three kings

Chapter 78 Zhang Rang, see if you die
On the first day of the first lunar month, the city of Luoyang was full of joy.Almost all the people put down their work, basking in the sun on the street, or wandering through the streets.

Suddenly, a group of fast horses galloped quickly on the street, and pieces of paper were flying in the air.At this time, paper was still a rather luxurious item, and only rich families were willing to use it, and ordinary people like them didn't even think about it.At this moment, seeing these papers falling on the ground, everyone picked them up in unison.

Blacksmith Wang from West Street picked up a piece of paper with some words on it, but he was a master of white characters and couldn't read even half of the characters. Curious, he couldn't help asking about Zheng Xiucai who was beside him.

Zheng Xiucai is not very knowledgeable, but he still knows a few big characters. He read to everyone: "Today, at [-]:[-], I will give you free gifts at the square on South Street. Please come on time."

"A free gift?" Blacksmith Wang wondered, "Is there really such a good thing in the world?"

"Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you go and have a look. Anyway, there's nothing to do now?" Auntie Zhang, who was greedy and liked to take advantage of small things, immediately rushed to South Street, fearing that she would be left behind and not get the gift.

"Go... have a look..." "Wait, I'll join in the fun too..."

All of a sudden, the people on the West Street rushed to the South Street at the same time. Soon after, similar incidents happened in all the streets of the West City, East City, and North City.

Those who want to do good things, those who like to take advantage, and those who want to join in the fun all go to South Street.

Immediately, the square on South Street was crowded with people.

When the square was in a state of chaos, a group of soldiers surrounded them and said in unison: "The general is ordered to try the case of Zhang Rang Shiying. If you want to stay and watch, please be quiet. If you don't want to, don't make trouble here, otherwise, you will be charged with obstructing official duties, and you will be thrown into prison for making trouble and making noise, and you will be severely punished."

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with the officials, and those who liked to take advantage of it all left one after another, and everyone muttered about this strange incident today.

Seeing someone he was familiar with, he couldn't help but talk about it, and told about the public trial of Zhang Rang Shiying.

Those who had good deeds and wanted to join in the fun stayed, there were about [-] people, and they all came to the front of the government office not far away to watch.

Luoyang government office.

Sun Can sat down in the hall, and everything was ready.On his right are Liu Hua and Guo Jia, and on his left is Luoyang Ling Zhouyi, who is familiar with the laws of the Han Dynasty.

"Bring the prisoner Zhang Rang." Sun Can was the first to call Zhang Rang to attend. The main reason was that Zhang Rang was too cunning and almost impeccable in his work. He had to learn something from him so that he could find out from other people's confessions. They made a difference and killed Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang was escorted up by Zhang Fei, stood in the courtroom, stared angrily, looked at Sun Can and shouted in a sharp voice: "Okay, Sun Can, what are you, how dare a little rebellious general In front of our family, even your father is not as bold as you..." Zhang Rang's mouth was like a hungry chicken, chattering like eating rice, chattering non-stop, thousands of words were lost in the blink of an eye With it, I didn't take a breath.

Sun Can's ears were numb, he put the Chixiao Sword on the dark table, and shouted: "Kneel down!"

Zhang Rang's legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

With Chixiao Sword, Sun Can is like a king. Whoever wants to behead his head is just a word. At this moment, Sun Can does not kill him just for a notarization. If he touches the majesty of Chixiao Sword, it is not courting death. ?Therefore, the moment Sun Can took out the Scarlet Heaven Sword, Zhang Rang immediately changed from a cursing shrew to a good baby.

Sun Can asked, "Can you be convicted by Zhang?"

Zhang Rang said: "I don't know, Zhang Rang has always been loyal to the emperor, he has worked hard without complaint, and he always thinks of the big man. I don't know what crime he committed?"

"Puchi..." Seeing Zhang Rang's orderly speech, Sun Can couldn't help laughing.

Zhang Rang protested: "In the courtroom, there is a reason to laugh. If you come to sit in the courtroom, Zhang Rang will not accept it."

Sun Can ignored Zhang Rang's protest and joked: "It is wrong to laugh in the court, but what is the crime of a person who openly tells jokes in the court? You ask, all the people in the court, what you said earlier Is it the truth, or is it a joke?"

The common people watching the excitement in the hall immediately started to make noise, and the bold ones shouted in the crowd: "Of course I'm joking, if Zhang Rang is a loyal minister, there won't be a thief in the whole world."

Suddenly, the people in the hall burst into laughter.

