I am Emperor Wanli

Chapter 761 What kind of medicine is Hai Qingtian selling?

Two policemen came in escorting a woman.

Marcelo and Leon were shocked, not because the woman called Xiaobaicai was beautiful, but because they saw that the two policemen escorting Xiaobaicai were actually women.

He was wearing a navy blue police uniform, the rank of third-level police sergeant and warrant officer, and a round-brimmed hat, looking heroic.

"Master Shu, are there female police officers in Daming now?"

Shu Youliang glanced at Leon and said, "Is it rare? There used to be female inmates in prisons. Female police officers first started as female inmates and became female prison guards. Later, when the police department handled cases, they often encountered female parties. How did male police officers deal with it?

Very troublesome.

The then Minister of Justice Jianchuan insisted on recruiting female police officers in the police department despite opposition from many people. However, there are currently only female police officers in the two capitals of the north and south and special cities such as Shanghai, Lulong, Kaiping, and Tianjin, all of whom are recruited from military families and workers' wives.

Before the policy was fully implemented in other places, Duke Jianchuan was promoted to Right Prime Minister, and the newly appointed Minister of Justice, Duke Yiquan (Guo Qian), put the policy on hold.
Tsk tsk, this little cabbage is so juicy, no wonder Yang Kaitai is so dazed. "

Leon looked at Shu Youliang, “Master Shu, do you think Yang Kaitai is indeed guilty, not innocent?”

Shu Youliang turned his head and glanced at him, then said meaningfully, "Haha, whether Yang Kaitai is guilty or not, not only I cannot make a judgment, even my master cannot make a judgment. It can only be determined after the three judges in the court today deliberate."

Leon was stunned. When you described the case just now, you made it seem like Yang Kaitai had suffered a great injustice. How come it changed in the blink of an eye?

"Master Shu, why did you come to the court to observe the trial today?"

"I came to watch the trial just to feast my eyes. I just wanted to see what the cabbage that caused a sensation in the southeast and was eaten by sheep and dogs actually looked like."

Leon sneered in his heart, you think I'm a foreigner, I haven't read your books, and I'm easy to fool, right?
Thinking of the various gossips that Jose helped to find out last night, Leon muttered to himself. He translated Shu Youliang's words to Marcelo, and the two looked at each other, with the same attitude.

You really are taking advantage of us because we are not well educated! Do you believe what you said?

Leon changed the subject and asked, “Isn’t this Gou Cai a witness? Why do you need a female police officer to escort him here?”

"She can only be regarded as a tainted witness at present. She is also an accomplice in the case and needs to be tried in a separate court."

The more I go around, the more dizzy I feel!
Too complicated.

Marcelo and Leon felt like their brains were being shaken into a mess, becoming more and more confused.

After the clerk explained the witness rules as usual, the chief prosecutor asked, "You are Gou Cai, Gou Shide's concubine."

"It's the slave family."

Gou Cai lowered her head and answered, her voice sad and weak.

"Gou Shide reported that you colluded with Yang Kaitai and secretly conspired to embezzle the money for the goods that Gou Shide entrusted Yang Kaitai to sell. Did you collude with Yang Kaitai?"

After a half-minute silence, Gou Cai replied, "Yes."

"How did they collude?"

Wow!
As soon as you said this, no one was sleepy anymore.

Everyone in the audience and press seats stood up straight, leaning their heads forward, looking at Gou Cai. Even the six prosecutors in the prosecution seat and the defendant's defense lawyer seat all looked at her.

The entire courtroom was silent, and everyone was waiting for Gou Cai's answer.

"After spending more than ten days together day and night, they fell in love. The man was interested in her and she was in love with him, so they got together."

what!
Too simple!

Do we need some of your time?
We have plenty of time to waste, just waiting for you to tell us in detail.

The chief prosecutor continued to ask: "Who is the mastermind in the conspiracy to embezzle Gou Shide's payment for goods?"

