I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 44
"Because someone threatened us in the prison before!"

"what?"

The words of these two confessions were like a bolt from the blue, smashing many officials present from the inside to the outside. There is nothing wrong with ordinary small cases, but such a big case that resounds throughout the capital dares to make a move. Isn't it courting death?
At this moment, someone has already cast a sympathetic look at Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Prefecture who is sitting in the corner, and Ding Shichang is currently in a state of confusion, sweating profusely, trembling, not knowing what to explain.

It doesn’t matter if there are any problems with the confession submitted earlier, but now the prisoner in the case is being threatened in the prison under his jurisdiction, and he still doesn’t know it, and the prisoner has retracted his confession in court, if he offends Mr. Ge...

Ding Shichang didn't dare to think about it anymore, he didn't care about the beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "It's because the subordinates didn't do a good job, please blame the boss!"

But those lofty elders didn't intend to hold him accountable, they just said indifferently: "Get up."

Ding Shichang returned to his seat in fear and fear, and made up his mind that when he went back, he would take care of those guys!
"You continue to say, who is threatening you in the prison, can you see the face clearly?" Yan Shifan heard that there is such an inside story in the case, and he couldn't help but become interested.

"My lord, no one came. I found the note in the meal, and now the note is still on me."

"Oh, bring it up."

"My lord, just to be on the safe side, I hid the note in my crotch, and now my hands and feet are handcuffed. I really can't do anything!" After struggling twice, the prisoner showed embarrassment.

"Bold!" An official from the Ministry of Punishment soon reprimanded.

"I really didn't lie, the note was hidden in my crotch!" The prisoner was reprimanded, almost crying, his words were full of grievances.

"Oh, let's find someone to take it out for him." Xu Jie sighed and said.

"Yes!"

Soon, the note hidden in the crotch was taken out, and then handed over to the elders of the pavilion. After everyone read the above content, they put it aside.

"You two guys are interesting. Since the note tells you to hide the case and promises to protect your family's wealth, why do you take such a big risk to tell the truth?" Gao Gong glanced at it. Zhu Qilu, who was kneeling on the ground, mocked.

"My lord, although we haven't read any books, we are lucky enough to be able to recognize a few words! In a family like ours, if those dignitaries want to crush us to death, it's as easy as crushing a bedbug to death."

"After the news of this case has passed, our remaining family members will be silenced immediately. As for the wealth they promised, I think it should be the wealth in the underworld. We killed people and knew that we would die! But in order to protect the remaining family members , I had no choice but to make such a bad move, and please forgive me, my lord."

"Not bad, you two are quite smart, but it's a pity that you don't use your ingenuity on the right path!" Xu Jie stroked his beard, feeling a little emotional.

"My lords, the person who went to the scene to dig up the corpse has returned!"

Since the two confessed that there were other corpses hidden, Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion has sent people to dig up the corpses under the big willow tree beside the moat non-stop, and there must be results now.

"I'm afraid I can give an explanation to the elders." In the corner, Ding Shichang was obviously relieved, and his breathing became bolder.

"Let them in!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the people who had been sent out to dig up the corpse came back in a hurry. They were covered in mud, and they responded out of breath: "I... my lords, I didn't find the body at the place the suspect told me. However, the soil at the scene showed signs of being turned over, and some blood remains, it seems that the body has been moved elsewhere."

"What? Impossible! It was buried there at the time, how could it be..."

When the two killers heard the news brought by the yamen servant, their faces immediately turned pale, as if they had lost their minds, they kept murmuring.

"Haha, these two people are framed, there are no other corpses at all! All this is a lie made up by the two of them in order to commute their sentence." Zhu Qilu who was on the side heard the news, and his face showed a smug look.

As long as the body cannot be found, those officials will have no way to convict Zhu Qilu!To decide a case, pay attention to the presence of witnesses and material evidence.

Now that the body cannot be found, there is a lack of key physical evidence. If the government encounters this kind of thing, they will directly torture and extract a confession, so that you can admit it yourself, and Zhu Qilu is a clan, a royal family member!Extorting a confession by torture would never happen to him.

Right now the case is at an impasse, everyone looks at me and I look at you, and they can't come up with a solution for a while.

Just when everyone was thinking hard about the countermeasures, the guards outside the door rushed in to report, with obvious panic on their faces.

"Report... to my lords!"

"What are you afraid of? Keep talking." Yan Shifan frowned and urged.

"His Royal Highness King Han Fanzhao of Pingliang Mansion and his family are kneeling and approaching here step by step. I dare not stop..."

"What?" Yan Song, who had always been an old god, heard the guard's report, his eyes were full of shock.

Rao Yiyi, with Yan Song's thick skin, was also shocked by the actions of His Royal Highness Han Fan Zhao Wang of Pingliang Prefecture at this time.He didn't expect that a high-status and hereditary vassal king would do such a shameless thing, and the purpose was just to plead for the sinful son.

At this moment, Yan Song didn't know what words to use to describe His Royal Highness King Zhao. The key point is that you kneel alone, and you kneel with your family!Where do you think this is?This is the Forbidden City. If you do this, you will lose the face of the royal family. Even His Majesty will have to come forward.

While thoughts were flying, the mournful cry was getting closer and closer: "I am wronged! My son is wronged!"

"Let's pause for a moment, I'll go to meet His Royal Highness Zhao Wang." Yan Song exchanged glances with all the elders, and smiled wryly.

Those officials who were watching the excitement outside the lobby of the Ministry of Justice before avoided King Zhao and his family as if they were avoiding the plague god. When my colleagues found out, they just rolled their eyes.

"Everyone, you have to decide for my son, he was wronged!"

"His Royal Highness King Zhao, this case is being tried by Mr. Ge and the others. We can't help you much." The enthusiastic official explained.

"You're wronged!" There was another burst of crying and choking.

Seeing this, everyone dispersed in a swarm, and had no time to watch the excitement, and left the punishment department as quickly as possible, for fear that their parents would lose two legs.

"Who is making noise outside the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Yan Song led the cabinet ministers and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment out of the lobby, looked at King Zhao and his family members who were kneeling on the ground, and frowned.

"Old Yan Ge, my son was wronged! Please let him go." Zhao Wang Zhu Zaibi, who was kneeling on the ground, raised his head and said in a deep voice.

"His Royal Highness, why are you bothering? Trespassing into the Forbidden City, interfering with the normal handling of cases, and covering up criminals are all serious crimes! Besides, you are a vassal king, representing the face of the royal family, so you shouldn't..."

Yan Song had no choice but to comfort him.

"I have only two sons of Han Fan in Pingliang Mansion. One is not in good health, and the other is about to be killed by you! I am very old, do you have the heart to let my family die?"

(End of this chapter)