More than an hour later, Chen Xi asked the clerk of the Ministry of War to help record it, and finally recorded everyone's grievances, and each complaint of grievances was signed and sealed by the parties involved.

Finally, Chen Xi asked someone to take off the shoes that stuffed the mouth of Fu Tongkuan, the magistrate of Daxing, and then loosened it. Then he shouted: "Magistrate Fu, what else do you have to say now?"

Fu Tongkuan angrily scolded: "This group of unruly people have an affair with Di Yi, and they have both witnesses and physical evidence. What credibility does their words have? Now they are colluding to frame the ministers in the court. You will not be so confused, you will be easily confused by them, right?"

"Caomin did not have an affair with Di Yi..." A group of people in the hall began to seek justice again.

Chen Xi slapped the auspicious tree: "No one is allowed to speak without my official's question! Fu Magistrate, I asked you, "You said these people have an affair with Di Yi, where is the evidence?"

Fu Tongkuan was arrogant and said: "The local thief and the rebels had an affair with Di Yi. The official will decide this case, and it has nothing to do with Lord Shen!"

Wang Lingzhi said angrily: "You are a smart dog official. Do you still dare to play tricks when you ask me if you ask me?"

Fu Tongkuan replied to Wang Lingzhi: "General Xiao Wang, you have heard of your reputation for a long time, but the rules of the court have always been like this. Lord Shen asked about the case of the Marquis of Shouning and Marquis of Jianchang this time, which is not the same as the case of Xiao Xiaoliwei's case!"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You said it's not the same thing, right? Since you are unwilling to give it your own advice, the official can only do it yourself! Come on, bring up the so-called evidence!"

"promise!"

With Chen Xi's order, Ma Jiu took the order and soon took the people to the court again and carried a few large boxes. After opening it, it was filled with paper evidence, mostly for the "exposition" signed by the people in the court.

Chen Xi asked, "Is that all?"

Fu Tongkuan asked before Ma Jiu's answer: "Mr. Shen, what do you mean? You ignore the rules of the court? Your move is clearly despising the court! All of these things are owned by Daxing County Government. You are just the Minister of War. Such behavior is simply a bandit or a robber!"

"I didn't expect that I would become a bandit and a robber when I got to your mouth. Do you have to ask for it immediately?"

Chen Xi asked with a stern face, then spread his hands and said, "I am ordered to investigate the case of foreign relatives. All of these are ironclad evidence of the Zhang brothers colluding with local yamen, robbing money and poisoning the people... Come on, take out all the evidence!"

Ma Jiu then took out the paper pieces that were almost like hills in the box one by one. Fu Tongkuan stood there and shouted. Wang Lingyi was angry and went up and slapped him a few times.

Chen Xidao: "Magistrate Fu, if you roar in the court again, you will not just silence. Please respect yourself! No matter how unsatisfied you, you can only hold it in your hands and ask Your Majesty for complaints another day. Otherwise, even the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice will not have the right to interfere in the handling of the case by our official!"

After Fu Tongkuan was beaten, his nose and face were swollen, and he couldn't even speak.

Chen Xi took a few confessions and looked carefully, then suddenly slapped the auspicious tree: "Bring the clerk recorded by the yamen."

Then a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian shirt and a few goatee beards under his jaw were escorted up. After seeing Chen Xi, he quickly kowtowed: "The villain is Zhou Jinwen, the clerk of the criminal room in Daxing County, and has met Shangshu Chen."

Chen Xidao: "Are these confessions recorded by you?"

"yes!"

Zhou Jinwen replied timidly, "These days, I happen to be in the yamen hall, and I will register the official documents in the first and second place, and I will detain people, violate the card ticket, and place a book to fill in official documents, use seals, etc."

Chen Xi asked: "Then let me tell you, what was the case when the case was convicted that day, was there any court hearing, and was there any punishment?"

"The villain doesn't know, but the villain doesn't know!" Zhou Jinwen said in fear and fear.

Chen Xi said angrily: "Are you a county ward? Do you personally record it and convict it? You said you didn't know at all? Come on, you are tortured!"

"The villain knows, the villain knows!"

Seeing that he was going to be beaten, Zhou Jinwen quickly changed his words, "The situation was special at that time. The magistrate Fu asked the villain to write whatever he asked the villain to write, and there was no process of proposing a case... The villain just did things according to the order!"

Chen Xi looked at Fu Tongkuan and asked, "Magistrate Fu, what do you say now?"

"snort!"

