Outside the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion was crowded with people watching the excitement, and I heard that this time Lord Bao was going to try the brother of the emperor's most favored concubine, and everyone did not want to miss such a good show.

"Hey, I heard that Zhang Yao killed people and set fires without even blinking his eyelids. ”

"Ah, that's not a bandit's business? How could an emperor's relatives do such a thing? How could this emperor's brother-in-law be so cruel...... Tsk tsk"

"It's not, I heard that the concubine will also come to hear the trial today, Lord Bao is enough to choke this time. ”

Everyone was talking about it, and the court remembered the voice: "Ascend to the court, --- mighty ----", the officials walked out from both sides of the court in turn, Bao Zheng had a calm face, walked slowly to the lobby, and patted the hall in shock: "Take the plaintiff Xue's daughter Xue Feifei to the court." ”

Xue Feifei followed behind the official who led the way, lowered his head, walked quickly to the public court, knelt on his knees, and said loudly: "The folk girl Xue Feifei has seen Master Bao. ”

Seeing that Xue Feifei was not timid at all in the court, Master Bao was quite satisfied, and his voice slowed down unconsciously: "Xue Feifei, where are you from, who are you suing, and what is the matter?"

Feifei said unhurriedly: "The folk girl is from Songjiang County, and she sued Zhang Yao, and the folk girl sued him for taking the ancestral treasures of the folk daughter, and did not hesitate to kill people and set fires, and slaughtered my Xue family." ”

Bao Zheng said: "You go through the things one by one." ”

So, Feifei told Zhang Yao how he shamelessly asked for red porcelain for the reason of asking for marriage, and ordered someone to kill and set fire if he couldn't get it. The people outside the hall were filled with righteous indignation, and they scolded this Zhang Yao for not being a thing, Bao Zheng patted the hall and said: "Quiet, there is no noise in the public court." After a pause, he said, "Take the defendant Zhang Yao."

Zhang Yao went to the court, and as soon as Bao Zheng wanted to interrogate, he heard a duck-like shout outside the hall: "Concubine Zhang Guifei has arrived." ”

Zhang Guifei walked out of the sedan chair supported by a father-in-law, and walked into the public hall with a high spirit, Bao Zheng saw this and hurriedly got up to take over, Zhang Guifei held her head high and said to Bao Zheng proudly: "The emperor allowed me to observe this case, if Bao Zheng dares to frame him for personal gain, I will not give up." ”

Bao Zheng had a cold face, and after Zhang Guifei sat down, he began to continue the interrogation, he patted the shocked wood and asked: "Zhang Yao, Xue Feifei sued you for robbing treasures, killing people and setting fires, can you admit it?"

Zhang Yao glanced at Zhang Guifei and said: "I don't admit it, I have never done such a thing as murder and arson, obviously Master Xue wanted to marry Miss Xue to me, but I refused, so Miss Xue took revenge on me, Lord Bao, I was really wronged." ”

Bao Zheng asked Xue Feifei: "Xue Feifei, you said that Zhang Yao instructed the killer to kill your whole family, is there any evidence?"

Xue Feifei said: "Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, the folk girl recognized the murderer, and now, the killer has also been arrested, and the adults will know it as soon as they ask." ”

"Bold, dare to slander Uncle Dang Guo without evidence and without evidence, are you impatient?" Zhang Guifei didn't wait for Bao Zheng to speak, and then reprimanded angrily.

Bao Zheng raised his eyebrows, and said to Zhang Guifei in a cold voice: "There is no noise in the court, and Zhang Guifei should respect herself." ”

Zhang Guifei snorted coldly and said: "Bao Zheng, the trial must be reasonable, the human and material evidence is all right, this woman is clearly clinging to the wealthy family, taking revenge for personal gain, such a simple matter, what else is there to try, if I want to say that I will be pulled out and beaten first." ”

Bao Zheng said: "Zhang Guifei, this mansion has its own reason for adjudicating the case, if the concubine is so messing around, don't blame Bao Zheng for being rude." After a pause, no matter how Concubine Zhang reacted, she asked Jia Ren: "Jia Ren, this mansion asks you, have you ever obeyed Zhang Yao's order to go to the Xue family to kill people and seize things?"

Jia Ren replied: "Lord Hui, the grass people did obey Zhang Yao's orders and went to the Xue Mansion to kill people and seize treasures?"

Bao Zheng asked: "Why did Zhang Yao ask you to go to Xue Mansion to kill people and seize treasures?"

Jia Ren replied: "Lord Hui, the grass people are the killers that Zhang Yao secretly raised, I will do whatever he asks me to do, that day, Zhang Yao ordered me to go to Xue Mansion to grab a red porcelain, and told the grass people not to leave traces." ”

Bao Zheng said: "So, you slaughtered the Xue family?"

Jia Ren replied: "My lord, the grass people didn't expect it to be like that at that time, it's just that what happened at that time was so evil that the grass people couldn't figure it out, my lord, the grass people really didn't mean it." ”

Xue Feifei couldn't help but interject: "You didn't mean to kill someone, didn't you set the fire unintentionally?"

