Reborn girl from poor family

Chapter 98 Closing the Net (2)

In the execution hall, a tall attendant stood behind Shen Huai, carefully watching every move of everyone in the hall.

He was ridiculed so much by Xu Yuan in the early morning that he was still feeling sad.

——Do you rely on force to win? If you were like Xu Yuan and devoted all your thoughts to figuring out people's hearts, your strategy would definitely be superior to Xu Yuan's now. How could you still stand his chance? You're still poking at him.

If the master promotes others, where will his conscience go?

Gao Jun was holding back his energy, and he wanted to take a closer look today: how the hypocritical governor of Cao who he thought was going to be taken advantage of, and who was just trying to make ends meet, held all the pitfalls of Cao Kaihe in the palm of his hand!

During today's court hearing, Liu Ming used explosives and weapons as a breakthrough point as soon as he came up.

The Ordnance Bureau's accounts and other related matters are all under investigation, but everyone who knows well knows that there are one set of accounts and one set of accounts that are secret. The one that was brought to the court the day before yesterday was obviously the account, but what about the secret account?

The military craftsman said that he only used one set of account books. The director of the Ordnance Bureau explained that it involved secrets, and unless he had a warrant from the governor to specify for interrogation, the authority of the criminal yamen alone was not enough to allow him to provide more.

Originally, the Ordnance Bureau was not under the jurisdiction of the Cao Transport Bureau, but because the scope of the Cao Governor's powers was broad and covered local political affairs, so even though they were both under the management of the Cao Governor, they really had no control over the administration of punishments.

Liu Yun was sitting in the hall, looking ugly.

The Governor's order had to be reviewed today, but the Governor did not completely delegate power, so that he had no way to deal with such a huge obstacle.

Next, how to judge?

Beside the lobby, there were several great gods sitting, each of them higher than his official. Even the lower-ranking Censor Qian looked particularly impressive because of his authority.

Liu Yun frowned, glaring at the director of the Arms Bureau who was not afraid of the people in the hall, and cursed her in his head.

Over there, Cao Kaihe suddenly spoke, "Mr. Liu, since you don't have the authority, you should be more prudent and so on. But now you are rushing to be promoted to court today just based on a letter from the governor. Isn't this a joke?

of?"

The people on both sides who were watching the trial couldn't help but murmured after hearing this.

Liu Yun didn't need to listen carefully to know what he was talking about. Among this group of people, there were many from state and county yamen, and their powers often overlapped with his own. He relied on the dispatch of the Ministry of Justice to handle things, and he did bully others a lot. Now,

Even if you are beaten into trouble, you are still to blame.

However, it was impossible for him to just wait for death.

No need to wait either.

Liu Yun seemed not to have heard Cao Kaihe's taunting, and was stunned: "Take Lai Guojin!"

Cao Kaihe was startled, then his eyelids twitched, he looked at the door with a sneer and said nothing.

The yamen servant was also humiliated by the ridicule. He quickly whined and echoed, one after another. The momentum was so shocking that the whole hall fell silent and everyone looked towards the door.

A tall, dark and thin middle-aged man was brought in. He kept his eyes straight and was recognized as a scholar in the hall. He was able to stand in the hall and listen to questions without kneeling.

The Yamen servant put the pieces of pig iron concealed weapons and the gunpowder fragments found in Zhou's house in a tray and brought them to Lai Guojin for him to identify.

Lai Guo Jinzi looked at it carefully and replied with certainty that this batch of pig iron had never been seen before and had never appeared in the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau.

Evidence? Of course it’s the material book.

The manager, Old Zhaotou, presented two thick books, which he said were records of the pig iron materials entering and leaving the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau in the past year.

There are thousands of documents. If you read through them carefully, from beginning to end, you won't find any problems.

Nonsense - the things recorded in pen and ink are dead objects after all. These hidden weapons are just a bunch of irregular fragments and scraps, and each complete chapter is stamped on them. How to verify which batch is which?

Liu Yunduan was sitting in the hall and suddenly lost his mind - the record contained how much pig iron was imported on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, how much scrap was produced on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, and how much scrap was dissolved on a certain day of a certain year and month for use.

Wherever the accounts are clear.

But, what’s the use in this case?

