The action of the imperial court was faster and bigger than they imagined. Man Bao and the others thought it would take two or three days before anyone would come to ask them questions. As a result, on the 19th day, they had breakfast and not long after, the Minister of Justice came in person Mention them to court.
Seeing that Xiang Mingxue was all wrapped up except for his head, he was silent for a moment, then waved, and asked someone to lift a bed board to carry the Xiang brothers out.
Bai Shan and Man Bao who were reading the book watched silently.
Seeing that they didn't move, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment couldn't help but said: "You two won't be asked to be carried, will you?"
The two put down their books and walked out.
The hall of the Ministry of Punishment next to the prison was tidied up, and Ji Xiang, Wei Zhi and Old Tang were sitting on it at this time.
Ji Xiang is in charge of Shang Shu Sheng's affairs, and now the court order is missing, so Wei Zhi is in charge of it, and the elder servant of Men Xia Province has been sick at home for a long time, so Tang Hui is in charge now.
It is not a small matter for the king of Yizhou to raise private soldiers, so the three people headed the trial. Of course, it is not known whether there is any selfish intention of the emperor.
Besides them, Feng Shangshu from the Ministry of Punishment and Liu Hui from the Ministry of Households are all here.
The reason why the two of them will be arranged separately is because in this case, they will be called in a large number.
In the lobby, Bai Shan bowed his hands to salute, Man Bao just bowed his hands when he saw him, and didn't kneel down, let alone the two people who were carried out, they couldn't even get up.
Wei Zhi and Mr. Tang had no objection, Ji Xiang just thought of his little grandson who was rolling and sweeping the floor in his study last night, he would get a headache, so he turned a blind eye and closed his eyes and didn't make things difficult for them.
Although he sat in the middle, but...
He looked around at the two of them, twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "If you have any questions, Master Wei and Old Tang, just ask."
Wei Zhi and Old Master Tang hurriedly gave way, "Your Excellency, I invite you first."
"It's better if you please, I'll just listen." Looking at who didn't know, after the incident, one was left alone by the emperor until late at night, and the other was summoned an hour later. He was not stupid, and used Toe also knew that the emperor preferred them to investigate this case.
Wei Zhi and Master Tang fell silent, how could they speak about this
What they should know and what they should not know, do they all know
But the important thing is that Ji and other people don't know, and they can represent all the officials. Old Tang Master turned his eyes and landed on Feng Shangshu, and said directly: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments is naturally best at trial, and Feng Shangshu is the best. Let Shangshu ask, and we will add it when we think about it."
Everyone snorted in their hearts: It seems that you have never been a minister of the Ministry of punishment
However, Feng Shangshu didn't dare to say anything about this old Mr. Tang who was obviously younger than himself but was the former chief. He glanced at his current chief, Mr. Ji Xiang.
Seeing him nodding his head slightly, he stood up and bowed to the three adults, then glanced at Xiang Chao and Xiang Mingxue who were lying on the wooden board, waved his hand, and decided not to ask them.
So the guards moved the two wooden boards to the side, exposing Bai Shan and Man Bao to the front and center of the crowd.
Feng Shangshu's eyes fell on Bai Shan, and asked: "Your name and ancestral home, please report them all."
Bai Shan had almost finished reading Dajin's legal books, and even memorized a lot, knowing that it was a tool for interrogation, so he said it in detail.
Feng Shangshu then asked, "Since you are from Longzhou, why did you fill in Mianzhou for your student status?"
Bai Shan then clasped his hands and said: "When the student was five years old, my grandmother took my mother and I to join my cousin in Mianzhou, so I went to school in Mianzhou, and then went to Yizhou to study at the prefecture, so my school status has always been the same. In Mianzhou."
"When did you learn that the King of Yizhou killed your father and enemy for you?"
Bai Shan paused for a moment, then raised his head to look upwards, and seeing Old Master Tang lowered his eyes, he said, "I only found out this year."
Feng Shangshu's eyebrows twitched, "You only found out this year?"
Bai Shan replied "Yes."
"How do you know?"
"My grandmother told me."
"How did your grandmother know..."
Bai Shan picked out Tang County Magistrate and Yang County Magistrate, only mentioned his grandmother, and told Feng Shangshu that in fact, his grandmother had always been suspicious, and also told about his father's encounter with Zhou Yin when he fled outside Luojiang County.
As a result, Feng Shangshu had no choice but to summon Mrs. Liu for questioning.
While waiting, Feng Shangshu took a sip of tea and asked Man Bao, "How about you, report your name and household registration as well."
Man Bao reported the truth.
Feng Shangshu also asked a series of questions, many of which were repeated with Bai Shan. He asked, "How do you know about your parents?"
Man Bao pointed to Bai Shan and said, "Grandmother Liu told me. I didn't know that my parents were not my biological parents. It was Grandmother Liu who told me that my parents told me."
Yes, so we still have to wait for Mrs. Liu to come.
Feng Shangshu went to ask the two people lying on the wooden board.
There are still many witnesses and physical evidence that have not been presented in the Bai family. Although Man Bao has already handed over a wave of evidence, Mrs. Liu still has a lot of them, such as the letter that Bai Qi sent to her family back then, and the letter from Er Ji. Confessions, the confessions of the three assassins who pretended to be officials and went to Qili Village, and even people, Feng Shangshu asked for it, and Mrs. Liu could also hand it over.
Those people are now in Wei Zhi's hands, but it's better to hand them over to Minglu.
But in comparison, the evidence that the Xiang family can give is pitifully small, and most of them are his own speculations, because he doesn't even have any evidence that he is the real owner of Dongxi Village.
The land deeds and house deeds were all destroyed by floods or man-made, and even the files in the county and government offices were lost. Except for the genealogy that Xiang Mingxue wrote silently later, he didn't even have a personal testimony.
So if he wanted to tell the truth, he had to send someone to Suizhou.
He lowered his head and glanced at Xiang Mingxue who was wrapped into a big rice dumpling. Although Feng Shangshu trusted him in his heart, the criminal case was all about evidence.
But they can be sure that the evidence that Bai Shan and the others handed in at the hall the day before yesterday does not show signs of falsehood, so they can leave.
So Feng Shangshu mentioned that Bai Shan and Zhou Man can be released.
Ji Xiang was about to agree, but Old Master Tang suddenly said: "It's just that Mrs. Liu still has a witness in hand? Why don't we talk about it after the witness comes to the case."
Wei Zhi also nodded, "Let's put the two of them in prison for now, and we'll talk about it after the witnesses are brought to the case."
Bai Shan and Man Bao opened their mouths wide.
He was thrown back into prison again.
Mrs. Liu, who came to testify, was not very anxious. She nodded slightly to the two children and then turned and left the hall of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
When the four of them were escorted back by the guards, they happened to meet Zhou Lijun at the gate. She was waiting for them outside the gate. She smiled at the guards and handed them a big basket and said, "Sister-in-law, this is what you guys have with us today." Tomorrow morning, do you have anything you particularly want to eat? I'll ask Uncle Six to make it for you."