Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhao Zhen changed his sitting position, glanced at the memorial jointly presented by the eight ministers, and was immediately attracted by the enclosed letter.There were some messy words that didn't make a sentence in the letter, and from the handwriting, it was written by Grand Master Pang.

"This is the handwriting that my disciples imitated from the Taishi's handwriting. The Taishi's copybooks have long been circulated in the city of Tokyo, and once attracted scholars to follow suit. It is not easy to copy the Taishi's handwriting. It's too difficult. This disciple of the minister has copied the Taishi's handwriting for two years, and he can write the handwriting so similar that it can almost be faked."

"The criminal minister Qu Rongfa who was sentenced to prison this morning was rescued by a group of people just an hour after he left Tokyo City, and he has disappeared." Another minister added, "All the ministers think that Grand Master Pang Innocent, someone else secretly planned and plotted this matter."

Zhao Zhen nodded and asked them to continue explaining.

The Eight Sage Kings didn't believe their report very much, and couldn't help asking: "Then how do you explain the soldiers and horses in Chenzhou?"

Zhao Zhen carefully looked at the contents of the memorial again, and it happened that there was an answer to this question.Zhao Zhen immediately summoned Yan Shu, the servant of the criminal department who was in charge of the case, and he was in charge of the affairs in Chenzhou.

Yan Shu had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, and entered the hall immediately after being summoned.

After hearing Zhao Zhen's question, Yan Shu saluted Zhao Zhen awkwardly and apologized, "I am about to report this matter to my sage. I just learned the news. It's Grand Master Pang. They are used to acting in the name of Grand Master Pang, and they have naturally developed this habit over time. Moreover, the purpose of confessing to Grand Master Pang is to delay the time and hope that Wangyou Pavilion can rescue him. Unexpectedly, since he traveled all the way from Chenzhou He was escorted to the prison in Tokyo City, and no one rescued him, so he made a previous confession in despair."

Yan Shu immediately said that he had just learned the news, and turned to ask where the eight ministers who signed the letter came from.

"Since the chief thief has recruited workers, we can't hide the news. We also have our own methods. Please pay attention to the current case, Mr. Yan. The dignified grand master was unjustly killed under the dragon's head!" Minister said angrily.

"Wangyou Pavilion?" Zhao Zhen asked, "But the famous killer Pavilion in the world?"

Yan Shu: "Exactly. In the past two years, their reputation has been getting bigger and bigger. I heard that they have taken over several big purchases. It is said that there is no one they can't kill. As long as they have enough money, I heard that they can even kill the royal relatives." .”

"It's so crazy." Zhao Zhen sighed, and then asked Yan Shu if the thief leader still confessed anything.

Yan Shu shook his head and said that there was nothing too important. "The leader of the bandits, Han Lin, was a fifth-rank general who violated military discipline and was kicked out of the barracks. Elder Jia appreciated it, and arranged to recruit soldiers in Chenzhou, and he was dispatched at any time. These years, he only listened to Elder Jia's orders, and he had never seen who the owner of the Wangyou Pavilion was. But he knew that the Wangyou Pavilion had great powers, and once He secretly wanted to play tricks, but he was warned every time, and later his family’s life was threatened. After learning the lesson, he felt that everything he did was monitored by people from Wangyou Pavilion, and he never dared to do anything wrong again.”

"One more thing, according to the account of the officer escorting Qu Rongfa who was hijacked this morning, when the group of masked men hijacked and rescued Qu Rongfa, they said the words 'the elders ordered' and 'the pavilion master has orders' , although the voice was low, they still heard it. Looking at it now, it is very likely that Qu Rongfa was hijacked by people from Wangyou Pavilion?"

"Qu Rongfa was just a little-known official a few years ago. I'm afraid he got the help of the master of the Wangyou Pavilion before he became the Minister of Rites." The ministers implored Zhao Zhen to investigate the matter thoroughly, "My Song Dynasty There is no guarantee that people from the world have infiltrated it, if so, we must investigate thoroughly as soon as possible."

"This matter is indeed a big deal, so according to you, who is the most suitable person to be in charge of this matter?" Zhao Zhen asked back.

Yan Shu immediately recommended Bao Zheng. He felt that Bao Zheng was very familiar with the case, and he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort if he came to investigate.

But Yan Shu's suggestion was immediately rejected by the other eight ministers.

"Not only can he not be responsible for this case, but he also begged the Holy Master to punish Bao Zheng severely. Judging from the current evidence, since Qu Rongfa is the person of Wangyou Pavilion, the letter testifying against Grand Master Pang is very likely to be written by Qu Rongfa. Preserving his life and falsifying. Grand Master Pang died unjustly. Bao Zheng, as the governor of Kaifeng, presided over the case. First, he could not appeal for the deceased; Responsibility. The Pang family has also suffered a heavy blow because of this, and has been insulted and abused by others... How can these be suffered in vain, and no one is responsible?"

After these words were finished, the court fell silent.

After a long time, Yan Shu said, "It's clear that someone deliberately set up a trick and made perjury to frame Master Bao..."

"Lord Yan, Bao Zheng, as the governor of Kaifeng, has been adjudicating cases for many years. Could it be that he has never seen such things as criminals giving false testimony? He can't shirk his responsibility. Please, Lord Yan. Don't waste your time, plead for him!"

Yan Shu frowned, wanting to refute.Seeing this, the other party hurriedly opened his mouth before Yan Shu, and asked Song Tingkong, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who had been silent by the side, to help him speak a word of justice.

