travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 96 Antecedents
Since ancient times, bribery has never been so easy to verify. You say I accept bribes, and I say it is simply a gift?
This "ritual" is not clear.

And the most important thing is that few officials have been involved in corruption and bribery in recent years.

In addition, Wang Yuanbao sued Zuo Jinzheng for accepting bribes. In a sense, where did the bribes Zuo Jinzheng accepted come from?Was it Wang Yuanbao who gave it?
Then Zuo Jinzheng is the bribe taker, isn't this Wang Yuanbao the bribe giver?
The bribe-taker is guilty, but shouldn't the bribe-givers be punished by law?
A dog bites a dog and a mouthful of hair is not a good thing.

If the adults keep digging into this matter, it will be a mess in the end, and nothing can be done.

So from the very beginning, many people understood that although bribery was placed first, it was actually incidental. Although it may be loud, it is really important, and the crime of murder is what kills people.

Repaying debts, and killing people to pay for their lives are all justified things. This is in line with the values ​​​​of the adults in the court, and it is also what the people watching below are willing to hear.

Otherwise, when the people in Chang'an City are full and have nothing to do, they come to see corrupt officials, but they just come to see murderers and feel the horror atmosphere.

Facing Qin Hui's questioning, Wang Yuanbao did not panic, raised his eyebrows and looked at Zuo Jinzheng, with a trace of hatred flashing in his eyes.

Seeing Wang Yuanbao's eyes, Zuo Jinzheng was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help frowning, but then realized that his expression was not good, his eyes turned, and he just looked at Wang Yuanbao coldly, and said coldly, "I'm just looking at you. How did this thieves falsely accuse this official?"

"Whether it's a false accusation or not, Mr. Zuo will find out after a while, so why are you so anxious?" Wang Yuanbao smiled coldly, and turned to look at Qin Hui under Zuo Jinzheng's angry eyes.

"My lords," Wang Yuanbao looked around the several ministers in the hall, knelt on the ground and said slowly, "Since Caomin dared to appear in this hall today, he naturally has confidence and evidence. Before the evidence, my lords, can I listen to the grass-roots people tell a story first."

"Uh..." Qin Hui almost choked in his throat, he was going to listen to the evidence, who knew that Wang Yuanbao didn't follow the script and insisted on telling a story.

this story?
Qin Hui looked at the adults on the left and right who were showing interest, and called the guards on one side to go to the back to ask the real master of the day for instructions.

Zhao Fei was also a little curious in the back hall. In fact, Zhao Fei was curious when Wang Yuanbao started beating the Dengwen drum.

You must know that there has been a saying since ancient times that the people should not fight with the officials. If you fight with the officials, you will suffer anyway. So fundamentally, many people think that if someone fights with the officials, then this The person must have been wronged, and the defendant's officials must be bad.

Wang Yuanbao is known as the richest man in Chang'an in Chang'an where rich and powerful people gather, he is not ordinary rich, and Zuo Jinzheng, as the head of Qingliu, is not ordinary famous.

To some extent, these two people are completely different from each other.

Now that Wang Yuanbao is suing Zuo Jinzheng, it seems strange no matter how you look at it. Not only Zhao Fei, but many adults in the court are also surprised by this matter.

Now Wang Yuanbao wants to tell a story. From a general point of view, this story must be related to his suing Wang Yuanbao, so he has to listen to this story.

With Zhao Fei's acquiescence, Qin Hui felt hesitant, and said, "In this case, Wang Yuanbao, you will tell your story to me and all the adults in this hall, but Wang Yuanbao, you have to Remember, this story must be related to this case, and it must not be fabricated at will, you understand."

"Caomin understands." Wang Yuanbao nodded, and said again: "Can you allow Caomin to stand up and speak?"

Qin Hui's eyes flickered, he looked left and right, and said: "Then stand up and talk!"

This Wang Yuanbao can become the richest man in Chang'an, so he is also a person who has friends all over Chang'an. Many adults in the court have received gifts from him every year and festival. It would embarrass Wang Yuanbao, as for others, they were also willing to sell this face.

Wang Yuanbao didn't procrastinate, and directly told a story.

This is a very moving story, please forgive the nonsense children's shoes are really unable to tell this moving story to everyone with affectionate language.

In short, when a young man was working in Chang'an, he fell in love with a servant girl of a minister's family. It ended in tragedy.

Great love usually faces strong resistance, and the resistance this young man faces is also very simple, that is, the girl he fell in love with is about to be accepted as a concubine by the adults in the girl's house.

Then a pair of young people failed to break through many obstacles, the girl finally died for love, and the young man left Chang'an. Since then...the story certainly has not ended.

Wang Yuanbao told a story in an almost flat voice, and while Wang Yuanbao was telling, everyone looked at Zuo Jinzheng's blue and white face from time to time.

Qin Hui waited for Wang Yuanbao to finish speaking, looked at Wang Yuanbao with puzzled eyes and said, "Who are you?"

"My lord, Cao Min is the hero in the story, and the girl who died for me..." Wang Yuanbao's eyes turned blood red, and he stared at Zuo Jinzheng coldly, saying word by word: " Changed her name to Qiuxiang, she is the maid in Master Zuo's family."

