Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

When Yang Jing and the others heard what Zhu Yunxi said, they felt so awkward.

This grandson negates the fact that Chang Sheng is a murderer in one sentence. He simply disregards the laws of the country and turns black and white!
But now he didn't even have the presiding judge's position, and he was sitting on the small bench with an indecent name. Naturally, he couldn't speak well, so he could only endure it.

But when Chang Sheng was brought up, he still stood up and shouted.

"The criminal Chang Sheng, why don't you kneel down for trial?"

Chang Sheng planned to plead guilty from the very beginning and never thought of evading responsibility.

Therefore, when he heard Yang Jing's words, he wanted to kneel down on the spot as soon as his knees softened.

However, as soon as he bent his knee, Zhu Yunxi stopped him.

"Don't kneel!"

"Chang Sheng's title has not been revoked, and I am still the super founding father of the Ming Dynasty who can avoid kneeling when he is tried by the Ming Law Office."

Sitting below and on the right were the lively Feng Sheng and others, who were overwhelmed on the spot when they heard Wei Yunxie's words.

"well said!"

"No matter how you say it, Chang Sheng is the founder of Ming Dynasty. Even if he committed a huge crime, he shouldn't be spoiled by those villains!"

Three chairs were placed on both sides of the lobby, and a senior official was sitting on each chair.

Sitting on the left are several monks, which can be regarded as a civilian delegation.

Sitting on the right is the Duke of the State headed by Tang He, who should be a delegation of nobles.

Feng Sheng's sudden voice completely blinded the people in the lobby.

Isn't this person a bystander, Xin Dao? Why does he still have the part to speak?
Fu Youde and Tang He didn't care about this, they agreed with Feng Sheng while nodding their heads affirmatively.

Not to be outdone, the civil servants hurriedly stood up and sneered.

"Chang Sheng has committed such a heinous crime. It will be a matter of time before he wins the title. Why not let him kneel down?"

Feng Sheng heard the words and hurriedly stood up and cursed.

"What's the matter sooner or later?"

"As long as the title is not deprived for one day, he will be the founding father of Ming Dynasty!"

"The titles that I have worked so hard on the battlefield are useless to you?"

"Nephew of the Chang family, we are not expensive, so don't lose the honor of our military commander!"

Chang Sheng didn't care about kneeling or not, but seeing what Feng Sheng said, he could only bite the bullet and agree.

"Ugh!"

"Feng Shishu is right, our title is awarded by the emperor, even if we kneel, we can only kneel to the emperor!"

Feng Sheng immediately applauded when he heard the words.

"well said!"

"Our Duke of Ming Dynasty only kneels to the emperor, and others want us to kneel, but there is no way!"

A group of generals, Xungui, who did not squeeze in outside the door, heard the conversation between the two and cheered in unison.

"Second Master Chang is doing great!"

"Didn't embarrass our generals!"

Chang Sheng was also very happy when he heard so many affirmative voices outside the door.

Although he has always claimed that he doesn't care about these people's opinions, deep down, he still likes to be affirmed and recognized by others.

When the civil servants heard the noise outside the door, their expressions became extremely ugly.

But they are ugly and can only be watched, after all, civil servants are different from military generals.The civil servants' side is basically a radish and a pit. Even if they want to come and watch the fun, they don't have the time.

The generals are different, as long as they don't lead troops to fight, they can fart freely in the capital.

Drinking flower wine or visiting brothels every day, coming to Yingtianfu to watch the court trial is already a rare serious thing for them.

Yang Jing saw that the outside was basically reserved by general Xungui who had nothing to do, so he hurriedly called the governor of Yingtou Mansion and asked him to let the people in.

Yin Songyi of Yingtian Mansion looked at the courtyard full of people, and was so angry that he almost cursed his mother.

Usually I don't think so, why are there so many soldiers today?

"My lord, these people can be put in the yard, but they really can't be put in. Even if they are put in, they won't be able to squeeze in front."

"Then tear it down!"

"Remove the door panels, tear down the courtyard walls, and let the common people participate as much as possible!"

Song Yi knew that Yang Jing was

He wanted to blackmail His Majesty by coercing public opinion, so that His Majesty the Emperor must severely punish criminals like Chang Sheng.

