The emperor gave the order and someone immediately carried it out.
Official Lu had also learned his lesson. He did not dare to beg for mercy and could only endure the punishment.
Pa! Pa!
After being slapped twenty times, Official Lu's face instantly swelled up like a pig's head…
Seeing Official Lu in such a miserable state, everyone in the hall fell silent out of fear.
Zhao Zheng asked Qi Jiguang after the bailiffs finished executing the sentence.
"Qi Jiguang, do you have any witnesses to everything you said?”
"Yes, my neighbors can testify for me."”
"Summon the witness!"
Soon, five or six commoners walked into the hall.
"This commoner pays his respects to the Emperor!"
There were elders and aunties among these commoners. They were not young, and they were naturally wearing coarse linen clothes.
"Rise."
"Thank you, Emperor."
"Are you all Qi Jiguang's neighbors?" Zhao Zheng asked.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." An old man said.”
"Alright, then you can testify for Qi Jiguang and prove that Qi Jiguang is telling the truth?”Zhao Zheng asked again.
"We are willing!"
"I saw it with my own eyes. Three noble young masters barged into the Qi family.”
"I saw it too. They are not human…"
A
few commoners started talking at once.
Actually…
In the beginning, these few people didn't dare to testify for Qi Jiguang because they were afraid of the officials and were more afraid of being implicated.
It was the people from the East Chamber who came to them and told them that with the Emperor's support, they could testify without worry. Moreover, those who testify could take five taels of silver. If he still refused to testify, he would have to go to the East Chamber for tea…
Don't blame Zhao Zheng for being shameless.
This was his first public hearing.
In order to prevent the case from going wrong and make the case foolproof, Zhao Zheng had to be fully prepared.
Qi Jiguang still didn't know the real reason why these people came to testify. Seeing such a warm-hearted neighbor, Qi Jiguang was very touched. If it wasn't for the fact that he was not allowed to speak nonsense in court, he would have thanked them.
Seeing so many witnesses, Minister Lu was anxious. He wanted to say something, but he didn't dare…
He had just been punished, and his mouth was still hurting!
Yi Zhangliang was also a little flustered at this moment!
He was the one who decided on this case.
If the Emperor overturned the case, even though he was a third-grade official, he was nothing in front of the Emperor. At that time, even Li Yan would not be able to protect him. He would definitely be beaten, and perhaps even his head would not be able to protect him…
He had heard that recently, this fatuous Emperor was a little bloodthirsty!
"Alright, in that case, let me ask you, do you still remember the appearance of the person who barged into the Qi family?”
This question made the uncles and aunties hesitate for a moment.
It wasn't that they didn't remember, but if they directly identified the murderer, they would offend too many people, and they would offend a noble person!
They were just ordinary people. How could they have the guts?
However…
"I remember." These people thought about how scary it would be to go to the East Chamber to drink tea. They gritted their teeth and said,
"I remember."
"I also, also remember."
"
Alright!"
"Summon the other two to the court," Zhao Zheng said loudly.”
He couldn't be bothered to read out the names.
As for the other two people that Zhao Zheng mentioned, they were naturally the second son of Minister Lu and the youngest son of Wang Pingying.
Soon, two young men with pale faces were brought to the hall.
The reason why they came so quickly was that before Zhao Zheng came to the government office, the East Chamber had already caught him…
"Student Wang Zhiming (Zhang Feng) pays his respects to the Emperor…"
Both of them were scholars and scholars, so they could call themselves students.
Zhao Zheng didn't even tell the two of them to get up and asked the commoners directly.
"Look, are they these two?”
At this point, the commoners were not fools. Naturally, they would not give up halfway and do something that would not please both sides.
"It's them!"
"It's them!"
"I'll recognize you even if you turn into ashes
…"
"Thank you for your hard work. You can leave now!" Zhao Zheng sneered.”
This time, Zhang Liang could no longer sit still.
If he continued to sit there, he would probably lose his life.
"Wait!"
Zhang Liang shouted and quickly stood up from his seat, bowing to Zhao Zheng.
"Emperor, this is just their one-sided story.”
"Oh!" "What do you think, Minister Zhang?" Zhao Zheng asked coldly.”
"In my opinion, this case has many suspicious points and should be put in prison for a new trial!"”
"Is that so? Then why did I see Minister Zhang's memorial requesting to execute Qi Jiguang yesterday? May I ask how Minister Zhang convicted Qi Jiguang under the suspicious circumstances of this case?”
"This..." Zhang Liang's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he hurriedly said,""It might be because I was careless and failed to investigate!”
This fellow was also anxious. He took the initiative to admit his mistake and hoped that the emperor would reduce the matter to a small one.
However, Zhao Zheng was unwilling to let him go!
"You didn't just fail to investigate!"
"I heard that your Zhang family has ten thousand hectares of fertile land in Yong County, and you have two mansions in the capital, three shops in good locations, a hundred thousand taels of silver in the Desheng Bank, and thirteen beautiful wives. Every time you go to Happy Red Court, you have to spend a thousand taels of silver…I ask you, how did a mere third-grade official like you manage to make so much money?”
Hearing Zhao Zheng's words, Zhang Liang instantly knelt down!
The commoners who were watching outside were also in an uproar!
Corrupted officials!
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