After Huang Dezhong was dragged away, the hall was terrifyingly quiet.

Zhao Junsheng's mind was thinking about the process of questioning the case just now, Jing Min was bitten to death because he was instructed by the prince, and he even had evidence such as letters, but the other criminal, Shi Dayou, retracted his confession and said that he was forced by Huang Dezhong to confess in the interrogation room that he had colluded with the prince, which of them said it was true? Who is Huang Dezhong? Was it at the behest of the third child?

If the crown prince was framed, then what happened to these letters? But on second thought, is it necessary for the prince to smuggle money with a Sogdian merchant? He is the prince of the country, one person is above ten thousand people, and there are many hidden ways to get money, so people can't find out, so why collude with a Sogdian merchant to smuggle? How many big sons can you earn?

Zhao Junsheng suddenly sneered: "Heh, this thing is really interesting, among them, the prisoner actually took out the prince's handwritten letter as evidence, which is irrefutable, this thing can be said to be ironclad evidence!" But another prisoner retracted his confession in front of the emperor and said that he was coerced and coerced by others, and he had to commit perjury to frame the prince, this play is really wonderful! Come! ”

Condus stood up: "The old slave is here!" ”

"Send a decree to the chief officials of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai, and let them form three legal divisions for a joint trial, during which the prince is confined to the East Palace and is not allowed to go out without a will!"

"No!" Kang Yide agreed, and immediately left the palace with a few eunuchs.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhao Ping again: "King Shu!" ”

Zhao Ping stood up and saluted: "Erchen is here!" ”

"How about you being the presiding judge?"

Zhao Ping opened his mouth wide: "Ah, this ······"

"Huh?" Zhao Junsheng glared at Zhao Ping with sharp eyes.

Zhao Ping panicked in his heart, and hurriedly agreed: "Erchen obeys the order!" ”

"Stand down!" Zhao Junsheng waved his hand.

Everyone present came out one after another.

Coming out of the Qinzheng Palace, Zhao Ping felt a sweat behind his back, and then he knew that the majesty of this father was too great.

Zhao Junsheng sat behind the imperial case and thought for a long time, he picked up the pen and wrote on a blank piece of paper, put down the pen after writing, folded the white paper again, and beckoned to a small eunuch next to him and ordered: "Come, send this to the waiting lawsuit Si Zheng Jia Yue, if you peek without permission, I will gouge out your eyes!" ”

"Yes, yes, the slave doesn't dare!" The little eunuch hurriedly agreed, stepped forward, took the folded white paper, and withdrew from the main hall.

East Palace.

Zhao Dong walked into the hall from the outside with a gloomy face, and all the subordinate officials of the prince's mansion got up and saluted: "The ministers have seen Your Highness!" ”

Zhao Dong waved his hand and smiled reluctantly: "You don't have to be polite, sit down!" ”

The crown prince Chen Fang arched his hand and asked, "Your Highness, is Your Highness summoning Your Highness?" ”

The prince washed the horse Liu Xian accompanied Zhao Dong to the Qinzheng Hall throughout the whole process, and he immediately told in detail what had just happened in the Qinzheng Palace, and all the prince's subordinate officials became solemn after hearing this.

"Finally, Your Majesty also decreed that during the trial of the three divisions, His Royal Highness will be grounded in the East Palace, and he will not be allowed to go out without a will!"

"What? This is house arrest in disguise! Zhan Shi Ningren shouted angrily.

Lu Xie said angrily: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that this matter must be framed by the king of Shu behind his back, how could His Royal Highness ever write a letter to Jing Min?" Even if he wanted to write a letter to him, His Royal Highness would not write it personally, and the minister dared to assert that those so-called letters must have been made up by the King of Shu! ”

Chen Fang hurriedly said: "Lord Lu, don't talk nonsense about things without evidence, now it is the King of Shu who is presiding over the case, if he catches the handle, it will be very unfavorable to the prince!" ”

Lu Xie said angrily: "What are you afraid of him doing? King Jing has been sent to follow Li Shan to inspect the water conservancy and irrigation facilities in various places, and the other princes have not grown up yet, and who among the courtiers is full of food and has nothing to do to offend the prince? As long as you are not blind, no one can guess that this matter was instigated by the King of Shu behind his back! ”

There was silence in the council hall.

Chen Fang thought for a while and said to Zhao Dong: "Your Highness, we all know that this matter must be the King of Shu who is playing tricks, but we have no evidence, and he is the chief judge, so we can't do anything about him!" ”

"Now if you want to prove Your Highness's innocence, the only thing you can do is to find out why Jing Min wants to bite His Highness back, it's not good for him, he can't live anymore, why did he frame His Highness before he died? It doesn't make sense! There is also the matter of the letter, Jing Min must have known, the letter must be forged, what the minister doesn't understand is that someone can imitate His Highness's handwriting to be fake, this is really terrible! ”

Zhao Dong couldn't help but look at the young master Zhang Wei, got up and said: "Young master, the palace is still like a dream until this time, those people are so sinister in their intentions, they want to cause the palace to die, and ask the young master to solve the doubts for the palace!" ”

Zhang Wei looked at Zhao Dong: "Your Highness, aren't those letters really written by His Highness to Jing Min?" ”

The other subordinate officials present changed color when they heard this, and Lu Xie was not happy on the spot, "Young Master, what do you mean?" Don't you know who Your Highness is? ”

