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Chapter 382 The Second Strike

Li Chongjun followed behind Wang Hua and asked, "Scholar Wang, in your opinion, what kind of punishment will that Ruoxue carry out?"

Wang Hua asked back: "His Royal Highness, may I ask what are the ten evils in Tang law?"

Li Chongjun replied: "Conspiracy, conspiracy, treason, evil treason, immorality, disrespect, disfilial piety, disharmony, injustice, civil strife."

After finishing speaking, his face also changed.The ten evils were the biggest crimes in the Tang Dynasty. If you committed the ten evils, even if you received an amnesty, you would not be included in the pardon.Although Ruo Ruxue didn't kill anyone, because of her, her father's family was murdered, which is tantamount to being an accomplice, and it can be regarded as having something to do with evil (beating and murdering the immediate elders in the family).It is even more unfilial (cursing parents and grandparents, refusing to provide for them if they have money, having fun at their parents' funeral, marriage and marriage, falsely claiming that their parents and grandparents are dead, etc.).

In other words, if Yushan killed someone, she could still be pardoned lightly, but even if Ruo Ruxue didn't kill someone, she would still be punished by beheading.

Li Chongjun was a little frustrated.

She is also handsome, but unlike Yushan, Yushan has a gloomy look in her beauty, while Ruo Ruxue has a touch of super dust in her beauty, or if she just gave up her heart, it doesn't matter.What he did later was a bit extreme, and it was also forced by the suffering life.

So Li Chongjun had a good impression of her.

Wang Hua smiled, and whispered in his ear: "But it's not necessarily true, things will turn around."

"What's the turning point?" Li Chongjun asked curiously, but when he saw Wang Hua's mouth shape, he immediately said, "Forget it, the secret must not be revealed."

Wang Hua laughed, and continued to stride forward.

After a while, he came to a mansion, but it was the mansion of Sihu He Cheji.

Wang Hua said to Liu Shun, "Is it sudden?"

Liu Shun's complexion was not very good, and he said: "It was a bit sudden, he is usually a loyal official. But it is also reasonable, since Tai Fuqing is the governor of Bianzhou, he has already held an official position in Bianzhou."

The river car machine came out to welcome him.

Respectfully saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, Zhao Rong, Bachelor. I don't know how many distinguished guests come to my humble house, what are you doing?"

His attitude was extremely humble, but several people saw a trace of panic flashing in his eyes.

Wang Hua pouted, and two guards came over, pressed him to the ground and tied him up.Wang Hua strode into his mansion by himself. The courtyard is not big, but it is very elegant. Wang Hua didn't stop to watch, and came to his room amidst Hecheji's yelling of injustice.Then he pushed the bookshelf away, and there was another painting behind the bookshelf. Wang Hua uncovered the painting, but there was a small iron box on the wall behind the painting.Wang Hua lifted the small iron box out, took off a bunch of keys from He Cheji's waist, and used one of the keys to open the iron box.

Immediately a ray of light shot up into the sky, almost dazzled everyone's eyes.

After a while, everyone saw that there were many treasures hidden in the iron box, shining with colorful light. These jewels could be seen without looking carefully, and all of them were extremely precious.

But Wang Hua didn't pay attention to these jewels, and didn't even ask how He Cheji got them.He found something in the middle, which was the half of the jade ring.

Wang Hua said: "He Sihu, I don't think you need to complain about being wronged now. Of course, you can still deny it, but there will be witnesses to testify against you in a while."

Then he gave some instructions to the two guards around him, and escorted the river car machine and the box of jewels to the state government.

This time Hecheji didn't complain about being wronged, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Wang Hua was not in a hurry either, he sat on a chair with his teacup in hand and closed his eyes to rest.

But outside the courtroom, many people had begun to gather.I don't know who leaked the news, it was related to Zhou Yongshan's death, and even related to the extermination case of Ding's house more than a year ago, which aroused the curiosity of the people.

