Chapter 165 Fatal Things
Nanny Li was brought up immediately.
Seeing Grandma Li, Zhang Changshen was really satisfied with the Wei family.
If the Wei family didn't bring this mother-in-law out today, they would still have to go through a lot of trouble to get the person out of the Wei mansion. Now the Wei family has automatically sent the person to them. If there was no precedent, Zhang Changshen would really want to give the person to the Wei family.
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The reason why Mrs. Wei brought Nanny Li with her was because she was used to her presence. In the past, she didn’t need to say anything to do anything, and Nanny Li would take care of it. Mrs. Wei went to Suiping again
The Hou Mansion inquired about information and seduced Xu Xi. Naturally, Nanny Li, who was sophisticated and knew some inside information, used it with ease.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Changshen was saved a lot of trouble.
He was shocked: "Ms. Li, the police caught a thief on the street last night. He named himself Li Mu and is the companion of the second wife of Suiping Hou Mansion, Mrs. Wei. Do you know him?"
Grandma Li's body was shaken, and her heart suddenly fell to the ground.
Her son's family was nowhere to be found, and the Wei family was arrested again. She was terrified and didn't know what the person who arrested her son was going to do.
Now that the boot was off her head, she understood what to do.
"I know, that's my son."
"According to Li Mu's confession, two years ago he killed the grandson of Wen Shangshu and framed it for the son of Mr. Liu, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Do you know about this?"
Grandma Li was startled and hesitated to speak.
She knew that since her son was arrested, these things would be revealed sooner or later.
But once she admitted the matter in court, wouldn't her son's life be doomed?
Zhang Changshen was startled: "In the laws of the Jin Dynasty, principals and accomplices are sentenced according to the severity of the crime. If your son is only instigated by others, he will be exempted from the death penalty. But if he is the principal culprit, he will be executed. In addition, this
Li Mu has already confessed that this was your instigation, can you admit this?"
Aunt Li was agitated and said quickly: "My lord, this is unfair. I have no grievances with Master Wen and Master Liu, so why would I instruct my son to take a human life? This was all done by my master Wei. And the Wei family
The reason why he ordered us to do this is because of the instruction from his father, Mr. Wei."
Zhang Changshen immediately perked up and came to the point: "Can you provide any personal or physical evidence? It's empty talk. If you want to pin the crime on Mr. Wei and Mr. Wei, you need evidence."
"Yes, yes." said Nanny Li. "At that time, a steward of the Wei Mansion named Wei Kang ordered my son to do it. He also sent someone to lure Wen Shangshu's grandson to the suburbs..."
Grandma Li knew that whether she and her son's family could save their lives depended on her cooperation, so she immediately recounted the situation at that time, like she was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
She also cited witnesses: "My son also knew that this matter was closely related. He was afraid that Mr. Wei and the second lady would silence him if he did this, so he wrote down these things and made several copies, and handed one copy to
I gave the other two copies to my in-laws and my daughter. I specially revealed this news to the second lady. The second lady was afraid of us, and she didn’t have servants who were more useful than my family, so she didn’t want to destroy us.
mouth."
Zhang Changshen only felt that the trial of today's case went very smoothly. If all the prisoners were so cooperative and took the initiative to provide personal and material evidence, then he would not be bald.
He immediately ordered: "Go and bring the two families provided by Wei Kang and Li."
After the officer left, he had Grandma Li imprisoned and asked some formal questions about the two maids, Chunqing and Chunfen.
Although these two maids were also the children of the Wei family, because they were young and inactive, the Wei family was worried that they would be lax and unable to shoulder the burden, so she did not ask them to do anything private, and even did not tell them about the complaint.
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To do all these things, she had to ask Grandma Li and her family to do it.
Therefore, these two maids were just going through the motions, and Zhang Changshen asked people to take them off. Also imprisoned was Wei's coachman.
To prevent the news from leaking, these people cannot be let go even if they are not guilty.
After instructing his subordinates to guard the prisoner and not allowing anyone to visit, take him away or interrogate him, he went out with the confession.
As soon as he left Dali Temple, he ordered his entourage: "Hurry and inform Taifu Cen and Mr. Wu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, that I have a case to present to the emperor."
The follower received the order and ran away on his fast horse.
Zhang Changshen slowly got into the carriage and walked around the street before going to the palace.
"Master Zhang, please wait a moment. Taifu Cen and Shangshu Wu are discussing matters with the emperor. Let's go and inform you." The eunuch said to Zhang Changshen with a smile, then walked into the hall with a whisk.
Zhang Changshen was waiting outside with a leisurely look.
As the minister of Dali Temple, he is usually very busy handling cases. Unless there is a major case involving the court or officials, he will come to the palace to report to the emperor. This is only a few times a year.
Because the frequency is low and the cases reported are important, usually the emperor will definitely meet with him immediately if there is no particularly important matter at hand.
Sure enough, the eunuch came out shortly after entering. He smiled and said to Zhang Changshen: "Master Zhang, the emperor has invited you. Come with us."
Zhang Changshen followed him in.
"Okay, I understand what you said, so I will do as you say." When Emperor Xiao Ge saw Zhang Changshen coming in, he was about to send Tai Fu Cen and Wu Shangshu away.
"Your Majesty..." Zhang Changshen looked at the two people and hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong? Is the case related to the two of them?" Xiao Ge frowned and asked when he saw this.
Zhang Changshen quickly saluted: "There is some relationship."
Xiao Ge nodded and said to Tai Fu Cen and Wu Shangshu: "Then you two stay and listen."
Zhang Changshen then placed the file in front of Xiao Ge and reported: "Wei Liniang, the daughter of Master Wei of Taichang Temple, exchanged one of her twins with the daughter of Suiping Hou Zhao Yuanxun fourteen years ago. Now the prince of Suiping Hou
Zhao Jingli was actually the son of Zhao Yuanliang, the second son of Duke Sui, and Wei Liniang."
Xiao Ge's brows furrowed, and he looked a little displeased: "What does this case have to do with Cen Aiqing and Wu Aiqing? You can just handle it as usual. As for Wei Qiu, I will reprimand and punish him."
Tai Fu Cen and Wu Shangshu looked at each other.
They knew that the emperor had this attitude after learning about the case.
Zhang Changshen's expression did not change at all. He bowed and stood up, his tone still calm: "In the trial of Wei Liniang's son-exchange case, I found the culprit in the case of Wen Shangshu's grandson."
"Huh?" Xiao Ge's expression changed, "Isn't it Liu Chengde's son who killed Wen Shangshu's grandson?"
"Your Majesty, do you still remember that I said there was something fishy about this case?" Zhang Changshen said.
Xiao Ge nodded: "I remember. But you checked and found no evidence."
At that time, Wei Qiu and Liu Chengde competed for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Later Liu Chengde was demoted because of the case. Wei Qiu failed to become the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel due to the objections of the ministers who were close to him, but he still became the Minister of Taichang Temple.
Chapter completed!