"Do you really think I don't know these things, my lord? Do you want me to take you to the emperor to make it clear? Without looking at Steward Li, who kowtowed like pounding garlic, Chu Liuyan turned his head to look at Tan Fu Yin, who was kneeling aside.

"My lord spares his life, and the lower official knows that he is wrong." Tan Fu Yin lay on the ground and said with tears in his eyes.

"Well, since you admit your mistake, that's fine; If you write me the ins and outs of this matter, I will spare your life; Otherwise........ Hum........ I have the right to cut first and then play. Chu Liuyan's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice.

As he spoke, Chu Liuyan turned his face again and looked at Steward Li, who was still kowtowing: "Steward Li, do you agree to write out what happened?" ”

"I'm willing, I'm completely willing to .........," Steward Li said in a busy voice.

"Alright! Mei Xiang, you take Steward Li to another room and ask him to write everything about Li Bin for me. Before Chu Liuyan could finish speaking, a female guard walked over, grabbed Steward Li's collar by the collar, and almost dragged him out of the room.

"Talk about adults, you can write here; If you don't want to be done right away, you need to be detailed; But ........." Chu Liuyan's face sank and he didn't say anything more.

"Yes, yes, the lower official must write in detail." As he spoke, he ran to the desk and immediately sharpened the ink; Poor Lord Tan, I'm afraid it has been a long time since I have polished my own ink; Coupled with his trembling hands, the sleeves of his robe almost turned black.

And Xu Da and Liu Bowen, who were sitting on the side, smiled and watched Chu Liuyan deal with all this; Chu Liuyan, who turned around, suddenly smiled, then turned into a serious look, and turned his head to look at Tan Fu Yin, who was still in a hurry...........

Looking at the two confessions in his hand, Chu Liuyan said to Liu Bowen: "Okay, my business is done; The next thing is up to you, the Imperial Historian, to handle this case. ”

Liu Bowen smiled, took the transcript in his hand, turned to Xiaoxiao who had just come to the door and said, "Hurry back and find two people to bring this criminal back." ”

"Yes, sir!" Smiled and turned around and ran out again.

"I said Liu Bowen, there is still one person left to commit this matter, how do you try this case?" Xu Da also stood up, came to Liu Bowen's side, and reminded with a smile.

"This is really a bit difficult, I can't take someone straight into the Li Mansion, it's too embarrassing for Zuo Xiangguo." Liu Bowen's brows furrowed slightly, and he said with some embarrassment.

"But if you don't bring this Li Bin to court, how will you try this case?" Chu Liuyan felt that things were a little difficult to do at this time; was originally impulsive, and I didn't expect that things would involve Zuo Xiangguo; But things have come to this point, and it is impossible to pretend that they have not encountered it, so we can only continue to walk..........

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Liu Bowen, who was quick-witted, did not immediately try the case, but after returning to the palace, he invited Chu Liuyan and Xu Dafu to secretly meet the emperor in the imperial city, and told Zhu Yuanzhang the causes and consequences of the matter one by one.

"Very well, you guys are doing the right thing; There is such a killable man in my great capital; I will send you to try this case according to the identity of the imperial history, and I must give an explanation to the people, let them see our Ming Dynasty, and never tolerate these misdeeds. After speaking, after turning to the dragon case, he picked up the red pen and wrote a holy decree, pressed the jade seal, and then handed it to Liu Bowen.

"The emperor is wise." The three of them immediately shouted, and then at the signal of Zhu Yuanzhang, they withdrew from the imperial study, turned around and left the palace quickly.

"Lao Liu! This time, you have confidence; I'm looking forward to the end of it. Although Xu Da was laughing, his face was worried.

"What are you doing here? The emperor has spoken, what else do you have to worry about; Don't worry, I'll be careful and I'll never be bitten back. Liu Bowen turned around and patted Xu Da's shoulder and said with confidence.

"What are you two doing here? I don't believe that he Li Shanchang, in order to protect his nephew Li Bin, he dares to risk the world's condemnation and find us trouble. Chu Liuyan looked at the two of them as if they were going to the execution ground, smiled, covered his mouth, and said.

