"Brother An, you have to think of a way to help the crybaby...... Two hours after Li Xian was arrested and taken to the prison of the Great Prison Temple, the eldest grandson Xiangyu said to Xie An in private.

"What's wrong?" Looking at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with an embarrassed face, Xie An shook his head and said, "When Fourth Brother Luo led people to find Li Xian, he was the only one in General Wendong's mansion, covered in blood, holding a bloody sword, sleeping in the hall, the words on the wall, the testimony of Wen Qin's little nephew, and Li Xian's slurring and suspicious confession, ironclad evidence......

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu showed a little sadness on his face, and said hesitantly, "However, a crybaby will never do such a thing......

"I know this," Xie An nodded, relieved, "Although Li Xian and I have some misunderstandings, I have to admit that His Royal Highness Li Xian is indeed a gentleman, but the problem is that the evidence is conclusive......"

Silently listening to the conversation between Xie An and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Liang Qiuwu hesitated and interjected, "An, even I can see that this matter must be instigated by the crown prince Li Wei, can't you think of a way?" ”

Xie An couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, looked left and right, and said to the second daughter in a low voice, "His Royal Highness Li Xian was wronged, you know this matter, everyone knows it here, everyone knows it, even if he confronts each other in the court, I'm afraid His Majesty is also aware of it, but the key is that there is no evidence...... We don't have any evidence to clear Li Xian's name, and everything at the moment is quite unfavorable to His Royal Highness Li Xian! ”

Speaking of this, Xie An secretly sighed in his heart.

Indeed, Xie An had no doubt that this matter was instructed by the crown prince Li Wei, and even knew that the person who designed to frame Li Xian and Ji Hong was named Jin Ling'er, but so what?

Jin Ling'er did it neatly this time, without any clues to follow, and did not leave any conclusive evidence for Xie An to clear the charge of Li Xian and Ji Hong.

To put it bluntly. It is not difficult to know whether Li Xian is innocent or not, the difficulty is how to clear his name, and also do it without involving Jin Ling'er, after all, in Xie An's opinion, Jin Ling'er is also her internal candidate for a woman, how could he confess his woman?

What's more, Jin Ling'er still has a lot of affection for him......

"In that case, Ann. Aren't you in trouble? Liang Qiuwu frowned and said worriedly.

"Huh?" Xie An was stunned, looked at Liang Qiuwu puzzled, and asked suspiciously, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

"Didn't you?" Liang Qiu Wu looked at Xie An in surprise. Said slowly, "His Royal Highness Li Xian was convicted this time, isn't there no one to prove for An, who lost and who won the bet with His Royal Highness Li Xian in the eldest grandson's mansion yesterday?" ”

"Huh?" Xie An was dumbfounded, chuckled in his heart, and turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in astonishment.

And the eldest grandson Xiangyu also seemed to think of the seriousness of this matter. He lowered his head as if he had eaten a mistake, and said, "It's like...... The crybaby is planning to explain to the guests who went to the banquet yesterday today, to prove it for Brother An. It was Brother Ann who won that bet......"

Xie An gasped when he heard this, his eyes widened, and he said angrily, "Can ...... But now he is locked up in the prison of the Great Prison Temple. And he was really convicted of a felony, what credibility does his words have?! ”

"Like...... That's the truth...... Brother An, don't stare at the slave family like this. When the slave family and the crybaby designed this thing that day, how did they know that this kind of thing would happen......" The eldest grandson Xiangyu looked at Xie An pitifully, and suddenly his heart moved, and he said, "If you want to blame, blame the crybaby, it's his extra move that day, regardless of the slave family's affairs......"

Blame Li Xian?

This guy can't protect himself this time, and it's a question of whether he can survive or not!

Xie An glared at Eldest Sun Xiangyu angrily, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was not quite right.

"The situation at the moment is...... If Li Xian is convicted, he will not be able to prove for me what happened to the outcome of the gambling contract that day? In other words, even if I win, if I can marry you, do I have to keep my promise and resign from my official position? And, not allowed to set foot in the official career for the rest of your life? ”

"It seems like this......" The eldest grandson Xiangyu looked away with a weak face, not daring to look at Xie An.

Although the eldest grandson Xiangyu looked quite cute at this time, Xie An didn't care about appreciating the scenery, glared at her angrily, and secretly scolded Li Xian in his heart.

What kind of anger do you say you Li Xian is so good?

What are the ten questions......

Aren't you a gentleman? If you lose, you will lose brightly! After I made a bet that day, you Li Xian said to the guests that you lost and it was over!

Do you have to do this extra trick to trick me to vent my anger?

It's good now, you Li Xian is in prison and you put me in, what is this?

