I have never seen a presiding judge shake a fan in the courtroom, like a second-rate person, this is really too child's play, where is the interrogation of prisoners?

Dali Siqing and the others, who have been officials for many years, couldn't look at it in an instant, and hurriedly looked at the emperor present, hoping that he could say something to warn this incompetent chief judge.

However, they were disappointed, and the emperor sat calmly as if he had seen nothing.

The emperor didn't speak, so where did they dare to speak?

"I don't recognize it." Feng Heng lowered his head and said two words briefly but clearly.

Song Yifeng pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Actually, I also want to believe that you are innocent, but, alas, we have a few witnesses here to testify against you, there is no way, I can only let them come to the court to confront you, I hope you don't mind." ”

Is this a trial or a chat? It's nonsense!

The ministers who were listening couldn't stand it, but the emperor was in the town, and they couldn't intervene, so they had to hold their dissatisfaction in their stomachs, and their faces were extremely ugly, and even Feng Heng was shocked.

Song Yifeng just couldn't see the sight of others, and waved to the yacha at the door: "A few big brothers, bring the witnesses up." ”

Soon, five witnesses were brought into the lobby.

Song Yifeng took two more sips of tea, deliberately looked at the testimony on the table repeatedly, and after nearly a cup of tea had passed, he set his eyes on the three women.

"According to your testimony, on the day of her death, the Duchess stayed in her room all day, eating and drinking as usual, and when it was time for dinner, she suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground in the middle of eating, and then died shortly after."

"This can only prove that Mrs. died of poisoning, but it does not prove who caused the poison, right? Why are you so sure that it is the hand of the Duke of Dingguo? ”

One of them replied: "My lord, because two days before the poison of his wife, Ding Guogong went to Leng Xiangyuan and quarreled with his wife, and the woman had seen him enter the kitchen with her own eyes before that, and he personally brought the medicine after lunch that day to his wife, so he had every chance of poisoning." ”

Hearing this, Song Yifeng looked at the testimony on the table for a while, and then looked up at the old lady.

"The poison in the Duchess is the Qixingtang that will only be poisoned in two days? Are you sure? ”

The old lady doctor nodded and said, "I have been practicing medicine for decades, and I have studied all kinds of poisons deeply, so it is impossible to make a mistake." ”

"When I tested the real cause of the death of the Duchess of Guoguo, I was ready to report it to the government, but the Duke of Dingguo stopped me, and I guessed that he was weak-hearted, but I didn't dare to say it, so I was silent for more than ten years."

Song Yifeng bowed slightly, and said: "In this way, the suspicion of Dingguo Gong is indeed very big, but if the poison is really ordered by Dingguo Gong, why should he do this, please go over to the autopsy and directly say that Madame is sick, isn't it better?" That doesn't seem to make sense, does it? ”

"This, I ......," the old lady was asked.

Song Yifeng moved his gaze back to the three women, "And you, you only said that Duke Dingguo went to Leng Xiangyuan before his wife's death, but you can't give actual evidence that he poisoned him, these so-called testimonies are completely a bunch of nonsense in my eyes." ”

"Adult ......"

"I just ask you, have you ever seen Dingguo Gong poisoned with your own eyes?"

The three women looked at each other and shook their heads slowly.

Song Yifeng asked the old lady again: "You said that Dingguo Gong didn't let you report the real cause of your wife's death, so you guessed that he was the murderer, this is also speculation, and there is no empirical evidence at all, have you heard him admit to killing his wife?" ”

"I ......," the old lady muttered, "no." ”

"Since you didn't, why are you so sure that Dingguo killed the Duchess of Guo?"

"This ......"

Song Yifeng sorted out the testimony on the table, patted it in his hand, and said with a smile: "There are all human witnesses here, but there is no tangible physical evidence, I really have to be suspicious, you know, people can lie, you say that Dingguo Gong killed his wife, I can still suspect you of lying." ”

"Handling cases is based on real evidence, human life is a matter of heaven, and it cannot be adulterated at all, therefore, unless it is ironclad evidence, it cannot be decided, this case is obviously insufficient evidence, and it does not have the qualifications of the three divisions to be tried, Jingzhao Mansion Yin, what's the matter with you? This kind of case is also handed over to the Criminal Department? ”

The named Fu Yin looked embarrassed, isn't this what the Criminal Department asked to hand over?

"I ......"

"Go back and continue the investigation, and wait until the evidence is sufficient," Song Yifeng stood up and patted the stunned wood, "This case is postponed for retrial and withdrawn!" Then he went around the screen in a hurry and turned into the back hall.

From beginning to end, Mu Liancheng didn't say a word, no matter how ridiculous Song Yifeng's approach was, he didn't say a word to warn, and everyone knew that all this was acquiesced by him, so they became dumb.

Besides, they were unwilling to wade into troubled waters, but because of their identity, they had to be there, and now there is a Song Yifeng who is the big boss, why not?

Mu Liancheng saw that there was no opposition in the lobby, he was quite satisfied, and after glancing at Mu Fengyan who was angry on the other side, he got up and walked out without saying a word.

