The Red Mansions

Chapter 70 Jia Zhen: ...Is there any Wang Fa? !

Jingzhao Yamen
It was already nightfall, a round of bright and bright moon shone on the earth, fireworks in the distant night sky were gorgeous, and under the eaves of the corridor, the wind lanterns hanging in the air swayed with the wind in the autumn wind, sometimes making a hoarse sound.

In the inner hall behind the Yimen Gate, the lights are bright, and there are many figures. The servants of the Jingzhao Yasi hold water and fire sticks and stand on both sides. Wearing a black gauze hat, sitting upright, his cheeks hidden in a cluster of shadows, only his cold eyes flickered from time to time.

"Lai Sheng, how did you collude with the Cuihua bandits, how did you abduct women and children, and who was the mastermind behind it? You haven't really recruited it!" Xu Lu said with a stern look on his face.

At this moment, both sides of Lai Sheng's cheeks were red and swollen, and the corners of his mouth were bruised, and he muttered, "I am wronged, I have never colluded with any bandits."

Obviously, Lai Sheng is not stupid, he knows that once the whole thing is revealed, it will be very difficult to escape if it is implicated in the Ningguo Mansion.

"Now, how dare you deny it!" Xu Lu slapped the gavel and shouted, "The bandits in Cuihua Mountain have already confessed all the murderous things you have done! There are also letters between the two parties to prove it, and the manager of the Longfu Inn also To testify that you and the Cuihua Bandit Kou have been in frequent exchanges in the inn these days, with all the witnesses and physical evidence, and you dare to make excuses in every possible way, I really don’t see the coffin without crying!”

The four thieves that Xu Lu first interrogated, the Cuihua Mountain thieves naturally had no motive to hide it for Jia Zhen of the Ningguo Mansion.

They also found 1000 taels of bank notes from the cloth bag he was carrying, and a letter from Lai Sheng to the head of Cuihua Mountain.

It's just a pity that there is no seal of Jia Zhen on the letter.

The criminal procedure of this era still follows the evidentiary system of statutory evidence, and physical evidence is not as powerful as verbal evidence, which naturally gave birth to "confession is king". Therefore, extorting confessions by torture has become the mainstream in interrogation procedures, and there is nothing to rule out illegal evidence. Evidence system of evidence.

Of course, the existing incriminating evidence is more than enough to convict Lai Sheng, but to implicate Jia Zhen, Lai Sheng's testimony is still needed.

"Come on, get the stick!!!" Seeing that Lai Sheng didn't move, Xu Lu slapped the gavel and shouted sharply.

The yamen servants on both sides took the sticks and put the sticks on the ashen-faced Lai Sheng, and after a short while, the screams were heard again and again.

When Jia Heng and Dong Qian escorted Jia Zhen and entered the inner hall through the corner gate, they heard Lai Sheng's screams and intermittent confessions in the yamen hall.

Jia Heng frowned, secretly thought, the confession obtained by torture is okay to check the clues, but if you want to convict, it is easiest to retract the confession.

Of course, he believed that Xu Lu would not fail to consider this point.

Jia Zhen staggered and stood behind the threshold outside the inner hall, just in time to hear how Lai Sheng was going to be ordered by her to give money to the thieves, her face turned dark, her heart was burning with anger, and she frantically struggled with the rope, saying "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu "Don't stop.

In the Yasi, Kong Mu, who was sitting on both sides of the office, was writing a confession.

Because the judge Fu Shi was a member of Jia's family, Xu Lu did not reveal anything about Jia Zhen's trial tonight in the yamen in advance, but Fu Shi had already left the yamen and went home to spend the reunion festival with his family.

"Sign and draw!" Xu Lu winked at Jia Heng and said in a deep voice.

Waiting for Lai Sheng to draw a bet on the confession.

"Bring Jia Zhen!" Xu Lu slapped the gavel, and Jia Heng and Dong Qian escorted Jia Zhen into the main hall of the yamen.

"Ah, master!" Lai Sheng shook his head, looked at Jia Zhen in horror, and called out, he was tortured just now, and he has tried all the tricks, will the master take his skin off?

Afraid of what might come, Lai Sheng raised his eyes, and suddenly met a pair of fierce and surly eyes, Lai Sheng couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and he lowered his head, not daring to look at each other.

At this time, Jia Heng kicked Jia Zhen's legs violently. Jia Zhen suddenly groaned, bent her knees, and knelt down on the ground. Dong Qian tore off the cloth towel from her mouth.

"Slave dog, it's obvious that you colluded with bandits, how dare you...crawl and bite indiscriminately!" Jia Zhen stared at Lai Sheng, her eyes spit fire, and cursed angrily.

This dog slave is simply as stupid as a pig, he should bear the crime all by himself, how dare he implicate him? !

Lai Sheng's face was pale, he opened his mouth, and was about to say something, when he heard a sneer from above, and said loudly: "Collude with thieves, kidnap women and children, according to my "Law of the Great Han", you should be executed, and your relatives will be exiled to the nine sides." , Only by confessing to the mastermind behind the scenes can there be a glimmer of hope for atonement! Lai Sheng, you should think about it, if you want to resist alone, the master's crime will be unforgivable!"

