Yang Pu and others watched Jiang Yu walking in and out between the two interrogation rooms expressionlessly.
After another stick of incense, Jiang Wei came over and said,
"Go take a confession."
Scarface thought he had heard wrongly, "Sir, what did you say?"
"I said go and record a confession. Both of these guys have done it."
Not only did Bao Zhao have a scarred face, but Bao Zhao also had a look of disbelief. They both had a background in torture, and just now he agreed with Jiang Wei.
The two brothers knew they were colluding with each other at first glance. Besides, they were still brothers. It was definitely not an easy task to pry their mouths apart.
But Jiang Wei was just like going to the vegetable market to buy vegetables. He didn't take anything, he just walked back and forth twice, and the two brothers confessed?
Wang Fang, who was leaning on the card table, was close to each other. After hearing this, she said excitedly,
"My lord! My lord! Look! I didn't lie, I was wrongly accused, and those two are the criminals!"
"Shut up!"
Scarface gave him a kick, and then walked into the interrogation room doubtfully.
When Wang Er saw Scarface, it was like seeing a living father, and he told all the truth like spitting beans.
........
Donggong small garden
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Xiongying and his grandson each held a file in each hand. In front of them stood Jiang Gu, Fang Xiaoru and Yang Pu.
After Yang Pu explained clearly, he continued,
"Your Majesty, the situation in the Ministry of Punishment can be complicated or simple. This flower picking case is very special. Everything Wei Chen wants to say is in the file."
Zhu Xiongying nodded when he heard this, stretched out his hand to signal Yang Pu to wait a moment, then looked at the frowning grandfather and asked,
"Grandpa, why do you always look unhappy?"
Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, shook the case file, and glanced at Jiang Yu, the former commander of the Jinyi Guards.
Even though Lao Zhu had abdicated, his intimidating power had not diminished at all. Jiang Wei was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head.
"Let's not talk about the Ministry of Punishment for now. Just talk about this case. Do you think you handled it fairly?"
Yang Pu and Fang Xiaoru were both stunned. In their opinion, the flower picking case was solved without any problems. The real criminals were allowed to escape the law, and everything that needed to be done was done.
However, since Master Hong Wu said there was a problem, they did not dare to talk back, so they could only lower their heads together.
The three court officials stood there, just like little ducks standing in a row by the lake, lowering their heads to drink water.
"These three idiots don't even know what we mean!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at these three people and complained to his eldest grandson,
"Wang Da and Wang Er killed people and dumped their bodies, causing harm to the eldest girl. They also tried to get away with it. They knew the laws of the Ming Dynasty and broke the law.
Several crimes should be punished concurrently and should be punished by death... There is nothing wrong with this sentence. "
Jiang Wei let out a long breath. As for the words he just said to Wang Er in the interrogation room, they were all meant to deceive Wang Er.
How could it be possible to let the two brothers go so easily?
Since there is no principled issue, it is just a few more lectures from Lord Hongwu to survive.
"We are talking to you, and you are all mute?!"
Lao Zhu said what he said was boring. He stared at the three people and scolded them.
Yang Pu quickly spoke,
"Your Majesty, I am so stupid that I really don't understand what you mean."
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the case file with his finger and asked,
"Wang Da and Wang Er judged that there was no problem. Why did you let Huang Bo go home?!"
"This..." Yang Pu's scalp was numb. He had never done anything in the Hongwu Dynasty, but Lao Zhu still taught him a lesson here, teaching him what it means to accompany a king like a tiger.
What is the most painful thing in the world? I knew that what I was going to say next was wrong, but I still had no choice but to say it.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thought that Huang Bo was not guilty but had been wronged, so he let him go back."
"Not guilty?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Yang Pu in surprise, "How can this damn person be innocent?! Such a good girl followed him, look what he has done?!
It makes us sick to watch! !
If he hadn't caused trouble in the first place, where would the rest of it have come from?
We didn’t expect that he could still be innocent!
Huang Bo is not only guilty, but his crime is no less serious than Wang Da and Wang Er! "
Lao Zhu's tone was not good, and the place was completely silent.
In this case, Yang Pu and the others only focused on legal principles.
And Lao Zhu pays more attention to ethics and morals,
Suddenly, Lao Zhu thought of some scolding words. He tightened his grip, raised it high and put it down gently.
"You just have to figure it out."
Yang Pu and others could only look at His Majesty, Zhu Xiongying said seriously,
"Look what I'm doing? Didn't Grandpa make it clear enough?
Huang Bo was also guilty. It was clearly written in the Ming Dynasty Law that this act was preparation for a crime, and even if he did not participate in the end, he was still an accessory.
Just do what grandpa said, capture Huang Bo, and judge him according to Wang Da and Wang Er. "
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yang Pu and Fang Xiaoru quickly agreed.
Lao Zhu hummed at the side. After listening to his eldest grandson's words, Lao Zhu's mouth was now harder to suppress than a golden AK.
That expression looks so beautiful,
Zhu Xiongying asked quickly,
"Grandpa, do you think this is okay for your grandson?"
"Ahem, what a grandson, we all listen to you, hehe."
After saying filial piety to his grandfather and grandson, Zhu Xiongying looked at Yang Pu and signaled to continue.
Yang Pu took a step forward, his voice a little dry, and continued,
"Wei Chen thinks that it will not work if the Ministry of Punishment remains unchanged."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but lean forward a little on the chair, his expression turned solemn,
"The Criminal Department is inseparable from prison interrogations, but the upper and middle-level officials in the Criminal Department have no connection with the prison at all. They only know how to exert downward pressure.
The huge criminal department actually backlogged all the cases on the small jailers. The jailers were eager to record confessions, which led to the frequent occurrence of unjust cases in the prison. "
Zhu Xiongying nodded. Obviously, he already knew the situation in the Criminal Department.
Otherwise, he would not ask Fang Xiaoru and Yang Pu to solve the problem respectively.
Zhu Xiongying looked at Fang Xiaoru and asked,
"You think so too?"
The Ministry of Punishment respectfully said to the Chinese side Xiaoru,
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks so too. The Ministry of Punishment must remain unchanged."
Lao Zhu opened his mouth and looked at his eldest grandson,
Zhu Xiongying asked again,
“You said it’s impossible to keep the Ministry of Punishment unchanged, but how should we change it?”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he leaned back again, a look of relief flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Xiongying's words stunned several people.
They have just discovered the problem now, but there is no specific solution yet.
"The Ministry of Punishment has existed for such a long time, so there is a reason for its existence. You haven't thought about what to do, so you are rushing to say that the Ministry of Punishment cannot be changed. Isn't it a bit hasty?"
Yang Pu and others felt their foreheads dripping with sweat and wiped the sweat away.
