Gou Qie asked: "Did Cha Yue confess me?"
"He didn't say a word from beginning to end."
Gou Qian 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 confessed that it was the student who hired the killer to kill."
After hearing this, Fang Yun's expression turned slightly colder.
Gou Qian was a student with a literary title. As long as he did not commit a few serious crimes, his sentence would be greatly reduced. Moreover, he took the initiative to confess, so his crime was even lighter. Moreover, Ai Weijiang had harmed Gou Qian before, which could also affect the sentencing.
If Gou Qian was only tried for hiring someone to kill Ai Weijiang, he would be sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison and would not be exiled or sent to military service.
Fang Yun stared at Gou Qian and asked, "Who did you kill?"
Gou Qi was stunned, a look of shock flashed across his face, and his breathing and heartbeat became obviously abnormal, but he quickly replied: "The student only hired someone to kill Ai Weijiang."
Fang Yun slammed the gavel and asked sternly, "Who was responsible for the death of Zhu Yueming, who was sentenced by the former county magistrate Ji Zhibai?"
"I heard that he died on the way to exile. I don't know whether he died of illness or was killed by the barbarians." The hatred in Gou Qian's eyes disappeared, replaced by vigilance.
Fang Yun's face turned even colder, and he said, "Qi Junshan and others have confessed that you had secretly operated and even asked Zha Yue to frame Zhu Yueming, a worker in the workshop. Is this true?"
"That's absolutely not the case!" Gou Qian said firmly.
"Very good, since you deny this, I will ask the chief judge Ji Zhibai to come to Ning'an. I will re-examine the case!"
Gou Qian was stunned. He thought that his firm denial was the right choice because Cha Yue would not betray him and Fang Yun could not find conclusive evidence. However, he did not know that Fang Yun was just bluffing.
Gou Qian suddenly realized that Fang Yun’s real target was Ji Zhibai!
He was caught in a dilemma. If Ji Zhibai was implicated, he would probably lose his only support. But if he took full responsibility for the crime, Fang Yun, with his intelligence, would probably find the problem and would definitely give Fang Yun an excuse to impose a heavy sentence. If Fang Yun found any big excuse, he would probably pay with his life.
It was not until this time that Gou Qian realized that Fang Yun was far superior to ordinary people in every aspect, and everything about him was controlled by Fang Yun.
Gou Xian's energy was rapidly depleted in the palace. Finally, he realized that if he harmed Ji Zhibai, he would be retaliated by Zuo Xiang and his party, but if he did not cooperate with Fang Yun, at most the punishment would be increased, and he would not be retaliated by Fang Yun.
Gou Qian raised his head suddenly and said, "I admit my mistake! I was scared and confused just now. I was looking for a scapegoat. I framed Zhu Yueming and fabricated evidence of murder, which led to Master Ji's misjudgment."
Fang Yun had a strange smile on his face, which seemed to be a sneer. It also seemed to be a mockery. He said slowly: "It seems that Gou Tongsheng also colluded with the generals in the army to kill Zhu Yueming. Very good, then you confess to the process of killing Zhu Yueming."
Gou Xian was stunned. He thought it was over. He was only involved in framing Zhu Yueming, but he didn't know the process of killing Zhu Yueming after the trial. He only knew the result.
"This... the student just framed Zhu Yueming. As for the other things, he doesn't know." Gou Qian secretly sighed in his heart. He could only hope that Ji Zhibai could hold on. If Ji Zhibai couldn't hold on, because he was suspected of concealing the truth, his so-called confession would be ruled invalid, and he could only rely on his status as a student to reduce his sentence.
Fang Yun nodded and said, "Very good, then I will ask Ji Zhibai to come and cooperate in investigating this case."
Afterwards, Fang Yun asked Lu Hanlin from the Criminal Hall to act as a witness and send a letter to the three judicial officials.
When Gou Qian saw this scene, he felt despair.
With the Left Prime Minister's control over the capital, he could have completely rejected Fang Yun's application and prevented Ji Zhibai from going to Ning'an. However, Fang Yun deliberately brought in Lu Hanlin in the name of a pilot project in the Criminal Palace and asked Lu Hanlin to sign the letter. Even if the Left Prime Minister tried to stop him, the three judicial officials did not dare to refuse.
After all, the Criminal Court had just dug out officials related to the Left Prime Minister's party, and they were in the limelight. If Lu Hanlin was rejected at this time, the Criminal Court might have to turn over the officials of the Three Law Departments from top to bottom. They were not traitors, but other problems would definitely not stand up to investigation. This was the scary part of the Criminal Court, it was 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 No. 1 scholar will meet this year’s future Jingguo No. 1 scholar.
The two best young men from the Left Prime Minister's Party and the Back Prime Minister's Party will fight it out here.
Fang Yun began to fight back step by step!
Ao Huang muttered quietly: "Compared with Fang Yun's methods, Ji Zhibai is just like a gangster fighting and making a scene in the street."
Fang Yingwu nodded. Ji Zhibai's previous behavior towards Fang Yun was very cruel, but he had lost the character of a scholar, which led to a large number of scholars in the human race disliking Ji Zhibai and mocking him for no reason, saying things like "a few Ji Zhibais" and "a pig-like opponent".
Although Fang Yun also fought back, he did it in an upright manner. Whether it was seizing control of Huimizhou or forcing Ji Zhibai to come, he took the most normal path. Although he was cruel, he did not lose his composure.
Soon, the Three Laws Officers promptly 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 from the Chen family, was drinking tea with an old friend. After hearing about this, he said something that quickly spread throughout the capital.
"This boy has the spirit of Liushan and the bones of Brother Hechuan."
This was tantamount to praising Fang Yun for having the advantages of both the Left Prime Minister and the Minister of Literature. He was highly praised and attracted the attention of all the scholars in the capital. It would not be a big deal if he had the character of the Minister of Literature Jiang Hechuan, but if he had the character of Liu Shan, that was a bit too scary.
If Jiang Hechuan had encountered this incident, he would never have asked Ji Zhibai to come, because he did not want to be accused of seeking revenge, but Fang Yun dared to ask Fang Yun to come, and used a crooked trick that only Liu Shan would use, borrowing the power of the Hanlin of the Criminal Hall to achieve his goal. However, while borrowing the power, Fang Yun did not force Gou Jian or do anything extreme, and still retained the integrity that a scholar should have.
Except for the left prime minister's party, almost all the scholars in the capital city supported Fang Yun. When they learned that the great scholar of the Chen family praised Fang Yun, they naturally tried their best to spread the word.
Thus, the nickname "two-phase character" fell on Fang Yun, and many people believed that this phrase also praised a person who was scheming without losing integrity, and who was upright without being pedantic.
However, some people also saw the other side. The great scholar of the Chen family obviously thought that Liu Shan's methods were too cruel and unfair, and Jiang Hechuan was a bit pedantic and unwilling to adapt.
No one dared to blame Chen Mingding, not even those who had previously criticized Fang Yun dared to say a word.
He is the head of the Chen Sheng family.
Chen Guanhai is still alive.
It would take Ji Zhibai several days to go to Ning'an County, and it would also take a long time to verify the cause of death of the innocent person Zhu Yueming. However, Fang Yun was good at taking advantage of the situation. He told the Criminal Hall that this case was representative, so he asked the people from the Criminal Hall to go with Yu Bachi to investigate the cause of Zhu Yueming's death, so that the military would not dare to obstruct too much.
Three days later, Ji Zhibai arrived in Ning'an County, and Fang Yun and his men greeted him with the usual courtesy. (To be continued...)