Seoul Division.

"Lord Wang, according to the results of our autopsy, the two deceased had many scars on their bodies, and they did not freeze to death, but died of serious internal injuries."

Yun Na handed Li Yuntian an official document in her hand, and reported that this official document was the autopsy report issued by the military medical officer she sent after inspecting the two dead bodies.

Li Yuntian opened the official document and looked at it intently, the official document recorded in detail the injuries on the bodies of the two deceased, according to the inference of the military medical officer, they died of internal injuries, if they did not believe it, the corpses could be autopsied.

"Send this official document to Yoo Sang-min." After reading this official document, Li Yuntian closed it and handed it to Yun Na, and commanded in a deep voice.

Liu Shangmin is the chief judge of Li Jue's case, and now the person involved in Li Jue's case has died inexplicably in the prison of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, and his body is full of scars, Liu Shangmin will definitely give Li Yuntian an explanation for this matter.

Although Li Yuntian usually did not intervene in the trial of Du Li Jue's case, this does not mean that Li Yuntian does not care about the progress of this case.

After receiving the official document with the results of the deaths of the two people involved in the case that Li Yuntian had handed over, Liu Shangmin exhaled heavily, with a helpless look on his face.

When the news of the death of the two people involved in the case reached Liu Shangmin, Liu Shangmin knew that the matter was going to happen, although Li Yuntian handed over the trial of Li Jue's case to him, but Li Jue's case dragged on for so long without progress, but two people involved in the case died, which made the matter a little unspeakable.

After all, Li Yuntian hoped that Liu Shangmin and others would find out whether Li Jue and Li Ying had conspired to plan the assassination, instead of dying in a daze.

Therefore, Liu Shangmin did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly brought Li Ji and Huang Xi to discuss countermeasures.

"Prime minister, Prime Minister Zuo, Lord Zhong sent this official document here, which means that he is already very dissatisfied with the case, how should we reply to Lord Zhong?" After Li Ji and Huang Xi came, Liu Shangmin showed the official document to the two of them, and said with a wry smile.

"Judging from this appearance, our top priority is to speed up the progress of the trial, so as to give an explanation to Prince Zhong." Huang Xi took a sip of the teacup after reading the official document, and said slowly.

In Huang Xi's view, the death of the two people involved in the case is a good thing, which means that Li Ji will no longer be able to delay the trial progress of the case, which is of great benefit to Li Ji, judging from the current evidence, the situation is very unfavorable to Li Jue, and most of the evidence shows that Li Jue and Li Ying have colluded with each other.

"The stakes are very high, and the confessions of those people are inconsistent, so it is normal for two people to die." Li Ji naturally knew what Huang Xi meant, and after frowning slightly, he said to Liu Shangmin, "As long as you truthfully tell Lord Zhong, he will understand our difficulties." ”

"Prime Minister, I heard that the last time I interrogated the two of them was on your orders, didn't those people under your command do anything to them?" Huang Xi knew that Li Ji wanted to downplay this matter, so he put down the teacup in his hand and asked meaningfully.

"Zuo Xiang, the two of them were beaten and bruised all over by your people, how can Benxiang's subordinates do anything to them, it's just a routine inquiry." Li Ji saw that Huang Xi wanted to bite him, so he replied coldly.

"The prime minister's words are wrong, and it was the prime minister's person who first started to punish the two of them." Huang Xi was unimpressed, and retorted slowly, "Most of the injuries on their bodies were left at that time. ”

"Prime minister, Prime Minister Zuo, now is not the time to find out who will use the punishment, but how to reply to the loyal prince." Seeing that Huang Xi and Li Ji had the possibility of a verbal fight, Liu Shangmin hurriedly opened his mouth to play a round.

"Right Minister, the progress of our trial is too slow, although Prince Zhong is patient, he must be quite dissatisfied in his heart." Huang Xi looked at Liu Shangmin when he heard this, and after a deep sigh, he said, "According to the appearance, it is better to confront the human and physical evidence now. ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, now the authenticity of those confessions has not been confirmed, and it is inevitable that the case will be tried in a hurry.

Li Ji's brows furrowed, and he said coldly, he now wants to avoid Li Jue and Li Ying confronting him in court, it is obvious that the evidence of those involved in the case is not good for Li Jue, and once he arrives in the court, Li Jue will be at a disadvantage.

Therefore, Li Ji is now trying to drag the case back, wanting to eliminate the evidence supply that is unfavorable to Li Jue one by one.

Unfortunately, Huang Xi has seen through his purpose and stepped up the fight for those evidences, when Li Ji's people obtained the evidence in Li Jue's favor through torture, Huang Xi's people must find the person concerned and let him retract the previous evidence.

