In the court hall of Pingliang City's Five-Road Economic Strategy and Appeasement Envoy, Zhao Si sat at the top, and Zhang Kai sat at the bottom right, first. Next were Chang Anmin, Sun Lu, Hu Zonghui and Zhong Fu.
The ones on the lower left are Chen Shixi, Guo Zhongxiao, Yao Lin and Wang Hou respectively.
In front of Zhao Si is a table, where Zongze and Guo Yong are sitting.
"Mr. Zhang, can we start the trial?" Zhao Si asked Zhang Kai first.
"This case is presided over by the king, and everything is decided by His Highness."
"Okay, Rulin, think carefully about the two gentlemen and let's start the trial."
"As you command!"
"The three main criminals are Wang Zhu from Taiyuan in Hedong, Fan Si from Xiangzhou on South Jingxi Road, and Zhang Yong from Yingtianfu in Nanjing. All three of them have passed the examination and have been awarded the title of Juren."
Zongze first introduced, and then gave an order.
"Bring someone to commit the crime!"
Zhang Yong walked in the front, looking majestic and high-spirited, as if he was not here to attend the ceremony, but to enter the Donghua Gate to participate in the palace examination.
Fan Si followed closely, bending down and lowering his head, for fear of crushing the ants under his feet.
Wang Ju walked at the back. Every step he took made his whole body tremble. He took three steps and he gasped twice.
When the three of them stood in front of everyone, Zongze was shocked and asked: "You three bribed officials, hooked up with scribes, and smuggled illegally into the enemy's country. Do you know your crime?"
Zhang Yong raised his head and replied loudly: "What crime do you have! The country has negotiated peace with Xia Dynasty and became a friendly country. I am selling some goods to an friendly country. What crime do you have!"
"Palm mouth!"
Before Zongze could speak, Zhao Si interrupted fiercely.
The person who acted as the servant was the palace guard. Hearing Zhao Si's words, without saying a word, he stepped forward and shot Zhang Yong with his bow left and right, hitting more than twenty big mouths in one go.
Only after the beating made his mouth bleed and two teeth popping out did Zhao Si tell him to stop.
"This king hates these kind of fake Confucian scholars who are so pious. They read all the books of sages and see them in their fucking eyes. 'It would be better for Yi and Di to have kings than to destroy all Xia'. Even Yi and Xia have no defense."
I know! As long as you can make money as a friend, you are a fucking friend!"
In the end, Zhao Si rolled up his sleeves, pointed at Zhang Yong and cursed, "These unfaithful and unjust beasts like you have no king and no country. If you dare to show off again, I will beat the shit out of you. It's your mother's fault."
Pull it clean!"
Zhao Si cursed so loudly that everyone was stunned.
Even Zhang Kai, who was as calm as a mountain, couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Zhao Si, who was still cursing.
The famous His Highness King Jian, is this his true temperament? He hates evil as much as he hates it, or is he just pretending to be crazy and acting crazy?
Zhang Yong was so frightened by Zhao Siyi's sudden attack that he trembled.
He is a prince and the younger brother of an official. He is a notoriously reckless prince. Even the prime minister dares to roll up his sleeves and fight in the Chui Gong Palace. He is nothing.
Zhang Yong felt aggrieved when a scholar encounters a soldier and is full of truths that cannot be explained. However, he also knows that the words spoken by His Highness King Jian will be true to his words.
If he dares to "dispute with reason" again, King Jian will really ask others to beat him to death. First of all, he has the capital to do whatever he wants, and secondly, he must keep his word. This is an important issue of face.
"I'm willing to recruit." Zhang Yong had to lower his proud head.
Zongze and Guo Yong couldn't help but look back at Zhao Si.
Wang Zhu and Fan Si gave up early in the morning. Only this Zhang Yong refused to be recruited. He was still shouting that there was someone above him who would make you look good sooner or later.
Now it's better. After a face-to-face meeting, Zhang Yong immediately started to attack more than 20 unreasonable loudmouths. As expected, you can't reason with these guys. The more reasonable they are, the more they will mess with you.
Zhang Yong, Wang Zhu, and Fan Si confessed one by one in front of the court, and everyone could hear the clear context.
After Wang Jiu got the opportunity to make a fortune from Li Dalang, he immediately joined forces with Fan Si.
The two of them rushed to Jingzhao Mansion and first transferred food from nearby Hedong and Henan. At the same time, they sent their confidants to Hebei to collect food relief and food supplies from Huguang.
All were transferred and stored to Jingzhao Mansion.
As a result, I happened to meet Zhang Yong, who was here to "visit relatives and friends." This man was keenly aware of Wang Zhu and Fan Si's actions, and proposed to participate in one share.
It has to be said that this man had extremely extensive connections and clever methods. He was tricked by many people, and he actually got in touch with Li Tingji, the official of the Yongxing Army Transfer Company.
He used Li Tingji as a breakthrough, and with the help of Wang Zhu and Fan Si's connections, he managed to run a huge network in just a few days and began to frantically smuggle grain to the Xia Kingdom in Hexi Province. He even had the audacity to smuggle weapons from the arsenal.
