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Several officers waited in the room with a man in prison uniform.

Guards have been imposed around the lobby, with three steps and one post, four steps and one sentry, and the atmosphere is a little more dignified than before.

One of them quickly came to the side of the squad with the knife on his waist, and said sharply: "My lord has an order, and the prisoner Huang Tao will go to the court." ”

When the officers heard this, they mentioned that the prisoner Huang Tao was going to the main hall to hear the trial, but the head of the army shouted slowly, and glanced at these officers, and the officers understood, and one said: "The villains are waiting outside for a while, and Zhao Dutou is hurrying up." ”

This head just nodded, and waited until the servants went out, and then lowered his voice to Huang Tao and said: "Lord Huang, several adults have already said hello, your family has been entrusted to take care of it, and after a while, you can go back to your hometown, and when you get there, someone will naturally take care of it, and now that you are in the court, someone will also give you convenience, but someone must confess this crime, do you understand?" ”

Huang Tao closed his eyes and said: "The old man understands, what should be said is said, and what should not be said will never be said, let them rest assured, the old man is a person who knows the severity." ”

Du Tou nodded and said, "It's not too early, Lord Huang, please!" ”

Huang Tao calmed down at this time, the matter was irreparable, the east window incident, someone had to carry the black pot, he sighed, closed his eyes, and said: "What does this look like, let's ask someone to escort the old man into the lobby." ”

"Then offend." Du Tou nodded, and went to call the messenger to escort Huang Tao into the court.

Above the public hall, two columns of officials each hold water and fire sticks and wait with bated breath, above the public hall, Wu Kai, the right attendant of the criminal department, is in the middle, and the left and right are Deng Chang of Dali Temple and Cheng Zhou Tai of Shuntian Mansion respectively.

The three of them sat behind their own cases and drank tea casually, Wu Kai, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, had held a position in Dali Temple, so he obviously had some friendship with Deng Chang, and occasionally, Deng Chang would gossip with him. It's just that Zhou Tai seems to be a little lonely, his foundation in Jingshi is too shallow, and compared to others, it really seems a little too invisible.

When Huang Tao brought it, Wu Kai, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, put down the tea cup in his hand, glanced at Huang Tao, and then said, "Who is in the hall!" ”

Huang Tao bowed and said, "Prisoner Huang Tao." ”

Wu Kai's face softened a little, revealing a little regret, and then said: "Huang Tao, in the past, you were also a temple leader of Honglu Temple, although you are guilty now, but before the case is clarified, you can't be wronged, come here, bring a chair to Lord Huang, and ask him to sit down and talk." ”

Wu Kai spoke, and Deng Chang couldn't help but smile and said: "This is the truth, you can't punish the doctor, this is an ancient truth." ”

Zhou Tai couldn't help frowning, this has not been tried yet, so polite to the criminal, how will it be tried next? Huang Tao is a person, it is Liu Chengfeng who framed him, Zhou Tai and Liu Chengfeng have a lot of friendship, so naturally he can't sit idly by, and can't help but say: "This is wrong, Huang Tao's crime is obvious, and the people are all right, His Majesty also said last time in the court that he would remove his official position, he has no official position, and no merit, and now he is just a grass citizen, above the public court, he is a criminal who is arraigned, how can he be so good?" If it spreads, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of the two adults. ”

Before the trial began, several interrogating officials had already disagreed, Wu Kai couldn't help frowning, he didn't look at Zhou Tai, but instead set his eyes on Deng Chang, he was the chief judge, but it was not easy to speak at this time, and some words were more appropriate for Deng Chang to say, after all, Dali Temple is an institution that verifies the criminal law and holds the right to interpret the Daming law.

Deng Chang understood, and said: "What Lord Zhou said is also reasonable, but then again, outside the law is nothing more than human affection, Lord Huang and we used to be officials in the same dynasty, and now even if we violate the discipline and national law, we can't be so unkind, let's sit down, don't insult Sven." ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Tai had no choice but to stop making a sound, but he snorted coldly in his heart, what is insulting Sven, you are doing everything possible to defend this person is insulting Sven. But at this time, Zhou Tai felt that something was wrong, this Huang Tao was not simple behind him, and now he is afraid that this public case will not be easy to trial.

Zhou Tai was thinking in a mess, and some servants had already moved a stool to invite Huang Tao to sit down, but Huang Tao was calm and awe-inspiring, and then said: "Your lords are so grateful, Huang is grateful, but if you ask, Huang knows everything and says everything." ”

Wu Kai shook his head in shock, and then said: "Huang Tao, this official asked you, Li Wu, the envoy of Annan, accused you of colluding with him to frame the ministers of the court, do you admit your guilt?" ”

Huang Tao nodded his head and said: "Huang doesn't dare to hide it, there is this matter, but the word framing is a little heavier, the official is the temple of Honglu Temple, Liu Chengfeng invaded the feudal country for no reason, the official can't look past it, so he hopes to play with him, shouting grievances for the feudal countries, don't let the countries think that we are bullying the weak, is this also wrong?" ”

He made some sense, Wu Kai actually nodded, showing some agreement.

