Chapter 124: The Imperial Trial
The closed environment is of great benefit to Wei Jieyi.
He is no longer disturbed by the noise of the outside world.
Being in this forbidden room made him feel uneasy.
Thus...... Chen Zhengtai filled his mind with the content, making his whole person seem to have a backbone.
The past few days have not seen the light of day, in fact, for the human beings who live in groups, it is the most tormenting, not to mention that standing next to him is still a 'demon king of the mixed world'!
He couldn't predict whether Chen Zhengtai would break his other arm the next moment.
Thereupon...... He finally had time to look back on his life of eating and waiting for death.
When he realized that he could never inherit the family business, he might have to live in a mess in this life, Wei Jieyi suddenly had an inexplicable fear.
When you want to provoke a person to change themselves completely, there is no greater force than to instill in him a sense of anxiety.
And Chen Zhengtai is clever and clever, and it is precisely this anxiety that is repeatedly hyped.
Any kind of success science, most of them are well versed in this, and they have been greatly successful in business, this kind of anxiety trafficking, need to prescribe the right medicine, look at the identity of Wei Jieyi's side disciples, and keep telling him that if this continues, his life will pass in a hurry as before!
When anxiety reaches a certain level, it is necessary to turn this anxiety into a constant source of motivation on how to get out of the current dangerous situation.
This kind of anxiety-mongering audience certainly can't be sweaty farmers or laborers, because these people don't have time to think about whether their lives are meaningful.
The real audience is precisely the bored women in the boudoir, or the idlers who are full of food and have a stable ration.
And Wei Jieyi is the latter.
When a person is anxious, it is precisely when he is the weakest, he will hesitate, he will be at a loss, at this time...... Throw out a life-saving straw, and be sure to tell him in a firm tone that now there is a new way out, and if you follow it, you can get rid of it and start a new life.
This is more like some kind of inducement, it seems like an unfathomable psychology, but if you use the simplest way to summarize the whole process, the most likely way is to create a closed environment, and then kick the stupid fork in front of you into the water, and finally reach out to pull him, so that he is convinced of the hand that saved him, and he is desperate.
And the effort and struggle of reciting it hundreds or thousands of times a day helps to strengthen this new belief!
Wei Jieyi reads it every day, and feels as if he has been reborn, he looks at problems from a different angle, and he has the spirit to do everything.
Even...... When he was eating in prison, he also felt that he was full of energy, and even felt that he had eaten more deliciously than when he ate delicacies from the mountains and seas before!
Especially every time he eats the cell, he has to yell a few times and work hard. When I got up in the morning, I also shouted, shouting that my spirit was not good because of the hollowing out of my body in the past, and I became fierce.
Chen Zhengtai immediately began to regret teaching this dog R success, your uncle, and let people not sleep lazy.
But life in prison is boring after all, and it really can't be justified if you don't stuff something into the head of this stupid guy in front of you.
Changshi Tang Jian asked them several times, and when he learned that His Majesty was going to try the case in person, Chen Zhengtai's food was increased again.
Tang Jian is not stupid, Chen Zhengtai was imprisoned because it was too big, and the preferential treatment given to Chen Zhengtai in the prison room was because he could feel that His Majesty was ...... It's not just about name.
He came to see Chen Zhengtai once.
Before the man arrived, he heard a shout of hard work in the distance, and he was busy calling the messenger in confusion!
The errand officer also said helplessly: "I don't know, I only know that the person committed Wei Jieyi, and he calls like this every day." ”
Tang Jian said: "Is Chen Zhengtai good?" ”
"If you go back to Tang Changshi, everything is fine, he eats and sleeps every day, and eats when he sleeps."
"Oh, that's good, that's good, you're all watching." Tang Jian thought about it, explained it, and decided not to appear in front of a person who was calling for success and struggle, this person had a problem with his brain.
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After another ten days, the weather is getting colder and colder, which is busy with the errand here!
They were afraid that Chen Zhengtai and the others would freeze, but they ...... I didn't dare to burn a charcoal basin in the cell, after all, ...... Who knows if these two emotionally unstable guys will commit suicide with charcoal!
Thus...... I had to desperately stuff all kinds of clothes into the cell and add bedding, which was so much that it could already be carpeted, but Chen Zhengtai still felt a little cold, so he wrapped the futon all day long, silently pinching the days in his heart, why hasn't anyone come to rescue him yet?
