Chapter 491: Upwards
On the second day, above the court, Shen Wei's murder of Meng Qiuan caused a lot of uproar, and he actually covered up the black fire on the dock. Qi Mufeng had just gone to the court, but he was dizzy by the noise of everyone in the court.
"Silence!" In the main hall, Xu Hai saw that Qi Mufeng's face was wrong, and drank loudly, which gradually calmed down the noisy voice.
"You... If there are any words, make it clear, say them one by one. Don't be so noisy, I have a headache. Qi Mufeng propped his arm on the armrest of the dragon chair, leaned forward a little, pointed to the hundred officials under the hall, and said weakly.
When Gu Yixuan and Qi Musheng saw their state, they were all worried, the emperor's physical condition was even worse than before. The paleness on his face could not be concealed, and his pupils were also cloudy.
"Brother Yixuan..."Qi Musheng looked at Gu Yixuan sideways, worried, looking at Qi Mufeng's appearance, I am afraid it will be difficult to last until next spring.
"The emperor's body is already in the twilight, and Gu is powerless. Gu Yixuan shook his head and gradually shifted his gaze from Qi Mufeng's body to Xi Liuli's face.
Uncle Xi's face was very ugly, and the gray blue under his eyes made him really shocked. It stands to reason that even if Xi Liuli crosses the air with Qi Mufeng every day, it should not be such a demeanor.
Could it be... Gu Yixuan's face became more and more solemn, he could torture himself into this appearance, thinking that Xi Liuli must have crossed Qi Mufeng more than once a day.
Could it be that the half of the Pill Spirit Inner Pill given by the National Teacher is actually invalid?
Just thinking like this, I saw Qi Yuheng come forward from the side, bow to Qi Mufeng with his hand, and salute: "Father Qi, Shen Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department, assassinated Meng Qiu'an, the son of the Meng family, in the study yesterday. This incident happened in front of everyone's eyes, and the evidence is conclusive! Please ask my father to make the decision for the person who died in vain!"
What a person who died in vain! Yang Ming listened on the sidelines, and his face turned cold for a while.
"Your Majesty! Although Lord Shen assassinated Meng Qiu'an, everyone present should know that Lord Shen is a person! He is fair and honest, self-denying, and upright, and he will definitely not hurt Meng Qiu'an for no reason!" Yang Ming didn't make any moves, Kong Wu on the side couldn't listen to it, and stepped forward to say to Qi Mufeng.
"Hmph! Lord Shen's self-denial and dedication to public service is not false! It is not false to be upright! But it is a fact that he kills people! Could it be that just because of these few frivolous words, he wants to ignore the death of the son of the Meng family?!" The children of the family stepped forward and shouted angrily.
"Did I say that I would ignore people's deaths? What Lord Liu said was really funny! I was afraid that you people would indiscriminately button Shen Daren's hats! Let people bear the stigma that did not belong to others! People from your family, have you done less of these things?!" Kong Wu snorted coldly, raised his head and glared at the Lord surnamed Liu, and when he saw him shrink back, he sneered.
"Master Kong, don't get excited. Qi Yuheng raised his hand and motioned for Lord Liu to step back, stepped forward on his own, and stood in front of Kong Wu: "Lord Kong has a close relationship with Lord Shen, and he will speak for him, and this hall can also understand." But Master Kong, don't forget, it's a matter of human life, and no one else can ignore it! This matter, Lord Shen has indeed done a ridiculous mistake!"
"You!" Kong Wu wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat and couldn't be spoken.
Gu Yixuan stepped forward at this time, glanced at Lin Feng, and asked him to pull Kong Wu back.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince is serious, Lord Kong is just worried about Lord Shen, and he is a little bit of a contradiction, and please don't blame His Royal Highness the Great Prince. Gu Yixuan lowered his head and smiled, but the smile was extremely piercing in Qi Yuheng's eyes.
"Father, since Lord Shen has committed a serious crime and the evidence is conclusive, then Father has saved the trouble of the palace trial, so it is better to directly issue an order and investigate Lord Shen in accordance with my Darui law. Qi Yuheng ignored Gu Yixuan, bumped into his shoulder, faced Qi Mufeng, and bowed.
Gu Yixuan didn't care about being treated so rudely, he shook his head with a chuckle, and stood back in his original position in the concerned eyes of Qi Musheng and the others.
"Second Brother Qi, it's time for you to go, remember, don't follow Qi Yuheng's wishes. He whispered in Qi Musheng's ear, only to see him nod slightly, and then he came out of the ranks, standing side by side with Qi Yuheng in front of the hall, both raising their heads and looking at the emperor on the dragon chair.
"Father, although Lord Shen's assassination of Meng Qiu'an is a fact that cannot be avoided, Lord Shen should always be asked to explain the ins and outs of the whole matter, so that it can be conducive to sentencing. Qi Musheng said.
"Listen to the meaning of the second emperor's brother, if Shen Wei is deeply emotional, and everyone present is moved, then this punishment can still be avoided?!" Qi Yuheng asked with a cross-eyebrow.