Therefore, after a little hesitation, he quickly ordered the servants to tear down the door panels and courtyard walls.

Not long after, thousands of people rushed into the courtyard of Yingtian Mansion, crowding side by side to watch the court trial.

Yang Jing saw that the number of people had overwhelmed the general by far, so he slapped the table and shouted to Chang Sheng:
"The criminal Chang Sheng, do you admit that you killed the 110 people in the Lu family's house?"

Hearing this, Chang Sheng cupped his hands towards Yang Jing and said:
"We recognize the murderer!"

"But we really haven't counted how many people were killed. I just remember that I killed everyone in the Lu family who could breathe!"

"The Lu family had two little boys trying to escape by climbing the wall, but I shot them to death on the edge of the wall with one arrow each!"

Yang Jing trembled with anger when he heard this, and kept shouting.

"Inverted……"

"It's against the sky..."

"Do you still have any humanity? Those two are still children! You are only teenagers this year, and you can do it!"

"Such a stubborn person, I really don't know why there is any need for interrogation. They should be pushed out immediately and executed by Ling Chi."

Chang Sheng was not afraid at all when he heard the words.

"Ling Chi..."

"also……"

The military generals watching the bustle outside the door saw that Chang Sheng was not afraid of hearing Lu Lingchi's punishment, so they couldn't help clamoring and applauding again.

Seeing this, the people around also shouted "Real man" to praise Chang Sheng.

Hearing the voices outside, Yang Jing cursed secretly in his heart, and began to read out Chang Sheng's crimes.

"The criminal facts of Chang Sheng's Miemen case are clear, and the culprit also confessed. According to the law of our Ming Dynasty, this is a heinous crime and should be sentenced to death."

"Come on someone!"

"Push Chang Sheng out and be punished with a thousand cuts!"

Just when several yamen servants were about to step forward to arrest people, Zhu Yunxi, who was sitting in the presiding judge's seat, spoke.

"Wait!"

"Our lawyer has something to say!"

"Please ask our party to come out and defend!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi's words fell, the military commander swerved to open a passage.

Holding a folding fan, Zhou Zhiqing swaggered out of the aisle.

When Yang Jing saw Zhou Zhiqing, his heart skipped a beat.

This guy is a well-known iron mouth in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Wasn't he demoted to Dangzhi County in Haizhou? When did he get together with the grandson Zhu Yunxi?
Zhou Zhiqing came to the lobby, bowed to the adults, and then said loudly.

"Students greet you, adults!"

"Master Yang said earlier that Chang Sheng would destroy the family, but I feel that this is inappropriate."

Yang Jing snorted angrily when he heard the words.

"Zhou Zhiqing, although you are known as an iron mouther, the evidence in this case is conclusive. How can you allow you to talk nonsense here?"

"Could it be possible that you dare to say that Chang Sheng didn't destroy the whole family of the Lu family?"

Yang Jing shook the folding fan, looked at a line of small characters on the folding fan, and then said with a smile.

"of course not!"

"As far as I know, Lu Lu's eldest son often hangs around Huacang and has affairs with many women in brothels. Among them is a Yangzhou singer who gave birth to Lu Lu's eldest son Lu Wei's child, and it has been more than three months now."

When Zhou Zhiqing said this, he quickly looked at the fan again, and then continued.

"In addition, before Lu Wei got married, the Lu family once expelled a maid. The maid was raped by Lu Wei at that time, and she also conceived a child and gave birth to the child."

"The Lu family still has two descendants, one big and one small, how can they be classified as exterminated?"

"This……"

As soon as Zhou Zhiqing's words came out, the entire hall fell silent, so
All the officials who participated in the trial were killed.

They never imagined that the general Xungui was so shameless that two descendants of the Lu family came out of nothing!
In fact, the civil servant really guessed right.

The child in the belly of the Yangzhou singer, the Yangzhou singer herself can't tell.

But one thing is certain, that is, she has indeed slept with Lu Wei, the eldest son of Lu, and there are many
Many people can testify.

In addition, the maidservant of the Lu family also had human teeth and deeds of prostitution to testify, and she did have a child with her.

As for who the child belongs to, it doesn't matter, anyway, the general insisted that it belonged to the Lu family.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and winked at Zhou Zhiqing, very satisfied with Zhou Zhiqing's words just now.

