Your Majesty, I'm Guilty

On the other hand, Gu Wenjun is still suffering in his cell.

She regained some spirit after eating the box of delicious food that was valuable at first sight. But the cold, damp, rotten and messy environment in the cell still tortured her.

Not to mention that the five big men have been yelling and beating in the adjacent cells, just trying to torture her and make her suffer. They knew that they could not be imprisoned with Gu Wenjun and could not hurt her, so they tried to make a fuss and let her want peace for a moment.

Let alone rest, you can't even concentrate on thinking. Gu Wenjun is naturally uncomfortable.

A big man sneered: "I'll see how long this boy can last!"

When they wanted to do more, they saw a group of people open their cells and fish in. The chief is not the old constable, but a figure who is very strange in clothes. The big men haven't even seen the official clothes they wear.

The captains followed him respectfully for fear of offending him.

Only Gu Wenjun guessed that the man should be the royal guards with the flying fish pattern embroidered on the official clothes.

Gu Wenjun thought to himself, did Qin Chuan find the relationship in the royal guards to save her? The royal guards are equal to the Yamen of Shuntian mansion in terms of rank, but they are more pro imperial. The little royal guards are also a lot higher than the constable.

If the prisoner is directly brought to trial, it is not impossible, or it will leave the handle of the story and leave it on file for doubt.

On the contrary, it is unfavorable to Gu Wenjun, a scholar who wants to take the imperial examination.

Qin Chuan doesn't seem to be such a reckless person.

She was still thinking. The next moment she heard the Royal Guard Lang say, "Gu Wenjun, your case should be accepted again. Come out and ask questions."

Then he said to the five big men, "you accused Gu Wenjun of buying a murderer, or you beat one of the murderers who reported to the official Chen Liang. You all come out!"

The five exchanged eyes and discussed with each other quickly in the dark.

"Brother, didn't someone send something to Gu Wenjun? Does he have any identity background?" someone began to worry.

The leading man said firmly, "what are you afraid of? If there is any backstage, Gu Wenjun can still be locked up here like our outlaws? You think too much! Even if he has any relationship, he can't compare with Childe Chen Liang!"

"Yes, as long as we do this well and hold childe Chen's thigh, everything is easy to say. We won't be afraid of these officials in the future!"

The five of them winked at each other and decided to bite Gu Wenjun to death.

He also shouted: "Sir, we are also wronged! Gu Wenjun forced us to do it, and we were forced to do it!"

Confuse black and white and use strong arguments.

Gu Wenjun didn't even look at them. He planned to save his strength in court.

However, the royal guards did not take them to the Shuntian mansion yamen hall, but directly to a carriage.

"What's going on?"

Not only did Gu Wenjun not expect it, but the five big men were also full of doubts. After being driven into the car, they carefully inquired with many accompanying people: "adults, where are you taking us? It's already out of the Shuntian government Yamen. Do the judges still have to try outside?"

The royal guards snorted coldly: "you'll know when you arrive. Be alert. If you dare to play tricks, be careful of your head!"

With that, he looked at Gu Wenjun intentionally, and then raised his whip to urge the horse to set off.

Flying all the way, the car stopped soon.

Gu Wenjun led her to get out of the car first. When she raised her eyes, she saw the brick red wall all over her eyes, spreading from the far right of her right eye to the far left perspective of her left eye.

It's just a city gate. It's too big to imagine!

This is several times more grand than the Forbidden City, the capital of her world, which is difficult to describe in words.

She had a faint hunch, but she was really shocked to see it.

They were taken to the palace!

Here is just a side door outside the palace. Gu Wenjun is still a scholar without merit. Now there are suspects of criminals. Of course, he can only enter the palace through the side door.

The five big men had completely lost their previous appearance of being slippery and arrogant. They all put away their Jianghu spirit and were pushed forward with arms and legs tied.

Until he really entered the Lingxiao temple, Gu Wenjun couldn't return to God.

She first appeared in the court as a suspect!

Gu Wenjun himself felt magical.

"Please say hello to your majesty!"

Without waiting for the royal guards' action, the five big men knelt to the ground and were about to stick their upper bodies on the smooth and tidy floor. They shouted, "long live your majesty!"

Gu Wenjun also kowtowed and said hello. Looking up, she saw Xiao Yunyu dressed in a dragon robe. She was still handsome, cold and dignified, but some things were different.

This was the first time she had seen Xiao Yunyu who looked like an emperor in a real sense. It seems that Xiao Yunyu is the son of heaven today, which gives him a sense of reality.

He is not the injured and powerless ah Yu who fell in Qinghe County, nor will he appear to save her Xiao Yunyu at a time of crisis.

He is the emperor, the monarch and the master of the country!

"Bring up Chen Liang who reported the case, and listen to Aiqing." Xiao Yunyu sat high on the throne and ordered in a deep voice.

