"Take the world!" Not only Li Ji and Huang Xi, but even Liu Shangmin knew that Li Jue was finished this time, so after glancing at the officials who were whispering in a whisper at the scene, he gave an order to the soldiers of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion on the side with a serious expression.

The reason why Liu Shangmin concluded that Li Jue was powerless to return to heaven was because the testimony of Li Jue, Li Xing and others had formed a perfect chain of evidence, which was enough to prove that Li Jue and Li Ying had jointly planned the assassination incident.

This means that Li Jue has already lost before he appears in court for trial, and he has lost completely, and he has no way to refute the evidence provided by Li Ying, Li Xing and others.

In fact, due to the sudden incident, Li Jue was caught off guard, and he had no way to fight back, and he couldn't even know the news from the outside world.

With Liu Shangmin's order, the scene suddenly quieted down, and all the officials held their breath and waited for Li Jue to arrive, if Li Jue couldn't wash away these suspicions on him, then he would be in a catastrophe this time, and no one could save him.

"Right Phase." Because he has been held in solitary confinement, Li Jue does not know the progress of the case, and after being brought in, he bowed slightly to Liu Shangmin with a serious expression, unlike Li Ying, he is still a victim of the assassination case, so he does not need to kneel.

"Your Royal Highness, did you know about the assassination in advance?" Liu Shangmin groaned for a moment and looked at Li Jue seriously.

"Right Minister, this son of the world didn't know about it, otherwise he wouldn't have been successfully assassinated, so much so that he almost lost his life." Li Jue naturally wouldn't admit it, and in fact, he didn't know about it at all, so he replied solemnly.

"Li Xing, do you think His Royal Highness the Prince is telling the truth?" Liu Shangmin had long expected that Li Jue would deny it, so he looked at Li Xing, who was kneeling on Li Jue's side, and asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the right minister, His Royal Highness the Prince did not tell the truth, the assassination was originally a bitter plan between His Royal Highness the Prince and the Prince of Anping, but the King of Anping used poison, which almost lost his life." Li Xing glanced up at Li Jue, gritted his teeth and said loudly.

"Li Xing, what nonsense are you talking about, when did this prince discuss this kind of thing with the prince of Anping." Hearing this, Li Jue was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted at Li Xing, he never imagined that Li Xing would frame him.

"His Royal Highness, now the villain really can't hide it anymore, so I have to tell the truth and ask His Royal Highness the Prince to forgive me." Li Xing didn't dare to look at Li Jue, and said with his head on the ground.

"Right Minister, he is lying, how can this prince discuss the assassination with the prince of Anping, he is framing this son, please be aware of it!" Li Jue was immediately anxious when he heard this, and couldn't help but point at Li Xing and explain to Liu Shangmin in a loud voice.

"Since His Royal Highness suspects him of lying, then the Prime Minister will use a great punishment on him to see if he is telling the truth." Liu Shangmin pondered for a moment after listening to Li Jue's words, and then nodded to the ideal with a cold expression.

Since Li Xing was the most crucial witness in Li Jue's case, and his lethality to Li Jue was even greater than that of Li Jue, it was impossible for Liu Shangmin to easily believe his testimony, and in order to convince the officials at the hearing, it was necessary to use criminal punishment against Li Xing.

Li Xing's face turned pale when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help flashing a look of horror, and then he gritted his teeth tightly, he had been mentally prepared to bear the punishment in advance, but he felt inexplicable fear in his heart when it came to the end.

Soon, several soldiers from the forbidden palace tied Li Xing to a wooden pillar used for execution in the courtyard, took off his shirt to expose his upper body, and Li Xing's breathing couldn't help but become short.

"Li Xing, ask you again, what you just said is the truth?" Under the gaze of everyone, Liu Shangmin pointed at Li Xing, who was extremely nervous, and asked loudly.

"Right Minister, what the villain said is true, please be aware of it!" Hearing this, Li Xing hurriedly shouted loudly, wanting to show that he was innocent.

"Come on, beat the prime minister hard, until he says something!" Liu Shangmin's eyes flashed with a cold glint when he heard this, and he gave an order in a deep voice, even if he believed Li Xing's words, Li Xing would be beaten for no other reason, just to block the mouths of Li Ji and others, so as not to question Li Xing's testimony from the outside world.

"Ahh With Liu Shangmin's order, a soldier of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion picked up the leather whip in his hand and whipped it heavily on Li Xing's body, causing Li Xing to scream miserably, and a bright red whip mark appeared on his chest.

