In the No. 1 jail of the Ministry of Punishment, Beihai Sentencing Inspector Wan Sitong sat on the ground with a dull expression, his once sharp eyes losing their luster.
Guo Zhiqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, ordered not to insult him, but to provide him with good food and drink. But once a person loses hope, even if he has good food and drink, he is no different from a walking corpse. He has been in Beijing for half a month, and no one has contacted him.
No news that was beneficial to him came to him. Although he was unwilling to admit it, Wan Sitong knew in his heart that it seemed that Mr. Sun Ge had regarded him as an abandoned son.
"Creak!"
The heavy prison door opened, and the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhan Mingfeng, walked in.
Wan Sitong looked at the young Sikou who was escorting him from Beihai to Nanjing with a stern look, and suddenly a hint of luck arose in his heart, "Has the result been achieved in my case? When can I leave?"
Jian Mingfeng smiled sarcastically, "Your case has indeed come to an end, but instead of letting you out, I'm sending you on your way. The Holy One has decreed, 'Three days later, the main criminal Wan Sitong will be beheaded in the city, and the remaining eighty-one people will be killed.'"
, regardless of high or low, they will be executed in one case to shock the world and serve as a warning to others. I am here to inform you. If there is any suicide note that needs to be left to the family, for the sake of being an official in the same dynasty, I will definitely bring it to you." "What! No, it's impossible! Mr. Sun Ge will not save me!" Wan Sitong yelled crazily, refusing to believe it.
"Chi!"
Jian Mingfeng sneered, "What kind of person like Mr. Sun Ge would care about the life and death of a third-grade official in your district? It's really an idiot's dream! Write a suicide note quickly, and I will take my leave." After saying that, he raised his legs and left.
"Wait!"
At the last moment of his life, Wan Sitong regained consciousness and gritted his teeth and said: "The sinner wants to see Da Sikou!"
"Haha, with what kind of status Mr. Guo is, how can you, a criminal official, just see him if you want?" Zhan Mingfeng said sarcastically, and continued to walk forward.
"The criminal wanted to expose Qi Tongsun, the chief envoy of Yakutsk. In order to allow the Qi clan to take the exam, Qi Tongsun asked the criminal for help and even gave the criminal a bunch of pearls; also, the year before last, in order to be promoted to the position of military governor, the criminal gave the right
The imperial censor of Qiandu, Jinbao, asked him to speak kindly to the sinner in front of Mr. Sun Ge. During the New Year last year, he gave him another 20,000 taels as a filial piety." Wan Sitong roared, his eyes red.
Zhan Mingfeng was ecstatic in his heart and thought to himself: As Guo Gong expected, this person is a mad dog. Once he is completely desperate, he will bite him randomly.
Holding back her joy, she asked calmly: "Is there any more?"
Wan Sitong gritted his teeth and said, "For the Chinese New Year the year before last, I gave Sun Gelao a white bear skin as a gift to me; last year for the Chinese New Year, I also gave him two thousand-year-old wild ginseng trees."
"That's all?" Zhang Mingfeng was a little disappointed. Although white bear skin and wild ginseng are precious in the south, they are not very rare in northern Xinjiang. They are just local specialties.
"That's all." Wan Sitong shook his head in frustration, and suddenly understood why Sun Jinding refused to save him. He had given him too few gifts!
Having obtained a breakthrough from Wan Sitong, Zhang Mingfeng was very happy and prepared to return to the Ministry of Punishment to report to Guo Zhiqi.
Suddenly, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, Ling Ling, who was in charge of interrogating prisoners in cell No. C, ran over excitedly, "Little Sikou, the prisoner in cell No. Bingyin needs to be exposed."
"Haha", Zhan Mingfeng smiled disdainfully, "How much trouble can a mere C prisoner expose? You can handle it yourself. You don't need to retaliate against me."
"No, no," Wang Ling breathed heavily, "The prisoner's name is Wang Rengao, and he is the concubine of the Wang family, a large salt merchant in Yangzhou. He exposed someone who leaked exam questions."
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These days, Wang Rengao experienced great joy and great sorrow.
First, he won the ninth place in the B list and returned to Yangzhou happily. His father, Wang Biao, was so happy that he burst into tears and ordered a big banquet for three days for the whole family to celebrate. Then, he and his friend Jiang Yi and other dandies caroused day and night.
