On the sixth day of the seventh month of the second year of Xianheng, six o'clock in the hour, the sky has just brightened, the disc-shaped sun slowly rises from the horizon, the golden sunlight dispels the morning fog, and renders the clouds on the horizon as red as blood, and the hectic prison for a night is finally calmed down, only the ruins and broken walls are lying on the spot, and the curling green smoke will float out of the ruins from time to time, as if telling the disaster last night, and the prisoners who should have appeared around the fire are almost all gathered at the yamen of Dali Temple at this time, One by one, they whispered with complicated expressions, and their eyes fell on the lobby from time to time, just because a public trial that might shake the overall situation of the court was about to begin.

On the big seat in the middle of the court, Li Xian sat calmly, with a calm bearing, which can be said to complement the solemn atmosphere of the public court, as for the two deputy presiding judges sitting on the left and right - Liu Yizhi and Hou Shanye, it is obviously a little unnatural, Liu Yizhi is slightly better, although his body is stiff, but his expression is still calm, and Hou Shanye is completely drooping, as if someone owes him eight million guan, this is not surprising, anyone who has the experience of two deputy chief judges, I am afraid that they are all so temperamental- Before dawn, the soldiers of the British Prince's Mansion had already blocked the door of the two deputy chief judges of Liu and Hou with general orders, and 'invited' the two deputy chief judges to the lobby without saying anything in the way of passing military orders.

"Your Highness, the time has come, please make it clear!"

Chen Shi Zhengpai, Lin Chengbin, who was dressed in armor, strode into the court, bowed to Li Xian, and reported loudly.

"Let's get started!"

Li Xian didn't even look at Hou and Liu, waved his hand solemnly, and commanded lightly.

"Yes, the last will obey." Lin Chengbin didn't pay attention to the surprised eyes of the two deputy chief judges of Hou and Liu, bowed down and agreed, walked to the entrance of the hall, raised his hand, and shouted: "Bring it up!" ”

"Wei ...... Wu ......"

As soon as Lin Chengbin's words fell, several palace guards escorted Helan Minzhi, who was heavily flailed, from outside the lobby, and a group of palace guards who were standing under the hall to temporarily act as officials saw this, and immediately shouted in unison, although the voice was not as neat and beautiful as the officials who often did this, but the murderous aura was so heavy that I don't know how much, not to mention that the prisoners who watched outside the hall were shocked, even Hou Shanye of the long-standing court couldn't help but be surprised, and a trace of different color flashed in his eyes, but he soon calmed down, It's just that there is obviously a little more killing intent in his eyes when he looks at Helan Minzhi.

"Who's kneeling?"

After all the palace guards knelt Helan Minzhi under the hall, Li Xian picked up the shocking wood, patted it gently, and snorted coldly according to the script.

"Some, Wu Minzhi, the Duke of Zhou, has been wronged so far, and he also asks His Royal Highness the King to be the master of a certain family."

Helan Minzhi is a pampered person, and after a few days of prison life, his complexion is quite bad, but his tone is still so arrogant, and when he answers Li Xian's question, no one should be humble.

"Hmm." Li Xian snorted noncommittally, and then preached to himself: "Supervising the impeachment of the ten crimes of Xiao Ming, can you admit guilt?" ”

"I don't dare to admit it!"

Helan Min shrugged his shoulders, laughed evilly, and replied nonchalantly.

"Bold and fanatical, dare to despise the court, his crime is intolerable, here he comes, heavy punishment waits!"

As soon as he heard Helan Minzhi's reply, Li Xian seemed to be angry, and he slapped the startled wood and broke his throat.

"No!"

Li Xian had already opened his mouth, and the palace guards did not dare to slack off, so they rushed forward in a swarm, and dragged Helan Minzhi down the hall.

"Your Highness, slow down."

Seeing that Li Xian put on a posture of extorting confessions by torture, Liu Yizhi and Hou Shanye couldn't sit still, and after exchanging glances quickly, Liu Yizhi said something to dissuade them.

"Well, what does Liu mean by this?"

Li Xian pressed his hand and motioned to the palace guards to slow down, and then squinted at Liu Yizhi, and snorted in great displeasure.

"Your Highness Haihan, the lower officials think that under Sanmu, every time there are many grievances, it is really not a good strategy to ask the case, it is a last resort, and at the beginning of the case, it is really not suitable to impose a heavy punishment, and it is a pity to allow him to defend himself, and I hope His Highness will think twice." Liu Yizhi received the secret order of the Empress Wu, and wanted to close the case as soon as possible, but he never wanted to see the case really like Xiao Ming's bullet seal.

"Oh? Does Lord Hou think the same way, huh? ”

Li Xian was not angry at Liu Yizhi's interference, but just snorted from his nostrils, ignored Liu Yizhi's humility, turned his head and glanced at Hou Shanye, and asked quietly.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the lower officials think what Lord Liu said is very true."

Hou Shanye didn't intend to come out so quickly, but when Li Xian asked, he had to answer, so he could only bow down and reply.

"There must be grievances under Miki? Well, that's a good point, I'm going to hear how the prisoner is justifying himself. The corners of Li Xian's mouth twitched, revealing a sneer of disdain, and no matter what the faces of Liu and Hou were, they picked up the shocking wood and patted it, and then broke off and said: "Wu Minzhi, let's talk about what this 'dare not admit' means, if you can't tell the reason, don't blame you for the crime of contempt of the court, say!" ”

"Your Highness is angry, what you said is that you don't dare to admit it, not that you don't recognize it."

