Chapter 126: Another major case (8)

He pleaded for the queen rashly, and gave a prince, a Beller, and even the empress's own decree to be punished by the emperor, which made Yan Jingming, who was in Jiangning, both happy and guilty. It was joyful that the emperor did not hesitate to rule the queen, the mother of the country, also to take the law, which shows how determined he is to this matter; it is guilty that he always does not do his job well. If he can quickly find out and settle the matter, how could he have the opportunity to leave it to Prince Gong Fujin, let her enter the palace and ask the queen for mercy?

Because of this, Yan Jingming was furious at the Liangjiang Governor's Office. "I am following the emperor's edict and going to the provincial office to work. You are all talented people selected from various departments. It has taken thirteen days to this day, but it has been completely useless. How can I repay the emperor's kindness for his goodwill? How can you and others have the right to receive the salary of the court?"

A member of the Ministry of Revenue Examination Department, named Zhu Xueqin, looked around and replied on behalf of everyone, "Sir, it's not that you are not careful, but the Jiangning Railway's major construction has been five years ago, and it is a huge collection of volumes, and it cannot be obtained in one day."

"Okay, you said you can't get the merits in one day. I asked you how many days will it take?"

"This..." Zhu Xueqin was stunned for a moment and calculated in his mind, "Sir, it will take at least ten days."

"Ten days?" Yan Jingming nodded and said, "You have heard Xiu Bo's words too? Do you have any objections?" After waiting for a while, seeing that everyone did not speak out, he said, "Okay, I'll give you another ten days. If there is no progress in ten days, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will participate in one by one! Let's go down!"

Zhu Xueqin did not leave, but said, "Sir, Bei Zhi wants to ask the advice of his master. Should Chen Xingbang be temporarily put on prison and be asked by Bei Zhi and others?"

Chen Xingbang sent Yan Jingming back to Jiangning with the imperial envoy to guard against the accomplices. After that, he was temporarily detained in Jiangning Prison. For three days, no one could meet or talk to him. This time, seeing that there was no progress in Gengmo's errand, Zhu Xueqin remembered him, "Do you think he would admit it?"

"The people and others are not good at making good plans now. I am humble. Chen Xingbang is just a slave in the Governor's office. Only by relying on the prestige of the Governor, can he get what he has today. Now that the iceberg has fallen, he has relied on it. If he can move it with emotion and explain it with reason, I think Chen Xingbang should be rewarded, right?"

"Okay." Yan Jingming thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "I will criticize you. You go to the Nisi Yamen and work with Lord Yang Chunqiao to interrogate Chen Xingbang."

Zhu Xueqin received a checkpoint from Yan Jingming with the imperial envoy, and took a few people out and headed straight to the Jiangning Niesiya Office. Jiangning Niesiya was named Yang Chunzhen, whose courtesy name was Chunqiao, and he was from Panyu, Guangdong. He was a Jinshi in the 21st year of Daoguang. He was promoted to Jiangning Niesiya with the title of Taoist rank last year. Unexpectedly, less than a year after he was in office, such a big case occurred. Although Jiangning Daogong was under construction and he was not in the province when the completion was completed, and the greed and infidelity had nothing to do with him, he saw that even the Governor, the General of the Governor, the Prefect of the Jiangning, and other officials were all in trouble. I don’t know how fierce this Wang Hongshui was when he came, which made him feel uneasy. Even when he came to the yamen, he saw that he was afraid of the way.

He heard from his disciple Geshha that someone came to report that someone had brought the imperial envoy's guards to interrogate Chen Xingbang. Yang Chunzhen liked it: The case of Chen Xingbang beating his wife and killing him was in Anhui, but it was not tried locally. Instead, it was mentioned that Jiangning was waiting for trial, and everyone knew the meaning of the inside. Therefore, Yan Jingming specifically informed that after Chen Xingbang was arrested, no one was allowed to talk to him. In order to avoid someone in the Nisi yamen being guided by Guiliang or Yang Chunzhen, secretly spread the news. Yan Jingming specially selected a total of 30 new generals of the Green Camp led by Cheng Xueqi and Luo Bingkun, and set off from Jiangning to Anhui and personally took him back to Jiangning. After arriving at the destination, Chen Xingbang was imprisoned and the Green Camp soldiers were still in charge, and no one was allowed to talk to him.