Lai Sheng's face changed slightly, remembering that he was beheaded and his family members would be exiled from the army, his heart felt cold for no reason, his hands and feet were cold, and he subconsciously avoided Jia Zhen's staring gaze.

"Take him down, take him to a prison, and keep him under strict supervision!" Xu Lu shouted coldly.

The yamen servant made a promise, cut off Lai Sheng's arm, and took him to the back yamen prison.

At that time, because Jia Zhen was bumping all the way on the horse, her complexion was sallow and confused, but her heart was raging with anger, and she stared at Jia Heng with resentment, how could she not know that this was a "trap" aimed at herself!
Looking at the scarlet-robed official behind the case, he said angrily: "My lord, I am the third-rank official of the imperial court, the patriarch of the Jia clan in Ningguo, and ranks as the general Wei Lie of the Han Dynasty. Third Grade, you have no right to judge me!"

Said, struggling to get up.

Xu Lu's face was cold and hard, under his thin eyebrows, he was full of evil spirits, he slapped the gavel, but said in a loud voice: "Jia Zhen, I am in charge of the Jingji Sanfu Jingsu law and order, and you are the third-rank Weilie general of the country, but you are secretly Colluding with the rebels in Cuihua Mountain, leading the ferocious beasts to the capital, and showing off the ferocious soldiers under the emperor's tower, do you want to rebel!?"

Jia Zhen's face was dull, and she felt a little dazed for a while, he was just looking for a few bandits to take Qin's daughter away, when would he rebel?

After realizing it, I felt a chill in my heart, good for you, Xu Lu!With a vicious heart, like a snake and a scorpion, put on such a big hat?This is to make the Jia family die!

"You spitting blood! My Jia family is a couple, how dare you rebel!" Jia Zhen shouted anxiously.

Xu Lu sneered and said, "Since you dare not rebel, why do you want to collude with bandits?"

Jia Zhen said angrily: "I was trying to snatch Jia Heng's wife..."

Jia Heng: "..."

Dong Qian: "..."

After the case was written, Kong Mu paused for a moment, glanced at Jia Zhen in surprise, and wrote it down truthfully.

Jia Zhen also reacted, her facial features were distorted, almost ferocious, her body was trembling, a sense of humiliation of being fooled and panic of being exposed by the public spread in her heart, she looked at Xu Lu, almost vomiting blood, and said angrily: "You... ... trick me!"

Ordinarily, Jia Zhen would not be so careless, but she was slapped with stares by Jia Heng's mouth before, and then bumped on the saddle for more than ten miles, and when she was in the yamen hall, she suddenly listened to Lai Sheng's confession, and she couldn't help but lose her mind , and was threatened by Xu Lu's words, and it was chaos.

Xu Lu sneered, slapped the gavel, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have admitted that you have colluded with the bandits, then it will be easy. I have found out that you, Jia Zhen, are lustful and want to marry Jia Heng, a member of the clan. He was beaten by Jia Heng because of coercion and lure, and he held a grudge ever since, so he used Lai Sheng to collude with thieves, and took advantage of the wedding day to secretly murder and plunder, right or wrong!"

"Nonsense!" Jia Zhen's face was gloomy, and she snorted coldly, but she refused to say a word.

Up to now, I can only grit my teeth and deny it, and someone will come to rescue me tomorrow.

He didn't believe that Jing Zhao Yin Xu Lu dared to torture him!

He is the third-rank official of the imperial court, the patriarch of Ningguo, and the duke of the Jia family. There is no order from the emperor. Jing Zhaoyin interrogated him. Is there any law for the king! ?
Jia Heng cupped his hands and said: "Master Xu, Jia Zhen met the bandits in Shuiyue Nunnery. She was accompanied by a young servant from Jia's mansion as a witness. She is now outside the Yamen for interrogation by Your Excellency."

Xu Lu's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Bring the servant!"

Lai Sheng, the general manager of Ningguo Mansion, has made a confession, and the Cuihua bandits have also confessed to Jia Zhen. There is also a young servant as evidence. Women and children are enough.

As long as it attracts the emperor's attention, Jin Yiwei will report the specific details through other channels.

Not long after, the young servant was brought up. Unlike Jia Zhen, Xu Lu finally considered that Jia Zhen was a third-rank mighty general, and it was not easy to use torture.

Not long after, under Jia Zhen's glaring gaze, the servant signed his signature and was escorted to the cell.

Looking at this scene, Jia Heng's eyes flickered, thinking that if this was the case, Jia Zhen might not be able to be nailed to death.

The key lies in the memorial to the impeachment of Jia Zhen...

Xu Lu yelled: "Jia Zhen, now that your evil has been revealed to the world, do you still want to deny it?"

Jia Zhen sneered and said, "Lord Xu, I have never colluded with any bandits!"

(End of this chapter)