"The lower official has been recruited, and the lower official has been recruited"

Seeing Ji Xingxuan being tortured, Ji Huaishan confessed on the spot in distress, Guo Huaian was not surprised, he raised his hand as if he had expected it, and asked the official to let Ji Xingxuan go first, and then nodded to the side to indicate the main book record, and asked him:

"So, are you admitting that you bent the law for personal gain and stole the exam questions in this Dayan exam?"

Ji Huaishan helped Ji Xingxuan, who was sweating profusely, nodded with tears, and said ashamedly: "It is true that the lower officials were confused for a while, and they used their authority to steal the exam questions of this year's astrological subject before the exam."

Yu Shu raised her eyebrows, Ji Huaishan would confess so happily, it was really a bit unexpected for her, she thought that he could hold on for a while, and he would not obediently confess until Si Tianjian showed the dozen or so exam papers that were similar to Ji Xingxuan's answers.

Yu Shu really didn't know that Ji Huaishan heard about the more than ten exam papers from Zhao Zhixue, who was visiting prison late at night, the night before, and knew that he was desperate, but he was forced to take the initiative to admit it.

Ji Xingxuan was scattered by the soul of that clip, sweating profusely next to Ji Huaishan, stiffening his two arms, trembling incessantly, half of the three souls and seven orifices flew away, and when he heard Ji Huaishan's confession, he didn't react.

"Smack"

Guo Huai'an slapped the shocking wood and said with a cold face: "Then how did you steal this year's exam questions, who committed the crime together, and who leaked the questions, you will truthfully recruit them, and you are not allowed to hide a trace of them."

Ji Huaishan hugged Ji Xingxuan, his dry lips trembled a little, his eyes moved, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:

"My lord, the lower official knows that he is guilty of favoritism, and it is true that someone is complicit in stealing the question, but there is something to say in the front, the old man steals the question, my granddaughter Star Swirl does not know, it is the old man who found out where the Yunhua Yizi exam paper is stored, and asked her to find it, and it is also the old man who asked her to go to the anonymous covenant to exchange the stone that blocked the disaster for the Yizi exam paper, and after succeeding, the old man tried his best to remind her how to answer, and did not let her see the exam paper for half an eye, this matter has nothing to do with her, the fault is that I am confused, This kid was just mistaken by my old thing, and he really didn't do it knowingly, so I ask the adults to learn from it."

After listening to his words, Yu Shu came to his senses, and took the initiative to confess with this old thing, planning to take all the blame on himself, in order to protect Ji Xingxuan.

Sensing Ji Huaishan's intentions, Yu Shu sneered, is it so easy to be a fool, when everyone is a fool, can Ji Xingxuan dispel the fact that she cheats, who believes it.

At this time, Ji Xingxuan also recovered a trace of the pain, and when he heard the second half of Ji Huaishan's words, his expression changed suddenly, he raised his head, looked at Ji Huaishan blankly, and stammered:

"Grandfather, grandfather?"

Ji Huaishan avoided her gaze and choked up: "Child, it's my grandfather who is confused, and my grandfather is sorry for you."

didn't want Ji Xingxuan to get out, Yu Shu couldn't help but speak, took a step forward, bowed to Guo Huai'an, and said: "The student handed over the anonymous letter to Miss Ji that day, and she also personally accepted the Yunhua Yizi exam paper from Daozi, Miss Ji is very smart, even the students guessed that this is the exam question, how could she not know, this is clearly Lord Ji's exculpation for her cheating, and the adult knows it."

Ji Huaishan raised his head and looked at Yu Shu coldly, I don't know what he thinks in his heart, whether he regrets not making the first move.

After listening to the speeches of the two of them, Guo Huai was relieved and said: "Whether she is guilty or not, the official will judge, Master Ji, you will first confess the story of the theft."

