People's hearts are not big, but curiosity is unlimited, as long as people have curiosity, this article is the case in any dynasty, no, the court has just issued an edict to retry the case of the arsenal, and the city of Chang'an immediately became a sensation, coupled with the secret promotion of people with a heart, all kinds of rumors spread wildly, and the people in the city talked about it, and everyone's curiosity was attracted by this big case. Not to mention the trial, even if you get close to the lobby, you can't get a single step, but there are still too many people to count at the door of the criminal department, after all, this case is extraordinary, and if you can learn a little gossip earlier, you can talk about it more, isn't it? It's just a pity that the servants of the Yamen of the Criminal Department are busy enough to maintain the order of the Criminal Department, and all the officials of the three classes are dispatched, and finally block the idlers who are constantly gathering outside the Yamen.

"It's coming, it's coming." There was a sudden commotion in the lively crowd, and everyone's eyes were attracted by the large palanquins that arrived almost at the same time, and everyone was crowded to see what to understand, and for a long time they pushed and shoved, and the officials who were so hard to maintain order had to hold on to the water and fire sticks and the like to desperately block the restless flow of people.

Here it comes? That's right, they are all here, whether it is Li Ke, the king of Wu, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, or the prime minister Fang Xuanling, they arrived at the yamen of the criminal department at almost the same time, but even the time of falling off the sedan chair is almost the same, the difference is just everyone's expressions - Li Ke, the king of Wu, has a relaxed and comfortable smile on his face, which looks extraordinarily elegant; Li Zhen, the king of Yue, had a face as calm as water, surprisingly calm, and no one could see a trace of fluctuation on his face; Although Xuan Ling was also very quiet, his slightly frowning brow revealed the faint uneasiness in his heart.

"Xiao Wang has seen Fang Gong, this case can be tried by Princess Fang, and Xiao Wang can be lazy." Li Ke got out of the sedan chair, walked quickly to Fang Xuanling's side, and bowed his hand with a smile.

"His Royal Highness King Wu is polite, the lower officials are just ordered to be judged, what should be done, it is better for His Royal Highness King Wu to take the idea." Fang Xuanling leaned sideways to show that he didn't dare to accept Li Ke's salute, and replied expressionlessly, and did not answer King Wu's words.

Li Ke smiled, and did not express anything because of Fang Xuanling's stiff expression, tilted his head sideways, looked at Li Zhen who was about to come over, nodded and said, "Eighth brother, it's early, hehe, how does this start?" ”

Damn, this kid is really like a girl today, what kind of demon moth are you doing? Li Zhen was busy all night last night, and only slept for a while, how could she be in the mood to act with the third child in public, at this time, seeing that Li Ke had nothing to say, she had to find something to say, and she kept muttering in her heart, but she didn't bother to care, she just nodded with a smile and said, "Everything is according to my brother's orders." ”

"Haha, good, good, Fang Gong, eighth brother, please!" Li Ke made a gesture of invitation with a spring breeze on his face, Fang Xuanling didn't say anything, just nodded silently, indicating that he knew, Li Zhenhu glanced at Li Ke suspiciously, and replied with a smile: "The third brother is the presiding judge, or please first, and the younger brother and Fang Gong will follow." ”

"It's fine." Li Ke didn't be polite any more, smiled, waved his big sleeves, and walked into the lobby of the Criminal Department first, Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Zhen and followed silently.

Hmm, isn't the third child acting in such a scene just to declare that the presiding judge is in his hands? Cut, damn it, I really don't miss any opportunity to establish prestige, grandma's, interesting! At this point, Li Zhen had already guessed Li Ke's intentions in playing such a hand, and couldn't help but secretly despise Li Ke, shook his head and smiled, and didn't bother to worry more about Li Ke, and strode into the lobby of the Criminal Department.

"Fang Gong, eighth brother, my father only gave a ten-day deadline, the time is tight, I don't know if the two of you have any good ideas, you might as well mention it, and we can discuss one or two together." As soon as he sat down in the lobby of the Criminal Department, Li Ke couldn't wait to look at Fang Xuanling and Li Zhen, who were sitting on the left and right, and asked with an inquiring look.

