I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 6: The Kaifeng Mansion interrogates the case and the truth comes out

The next morning.

The lobby of Kaifeng Mansion.

Wu Yu was sitting upright in official uniform.

Wang Honghai, the shopkeeper of Qingfeng Tower, Zhang Laifu, the waiter, and Qiuniang, the singer, stood on one side.

Leaning slightly, Su Liang walked over slowly and stood on the other side.

He recognized the three of them at a glance.

The singer Qiuniang is the plaintiff, and the shopkeeper Wang Honghai and the waiter Zhang Laifu are the witnesses.

Wu Yu said loudly: "The case of Su Liang's prostitution in Quan Supervisory Yushili has alarmed the officials. The officials have issued strict orders to get to the bottom of this case. Next, I will ask, if anyone dares to tell a lie, I will You will be severely punished!"

After saying this, the three Kabuki Qiuniang couldn't help but lower their heads.

"The Kabuki Qiuniang is out! As you confessed the day before yesterday, did the person opposite you have a celebratory affair in Room C on the second floor of Qingfeng Building after the banquet, and the two of them left after about an hour?"

Qiuniang looked charming and shed tears before she spoke.

He sobbed: "I'd like to inform you, sir. It's true. When he saw the slave's beauty, he ordered the slave to wait for him in the room. The slave didn't dare to offend him, so... he had no choice but to obey him. Please... please ask the officer to make the decision for the slave. !”

Qiuniang cried while talking.

His acting skills are superb and it is easy to make people feel pity.

"Zhang Laifu comes out!"

"You can see that the person opposite came back after the banquet, went up to the second floor, and entered Qiuniang's room?"

"See you, see you! This... this Su Yushi went up to the second floor in a hurry and even bumped into me!" Zhang Laifu said while rubbing his shoulders in a performative manner.

"When he hit you, were there any other bystanders?" Wu Yu asked again.

Zhang Laifu thought for a while and said: "It was already late at night, and the shopkeeper and I were the only ones left in the hall!"

Wu Yu looked at Wang Honghai, the shopkeeper of Qingfeng Tower.

"Shopkeeper Wang, is what Zhang Laifu said the truth? Did you see with your own eyes that the person opposite went up to the second floor and left after about an hour?"

Wang Honghai nodded.

"Yes, I'm not wrong. Besides, Qiu Niang pays for the room!"

The answers of the three people were completely consistent, without any loopholes.

Hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

These three people had obviously even discussed their words.

One victim, two witnesses, and no one else around.

Su Liang lived alone and had no one to testify for him.

Wu Yu smiled faintly and looked at Kabuki Qiuniang again.

"Qiu Niang, since you said you had sex with Su Liang, then you naturally met him naked. I would like to ask you, does he have hair on his chest?"

Kabuki Qiuniang rolled her eyes and replied: "Maybe...it seems...it seems to be the case. The lights were dim that day, and the slave family...the slave family didn't see it clearly."

"Didn't you see it clearly? Can't you even see such a large area of ​​fluff?" Wu Yu asked.

"Yes...it seems there is!" Qiuniang said following Wu Yu's words.

Snapped!
Wu Yu took a picture of the gavel and said sternly: "Is it there?"

"That night...that night...he...he was very rough. The slaves were all frightened, so they didn't notice it. It should...should have happened." Qiuniang's voice began to tremble.

"Su Liang, take off your clothes!" Wu Yu said loudly.

Immediately, Su Liang took off his clothes, revealing his fair and strong chest.

There wasn't a single hair on his chest.

But there is a palm-sized cyan birthmark under his neck, which is very eye-catching.

Qiuniang couldn't help but turned pale with fright, and defended: "The slave family... The slave family remembered that the slave family saw such a green birthmark that night, and at that time... I was even shocked!"

Hearing this, Su Liang smiled, and Wu Yu also laughed.

"Get hot water towels!" Wu Yu shouted.

Soon, a hot water towel appeared in front of Su Liang.

