The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 961 Two Characters

Gou Ao asked: "Has Zha Yue confessed to me?"

"The whole time, he didn't say a word."

Gou Ai breathed a sigh of relief, a faint smile appeared on his face, as if he had put down a heavy burden, and said: "The student confesses that he hired the murderer."

After Fang Yun heard this, his face became slightly grim.

Gou Xi was born as a child and had a literary degree. As long as he did not commit a few serious crimes, his sentence would be greatly reduced. Moreover, now that he had confessed voluntarily, the crime was even lighter. What's more, Ai Weijiang once harmed Gou Xi, which can also affect the sentencing.

If only the case of Gou Ai's murder of Ai Weijiang was tried, Gou Ai would be sentenced to up to three years in prison and would not be exiled or sent to the army.

Fang Yun stared at Gou Xi and said, "Who have you killed?"

Gou Ai was stunned for a moment, a look of shock flashed across his face, and there were obvious abnormalities in his breathing and heartbeat, but he quickly replied: "The student just paid to kill Ai Weijiang."

Fang Yun was shocked and said sternly: "By whose hands did Zhu Yueming, who was punished by the former county magistrate Ji Zhibai, die?"

"I heard that the student died on the way to be sent to the army. As for whether he died of illness or was killed by the barbarians, the student does not know." The hatred in Gou Xi's eyes disappeared, replaced by a look of vigilance.

Fang Yun's face turned even colder and he said, "Qi Junxi and others have confessed that you had operated secretly and even asked Zha Yue to frame the workshop worker Zhu Yueming. Is this possible?"

"That's absolutely not the case!" Gou Xi said firmly.

"Very good. Since you deny this matter, I will ask Ji Zhibai, the chief prosecutor at that time, to come to Ning'an. I will retry the case!"

Gou Ai was stunned, thinking that his firm denial was the right choice, because Zha Yue would not betray him, and Fang Yun could not find conclusive evidence, but Fang Yun made a false shot.

Only then did Gou Ai suddenly realize that Fang Yun’s real target was Ji Zhibai!

He was caught in a dilemma. If Ji Zhibai was involved, he would probably lose his only help. But if he took full responsibility for the crime, with Fang Yun's intelligence, he would probably find the problem and give Fang Yun an excuse to give him a heavy sentence. If Fang Yun finds any big excuse, he will probably use his life to fill it.

Only then did Gou Ao realize that Fang Yun was far superior to ordinary people in all aspects, and that everything about him had been controlled by Fang Yun.

Gou Xiwen's talent in the palace was rapidly depleted, and he finally realized that if he harmed Ji Zhibai, he would definitely be retaliated by the left prime minister's party, but if he did not cooperate with Fang Yun, the punishment would be increased at most, and he would not be retaliated by Fang Yun.

Gou Ao suddenly raised his head and said, "Student admits his mistake! Just now, the student was afraid and was confused for a moment. In order to find a scapegoat, the student framed Zhu Yueming and forged evidence of murder. This led to Master Ji's misjudgment."

A strange smile flashed across Fang Yun's face, which seemed to be a sneer, but also seemed to be mocking, and he said slowly: "It seems that Gou Tongsheng also colluded with the generals to kill Zhu Yueming. Very good, then you will confess to killing Zhu Yueming." go through."

Gou Ai was stunned and thought to himself, he only participated in framing Zhu Yueming, but after the trial, he did not know the process of killing Zhu Yueming, he only knew the result.

"This...student is just framing Zhu Yueming. As for the rest, I don't know." Gou Xi sighed secretly in his heart. He could only hope that Ji Zhibai could withstand it. If Ji Zhibai couldn't withstand it because he was suspected of concealing it, then what he called His guilty plea will be invalid, and his sentence can only be reduced by relying on Tong Shengwen.

Fang Yun nodded and said: "Very good, then I will ask Ji Zhibai to come and cooperate with the investigation of this case."

Later, Fang Yun asked Lu Hanlin from the Hall of Punishment to serve as a witness and send a letter to the Sanfa Division.

