Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

After Song Cheng saw Bai Zihua directly testifying against Sun Duo, he straightened his face and said, "Sun Duo, what else do you have to say? On New Year's Eve, you led people to the northern suburbs to massacre the entire Qian family. Is this happening?"

"Your Majesty, you are wronged! On the night of New Year's Eve, I was having a reunion dinner at home!" Sun Duo ignored Song Cheng, but turned to Zhu Youtang and yelled.

Zhu Youtang's face immediately darkened, and he coughed lightly.

Liu Jin understood this and stood up and reprimanded severely: "Your Majesty came to the Shuntian Mansion Office today to observe! Deputy Sun Qianhu, please answer well and cooperate with Song Mansion Yin in the trial, otherwise you will be punished with the crime of disrespect!"

clever!

When Li Si, the Minister of Household Affairs, saw Zhu Youtang's reaction, he couldn't help but secretly admire him. This was simply a textbook-level response.

Chang Ning Bo Zhou Yu couldn't help but take a high look at his nephew. He was really wrong at first. In terms of political wisdom alone, he had already surpassed that nephew.

Sun Yi wanted to pull Zhu Youtang down to directly weaken Song Cheng's power and disrupt the interrogation process. However, Zhu Youtang slapped him in the face. It can only be said that Lu Yi underestimated the emperor's wisdom.

"Wei Chen admits his guilt!" Sun Duo found that his tactics were not effective at all, so he had to plead guilty.

Song Cheng knew that it was fortunate that the emperor was here, otherwise the deputy Qianhu of the Huichang Marquis Mansion would not pay attention to him at all with the support of several honorable relatives.

The clouds were rolling and relaxing outside, and the people in the hall stood in the courtyard and watched carefully.

Song Cheng caught Sun Duo's attention with a slap in the face, and then interrogated him with a stern face: "Deputy Sun Qianhu, can you answer my questions now?"

"According to the rules of our Huichang Marquis Mansion over the years, we have to gather together for the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve. You don't know the art of doppelganger in a humble position!" Sun Duo didn't take the little Shuntian Mansion Yin seriously. He responded coldly and seemed annoyed.

The people in the hall couldn't help but nod secretly when they heard this. On New Year's Eve, even ordinary people like them have to have a reunion dinner at home, let alone such noble children.

Judging from the current situation, it is possible that Bai Zihua really framed Sun Duo, and Sun Duo really stayed at home for the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve.

Song Cheng's eyes were menacing, and he immediately said with a stern face: "Deputy Sun Qianhu, it has been confirmed by your tribe that you were not at the Sun family's reunion table on the night of New Year's Eve. You can't stop talking nonsense here!"

Officials such as Li Yu, the Minister of Personnel, and Li Si, the Minister of Hubu, looked at Sun Duo thoughtfully, but they knew that it must be Sun Duo who led the people to massacre the entire Qian family, and they looked at Sun Duo's performance with the mentality of watching a drama.

In the past, when faced with the interrogation of a small Shuntian governor, the Deputy Qianhu's messing around here would have had some effect, but the current situation is completely different.

The dignified emperor is here to listen, this approach will only greatly lose points.

"I left the show early because I had a stomachache. My brother can testify to this!" Sun Duo seemed to have already said something about this and immediately explained it.

Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, seemed to not even think about it, so he directly testified: "Yes, I can testify!"

Song Cheng glanced at Huichang Hou Sun Ming, and then turned his gaze back to Sun Duo: "I don't want to ask why you were not at the New Year's Eve dinner, but where were you when the crime occurred? Who can testify for you? I need to check them one by one!"

"I felt unwell that night, so I went to bed early. Although no one can testify, this is the truth!" Sun Duo couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, but he remained very calm and authentic.

Song Cheng found that this man was very cautious, but he had more things than he imagined, so he showed a wooden sign and asked: "Sun Yi, this is the wooden sign that our Shuntian Mansion found in Qian Mansion, can you recognize it? "

"No... I don't recognize it!" Sun Duo immediately shook his head when facing the wooden sign that suddenly appeared.

Huh?

Li Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and others saw the wooden sign. Although it did have the word "Sun" on it, but now that Sun Ming refused to admit it, it was really impossible to conclude that this thing belonged to Sun Duo.

Song Cheng had been investigating the case these days, so he answered directly: "Don't you recognize it? This is an ancestral artifact of your Huichang Marquis Mansion. You are really telling lies with your eyes open. Your ancestor Anguo Gongsun Zhong accidentally got a piece of it." Lightning-strike wood, because it is widely believed that ghosts are deeply afraid of lightning-strike wood, can be regarded as a talisman to ward off evil spirits. At that time, Duke Anguo ordered famous craftsmen in the capital to make five lightning-strike wood signs and distribute them to his five sons. Because your fifth uncle Gongsun Chunzong After passing away young, a wooden tablet with five-petal plum blossoms on the back fell into your family lineage, and this generation passed it down to you, this piece is in my hands." After a pause, he looked at Sun Ming and said: " Marquis of Huichang, but I don’t know if what I just said is true. This wooden sign belongs to your Marquis of Huichang?"