Thinking of this, Xie Anxin was angry, but he also knew that if he and Li Xian were transferred, most likely he would have done too much more than Li Xian, after all, after Li Xian lost his eldest grandson Xiangyu, he just planned to lose Xie An's face to vent his unwillingness, besides, Li Xian was not willing to be framed and imprisoned.

But it is clear that Xie Anzhong's tone is nowhere to lie, and now, for the sake of his own career in the future, he has to wash away the stigma for Li Xian, after all, only if Li Xian takes off the life lawsuit on his head, he is qualified and capable of proving for Xie An, on the other hand, once Li Xian is convicted, then he Xie An will probably only be able to tease his wife and children in his own house for the rest of his life.

Damn, what is this?!

may have guessed Xie An'an's depression, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who knew that he was at a loss, looked quite well-behaved at this time, serving tea and water, carefully serving beside him, leaving Brother An and a good husband on the right, but Xie An, who was already soft-hearted to his woman, couldn't bear to blame her anymore.

That's it, after all, it's not that there is no gain, okay, this crazy woman has a handle in her own hands, and she is not afraid that this little girl will be disobedient in the future...... It's a win-win!

Thinking of this, Xie An sighed secretly.

And at this moment, I suddenly saw several eunuchs hurriedly walking in outside the hall, and the leading eunuch, holding a holy decree, screamed, "The holy decree has arrived!" - Xie An, the young secretary of the Great Prison Temple, take the order! ”

It's finally here......

Xie An didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt in the second hall with Liang Qiuwu, eldest grandson Xiangyu, Fei Guo and other cadres, including to spy on Xie An and see if Xie An planned to shield Li Xian's Guanglu Temple Qing Wenqin. also took his eight-year-old nephew and knelt behind Xie An and the others.

"The edict of the Son of Heaven said: The Great Prison Temple, Guanglu Temple, Weiwei Temple, Zongzheng Temple, Yushitai, and Hanlin Academy, the six divisions will try the case of the drunken murder of the Eight Sages King Li Xian, and Xie An, the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, will be the chief judge, and he will be promoted to a hall, and the three departments of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Criminal Department will be jurors, and the princes will listen to the trial. Written into chapters, the heavens listen...... Chin this! ”

Taking a deep breath, Xie An said in a deep voice, "Minister, Xie An has the order!" - Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! ”

The great eunuch handed the holy decree in his hand to Xie An and bowed to everyone. Hurriedly left with his entourage.

Looking at the departing backs of the eunuchs who passed on the holy decree, Xie An checked the holy decree in his hand with a solemn expression.

Although he had already guessed that Li Ji, the Son of Heaven, would definitely interrogate Li Xian yesterday, he didn't expect it to be such a big move.

One hall, six divisions will be tried, and three jurors will be tried. The princes observed......

Good guy, how many big people in Jijing can be squeezed into this small prison temple?

To be honest, after whispering with Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu's second daughter. Knowing that he had to help Li Xian this time, Xie An wanted to go to the prison in the Great Prison Temple to ask Li Xian about the experience, not that Xie An wanted to protect Li Xian, after all, Li Xian was a gentleman. He would never do such a thing, Xie An just wanted to know what the whole thing had happened. But with Wen Qin's uncle and nephew here, he had to give up this plan.

After all, Wen Qin has lost his usual calmness at the moment, and if he misunderstands that Xie An intends to shield Li Xian, then this matter will be even more troublesome.

Therefore, Xie An could only stay honestly in the second hall of the Great Prison Temple, waiting for the arrival of the three departments and the six divisions and the princes.

Not long after, Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yan Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Chang Gong, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, were the first to come, plus Xie An, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, the three are all together.

After just a few pleasantries, Zhang Zhi, the Qintian Eunuch Taishi Ling under the name of the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Xiang, the secretary of the Yutang Department, and Zheng Xiu, the direct scholar of the Longtu Pavilion, came together, as well as Meng Rang, the imperial envoy of the left capital of the Imperial History Terrace.

Immediately afterwards, the third prince Li Shen, the sixth prince Li Xiao, the seventh prince Li Yan, and the ninth prince and Li Shou, the king of Anping, also came.

Xie An was going to say hello to Li Shou, but as soon as he stood up, he suddenly saw Li Zhao, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, Chu Xi, the young master of the prince and the first assistant of the palace, as well as the two brothers Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng.

In the end, even Sun Jing, the head of Xie An's future father-in-law's military department, came to listen to this old man

The meaning of the words is that there is obviously the meaning of asking his future son-in-law to secretly protect Li Xian, which makes Xie An a little embarrassed, after all, although he is the chief judge this time, but in the final analysis, he is not in charge of this court, how can he protect Li Xian if he wants to?