Because he was the one who came up with these two strategies to get rid of the crime, wow quack.

Since the civil official kept saying that it was a massacre, he created evidence that the family was not exterminated.

Dali Temple Minister Zhang Tinglan's face was full of disbelief when he heard the words.

"There is no evidence to say it, but did you bring the descendants of the Lu family?"

"Have!"

Zhou Zhiqing turned around and said to the generals behind him.

"Bring the descendants of the Lu family, as well as personal and physical evidence!"

The general stepped aside again, and a beautiful woman with a slightly bulging belly came out from inside. Behind the beautiful woman was a country woman in coarse clothes and leading a three-year-old child.

Finally, there are brothel old bustards, human teeth and the like.

"Pan Qiaoqiao, a folk woman..."

"The woman Ye Juan..."

"Meet Master Qingtian!"

Zhang Tinglan was a little dazed when he saw a few people appearing. He thought Zhou Zhiqing was just joking, but he never thought that the other party had actually found them.

"Which of you is pregnant with a Lu family's child?"

Pan Qiaoqiao raised her head and said charmingly.

"Reporting to this master, it is my family who is pregnant with Lu Wei's flesh and blood, and it has been more than three months now."

"Is there any evidence?"

Pan Qiaoqiao covered her mouth and giggled when she heard the words.

"My lord, where is the evidence for such a thing?"

"However, three months ago, the officials of the Lu family lived in the slave's house every day. Many people inside and outside the brothel knew about it. You only need to inquire about it!"

The old Wu Zi of the brothel hurried forward two steps.

"My lord, women can testify that Lu Wei really lived with my girl every day until she got tired of playing... No, no, my girl changed to another house after she became pregnant..."

"The neighbors in the neighborhood can testify to this!"

For example, shopkeeper Liu from the herbal medicine shop across the street can testify for my girl.Because Lu Wei is not good at that, I often go to his store to buy yang-strengthening medicine..."

"My lord, do you understand aphrodisiac medicine?"

As soon as the old bustard said this, the outside of the door suddenly became a sea of ​​joy.Every man smiled knowingly, and secretly wrote down key information such as the opposite side of the brothel, Shopkeeper Liu, etc.

When did Zhang Tinglan suffer such humiliation, and immediately slapped the table angrily and cursed.

"This is the court!"

"No one in the courtroom asks you anything, so stop talking nonsense!"

"Yes, yes, the old woman just shut up."

"Who is that, what is your relationship with the Lu family?"

While speaking, Ye Juan dragged her son over from behind, and said to the officials who interrogated him.

"This is the evil son of the Lu family, please let your lord decide for the women, hoo hoo hoo!"

Seeing this, Zhang Tinglan asked again with a gloomy face.

"You say this is the son of the Lu family, so what proof do you have?"

"Have!"

"When Lu Wei seduced the women, he once gave the women a piece of Wang Pei, saying that it was given to him by the princess in the palace."

When Ye Juan was speaking, she took out a jade pendant from her sleeve, and raised it above her head respectfully.

Zhang Tinglan ordered someone to take it over to have a look, only to see the royal brand on it, and immediately knew that this thing could not be fake.

Seeing them inspecting the jade pendant, Zhu Yunxi immediately ordered someone to bring the account books rewarded by the palace, and pretended to compare them.

After a while, the record of the jade pendant was found in the account book, which proved that the object really came from the Prince's Mansion, and it was a royal property.

So far, Ye Juan's identity has also been confirmed.

Zhang Tinglan and the others did not give up, but after seeing the deed of prostitution submitted by Ren Yazi, they had to admit that the chain of evidence was complete.
After hearing this, Yuan Tai, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up and said.

"Even if the Lu family still has two bloodlines in the world, but Chang Sheng killed more than 100 people in the Lu family, this must not be faked.
"

Yuan Tai didn't look at Chang Sheng when he said this, but just stared at Zhu Yunxi who was beside him.

Zhu Yunxi was embarrassed by Yuan Tai's look, and said with a slight smile.

"Not fake!"

"Chang Sheng did kill more than 100 people."

"But this move can't be regarded as destroying the family. At least it still left two bloodlines for the Lu family?"

"Okay, okay, even if you didn't kill the family, then killing more than 100 people should be punished with death, right?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled again, and pointed to Zhou Zhiqing who was below.