"This thing is indeed an ancestral property of my Huichang Marquis Mansion. It belongs to... my brother!" Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, knew that he could not deny it at all, so he simply admitted it.

When Song Cheng saw that it had been confirmed, he asked with a straight face: "The sky net is vast and sparse. You accidentally left this wooden plaque in the Qian Mansion. Now that there are both witnesses and physical evidence, do you still want to continue to quibble?" "

"The Qian Mansion has been burned down. Don't try to blackmail me. How can there be any wooden sign left?" Sun Duo didn't expect such a big flaw, so he still argued without intending to admit it.

Song Cheng's brows were slightly furrowed, and he was a little angry: "Before the fire broke out in the Qian Mansion, the Shuntian Mansion Office had already arrived at the Qian Mansion. This thing was found next to the corpse. This matter was filed by the Shuntian Mansion official. !”

Zhu Youtang sipped tea and watched all this leisurely, realizing that if he hadn't been sitting here, the deputy Qianhu would have been wrangling here again.

The matter has become clear at this point. Sun Duo massacred everyone in the Qian family. There are both human and physical evidence, but there is no room for Sun Duo to deny it.

Sun Duo lowered his head silently, but he really didn't want to accept this result, and at the same time secretly regretted his carelessness.

When Song Cheng saw that Sun Ming still refused to attack, he was shocked and said: "Deputy Sun Qianhu, it seems that you really won't shed tears until you see the coffin! Come on, I'll be punished..."

"I'll do it!" Sun Duo knew that he couldn't quibble about the matter, so he immediately spat out two words.

Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, looked up thoughtfully at Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang opposite, but heard an inappropriate cough.

Seeing that Sun Duo had relented, Song Cheng gently raised his hand to stop the Yamen servant from executing him.

"On the night of New Year's Eve, it was indeed me who led people to the northern suburbs to massacre the entire Qian family!" Lu Duo knew that he could no longer argue the matter, so he directly confessed the crime.

The killing that night was indeed very impressive and refreshing. In fact, this was not the first time he had done this kind of thing, but this time it was a serious failure.

"It was really Sun Duo who did it!"

"I told you he was definitely not a good person!"

"It's true that wealth touches people's hearts, but wealth is too rich!"

…

When the people in the hall saw that Sun Duo had confessed, they couldn't help but sigh.

The case went around for a long time, but it turned out that it was not the Minister of Punishment, Du Ming, who paid people to kill the family and seize the house, but the deputy of the Jinyi Guard in front of him to massacre the entire Qian family.

Officials such as Li Yu, the Minister of Personnel, and Li Si, the Minister of Hubu, were secretly happy that the suspicion of Du Ming, the Minister of Punishment, was completely cleared, and they finally realized why the emperor valued this Shuntian governor so much.

It was obviously a complicated case, with frame-up and blame placed on it, but the result was clearly sorted out by the young Shuntian Prefect.

When Song Cheng saw Sun Duo finally relenting, he continued to ask in a deep voice: "Why did you go to massacre Qian Fu's family on New Year's Eve? As far as I know, you and Qian Fu have nothing to do with each other. More selfless resentment!”

Huh?

When the people in the hall heard this question, they all looked at Sun Duo curiously.

Even killing people will have a cause and effect. Now that Lu Yi has skipped the delicious New Year's Eve dinner and instead takes people to the northern suburbs to massacre the entire Qian family, there will naturally be a reason for it.

Huichang Hou Sunming and Changning Bo Zhou Yu exchanged silent glances and realized that the problem was more serious than imagined. Huichang Hou Sunming coughed when his throat felt itchy.

Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Service, frowned slightly and immediately locked his eyes on Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang opposite.

"The reason for the uprising is because of the wealth of the Qian family!" Sun Duo first glanced at his brother and calmly accepted the blame.

Zhu Youtang sipped tea leisurely, but the corners of his mouth were slightly bitter, but he knew that all the officials below him were slippery officials.

Song Cheng frowned slightly and found that it was more difficult to find out the truth than he imagined, so he asked seriously: "Sun Duo, are you after the Qian Mansion Bank?"

Huh?

The people in the hall already knew the fact that the Qian family's treasury was full of cobwebs, but now that they heard that Song Cheng was obviously trying to make a lie, they couldn't help but cheer up.

"Marquis of Huichang, it's time to cure your cough!" Li Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, saw that Sun Ming was coughing again. He immediately stood up and asked for help: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Huichang is coughing incessantly in the court today. I know you in the capital." If you find a good doctor, you can take him for diagnosis and treatment!"

