The empress is not alone when she goes out of the palace, even if she is in a small suit, she is not alone like Yang Xi, she has a few entourages behind her, and there are several people standing at the door downstairs, these entourages are also dressed in civilian clothes, and their posture should be palace guards. In terms of the specifications of the emperor's travel, this is not a pomp at all, and Han Jian brings more guards than this on weekdays.

Because he had just experienced the assassination incident, Han Jian was a little worried about the safety of the empress. But seeing that the empress was full of interest, Han Jian didn't mention much.

The group left Qingxu Yashe and went to the Tingwei Mansion together.

Out of the door, Han Jian looked at the opportunity and asked Yang Xi alone, "...... Why did your sister leave the palace? ”

Yang Xi said indifferently: "Oh, today is the day of the big exam, my sister was going to inspect the examination institute, she went out of the palace with me, and asked me where I was going, I said to come to find Brother Han, and my sister said to come and have a look." Hey, Brother Han doesn't have to be restrained, in fact, my sister is very easy to get along with and friendly to others. ”

will try to cheat, and the case is widely implicated. Now that the test will be reopened, the queen will personally go to the examination institute to supervise the candidates and invigilators, which can be regarded as reflecting the importance she attaches to this exam.

Han Jian sighed helplessly, saying that the empress treats people kindly, that is to treat a childlike younger brother like Yang Xi, the empress can live in the court with a female stream, and the power of life and death is in her hands, how can that courage be possessed by ordinary women?

Benevolence has always been the flaunt of a ruler, but it is not in his nature.

Han Jian and Yang Xi didn't say much, the empress had already turned around and looked at the two who were "biting their ears", and deliberately said to Han Jian: "I don't often go out to walk around Luoyang City, can Han Gongzi introduce me along the way?" ”

Han Jian walked a few steps quickly, stepped forward and said, "Ning Gongzi, forgive me, I have just arrived in Luoyang...... Not too familiar yet. ”

"Oh?" The empress smiled and glanced at Han Jian, as if to say, you kid pushed.

Sima volunteered: "This Brother Ning, I haven't been in Luoyang for a long time, but I have walked a lot of places, give you some pointers?" ”

Sima borrowed to step forward, but was pulled away by Han Jian again.

Sima was a little puzzled by Han Jian twice when he was prevented from approaching "Ning Gongzi", but he was glared at by Han Jian viciously, and leaned aside with some interest. has been friends together for so many years, and he also understands Han Jian's character, but whenever Han Jian tries his best to stop it but refuses to say it clearly, there must be a deep-seated reason behind it.

Yang Xi said: "Then it's up to me to introduce Ning Gongzi ......"

The group, together with Han Jian's entourage, numbered more than twenty people, and walked towards the Tingwei Mansion with great momentum. It was also calm along the way, Lin Xiaoshu, who talked a lot on weekdays, wiped his tears along the way, so that most of the time on the road, only the empress and Yang Xi were talking, and Sima Yi occasionally accosted a word.

"This Miss Lin, why didn't you say anything all the way?" The empress finally noticed Lin Xiaoshu's abnormality and asked with concern.

Sima said: "The murderer who passed through the court in the Tingwei Mansion today is his nephew. ”

Han Jian glared at Sima Yi again, thinking that he was talking too much, so Han Jian went to explain a few words to the empress himself, and roughly explained the whole story of the case. The main emphasis is that the evil young Sun of the Sun family led people to rob the people's daughters first.

The empress bowed her head slightly after hearing this, and was silent for a moment before asking, "Han Gongzi was present at that time?" ”

"Hmm. There are also Gu Lao and Cui Lao ...... outside, Han Jian did not call Gu Weipan and Cui Mingli's names and official positions, "At that time, the deceased also had a conflict with the second elder, but fortunately, he stopped it in time." ”

The empress did not make any comment on the case, but said: "We'll see how the court governor's mansion hears the case." ”

While speaking, the party had arrived in front of the Tingwei Mansion, and at this time, many people had gathered in front of the Tingwei Mansion, the gate of the Tingwei Mansion had not yet been opened, and the prisoners had not yet begun to pass through the hall. In order to show the government and clear the government, the imperial court stipulated that the local officials should hear cases in court at a specific time every month, and at the same time allowed the people to watch and hear the truth. This was the first public appearance of Lu Zhe, the young man of the Imperial Governor's Mansion, since he took office, and there was a murder case and a bandit case to be tried in the middle, so there were not a few people who came to hear the trial.