In front of everyone's eyes, Li Xing was whipped with leather by the stout soldier and wailed, screaming again and again, and his chest was soon blurred with flesh and blood.

"Li Xing, it's better to confess truthfully, do you want to be beaten to death?" Liu Shangmin looked at the tortured Li Xing coldly, and asked with a cold expression.

"Right Minister, what the villain said is true, please be aware of it." Li Xing endured the burning pain on his body, and shouted at Liu Shangmin, he knew that he had no choice now, otherwise not only would he die, but also his family would be affected, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

After experiencing the initial fear, as the whip continued to fall on his body, the pain from his body made his panicked state of mind gradually quiet, and it turned out that the torture was nothing more than that.

"Keep fighting!" Liu Shangmin saw that Li Xing did not change his words, so he coldly burst out three words in his mouth, he didn't want to treat Li Xing like this, but Li Jue's case was very important, and he had to do this, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble afterwards.

As time passed, Li Xing's shouting gradually weakened, and finally he fainted with his head drooped, and Liu Shangmin waved his hand at the soldiers of the Yiyi Forbidden Mansion on the side, and one of the soldiers poured a bucket of cold water on Li Xing's head with a bang.

Li Xing woke up after screaming at this violent stimulus, and now it was a cold winter, and he was shivering from the cold water.

"Li Xing, you might as well confess truthfully, do you really want to resist to the end?" Liu Shangmin waited for Li Xing and shouted with an expressionless face.

"The right minister is clear, and the villain has indeed confessed truthfully." Li Xing trembled, his upper and lower teeth kept touching each other, and shouted at Liu Shangmin, since he survived the first round of punishment, then the later punishment can be carried over, and it is a big deal to die, and save the lives of his family with one of his lives.

Yun Na looked at the scene in front of her with a frosty mask, she knew that Liu Shangmin did this for the trial of the case, compared with Li Yuntian's trial, everyone else seemed to be particularly fond of using punishment to verify the authenticity of the witness's testimony, this method was simply a manifestation of incompetence.

"Hit!" Liu Shangmin saw that Li Xing was still holding on, so he coldly shouted out a word.

At this time, the executioner was replaced by another strong soldier of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, who picked up the leather whip and slashed at Li Xing, and Li Xing's screams suddenly sounded again.

"Right Minister, he passed out." When Li Xing tilted his head again and pulled his head silently, the soldier of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion stepped forward to probe the breath in front of his nose, and said to Liu Shangmin in a deep voice.

"Take him down!" Liu Shangmin's brows furrowed, and he gave an order in a deep voice, since Li Xing did not change his confession twice after passing out, then the next punishment became meaningless, and he could not beat him to death for Li Xing to change his confession.

Li Jue looked at Li Xing who was dragged down by the two forbidden house soldiers with an expressionless face, his mood was extremely complicated, he was both angry and shocked, he never imagined that Li Xing would frame him at the cost of dying.

"His Royal Highness, the prime minister has already used a heavy punishment on Li Xing, but he still has not changed his confession, and the prime minister cannot conclude that he lied based on previous verification." After Li Xing was taken away, Liu Shangmin looked at Li Jue solemnly and said, "Your Royal Highness, can you tell the prime minister, is there any evidence to prove that Li Xing lied?" ”

"This ......" Li Jue was stumped at this time, a depressed look appeared on his face, where did he have evidence to prove that Li Xing lied, in fact, he didn't know that Li Xing betrayed him until now.

"Your Royal Highness, do you recognize this jade pendant?" Seeing this situation, Liu Shangmin knew that Li Jue could not provide evidence, so he changed his words and asked him to show him the jade pendant provided by the hawker couple before.

"I don't know this son!" A look of surprise flashed in Li Jue's eyes after noticing the jade pendant, and then he shook his head at Liu Shangmin and flatly denied it.

Although Li Jue didn't know why Liu Shangmin asked him to see this jade pendant, it obviously had an impact on the trial of the case, so Li Jue's first decision was to deny it.

Hearing this, the corners of Yun Na's mouth couldn't help but flash a subtle smile, this jade pendant was taken out of his mansion after Li Jue was arrested, and it was one of the several jade pendants that Li Jue liked to wear, his denial made the case a lot more complicated, and it was exactly the result that Yun Na wanted to see.

The officials at the scene couldn't help but whisper in private when they heard this, although many of them didn't notice the style of Li Jue wearing a jade pendant on weekdays, but it was obvious that such a precious jade pendant was not something that ordinary people could wear, if Li Xing didn't lie, then this jade pendant was Li Jue's.