Fang Xuanling just frowned, and did not answer, but Li Zhen smiled, nodded and said: "Since the third brother is the chief judge, the third brother will make the decision, what does Fang Gong think?" ”

"It's fine." Fang Xuanling echoed expressionlessly, then kept silent, Li Ke laughed and said: "Okay, then the easy one will be easy and then the difficult, and the case of Nian Zhuang will be tried first." Then his face was solemn, he slapped the startled wood, and said loudly: "Come on, take Liu Qi to the hall!" ”

"Wei ...... Wu ......" A moment later, amid the shouts of the officials, Liu Qi, who was wearing shackles, was escorted up by two officials and fell down on the hall.

"Who's kneeling?" According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ke, who was the chief judge, asked with a solemn face.

"In Xia Liu Qi, it was originally the Yue Wangfu team."

"Origin."

"Jingzhao Mansion, Nian Zhuang Ren Clan."

"What did you say?"

"Your Royal Highness, I have been wronged, I have been wronged by more than 300 people, Your Highness ......" Liu Qiyi thought of the old lady who died tragically under the sword, and couldn't hold back anymore, and cried in court.

"Presumptuous!" Li Ke patted the shocked wood and shouted: "This is the court, what grievances do you have to come quickly, cry like this, be careful of this king's crime of disturbing the court!" ”

Liu Qi is a bloody man, if it weren't for the great grievances in his heart, he would not have been so gaffe, and when Li Ke slapped the shocking wood, he immediately woke up, and kowtowed respectfully and said: "Your Highness forgives the sin, and the lower official will be wronged: the lower official is a small soldier, because of his participation in the battle of Shenwu, His Royal Highness the King of Mengyue was promoted, and he was appointed as the head of the royal guard......

Liu Qi's words told all the original text of the bloody case in Nian Zhuang, and everyone in the Criminal Department of Rao is criminal department can be regarded as a person who has seen people, but they are also shocked by the blood and slaughter, even if Li Zhen has already known the whole case, but when he heard such a brutal and inhumane massacre again, he was still so angry that his face turned blue, not to mention Li Ke, a prince who had never seen blood, his face was pale and pale, and he was sick to his stomach for a while, just because he was afraid of face, and he couldn't help it.

Dead silence, dead silence, Liu Qi has finished stating what happened, and everyone is still silent in shock, and no one speaks.

"Liu Qi, what you said is true?" After a long time, Li Ke, who was awakened by Fang Xuanling's fake cough, hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe his face and asked.

"Everything the lower officials say is true, and there is no half-truth!" Liu Qi kowtowed.

"Okay, do you dare to draw a knot?" Li Ke asked reluctantly.

Liu Qi said in a loud voice: "The lower official dares to guarantee with his life!" ”

"Wait." Just when Li Ke was about to ask the officials to step forward and ask Liu Qi to press the handprint, Fang Xuanling said slowly: "Liu Qi, this official asks you: Have you ever recognized who the person who slaughtered the village is sacred, and what is the basis?" ”

Long before being transferred to the Criminal Department, Liu Qi had been trained by the "Rising Sun" personnel, and knew how to reply in the lobby, at this time, when he heard Fang Xuanling ask, he did not panic, kowtowed and said: "Back to the adult's words, the lower official does not know the gangsters in Tuzhuang, the lower official has already said, it was dark night, and it was a sudden attack, the lower official only cared about fleeing for his life, although he had fought with the gangsters, he did not know where the gangsters came from, but when the lower official came out of the village, it was a fact that he met the soldiers and horses of the East Palace, and the lower official had grabbed a war horse and rushed out of the encirclement. It can be seen from the mark on the horse's rump that this horse belongs to the East Palace, so it ......"

Before Liu Qi finished speaking, Fang Xuanling waved his hand and interrupted: "In this way, Team Liu only encountered the people of the East Palace after rushing out of the Zhuangzi, but is this the case?" ”

"Yes, but ......" Liu Qi didn't understand why Fang Xuanling had this question, and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, but he never thought that Li Zhen first grabbed the conversation and said: "Fang Gong, Xiao Wang learned that Liu Qi was seriously injured that day, and rushed to Liu Qizhi's hideout, and the captured war horse Xiao Wang has also seen it, it is indeed a thing of the East Palace, and this horse has now been transferred to the Criminal Department, if Fang Gong doesn't believe it, you can verify it on the spot." ”

"It's fine." Fang Xuanling's calm face did not have a trace of waves, and he nodded and said: "It's not that the lower officials can't believe His Highness's testimony, but it's just a big matter, it's better to be careful, then look at that horse." ”

