Miao Zhen licked the blood stains from the corners of her mouth and said, "Didn't Poor Dao Fang answer it?" It's been a long time, and I can't remember the poor road. Besides, some of them were already wanderers, and the poor road had no way of knowing their details......"

There is some truth in what Miao Zhen said.

However, Yin Chengliang was not persuaded by her words, and said in shock: "What a demon, under torture, he still doesn't let go!" Do you want to learn more about the power of sticks? ”

Miaozhen suddenly smiled and said, "If adults don't believe in poor Dao, there is no way to do it." Poor Dao only asks adults to be able to compare their hearts with their hearts, and ask themselves, can you remember a year ago today and tonight, which aunt and wife shared the same bed? ”

Yin Chengliang was stunned when he heard it—he couldn't remember who he slept with a year ago, or what he had for dinner ten days ago—he really couldn't answer. Just as he was dumbfounded, there was a burst of whispering and laughter in the hall.

Yin Chengliang is usually the most important official and prestigious, how can he tolerate others to ridicule him, he was immediately annoyed and angry, struck three times in a row, said three "good" words, got up and scolded: "Okay, you thief aunt who doesn't know life or death!" When death was on the verge of death, he dared to tease the court officials. ”

After that, Yin Chengliang was about to instruct the servants to be tortured, but he thought that the sergeant in the hall did not listen to his orders, but he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged when he sat down like this. For a while, he couldn't stand or sit, and the scene was very embarrassing.

It was Qiu Yizhi who said from the side: "Miaozhen, don't ask you what the identity of these twelve people is." However, these people are all people of the Han Dynasty, and they all died because of your harm, do you have any objection to this? ”

Yin Chengliang thanked Qiu Yizhi for the first time in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Yes...... Yes, this is all written in black and white on the form of paper, and you confessed it yourself, do you still have to retract your confession in court? ”

Miao Zhen replied: "What Lord Yin said is the confession that Poor Dao recorded in his cell in Shanyin County? It has my signature fingerprint on it, and of course that's the subject of that. However, if you read that confession carefully, what is written on it is the same as what I said today - these twelve people are no different from Bi Xiaolian, they all lost their lives if they failed to cultivate the Tao, and they could not be regarded as poor people who died. ”

"Humph!" Yin Chengliang sneered, "You can be eloquent." But with such strong words, how can you try to escape the crime? ”

As he spoke, Yin Chengliang coughed lightly twice, and then said aloud to Yang Ying'er, who was kneeling in the hall: "Plaintiff, this official has found out in front of the hall that the murderer of your husband is the demon Dao Miaozhen kneeling in front of you, and she also confessed to the crime. It's just that this case is serious, and the official will have to consult with His Royal Highness and several adults before he can be convicted. However, this official can guarantee that this demon Dao Miaozhen is inevitable to be stabbed in the head. Are you satisfied? ”

Yang Ying'er had already dispelled the idea of suing and avenging her grievances, and today she was almost coerced to open a court in Jinling City, and she was very satisfied with the current result, so she nodded while crying, which was considered a promise.

Yin Chengliang was about to end this interrogation as soon as possible, and when he saw this, he immediately sat down and said, "In that case, you will go back, and after this wonderful crime is confirmed, there will naturally be another explanation." After that, Yin Chengliang slapped the wooden road again, "Retreat!" ”

The officials who heard the trial in the court, except for His Royal Highness Zheng Xin and Shanyin County Ling Qiuyizhi, all thought that the hall was over when they heard these two words, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. However, none of the soldiers standing in the hall dared to move.