In short, everything that should have come has come, and those who shouldn't have come have come, and they have also come, seeing this full hall of Jijing celebrities, Rao is Xie An, and I can't help but feel a little nervous, not to mention Zhou Yi, the prison left who was well-known by Xie An as the clerk of this case.

It is worth mentioning that when he saw that Xie An was still wearing the official uniform of the Shaoqing of the Great Prison Temple, and was standing up affectionately with the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and bowed his head to listen to the eldest grandson Jing's words, the crown prince Li Wei's eyes showed a little stunned.

Just as the crown prince Li Wei was about to open his mouth to greet Xie An, the fifth prince Li Cheng looked at Xie An and sneered, and said jokingly, "Yo, isn't this Xie Shaoqing?" - Didn't Xie Shaoqing lose the competition in front of all the guests yesterday? How can there still be a face standing here to preside over the triage? ”

The faces of the people on Xie An's side sank when they heard this, this time, even the face of the eldest Sun Jing was not so good-looking, perhaps, Xie An, the stubborn future father-in-law, probably admitted Xie An's son-in-law in his heart.

Seeing that the eldest Sun Jing seemed to be intent on defending himself, Xie An took the first step, stretched out his hand to stop him, looked at the fifth prince Li Cheng and said with a smile, "Ah, isn't there no way!" ——The official is thinking about how to write a resignation form and submit it to His Majesty, but he doesn't want His Majesty to issue this important task, so he entrusts this official to preside over the case...... In short, the public is greater than the private, how can the private gambling contract between the official and His Royal Highness Li Xian be more important than the official business, do the five princes think it? ”

Seeing that Xie An deliberately stopped him, Eldest Sun Jing was slightly stunned, and when he was puzzled, he suddenly heard his daughter Eldest Sun Xiangyu next to him say lightly, "Right now, Li Xian is in trouble, and An is dispensable for their brothers." It's no longer important...... After all, it is a huge criminal department, and they can't wait to be cocooned and resign from their official positions...... No matter what is explained, they won't listen! - Father shut his mouth and listen, Ann is more capable than Father imagined! ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Jing suddenly realized, and glanced at the eldest grandson Xiangyu with a surprised face, and was quite happy that his daughter took the initiative to call herself her father, but he didn't care about the unkindness in her words.

However, he values Xie An so much for his daughter. Changsun Jing was a little surprised, after all, he had never thought about it, he just thought that his daughter just thought it was more interesting to be with Xie An, so he married Xie An.

But he had to admit that Xie An's words were quite clever. not only cleared up the relationship, but also brought out the current son Li Ji to suppress the fifth prince Li Cheng, as if to say, [It's not that this official wants to be the chief judge, if you Li Cheng are dissatisfied, have the courage to find the theory of the Son of Heaven!] What nonsense is there with this official? ]

Obviously, I heard what Xie An meant. Not only the eldest grandson Jing, not to mention that everyone in the hall had different expressions when they heard this, the fifth prince Li Cheng ate the soft nail of Xie An, and his face was really unswerving. It's a pity that Xie An's words were only leaky, even if he Li Cheng wanted to pick a bone in the egg, he couldn't find a place to start.

See here. Xie Anxin sneered and raised his hand to ask. "Ladies and gentlemen, move your respects and follow this official to the same hall! - Please! ”

"Your Excellency, please!" Everyone present thanked him.

After all, Xie An is the presiding judge of this trial, and his status is very high, not to mention the privilege of the inquisitor of the Great Prison Temple to see the third level of the official, just this time the Son of Heaven appointed Xie An as the presiding judge, so that people no longer dare to despise this young man who is not as young as the weak crown.

After a short time, everyone moved to a hall in the official office of the Great Prison Temple, with Xie An sitting in the main seat, and the judges of the six divisions and the remaining five divisions sitting in front of the hall where Xie An started, and the Ministry of Rites and the officials were placed on both sides, these seven jurors were, Guanglu Temple Qing Wenqin, Weiwei Temple Qing Xun Zheng, Zongzheng Temple Qing Li Zhao, Yushitai Yushi Doctor Meng Rang, Hanlin Academy Pavilion University Scholar Chu Xi, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Ruan Shaozhou, Ministry of Officials Shangshu Xu Zhi, plus Xie An's generation of Criminal Department Shangshu and Dajiao Temple Shaoqing, just three departments and six divisions.

The rest of the people are divided into the left and right sides of a large hall, including the scholars of the three academies under the name of the Hanlin Academy, the princes, the servants of the two departments of rites and officials, and Xie An's two future wives, Liang Qiuwu and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

Because this is a seat for observers, these people do not have the right to ask questions on their own like Xie An and other inquisitors, and if they have objections to the process of this interrogation, they must also be allowed to express their opinions by Xie An and the other eight inquisitors, otherwise, it is a contempt of the court.

