It must be said that Bao Zheng's "business ability" is quite outstanding. In just a few days, he started from the servants and maids around Mrs. Gaoming, allowing the officials in Taichung to collect enough evidence.
This also opened Ye An's eyes. How efficient were these officials? They were so efficient that they would stay at the gate of Lan Kwai Fong every day, and they would wait on the roadside for Mrs. Liu who had a good relationship with her.
When the carriage came out, they stepped forward to stop the carriage. The reason was quite simple. The Yushitai was investigating the case and there was no need for personal cooperation. The servants and maids could simply ask them.
As soon as they heard that it was the Yushitai, most of the royal wives would avoid it and send people over to cooperate, but most of them felt unlucky in their words...
Even my wife, who has always been proud and arrogant, was not willing to offend easily, and those servants and maids did not dare to disobey. They told everything they knew. Naturally, among them were those who gossiped.
Speculative, etc.
In this way, the gold that Liu received from Lan Kwai Fong's investment was completely stolen money. Coupled with the official seal of the gold ingots, the chain of evidence was suddenly connected.
After seeing this, Han Yi decisively placed the confession and physical evidence in front of Liu. Yes, he has not tried Yu E yet, but continues to keep him in prison. From his wife
Take action on Ms. Liu.
Mrs. Liu is not a man, nor does she have an official status, but after all, how can a woman withstand the questioning of people from the Yushitai? In addition, she wanted to return to her natal family before, but was rejected by her natal family.
Her younger brother is also an official, which not only affects her uncle Liu Yu's career, but also affects her biological brother.
In the face of family interests, everything is expendable. As a married woman, Liu should naturally suffer the same fate as her husband.
Liu Yu was a bachelor of Longtuge. He didn't want to see a treacherous villain like Wang Qinruo. When he found out that his nephew and son-in-law were actually getting involved with him, he was already furious and had no intention of caring about his life or death.
For a moment, Mrs. Liu was desperate. After meeting Han Yi, he grasped the key point with a few words: "If you tell the truth, your husband may still have a way out. At least he won't be sent to Bianzhou, and at most he will be demoted to another country.
I can still keep my body, and I can keep you well-fed and clothed, which is better than returning to the Liu family as the wife of a sinner and being looked down upon?"
What Ms. Liu fears most now is that she will not have a stable life and eventually return to the Liu family. Being regarded as a burden and a sinner by her family will be even more uncomfortable than having her live on the street.
Finally, under Han Yi's persuasion, she summoned her truthfully, but Han Yi let her go with the confession after pressing Liu's fingerprints, but looked at her leaving back and spat fiercely: "It's done."
It’s not enough and it’s more than enough to ruin things!”
In his opinion, half of the reason for this incident should be attributed to Liu's greed. It was she who made Yu E gradually fall into depravity, but he also forgot that Yu E's lax governance was also the reason for this situation.
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With Mr. Liu's confession in hand, those of Mrs. Gaoming, and Wu Zhi's stolen money, when Wu Zhi was brought to trial again, his face was completely ashen, and he signed the charges with a trembling pen.
As for Yu E, Han Yi suddenly realized that there was no need to interrogate him. Regardless of whether he admitted it or not, he could not clean up the matter.
He was brought to the court in a formal manner. Looking at Yu E who said nothing, Han Yi no longer had such a good temper. He waved his hands in disgust: "Come here, take off his public clothes and put on prison clothes."
Go to the imperial prison and wait for the official's decision!"
As soon as the word "prison" came out, Yu E went numb. He stood stiffly in the courtroom and was dumbfounded. When the clerk next to him came to put the shackles on him, he realized what he was doing and struggled desperately: "I am the official in the palace.
Cheng, how can you win the imperial edict without evidence?!"
"There is no evidence?!"
Han Yi stood up angrily, picked up the file in his hand and opened it one by one: "Here are the confessions of Wu Zhi, as well as the confessions of other attendants of Mrs. Gaoming in Lan Kwai Fong, as well as the confessions of your own wife, and the hundred taels
The rubbings on the bottom of the gold! Tell me, which one of these has wronged you?! Wu Zhi may have wronged you, but so can many circumstantial evidences? You should explain to me why those hundred taels of gold
There will be the official seal of Xinfan County at the bottom? Why would your wife use this money to do business in Lan Kwai Fong?! There are both witnesses and physical evidence! I want to see how you can quibble?!"
As Han Yi listed the evidence piece by piece, Yu E stood there with a despairing heart. He did not expect that everything would be uprooted by Han Yi. At the moment before he went to court, he still thought that Han Yi
If you can't find the gold, you can't convict yourself.
But now, even if he wanted to shift all the blame to Wu Zhi, it was impossible. All the evidence was complete and tied him and Wu Zhi firmly together, and Wang Qinruo was the last link.
The minor officials stepped forward and put the shackles on Yu E, which made him suddenly wake up, and immediately shouted: "This is a false accusation, and it is not me, but the king! Yushi Han is aware of it and must not fall into the villain's tricks!"
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Han Yi only felt that Yu Er in the hall was hopeless. How dare you drag Wang Qinruo out at this time? Or did you say that someone framed him? Do you think he is a fool, or do you think that the laws of the country are just decoration?!
The so-called imperial edict is actually recorded in the "Song Xingtong", "It was originally intended to correct and hide the great traitors, so it was not common." That is to say, the crime of great treachery and great evil can be punished by imperial edict.
The Yushitai can take people to the Yushitai for investigation if they have actual evidence, but they do not have the right to go to jail. They will only take people to the Yushitai when all the evidence is complete, both witnesses and material evidence are present, and the crime has become a fact.
People went down to the imperial prison.
Of course, there are Yu E, Wu Zhi and others among them, and there are also people who were framed, such as Su Shi in the Wutai Poetry Case.
After Yu Er was sentenced to prison, his face turned pale. This matter was already known to everyone in the court. Even the Queen Mother and the officials were asking about it. He had no hope of escaping the crime. As for Wu Zhi, he was just a little kid.
He was a county captain, so he deserved his misfortune. He only had pity for himself. He originally wanted to use Wang Qinruo's status to gain some benefits for himself, but he didn't expect that he would end up like this.
Bao Zheng stood in the prison, frowned at Yu Er and said, "Wu Zhi has confessed everything, why are you still hesitating?"
Yu E laughed miserably: "Bao Xiren, you and I are officials in the same dynasty. Now that we are in such a situation, what else can I deceive? The confession has been submitted, and the right and wrong can be decided by the people!"
"It's good that the right and wrong can be understood in the heart! You have blocked all guilt..."
"Don't talk nonsense! I deceived Wu Zhi about this matter, saying that I had powerful means, but how did it have any connection with Wang Xianggong? I just borrowed Wang Xianggong's name. Naturally, Wang Xianggong didn't know about this, otherwise he wouldn't
Send Wu Zhi's servants to Kaifeng Mansion! If you really want me to talk to Wang Xianggong, that's easy. I originally borrowed Wang Zeng's name as Xianggong, but Wu Zhi misheard it and thought it was Wang Qinruo, Wang Xianggong.
Then I sent my servants, and even leaked the information and was caught on the spot by Xue Kui, how about that?!"
Bao Zheng's expression changed, he looked at Yu E and said: "You are already in such a predicament, and you still want to grab Wang Zhongshu?!"
Yu Er smiled coldly and stopped talking, and Bao Zheng also knew that the matter would end without a cure as Ye An said. If Wang Qinruo, the prime minister of the dynasty, was punished simply for "ignoring the employment of people", he would probably have "trespassing fields to seize cattle".