In fact, Dali Temple has been in Si Tianjian for many days, but failed to find the rest of the clues, now only from Ji Huaishan, can the officials involved in the theft of the question be brought to justice, so Guo Huai'an will think of using torture on Ji Xingxuan, forcing Ji Huaishan to submit and confess to others.

Ji Huaishan patted Ji Xingxuan's back, looked at her with pity, let go after holding her steady, climbed two steps forward, hung half of his white hair overnight, and bowed down to Ren Qiming, who was sitting on the left side, and actually kowtowed, this action made people a little confused, and then he supported his body again, stood up with a bang, raised his hand, half-lowered his head, and said in a trembling voice:

"The lower officials are derelict in their duties, they are responsible for the big mention and the young eunuchs, they are ashamed of the court, they are ashamed of our lord and saint, and they are willing to admit their guilt. But for the sake of the old man's conscientious feelings over the years, and a little credit, don't blame my granddaughter Star Swirl, the old man dares to vouch for his life, she is innocent and suffered, if there is half a lie, she will go to the underworld to suffer purgatory, and serve as a cow and horse in the next life. ”

Listening to the old man's words of protection, he was sincere, and even Yu Shu, the enemy, was slightly moved, let alone others.

Ji Xingxuan looked at Ji Huaishan's rickety back with tears in her eyes, her eyes were red and swollen, her mouth was half open, with a cry, and she made a weak voice like a cat:

"Grandfather"

Ren Qiming sat on the chair, moved his body uncomfortably, cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice: "This case, Lord Guo and I will definitely find out impartially, and we will not wronged half of the people, if Miss Ji did not cheat, we will not rely on her, Lord Guo, what do you say?"

Guo Huai'an nodded, his expression was no more severe than just now, he looked at Ji Huaishan, and said, "You continue to confess, this official will make a fair decision."

After finishing speaking, I saw Ji Huaishan suddenly convulsions, his body swayed back and forth, raised his shackled hands to cover his throat, and fell to his knees with a "poof", everyone saw him with a cloak and couldn't see his face clearly.

Seeing this, the experienced Guo Huai'an's face changed abruptly, he stood up abruptly and pointed at him, scolding both sides: "He wants to bite his tongue, stop it quickly"

After a few swoops, several people present, including Xue Rui and Jing Chen, all stood up with shocked faces.

Yu Shu was stunned for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, he saw two officials rushing forward, one holding Ji Huaishan, the other raised his head, and broke his mouth, Ji Huaishan tilted to the side, his hair was scattered, revealing his face, and he was facing her direction, so that she clearly saw a face as blue as a cow ghost, staring at her eyes like copper bells, looking straight at her, that full of unwilling eyes, making her body cold hair, and the next moment I saw his mouth being broken, and plasma gushing out of his mouth, revealing a bright red hole, which was very terrifying.

"My lord, he killed himself by swallowing his tongue"

And seeing this scene, Ji Xingxuan stiffened, as if he was stunned, motionless.

Yu Shu's eyes flickered, and a figure passed by, and she came back to her senses from the bloody mouth, and looked at it, but it was Jingchen squatting in front of Ji Huaishan, quickly clicking on several acupoints on his chest with one hand, and pressing his carotid artery with the other, Ji Huaishan's throat seemed to be blocked, and he coughed up blood vigorously but did not make a sound.

Xue Rui also walked out from behind the case and stepped forward to check.

Guo Huai'an leaned over the table and asked anxiously, "How is it?"

Jingchen put down the hand pressed on the side of Ji Huaishan's neck, closed his eyes, shook his head, and was hopeless.

"Grandfather"

At this time, a heart-rending cry was remembered in the court, Ji Xingxuan rushed to Ji Huaishan's side like crazy, bumped into the official errand, hugged the old man with both hands, looked down at the miserable situation on his face, and only felt chills all over his body, like an ice cellar.

