Chapter 323 322 Handle

The trial days were boring, and the victims were constantly circulating in court and cried, and then they mentioned the criminals he accused, and the evidence of the persons were presented one by one.

At the beginning, Wei Guangde watched with interest and learned how to try the case, but soon he found that neither He Qian nor Bai Qichang were actually conducting the trial procedure, basically not considering the defense of the criminal.

But it is normal. As for how to move, these are people who will die. It doesn’t matter whether they have any crimes.

Even if I was so perfunctory, it took seven or eight days to review these papers. This is because Wang Daoxing has begun to no longer accept new papers.

Many ordinary people saw that the evil young men who had been rampant in Suzhou and were swaying in the city were really taken to prison, and gradually believed that they were really going to be sentenced this time, so the number of people who submitted the documents was increasing day by day.

Under such circumstances, Wei Guangde and others were summoned by He Qian, and everyone quickly reached an agreement to continue to sue the people in Suzhou, and the case for the New Year could not be over, which led to the act of letting Wang Daoxing block the people's complaints.

For those cases, in the first two days, He Qian came down and gave Wei Guangde some explanations. This was to introduce Wei Guangde and teach some skills of case trial and judgment. However, over time, there were too many cases, He Qian became annoyed.

Wei Guangde didn't want to develop in the direction of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue were okay, and the Ministry of Works at the very least was also the Ministry of Works, after all, there was good and poor.

When a scattered case is tried, it is directly to the riot case in Suzhou.

For these prisoners, they have already said what they should say and have recognized everything they should admit. The whole ceremony is like a play. More than 20 prisoners kowtowed in the lobby and begged for mercy, repeatedly begging for life.

At that time, they no longer had the majesty they had in Suzhou City.

Wei Guangde sat there, watching these people performing, just to save his life. No matter whether he was sentenced to guard the border or was sent to his exile, no one was willing to be beheaded.

It is better to live than to die. They are not warriors who are not afraid of death, and they face death directly.

However, it was too late to kneel down and beg for mercy. When they burned down the imperial edicts, flags and flags of Governor Yingtian, their destiny was already destined.

During the period when imperial power was supreme, these imperial gifts representing the emperor were not to be desecrated. Emperor Jiajing might not take it seriously, but officials in the court must not take it seriously.

More than 20 offenders passed one by one, and a few more days passed.

By this time, it is actually mainly to confirm the status of the criminal in the entire case, to confirm the mastermind and accomplice.

The evil young man attacked the governor's yamen with weapons on Tuesday and was also commanded by him. Although he did not have the highest status among the evil young man in the past, he was the mastermind in this case.

Not only did he want to be beheaded, but his family was also implicated, and it was inevitable that he would be confiscated and sent to his home.

After everyone's crime was over, they only had a day off. The Suzhou Prefect's lobby was promoted to the court again. The verdict was announced. All the evil young leaders of Suzhou, led by Tuesday, were sentenced to beheading, and many of their families were implicated.

In the prison of Zhejiang Censorate of Hangzhou Prefecture, Wei Guangde looked at the man lying on his side through the prison door, calling himself "King of Hui" and "the owner of the Five Peaks". He used to be the one who was the only one on the sea, but now he has become the Ming Dynasty court.

Wang Zhi, the prisoner of the ranks.

This man is Wang Zhi, but now he no longer has the energy he was as strong as when he was dominating the ocean. At this time, only a slackened back appeared in front of Wei Guangde.

He has been imprisoned from Hu Zongxian's guest of honor and has been imprisoned here for almost two years.

From the beginning of his thrill of urgency to the complete giving up, he already knew what his ending was, and he was just waiting for the last time.

"It's him?"

Wei Guangde looked at the back inside and asked the accompanying official.

The person who came here with Wei Guangde was an assistant magistrate of the Zhejiang Censorate. The purpose of bringing Wei Guangde here is naturally to look at people.

"Yes, Lord Wei, Wang Zhi is lying inside."

The answer was very direct. The person in the prison had already heard the conversation outside at this time, and his body swayed slightly, but he did not turn around.

Wei Guangde did not know Wang Zhi. The so-called imprisonment is actually to confirm that the person in the prison and the person who was executed were the same person.

Now Wang Zhi's back is facing Wei Guangde, making him unable to see Wang Zhi's face clearly. This is not possible.

"When you go in, turn the person over to me and let me see."

Wei Guangde didn't plan to be polite to Wang Zhi. No matter how this person was before, he was a person who had been sentenced to beheaded by the court and would soon be punished. What's more, the coastal Japanese strickenness was indeed inseparable from him.

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When he was in the capital, Wei Guangde thought about the overall situation and felt that he should not kill this person, but should recruit his subordinates to eliminate other Japanese pirates who did evil. However, since the court has made a conclusion, he will naturally not say much if he is humble and speaks lightly.

What, just execute the command.

However, before the jailer opened the prison door, Wang Zhi turned around. He was not stupid. He could not resist in this place. Instead of being forced to flip his body by the jailer, it would be better to take the initiative.

Of course, he was also curious about who would come to the prison to see him at this time.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhi couldn't help but feel aroused, and a bad premonition emerged.

The prison was very dark. Although it was broad daylight, a very small window was opened on the wall, which was only more than six feet high, and there was no light at all.