What about the bastard?
What about Princess Sui'an?
Where's my dad?
Is Your Majesty just watching yourself locked up all the time?
It's not scientific, I'm quite popular on weekdays.
At this time, Wei Jieyi's injury has healed a lot, in this cell where the living conditions are not very good, the arm that was almost broken has miraculously gradually improved, and he can barely shake, his whole person seems to have transformed, like a different person.
Then...... Finally, an errand officer opened the door of the prison cell and said, "Two sons, there is a decree in the palace, Your Majesty wants to personally try the two sons." ”
When Chen Zhengtai heard His Majesty, he cheered up: "Oh? Where is Your Majesty interrogating? ”
"This ......," the messenger hesitated, "Your Majesty was going to Erpigou to explore, but who knows...... When the ministers heard this, many of them asked to go with them, saying that they were ...... said that he was afraid that His Majesty would shield Chen Gongzi...... The Wei family also strongly requested to be interrogated in person...... So...... Please go to Erpigou together, Your Majesty and the hundred officials will ...... Erpigou"
The matter is very complicated, it is not simply the contradiction between the Chen family and the Wei family, this obviously involves the open and secret struggle between His Majesty and the clan.
His Majesty wants to try it himself, which makes the clan realize that His Majesty may want to use this case to weaken the clan!
This is tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest, think about it, even hiding fugitive slaves can be innocent, and even get the protection of His Majesty, so in the future, who will the clan rely on to cultivate their own land?
Thus... Now everyone is staring at the emperor, and the emperor's every move has been criticized countless times.
Li Daozong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Tang Jian, the chief of the criminal department, couldn't bear this huge pressure at all.
What is Sekin? The family is not just five clans and seven surnames, they are all over Guanzhong, Kanto, Jiangnan, they may have conflicts of interest between each other, but when it comes to fundamental issues, they will never rest.
And the power of the world, not only in the monopoly of the knowledge of the land, almost more than ninety percent of the civil and military ministers in the court, almost all of them are the children of the family, the local county guards, state pastors, also eight or nine times out of ten, and the family is closely related, this is a big net, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, it has been constantly weaving, forming a community of interests that no one can shake.
Li Shimin also had to make concessions.
Chen Zhengtai heard it: "Your Majesty wants to try it personally?" ”
Chen Zhengtai's eyes suddenly lit up a little!
He realized that his mentor was still very kind, and he was obviously trying to protect himself.
But then ...... The hundred officials asked for the same trial, apparently...... Even his own mentor has encountered a lot of resistance.
"Yes."
Behind him, I heard Wei Jieyi say: "Whoever dares to harm my Brother Chen, it is my Wei Jieyi's enemy who does not share the sky, don't say that I have met Changshi, even in front of the emperor, I have the courage to say that all this is because of me, and I have nothing to do with Brother Chen, I Wei Jieyi is a person who knows how to repay his kindness, what is the matter, come to me." I'm going to work hard, I'm going to struggle. ”
The errand officer suddenly looked at Wei Jieyi as if he was mentally retarded, a little unbelievable.
At this time, the car was already prepared outside.
It seems that they heard that Chen Zhengtai may have to go to Erpigou from here today, so the Chen family hurriedly came!
The third uncle was out of breath, and when he saw Chen Zhengtai coming out of it and was about to enter the prisoner car, he hurriedly shouted: "Zhengtai, Zhengtai ......"
The third uncle said with tears streaming down his face: "Listen to the old man's words, bite to death...... Pine...... Pine ......"
The prisoner cart passed quickly, leaving only the echo of the third uncle!
The third uncle wanted to chase the prisoner car, but unfortunately he was too old to chase him, and he just ran a few steps before he stumbled!
So he could only look blankly at the two axle marks left by the prisoner car, and countless worries and anxieties poured into his heart, trembling, and his body was a lot stiffer, as if he had aged a few years all of a sudden.
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Li Shimin drove to Erpigou today, and almost all the officials rushed over.
Everyone hopes that Your Majesty will give an explanation.
This is no small matter.
Even Du Ruhui, who is loyal to His Majesty, hopes that His Majesty will protect Chen Zhengtai, if Chen Zhengtai is exiled for 3,000 miles, it is indeed a bit serious, but at least ...... It is still necessary to beat Chen Zhengtai and teach a little lesson, and then order Erpigou to disband all the displaced people.
