Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 51
Gao Wuyong received the reward and went out of Fu Heng's mansion happily. He saw people rushing to the west on the street, and he didn't know what happened.When he stopped in Ma and inquired, he realized that He Luying's coffin had been transported from Dezhou.Today, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and Zhili Shuntianfu Yamen will jointly examine and open the coffin for autopsy.The eunuch likes to watch the excitement. After the trial of this case, he went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice several times to watch Liu Tongxun torture Liu Kang. Because Liu Kang refused to confess to death, Mikishita was tortured without fear. He admired his courage and integrity.Hearing that there will be an autopsy, Gao Wuyong really wants to go and have a look.But he was the eunuch who passed the decree, and he had to go back to the palace to answer Qianlong, so he rode his horse and galloped back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Unexpectedly, Qianlong was not there, Gao Wuyong asked, and found out that the emperor had gone out for less than half an hour, accompanied by Prince Yi Hongxiao and Neqin.Little Sula eunuch told Gao Wuyong that the emperor wanted to overhaul the Old Summer Palace, and the people from the Ministry of Industry went out after finishing their work, maybe they went to Changchun Garden to survey Fengshui.Gao Wuyong thought about it, it would take an hour or two to go back and forth to Changchun Garden, so why not go to Dali Temple to see the excitement, and said: "I will go to Changchun Garden to see the emperor to hand over the decree." He slipped away alone come out.

Thousands of people had already gathered in front of Dali Temple, and the buzzing of people could be heard half a mile away, and it was impossible to ride a horse at all.Gao Wuyong often came to this area to have tea, and the people in the teahouse were very familiar, so he found a random one to store his horse, and he squeezed into the flow of people alone, shouting: "I'm from the palace, I have business to go in." Step by step Squeeze in.As they approached the center of the circle, there were more and more people, making noise.Gao Wuyong's head was covered with sweat, and the people who were driven back with whips by the guards in the middle were knocked half down. He laughed and scolded: "These stinky mounds, I haven't seen so many people, so I just use the whip!" He held a man's shoulder and said, "Hey, excuse me, I want to go in!" Unexpectedly, when the man turned his head, Gao Wuyong was frightened out of his wits: it turned out that Qianlong was standing in front!Gao Wuyong exclaimed "Huang--", but he didn't say the word "up", his mouth was tightly covered by Selenge behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that there were guards from Qianqing Palace all around him.Qianlong only glanced at Gao Wuyong, then turned his head away again.

At this time, the chief officer of the Judicial Office has not yet arrived.In the middle of the empty space in front of the screen wall of Dali Temple, there is a black lacquered coffin on two benches.A few jars of wine were placed on the small table near the east, and five or six coroners from Shuntian Mansion sat around the small table, drinking as if no one else was around.It was the soldiers of Dali Temple who maintained the order of the venue, with their robes pulled up around their waists and whips in their hands. As long as someone squeezed into the white line, they would be whipped at the head.Gao Wuyong stood behind Qianlong's Gao Gao, blocking it tightly, not daring to squeeze or leave. He was in a state of anxiety when he heard a loud singing from inside:
"The Imperial Envoy Liu Tongxun has arrived!"

Then someone called out:
"Alongke, Minister of Dali Temple, has arrived!"

"Yin Yang of Shuntian Mansion has arrived!"

The crowd was in a commotion immediately, the soldiers of Dali Temple slapped their whips loudly, but they stopped beating, and only swayed on their heads.Dozens of Geshhama spurs and sabers clinked, and the servants of Shuntian Mansion shouted "Oh——" in a long voice.The thousands of onlookers immediately fell silent.Gao Wuyong stood on tiptoe and looked in from Qianlong's shoulder. He saw Liu Tongxun sitting in the middle, with Along Ke at the table beside him, and Yang Zeng, Yin of Shuntian Mansion at the table facing east from the west.All three of them had straight faces.Gao Wuyong was very familiar with Alongke on weekdays, and he would say everything to make jokes, and when he saw him, his face was livid, and the corners of his mouth twitched.Gao Wuyong thought of his usual appearance, and felt it was funny.

