This is the remnants of the Lujiang King Li Ying have arrived at Dali Temple.

Luo Shixin also put aside the temptation of Du Yan for the time being, and began to interrogate the prisoner.

When interrogating the first few people, Luo Shixin's doubts were derived again: as Li Ming's cronies Yu Dang, they all said that they only learned that Li Ying had the intention of rebellion before the incident. At that time, Li Ying had the intention of holding hostage, if he did not comply, his life would not be guaranteed, and they were forced to get on the thief ship, not because they intended to rebel. In addition to pleading guilty, they all said that they were only involved and were not involved.

After interrogating several people in a row, Luo Shixin chose to temporarily adjourn the court to solicit the opinions of Du Yan and Cui Shanwei.

Du Yan said coldly: "What they say is much the same, and the words are almost the same. It must have been discussed in advance for self-preservation. The words of a traitor are not to be heard, and not to be trusted. ”

Cui Shanwei also followed: "Rebellion is not child's play, if you are not fully prepared." What did Li Ying do? They are all Li Jin's henchmen, how can they not participate in it, and they don't know anything about Li Jin's rebellion? ”

"That's the problem!" Luo Shixin stood up, took two steps left and right, and said: "Their words are the same, although there is a suspicion of prior conspiracy. But it's not for nothing that they may tell the truth, and I don't know if the two adults have noticed, most of these people are officials from Jixian County......"

Du Yan said: "Youzhou Prefecture is Jixian County, what is strange about his henchmen being Jixian officials?" ”

Luo Shixin shook his head and said: "As the governor of Youzhou, the land under Li Jin's jurisdiction includes the entire Youzhou. The military and political power can be said to be in the hands of one person. This is a plot to start an incident. He only summoned the officials of Jixian County, and there was no one around him. It doesn't really look like it's been planned for years, but it looks like an impromptu idea. Hasty decision to rebel. There is no time to lay out, there is no time to prepare, and he can only tie the Jixian officials to his thief ship in a short time, will there be a problem in this? ”

Du Yan smiled lightly: "Lord Shangshu will not worry too much, Li Ying's intention to rebel has long been ironclad evidence." Master Cui almost died because of this, so let's just talk about it here. It's not good to spread it, maybe it will be regarded as Li Jin's ally? ”

Cui Shanwei heard it, but his heart moved, and said: "Whether it was premeditated. It is still temporary, but anyone who rebels against the country will not be forgiven. What are the details, and what is the difference? ”

Luo Shixin glanced at Cui Shanwei unexpectedly. smiled: "What's the difference between a good one." Master Cui's 'uprightness and strictness', I really saw it today. ”

"You!" Cui Shanwei's face turned red, but he couldn't speak. Luo Shixin's suspicion is justified and well-founded, and it is indeed a suspicion in the case. However, this is a case of rebellion by the imperial family, and in the face of such rebellion cases throughout the ages, bloody purges will be launched to deter the world. Mo said that the officials involved in the rebellion case, even those who had close contacts with Li Ying would be punished and even risked their lives.

The case of Li Ying's rebellion was the first case of rebellion initiated by the emperor's relatives since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and the matter spread to Chang'an. caused Long Yan to be furious. Li Yuan, who hardly cared about political affairs, personally ordered the removal of Li Yuan from the throne, and ordered Li Shimin to treat it carefully. No mercy.

The above attitude is so tough, and Li Ying is dead, for the sake of a dead man, it is not worth taking his own future.

Cui Shanwei is self-denying and square on the surface, almost rigid, but deep down in his heart he has a risk-averse mentality, and he does not agree with Luo Shixin's approach of pursuing details.

"Alright, alright!" Du Yan started to be a peacemaker, and said busily: "It's just that there are different opinions, what is often is that they all work for Datang, and there is no need to quarrel about this." ”

Luo Shixin blushed, he had already decided that Du Yan was not on the same side as him, and he thought that the stern and honest Cui Shanwei could be on the same front as him, but he didn't expect that he was also a gutless rat who saw the wind and steered the rudder.

"Next, you don't have to interrogate." Luo Shixin thought angrily.

Sure enough, as he expected, the rest of the people were all like the former, all of them said that they only got the news shortly before Li Ying was subdued, and they didn't know in advance that Li Ying had the intention of rebelling, and they were all forcibly pulled into the car by Li Ying before the incident. Then Wang Junkuo took all the generals of Jixian County, Youzhou, into the palace and captured Li Ying, and they also became the remnants of the party.

Li Shimin's intention was to ask them to interrogate Li Ming's remnants in Youzhou as much as possible, because in this era, cool officials are not popular, and there is no practice of torture and torture. The so-called severe punishment also has a limit, after all, it is not the later Zetian Empire, cool officials emerge in endlessly, and the means are only unthinkable and uncan't be done, and there is no lower limit. Whoever wants to say what he wants, he can say what he wants.

Li Ying had no intention of rebelling at all, his rebellion was completely improvised, and there was no talk of any remnants of the party at all. Luo Shixin is not a Junchen, he doesn't have the ability to make something out of nothing, and he doesn't have the ability to use punishment indiscriminately in order to make the emperor laugh, so he can only have nothing in the end of the interrogation.

