Where did Ji Yuan go and who he met, even if Song Jing didn't send someone to follow him deliberately, it was easy to inquire, because they didn't avoid people. {with}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā}

It's easy to know who he's met, but it's hard to know what they've talked about.

Song Jing couldn't believe that they had stayed in that room for so long and were just catching up, but Ji Yuan didn't say it, he couldn't force it, right?

The emperor's uncle respects him very much, and his granddaughter will still be the crown princess of Da Chu in the future, even if he knows that the other party is not sincere to Da Chu, he doesn't dare to do anything to the other party.

Some subordinate officials suggested, "Why don't you start from Lin Qingwan?" After all, she is a woman, and I heard that she has only been in Beijing for a short time, so she may be able to inquire about some news from the county lord's mansion. ”

Song Jing didn't like Lin Qingwan very much, but he didn't dare to despise her, the last time he was in the palace was because of her, he was caught by the courtiers of Liang State and attacked, if the people of Da Chu were caught by her, then he really couldn't tell if he had a mouth.

So he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's just a woman's family, it's impossible for Mr. Ji to tell her about national affairs, right?" ”

The subordinate officer glanced at Shangguan, this contemptuous tone, if only the expression on his face was not so guarded.

In the following days, Ji Yuan did not go to see Lin Qingwan again, not even Lu Zhen again, except for following the envoys into the palace to negotiate during the peace talks, he almost did not leave the gate of the post station.

But even so, he rarely spoke in the main hall, even if he was watched by Song Jing, he also adhered to the principle that silence is golden.

Da Chu was defeated, coupled with Song Jing's youth, he fell into the handle before, and Ji Yuan refused to help, which made them lose and retreat.

Song Jing's face became more and more ugly day by day, but fortunately, the peace talks were not held every day, which gave him a chance to breathe.

Although the peace talks are important, the internal affairs of Daliang are equally important, and the autumn harvest is just in time, the household department is busy, and the other five ministries also have their own things to do, so it is impossible to put all their energy on the peace talks.

Therefore, although Lin Qingwan asked someone to drag Xie Yiyang's case, when there were still six days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the case would still be heard.

Xie Yiyang was imprisoned for more than half a month, even if he was punished by the Xie family, he was not punished, but life in prison was still very torture for him.

The food is not good, except for the food that the family can occasionally send in, most of the time he still eats the same rancid porridge as everyone else.

The kang in the cell is covered with straw, the thin quilt is stinky, a smell of the quilt that has not been washed for a long time, lying on the kang, occasionally there will be rats crawling over his face, and in addition to mice, there are many other messy insects, but only three or four days he is dirty and unpresentable, and now he can calmly grab a cockroach from his clothes and throw it away.

These were things he couldn't bear, and yet he endured them.

The price is also huge, Xie Yiyang was still a dashing and handsome little white face before he came in, but now he ......

His face was still white, but it was miserable and pale, and his eyes were full of madness and despair.

When the prisoners who lived with him saw that he was brought out, they all let out an extraordinary laugh, and one of them laughed in a dumb voice: "Don't admit it, if you admit it, you will never get out again, I heard that the person you beat is dead." Murder is a ...... that pays for your life."

"Hehe, what are you afraid of, it's a big deal to come and be our companion, even if you kill someone to pay for your life, wait for the review of the Criminal Department, and then report to Your Majesty for approval, this is almost a year, you can live until the autumn of the next year, better than us......"

Xie Yiyang's whole body trembled, straightened his face and walked forward, constantly comforting himself in his heart: No, no, his father is a fourth-grade official, and his grandfather is also a third-grade official, but he is just a few untouchables, even if he dies, he doesn't have to pay for his life, they all lied to him, they all lied to him......

However, when he arrived in the hall, he saw the villagers kneeling on the side, and saw them raise their faces and stare at him with hatred, and the left waiter of the criminal department slapped the hall wood fiercely in the hall, Xie Yiyang was startled by this voice, and he didn't have time to look at the big butler waiting on the side, so he knelt down and shouted: "It's not me, it's not the person I beat, it's Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe, it's they who take the lead in trampling the crops, and it's also the person they beat......

Butler Xie's face changed greatly, and he couldn't help but shout, "Uncle! ”

The left waiter of the Criminal Department had a cold face, and slapped the shocked wood fiercely and said, "Quiet, is this the place where you can speak?" Don't get out of the way yet! ”

Butler Xie knelt down, opened his mouth and asked for mercy, by the way, he distinguished their son-in-law, who knew that he was forked out by the official before he could speak.

His heart sank, he looked at the inner hall, turned around and ran out, something happened, he was an official in the same dynasty, how could Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department disregard the feelings of his colleagues for a few mud legs?

I have to tell my lord quickly!

