I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 43
"Hey, hey, you pig! Wake up."

Zhu Qilu, who was still asleep, was woken up by the splash of cold water. Just when he was about to get angry, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and then he asked expectantly, "Can I go out now? How long will it take me to go home?"

The jailer who was pestered by Zhu Qilu for questioning was a little annoyed, and he taunted: "You can indeed come out from here, but instead of going home, you will go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation!"

"You are really lucky, this time the criminal department's trial was presided over by the five elders!" The jailer couldn't help feeling gloating when he saw the changing expression on Zhu Qilu's face.

"What? Impossible! Where's my father? He will definitely save me! I'm a relative of the emperor, you can't judge me! I won't go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I won't go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice." After finishing speaking, Zhu Qilu didn't care about his own image. , holding the wooden door of the cell tightly with both hands, unwilling to leave.

"Come here, drag him away!" the leading jailer ordered.

"Yes." Soon many jailers swarmed up, pulled Zhu Qilu off the wooden door of the cell, and escorted him to the Ministry of Punishment like dragging a dead dog.

……

Today's Ministry of Punishment is extremely lively, and many officials gathered here early in the morning. If it were normal, the officials would definitely not take a step here. Without others, it would be bad luck.

When many officials gather together, it is inevitable to exchange information and greet each other.

"Hey, have you heard? Yesterday King Han Fanzhao of Pingliang Mansion entered the palace to meet His Majesty!"

"And this, how come I don't know?"

"The news from your Ministry of Rites is too closed. Let me tell you, King Zhao did enter the palace to meet His Majesty yesterday. He must have pleaded for his son."

"Aren't you talking nonsense? If a father doesn't plead for his son, who is he pleading for?"

"But His Majesty didn't see him at all, and only said that he was ill!"

"I heard that King Zhao went to the home of Elder Yan Ge..."

"No way……"

Amid the discussion among many bureaucrats, five sedan chairs of different colors stopped in front of the criminal department, and the five cabinet ministers got off the sedan chairs respectively. old!"

"What are you all doing here? Don't you have anything to do?" Seeing so many people gathered in front of the criminal department, Gao Gong frowned and said in a deep voice.

Many bureaucrats gathered here saw Gao Gong, the servant of the Ministry of household affairs, speak, and they all prepared to leave.

"Forget it, let everyone take a look, don't be so rigid! We are all colleagues." Yan Shifan called out to everyone who was about to leave.

"Yes, yes, yes, the old man's words are still good to hear."

"Look what's going on, won't you lose a piece of meat?"

"Hmph!" Gao Gong just glanced at Yan Shifan, then left angrily.

"Really, it doesn't stop in the morning." Xu Jie sighed, shook his head, and his tone was full of helplessness.

The five elders entered the lobby of the Ministry of Justice and sat down at their respective seats. The lobby of the Ministry of Justice had been re-arranged as early as last night. After brewing hot tea, five grand master chairs are placed behind the long table, and the rest of the furnishings have not changed. There is a plaque hanging above the lobby, with four large characters hanging above the mirror.

Yan Song sat in the middle, next to him were Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Yan Shifan.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and other officials of the Ministry of Justice can only sit on the side seats of the long table, while the seat of Shuntian Fu Yin is in the corner.

"Since the elders of the pavilion have arrived, bring all the prisoners." Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion stood up from his seat and ordered.

"Yes!"

Soon, Zhu Qilu and the two killers he had hired before were escorted by the jailers to the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

As soon as they entered the hall, before everyone could speak, the two killers knelt down on the ground, banging their heads on the ground: "My lords, this man asked me to do all of this! We It's forced, it's wronged!"

After finishing speaking, the two pointed their index fingers at Zhu Qilu who was aside, their words were full of fear.

"What are you shouting for? What are you shouting for? You haven't been told to speak yet." The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, who was sitting under the long table, quickly scolded.

"It's okay, let them talk." Yan Song waved his hand, motioning for the two to continue talking.

"My lords, I don't know. Our two brothers originally settled down in the capital city. We hang out in the streets all day, do some sneaky things, learn some boxing skills, and don't do business. But one day, by chance, we I got to know this young master from Pingliang Mansion!"

"This young master is quite generous, and the two of us have benefited a lot from following him! It's not a bad day to hang around in gambling houses and brothels all day long."

"But one day, when he was wandering in the street, he fell in love with that poor scholar's lover, so he became malicious and wanted to take her as a concubine by force, but no matter how courteous he was, he was ignored by the little lady."

"So he was so angry that he wanted the overlord to force his bow. After asking someone to find out where the little lady lived, he personally came to the door and sent us two to guard outside the house, intending to do something wrong."

"All right, all right, these things have already been mentioned in your previous statement, why bother to mention it again?" Yan Shifan roughly flipped through the statement and interrupted impatiently.

"My lord! What I want to say is that the scholar and his little lady were not the only victims."

"What did you say! Is there anyone else?" Gao Gong couldn't help frowning when he heard what he said, and then asked eagerly.

"Yes, not only the scholar and the little lady, but also the little lady's parents and a three-year-old child."

"It's said that day after he inquired about the little lady's residence, he sent us to guard outside the house, but when he was about to start, the little lady's parents returned home with the child, and we were discovered.

"So you killed all of their family?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the two kneeling on the ground and said coldly.

"Yes, but he forced us to do it all! He threatened us, if we don't do it, he will send someone to kill our whole family. The two of us were afraid, so..."

"You fart, this is all framed, I never let you do this, I will find someone to kill your whole family now!"

Hearing this, Zhu Qilu, who was originally kneeling on the ground, was suddenly furious, his eyes were red, and he kept struggling, trying to break free from the shackles.

"Shut up, you keep talking." Yan Song's gaze like an ice cellar swept over Zhu Qilu, and the latter didn't dare to do anything wrong when he saw this, and gradually calmed down.

"Under his threat, we killed the whole family of the little lady! The original plan was to take advantage of the night to transport the body outside the city, but everything went smoothly before, and was discovered while transporting the little lady's body. "

"What about the previous corpse? Where were you buried?" Xu Jie then looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice.

"Because of the rush of time, we had to temporarily bury the corpse under the big willow tree beside the moat outside the city." Seeing Xu Jie's question, the two dared not hide anything, and they revealed the location of the corpse like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

"Then why didn't you two tell the truth in the previous statement? Did you have to wait until today?" Sitting in the corner, Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion was feeling numb and trembling at the moment. There was a big mistake in the case, and he submitted it There is a problem with the confession!

"Because someone threatened us in the prison before."

(End of this chapter)