Chang'an, the capital city.

Around the Dali Temple Prison, the patrolling soldiers hold the sabers in one hand, hold the torches in the other hand, and constantly check back and forth in the surroundings.

In the quiet of the night, the prisoners had already fallen asleep, and the prison guards on duty sat listlessly in their chairs, so that in the middle of the night, several people gradually lowered their heads and took a nap in a daze.

"Brother Liu? Brother Wang? Brother Li? One of the jailers snuck up from his chair, stood behind several people, and whispered.

Seeing that several people were already asleep, the jailer picked up the torches in his hands and walked deeper into the prison.

Only the dim light of the fire flickered from side to side in the prison, as if to tell people something.

The floor of Chenyi's cell was much lower than the ground outside, so the ground was very wet. There are only one or two small window openings that can let in light, and the window openings are open in a high place, even if you jump up and raise your hands, you can't reach it.

The little light that came in through the window was very faint, and even at noon on a sunny day, the light in the room was nothing, let alone night, and all that accompanied him was endless darkness.

It was dark, and I couldn't see the sky, the earth, or myself.

Cockroaches, rats, geckos, crawling around in the dark. Chen Yiping is not afraid of wolves, not afraid of tigers, just Bokan's little mouse. Every time he heard the sound of rats, his heart was always furious.

As if trying to play tricks on him, the rat climbed up on his clothes, and jumped on his shoulders again, so frightened that he trembled all over, and had to wrap his head in the shabby and musty bedding.

"Your Excellency, Lord Tatsuyi."

Sensing someone calling softly, he saw through the gap in the futon that the room was slowly brightening, and orange fire was leaking through the wooden door.

Chen Yi pretended to be calm and got up from the futon, only then did he clearly see that there were a few rats jumping up and down in the room, centipedes crawling out along the cracks in the wall, and a few bats hanging upside down on the roof beams.

The ground at his feet is full of rat and bat.

Dragging the chain, he slowly walked towards the door.

"My lord, do you remember me?"

Looking at the jailer standing outside the door, looking at a somewhat familiar cheek, he couldn't remember anything, and said, "You...?" ”

"My lord is really a noble man who forgets things, I am Zhang Yu, the Hongfu of the adult, and the villain will be carried to the prison of Dali Temple by Lord Gu." Zhang Yu said as he took out a porcelain bottle from his arms and handed the bottle in his hand through the gap in the wooden grille.

I subconsciously took the small porcelain vase.

Zhang Yu looked left and right to see that everything around him was normal, and continued: "My lord, at this time, it is difficult for the villain to have a little mind, the powder in the bottle can expel rats and insects, and the adult only needs to sprinkle the powder around the corner of the wall." ”

"Zhang Yu, thank you, don't mention that there are so many cockroaches and rats in this cell."

"Your Excellency doesn't know, this is originally a place for the imperial court to hold death row prisoners, and your Excellency shouldn't be detained here, but who knows that Lord Shangguan said that your lord falsely passed on the holy decree and ordered me to keep you here. Adult, villain went down first. After Zhang Yu finished speaking, he tiptoed away.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yi opened the bottle and sprinkled the powder in the bottle around the room, and after a while, the bats hanging on the roof and the rats jumping up and down in the disaster house left the place one after another.

The sky is full of red clouds, the sea is full of golden waves, and the red sun is like a furnace of boiling molten steel, spurting out, the golden light is dazzling, and the whole Chang'an City is in the light, which looks sacred and serene.

On Chang'an Street, a group of people looked sad and walked in the direction of Yining Fang, and the pedestrians on the street stopped and watched, and unconsciously gathered a group of people.

In the crowd of onlookers, someone whispered, "Where are these people going?" ”

"Haven't you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"The emperor ordered the three divisions to try the founding of the country, Bo Chenyi, and the court time is today."

"If you want me to say, the founding Bochen Yi is afraid that he is not a good official." A woman stood in the crowd and whispered.

"What do you know about the plague not long ago, do you know? It was the founding uncle and his entourage who went down to the tomb to find the antidote that saved our Chang'an from disaster. ”

"I remember, at that time, people on Chang'an Avenue were panicked, as if the founding Bo Chenyi led his retainers to set up points in various places in the city and distribute masks to the people for free."

"Our distant relatives are in the fief of the founding uncle, and I heard from the relatives that as soon as the founding uncle arrived in the fief, he exempted the tenants from paying taxes, and also established a academy in the fief, and almost all the children of the tenants went to the academy to study."

