Lecture on the martial arts hall in Seoul Division, meeting room.

"Lord Wang, this court trial is very important, and the lower officials hope that you can sit in charge of the trial." Liu Shangmin put down the teacup in his hand, bowed to Li Yuntian and said with a smile.

Liu Shangmin came to see Li Yuntian this time for the upcoming court trial of the Yi Ban Mansion, because he wanted to pass the court for Li Jue and Li Ying, so he hoped to invite Li Yuntian to the court trial site to reduce the pressure from the outside world.

"Liu Yizheng, since this king has handed over the case to you, then you can rest assured and boldly go to the trial, and it is inconvenient for this king to supervise the trial." Li Yuntian naturally knew Liu Shangmin's intention, and said quietly while sipping the fragrant tea, "But this king will let the adjutant go to the trial." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Liu Shangmin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yuntian to thank him.

He didn't expect to invite Li Yuntian to the court trial site this time, as long as Li Yuntian sent a representative to suppress the formation, he would be able to suppress Li Jue and the officials of Li Jin's camp at that time, so as not to be interfered by them when handling the case.

Regarding the "adjutant" in Li Yuntian's mouth, Liu Shangmin naturally knew that he was referring to Yun Na, and if Yun Na went, no one would dare to make trouble during the court trial.

A smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, Li Jue's case has dragged on for so long, and it is time to conclude it, Li Ji and Zhao De and others have been gathering frequently recently, it seems that they can't help but make a move to stop Li Jue, and Seoul will become more and more lively.

There is no doubt that Li Jue's case has attracted the attention of thousands of people in Seoul, and it is better to make the court trial public than to let the outside world speculate, so that there will be a lot of gossip and gossip.

The day before Yoo Sang-min tried Li Jue's case, no one expected that something had happened, and several men and women who claimed to be palace maids and guards of Gyeongbokgung Palace suddenly appeared in front of the gate of the Hanseong Office of Jiangwutang, kneeling in front of the gate and holding a letter written in blood with their hands, loudly accusing the Shouyang Maharaja of plotting rebellion and killing the king of Joseon.

With the help of well-intentioned people, this matter spread all over the streets and alleys of Seoul like a whirlwind, successfully attracting the interest of the people, making the topic of the killing of the king of Joseon once again become a topic of conversation after dinner.

Li Yuntian asked those men and women to be brought down for interrogation, and soon knew from the tokens they carried that they were really the palace maids and guards of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and they were lucky to escape when the rebels captured Gyeongbokgung Palace, and found the prince Li Jue after hardships.

These palace maids and guards are the most important witnesses for Li Jue to testify that Li Jue launched a rebellion to kill the king of Joseon, but unfortunately Li Jue also had palace maids, guards and eunuchs from Gyeongbokgung Palace in his hands, and Li Jue launched a rebellion when he testified.

In this way, Li Yuntian had no way to admit the evidence of the witnesses provided by Li Jue and Li Jue, and it was obvious that they had a close relationship with Li Jue and Li Jue, and the king of Joseon had been with Li Jue and Li Jue since he was killed, so the evidence provided was likely to be falsified.

Now Li Ji has to use these witnesses from Gyeongbokgung Palace to stop Li Ji, even if Li Yuntian will not accept their evidence, it can muddy the muddy waters of Seoul even more.

At the same time, Li Ji stepped up his search for those Gyeongbokgung who had escaped from the rebellion, and he believed that there must be other people in Gyeongbokgung who had escaped that night, hiding among the people for various reasons, and as long as he found those people, he would be able to turn defeat into victory.

Obviously, Li Yuntian believed the confessions of those Gyeongbokgung Palace personnel who were hiding among the people, as long as they could confirm that the soldiers who attacked Gyeongbokgung Palace that night were Li Yao's subordinates, then Li Yao would not be able to escape, and the Linying Maharaja would naturally become the best candidate for the king of Joseon.

Shouyang Maharaja's Mansion.

"Damn it, they have done this to slander the Maharaja in such a way." Li Yao put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, and said coldly to Huang Xi, who was sitting on the side, "Zuo Xiang, do you think that Prince Zhong will fall for their tricks?" ”

"How heroic and wise is Lord Zhong, how could he fall for this kind of carving insect skill that can't be put on the table!" Huang Xi pondered for a moment and replied with a smile, "Lord Zhong can't trust those witnesses found by His Royal Highness the Prince and the Prince, if they can't provide new witnesses, then Lord Zhong won't pay attention to them." ”

"By the way, I didn't find those fish that slipped through the net." Li Ji couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then thought of something, looked at Huang Xi with a concerned expression and asked.

