Not only Changsheng thought of this, Datou and others also discovered that someone was causing trouble secretly. Datou leaned close to Changsheng and whispered, "My lord, something is wrong. It seems that someone is causing trouble secretly."
After finishing speaking, Yu Yi said, "It's not like it seems, but it's certain. Moreover, this person is proficient in the criminal law of the Tang Dynasty. He knows that these people have death-avoidance elixirs given by the emperor, so he decides that they are not exempt from death." The felony of rebellion."
Hearing the words of the two men, Changsheng frowned and nodded. The ancients said that looking at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face, to put it bluntly, is to beat the dog and deceive the master. These veterans were brought back from the Western Regions, but now they have been convicted and executed. This matter is obvious. It's just for him.
He didn't expect that only two months after he left Chang'an, someone would be causing trouble secretly. Since he offended many people when he was in charge of Yushitai, he couldn't determine who was behind it for a while.
"Could someone be turning a deaf ear?" Big Head asked in a low voice.
Although Datou did not say it clearly, Changsheng knew that he was referring to Concubine Li. Everyone in his party knew that there was a female spy sent by the Japanese pirates in the harem. This person was most likely the favored Concubine Li, and when everyone left Chang'an, this person Already pregnant.
After a brief pause, Changsheng frowned and shook his head, "No, he's not that confused yet."
While several people were chatting in low voices, the leader of the supervisor came over cautiously and carefully handed back the official seals of the big head and others to the four of them.
At this moment, the school captain who had previously left on horseback rode back and brought back the relevant files on the case.
Changsheng once served as a censor, and he read too many files. After opening the files, he first read the interrogation confessions, then who was in court, and finally the instructions at all levels.
There is a common misunderstanding in the world that county magistrates can convict murders. In fact, this is not the case. All death sentences must be reported step by step and finally approved by the Ministry of Punishment. Without the approval of the Ministry of Punishment, local officials cannot kill people.
Yushitai and Dali Temple are not subject to this restriction, because Yushitai and Dali Temple themselves are law offices parallel to the Ministry of Punishment, and can investigate cases, convict, and execute punishments on their own.
There is no problem with the confessions given in court, and the facts are also very simple. The youngest of these veterans is in their fifties. As people get older, they like to squat on the wall and chat about daily life. Moreover, they have just returned to their place of origin and have fallen back to their roots, so they are also indifferent to the villagers. They were completely unprepared and did not shy away from speaking. When the villagers squatting on the wall heard them discussing the current situation, they secretly reported the matter to the government. And these veterans indeed said that the Tang Dynasty was not what it used to be. In other words, in addition to their own confessions, the witness statements are also complete.
When Changsheng was checking the files, Yu Yi was also reading them. When he saw the key points, he turned to look at the veterans, "Did they abuse the criminal law and beat them into submission during the trial?"
"No, they didn't torture us," a veteran replied. After this person finished speaking, the rest of the people nodded in agreement. At the same time, some people shouted injustice, "But they deceived us. They only thought that we were meritorious officials. As long as they tell the truth, If we confess, we will be allowed to go home.”
"You guys are really sincere. Do you believe what they say?" Datou glanced at the speaker angrily, then asked seriously, "I'll ask you again, have they ever used anything against you?" punishment?"
These veterans are all rough people, and because of their age, their brains are not very bright. They can't hear the hidden meaning of Da Tou's words. When they heard his questions, they all shook their heads and said no.
"You weren't beaten during the court appearance, and you weren't beaten during the detention period? Think about it before you answer." Datou hinted again.
A group of veterans didn't know why, and they all told the truth, "I haven't fought before, I really haven't fought before."
Datou didn't do anything, he just glanced at them angrily and stopped asking questions.
At this time, Changsheng was looking at the officials who had passed the court and the approval documents at all levels. This matter was handled by the county. County officials are a very broad title. All officials with high grades in the county government can be called county officials, but not Every county official has the power to go to court. Only the first-ranking county magistrate and the second-ranking county magistrate are qualified to go to court for questioning. The case is brought to court by the county magistrate. After the case is brought to court, it is reported step by step to the Ministry of Punishment. There are no missing steps. , can't fault anything.
Since these veterans had death-avoidance elixirs, after the case was reported to the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Punishment did not make the decision exclusively. Instead, it was reported to the Shangshu Province in accordance with the provisions of criminal law.
Shangshu Sheng believed that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to make any decision, so he immediately reported it to Menxia Sheng. The execution of the seven people was approved by Menxia Sheng.
As soon as he saw the official seal of Menxia Province, Changsheng suddenly realized that after he resigned and left Beijing, the emperor probably re-activated Qian Zhonglin, the servant of Menxia Province.
On that day, Qian Zhonglin tried to harm everyone in his own party and directly killed a group of Yu Yi's disciples. Afterwards, he came to the door and beat Qian Zhonglin half to death. The matter became serious and alarmed the emperor. As the leader of Qingliu, Qian Zhonglin The emperor could not remove him from office and investigate the case, so in the end he could only be punished with eighty points each. He was fined for one year's salary, while Qian Zhonglin was fined for living at home for one year.
Calculated according to the time of the incident, Qian Zhonglin had been thinking about his past at home for less than a year, but it was already the New Year's Eve and it was considered a new year. It was not impossible for the emperor to use Qian Zhonglin.
