Mei Xiaoren said lightly: "Could it be that His Royal Highness the dignified prince, dare not do it?" ”

The prince of the Xia Kingdom glanced at Mei Xiaoren with heavy eyes, "You want to condemn me with a piece of waste paper?" ”

"Why don't we try it?" Mei Xiaoren's face was as pale as ice, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.

The prince of Xia raised his hands and looked at the iron chain that was bound on it, "You dare to do this to this prince today, aren't you afraid that after this prince goes out, he will kill you too?" ”

Mei Xiaoren laughed out loud and nodded, "Okay, how about we make a bet?" ”

"Bet on what?"

"Today you confess, tomorrow I confess, today you draw a charge on this crime, if you can get out of prison unharmed in the next day, even if I lose, I will be killed or killed, and I will listen to it."

The prince of Xia Guo smiled, "This gamble is fresh, this prince likes this, okay, the prince bets with you on this game!" ”

Mei Xiaoren took the ink in the hand of the official and was about to let him wipe his fingers, but he saw that the prince of Xia Guo had raised his hand to his mouth.

He stared at her fiercely, then bit his fingertips with his teeth, and pressed the bright red blood mark on the charge.

The prince of Xia Guo quenched the blood in his mouth, hooked the corners of his mouth, and smiled sinisterly, "You are dead!" ”

Mei Xiaoren returned him with a polite smile and said, "I'll wait." ”

She put away the charges, turned around and walked to the desk, and said with a straight face as she walked: "The criminal has pleaded guilty, according to the laws of Daning, murder should be paid for life, and he will be escorted to the criminal department to listen to the final trial." ”

"Yes." The official responded.

"Quit!"

Mei Xiaoren stood with one hand on the desk, with her back to everything behind her, it was not enough for her to have a clear conscience in this case, the life of the offender, her life, was not in her hands.

There was a familiar and unfamiliar applause in her ears, familiar applause, and unfamiliar that this voice came from the people of Shangjing, not the people of Qiushui County.

"Adult ......"

Mei Xiaoren turned around and saw that the officials who had just been listening to the hall had already walked to the center and clasped their fists at her in unison.

The official at the head of the line said: "My lord, in the past, we had no eyes and many offenses to adults, but today I know that my lordship is perfect and pure, and in order to seek justice for the people of Daning, I did not hesitate to put my life as a ......."

Mei Xiaoren said calmly: "In the future, you will perform your duties and do your own errands well." ”

The crowd outside the yamen dispersed, Wei Shuying patted the shoulders of the people around him, and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Brother Mei is really courageous, he is not afraid that the prince of the Xia Kingdom will be acquitted and released, and then seek revenge on him?" ”

"You think I'm going to let someone hurt her?" Gu Chuyu glanced at Wei Shuying.

Wei Shuying frowned, "It's a matter of facts, it's your business whether you protect the calf or not, it's a good guts for Brother Mei to dare to make this bet!" It's like you, who is a master, either gambling on wine or painting, can you have something fresh. ”

"You said that you bet on pleasure, so how about betting on your position as a university scholar next time?"

"Oh, I remember, I haven't sent you that jar of wine last time, I'll go back and get it, I'll go back and get it." Wei Shuying left after speaking, and quickly disappeared into the flow of people.

Within half a day, the results of the trial had spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital.

When Mei Xiaoren returned home after her dispersion, Ye Zhi had already prepared wine and food to celebrate her beautiful battle today.

The table full of dishes was made by Ye Zhi, and the wine was also the old and good wine that Ye Zhi bought from the Drunken Immortal Residence on the way back.

Ye Zhi poured wine, took it up and saluted her and said: "My lord is really a blessing in disguise this time, although he was suspended, but after being reinstated, he directly tried the case on behalf of Fu Yin, and Tao Fu Yin said that he was sick this time, and he must have no shame to return to the yamen." ”

Mei Xiaoren supported the corner of his forehead with one hand and knocked on the table with the other, "Old Ye, I always feel that it is not so easy to let that prince of the Xia Kingdom pay for his life." ”

"Adults don't need to worry, as long as the adults are worthy of the people of Daning when they try the case." Ye Zhi put the dishes in the bowl for Mei Xiaoren, and said, "By the way, do you know that Wu Xian has also entered the court as an official?" ”

Mei Xiaoren responded: "He is a son of the scholar clan and a relative of the palace mother, so it is not difficult to enter the court as an official." ”

"He's also in the ministry now, and he just came yesterday."

She paused with her hand holding chopsticks, and she didn't feel strange, Ye Zhi could enter the Ministry of Officials, and others would naturally be able to.

On the third day when the prince of Xia was escorted to the Criminal Department, Mei Xiaoren had not yet heard the result of the final trial, but received an order from His Majesty to let her enter the palace to see the driver.

This is the first time that Mei Xiaoren has entered the palace after going to Beijing to take office.

Emperor Tianhong has not been in the court since he ascended the throne, and I heard that the palace hall is now only used to set up banquets and celebrations.

Emperor Tianhong wore a bright yellow dragon robe and sat on the Danbi, and hundreds of officials were lined up in court clothes next to the hall, the most conspicuous of which were the two people at the head of the left and right rows, one Jiang Rong and one Gu Chuyu.

After Mei Xiaoren stood sideways, he could still see a few people in different clothes standing in the middle, who should be the envoys from Xia Guo and the accompanying officials, so he knew that the matter had really come to His Majesty.

The envoy said: "Your Majesty Ningjun, our prince has just entered the Central Plains, he doesn't understand the world, and it is not His Royal Highness's intention to hurt people. ”

Emperor Tianhong asked solemnly, "Who sentenced the death penalty?" Not yet come out to explain the explanation! ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department stood up, "Your Majesty, this case is tried by the Shangjing Prefecture Bureau, and the Criminal Department is the final trial. ”

"What about the people from the Beijing Prefectural Office?"

Mei Xiaoren had to bite the bullet: "Humble duty." ”

"You haven't talked to them yet."

The envoy turned his head and saw that it was a thin and short young man who came out, and he was suddenly a little disdainful, "Your Majesty Ningjun, is there no one in your country who can judge the case, and let a hairy boy come to try the prince and sentence my prince to death, isn't this child's play?" ”

"Then your prince is no better, you can be coaxed by me, a person who has not dried up, to draw a charge...... He's not as good as me. Mei Xiaoren said lightly, "Since he can go to other countries, why can't I decide the case?" ”

The envoy turned to her and said, "This must be a trick on your part to force the prince to press his handprint." ”

"You might as well say that his hand is on me, and I drew it for him." Mei Xiaoren glanced at the envoy and stepped forward to arch his hand, "Your Majesty, what did the prince of Xia did and said that day, the people of the whole capital have seen and heard it, the minister knows that the prince of Xia has a special identity, he is allowed not to kneel, and he has not even touched him with his colleagues from beginning to end, how can he force him to say it?" ”

"That is, you relied on my prince to not know your words, and deceived him into drawing a charge."

Mei Xiaoren said solemnly: "Pressing the fingerprint means admitting guilt, is it possible that I want to acquit him, and let him leave a blood mark as a souvenir, you have such a rule?" ”

"The prince of our country is the prince, but he just killed a civilian by mistake, so he needs to make such a big move?" The envoy of the Xia Kingdom opened his arms, and his emotions became a little excited, "Do you want our noble Royal Highness the prince to pay for the lives of your civilians?" How much is that for your country? ”