Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng was receiving some fiber spinning raw materials such as hemp, silk, wadding, and other raw materials such as dyes, and a Huajiabao burger who stayed in the garment shop hurriedly came to report: "Uncle, a military master with the same surname Zhao came to the store, saying that he told you to go to Taishou Mansion quickly, and Taishou came back to interrogate the case of the young lady selling horses to merchants in the Southern Dynasty!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he hurriedly said to the burger: "You stay here to take over the inventory of raw materials, and I will go to Taishou Mansion immediately!" ”

"Yes, uncle!"

Zhao Junsheng got out of the rented warehouse and rode on his horse and hurried to the Taishou Mansion, and as soon as he got off the horse, Zhao Ting greeted him and said, "Why did you come?" Come in with me, Taishou is about to hear the case! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm here as soon as I got the news!"

Zhao Junsheng followed Zhao Ting into the lobby of the Taishou Mansion, Wan Dugui just walked to the main seat and sat down to ask about the case, and the outside of the lobby was already crowded with onlookers, with no less than a few hundred people.

"Xiaosheng Zhao Junsheng meets the general!" Zhao Junsheng saluted Wandu Gui, because Wandu Gui was wearing armor instead of official uniforms, so he called him a general.

Wan Dugui looked at Zhao Junsheng and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhao Junsheng bowed and said: "Xiao Sheng heard that the general is going to try Mulan's case today, Xiao Sheng, as a friend of Mulan, came to defend him, and asked the general for permission!" ”

Wan Dugui waved his hand: "Yes, you step aside!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Wan Dugui picked up the shocking wood and slapped the table and shouted: "Take the main culprit Mulan to the court!" ”

The head of the official team on duty immediately shouted: "Your Excellency has an order, take the main culprit Hua Mulan to the court for trial!" ”

After a while, Mulan was brought in, with shackles on her hands and feet, and chains rattling on the ground.

She walked to the middle of the lobby and knelt on the ground and said, "Huajiabao Hua Mulan meets the general!" ”

Now that the prisoner has already indicated his identity, name and place of origin, Wan Du Gui no longer talked nonsense, and asked: "A few days ago, the garrison caught you selling a total of 1,200 upper, middle and lower third-class horses to the Southern Dynasty merchant Tian Lang in large quantities, according to the laws of my Great Wei, the sale of horses to the Southern Dynasty without permission should be immediately decided, and all the horses confiscated should be punished, can you plead guilty?" ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately stood up and said, "Back to the general, my client does not admit guilt!" ”

Wan Dugui's eyes widened, and he shouted: "Ben will ask about Mulan, I didn't ask you, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said unhurriedly: "General, a few days ago, Mulan has entrusted her to defend her when she passes the trial!" Representing others in litigation has been known as a lawyer since ancient times. Below is Mulan's lawyer, and the questions asked by the general can be answered in place of her below, and if you don't know below, the prisoner himself will answer! ”

"Lawyer?" Wan Du Gui looked puzzled, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the master who was sitting at the bottom of the head.

It's no wonder that Wan Dugui is puzzled, he was originally a military general, and he doesn't know much about officialdom, and the Northern Wei Dynasty is a dynasty established by the Xianbei people, although it follows many rituals and regulations and official systems of the Jin Dynasty, but now it is the early period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and many laws and official systems are not perfect.

The lord stood up and bowed and replied, "General, the position of lawyer has indeed existed since ancient times!" One of the hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the pre-Qin period is called 'Famous Family', the founder of this famous family is Deng Xi, the doctor of Zheng Guo, who is almost the same period as Lao Tzu and Confucius. ”

When Wandu saw that the Lord Bo said this, he said, "Good! Since you are Mulan's lawyer, General Ben will allow you to defend him. Hua Mulan was caught red-handed by our soldiers when she sold 1,200 horses to Tian Lang, a merchant in the Southern Dynasty, and now the other main culprit Tian Lang has also been arrested and brought to justice. Come on, take Tian Lang to the court! ”

"Take the prisoner Tian Lang to court!"