Fu Tongkuan knew that he couldn't reason with Chen Xi, so he simply turned his head and remained silent.

Chen Xi continued to look at Zhou Jinwen and asked, "How did Magistrate Fu arrange it at that time? Just confess in detail. This official will give you a favor outside the law and reduce your punishment!"

"Sir... the villain knows not much, Magistrate Fu is here. Isn't it better if you ask him?" Zhou Jinwen didn't want to betray himself, so he knelt down and beg for mercy.

Wang Lingzhi walked forward with a knife, put it on Zhou Jinwen's neck, and shouted: "You must answer when you ask me, otherwise... according to your crime, I will kill you now!"

Zhou Jinwen quickly said: "What the magistrate told at that time... If anyone among the people knew how to read, he would accus him of sending letters to Di Yi and inform him of the arrangement of troops in the capital in detail. If he couldn't read, he would say that they went privately with Di Yi, and his house was a secret intelligence contact point. He also said that all this was known after the capture of the Tartars... The villain knew not much, please spare his life!"

Chen Xidao: "How many people are convicted and how many have been executed?"

Zhou Jinwen replied tremblingly: "There are more than 80 convicted... 85 people, and 17 of them have already understood the Zhengdian punishment. Because it is a major case of the inside and outside the country, he can directly start a trial and ask for the execution of the Ministry of Justice and His Majesty. He will be convicted one after another, and it is said that he wants to... eliminate all evil things!"

After Zhou Lishu finished speaking, the "unfairness" sounded in the court.

This time, not only were the innocent people who were framed by Zhang Yanling and Fu Tongkuan and others, but also the people in the county government. They knew what the crime was to frame Zhongliang, and now seventeen people have died. Even if they just carried out Shangguan's order, it would be a serious crime to not report it. Only Fu Tongkuan was a tough guy and refused to surrender.

Fu Tongkuan looked at Chen Xi with his head and gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Shen, what are the benefits for you to frame your subordinates and your two uncles like this?"

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed: "Then what are the benefits of your sixth-rank magistrate who is a great Jinshi, who is so crazy and cruel to the people? Did these people dig up the ancestral grave of your Fu family, or insult your Fu someone's wife and daughter? Is the Ming Dynasty's king's law worthless to you?"

Fu Tongkuan looked passionate: "These unruly words cannot be accurate. Lord Shen listened to slander and framed his colleagues, which was to disrupt the court! Even if the subordinates said slightest words, they would definitely sue the court, so that Lord Shen would not be able to take advantage of it!"

"I hope you have this opportunity!"

Chen Xi said, then waved his hand, "Released all the suspects in the hall... However, the relatives of the foreigners have not been brought to justice yet. You are not allowed to return home for the time being and need to be sent to a safe place to protect... As for the Daxing County Office, they know that the law is violated and ignored the lives of others. They arrested them and sent them to the Ministry of Justice for questioning!"

Fu Tongkuan held his head stubbornly: "Mr. Shen, your actions are simply a disagreement with your future! The two uncles will not let you go, the Empress Dowager will not let you go, and even Your Majesty will not let you go! Turn back, Lord. Shen!"

Chen Xi was surprised to find that Fu Tongkuan, who made a big mistake, not only did not repent, but in the end he even persuaded him, which was a big deal of the world.

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...

Chen Xi suddenly brought people to the Daxing County Government, causing a fire that should have happened here to disappear invisibly.

The entire Daxing County Government was served overnight by Chen Xi's whole pot.

When he came out of Daxing County, it was almost the fourth day. Standing on the steps at the entrance of the yamen, Chen Xi yawned tiredly, but unfortunately he could not go home to rest at this time. For him, the action tonight was only started, and there were still many things waiting for him to do.

“…Senior brother, where are we going now?”

Wang Lingzhi was very enthusiastic. For him, arresting stolen officials in the capital was different from killing enemies on the battlefield. He was extremely looking forward to it.

Chen Xi pointed to the front of the team and said, "You go to the front to open the way, we dare to go to the Ministry of Justice."

"oh."

Wang Lingzhi responded, went down the steps, turned over the horse, and quickly rushed to the front of the team.

Chen Xi was going to ride a carriage or sedan chair, but after sitting in the court for nearly two hours, his body was a little stiff, so he decided to walk for a while and interact with his muscles and bones.

The team was very long. In addition to Chen Xi's personal soldiers, there were also officers and soldiers specially transferred from the nearby North City Military and Ma Si.