In the Wei Dynasty, only in a rich city like Luoyang City, there were many idle people who came to hear the trial.

Before arriving at the gate of the house, the sundial at the entrance of the yamen showed that the house would be opened at noon in less than a moment. Han Jian asked Sima to inquire about the order of today's case, and Sima borrowed after inquiring and replied: "The murder case will be tried first, and the robber will be tried last, and the robber will be tried." ”

Because the bandit came from a large number of people and had very high martial arts, the Tingwei Mansion was afraid that there would be an accident in the public trial, or the bandits would take hostages, or there would be a fellow party to rob the prisoner, so the case was completed to ensure safety.

Before the mansion was opened, Han Jian took the opportunity to introduce Lin Zhan to the empress and said: "Young Master Ning, the assassin who passed the hall today was subdued by this Brother Lin, Brother Lin was born in martial arts, and his kung fu is not bad. ”

Lin Zhan said humbly: "Where, if you work really well, you won't be hurt by that bandit." ”

Han Jian sighed in his heart, this Lin Zhan is really sincere, isn't this self-depreciation?

Yang Xi said on the side: "Ning Gongzi may not know, this Brother Lin once took down General Green Capital with one move. ”

The empress smiled: "Brother Lin is so skilled, why don't you join the army?" ”

Lin Zhan said helplessly: "Zai Xia and her sister were originally migrants from the south, and they were not allowed to join the army according to the laws of our dynasty. ”

The empress's smile faded, and she nodded knowingly, "I see." ”

Soon the gate of the Tingwei's Mansion was opened, and the yamen came out to maintain order, and the people who came to hear the trial could also enter. When the group arrived in the courtyard of the Tingwei Mansion, Han Jian looked around at the people around him and asked the empress, "Ning Gongzi is not inside?" ”

The empress said indifferently: "No need. ”

Han Jianxin said that the empress is so approachable and listens to the trial in the crowd, and after a while, what Lu Zhe or Sun Shaoqian, the general of the Eastern Wuwei Guard, does in the court, the empress can see it clearly.

Han Jian thought about it again, Lu Zhexin took office, and knew that the East King would come, so he would be more cautious, but Sun Shaoqian lost his beloved son, and he would definitely be entangled in the court about this matter.

Sure enough, as soon as Han Jian thought of Sun Shaoqian, the Sun family came over with a strong momentum, and an old general dressed in general armor and beard struggled into the gate of the Tingwei Mansion with a big sword. When he arrived at the inner yamen, he slammed the hilt of his knife to the ground and shouted, "Where is the Tingwei Shaofu?" Let the little boy surnamed Lu come out to see the old man! ”

This posture is like calling the battle before going into battle to kill the enemy.

As the Shaofu of the Imperial Governor's Mansion, Lu Zhe's status in the court cannot be compared with Sun Shaoqian, one of the twelve Wei generals. Lu Zhe originally hid in the back office and didn't want to come out, but at this time, he had already been publicly called out outside, and he had to show up.

Lu Zhe was dressed in an official uniform, accompanied by the yacha, to the door of the inner ya, and saluted Sun Shaoqian: "General Sun, be polite." ”

"There's your mother's gift!" Sun Shaoqian scolded directly, "You are a yellow-mouthed child, but the Tingwei Shaofu of Sesame Mung Beans dares to put such an official authority on this general?" ”

Lu Zhe hurriedly said, "What did General Sun say?" ”

"What? The old man wronged you? Sun Shaoqian shouted, "The old man sent people several times, but you didn't even see him, why, you want to shield the murderer, and wait for the old man to kill him personally?" ”

Lu Zhe was very frightened at the moment, Sun Shaoqian's famous temper in front of him, if he tried it in a moment that was not in line with Sun Shaoqian's wishes, Sun Shaoqian really took a knife in the public court, what could he do?

"General Sun dissipates his anger, speaks inside, speaks inside." Lu Zhe was so intimidated that he lost any momentum, and shouted at the moment, "Give General Sun a seat." General Sun Lao has made great contributions to our dynasty, and his hard work is high......"

Han Jian didn't like this Lu Zhe, and when he was frightened, he said that he was scared, and he had to find some high-sounding reasons. Can you go in and sit after hard work? The emperor is still standing outside and hearing the trial like the people.