Cao Kaihe said impatiently: "Since I remember everything clearly, it can be seen that this batch of pig iron did not come from the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau. The Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau took over the work from the Ordnance Bureau, and all the materials were also supervised by the Ordnance Bureau.

Things naturally need to be explained by the Ordnance Bureau. With such a hard trial now, is it possible that someone is shirking responsibility?"

He was sarcastic, but his reasoning was clear. The face of the director of the Arms Bureau changed on the spot.

Caobing is a major supplier to the local arms bureau, and there are many contacts between the two parties. Even though the two sides are not very close due to the relationship between Caobing and Caodu, they are still closely related.

Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief, who was always known for his magnanimity and righteousness, suddenly fell into trouble.

He is so cruel and vicious in dragging people down, and he can turn his face around at the slightest moment... No, when did the little manager of the Ordnance Bureau really have face in front of General Cao?

The power of the officialdom is always related to the interests. Cao Kaihe has a clear goal and is ruthless in his actions. He sees that the trouble will be directed to the Arms Bureau again.

At this time, Lao Zhaotou, the manager of the Zazao Bureau who was kneeling on the ground next to Lai Guojin's feet, moved.

"Sir, can I take another look at this hidden pig iron weapon?"

Before Liu Yun spoke, Lai Guojin raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice and yelled: "Old Zhaotou, what are you doing? You have no business here!"

Old Zhao lowered his head and said, "My boss, this little concealed weapon looks familiar. I dare not not answer when the superior officer interrogates me."

The yamen officer then brought the hidden weapon to Old Zhaotou, and indeed Old Zhaotou looked at it carefully.

Old Zhaotou even touched the pieces one by one, then put the things back and said to Liu Yun: "Sir, I have something here that needs to be presented."

He took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to the yamen servant.

The yamen officer presented it to Liu Yun, who took it and opened it. His eyes flashed slightly and his face suddenly relaxed.

Instruct the yamen servant to pour the contents of the bag into a new tray.

There was a crisp sound, and although everyone was still standing far away, they all knew it by heart - in that tray, there was a pile of gray and black trivial items, were they the same as the pig iron hidden weapons used by the killer?

There was a roar everywhere.

At Liu Yun's signal, the yamen servant first brought the tray to Cao Kaihe, Shen Huai, Qian Yushi and others, and then waved it around in front of the jurors.

"Old Zhaotou, please tell me the details in detail." Liu Yun's voice was very steady.

Half of Lao Zhaotou's face was almost pierced by Lai Guojin's gaze, but he did not look away and said: "Sir, this is a new batch of waste materials produced by the Miscellaneous Manufacturing Bureau on the 28th of the first lunar month. As a rule, we have to collect and re-melt the waste materials."

, but one bag was lost on the second day of February.”

"Why isn't it in the records?"

"My boss said that the matter of the weapons was at stake, so he told me not to make any noise about it and just dissolve it quietly so that I can be safe."

"Old Zhaotou! You don't have to climb around!"

Lai Guojin shouted loudly, kicked Old Zhao's head to the ground, and then kicked him into the heart of Old Zhao's heart.

Seeing him suddenly violently rising, the kick was about to land in the heart of Lao Zhaotou. A yamen servant nearby who had been prepared rushed forward, hugged Lai Guojin and pinned him to the ground. Then several more people rushed up and threw Lai Guojin's

The outer robe was taken off and everyone was tied up in the hall.

Liu Yun slapped the gavel again and said angrily: "Lai Guojin! Do you still have the king's law in your eyes? Come on, punish him with ten sticks and set a rule for him!"

"You dare!"

Lai Guojin glared at him, how could Liu Yun, a villain, not look so majestic when he followed Cao Kaihe with a shy face and hugged his thigh?

Cao Kaihe looked ugly - what's going on? Isn't this old Zhaotou Lai Guojin's confidant?

He glared at Lai Guojin, why did he think this guy was so effective at doing things before?

Lai Guojin didn't dare to look back, he just shouted that he was wronged and protested that Liu Yun could not abuse the punishment just based on old Zhaotou's words, "Are you going to beat me to death?!"

"I'm not beating you because of this hidden weapon," Liu Yun shouted, "but because you are lawless and contemptuous of the government! Come on, drag him down, and then try again after the beating!"

(End of chapter)