When the voice reached Gu Wenjun, it was distorted. They were far away.

"Minister of rites, I know that Chen Liang is your second son. I just heard that half a month ago, he was kidnapped and beaten at the foot of the emperor in the capital. I was really angry that he caught the murderer today."

Xiao Yunyu was neither sad nor happy on his face, nor could he hear any change in his voice: "how unreasonable! I must seek justice for you!"

Gu Wenjun originally thought Xiao Yunyu was strange. After listening to these words, he couldn't help laughing. It was clear that he had learned the way she interrogated Xueyan before. He first stunned people and then picked the opportunity to interrogate them.

But the pressure of the emperor's power is far stronger than her momentum.

Don't mention that the five big men had already fallen to the ground. Even Chen Tongli, a minister of rites with an official position, was sweating.

Chen Liang is like a soft footed shrimp. He doesn't dare to speak like he is presumptuous in the Shuntian Yamen. When he opens his mouth, he just hesitates and can't speak coherent sentences.

At this point, Chen Tongli could only continue: "Your Majesty, the child Chen Liang is not talented. He is really naughty. But he can't be beaten like this. Yesterday, we caught five people wandering the Jianghu and found that they are the murderers! After some interrogation, we knew that Gu Wenjun was behind the scenes."

Xiao Yunyu didn't speak. Look at the five big men.

Chen Tongli looked at it together and gave a cold look. Chen Liang trembled and excited. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I also asked them from their mouth. Just ask them. They dare not lie, otherwise it will be the crime of bullying the king and implicate the nine families!"

This is a naked threat!

The five big men were afraid of death and didn't dare to change their words. They repeatedly said, "it's really Gu Wenjun! He found us on the way to huiwenshan academy and gave us a lot of money!"

What a shame!

Even if Gu Wenjun walked with his teachers all the way, they were confident because they stopped to rest and separated!

Gu Wenjun was no longer silent, and she had confidence. Because she knew that Xiao Yunyu would listen to her, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would listen to her.

As long as you give her a chance to speak, she has a way.

"Your Majesty, I have a way to test the truth."

Xiao Yunyu didn't interrupt. The ministers were watching, and no one raised an objection.

Gu Wenjun said, "please bring some screens and divide them into five places to interrogate the five people separately."

Xiao Yunyu looked at her and nodded. "Yes."

Both Chen Tongli and Chen Liang are secretly nervous. They just want to find out Gu Wenjun's fame, but they dare not object.

Before long, the palace people soon came with what Gu Wenjun wanted, surrounded the five people and divided them into five closed spaces. They can't see or hear each other. Only those who are completely outside the screen can see it at a glance.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to ask them some questions alone."

Xiao Yunyu expressed his permission.

"But in this way, when you need to ask questions, others can't interrupt or interrupt your interrogation."

They exchanged a look across the huge hall. In Xiao Yunyu's eyes, there was no doubt. Gu Wenjun trembled slightly in her heart. She pressed down the churning emotion in her heart and waited in the hall for a while without doing anything.

Chen Tongli, the Minister of rites, immediately accused: "Gu Wenjun, don't you want to ask? Why don't you go in and interrogate quickly? Don't want to delay time in front of your majesty!"

"Lord Chen will know later."

Ministers also talked about it one after another.

The first of the officials, the first assistant, was still observing. He had a leisurely attitude of sitting on the shore and watching the tiger fight, but his narrowed eyes were full of light.

It was not until Chen Tongli was in trouble again that Gu Wenjun walked into the screen and picked the big man headed by him for interrogation.

As soon as she appeared, she changed her lazy appearance and shook her hand. "OK, I already know. You were bought by Chen Liang to frame me."

Chen Tongli was shocked. He was about to refute and interrupt, but he was held by the people around him. Xiao Yunyu looked at him coldly. Chen Tongli shivered. It occurred to me that just now your majesty had promised Gu Wenjun not to interfere in the interrogation process.

Chen Liang has also been controlled for a long time and can't struggle.

But the big man quickly retorted, "no! You obviously paid us -"

Gu Wenjun sneered and interrupted his words: "you have two brothers who have already recruited. Don't try to be strong."

"It's impossible, you lied to me!" the big man refuted. They are friends with their heads pinned on their crotch. How can they betray each other!

"You treat them as brothers, but they don't. your majesty promised that as long as someone confesses and the rest doesn't say, the one who confesses voluntarily will make atonement for his merits and be released. Those who resist and don't say will be punished twice, skinned and skinned!"

The counselor said, "if you all confess and report to each other, if the situation is true, you will be given a light sentence and sentenced to one year's imprisonment. The first person who confesses will have the most commutation, and the rest will decrease in turn. Guess, you are the first person I asked?"

In other words, if you confess voluntarily, you will either be acquitted or commuted. No matter what, you will be fine. However, if you don't confess, you may end up in thousands of cuts of torture!

