Reborn girl from poor family

Chapter 106 Watching a Tiger Fight (2)

The seven cavalry soldiers in the hall all had gray and defeated faces. They neither knew nor had the intention to know about the eye winds flying above their heads.

Now, not to mention Cao Kaihe, even the other officials in this room are now like vicious wolves. They can eat them alive with just the slightest movement of their lips.

They were all hoping that the companion next to them would be able to speak first, and that they would be able to follow suit and perhaps be a little less guilty.

But as soon as Liu Yun opened his mouth, all this luck was wiped out. He said clearly: "All the soldiers in the hall listen clearly: Today's court hearing will be decided by Lord Cao Governor, and will be witnessed by Qian Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

There should be no excuses, and anyone among you who can take the initiative to report and expose the perpetrators will be given a lighter sentence."

The seven soldiers looked at each other and finally put Cao Kaihe, who had a frightening look on his face, out of their minds. They started to answer each other's questions.

In just a moment, he was able to describe the events of that night in detail. The confession was not only basically consistent with the previous soldier's confession, but also added many additional details.

For example, before setting off, Xu Ming emphasized: Today, the commander-in-chief has an order to kill without mercy.

For example, when returning, Xu Ming made it clear: Use any means necessary to kill Shen Huai, and you will never be held accountable for accidental injuries in the dark night.

Others actively provided clues: they were just ordinary soldiers with limited skills. The ones who really took on the killing task were a few martial arts masters pretending to be soldiers, whom they had never seen before.

This was not a spur-of-the-moment idea, it was premeditated.

Su Ya felt goosebumps when she heard it. Xu Ming was so cruel. He went so far as to kill everyone he had never met before. It was said that Xu Ming's body was still parked in the punishment yamen. He wouldn't die with his eyes closed and suddenly pretended to be dead, right?

Su Ya couldn't help but rub the goose bumps that suddenly appeared on her arms, and silently squeezed forward.

The officials who were listening to the trial also looked at Shen Huai in fear. Their eyes fell on his shoulders and they all felt a pain: This was a robbery and killing without regard to consequences. If they had happened to do it, would they have done it too?

Lucky to escape with all whiskers and all tails?

"You dare to confuse the public with your monstrous words in broad daylight!" Cao Kaihe asked in a deep voice: "Liu Yun, you once said that in order to snatch Xu Ming's body, I made a big fuss in the torture yamen and took the opportunity to exchange the detained soldiers. So now this

According to the situation, are these soldiers real witnesses or fake witnesses?"

Su Ya secretly praised that Cao Kaihe was worthy of being an old official in the officialdom. In his anger, he did not miss this key link: Are these soldiers still the same people as before? If the identity of the witness is false, how can the confession be true?

of?

In fact, the important point is not whether it is right or wrong. How could Cao Kaihe not know whether these are right or wrong?

The point is, it was Liu Yun who said the soldiers were replaced, and it was Liu Yun who led the soldiers to the court to serve as important witnesses. If Liu Yun, the person in charge of the punishment, cannot stand, the trial will turn into a joke.

This move is called attacking the opponent's shield with his spear. He doesn't even have to explain himself, forcing Liu Yun to show his cards first - anyway, Liu Yun will never hide the evidence in his hand. Sooner or later, he will show his cards, so it is better to bet on him.

Divert your attention first, even if you ask for a hammer and get a hammer, you can deal with the hammer when the time comes.

Shameless, really shameless.

Su Ya praised and cursed in her heart. The older the official, the stronger his ability to cheat. She didn't know if Shen Huai had any countermeasures when he was hiding behind Liu Yun and Qiu Naicheng.

With this thought in mind, she quietly turned her gaze to Shen Huai. The man was looking at Cao Kaihe, his face was always cold and he could not tell any emotion.

Liu Yun, on the other hand, looked hesitant and did not speak for a while.

"I've told you all. One moment, you said that I had robbed Xu Ming. The other moment, you said that I had replaced someone in public. The next moment, you brought up a few soldiers who didn't know their whereabouts and insisted that they were my people, Cao soldiers.