"Bring the prisoner's certificate!" Liu Tongxun saw that the arrangements for human service had been completed, he nodded slightly to Yang Zeng, and ordered, "Prepare for the autopsy!"

"tie!"

The few clerks who were drinking had already bowed down to wait on the shift, and they all responded after hearing the order: "You guys are waiting!" Liu Kang had already been carried out by two yamen servants.Both legs were pinched by the stick, and the yamen servant let go of his hand and collapsed on the ground, but his face was pale, but he was not frightened, he only rolled his eyes to look at Liu Tongxun and lowered his eyelids.Then He Lishi, Xiao Luzi, Boss Shen and Hao Er entered the arena, and Qian Du also came out.Qian Du is a man of fame, and he bowed upwards with He Lishi and stood staring at Liu Kang.Boss Shen and Xiao Luzi knelt beside the case.Liu Tongxun held up the hall wood and "slapped" the desk, and asked, "Liu Kang, this is He Luying's coffin!"

"So what?" Liu Kang raised his head without looking at Liu Tongxun, "What does it have to do with me?"

"I want you to turn around and look!"

"..."

"Why, don't you dare?"

Luckily, Liu Kang turned his head around, but the lifeless coffin seemed to have some magic power. He glanced at it and lowered his head, and looked again unwillingly, but his eyes flickered, and he still didn't dare to look directly at it.

"You have read the book, and you have irregular eyes in your chest." Liu Tongxun said lightly, "You killed the corpse here. Naturally, you can't face up to this wronged soul! I advise you to admit the truth early, so as not to be tortured by flesh and blood." He Luying doesn’t need to expose the body and undergo an autopsy, which may reduce your guilt a little bit.” Liu Kang raised his head, looked at Liu Tongxun nonchalantly, and said, “Liu Yanqing, I thought you were a good person, but I really lost my mind! I was in Shandong for disaster relief, you have seen it, am I someone who doesn’t know what’s going on? The victims all call me Liu Qingtian!” “Do you want to be greedy for God’s work? Relief is the emperor’s grace!” Liu Tongxun sneered and said: “ The Shandong Fan treasury was short of 7000 taels of silver for no reason during your tenure, even if there was no such case, the court would have to interrogate it!"

Liu Kang shook the iron chain around his neck, snorted and said, "I'm a corrupt official, you should check it out, I'm impatient to chew my old woman's tongue with you." Liu Tongxun stopped and said, "Now I'm asking He Luying How did He Luying die?" "I have answered your lord's words a long time ago." Liu Kang said with a teasing look on his face, "Your lord asked, and the prisoner was recruited too. He hanged himself to death."

"Has an autopsy been done?"

"Tested!"

"The imperial envoy doesn't believe you," Liu Tongxun said coldly, "Today the coffin will be opened for an autopsy—someone!"

"exist!"

"Open the coffin!"

"tie!"

The couple agreed, then turned back to the small table, sprayed each other's mouthfuls of wine, picked up axes, chisels, and crowbars without hesitation, and went to the coffin with a burst of jingling, followed by a sound. There was an extremely unpleasant "squeak" sound, and the heavy coffin lid had been worn to one side.At this time, there was no sound on the field, and all eyes were directed at the movements of the couple.A foreman skillfully took out a pair of long pliers, which seemed to have pinched the corpse from head to toe.He was busy asking for silver needles again, and injected needles one by one on He Luying's corpse, which was already in a terrible state. He Li immediately sobbed and let out a loud voice.Shuntian Mansion Yin Yang Zeng couldn't sit still, got up and went to He Shi to comfort him, then walked to the side of the coffin, and personally inspected the silver needles pulled out by the foreman.The old man glanced at Yang Zeng, saw Yang Zeng nodding, and came to Liu Tongxun's case, and said, "He Luying's corpse was found. No injuries were found on the head, chest, abdomen, and bones. There are two scars on the bone. The silver needle penetrates deeply, and there is no poisoning symptom in the whole body, but the silver needle under the sternum is yellowish, which should be caused by the decay of the corpse..."