This attitude of facing a great enemy also made Yang Chunzhen very nervous. If someone really forgot his concerns, moved his heart to the yellow and white things, and did major things that hindered the defense of the customs, as the magistrate, he would be in charge of his responsibilities, and he would be in trouble at that time. So I heard that today I will finally start to interrogate Chen Xingbang, and he liked it very much: it would be best to take Chen Xingbang, the root seedling that caused trouble, and then take Chen Xingbang, the root of trouble, away from his magistrate office, and then he would have fulfilled his wish!

When Zhu Xueqin and his men arrived in the hall, Yang Chunzhen was very respectful, "Hsiang Bo Xiu has worked hard all the way? But are you going to interrogate the criminal?"

Zhu Xueqin was born and arranged for tickets. Yang Chunzhen glanced casually and said with a smile, "There is no reason why I believe the young brother. But Brother Xiu Bo also knew that Chen Fei was in the province and no one should talk to him. This is Lord Yan's words. Therefore, the younger brother had to do his business."

Zhu Xueqin bowed and smiled, "Then, Lord Yang, can you allow me to wait for the trial in prison?"

"It should be like this, it should be like this." Yang Chunzhen led the way in front. Several people turned around the corridor and arrived at the office of the custody department at the back, handed over the tickets, "When they came inside, they asked the sergeant Chen Xingbang and asked in the hall."

"Zhe!" The driver took the ticket and turned around and wanted to leave. Zhu Xueqin gave a wink to a listener behind him, named Yin Baozhong. The latter nodded understandingly, followed quickly, and walked side by side with the man. "Brother, I have to work hard for you. Why not go with you?"

Yang Chunzhen was stunned. He didn't expect Zhu Xueqin to be so meticulous, but he was not relieved after such a journey. But he also knew that the dozens of people who came from the capital this time were all wooden faces like Yan Jingming, and they would not sell anyone's face. In addition, the case was too serious and he could not afford to provoke him. He could only hold his breath in his heart, with a fake smile on his face, and wait with Zhu Xueqin.

A moment later, Yin Baozhong and the officer were in front, followed by a middle-aged man in a small hat in green, and then several soldiers in a zither suit, slowly approached, "Sir, Chen Feixingbang brought him. Please check it out."

Zhu Xueqin didn't recognize Chen Xingbang, so he stepped forward and asked, "Are you Chen Xingbang?"

"Yes, the offender is right."

"Where is my origin, who are there in my ancestors? Where are my jobs?"

"………………” Chen Xingbang answered one by one, and finally said, "Please rest assured, you seem to be guilty of death like an official, so how can someone be willing to work hard for money?"

He was not clear about the words, but Zhu Xueqin understood. What he meant was that if it was an ordinary crime, there was still a possibility of buying a crime; if Chen Xingbang committed a lawsuit in imperial life, even if someone was willing to pay for money, he had to take into account the danger of the court's pursuit after the incident, and even his family would be affected.

Zhu Xueqin nodded, turned around and said to Yang Chunzhen, "Mr. Yang, the imperial envoy, said, "I asked you to go for a convenient way and find a secluded place. Our company will conduct a close review."

"Some, some." Yang Chunzhen said immediately, "There are two halls in the corps that are exclusively for their use, which can be used by Brother Zhu."

Zhu Xueqin did not know the law, but he didn't know this. Yang Chunzhen explained to him a few words. It turned out that there were rules for the Qing Dynasty. Women did not have to show up and sue in court. If things were unavoidable and had to be passed on to the court, they would also use some cheap methods, such as opening a main hall outside the main hall, and two people would go to the court separately, and a method of not being publicly tried was carried out.

He took Chen Xingbang back to the second hall as Yang Chunzhen said. No one was involved and left one after another. Zhu Xueqin specially sent soldiers from the green camp to add double posts outside the window. He felt unstable, so he walked around himself before returning to the hall to sit down. He looked at Chen Xingbang who was kneeling in front of the table, "Chen Xingbang, this time I went to the province with the imperial envoy Yan, for the railway work carried out on the Jiangning ground since the fourth year of Xianfeng. It is reported that four or five of the funds used for the project have been put into the waist of the officials who handled the work. The emperor was furious and sent me to wait here for a thorough investigation."

Chen Xingbang opened his mouth and smiled, "I'm going to tell you, sir, you have heard of this before you left Beijing."

Zhu Xueqin was stunned for a moment, "You have known it for a long time? Who knows it from whom?"

