The next morning, in the lobby of the Imperial Historical Observatory, the Imperial Historian Pei Yun was ordered to review the case of Tiansi Pavilion, but Pei Yun's focus was not on the case itself, he was more concerned about whether there were any irregularities in the process, which was also the duty of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and it was not right for people.

Pei Yun issued an imperial history decree to recruit all those involved in the case to the imperial history platform, including not only dozens of guards and officers on both sides, but also Li Gang, the early interrogator, Lang Guyi, the servant of the Criminal Department, and Yu Shu, the former general of Yang Qi, the king of Yan, and Zhang Xutuo, the general of Qi County.

This case was originally an obscure small case, but because Gu Yi led more than a group of people to sit-in outside the Yanwang Mansion yesterday afternoon, it caused a big sensation, and many people began to pay attention to this case, which seems to be related to the emperor's grandson Yang Qi, especially its strange trial process is even more imaginative.

Pei Yun examined the case very carefully, because sitting behind a curtain behind him Today, Pei Yun's heart is like a mirror, the Holy Lord is not just to give the emperor and grandson a chance to defend, he actually has a deeper meaning.

Yang Guang sat behind a bead curtain on the left, looking at the dozens of people in the lobby through the bead curtain, Yang Guang only woke up a little last night, this case is indeed a big fuss, the deceased is just a house slave fake in Yushu, and he does not hesitate to confront King Yan for a fake, this is really unreasonable, there is only one explanation, Yushu wants to use this case to achieve some kind of purpose.

Yang Guang coughed lightly and signaled that Pei Yun could start.

Pei Yun's eyes fell on Li Gang, and asked loudly, "What does Li Fujun think of this case?" ”

Li Gang also realized that there was an unusual person sitting behind the bead curtain, maybe it was the sky, he stood up and saluted, and said unhurriedly: "This case is very simple, because the shopkeeper came to the county government to report the case in advance, so I rushed to the scene not long after the death, I have everyone's confessions and scene investigation maps, so there is no need to alarm the criminal department in this case, and I really can't figure it out." ”

Pei Yun saw that Gu Yi was about to speak, waved his hand to stop him, and asked Li Gang again, "Can Li Fujun tell me about the causes and consequences of this case?" ”

"The cause of the case is to compete for the position, the shopkeeper and bartender of the Tiange Temple Restaurant can testify, first the Yan Wang guards and several of Zhang Tongshou's subordinates drank in the hall, and then Yu Shuzhi wanted to forcibly seize the seat, so he ordered the family to smash the wine and food on the table, which caused a conflict, as for the person who drew the knife first was Uchi, in the melee, one of Zhang Tongshou's generals Luo Shixin accidentally killed Wang Qingfang, the case is as simple as that."

Pei Yun nodded, and asked again: "Since the case is so simple, why did Li Fujun hand over the case to the Criminal Department again?" Do you want to shirk responsibility? ”

Li Gang said angrily: "I don't want to shirk any responsibility, it is the Criminal Department that has come to transfer this case, and the Criminal Department has the seal of the Ministry of Internal History and the Ministry of Menxia on it, and the Prime Minister's order is to force me to hand over the case, can I disobey?" ”

There was a slight commotion in the lobby suddenly, and a small fight and brawl case actually led to the Ministry of Internal History and the Ministry of Menxia, which was really a bit unexpected.

Yang Guang sat behind the bead curtain and was still expressionless, but his face became a little more gloomy.

An imperceptible sneer flashed in Pei Yun's eyes, he carefully studied the case last night, and there was no sign of Yu Shiji interfering in the case from any aspect.

But if Yu Shiji does not use the power in his hands, how can Li Gang, who is famous for his uprightness, be willing to hand over the case to the Criminal Department, Yu Shiji's horse feet must be here, Pei Yun will guide Li Gang intentionally or unintentionally, and as a result, Li Gang is quick to speak, and the core issue of this case will be shaken out in one sentence.

The power struggle between the ministers of the Great Sui has always been to kill people without seeing blood, Yu Shiji has the power alone, and the power is for a while, how can there be no political enemies, Pei Yun is one of them, the two were ministers in the Chen Dynasty in Jiangnan in the early years, and after the Sui destroyed Chen, they entered the officialdom of the Great Sui together, and they were all reused by Yang Guang.

Pei Ju Pei Yun represents the Shandong Shi clan, while Yu Shiji represents the Jiangnan Shi clan, another powerful minister Su Wei represents the Guan Long Shi clan, and Xiao Yu, a relative of the Southern Xiao Liang nobles, is a situation of superficial harmony between them, but secretly fighting, which is also Yang Guang's imperial mastery of the courtiers.

Pei Yun is so cunning, of course he understands the true intention of the saint to hand over this case to himself for trial, that is, to beat Yu Shiji with his own hand.

The problem with Yu Shiji lies in the fact that there are seals of the Ministry of Internal History and Menxia Province at the same time on the Criminal Department, the seal of the Ministry of Internal History is in the hands of Yu Shiji, and the seal of the Ministry of Internal History is in the hands of Su Wei.

