Under the pressure from the prince, the second trial was indeed scheduled for the next day, but one thing was not done as he wished, that is, the presiding officer of the Ministry of Justice or Meng Zhongqiu.

However, more than half of the officials who were on the trial today were less than yesterday. After all, these adults were in important positions and were busy with government affairs. How could they come to the trial every day? At most, they would get a result at that time and then express it in the court based on the results.

So, after going through the process, Sun Daming continued yesterday's topic: "Li Ling, now all the evidence is in front of you. I advise you not to make any more quibbling and plead guilty, and to maintain a little dignity. Otherwise, under severe punishment, your face will be very bad."

Li Ling calmly looked at him and Jian Chong on the other side for a moment, then grinned and said, "Are you two sirs determined to be me, have you determined that I have committed such a serious crime?"

"It's not that we believe you are guilty, but that's the case, there are evidences and physical evidence!"

"But the problem is that these evidences are all produced by you, and the so-called witnesses are also found by you. It is hard to say whether they are fake!" Li Ling said, and before the two of them had an attack, he turned his eyes to Meng Zhongqiu. "Mr. Meng, there is an important matter for the subordinate officials to say that it is related to the truth about the case of the stolen and sold off the supplies of the northern border army."

When Jian and Sun heard him speak solemnly, their hearts suddenly became tight and a hint of anxiety arose. But before they could react, Meng Zhongqiu said without hesitation: "You said, but it must be the truth, otherwise I will not spare you easily."

"Of course." Li Ling looked confident, and his eyes swept over the two people who had changed color and said loudly: "Whether it was the two adults, the governors of the two Huai Rivers, or the other courts insisted that I, Li Ling, were the culprit behind the case. You were all just holding on to the point of being the one who stole border troops, or the so-called Caogang that helped transport supplies... But have you ever thought about where the stolen materials from various places have gone in the past year or two?"

This question shocked everyone in the hall, and some people showed deep thoughts. It seemed that everyone had really not paid attention to where these things went. Because in everyone's opinion, as long as the culprit behind the scenes, Li Ling, could all these materials be replenished. Even if he couldn't spit it out, he would be enough to make up for all this if he was confiscated.

But obviously, Li Ling didn't see this. After pausing and giving everyone some time to think, he pointed out the key point: "In fact, from the beginning, you all checked the wrong direction. The people who were taken in the border army were certainly those who stole the goods, but they may not be the only one. Maybe there are other people who are doing the same thing, even more than they stole. Also, although they admitted that they were instructed by me, there was almost no substantial evidence except for what they said. How could they be so trustworthy?

"As for the issues on the Transport Department's books, I, Li Ling, are not afraid of saying a big deal. If I really wanted to cover up these problems, I am afraid that no one in the court can see any flaws now, and it is even more impossible for Lord Ye Rong to check the accounts so easily. I, Li Ling, may not have enough other skills, but when it comes to accounting, I still have this confidence."

After a pause, he continued, "So these so-called evidences cannot be accurately done, but they are just the hands and feet that some people have done to frame me. But some things cannot be faked, that is, they can easily deal with the stolen military supplies - grain, but those armor, bows and crossbows, etc. are different.

"My dear sirs, do you think what I said is reasonable? As long as you find these things and find out who the hands of these weapons and materials, you will naturally know who the real culprit of stealing and selling border military materials and destroying the major events of our court!"

The words were reasonable and well-founded, and many officials who attended the audience nodded unconsciously, and Lu Zhen even echoed: "What Lord Li said is very reasonable, and this cannot be ignored. Especially those weapons, if they fall outside, they may lead to an accident at any time!"

"Li Ling, are you saying so many things to make excuses for yourself! You have made a good plan and thought you would hide your things. Then, as long as I can't find them for a day, I can't convict you?" Jian Chong also reacted slowly and immediately expressed his opinion.

But he obviously underestimated Li Ling. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the latter calmly say: "If you don't know what to do unless you do it yourself, since someone has done such a lawless act, how can you really hide it from the world? To be honest, this case has already had some clues before, and now it has a result."

"What?" Sun Daming suddenly changed color. As soon as he spoke, he realized that his reaction was wrong, so he quickly asked for a supplement, "What are you telling the truth? Where are those weapons and supplies?"

