Zhang Ze left the place where Ling Xiu'er lived and did not go back to the house, but raised his feet and left Zhang's mansion, he came to the house covered by the bamboo forest again, and knelt down to beg King Qi.

Zhao Zheng was pruning flowers and plants in the yard, and he had promised to give Cao Yu a fame to let him enter the office, but now Cao Yu was reported for cheating and became a hot potato.

Zhang Ze had been kneeling outside the door for two hours, Zhao Zheng listened to the report from his hands, Qingxiu's brows furrowed, and the two eight-character mustaches added a little bit of old age to him, he was thirty and two, and he was in the prime of life. But that doesn't stop him from looking like an eighteen-year-old. If he had no beard, he would look younger than Zhang Ze.

The scissors were crooked, and they were supposed to cut short dead branches but accidentally cut off the blooming flowers. Zhao Zheng put away the scissors and looked at the bare branches, and asked Zhang Ze to come in.

"Lord Wang."

Zhang Ze bowed, and Zhao Zheng's deep voice sounded.

"Zhang Ze, you have learned to threaten the king after going to the countryside." The voice is not loud, but it exudes majesty.

Zhang Ze was neither humble nor arrogant, his body bent lower, "Weichen doesn't dare." ”

"Don't dare?" Zhao Zheng's voice was like an axe hanging high on the gallows, falling down at any time to cut off a person's life, and his anger was undiminished, "What else do you dare not do?" ”

Zhang Ze remained silent and let Zhao Zheng scold him.

Six years ago, when the crown prince was first established, the Zhang family was framed by thieves because they stood on the opposite party of the prince. Overnight, the Zhang family changed from the high-ranking prime minister's house to a lackey that everyone shouted and beaten, Zhang Ze's father committed suicide by throwing himself into a well with the infamy of treason, and it was King Qi who protected the rest of the Zhang family.

Zhao Zheng and Zhang Ze are benefactors, and they are also strict father-like beings. Many people persuaded Zhao Zheng and Zhang Jiaqi to be exhausted, and there was no longer any use value. But Zhao Zheng did not take a fancy to the Zhang family, but Zhang Ze. He believes in his own vision and Zhang Ze's vision.

"Go to the Guozijian, this king wants to see Cao Yu's trial with his own eyes."

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Zhang Ze secretly rejoiced in his heart that Cao Yu was saved.

The plaque is hung on the middle hall, and the officials stand on both sides with the killing rod in their hands, and the tiger head stands on one side, and the blade is shining with cold light. As the sound of "mighty" fell, Cao Yu was brought up.

His prison uniform was dirty, and his hair was scattered in front of his forehead, but it was difficult to hide the righteousness in his eyes.

"Bang" shocked the wood resounded in the middle hall, and the trial began.

Zhang Ze, who was sitting at the back of the court trial, glanced at Zhao Zheng next to him worriedly, and secretly prayed in his heart. He couldn't bear to be widowed.

"Cao Yu, you are guilty!" The chief judge, Zuo Qiansi, asked routinely, Cao Yu's ending has been decided, and the trial is just a process, but why did King Qi also come?

Zuo Qian wiped the sweat from his palms without a trace, and this ordinary trial has now become no longer ordinary.

Cao Yu's hands were tied behind his back, his body was straight, neither humble nor arrogant, "Back to my lord, the grass people don't know." ”

"Bold, you cheated in the exam room to steal fame, and you still dare to quibble?"

Zuo Qiansi looked at King Qi while speaking, in case this person had any important relationship with King Qi, if he misjudged, his life would be lost.

Cao Yu still breathed steadily, "The adult said that I cheated, is there any evidence?" ”

"Come on, take Li Feng!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Feng was brought up.

Seeing Cao Yu next to him, Li Feng smiled treacherously and proudly like a villain. Facing Zuo Qiansi's question, he hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, the grass people were originally a catcher in Qingshui County, and when they were in the Yamen, they saw Cao Yu and Zhang Ze colluding and plotting to cheat. ”

Zhang Ze? Zuo Qiansi's face suddenly became solemn, and he asked, "Are you talking about Hanlin Zhang Ze?" ”

"That's right, it's him. Zhang Ze shielded Cao Yu for doing evil in this county, and even made me lose my position as a fast catcher, my lord, you must be the master of the grass people. ”

Li Feng said miserably, but Zuo Qiansi became more and more unable to sit still.

