Three days later, at the gate of the Ministry of Justice.
Compared with the usual deserted situation, the Criminal Department was bustling with people early in the morning today. Countless people from Kyoto had gathered here early, and some even stayed at the door all night in order to have a good position.
The three-court trial will begin today at the Criminal Department.
On weekdays, no one, no matter officials or common people, wants to have anything to do with this place, because that means you are in trouble.
But today was uncharacteristically busy, with people coming and going and it was so lively.
After three days of preparation, basically all the evidence was already in hand.
Time passed little by little, and the door of the Criminal Department was slowly opened.
All officials involved in the case from Duchayuan, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment all showed up.
Nie Rong, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, presided over the trial, Wei Yan, the imperial censor of Duchayuan, Jiang Zheng, the minister of Dali Temple, served as the deputy presiding judge, and there were six chief officials who attended.
When Zhang Yuhang came out with the people, he found that everyone was basically there.
There were three people sitting side by side on the main seat. Except for Nie Rong, whom they had known for a long time, the remaining two were naturally Wei Yan and Jiang Zheng. There were many seats on both sides, and they were also full.
After Zhang Yuhang appeared, Nie Rong was expressionless. Wei Yan looked curiously at the new Baihu of the Supervisory Tiansi. He was personally appointed by His Majesty, but Wei Yan still admired him very much in terms of what he did.
As for Jiang Zheng's indifferent look, compared to the game played by the court, Zhang Yuhang is just a pawn at best, and he cannot catch the eye of him, the minister of Dali Temple.
It's just that many people from Dali Temple and Duchayuan sitting next to him were very dissatisfied and resentful towards Zhang Yuhang, and there was even some fear in their eyes.
These are all people Zhang Yuhang has talked with in private over the past few days. Knowing that he has a lot of leverage in his hands, it's no wonder he has a good impression of them.
"Snapped!"
Nie Rong slapped the wooden door with his big hand and said loudly: "Take the Wang family's daughter Yaru to the hall. The rest of the people should keep quiet. No noise is allowed in the hall."
The first sentence was addressed to the junior officials in the Ministry of Punishment, and the second sentence was naturally an admonition to the onlookers. With so many people, they did not dare and could not make the slightest mistake.
The clerk brought up Wang Yaru, who had been settled for a long time, and there were many other witnesses who had been found in the past few days.
They were all insiders of what happened in the southern border back then. Supervisor Tiansi had already prepared the trump cards, many of which were the confidants of these officials.
"The daughter of the common people has met the Lord Shangshu and met all of you."
"I'll see you, Lord Shangshu, and all of you."
Nie Rong nodded and said, "No need to be polite, just stand up."
Then he said to the two people around him: "You two, I will start now."
"Then let's begin!"
The expressions of everyone in the field changed with this sentence, and the main event was coming.
"Servant Qiao Yuqiao, raise your head and look at that person. Do you recognize him?"
In fact, Qiao Yu's heart trembled when he first met that person. He was the confidant he relied on the most back then. But on top of the matter of the southern border, this person was incompatible with him.
In order to prevent the incident from being leaked, he ordered someone to deal with him secretly. How could he appear in this place now? Didn't he die back then?
In fact, these people were either participants in the Southern Territory incident, or insiders of other things he had done. These people shown by Supervisor Tiansi opposite showed how deeply he and others were investigated by them.
Some of these people were unwilling to join in the conspiracy, some had their share of the spoils unequally, and some were even ruined by themselves. Some of them were even disabled and could not even speak, but they all appeared here at this moment without exception.
What frightened them even more was that it had been three days, but why was there no movement at all in the court?
Is it true that the Right Prime Minister really doesn't care? Isn't he afraid that people like him will drag them out to bury them together and die together?
"What else is there to say? The facts are already very clear and the evidence is conclusive. Mr. Nie, do you think these beasts have any qualifications to make excuses?" Wei Yan started directly: "It's okay to pronounce the verdict directly. Why do we have to hold a three-stage trial? But this is not the case. Okay, you can just confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, kill them if they should, and exile them if they should, no one is innocent anyway."
Nie Rong said: "Master Wei, don't be angry, you still have to give them a chance. After all, there are many officials involved in this incident, so we have to be cautious."
Then he looked at the people kneeling in the hall and said, "Listen carefully. If you have anything else you want to say, just say it. After today, you won't have a chance to speak."
Zhang Yuhang noticed that among the officials kneeling in the hall, except for Qiao Yu, who looked normal, all the others seemed to be like zombies, even Guo Huai and Guo Shangshu.
Faced with these questions and the many accusations from the court, it seemed as if they had not been heard.
No matter what kind of question it was, Qiao Yu was the only one who answered it.
Zhang Yuhang's eyes widened and he looked at the three adults who were holding the three-chamber trial and the six accompanying chiefs. An indescribable chill seeped out from his back.
This group of people has been dealt with in advance in order to keep them in this confused state, just to prevent them from talking nonsense in the lobby, leaving only Qiao Yu.
He is the biggest official involved in this case who can be dealt with, and someone must cooperate with this kind of interrogation, otherwise the one-man show will be exposed and everything in the court will become a joke.
After Zhang Yuhang noticed this, he carefully looked at the crowd watching in front of the door, and then realized that the people at the front waving flags and shouting the loudest were mostly strong men, and these people almost had a tacit understanding to tell the people behind them Block behind.
All they could see were the backs of these corrupt officials in front of the hall. The officials above the hall were also staring at the ground, hardly looking at these officials.
Even the witnesses could hardly speak without speaking. Wang Yaru, the only one who was the most active, had almost all her hatred attracted to Qiao Yu and did not notice anything unusual about the others.
Zhang Yuhang felt a chill down his spine. He had only heard before about how dark the officialdom was and how dirty politics was, but it wasn't until this moment that he really felt it.
Regardless of the dynasty, politicians are so damn dirty.
But where is the Zhou law that everyone is pursuing? Zhao Yueming keeps pursuing strict laws and having laws to abide by, but what is the situation now?
Wei Yan is known as the number one troll in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is upright and upright, but this is the result. Is this upright and upright?
Isn’t it said that the Minister of Punishment is one of the few people with conscience in the court?
What is it now, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?
