Daming King of Punishment

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Hearing this, the emperor's face turned down: "Why do you want to play Song Aiqing again? I asked you to come to the court to discuss important national affairs. You are playing Song Wuya every day, I am very surprised, Where did Song Aiqing offend you? He, the prefect of Fengyang, has just been in office for two days, and you have joined him for two days. I want to hear what new tricks are coming up today!"

Originally, the emperor was in a good mood, but Shangguan Feihong's opening made him feel very uncomfortable.

After all, Song Wuya was cultivated by him himself, and he managed to rise to the top of the imperial court with great difficulty, but every day there are people who have trouble with him, just because they don't like him.In this way, how could the emperor feel happy in his heart, although it was said that he was playing Song Wuya, but this was clearly against him.

Shangguan Feihong immediately said: "Report to Your Majesty, I want to participate in the performance of Song Wuya, the prefect of Fengyang, abusing his power and disregarding human life!"

"Abusing power to disregard human life?" The emperor frowned when he heard this.But after this surprise, he suddenly sneered: "Hey! This is a new one, so tell me how he abused his power and disregarded human life!"

"My lord, just yesterday. Song Wuya, the magistrate of Fengyang, led a group of yamen servants, directly broke into the minister's mansion, injured the minister's servants for no reason, and forcibly entered the mansion. Not only that, he entered the mansion with great power. Hacked to death a maidservant in the minister's mansion. Poor that maidservant, she died under his butcher's knife at a young age. On the court yesterday, the Holy Majesty personally told him to clean up the miscellaneous things in Fengyang mansion. But he was lucky enough to break into the minister's mansion and take the minister's son away without even giving him a word! The most intolerable thing is that he actually let the minister's son go...to sweep Main Street! Your Majesty, just because I said yesterday in the court hall that the streets in Fengyang Mansion are messy, I asked Fengyang Mansion to clean it up. I never thought that Song Wuya would use this as an excuse to take revenge on my minister. .Isn’t this an abuse of power and disregarding human life?”

After hearing Shangguan Feihong's words, the emperor almost laughed out loud.

He knew in his heart that there must be something hidden in it.But now that Shangguan Feihong said such words in tears, he couldn't ignore them.

"Where is Song Aiqing?" the emperor shouted coldly.

Song Wuya immediately walked out of the queue, bowed and said, "The minister is here!"

"You have also heard the complaint of Lord Shangguan just now. Then you give me an explanation, and Lord Shangguan an explanation!"

As the saying goes, one must tie the bell to untie it.Since this matter was caused by Song Wuya, it is natural for Song Wuya to resolve it, so the emperor directly asked Song Wuya to explain this matter.

"Report to Your Majesty, what the Lord Shangguan said was indeed what happened yesterday, I will not deny it." Song Wuya immediately put up with it as soon as he opened his mouth.Of course, this matter actually happened yesterday after all, and Song Wuya was also waiting for Shangguan Feihong to confront him in the court this morning. "However, this matter is somewhat different from what Mr. Shangguan described, and some of the details are not exhaustive."

"Oh? Is there really such a thing? It seems that you really killed someone, and dragged Lord Shangguan's beloved son to sweep the streets?" The emperor was slightly surprised, suppressing a smile, and asked seriously.

Song Wuya nodded again: "That's true, and I would like to ask the sage to describe it one by one."

"Okay, then tell me." The emperor nodded.

"Yesterday, when I went to the court, I was about to arrange manpower to deal with what Shangguan and several other adults said. But unfortunately, at this moment, someone came to beat the drums to complain. In this way, I can only choose After all, an official should be sympathetic to the common people."

"Hmph! What a coincidence, it's clear that you posted the notice first and deliberately waited for someone to come and complain!" Someone sneered coldly when they heard Song Wuya's words.

Song Wuya didn't bother to pay attention to this person, and continued his own words: "To my great surprise, this person sued Lord Shangguan's beloved son, Shangguan Tai. He sued Shangguan Tai for robbing civilian women for two months. For a long time, until now, no one is alive, no one is dead. The minister originally wanted to send the servants to the mansion of Lord Shangguan and invite Shangguantai. But after all, Lord Shangguan is a high-ranking official, so it seems that he only let the servants go. It's really disrespectful. Simply, I took the servants with me to go."