Who is Zhang Ze? The celebrity around King Qi, when he submitted the case file, he didn't see that there was still Zhang Ze in it, and now Li Feng is a Zhang Ze, how can he judge?

Zuo Qiansi hinted to Li Feng, "Are you sure that it is Zhang Ze who colludes with Cao Yu?" ”

"Sure, my lord, I'm a hundred sure!"

Li Feng didn't know the powerful relationship inside, he only listened to Huang Shouren, if he could pull one into the water, he would pull one into the water, anyway, he was a witness, and he would make a profit without losing money.

Seeing that Li Feng was not enlightened, Zuo Qiansi asked Cao Yu instead, "Cao Yu, what do you have to say?" ”

"The grass people didn't cheat, and they also knew the nodding friendship with Master Zhang Zezhang." In a word, he picked up his relationship with Zhang Ze cleanly.

King Qi, who was watching the trial in the back, raised his head when he heard this and looked at Cao Yu through the screen.

Seeing Cao Yu lying, Li Feng thought that he had a chance, and hurriedly said, "My lord, he is talking nonsense." His daughter-in-law Ling Xiu'er is still Zhang Han's godsister, and they met before the exam. ”

Zuo Qiansi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he was most annoyed by the words of the prisoner robbing him, and said unhappily: "You know it well enough." ”

"Back to my lord, how can the villain follow Cao Yu from Qingshui County to the capital? He must have cheated, he failed the exam twice before, how could he be successful after knowing Zhang Ze? It's definitely going through the back door. ”

Li Feng said proudly, and suddenly left Qiansi patted the hall in shock, and said loudly: "Boldly Diao the people, dare to insult the officials of the court above the court, come to someone, first hit the fifteen boards." ”

Li Feng was blinded, "My lord is wronged, everything I said is the truth, wronged!" ”

The two officials pressed Li Feng one on the left and one on the right, and someone behind him played the killing stick, and the fifteen boards arranged for Li Feng clearly.

After the fight, Li Feng's arrogance was half gone, and he couldn't kneel steadily while covering his buttocks, so he could only lie on his stomach.

Zuo Qiansi asked Cao Yu again, "Cao Yu, what Li Feng said is true?" ”

Cao Yu said calmly, "Back to my lord, it was purely a coincidence that the grass people saw Lord Zhang in the capital, and as for the fact that Humble Jing is his godsister, there is no way to talk about it. The grass people are at most a small person, how can He De get into the eyes of Lord Zhang. ”

After speaking, Cao Yu glanced at the screen meaningfully.

Although he was separated by the screen, Zhao Zheng felt that Cao Yu was looking at him, and his gaze like a torch shocked his heart. How ambitious it must be to have such a fierce gaze.

Zhao Zheng tilted his head and said a few words to the people around him, and Zuo Qiansi had an extra note in his hand, asking him to release Cao Yu.

Zuo Qiansi looked at the case file that had been decided, and then looked at Zhao Zheng next to him, and his hands trembled a little.

"This official announced that Cao Yu was acquitted, and Li Feng spread rumors and caused trouble, and was imprisoned!"

Then someone unveiled the rope for Cao Yu, and Li Feng put the flail on it.

"This, what's going on, it's Cao Yu who is cheating, why did you arrest me?"

No matter how Li Feng argued, no one listened to him at all, and it is estimated that Li Feng would not understand that he would die in his mouth until he died.

At the end of the interrogation, Cao Yu didn't leave in a hurry, he looked at the screen fixedly, and the corners of his lips hooked a looming smile, which seemed to be sarcastic and disdainful, which made Zhao Zheng very unhappy.

Then Cao Yu turned around and strode away.

Zhao Zheng rubbed his chin and thought for a long time, and asked Zhang Ze next to him, "This screen is transparent?" ”

Zhang Ze was puzzled, "Go back to the prince, no." ”

"Then how can he see this king?" Zhao Zheng's eyes were dark, and he thought for a while.