Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Pei Ji became furious, as if he was going to argue with Changsun Wuji.

Seeing this, Wei Ting felt dissatisfied with Pei Jiyi's spoiling the situation even though he wanted to remain neutral, and shouted in a deep voice: "The three divisions will interrogate, don't be presumptuous!"

After drinking Pei Ji, Wei Ting continued: "Master Pei, Mr. Changsun, this is not to lure the criminal, but to make a reasonable guess and formal interrogation. This is the interrogation technique of our Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple. I once again tell Mr. Pei, No noise is allowed in the court hall of Dali Temple, but don’t break the rules of the three divisions’ joint trial, and don’t embarrass Wei Mou.”

As he spoke, he pointed to the yamen guards on both sides of the hall, and deliberately ignored Pei Ji with a downcast face, and ordered: "I will say it again, if anyone dares to make noise during the trial, they will be beaten out of Dali Temple with sticks!!!"

"Here!!"

After Wei Ting finished speaking, Pei Ji sat back on the chair with a pale complexion, looked at Gong Ji intently, and listened to his answer.

Gong Ji didn't dare to look back at Pei Ji, so he bit his bullet and said: "I tell you three lords, I am the disciple of the late Minister Feng Deyi, who was recommended by Lord Feng back then. The Ministry of War, starting from the small Kusi Zhang Guguan, all the way up to today's Kusi Langzhong, is all facilitated by Lord Feng. Since I became a Si Langzhong, Lord Feng must have a share of all the money that is greedy. , and it’s a big portion.”

"Oh?"

Changsun Wuji pretended to be extremely shocked, and continued to ask: "So, Master Feng recommended you all the way for the purpose of extorting bribes and sharing the spoils?"

Gong Ji gritted his teeth and nodded, "Exactly! If I hadn't been smart enough to do something back then, how could Mr. Feng have chosen me from so many people? Lord Feng will take at least [-]% of the silver."

Changsun Wuji kept shaking his head and sighed: "Tsk tsk, I really can't see that Feng Deyi is such a person, alas, I really misjudged him!"

Gao Shilian next to him naturally knew what his nephew meant, and he shook his head and sighed in conjunction with him, looking at Pei Ji contemptuously, as if to say, look at you old Wude ministers, why are you so worthless?

At this time, although Pei Ji was afraid of Wei Ting's rules just now and did not dare to make a scene, but his eyes were bloodshot and popped out of anger, and he stared at Gong Ji firmly.

Changsun Wuji asked again: "Gong Ji, according to the account book, you have been greedy for ink from the first year of Zhenguan to the fourth year of Zhenguan, that is, from the year Feng Deyi died to now. Continue to accept bribes. I am very curious, Mr. Feng has passed away, and no one asks you for a share of the spoils anymore. Why don't you stop? Could it be that you have too much desire to fill, and you don't care about the reason to accept it when you see it?"

"Ugh……"

Gong Ji sighed heavily again, and lamented: "My lord Changsun doesn't know that the money that Lord Feng has been distributing the loot from the subordinate officials is not exclusive to him alone. Lord Feng is not representing one person, but It's a group of people. After the death of Master Feng, there are still some adults asking for money from the lower officials. If the lower officials dare not continue to maintain their filial piety every year, hehe, they will definitely beat the lower officials back to their original form and become the original shit No, Gong Ji. Dare I ask Mr. Changsun, under such circumstances, how can the lower officials stop? How dare you not continue to be greedy for ink and continue to take bribes?"

Gong Ji's words directly portrayed himself from a greedy moth to a helpless sufferer. Facing a big boss like Feng Deyi, he dared not not be greedy, but had to be greedy.

When Guo Ye outside the hall heard this, he secretly exclaimed, this grandson really can fuck nonsense!

And Changsun Wuji was secretly excited when he heard this, because he knew that the most pleasing part was about to come.

Then he asked: "Gong Ji, then tell me, after the death of Master Feng, who are the adults who forced you to embezzle, extort bribes, fill your own pockets, and guard yourself?"