It was precisely because of the contention between the two sides over those evidence that the trial of the case came to a standstill, and although Li Jue and Li Ying had been detained in the Yiban Mansion for many days, they had not yet passed the court.

Before there is conclusive evidence, Li Ji and Huang Xi do not want to contact Li Jue and Li Ying too early, Li Ji does this to protect Li Jue, and Huang Xi wants to pull Li Jue down with one blow.

Poor Liu Shangmin was caught between Li Ji and Huang Xi and drifted with the flow, and gradually lost control of the case in front of the powerful Li Ji and Huang Xi, and let Li Ji and Huang Xi toss in the Forbidden Mansion.

The reason why Li Jue's case has reached this point is actually in Liu Shangmin's body, he doesn't want to offend Li Ji or Huang Xi, so he can only watch the two fight for their own interests, and turn the Forbidden Mansion into a miasma.

Now Li Ji and Huang Xi finally played with fire in the Yi Forbidden Mansion, which caused the death of two people involved in the case overnight, which in turn alarmed Li Yuntian, which made it difficult for Liu Shangmin to explain to Li Yuntian about this matter, in the final analysis, he was the chief judge of this case.

"Leader, those involved in the case are constantly changing their confessions, and if we can't come up with a definite confession according to the current situation, it is better to hold a court trial for them to confront each other, so that it will be clear at a glance who is right and who is wrong."

Huang Xi knew Li Ji's intentions, Li Ji wanted to delay the trial of Li Jue's case and find an opportunity to eliminate the evidence that was unfavorable to Li Jue, so he said with a sneer.

Under the coercion and inducement of Li Ji and Huang Xi, those involved in the case had to provide confessions according to the wishes of the two, which made the trial of the case fall into a quagmire, and it took a lot of time and energy to prove the authenticity of those confessions.

It is precisely because of this that the trial of Li Jue's case has progressed slowly, and it has been delayed until now without a breakthrough.

"Prime Minister Zuo, if it weren't for the severe torture of those sinners involved in the case, how could they be forced to change their confessions?" Li Ji sneered when he heard this, and glared at Huang Xi with a dissatisfied face.

"The prime minister's words are wrong, as far as the prime minister knows, the person who led the prime minister first used heavy torture on those sinners, so that their punishment only changed the previous evidence." Huang Xi was naturally not to be outdone, and immediately sneered at each other, "Could it be that the prime minister thinks that only the person who leads the prime minister can use a big punishment?" ”

"The reason why the people of the true appearance used the great punishment is that those sinners told lies, and the true appearance just made them tell the truth." Li Ji's eyes flashed with a hint of embarrassment when he heard this, and then he pretended to be calm and said.

"The prime minister also thought that their evidence was strong, so they were tortured, and as soon as the prime minister thought, they finally told the truth." Huang Xi was not afraid of a verbal fight with Li Ji, and coldly pushed back Li Ji's words.

"The prime minister, the left prime minister, the prime minister is going to see the loyal prince, how do the two of you think the prime minister should explain to the loyal prince?" Seeing that Li Ji and Huang Xi were showing signs of conflict, Liu Shangmin hurriedly interrupted the argument between the two of them with an increasingly strong smell of gunpowder, and asked helplessly.

Li Ji and Huang Xi suddenly fell silent when they heard this, their brows furrowed slightly, the top priority was to pass Li Yuntian's pass, once they angered Li Yuntian, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Right Minister, I heard that Prince Zhong has tried many important cases in the Ming Dynasty, and each case has been tried clearly, since our trial is now at an impasse, it is better to ask Prince Zhong to try it."

After pondering for a while, Huang Xi looked up at Liu Shangmin and made a suggestion, then his eyes fell on Li Ji's body, and said quietly, "Prime minister, the case of the prince is very important, and it should be the best choice to hand it over to Prince Zhong for trial." ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, the case of the prince is about the face of North Korea, how can we bother the loyal prince? It's not a joke when it gets out! Li Ji's face became a little blue when he heard this, and he sneered and said to Huang Xi, "Besides, since Prince Zhong handed over the case to us, we should handle it well, and then push it to Lord Zhong's words!" ”

"Prime minister, Prince Zhong is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, and this case involves the reputation of the prince, so why not be tried by the prince Zhong?"

The corners of Huang Xi's mouth suddenly showed a hint of disdain, and he glared at Li Ji expressionlessly and said, "It's not that I'm arrogant, I've been trying the case of the prince for so long but have found nothing, I'm afraid the outside world is already laughing at us for the incompetence of those who try the case!" ”

"Zuo Xiang, if you hadn't been in the way, Ben Xiang would have already found out about this case, and you wanted to put the son of the world to death three times and twice, what was your intention!" Li Ji was furious when he heard this, slapped the table, got up and glared at Huang Xi and said.