"I'm still young, so please ask me to talk."

"Zhou Zhiqing, you come and answer Master Yuan's words."

Zhou Zhiqing hurriedly stepped forward when he heard the words.

"Master Yuan, we have not denied the crime of murder, we just don't want to admit the crime of exterminating the family."

"Since Mr. Yuan doesn't think that the Lu family has been wiped out, let's continue the trial!"

Yuan Tai was puzzled when he heard the words.

"What else is there to judge?"

"You all admit these more than 100 lives, so Chang Sheng should plead guilty and bring justice to justice?"

Zhou Zhiqing said loudly when he heard this.

"We admit it!"

"We didn't say we won't plead guilty, but as long as it wasn't the Miemen massacre, then we would have a defense."

"debate?"

"right!"

"debate!"

"First of all, Chang Sheng is the founding father of the country, according to the rituals of the Eight Discussions, at least it can be regarded as meritorious deeds, and the crime can be reduced by one level.

The so-called Eight Discussions are loopholes set up by the ancient emperors and nobles in order to exonerate themselves.
Discuss the worthy, discuss the ability, discuss the meritorious service, discuss the noble, discuss the diligent, discuss the guests.

Each one can reduce the crime by one class.

A death sentence can be turned into a reprieve, and a reprieve can be turned into a prison sentence or something like that.

After discussing with the three princes, Zhu Yunxi felt that it was almost impossible to completely exonerate Chang Sheng, so he could only try to start with the Eight Discussions.

But to apply the Eight Proposals, there is another prerequisite, that is, not to commit heinous crimes.

Therefore, they spent so much energy looking for singers and women, just to prove that the Lu family was not destroyed and that Chang Sheng did not commit any heinous crimes.

As long as he was cleared of the crime of exterminating the family, he could use the loophole of Ba Yi to help Chang Sheng reduce his crimes one by one.

"Chang Sheng is the younger brother of the Crown Princess, and he agrees with the method of discussing relatives and nobles."

"Chang Sheng was conscientious, diligent and hard-working during his tenure in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

"Of course it is wrong for Chang Sheng to kill people, but the Lu family provoked first, insulted the ancestors of the Chang family, and practiced witchcraft to curse the Chang family and His Highness the Third Emperor's grandson. Chang Sheng murdered passionately in anger, it is justifiable... ..."

Yang Jing was dumbfounded on the spot when he heard this, where is this going to kill with passion?
Besides, when did the Lu family scold the ancestors of the Chang family?

"Zhou Zhiqing, do you have evidence for what you said?"

Zhou Zhiqing glanced at the fan, saw that the key information had been written on it, and said hastily.

"Yes, I have!"

"Jin Yiwei dug out a large number of villains used in witchcraft from Lu's house, with Chang Sheng's birthday written on them, cursing him for madness and so on."

"In addition, the Lu family also cursed that the third emperor's grandson would die early. Chang Sheng just heard about this and killed him in a fit of anger."

As soon as Zhou Zhiqing's words fell, the generals behind him moved out of the way again, and several Jin Yiwei carried a big bamboo basket, and threw a bunch of villains to the ground, causing the surrounding people to cry out in surprise.

"so much!"

"The Lu family is too deceitful. The third grandson is the only child of the Chang family's crown princess. If I were Chang Sheng, I would not be able to spare their Lu family!"

"that's right!"

"Whoever has an emperor's grandson who looks like he can be the heir apparent should be protected like a treasure. Their Lu family dares to curse the emperor's grandson. They should be killed by the Chang family!"

"The third emperor's grandson is the hope of the Chang family. The Lu family actually wants to destroy the hope of the family. It really deserves death!"

Yang Jing was a little sweaty when he heard the people's opinions were one-sided.

If these evidences are true, then the Lu family did not die unjustly.

But even if the Lu family deserved to die, would they still have to go through the tribunal for trial and conviction, and then be dealt with by the court?
What the hell is Chang Sheng using lynching?
"Cough cough!"

"Regardless of whether the evidence is true or not, Chang Sheng's murder is always a fact, right?"

"I sentenced him to death, does anyone have any objections?"

As soon as Yang Jing said this, the people around fell silent for a moment.They support it, but no one thinks that Chang Sheng shouldn't die.After all, more than 100 people were killed, so they all had to die.