I only heard Zheng Xin say: "Lord Yin, it seems that this case has not been tried yet, right?" ”

Yin Chengliang was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around and saluted Zheng Xin, and said: "Your Highness, the demon Dao Miaozhen, the chief evil culprit, has confessed, and the human and physical evidence handled by Lord Qiu in advance are also quite complete, and I think the case can be closed." As for how to convict, it is necessary to ask His Highness to decide. ”

Zheng Xin knew that Yin Chengliang was avoiding the important and trivial, so he sneered and said, "Then the statement submitted by Yang Ying'er is not only about Miaozhen's case, but also against another person. The paper is on the table of Yin Thorn Shi, so adults might as well take a closer look. ”

Yin Chengliang was afraid that His Royal Highness Zheng Xin would implicate Jiangnan Provincial officials from the "Thirteen Lives Strange Case", thinking that since he was the presiding judge, he would have to close the case quickly, so that he could not investigate deeply.

However, how could Yin Chengliang have thought that Zheng Xin was ordered to go south to Jiangnan, not to avenge Yang Ying'er, but to punish Jiangnan officials, and how could he fulfill Yin Chengliang's wish.

So Yin Chengliang trembled and picked up the paper, read it over and over again, and quickly calculated in his mind how to cover up the past.

Zheng Xin couldn't bear it, and said: "This paper is just a straightforward document written on the street, with no literary brilliance and no inheritance. Lord Yin was born in Jinshi and is the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle, how can such a vulgar text enter the eyes of Lord Yin? How can it be worth Lord Yin's repeated scrutiny? ”

Yin Chengliang was very harsh and mean when he heard Zheng Xin's words, and his words were full of hostility, and he didn't have the elegant and friendly demeanor when he first came to Jiangnan—he was already sweating when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "Your Highness...... It's over. Oh...... No, the lower officials are shallow in their studies...... Let's take a look at the lower officials...... Look at ...... again."

Zheng Xin sneered again: "Hmph! No need, this envelope is just a copy, if Lord Yin wants to see it, just take it back and look at it carefully and upside down! He changed his words and said, "Yang Ying'er also sued Li Shenshi, the former county commander of Shanyin, for dereliction of duty and failure to investigate the case. Lord Cai Min Cai, you are Li Shenshi's top boss, why don't you be the chief judge? ”

Cai Min sat on the side, silent for a long time, and when he heard Zheng Xin call his name, he suddenly trembled, and immediately got up and said, "Big ...... Your Royal Highness, the lower officials are not able to handle judicial and criminal prosecutions, and the chief judge should be the lower officials...... Don't come! ”

"If you are told to be, you will be. I am now a messenger, and I am acting on behalf of the Son of Heaven. How? Do you dare to resist the decree? Zheng Xin said.

How can Cai Min bear the two words "resisting the will"?

So Cai Min pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind, shook his head, and first said to Zheng Xin: "The lower officials must obey the Qincha Constitution!" Then he turned around, raised his voice a little and said, "Take Li Shenshi to the court!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there were one after another heralds from the hall and the hall, and not long after, Li Shenshi was lifted up the hall like chickens by several soldiers of the forbidden army.

Cai Min is the same age as Li Shenshi, seeing that he was a dignified court official less than a hundred days ago, but now he has become a prisoner who can be slaughtered, he can't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, so he said with a pleasant face: "Lord Li, take you to the court for questioning today, can you be guilty?" ”

Li Shenshi didn't have the backbone of Fang Cai, and when he heard Cai Min's question, he hurriedly agreed: "The offender is guilty, the offender cannot be punished, and the crime cannot be punished......"

Cai Min was relieved when he heard Li Shenshi's words, breathed a long sigh of relief, turned his head and said to Zheng Xin: "Your Highness, Li Shenshi has already pleaded guilty, or will he sign and draw a charge?" ”

Zheng Xin sneered and said, "Lord Cai is also a senior old parent official, is it the first time to try the case?" Before we have asked what the motive of the perpetrator is, can there be a master behind it, and how can the case be closed? ”

Isn't the mastermind behind this Li Shenshi Cai Min?

Cai Min didn't want to ask about this case in his heart, but His Royal Highness's strict order was still in his ears, how could he dare to disobey it, and he just begged Li Shenshi, who was kneeling in front of him, to be vague and not drag the whole matter out.

