces of Xiao and Li from time to time, with a signature faint smile on his mouth.

Xiao Daxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, sat on his seat with a look of embarrassment, frowning, his eyes swept across the faces of the officials, and finally fell on the presiding officer appointed by the prince, Wang Shugu, who was then the head of the Ministry of Punishment, no longer move.Seeing the other party's eyes watching nose, nose watching heart, a picture of soldiers coming to block, water coming and earth piled up like a mountain, Daheng Xiao suddenly had a headache... There are so many people in the Ministry of Justice, why did the prince single out such a person who can't be boiled or steamed? The transparent hob meat...

On the day when the Golden Palace decided the joint trial of the three divisions, he received a personal letter from Shen Yiguan brought by Qian Menggao. Xiao Daheng knew very well how he became the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and he was grateful for his promotion. , Under the watchful eyes of everyone, how and how to move the hands and feet has become a big problem.

The drums sounded three times, and the prisoner was brought on, and he knelt down in the hall like a dead dog, shivering endlessly.

Until this moment, Wang Shugu, who was with the old god, raised his eyelids that had been drooping, lightly flicked his robe sleeves, stretched out his hands and clasped his fists and bowed to the officials behind him, "My lords, the next official is being interrogated by the order of His Highness the Crown Prince. case, I have to overstep it." After saying that, he went down the hall.

All the officials were envious and jealous, with different moods, and there were so many talented people in the three magistrates. Somehow the prince chose this saw-mouthed gourd who was usually inconspicuous.It is conceivable that after this case, Wang Shugu will definitely be very popular, and it is not impossible for him to rise to the top.

Why Wang Shugu was favored by the crown prince alone? Others didn’t know why, but Wang Zhicai, who was among the judges of the Ministry of Punishment, was clear in his heart. Thinking of the frightening night of that night in the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Zhicai’s head It was a cold sweat.

Xiao Daheng suddenly said: "Lord Wang, wait a minute..."

Wang Shugu raised his eyelids, there was a hint of teasing and understanding in his eyes, he bowed and saluted: "What is your order?"

Fortunately for others, Li Sancai and Hu Tingyuan both shifted their eyes to Daheng Xiao, Daheng Xiao suddenly felt very uncomfortable, hesitated for a moment and said: "The criminal is cunning, the case is serious, it cannot be ignored, let alone indulged in lightly."

Li Sancai was the first to bear it, and burst out laughing with a hehe. Hu Tingyuan turned his head, and it seemed that he had endured very hard. With a lightning-like glance, Daheng Xiao suddenly remembered that this person was notoriously unpredictable in the court, and his actions were ruthless, so he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Wang Shugu lowered his head, glanced at the case in his hand, did not speak for a long time, a ray of cold light shot out from his lowered eyelids, fell on Lu Shengguang and looked back and forth.

There were occasional whispers in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice before, but they were instantly silenced by Wang Shugu's inexplicable coercion.A few officials who thought it was evil had already scolded the weirdness in their hearts, why didn't they realize that this piece of old wood had such a terrifying power?

The officials are still like this, not to mention Lu Sheng, who is kneeling on the ground... His body has long been shaking like a leaf falling in the wind, his face is changing more and more, and big drops of sweat are falling down one by one.

"The criminal who is kneeling in the hall, is the Shuntian Mansion's Shu Shengguang?"

Lu Shengguang felt his eyes darken for a while, kowtowed obediently, and said in a trembling voice: "It's the villain."

A sneer appeared on the corner of Wang Shugu's mouth: "Very good, you are very talented."

Seeing Li Shengguang visibly trembling, Wang Shugu motioned to the left and right with his eyes: "Send this demon book down, so that others will make mistakes."

A scribe handed over the monster book, spread it out in front of Lu Shengguang, and shouted in a vicious voice: "Look quickly, read the master's words after reading it."

Hearing the word "Demon Book", the flesh of everyone in the hall couldn't help but tremble, everyone held their breath involuntarily, all eyes fell on the mouth of that extremely wretched person, the atmosphere in the hall at this moment was eerie. Cold and almost substantive.