Li Shimin has been cold-faced, in a very bad mood, for the past ten days, he has been making various attempts, but soon he found that he was exhausted by countless rumors and the lack of cooperation between various departments!
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was not able to do everything smoothly, so even Concubine Wei became tough.
"This second woman too." Li Shimin was upset and irritable, and couldn't help but scold Wei Guifei.
What is the ...... It happened to be in the ears of Wei Xuanzhen, who was closely following.
Wei Xuanzhen is the patriarch of the Wei family, and Wei Jieyi is his nephew, this is his own nephew!
The Wei family has many rooms, and each room is a great existence in Guanzhong, everyone closed the door and negotiated countless times, and decided that the Chen family had to pay the price this time.
Although Li Shimin scolded the two women with a blank head, Wei Xuanzhen understood that this was scolding his sister Wei Guifei!
Because Wei Guifei is indeed the second wife, before becoming Li Shimin's concubine and giving birth to a child for Li Shimin, Wei Guifei was married to Li Min, the son of Li Zixiong, a general of the Sui Dynasty and a secretary of the household!
Wei Guifei gave birth to a daughter for Li Zixiong, but this Li Zixiong later rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, and both father and son were killed, so Wei Guifei became a widow.
After that, Wei Guifei married Li Shimin and became Li Shimin's concubine!
Li Shimin does not seem to have any psychological barriers to widows, in fact, most people in this period have no obstacles to widows, Li Shimin not only made Wei Guifei a concubine after that, but even the daughter born to her ex-husband was also accepted as his stepdaughter, and she was named the lord of Dingxiang County, giving her the title of half a princess.
When Wei Xuanzhen heard the word "second woman", she couldn't help but say in her heart: Hey, why are you still scolding, my sister-in-law was widowed at home, and it wasn't you who wanted to marry herself, now scolding the second woman, why did you go earlier?
Although Wei Xuanzhen scolded in her heart, she didn't show it at all on her face, and she was quite a little spitting and calm.
So everyone went to the university hall, and this was the only place...... It's a little more spacious.
Li Shimin entered the Minglun Hall, and everyone flocked in, and they didn't care about the rules, and they seemed to be looking forward to seeing how His Majesty personally decided this imperial case!
Anyway, Chen Zhengtai will be exiled no matter what, and if he is not exiled, everyone will not be reconciled.
Li Shimin only looked at their scramble to be the first, and they all paid attention to this case, and he knew better what they were thinking!
But he was silent, looked around and said, "Chen Zhengtai and the criminal Wei Jieyi are here?" ”
Wei Xuanzhen said with a straight face at this time: "Your Majesty, why is my nephew named the criminal, but Chen Zhengtai only calls him by his name?" ”
Li Shimin simply pretended not to hear.
I listened to Li Daozong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and said: "Your Majesty, you have been escorted to Erpigou." ”
Li Shimin nodded: "Bring it in." ”
Immediately, two people were escorted in, and when everyone looked at it, their expressions couldn't help but look intriguing!
These two people seem to have been in prison for many days, they are all radiant and energetic!
Thereupon...... Everyone couldn't help but look at Tang Jian, and seemed to be saying: Look, this Yongzhou prison raises people.
Tang Jian had a straight face, looking selfless and iron-faced, ignoring all these gazes.
Li Shimin was very happy to see Chen Zhengtai, especially when he saw that he was fine, and the irritability in his heart couldn't help but subside, and he said, "Who is in the hall?" ”
Chen Zhengtai said: "Minister Chen Zhengtai." ”
Wei Jieyi said: "Minister Wei Jieyi." ”
Li Shimin squinted: "Do you know why you were summoned?" ”
Wei Jieyi immediately shouted: "The minister has grievances, and the ministers have grievances." ”
As soon as they heard Wei Jieyi's injustice, everyone cheered up.
They all looked at Wei Jieyi.
Li Shimin showed a look of displeasure, and said with a cold face: "I haven't asked yet." ”
"Yes, yes." Wei Jieyi was a little timid, but then said: "But the ministers have grievances that are difficult to redress, and they have to be the master of Your Majesty." ”
Li Shimin snorted coldly in his heart, but put on an iron-faced and selfless appearance: "Then, let's talk about it carefully." ”
Everyone stared at Wei Jieyi fixedly, looking very much looking forward to it!