After leaving the yamen gate, Chen Xi followed the team and walked about a hundred steps south along Andingmen Street. In front of it was the intersection of Mianhua Hutong and Mashihutong. Suddenly, a black shadow jumped down from the roof on the left side of the street, rushed to Chen Xi for a few steps, and stabbed Chen Xi in the chest without mercy.

"Protect the adults..."

There were five or six personal soldiers around Chen Xi, but their skills were far from the assassin. In addition, the other party jumped from a high place. The incident happened suddenly and rushed to Chen Xi in a flash. Chen Xi had no time to react more, so he could only subconsciously avoid one side.

"Swish swish swish swish!"

The sword waved a series of bright lights in the air, and then a muffled sound was heard, and the sword had pierced into Chen Xi's body.

The best-in-law around Chen Xi was the one with the best skills, but now he was at the front of the team. After the assassin succeeded, the personal soldiers around Chen Xi reacted and rushed forward. However, the assassin was very skillful. He forced several personal soldiers back in a few simple moves, and then he swung his way to the Mashixiang on the left.

“Uluru…”

More black figures swaying on the roof on the left side of the street.

Originally, Chen Xi's personal soldiers were going to chase the assassination, but seeing that there were a large number of assassins around, they immediately retreated and formed three protective circles in front of Shen Xi, and did not allow the second wave of assassins to approach. However, the black shadows seemed to have no plans to assassinate again. After a brief stalemate, a few moves and disappeared without a trace.

"Senior Brother!"

After the assassin escaped, Wang Lingzhi led Ma Jiu and others to rush in front of Shen Xi, but unfortunately it was too late.

Chen Xi was seriously injured. Although he covered the wound on his chest hard, blood still "gushed out" but he still shouted with all his strength: "Immediately escort the person to the Ministry of Justice, Chi Ze changed... Leave a few people to send me back to my house!"

"Yes, sir!"

This time the reply was Ma Jiu. The incident happened suddenly, and his reaction was much faster than Wang Ling. Knowing the severity of the matter, he immediately went to command and dispatch personnel and continued to take people south to the Ministry of Justice.

At this time, Wang Lingzhi seemed to be a headless fly. He first complained and blamed himself for not being able to protect Chen Xi. Later, he cursed at the dark Mashishi Hutong, saying that the assassin did not have the courage to fight with him for 300 rounds. Finally, he was urging Chen Xi, who had already gotten on a carriage and had a weak breath, and turned over and walked to Chen Mansion.

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...

“…what, the person ran away?”

In Jianchang Hou Mansion, Zhang Yanling just learned about the situation in Chengnan Manor.

It was already the fourth day of the day. Zhang Yanling was sleeping soundly, but was woken up by the person sent by Zhang Ju to communicate. Because the matter was of great importance, Zhang Yanling could only force himself to come out to inquire about the situation.

The servant said, "Mr. Zhang is already arranging personnel to investigate what the situation is. Now it seems that the group of people who were originally stationed in the manor ran away with the woman they were in charge. They probably took some of the goods away. In order to cover up, they simply burned the farm with a torch!"

Zhang Yanling asked in disbelief: "How is this possible? Those people are old brothers who have been with me for several years or even more than ten years. How could it be... it must be that boy Shen Zhihou! He likes to make trouble!"

Just when Zhang Yanling pointed his finger at Chen Xi, another servant came in outside and reported: "Mr. Marquis, the master is here, he has already entered the door... I can't stop it!"

Zhang Yanling muttered, "Brother is really quick to come. As soon as I heard the news, he came to ask for guilt. Are you upset..."

Zhang Yanling came from the back house to the front main hall. As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Heling asked, "Have you sent someone to assassinate Shen Zhihou?"

"What are you talking about? What are you assassinating Shen Zhihou?" Zhang Yanling looked confused.

Zhang Heling said angrily: "You said you would send someone to do Shen Zhihou before. Why, you have the courage to do it but don't admit it?"

Zhang Yanling thought about it and said that he had indeed said such harsh words, and even asked Zhang Ju to find a master to come back to assassinate him. He immediately frowned and said, "That's the case, but I haven't had time to send someone... What's wrong with the boy named Chen?"

Zhang Heling said: "Just just got the news, Shen Zhihou brought the Daxing County Government to a pot and was assassinated on the way to the Ministry of Justice. Now his life and death are unknown!"

"Haha! Who made that kid like to show off? Now someone has taught him a lesson? He was so bold and took down the Daxing County Government? Who did he think he was? Does Bao Qingtian, who had the imperial guillotine?" Zhang Yanling was almost singing praises to the assassin.
To be continued...