Ah!
Although everyone knew the answer when Wang Yuanbao told the story, when Wang Yuanbao said it, the onlookers still let out a cry of exclamation.

As for Zuo Jinzheng, he looked at Wang Yuanbao with a pale face, and said coldly, "Are you that kid back then?"

Zuo Jinzheng's words were also full of hatred, but his eyes seemed to swallow Wang Yuanbao alive.

Zhao Fei was not satisfied with sitting in the back hall and listening to the rumors, but walked to the curtain that separated the back hall from the front hall, lifted the curtain gently, and carefully watched the movement in the hall.

Looking at the two Wang Zuo and Wang Zuo who were on the verge of crossing swords at this moment, he couldn't help but chuckled and said, "These two seemed to be great romantic figures back then?"

"Master, this doesn't seem like Mr. Zuo's way!" Anping whispered.

"Well, it doesn't sound like it, but people's hearts are unpredictable. Judging by Zuo Jinzheng's appearance, Wang Yuanbao doesn't seem to be talking nonsense." Zhao Fei shook his head and said.

In the court, who doesn't know that Master Zuo Jinzheng Zuo is notoriously unfeminine. Apart from Mrs. Zuo, he has not had a concubine in so many years. Now that such gossip is breaking out, it is simply a depth bomb. Really, no matter whether Zuo Jinzheng wins the lawsuit or not, he has lost, and he has lost completely. In layman's terms, he even lost his underwear.

Qin Hui and the others were also surprised by Zuo Jinzheng's reaction. He had been an official in the same dynasty for many years, and all the adults present knew Zuo Jinzheng quite well.

But Zuo Jinzheng's expression now is something he has never seen before, and you can't help but amaze you adults.

Wang Yuanbao looked at Zuo Jinzheng without fear and said, "That's right, it's me, I didn't expect it!"

"But I didn't expect it." Zuo Jinzheng calmed down at this moment, looked at Wang Yuanbao coldly and said, "I didn't expect you to have today's achievements, it's really good."

"Don't you have anything else to say?" Wang Yuanbao looked at Zuo Jinzheng.

"No." Zuo Jinzheng said coldly, "I act upright and sit upright. You villain, how can you slander me."

When Qin Hui saw that the two had finished talking about the past, he slapped the gavel and said loudly, "Wang Yuanbao, your story is over, but I'm just curious. This seems to be inconsistent with the evidence you said, right?"

"Your Excellency, let me tell you." Wang Yuanbao said, "It is Zuo Jinzheng's murder of Qiuxiang that the grass-roots people are suing."

"What nonsense!"

Before Wang Yuanbao could finish speaking, Zuo Jinzheng interrupted Wang Yuanbao coldly.

Qin Hui turned to look at Zuo Jinzheng and said, "Lord Zuo seems to have something to say."

Zuo Jinzheng patted his sleeves, and said in a cold voice: "This poppi had an affair with Qiuxiang back then and was driven away by me. I don't want to disclose the details, but this Qiuxiang died by throwing himself into a well. All the files are in the There are archives in Chang'an Mansion, so what does it have to do with me? Lord Qin, you must not listen to this rascal's nonsense."

"Oh?" Qin Hui said in surprise, "You mean that Qiu Xiang's death was recorded in the files in Chang'an Mansion?"

"Naturally." Zuo Jinzheng looked at Wang Yuanbao with a sneer and said, "I am a law-abiding person. If someone dies in the family, it is natural to report to the official for inspection. Everything can be said in its own file. How can there be such nonsense."

"In that case." Qin Hui pondered for a moment, looked at the hall and said, "You go to Chang'an Mansion to find the file on the death of Qiu Xiang, the maidservant in Master Zuo's mansion. Do you two have any objections?"

Zuo Jin Zhenglang said: "I have no objection."

"The grassroots have no objection." Wang Yuanbao nodded.

"Since both of you have no objection, let's suspend the hall for the time being. I will try the case after I finish reading the file." Qin Hui stood up and walked to the back hall with Liu Yong and Yang Jiajie. The ministers of the jury also followed to the back hall.

Naturally, Zhao Fei would not still stand there listening to the corner, but sat back on his chair, waited for the adults to come in, and said, "What do you guys think about today's events?"

"Your Majesty, this must be a false accusation." Zhao Zilong stood up to defend his subordinates and said, "Your Majesty also knows that the bribery is only said to be a nonsense, and the murder is also evidenced by the files of the Chang'an Mansion. All of this must be Wang Yuanbao's right I harbor resentment for what happened back then, so I put all my eggs in one basket to falsely accuse Mr. Zuo."

Although Zhao Zilong is not the presiding judge today, because he is the secretary of the household department and Zuo Jinzheng's direct superior, he will serve as a juror throughout the trial.

It is precisely because he is the Minister of the Household Department and Zuo Jinzheng is the Minister of the Household Department, so no matter what, he will never allow his subordinates to be convicted of corruption.

Zhao Fei understood Zhao Zilong's thoughts, just glanced at him, then looked at the ministers with great interest and said, "What do you think?"

Qin Hui and the three presiding judges looked at each other, and then Qin Hui stepped forward and said: "I think it's better to read the file first."

(End of this chapter)