If it was not a person who committed the crime, even if it was a court official, under the strong pressure of the two senior officials of the Censorate and Dali Temple, they would have been unable to withstand the crimes and directly settled them; or if they were not even interested in talking too much with such a suspect, they would be punished and punished him. Even if he was scolded, he would be able to admit his crimes.

But this time the suspect was Li Ling, the one who had a lot of reputation in the court and the country, and Li Ling, who even King Ying would take the initiative to protect him regardless of the consequences. This made Jian Chong and Sun Daming unable to use conventional tricks to force him to plead guilty, and could only use various evidence to implement the conviction.

Of course, in addition to the special status of Li Ling, today is the three officials to review, and there are many court officials who are listening to it, which is the key to their step by step. Especially when Meng Zhongqiu showed a little intention of protecting Li Ling, the two of them were even more awakened and did not dare to neglect at all.

Fortunately, they made sufficient preparations for this battle, especially at this time, they showed off their biggest killer weapon - Ye Rong! This person, like Li Ling, is also the Transportation Shi Shaoqing, and even has the same authority. He is also in charge of the logistics affairs of the Northern Frontier Army.

After Li Ling left because of Ding You, his power naturally fell into the hands of this successor with the same official position. It can be said that he had mastered everything Li Ling had.

When this colleague with a fair face and a humble smile on his face walked into the hall, Li Ling's face suddenly sank. He finally knew why he was so decisive this time. It turned out that the problem was with this colleague who was very inconspicuous before.

Ye Rong was indeed very inconspicuous in the Transport Department in the past. It can even be said that he did not have any specific responsibilities and powers. He just obeyed the orders of several bosses to check accounts and handle the disputes. Although he was a fourth-rank Shaoqing like Li Ling, in terms of real power, it is really the difference between heaven and earth.

So when we were together before, this person who showed up was as humble as today. Even today, he went to court and after greeting several presiding officials, Ye Rong also bowed to the officials who were hearing the trial. In the end, even Li Ling did not ignore it, but also bowed and greeted him.

However, these polite heartbeats did not affect his next reply. When Jian Chong asked him how he knew that Li Ling had greedy behavior in the northern border, his answer was very straightforward: "The Xiaguan naturally found out through the flaws in the previous account book.

"Xiaguan took on this duty a while ago, so he naturally did not dare to neglect the slightestness, so he carefully looked through the relevant account books. As a result, he found an unreasonable strange thing, that is, in the past two years, the cost of six border cities including Bazhou, Xiongzhou, Youzhou increased by more than 50% compared with the past. However, the number of border troops in these places has not increased, and the consumption alone has increased... This made Xiaguan feel something wrong, so he secretly asked someone to go to Xiongzhou to check it out. The results proved that the warehouses there were also faster than before, especially armor, arrows and other objects, which were comparable to when fighting against Guirong. But clearly, over the past year, the border between Dayue was very peaceful and had never had any war..."

"Then will your people find out the whole story later?" Sun Daming was excited and immediately asked again.

Ye Rong nodded vigorously and glanced at Li Ling with his eyes: "Yes, they found out that several officials in charge of logistics in the Xiongzhou army were colluding with the generals, secretly taking out military supplies. Then, when they couldn't hide it, they reported a loss.

"What makes people wonder is that there is something wrong with the losses reported to the court at a glance, but my Transport Department never asked about it, as if everything was normal. The subordinate was surprised after learning about it, so he asked several relevant subordinates, but they said, "As hesitantly looked at Li Ling again.

"What are they saying? Lord Ye, you don't have to help others hide it!"

"They said that these accounts and documents were handled by Lord Li, and although there were any problems, he would just ignore them. Because Lord Li was in power, the people below dared not say much, and could only hide their questions in their hearts."

Meng Zhongqiu spoke again at this time: "Mr. Ye, you have to come up with evidence?"

"Of course there is evidence. Not only those subordinates as evidence, but also those accounts, I brought them and left them in the outside world. If a few adults want to see it, they will come in."

Jian Chong and the others smiled, with a proud smile that was sure to win: "Since that's the case, then call them all in and ask them clearly. There are also accounts, and they will also be taken in."

After the words were heard, four or five more people came in. Li Ling turned his head and recognized that they were indeed used by his subordinates when he was doing things in the Transportation Department, but they were definitely not considered confidants.

