Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Rongqingtang was already crying. Just now, Dongchang Fanzi, Jinyiwei Bei Sitiqi and the detective from the Ministry of Punishment took the ticket and the fire sign and said that the case of the Xue family's Jinling beating to death was reported, so they locked up Xue Pan. Sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Aunt Xue fainted twice from crying, and Baochai was also crying in panic. Mrs. Wang, Sister Feng and other sisters also wept together, and the scene in the hall was bleak.

Jia's mother kept comforting her on the side: "Auntie, don't be sad, it's not like this. Of course, the prefect of Jinling has already concluded the case of Brother Pan, how can it be brought out again?

What's more, even if someone was beaten to death, it was not him who killed him. It must have been the slaves below who were used to being arrogant and domineering. The attack was of no importance, so what did it have to do with him? Just pay a few dollars, what's it worth? "

Aunt Xue said in a hoarse voice: "Old lady, those people just said that the case was sent directly to the desk of the Three Laws Division, which alerted the factory guards. The Supreme Emperor was furious and ordered the three divisions to conduct a joint trial. Brother Pan is probably...

How come my life is so miserable and I have such an evil obstacle? I haven't enjoyed a single day of happiness, and I still have to worry about him. "

Jia Mu said hurriedly: "It's important to take care of yourself. If Brother Pan is fine, and my concubine gets angry when she comes back, what should I do?"

I have ordered your brother-in-law to inquire about the news. Let's find out the reason first and then make long-term plans. "

Baochai also advised: "Mom, what the old lady said is that now that my brother has just entered, you still have to take charge of the overall situation of our family. Don't grieve excessively."

At this time, Jia Zheng came in with a sad face, glanced at Aunt Xue, and sighed slightly: "Old lady, I just sent someone to inquire.

Lu Jie, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, said that this time Pan Geer's case was personally sent to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate by Beizhen Fusi, and he also reported it to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor heard that the Huangshang family actually colluded with local officials and beat people to death with impunity. He ordered the three departments to investigate strictly, which was a bit difficult to handle. "

"Ah! My Pan'er..." Aunt Xue couldn't hold her hand after hearing this, and fell into the chair crying again.

When Jia Mu heard the words "Beizhen Fusi", she frowned and said, "Brother Cong, isn't he a member of Jinyiwei? How come he didn't have any information beforehand? What kind of official is he?"

Jia Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "It's because Brother Cong went to make a big fuss in the Bei Division and arrested the governor of Bei Town. Now that he has come back with revenge, how can he greet him in advance?"

"What! This evil obstacle! He is showing off his power outside and can't control it, so he comes to the door! This time, we are arresting Brother Pan, who should we arrest next time?" Mother Jia slapped the table and said angrily, "Hurry up and arrest me. He called back!"

Aunt Xue did not expect that Xue Pan would suffer "a disaster like a fish in the pond". She secretly cursed Jia Cong as a broom star. She looked at the old lady with tears in her eyes and said:

"Who doesn't know that the four families of King Jia Shi, Xue and others share weal and woe? Now that Brother Cong has offended Bei Si, people are afraid of the power of Ning Rong, so they should retaliate against Brother Pan.

Old lady, please don't criticize brother Cong harshly. It's just my fault that this beast of mine is careless and has been taken advantage of. "

The old lady couldn't sit still due to her words of retreat. A good case was found out inexplicably. It sounded like Xue Pan was indeed involved by Jia Cong.

Mother Jia has always wanted to be a decent person, so she became even more angry and said, "Don't worry, concubine, I will give you an explanation. No relatives live in our house, so they don't get any dignity, and they are burdened by our family."

Brother Cong, this bastard, has been bragging all day long about how he is in Liaodong, how he is in the grasslands, and how he is now in charge of the Jinyiwei. Now someone is knocking on his door to see what he, an earl and a fellow Jinyi, has to say. "

Baochai shook his head and said: "Old lady, please calm down. This incident was not what Cong'er could have expected. It's just my brother's fault that he made a mistake. Now I just hope that Hesheng can find a way to make him suffer less."

Just as he was talking, the girl from the door ran in.