The old man sent Fang Xuanling to assist in solving the case, his intention was just to delay the time to solve the case, this is not only clear to Li Zhen, but Li Ke also knows it, at this time, seeing Fang Xuanling proposed to see the evidence, but it also meets the procedures for the trial, Rao is Li Ke and his brother have everything in their hearts, but they are helpless, Li Ke frowned quickly, and patted the shocked wood and said: "Bring the evidence to the court!" ”

Li Ke gave an order, and several of his servants rushed down to the hall, and after a short time, he led a cyan war horse to the hall, and a group of servants surrounded the war horse to appraise it, and then a famous old servant stepped forward to testify: "Your Royal Highness, Lord Fang, this horse is indeed owned by the East Palace, and the imprint on its horse's hip and the emblem on the horseshoe can prove this." ”

"Fang Gong, so the evidence is complete, should I sign it?" Li Ke waved his hand and motioned for the officials to lead the horses down, and then asked very politely.

Fang Xuanling nodded noncommittally, and was silent for a while before speaking: "Although the official has never decided the case, but the Tang Dynasty Law is still familiar with it, and now Liu Qi's words alone are not enough to determine the truth of the whole case. ”

As soon as this sound came out, Li Ke and Li Zhen brothers all frowned, the reason is very simple - after many days, the area around Nianzhuang has long been unrecognizable, and now it has long been barren, how can you find any clues, moreover, the records of on-site exploration are now in the hands of Jingzhao Mansion, at this time, it will take a lot of time just to exchange official documents, plus things like the summons of related people, not to mention ten days, even half a year may not be able to close the case, but the time limit given by the old man is only ten days, so it is delayed, How can you be born? It's a pity that the brothers understood it, but they didn't have anything to do with Fang Xuanling, the prime minister who was familiar with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and couldn't help frowning and pondering.

Lonely evidence does not stand, this truth Li Zhen is naturally clear, but Li Zhen knows more clearly that if he really follows Fang Xuanling's method step by step, the daylilies will be cold, and he secretly scolded Fang Xuanling in his heart, but he also had to use his brains and hurry up to deal with it, fortunately, Li Zhen's brain is good, but after a while, he has already come up with a workaround, so he smiled and said: "What Fang Gong said is reasonable, but today is the first trial, you can first archive Liu Qi's confession, and issue a document from the Criminal Department, Let the relevant personnel of Jingzhao Mansion bring the relevant documents to the case tomorrow, and it is not too late to go to Nian Zhuang again, and besides, there is still a Su Gan Chengji who has not yet been tried, and today the case of Nian Zhuang will be postponed first, and it is good to try the case of Ming Gan Chengji first? ”

Although what Li Zhen said was a bit strong, but he couldn't find a flaw in the sentence, Fang Xuanling frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute it, so he had to nod his head in agreement. Seeing that Fang Xuanling no longer mentioned going to investigate the scene, Li Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand and motioned to the officials to let Liu Qi draw a charge, take the general down, straighten the court clothes on his body, and once again beat the shocking wood, and said loudly: "Take Su Gan Chengji to the court!" ”

Although the "Rising Sun" people have not interrogated him, but those detainees have been tortured on weekdays, at this time Su Gan Chengji is no longer the high-spirited martial arts master at the beginning, although the prison uniform is still clean, but the messy hair on the head is like a weed, coupled with the sloppy beard scattered around, the whole person is unbearable, and he was brought to the hall at this time. As soon as he saw that it was not Li Tai, the king of Wei, who had made a deal with him, but Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who was the sworn enemy, he immediately panicked.

"Smack!" Li Ke slapped the shocked wood heavily, and said: "Su Gan Chengji, you are so daring, you dare to assassinate the prince of the dynasty, and say, who instructed you?" ”

Su Gancheng is basically a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, although the martial arts were abolished at this time, but the courage is still there, seeing Li Kegao sitting on the hair commander, but he was not intimidated, laughed and said: "Yes, Lao Tzu was indeed ordered to assassinate the king of Yue, but why does Lao Tzu want to tell you, hehe, if you say it, it is also death, if you don't say it, it is also death, then Lao Tzu is still a fart!" ”

Li Ke was stunned by the arrogance of Su Gan Chengji, came back to his senses, and was immediately furious, and slammed the shocked wood and said: "Presumptuous, Er An dares to roar in the court, come to someone, drag it down, and hit the fifty boards, this king doesn't believe that Er can resist the punishment and serve!" ”

Su Gan Chengji laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, please, it's best to be killed, Lao Tzu doesn't plan to live, let's fight!" ”

"Drag it down, fight!" Li Ke was so angry that he picked up the charge on the table regardless of it, and threw it on the ground fiercely, and several of his own criminal departments suppressed and rushed up, dragging Su Gan Chengji down, pressing under the hall, and pulling off his trousers, the two pressed down on Su Gan Chengji's body, and the other two suppressed and waved the board to fight, but when they heard the screams of the head of the head of the criminal department, they never opened their mouths to beg for mercy.