"The Eighth Prince, Lord Yan, and I have heard this case in the courtroom. The facts of the case are indeed complicated and confusing, and it is hard to figure out." Song Tingkong cupped his hands and said to Zhao Zhen, "This matter is excusable. It can be dealt with lightly."

"Discretionary? When Bao Zheng judged the case impartially and did not allow others to intercede, why didn't he use discretion? When he was harsh on others, he used discretion? How unfair, how can the people of Song Dynasty believe that the government will judge the case fairly?" one of the eight ministers, the Ministry of War The servant Liu Rucai asked repeatedly.

Zhao Zhen frowned.

Song Tingkong hesitated for a while, and then fell silent.

Seeing this, Liu Rucai continued: "Master Song and Lord Yan should not separate public affairs from private affairs just because they had a good relationship with Lord Bao in the past, and turn a deaf ear to important court affairs for the sake of partiality."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's actually not Bao Zheng. If I were any official, I would say the same thing when I encounter this case. There will inevitably be mistakes in this case." Song Tingkong explained.

"I can't see it. At least Mr. Song will not be so hasty when he handles it. Before Bao Zheng's trial, Mr. Song once told me in private that the strange thing about this case is that Grand Master Pang, as an important minister of the court, , It seems that he will do something to keep people in the letter. Mr. Song also said that Pang Taishi did not plead guilty, so this case should be investigated carefully." After Liu Rucai finished speaking, he bowed his hands to Zhao Zhen and begged Zhao Zhen to make this follow-up The case was transferred to Song Tingkong for disposal.

"What about Master Bao?" Yan Shu heard Liu Rucai's tit-for-tat, and wanted to see what his purpose was.

"I implore the Holy Majesty to deal with it impartially and investigate Bao Zheng's dismissal. As for the punishment, further interrogation is needed to determine the specific dereliction of duty of Bao Zheng before making a decision." Liu Rucai replied.

Zhao Zhen frowned even harder.Logically speaking, it was his intention to deal with Taishi Pang and Qu Rongfa as soon as possible. Now, except for the mistakes in the case, everyone pointed Bao Zheng to make him take the main responsibility for the case.As the emperor, Zhao Zhen couldn't admit in public that he was also negligent in this matter.In this case, Bao Zheng is indeed responsible for negligence that cannot be shirked.

After all, no matter what, Bao Zheng could hardly escape the result of being punished.

Zhao Zhen rubbed his temples, and after thinking for a while, he handed over the case to Song Tingkong according to Liu Rucai's words.

After Zhao Zhen sent away the eight ministers, and after listening to the Baxian King and Yan Shu pleading for Bao Zheng, he also sent them away.Then he asked Song Tingkong how to deal with this matter in the future.

"It's a bit difficult to handle. This case is handled by Mr. Bao. If something goes wrong, he can only be responsible." Song Tingkong sighed, "It's difficult for Mr. Bao."

"Did you realize that this case was wrong?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

Song Tingkong: "I have been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for many years, and I have some experience. I have some doubts instinctively. I also mentioned it to Mr. Bao. But..."

"What the hell?" Zhao Zhenran and Song Tingkong said in detail.

"However, Mr. Bao didn't listen to the persuasion. Maybe it was because he had a feud with Pang Taishi earlier, or he had heard that Pang Taishi's subordinates did a lot of evil, so he believed that this case was inseparable from Pang Taishi. Later, some evidence pointed to Pang Taishi. , it is even more difficult to doubt other things, so I look forward to punishing the evil as soon as possible." Song Tingkong explained.

Zhao Zhen nodded, and then asked Song Tingkong if he thought there was any conspiracy behind this case.

"It should be the Wangyou Pavilion Yelang in the Jianghu who is arrogant, thinking that he can see the sky and change the country." Song Tingkong hurriedly told Zhao Zhen that he would solve the case as soon as possible and wipe out the Wangyou Pavilion.

"It is imperative to wipe out the Wangyou Pavilion, but since the Wangyou Pavilion is so rampant, it must be difficult to capture. It is hard to say where it is hiding. This case will not be found for a year or a half. Right?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"I would like to issue a military order, and I will find out an answer for the Holy One within five days." Song Tingkong knelt down and respectfully kowtowed to Zhao Zhen.

"Okay! If you can handle this case well, I will reward you a lot!"

Not long after Song Tingkong took the order to retire, Zhao Zhen found many memorials to Bao Zheng one after another.In addition to the current case, there are also various inappropriate things that Baozheng participated in in the past, such as not distributing money and food according to court rules during disaster relief, and randomly donating to the common people for the sake of fame.It is also said that the Bao clan is all hypocrites, they seem to be upright, but they are actually exploiting the common people in private, taking advantage of Bao Zheng's reputation to get a lot of advantages, Bao Zheng knew this, but he didn't stop it.

Half an hour later, Zhao Zhen ordered someone to go to the Kaifeng mansion to pass the oral order, ordering Bao Zheng to think about the mistakes of the Kaifeng mansion, and not to leave the Kaifeng mansion for half a step without permission.

"Everything has been overthrown. They pushed all the evidence on Grand Master Pang's head to Wangyou Pavilion. Then there was Qu Rongfa's robbery. Although we expected it, it was too late, and we didn't have time." Bai Yutang Talk to Zhao Han.

"Where is Judge Shi, what's unusual?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Bai Yutang shook his head, "Could it be that it's not him?"

"Are you sure that before Su Yuerong escaped, he wanted to go to judge Shi?"

Bai Yutang nodded.

"That means it's hidden deep." Zhao Hanyan moved his eyeballs, "We have to move, if we don't move, I'm afraid Master Bao and us will be passive."