"I am the mastermind."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire courtroom burst into chaos, as if hundreds of sparrows that were having a meeting suddenly burst into chaos.

Yang Kaitai, who had been keeping his head down like a stone statue, suddenly looked up and looked at Gou Cai standing in the witness stand in disbelief.

Gou Cai happened to look over here, and their eyes intertwined in the air for more than ten seconds. In the end, Gou Cai lowered her head.

The chief prosecutor couldn't believe it either, as it was inconsistent with the previous confession.

"Ms. Gou Cai, what you just said is different from your previous confession at the Yangzhou County Police Bureau. In your confession at the Yangzhou County Police Bureau, you said that Yang Kaitai was the mastermind.

Gou Cai, I warn you once again, you must think carefully. If you give false testimony in court, your crime will be even more serious!"

Faced with the solemn warning from the chief prosecutor, Gou Cai turned pale and trembled slightly. After nearly a minute, she finally raised her head and bravely looked at the chief prosecutor, then turned to the chief prosecutor and pleaded: "Yes, I am the main culprit in the conspiracy. I seduced Mr. Yang and instigated and encouraged him to do this wrong thing.

I was afraid before and said it carelessly, but now I am not afraid anymore and I am telling the truth. You can kill me or chop me up, it is up to you."

The discussion in the audience and press seats became even louder. Suddenly, a young woman cried out loudly: "You vixen, you jinx, it turns out that you seduced and harmed my master!" An old woman next to her cried out: "You damn vixen, you jinx, why did you seduce my son? My son is well-educated and has passed the imperial examination. How could he do such a thing? It's all because of you, the evil spirit Daji, who harmed my son.
"Mr. Judge, my son was harmed by this woman. He was wronged!"

The chief judge slammed the gavel loudly and shouted, "Keep quiet in the courtroom! No noise allowed! If you dare to make noise or cry again, the bailiffs will immediately expel them!"

The young and old women didn't buy his tricks and cried even louder. If they weren't supported by maids and strong women on both sides, they would have rolled over on the ground.

There were two children around, the older one was eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one was seven or eight years old, crying along with their mother and grandmother.

All that could be heard in the courtroom was crying and shouting. Those who didn't know the inside story would have thought that this was a courtroom converted into a mourning hall.

The chief judge was not polite and immediately ordered all of Yang Kaitai's family members to be driven out.

Four female police officers and four male police officers came in through the side door and started to drive them away. After four or five minutes, they finally carried out all ten crying family members of Yang Kaitai.

In the chaos, Leon and Marcelo saw Yang Kaitai standing in the dock, staring at Gou Cai in the witness stand with a very complicated expression, including excitement, emotion, resentment, grief, and anger at Gou Cai.

Gou Cai kept her head down, her face was pale and her body was shaking.

Are the two really having an affair?
Did the two of them really collude and conspire to embezzle Gou Shide's money?
Shu Youliang turned his head and looked at Leon and Marcelo. He saw their confusion and laughed, "The defense hasn't even spoken or presented evidence yet, but you've already made up your mind? If you were to judge like this, how many unjust, false and wrong cases would you have judged!"

Marcelo, a Portuguese noble judge who had tried more than a dozen major cases in his territory and claimed to be very fair, was very embarrassed.

Are you hitting me?
Leon pondered for a while and said thoughtfully: "No wonder you designed the litigation and trial procedures so complicated, because the truth is often hidden in the fog, and there must be enough procedural links for us to discern the truth."

Shu Youliang laughed, "We often say that the clear is clear and the turbid is turbid. But how can we tell the difference between the clear and the turbid at a glance?

It is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong in this world, but it is easy to be confused by reversing yin and yang!"

Marcelo and Leon looked at each other, slowly calmed down, and waited for the defense to speak and present evidence.

In the signing room of the Huzhou Government Office, Li Sanjiang was discussing matters with the Chief Clerk Qu Jinxian.

"Can the Court of Justice make a ruling on Yang Kaitai's case today?"

