Chapter 606: Strange Injustice (2)
This case is really strange and strange. After listening to Chu Qi's account, Li Ling fell into deep thought for a long time.
It is reasonable to have a small civilian from a small county outside the capital taken away by the county government for some reason, but it was taken away by a yamen in the capital and sentenced to a heavy punishment of the autumn judgment. It is really unreasonable. It can't be that Chu Shiwu confessed to a powerful man and he had to be sentenced to a serious crime, right?
Also, the reaction of Luoyang Prefecture was even more strange. It seemed that they had known the truth of the case, but in order to avoid suspicion, they just wanted to fool things up and drove away the people at the beginning. Today, they simply wanted to arrest and detain the three victims and detain them until the Qiu Jue.
What's even more strange about their attitude is that when they come to pick people up, they actually handed over the person out. What's this? Is it a mistake? Does this mean that they know that the case is deeply involved and may also involve big people who cannot afford to offend the entire government office, so they wish someone would take away the Chu family?
There is another last point, how did the three of them find out the news from the county government for such a big event? Li Ling suddenly changed his mind and stared at the three brothers of the Chu family with an scrutiny. They looked at them with a terror and almost kowtowed again.
"I asked you something, you must answer honestly." Li Ling stared at them for a moment before saying in an extremely solemn tone, "How did you find such news from the county government? Who in the yamen told you that Chu Shiwu had been taken away by the capital government and he was going to be executed in the autumn?"
The three brothers suddenly had a tangle on their faces, obviously hesitating: "This..."
"If you want to save your uncle, you must tell me the truth!" Li Ling immediately added another pressure to them, and at the same time his eyes were like lightning, covering them steadily, making it impossible for them to get rid of them.
"My lord, it's not that we refuse to tell us the truth. It's because the benefactor who told us the truth that day asked us to swear that he would not tell others that it was the news he revealed..." Chu Qi said, kneeling down and kowtowed repeatedly. Seeing this, the other two people followed suit and made the same move.
For a moment, there was a sound of kowtowing in the room. After a while, the three of them looked red on their foreheads, especially Chu Qi, which caused the wounds on their faces to split and blood to cover their faces. It was really miserable.
But this time, Li Ling was not at all soft-hearted. He only let them kowtow for a while before snorting: "I said, if you want to save your uncle, you have to tell everything the truth and not to hide it at all. If you really don't want to say it, I will not force you. The door is behind you, so you can leave yourself."
When he spoke, the three brothers suddenly stopped moving and looked at the expressionless master again in a tangled manner. Finally, the youngest Chu Shier finally couldn't help it and whispered: "Sir, if the youngest told the truth, would you help us rescue our uncle?"
"I can only say that I will try my best to help you get justice, and I believe that there will be no other person in the capital except me who is willing to help you." Li Ling added another bargaining chip.
Thinking of his previous experience in Luoyang Prefecture, Chu Shier finally made up his mind: "We knew about this from Zhang Touer of the County Prediction Room..."
When he spoke, the other two people finally opened their minds and explained to Li Ling honestly.
It turned out that after the three of them knew that their uncle was arrested and entered the county government, they spent money to save the person. As a result, they spent a lot of money, but the person never came back. The people in the county government only said that this was the county magistrate's meaning.
It was not until half a month ago that they smashed hundreds of taels of silver that Zhang Kang, the official in the punishment room, told them a shocking news that shortly after Chu Shiwu was taken into the county government, he was taken away by a judicial yamen in the capital, and he was also sentenced to a serious crime of murder and murder...
When he learned of this terrible result, the three brothers were stunned, and then they cried out for justice again, but they didn't know what to do. Zhang Kang was still so interested, so he instructed them to go to the capital to find someone to overturn the case and find those who could manage the county government to save their uncle.
The only thing the three small county people who had never had any contact with the government could think of was to find the superiors of the county government, namely Luoyang Prefecture. So they complained for the first time in the Luoyang Prefecture, but they were driven out. In despair, they even thought about going to the Ministry of Justice to complain to the justice department.
As a result, they were pulled to the corner by a stranger the day before yesterday. People told them that there was a way to save their uncle, that was to beat the drum and make injustice. As long as the drums were heard, the officials in the government office could only judge the case obediently and make decisions for them. This was the case today's incident...
"Who is the one who reminds you to beat the wronged drums? Are you familiar with him?" Li Ling immediately caught another key and immediately questioned.