Lu Shengguang stared at the paper in front of him with eyes full of stars, but his ears were filled with the sound of the wind, and the words that Li bowed his head in his ear last night rang clearly in his mind... ... Lu Shengguang is not a fool, and at this moment his mind, which was still a little confused, suddenly becomes clear!If it is true according to what he said, I am really the only big fool in the world, not to mention I have already been fooled once, do I want to be fooled a second time... Lu Shengguang suddenly grinned, his teeth gleaming, and his expression Ferocious, like a trapped beast.

Wang Shugu's face turned ashen, and he slapped the gavel violently: "Ji Shengguang, why are you laughing when I ask you something!"

Having made up his mind, Lu Shengguang was not so frightened, and raised his head: "Return to the lord, the villain has no idea what this writing is about."

His answer immediately caused a gasp... All the officials whispered: This guy is really treacherous!Didn't they all recruit in Jinyiwei?Why, have you seen too many people overturning the case?A few people who are good at punishment have already started to sneer, when Jin Yiwei's board is a board, is the board in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment a vegetarian?
Wang Shugu's face remained the same, he sat upright, motionless: "You don't admit that you wrote the book, so what about Jin Yiwei's confession?"

Lu Shengguang, who had always been a bachelor, also went all out: "My lord, the mirror hangs high, how can I not know how to beat him to death?"

"What a cunning person, if this officer punishes you, it will be a trick of torture." Li Shengguang choked his neck and did not speak, acting as a tacit meaning, Wang Shugu sneered: "It seems that I won't give it to you." Come up with some real evidence, you won’t cry until you see the coffin.”

He slapped the gavel in his hand: "Bring witnesses to the court."

After a while, two criminals escorted a person to the hall and knelt down. Wang Shugu sneered slightly: "Lu Shengguang, look up, who is he?"

Hao Shengguang raised his head tremblingly, and there was a person kneeling not far from him, with a sallow complexion and apprehensive eyes, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken when he saw this, before he could speak, he beat his chest hard with his hands a few times!

Wang Shugu smiled and said, "Witness Ju Shengcai, what is your relationship with the criminal?"

Lu Shengcai said in a low voice, "My lord, Lu Shengguang is the elder brother of the villain."

This incident was beyond everyone's expectations in the lobby of the Sanfa Division. It was actually a brother who exposed his brother?For a moment, everyone's eyes were rounded together, turning back and forth on these two wonderful brothers. Today, all the officials in the audience are experts at judging cases in the three law divisions, no matter which one has been tried There are thousands of cases, but cases like today's sue brother are really rare.

"Why did you expose your brother? What proof do you have?"

Lu Shengcai kowtowed his head: "My lord, this brother of mine is not a good person. He usually does some immoral things in the village, and those people come to make noise every day. My parents are pissed to death because of these things. Lay at home, if you don’t believe me, send someone to me and ask anyone, and you will know if the villain is telling lies.”

Lu Shengguang said with a trembling voice, "What do you think happened to our father?"

Lu Shengcai didn't even look at him, and spat on the ground in extreme disgust: "Don't call me father! My father has already made you mad!"

Lu Shengguang burst into tears suddenly, and after a while his face was covered with tears and snot, he was indescribably pitiful and hateful.

Wang Shugu snorted coldly: "Yu Shengcai, all the embarrassing things about your brother have nothing to do with this case, let's get to the point!"

Lu Shengcai kowtowed, "Yes, back to your lord's words. Although my brother is an asshole, my sister-in-law is a good person! This time it was my sister-in-law who caused it."

Saying this sentence, not only did Lu Shengguang stop crying, but even Wang Shugu was taken aback, not to mention the group of officials sitting behind him...for a moment, "ah", "huh", " Oh 'all kinds of voices come and go.

I've never seen such a weird family. It's rare enough for this brother to be neither brother nor brother, but...these even close relatives are like this?From the very beginning of the case, when it comes to the strange ups and downs, these well-informed people who have tried countless cases have a feeling that today's case is as exciting and ups and downs as watching a drama...

So everyone's eyes turned to Lu Shengguang again, this time in addition to disgust, they couldn't help adding a bit of sympathy, everyone thought that this person was so messed up that life was really meaningless.

