"Back to the prince, my lord has always been honest and jealous, how can he accept bribes from others?"

Listening to Li Yuntian's question, Xue Laohan's somewhat cloudy eyes lit up, then shook his head, and said with a painful expression, "Lord Wang, the villain is guilty, the villain should not frame my master, but the villain has no choice, they arrested the villain's son and grandson, if the villain doesn't do what they say, the villain won't be able to see his son and grandson." ”

"This king knows that you are forced to be helpless, so I don't want to pursue anything, this king wants to ask if you want to save your master?" Li Yuntian knew that Xue Laohan must have been severely tortured, and later had to frame Xue Xuan for the safety of his children and grandchildren, so he looked at him with a cold expression and asked, presumably Xue Laohan's heart was extremely painful at this time.

"The villain is willing, the villain is willing." Xue Laohan was stunned when he heard this, and then raised his head and said to Li Yuntian repeatedly, his face was full of expectation, he didn't want Xue Xuan to be affected by the five hundred taels of unwarranted bribes.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian secretly shook his head, turned around and walked out of the cell, Yun Na immediately stepped forward and whispered to Xue Laohan, this kind of thing that can't be put on the table naturally can't be told by Li Yuntian, the prince, to Xue Laohan.

"You can do it, your son and grandson have already come home, don't worry about them." After explaining to Xue Laohan, Yun Na said to him in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." At this moment, the only trace of worry in Xue Laohan's heart disappeared, and he slammed his head three times outside the prison door, as long as he could save Xue Xuan and his children and grandchildren, he was willing to do anything, anyway, he was already old, what was there to be afraid of?

In the courtyard of the Imperial Prison, Li Yuntian looked up at the stars in the sky, with a self-deprecating wry smile on the corner of his mouth, he felt that it was really ridiculous that the dignified Zuodu Yushi would do these things behind his back.

"Lord Wang, it's done." Yun Na came out of the prison and whispered beside Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, and then raised his steps and left expressionlessly, his face was like a layer of ice, if it wasn't for the fact that he had to do such a sneaky thing.

Yun Na also felt very helpless, and followed silently, if it wasn't for wanting to save Xue Xuan's life and resolve the conflict between the inner court and the civilian clique, how could Li Yuntian do these unseemly things in secret?

Ma Shun felt that the atmosphere at the scene was a little dull and depressing, and he didn't dare to say more, so he bowed down to see him off, Wang Zhen specially explained that he asked him not to care about Li Yuntian's affairs in the edict prison, in fact, even if Wang Zhen didn't open his mouth, he didn't have the courage to stop Li Yuntian.

Master of Ceremonies.

"Father-in-law, Lord Zhong has already gone to the edict to see Xue Xuan." Wang Zhen was flipping through the chapters that the eunuch Bingbi had reviewed, when Mao Gui walked in and bowed down to report.

"Prince Zhong and Xue Xuan are in the same department, and they are the chief judge of the case, so it is normal for him to go to see Xue Xuan." Wang Zhen smiled when he heard this, and said disappreciatively, he naturally knew the purpose of Li Yuntian's going to the edict, so he didn't worry about it at all.

"Father-in-law, Lord Zhong is Xue Xuan's fellow student, will Xue Xuan's case be turned over?" Mao Gui didn't know that Li Yuntian had reached an agreement with Wang Zhen in private, so he couldn't help but say worriedly.

After all, Li Yuntian has already turned over the He family's murder case, and since the He family did not kill anyone, then there is no motive to spend a lot of money to bribe Xue Xuan.

"Lord Zhong is a person who understands the general situation, and he is also the emperor's teacher, who knows what he can do and what he can't do." Wang Zhen definitely would not reveal the agreement with Li Yuntian to Mao Gui, so he replied quietly.

Mao Gui looked like he was in Wang Zhen's chest, and he didn't seem to be worried about Li Yuntian overturning Xue Xuan's case, and he immediately reacted in his heart, it seemed that everything was under Wang Zhen's control, so he then bowed down and retreated, so as not to disturb Wang Zhen reading the chapter.

"Lord, the secret agents of the Korean country have reported that there is a famine due to the lack of food in the Korean country, and many people of the Korean country have entered the territory of my Ming Dynasty to the north."

The next morning, when Li Yuntian was dealing with the official business at hand in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yun Na came in and said in a deep voice, "I am afraid that the Liaodong Political Envoy and the Liaodong Metropolitan Secretary will arrive in the capital in the next few days. ”

"The imperial court gave them a batch of grain last year, but I didn't expect it to be gone again before the autumn harvest." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed when he heard this, it seemed that the situation in North Korea was even more serious than he had imagined before.