"Old lady, Mr. Cong is back."

"Tell him to come in!" Jia Mu shouted.

Before he finished speaking, Jia Cong had already walked in, looked at the room full of makeup, and was frightened. Jia Baoyu huddled in Mrs. Wang's arms, while Jia Zheng stood aside with a cough and sigh.

"Naughty! You bullied others outside and brought trouble to your family. Now they come back to take revenge and take Brother Pan away. What do you think we should do?" Jia Mu said angrily.

Jia Cong had heard Wangcai's general explanation on the way, and he cupped his hands and said, "Old lady, please calm down, Cong doesn't know about this yet." After speaking, he looked at Baochai.

Baochai quickly explained the whole story.

Jia Cong gave her a reassuring look and thought for a moment, but he made a miscalculation. He thought that the other party would start with the Jia family members and servants, but unexpectedly he caught Xue Pan's pigtails and wanted to use the Xue family to attack The Jia family?

Aunt Xue sobbed: "Brother Cong, at least because Brother Pan has worked hard in the past few years without any credit, he has suffered an unreasonable disaster this time. I beg you to save him. Auntie is grateful." Not enough."

Wang Xifeng and others' hearts skipped a beat. What an unforeseen disaster. Does it mean that Brother Cong has implicated Xue Pan? If you don't kill people at home, where did this disaster come from? Auntie is really confused. Are you begging or forcing me?

Baochai hurriedly said, "What did mother say? It's your own fault for your brother's imprisonment. You can't blame anyone else. For the sake of family ties, Cong'er has her own opinions, so there's no need to say more." Then he looked at Jia Cong apologetically.

Jia Cong nodded slightly, indicating that it was okay, and said: "I heard about this case more than three years ago, and I kept a backup plan at that time. Sister Bao knows about it."

Baochai was impressed by Jia Cong's clever plan and had asked her to get Xiangling by her side early on, and now it has come true. Xuan You blames himself a little. He said at first that he was greedy for Xiang Ling's beauty, and he almost wrongly blamed a good person.

Jia Cong continued: "When I came here, I informed Nan Si's chief Xing Qianhu about the matter and asked him to discuss it with you. Send word to Zhou Qianhu to come in."

Li Wan hurriedly took the sisters to the back hall, but Baochai was worried about his brother's safety and could not avoid it.

"For my humble duty, please see your lord, see this old lady, all gentlemen and madams." Zhou Wei came in and prostrated himself, without squinting his eyes.

"Master Zhou, please come up quickly. There will be a change in Brother Pan's case," Jia Mu said.

Zhou Wei took out a dossier from his arms, which recorded the whole story of Feng Yuan's case. Fortunately, a copy of the dossier from each provincial health office was copied and sent to the Bei Division, and Jia Cong also took advantage of it.

"Back to the old lady, the case of Uncle Xue is simple. I had already browsed it when I came here, and with the reminder from the governor, I thought there was a turning point in the case." Zhou Wei said with a cup of his hands.

"What should I say?" Aunt Xue asked hurriedly.

Zhou Wei laughed and said: "There are no cases like this in the world. It's just beating a civilian to death. Even if Uncle Xue is guilty, he will still be sentenced according to the examples of 'eight arguments' such as 'reasoning for reasons' and 'yiqin'" There is no punishment, not to mention that Uncle Xue may not be guilty."

"Please forgive me, sir." Aunt Xue said.

Zhou Wei glanced at Jia Cong, saw him nodding, and then said: "When I came here, my lord had already entrusted this case to a humble position.

During the joint trial of the three divisions, the humble official will come forward to defend Uncle Xue. When it comes to the way of punishment and prison, our Nanzhen Fu Division is no worse than the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. "

Aunt Xue clasped her hands and chanted Buddha's name, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even the Jin Yiwei Master Xing Qianhu said it was okay, so it must be okay. Where can I find a better lawyer in the world?

Jia Mu smiled and said, "My concubine, you can rest assured. With Zhou Qianhu intervening and arguing with reason, can the officials of the Third Division forcefully impose a punishment?"

Aunt Xue nodded with a tearful smile, and said distressedly: "It's just that Pan'er has suffered a lot in the prison these days. He has never had prison food in his life."

