Under the gaze of everyone in the hall with a little surprised look, several guys in ragged clothes and some injuries were taken to the court one by one. They all looked cowardly and fearful. When they saw many officials present here, they were even more frightened and looked like a slight look. They knelt down, kowtowed their heads, and kept saying that they could spare their lives.

Li Ling narrowed his eyes and looked at them, guessing the identities of these people. He didn't know what Sun Daming sold in the gourd. But soon, he had an answer: "You all honestly replied. As long as you can atone for your sins, I can let the court spare you death. Tell me, who are you, why were you taken down?"

"The little ones...the young people are from Bazhou and are helping idle things in the army..."

“It’s specific.”

"It's just to help the men in the army do some errands to carry and carry, such as transporting grain, transporting weapons and armor to some passers-by-side fortresses under Bazhou."

Several people said and hesitated for a moment, but after facing Sun Daming's intimidating gaze, they still said hurriedly: "We were intercepted by the government army when transporting supplies...... They said that smuggling weapons is a death sentence... Master, we are really wronged. We are just doing our orders, and we really don't know anything else..."

"Appointed? Whose order?"

"General Zhang, he said that these things were all sent to the south by Lord Li, and someone was there to pick them up and put them on the boat. And we have done this several times, so naturally there will be no doubts. Who would have thought..."

"I'll ask you, how did you transport these things out of the barracks?"

"It was at night that someone put us in at the side door of the military camp, and then we followed them to move things out. Then, the guards next to General Zhang accompanied us all the way south until the riverside, and handed over the things to the ship."

"How much benefit can you get?"

"Every time we see how much we move, we have less food and other things. More than ten of us brothers will get one or two taels of silver. If we move more heavy and more difficult weapons, we will have more, and we can get more than three taels of food each time..."

"The last question, what is that General Zhang's name? Did he mention who Lord Li is?"

"General Zhang is called Zhang Wujie. He has said more than once that Lord Li is his great backer in the court. He is a high-ranking official who specializes in the food and weapons in the army. He is called... Li Ling..."

It is obvious that they had explained these conversations as early as when they were tortured in the Dali Temple cell. Now they are just repetitions, so they almost do not have any hindrance.

What is more obvious is that their words have already linked the entire line of embezzlement of military rations and weapons - the general named Zhang Wujie secretly bribed these guys, and then joined forces with the others in the military camp to transport the things out little by little at night. Finally, through the ships parked nearby in the Caogang, they transported all the military rations and weapons back to the south, and then sold them for a good price.

Now, Li Ling has already found the conclusive evidence that he wants, and it is a human witness, and it doesn’t seem fake. This made Li Ling’s expression change suddenly, but Sun Daming stared at Li Ling with a sneer on his face: “Mr. Li, do you have anything else to say now?”

Li Ling quickly calmed down and looked at the people in front of him and said, "I'm afraid the words of a few little thieves who have committed a crime are not accurate, right? Moreover, they have received a lot of punishments. I have reason to believe that they only said this after being scolded."

"Mr. Li, you really don't cry until you see the coffin." Sun Daming was a little angry and laughed. At this time, Jian Chong, who had been silent for a long time, spoke again: "Li Ling, do you really think the court will bring you to the court to question you without having any more evidence? Come on, bring Zhang Wujie and Xu Xiaosi to me!" Their censorate was actually ready to go.

After a while, two more guys were scattered in shackles were taken into the hall. One was tall and burly, and at first glance he was a general in the army, and the other was a scholar. He was crushed by the heavy shackles and staggered, and when he got inside, he was kneeling on the ground.

"Zhang Wujie, I asked you, who was instructed by you, so bold that you dared to steal military supplies?" Jian Chong asked immediately.

"The last general... was just moved by Lord Xu, and he was stunned for a moment." Zhang Wujie said, looking at the man beside him with hatred. This person had already trembled there: "The lower official knew his mistake, and the lower official was also greedy..."

"Xu Xiaosi, you have any position in the Bazhou Army, why do you do this?"