Thinking about it, Lu Shengguang also thought the same way, screaming a few times like a beast in his mouth... suddenly jumped up, a high-pitched brother next to him, grabbed his collar and shouted: "No, Mrs. Li!" It is impossible to frame me, you tell the adults quickly, this is fake, it is fake!"

In terms of strength, Lu Shengcai, who has worked all his life, is much stronger than his elder brother, but at this moment, being suppressed by Lu Shengguang's inexplicable aura, seeing his brother's eyes as red as blood, and staring at him like a mad dog, he feels his hands and feet go limp He was so powerless that he couldn't help crying for help.

Wang Shugu was furious, and a cold look flashed in his eyes: "Presumptuous, come here, hit me!"

The two criminals next to him held water and fire sticks, came up to shine on Lu Shengguang's legs, and tapped his hands a few times. Rolled to the ground, rolling and screaming like a slaughtered pig.

Ignoring Lu Shengguang, Wang Shugu turned his head and said to Lu Shengcai: "You mean that you are only the one who came out to inform, and the real informer is your sister-in-law Li?"

Lu Shengcai was terrified, his face was pale, he collapsed on the ground and gasped, unable to speak, he could only nod his head desperately.

Wang Shugu shouted: "Come on, bring Mrs. Li!"

Not long enough, someone brought Mrs. Li to the hall, followed by a thin boy.

Seeing the blood-soaked Lu Shengguang and the pale face of Lu Shengcai, Li Shi's face was instantly as pale as paper, while the boy behind him was crying timidly, "Mother... that's dad, that's me!" Uncle."

With a pale face, Li turned around and took her son in her arms, knelt on the ground and saluted.

Wang Shugu shouted: "Mr. Li, I'm asking you. Your uncle Hao Shengcai said that you raised your husband Hao Shengguang. Is there such a thing?"

With the attention of everyone in the hall, without even a cough, Mrs. Li kowtowed, although her body was trembling, but her voice was calm: "Master, it is true."

All the officials could not help but compare the two brothers, the Li family and the Li family. This Li family seemed to have a somewhat calm demeanor, and Wang Shugu was also a little surprised.It turned out that Li's father was a scholar who had not been ranked for many years. Because he fell in love with Lu Shengguang at that time, he was dizzy and gave his daughter to him. It turned out that Li had studied with his father for several years since he was a child. An ignorant village woman in the countryside.

"It's unethical to sue your husband by your wife." Wang Shugu nodded, "In this case, there is no proof for what you say, let's show the facts."

She glanced at Lu Shengguang, who was lying on the ground crying bitterly, and then at her shivering son nestled in her arms. Li gritted her teeth and said cruelly, "My lord, this man showed great kindness a few days ago and asked someone to give him a hand." The woman brought the family allowance, and he also had a stack of manuscripts with him. The woman didn't think much of it at the time, so she packed up those things; a few days ago, this useless son accidentally found out. ...This is a serious crime against the family. How dare the woman hide it, so she sued her mother-in-law and asked her uncle to report it on her behalf. I beg you to read it for the sake of the woman's first complaint, and only punish me and this murderer. Forgive me The son of a commoner's wife is a great kindness." At this point, tears flowed down his cheeks, and the child in his arms cried louder and louder, making people's nose sore.

Wang Shugu slapped the gavel hard, and shouted loudly: "Qu Jing, bring the evidence!"

Mrs. Li took out a stack of manuscripts from her bosom and handed them up. Wang Shugu flipped through them, and there were about dozens of them. Throwing it in front of Lu Shengguang: "Lu Shengguang, your brother, wife and children all testify against you, what else can you say?"

Staring blankly at the papers that fell down like flowers and rain all day, Lu Shengguang picked up a piece of paper with trembling hands, looked at it and put it down, and picked up another one. Muttering to himself: "Impossible...how is this possible? This must be a dream!"

"You will never die until you reach the Yellow River, and you will not turn back until you touch the south wall." Wang Shugu sneered again and again, his voice already tinged with sternness: "Bring the inkstone and paper, and write it in this hall for this official and all the adults to read! "

Up to now, Lu Shengguang has no choice but to not write even if he wants to. After writing a dozen words tremblingly, he can't write any more...

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