Jia Ren replied: "I have never set fires, after I missed that day, I felt that the matter was a bit big, so I went directly to Zhang Yao and asked him to think of a way, and when I came out of Zhang Yao's house, it was dawn, how could I have time to set fires." ”

Bao Zheng asked, "Zhang Yao, what do you have to say?"

Zhang Yao said: "It's nonsense, I never knew this person, I am a national uncle, what do I want, do I still need to raise a murderer to rob secretly?"

Jia Ren replied: "Zhang Yao, I have been with you for so many years, I don't know who you are? I have evidence that you asked me to kill someone." ”

Bao Zheng said: "What evidence do you have?"

Jia Ren replied: "Every time Zhang Yao asks me to grab something, I will draw the objects to be robbed on the paper, let me compare them, I keep these papers, each piece of paper is printed with the mark of your Zhangfu special offering, as well as the words you wrote, you can go to verify." As he spoke, he handed the papers to the dynasty.

Bao Zheng took a look, the first one was painted with red porcelain, and the side piece also wrote Xue Mansion, study, and the lower left corner of the paper was also printed with a faint Zhang Mansion special words.

Bao Zheng was shocked: "Bold Zhang Yao, the existing physical evidence proves that you instigated Jia Ren to seize the treasure, do you still dare to be cunning?"

Zhang Yao never thought that Jia Ren would keep all these things by his side, this person who usually doesn't look at talking much, is so scheming, he doesn't know how to reply for a while.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Guifei hurriedly said: "The word can be imitated by someone, as for this mark, it is not a particularly rare thing, just find a printer and make it, how to make such a thing as physical evidence?"

Bao Zheng shook his head, looked at Zhang Guifei and said: "Guifei's words are wrong, this thing can be imitated, is it possible that such a stack is imitated? This mansion just looked at the things inside, and many of them are exactly the same as the beheading cases reported by the local government officials for murder and predatory, is this all a coincidence?"

Zhang Guifei said: "What do you mean, do you mean to say that these are all done by Zhang Yao?"

Jia Ren said: "If you go back to your mother, these are really what Zhang Yao asked the grass people to do. ”

Zhang Guifei said: "Presumptuous, this palace didn't ask you, how dare you talk at will, and it's all nonsense, come and drag him out of the palace to beat him to death." ”

When Bao Zheng heard this, his eyes widened angrily, and he slammed the shocking wood, and scolded: "Zhang Guifei, this mansion respects the emperor's wishes and lets you observe this case, but you have repeatedly disrupted the public court and affected the trial of the case, so the mansion has no choice but to ask the emperor to send an edict and invite the mother back to the palace." ”

Zhang Guifei trembled angrily, pointed at Bao Zheng and scolded: "Bao Heizi, you dare to ......"

Bao Zheng pursed his mouth and said coldly: "The emperor decrees that the Kaifeng Mansion is ordered to investigate the red porcelain case, and no one is allowed to interfere, and if there is a violator, he will be punished with an accomplice." ”

When Zhang Guifei heard this, she was immediately stunned, stunned on the spot, her eyes were red, and tears were about to fall.

When Bao Zheng saw it, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he urged repeatedly: "Please return to the palace." ”

Zhang Guifei cried and said: "Okay, you bag a black man, you wait for the ...... in the palace, brother, don't be afraid, with me, it will be fine." So saying, he hurried back to the palace.

Seeing that Zhang Guifei was finally gone, Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to Yue Qi again: "Yue Qi, this mansion asks you, why did you want to find Jia Ren to kill Zhan's guards?"

Yue Qi said: "That day, when Lord Zhan went to the Red Sleeve Pavilion to find Rouge to investigate the case of Xue's Mansion, Rouge had already murderous intentions, but he felt inconvenient and unsure at that time, so he asked Lord Zhan to meet by the Songjiang River, and at the same time, he found me and asked me to find someone to help me secretly make a secret move, and assassinate Lord Zhan by surprise." ”

Bao Zheng said: "Go on, what happened next?"

Yue Qi said: "Later, when Rouge saw that Jia Ren was arrested, he panicked, so he asked me to find a way to kill Jia Ren and extinguish his mouth. ”

Bao Zheng said: "Oh, you know, why do you want to take risks?"

Yue Qi said: "Because Rouge threatened me with my child, I had to do what she wanted. ”

Bao Zheng snorted and asked, "Jia Ren is the killer raised by Zhang Yao, how can you instruct him? What is your relationship with Zhang Yao?"

Yue Qi said: "Zhang Yao is Zhang Guifei's elder brother, the uncle of the country today, who doesn't want to tie the strings? I often invite Zhang Yao to go to the Red Sleeve Pavilion to drink and have fun, and I also introduced rouge to him." ”

Bao Zheng said angrily: "How can you, as an official of the imperial court, do such an unbearable thing?"

Yue Qi said: "My lord, I... I'm also forced to be helpless, I ...... I knew I was wrong. ”

Bao Zheng sighed and said, "Then the file after the Xue Mansion case was also deliberately written by you as an ordinary fire?"

