Chapter 147—Debate in the Torture Hall
"The emperor has arrived at the ......", a sharp voice made the originally noisy lobby instantly quiet.
Before everyone could see him, they bowed down: "See Your Majesty the Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live."
The emperor put his hands behind his back, glanced around his people and said, "Pingshen, today I am also an observer, and the presiding judge is still Zhang Shangshu, and everything is in accordance with the Miaole Criminal Law."
Zhang Shangshu was even more worried when he heard this, how could he, Shangshu, have the emperor in charge, not to mention that this matter has a great relationship with the emperor.
Yesterday, after Zhang Shangshu left the court, he immediately entered the palace to report the matter, but His Majesty's rhetoric and ambiguous attitude at that time really made him unable to figure out the emperor's true intentions.
Although the emperor was an observer and Shangshu was the chief judge, Zhang Shangshu still did not dare to sit on the main seat.
Zhang Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, please take a seat."
"Come on, bring me a chair ......."
The emperor ordered someone to move a chair and sit opposite Long Xuanxi and said: "Zhang Shangshu doesn't need to be afraid, I also said that today I am an observer, and I am a witness, how can a witness be the chief judge?" Zhang Shangshu ascends to the hall".
Zhang Shangshu was still uneasy and said: "Your Majesty, how can you sit here."
"Okay, it's okay, Zhang Shangshu will be promoted, I heard that this dragon doctor has been the after-dinner conversation of the people of the imperial city for more than half a month, and I want to have a good time today."
After hearing this, Zhang Shangshu was very nervous and sat in the position of the chief judge.
"Bang ......", the first shocking sound today.
"Who in the hall is the so-called and what is reported to the name ......".
Long Xuanxi straightened his body and cursed secretly in his heart: "This damn process."
"The name of the folk girl is Long Xuanxi, and she lives in Miaole Liluo Town, Liluo Mountain, Liluo Mountain, Lihua Xiaozhu, because the eldest prince begged the folk girl to treat the queen of the country, and the folk girl hereby came to the imperial city."
The dragon girl didn't go on here, the main point she wanted to say was in the words.
When the emperor heard this, he said in his heart: "What a miracle doctor, this is clearly for him, the emperor."
The officials present did not speak, and all the words of Long Xuanxi hinted at what she was doing in prison today.
The people outside the court today were obviously quieter than usual, and I don't know if it was because the words of the emperor or Long Xuanxi made them think.
Zhang Shangshu's hand holding the shocking wood trembled a little, but it still fell.
"This official just asked you to sign up, why do you say so much?"
Zhang Shangshu pretended to open the file in his hand and said, "Minnu Long Xuanxi, do you know why you were interrogated today?"
"Back to my lord, the people don't know, please let the adults know?"
"Yesterday you suddenly issued a holy decree, and the case had to be postponed for retrial."
"Yesterday, after the official left the court, he entered the palace to meet the emperor, so today the emperor came to hear the trial in person."
Zhang Shangshu got up from the main seat and walked to the emperor and made a big salute and said: "Please forgive your majesty, the emperor is in the hall, and the people are waiting for a result, but this case is complicated, although there are human and material evidence, but there are many places and discord, yesterday Long Xuanxi offered a holy decree, the holy decree pointed out that it is related to Your Majesty, and asked Your Majesty to explain this matter in the lobby, so that the lower officials can give an explanation to the people, jailers and bereaved family members who died in vain."
The dragon girl looked at Zhang Shangshu's appearance and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "When the holy decree just came out yesterday, it was still very oriented towards her, and this emperor changed his face very quickly, and he deserved to be a person who did Shangshu."
The emperor said: "Get up, I said that today I am only listening as a witness, and you are the presiding judge."
Although the emperor said this, his impartial tone made Shang Shu's heart even more uncertain.
Zhang Shangshu returned to his own position, and once again cracked into a shock.
"Smack, prisoner Long Xuanxi, since you have Your Majesty's holy decree, Your Majesty is here today, what else do you have to say not to explain in person?"
The emperor said in his heart: "Shangshu, the old fox, still let him lead me to me after all."
"Suspect Long Xuanxi, I thank you for your meritorious service in saving the queen, and I am specially commending you for a good will, I know that a woman from Liluo City has no power and no power in Kyoto, and has cured the queen's illness for many years, which will definitely attract suspicion and misfortune, so I gave you a holy decree to keep you safe, but you have committed several crimes, and the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is difficult to ......."
The dragon girl interrupted the emperor's words and said: "Please forgive the people for the rude sin, the people are grateful for the holy decree given by His Royal Highness to keep them safe, and the people have never thought of coming to the imperial city once and can never go back, Your Majesty, the people can die but never admit their guilt, the people have never done how to forgive the sin, please Your Majesty to investigate."
The emperor slapped the tea table next to the chair, and the tea set fell to the ground with a sound.
The emperor didn't say a word and the officials knelt on the ground, and even the people outside the hall knelt down silently when they saw this.
The emperor said: "Zhang Shangshu, what's the matter, didn't you say that the case can be closed with both human and material evidence?" Why is it that now the prisoner says that these things were not done by her, and they were not done by the divine doctor, then why is the torture so badly injured?"
Zhang Shangshu said in his heart: "He said before that there are all human and material evidence, but he never said that this prisoner confessed to his guilt, looking at the emperor's appearance, he intended to help this prisoner get rid of his crimes."