Therefore, Cai Min trembled and asked, "Li Shenshi, did you hear His Highness's words?" You are procrastinating and unwilling to avenge Yang Ying'er, what is the reason, you have thought about it for this official and answered carefully! ”

Although Li Shenshi's official position is not high, he is also a person who has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has already heard the meaning of Cai Min's words between words, and feels that if he can avoid the serious, he will perfunctory the matter, or take the responsibility, maybe Cai Min and Yin Chengliang can move up and down, and they can also reduce a little guilt for themselves.

So Li Shenshi blew his nose and said: "This is all a lazy government for officials, thinking about more things is better than less." I also felt that there was such a big case under my rule, and my face was not good-looking. Only then did the case not be tried, and I only hoped that the plaintiff Yang Yinger would automatically withdraw the lawsuit, and the case would be considered over. The subordinate is guilty, and the subordinate deserves to die......" As he spoke, he quoted the scriptures and counted his sins.

Cai Min, as well as Yin Chengliang, who was sitting on the side, heard Li Shenshi speak like this, and his heart was satisfied and relaxed, listening to him quote from the sage classics to the quotations of the first emperor, as if he was listening to a wonderful sound of silk and bamboo.

Qiu Yizhi on the other side said with a smile: "Master Li is really knowledgeable and knows so many allusions. There is something unclear about the lower officials, why did Lord Li take the officials who were fired out by the official that night to embarrass Yang Ying'er and Yang Qiao'er's sisters? I hope Master Li will teach you! ”

As soon as Qiu Yizhi's words came out, Li Shenshi immediately stopped his gushing confession, and looked at the several presiding judges sitting in the high hall in a daze, sweat pooling into a stream on his mottled face, and kept flowing down.

After being silent for a while, Qiu Yizhi saw that Li Shenshi refused to confess, so he smiled again: "It seems that Master Li has a bad memory, but he can't remember what happened fifty or sixty days ago. However, Xia Guan knows that the power of killing in the hall and refreshing the brain, it is better for Master Li to try it first, and he must be able to remember it. ”

When Li Shenshi heard this, he trembled, thinking that Na Miaozhen was full of martial arts, and he was beaten to pieces, and he was a weak scholar who had to be beaten to death in the court. So he looked at Shi Yin Chengliang with almost pleading eyes, and often the state pastor Cai Min - I just hope that the two of them can look at the past and say a few words for themselves.

Yin Chengliang was also anxious, lest Li Shenshi would not be able to bear the punishment and confess Cai Min; Cai Min confessed under torture again. He had an idea, and suddenly said, "Oh? Did Master Li still do such a rebellious and reckless act? Why didn't Lord Qiu mention it to me several times when he came to Jinling? ”

This is talking nonsense with open eyes, Li Shenshi murdered the bitter master in the middle of the night, Qiu Yizhi and Cai Min and Yin Chengliang have said it more than once, but they didn't leave any evidence, which can make Yin Chengliang deny it in court.

Although these words are scoundrels, they are the last straw for the officials of Yin Chengliang, Cai Min, and Li Shenshi.

Therefore, Cai Min listened to it and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what happened that night, the official doesn't know at all, Master Li has to answer truthfully." ”

Li Shenshi heard that the two bosses supported him, and his courage suddenly became stronger, and he immediately asked, "That night?" Which night? Please also explain to you. ”

Qiu Yizhi said very easily: "It was the night when the official first arrived in Shanyin County, and the night when the official received the paper from Yang Qiao'er and Yang Ying'er. How? It was Lord Li who was imprisoned by the official that day, have you forgotten it? ”

Li Shenshi's face turned red when he heard this, and then he denied it: "Of course I remember." It's just that I was imprisoned by Lord Qiu for dereliction of duty that night, and I didn't do anything else! ”