Su Zhi looked around, there were many carriages and sedan chairs parked at the entrance of the Spiegel Division, and the fresh rutted marks were crisscrossed, and it seemed that many people had arrived in advance. She stepped onto the bluestone steps, her mind full of rumors from the Spiegel Division, and she hesitated slightly.

Bai Han followed behind, and there was a vague score in his heart.

Your Highness will only do one thing here: kill.

He hesitated to tell Su Zhi so that she could be mentally prepared.

But when he looked up, he saw Helian Mingrui turning back at some point, grabbing Su Zhi's hand and walking inside. Bai Han had no choice but to give up and follow quickly.

The backs of the two people, one heroic and beautiful, the other proud and handsome, walking side by side like a celestial. If it weren't for being in this gloomy place, Bai Han would definitely find it wonderful.

The forbidden soldiers on both sides didn't know Su Zhi, and at first thought she was a witness. Seeing that the prince was holding hands with her intimately, she was a little puzzled: Which concubine is this? Spiegel is either murder or torture, the blood is very heavy, ordinary people can't avoid it, how can the royal nobles bring their female dependents here?

A beam of cold gaze, with scrutiny and suspicion, fell on Su Zhi. The gaze reminded her of an experience in the past, the origin of the scar on her back......

Like a nightmare......

Every time she thought about this, she couldn't help but shiver.

Someone clasped her hand. She felt that he didn't just want to pull her away. He seemed to know she was scared.

Her hand trembled slightly, and he would squeeze it tighter, enveloping her tightly.

This warm sense of strength reassured her.

She was a little confused, she should have been wary of him......

The group walked through a dark and narrow alley, with high walls on both sides, and the bluestone slabs under their feet were slippery, revealing a smell of blood. After walking dozens of steps, passing through the doorway, entering a small courtyard, I finally suddenly opened up.

The courtyard was not large, the light was dim, and there were forty or fifty people sitting and standing inside.

A eunuch shouted, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!" ”

When everyone heard the sound, they looked at the door, and when they saw Helian Mingrui coming, those who were originally standing knelt down. The seated person is of higher status, and only stands up and bows.

Under the eaves, there was a man in a dark jade brocade robe, who sat and did not get up, but only smiled slightly.

Su Zhi was beside Helian Mingrui, looked around, and her eyes fell on this man. This person has a handsome appearance, a smile on his face that is as warm as jade, and an extraordinary temperament.

The man first looked at Helian Mingrui, and then his gaze turned away and met Su Zhi. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Su Zhi suddenly reacted, this person is Helian Mingrui's eldest brother, King Chu, Helian Chencang.

She had seen him from afar, and his warm and calm smile made her remember it deeply.

She was staring blankly at the King of Chu, and Helian Mingrui suddenly squeezed her hand, very hard, pinching her painfully. She was a little upset, and she looked up into his eyes, and couldn't help but tremble.

He stared at her again with the eyes of a frozen man...... Did she do something wrong?

The whole yard looked at them, and she didn't say anything, so she obediently followed someone to the eaves.

Helian Mingrui sat opposite the King of Chu, with Su Zhi and Bai Han standing behind him. When he sat down, all the people in the courtyard got up, stood and sit.

Su Zhi glanced at the people in the courtyard, she didn't know any of them who were sitting, but looking at their crowns, I am afraid they were all immortal figures that ordinary people could not see.

She knew a few of those who were standing, all of whom were fourth-grade and fifth-grade members, and often came to Hongchun Mansion to have fun.

Good guy, at least half of the Manchu Dynasty Wenbu Li came, and even the King of Chu came, and he dared to love Helian Mingrui to take her to watch the big show.

She suddenly became a little excited, feeling that today's trip was not a loss.

After everyone sat down, Spiegel Siqing, who was sitting in the middle, spoke: "Bring people up!" ”

Soon, a short and fat man in his fifties was brought up, dressed in a prison uniform, with disheveled gray hair and a face full of pride.

He didn't look around, his eyes were staring straight at Helian Mingrui, full of anger. After a long time, he sneered and knelt down in the direction of King Chu.

Bai Han whispered to Su Zhi, "This is An Lehou, the uncle of the King of Chu. ”

Su Zhi suddenly realized: This is the trial of the assassination that night.

When everyone saw An Lehou's dress as a prisoner, there was a slight commotion. An Lehou usually wears mink fur brocade clothes, and the mats are all sewn with high-quality silk, where has he suffered this kind of humiliation.

"Silence!" Spiegel Siqing shouted loudly, and immediately looked at An Lehou, "Shen Anheng, are you guilty?" ”

This Spiegel Secretary has been in office for twenty-five years, and he is slick and sophisticated, and he knows that neither the prince nor the king of Chu can offend. An Lehou is the uncle of the king of Chu, and if he is called a "human prisoner", the king of Chu will definitely be unhappy. If it is called "An Lehou", the prince will not be happy. Simply compromise and call it by its name.

An Lehou looked up and saw that King Chu looked as usual, and laughed confidently, "What a crime this Hou has!" After laughing, his face was hideous, and he glared at Helian Mingrui, "But the prince killed my son in vain, and he should be punished with death!" ”

This wild remark caused everyone to laugh secretly. Assassinating the prince was originally a big crime of punishing the three clans, and the prince killed his son, only giving An a big disrespectful crime of "rushing into the prince's drive", which was a cheap crime for their Shen family.

He still dared to argue with the crown prince, did he forget the surname of the world in Great Xia, Helian?

On the side of the King of Chu, several high-ranking officials looked solemn. Last night, the emperor summoned important ministers to the imperial study to discuss secretly, and An Lehou had been convicted of the crime, and the case could not be overturned.