"The lower official...the lower official is the Sima in the army, who is in charge of logistics. Please spare your life, the lower official is also ordered by someone and has to do this, otherwise, otherwise he may have life worries."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Because it was Li Ling and Lord Li who sent someone to send a message, he asked the young man to cooperate with some people from the Cao Gang to secretly take out some unusable materials in the warehouse of Bazhou. Moreover, Lord Li also found out that I had indeed deducted more than 200 taels of military rations worth more than 200 taels before. He said that as long as I refused to cooperate, he would report to the court. At that time, the Cao Gang people also found out that my hometown was located. Not only the lives of the villain, but even my family would be implicated. Therefore, the officials could only obey their wishes and constantly steal the military supplies... And in order to make things smoother, I also pulled General Zhang in, and Lord Li was very helpful and gave us a lot of benefits, making us even more devoted..."

As Xu Xiaosi finished speaking, the entire chain of committing the crime became clear. Xu Xiaosi, who was in charge of the warehouse, was responsible for secretly taking out the things, and then Zhang Wujie, who was in charge of night patrols, was responsible for letting people in the door, and then let these idle men from the lower level carry the things out and deliver them to the water in the south, where they were from the Cao Gang to help them.

The most critical point is enough to make almost everyone present believe that this is what Li Ling designed to do. The method he used to control Xu Xiaosi for himself - Xu Xiaosi's greed in the army was only Li Ling, who was in charge of the material transfer of the northern border army before, and was most skilled in account interrogation.

Yes, this method is something that everyone knows in the officialdom of the capital. After all, Li Ling has done a lot of big things with this!

So at this moment, Li Ling's crime was really unjustified and was completely confirmed. His face also became gloomy at this moment. The more he came into contact with this case, the more he could see how powerful the person behind the scenes were and how well he knew himself. It was really a trap conspiracy tailored for himself!

"Li Ling, what else do you have to say now?" This time the question was changed to Sun Daming. His eyes were filled with murderous intent, "We not only have these witnesses, but also have a lot of physical evidence, that is, the weapons, armor and food in the army obtained from these criminals.

"Now, people have all the evidence and physical evidence. You have a conclusive evidence. You are indisputable. You really cannot be punished! If you have a little conscience, you should admit your sins here. Otherwise, even if you were an official in the court, you can ask for an order to seize your official position and honor and serve you with great punishment!"

The last threat was accompanied by a slap of the arson and the mighty shouts of the servants on both sides. At this moment, the solemn and solemn aura of the three officials' trial finally hit Li Ling's head like a mountain pressing down on him.

Li Ling was silent for a long time. Just when everyone thought he had nothing to say and could only admit his crime, he finally spoke, and laughed first and said: "Hahahaha... This is really nonsense, it is a complete frame-up. Just because these two small officials who don't know what position they have in the Bazhou Army, you must decide that I am embezzling military rations and weapons?

"If such a person can be proved by others and convicted by taking a few weapons and armor, I can convict all the adults present, and I will be punished by you more than mine!"

"Rareless!" Seeing him suddenly speaking like this, Jian Chong immediately scolded, "In front of the iron evidence, you dare to talk nonsense like this. You really don't know that Wang Fashenyan..."

"What I'm talking about is the truth. Can the confessions of a few small officials who fell into your hands be trusted? As for those of the Cao Gang, do you know how many people there are now, with dead branches in the Cao Gang. Do some illegal people have to convict the entire Cao Gang? Also, don't you find it strange? If someone had already reselled military weapons through the Cao Gang, why was it easily cracked by the two Huai government troops this time? What did they do before?

"This is clearly a targeted conspiracy, and I am the one they want to frame. As for who else can do such a thing besides me, there are too many. There are such officials in the Transport Department. Moreover, with my identity as Li Ling, even if I really want to do such an illegal thing, how could I reveal my identity to such a small person? Is a Sima in the army worthy?"

Everyone was a little stunned by his words, but Meng Zhongqiu, who didn't say much after the opening, nodded and echoed: "What you said is not unreasonable. These so-called evidences of people are indeed not sufficient. Two sirs, do you have any further evidence?"

Obviously, the Ministry of Justice is on Li Ling's side. However, their position is also reserved. Only when Li Ling is confident of proving his innocence will he speak out and help him.

But this is enough. After all, the three presiding judges present still focus on him. His opening means that the other two must come up with more evidence, otherwise the case will have to be delayed.
Chapter completed!