Inside the prison of the Criminal Department

"See Your Highness. The soldiers guarding the prison saluted the king of De'an, who had come to inspect the prison.

Lie Wuxue bowed slightly, and his eyes stared into the prison: Lie Yu was sitting there in plain clothes, expressionless, and did not say a word.

"What did the prince say?" Lie Wuxue asked the jailer.

Back to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't say anything, he sat on the chair with a calm face. Because of His Royal Highness the Prince's status, we did not dare to use any criminal law, nor did we dare to tie His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to a pillar for interrogation. The jailer explained briefly.

"It should. Lie Wuxue smiled, "After all, he is the crown prince, and unless his father orders it, this king has no right to use the criminal trial." ”

"Yes, His Highness Xie understands. The jailer laughed.

"That's... What about the generals of the Red Banner Crusader?" asked Lie Wuxue again.

"Lord Shu Ying belongs to the Shadow Guard family behind his back, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department privately told us not to use the punishment. As for Lord Duanmu Ling, the head of the East Palace Guard... There is the Duanmu family behind him, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department also makes us not able to use torture. The jailer's voice became lower and lower, observing Lie Wuxue's expression as he spoke, for fear that he would offend the prince by saying the wrong word and bring death to himself.

"The Book of the Criminal Department..."Lie Wuxue muttered in a low voice. - Yes, the criminal department Shangshu is his half-sister, which he didn't even expect.

After speaking, he smiled and turned to leave.

It's time to pay a visit to this criminal department book.

......

On the way to visit the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, in the princess's mansion here, Lie Beiyao had already received the news that Lie Wuxue had gone to the prison of the Criminal Department.

"Your Highness, the Criminal Department can't try anything, do you think King De'an will jump over the wall in a hurry and come up with any other way to close the case?" Lie Yunfeng asked Lie Beiyao for advice.

Lie Beiyao's face was a little pale, as white as paper, this was because of the tiredness of the days and the onset of cold illness. Despite this, her face was very calm. This is a game of chess, if you win, Lie Wuxue will be doomed, if you lose... The outcome is unpredictable. So... It can only be a win.

"I don't know. She said lightly, "But I think he will forcibly intervene as a prince." Shu Ying and Duanmu Ling won't lie, but it shouldn't be difficult for him to buy off a few generals or soldiers of the Red Banner Crusader with a lot of money. ”

"King Nade'an, now, should go to the Ministry of Punishment. Lie Yun Feng quickly understood.

"Change my clothes for me, I'm going to the meeting, see what Lie Wuxue can do?" Lie Beiyao said to Lie Yunfeng.

"Yes. "Lieyun Feng commanded.

......

"See His Royal Highness King De'an. Shangshu of the Criminal Department made a gesture to Lie Wuxue, and Lie Wuxue nodded with a smile, "Lord Shangshu is polite." ”

"I don't know what advice His Royal Highness King De'an has for this officer?"

"There has been no news about the trial of the prince's connection with the Red Banner Crusaders with bad intentions, and my father is very anxious in the palace, so I will ask Lord Shangshu when he plans to give this king an answer?"

"Back to Your Highness, this... After the official trial, the left and right commanders of the Red Banner Crusader - Lord Shu Ying and Lord Duanmu Ling said that there was no such thing, and asked His Royal Highness to present this result to the emperor and ask His Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

"Really?" Lie Wuxue's tone changed suddenly, "But how did this king conclude from the Red Banner Crusader soldiers and other officers that this was indeed the case?"

"Then may I ask His Royal Highness King De'an, where are your witnesses?" a beautiful and delicate woman's voice came from outside the door. The Shangshu of the Criminal Department secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and saluted, "See His Royal Highness the Nine." ”

"The ninth sister is here too?" Lie Wuxue smiled.

Lie Beiyao also smiled at him, calm, but in fact, they were secretly competing, observing the other party's expression.