It was just that they had objections to Ling Chi's torture, but now that they heard that it was only a death sentence, everyone immediately shut up.

Zhou Zhiqing coughed in embarrassment, and hurriedly flirted with the generals behind him. Not long after, there was a startling "dong" sound outside the gate of Yingtianfu Mansion.

The three officials in charge of hearing the case frowned when they heard the sound of the drum. Today is the time for hearing Qin's case. How could there be any unscrupulous people who dare to come and complain?
Besides, are all the government servants in Yingtian Mansion blind, don't you know how to stop them?
"My lord, there are hundreds of people clamoring and suing outside the door, accusing the Lu family of oppressing goodness, buying and selling by force, killing people in vain, etc!"

When Yang Jing heard that it was such a shitty thing, he ordered someone to drive him away on the spot.

This kind of case is usually a big case, but it is not under the jurisdiction of their Ministry of Criminal Affairs. It should be heard by local governments before being reported to their Ministry of Criminal Justice for review.

However, before he could speak, Zhu Yunxie spoke first.

"Call everyone in!"

"Son of the Three Emperors, is this something wrong?"

"Gu was ordered by the emperor's grandfather to come to listen to the voice of the people. This is the voice of the people, so why should Gu refuse?"

When Yang Jing heard what Zhu Yunxi said, his face flushed with embarrassment, and he nodded in agreement.

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"The words of the third emperor's grandson are very true, and the officials will bear in mind the teachings of the third emperor's grandson."

It is impossible to bring all of the more than 100 people up, and even if they could, it would not fit in the lobby.

Therefore, only a few representatives can be brought in, and the rest are kneeling outside the hall.

As soon as a few commoners came in, they kowtowed and cried to the officials in the lobby.

"Master Qingtian, please be the master!"

"The Lu family has been lending usury all these years, but my family only borrowed 40 taels of silver. In two years, the interest rate has rolled to more than [-] taels!"

"The little old man couldn't pay back, so they took my daughter to pay off the debt!"

"A good little girl with yellow flowers is worth ten taels of silver, so the little old man still owes them 30 taels!"

"My lords, the villain also has difficulties. In order to raise money to buy land, the villain pawned a piece of jewelry handed down from his ancestors, but was transferred by Lu's pawnshop and replaced with a wooden hairpin. The villain was not convinced and argued with them. , they find thugs to beat villains."

"Gentlemen, villains also have grievances!"

"The villain's sons who were forced by the Lu family's loan sharks are all dead, please be the master for me, woo woo woo."

As more and more people cried and complained, the surrounding people were gradually moved.

If we say that at the beginning, they were just watching the excitement, watching the fun of the emperor's relatives killing the emperor's relatives.

But now they heard the cries of the same ordinary people, and the balance in their hearts gradually tilted towards what Chang Sheng wanted.

Because compared to a murderer, they hate those greedy people who use their power to oppress the people and are rich and unkind.

Chang Sheng killed people, but he killed the powerful, not just casually.

But the Lu family's usury does not harm the rich and noble families, but ordinary people!
Comparing the two, they immediately felt that Chang Sheng was more acceptable.

As more and more people sued and cried, and as more and more murder cases surfaced, the dirty things that the Lu family had done over the years were gradually exposed to the public.

Not to mention that the people around were filled with righteous indignation, it was Yang Jing, the de facto chief judge, whose eyes were faintly red when he heard so many people suing the Lu family and the things that had already been sued.

The Lu family has done so many evil things behind their backs all these years?
But it's not surprising when you think about it, whether it's a pawn shop or loan sharks, they are all things that deceive and harm others.

If you want to make money in these two ways, you can't do it if your hands are not dirty and your heart is not ruthless.

Of course, compared to the royal family who run brothels and casinos, this matter of the Lu family is nothing.
But having said that, ordinary people in brothels and casinos can't afford it, and it's the rich who are cheating.

However, pawnshops and loan sharks are different, and the poor people are cheated.

Not long after, there was a roar like a mountain roar and a tsunami outside the lobby

"Good kill!"

"This kind of family should be exterminated!"

"Pooh!"

"Deserved!"

"The second master of the Chang family is doing justice for the heavens!"