Jia Zhengdao: "Every experience you take makes you wiser. It may not be a bad thing for Brother Pan to suffer some hardships."

Zhou Wei smiled and said: "Madam, don't worry. I also served as a prison chief in the Tianlu Prison of the Ministry of Punishment for several years before I took my humble position. I am quite familiar with the ways inside. I will ask someone to take care of Uncle Xue and prevent him from suffering any losses."

Jia Cong shook his head and laughed. He had forgotten that Zhou Wei had worked for the Ministry of Punishment before.

Aunt Xue was overjoyed and said: "There are thousands of working families. How much money is needed? Just tell me the amount." Zhou Wei said: "Uncle Xue is your dearest brother. I can't talk about money. I'm sorry to leave my post."

"Go ahead. Send someone to the Criminal Department to keep an eye on him. Don't let anyone play tricks." Jia Cong waved his hand.

"I understand the humble position." Zhou Wei bowed and stepped back.

Jia Cong glanced at Baochai and smiled happily when he saw her calm expression. Sister Bao was Sister Bao, and she was full of poetry and calligraphy.

"Old lady, Aunt Xue, if nothing happens, I'll go first," Jia Cong said.

The old lady said: "You should be more careful, so that Brother Pan can survive and save our family's dignity."

Aunt Xue said: "Brother Cong, my life depends on you."

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Don't worry, aunt. We are 70-80 sure about this case. Just remember to owe me a favor." After saying that, he looked at Baochai and received a big white eye.

Jia Mu laughed and scolded: "You bastard, you are still making small calculations with your aunt. You are so busy doing things, how can your aunt treat you badly?"

Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "Brother Cong, you rescued Brother Pan, and Auntie will do everything for you. How about that?"

"With my aunt's words, Cong would dare to try it out." Jia Cong smiled at Baochai and waved his hand to go out.

In the next ten days, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple had a tacit understanding. They knew that the case was not simple. They made it clear that the Bei Division and the East Factory were looking for trouble for Jia Cong.

Now that Jia Cong has the support of the new party and has reached an agreement with the old party, the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are the territory of the old party. On the one hand, he does not dare to offend Jia Cong, for fear that the dozen or so prisoners of the Southern Division will be exposed, which will lead to a larger incident. Things come up.

On the other hand, there is also the intention to secretly help Jia Cong to fight against Bei Si, but the Supreme Emperor is interfering with this case and does not dare to blatantly take sides.

In these days, in addition to sending people to keep an eye on the progress of the case, Jia Cong has also not neglected Nan Si's errands. Lei Tai, Kongxing, Xie Hui, Wang Fei and dozens of other cadres have rushed to Shenjing.

There was no time to catch the wind, so the four generals were each granted the title of Qianhu of Nanzhen Fusi, and ordered themselves to take the newly recruited two thousand strong men to Zhuangzi outside the city for training.

In the Northern and Southern Divisions, in addition to the four fixed Qianhu with real power, there are also several Qianhu titles, which are called empty Qianhu. They have positions but no power, but they are just decent. Obviously these four people will definitely break this convention in the future.

Suddenly I heard a report from Zhou Wei: "Your Excellency, the people responsible for the Feng Yuan case solved by the Jinling Guards have arrived in Shenjing. The Dongchang is in a hurry and the Ministry of Punishment can't delay the case any longer. The case is scheduled to be heard tomorrow."

Jia Cong nodded: "Then I will go and listen tomorrow."
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The next day, Jia Cong led people to go to the Penal Department Yamen early in the morning. The Sanfa Si Yamen is next to each other, located to the north of Xijiangmi Lane in Zhengyangmen, separated by several alleys and Zhuque Street, and to the east is the Zongren Mansion. , the remaining five ministries, Honglu Temple, Qintianjian, Imperial Hospital and other yamen are located.

Zhou Wei and others from the criminal department were already waiting to welcome Jia Cong in.