The fish that slipped through the net in Li Yao's mouth refers to the palace maids, eunuchs and guards who escaped from Gyeongbokgung Palace that night, and he later counted the bodies of the people under Gyeongbokgung Palace and found that there were fewer people, and there is no doubt that those people took advantage of the chaos to escape, which is not the scene he wanted to see.

Therefore, not only Li Ji, but also Huang Xi is also sending additional people to investigate those Gyeongbokgung Palace subordinates who are hiding among the people, these subordinates are Li Ji's biggest threat, and they must be eliminated before they cause trouble.

"I haven't heard anything yet, they should be hiding." Huang Xi shook his head when he heard this, and after a deep groan, he said murderously, "Don't worry, as long as there are traces of them, then it is impossible for them to come to Seoul alive!" ”

"Then there is Lao Zuoxiang." Li Yao bowed slightly, feeling quite annoyed in his heart that he failed to kill all the subordinates in Gyeongbokgung Palace, if he cleaned up all those people, he would sit firmly in Diaoyutai now, and he didn't have to worry about someone ruining his good deeds.

"Maharaja, if there is no accident in the court trial of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion tomorrow, His Royal Highness the Prince will have no possibility of exoneration." Perhaps because he felt that the atmosphere at the scene was a little depressing, Huang Xiyufeng turned to a relaxed topic, as long as Li Jue is convicted, then Li Jue is the best candidate for the king of Joseon.

"I hope so." Li Jue couldn't help but show a smile on his face when he heard this, he waited for so long and finally waited for the day when Li Jue was tried, judging from the current evidence, Li Jue was bound to be implicated this time.

At this moment, the person who Li Jin is most grateful to is Li Ying, although Li Ying secretly betrayed him and conspired with Li Jue, but he still had a conscience and did not frame Li Jin for participating in Li Jue's assassination, which allowed Li Jin to stay out of the matter.

Li Jin would never have thought that the reason why Li Ying did this was instructed by Li Yuntian, and his purpose was to get rid of Li Jue, the son of the Korean state.

The next day, the three outer floors of the Yiban Mansion were surrounded by Ming soldiers and Korean soldiers, and in view of the importance of the case tried in the Yiban Mansion, the security of the Yiban Mansion was jointly responsible for the Ming army and the Korean soldiers.

Although the weather in Layue, Seoul was unusually cold, the streets were still full of people who came to see the excitement, standing in the distance and discussing today's court trial in the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, secretly speculating whether Li Jue could get away with it.

Not only the common people, but also many officials from the major yamen in Seoul among the people watching the excitement, because all the yamen of the Yiban Mansion have tacitly stopped working because of today's interrogation, after all, the outcome of the trial will involve the selection of the future king of the Joseon State.

Due to his special status, Li Yao was not invited to the Yiban Mansion to hear the trial, and anxiously waited for the outcome of the trial at home, looking a little restless and restless.

When Yun Na appeared in front of the gate of the Forbidden Mansion surrounded by a group of guards, Liu Shangmin led Li Ji, Huang Xi and other officials out to greet her, and politely invited Yun Na over.

Don't look at Yun Na is just an adjutant next to Li Yuntian, and her military rank is only major, but Liu Shangmin and others can regard her as a representative sent by Li Yuntian, so how dare they snub her.

Different from the Ming Dynasty, each yamen in the Ming Dynasty has a special public hall for hearing cases, but the Yiban Mansion is different, perhaps because of the rational use of resources, the Yiban Mansion does not set up a hall to hear cases, and usually hears the case in the courtyard.

This made Yun Na feel a little uncomfortable, except for the fact that Daming tried cases in the public court except for public trials, the Yiban Mansion also looked a little shabby, although this is a yamen of the same nature as the Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, but both the scale of the building and the size of the construction area are similar to the ordinary county government of Daming, so that Yun Na can't feel the tense and depressed atmosphere when trying a big case.

With the arrival of Yun Na, Liu Shangmin officially began to try Li Jue's case, because there were more officials who heard the trial, so only the officials at the level of the six Cao judgments were eligible to sit down, and the rest of the people could only stand.

Yun Na's seat is different from that of officials such as Li Ji and Huang Xi, and is not located on the left and right sides in front of Yoo Sang-min, but on the side and behind Yoo Sang-min, highlighting Yun Na's unique status.