"Originally, I also went there in person to take care of Lord Shangguan's face. But what makes me sad is that before I can even step up the steps in front of the door of Lord Shangguan's mansion, the servant guarding the gate directly yelled at me, telling me to hurry up." Back off quickly. I was wearing the third-rank official mansion allotted by the imperial court at that time. Presumably, the servants guarding the gate of the Lord Shangguan's house would not be unaware. But it happened that, not only did those servants see the minister, they did not kneel down to salute, but even called out loudly Scold. It doesn't matter if I take off this official suit, but as long as I put it on, it represents the majesty of my dynasty and the prestige of the Holy Majesty. But the servants of the Shangguan family don't take these things seriously At that time, even if there were no people gathered around, the minister could not lose face because of this, so he asked the servant to slap the servant's mouth. Presumably the servant whose mouth was opened by the minister was the one who was said by the Lord Shangguan Injure your servants for no reason! The people in this city will be able to testify to your words!”

After Song Wuya said these words, the emperor looked at Shangguan Feihong coldly: "Shangguan Aiqing, you are very different from what Song Aiqing said. Now you say that the public is right and the wife is right. It is really difficult for me to judge who is really right. Who is lying! Since Song Aiqing said that he has someone who can testify for him, does Shangguan Aiqing also have witnesses?"

"This..." Shangguan Feihong was surprised when he heard this. He rolled his eyes and said, "The matter happened in a hurry yesterday, and I didn't know much about it. Presumably... there should be witnesses!"

Chapter 853 Confrontation

Chapter 853 Confrontation

Shangguan Feihong looked a little embarrassed.Where did he get the witness? As a first-rank official, he knew it very well.Those servants in his house cannot be witnesses, and the servant he explained earlier was injured for no reason, now Song Wuya has evidence to prove that this incident was not caused by him.

The emperor gave him a cold look and didn't say much.

Song Wuya's words continued: "As for this reckless disregard of human life, it is almost the same as this matter. I brought people into the home of Lord Shangguan, but I didn't expect that after entering, I was stopped by this maid. I asked him to take my ministers to find Shangguantai, I didn't expect that she would ignore the minister's words at all. She even spoke insultingly to the minister, saying the same but more embarrassing words to the person who was beaten before. In desperation, the minister could only signal the yamen servant to give her A slap in the face. Originally, I thought that she was just a young woman, so I couldn't bear to hit her hard. But what I didn't expect was that she repeatedly obstructed the minister's handling of the case. She even yelled and killed someone in a playful manner. In other words, after yelling at his companions, he even hugged the minister's leg, making him unable to move. Before this, the minister had already warned them that whoever obstructed them would be dealt with according to the law. Even so, they did not I didn't have the slightest fear. Under such circumstances, I saw that the king's law of our dynasty did not have the slightest majesty in their eyes, so I killed this maidservant."

For the second matter, Song Wuya also told the situation at that time.

This time, without waiting for the emperor to ask, Shangguan Feihong immediately shouted: "Song Wuya, since you just told me about the evidence, who can testify for you?"

"The common people didn't see this incident. After all, there are such arrogant servants in the mansion of the dignified first-rank official of the imperial court. How can the common people dare to approach it. Only the servants who followed the mansion and the servants of the Lord Shangguan's house The servant witnessed the event."

As soon as Song Wuya said this, Shangguan Feihong immediately sneered: "Hmph! In this way, Mr. Song has no evidence! Can I think that what Mr. Song said is not true at all, and your motive for killing people is nothing more than wanting to kill you?" Take revenge on me!"

"If Mr. Shangguan said so, then the government thinks that this person was killed by Mr. Shangguan, with the purpose of blaming him." Song Wuya originally stated the facts, since now Shangguan Feihong is messing around with him , then Song Wuya simply wouldn't reason with him.

Sure enough, after hearing Song Wuya's words, Shangguan Feihong was immediately annoyed: "Well, Song Wuya, you are talking nonsense in front of the Holy Majesty. It is clear that you killed someone, and now you are going to bite me back!" After cursing angrily, he turned his head and turned to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you heard me, just now he kept saying that he killed this man, but now he bites back, shouting "Stop the thief", and pouring this basin of dirty water on the minister's head."