Of course, Pei Yun will not delve further, the saint is sitting behind him, he just needs to point to the end and uncover the mystery, Yu Shiji's matter believes that the saint will find a suitable time to deal with it.

Pei Yun smiled, and then stopped mentioning the matter of the Criminal Department, and he asked Gu Yi again: "May I ask why Gu Shilang took over this case?" ”

Gu Yi was really a little uneasy in his heart, the development of the situation was beyond the expectations of Yushu and Xu Yin, and Pei Yun was involved, and things were in trouble.

Gu Yi had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "General Yu Da thought that Li Fujun was partial to King Yan's guards and handled it unfairly, so he complained to the Criminal Department about the case, and we also analyzed the case, and we did feel that there was a problem with Li Fujun's trial, so we decided to take over the case." ”

"Oh! What do you think is wrong with Li Fujun's trial? ”

"Please explain this to General Udai himself!"

Pei Yun's gaze turned to Yu Shu's face again, and said with a smile: "Xu Guogong can speak freely!" ”

Yushu also guessed that behind the bead curtain was the saint Yang Guang, he originally wanted to use this case to force King Yan to compromise, but now since King Yan refused to compromise with himself, he also let go, slowly stood up and said loudly: "I Yushu has served the Great Sui for decades, there is no merit and hard work, and now although I am guilty, I can't let anyone bully me, I pretended to be killed, but in the end the government shielded the criminals, how unfair does this feel?" ”

Li Gang couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily: "This official enforces the law impartially and has a clear conscience, may I ask General Yu, where is there injustice in this official?" ”

Yu Shu pointed at Zhang Xuan, who was standing among King Yan's guards, "Obviously he is also a murderer, why did you let him go unpunished, is it because he is King Yan's guard?" ”

Li Gang laughed angrily, "I have conclusive evidence to prove Zhang Xuan's innocence, and your other fake and domestic slaves also admit that Wang Qingfang was not killed by Zhang Xuan, and they have all signed and drawn the charge, does the general also have to deny it?" ”

Yu Shu glanced at him and said slowly: "Maybe it was torture to extract a confession, and he was forced to confess according to Li Fujun's intentions." ”

Yu Shu waved his hand, and more than a dozen of his fake and domestic slaves opened their clothes together, revealing their scarred chests, indicating that they had indeed been tortured to extract confessions, Li Gang was furious, and pointed at Yu Shu with trembling hands and scolded: "Despicable and shameless people, in order to overturn their confessions, they do not hesitate to fabricate perjury, you will not succeed!" ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan whispered a few words to Yang Qi, and Yang Qi immediately said: "It is very simple to know whether there is torture to extract confessions, take them down for interrogation separately, and then confess to them, you can infer who is lying from the details." ”

Yushu's face suddenly became a little flustered, although he thought of the method of extorting confessions by torture in order to overturn the confession in Li Gang's hands, but because of the tight time, there were many details that he had not yet considered, and once he was interrogated separately, there would inevitably be a situation of self-contradiction.

He hurriedly gave Gu Yi a look, and asked him to come out and say a few words, he couldn't let himself be alone, but Gu Yi was speechless, because Zhang Xuan had not been caught, and the Criminal Department had not yet filed a case, so what could he say?

And King Yan's suggestion is very correct, ask for confessions separately, whether there is a pair of torture to extract confessions, he is the vice minister of the criminal department, and he knows this, so Gu Yi pretended not to see Yu Shu's eyes.

At this time, Li Gang sneered and said: "I not only have a confession, but also human and physical evidence, at least a famous bartender and the drinkers in the two rooms can prove that the murder has nothing to do with Zhang Xuan, if General Yu needs it, I can take it all out." ”

Yu Shu's face was red and white for a while, and he couldn't get off the stage a little, at this time, there was a heavy cough from behind the bead curtain, the curtain was opened, Yang Guang walked out, and everyone bowed down and saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang waved his hand, "No courtesy!" ”

Pei Yun hurriedly got up and asked Yang Guang to sit down, but Yang Guang ignored him, and came to Yan King Yang Qi with his hand, but his eyes were looking Zhang Xuan up and down, he could see clearly just now, this guard named Zhang Xuan was obviously teaching his emperor and grandson to deal with it.

"You're Jang Hyun?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is exact!"

Yang Guang nodded, and said to Li Gang again: "Show me the case file!" ”

Li Gang hurriedly stepped forward and presented a thick stack of files to Yang Guang, Yang Guang walked back to Pei Yun's seat and sat down, looking carefully, there was no sound in the lobby, no one knew what the intention of the saint was, and no one dared to disturb.

Yang Guangzhi looked at it, closed the file, and said to Zhang Xuan: "I have a few words to ask you." ”

Zhang Xuan stepped forward and bowed, "The minister is here!" ”

Yang Guang said slowly: "Since it wasn't you who killed, then why do you have to admit it?" I don't understand, why do you take the murder on yourself? Maybe this is where Xu Guogong's doubts lie! ”

Yang Guang glanced at Yu Shu with a smile, Yu Shu's nose was sour, and tears almost fell, at a critical time, it was still the saint who was speaking for himself!