No matter how good brotherhood is, can you bet on human nature?

The big man wavered, but he insisted, "don't talk nonsense there. There's nothing at all!"

"You still don't believe it." Gu Wenjun sneered: "your brothers said that Chen Liang promised that once you succeed, he will not only help you clear your previous charges, but also give you prosperity and arrange jobs for you in the Chen family!"

"What!" the big man suddenly raised his head, his face turned white, and the whole man was soaked in cold sweat. "They really, really recruited!"

Fearing that he would be the last person to confess and receive the least benefits, he quickly said, "I say, I confess! All this is designed by Chen Liang. He has a grudge against you and wants to revenge you! His father also bought the Fuyin of Shuntian Yamen and said that everything is ready, so we dare to take the job."

The big man confessed, but he didn't know that he was just the first interrogation object chosen by Gu Wenjun!

This is an important lesson in modern criminal investigation, "prisoner's dilemma"!

When prisoners are held separately, no one knows whether their accomplices will confess first in exchange for commutation. No one dares to bet that the other party will stick to it until the end, so they confess first.

In this way, the trial will be irresistible and the speed of case solving will be accelerated.

She made it easy, but the ministers were stunned.

As soon as Gu Wenjun walked out of the screen, he saw the men and women of the whole dynasty brushing together towards her. Hundreds of eyes stared at her closely, like watching a monster born in the sky.

They could see clearly outside the screen.

So soon, it was judged!

Chen Tongli, the Minister of rites, was pale, but he still trembled and retorted: "Your Majesty, Gu Wenjun is cunning and lying!"

Gu Wenjun said calmly, "Your Majesty, if there are four people left, you can let others go in and break them one by one! If the answers of these four people are the same, it means that they are not lying, and someone else is making rumors!"

"Besides, childe Chen Liang kept saying that he was crippled and seriously injured, and he hasn't recovered in half a month. But you can see from the imperial doctor that those injuries are exaggerated and aggravated. Who is right and who is wrong is clear at a glance."

Xiao Yunyu pondered for a long time and asked the Minister of justice of the Ministry of Justice: "Aiqing, how long will it take you to try them?"

The bailiff of the Ministry of punishment was in a stalemate for a while and looked ashamed. "The minister's ability is low. It takes three days to verify and take things for torture."

He asked the Minister of justice, "what about you?"

The Minister of justice of the Ministry of punishment hesitated for a moment and still bowed his head: "to observe people's faces and identify the true and false, we have to interrogate and confirm them again and again. Minister, our ability is limited, and it takes about a day."

Gu Wenjun, it took only one third of the time to burn incense!

In this way, Xiao Yunyu touched his palm and sighed, "OK! Gu Wenjun, I like your interrogation method very much."

This means that your majesty recognized Gu Wenjun's method of solving the case and admitted that she was innocent!

"Your Majesty..." Chen Tongli and Chen Liang quickly asked for mercy.

But Xiao Yunyu couldn't bear to hear it. "Pass on my will, Gu Wenjun offered a new interrogation policy. Meritorious, reward! A set of four treasures in the study, a thousand liang of gold! The Minister of rites and his son were not strict, colluded with the Yin of Shuntian yamen, and punished them! They were removed from their positions and detained in the prison for trial!"

Chen Tongli was stupid and stood still. Chen Liang begged: "Lord Shoufu! Gu Wenjun made up a story to criticize Qianjin. My father and I also want to vent our anger for you! Lord Shoufu, help us!"

Lord Shoufu smiled quietly and asked, "I only know that Gu Wenjun told an interesting story, but I don't know where childe Chen came from. Is this related to my daughter?"

How could Zhang Yuzheng and Zhang Shoufu stand up for these two losers.

Even Shoufu got rid of the relationship and spoke for Gu Wenjun. Chen Liang shouted in despair, "Your Majesty, Shoufu, I'm wrong!"

However, it was too late. Xiao Yunyu waved directly and his eyes shone a cold light of Sen Han: "since Chen Liang said he was lame, naturally there can be no false confession on the imperial palace. He said which one was lame, let's interrupt which one!"

If Sheng breaks a leg, life is worse than death if he is not treated properly!

Gu Wenjun was stunned, but he saw Xiao Yunyu all over his eyes. Your majesty - is he venting his anger for her?

"Your Majesty, no!"

Chen Liang's struggle was getting farther and farther away, and the five big men were taken down one after another.

Only Gu Wenjun was noticed by the Manchu Dynasty. As soon as he entered the hall, he interrogated the prisoners, broke the Chen family's evil plan and won the appreciation of his majesty. This momentum was overwhelming and hard to stop!

Such a capable person is now just an "ordinary scholar" without merit!

The future is immeasurable.

Zhang Yuzheng narrowed his eyes again and had a thought in his heart, "yue'e's eyes are not bad."