"Your Majesty, this suspect Long Xuanxi is full of human and material evidence, the arson female prisoner case in the prison not only has the famous doctor Qing who diagnosed the queen mother before, but also the doctor in the rain can also testify, and secondly, the cemetery tiger murder case is more than the general's proof, and countless people saw the suspect Long Xuanxi looking for this fierce beast, in addition, the mage had watched the sky at night, and the cemetery was also fulfilled, not only that, Long Xuanxi also killed the tomb keeper's mother that night, which was seen by everyone, even General Yu and his lieutenant were almost folded in the hands of this suspect, This is indeed a combination of human and material evidence."
Although the emperor was not involved in this matter before, he has been paying attention to it, from the first time the emperor saw Long Xuanxi, the emperor knew that this woman was by no means as sensible and well-behaved as she appeared on the surface, especially the incident in the queen's side hall before made him sure that this Long Xuanxi was by no means as simple as it seemed on the surface, and he had not made a move because he was waiting for her to save herself? Unexpectedly, her way to save herself was him, the emperor.
Of course, Long Xuanxi didn't know what the emperor was thinking at this time, Long Xuanxi just wondered in his heart that he couldn't figure out the logic at ordinary times, and why did Zhang Shangshu, who was swaying under the mage and the highness, speak so neatly today?
Long Xuanxi glanced at the emperor who was sitting in a precarious position.
The emperor said: "Long Xuanxi, you heard it, now that the human and material evidence is there, since you have explained that it was not you, do you have evidence?" You have a decree to protect your life, but you have sinned so much that you can't write about it, do you understand?"
The dragon girl knelt a little numb, and the pain in her body made her face a little pale.
Long Xuanxi's knees moved slightly, but the wound was involved, and the pain made the dragon girl's expression uncontrollable.
"......The emperor, the emperor, the emperor gave the holy decree to protect the lives of the people, and the people were grateful, and the people knew that the case was complicated, and countless people had lost their lives, so the people asked for the holy decree but also wanted to temporarily save their lives and wait for the holy ruling."
"Now that I'm here, what grievances do you have to tell me about them?"
"The emperor ......".
As soon as the dragon girl spoke, she said: "Father, no matter what, the dragon god doctor has cured the queen's mother's illness and the royal grace, and now the dragon god doctor is injured, please be considerate of your majesty."
The emperor looked at Long Xuanxi, who was pale, and said, "Come on, get a cushion for the Dragon Divine Doctor, and let the Dragon Divine Doctor make the words clear."
"Your Majesty is sympathetic, Your Highness Xie".
The firmament nodded slightly to Long Xuanxi, and Long Xuanxi said: "Your Majesty, the people's daughter first said that the tiger killed people, where the tiger is, you can confront it in the court."
"Secondly, in the case of arson of a female prisoner in the prison, the female prisoner rushed up by herself."
"There is even more nonsense in the cemetery murder case, and the people's daughter was hazy at that time and didn't know how to get to that place? These are basically deliberately framed by people with good intentions."
The emperor said: "Now that the human and material evidence is there, what evidence do you have?" As for the liger, I took it from General Yu for interrogation, but during the interrogation, the liger suddenly broke free and was stabbed to death by the Praetorian Guard's arrows."
As soon as the dragon girl heard that the lion and tiger beast was dead, a monstrous anger suddenly rose in her heart, and if it wasn't for the timely reminder of the firmament, she was afraid that she would have exposed her stuffing on the spot.
The firmament immediately asked, "Your Majesty, since the lion and tiger beast is dead, how can the dragon divine doctor prove his relationship with the lion and tiger beast... Department?"
The firmament's intentional reminder calmed down the dragon girl, she has an extraordinary connection with the lion skull, this lion skull is not only Miaole's mountain protection beast, but also her divine beast, if the lion skull is dead, the bracelet lion bell that represents his connection with the lion skull should also be broken, but the bracelet in his hand is intact.
Long Xuanxi knew in her heart that this was the emperor deliberately helping herself, and although the lion skull appeared to confront her, both the officials and the people would think that this was just a trick that Long Xuanxi came up with in order to get rid of her guilt, after all, this was what everyone saw.
The emperor had no expression on his face, but it was very similar to the current firmament.
"Long Xuanxi, now the testimony, the evidence, and the witnesses all point to you as the real culprit behind the scenes, and the self-testimony you said is just your speculation, but what is the favorable evidence, witness"?
The dragon girl said in her heart: "She is in the prison, even if she has the heart to find her, she can't get out, she has to put her hope on the firmament now."
At this time, the third prince Yunyun suddenly broke in.
Everyone worshipped: "See King Yun'......".
The emperor saw that Yun Yun was dressed in coarse linen, and rushed in with a sword in his hand.
The emperor said with a slightly displeased face: "It seems that Mama has not taught enough."
As soon as Yun Yun heard the word etiquette, his legs knelt forward on the spot and slid in front of the emperor, Yun Yun was about to pay homage but found the sword in his hand, Yun Yun stared at the sword and muttered: "Holding the sword and facing the saint is like committing a crime."
Yun Yun remembered that Mama was holding a ring ruler to admonish, and she let go of her hand and threw the sword in her hand on the ground.
"The sons and daughters see the emperor, and the sons and daughters lose their manners and ask their father and the emperor to forgive their sins."