The only one who was kept in the dark was An Lehou himself.

Spiegel Siqing looked at Helian Mingrui, and when he saw that people didn't speak, he suddenly felt embarrassed, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Yesterday's early court case, please ask Lord Liu to repeat it." ”

These words threw the ball to Liu Hou. Liu Hou sat in front of Helian Mingrui, as if he was declaring that he belonged to the prince's camp. He stood up and said stiffly, "Shen Anheng is a prisoner, and he privately minted 30 million official coins, according to the laws of Great Xia, he should be deprived of his title and recharged to the army!" ”

As soon as Liu Hou's words came out, it could be regarded as a coffin closure. The crowd began to whisper.

Hearing this, Su Zhi and Bai Han glanced at each other, and they were both confused: An Lehou's crime is obviously to assassinate the prince, why has it become a private official coin now?

The assassination will punish the three clans, and the private minting of official coins is just a black face to fill the military subordinate, and the two punishments are one in the sky and one in the ground. The prince has always been very spicy, and when he kills, he must cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, how could he let An Lehou go so easily?

Su Zhi looked at Helian Mingrui, and could only see the back of his head. She looked at the King of Chu again. The King of Chu sat there upright, and his face could not see fluctuations. Did the two come to a compromise?

An Lehou shouted "dissatisfied" and asked the king of Chu to call the shots for him.

The king of Chu never said a word.

Everyone also understands that to hide the charge of "assassinating the prince" and only mention "privately minting official coins" is to give the king of Chu a big face.

If the crown prince releases evidence of An Lehou's son's assassination, the king of Chu, as An Lehou's nephew, will inevitably be inseparable. If the king of Chu dies and the security Lehou, it is inevitable that he will fight with the prince to break the net.

In the case that the two sides are evenly matched and no one can do anything, it is naturally better for each to take a step back.

The king of Chu had no choice but to throw away the chess piece of An Lehou and calm things down.

Someone in the crowd gave An Lehou a look. An Lehou looked at the gloomy face of the people on King Chu's side, and saw that King Chu was indifferent, knowing that something was wrong. Hearing Liu Hou say "Fill the army with a black face", he was shocked for a while, and shouted again and again, "Wronged!" The old man didn't mint official coins privately! The prince slandered me! ”

But no one paid any attention to his arguments.

Liu Hou sighed secretly, he had already been reduced from the sin of the three clans to the black-faced army, what else was An Lehou not satisfied with? Liu Hou only looked forward to quickly announcing the verdict, so that he could go to the prince to discuss the protection of his Liu family's business.

The court was discussing the crime, and everyone was talking to each other. Here, Bai Han's eyes suddenly lit up, and he whispered to Su Zhi, "I know." ”

Su Zhi hurried up, "What do you know?" ”

"Si Xi thinks, is it more uncomfortable to be humiliated, or is it more uncomfortable to die?"

Su Zhi was stunned, what kind of idiot problem is this?

"Dead, of course."

Bai Han shook his head, "For a famous family like An Lehou, face is more important than life, His Royal Highness wants him to be a military subordinate and suffer humiliation." ”

Su Zhi understood these words a little.

The black face is the inscription of the word "criminal" on the face, which cannot be removed for life.

The military subordinate, to put it bluntly, is a humanoid animal.

The blind fortune teller at the gate of Hongchun Mansion once told Su Zhi that when he was not blind, he worked as an errand in Ningguta, and was exiled there as a military officer, tying a rope to pull a cart like a donkey during the day, and sleeping with cattle at night.

After a long time, the rope tied to the body will be embedded in the flesh, and it will grow into a lump of bloody bumps, like a large toad, and it will not be able to see the human appearance at all.

If you are unlucky, you will get into trouble with the military ruffians, at least you will drill your crotch and lick your shoes, and at worst you will cut off your ears and fingers. For a noble like An Lehou, who wants to save face, letting him engrave words on his face and be a donkey pulling a cart is naturally more uncomfortable than death.

Thinking of someone sending an ear to An Lehou a few days ago, Su Zhi couldn't help but tremble. Someone is really a pervert from the inside out...... He knows very well the most fragile place in the human heart, and every knife can be stabbed in the human heart.

There was a scene in the court: the prince, the king of Chu, and the spiegel exchanged opinions.

Then Spiegel Siqing preached: "Shen Anheng privately minted official coins, according to the third chapter and twenty-fourth of the "Great Xia Law", confiscated all his property, demoted to a concubine, his family members were confiscated into the official mansion as slaves, and he himself was denied the army!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the courtyard suddenly became quiet. Only An Lehou's shouting of grievances was echoing.

Not long after shouting, several messengers came up and held him down, and they were about to give him a black face on the spot. After a few knives, An Lehou stopped shouting injustice, his eyes widened angrily, and he scolded Helian Mingrui.

Everyone quietly looked at the prince, and saw that his face was unwavering, drinking tea leisurely, and not taking the insults to heart at all.

After the messenger finished the tattoo, he knelt down and returned to the Spiegel Siqing. Without waiting for Spiegel Siqing to speak, he saw Helian Mingrui looking at the words on An Lehou's face, and slowly recited, "'People committed Shen Anheng and privately minted official coins'."

After reading it, he chuckled, "It's not good to stab." ”

When the words fell, everyone was confused: What does it mean to be badly stabbed? Do you still have to prick out a flower for such a thing?

Without waiting for them to understand, they heard the prince say coldly, "Bai Zhao, teach them how to be grim." ”

"No!"

Hearing this muffled answer, Su Zhi looked at the door, Bai Zhao appeared there at some point, and strode in front of An Lehou. She couldn't help but gasp at those grim eagle eyes.

This is a murderous gaze!