Sun Ming glared at Li Yu and explained to Zhu Youtang: "Your Majesty, Xiaohou has no symptoms. He just had an itchy throat just now, but he is fine now!"

"If you cough again, please leave the court and return to the court!" Zhu Youtang's face was slightly cold, and he scolded him with a straight face.

Li Yu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, and Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, responded, and Sun Ming secretly glared at Li Yu, but he knew that he could no longer give any reminders.

"The treasury of the Qian Mansion is infested with worms. Where can there be money? Others may not know, but since I work in the north of the city, I naturally know that Qian Fu has been quietly acquiring land in the suburbs over the years. Qian Fu can be said to own the land in the suburbs. The person with the most land. When he learned from his humble position that the imperial court was planning to build the outer city of Beijing, the first thing he thought of was the land deed in Qian Fu’s hands. So he took advantage of the reunion of Qian Fu’s family on the eve of the New Year and personally brought people to kill Qian Fu and seize the land deed. !" Sun Duo did not fall for the trick, but directly told the truth.

I see!

When Sun Duo revealed the truth, officials such as Li Yu, Minister of Household Affairs, could not help but nodded silently.

Qian Fu was undoubtedly a very shrewd speculator, but he voluntarily gave up his houses and shops in the city and instead secretly purchased land on the outskirts of the city and waited for the appreciation in value.

If there had not been the disturbance caused by Wan'an at the New Year's Day meeting, the imperial court would probably have built the outer city of Beijing. By then, the land area in the suburbs would have increased by more than ten times.

It's just that "every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of having a jade", so there is "everything is inferior, only reading is high".

Qian Fu indeed waited for the imperial court to build the outer city of Beicheng, but it was also time for his death. A businessman was destined not to have so much wealth, so he became Sun Duo's prey and his family was brutally wiped out.

The overcast sky for most of the day ushered in a ray of sunshine, which fell in the courtyard in front of the court, seeming to bring a touch of warmth to this cold first month.

it's over!

The people bathed in the sun saw the whole process of Sun Duo confessing to the crime, but they knew that Lord Fu Yin would judge the court next, and then push Sun Duo to the guillotine, which would bring a happy ending.

When Song Cheng faced Sun Duo's confession, his eyes looked sharp and he said: "You lied!"

Huh?

When Huichang Hou Sun Ming and others heard Song Cheng's doubts, they immediately looked at Song Cheng in confusion, but they did not expect that Song Cheng would continue to pursue and fight.

Zhu Youtang was not surprised at all. After all, he knew that the case was far from as simple as it is now.

"I didn't lie in my humble position, it's the truth!" Sun Duo said without even blinking, looking very calm and authentic.

Song Cheng met Sun Duo's gaze and asked seriously: "I would like to ask you, did you find all the land deeds in Qian Mansion?"

Sun Ming, Marquis of Huichang, just thought of coughing, and found that Li Yuzheng, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was staring at him eagerly, so he had no choice but to suppress the cough that was about to happen.

"Search... found some!" Sun Duo hesitated for a moment, then responded immediately.

Song Cheng found that this person was more difficult to deal with than he thought, so he asked again: "Since you have already robbed the Qian Mansion, why did you hire the Bei Gang to hunt down Miss Qian at the Dongsheng Inn for you?"

"Since there are not many land deeds in the Qian Mansion, I humbly suspect that the land deeds belong to Miss Qian!" Sun Duo's mind was racing and he immediately gave a reasonable explanation.

Song Cheng seemed to have seen through everything, but he shook his head gently: "All the land deeds have actually fallen into your hands. To be more precise, they have fallen into your hands. The money and wealth have already fallen into the hands you arranged for him." in the trap.”

"What do you mean by this?" Sun Duo frowned slightly, feeling vaguely uneasy.

Huh?

Hearing these words, Li Yu, the Minister of Personnel, and other officials had no idea why Qian Fu had fallen into the trap, and looked at Song Cheng in confusion.

The sunlight just now was blocked by dark clouds, and the whole courtyard seemed to have lost its color again.

It was at this time that the head catcher Zhao Dayan came in from outside.

This middle-aged man with large eyes strode forward with a clear hint of joy on his brows. He first saluted Zhu Youtang respectfully, and then went straight to Song Cheng.

Song Cheng's eyes stayed on Zhao Dayan. When he saw Zhao Dayan take out a thick stack of land deeds from his arms, his expression remained unchanged, but his mind started to work rapidly.

After seeing this large and thick stack of land deeds, Song Cheng transferred the land deeds to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang took the thing from Liu Jin's hand and had a very complicated expression for a moment. Then he took out a piece of land deed and handed it to Liu Jin and said, "Please take a good look at it, my lords. It is really a treasure that touches people's hearts. Take a look." Look what my good ministers have done!"

When he said the last word, he bit it hard.