"Mu Sheng didn't have this intention, he killed someone, and he did something wrong, and he should be punished. But if you don't even understand the reason for the matter, and you just hastily set the punishment based on the result, isn't it too unfair to Lord Shen. Qi Musheng said: "The dead person is dead without proof, but the living person should still be able to let us know the truth of the matter, right? If the father and the adults think that Lord Shen's words are not credible, they can call Fu Huaisang and Lord Yang Ming, who were present at the time, together, and the confessions of the three of them can never be faked." ”
Gu Yixuan listened on the side, and said in agreement, yes, that's it, Second Brother Qi, just continue to talk according to the current words.
Qi Yuheng should react soon.
Sure enough, after Qi Musheng's words, Qi Yuheng sneered and said to Qi Mufeng: "Father, Meng Zhiqiu, the master of the Meng family, there is only such an only son as Meng Qiuan, how painful it is for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, father, do you know?"
The white-haired man sends the black-haired man. Qi Mufeng was touched by this sentence, he looked down at his two sons, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, yes, he is also a person with children, and he is also the father of the children. He didn't dare to imagine what his child would be like if he was gone.
The emperor was really shaken. Looking at the thin tears in Qi Mufeng's eyes, Gu Yixuan sighed helplessly.
Second Brother Qi, don't press forward step by step, and slow down your attitude a little. The spiritual sense was transmitted into his ears, and Qi Musheng softened his attitude according to Gu Yixuan's words: "Father, the mood of the Meng family's master, Mu Sheng can also understand it. In this world, everyone has people who care, who miss, who love, and who revere. The reason why people have seven emotions and six desires is also because of this. Meng Qiu'an died, Master Meng was distressed, and Lord Shen won the hearts of the people, if he was executed without being questioned, I am afraid that the people's hearts were very cold. ”
That's a good point. Gu Yixuan silently approved. Shen Wei has done a lot of good things in the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department these days, and he has indeed won the hearts of the people.
When the news of his stabbing Meng Qiu'an spread to the market, the people not only did not question and criticize him, but they spoke to Shen Wei one-sidedly.
Gu Yixuan took advantage of Qi Musheng's words, and took out a white cloth from his sleeve, and on the white cloth, there were thousands of bloody handprints.
He took the blood-stained white cloth in his hand and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen is the desire of the people, and in this white cloth, the people are asking for him." ”
As he spoke, he lowered his head and presented the white cloth to both hands.
"Xu Hai..." Qi Mufeng gave Xu Hai a look to the side and motioned for him to take the white cloth forward.
"Yes. Xu Hai lowered his eyebrows, and after responding, he went down the steps, respectfully took the white cloth from Gu Yixuan's hand, and handed it to Qi Mufeng.
"Your Majesty. The white cloth was slowly unfolded, and the bloody handprints on it were already a little blackened, and it looked shocking.
"Shenwu Jun, this is..."Xu Hai saw that Qi Mufeng was speechless, so he turned his head and asked Gu Yixuan a question for his master.
"Your Majesty, the bloody handprints on this white cloth were printed by the people one by one, just to ask the emperor to forgive Lord Shen. Gu Yixuan said slowly.
Qi Yuheng and the officials of the family opened their eyes wide and looked up at the white cloth spread out in Qi Mufeng's hands.
I didn't expect that just one Shen Wei could win the hearts of the people so much! After killing someone, so many people could be willing to intercede for him.
"The emperor may not know that those people are willing to unite for Lord Shen, not only because Lord Shen has won the hearts of the people. After all, in this world, no matter how much you win the hearts of the people, they are also the emperor's people. Although he knew that Qi Mufeng was not the kind of person who liked to slap horses, but now Gu Yixuan had to consider any possibility all the time.
"Your Majesty, the people don't blame Lord Shen for killing people, in addition to this one, there is another article, that is, the people think that Lord Shen is really punishing adultery and eliminating evil!"
"Presumptuous!" Gu Yixuan's words came out, and he heard an angry roar at him. Looking up, Meng Zhiqiu didn't know when he was mixed in with the hundred officials of the family, dressed in court clothes, standing in a row with them,
If it weren't for Gu Yixuan's words, I'm afraid no one would have been able to recognize him as being above the main hall.
The corners of Gu Yixuan's mouth hooked up a slight smile, and he looked at Meng Zhiqiu with a little meaning: "Lord Meng, how could you be on top of this hall." "According to the rules, Meng Zhiqiu has no right to come to this hall.
Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed, Meng Zhiqiu thought in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good, that is, he wanted to retreat back into the crowd.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yixuan's eyes were fast, and he came to Meng Zhiqiu in the blink of an eye, stretched out his hand and lifted Meng Zhiqiu out of the crowd, letting him stand in front of Qi Mufeng.
"Elder Meng, I remember that I did not allow you to come to this hall. On the day of Darui's early formation, Qi Mufeng announced to the world that Meng Zhiqiu was not allowed to be an official in his life, and he was not allowed to enter the palace without the emperor's imperial order.
Whoever makes an exception will be regarded as a deception!
Qi Yuheng didn't expect Meng Zhiqiu to be so impatient, Gu Yixuan lured him out of the crowd in just a few words!
Listening to Qi Mufeng's words, on Qi Yuheng's forehead, ears and temples, beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down the corners of his temples and on his neat court clothes.
"Your Majesty, how Lord Meng entered the palace, and then we will slowly investigate, let's continue to talk about Lord Shen first, how should we do it. Putting down his hand, Meng Zhiqiu stood in front of the hall, enduring Qi Mufeng's cold eyes.