When Wu Zuo said that "the whole body has no symptoms of poisoning", the audience was already in an uproar, their voices became low and high, and some people shouted: "Kill this shrew!" Mr. Ke presides!" The scolding was overwhelming and deafening.At this time Liu Kang raised his spirits, but he didn't speak a word, his head was raised high, and his eyes were fixed on Liu Tongxun.Eyes full of resentment: see how you end up.Even Qianlong, who was standing by the circle, had cold sweat on his palms.

"What's the noise?" Liu Tongxun yelled, stood up abruptly, and there was a loud bang, "This is the National Judiciary Office! Shuntian Mansion seized the leader, shackle!" He was also made by Wu at first The report said that his whole body trembled, but he was the chief judge who personally tried the case. Liu Kang murdered, there were witnesses and bloody clothes, and he had interrogated all kinds of people separately. The evidence is all solid, how can it be tested as non-toxic at this time?Thinking about it, Liu Tongxun walked up to the old foreman and asked, "What's your name?"

"Return to your lord," said the old butcher with sweat dripping from his forehead, "Young Fan Yinzu."

"How long have you been doing this?"

"The younger three generations are all scribes."

Liu Tongxun looked at He Luying's corpse in the coffin. The unrotten skin and flesh covered the white bones, emitting a choking stench. He Luying's jaw was strangled until the bones were dented.Without saying a word, he took a silver needle and inserted it into the mouth of the corpse, and another one in the throat, and looked at the corpse motionless.After a while, Liu Tongxun pulled out the two needles gently, only half of the needles were shining with silver light, and half of the needles were mottled black and purple.Liu Tongxun smiled in satisfaction, raised his needle and asked, "Fan Yinzu, who ordered you to do such harm? You don't understand king's law, don't you even understand the rules of conduct?" He threw the needle at Liu Kang contemptuously. In front of him, Grid smiled and returned to his seat.

"Big, big... man!" That Zuo looked at Liu Tongxun in horror.Kneeling a few steps, he yelled incoherently, "Yes, yes..."

"What is it?"

Fan Yinzu glanced at Yang Zeng in awe, stuttered for a long time before saying: "It's a villain who is not good at learning..." "I'm not a craftsman, but I know that poison comes from the mouth and swallows, how dare you hesitate to talk to me like this?" !" Liu Tongxun was furious, and slapped the public case. People thought he was going to attack Fan Yinzu, but he waved his hand to designate Yang Zeng, and shouted sharply, "Remove his seat, take off his crown, and strip off his official robe!"

Yang Zeng was so shocked that his face was pale as paper. Hearing that Fan Yinzu didn't dare to climb him, he breathed a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, Liu Tongxun shot Fan Yinzu feignedly. He was caught off guard and pointed at himself. He didn't even have the time to be startled. With a strong push, Ha had already left his seat, and the crown robe had been removed in an instant.At this moment, he came back to his senses a little bit, his trembling legs were unable to stand upright, he wanted to kneel unwillingly, and he stammered and asked, "Master Liu, this is..."

"Fan Yinzu," Liu Tongxun blazed with anger, and smiled viciously, "Now you dare to say, which bastard with no imperial constitution ordered you?"

Qianlong was also shocked when he saw Liu Tongxun deal with a senior official like Jing Zhaoyin with lightning bolts. Hearing this, he couldn't help feeling hot again, and murmured: "This man is a loyal minister." Sighed: "Yes, not only loyal, but capable. Yang Zeng became a commoner in the blink of an eye, and he could not escape the law of the country." Fan Yinzu pointed at Yang Zeng while speaking, and said, "That's him! He called me the day before yesterday, saying that the emperor I intend to be considerate of Liu Kang. This case has been going on for too long, and it is already unclear. If the drug is tested, I don’t know how many people will be implicated. When I have to be reborn, I have no reason to be a villain. I have been rewarded with 200 taels again. Wine money'..." Before he finished speaking, Yang Zeng was already paralyzed on the ground.

"Take him down!" Liu Tongxun was furious, and he seemed to calm down his impulsive emotions, "This is a case in the case. The imperial envoy should make it clear to the present and deal with it according to the law—Liu Kang, you are now How to say?"

(End of this chapter)