"Okay! Shut up!" The emperor was already impatient with Shangguan Feihong, and he planned on him coldly. "Let this matter be handled by Song Aiqing! Since Song Aiqing explained the case, there must be some reason for it. Everything will be clear after Song Aiqing investigates the case thoroughly. This matter will stop here, and others Is there anything else to say?"

In the confrontation between Song Wuya and Shangguan Feihong, it was obvious that Song Wuya had the upper hand.Originally, the emperor wanted to help Song Wuya, and Shangguan Feihong couldn't take it for granted.

After the two of them had such a quarrel, the other people had nothing to say.After all, looking at the expression on the emperor's face at this moment, he knew that he was already a little angry. If he said something annoying at this time to make him unhappy, I was afraid that someone would be scolded for it.

After retiring from the court, Song Wuya turned around and left without saying anything to these officials.

As for what happened just now, those officials started talking one after another.Shangguan Feihong was originally staring at Song Wuya fiercely, but was stopped by these people, and asked questions from left to right.

After returning to the government office, after breakfast, Song Wuya asked the guards a question.

"Then Shangguantai still didn't explain where he hid the woman?"

"Reporting to my lord, this kid is very stubborn. He just swept the streets all day, but he didn't open his mouth to explain this matter."

"Okay, then let him continue to sweep. Also, from today on, hang a sign around his neck, indicating that he is Shangguan Feihong's son. As long as he doesn't open his mouth, let him keep sweeping."

Song Wuya said calmly.

After he finished speaking, the imperial guard frowned and said: "My lord, this woman can't be found now, and it's not appropriate for us to keep holding her. If he doesn't speak now, we should also actively search for it!"

"You're right, but finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's really hard to find!" Song Wuya also knew this, but it might not be so easy for them to take the initiative to find that woman.After all, this Fengyang mansion is not too big, and it is not too small!

Today, they don't know whether Li Congshu's daughter is dead or alive.If it was dead, there was no basis for whether the person was buried or thrown into the river.If it is alive, it is really hard to find it hidden in Fengyang Mansion.

For a while, Song Wuya fell into deep thought.

What the imperial guard said was right, as long as Shangguan Tai didn't talk about it, it would be difficult to handle it if it dragged on for a long time.Although it was said that he was seen by many people for robbing civilian women at that time, but now there is no one who actually came to the court to be a witness.

Although there was no way to find the woman in the shortest time, Song Wuya had to find witnesses.

Immediately, Song Wuya immediately ordered: "Cultural officials, publish the list again. Announce to the people in the city that if within two months, there is newly excavated soil outside the city, or someone with suspicious appearance has gone out with something. The city, and those who have rented a house and a golden house to hide their beauty in the city, report to the government and give a reward at their discretion!"

The clerk had a previous experience, and knew in his heart that Song Wuya was also the one who spoke the truth. This time, he didn't dare to say a word of nonsense, so he nodded immediately, and quickly wrote down what Song Wuya said just now.

Soon the government's reward was issued, and Song Wuya was waiting for someone to report.

But at this moment on the side of the guards, Shangguan Tai was released from the prison again.The task entrusted to him today was to sweep the street, Shangguan Tai looked at the broom with distressed expression on his face.It took a whole day yesterday, and he was called up so early in the morning again today. He was sore and tired, and he probably didn't have the strength anymore.

But he didn't want to eat the whip, so he obediently came to the street.Before he could start with the broom, the guard hung a sign on his chest.

"What is this!" Shangguan Tai looked at the thing that the guards hung around his neck in surprise.

After looking down for a while, Shangguan Tai was suddenly furious: "What do you mean?"

I saw that the sign said the criminal Shangguan Tai, the son of Shangguan Feihong!

In this way, it can be regarded as directly naming his identity.You must know that although he has a good reputation in this city, there are still many people who have not seen him.What's more, now even his father's name is written on it.

How could Shangguantai bear this, he immediately threw away the broom in his hand, and reached out to take off the sign.

It's a pity that the imperial guard had already expected him to do this, and the whip in his hand was drawn on him without hesitation.