"Executed to death? Haha, it's a coincidence that he died within one day of entering the prison." Xia Liangliang, a member of the Criminal Department, first glanced at the person in charge, Shao Cheng, and then a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Shao Cheng, the manager, lowered his head and looked at the ground with polished bricks in the house, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Renhuan, this is something no one can imagine. This Hu Yong has suffered a year in Daning. I guess he will stay here." There's a hidden disease."
Xia Yuanwailang laughed twice again, patted the two pages of paper on the desk and said: "This case is already open to the world. It will definitely not work if you give it as a report. Please record the interrogation records and on-duty records in the jail the day before yesterday." The records and the confessions of prisoners in the same cell were all sent to me for review."
Shao Cheng agreed and bowed out. Xia Liangliang placed the report submitted by Shao Cheng on the corner of the desk, put a little ink on the lower right corner of the report with the brush in his hand, shook his head slightly, and buried his head in the paperwork.
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"Yong Hui, Yong Hui!" Two consecutive calls called the soul of Han Bixian, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion, back from outside Jiutian Cloud. He suddenly came back to his senses and looked at the old man sitting in front of him on the main seat.
"It's useless for you to think wildly now." There was a mouthful of phlegm in his throat, and a low and deep voice comforted him, "Wang Zongyan has already said that Hu Yong has been in the sky jail for two days and has not seen anyone except the death row inmates in the same room. The Queen Mother celebrates her birthday next month, and there will definitely be a winter battle this month. It will be clean and tidy, so what are you afraid of?"
Han Bixian hummed twice, and his thoughts began to wander again involuntarily. At the same time, he felt his heart pounding like a drum and sweat on his forehead.
The old man sighed: "It's a pity that we can't get involved in Daning. Otherwise, when the case here comes out, he will be killed immediately there, so there is no need to take the risk of starting a case in Tianlao and bear the huge responsibility."
Han Bixian hummed twice again, picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a sip of water. Because his hands were shaking, the tea bowl made a slight tinkling sound.
"Old sir, I don't know if Jinyi Weishen checked him before he was sent to him. If Hu Yong had told him on the way, everything would have been over."
When the old man heard this, he coughed twice and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the spittoon at his feet. He picked up the tea bowl and drank some water to moisten his throat and said: "You don't have to worry about this section. Our people are following you on the road, and they reported that the Jin Yiwei has not tried it - if it had been tried, the matter would have happened long ago."
After speaking, he sighed and said, "I never expected that the mine would actually collapse and bury people. Hey, it's so messy now, and those guys are not easy to get along with."
Han Bixian's face flushed, and his eye circles became red as well. He said with a bit of cry: "Now I only want to save my family and my life. I have nothing else. The income is only thirteen thousand, but I put my head under the knife. I must regret it!"
The old man's mouth twitched a few times after hearing his sincere confession. He put the tea bowl on the table next to him and snorted: "Now there is only one Ma Bin left. If his mouth is blocked, who can find out about you?"
"That fool Wei Yunzhong is a good candidate to take the blame... If he is not enough, adding Wang Yixiu will also relieve the emperor's anger."
Han Bixian calmed down, wiped his face and said: "Sir, we have searched all the places where people can live near the capital. Ma Bin's hometown has also been turned upside down, but not even a hair is found. Where can this bastard hide?"
The old man pondered for a long time, and finally said: "As soon as the Miyun Mine collapsed, Ma Bin disappeared without a trace, which shows that he had already made plans. If we can't find it, Jin Yiwei can find it? Those in his family have also made arrangements long ago. A way out."
"Ma Bin has been a pawnbroker for many years, so he must have many identities that can be replaced. This family changed their names and fled to Myanmar. Who can solve this case ten or eight years later? Now we can relax, Wait for the news to pass - I hope that Ma Bin will have a good plan so that no one can find him."
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On the ninth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ministry of Punishment submitted a petition for the Winter Judgment, and the Political Affairs Hall was transferred to the Qintian Prison of the Ministry of Rites to set the date as October 24th. After the daily newspapers in Beijing and Beijing successively reported on the Miyun mineral theft case, they quickly changed their targets. After all, in today's Ming Dynasty, new things are happening every moment.
Between the government and the public, the small stir caused by the Miyun mine theft case soon became quiet due to the intervention of caring people. Zhang Jing, from the Finance and Planning Department of the inner government, was secretly ruthless. He investigated Miyun Iron and Steel Trading Company thoroughly and pulled out a bunch of silverfish. However, because of the interruption of clues, he did not follow the lead to Shuntian Mansion.
Wei Yunzhong's suspension was appropriate. Wang Yixiu, under Wang Tingzhan's protection, accepted the warning. After overcoming another difficulty in his career, he reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to resign and insisted on leaving.
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On the twenty-fourth day of the winter lunar month in the twelfth year of Wanli, Li Wei, the uncle of Wu Qing, got up early and arranged for people in the uncle's house to put up incense in the hall. At nine o'clock, he took his eldest son Li Gao, his second son Li Kuan and a group of servants and went straight to the West Market. ——Qiu Xizi, the killer who killed his grandson Li Changgui, will be beheaded today. Uncle Li wants to get the head from Wanping County to pay homage to his grandson.
When Qiu Xizi was collecting protection money, he had a conflict with Li Changgui who came forward and accidentally beat him to death. The initial verdict in Wanping County, the review in Shuntian Prefecture, and the trial in Dali Temple were all executions.
Because the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty" clearly states: "Whoever kills in a fight will be hanged. According to the law, the copper coins will be redeemed and paid to the home of the person who was killed as burial and medicine expenses." Before Qiu Xizi killed Li Changgui, the two had nothing to do with each other. , not enough to commit murder anyway.