Ji Huaishan opened his mouth full of blood, let out a hoarse whisper, he twisted his neck, opened his eyes to look at her, the hideousness in his eyes turned into love, and he raised his hand with a little strength, as if he wanted to touch her face, but his fingers grazed her cheek, leaving a bloody stain that slipped down and broke off.

Seeing this, Jing Chen's expression changed suddenly, and the fist hanging by his side suddenly clenched.

"Grandfather, grandfather" Ji Xingxuan shouted, his red and swollen palm shook Ji Huaishan, holding his face full of plasma with one hand, trying to wake up the old man, but in a blink of an eye, Yin and Yang were separated, and the person was dead, and he had no power to return to the sky.

"Lord Qiyu, the prisoner, the prisoner is dead." The official reported on a missionary basis.

Ji Xingxuan hugged Ji Huaishan's corpse and cried bitterly, no one stopped him, everyone in the public court had a heavy face for a while, no one thought that Ji Huaishan would suddenly seek death and end his life in such a hurry.

Yu Shu looked at Ji Huaishan who was stunned, and slowly bit her lip, at this point, she finally really understood Ji Huaishan's intentions, he was desperate to the death, but also to protect Ji Xingxuan's innocence and keep her future, this flesh and blood affection, if she said that she would not be touched, it was false, she originally had no intention of putting them to death, who would have thought that Ji Huaishan would die because of this, this result exceeded her expectations, making her not happy at all, but there was an indescribable sense of heaviness, she couldn't breathe.

"Woo-" Ji Xingxuan's crying was hoarse, stopped at first, and reluctantly helped Ji Huaishan's body to the ground, her blood-stained palm covered Ji Huaishan's wide eyes, she raised her red and swollen face, looked around, and finally fell on Yu Shu, her eyes suddenly became fierce, she staggered to her feet, took a step forward, and raised her hand to slap Yu Shu's face.

Xue Rui and Jing Chen were both close by, both of them sensed Ji Xingxuan's intentions at the same time, and reached out to block, Xue Rui took the lead in grabbing Ji Xingxuan's shoulder, while Jing Chen dodged in front of Yu Shu, making Ji Xingxuan's slap fall on his chest, leaving a blurred line of blood on his white clothes.

"Let go of me," Ji Xingxuan struggled with her shoulders, slapped Jingchen's chest with one hand, and cried incoherently: "It's you, it's you who killed my grandfather, it's you, you're the murderer, get out of the way, you get out of the way, I want to ask her, where did she get such a vicious heart, get out of the way"

Jingchen didn't dodge, just stood and let her fight, a pair of eyes as light as water hid guilt at the moment, looked at the woman in front of him who was crying, and said in a low voice:

̈I'm sorry."

Yu Shu stood behind Jing Chen, clearly heard his apology, her face was a little ugly, she was not a character who would hide behind people, she immediately bypassed him, stood up, looked at the crazy Ji Xingxuan, reached out and grabbed her right hand that was beating Jing Chen, pinched her wrist and forced her to look at herself, and said coldly:

"Your grandfather will die, he is to blame, instead of blaming others, you should blame yourself first, your grandfather died in order to protect you, what do we have to do."

Hearing Yu Shu ruthlessly tell the truth, Ji Xingxuan was stunned, her face turned blue and pale, Yu Shu's two sentences seemed to be the most reluctant, hitting her head, making her feel more stimulated under great compassion, and suddenly her eyelids rolled and fell forward.

Xue Rui's palm gripping Ji Xingxuan's shoulder loosened, Jing Chen reached out to catch the soft Ji Xingxuan, he frowned a pair of sword eyebrows, turned his head to look at Yu Shu, his face was grim she had never seen, although he didn't say anything, Yu Shu still saw a little reproach in his eyes.

Yu Shu's chest seemed to have been punched by someone, and she was sullen, but she didn't avoid his gaze at all, and looked at him calmly, because she didn't do anything wrong, and she didn't need to be weak-hearted.