Yue Qi said: "Yes, I did it, I want to use this matter to slap Zhang Yao." ”

Bao Zheng said: "Why are you so sure that Zhang Yao did it?"

Yue Qi said: "I don't know, after the Xue Mansion case, Zhang Yao came to me, and hinted in the casual chat that I would close the second case as an ordinary fire case, and I guessed eight or nine." ”

Zhang Yao jumped to his feet anxiously and shouted loudly: "Master Bao, he lied, he asked me to go to his house, saying that there was something to discuss, so I went, and he also gave me the red porcelain, maybe the Xue family was the fire he set on fire, but he beat a rake and framed me." ”

Bao Zheng asked Yue Qi, "Yue Qi, what Zhang Yao said is true?"

Yue Qi said: "Nonsense, if it weren't for his instructions, why would I come out and take this risk?"

Zhang Yao was furious, pointed at Yue Qi and said, "You... Okay, you dog-in-law, you dare to slander me when it comes to the end, you... You're getting impatient. ”

Bao Zheng said: "There is no noise or angry scolding in the court, this case will be tried here for the time being, come here, and all the cadres will be temporarily detained in prison, and they will be retried on a later day and withdrawn." ”

With that, he walked to the back hall.

In the plum blossom hall, Gongsun Ce was showing Bao Zheng the record of today's court, and Bao Zheng looked at it for a while and said, "Mr. Gongsun, what do you think of today's court trial?"

Gongsun Ce said: "It's nothing else, it's just that the students have doubts about Yue Qi's words?"

"Oh, Mr. Gongsun, please. ”

"If what Yue Qi said is true, but Jia Ren didn't get the red porcelain, then where did the red porcelain in Zhang Yao's hand come from? Zhang Yao said that what he said was true, and the red porcelain was given to him by Yue Qi, so how did Yue Qi get the red porcelain in his hand? Yue Qi said that Rouge had already started killing when he heard that Zhan's guards were inquiring about the red porcelain case, so what did Rouge have to do with the red porcelain case, and who was the mastermind among Zhang Yao, Yue Qi, and Rouge, and the students felt that there was something else in this matter. ”

Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Mr. Gongsun's analysis is that the relationship between this case lies in who originally took the red porcelain, and who got the red porcelain first, who is the ultimate mastermind of the case. However, why did Mr. Gongsun suspect Yue Qi?"

Gongsun Ce said: "Because Yue Qi has a weakness, it is Nuo'er." ”

Bao Zheng said: "What does Mr. Gongsun mean that Yue Qi has reservations for the sake of Nuo'er?"

Gongsun Ce said: "Yes, now that Rouge has not been arrested and brought to justice, then Yue Qi must have a glimmer of hope, and the students guess that eighty percent of them hope to use this as a bargaining chip to solve the Gu poison in Nuo'er's house." ”

Bao Zheng shook his head and said: "Why is he so confused, not to mention that the whereabouts of the rouge are unknown now, how can he come here to be his child? Even if she is caught by us, how can she detoxify Nuo'er in order to protect herself, and this poison is detoxified, isn't it a disguised admission that everything was done by her." ”

Gongsun Ce said: "Parents in the world, for the sake of their children, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they are unwilling to give up, students are also trying to find a way to detoxify these days, helpless, students are sparse and shallow, and have not found it, alas, ......"

Bao Zheng comforted him and said: "The Miao people's Gu technique is a secret technique, Mr. Gongsun must not blame himself too much, I just hope that the Zhan guards can successfully find Rouge and Miss Xiaoxi." ”

As he was talking, the dynasty outside came to spread the word that Zhan Guard and Bai Daxia had returned, and they had brought back Miss Xiaoxi. ”

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were overjoyed, and hurriedly walked out of the flower hall, and saw Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Yin Qing walking towards the flower hall, followed by a woman in blue who had never met in addition to Miss Xiaoxi.

After Zhan Zhao saw Bao Zheng, he introduced the woman in blue: "This is Lan Ruoxi, Miss Lan, a friend of Brother Bai, she said that she knew Miss Xue and wanted to meet her, so Brother Bai brought her with him." ”

Gongsun Ce said, "Why haven't you heard Miss Xue mention that there is a friend surnamed Lan?"

Lan Ruoxi smiled and said: As long as you invite her out to take a look, you will know. ”

Mr. Gongsun nodded, and asked his subordinates to call Xue Feifei to come to the flower hall.

After Xue Feifei got out of the hall, he was lying on the bed rubbing his legs, thinking: 'This ancient person can really kneel, find such a trial, I am not afraid of the case, my leg is about to kneel and break, I am really unlucky.' ’

When she was secretly sighing for her life, someone outside suddenly knocked on the door and said that it was Lord Bao who invited her to the flower hall for something, although Feifei was unhappy in her heart, but Lord Bao was invited, and she didn't dare to say no if she had 100,000 guts, so she had no choice but to have a bitter face and walk to the flower hall with her subordinates.