In the hall, Xie Yiyang was talking about his grievances with tears and snot, and the villagers of Dalin Village were annoyed when they heard it, and said: "My lord, we don't know the sons Xie Yiyang said, but he was the leader that day, and he also stepped on the crops on horseback first, our father and second uncle went to stop, he raised his whip and beat it, at that time there was a son behind him who persuaded him, but he didn't listen, but he also reined in the horse and raised his hooves, kicked my father directly to the ground, and trampled on my father's head, if it wasn't for my second uncle to pull it, My father was going to die on the spot......"

The face of the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department was even colder, he had always been jealous and hateful, and he couldn't help but be angry when he heard the words, "Xie Yiyang, do you have any objections to what Zhuang Da said?" ”

"Yes, yes, he, he," Xie Yiyang was sweating profusely, and finally shouted indiscriminately: "He was bribed and framed me, I, I was following Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe at that time, and I didn't intend to trample on the crops and hurt people at all, I only raised a few whips at most, and it was the two of them who coerced me." ”

The prisoners are right, this crime must not be admitted, otherwise he will really be sentenced to beheading, he is so young, he doesn't want to die.

Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department said coldly: "Come on, Xuan Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe." ”

Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe in the witness room were brought up, and they came to testify against Xie Yiyang, because the witness room was a little far away from the inner hall, and they didn't know what had just happened.

Therefore, after the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department asked about the day, the two of them talked eloquently according to the predetermined rhetoric, "...... That day, Xie Yiyang's horse was frightened for some reason, and he rushed to the field and trampled on the crops directly. ”

Sun Yihe continued: "I waited until I saw that he couldn't control the horse, for fear that he would be injured by the horse, so I didn't have time to think about riding in directly, and the villagers of Dalin Village came to stop us when they saw it." ”

Zhang Zhengliao took over and said: "Those villagers are very fierce, and two of the older ones directly asked us for compensation, and the asking price is quite high," he frowned and said: "Although we are at fault first, there is also a reason, compensation is possible, but it is impossible to be wronged, so we can't talk about it for a while, and this is why the conflict started." ”

"I don't know who made the first move, and actually touched Xie Yiyang's horse," Sun Yihe glanced at the villagers, and snorted: "His horse was already frightened, and he was naturally angry when he was touched, and he was not controlled by Xie Yiyang, so he directly raised his hooves and kicked the two older villagers to the ground. ”

The villagers on the side were dumbfounded and looked at them like "fools".

Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department sneered, and instantly understood what the big butler Xie didn't say just now, this was to agree with Zhang and Sun and the two families, and they came specifically to trap the plaintiff, but they didn't communicate well with Xie Yiyang, and the play collapsed.

Xie Yiyang on the side was also stunned for a long time, he subconsciously felt that he had made a big disaster, and a chill kept rising up from his spine.

After Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe finished speaking, the lobby was eerily quiet, not only the left waiter of the Criminal Department, but also the kneeling villagers did not shout, this was different from what they expected, the two of them looked at each other in confusion, and they both had some doubts, what is wrong?

The left waiter of the Criminal Department raised his lips sarcastically, and asked lightly, "Are you two sure that what you two said is true?" ”

The villagers of Dalin Village silently looked up at the two official N generations, and the two of them were a little apprehensive in their hearts, but they still nodded and said, "I don't care to lie, what I said is naturally true." ”

Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department sneered: "But Xie Yiyang didn't say that just now, Xie Yiyang, state what you justified just now." ”

Xie Yiyang trembled, knelt on the ground and trembled his lips and said, "I, I forgot ......"

"Forgot?" Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department made him laugh angrily, "You forgot, but everyone else in the hall still remembers, clerk, you come and repeat it." ”

The clerk secretly rolled his eyes, he hated encountering this kind of brainless thing the most, don't you know how hard it is to speak?

He picked up the account on the case and got up, and read straight without a trace of emotion: "Xie Yiyang knelt down and said: It's not me, it's not the person I beat, it's Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe, it's they who took the lead in trampling on the crops, and it's also the person they beat......"

completely repeated what he just said word for word, but Xie Yiyang shouted desperately and hoarsely, but the clerk read it calmly, without any emotional ups and downs, and everyone had a toothache when they heard it.

The officials stood upright, but their eyes couldn't help moving, and they looked up at the roof rather boredly.

The villagers continued to stare blankly at the clerk, the first time they entered the court, even if Dr. Xu said that as long as they told the truth, someone would call the shots for them, but they still couldn't help but be apprehensive, but now looking at such a clerk, their nervousness disappeared all at once - it turns out that the court is trying cases like this!

Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department listened expressionlessly, but a pair of eyes stared at Zhang Zhengliao and Sun Yihe tightly, seeing that their faces changed greatly, they both glared angrily at Xie Yiyang on the ground, couldn't help sneering, and asked again: "Zhang Zhengliao, Sun Yihe, what do you have to say about Xie Yiyang's words?" ”

The two of them only felt that their faces were hurting, their faces were flushed, and they were ashamed and annoyed, but they still had to retract their confessions, otherwise would they really admit the first crime?