Chapter 535: Retreating
Wu Cheng smiled slightly, shook his head, and said, "Wan Er Gongzi is very smart and pure-hearted, what is the crime?" Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Lin Wan got up slowly, arched his hand to Wu Cheng again, and thanked, "Thank you, sir." With that, he walked to the place where he had been standing.
"Slow!" Zhou Tianhong spoke again, only to see him smiling gently, but looking at Lin Wan's eyes, a cold light shot out.
Lin Wan stopped, bowed down and clenched his fists, and said respectfully: "Please show His Royal Highness the Prince." ā
Zhou Tianhong smiled slightly and said, "Wan Er Gongzi, although you have proved that what the Hu family said is a lie, but you have not proved that this is not the poison in General Ouyang, nor has it been proved that the poison in General Ouyang is from South Vietnam. Perhaps, what General Ouyang is in is this ordinary arsenic?"
Lin Wan was unmoved, and replied unhurriedly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the grass people have no way to prove that this is not the poison in General Ouyang, and there is no way to prove that the poison in General Ouyang comes from South Vietnam, unless the real poison can be found." ā
Zhou Tianhong smiled contemptuously and said, "Wan Er Gongzi, since you can't prove it, how can you make judgments and draw conclusions at will? The relationship between my Dafeng and South Vietnam has been very tense for so many years, and now the two countries are trying to reconcile. Do you know how much impact your remarks have on the friendly relations between our two countries?"
Lin Wan lowered his head and said in fear: "The grass people are guilty. As he spoke, he took a deep look at Wu Cheng and said, "The grass people just say their own judgment, and they can't guarantee that they will be correct. Ask Lord Wu to invite another famous doctor to identify, the grass people are not proficient in learning and art, which is not enough to provide a reference for Lord Wu to judge the case. ā
Wu Cheng frowned slightly, secretly hating Zhou Tianhong for stirring up the situation in his heart, and also hating Lin Wan for retreating from the battle, why did he suddenly soften, is he so afraid of Zhou Tianhong?
Silence returned to the courtroom, and no one spoke. Lin Wan had no choice but to stand motionless with his fists clenched and bowed in the center of the hall, neither to walk nor to stay.
"Lord Yu, the dragon guards have arrived!" came the voice of the guards outside, breaking the deadlock in the hall.
Wu Cheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please come in with the dragon guards." Then, he said to Lin Wan: "Wan Er Gongzi, please return to the throne first and continue to hear the trial." ā
Lin Wan nodded and slowly walked towards Xing Han and Ouyang Yufei. Standing still, he turned around and saw the dragon guard striding in.
The dragon guard walked to the hall, bowed his hand, and said, "Lord Wu, the assassin captured today has already confessed, this is his confession, please take a look." As he spoke, he presented a piece of paper full of small letters, with a drawing and a handprint at the end.
Wu Cheng motioned to the guards around him to step forward and take the paper and present it.
The court was very quiet, and Wu Cheng looked at the confession, his brows furrowed more and more. And Zhou Tianhong, who was behind him, also secretly pinched his heart, but his face still did not change.
Zhou Tianzheng turned his head to look at Zhou Tianhong, hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "Big brother, according to what you see, where should this matter start?"
Zhou Tianhong smiled faintly, shook his head, and said: "This matter is very strange, just relying on the confession of an assassin is not enough to judge the case, it still needs to be carefully investigated." The father ordered Lord Wu and the third brother to find out the truth as soon as possible and recover the military salary and rations. It seems that the third brother's task is very tricky. ā
Zhou Tianzheng smiled slightly, stopped speaking, looked at Wu Cheng, and didn't seem to take Zhou Tianhong's words to heart.
After Wu Cheng finished reading it, he pondered for a moment. stood up, turned around and walked in front of Zhou Tianzheng, and handed the paper to Zhou Tianzheng respectfully.
Zhou Tianzheng took the confession paper, his face narrowed, and he looked at the confession carefully. I saw him glance at ten lines, and soon read all the confessions. raised his eyes to look at Zhou Tianhong, who was looking at him curiously, shook his head with a chuckle, and handed the confession to Zhou Tianhong without care.
Wu Cheng waved his hand and asked people to bring the Hu family down, and now there was only Liu Jinfeng kneeling with a blank face in the hall.
Liu Jinfeng is the grandson of Prime Minister Liu, the nephew of Emperor Liu's concubine, and the cousin of the second prince. Wu Cheng didn't dare to torture him, and he couldn't ask anything. After thinking about it, he patted the startling wood, slowly spoke, and said: "There are too many suspicious points in this case, and we need to continue to investigate, so let's take Liu Gongzi down first." ā
Immediately, a guard stepped forward and took Liu Jinfeng away. Liu Jinfeng secretly guessed in his heart, who sent the assassin? Even Wu Chengdu didn't dare to say it, which showed that the identity of the person involved must be extraordinary.
Zhou Tianhong looked at the confession paper, didn't say a word, and returned it to Zhou Tianzheng.
The witnesses and suspects in the hall have all been taken away, leaving only the two princes, two adults, Ouyang Yufei, Xing Han, Lin Wan, and the dragon guards standing in the hall.
Wu Cheng was also very embarrassed, turned to Zhou Tianzheng and asked for instructions: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, the case is complicated, is it possible to retry it tomorrow?"
Zhou Tianzheng frowned slightly, shook his head, looked at the dragon guards under the hall, and ordered, "Where is the assassin now?" ā
The dragon guard replied loudly: "If you go back to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the assassin is outside the palace, and the last general will bring him in." With that, he turned and walked out of the hall.
After a while, the dragon guard dragged the man in black back again. I saw that the man in black looked sluggish, and his hands and feet hung down weakly. There was no injury to be seen, but from his desperate expression and pale complexion, it was not difficult to see what inhuman torture he had experienced.
The dragon guard threw the man in black to the ground and shouted, "Kneel!"
The man in black trembled and knelt down according to his words, his body couldn't stand upright, his hands and feet seemed to be unable to bend, and the action of kneeling made him miserable, and he was sweating profusely.
Zhou Tianzheng twisted his eyebrows and asked: "Who is kneeling in the hall? What is the crime? Who is the mastermind behind the scenes? ā
The black-clothed man's somewhat dazed gaze slowly regained focus, and he opened his mouth, but did not make a sound.
The dragon guard quickly clicked a few acupoints on him, and shouted coldly: "Answer the words of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, from the truth, there must be no half a lie!"
The man in black nodded slightly, his voice was so weak, and he replied slowly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Third Prince, the name of the criminal is He San, who was captured and trained as a dead soldier in a secret base in the capital since he was a child, and has carried out several missions, all of which were led by the leader, and he doesn't know who the master is. All things were known only to the chiefs, not to the sinners and other brothers. ā
Zhou Tianzheng nodded and asked again: "First explain the task of Fengming City this time, and tell me everything you know." How many of you are there, when did you come to Fengming City, what is your mission, who is your leader, and where is he now?"