Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Datong is one of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. There are garrisons everywhere. How dare they invade here?"

"They just looted in the south and were driven away by Eunuch Wei and his men."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Uncle Wang is showing off his achievements for you. Why don't you thank him right away?"

Wei Zhongxian stepped forward with a flattering smile and bowed to the Prince of Dai: "Thank you very much for your kind words, Your Majesty!"

Prince Dai stood up as if he was flattered and helped Wei Zhongxian up.

"You are too polite, Eunuch Wei. I am just speaking the truth."

After the meal, the King of Dai and his wife left Chengyun Hall carrying the copper basin, and took away with them the sheep bone that even a dog would not be interested in.

In the words of the King of Dai, this bone can be used to make another pot of soup...

After the two left, Zhu Youxiao stayed in Chengyun Hall just like he did yesterday and did not come out.

However, the actions of the Jinyiwei became bigger.

Yesterday I just quietly left the house to inquire about the news.

But today, Zhen Beiwang took the handwritten order from Zhu Youxiao and occupied the Datong prefectural government office!

At the same time, a notice was posted all over the streets and alleys in Datong City.

One thing!

Any case of injustice can be reported to the Jinyiwei.

Your Majesty is in Datong, the case will be solved!

As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation in Datong City.

At this time, the news that Zhu Youxiao was in Datong also spread to nearby prefectures and counties.

After learning about the news, Shanxi Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Lou Yitang, Xuanda Governor-General Zhang Xiao, and Shanxi Provincial Governor Liu Zeshen rushed to Datong at full speed overnight.

But he was turned away by Zhu Youxiao and refused to see anyone.

The three had no choice but to run to the prefectural yamen to wait for news, but they didn't expect that the Jinyiwei had already started a case there.

Including Datong prefect Lin Tianshen, these four Shanxi military and political leaders were all dumbfounded.

Isn't Your Majesty here to provide disaster relief?

Why did it suddenly change to handling cases?

But Zhen Beiwang, who was sitting in the lobby, stared at the entrance of the yamen and ignored the four of them completely.

The whole morning passed, and not a single citizen came to the yamen to report the crime.

This made Datong prefect Lin Tianshen secretly relieved. Fortunately, fortunately, if there really was a case, he, as the prefect, would not be able to explain it clearly!

But it was obvious that he relaxed too early!

The entrance to the yamen was still deserted in the afternoon, except that from time to time a citizen would secretly take a look inside and then leave as if escaping.

But in the evening, the drum at the door was suddenly struck!

“Knock, knock, knock…”

"My lord, you are wronged!"

"Please, sir, make the decision for me!"

Along with the sound of drums, a woman's heart-wrenching cry came from outside into the hall.

"Whoever beats the drum, bring him up to the hall immediately!"

Zhen Beiwang had been sitting all day and was taking a nap out of boredom. When he heard the voice, he immediately slammed the gavel and shouted loudly.

Several Jinyiwei immediately rushed out and brought the woman in.

"Sir, I am innocent!"

As soon as she entered the lobby, the woman knelt down with a plop.

Zhen Beiwang frowned and said, "Don't cry yet. I am the commander of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei. As long as there is injustice, I will definitely seek justice for you!"

"Tell me what's going on!"

The woman told her story in detail.

She was originally the proprietress of a tofu shop in the east of the city. Her surname was Xie and her husband's surname was Zao.

The couple ran their business honestly and had been doing the same business for more than ten years.

But just three months ago, someone suddenly carried a dead body into the store, saying that someone had died from eating her tofu.

Once the incident happened, the tofu shop soon went out of business.

The case was brought to the prefectural government, but her husband was sentenced to exile 800 miles away by Lin Tianshen on the charge of adding too much brine to the tofu, causing death.

At the same time, her tofu shop had to pay fifty taels of silver to the deceased!

As soon as the verdict came out, her husband committed suicide by banging his head against the wall in prison that night, and wrote three words "injustice" in blood on the lining of his clothes!

However, the prefect Lin Tianshen refused to reopen the case, claiming that the case had been closed and that her husband had committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

After listening to the woman's story, Zhen Beiwang turned to look at Lin Tianshen standing beside him.

"Prefect Lin, is what Xie said earlier true?"

Facing his cold eyes, Lin Tianshen shuddered involuntarily.

If someone else was trying this case, even if it was the governor, he might not be so scared, but the man sitting in front of him was the leader of the Northern Pacification Division of the Jinyiwei!

Who can not be afraid?

He reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then stepped forward and bowed in reply.

"Admiral Zhen, don't listen to this woman's nonsense!"

"Her husband clearly committed suicide out of fear of punishment!"