Xue Rui looked at the two of them back and forth, as if he could feel the dark tide surging, frowned slightly, and turned his head to ask the hall:

"My lord, Ji Huaishan has committed suicide in fear of sin, what should I do now?"

Guo Huai'an was sighing and annoyed at this time, sighing that a good person died, and annoyed that Ji Huaishan was dead, and there was no way to investigate the case anymore, and he was hesitating how to proceed, and overheard the propaganda outside the door:

"Lord Ning - to"

Everyone present, turned their eyes away, and saw a group of people coming from the courtyard in the distance, and when they arrived at the door, they saw clearly that the white dragon Jiao who was the leader was Liu Hao, the seventh prince who was belated.

Guo Huai'an and Ren Qiming glanced at each other, and they both saw puzzlement in each other's eyes, and Xue Rui, who was standing under the hall, had a flash in his eyes, and said in his heart: After waiting for a long time, I finally came.

"Meet King Ning." Everyone in the hall paid their respects.

As soon as Liu Hao entered the door, he first saw Ji Huaishan's body on the ground, and then found Ji Xingxuan who was unconscious in Jingchen's chest, his face turned ugly, and he asked coldly:

"What's going on?"

Hearing this, Guo Huai'an wrinkled his eyebrows without a trace, and said loudly: "I don't know if King Ning came to Dali Temple at this time, what are you doing?"

He is speaking politely, Dali Temple is in the middle of the trial, and no one is allowed to enter and exit, Liu Hao is completely invading.

Liu Hao unhurriedly put his hand aside, took a letter from a eunuch, and said in a loud voice:

"The purpose of the edict is this, this king is on the order of his father, the emperor, to investigate the harm caused by Daozi on the way back to Beijing."

Seeing that he held the edict high in his hand, and listened to what he said, the faces of several people present were different, first they went to worship the emperor's order, and then Liu Hao asked Sui Hu to hand the edict to Guo Huai'an.

Yu Shu saw this scene, thought about it for a while, and then saw the situation, she had seen Ji Xingxuan and King Ning walking together in the Dingbo Pavilion, and at that time she saw that this Liu Hao loved Ji Xingxuan, and now that he came, he must have saved the scene, this Liu Hao is also smart and capable, knowing that Lu Dao could not directly intervene in this case, so he intervened by investigating Jing Chen's matter.

After Guo Huai'an read it, he handed it to Ren Qiming, raised his hand to Liu Hao, and said, "The prince is one step late, this criminal Ji Huaishan confessed to the crime just now, and he has committed suicide in fear of the crime."

Liu Hao's face was displeased, he looked at Ji Huaishan's corpse on the ground, and then at Ji Xingxuan, who was in an embarrassed coma, and said coldly:

"Since this is the case, let's collect the corpse first, wait for this king to find out, and then sentence it in the future, what do Lord Guo and Young Eunuch Ren think?"

He held the edict in his hand, what else could Guo Ren and the others say, they could only agree with him, not to mention that this meeting was not suitable for further sentencing, and it had to be sorted out a little before being decided.

"Someone, notify the Ji family to come and collect the body, this Miss Ji—"

"This king has something to interrogate Miss Ji," Liu Hao interrupted Guo Huai'an's words, pointed at Ji Xingxuan and said, "Come on, take it away."

As soon as the words fell, two female guards stepped forward, supported Ji Xingxuan from Jing Chen, carried her on her back, and returned to Liu Hao's side. Guo Huai'an was a little displeased when he saw his self-asserted appearance, but he also spoke out to stop him.

"Lord Guo, Young Eunuch Ren, and Daozi-" Liu Hao turned his head, glanced at Xue Rui, and sneered slightly: "Lord Xue, this king has left first."

After that, he took the people and went away.

Yu Shu looked at Ji Xingxuan, who was carried away, his mood suddenly became complicated, and it was clear without calculation, this time, with Ji Huaishan sacrificing his life and the help of nobles, Ji Xingxuan escaped.