"Everyone, the villain wants to go and see what this founding uncle has done, so he will leave first."

"Wait, I'll go too." The crowd that was originally standing on the side of the road followed curiously.

"Take the guilty ministers, and the founder of the country will come to the court." Yelu Churen sat high above the public hall and said in a sonorous voice.

On both sides, there are Gu Fengyan, the young secretary of Dali Temple, and the midnight of the imperial history, and they listen together.

"Smack." Yelu Churen held up the shocking wood high and lined it up on the board.

The crowd of onlookers fell silent.

Chen Yi dragged his feet, and under the supervision of the official, he walked step by step to the court.

"The sinner is the founder of the country, Bo Chenyi, see your lords." Chen Yi said above the public court.

If you have not been formally dismissed, you can avoid kneeling in court and just stand and reply.

"Uncle Founding of the Kingdom, you falsely preached the holy decree and deceived the king, you can confess your sins." Looking at Chen Yi standing above the public hall, Yelu Churen smiled coldly and shouted loudly.

"The lower official is guilty." Chen Yi dragged two dark circles under his eyes and replied listlessly.

"Uncle Founding of the Kingdom, during your tenure as a Qincha in Jiangnan, you appointed dismissed personnel, forcibly expropriated local land, and made the people miserable, are you guilty?" Yelu Churen slapped the board again and said fiercely.

"Yelu Churen, there is no evidence, do you have any physical evidence?" Chen Yi stood in the public hall and said loudly.

"Lord Ben, I have long known that you will quibble, and someone will come to spread the word that Li Muyun is the commander of Jiangnan County."

After a while, I saw Li Muyun wearing an official uniform and coming to the court.

"Li Muyun of Jiangnan County, Xiaguan, see all the adults." After Li Muyun finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yi, who was standing beside him wearing an anklet, and snorted coldly.

"My lord, the lower officials want to expose the founding of the country, Bo Chenyi, who falsely passed on the holy decree during the disaster relief period, appointed dismissed officials, and fished the people, the crime is unforgivable, and please learn from it." Li Muyun knelt on top of the public hall and said with tears in his eyes.

The people standing at the door whispered.

Standing in the public court, Chen Yi secretly disdainfully said: I've seen shameless, I've never seen such a shameless person.

"Master Li, what evidence do you have?" Yelu Churen sat on the top of the high hall and said in a low voice.

"My lord, the people of Jiangnan personally wrote and painted the edicts on the paper that the founding Bo Chenyi committed during the disaster relief period in Jiangnan, please be aware of them."

The official messenger took the edict in Li Muyun's hand and handed it to Yelu Churen, and after Yelu Churen read it, he sent someone to hand over the edict to the two adults on the jury.

After reading it, the two couldn't help but be shocked, and couldn't help but glance at each other, Gu Fengyan couldn't help but worry.

"Is it true that you forcibly expropriated local land during the disaster relief period?"

"It's true."

"This official asks you again, and it is written in the edict that you are careless of people's lives and fish and flesh people, but there is such a thing."

"Ignoring human life? The lower officials did not careless about human life, and as for the fish and meat people, it is even more nonsense. ”

"The squires of Jiangnan, the joint painting said that you forced them to donate, and they are not fish and meat people, this one by one, one by one, you will not escape the death penalty."

Yelu Churen stood up from his chair and said angrily: "You still dare to quibble, the crime will be added to the first degree, and someone will put the founding uncle in prison, and when I show Your Majesty, I will judge you on a later date." ”

"Wait."

"Bold, who dares to disturb the order of the public court, come to the people's punishment and serve." Yelu Churen, who was sitting on the top of the high hall, reprimanded loudly.

"Lord Yelu, I haven't seen you for a few days, what a big official position."

Yelu Churen was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly forgot about the place where there was a sound, and at some point, the second prince Yuan Yufeng appeared in the public court.

hurriedly walked to the front, bent down and said with a smile: "Second Highness, when did you come, and you won't send someone to inform the lower officials before you come." ”

Yuan Yufeng looked at Chen Yi who was standing aside, looked at the faces of several jury adults, and said: "Lord Yelu, His Royal Highness came to the jury on the order of his father, Lord Yelu, you will continue to try the trial, you can try it as you want, don't have any worries." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The people who came should not hurry up and give a seat to the Second Highness.