Zhen Beiwang didn't say anything more and gave the order directly.

"Somebody come!"

"Get the files!"

"Bring the coroner!"

"Open the grave and perform an autopsy!"

Chapter 341 Master, I will help you change your clothes.

The next day.

Two graves that had been buried for three months were dug up at the same time.

One is the victim who died from eating tofu, and the other is the husband of Zao Xie, the owner of the tofu shop.

The Imperial Guards were not only good at gathering intelligence and forcing confessions under torture, they were also experts at investigating cases.

With the help of doctors like Liu Yue, the suspicious aspects of the case were quickly uncovered.

The man who died of the Xie family did die from hitting his head against the wall in prison, because his cervical vertebrae and skull were fractured to varying degrees.

But there was something wrong with the so-called victim who died from taking advantage of others!

No signs of poisoning were found in the man's body, but there was an old wound on his thoracic vertebrae.

According to Liu Yue, if you suffer such an injury, you will never be able to get out of bed and walk again in your life.

To put it bluntly, it's high paraplegia!

After learning the news, Zhen Beiwang immediately sent people to look for the family members of the deceased mentioned in the file.

But at this moment, I found something wrong.

According to the information in the file, there is no one related to the deceased!

Zhen Beiwang threw the file fiercely in front of Lin Tianshen and glared at him.

"Prefect Lin, is this how you investigate cases?"

Lin Tianshen looked embarrassed and started to explain.

"My Lord Admiral, I was only thinking about investigating the tofu shop at the time. I never thought that the information reported by the victim's family was false!"

Zhen Beiwang sneered when he heard this.

"Victim? Ha!"

"The information has not been verified, and a paralytic who died for unknown reasons has become the victim in your mouth?"

"ridiculous!"

Lin Tianshen shrank his neck and did not give any further explanation.

Because he couldn't explain it clearly!

Afterwards, the portraits of the deceased in the files were posted all over the streets and alleys of the city, and the Jinyiwei took the portraits out of the city to investigate.

It only took two days to find out the real information of the deceased!

The man turned out to be a hunter at the foot of Baideng Mountain, ten miles north of the city.

Five years ago, he fell down a mountain and broke his spine. He had no money for medical treatment and was paralyzed in bed.

After taking care of him for a year and a half, his wife couldn't stand the life anymore, so she left him and their 15-year-old son and remarried.

And his son, originally a scholar, became a gambler after failing the provincial examination!

The person who came to report the case was the deceased's gambling son!

After extensive investigation by the Imperial Uniform Guards, it was discovered that the gambler owed usury to a businessman named Li in the city, and was then instigated to bring his paralyzed father into the city.

Then, he used a method he heard from somewhere to feed his father ten crabs and ten persimmons!

This time, his father was killed directly!

Then he put the blame on the tofu shop and demanded two hundred taels of silver in compensation.

After finding out all this, before Zhen Beiwang could even speak, Datong prefect Lin Tianshen stepped forward.

He said righteously and sternly: "The son who kills his father should be killed!"

The deceased's son, who was kneeling in the hall, panicked instantly and shouted loudly: "Sir, you are innocent. I, I was pushed too hard by Boss Li..."

Lin Tianshen didn't care and ordered directly: "Shut up, drag him out, and execute him immediately!"

Zhen Beiwang glanced at him and said, "Master Lin, why are you in such a hurry?"

A trace of panic flashed across Lin Tianshen's eyes, and he hurriedly explained: "Please forgive me, Admiral. I just, just, just thought about how I was used by such a beast before, and I lost my sense of proportion in a hurry........."

Zhen Beiwang smiled coldly when he heard this: "I hope what Lord Lin said is true!"

"Somebody come!"

"Great torture!"

"I want to see who is behind this!"

"Instigator?" Lin Tianshen was stunned for a moment, "Your Excellency, are you saying that there is a mastermind behind the criminal?"

Zhen Beiwang closed the file, stared at him and asked, "Prefect Lin, the crabs in Datong Prefecture are not cheap, right?"

Crabs are only eaten for their fresh taste. It is unrealistic to expect them to fill your stomach.

Three years ago, the drought in Shanxi was not so severe, and crabs could occasionally be seen in the river outside Datong city.

But these are the things that the rich like to eat. After the common people catch them, they usually take them to the city to sell them, at about five or six cents per head.

How can a gambler who is being chased for debts get the money to buy crabs!

Catch it yourself?

It's even more unrealistic, as that doesn't conform to the behavioral logic of a gambler!

Sure enough, after being beaten with a dozen boards, the prisoner immediately confessed the truth.

It was Boss Li’s butler who ordered it, and the crabs and persimmons were also provided by that butler!

It gets interesting if we investigate further!