120,000, are all of them mine?"

The murmurs in the hall started again, obviously they were moved by Cao Kaihe's words.

"The tricks are so far-fetched and outrageous," Cao Kaihe sneered, "You still said there was no one behind you?"

What he said almost hit Qiu Naicheng in the face.

Everyone understood what he meant, and everything inside and outside the hall immediately became extremely quiet.

Qiu Naicheng smiled slightly, pretending not to understand, picked up the tea cup and drank slowly.

Liu Yun knew that he had reached a critical moment of testing.

He calmed down and acted as if he had not heard of Cao Kaihe's provocation. He calmly directed the clerk to bring up the confession. After reading it carefully, he ordered a few soldiers to sign it in the hall, and then respectfully said to Cao Kaihe: "Master Cao,

Trial the case, review the case, how can the case be closed without trial, don't be angry, there are still things below."

besides?

Cao Kaihe's face became more and more ugly. He was trapped in a tight siege and couldn't stand alone, but the more anxious he became, the less he could think of how to stop this losing battle.

Indeed there is.

The yamen officer who went to the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau to bring the new employee's ID came back.

A group of craftsmen came in one after another, and among them was Yuan Yutao.

Su Ya was stunned. Yuan Yutao was basically just a non-staff craftsman in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, the kind who was paid to work. Why was he brought to testify today?

But I saw that Yuan Yutao and Shen Huai had not even met each other, and they looked like they didn't know each other at all.

Liu Yun did not first mention the pig iron situation mentioned by Lao Zhao, the manager of the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau, but first asked these people to identify it.

Sure enough, a few of them looked strange but remained silent.

Liu Yun asked people to drag Lai Guojin up and spin him around again. After this demonstration, he successfully pried open the teeth of a group of people.

They all make a living, and they may not be free of oppression and resentment on weekdays. When I saw with my own eyes that my employer, Lai Guojin, was in trouble, I stopped talking about him.

It turned out that what Lao Zhao said was true, that the Zaozao Bureau, under the control of Lai Guojin, concealed a bag of lost pig iron and scraps.

At this point, the source of the thief's hidden weapon is locked in the Zazao Bureau.

But was this pig iron stolen? Or was it deliberately given away by Lai Guojin?

Liu Yun was not in a hurry to ask, but instead had two more plates of fragments brought to him.

Some fragments of different sizes mixed with soil were carefully placed on trays and brought to the group of craftsmen.

Someone stretched out his hand, pinched it, rubbed it twice, and then put it to the tip of his nose to smell it. "Sir, is this the residue from where the gunpowder was exploded?"

"Where do you think it is the gunpowder residue from the explosion?" Liu Yun asked.

"The nature of nitrate is vertical and the nature of sulfur is horizontal. The smell of sulfur in this soil is strong and the color is burnt. It must be mainly sulfur and supplemented by saltpeter. Sir, this is gunpowder specially used for blasting." An old craftsman answered cautiously and added

The soil in the palm is lifted up, allowing people to see more clearly.

Someone then added: "Judging from the red pigment on this shell, it should be specially used to blast the canal during canal dredging."

The one who spoke was Yuan Yutao, who was tall, long-legged, particularly conspicuous and young among the crowd.

He picked up a black fragment and said: "Dredging rivers often requires blasting underwater, so it is very important for the shell to be waterproof. This is my newly improved thin-skin ammunition shell, which I just handed over after the year."

"You didn't admit it wrong?"

"I will never admit my mistake," Yuan Yutao said categorically, "I also added a water-proof pattern on this shell that no one else has."

"Then do you know which company this batch of gunpowder was delivered to?"

"Remember," Yuan Yutao's voice was steady and clear: "Left it to the Cao soldiers."

Everyone's eyes flickered and they all looked towards Cao Kaihe.

Although the management of river dredging belongs to the governor, most of the execution is undertaken by the cavalry. Could it be that Lai Guojin is Cao Kaihe's man?

(End of chapter)