After a while, two guards and a few strong men beside Wang Hua pushed a man over.There is also a pile of black clothes in their formalities, which are covered with sewage.Liu Shun knew this man, he was a headhunter from Bianzhou, and Hecheji's second uncle Nangong Zhengping, he was recommended by Hecheji to be a headhunter.But his skills are very good, so no one said that Hecheji used his power for personal gain.

But seeing this pile of stinky clothes, Liu Shun immediately thought of the sewer, or fell into the sewage pond.Obviously, with Nangong Zhengping's skill, the latter is almost impossible.

Wang Hua stood up, cupped his hands at the big guys, and said, "Thanks for your hard work, everyone."

A burly man in the lead said: "Bachelor, I dare not, but we are lucky to live up to our fate."

As he spoke, he took out a confession from his bosom, and Wang Hua quickly glanced at it.Then he said: "Put him in the prison first and keep him under strict guard."

A few guards were ordered to go, and they would definitely not let the Yamen servants in Bianzhou come to guard them.Although Wang Hua said that the officialdom in Bianzhou was much better than that in Huazhou, God knows how many yamen servants went into the water before the case was fully revealed.

But Wang Hua still did not interrogate He Cheji.

After a while, Yan Tingzhi came to the court, and what he brought was An Renli's statement.But up to now, Yan Tingzhi's complexion is not very good. The betrayal and downfall of his good friend disappointed him and hit him even more.

Wang Hua looked at the confession again, looked at Hecheji, and suddenly said angrily: "Come on, give me a hard [-] board!"

Call it first.

Before reaching the [-]th board, Hecheji passed out.The yamen servant was pouring cold water on him, but Li Chongjun was asking Wang Hua, "What's going on?"

Wang Hua replied: "There are two doubts in this case, I have been troubled. The first doubt is Ye Xu, Your Highness, now you should understand that An Renli and He Cheji are from the same passer-by. They have a close relationship. But Zhou Yong is from another group. This person does not have much power, but has strong financial resources. After Zhao Dabao got the jade, the jade came into my hands before the news came out. Then the river cart By chance, Ye Xu ordered Nangong Zhengping to find Ye Xu when we were not paying attention."

"But Nangong Zhengping is an official, and Ye Xu is a bandit."

"What's the difference between officials and bandits sometimes?" Wang Hua sneered, not to mention this era, even in his previous life, didn't officials use local ruffians to help them maintain order?Especially when houses are being demolished forcibly, and there are other matters that officials are not able to come forward directly, these people must be used to "handle" them for them.

"Ye Xu has been stealing in Bianzhou for so many years and has committed many crimes. If there is no one to protect him, do you think it is possible? In fact, everything about them is under my control at this time. Then Ye Xu found some victims and bewitched them a few times. In other words, let the victims beg for Lei Zhan and take the opportunity to steal the jade ring. In my original thought, Ye Xu got the jade ring and should give it to He Cheji. But I didn’t expect that she would give it to Zhou Yong. I At the beginning, I also went astray, thinking that they were in the same group, which completely vetoed my original inference. I didn't realize it until my people saw Nangong Zhengping and his men quietly looking for this Ye Xu ...Ye Xu is a double agent."

"Double agent?"

"It was he who helped Nangong Zhengping and Zhou Yong. Of course, he didn't know that there was a Tai Fuqing behind the scenes, otherwise he would not have made this choice. The reason is very simple. He has always been in contact with Zhou Yong, and he guessed this at the same time. The piece of jade is so precious, otherwise Nangong Zhengping would not have allowed him to steal it from our guards. He didn't give it to Nangong Zhengping immediately, but went to Zhou Yong's mansion, hoping to sell it for a price. So He made a big circle in the city, not avoiding our people, but avoiding Nangong Zhengping's subordinates. After entering Zhou's house, Zhou Yong really paid a high price. But the more this happened, the higher the price he paid. Finally Zhou Yong couldn't take it anymore, and finally had a murderous intention. He was poisoned to death with poisonous tea. We have found Ye Xu's body in the sewer of Zhou's house, and Zhao Dabao also found out that he was killed by poison. He died in about two weeks. Day and night coincided with the time when he entered Zhou's house."

