Before leaving, King Xin handed 'Long Yi' 10,000 taels of silver tickets to improve their food and nutrition, their age is the time to grow their bodies; let him not return to the palace during this time, and lead the 'Dragon Soul' to step up training, and will take them out to experience after a while; perseverance and ruthlessness are not enough, a good dagger needs to be accumulated and sharpened in actual combat, so that it can be sharpened.

Early the next morning, King Xin got up early, because this morning he was going to Dali Temple to supervise Yuan Chonghuan and Gao Di; Dali Temple is responsible for reviewing the criminal laws of the world, but where the charges are very different, Dali Temple has the right to refute according to the law;

Those who appeal to complain about grievances should be clear in their reasoning, and they must find out the truth before they can be found guilty and avoid framing the innocent; Together with the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei, it is called the Three Law Divisions, and the Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal law and punishes crimes according to the law; The Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the world and has the authority to arrest and enforce the law; Dali Temple has evidence of refutation of chaos.

In the process of hearing cases, Dali Temple allows the use of torture instruments, and has an independent prison cell to detain prisoners.

In case of major cases, they will be handed over to the three legal divisions for trial, and the first instance will be mainly based on the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei, and the review will be mainly conducted in Dali Temple; In view of the fact that Yuan Chonghuan and Gao Di were important military ministers, the emperor deliberately handled the case of Gao Di and Yuan Chonghuan together, and the king of Pingxi, Zhu Chunchen, the prince of Chengguo, supervised the case with King Xin.

King Xin rode a horse to the door of Dali Temple, only to see that today's Dali Temple is heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to approach; Because of attending a formal occasion, King Xin was wearing a rolling dragon robe today, and his temperament skyrocketed invisibly, and the sergeant in charge of the guard saw this, and hurriedly led the horse and fell into the coffin for King Xin, serving carefully.

Handing over the bloody BMW to the sergeant, King Xin walked into the main hall of Dali Temple; At this time, Pingxi Wang Zu Dashou and Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen have arrived, seeing the arrival of King Xin, they greeted each other with a smile, arched their hands, returned the letter to the king, and sat down with a few polite words to each other.

Leaning slightly, the drum sounded, Dali Temple Zhengqing Ling Yiqu led a group of Dali Temple officials to ascend to the hall, one by one to the letter of the king of Pingxi and Chengguo after the ceremony; Then, Ling Yiqu was shocked and shouted: "Escort the prisoner Gao Di Yuan Chonghuan to the court!" ”

With the sound of chains, the four sergeants escorted two into the lobby; At this time, Gao Di's face was pale, trembling and trembling, and his eyes looked around the people in the lobby in horror, how could he have the majesty of the former military department!

'Poof' Gao Di knelt on the ground, kept kowtowing and cried: "Wronged! Wronged! ”

'Smack'! Ling Yiqu slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Bold and high, above the court, crying and crying, loud and noisy, what kind of system!" Frightened, Godi hurriedly stopped his grief and fell to the ground.

"Smack"! Ling Yiqu slapped the shocking wood again and shouted: "Dut! Yuan Chonghuan, above the lobby, why don't you kneel? ”

"Yuan Mou is not guilty, why do you want to kneel?" Yuan Chonghuan straightened his waist, held his head high, and his words were burning.

King Xin looked at Yuan Chonghuan and saw that he was burly, with big shoulders and a round waist, about forty or so, a round face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, all his beards and beards, and his face was covered with blood, obviously he had been tortured.

'Bold Yuan Chonghuan! You have sold it privately, the evidence is conclusive, and his heart can be punished, and he should be guilty of the nine clans! Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, shouted, and on the side, Pingxi Wangzu Dashou snorted coldly and glared at Yuan Chonghuan angrily.

King Xin glanced back at the two of them, and then picked up the tea in front of him and was silent.

"King Pingxi, Chengguo Gong!" Ling Yiqu bowed his hand to the two of them, and said without humility or arrogance: "According to the law, there are major suspicions in Yuan Chonghuan's case, and the evidence is insufficient. ”

"Humph! What evidence is insufficient? Jinyiwei has found out, is Dali Temple questioning my Jinyiwei? Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen said with a displeased face, he also has an identity as the Jinyi Wei Supervision Envoy, obeying the emperor's orders, supervising the Jinyi Guard, and holding the power of life and death in his hands, how can he allow Dali Temple to question the Jinyi Guard.

"The lower officials don't dare!" Ling Yiqu's face was embarrassed, and now he was embarrassed, so he arched his hand and said: "Chengguo Gong is angry, today there are military Pingxi King and Xin Wang to supervise the case, and the lower officials should find out in detail, and dare not be arrogant!" ”

Ling Yiqu was obviously reminding Cheng Guogong that you and King Pingxi and King Xin are both supervising judges, not chief judges.

When Pingxi Wangzu Dashou heard this, he waved his hand and said: "Chengguo Gong, since the emperor ordered me to wait for the supervision of this case, and watch the Dali Temple hear the case, if there is any objection, will it not be too late to mention it later?" ”

When Cheng Guogong heard this, he angrily glanced at the old god who was there, and suppressed the displeasure in his heart.

Seeing this, Ling Yiqu no longer paid attention to it, so he looked at Yuan Chonghuan and asked: "Yuan Chonghuan, if you are not guilty, you can prove your innocence in court, if you have no testimony to justify yourself, this official will punish all crimes, and will not be lenient!" ”

Ling Yiqu was born in two lists, known as an official, and he is fair, so he served as the secretary of Dali Temple, he has always understood Yuan Chonghuan, and knew that it was absolutely impossible for him to betray the country and seek glory, so he knocked on the side and gave Yuan Chonghuan to prove his innocence and give evidence.

