Soon, a body was carried into the hall.
Wang Jishan introduced to everyone: "Everyone, this is the red body of the killer Pinggu."
Zheng Shuping snorted coldly: "I want to see how you can make a dead man speak?"
Wang Jishan saluted the emperor and said loudly: "Before coming, the common people went to the black market. They used the pretext of buying a murderer to kill people, but in fact they wanted to find out the news and see if they could get evidence on the black market that Zheng Zihe paid a murderer. .”
"Unfortunately, the rules of the black market are strict and the identity of the employer will never be revealed."
Zheng Shuping mocked: "That means there is no evidence?"
"No! It's not nothing." Wang Jishan looked at the other party jokingly.
Zheng Shuping's heart suddenly suddenly felt like something was wrong.
"After inquiring, I learned that all employers who want to hire a murderer must pledge a valuable item to prove their identity."
Wang Si was puzzled: "Isn't it just money to buy a murderer?"
Wang Jishan chuckled and said, "Uncle, you obviously have never dealt with the black market."
Wang Si rolled his eyes, smiled and cursed: "Uncle, as the Minister of Etiquette, he behaves upright, why are you going to the black market?"
Everyone laughed.
Li Er asked with great interest: "Go on, why do you need to pledge something to prove your identity?"
Wang Jishan explained: "Buying a murderer is different from others, but not having money can buy everything. Some killers also pay attention to being a thief as well as a thief, and only kill evil people and not good people."
Zheng Shuping spat, "Bah! You've already become a killer, and you still want to be a good person?"
Wang Jishan continued: "Of course, it is more because of the fairness of the transaction. Pay the deposit first, and then pay the final payment after the work is done. In order to ensure that the final payment is received, the killer must understand who he is serving. After all, it is People who make money with their heads behind their backs often get used as knives and turn against each other, so there are many rules in this industry."
"Killers not only want to get money for doing things, but most importantly, they want to make money alive. In order to save their lives, they have set many rules. These rules will screen out their final customers and also establish a simple A foundation of trust.”
Zheng Shuping reminded: "What's the use of talking so much? We don't go to the black market, and we don't need you to educate us."
Wang Jishan smiled, "Don't you understand yet?"
Understand what?
Wang Jishan pointed to the killer's body and said, "This man has something in his hand that can prove his employer's identity."
Zheng Shuping snorted coldly: "It's a joke, it was hired by that dog slave Xu San'er. He made it very clear just now."
Wang Jishan smiled, "Xu San'er is just a servant, he doesn't have anything valuable to pledge."
"Many people on the black market know about this. When we first hired the murderer, most people were unwilling to take over. They felt that killing the Enke candidate was an unjust act. Only Pinggu Dianhong had no bottom line and was willing to take over. But the premise is that the money given is enough. Therefore, the pledged items must be priceless, Xu Saner cannot take it out, and this kind of killer is not so easy to deceive."
At this point, Zheng Shuping became a little flustered.
The Chang'an County Magistrate came out holding a box, "Your Majesty, this is a high-quality jade pendant found on the killer's body. I thought it belonged to the killer himself, but later I found out that it was the employer's token. I have asked someone to identify it. It is exactly That’s Zheng Zihe’s.”
"Slander, you are slandering! Killers have always been paid to kill, so why would they investigate their employer? If so, who would hire on the black market?" Zheng Shuping roared angrily.
The Chang'an County Magistrate rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Zheng, killers are also human beings. Even if they become killers, they are still people who rely on their craftsmanship. The purpose is to survive, not to destroy human nature. Only by accepting this kind of innocent business from the employer can the business last. …”
"Ahem, Chang'an County, these are not things you should say." Li Er interrupted: "Can this object really be proven to belong to Zheng Zihe?"
Chang'an County apologized in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for making a mistake. This physical evidence is indeed Zheng Zihe's. Now that both witnesses and physical evidence are available, I dare to give orders to Your Majesty."
"Okay, stand aside."
"Zheng Zihe, a descendant of the Zheng family, paid for the murder of the Enke candidates. The facts are there and the crime is extremely heinous. Zheng Shuping, what else can you say?"
Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the people of the Zheng family deliberately sabotaged Enke and prevented the imperial court from selecting talents. Their intentions are to be punished!"
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"Your Majesty, please forgive me. We were totally unaware of this. It was all done by Zheng Zihe alone, and we were completely unaware of it." At this moment, Zheng Shuping no longer cared about protecting his nephew.
Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Zheng Zihe's personal behavior? He has no grievances with those candidates, why did he pay to kill someone? Listening to Xu San'er's confession, it is clear that he deliberately sabotaged Enke!"
Xu Saner? Yes, what he just said was to frame Wang Jishan.
Zheng Shuping seized the opportunity, "No, he wanted to take the opportunity to frame Wang Jishan. It was his personal grudge with Wang Jishan. I, the Zheng family in Xingyang, did not know about it, and I would never dare to sabotage Enke or block the country's talent selection plan. "
Li Er was silent.
Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to the Zheng family, Wang Jishan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, after interrogation, Zheng Zihe confessed that it was because he had a grudge against the common people and wanted to use this ruthless method to put the common people into harm's way. Death place.”
Changsun Wuji joked: "Purely for personal enmity? I'm afraid that's not the case. If it was purely for personal enmity, I would just pay to kill you. Why did you go to all the trouble to set up such a trap? I'm afraid you want to kill two birds with one stone, not only to stop the court's Enke, but also to Get rid of the enemies by the way.”
Wang Jishan sighed: "The common people can't argue with this. They do have this suspicion."
Li Er said: "Then where is Zheng Zihe?"
The magistrate of Chang'an personally walked out of the hall and brought Zheng Zihe up.
Li Er asked: "Are you Zheng Zihe? How vicious is it to hire a murderer to kill an Enke candidate? I want to know, what is the purpose of your crime?"
Zheng Shuping rushed to shout: "Your Majesty clearly knows that you are definitely not deliberately sabotaging Enke..."
Wei Zheng shouted: "How dare you, above the main hall, dare to publicly collude with each other to confess?"
Zheng Zihe smiled sadly without realizing it, "Why do you need to collude in confession? I am a man who dares to admit it. I paid for the murder and killed him. I am not afraid of hiding it from His Majesty, but I have the intention of destroying Enke. There is another purpose. Just for Wang Jishan."
"If there hadn't been a traitor who betrayed his master and exposed his flaws due to his own cleverness, resulting in failure, according to my original calculation, this would have been a perfect death for Wang Jishan!"
Wang Si said angrily: "My Wang family from Taiyuan and your Zheng family from Xingyang are old friends. There is no hatred or grudge between us. Why are you so cruel to deal with Wang Jishan?"
Zheng Zihe sneered: "Since I was a child, I have heard everyone praise him, Wang Jishan. I did this to prove to you old and dim-witted people that I, Zheng Zihe, am better than him, Wang Jishan."
Wang Jishan smiled bitterly and said: "You are indeed smarter than me. At least I can't solve this game. You lost to the champion, and it was his little trick that led your subordinates to be fooled and exposed the flaw. Otherwise, we would really There are no clues to trace you."
"The champion Hou Xiaorui is the best in the world? Haha! So, I didn't lose unjustly." Zheng Zihe glanced at the civil and military officials of the court, wanting to see who Xiao Rui was.
"Don't look any further, the Marquis will not go to court over a trivial matter like yours." The Chang'an County Magistrate said.
Zheng Zihe: "What an arrogant person... It's a pity that I never got to meet him. Can you give me a message to Xiao Rui?"
The Chang'an County Magistrate looked at the emperor, and the emperor nodded: "When a man is about to die, his words are good, so speak."
Zheng Zihe looked at the emperor and said: "Please tell him four words: draw the fire under the cauldron!"
Um? Everyone is confused, what does this mean?
Only Zheng Shuping understood. Was he trying to leak our plan?
"Bastard, what are you talking about?" Zheng Shuping rushed up and slapped the person hard, knocking him unconscious.