Afterwards, the officials from the Third Law Department came, and without any courtesy, they locked him up and put him in a prison car.
When he was arrested, he and Jiang Yi were having a good time with Chunhua and Qiuyue in the poppy building. He still vaguely remembered Jiang Yi's frightened face when the police officer took him.
When he was first taken to the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Rengao was not too worried. He firmly believed that money can communicate with the gods. If his family was rich, he could take the scientific examination. Jiang Yi's family was even richer. He could even solve the test questions. As long as the money made him
It’s enough, it can’t be done without officials!
However, this time it didn’t work. Only twenty days after arriving in the capital, the verdict was handed down. I heard that it was the decree given by the current Holy Emperor himself: "Three days later, the main criminal Wan Sitong will be beheaded in the city, and the remaining eighty-one people will be killed."
Regardless of high or low, he will be executed in one case to shock the world and serve as a warning to others."
Oh my God! I'm still young and don't want to die!
Wang Rengao was unwilling to give in. His heart was filled with anger and he shouted crazily. But he knew that it was useless. If there was anyone in the world who could not be dealt with by money, Long Live Lord in the Qianqing Palace was definitely one of them. After becoming the emperor, everyone
He owns all the wealth in the world, so how can he care less about your millions of taels of broken silver?
No, not fair!
He was sentenced to beheading because he took the exam under false pretenses; but Jiang Yi got all the test questions, but nothing happened. He still passed the exam and was able to eat, drink, and have fun. Why? It's not fair!
When facing death, we can best see human nature! Some people can sacrifice their lives for righteousness; some people can regard death as home; some people regard death as a practice; and some people are particularly afraid of death and try their best to live.
, if you can’t survive, let others die with you.
Wang Rengao is the last kind of person. He knew that he would not survive, so he did not hesitate to expose his friend Jiang Yi. Even if the Wang family and the Jiang family were family friends, and even if he kept calling Jiang Yi his brother, he would still expose it. In this way, Huangquan Road
You won’t be alone anymore!
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"Mr. Guo, there is a big breakthrough. Wan Sitong has confessed Qi Tongsun, Jinbao, and Sun Jinding." Zhang Mingfeng came to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and reported to Guo Zhiqi.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." Guo Zhiqi said "Thank you for your hard work", and then took a sip of tea slowly, his face not moving at all.
"A fake scholar named Wang Rengao exposed that someone in South Zhili leaked exam questions," Qian Mingfeng reported again.
"Poof!"
Guo Zhiqi could no longer remain calm, and a stream of tea spewed out of his mouth, "Quickly, call Cai Zongxian (alias of Zuodu Censor) and Zhang Tingwei (alias of Dali Temple Minister) to the Ministry of Punishment for discussion!"
Guo Zhiqi, Cai Yingchang, and Zhang Tiaoding discussed for a long time and decided to jointly go to Emperor Shuguang Wu in the name of the Three Law Divisions and request that the troops be divided into two groups: one to continue investigating the case of illegal citizenship in Beihai, and to send Tiqi out of the capital to general Yakutsk.
Chief envoy Qi Tongsun was arrested and brought to justice, and Jin Bao and Sun Jinding were summoned at the same time; on the other hand, a new joint trial of the three law divisions was organized to try the Nanzhili leak case.
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"Your Majesty, please drink the ginseng soup. Being angry will harm your health. You must take care of the dragon body. The billions of subjects of the Ming Dynasty are counting on you." Huang Guifei tenderly handed over a bowl of ginseng soup.
Recently, the old emperor was angered by the Beihai impersonation case and ran to Huang Guifei's Changchun Palace to relieve his boredom. Huang Guifei had a lively personality and was good at telling jokes, and could always make him laugh.
"Hmph, this time I killed eighty-two people in one go. The leader, Wan Sitong, was also sentenced to be cut in half. Let's see who dares to cheat in the exam in the future." Zhu Hengjia said angrily, taking a big mouthful of ginseng soup.
By coincidence, I opened the memorial from the Three Laws Division.
"Poof!" A stream of ginseng soup burst out.
"You bastard, you've gone too far!" A series of beastly roars that didn't look like humans came out of the old emperor's throat.