"Yes! As long as we do the right thing, we have nothing to worry about. Liu Bowen seemed to think of something, and suddenly said in a relaxed tone: "You just see, you will see the results soon." With that, he walked lightly towards the outside of the palace; His move made Chu Liuyan and Xu Da behind him feel a little confused, so they had to look at each other and follow him out of the palace.......

Liu Bowen, who was in charge of the Holy Purpose, simply put down all the official affairs in his hand the next day, and ordered the officials, saying that he had something to do, and he didn't see anyone in the past two days, and the Imperial History Yamen did not work; After the order, he took the sword boy and left the mansion with a smile.

Liu Bowen came to an inn and changed the clothes on his body into the clothes of the people, and then started a private interview with Xiaoxiao; After more than ten days of slow visits, he finally got a lot of evidence; And he asked these victims to quickly write a complaint to the Yushi Yamen to complain.

However, many victims, afraid of the power of the Li Mansion, found excuses to avoid them; There are also those who doubt their identities and ask who they really are and why they are instigated to die.

Liu Bowen used the excuse that his relatives were from the Yushi Yamen, saying that the Yushi Yamen had recently begun to receive complaints from ordinary people, so he persuaded them to try; As soon as he said this, some people were really eager to avenge their relatives, and they began to find someone to write a complaint. Liu Bowen, who arranged all this, soon returned to the Imperial History Yamen; He issued a fire ticket, sent Xiaoxiao and some officials, and immediately went to Li Bin's mansion to arrest him; At the same time, people were sent to post the list text everywhere, announcing that the Yushi Yamen had begun to accept the people's complaints.

As soon as these posts were posted, they immediately alarmed almost the entire city. Many people sit at home and have nothing to do, can you still watch such a bustle? While watching, he was still discussing: "Isn't the Imperial History Yamen only in charge of hundreds of officials?" What's going on today? "People look at everything in the majestic lobby as if they were looking at something strange.

Soon, a large number of victims came to the yamen and shouted grievances; Liu Bowen asked the officials to bring these people to the hall and collect all the things they had presented; Then, let them stay aside so that they can verify it.

At this moment, Li Bin and some of his subordinates were surrounded by the officials and came to the outside of the yamen; After listening to the report of his subordinates, Liu Bowen shouted loudly: "Take the defendant!" Immediately someone from the hall came out and shouted; At the same time, there was a muffled sound of the officials in the lobby.

Li Bin, who looked arrogant, walked in with a swaying body; He bowed and said, "Meet Your Excellency." ”

"As a defendant, why don't you kneel down when you go up to the lobby?" Liu Bowen's face sank and asked coldly.

"My lord, I am a relative of a courtier, and I am also a person of merit, how can I kneel?" Li Bin put his hand behind his back, shook his head and said.

"You haven't forgotten what this place is, have you? This is a place for civil and military officials, how can you care about a small person of fame; Someone's coming! Get his coat out and let him know the rules here. Liu Bowen smiled coldly and shouted loudly.

Several servants, who were already standing nearby, rushed over like wolves, removed his coat and hat in three strokes, kicked him in the leg twice, and kicked him to the ground and knelt down.

At this moment, Li Bin, who was arrogant and inappropriate, clearly saw his situation, and hurriedly crawled on the ground and cried to Liu Bowen: "Lord Liu, I don't know what the crime is, so my lord will send someone to arrest me." ”

"Now you are accused of taking a wife, causing death; Therefore the officer sent you to testify. Speaking of this, Liu Bowen shouted loudly: "Take the plaintiff!" ”

As this sentence was shouted, a sad voice came from outside the lobby: "Master Qing avenges the people-" Saying that, Cai Tingfang, who had been saved by Xiaoxiao, stumbled into the lobby, pounced, knelt on the ground, and cried.

"Who is the one who kneels? If you have any grievances, tell me carefully, and this official will handle them impartially. Liu Bowen said gently.