I saw Wei Jieyi say: "Brother Chen didn't hit me at all, my arm was injured by myself, why do you want to do this to Brother Chen?" Brother Chen is not guilty, Brother Chen is not guilty......"
Everyone is still waiting...... Wei Jieyi began to complain.
Who knew that his conversation would fall......
“……”
In this Minglun Hall, everyone couldn't come back to their senses.
Li Shimin took a sip of tea just now, and almost squirted out of the tea.
Li Shimin even thought that he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but say: "So, you didn't come to Erpigou to pursue the fugitive slaves?" ”
Wei Jie said righteously: "It's the ministers who are not sensible, just a few fugitive slaves, so they made a big fight for this, and they also came to Erpigou, so careful, if Your Majesty wants to punish me severely, punish me severely, Brother Chen and I, sympathize with each other, like brothers, Brother Chen is not guilty, if he is guilty, it is all on me." ”
“……”
Li Shimin's face twitched, this time, he was very convinced that he had heard correctly, but this person ...... Sick, right?
Then he glanced at Shangshu and Changshi Tang Jian reproachfully, as if to say, since this is the case, what is the trial, and the person has been locked up for more than half a month, and even I have to come to the trial in person?
Li Daozong: "......"
Tang Jian: "......"
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty. At this time, Wei Xuanzhen was already panicking.
The Wei family made such a big fuss, but this damn nephew actually said such bastard things here, isn't this a pit for his own family?
Wei Xuanzhen was afraid that things would become out of control, so he hurriedly cried and said: "Your Majesty, take a look, look at the injuries on my nephew's body, which is still scarred, and said that Chen Zhengtai did not commit murder, in broad daylight, the heavens are clear, Your Majesty must be aware of everything, my nephew...... It must have been after being beaten, I couldn't accept it, and I almost went crazy. ”
"My poor nephew." Wei Xuanzhen looked very sad!
Wei Jieyi puffed out his eyes and said: "I'm not crazy, I'm not crazy, even if you say it no matter how you say it, second uncle, I'm not crazy." ”
Everyone looked at Wei Jieyi sympathetically...... Seemingly...... It's crazy.
Wei Xuanzhen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this nephew of the minister, who was fine more than half a month ago, is now like this, this ...... How many grievances have you suffered, I beg your Majesty, no matter what...... I also have to be the master of the Wei family! ”
The ministers nodded secretly, feeling that it made sense.
Li Shimin looked at everyone present, and suddenly felt that this imperial trial was a bit of a child's play, so he looked at Chen Zhengtai: "Chen Zhengtai, did you beat Wei Jieyi?" ”
"Hit." Chen Zhengtai answered honestly.
This...... Well, another crazy one.
Li Shimin said in his heart, when you see me in the imperial trial, you know that I am shielding you, why don't you bite to death and not fight?
Li Shimin suddenly felt a sense of anger and annoyance, and his face tightened: "Why are you beating people? ”
"I returned to my mentor because Wei Jieyi came to Erpigou to pursue fugitive slaves."
All of a sudden...... He confessed all his sins.
Wei Xuanzhen, who was still crying just now, was suddenly overjoyed, and she didn't have time to wipe her tears.
Everyone else cheered up, too.
Someone said: "Your Majesty, this evidence is obviously conclusive, even Chen Zhengtai himself has confessed, if Your Majesty does not deal with it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public." ”
"Your Majesty, please." Many people spoke in unison.
It is a matter of course to pursue fugitive slaves, Chen Zhengtai actually started beating people, and also beat people like this, how can this kind of person get away with it!
Li Shimin had a murderous aura on his face, he was quite angry, his own protection, Chen Zhengtai, this kid didn't even know it, didn't he know that I had tried my best to protect it?
Li Shimin still didn't want to make a verdict immediately, and said: "Chen Zhengtai, why are you beating people? ”
Chen Zhengtai said: "Didn't the student already confess? When Wei Jieyi came, he trampled on the students' crops worth millions of gold, which were worth a lot of money, and they exchanged the entire Chang'an City, and the students did not exchange them, and the students were in a hurry, so they were impulsive. ”
"Ha......" Wei Xuanzhen said angrily: "Then I want to see what crops can be worth millions of gold." ”