"Lord Wang, the envoy of the Korean State for help must be coming soon, when will you conclude Lord Xue's case?" Yun Na didn't expect the situation in North Korea to be so unbearable, so she asked in a deep voice.

Li Yuntian could try Xue Xuan's bribery case after he finished trying the He murder case, but he didn't do that, but deliberately delayed the time.

In Li Yuntian's view, the nature of the He murder case is completely different from Xue Xuan's bribery case, and the He murder case is at best a civil criminal case, but Xue Xuan's bribery case not only involves Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the Ming Dynasty, but is also related to the struggle between the inner court and the civil official yamen.

Therefore, Li Yuntian believes that the Xue Xuan case, which has been concerned by hundreds of military officials in the court, should be treated cautiously, and the trial should not be hastily handled, and it should take time to check the various criminal evidence in the case, so as to make the matter appear reasonable.

"Wait, the time hasn't come yet." Li Yuntian looked down at the official document in his hand, these days he has been hiding in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to deal with the official documents of the Wutang and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, making the outside world think that he was busy with Xue Xuan's case.

As for Wang Zhen, Jin Lian and the others who were on the jury, they also went back to their yamen to wait for news, and if the people sent by Li Yuntian to find evidence made new discoveries, they would be notified to go to the discussion.

In order to avoid people's suspicion, Li Yuntian sent a messenger to investigate Xue Xuan's bribery, although he knew that it was futile, but he always had to make a show to people outside.

"Lord Wang, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not." Yun Na hesitated for a moment when she heard this, and then said to Li Yuntian, "My subordinates have heard some rumors in the capital recently, saying that the orthodox emperor deliberately favors Lord Xue, and the prince and Lord Xue are in the same family, so they should avoid this case." ”

"Oh?" Li Yuntian immediately raised his head when he heard this, with a surprised look on his face, he didn't expect that there were such rumors on the market.

"Did you spread it out to anyone?" Subsequently, Li Yuntian asked quietly, did he think that these rumors were groundless, there must be someone behind the matter who was promoting it, and there was an ulterior motive.

"The other party is very cautious, and nothing has been found out now." Yun Na shook her head and looked at Li Yuntian with some suspicion, "Lord Wang, is this the work of Lord Xue's enemy?" ”

Xue Xuan served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple for many years, during which many corrupt officials were planted in his hands, so many people hated him in their hearts and wanted to put him to death as soon as possible.

"If it's the enemy's doing, it's simple, I'm afraid they have other plans!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, and his expression became solemn.

"Something else?" Yun Na didn't understand what Li Yuntian meant, who would do this except Xue Xuan's enemies, Li Yuntian had already reached an agreement with Wang Zhen, so the inner court should not do this, and the civil official group should not do this, do they want to see the inner court overpowered?

"Yun Na, don't underestimate the conflict of interests in the capital, there are no absolute friends and enemies in the power field, if someone wants to secretly profit from this case of Lord Xue, I hope that the inner court will fight with the civil officials."

"Lord Wang, do you mean that someone in the capital wants Lord Xue's case to make a big fuss?" Yun Na's face couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

You must know that Xue Xuan's case involves the fundamental interests of the inner court and the civilian clique, and once the contradictions between the two sides intensify, it will inevitably set off a bloody storm in the officialdom, and finally end up with a lose-lose ending, so if someone secretly tries Xue Xuan's case at this time, they are doing something that harms their camp.

"If you don't break it, you can't stand it!" Li Yuntian groaned, and slowly spit out four words in his mouth.

"If you don't break it, you can't stand it?" Yun Na first showed a puzzled look on her face, and then her eyes lit up and she suddenly realized that it was precisely because of the defeat of both sides that those people had a chance to ascend to the throne, otherwise it would be difficult for them to enter the power center of the Ming Dynasty if they did not leave.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates will send someone to secretly find out who is promoting the rumors." This time, Yun Na understood, it turned out that Li Yuntian was worried that someone wanted to disrupt Xue Xuan's case and profit from it, so he bowed down and said.

"No, this matter must be done with great fanfare, to deter them, and not to let them interfere with this trial." Li Yuntian shook his head when he heard this, and said to Yun Na with a serious expression, he didn't want any chaos at this time.

"My subordinates understand!" Hearing this, Yun Na bowed down again, and hurriedly left.

"Who the hell is so restless!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and he was puzzled by the rumors that appeared on the market this time, it seemed that there were people in the court who were unwilling to be lonely and wanted to make waves.