"Later, when An Renli and Yan Tongnian went out, they happened to meet He Cheji. It seemed a coincidence, but in fact He Cheji came here on a mission. At that time, An Renli had already taken the opportunity to disclose the news to him. All this is still in progress. I was in control. I originally wanted to capture him alive when He Cheji's men entered the Zhou Mansion to assassinate, and to capture witnesses. But I didn't expect them to enter the Zhou Mansion through the sewer. Ye Xu's body was confessed by Nangong Zhengping."

At this time, the Hecheji had already arrived, and he looked at Wang Hua bitterly.

Wang Hua pretended not to have seen it, and continued: "But the mantis is catching the cicada, the oriole is behind, Hecheji and Nangong Zhengping know that I have deployed a lot of people to investigate this case. But because I let go of An Renli, they think I All their actions are under their control, but they don't know the investigation of this case. Yan Tongnian and An Renli's subordinates are just a cover, and Li Xuejun is in control of all the dark lines. Therefore, in the early morning, Nangong Zhengping used the investigation of the sewer I was very familiar with him. I sneaked into the stable of the silk merchant Zhang Zaijin, and there was a sewer cover there. At that time, my people were afraid of scaring the snake, so they did not dare to follow the stable. After a while, I saw him covered in filth. After getting out of the stable, I entered the stable while continuing to follow, and finally found the stone slab cover of the sewer. After I got the news in the morning, I immediately authorized and ordered him to be arrested and interrogated, but at that time he arrived at the Zhou mansion. Therefore When we were interrogating An Renli and Ruo Ruxue, he also returned to his home. At that time, my hand started to arrest him, and I obtained this confession, and took my talisman, and entered the Zhou Mansion again Find Ye Xu's body. This is the whole process of the case. But there is one more difficult to understand."

"What is it?"

"Since the Minister of the Taifu already knows that Yu Jue is in Ding Zhu's hands, he can do it like he did when he wiped out the four members of the Liu family. It is clean and quick. I believe that Ding Zhu will spit out everything under torture. Why do you need to sneak in?" Ding’s house, and then without getting the Jade Jue, he still wanted to kill people and set fire to the house. This is completely superfluous and superfluous.”

"Is there a murder case?"

"Yes, the murder of the Ding family may not have been done by the Minister of the Taifu, but the murder of the Liu family was jointly carried out by He Cheji and the Minister of the Taifu." At this point, Wang Hua looked at He Cheji and said: "I I met Master Huiyun the day before yesterday, and he said that I hold the demon with one hand and the Buddha with the other. I have never had any compassion for people like you. Now the evidence is convincing. Even if you keep silent, you will not escape death. On the contrary , Whether you will kill your family members is in my hands. Moreover, in order to get more confessions, I will not be stingy with torture. Governor Liu, please prepare 'useful' instruments of torture."

Of course, the river machine knew what a useful instrument of torture was.

Finally unable to withstand the pressure, he made a full confession, and the first layer of the veil was finally slowly lifted for this equally strange case.

This big case starts from the year before last, when a man named Liu Zhu came to Bianzhou.Once he saw Qingwu, a fan of the famous brothel in Bianzhou, and was attracted by her appearance, and then often went to the brothel to find Qingwu for fun.But Qingwu's status is not cheap, and gradually he ran out of money.If you have money, you are a grandpa, if you have no money, you are a grandson, so Qingwu began to feel disgusted with him.But at this time he said that he came to Bianzhou to find a treasure.