Cui Shanwei and Du Yan couldn't do anything about it.

The atmosphere of a dynasty is the same, Luo Shixin is not a cool official, and neither are Cui Shanwei and Du Yan.

As the presiding judge, the interrogator could not be interrogated, and the two deputy judges were also held responsible.

At a certain time, the only option is to retry tomorrow. The trial lasted three days, but there was no progress: the sentence was also used, and the threats and intimidation were also said, but there was no effect.

At last!

Du Yan sighed weakly: "Maybe it's really as they said, they don't know that there are other remaining parties, so let's close the case." ”

Cui Shanwei bowed his head and said: "But their status is too low to know the details, and they can't find anything if they continue to investigate." The old man also agreed to close the case, and we should re-investigate the officials in Youzhou, and continue to dwell on the dead knot, but instead give those remnants of the party time to destroy the evidence. ”

Luo Shixin looked at the two of them coldly and said, "I don't agree to close the case, you unanimously decided to close the case, then close the case." ”

Luo Shixin was not satisfied with the conclusion of the case at this moment, but there was a clear provision for the triage of the three divisions that when there was a disagreement in the final interrogation, the decision would be made by voting.

Cui Shanwei and Du Yan were angry, and Luo Shixin was powerless to change the situation even if he was the chief judge.

This is the rule of the system.

Seeing Luo Shixin's compromise, Du Yan had no expression on his face, but he smiled smugly in his heart: "Little brat, fight with me, it's very tender!" ”

Luo Shixin returned to the Criminal Department, Liu Yanke saw Luo Shixin's expression, knew the result, and sighed: "Du Yan is too treacherous and cunning, he has long seen Cui Shan's style of protecting Mingzhe's life, and deliberately said something strict. made him think of self-preservation, and he didn't want to follow the adults to delve into it. With the system of three divisions, the case was resolved. ”

"Humph!" Luo Shixin said: "As early as the first day, I could see the virtue of that guy. What bullshit is upright and harsh, it's because it happened to someone else. Once you hurt yourself, you can avoid it faster than anything else. I don't dare to investigate if I know there is a problem, what a Dali temple. It is better to ask for others than for yourself, and from that time on, I did not count on him. Du Yan uses the system, can't I use the system? Come, you ghostwrite for me, and with the weight of the criminal department's book, you question the verdict and ask for a retrial and detailed trial. ”

"This ......" Liu Yanke said with a little shock in his eyes: "No, my lord, please forgive me." The best result of this case is to step here, too much to get to the bottom of the matter, there is a suspicion of defending Li Jin, and he was burned? ”

"Let you write it, how can there be so much nonsense. Although I, Luo Shixin, am a rough man, I am not a stupid person, and I also know and know what it is to protect oneself. But I know more about what to do in what position, and when I become the secretary of the criminal department, my responsibility is to investigate unfair things. When you encounter something unjust, shrink up and don't check it. What kind of official ...... I understand what it means to protect one's self, avoid danger when encountering danger, flee when encountering difficulties, raise one's hand to surrender when the enemy comes, and take them to slaughter and loot their compatriots to protect themselves, this is not called Mingzhe to protect oneself. Also, Liu Yanke, I will explain it to you today. I know you're a talent, and I respect you for using you, but if you don't change this bullshit idea of 'wise self-preservation', you will never become a climate. Especially after the current crown prince ascended the throne......"

Liu Yanke reprimanded Luo Shi for just wanting to find a hole to drill into, but he only felt aggrieved in his heart, and he couldn't say a word in his heart: What is the use of being fair and honest when the holy calf is so far protected by the saint?

At this point, he finally understood Luo Shixin's temperament, and wrote a letter asking for a retrial of Li Ming's case, and wrote the reason, handed it over to Zhongshu Province, and uploaded it to Li Shimin.

Soon Li Shimin's handwritten instructions came from Zhongshu Province: The case of the three law divisions has been closed and cannot be retried, and at the same time, a verdict has been issued against Li Ying and his cronies, and everyone will be assigned to the frontier.

Luo Shixin did not ask Liu Yanke to ghostwrite this time, and directly wrote it himself, rejecting Li Shimin's verdict and asking for a retrial.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department had the right to appeal against the emperor's sentence against the prisoner. However, in order to maintain the dignity of imperial power, there are certain restrictions.

Generally speaking, there are very few such cases, especially in cases of rebellion.

But Luo Shixin used it, and when he served as the secretary of the criminal department for less than half a year, an official document against the verdict of Li Shimin, the prince of the prison state, and stamped with the large seal of the criminal department, appeared on Li Shimin's case.

The Prince's Mansion of the East Palace!

Li Shimin looked at the official document written by Luo Shixin from the Criminal Department, Junlang's slightly majestic face showed a trace of seriousness, and a trace of annoyance, and threw the official document on the case, making a heavy noise.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were in the hall, were startled, and they looked at Li Shimin, who was still laughing constantly, and wondered why the sunny sky suddenly turned cloudy.

Soon they heard a voice from above, full of anger and gritting their teeth: "Someone is coming to call me the letter of Shangshu Luo Shixin of the Criminal Department......" (to be continued......