In Li Ji's view, handing over the case to Li Yuntian for trial is the next step, and it is a complete disaster for Li Jue, and he will never let this happen.

Obviously, if Li Yuntian thought that Li Jue was innocent, he would not have handed over this case to Liu Shangmin for trial, so if Li Yuntian was allowed to intervene in this case, then Li Jue would have no chance to turn over.

"The prime minister is trying his best to exonerate the prince, do you really think that we are all decorations and can let you do whatever you want?" Seeing this, Huang Xi also slapped the table, stood up, and shouted indifferently.

"Two adults, don't be impatient, don't be impatient." Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Shangmin hurriedly walked between Li Ji and Huang Xi, who were glaring at each other, and stretched out his hand to separate the two, so as not to quarrel between the two.

"Ben Xiang is the chief judge, and he is responsible for the deaths of those two people." Then, Liu Shangmin pondered for a moment and said solemnly, "Therefore, the prime minister has decided to resign from the post of chief judge." ”

"What?" Hearing this, Li Ji and Huang Xi, who were staring at each other coldly, were taken aback, and looked at Liu Shangmin in surprise, never expected that Liu Shangmin would do this, if he resigned as the chief judge, who would be qualified to become the chief judge?

"The two adults, the ability of the prime minister is limited, since becoming the chief judge of this case, the case has stagnated, the prime minister is very guilty in his heart, and he is exhausted, so he is ready to ask the prince Zhong to resign, and ask the prince to appoint someone else to try the case."

Liu Shangmin smiled bitterly, and explained to Li Ji and Huang Xi with a haggard face that he didn't want to be the chief judge of Li Jue's case in the first place, and now he could take advantage of this incident to get out of it.

"Right Minister, you are the best person to preside over this case, and no one but you is qualified for this position." Huang Xi was the first to come back to his senses and realized that Liu Shangmin wanted to pick a son and quit, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade him.

"Right Prime Minister, it's an eventful time in North Korea, and you can't leave it alone." Immediately, Li Ji also followed suit.

As the right minister of the parliamentary government, the only people in the official circles of the DPRK who are higher than him are Li Ji and Huang Xi, and it is obvious that Li Ji and Huang Xi are not suitable to be the chief judge of this case, otherwise Li Yuntian would not have chosen Liu Shangmin to preside over this case.

Therefore, once Liu Shangmin resigns as the presiding judge, the position of presiding judge will be vacant, because no one is qualified to replace Liu Shangmin, do you want the dignified leader and the left minister to give him a hand?

"Don't persuade the two adults, the prime minister has made up his mind." Liu Shangmin smiled bitterly and waved his hand when he heard this, he was helpless to do so, and now Li Jue's case is still deadlocked, so he must be responsible for this matter.

Seeing Liu Shangmin's resolute attitude, Li Ji and Huang Xi couldn't help but glance at each other, the two of them have been officials in the same dynasty as Liu Shangmin for so many years, so they naturally know his character, and once they decide, they may be difficult to change.

Moreover, this may be the only way to explain to Li Yuntian about the death of the two people involved, and no one can carry this black cauldron except Liu Shangmin.

Seoul Division, reception hall.

"Lord Liu, this king does not agree with your resignation as the chief judge." Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Liu Shangmin, who was sitting in the first seat, and expressed his opinion.

After discussing with Li Ji and Huang Xi, Liu Shangmin rushed to Li Yuntian to plead guilty, and wanted to resign from the post of presiding judge of Li Jue's case on the grounds of limited ability.

Li Yuntian will definitely not agree to Yoo Sang-min's pick-picking at this time, regardless of whether Yoo Sang-min has the ability to try cases or not, the key is that no one in the North Korean officialdom except Yoo Sang-min is qualified for this post.

"Lord Wang......" Liu Shangmin had already expected Li Yuntian to refuse, so he smiled bitterly and wanted to complain to Li Yuntian.

"Lord Liu, the matter of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion is already known to this king, and it is not your fault that the case has reached this point, it is the negligence of this king."

Without waiting for Liu Shangmin to finish speaking, Li Yuntian interrupted him with his mouth and said in a deep voice, "Since this king has given you the position of presiding judge, then I will also give you the power to preside over the trial, and from today Li Jue's case will be in charge of you, and the other juries will be removed!" ”

"This ......" Liu Shangmin was taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian with a surprised face, Li Yuntian was going to delegate power and let him do a big job in Li Jue's case.

"The king has made up his mind." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to stop Liu Shangmin from speaking, and said with a serious expression, Li Jue's case has dragged on for too long, and he must let Li Ji, Huang Xi and others know that he is dissatisfied with this.

Liu Shangmin swallowed back the words on his lips, his face was full of helplessness, it seemed that he could no longer escape from the whirlpool of right and wrong in Li Jue's case.