Su Liang dipped a towel in water and began to wipe his chest. In a moment, the green birthmark on his body disappeared.

This was the strategy he and Wu Yu had discussed in the morning.

Qiuniang and the other three were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and their legs couldn't help but tremble.

boom!
The gavel sounded again. "Qiuniang, do you know what crime it is for a lowly woman to frame a court official? If you continue to talk nonsense, I will kill you immediately in front of the Yamen!"

Wu Yu stared, full of authority.

"And you two, if it is found that you have perjured yourself, you will not only be guilty, but your family will be implicated. Do you really think you can avoid punishment by relying on a certain big shot?"

Pfft!
Qingfenglou shopkeeper Wang Honghai and waiter Zhang Laifu knelt on the ground at the same time.

"Official, we...we recruited, we confessed. We didn't see anything that night. Someone gave us ten thousand dollars and threatened to close my shop if we didn't...help. We...we just ...I had no choice but to commit perjury!”

After the two of them said this, Qiuniang, the Kabuki on the side, also collapsed on the ground.

Su Liang couldn't help but take a long breath.

This is really a mouthful to spread rumors, and then it will break your legs to refute the rumors.

He was finally cleared.

After half an hour.

Qingfenglou shopkeeper Wang Honghai, waiter Zhang Laifu, and Kabuki Qiuniang re-wrote their testimonies.

According to the testimony, they were ordered by Liu Zhong, the steward of the Xia Mansion, and Xia Song never showed up.

But that's enough.

Su Liang knew very well that it would be difficult to trip up Xia Song through this matter, but it would allow him to leave the capital.

Immediately, Wu Yu sorted out the case and entered the palace.

At the same time, after receiving the news, the supervisory censor Bao Zheng and two admonishers also began to write articles to impeach Xia Song.

……

The next day, around noon.

The results of the Jinzouyuan case were announced.

The three most charged persons, Su Shunqin, the supervisor of Jinzouyuan, Liu Xun, the right class member of Jinzouyuan, and Wang Yirou, the manager of Jixian school, were all released.

One person was appointed as the general magistrate of Suzhou, another was appointed as the governor of Huzhou, and the other was appointed as the superintendent of state taxes.

Wang Zhu, the attendant of Tianzhang Pavilion, was also demoted to Haozhou.

Others were given verbal warnings but not punished.

The same goes for Su Liang.

This result is already very good.

Without Su Liang's "Book of Self-Crime", I am afraid that several people would have been demoted from their posts to serve the people and become victims of party strife.

this day.

The resolute Bao Zheng wrote five memorials to impeach Xia Song for keeping a concubine.

But they were all kept away by Emperor Zhao Zhen.

The so-called "staying in but not leaving" actually means letting Xia Song resign with dignity.

Soon, Xia Song asked himself to leave the court.

Zhao Zhen ordered him to still take the post of Tongping Zhangshi and know Daming Mansion.

at the same time.

Su Liang's "Book of Self-Crime" also spread to the people.

This is what Emperor Zhao Zhen meant.

The purpose is to use the voice of the people to curb the bad habit of "sulliing people's reputation" in the court.

For a time, the people's reputation about the power supervisory censor Li Xingsu Liang changed drastically.

He praised his strong character and would rather break than bend.

Some people even sent compliments: The bones of the admonishing officials in the Song Dynasty should be like Su Liang and Su Jingming! "

People are so cute.

Although he is not good at distinguishing between true and false, he knows what is good and what is bad, what is loyalty and what is traitor.

Su Liang gradually understood after this incident.

The water in the court is deep and cannot be described in terms of black and white. In the future, you must work step by step, otherwise you may fall into the abyss at any time.

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Note: According to historical data, Su Shunqin was demoted from his post to the public due to the case of entering the memorial hall. After that, he lived in Suzhou, built Canglang Pavilion, and wrote "Canglang Pavilion Notes". He eventually died young.This book relegates him to Suzhou so that he can still write "Canglang Pavilion" and preserve this prose that needs to be memorized in full for contemporary high school students.

(End of this chapter)