Zhang Rang's face turned blue and white with anger, thinking how majestic Zhang Rang was, the Minister of Military and Chinese Affairs, who didn't fear him three points, how could he have suffered such insults, and was laughed at by a group of people he always looked down on.

Sun Can's complexion changed, and he said: "Zhang Rang despises the court, openly jokes and jokes in the court, and sees no law of the king. He should make ten strokes of the stick as a warning."

"You..." Seeing Sun Can's face suddenly changed, Zhang Rang dared not accept it.

However, although Zhang Rang was a lifeless fox, his power was still there, and no one dared to step forward to execute him.

"I'll come..." Gao Shun's more dignified voice came from down the hall.

At this moment, Gao Shun should have successfully captured Yunwu Mountain and returned to Luoyang, just in time to meet this matter.He was an upright and rigorous person, so when he started to punish Zhang Rang, he didn't reduce his strength because of Zhang Rang's status. Zhang Rang was beaten with ten rods, his skin was torn and his flesh was bruised, and he complained endlessly.

The people around were greatly relieved.

An old man rushed in, knelt on the ground and said: "My lord, the old man is a native of Luoyang, and his family ancestors have already settled down in Luoyang during the time of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. It has been hundreds of years, and the ancestors are not worth anything. The only thing of value is an ancestral house in the center of Luoyang South City. However, ten years ago, Zhang Rang took a fancy to that ancestral house and forcibly occupied it. Seeking the land didn’t work, so I had to swallow my breath. Seeing the general’s uprightness today, I risked my life to sue Zhang Ren, so as to comfort the spirit of the ancestors in heaven.”

Sun Can smiled, and said to Zhang Rang who was lying on the ground and couldn't stand upright: "Zhang Changshi, what's your excuse for this matter?"

Zhang Rang said angrily: "This is a false accusation, a false accusation. I clearly bought that mansion from him, so there is no such thing as what he said."

The old man was furious immediately, "My ancestral house is located in the center of South Street, and the feng shui is very good. How can you buy it for ten big bucks? This is the ten big bucks you gave me every day. Although the old man has no knowledge, he does know something. It's loyalty, what is righteousness, even if I starve to death, I won't use the black-hearted money you Zhang Rang, so I'll give it back to you now." Saying that, ten big money were thrown at Zhang Rang.

Then, he took out another crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, and presented it: "This is the land deed of the old man's ancestral house, sir, please have a look."

Sun Can took the land deed and asked Zhou Yi beside him, "Master Zhou, do you think this land deed is real or fake?"

Zhou Yi looked at the mark and said, "It's true, it's not fake at all."

Sun Can said: "What can Zhang ask you to say?"

Zhang Rang was secretly annoyed. At that time, he was favored by the emperor for the first time, so he was a little arrogant and not as sophisticated as he is now. At that time, he didn't take the owner of the house seriously, and he didn't think of asking him for the title deed. Became his handle.However, the evidence was conclusive, and he had no way to deny it, so he could only acquiesce in silence.

Sun Can slapped the table and said loudly: "Zhang asked you to rob the famous house, coerce the people, and argue arrogantly in the court, which is suspected of contempt of the court. Come here, and beat ten sticks as a punishment. "

After a burst of wailing, Zhang Rang was tortured ten more times with the cane. This time, the injury was even more serious. It seemed that he didn't even have the strength to raise his head, so he could only lie on the ground and whisper "it hurts".

Sun Can said: "The evidence is convincing, and it should have been returned immediately. However, there are Zhang Rang's crimes and some physical evidence in the mansion, and they cannot be returned for the time being. After Zhang Rang is executed. I, Sun Can, will immediately return the old man's ancestral house as a guarantee of my personality. You see how?"

The old man was flattered and moved very much. He never thought that he could really go back to his ancestral house, but he saw Sun Can's rod and tortured Zhang, and he was selfless, so he thought of giving it a try.At that time, he was still a little hesitant, but then he thought about it, if it was impossible to leave Luoyang, would it be possible that Zhang Rang would look for him from all over the world in order to avenge him?Thinking of this, he broke into the hall and told his grievances. Unexpectedly, Sun Can really repaid his innocence and promised to return the ancestral house to him. At this moment, he was too happy to say no.

Quickly kowtow to thank you.

Many people in this group had been bullied by Zhang Rang. Seeing that Sun Can handled it impartially, they sued Zhang Rang one after another. In less than a moment, Zhang Rang had been charged with as many as ten crimes.