In Yun Na's view, the trial process of the case seems extremely boring, she has long memorized the evidence in Li Jue's case, so she has no interest in the evidence provided by the people involved, just enjoying a drama directed by Li Yuntian behind the scenes.

Liu Shangmin's attitude in adjudicating the case was very rigorous, and he made efforts to verify every piece of evidence, so that the people who heard the case did not have any objections.

Moreover, when Liu Shangmin encounters evidence that is difficult to judge, he will use heavy punishment on those people involved in the case, and beat those people to cry wolves and cry wolves, and they are drenched in blood.

It's a pity that what those tortured guys said was the truth, and what they knew was deliberately passed on to them by Li Yuntian, so no matter how Liu Shangmin tortured him, he would not get a completely consistent answer.

The reason is very simple, because what those people know is originally contradictory, it is a trap deliberately set by Li Yuntian in order to muddy the case, if the case is smooth sailing, it will make people feel suspicious, so the appropriate flaws make the case more real.

In fact, the people involved in Li Jue's case are all inconspicuous minions, and the person who can really put Li Jue to death is Li Jue, because Li Jue is the person who was in direct contact with Li Jue in this case, and his testimony is the most fatal to Li Jue.

Secondly, the second fatal person to Li Jue was Li Jue's housekeeper Li Xing, and according to Li Jue's explanation, his contact with Li Jue was achieved through his Li Xing.

What is especially important is that Li Xing is Li Jue's person, so his remarks are very critical to Li Jue.

Li Ji and Huang Xi once wanted to contact Li Xing, but it was a pity that because Li Xing was an important person in this case, Liu Shangmin did not let the two meet Li Xing, so as not to have any accidents.

After all, Liu Shangmin is the chief judge of Li Jue's case, although he doesn't want to provoke Li Ji and Huang Xi, but he knows the importance of Li Xing better, if Li Xing has any accidents, Li Jue's case will be smashed, then he will be to blame.

It is precisely because of this that Li Ji and Huang Xi did not have to see Li Xing, it is obvious that Liu Shangmin has his own bottom line, and it will be extremely unfavorable for them to offend Liu Shangmin at this time.

Finally, when the case was heard in the afternoon, Liu Shangmin summoned Li Xing to testify.

When Li Xing, who was wearing a prison uniform, was escorted by the jailer to everyone, there was a small commotion at the scene, everyone knew the importance of Li Xing's confession, and never imagined that Li Xing would betray Li Jue.

"Sinner Li Xing, I've seen all the adults." Li Xing knelt on the ground after being brought to Liu Shangmin and the others, and saluted in fear.

Yun Na looked at Li Xing expressionlessly, she knew that Li Xing was forced to betray Li Jue, because his family had all been taken away by the people sent by Yun Na, and if he didn't do what Yun Na said, he was going to collect the corpses of his family.

However, Li Xing did not know the identities of those who kidnapped his family, and always thought that Li Jue sent someone to do it, so he had no choice but to betray Li Jue to save his family's life, he knew Li Jue's personality very well, and knew that Li Jue would really kill his family.

In Li Yuntian's improvised plan, in addition to Li Ying, Li Xing was an important person who put Li Jue to death, and with Li Xing's evidence, Li Jue's plot to assassinate Li Jue could be realized.

"Li Xing, the prime minister asks you, what is your relationship with His Royal Highness the Prince?" Under the gaze of everyone, Liu Shangmin asked in a deep voice quietly.

"Back to the right minister, the villain is the butler of His Royal Highness the Prince, and he is responsible for handling the chores of His Royal Highness." Hearing this, Li Xing hurriedly raised his head and identified himself.

"I ask you, do you know why His Royal Highness was assassinated?" Liu Shangmin asked in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Back to the right minister, the reason why His Royal Highness the Prince was assassinated was because he wanted to use the assassination incident to frame the Shouyang Maharaja, so that the Shouyang Maharaja would not be able to compete with him for the throne of the Joseon King." Li Xing's eyes flashed with a gloomy look, and then he looked up at Liu Shangmin and said loudly.

Hearing this, a commotion broke out at the scene, if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, who would have thought that Li Xing would really open his mouth to testify against Li Jue.

"What a bunch of nonsense, His Royal Highness the Prince is the prince of the country, how can he use this way to compete with the Lord of Shouyang!" Subsequently, an angry voice came from the officials who heard the trial, and loudly accused Li Xing, "Say, how many benefits have you received, and you have done something to betray the lord to seek glory to frame His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, which is really despicable!" ”