The armor and crossbows inside.
It's just that these people were too arrogant and didn't know how to cover up. Zongze and Guo Yong, who were searching along the five roads along the border, found their traces.
The two of them kept their cool, first quickly obtained Zhao Si's support, and then quickly found clues. They used the trick to get both the person and the stolen goods.
It was just a few days after this crazy smuggling started that most of the food and ordnance were seized, which was the greatest blessing.
Looking at the dense list of hundreds of people involved in the case, Zhang Kai's hands were trembling slightly, and he murmured for a long time, "These people are really audacious!"
"With a family background and background, of course he would be bold and act recklessly." Zhao Si jumped down from his seat, walked to the middle of the courtroom, and pointed at Zhang Yong and said.
"This one is amazing! His sister is the concubine of the Prince of Yuzhang County. She is the nephew of Mr. Hengqu (Zhang Zai). She also became the disciple of Master Han, the son of Duke Han Xiansu (Han Jiang), and married a daughter of the Han family.
As a wife, Hebei and Shaanxi are all connected. Over the years, I don’t know how much ironware, food and other contraband have been smuggled to the Liao’s allies.”
Zhang Yong looked at Zhao Si, his eyes widened.
How do you know these secrets?
Zhao Si sneered.
Who told you that you are too arrogant and high-profile and don't know how to hide it? I just asked someone to check it out and found out all your bezoar and dog treasures.
Too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Yong, Zhao Si stood behind Wang Zui, pointed at him and said to everyone: "This man is also extraordinary. He is from the Wang family in Taiyuan. His uncle is Wen Lugong (Wen Yanbo), and his aunt is Han Zhongxiangong (Han Zhongxiangong).
Qi)’s fifth son Han Cuiyan’s first wife, and a concubine girl who is my ninth brother’s beloved concubine.”
The fat meat on Wang Jiu's body was shaking constantly, either because of heat or fear.
"You...how do you know everything?"
Haha, are the reporters from the Hua Xia News Agency, which is owned by me, just a living person? They are the most comfortable in digging into the secrets and connections of officials and powerful people.
"And this one, Fan Sifan, looks like he comes from a clean family and started from scratch, which is the most legitimate thing." Zhao Si walked up to Fan Si and said with a sneer.
Zongze and Guo Yong looked at each other.
"Your Highness, after our preliminary investigation, Zhang Yong and Wang Ju do have some backgrounds, but they are not as clear as the king. Fan Si, as the king said, has a clean family background and a simple background."
"You are mistaken, this person is not simple! Do you know Wei Tai Wei Daofu?"
Fan Si's face instantly turned extremely pale, even whiter than Yu Huatian's face.
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Zhao Si read a poem.
"The stream and mountain are hidden in the setting sun. The shadows of the towers are moving, and the mandarin ducks are rising. Two or three houses on the other side have red apricot flowers on their walls. I go down the green poplar embankment and go to the stream in the morning and evening. I see the willow trees flying three times, but the people who left me still haven't returned."
"Mrs. Wei of Yingguo, the wife of Prime Minister Zeng?" Chen Shixi's voice was trembling.
"That's right! Wei Tai is the biological brother of the Wei family! He has always been aggressive and domineering since he was a child. He once beat the examiner in the examination hall and almost beat him to death. Therefore, he was not admitted. He is well-read, but he does not want to be an official. He has a humorous personality.
He is good at talking about anecdotes about the government and the public. He is eloquent and can talk and laugh with others. No one can stop his words."
Zhao Si glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "It seems that Wei Tai, like me, has changed his mind and changed his past. Haha!"
"He is a well-known local bully in Xiangzhou! Relying on his brother-in-law's power, he runs rampant in the countryside. Fan Si is his childhood friend, and the big boss behind the business name under his name is Wei Tai."
Everyone was shocked and had different expressions.
Zhang Kai seemed to have taken a reassuring pill.
Zhang Dun, the younger brother of the clan, wrote a secret letter to reassure him. King Zhao of Jian came to the northwest like this, and indeed he was interested in Peigong. However, Peigong's surname was not Zhang, but most likely Zeng.
It's just that Zhang Kai was not familiar with Zhao Si and didn't know his style of doing things, so he was still a little worried. After all, smuggling grain, iron and other contraband to Hexi families was a felony of treason.
Anyone who gets involved will be in danger.
Now Zhao Si dug out Wei Tai behind Fan Si, and revealed that Wei Tai's brother-in-law was Empress Zeng Bu. Zhang Kai was indeed relieved, as the Pei Gong whom King Jian wanted was indeed named Zeng.
"Everyone, the backgrounds of these three people have been ascertained and the facts of the case have been made clear. The only thing left is to check the crimes one by one and ask them to confess. Chen Shilang, Guo Chengzhi, you are the Deputy Envoy of Xuanwei, just like Chang Tiju, you are also
Deputy Prosecutor, please work with Ru Lin and Shen Si to investigate and handle this case."
"As you command!" This chapter has been completed!