Huang Xi's face showed a smug look, and he couldn't help but look at Li Ji, who was pale, both of them knew that this jade pendant belonged to Li Jue, and Li Jue now denied the existence of this jade pendant, so he invisibly pushed himself into an abyss that he couldn't jump out of.

"You tell the prime minister, where did this jade pendant come from?" Liu Shangmin glanced around at the officials who were slightly commotioned at the scene, and quietly asked the hawker couple who were kneeling there.

"Back to the right minister, this jade pendant was given to the villain by His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, so that the villain was tight-lipped about his meeting with the prince of Anping." The husband of the hawker couple hurriedly replied loudly when he heard this, and at the same time glanced at Li Jue timidly, as if he was very surprised that Li Jue denied the matter.

"Nonsense, this son doesn't know you at all, how can I give you the jade pendant!" Li Jue was furious when he heard this, he never expected that a pariah would dare to frame him, so he angrily pointed at the hawker couple and shouted, "Say, did you accept other people's benefits to frame this son!" ”

"Right Minister, what the villain said is true, please give the villain the right chance!" When the hawker couple heard this, they hurriedly kowtowed to Liu Shangmin and said tremblingly.

"Right Minister, this son has never seen this person before, how can he give him such a valuable item!" Li Jue knew that he had fallen into a trap that had been carefully designed, so now was not the time to get angry, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Liu Shangmin calmly.

"Right Minister, the villain didn't lie, it is indeed the villain who handed over the jade pendant to His Royal Highness the Prince, please be aware of it." When the hawker and his wife heard this, they couldn't help but open their mouths to cry out for injustice.

"Right Prime Minister, these two untouchables must have accepted the benefits of others to frame this son, as long as the right side uses a big punishment against them, they will definitely confess honestly!" Hearing this, Li Jue stretched out his hand and pointed at the hawker couple and shouted coldly, he didn't believe that this seemingly honest couple could withstand the punishment.

"Right Minister, you have to call the shots for the villains, the villains have confessed truthfully, and they have not concealed it in the slightest." Hearing this, the hawker couple suddenly turned pale with fright, and kowtowed to Liu Shangmin again and again.

Seeing this, a sneer flashed at the corner of Li Jue's mouth, and from the hawker couple's performance, he thought that they must not be able to withstand the punishment, and they must have confessed truthfully.

At the same time, Yun Na also sneered secretly, I'm afraid no one knows, this hawker couple is a secret agent planted in Seoul by the martial arts hall, and they have undergone professional training, so it is impossible for those punishments to make the two of them submit.

Moreover, Li Jue's desire to torture the hawker couple was probably ruined by one of his previous wrong decisions.

If Li Jue had previously admitted that the jade pendant was his, then Liu Shangmin would have tortured the hawker couple to force him to ask for the truth, but the key was that Li Jue denied that the jade pendant was his item, which made the authenticity of the hawker couple's evidence transferred to the ownership of the jade pendant.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World should be restless, and he will make his own decision after finding out a matter from the prime minister." Sure enough, Liu Shangmin did not torture the hawker couple, but said to Li Jue after a deep groan.

Li Jue's brows suddenly furrowed slightly when he heard this, he didn't know what Liu Shangmin was going to do, and he felt a trace of inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

"His Royal Highness, I want to ask again, have you seen this jade pendant before?" Or do you want to give Li Jue one last chance, Liu Shangmin groaned for a while and then picked up the jade pendant from the tray and asked with a serious expression.

"Right Minister, this is not the son of this world." Li Jue was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't know why Liu Shangmin wanted to be entangled in the matter of the jade pendant, but he had already denied seeing the jade pendant before, so of course it was difficult to change his words now, so he shook his head at Liu Shangmin.

"Alas!" Seeing this situation, Li Ji, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but sigh, how much he wanted to open his mouth to remind Li Jue, but this trial was very important, if he opened his mouth, he would certainly be able to remind Li Jue, but he himself might also be implicated.

To tell the truth, Li Ji is not afraid of Liu Shangmin, what he is afraid of is Yun Na who is sitting on the scene, Yun Na came to the Righteous Forbidden Mansion this time to ensure the smooth progress of the trial, if he interjects, he will be punished by Yun Na, for Yun Na, he did not take the leadership of the government in his eyes.

Therefore, Li Ji did not open his mouth after weighing left and right, and the officials on the scene also knew what was going on, and they all closed their mouths in amusement.