"Lord Qingtian, the villain's wife." Speaking of this, Cai Tingfang raised his body and pointed at Li Bin: "I was robbed by this beast, and when the villain went to pursue it, ah——, my virtuous wife was killed by this well-dressed beast; I beg Lord Qingtian to be the master of the little people! While crying, Cai Tingfang kowtowed.

"Do you have a paper?" Liu Bowen then asked.

"Yes! Yes! As he spoke, Cai Tingfang stood up and took out a carefully folded piece of paper from his arms.

"Bring it in." Before Liu Bowen's words fell, a servant came to Cai Tingfang's side, took the paper, and sent it to the desk.

"Lord Liu, don't listen to your nonsense with him; He is a deceit, and indeed the earth is deceit. As soon as he saw Cai Tingfang hand over the paper, Li Bin immediately panicked and hurriedly shouted.

Ignoring Li Bin's rebuttal, Liu Bowen raised his head and said to Cai Tingfang: "Do you have witnesses to testify for you?" ”

"Yes, my neighbors can testify for me." Cai Tingfang shouted loudly.

"Bring witnesses!" With Liu Bowen's shout, a servant brought several people in cloth clothes into the lobby.

"See the Great Master." These people quickly knelt down and saluted the hall.

"Do you know this one?" As he spoke, Liu Bowen pointed at Cai Tingfang.

"Back to the eldest lord, this is our neighbor Cai Tingfang." One of the old civilians looked up and said. The other people nodded at the same time.

"Do you know this one?" Liu Bowen pointed at Li Bin again.

"We don't know this one, we only saw him when he came to snatch Cai Tingfang's wife." It was the old man who spoke.

"Are you sure that she led someone to snatch Cai Tingfang's wife?" Liu Bowen asked again.

"Yes, we're sure it's him!" Several civilians shouted almost at the same time.

"Li Bin, do you have anything to say?" Liu Bowen said with a cold face.

"That's not how it is, he ....... He....... His family owes me money, so I brought someone to urge it; Because he never paid it back, I took his wife away and asked him to bring money to ransom him. Li Bin, who was in a cold sweat, hurriedly quibbled; At the same time, I can't stop sneaking out and looking; The heart said, "Uncle, why haven't you come yet?" If you don't come again, your nephew will be finished. ”

"Li Bin, you keep saying that he owes you money; Then where is the IOU for borrowing money, you present it to court. Liu Bowen's voice turned gloomy and said.

"This.... This...... I lost this IOU. Li Bin stammered.

"He's talking nonsense!" Cai Tingfang scolded angrily.

Liu Bowen raised his hand to stop Cai Tingfang's words, and his eyes were fixed on Li Bin's face; Shocked by Liu Bowen's fierce eyes, Li Bin hurriedly lowered his head.

"Li Bin, do you know these people?" Liu Bowen suddenly shouted at him.

Li Bin, who hurriedly raised his head, turned his head blankly to look around, and then shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"You don't know them, but they will always remember you; Master, recite these forms. Liu Bowen turned his head and shouted to the master standing next to him.

The master immediately took the form on the desk in his hand and read them one by one; The people standing outside the yamen all shed tears when they listened to these words written with blood and tears; For this Li Bin, who does no evil, everyone hates him so much that they grit their teeth.

When the master finished reading the pleadings, the people who complained also knelt down and shouted loudly: "Please Lord Qingtian to be the master for us!" ”

"You guys are on the sidelines, and I will handle it impartially." Saying that, Liu Bowen slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "In the face of the facts, do you still want to quibble? If you don't recruit from the truth, you will have to be punished. Saying that, Liu Bowen shouted: "Prepare for the big punishment!" ”

The two officials stirred the bars and ropes and threw them in front of Li Bin with a bang; Look at the torture instruments in front of you, and then look at the angry crowd around you; Seeing that Li Bin didn't come to the savior, he said helplessly: "I recruit, I recruit all." With that, he began to confess his guilt in a slurching manner.

Liu Bowen winked, and the master sent a note and pen and ink to him, asked him to draw a charge, and then took him aside.