In fact, he didn't have time to train his confidants in the Transport Department for a long time, and he didn't even have time to cultivate his confidants. He just joined the Transport Department and went to northern Xinjiang to work on military ration transfer for a year. Then he finally returned to the capital city, but before he could actually do the job, something happened in Huguang, and he left Beijing again. Then, Ding You returned to his hometown... It can be said that he had not even known all the entire yamen of the Transport Department, so where would he have the opportunity to cultivate any confidants?

But even so, when Li Ling heard the so-called "truth" and "true" explanation, Li Ling felt a chill in his heart. These guys really did everything they could. In order to put the charge on him, not only did they design it in various ways in the border army, but even the people from the Transport Department had long been bribed by them.

At this moment, Li Ling was too lazy to listen to how these people accused him, and just stood there with a sneer. Until the sound of the arson, Jian Chong shouted again: "Li Ling, now the evidence is really conclusive, you can no longer argue! If you don't plead guilty, I will have to torture you!"

Li Ling looked up and looked at him coldly: "I still said the same thing, I have no choice but to add any crime. These are framed slander! The so-called evidence is just fabricated by someone... No, it should be said that someone used my name to steal and sell border military supplies, but asked me to bear the charge!"

"I'm so brave, I dare to speak so cleverly at this time!" Sun Daming shouted immediately, "You, Lord Li, are all handled by you. Can others make these decisions on your behalf? As for what you want to say is deceived, it is even more ridiculous. Now, no one in the court knows that you are good at checking accounts and doing accounts. No one can hide it from you in the Transport Department of the Ministry of Revenue! Now, you actually want to say that you are deceived, which is really hard to believe.

"Also, these accounts clearly sign your name and use your seal. Can't these things be faked? Li Ling, if you are dead and refuse to confess your guilt, you will have to be taken away and suffer the pain of your flesh! Say, do you admit it?"

After his aggressive questioning, Li Ling still stood there straight, with contempt and shaking his head firmly: "I was wronged, and these are all done by someone on my back."

"Come on! Drag him down and blame him for thirty boards!" Jian Chong finally couldn't help but slapped the agglomeration and was about to torture Li Ling.

Just as the officers on both sides heard the sound and were about to hold the person, a voice rose in time: "Slow down!" But one of the officials who were listening to the trial was spoken.

Originally, everyone thought that the person who said this must be Lu Zhen, who was closely related to Li Ling, and even Jian Chong and others had already figured out how to deal with it. But after looking over, they found that it was not Lu Zhen who spoke, but Liao Zefeng, the doctor of the Ministry of War, which made them stop their words.

However, Li Ling felt warm after recognizing the person. Others couldn't imagine why he would stand up, but Li Ling immediately knew the whole story, because Liao Zefeng was one of Zhang Hefeng's disciples, and he was also the most promising one among his many disciples.

Thinking about what Zhang Hefeng said to him that day, Li Ling felt even more grateful. It turned out that Confucian Master was not saying it, he had really changed his position.

With Zhang Hefeng's reputation in the court for many years and in the Shilin, once he really turned to the King of England, his influence would probably be enough to cause a hurricane between the court and the country!

"What do you want to say, Lord Liao?" Finally, Jian Chong and others came to their senses and asked.

"I think the matter in Xiongzhou is still somewhat different from that in Bazhou. Just the numbers in the account book cannot be convicted. It is better to ease it for the time being. It is not too late to deal with it after there is clear case information there." Liao Zefeng said with a smile, "After all, it is important, so there cannot be any deviation."

Although he was determined to help Li Ling, the other party had already arranged everything in this case. He was powerless and could only use a drag-on technique.

As he opened his mouth, several officials who attended the audience nodded and agreed: "Yes, how can such a big case be settled in an instant? Let's wait a little longer, and after the case in Xiongzhou and Youzhou are clear, it will be too late to make a decision."

If only one or two people said this, Jian Chong and the others might still stick to their decisions, but now, about half of the people who were listening to this attitude, they were a little embarrassed and did not dare to make decisions on their own. Of course, if the three judges were on the same mind, they might be able to withstand the pressure. But the problem is that even Meng Zhongqiu stood opposite: "I think I should be more careful and get more evidence of the crime to be worthy of Your Majesty's trust in us. What do you think?"
Chapter completed!