Helan Minzhi thought that he would definitely die, so he was extremely open, not caring about the subtle atmosphere in the hall at all, and explained with a wicked smile.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? ”

Li Xian frowned, as if he was surprised by Helan Minzhi's statement, hesitated for a while, and then cautiously asked.

"I'm afraid that someone will try to kill someone by taking advantage of the trial."

Helan Minzhi gritted his teeth and replied angrily.

"Bold, are you trying to frame this king, huh?"

As soon as he heard Helan Minzhi say this, Li Xiandeng became angry, slapped the shocked wood, and broke off.

"No, no, how dare you frame Your Highness, Your Highness is not in a hurry, and let me start from the beginning."

Helan Minzhi is a pure dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, no matter how ugly Li Xian's face is, he shook his head and replied.

"Speak!"

Li Xian stared at Helan Minzhi coldly for a long time, and then he held back a word from between his teeth, and his tone was extremely gloomy, obviously he had already moved to kill in his heart.

"Since he came out, he has been repeatedly blessed by the Holy Grace, and he has been favored and trusted, and there is nothing he will not allow to ask for, this is His Majesty's love and respect, and he will not dare or forget it for the rest of his life, but, alas, he has been careless and mistakenly made a villain, so that he has failed His Majesty's high expectations, and he is really ashamed......" Helan Min said with a sad face, as if he was sincerely repentant.

"Enough, to the point!"

Li Xian seemed to be extremely impatient, and before Helan Minzhi finished his confession, he slapped the shocked wood and interrupted unceremoniously.

"That's good, that's it, the reason why so-and-so ended up like this is because of the instigation of villains, including Hou Presiding Judge!" Helan Minzhi smiled coldly, revealing a shocking remark.

"You are talking nonsense, when did this official instigate Yuer, presumptuous, come, drag it down, and give this official a heavy blow to fifty boards!"

Hou Shanye was originally just listening to the trial with the mentality of watching the excitement, but he never expected Helan Minzhi to actually stab the spearhead at himself, and when he heard this, he was immediately furious, picked up the shocking wood, slapped it heavily, and shouted regardless of it, but the people standing under the hall were all guards of the British Palace, and no one paid attention to his orders.

"Your Highness, the lower official is the deputy chief judge of the Holy Lord's order, and if it is not a criminal official, he can insult him lightly, and please ask His Royal Highness to be the master of the lower official!"

Hou Shanye roared, and when he saw that there was no movement at all, he came to his senses, and had to suppress the anger in his heart, and said with a pale face when he arched his hand at Li Xian.

"Lord Hou, please be calm and don't be impatient, you will judge right and wrong." Li Xian raised his eyebrows, and said indifferently, and then, no matter how ugly Hou Shanye's face was, he narrowed his eyes and said quietly: "Wu Minzhi, you know that it is not a trivial matter to accuse the presiding judge in court, if there is no evidence, there will be a serious crime of disturbing the court, and under the punishment of several crimes, I am afraid it will be rare to die." ”

"If you dare to say this, there is naturally real evidence, if Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can investigate it thoroughly."

Helan Minzhi shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and replied with a big sting.

"Oh? Where's the proof? ”

As soon as Helan Min's voice fell, Li Xian immediately intercepted and asked, cooperating very tacitly, leaving no room for Liu and Hou to interject.

"Your Highness has a penchant for bookkeeping, but all the heavy gifts sent by others are recorded and checked, if Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can send someone to a certain house to check." Helan Minzhi laughed and replied gloomily.

"Very good, Lone is really a good student to check it out, come on!"

Li Xian's face turned pale, and he slapped the shocked wood and broke off.

"The last general!"

Lin Chengbin, who had been on call for a long time in the hall, heard Li Xian's shouting, and he didn't dare to be the slightest slack, so he hurriedly led several guards to rush into the lobby and answered the order in a loud voice.

"Lin Dianjun, Gu Ling'er immediately led his troops to the Zhou State Mansion, and he couldn't find out where the account book was!"

Li Xianhuo Ran stood up, waved his hand, and gave the order in an unquestionable tone.

"Yes, the last general obeys!"

Lin Chengbin answered the promise loudly, and then came to Helan Minzhi's side, and Helan Minzhi explained the location of the ledger in his ear, and then rushed down the hall in stride, leading a group of palace guards to rush to the Zhou State Mansion.

"Your Highness, in the holy will, this is the trial of Xiao Ming's impeachment of Wu Min, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate?"

Seeing that the situation was in danger of getting out of control, Liu Yizhi couldn't sit still, stood up hurriedly, bowed to Li Xian, and spoke earnestly and admonished.

"How can Lone be a person who doesn't know the severity, the facts of the case will be clear today, how can there be a trivial matter, Liu Zhi is worried about the matter, Lonely has been decided, this matter has to be mentioned again!" Li Xian had made up his mind, how could he be moved by the threatening words hidden in Liu Yi's words, his eyes widened, and he retorted unceremoniously.

"Ah, yes, the lower official lost his words, the lower officials lost his words." Liu Yiyi saw that Li Xian's tone was not good, so he didn't dare to be more verbose, and hurriedly confessed, and some of them sat down dejectedly, and looked at Hou Shanye, who was also restless, and quickly reached a consensus between them......