At first when he said this, he thought he was insane.Later, Liu Zhu was ashamed and had no other choice, so he sold some of the jewels he had brought.These jewels are of extraordinary origin and are very expensive, so they are sold at high prices.With money, Qingwu and Liu Zhu reconciled.But these jewels startled another person, Qingwu has a good sister named Qingying, she is the most popular girl in Luchun Academy.But she has a relationship with another person, that is, the governor of Bianzhou at that time, and today's Taifu Minister Ji Chuna.It was also treated as a joke and told to Ji Chune.

Ji Chuna didn't care too much, but soon after he bought a precious emerald jade hairpin and gave it to his wife, who is the sister of Wu Sansi's wife, for her birthday.Inadvertently learned that this hairpin was circulated from Liu Zhu's hand.Only then did he start to pay attention, and asked someone to quietly go to the inn to check Liu Zhu's luggage.As a result, it was found that Liu Zhu had brought more than a dozen pieces of jewellery. These jewellery, after research by some jade craftsmen, were all made in ancient times.Of course, it was from that dynasty, and they were not as thorough in their analysis as Wang Hua.

Of course, although these jewels are precious, it's not worth Ji Chune's killing and seizing money for these jewels.But he sent someone to monitor this Liu Zhu, and he saw that he was looking for someone.

At this time Ji Chuna began to be dubious, he asked Qingying to ask Qingwu to inquire about the origin of this treasure from Liu Zhu.That day, Qingwu drank Liu Zhu a little wine, took advantage of his drunkenness, coquettishly, said some sweet words, and asked Liu Zhu all the details at once.

More than 600 years ago, Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan knew that he would be defeated, so he sent people to transport 30 catties of gold from the treasury, which was half of the gold in the treasury at that time, and some precious jewels, and secretly buried them in four places, fearing that the news would be leaked. , Kill all the artisan soldiers involved in this matter.Later, he rode away alone, holding these huge gold.When he arrived in Gaoling, he was betrayed by his general Yan Ben, besieged Gaoling, and had to surrender to the Red Eyebrow Army.

But after arriving in Chang'an, Liu Xuan felt dissatisfied, so he ordered some loyal men to dig out the smallest gold hiding place among them, and used the money to buy people's hearts, intending to reorganize the army to fight back against Chimei.However, his subordinates were ineffective, and the Red Eyebrow Army noticed and strangled Liu Xuan.Later, Feng An, a general in the Red Eyebrow Army, got the secret.He became selfish and secretly investigated this matter, and found that the treasure map was on a pair of jade rings on Liu Xuan's body.But he didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't understand it. After ten months of delay, Liu Xiu had already started to march into Guanzhong.

At the end of September, Chimei wanted to lead the army westward to Longzhong, but was defeated by Kai Xiao's general Yang Guang.They chased after Wuzhi and Jingyang.The Red Eyebrow Army encountered a heavy snowstorm again, and many soldiers froze to death, so they returned.At this time, Feng'an advocated excavating the tombs, but in fact he was looking for Liu Xuan's treasure location.However, the hidden gold was not found, but a large amount of treasures were obtained.So morale was revived, and he first fought Deng Yu in Yuling and defeated Deng Yu's army.But Feng'an himself fought with another vassal, Yancen who later surrendered to Gongsun Shu and became the number one brave general under Gongsun Shu, but was defeated.

At this time, Feng An asked his son to go east, intending to find Liu Yong, and the east and west joined forces to deal with Liu Xiu.Just in case, he asked his son to bring the pair of jade rings.Soon after, the Red Eyebrow Army was defeated by Liu Xiu's general Feng Yi, and Feng and the leader of the Red Eyebrow Army, Fan Chong, surrendered separately.Liu Xiu settled them in Luoyang and gave them a field house.However, the two were dissatisfied and rebelled again. In the end, they failed and were executed by Liu Xiu.