Zhou Tai frowned and said: "No, you said that the Marquis of Lianzhou invaded the country of Annan, and the Marquis of Lianzhou was at fault first, but the rhetoric of the envoys of the Annan Kingdom was different, saying that the Marquis of Lianzhou entered Annan to teach them, since it is a teaching, what can be said to be afraid of all countries?" Where do you want such kindness? You clearly want to frame the Marquis of Lianzhou and collude with the vassal state, but now that the matter has been revealed, do you still want to use strong words? Hmph, if you refuse to confess, it's easy to say, it's a big deal to invite Li Wu and confront him in the court! ”

Huang Tao was speechless for a while, the basis of his defense was that Liu Chengfeng repaired the vassal state, but the vassal state did not say that he was repaired, but he still looked grateful to Dade, and his words were naturally self-defeating.

However, he had already expected that his quibbles were of little use, this black cauldron was decided, and he just defended it, just doing his best, so he just smiled slightly and said: "Lord Zhou said that Huang is guilty, even if he is guilty." ”

Zhou Tai's face changed suddenly, and he was furious in his heart, what did he mean by this? Didn't he make it clear that he had framed him? But on the contrary, he couldn't get angry in public, so he didn't hear what Fang Cai said.

Wu Kai, who was sitting on the main seat, showed a casual smile, coughed, and continued to ask: "Since you are guilty, then you will tell all about how you colluded with Li Wu." ”

Huang Tao said it in 1510, and the clerks on the side wrote down all his words.

Wu Kai kept nodding his head and said: "These confessions are not far from what the envoy of Annan said, since you have confessed your guilt and made it clear, come here, give him a confession, and let him sign and draw a detain." ”

The clerk picked up the confession that had not yet dried the ink and was about to draw a charge for Huang Tao. Zhou Tai couldn't help but say: "Wait! He turned to Wu Kai and said, "Lord Wu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to sign and draw so quickly." When he was in the palace, Huang Tao had revealed that there was an accomplice, and now that the accomplice has not yet been tried, how can the case be easily closed? This is a bit too child's play. ”

A trace of anger flashed in Wu Kai's eyes, this Zhou Tai, he has never looked down on it, what is Zhou Tai, he is just lucky, he has made some contributions in Tongzhou, and he dares to take a big deal here. What's more, this matter can't be dug deep because he and Deng Chang have already discussed, as long as the people behind Huang Tao are dug out, the people involved are not one or two, Wu Kai is just a right waiter, where do you dare to do this kind of thing to offend people to the end? So he had already made up his mind, no matter what, he couldn't dig out the people behind Huang Tao, and Huang Tao's crime had to be finalized quickly.

Wu Kai snorted coldly and said, "Lord Zhou, in the end, are you the presiding judge or the official is the presiding judge, the dust has settled on this case, what else do you want?" ”

Zhou Tai is also on fire, and now he said that this time he passed the trial, which was really beyond his expectations, originally his mind was to dig out the people behind Huang Tao according to Liu Chengfeng's thoughts, who knew that Wu Kai and Deng Chang were so sloppy, and it was clear that they didn't want to continue the trial.

Although Zhou Taiping is honest, he also knows that he can't give in at this time, once he gives in, as long as the confession of this case is handed in, as long as the cabinet approves it, the matter will be over, and no one wants to overturn the case again, he said coldly: "If the matter is not clear, even the chief trial cannot be decided, otherwise what does the palace want me to do as a deputy judge?" Lord Wu wants to go his own way, and Zhou has nothing to say, but in this recital, Zhou will not sign. ”

Wu Kai's face was gloomy, if Zhou Tai's deputy trial did not sign the recital of the closing of the case, this matter would not be done accurately, according to the rules, all the interrogated officials must be named before the case is officially closed, and what he did was tantamount to delaying the case.

Wu Kai said: "You have to remember the consequences. ”

Zhou Tai was also a little flustered at this time, but the arrow was on the bow, and he had to send it, deliberately pretending that he hadn't heard Wu Kai's words, and lowered his head to drink tea.

Wu Kai had no choice but to let Huang Tao be temporarily escorted down, announced his retirement, several officials who were tried dispersed in a hurry, Zhou Tai ignored them, went straight out of the criminal department, sat in the sedan chair, thought about it, and instructed the sedan chair man: "Go to the treasure firm quickly, don't delay along the way." ”

The sedan chair man said: "My lord, it's already noon, and it will take two hours to go back and forth from here to Jubao Trading House, but I'm afraid that when the city gate is closed, we won't have time to come back." ”

Zhou Tai's tone was firm: "It's a big deal, I'll spend the night outside the city today, you try to hurry up, don't ask too much, and don't delay." ”

"Yes."

(To be continued)