"Just now Jiu Mei said that there are witnesses, of course, I also brought witnesses when I came today. What if... Let's start a trial now, and then the case will be decided today?"

"Good. Lie Beiyao smiled and did not refuse.

Lie Wuxue smiled secretly, and when Shangshu of the Criminal Department saw that Lie Beiyao had opened his mouth, he ordered him to go down and prepare for the trial.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department sat in the interrogation seat, and Lie Beiyao and Lie Wuxue sat in the spectator seat, and the two were very close. "I heard that the ninth sister had a recurrence of her old illness a few days ago, and I heard that she was very worried, and the ninth sister should take good care of her body, and don't overwork herself because of the prince's affairs. ”

Lie Beiyao sneered in his heart, and his face remained silent, "Thank you Fourth Brother for your concern, my own body knows it." ”

With a shocking shot, the witness of Lie Wuxue was brought up.

Lie Beiyao looked at the so-called "witnesses" silently, and sure enough, they were all face-to-face, presumably some of them were people who were planted by Lie Wuxue in the Red Flag Crusader, and some of them had just been bought.

At the beginning of the interrogation, one of the Red Flag Crusader generals stepped forward first, and he confessed that on the day of the incident, the Red Flag Crusader did have a letter sent by Shu Ying to the East Palace, because it was a secret letter, so the Red Flag Crusader Library did not back it up.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department frowned after hearing this, and looked at Lie Beiyao on the side.

The latter did not react, his eyes were flat, with a hint of a smile, and he only coughed lightly with a handkerchief.

So the criminal department Shangshu withdrew his gaze and ordered the other witnesses to continue to confess.

One of the Red Banner Crusader soldiers stepped forward, and he confessed that Shu Ying had been in the camp that day, and had retired the soldiers on the left and right, leaving only his cronies behind. Lie Wuxue interrupted loudly, "Lord Shangshu, is there any reason to show that Shu Ying was doing a secret thing that night, and this secret thing was a conspiracy with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

"It's just what some of the soldiers and lower-ranking officers said, what if they were bribed?" When he said this, Lie Beiyao's eyes looked at the Lie Wu Cave beside him.

Lie Wuxue didn't panic, just smiled slightly, "But that letter is undoubtedly the best evidence." The handwriting of that letter was written by Master Shu Ying, and it... It happened to appear in the East Palace again?"

"What if someone deliberately sent it to the East Palace to frame the prince's brother?" Lie Beiyao sneered.

"Your Highness is right, this matter needs to be retried. The Shangshu of the Criminal Department immediately answered, "Even if the evidence is conclusive, it should be reported to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will make a judgment." ”

"The East Palace is heavily guarded, how can others easily enter, and how can they put this letter in the East Palace to frame the prince?" Lie Wuxue said, "But since Shangshu said that it should be judged by his father, then the king immediately entered the palace to meet his father, explain the matter to his father, and see how his father dealt with it." ”

After finishing speaking, Lie Wuxue got up and prepared to leave, and before leaving, he looked at Lie Beiyao again, and the corners of his mouth outlined a victor's smile.

Lie Beiyao looked at him coldly and didn't say much.

After Lie Wuxue left, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department stepped forward and asked Lie Bei Yaodao, "Your Highness, Your Majesty trusts King De'an very much now, if King De'an says anything in front of Your Majesty, Your Majesty is bewitched and really convicted the prince of plotting misdeeds, what should we do?"

Lie Beiyao was silent, suddenly frowned, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Your Highness!!" Lie Yunfeng on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support Lie Beiyao.

"Nothing. Lie Beiyao said lightly.

"Your Highness, your body... Don't worry too much about this. The criminal department Shangshu on the side looked worried.

"Lie Wuxue wants to enter the palace to meet his father, so let him go, if his father is really ...... Then I went into the palace to ask to see my father and avenge my brother's grievances. Lie Beiyao's eyes were firm and fearless.