Fortunately, in order to illuminate Wei Guangde and others, the jailer placed an oil lamp on the wall along the way, and the two jailer in front were holding a lantern in their hands, so Wang Zhi could see Wei Guangde clearly at first glance.

Green robe, not of high grade.

The new magistrate of Qiantang County?

It's not right. The one I was taken into is not the prison of Qiantang County, but the prison of Zhejiang Censorate.

While Wang Zhi was still thinking about it, the iron chain on the prison door was opened by the jailer. As the sound of the iron chain sounded, the prison door was opened.

A jailer carrying a lantern and a strong jailer walked into the cell.

The jailer carrying lanterns was to illuminate Wang Zhi, so that Wei Guangde and others could see Wang Zhi clearly outside the cell, so that they could confirm the seal during torture.

All of these will be submitted to the Ministry of Justice for file afterwards.

Without the extremely vicious look that the leader of the Japanese pirates should have, Wang Zhi looked very thin and fluffy. After all, in prison, who has the heart to take care of?

Her skin looks a little sallow, like a person who has been rushing to the sea all year round, which is similar to what Wei Guangde looked like when he first saw Yu Dayou.

Wei Guangde was not sure whether it was because of the lantern or Wang Zhi was like this. After all, although he was a big pirate, he had been in prison for more than a year and had not seen the light of day. Wei Guangde initially thought that he should be very naughty now.

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Wei Guangde just stood outside the prison door and looked carefully. He didn't plan to go in and take a closer look, but turned around and ordered, "You guys go in and take a closer look."

After saying that, Wei Guangde stood on one side and gave up the place in front of the prison. Two officials in green robes and two lieutenants walked into the prison one after another, carefully looked at Wang Zhi's appearance, and then went to another

A jailer illuminated by a lantern, recorded it in a booklet.

The king should have guessed their origin until this time, and it seems that the court finally chose not to let him go.

"well"

A long sigh came from the cell. Wei Guangde turned his head and looked over. He saw that Wang Zhi had closed his eyes at this time, and tears were hidden in the corners of his eyes under the light.

The people in the cell walked out of the narrow prison door one by one, and the first errand they came to Hangzhou was completed.

"Crazy".

The sound of iron chains sounded again, and the iron lock was locked.

"Since you know, what else do you have to say?"

Wei Guangde heard Wang Zhi's sigh and asked casually.

In ancient times, there were still certain preferential treatment for prisoners who were about to be executed. The most common thing was that the prisoners would order a table of rich food and drinks. In addition, if there was any last words that were not excessive, or if you wanted to meet your relatives, you would still do it.

, without rude rejection.

At this moment, Wei Guangde became curious. Does this pirate leader, who is incredibly glorious on the sea, have any last words or unfulfilled wishes at this time?

To be honest, Wei Guangde is still a little concerned about Wang Zhi, but it is not his own value, but Wang Zhi has been operating maritime business for many years and has done pirate work. He must be worth a lot of money. I don’t know if the money he has died.

Will it fall into the hands of his little leaders or somewhere?

Wei Guangde was a little jealous of Wang Zhi's family, but he knew very well that he probably couldn't do these things, and he just thought about it if he was fine.

The businesses that Wang Zhi had done must have accumulated a huge amount of wealth. Some of them would be used to support the tens of thousands of pirates under him, but more of them must have been divided privately by him and other leaders.

Having money in your hands does not mean that they are all in the Ming Dynasty.

As far as Wei Guangde knew, in the 32nd year of Jiajing, Wang Zhi's family in Daming was imprisoned by the local government locks. It was not until Hu Zongxian took the person to Hangzhou that he had been discharged from the cage.

This may be one of the reasons why Wang Zhi chose to believe Hu Zongxian.

The family was treated preferentially by Hu Zongxian, but Wang Zhi could not bring the money he received back home. Most of these wealth was stored in Japan.

In the more than a year in prison, this batch of wealth has probably been divided up by the pirate leader under his command and the Japanese daimyo.

Perhaps, before Wang Zhi died, they would say that it was for the sake of safety and temporarily keeping the chief for the sake of the safety, and wait until the chief came out of prison before returning the jade to Zhao.

However, judging from the over the past year, the major Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted the prefectures along the coast of Ming Dynasty under the banner of saving Wang Zhi, how motives they were to save Wang Zhi were questionable.

Perhaps, just as Emperor Jiajing judged, after Wang Zhi was arrested and imprisoned, his power was divided, and the power of true loyalty to him suffered heavy losses in the siege of Cengang, Zhoushan by Yu Dayou, and he was no longer able to continue to control the sea.

other Japanese pirate forces.

Wang Zhi, it's useless.

Wei Guangde thought a lot in an instant, even though he was greedy for Wang Zhi's huge wealth, he knew that useless people would die. He guessed that Wang Zhi should have thought of these, so he heard that he cooperated almost throughout the trial, except for being determined not to

Acknowledge treason abroad.

From beginning to end, Wang Zhi insisted that he was from the Ming Dynasty.

"hehe."

However, only Wang Zhi smiled bitterly when Wei Guangde waited, "I hate myself, why do I believe the words of Hu Zongxian, and the edict of pardon, haha."

"What kind of pardon edict?"
To be continued...