It turned out that as early as three days ago, almost at the same time that Lai Xing'er and Jiang Zhongshi had just been escorted back to Chang'an, Dali Siqing, who was named by King Li Qi to try the case of Lai Xing'er's arson, received a message from Ying'er's trustee, asking him to find a way to find a way to confirm the matter of Lai Xing'er's private connivance with Li Shu, and Xing'er would be convicted of death in the future. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After receiving such an order from the palace, the first thing that came to mind was the same thing as Wang Bao'er and Cailuan, the two little eunuchs and palace people, that is, how to protect oneself and not offend each other. Although no one came to greet him from Jing Xuan's side, the fact that Lai Xing'er had been personally married by the emperor also made the old man dare not easily follow Ying'er's words.

However, since the first favorite concubine of the dignified emperor was willing to bring a message to him, if he did not do it, he was afraid that his official hat would not be worn for a long time. He handed over the heavy responsibility of sitting on Xing'er to secretly connive with Li Shu to his deputy Dali Sicheng, and asked him to get strong evidence that was sufficient to prove that Lai Xing'er had indeed committed a felony of arson, within the time limit set by the emperor.

According to the plan in the heart of this old man, as long as he gets the evidence of Laixing'er's arson, he can be regarded as completing the mission that he has Wanrong confessed, and the matter of Dali Temple Cheng instead of himself sitting on Xing'er's arsonance with the enemy can find a way out for him in front of the emperor or Jingxuan in the future, so that he will not be directly pushed to the cusp of the wind and waves and unable to get out.

As soon as the chief of the temple confessed this arduous task in person, he ******** pondered how to force the evidence of his arson from the mouth of Xing'er in only three days without a witness, and ignored that he had been used as a gun by the chief for nothing, and if he was not good, he would lose his official position because of this case, and even lose his life.

I have to admit that as one of the best trial masters in the Yamen of the Imperial Court's Legal Department, this Dali Temple Cheng really has a set of methods and skills that are better than others.

For three days in a row, he interrogated Lai Xing'er for more than five hours every day, that is to say, after Lai Xing'er was imprisoned in the cell of Dali Temple, in addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping, almost every day was spent alone with this Dali Temple Cheng. However, from beginning to end, Dali Sicheng, as the chief judge, did not clearly raise a question to Lai Xing'er about whether he had done anything like arsoning with the enemy, or how he had privately rebelled against Li Shu.

From the first time Lai Xing'er saw Dali Temple, this master of the case asked Lai Xing'er to completely destroy the city of Puzhou on the day he led the sergeant to chase down everything that happened after Li Shu went to Wangwu Mountain, and then began the interrogation process of verifying all kinds of details with Lai Xing'er word by word for two and a half days. How did Lai Xing'er find out that he had been bitten to pieces by the fierce beasts in the mountains in the process of searching for Li Shu on the mountain, and did not let go of a single detail. And throughout the whole process of his interrogation of Lai Xing'er, he confessed to the scribe and recorded the questions and answers between the two in the original way.

In this way, on the third day, when Lai Xing'er was interrogated, he was ordered to be taken back to the cell, and the master of the case, Dali Sicheng, combed through the confession of Lai Xing'er recorded by the scribe for three days, and couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face.

He found that in Lai Xing'er's successive narratives, only the part where Li Shu was first discovered and captured in Songtai Village that day did not have the slightest discrepancies, and especially since Lai Xing'er brought the sick Li Shu up the mountain for treatment, Lai Xing'er's several answers seemed to be deliberately avoiding mentioning someone, and this person, according to Dali Sicheng, was the so-called Li Shu's Meiji mentioned in the accusation materials handed over by the Puzhou side. In this way, Dali Sicheng has every reason to believe that as long as he hands in this interrogation record and points out the inconsistencies in Lai Xing'er's several answers, there is no need to say anything more, the emperor will naturally determine that Lai Xing'er has the intention of deliberately concealing the facts, so as to infer that Xing'er has a serious suspicion of conspiring against Li Shu.

Although things did not develop as Dali Sicheng imagined, he was still happy to go to the cell in person to face Lai Xing'er himself to announce his victory.

"Spread the word of the saint, and the sinner will come to Xing'er to receive the decree."

Dali Temple Cheng entered the cell, stood facing south, and sang at the two suspects in the cell.

So soon the emperor passed down the message! A hint of foreboding flashed in Lai Xing'er's heart, and he hurriedly pulled Jiang Zhongshi, knelt down in front of Dali Temple, and said that he would accept the order.