As soon as he walked to the door of the official office, Mu Fengyan's voice came from behind him: "Your Majesty, please stay!" ”

"Is there something wrong with King Jin looking for me?" Mu Liancheng turned around and asked with a smile.

Mu Fengyan walked over slowly, and said with a calm face: "As the king of a country, the emperor should uphold fairness, but now he is meddling in this case, it seems a little inappropriate, right?" ”

"I know what to do as the king of a country, I don't need you to teach me," Mu Liancheng's voice gradually cooled, "Besides, I just had a relatively idle day today, and I just got up on a whim to listen, but I didn't say a word from beginning to end, and it was all up to the chief judge and several other ministers to try the case, how did you know that you saw me interfering?" ”

Mu Fengyan really has nothing to argue.

Do you need to speak? As long as people sit there, who would dare to talk more?

"What the emperor said is that the courtier's brother said too much, and the courtier's brother just reminded the emperor of one sentence, and he didn't mean anything else."

Mu Liancheng smirked: "I know, so I won't blame you, but I can think about it before I speak, I don't have such a good temper every time, maybe one day I won't be able to understand your kindness, and I will send you back to Lingchang in a fit of anger?" ”

He was reminding the other party that the reason why he was able to stay in the capital was because of him, the emperor, and he could drive him away at any time.

"Yes, my brother remembered." Mu Fengyan replied with a smile, although he was humiliated and resentful, he still couldn't show it, he had to endure it until the day he turned over.

Back in the carriage, Mu Liancheng immediately instructed Eryou: "Secretly bring out the witness surnamed Jiang tonight and send him to Luzhou to meet Feng Qingma, and in addition, arrange the affairs in the prison to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

At noon, Song Yifeng entered the palace with a stomach full of resentment.

"Now those ministers must be talking and laughing at me behind my back, the emperor is happy, right?"

Mu Liancheng glanced at him and said lightly, "What do I have to be happy about?" It's not my intention to make you a laughing stock, it's because you haven't behaved well, what does it have to do with me? ”

"Didn't you ask me to mess with the court? If I hadn't been persecuted by you, I wouldn't have lost this face. Song Yifeng was so angry that he poured several sips of wine in a row.

"Knowing that you have made a great contribution this time, I will not treat you badly, and when you leave the palace in a while, take two jars of good wine, which should be a thank you gift from me."

"Two jars of wine want to send me away?"

Mu Liancheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't?" That's it. ”

"Who said I didn't want it? I'm just too little ......" Song Yifeng muttered, the wine in the palace was the best in the entire Dayan, and he couldn't drink it usually, how could he not want it?

After being silent for a while, Song Yifeng hesitated and asked, "How is the fifth princess doing lately?" ”

"It's good." Mu Liancheng replied simply, and then felt strange again, "Why did you suddenly ask about Ziyan?" ”

"I'm just curious about how she and Liang Yushu are doing, so I just asked casually."

Speaking of Liang Yushu, Mu Liancheng was reluctant to say more at all.

"Won't she and Liang Yushu see the situation by themselves? I'm so busy all day long, how can I have time to take care of these things? ”

Song Yifeng shook his head helplessly: "The fifth princess has warned me a long time ago not to go to her again, and you don't know, if I go to ask her, can she say?" ”

"You're just curious? Nothing else? ”

Facing Mu Liancheng's sudden questioning, Song Yifeng was inexplicably a little weak-hearted, and said with a dry laugh: "Of course it's just curiosity, after all, this is a topic that many people in the capital are concerned about, isn't it?" You know, I've always been a person who likes to ask about this, hehe......"

Although Song Yifeng is much stronger than Liang Yushu, if his sister is targeted by this flowery radish, he is still not very happy.

"I see that your curiosity about Ziyan has become a little heavy in the past two years."

"Is there one?" Song Yifeng became more and more weak-hearted, and hurriedly drank to cover it up.

"Weren't you getting along with the eldest lady of the Nanyang Hou family some time ago? Haven't come out yet? He didn't care about Song Yifeng's private life, he just hoped that after he got married, Ziyan would be able to let go of the obsession in his heart as soon as possible.

"The result? It didn't work out. Song Yifeng drank the last sip of wine in the cup, and his smile was a little helpless.

Mu Liancheng glanced at him and didn't ask any more.

Five days later, in a valley on the border with the state.

Feng Qingfang handed the freshly roasted hare meat to Lin Yitang, and then sat down in the haystack beside her.

"It's a bit of a rush to go back to Beijing this time, I haven't had much rest along the way, maybe I'm a little tired, can you still stand it?"

Lin Yitang tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and said with a smile: "You also underestimate your mother, right?" It's only been five or six days, and I'm not going to be overwhelmed. ”

"That's good, then I'll be relieved." Feng Qing said wildly, then looked up at the vast night sky, and fell into silence, she really didn't have anything to say in front of Lin Yitang, every time she was alone with her, she felt that the air was full of embarrassment.