However, Han Jian also realized that the more arrogant Sun Shaoqian was, the more Lu Zhe was afraid of him, the more beneficial it would be to this case. The emperor who wants to maintain fairness and justice in the world is the most.

But Han Jian also has hidden worries, the empress sometimes has to be forced to do something against her will, and the empress also has to win people's hearts, one is a gangster in the market, the other is a general, which is more important and which is more important.

Waiting for the yacha to move out of the chair, Sun Shaoqian refused to sit, and stood directly in front of the people at the door of the inner ya, as if he was dissatisfied with him. In such a situation, Lu Zhe returned to the desk in the main hall and sat down, his eyes were also looking for Han Jian's figure in the crowd, in his opinion, there may only be Sun Shaoqian's evil spirit in Dongwang Neng Town.

But Han Jian accompanied the empress over at this time, and obviously couldn't step forward.

Lu Zhe didn't find anyone, and wondered if the king of the east didn't come because he didn't think he had a good chance of winning? He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, so that he knew how to interrogate.

"Submit the knife and pen case!" Lu Zhe slapped the shocked wood and shouted.

Immediately, a government messenger submitted the complaint with the facts of the case, and as soon as Lu Zhe got the complaint in his hand, Sun Shaoqian suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Slow! ”

Lu Zhe looked up at Sun Shaoqian and asked, "Old General Sun, the matter of passing the hall should be done according to the rules, if you want to interject, please wait until the trial." ”

"Who said that the old man doesn't follow the rules?" Sun Shaoqian immediately slammed the big knife to the ground again, making a "buzz......ing" sound, and the sound was even a little deafening, "The old man is just not satisfied with your complaint, and now the old man has invited himself to use a knife and pen." Deliver the complaint! ”

Because the Lin Xiaoyun murder case is a "public prosecution" case, the complaint was drafted by the government on its behalf, which is also a provision made by the government in consideration of the actual bearing capacity of the people. Not everyone has the money to hire a lawyer to fight a lawsuit, and criminal cases have to go through the courts.

The servant of the Sun family came out of the crowd and stepped forward with a volume of complaints, Lu Zhe was forced to be helpless, so he had to sigh and say, "Submit it." ”

Lu Zhe had the complaint in his hand, and when he opened it, he also felt that this complaint was no different from the one drafted by the government. It's just that this one emphasizes Lin Xiaoyun's "madness", but such words have little practical effect in litigation. After thinking about it again, it was estimated that Sun Shaoqian thought that he was going to shield the criminals and didn't believe him, so he found someone to write his own complaint.

After reading the complaint, Lu Zhe handed it to the yacha on the side and said, "Read it." ”

"Yes." The chacha took the complaint and read it out in public.

"Yuanfeng Five-Year Jiazi ......"

The content of the complaint mainly explains the circumstances of the case, but this explanation also avoids the important and trivial, and does not mention anything about the fight between Sun Bao and others, only saying that he "was in the middle of the city, and was injured by human weapons, and his injuries were incurable." Who is the culprit, the main culprit Lin Xiaoyun, and who is witnessing".

After the complaint was read, there were voices of discussion among the people, and they all felt that Lin Xiaoyun deserved to kill in public. This is also the main purpose of Sun Shaoqian to find someone to write this paper.

After Sun Shaoqian heard the complaint read out, he paused his knife again and shouted: "Lu Shaofu, the knife and pen case is presented, but the facts? ”

"Yes!" Lu Zhedao.

Sun Shaoqian shouted: "Then what are you waiting for, sentence!" ”

"Huh?" Lu Zhe was a little surprised, was he trying the case or Sun Shaoqian was trying the case in this court?

"General Sun, I said that the case should be done step by step. Now there is only one knife and pen case, and it has not yet passed the court, how to judge the case? Lu Zhe said, "After passing through the court, there is still an interrogation, summoning witnesses and evidence, and asking the criminal to sit in real custody...... General Sun, these steps cannot be saved! ”

Sun Shaoqian listened to what Lu Zhe said, and was very dissatisfied: "Why didn't the rabbit cub take so many steps when he killed people?" Now it's his turn to pay for his life, and he has to guard this and that, you drag him out, and the old man slaughters him with a knife, save trouble! ”