Feng Xing - Chapter 73

Dali Temple is in charge of the trial of criminal and prison cases, together with the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is also called the Three Law Departments.

It stands to reason that Feng Sheng should be sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but because of the special case, Fang Fengfu did not really violate the laws of the court after all, so he was temporarily locked up in Dali Temple.

They didn’t let her go to the prison, but chose a separate room to lock her up, waiting for the order from above.

Feng Sheng’s small life here is pretty good, he eats enough and wears warm clothes, and there are people delivering meals every day, it can be seen that it is a small stove that is run alone. After staying like this for two days, no one came to ask her questions, but several people came uninvited.

I didn’t reveal my identity when I came, just chatting with her, discussing current affairs, or playing chess. If it weren’t for Feng Sheng’s self-knowledge of himself, he might have thought that he was born with good popularity, and could be so ‘attracting bees and attracting butterflies’ after being imprisoned.

After two more days, these people will show their true colors, and the issues they are talking about will rise to the big picture of family, country and world. In this regard, Feng Sheng always goes in one ear and out the other, and she looks deeply educated on the surface, but in fact, only she knows what she thinks in her heart.

In fact, Feng Sheng knew why this was the case, which meant that the higher-ups didn’t want to kill him for the time being, but just wanted to save everyone’s face, so that each other could step down. If she can accept it calmly and achieve true interest, maybe not only will she not have to die, but she can continue to be her own petty official. She will definitely not be able to go back to Yangzhou, and she will probably be in a remote place where no shit, But at least life is safe.

She knew all this, very clearly.

A few days passed like this, and the person who ‘attracted’ her finally stopped coming.

One sunny morning, Feng Sheng was invited to the hall for a joint trial among the three divisions of Dali Temple.

It can be regarded as a huge battle, not only Dali Temple, but also the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment. This time it is also called the joint trial of the three divisions. For major and important cases, the three divisions gather to jointly try them.

But this is just the junior Sansi, because Feng Sheng listened to the address, and the people present today at the scene of the Sansi are not chief officials. If the chief officials of the three divisions are present, such as Dali Siqing, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it will be the highest level of the joint trial of the three divisions, and all eyes from time to time will gather here.

But it’s not bad now, it’s about the same as Feng Sheng expected, and sitting on it is an old acquaintance, Zhao Anxian, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple who had drunk tea with Feng Sheng twice in the past few days.

It was also at this time that Feng Sheng knew that this person was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Similar to the ordinary interrogation, Feng Sheng’s identity and birthplace were first verified, but this time the interrogation was done in the name of eagerness for success and serious dereliction of duty. It roughly means that when Feng Sheng was ordered to investigate and deal with corruption cases in Lianghuai this time, his methods were too radical, because many unjust cases were caused.

As for what kind of unjust case was caused and how aggressive the means were, the hall did not make it clear. It only said that now someone has overturned the case and called for injustice, so the court has to investigate thoroughly, which is why Fang Fengfu was escorted to Beijing for interrogation. Moreover, the attitudes of the three chief officers were all extremely kind, as if Feng Sheng was just a young man who made rash advances, with justifiable circumstances, and his merits outweighed his faults.

What King Wei said is not wrong, even if the whole world thinks the prince is wrong, as long as Emperor Jianping still wants to protect him, it is not wrong. What’s more, the prince of a dignified country just arranged a few people to collect money for himself in the local area. What’s wrong with it, the world belongs to others.

As long as the prince doesn’t rebel and seek rebellion, it’s not wrong in Emperor Jianping’s heart.

On the contrary, Fang Fengfu, who made a big fuss and made a small fuss, kept trying to dig deeper, suspected that there was someone standing behind him, was wrong in Emperor Jianping’s heart. Feng Sheng’s goodwill accumulated in Sacred Heart with great difficulty has long since disappeared, leaving only a few words of ignorance.

So today this is a play for the whole world to see. The protagonist of the play is Fang Fengfu, the audience is the people of the world, and the person who rehearses the play is Emperor Jianping. Now that so many people come here with great fanfare, they are responsible for the performance of this scene. For this reason, some people have found opportunities to talk to Feng Sheng privately before.

Based on this situation, the entire interrogation process was like a joke. The protagonist only needs to stand still below.

Now we just need to wait for Feng Sheng to sign and pledge, then the case will be settled and everyone will be happy.

“Lord Fang, please hurry up.” An official came to Feng Sheng with a tray and made a gesture of invitation. There was a piece of paper in the tray, which roughly listed the ins and outs of the case.

Feng Sheng looked at the piece of paper and smiled, then raised his head: “I’m not convinced.”

The four-character statement made people almost think it was an auditory hallucination.

The three chief officials in the hall were all stunned, and their faces turned ugly immediately. This person surnamed Fang, he is still so ignorant, so what do you think? Could it be possible to pierce the sky!

“Mr. Fang, why don’t you accept it? The local case needs to be sent to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. After the trial by the Ministry of Punishment, it will be sent to Dali Temple for review. According to our second division’s investigation, there is indeed grievance in this case, not to mention that the sufferer has been tortured. The rhetoric that will be tortured into tricks, on the way you were escorted to Beijing, you have ordered someone to search the other party’s house, but no property matching the case was found, and there is no witness or material evidence, how to judge the other party?”

“My lord is talking about the sufferer, Mr. Wei Tongxin, the colleague of the Salt Transport Department?”

Of course it was him, if this person hadn’t been involved too deeply, he might have held a lot of things in his hands over the years, and I’m afraid he would also be one of the broken wrists. As long as Wei Tongxin is not involved, the people behind Wei Tongxin will be safe and sound. As for other small fish and shrimps, they are nothing to worry about.