In the final analysis, the hall of the Great Prison Temple was originally strictly systematic, not to mention that this time it was still a trial by the three departments and the six divisions, and the solemn atmosphere before the trial alone had made some of the internal managers of the Great Prison Temple breathless.

Especially those head-catchers and officials, where have they seen so many big people, one by one their legs were weak in fright, and in desperation, Xie An had no choice but to ask Fei Guo, Su Xin, Li Jing, Qi Hao, Ma Dan, and Liao Li to act as the officials who shook the hall and drank words.

In front of everyone, Xie An sat down on the public desk that was more than a foot long, placed the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand on the left side of the table, and then picked up the shocking wood and slammed it hard.

"Smack!" There was a crisp sound, and the whole hall was silent, even the crown prince Li Wei, who was chatting with his brother Li Chengzheng, also closed his mouth, not to mention the others.

Everyone's eyes were on Xie An, who was the chief judge.

I have to say that this feeling is completely different from Xie An's previous in the second and third halls, and it is no wonder, after all, the people under the hall also have essential differences, which one is not a prominent figure in this Ji capital?

Barely suppressing the excitement and excitement in his heart, Xie An said in a deep voice, "Take the suspect!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Fei Guo and other generals who served as officials shouted in unison.

"Take the suspect!"

Not long after, two heads of the eight princes came to the hall with an embarrassed appearance, seeing the frightened faces of these two people and the cold sweat on their foreheads, Xie An hurriedly waved his hand and told the two to retreat, so as not to be embarrassed and lose the face of the Great Prison Temple.

Glancing at Li Xian deeply, Xie An shook his head slightly, in his opinion, Li Xian seemed to have not woken up from this morning's nightmare, with a muddy look, where is the usual demeanor?

Sighing secretly, Xie An patted Tang Mu again, then pointed at Li Xian, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is in the hall, report your name!" ”

It's not that Xie An deliberately played official authority, it's just a routine process, no matter who sits in Xie An's position, he has to have such a voice, this is called deterrence, simply put, it is to give the prisoner a dismount, so that he can be honestly interrogated.

And Li Xian obviously knew about this matter, and said honestly, "The one under the hall, Li Xian!" ”

Because Li Xian is a prince, he can not kneel and stand and reply.

Xie An nodded, looked at Li Xian and said, "Li Xian, although you are a dragon son and your eighth highness, but in this hall, you are just a suspect, and everything you say will be written and recorded by the clerk...... Don't make a mistake! As he spoke, Xie An pointed to Zhou Yi, the prison left, who sometimes looked at Li Xian, and sometimes waved a pen to record the trial process.

Hearing this, Li Xian nodded and said, "Li Xian understands!" ”

"Good!" Xie An bowed his head, pointed at Li Xian and said, "Now this official is here to ask you ......" As soon as he said this, his words were interrupted.

"Judge and slow!" Under the surprised gaze of everyone in the hall, Guanglu Siqing, as one of the jurors, raised his hand to interrupt Xie An's words, looked at Li Xian and said coldly, "According to the criminal law of the Great Zhou, if a criminal is taken in, he needs to go through twenty killings before he can be questioned!" ”

Xie An frowned when he heard this, he didn't know, he just deliberately planned to omit this matter, after all, twenty kills are not a joke for scholars like Li Xian.

Just as Xie An frowned and pondered, Xu Zhi, one of the jurors, also spoke, "Lord Wen is reasonable, the presiding judge needs to interrogate according to the law, and he can't omit these twenty killing powers!" As he spoke, he pointed at Fei Guo and the others, and shouted in a deep voice, "Hit!" ”

Seeing this, Fei Guo and the others turned their heads and asked Xie An with their eyes.

Looking at the sneering prince Li Wei and the fifth prince Li Cheng in the auditorium, Xie An glanced at Li Xian apologetically and nodded silently.

ps: Yesterday, I learned that there was a pen name at the starting point of the author who died suddenly at home due to overwork, and suddenly there was a kind of sad feeling of a rabbit and a dead fox.

According to people familiar with the matter, the deceased lived in poverty, relying on meager subscription fees and full attendance, his father died of cancer two years ago, and there was a younger sister who was going to college at home, relying on the deceased's code words to earn tuition and living expenses.

Now the starting point has promised that 100% of the manuscript fee for the book written by the deceased will be given to his family, and I hope that readers from wealthy families will greatly lend a hand, or subscribe, or reward, to give help; Even readers who are beyond their strength hope to take some time to savor his posthumous works, give them an evaluation, and comfort his soul in heaven.

, Author, "Wubu World"!