Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Master Kang said that the little worker in the wine shop was scared and could not speak, and later he identified his boss as the perpetrator. That is to say, the little worker witnessed everything with his own eyes, which is the most powerful witness, and he is not an accomplice. That's right. Bar?"

"Yes, my lord, it is true."

"For such a big case, Mr. Kang must have sent someone to protect him, right?"

"..." Kang Yongjia felt something was wrong when he heard this, he looked up at Defang slightly, "Uh...yes..."

"Why did Mr. Kang answer so reluctantly? Is it true or not?"

"Yes, my lord, my minister...the minister sent someone to protect me."

"So the wine shop boy should be unscathed now, right?"

"...yes...yes...unscathed..."

Defang looked outside the main hall door and shouted, "Bring it up!"

One Imperial Guard held a knife, and the other four Imperial Guards carried one person in. All the ministers looked at each other, but Kang Yongjia sat on the ground in shock, and Defang pointed to the dying wine shop worker who was beaten to death on the shelf, "Master Kang, Do you recognize this person?"

"Minister...Minister..."

"Master Kang, the lonely king will ask you for the last time, whether the closing statement you submitted in the case of murdering a beggar in the capital is true or not?"

Kang Yongjia looked at Yuan Xi next to him. Yuan Xi was also very surprised at this time. Although he knew that Kang Yongjia would torture the prisoner, he never thought that he would strike so hard. Seeing this situation, he was very disturbed. The front said, "Master Kang! Why don't you answer? Didn't you say that the evidence in this case is solid and there will be no mistakes?"

"I... this..." Kang Yongjia was confused, but immediately knelt down again and said, "My lord! I have used severe punishment, but this case was indeed committed by Ke Lin. This knife was found in front of his door." The murder weapon, there will never be a mistake!"

Defang ordered someone to take the saber to the imperial steps, then turned around and handed over his hands, "Your Majesty, please be judged."

Taizong nodded and said, "Kang Yongjia, I and the Eight Sage Kings are here to tell you who is the real murderer, you should raise your head."

"Yes... Your Majesty..." Kang Yongjia slowly raised his head and looked at Taizong and Defang. Taizong picked up the knife, and Defang took out a scabbard from the side. Taizong slowly pushed the knife back into the sheath In the middle, a complete pattern appeared after the hilt and scabbard were closed, and Taizong stretched out his arms to hold the knife in his hand, "My dear friends, take a look, who is the perpetrator?"

The officials were very surprised when they saw it. The murderous knife and the emperor's scabbard were actually one, and they fit perfectly. Yuan Xi froze in place for a long time and didn't recover. Kang Yongjia was trembling and sweating profusely when he saw this. Taizong stood up and said, " As an official, in order to quickly conclude a big case, he abused torture, causing innocent people to be killed, and witnesses to be seriously injured. It is simply killing innocent people! Come on! Put Kang Yongjia into the sky prison, and he will be dismissed from office , Hand it over to Dali Temple for trial!"

[Defang's thoughts return to the present]

"Later, Kang Yongjia was tried again in Dali Temple. During his tenure, there were many cases of heavy sentences and many people were tortured. Fortunately, no one was killed. After the retrial, the sentence of the criminal was reduced. I was innocent, and gave money compensation, and later His Majesty removed Kang Yongjia from the post of official in Kaifeng Mansion, and sent him to Dengzhou for imprisonment."

"Father" Wei Ling asked, "What about Uncle Wang? Did Grandpa Emperor punish him?"

"Well, there is a punishment. Censor Zhongcheng impeached you Wang Shuyuanxi again because of this case."

"Prince" Baili also asked, "Is King Xu really conniving with Kang Yongjia?"