After a while, Tian Lang was brought up, and Wan Dugui asked: "Tian Lang, you tell your true identity, tell me about your smuggling between the current dynasty and the Southern Dynasty over the years, General Ben advises you not to quibble here, otherwise General Ben has a way to make you speak, say!" ”

Tian Lang was very single, without any quibbles, and said: "General Hui, the villain was originally from the Southern Dynasty and his real name is Tian Lang, and he was engaged in business and trade between the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, half of which was a legal business in both countries, and the other half was a smuggling business!" ”

Wan Dugui carefully asked Tian Lang what goods he had smuggled over the years, Tian Lang confessed one by one, he knew that he could not justify, since the Northern Wei Dynasty government knew that he was smuggling prohibited goods, he could not escape, if he did not confess, he would be punished later, he could not bear this hardship, it was better to confess honestly.

Wandu Gui and the other lord Bo Wenwen recorded Tian Lang's confession and confession, and continued to ask: "A few days ago, in the pine forest of Xiejiaji, Hua Mulan of Huajiabao sold you 1,200 horses, and he himself was caught red-handed, and you took advantage of the chaos to escape, can you plead guilty to this matter?" ”

Tian Lang sighed: "This thing was done by a villain!" ”

"Is it Mulan from Huajiabao who sold you horses?"

"Yes!"

Wan Du Guiyi was shocked and shouted to Mulan: "Mulan, Tian Lang has already explained, what else do you have to say?" Still not pleading guilty? ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately stood up and took out two pieces of paper and said: "General, the reason why my client did not admit guilt is because he did not know in advance that the buyer Tian Lang was a merchant of the Southern Dynasty, and the identity certificate he issued to us at that time was from Jizhou, and my client still kept his household registration and road guide rubbing, please take a look!" ”

A servant came over and took the household registration and Lu Yin Tuo and sent them to Wan Du Gui's desk, Wan Du Gui took these two things and looked at them, handed them to the master for archiving, and asked Tian Lang again: "Are you issued this household registration and Lu Yin Tuo to Hua Mulan?" Did you cheat Mulan with a fake identity? ”

Tian Lang hung his head and said, "Yes, General!" ”

Wandu thought for a while, then looked at Mulan and shouted: "Mulan, although you don't know Tian Lang's true identity in this large horse transaction, it is a fact that you sold horses to Tian Lang, and the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped······

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback, he glanced at Zhao Ting, and hurriedly said to Wan Dugui: "General, there is still a report below, my client Hua Mulan was framed, Yao Desheng, the former shopkeeper of Hengtong Buzhuang, had a disagreement with Mulan, and learned that he had plans to sell horses, so he had a poisonous plan and deliberately leaked the news to Tian Lang, Tian Lang was eager to buy a horse, so he found Mulan, and Tian Lang sent someone to report to the government, so there was a case of the government sending troops to arrest Hua Mulan and Tian Lang!" ”

Wan Dugui frowned and said: "But as far as General Ben knows, Yao Desheng is dead, who can prove this matter?" ”

"Back to the general, although Yao Desheng is dead, his two entourages Yao Si and Yao Ping are familiar with the inside story, and now these two are locked up in prison, and I ask the general to order the interrogation of these two, and the truth will naturally be revealed to the world!"

Wandu immediately said: "Okay! Come on, interrogate Yao Si and Yao Ping! ”

Yao Si and Yao Ping were quickly brought into the lobby by the officials, and Wan Du Guiyi was shocked, the two of them had already knelt down, but they were trembling with fear.

"Yao Si, Yao Ping, General Ben asked Er and others, Hua Mulan said that Yao Desheng designed to frame him, revealed his intention to sell horses to Tian Lang, and then sent you to report to the government, but is there such a thing?"

Yao Si and Yao Ping's eyes rolled wildly, and they shouted at the same time: "The general is wronged, my lord is dead, but there are still people who want to slander him, my lord has never done such a thing to frame Mulan, please also ask the general to investigate!" ”

What the? Zhao Junsheng's mind was confused, this and this······ What's going on? Why did these two suddenly retract their confessions?