But the three brothers shook their heads: "We don't recognize him, we have never met him before. It's strange, I don't know how he knew we were wronged..."
Li Ling's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he had clearly smelled the scent of conspiracy. The three brothers of the Chu family were tools that were introduced. Whether it was Zhang Kang, the official in Yanshi County, or the stranger who had previously reminded them to beat drums and make trouble, it was obvious that they were not really helping the Chu family, but wanted to use them to make this matter public!
Even, is this a conspiracy against me? Otherwise, there would be no such coincidence. It happened to be with me that such an unjust case happened to be with me, and I happened to see it.
"Sir..." Wan Shenji, who was listening to the side, also tasted it and couldn't help but scream, his eyes full of doubts.
Li Ling nodded to him, then looked at the three uneasy victims again: "Okay, I know the cause and effect. You can stay here with peace of mind. I will find a way to help you rescue your uncle." As he said that, he gave Li Xu a wink, who understood and quickly stepped forward, invited the three of them out, and went to settle down by himself.
Until he and Wan Shenji were left in the room, Li Ling said with a serious expression: "You can see it too, let's talk."
"Sir, do you think this is a conspiracy trap against you? They just want to lead you to conflict with a certain yamen in the capital to cure your crime? After all, you..." Wan Shenji said, thinking about something, but he didn't pick it too clearly.
Li Ling smiled disconcertedly: "When I was in the capital a few years ago, I did offend many people, but if I think about it carefully, those people shouldn't use such a method to plot against me. After all, I'm just a small person. Are those who are arrogant and arrogant, so can they make such a trap just to deal with me?
"Also, as far as the Chu family said, their unjust case happened more than a month ago. At that time, I was still on the way to Beijing. Can those people really know what they are doing early? Finally, it's today's thing. Whether I live here or go out today, it's all random. No one can settle everything early in the morning and just wait for me to step into the trap."
His analysis was indeed reasonable, which made Wan Shenji feel that he was suspicious. But soon, he said with a serious expression: "But sir, this case seems to be very involved. Do we really want to help them?"
But, this is the key to the problem. Should we help them?
Logically speaking, Li Ling has learned to be with Guangchen in the past two years, and is not the one who was so excited that he was surging with his energy and regardless of gains and losses. This matter had nothing to do with him. As long as he sent someone away, whether there was a conspiracy or no conspiracy, it had nothing to do with him.
But Li Ling couldn't make this decision because he still had a bottom line and life!
Because of his position, the officials under his command often acted as corrupt and bribery, Li Ling could turn a blind eye; those rich families in Yangzhou relied on various means to merge the land of the people, so that good people would eventually become landlords and hired farmers, and he could also pretend to be invisible after being angry... Because these things have long become the norm in the official game in this world, he is now unable to stop them, so in the end he can only accept them.
But human life makes an innocent person die inexplicably wronged. Li Ling really cannot turn a blind eye to such a thing, and after knowing this, he will abandon the victim and let them die. If he really reaches this point, let alone becoming an official, Li Ling even feels that he is not worthy of being a person!
So after hesitating in his heart, Li Ling looked at Wan Shenji seriously: "Human life is at stake. Since I know that there is such an unjust case, there is no reason to ignore it. Even if there may be conflicts with some forces in the Korean Central Government, I will still be in charge of this matter!"
Feeling the sudden aura of Li Ling and looking at the light that flashed in his eyes that had not seen each other again in two years, Wan Shenji felt a sudden shock in his heart. Then without much hesitation, he clasped his fists and said, "I understand. Do you need to use the power of the Imperial City Department?"
"Well, let the Imperial City Office look at where Chu Shiwu is now? Also, is there any commander behind Zhang Kang of Yanshi County?" Li Ling did not refuse and put forward his own ideas. These two clues are the most obvious now.
Wan Shenji nodded. This time he returned to the capital, his position in the Imperial City Department has been improved. I believe this little thing should be easy to get.
Just as he was holding his fists and planning to leave, a noise suddenly broke out in the outside world. Before they could react, some subordinates were reporting outside: "Sir, a soldier from the Ministry of Justice suddenly ran away and said that we wanted us to hand over the three members of the Chu family and said that they had committed a crime..."
"Hmm?" Li Ling was stunned, and then there was another arrogant shout outside: "Get out of here!"
Chapter completed!