In "The Laws of the Ming Dynasty", there is a clear difference between murder and manslaughter. A beheading can be displayed in public, while a hanging can leave the whole body.
However, judging from the identity of the victim, he was the grand-nephew of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, so the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple had to leave room for the Empress Dowager to vent her anger. Sure enough, after reviewing the death penalty file, the emperor sentenced Qiu Xizi to beheading for a first-class crime on the grounds that Qiu Xizi had no money to pay for his burial.
For Qiu Xizi, beheading and hanging are both killings. He doesn't care too much whether the whole body is left, not to mention that hanging is more painful for the experience. The emperor gave him a higher crime, but exempted him from paying the funeral expenses for Uncle Wu Qing's family, which was a win-win situation for everyone.
When Wu Qingbo and Li Wei's carriage arrived at the Xisi Archway, some people had already gathered around the execution ground. Seeing the arrival of a distinguished person, the officer responsible for maintaining order arranged for someone to separate a passage and moved two benches from somewhere to let Uncle Li Sitting on the ground.
Before noon, the area around the execution ground was already crowded with people and noisy. The common people of the capital gathered in the Western Market to see the red messenger as if they were going to a market. This day is the end of the death row, but ordinary people regard it as a break from the boring life.
For small traders, business days are a good opportunity to make profits. The executioner wielded the ghost-headed knife at exactly noon, which was well past meal time, and the spectators were all hungry, so buying something to eat and drink was considered a routine act - just like buying popcorn and soda when watching a movie in later generations.
Just after midday, the sound of gongs rang in the distance, and a group of red-coated soldiers escorted a row of prison cars out of the short street on the east side of the West Market and into the sight of the onlookers. There were bursts of cheers at the entrance to the West Market because the onlookers were impatient for waiting.
There are a total of nineteen people participating in today's winter showdown, and there are various tricks including cutting, killing, and hanging. Onlookers can choose to watch from different angles at the same time. Uncle Li Wei was sitting in the inner circle, facing the temporary banquet tent set up on the north side. Now, tables and chairs have been placed under the banquet shed. The head of the Criminal Department, the official of Jinyi Guards Hall, the Shuntian Prefecture, and the magistrates of Daxing and Wanping counties are all sitting or standing under the banquet shed, waiting for the condemned prisoners to be taken to the execution ground.
When Li Wei looked towards North Street, he could still see the flagpole of the small temple on the street behind the execution platform. Because of the red errand today, a tooth-hanging flag embroidered with "Buddha's light shines everywhere" was hung on the flagpole to avoid evil spirits. Drifting in the cold north wind.
This "street temple" was built by Emperor Yingzong in order to express his gratitude for the return of Wala to him. He also ordered the officials and people of the capital to go around it from both sides. Different from ordinary temples, it is only ten feet in diameter. It is built in the middle of North Street at the intersection of the West Market, facing south and north - I don't know which Feng Shui master gave him the idea. But for the Ming emperor and the people in the capital, this temple could only be regarded as an ugly scar left by the Tumubao Incident.
Li Changgui's sudden death has made Wu Qingbo feel depressed for the past six months. Today, when he saw the Buddha's shining teeth hanging flags, his heart became more and more panicked. He gritted his teeth and opened his eyes wide, turning his head to the east to look at the direction of the prison car.
As the prison cars were opened one by one, the prisoners, all tied up and with wooden rafts stuck behind their backs, were escorted by red-clad officers and soldiers and filed in.
Except for a widow who was sentenced to beheading and tied to a wooden stake on the west side of the execution ground for conspiring with her lover and poisoning her parents-in-law to inherit the inheritance, the other prisoners were divided into two groups. Those who were beheaded were kneeling in the west, and those who were hanged were in the west. Kneel down on the east side.
As usual, the royal guards in flying fish uniforms took out the imperial edict and read it out, stating that the emperor was cautious in punishing and killing, and was considerate of God's will and the people. However, the prisoners sentenced to death today were all unpardonable. They were only used to deter lawbreakers and were not allowed to be punished. The officials and people in the world are ordered to take this as a warning and not to commit adultery or violate the law.
After the officials and people at the court listened to the emperor's imperial edict in silence, Shao Cheng, the head of the Criminal Department, as the prison officer, went to the tent to verify the identity of the prisoners one by one.
The tightly tied Qiu Xizi knelt on the ground, holding her neck hard, and moved her eyes to look for her family in the crowd.
Suddenly, he saw his wife with withered hair and a haggard face, carrying a basket and looking at him in the crowd, followed by her natal brother, holding a bundle of reed mats in his hand - at this moment, this cruel and evil man The big man collapsed and exchanged tears.
While he was sobbing softly, Shao Cheng walked up to him and asked him, as usual, if he had any grievances.
This is the legacy of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Before execution, all prisoners on death row in the Ming Dynasty had the wooden balls they had to wear in their mouths removed during the Song and Yuan Dynasties - Zhu Yuanzhang left the last glimmer of hope for prisoners who might have been unjustly executed.
When Qiu Xizi heard Shao Cheng ask him if he was wronged, he first shook his head with tears in his eyes. When Shao Cheng walked away with a sigh of relief and went to question the prisoner next to him, he heard Qiu Xizi shouting from behind him: "I have a grievance to report! It's not my grievance, it's Hu Yong from Miyun County who was in prison with me. He was there." He was sentenced to death in Tianlao!"
"He was expelled and died in the prison!"
"He was silenced!"
"He told me the truth about the Miyun excavation case! I am willing to submit to the law, just give me a chance to speak!"
As he screamed at the top of his lungs, at noon in the capital, the sky was inexplicably covered with a layer of dark clouds, and in the head of Supervisor Shao Cheng, bursts of rumbling thunder rang out.
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