"Zhou Zhi, this case is a bit complicated and I'm afraid it won't be decided in a day or two.

"They all say that Yang Kaitai is a disciple of Eunuch Lu, the Minister of the Imperial Household. Do you think this is possible?"

"Prefect, there is no smoke without fire. This case was not clear after three trials, and finally was recommended by Mr. Hai to be tried by the Huzhou Court.

Just as the court date was set, Eunuch Lu, who had originally planned to go north with the prefect and Lord Hai, suddenly left Shanghai ahead of schedule and went north alone along the canal. I feel that this matter is difficult to say. "

"I heard that Eunuch Lu took the Grand Canal because the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Wang Zili (Wang Yi'e), and the Governor of Sichuan, Yin Yangshi (Yin Zhengmao), went east along the river and will be transferred to Guazhou and head north in four days."

Qu Jinxian was shocked. "Governor, are you going to travel together with Governor Wang and Governor Yin? I heard that Governor Yin is someone that Prime Minister Zhang values ​​and supports."

He thought hard, "Gou Shide is an old subordinate of Qi Shuai, the Duke of Laiyang, the Counselor of State Affairs, the Left Military Commissioner and the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army. Qi Shuai, like you, has a special relationship with the Eunuch Yang, the Supervisor of the Imperial Household.

If Yang Kaitai is a disciple of Lu Yong, then this case is very unusual."

Li Sanjiang waved his hands. "It may be groundless to say that Yang Kaitai is a disciple of Eunuch Lu. But I know that his father had an old relationship with the governor of Zhejiang, Boyu Gong (Wang Daokun). He once studied under Boyu Gong for several years before he passed the imperial examination."

"Mr. Wang, the Governor of Zhejiang?" Qu Jinxian was even more shocked. "He was a classmate of Prime Minister Zhang, and was appointed as the Governor of Zhejiang. He was also highly recommended by Prime Minister Zhang. Their relationship is extraordinary. Yang Kaitai is his disciple? Then this case is more complicated than I thought."

Li Sanjiang sighed and continued, "This case is complicated and simple at the same time. Ziyi, do you think that with Mr. Hai's ability, this case can't be solved in Jiangsu?"

Qu Jinxian shook his head.

"But Lord Hai insisted on bringing the case to Huzhou for trial under the pretext of avoiding suspicion. Forty-two years ago in the Jiajing reign, I, Li Sanjiang, was just an insignificant scholar. I was finally elected as a county magistrate, but was disliked by the local gentry, who ordered the local censor to impeach me, and I was dismissed from office and fled in disgrace.

Later, in order to support his family, he went to the newly established Coordination Office. Fortunately, Eunuch Yang appreciated him and recommended him to be the magistrate of Shanghai County, which is how he got his current position.

Lord Hai knows my background, so why would I do this?"

Qu Jinxian thought about it for a long time, almost pulling out his hair, and finally shook his head, "Prefect, I am stupid and can't figure it out."

Li Sanjiang smiled bitterly and said, "Everyone says that Lord Hai is upright and honest, and he is the most honest official in the country. However, few people know that when it comes to playing tricks, he is no less capable than Prime Minister Zhang, Lord Zhao and other pillars of the court!"

Qu Jinxian also smiled bitterly and shook his head. "What the prefect said is very true. Lord Hai, it's really hard to describe. But he took the initiative to come to Shanghai to wait for the ship these few days. The prefect has been with him day and night. Could it be that he didn't reveal anything?"

Li Sanjiang thought for a while and said hesitantly, "I don't know if that was something Lord Hai said on purpose."

"I dare to ask, what is it?"

"Mr. Hai said that this time the emperor convened a plenary meeting of the imperial court doctors, as well as the subsequent plenary meeting of the Council of State Affairs, and many people will have to move. He bluntly told me to be mentally prepared early."

Qu Jinxian's eyes spun around as he listened. "Prefect, your words have made me even more confused! What is Lord Hai up to?"

(End of this chapter)