This question was also something that everyone present wanted to ask, so at this time dozens of eyes fell on Li Ling, especially Jian Sun and the others, who were even more nervous. This case was about to be turned over.

Li Ling didn't keep it any more, and immediately smiled and said, "I don't know what the specific one is. However, someone has investigated this matter long ago, and I guess there is an answer today." As he said that, he raised his eyes and looked at Meng Zhongqiu again. The latter understood and immediately said loudly: "It is said that Master Wen Mingwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came to the court to testify!"

If Li Ling's words made the prince's side feel uneasy and felt that the situation was not good, accompanied by Meng Zhongqiu's greeting, everyone's hearts completely sink.

Wen Ming, who is a major official who knows his ability, but has recently become an extremely low-key official. The more important point is that he is still a great helper to the King of England. In terms of identity and status, he is still above Li Ling. His sudden appearance naturally means that there will be big changes.

Then, some people even thought of an extremely critical point, that is, the three departments were held for trial yesterday, and almost no one from the King of England made any moves, and only put Li Ling in the hall for trial, which was completely inconsistent with the King of England's actions of personally picking him up the day before yesterday and then sending him to the Ministry of Justice.

I thought they could not provide strong evidence of refuting, but now I realize that they have a more powerful killer move and are waiting for the final decision.

In the different moods of everyone, Wen Ming held his head up and entered the court. After a little eye contact with Li Ling, he looked at the three judges above and bowed slightly and said, "Wen Ming, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, comes to testify."

"Sir Wen, what evidence have you obtained?" Meng Zhongqiu immediately asked.

"It's not a big deal. I just found some people hiding weapons in the Jiangnan area, and there were a lot of them, including a thousand military crossbows, more than 800 sets of armor, and more than 3,000 swords, spears and weapons."

Every time he reported the number of things, everyone's faces changed. After he finished speaking, everyone gasped and their faces turned a little white.

Before, when they said that the border army supplies were stolen and sold, they didn't take them seriously, because there was no specific concept of their harm. But now, when the numbers of these stolen weapons were combined together, they were truly shocking. These weapons and armor were enough to equip a elite soldier of thousands of people. If they fell into the hands of rebels, they could even pull out an army of more than 10,000 people.

Now, the case of stealing and selling weapons seems much more serious than before. Several of the presiding judges were shocked and speechless for a long time.

Fortunately, Meng Zhongqiu was still a little prepared. He was the first to come back to his senses and asked, "Sir Wen, it's important. Don't talk nonsense! You are an official in Luoyang, how can you know so clearly about Jiangnan?"

"Because I have served as the governor of Jiangnan before, I can still control many things over there." Wen Ming did not hide it and said in a real way, "Of course, what is more important is that since I am a minister of the Great Yue court, the salary of the king should be shared with Your Majesty. Since I knew early in the morning that someone was secretly stealing and selling border military supplies, how could there be no reason not to investigate?

"Actually, when this incident was discovered by people from the northern border, I had heard of it, because I had worked in the northern border before and paid much attention to the flow of materials in the military. Several of my previous subordinates had written to tell me that in the past year, the front-line military states needed more materials than before, but there was no war on the front line and the court had not seen the additional troops in each army, so I was worried and asked them to help investigate it secretly.

"But because it is important and involves the stability of the border troops, I dare not make any statement before I find the conclusive evidence. However, because of this, the thieves did not realize that they had exposed their whereabouts, so that my people caught them and followed them all the way. As a result, they realized that they were transporting these weapons and rations to the south through the waterway, and then hid them in Lin'an City!"

Everyone was a little stupid. It turned out that Wen Ming had been paying attention to this case for a long time? And he had already investigated so carefully that even where the thing was implemented, maybe...

Sure enough, he finally said, "Then my people continued to investigate, and finally determined the location where the thieves hid these military supplies, which was in Meizhuang, Lin'an. Just three days ago, my people had joined forces with the local government troops to raid Meizhuang, captured all the people in one place, and found out all the huge amount of weapons hidden in it. This is why I can explain the number of weapons stolen and sold so clearly.
Chapter completed!