On the other side, when Feng'an's son arrived in Juyang, Liu Yong had already been defeated by Gai Yan and fled to Huling.A few years later, Liu Yongyi was beheaded by his general Qingwu and surrendered to Liu Xiu.At this time, seeing that Liu Xiu was hopelessly defeated, Feng'an's son told Liu Yong's son Liu Wei the truth.So Liu Yu and Feng'an's son took advantage of Liu Xiu's personal expedition and escaped when Dong Xian, Su Mao and others were defeated many times.A few years later, they came to Guanzhong and found Liu Xuan's hidden gold location.

The money moved people's hearts, and the two had a dispute. In the end, Feng'an's son was killed by Liu Wei.

But Emperor Guangwu kept hunting Liu Yu, so Liu Yu only took out some valuable and portable jewelry, not even the gold, and fled to Yi with a beautiful concubine and two sons who escaped from Huling together. The area under the jurisdiction of Gongsun Shu of the state.

He sold some jewelry and bought a manor.Then ten years later, Liu Xiu used troops against Yizhou again.Liu Wei had experienced and knew the strength of Liu Xiu's army. He expected that there would be wars in Yizhou in the future, and the people would be in dire straits.But after so many years, he didn't hear Liu Xiu chasing him again, so he took his family and prepared to return to the Central Plains.Just in case, he still divided the pair of jade rings into two halves and left them to his two grown sons.

But it was still too late. Liu Xiu's general Cen Peng entered Yizhou and was invincible.When Liu Yu went out to benefit, he was looted by a group of deserters from Gongsun Shu. Although they defeated the deserters under the counterattack of the refugees, Liu Yu died in battle. Liu Yu's second son fled to nowhere because of his timidity. .Later, Liu Yu's eldest son returned to the Central Plains and kept looking for the whereabouts of his second son, but he couldn't find it.This search took hundreds of years.

Until last year, the descendants of Liu Yu's eldest son, that is, Liu Zhu heard that there might be Liu Yu's descendants in Bianzhou.Needless to say, they are descendants of Liu Yu's second son who fled, so he rushed from Xuzhou to Bianzhou to find the clan of this lineage.Of course, the main reason is to find the half of the jade ring.

Qing Wu took out the words from Liu Zhu's mouth, and passed them on to Qing Ying, and Qing Ying passed them on to Ji Chuna.

Of course Ji Chuna didn't believe it right away, so he sent someone to Xuzhou to investigate Liu Zhu's background.Liu Zhu's ancestor lived in Xuzhou. As for how long he lived there, it is impossible to verify.Liu Zhu's family has a little income and can read two characters, but not much.

It was for this reason that Ji Chuna finally believed it.

Because he also read a lot of history books, and found that although Liu Zhu was a bit whimsical, the clothes were seamless, and there were some big and small people's time and place in it, which matched the history books one by one.And these historical books, only those with profound knowledge can sort out one by one from various historical books.And with the Liu family's family background, there might not even be any historical records.It is impossible to have the ability to fabricate such a lie.And the biggest point, as Wang Hua said, more than 60 catties of gold was an asset that even the emperor was tempted by during the Han Dynasty.Since Liu Xuan entered Chang'an, this sum of gold has never appeared in the history books.If Liu Xuan used up a batch and buried a batch, this could explain the past.

So Ji Chuna started to attack. First, he employed people to kill all the ten or so members of the Liu family in Xuzhou, and then ordered Liu Zhu to be arrested.Because this half of the jade ring is in Liu Zhu's arms, it has been confirmed by Qingwu.

Hearing this, Shangguan Xiaowan's face became more worried.

However, Li Chongjun couldn't help but be overjoyed, because no matter whether the Ding family was run by Ji Chuna or not, with the murders of more than a dozen people from the Liu family in Xuzhou, and the possible murder of four members of the Liu family, Ji Chuna is done.

When Ji Chu was finished, Wu Sansi lost at least one arm, these were all secondary, and the ministers who opposed him would make a fuss in the middle.In addition to the Huazhou case, Wu Sansi, um, is over.

(End of this chapter)