"Captain Liupin Guoyi came to Xing'er, after being a traitor in this department, because since I ascended to the pole, there have been many slight efforts, and Wu Bi, the general of Chengyulin, recommended me to serve as a lieutenant colonel. Lai Xing'er did not want to kill the enemy and serve the court, but privately rebelled against the leader Li Shu and committed an unforgivable crime. According to the law, he should have been beheaded immediately, but I remembered that the former emperor had been generous to the Lai family, and I couldn't bear to brush the former emperor's lenient heart, so I cut off the rank of Lai Xing'er, demoted him to a commoner, and punished him for three years to clean up the East Division to atone for his sins. The general Wu Bi recommended non-human people and fined him for one year to reflect on his mistakes. Chin this. ”

Lai Xing'er knelt on the ground, listening to it in a daze, his father Lai Shen Xing clearly died at the hands of the former emperor because of rebellion, why did the emperor's oracle specifically mention that the reason for forgiving his capital crime was because the former emperor had been kind to the Lai family? Since Li Jinzhong's death, he was clearly imprisoned by Wu Bi in the Great Ci'en Temple for many days, and then he was favored by the emperor himself, and only then did he restore the rank and join the army. While disposing of himself, why did he even ask Wu Bi to follow him and suffer a one-year penalty?

"Big brother, what kind of place is this Dongji?" Jiang Zhongshi, who was kneeling beside Lai Xing'er, asked Lai Xing'er in a low voice.

Dali Temple, who had finished announcing the emperor's dictation to Xing'er, changed his face with a smiling face, and took the initiative to explain on behalf of Xing'er: "Dongsi is a latrine." There is a saying in the saint, Lai Xing'er was born in the Hanlin family, in terms of intelligence and intelligence, if you can study and cultivate yourself in your own right, you will also be a pillar of the court in the future, so I specially circled a proper place for you, that is, the Guozijian, and sent you there to clean up the Dongsi, so that you can study and progress in addition to duty. ”

As soon as Jiang Zhongshi heard that the emperor of Dali Temple said that the emperor was going to punish Xing'er to clean the latrine, the first one quit, stood up, and was about to say a disrespectful word, but was pulled by Lai Xing'er beside him, and forced him to kneel down again.

Lai Xing'er respectfully bowed three times to Dali Temple, thanked the emperor for his grace not to kill, and sincerely thanked Dali Temple Cheng himself, thanking him for his efforts to exonerate himself in front of the emperor, so that the emperor forgave himself.

Dali Temple Cheng felt ashamed of Lai Xing'er in his heart, so he turned his head and ordered the four jailers to withdraw from the cell, and then lowered his voice and said to Lai Xing'er: "Don't hide it from the general, the general was able to survive this time, not because of the contribution of the official, but in fact, the saint is interested in giving grace to the general, and you married a loyal woman, without her giving up the glory and wealth in the palace, and being willing to marry the general when the general is in trouble, the saint may not have pardoned the general's capital so quickly." ”

"Jinping? Could it be that she saved herself this time? Lai Xing'er felt like she had knocked over the five-flavor bottle, and she couldn't tell what it tasted like for a while.

"Miss Jinping is still waiting for the general outside the yamen, and the official will send the general out." When this master of the trial Dali Temple entered the palace to face the king, he had to be plucked by the emperor himself, and he realized that he was used as a gun by his boss Dali Siqing this time, so his attitude towards Lai Xing'er has changed greatly, and he is not as thoughtful as when he asked Lai Xing'er for his confession in the past few days.

Lai Xing'er and Jiang Zhongshi walked out of the cell of Dali Temple under the personal escort of Dali Temple, and sure enough, they saw Jinping holding the little white dragon and standing alone outside the door of Dali Temple, as if they had been waiting for themselves for a long time.

Lai Xing'er hurriedly stepped forward, stroked the long mane on the back of the little white dragon's neck, and said apologetically to Jinping: "You have been wronged for my business." ”

Jinping saw Lai Xing'er from a distance, and was already in tears with excitement, at this time hearing Lai Xing'er say this, he couldn't help but raise his fist, punched Lai Xing'er in the chest, and complained with a smile: "It's all your fault, I made a mother-in-law who cleaned up Dongsi, and I will have to **** to smell more stink with you in the future." ”

Lai Xing'er's heart was full of gratitude to Jinping, mixed with a strong apology, and at the same time, a sense of admiration was spontaneously born. Two years ago, he was taken out of the stable courtyard by Li Jinzhong, and without his knowledge, he was transferred to the East Palace as an eyeliner of Empress Zhang. In the past few years, although he and her have been getting along day and night, talking about everything, they have never realized that she is such a strange woman who regards glory and wealth as dung and is loyal.

"Let's go. Don't delay in front of the Dali Temple, looking at this yamen, I will break out in a cold sweat. Jinping was embarrassed to be stared at by Lai Xing'er, and hurriedly spoke.

Lai Xing'er also came back to his senses after her reminder, turned around and bowed to the Dali Temple standing in front of the yamen, greeted Jiang Zhongshi, and the three of them left Dali Temple and walked towards the Guozijian in the east of the city. (To be continued.) )