With Li Yuntian's order to strictly investigate the source of the rumors, the rumors on the market that Li Yuntian was not suitable for the trial of Xue Xuan's case came to an abrupt end, and it was obvious that the people who spread such rumors were still very jealous of Li Yuntian, for fear of being found by Li Yuntian.

In mid-April, after more than half a month of investigation, Li Yuntian was promoted to trial of Xue Xuan's bribery case at the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Because compared with the He murder case, there were more officials who came to the trial this time, and the six Shangshu and the general political envoy Sitong political envoy were all present, and it became a veritable "Jiuqing's family trial".

In this way, Wang Zhen seems to be a little alone in the court, but there is no way, although the inner court can compete with the civil official group, but there is only one yamen who can handle it, that is, the celebrant eunuch, so only Wang Zhen, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is suitable to attend the court trial.

Even though Wang Zhen was only one person, because he came on behalf of the orthodox emperor, he sat in the first place on the right side of the hall, and opposite him sat Hu Ying, the head of the six hall officials and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Since the Orthodox Dynasty, there has never been a "Jiuqing trial", although this is not really a Jiuqing trial, but it is enough to see the great impact of Xue Xuan's case.

The civil officials and dignitaries present were whispering to each other about today's court trial, and no one knew how Li Yuntian would deal with Xue Xuan's bribery case, because Li Yuntian had been staying in the Metropolitan Procuratorate some time ago, which made it impossible for them to listen to Li Yuntian's tone.

Obviously, Hu Ying and others do not think that Xue Xuan will be able to get away with the crime of killing her husband after He cleans her name for killing her husband, because He's killing her husband and Xue Xuan's bribery are two different things, after all, He was imprisoned, which made the Zhao family have the motive to bribe Xue Xuan.

This is also the reason why the He family is still locked up in the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, because it was the butler of the Zhao family who bribed Xue Xuan, and the He family was the mother of the Zhao family, although the housekeeper of the Zhao family said that he was the master of the bribery, but Li Yuntian wanted to find out whether the bribes of the Zhao family's housekeeper were related to the He family in the case of Xue Xuan's bribery.

Therefore, only by finding out that He has nothing to do with Xue Xuan's bribery case can she truly be free.

Unlike Hu Ying and others, Wang Zhen sat there leisurely sipping tea, and no one in the audience except him knew the result of the court trial.

"King Zhong has arrived!" Just as everyone was talking in a low voice, a shout came from the entrance of the lobby, and Li Yuntian walked in quickly surrounded by the guards.

"Lord Wang." Everyone present got up one after another when they heard this, bowed down and saluted Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian can be said to be the top in Daming whether it is a title or a title, so he can afford everyone's salute.

Li Yuntian walked over and sat down behind the desk in the lobby, glanced around at the scene and said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, this king was ordered by the emperor to try the bribery case of Xue Xuan, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, you are all veterans of the court, the predecessors of this king, if there is anything wrong with this king in the court trial, I hope you will testify." ”

"The prince laughed, the prince is unparalleled in the world in the trial of the case, I am just an observer today, and I will never interject." Hearing this, Hu Ying smiled and bowed to Li Yuntian and said.

Although Li Yuntian is the descendant of everyone at the scene, no one dares to underestimate this young prince with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty, who is a leader among the officials of the Ming Dynasty in both governance and trial, let alone marching and fighting.

"What Master Hu said is very true, I just came to hear the trial today, and I will not say much." Subsequently, the scholars of the various ministries who came to hear the trial expressed their opinions one after another.

After all, a hearing is different from a jury, although there is only a one-word difference, but the role in the court trial is completely different, the hearing is only by the power to observe the case, while the jury can participate in the trial.

Although Hu Ying and others are veterans of the imperial court, it is inconvenient to disturb Li Yuntian's case, after all, Li Yuntian is not an ordinary official in the court, and they still have a little awe of Li Yuntian, and these awe have been accumulated by Li Yuntian bit by bit in the past 20 years.

In fact, speaking of which, Li Yuntian's qualifications in the imperial court are already very deep, and the Jinshi of Yongle Nian is now also a veteran of the Four Dynasties, but he has not yet reached the age of the weak crown when he was a Jinshi, so he is still very young in age.

Compared with Li Yuntian's Jinshi, Yu Qian is already the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Xue Xuan is also the Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the dead Liu Qiu is the Hanlin attendant, these are all important positions in the imperial court, and other people in the same department have also become high-ranking officials in the local three divisions and the yamen of the major ministries.

For Li Yuntian, these fellow scholars are his most valuable treasure, and they can have an unexpectedly huge effect at a critical moment.