Zhang Wei ignored Lu Xie's words and the faces of others, and only looked at Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dongdao: "Young Master, this palace really didn't secretly instruct Jing Min to do these things, if this palace wants to make money, there is a way, and it can get a lot of wealth in the shortest possible time, why do this kind of thing that can't be put on the table and damages the interests of the big cadres?" ”

Zhang Wei's expression softened a little, he retracted his sharp gaze and got up to brush his long beard, and after a moment of silence, he said, "In the opinion of the old minister, Your Highness doesn't have to worry!" Since His Majesty has asked His Royal Highness to stay in the East Palace and not to go out, His Royal Highness will be able to read books and practice martial arts in the palace with peace of mind during this time! ”

The prince's subordinates looked at each other one by one, what kind of way to deal with this, everyone has already put a knife on the prince's neck, and you still let the prince read and practice martial arts with peace of mind? Doesn't this make the prince wait for death?

Except for Zhao Dong, everyone else looked at Zhang Wei angrily.

Zhao Dong said to Zhang Wei: "Please forgive my father's stupidity, and please ask the young master to speak clearly!" ”

Zhang Wei said: "At this time, the relevant criminals have been put into prison, if His Highness sends someone to contact these prisoners now, it may not only be useless, but may be used by the other party, since the other party intends to use this matter to pull His Highness off the throne of the prince, he will definitely do everything possible to catch His Highness's handle, during this time, the more His Highness does, the more wrong he may be, the best way is to do nothing!" ”

"Your Highness must know that Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, a rare generation of Ming Jun through the ages, who can easily deceive Your Majesty's insight and judgment? His Majesty ordered His Highness to be grounded in the East Palace, it seems that he is already very suspicious of His Highness, but in fact, why is he not protecting His Highness? He is here to prevent His Highness from continuing to make mistakes, colluding with Sogdian merchants to smuggle and do business is not a heinous crime, Your Majesty will definitely not take the crown prince of His Highness because of this, the old minister has long said that as long as His Highness remembers not to commit the crime of rebellion, no one can move the position of the prince! ”

"In addition, Your Majesty doesn't let anyone else be the chief judge, but lets the King of Shu be the chief judge, don't you think this is strange? If the evidence was forged by the King of Shu, and the confessions of the prisoners were all forced by the King of Shu, the King of Shu would definitely die down this time! ”

Before Zhao Dong could say anything, Liu Xian, the prince next to him, reacted and said, "What does the young master mean is that His Majesty has suspected that the King of Shu is making trouble behind his back, so he deliberately asked him to preside over the trial, so as to test the King of Shu?" ”

Zhang Wei stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "It's a temptation, but also a warning!" His Majesty ordered the chief officer of the three law divisions to conduct a trial, even if the king of Shu was the chief judge, could he really cover the sky with one hand and dominate the trial process and details of the entire case? The power of his King of Shu is not so great, and the court is not opened by his King of Shu! Next, as long as the King of Shu does anything to frame the prince, it is possible to leave traces, and the eyes of those court officials are not blind, they are all old foxes, and it is not easy for the King of Shu to hide their eyes! ”

"At this moment, Your Highness must calm down, in this matter, why doesn't Your Majesty have the intention of sharpening His Highness? If Your Highness can't hold his breath and act rashly, and wants to save himself, and his opponent grabs the handle and takes advantage of it, thus making more mistakes than mistakes, His Majesty will definitely be very disappointed! ”

Zhao Dong pondered for a moment and saluted Zhang Wei: "The young master's words are thought-provoking, and this palace is deeply admired!" Anyway, in the past few days, the palace has been reading and practicing martial arts in the palace, but I want to see what tricks my third child can judge! ”

Shu Wangfu.

Zhao Ping walked into the lobby with a calm face, Zhan Shizhuo Bufan followed beside him, and he waved his hand to the maid in the lobby: "You all go down!" ”

The maids retreated.

Zhuo Bufan arched his hand to Zhao Ping and said: "Your Highness, Your Majesty asked you to preside over the case, now it's okay, the prince is grounded in the East Palace again, and nothing can be done, we have time to find more evidence to convict the prince, the prince is doomed!" ”

Zhao Ping turned around and said, "You were happy too early!" ”

"Huh? This ······ Why does Your Highness say that? ”

Zhao Ping said: "Don't you think my father is very partial to my boss?" ”

"Your Majesty favors the Crown Prince? This ······ Have it? Why didn't the minister see it? The prince is still grounded! Zhuo Bufan was very puzzled.

Zhao Ping said: "My father promised Shi Dayou that as long as he told the truth, he would send troops to send him and his whole family out of the country, Shi Dayou's original confession was extremely unfavorable to the boss, and as soon as the father made such a promise, Shi Dayou of course retracted his confession, isn't he favoring the boss?" ”

"Hey-the minister listened to His Royal Highness say this, His Majesty seems to really have such a little bit of favoritism for the prince, hey, no, Your Majesty seems to have said that he will send someone to verify, if Shi Dayou lies, he will kill his whole family!"

Zhao Ping shook his head: "With the situation at the time, it is already a certainty that the boss was implicated in this case, the confessions of several prisoners have confessed his crimes, and the evidence is also ironclad, according to normal circumstances, this is enough to convict the boss, but the father promised Shi Dayou, so that Shi Dayou retracted his confession, and the father would have a reason to conduct a three-division trial, so that the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Yushitai all participated in the trial of this case, so that Huang Dezhong's coercion and temptation, torture into confession, and inducement of confession could not be concealed!" ”