Jin Wangfu.

Qin Xu, the king of Jin, was listening to the news from his subordinates.

They mobilized many people to search for half a day in the capital, but they never found Meng Jing.

Just as he was about to send more people to continue the search, his subordinates came back and reported: "Lord Wang, I heard that Meng Jing has been found by Jingzhao Yin Mansion and is in prison pending trial. ”

Qin Xu clenched the fist in his sleeve.

He had already learned that his father had appointed Qin Ze and Zou Shigao to handle the case together.

Obviously, it was his people who started looking for people first, but Qin Ze found them first, which made him so angry that he was about to vomit blood.

Although Cheng Qizheng has been asked to destroy Meng Jing's examination papers, Meng Jing, the defendant, is in the hands of Zou Shigao, so it is very likely that the case will be tried and Cheng Qizheng's crime will be finally determined.

Not to mention that Cheng Qi is his power in the Ministry of Rites, this time he will be responsible for supervision, and he will not be able to escape if something happens.

Qin Xu paced back and forth and pondered, "Our people in Jingzhao Yin Mansion can do anything about the food sent to the cell?" ”

The subordinate paused: "Back to the prince, it should be possible." ”

"Then send the food to Na Meng Jing."

Qin Xu said lightly.

Without physical witnesses, even if Zou Shigao has the ability, he can't convict Cheng Qizheng out of thin air.

I'm just afraid that I'm going to waste the chess pieces he buried in Jingzhao Yin's Mansion.

"Yes!" The subordinates responded, "Does the prince have any other orders?" ”

Qin Xu sighed slowly: "Be careful. ”

Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

As early as when the students transferred to the Zou Mansion, the guards ran to the back and wanted to report the matter to Lord Zou.

However, Zou Shigao was analyzing the case with his subordinates, and ordered not to disturb anything that was not a big deal, so he was stunned and the entangled officials did not dare to go in for a long time.

Finally, when a subordinate went out to change his clothes, the official hurriedly stepped forward and told the man what had happened.

After changing their clothes, the subordinates entered the inner hall, and told Zou Shigao what the officials said, but Zou Shigao jumped up from behind the table in shock.

Hey, his tigress!

If he makes trouble in front of her, he must not let him kneel on the washboard again!

Zou Shigao walked out anxiously: "This case is almost over, you guys will figure it out, and the official will come back later!" ”

He didn't care to listen to his subordinates' answers, and trotted forward.

Running and running, there were officials who stopped him and asked: "Lord Zou, that Meng Jing woke up, made trouble and shouted, and said that he was hungry and wanted to eat, how do you think this should be handled?" ”

Ask him such trivial things!

Zou Shigao glared hard at the official who had no eyesight: "Eat, eat, eat!" Starve him for one night, let him think about what he did wrong! ”

The official was stunned and panicked, so he hurriedly turned his head and left.

"Hey, wait."

Zou Shigao thought about it and called the official again.

Tomorrow Shengtang will interrogate this Meng Jing carefully, if he faints from hunger, it is not appropriate: "Send him some food casually, just don't be hungry." ”

After saying that, he continued to rush to the door of the house.

"Gotta hurry, gotta hurry."

Zou Shigao chattered as he pushed open the door of the yamen.

As soon as he pushed open the one-foot-wide gap, he met the cold eyes of his old wife.

"Zou Shigao! You are obviously in the yamen," Mrs. Zou said in a deep voice, "How can you deceive the students that they have already gone to the yamen?" ”

Zou Shigao glanced at the crowd of people outside the yamen, and pulled his old wife into the yamen: "Daughter-in-law, I'm not busy inside, don't you know that there are so many students in front of the yamen?" Why are you saying it as if I did it on purpose, how bad is it for people to misunderstand? ”

He is an upright person, how could he do such a deceitful thing.

Old Madam Zou glanced at him: "I naturally know that you won't do it on purpose." ”

She sighed, pointed outside and said, "These children are not easy, you have also experienced ten years of hard study, but you have to give the children an explanation." ”

"This kind of thing, we can't retreat, otherwise this atmosphere will be broken, and the loss of our Daqing Kingdom will not be a matter of three or two students."

Zou Shigao nodded: "My husband knows, this matter will definitely give an explanation to the students of the world." ”

"That's good," Old Madam Zou smiled, and reached out to help Zou Shigao wipe the sweat from the corners of her forehead, "I'll go back to the house first, so as not to disturb your work." You'll have to go out and talk to the students. ”

Seeing off his old wife, Zou Shigao sighed, fortunately he behaved well this time, and his wife didn't clean him up directly in the yamen, leaving him two points of face.

couldn't help but smile, Zou Shigao strode out of the yamen.

The students outside the yamen were making a lot of noise, but when they saw Zou Shigao walking out, their voices gradually faded away.

The student led by him stepped forward and bowed his hand: "Lord Zou, I heard that some candidates have complained that they will cheat in the test, and I also ask Lord Zou to tell me about this cheating, can it be conclusive?" ”

Zou Shigao cleared his throat: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are indeed candidates who came to beat the drum this morning to voice their grievances. ”

He paused, his gaze swept over his eagerly expectant faces, "Relevant human and physical evidence, Jingzhao Yin Mansion is preparing overnight, and the case will be tried in court tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as the words fell, the crowd resounded with whispers.

"No wonder Mrs. Zou said that Lord Zou will live in the yamen tonight when he returns with a message, it turns out that Lord Zou has to deal with the case overnight."

"Lord Zou is really worthy of the name of the Great Master of the Blue Sky!"

"That's it! Mrs. Zou is also well aware of high righteousness! ”

Zou Shigao pricked up his ears, originally wanting to hear the reactions of the students, but when he heard the praises, he felt quite ironed in his heart.

"You guys go back and rest first," Zou Shigao smiled, "If you want to observe the trial, come back tomorrow morning when the government opens." ”

"That's not going to work."

The leading student stepped forward: "Lord Zou, it's really not a secret, when such a thing happens, where can we sleep peacefully?" Just wait for the sky to dawn, and watch the adults judge the cheater and get justice for us! ”

"Yes!" A sound rang out.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Lord Zou, can you try the case overnight?" ”

"That's right! Overnight trial! Support overnight trials! ”

As soon as this proposal came out, it almost lit a light in the crowd.

In just a moment, the voices in support of the overnight trial almost sang in the sky near Jingzhao Yin's Mansion.

The officials who followed Zou Shigao looked at Zou Shigao with bitter faces one by one.

Zou Shigao looked at the excited and eager faces at the door, and thought about the feasibility of trying the case overnight.

All the evidence presented to the court had already been prepared, and if it hadn't been for the fact that he had spent half a day looking for Meng and was only found after he was released today, he had indeed considered the possibility of being promoted to the court today.

According to the rules, the ascension must be carried out during the time of the meeting.

But rules are dead, people are alive.

Such an important case involves the most important hope of Daqing - the students, and it is not impossible to find another way.

Taking a deep breath, Zou Shigao said in a deep voice: "Since the students are sitting quietly in front of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion and petitioning like this, this official will make an exception for you!" ”