Gong Ji lowered his head and said, "One is Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Xiao Yu, the other is Chen Shuda, Duke of Handong and governor of Jingzhou, the other is Duke Jiang and governor of Yangzhou, Yang Gongren, and one is..."

Gong Ji held back his heart beating wildly, turned his head and glanced at Pei Ji subconsciously, then quickly lowered his head, and said in a squeak, "There is one more person, Lord Pei Ji Pei, the Duke of Hedong County and the Minister of the Zongzheng Temple!"

Changsun Wuji didn't bother to pretend to be surprised, and hurriedly asked: "But Mr. Pei Jipei who is sitting on the side listening to this case?"

"Exactly!"

Gong Ji didn't raise his head, nodded his head hard, and said firmly.

"Presumptuous, presumptuous!"

Pei Ji couldn't calm down any longer, went to the fucking third division trial, and shouted furiously: "You are slandering, you are planting!"

"Pei Ji, what is your intention in making troubles in Dali Temple again and again? Someone, coax Pei Ji out of Dali Temple!"

Before Wei Ting could speak, Gao Shilian cooperated with eldest grandson Wuji and commanded two squads of yamen servants to drive out the troublemaker Pei Ji.

After Gao Shilian shouted, Wei Ting finally realized from Gong Ji's confession, and also shouted to the two classes of yamen servants: "Pei Jingmu couldn't order him, and kept making noises to interrupt the trial. Remember your age, don't beat him with a stick, Come on, take Pei Ji out of Dali Temple and wait for the interrogation to end."

"Here!!"

Dozens of yamen servants in two shifts held sticks and surrounded Pei Ji in groups.

Pei Ji suddenly held up the imperial decree in his hand, and shouted: "Your Majesty bestowed the imperial decree for this purpose, who dares to touch me? Desecrating the imperial decree is equivalent to deceiving the emperor!"

In an instant,

All the yamen servants were also shocked by Pei Ji's abrupt actions. As he said, who would dare to take him when the imperial decree is bestowed?

Wei Ting was intimidated by Pei Ji for a while!

And Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian looked at each other again, their eyes were full of confusion, Pei Ji came out suddenly, how could it be broken?

If Pei Ji is not kicked out of the court, the interrogation cannot continue.

However, the interrogation cannot be interrupted. Now that the case has been questioned to this point, Wei Ting, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, obviously has a tendency to believe what Gong Ji said.

As long as Gong Ji signs the confession recorded by Master Xing in front of Wei Ting, then the joint trial of the three divisions will be considered complete.

Damn, the great achievement is about to be completed, and the old ministers of Wude are about to be finished, and this is the last step.

If Pei Ji doesn't leave, how can Gong Jishun successfully sign and pledge?

How to break?

How to break?

The scene froze for a while!

Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian were secretly anxious. The interrogation must not be interrupted. We must take advantage of the fact that Wei Ting, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, still believes what Gong Ji said. Too much.

Just when Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian were burning with anxiety, a man's voice suddenly came from outside the hall:

"My lords, can I listen to the officer?"

Wei Ting listened to someone yelling outside again, there was a Pei Ji and another disturbance, is this going to put the court in a trifling place?

Suddenly he was furious and said: "Bold? Who dares to make noise outside the hall?"

"I am Wailang Guoye, a member of the Military Division of the Ministry of War. I have something to say!"

Guo Ye?

Guo Ye! !

Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji turned their heads to the outside of the hall and found Guo Ye.

Gao Shilian thought, is there a way for this kid to break the deadlock?

Immediately he felt relieved, and said to Wei Ting: "Master Wei, please be safe and don't be impatient, and I heard what the previous one said, how about it?"

Changsun Wuji also echoed, "I have no objection!"

Seeing that both nephew and uncle have said that, what else can Wei Ting say?He directly waved at Guo Ye and said, "Come into the court to speak!"

Guo Ye hummed, and after entering the court, he suddenly had a face full of righteous words, and he pointed at Pei Ji with the power of the sun and the moon, and scolded:

"Master Pei, as an important minister of the court and a veteran minister in the court, how can you rely on the imperial order to spoil the Dali Temple? Could it be that you forgot that there is a way to avoid suspicion when the court is adjudicating the case?"