When Gou Ao saw this scene, he felt desperate.

With Zuo's ability to control the capital, Fang Yun's application could have been rejected completely, so that Ji Zhibai did not have to go to Ning'an, but Fang Yun deliberately roped in Lu Hanlin in the name of a pilot in the execution hall and asked Lu Hanlin to sign the letter. Even if the left prime minister tried to stop him, Sanfa Si would not dare to refuse.

After all, the Xing Palace had recently dug out relevant officials from the Left Prime Minister's Party, and they were in the limelight. If Lu Hanlin was rejected at this time, the Xing Palace might go through the officials of the Three Law Departments from top to bottom. They are not traitors, but other issues cannot be investigated. This is the scary thing about the Palace of Punishment, it is completely unreasonable.

Yu Dianshi, Ao Huang, Fang Yingwu, Lu Hanlin and others looked at Fang Yun with strange expressions.

The former magistrate of Ning'an County wants to meet with the current magistrate.

Last year's Jingguo champion will join forces with this year's future Jingguo champion.

The two best young men from the Left Party and the Back Party will duke it out here.

Fang Yun, start to fight back step by step!

Ao Huang murmured in a low voice: "Compared with Fang Yun's methods, Ji Zhibai is just like gangsters fighting and causing trouble in the street."

Fang Yingwu nodded. Ji Zhibai's previous behavior towards Fang Yun was very cruel, but he lost the character of a scholar, which caused a large number of scholars in the human race to dislike Ji Zhibai and laugh at him no matter what. What are "a few Ji Zhibai" ", what a "pig-like opponent".

Although Fang Yun also fought back, he was upright. Whether he was taking back control of Mizhou or forcing Ji Zhibai to come, he took the most normal path. Although he was ruthless, he did not lose his magnanimity.

Soon, Sanfa Si quickly asked Ji Zhibai to go to Ning'an County immediately.

Officials in the capital also knew about this and were talking about it.

Chen Dingming, a great scholar of the Chen family, was drinking tea with his old friends. After hearing this, he said something, which quickly spread throughout the capital.

"This boy has the style of Liushan and the bones of Brother Hechuan."

This is equivalent to praising Fang Yun for having the advantages of both the left prime minister and the literary prime minister. The evaluation is extremely high, which has attracted the attention of all scholars in the capital. It doesn't matter if he has the character of the literary prime minister Jiang Hechuan, but it's a bit too scary to have the character of Liu Shan.

If Jiang Hechuan encountered this matter, he would never let Ji Zhibai come, because he didn't want to be accused of revenge, but Fang Yun dared to let Ji Zhibai come, and used the crooked trick that people like Liu Shan would use, borrowing the power of the criminal hall Hanlin to achieve his goal. However, while borrowing the power, Fang Yun did not force Gou Xian or do anything extreme, and still retained the character that a scholar should have.

In addition to the left prime minister's party, almost all scholars in the capital strongly support Fang Yun. Knowing that the great scholar of the Chen family praised Fang Yun, they naturally wanted to promote it.

So the nickname "two prime ministers' character" fell on Fang Yun, and many people believed that this word also praised a person who was scheming without losing integrity, and who was upright without falling into pedantry.

However, some people also saw the other side. This great scholar of the Chen family obviously thought that Liu Shan's methods were too sinister and not upright, and Jiang Hechuan was a bit pedantic and unwilling to change.

No one dared to blame Chen Mingding, even the pioneers who criticized Fang Yun before did not dare to say a word.

He is the head of the Chen Sheng family.

Chen Guanhai is still alive.

It takes several days for Ji Zhibai to go to Ning'an County, and it takes a long time to verify the cause of death of the innocent person Zhu Yueming. However, Fang Yun is good at taking advantage of the situation and told the Criminal Court that this case is representative, so he asked the people of the Criminal Court to go with Yu Bashi to verify the cause of Zhu Yueming's death, so that the military dare not obstruct too much.

Three days later, Ji Zhibai arrived in Ning'an County, and Fang Yun led people to greet him with common courtesy.