Then, Liu Bowen began to interrogate Steward Li and a cadre of housekeepers; Seeing Li Bin admit what he had committed, the family and Steward Li also had to admit their crimes.

Seeing these people confess their crimes, the faces of the people outside the door showed smiles, and the crowd became a little commotion. But when Liu Bowen read out the prepared verdict and escorted these evildoers down, the commotion outside the door turned into a sea of cheers, and at the same time, all the people shouted: "It's really Lord Bao's rebirth!" Our people are saved! Listening to the shouts outside, Liu Bowen smiled with relief.........

After retreating from the hall, he just walked to his house in a sedan chair, and he didn't wait to get off the sedan chair; I heard the shouting outside: "Master Li has arrived!" Liu Bowen, who slowly walked out of the sedan chair, turned to greet Li Shanchang, who had just stepped down from the sedan chair.

"Rare guest, rare guest; How did Master Lee have the opportunity to come to me today? Liu Bowen clasped his hands into fists and said with a smile.

"Lord Liu, didn't you ask knowingly; I'm afraid Lord Liu knows exactly what I want to do today. Li Shanchang, who was sweaty, said straight to the point.

"Since Master Li said so, the official admitted it; It seems that Master Li knows very well about Ling's nephew; But I don't know why Master Li didn't stop Ling's nephew's behavior early. Liu Bowen still said with a smile, but there was a sneer of condemnation in this smile.

"This........ This one.......... It's too late to say that now; The purpose of my coming here is to ask Lord Liu to raise his noble hand and let my nephew go once; I don't know what Lord Liu thinks? The sweat on Li Shanchang's face began to flow downward, and his face turned red.

"If Lord Li had sternly warned his nephew when he first made a mistake, I don't think he would have come to this point, Lord Li thinks that what I said is right?"

"Alas! Lord Liu, everything is done now; I just beg you to give birth to a little more and let my nephew cross this stump, and I will discipline him well; At the same time, he will also let him repay you well, Lord Liu. ”

"Lord Li, it has been reported to the emperor at this time, and there is no room for reversal in the whole case, Lord Li should please go back." Liu Bowen said with a solemn face.

"What? You have reported it to the emperor, you are talking nonsense to your face; You go home with your front foot, and I will chase after you; Besides, if I hadn't been called to the palace by the emperor to discuss something; How can my nephew be taken by you! Li Shanchang listened to Liu Bowen's words, and the anger in his chest, 'poof', rushed up, and said loudly.

With a cold smile, Liu Bowen immediately asked, "Do you know why the emperor announced that you entered the palace today?" Everything I did was to handle this case at the behest of the emperor; That's why the emperor announced you to the palace, so that I can handle this case smoothly. Liu Bowen sneered and said the reason.

As soon as these words came out, it was like a thunderbolt, which exploded in Li Shanchang's ears; Suddenly, he only felt that his whole body was weak, and he was about to fall down on a staggering basis; Fortunately, the guards around him stepped forward quickly and held him up.

"Hurry up and send Master Li back to the house and let him have a good rest." Liu Bowen turned his head and said to Li Shanchang's guards. The guard looked down at the old man in his arms, a little dilemma.

"Let's go back to the house." Li Shanchang said weakly.

"Master Li go slowly, this official is here." Seeing that Li Shanchang was hidden in the sedan chair, Liu Bowen said with both hands in a fist. Looking at the sedan chair in the distance, Liu Bowen shook his head, turned around and walked into the house.

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"Fuck, this bull-nosed old man, you want to kill my nephew like this, I will never let you be satisfied." In the lobby, Li Shanchang, who was walking back and forth, scolded angrily in a low voice.

And at the table next to him, there were also two middle-aged women dressed in noble women's clothes; There were also four young women who looked like maids, standing and waiting.

One of the noblewomen was weeping, while the other was wiping her tears with a handkerchief in her hand.

"I said brother and sister, don't cry; Isn't your eldest brother trying to figure it out? The noblewoman with a handkerchief in her hand was persuading.