“Exactly,” said the elder of the Ministry of Punishment with great grief, “We all understand Mr. Fang’s eagerness for success. After all, it is the first time that he is entrusted with the emperor’s grace to serve His Majesty. It is inevitable that he has overcorrected and his methods are too radical. Master Wei is said to have been tortured terribly, and now he is insane, and I am afraid it will be difficult to recover.”

This matter was indeed done by Feng Sheng, she was eager to close the case, and she was also eager to ask Wei Tongxin something, so she punished him. Of course, this punishment is not only for asking questions, but also for people to see.

Without torture, how could it fit the saying that torture is a trick? In fact, she has always been considerate, but she is still considered a wicked person.

“If it is Mr. Wei Tongxin Wei, then he is by no means innocent. In the rush that day, the officials only had time to close the case, and then they were escorted to Beijing by the Jin Yiwei who suddenly came to the door. In fact, during the investigation process, there was another thing The Nian case has something to do with Mr. Wei, that is the former salt transport envoy Zhou Guangrui’s embezzlement of ink, tax and silver.”

Feng Sheng was smiling, with a calm attitude, but the pupils of several officials sitting in the hall constricted all of a sudden, and they looked over.

The case of Zhou Guangrui’s embezzlement of ink, taxes and banks shocked the government and the public, but it ended with Zhou Guangrui dying of illness on the way to Beijing. At first, many people realized that there was something strange about it. All the people involved were killed, and the case was brought to an end.

Could it be that there are other clues in it, and the evidence is in Fang Fengsheng’s hands?

For a moment, the entire hall was silent, and no one knew what to say.

“Dali Temple is in charge of judging the government decrees of rehabilitating criminals and prisons. It is necessary to reason and determine the law, and the punishment must be punishable, so that the prison will not be wronged. This is what the Taizu said in the past. Today, the three divisions are gathered together. He is a minister of the imperial court, loyal to the emperor, serving the country, and selfless, taking this opportunity, the lower officials have to sue, and have unjust cases to be overturned.”

Zhao Anxian, as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is also the official of Dali Temple that Feng Sheng said was “in charge of the trial and rehabilitation of prison”, so he should be the one speaking this time. He made up his mind and said, “Say it.”

“The lower official first sued the current crown prince for corrupting the law, colluding with the imperial court and ordering officials to collect money for him, selling officials to sell nobles, and murdering people; Wei Tongxin, who was acquainted with the transportation department, together with Song Xian and Jiangsu governor Chen Keji, planted and framed Zhou Guangrui, the former salt transport envoy, and persecuted people around him who knew the inside story. Part of the evidence of the accounting of the shipping company.”

Feng Sheng took out a kraft paper bag from her bosom. She kept these evidences close to her body all the time. Because she was determined, she had no choice but to catch them without a fight. She also wanted to take a harmonious route, so Tong Baihu treated her with courtesy along the way and came to Dali After the temple, no one beat her or even stopped her.

The scheme she had arranged before, even tortured Wei Tongxin and exposed her shortcomings, was all for all of this, and it was also for this moment.

It was probably because she had been waiting for a long time, but at this moment, Feng Sheng was very calm. On the contrary, there were several noises in the hall, some kicked the stool under their buttocks in surprise, some dropped the teacup by mistake, and some gasped in surprise.

Zhao Anxian couldn’t keep his composure now, and he didn’t come back to himself until someone called him.

“Master Fang, do you know what you are talking about?”

“The officer knows.”

“Is this the complaint and evidence?” Zhao Anxian asked again.

“Exactly. This is only a part, and the other part is hidden elsewhere by the lower officials. If Dali Temple needs evidence, the lower officials can tell the hiding place.”

“Then do you know the necessary process of the Great Zhou Dynasty to reverse the case? Now that Zhou Guangrui is dead, if I am not mistaken, your surname is Fang, and you are not from the Zhou family. The Great Zhou Dynasty has laws and regulations, and you must sue yourself or a direct relative As a sufferer. And you—”

“The next official is the one who suffers.”

“You are the sufferer?” Zhao Anxian said, with a bit of disbelief in his tone, but also a bit of relief, as if he was relieved because Feng Sheng was not the sufferer.

In fact, he is not to be blamed for being like this. The case was left unsolved back then. The Zhou family and even the relatives and friends of the Zhou family never came forward, and no one spoke up for Zhou Guangrui in the court. is gone. Even if there is, as long as the case cannot be accepted at the scene at this moment, he can get away. After the incident, when he steps out of this door, he will immediately report his illness and stay at home, and will never appear in front of Fang Fengfu again.

Because Zhao Anxian found out that this Fang Fengfu is a lunatic! He actually sued the prince? !

“Even if your surname is not Zhou, how can you be the one who suffers? Well, Mr. Fang…”

“My surname is Fang, and I am the direct descendant of Fang Yan, the master of Zhou Guangrui, the former salt transport envoy. My father knew that this matter was dangerous, and when he sent me away, he left a letter saying that he would write a letter with Mr. Zhou to expose it. The mismanagement of the Lianghuai salt transportation, and the misappropriation of the advance salt and interest rate silver of the Salt Transport Department. But never expected that overnight, the black and white of the world were turned upside down, and it turned out that they were suspected of embezzling the advance salt and interest rate silver. .

“Because my father was implicated, he was arrested with Mr. Zhou that night, but died tragically in the prison that night. Afterwards, the family went to collect the body. The body was unsightly. It was tortured. It was obvious that the other party intended to instigate my father to turn back. , but was rejected by my father, that’s why I suffered this misfortune. As a son of man, I can’t be filial to my knees, and I can’t do anything when I see my father’s tragic death. I reverse the case!”

As she said that, Feng Sheng knelt down with a plop, and lifted the brown paper bag above her head.