Zhang Rang has also learned to be smart, as long as he recognizes what he has done, he saves the pain of flesh and blood.However, he was still picked on by Sun Can, and he found a reason and beat him ten times.

After half an hour, we finally got to the point.

Sun Can asked: "Feng Fang, the leader of Jiagang, said that he bent the law for personal gain according to your order and let him ignore the goods of Hedong Wei's family. Is it true?"

Zhang Rang, who had always said he agreed, finally began to object, saying: "Feng Fang of Jiagang and Rang did not have a deep friendship, how could Rang be able to direct his actions? If you have proof, please show it, otherwise Zhang Rang will not be convinced."

Sun Can smiled and didn't continue to ask, but said: "Then Zhang Tao, the housekeeper of the Wei family, do you finally know him? He said you asked him to transport the baby?"

Zhang Rang said: "It's a joke. No matter what I say, I, Zhang Rang, am a chariot general in the court. How could I mix with these merchants who sell babies? There is no such thing." He firmly denied any past contact with Zhang Tao.

Sun Can smiled more and more, and continued: "Then what do you say about your housekeeper cutting up baby meat in the room, and that Taoist priest?"

Zhang Rang was shocked, thinking that Sun Can had real evidence, and said: "The butler is just the butler of my house. It's none of my business that he's cutting up the baby's flesh? I'm in the palace all day, so how can I take so much into account? Maybe , What did he do to lie to me while I was away? As for the Taoist priest, he is just an alchemist I invited to pray for the emperor, so there is no surprise." At this moment, he was already terrified, he did not Thinking that he would be defeated so thoroughly, Sun Can basically dug out all the details, and any question Sun Can asked could bring him to the point of no return.

Therefore, he could only deny it, put all the faults on others, and felt that he could not have anything to do with the above people.

But he didn't know that his mentality just fell into Liu Hua's strategy.Liu Hua is a later generation, and he knows some key points of the trial. He knows that Zhang Rang is very smart. If Zhang Rang is interrogated from the details, then Zhang Rang is likely to grasp certain details and cling to them so that the case cannot continue.

But if the interrogation is based on the overall situation, Zhang Rang will not be able to please.

If he admits that he has a deep friendship with Feng Fang, it is tantamount to admitting that he has a relationship with Zhang Tao; if he admits that he has a relationship with Zhang Tao, it means that he admits that he asked Zhang Tao to deliver the baby, which means a death penalty.

If he said that he knew that the housekeeper in his house cut up the baby's flesh in the room, it meant that he knew about it and everything about it, then he would also be sentenced to death.

Therefore, he has only one way to go, and that is to shirk, shirk all responsibility, and let all these capital crimes be passed on to others. Only in this way can he survive.

However, it was at this point that Liu Hua came up with a strategy of "every wall has ears".

He locked the rest of the criminals in the side room of the government office, and Zhang let them hear all the confessions clearly.Just imagine, Ben is a grasshopper on the same line. If everyone works together, they may have a chance to jump out of the French Open.But Zhang Rang made such excuses, how can they work together and work together?

The housekeeper of the Zhang family who couldn't bear it was the first to rush out, kicked Zhang Rang's feet fiercely, and cursed: "You son of a bitch, dead eunuch, I am loyal to you, and I did it for you!" After doing all the bad things, you, a heartless bastard, are actually going to kill your uncle...well... bastard, if you don't let me live, I won't let you have a good time."

Zhang Rang's already frighteningly pale face suddenly became even more impersonal.There is no doubt that the person who knows his secrets most is his butler.If the housekeeper told him everything he knew, then even if he didn't die, he would still have to lose a layer of skin.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Fang, Zhang Tao, Wei Zhongdao and other criminals came out one by one.

Everyone glared at Zhang Rang, as if they couldn't cut him into pieces.

The so-called hurting his ten fingers is worse than breaking his arm, and it is better to kill him with one blow than breaking his arm.In the same way, instead of starting the interrogation with little people such as Feng Fang, Zhang Tao, Wei Zhongdao, it is better to point the finger at Zhang Rang directly. As long as Zhang Rang dies, other places will not be able to jump.

If Feng Fang, Zhang Tao, and Wei Zhongdao were interrogated in advance, it would be impossible to achieve such an effect, because interrogating them in advance would have their testimony. Needless to say, the testimony must be beneficial to Zhang Rang, but it is different now.

Because it is no longer possible for their testimony to give up to Zhang.

(End of this chapter)