Cut, if you can make a name for yourself, the fourth guy still needs to find the old man to ask for an edict to avoid death? Damn, the third kid is dizzy from anger. Li Zhen also has a lot of characters who were born in the prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes, and they are very clear about the character of these people - it seems that although people like Su Gan Chengji spare their lives, they are not afraid of torture, if they can't save their lives, if they want to make him speak, it is basically impossible, but Li Zhen understands it, but he doesn't bother to tell Li Ke, of course, Li Zhen has already thought of how to deal with it, and Li Zhen doesn't care much about whether he opens his mouth or not.

Sure enough, as Li Zhen expected, Su Gan Chengji was knocked unconscious several times, and was woken up by water, but he didn't say anything except crying out for pain, until he was dragged into the lobby by the officials, and scolded Li Ke with his mouth, and was very arrogant - "Grandma is a bear, if there is a kind, give Lao Tzu a good time, torture people are counted, dog's day, it is not difficult for Lao Tzu to speak, take the edict of avoiding death in exchange, want to talk from Lao Tzu's mouth, the door is not ......"

Li Ke did not break the case when he was an official, but he had never seen such an arrogant figure as Su Gan Chengji, and he was suddenly scolded by Su Gan Chengji, so angry that he grabbed the charge on the table, threw it to the ground angrily, and shouted: "Fight!" Drag it on, hit it hard, until he speaks! ”

"Wait!" Fang Xuanling, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "His Royal Highness King Wu, the imperial court has its own laws, and it must not be arbitrarily punished. ”

Li Ke was so angry that he didn't dare to have a seizure with Fang Xuanling, he took a deep breath angrily, and just wanted to open his mouth to admit it, but he never thought that Li Zhen stood up at this time and said: "Fang Gong's words are reasonable, and it is okay to postpone the retrial, and let Xiao Wang ask a few words?" ”

Li Ke is left and right to take the Cheng Ji has no choice, at this time saw Li Zhen stand up, he was overjoyed, he has always known Li Zhen's ability, and naturally understands that Li Zhen is coming out at this time, he must have a quasi-idea in his heart, how can he object, and said with a smile: "The eighth brother is also one of the chief judges, and it is the right thing to ask, what does Fang Gong think?" Li Zhenzhi Fang Xuanling knew in his heart, although he had the intention to delay the case, but at this time, he was squeezed by Li Ke's words, but he had no choice, so he nodded but did not speak.

Li Zhen naturally would not have a good impression of a killer like Su Gan Chengji who wanted to assassinate himself, if it weren't for the fact that Su Gan Chengji still has use value, Li Zhen would have destroyed this fang as early as Qizhou, at this time, he saw that Su Gan Chengji was staring at himself with a pair of angry eyes, and the killing intent in his heart couldn't help but thicken, but Li Zhencheng was deep, and he would not show it, so he walked down the big position with a smile, slowly paced to the side of Su Gan Chengji, patted his palm and said: "Okay, not bad, a little hard-boned, It is very much to the king's taste. ”

"If you want to kill, you will kill, what bullshit!" Although Su Gan Chengji hated Li Zhen deeply, he also admired Li Zhen's ability, and although his tone was rushing, he never scolded him.

"Who said that this king wants to kill you, hehe, on the contrary, this king intends to save your life, isn't it an edict to avoid death? If it's a big deal, just say who the mastermind is, and the king will give you an edict to avoid death. Li Zhen said and approached Su Gan Chengji's side.

"Hmph, don't use words to coax Lao Tzu, don't dream, I haven't seen the edict, Lao Tzu has no confession." Su Gan Chengji shrank back and said with a look of disbelief.

"Of course, but don't talk about the root cause, it's not good for this king to ask for an edict from the saint, how about you tell this king in a low voice?" As soon as the words fell, he suddenly bent down, approached the body of Su Gan Chengji, blocking everyone's eyes, and then suddenly his face changed, and he took a few big steps back in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face, pointing at Su Gan Chengji and shouting: "No, no, impossible, this king does not believe what Er said." ”

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