Yuan Chonghuan didn't understand Ling Yiqu's good intentions, so he said loudly: "Back to my lord, Yuan Mou has never been in contact with the Manchurians, I have a common enmity with the Manchus, the so-called collaborators are all Manchurians' divisive schemes, please be aware of them!" ”

"Oh! Do you have a grudge against the Manchurians? Tell me about it! Ling Yiqu pretended to be surprised and asked.

"In the past, 'Ningyuan Great Victory' Yuan Mou killed 8,000 enemies, severely damaged Nurhachi, and caused him to die, only this one, I and the Manchurians are not together, and there is no need to prove innocence!" Yuan Chonghuan made an impassioned speech.

"In this way, you and the Manchus are indeed incompatible, and it is absolutely impossible to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!" Ling Yiqu pondered.

"Presumptuous! Bold Yuan Chonghuan, full of nonsense! Chengguo Gong shouted angrily: "As early as Jinzhou, you had a collaborator with the Manchurians, abandoned the city and fled, and gave up Jinzhou, one of the crimes; The so-called Ningyuan victory is a premeditated plan between you and the Manchus, but in fact, it paves the way for the Manchus to seize the entire Liaodong land, which is the second crime; You falsely accused the former military department Shangshu Gaodi, intending to cover up the conspiracy and trickery of the fall of Jinzhou and frame the imperial court officials. The third sin is this; Every crime is conclusively proven, what crime should it be? ”

"Does Cheng Guogong have ironclad evidence?" When Ling Yiqu heard this, he couldn't help asking.

"Humph! It is clear that the military intercepted the Manchus and their letters, and now that Liaodong is lost, it is no different from what the letters consulted, do you need to say more? Cheng Guogong's words were burning.

When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, his face turned purple with anger, his body trembled, and he pointed at Cheng Guogong with his hand and scolded: "Old horseman! Do you dare to bully me? Where did the epistle come from? Why didn't you make the letter public before Ningyuan's victory? When did I make a false accusation? Gao Di was afraid that the imperial court would investigate the responsibility of Jinzhou's loss, and wanted to cover it up, and framed me. ”

When Cheng Guogong heard this, he was so angry that he stood up, trembling all over, and shouted angrily: "Bold Yuan Chonghuan!" Above the court, roaring in the court, insulting the officials, using strong words, come on, call me! Fight to the death! ”

"Yes!" The two brocade guards who came with Cheng Guogong came up and wanted to drag Yuan Chonghuan out.

"Smack!" Ling Yiqu slapped the shocked wood on the case, and shouted majestically: "Stop! ”

Cheng Guogong was furious and shouted: "Ling Yiqu! Do you want to shield Yuan Chonghuan? ”

"Cheng Guogong, this case is one-sided, you need to ask slowly, please Cheng Guogong don't be impatient!"

"Do you still need to ask? This public saw that you favored Yuan Chonghuan from beginning to end, could it be that you and Yuan Chonghuan were in the same party? ”

"You!" Ling Yiqu trembled with anger, and said tremblingly: "Cheng Guogong!" The emperor's will, Dali Temple presided over the trial, not Jinyiwei presided over the trial! ”

"You?" Chengguo was so angry that he was speechless.

Ling Yiqu ignored Cheng Guogong, patted the stunned wood, looked at Gao Di and asked: "Gao Di, Cui Guangcheng reported that you were corrupt and perverted the law, deducted military salaries, and fled first in fear of war, causing Jinzhou to fall, can you plead guilty?" ”

Gao Di, who was gloating, heard that it was Cui Guangcheng who denounced him, and his teeth clucked with hatred, and he had already scolded Cui Guangcheng eight hundred times in his heart, and hurriedly cried: "Wronged! It's purely false, falsely accusing me, then Cui Guangcheng is jealous of me, and he framed me. ”

"Why did Cui Guangcheng falsely accuse you?" Ling Yiqu chased after him.

"This..." Gao Di was speechless, he still didn't understand why Cui Guangcheng accused him, and he was suddenly shocked now! Could it be because of the 500,000 taels of silver? No way! Cui Guangcheng has been under his subordinates for so many years, and he definitely doesn't dare to take this risk to report himself.

"Someone!" Ling Yiqu shouted.

Immediately, a sergeant walked quickly to the hall and bowed down and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

"Confront the witness Cui Guangcheng before entering the court!"

"Yes!" The sergeant turned and retreated, leaned slightly, and led Cui Guangcheng, who was waiting outside, to the lobby.

"Cui Guangcheng meets His Royal Highness King Xin, King Pingxi, Duke Chengguo, Lord Ling!" Cui Guangcheng greeted one by one cautiously, glanced at King Xin, and saw that the old god of King Xin was drinking tea, and his nervous heart suddenly let go.

"Cui Shilang, you reported the former military department Shangshu Gaodi, is it true?" Ling Yiqu asked.

"Back to my lord, every word is true, there is no half-truth, I should guarantee it with the head of the item!" Cui Guangcheng replied.

"You! Cui Guangcheng, I took you with you a lot, why did you frame me? Gaudi shouted angrily.

Cui Guangcheng looked at Gao Di, the corners of his mouth twitched, and scolded: "Phew! People are doing it, and the sky is watching! ”

Gao Di was so angry that he trembled, his face turned blue, his eyes rolled, and he hurriedly cried: "Chengguo Gong is the master for me, I am wronged!" The loss of Jinzhou has nothing to do with me, I have stepped down as the governor of Jiliao before the loss of Jinzhou, Jinzhou is garrisoned by Yuan Chonghuan, he collaborated with the Manchus, resulting in the loss of Jinzhou, and I am to blame for this, it is really wronged! ”