The presiding judges in the hall, Ye Yisheng, the official of the Qing Dynasty Department of the Southern Province of the Ministry of Justice, Fang Si, the Zuo Pingshi of Dali Temple, and Fu Yi, the supervising censor of Jiangnan Province, had already greeted Shangguan early and came out to welcome them together. They said with a smile: "Brother Dang Kou is here. , I apologize for missing you from afar."

Hearing Zhou Wei's soft introduction from the side, Jia Cong knew that there were two fifth-rank officials and a seventh-rank censor, so he paid great attention to the lineup.

"I heard that this case was handed over by the Fusi of Beizhen. I am the governor of Nansi and have the responsibility of supervision, so I have come to hear the case. The three adults must not be overly concerned. They can decide as they should." Jia Cong smiled.

"We will decide the matter justly, uncle, please."

Entering the main hall, Jia Cong looked at the "Skynet Huihui" plaque hanging above. Tang Yan had already arrived next to him and was sitting drinking tea.

When Jia Cong came in, he ignored him. He had already prepared for today. If Jia Cong took action, he would definitely look good.

Jia Cong smiled coldly and sat down behind the small table on the other side. Zhou Wei and others stood behind him.

The three presiding judges took their seats and discussed in low voices.

"Uncle, Mr. Tang, since everyone is here, shall we start?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "You three adults, there is no need to ask me. I only brought my ears with me today."

Ye Yisheng said: "Let's get started." After saying that, he gave a shock and asked to lead the prisoners.

Several government officials dragged Xue Pan up, and the government officials on both sides shouted intimidatingly. Xue Pan had never seen such a battle before. He was so frightened that his muscles and bones were weak, and he lay on the ground like a pile of mud.

Suddenly seeing Jia Cong sitting next to him, he cried and shouted: "Brother Cong, save me, save me."

Snapped!

"If you dare to make any noise again, slap your mouth!" Ye Yisheng shouted.

Jia Cong also gave him a stern look, and Xue Pan immediately did not dare to shout anymore. He closed his mouth tightly, his head drooped, his face was like white paper, and his body was like sieve chaff.

Ye Yisheng said again: "Bring the plaintiff with you!"

The yamen servant led several more men, women, and children to kneel down, but they were Feng Yuan's relatives and family members.

Ye Yisheng looked at the paper and asked: "Plaintiff, you said that Xue Pan had your young master Feng Yuan beaten to death by a slave because he was fighting to buy a maid, and the prefect of Jinling, Jia Yucun, acted for personal gain and closed the case hastily, causing Xue Pan to be at large until now. But like this?"

"Your Excellency, it is clear."

"Okay, defendant Xue Pan, do you have anything to say?" Ye Yisheng asked again.

Xue Pan was so frightened that he peed himself, his lips were trembling, and he could not speak.

Zhou Wei walked down the hall and said: "Sir Ye, I know this case through my subordinates. Since the case was transferred by the Northern Division, the Southern Division should cooperate in the investigation. Let me speak for Xue Pan."

"It's ridiculous. A man with thousands of dignified and well-dressed guards can actually become a lawyer?" Tang Yan sneered.

Zhou Wei's face did not change and he said: "Tang Zhenfu, which law of the country stipulates that thousands of Jin Yiwei cannot defend themselves on behalf of others?

Do we, the people in judicial prisons, just watch unjust cases unfold without saying a word?

Now that the chief judge of the Third Division is here, and this is the lobby of the Criminal Department, I just want to present my case impartially. As for how to judge, the three adults have the final say, and there seems to be no room for the Northern Division to comment. "

"You! Okay, Guo Qianhu, then you should also defend Feng Yuan's family." Tang Yan snorted coldly.

Guo Jin, who was in charge of the execution of thousands of households in the Northern Division, came out and stood side by side with Zhou Wei at the foot of the hall. He smiled lightly and said, "Brother Zhou, please give me your advice."

Zhou Wei smiled and said: "Don't dare."

The three presiding judges above were all a little panicked. The two masters of Jin Yiwei had punished thousands of households, and were proficient in the law. They must be better than them. If there was a fight, how should they judge?

All the government officials, plaintiffs, defendants, master disciples, and others in the hall were a little excited. It was a rare sight for two big masters to fight thousands of families in the hall. (End of chapter)