Changsheng finished reading the file, and Yu Yi also finished reading it. Changsheng understood what was going on, and Yu Yi also understood it. When he thought of the tragic end of everyone in Shifang An, Yu Yi was filled with rage, regardless of the prison officials and government soldiers. Someone nearby stared angrily, "I'll go back and kill this old man..."
"Huh?" Changsheng frowned and raised his hand to stop Yu Yi from continuing, and turned to the seven veterans and said, "You all go home first, and leave this matter to me."
The veterans were overjoyed to have escaped death. They were grateful for the protection and protection of immortality. They knelt down on the ground again and kowtowed to express their thanks.
Seeing that Chang Sheng was going to let these death row prisoners go, the supervisor became anxious, "Your Majesty, this, this, this..."
"Fuck," Datou said anxiously, "I think you've really had enough."
The local officials all knew that there was a vicious dwarf around Chang Sheng. Although they had never met Da Tou himself, they had all heard of his methods. The supervisor had no doubt that Da Tou would kill him on the spot. When he heard him speak, his face turned pale with fear. , dare not say anything.
Changsheng is a prince, so Datou knew that there were some things he couldn't say, so he waved his hands to the supervisor and others and said, "We will deal with this matter and won't embarrass you. You can go back first."
Hearing what Datou said, the supervisor and others could only lead everyone to leave. One person fainted on the stage and they were carried away together. In fact, the fainted one had woken up long ago and was just pretending to be fainted, because at this time, being awake would be worse than being fainted. With.
The released veterans did not leave. Seeing what happened here, they warmly invited Chang Sheng and others to be their guests. Chang Sheng was full of anger and worry at this time, and how could he be in the mood to go as guests? He managed to calm down with a few words, and then Urging them to go back as soon as possible.
After these veterans left with a lot of gratitude, Chang Sheng and others went to the edge of the forest in the east of the city to take a rest.
We originally planned to hide our whereabouts and go to the dense forests of the Northeast. A sudden change completely disrupted our plan. Datou was the first to speak, "Your Majesty, Qian Zhonglin has probably been reinstated."
"He was not removed from office in the first place." Changsheng corrected casually.
"How old is that old coffin man? Why does the emperor still use him?" Datou sighed angrily.
"Because he is loyal to the emperor and poses no threat to the emperor." Changsheng said. They hate Qian Zhonglin to the extreme, but the emperor does not hate this person because he is the leader of Qingliu and has a high position. When the eunuch party was in power, Qian Zhonglin had always stood firmly on the emperor's side.
"Your Majesty, there are more than 300 elderly soldiers you brought back from the Western Regions that day," Yu Yi said in a deep voice. "These people have been away from home for decades and have little understanding of the current situation in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, they rarely follow the people in the desert. When dealing with people, it's easy to do wrong things after returning home, and I'm worried that that old guy will instruct local governments to frame him maliciously."
"What you said is exactly what I'm worried about," Changsheng said. "If he had the intention to embarrass me, he would never attack just these seven people, and he would not let go of the others either."
As the supervisory censor of the Yushitai, Datou also knows the law very well, "This is what we do. To put it bluntly, who do we want to kill? Isn't it hard to find a reason?"
Without waiting for Changsheng to answer, Datou said again, "My lord, you brought those veterans back. Qian Zhonglin made it clear that they came for you. Maybe he has killed many of those veterans."
"Oh, okay, okay, don't add fuel to the fire." Shi Xuanming said.
"Tsk, is it fun to deceive yourself?" Big head glared, "We just came back from the East China Sea, and no one knew that we were going to pass through Shenzhou, so today's matter must not have been prepared by them in advance, we just happened to meet it. This is If we have met, there must be others we have not met.”
"What do you think?" Changsheng asked for everyone's opinions.
Everyone knew what Chang Sheng meant, whether to continue northward to look for Yin Hu and Chou Niu, or return to Chang'an to settle the matter.
"Damn it, you can't do the right thing. Adding trouble is worth the trouble," Datou angrily cursed, "Go back, otherwise you won't be interested in doing anything and you will be thinking about this all day long."
After the leader finished speaking, Yu Yi answered, "What I mean is that the troops are divided into two groups. We finally got the upper hand. If we go to Chang'an, we will miss the chance of fighting. You continue to go north, and I will go back."
"No, it's not safe for you to go back by yourself." Datou shook his head and objected, then turned to look at Shi Xuanming, "Real man, what do you mean?"
"I listen to you." Shi Xuanming said casually.
Da Tou looked at Yang Kai again, "Yang Kai, what about you, don't pretend to be dumb."
"I have to go back," Yang Kai said sternly, "I was also present on the night when the prince had an affair with him. Listening to this person's words, he seemed to be quite hostile to the prince and Zhenren Zhang. I always thought that the prince would join forces with Zhenren Zhang to rebel. This person is very It may have been reactivated by the imperial court, and I suspect that the money and food from the Ministry of Revenue has been diverted by this person for other purposes, aiming to reduce military supplies and contain Zhang Zhenren's 100,000 troops."
After Yang Kai finished speaking, Chang Sheng frowned. He had not connected these two things together before. After thinking about it carefully, what Yang Kai said was indeed reasonable. However, if Qian Zhonglin really did this, it would not be to share your worries, but to share your worries. It is self-destruction of the Great Wall.
The matter was of great importance and there was no need to delay. Changsheng did not hesitate and immediately got on his horse and said, "Let's go back..."