"This, sir, don't ask. In short, if the emperor wants to check whom and kill whom, is there any official article? Just issue an order! However, if you want to know whether there is any greed from Chen, I can only say that you will not confess even if you beat him to death!"

Zhu Xueqin did not expect such a scene. He was not an official of the Ministry of Justice and had no experience in trialing the case. However, he could also distinguish the meaning from Chen Xingbang's words, "If you say this, you have something in your heart, but you just refuse to say it, right?"

"Sir, there is no need to ask, as it will be a waste of time."

Zhu Xueqin looked at Yang Chunling sitting on the side. The latter was like a clay Buddha, looking at his nose and mouth without saying a word, and seemed to be intentionally trying to see himself making a fool of himself. This made Zhu Xueqin feel very annoyed and said threateningly, "Chen Xingbang, you have to be careful. It is important to know that if you enter the furnace, you may not be able to do it if you don't want to do it!"

"It's just torture, why should you intimidate me?" Chen Xingbang was a virtue that he didn't care about. "I'm not hiding this master. Although the criminal is just a slave in the Governor's Mansion, if you talk about the pain, you will not be inferior to anyone!"

Zhu Xueqin was stunned and actually robbed Chen Xingbang of a white slap, so he was so choked that he couldn't speak.

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After hearing Zhu Xueqin finish his story, Yan Jingming was stunned: "If you say this, Chen Xingbang seems to have sacrificed his life?"

"I thought it was like this." Zhu Xueqin looked very ashamed. "I thought that Chen Xingbang was as old as a king and father, and he should explain what he knew in his heart one by one like a clean bottle of water." He sighed and said, "I really don't know how Gui Liang did it, so that a servant in the mansion could be so tight-lipped?"

"Then, what do you say about Yang Chunzhen?"

"Bei Zhi watched coldly, and Yang Chunzhen seemed to be willing to neglect us, so he just sat down on the side and refused to help him."

"It won't work if this continues." Yan Jingming thought to himself. Chen Xingbang was the most important witness in the case. If he could open his mouth or have a glimmer of hope, otherwise, if the relocation lasts for a long time, someone in the court will be afraid that someone will speak. This is not counting. If Chen Xingbang doesn't say it, the two kinds of people involved in the case will be more confident and it will be even more difficult to open a gap in others. "Then, Xiubo, what if you say you are punished?"

"It is a good idea to see Chen Xingbang's stubborn nature. If it is useful, it is naturally excellent. If it is useless, he will not take action and leave countless handles on others." Zhu Xueqin said, "Besides, bringing him back to Jiangning was originally a case of beating his wife and killing him. He had already confessed this matter to a document. How could he have an excuse to use punishment?"

Yan Jingming nodded, "Well, I'm still a deep understanding of me." He said with relief and shame, "Oh, I remember that when Su Yuting was in Shandong, it was just like ours today. Later, the emperor taught the criminals to stay awake. Three days later, Fuji, Jing Lian and others confessed one by one. Do you think, what do you think is the previous example to borrow?"

"This is not impossible, but this method takes a long time to avoid being in a hurry."

"This is not OK, that is not OK. How do you think it is done?"

Zhu Xueqin heard his words and resented his incompetence, and nodded with a bitter smile, "What the adults said is that he was unable to handle the job clearly, so please punish him."

"No, I don't mean to blame you. It's just that this case is spread throughout the world. If you can't examine and ask clearly for a long time, not only will you and I be responsible for your duties and will not escape the discussion, but the emperor... I don't know how disappointed you should be!!"

"Sir, why not ask Chongbaishui and see if he has any solutions?" Zhu Xueqin said, "The emperor's will lead him to the provincial government to handle the case. It has been more than half a month today, but he just wanders around every day, and never caught him in business..."

Yan Jingming smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's no wonder he is." He said, "The case will come to an end in the future. When we turn north, he will still have to work here. If he really offended too many people, how can he become an official? At that time, everyone will complain about his position in the case, so you can't even enter the country in the official business!"

"No matter what, wouldn't Chong Baishui be so afraid of doing things, let it fail the emperor's ability to know people? He is not afraid that the emperor will find out and will issue an order to blame him?"

Yan Jingming thought about it and felt that Zhu Xueqin's words were not unreasonable. Even if he deliberately showed people leisurely for the sake of future considerations, if the case was dragged on like this, it would be of no benefit to him in the future. "Then... well, tonight, I will host a banquet to entertain Chongbaishui and Xiubo, so you can accompany him. Let's hear what he can do."
Chapter completed!