Chapter 216: A Counterattack
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Shi Jingtian was in prison, entangled in iron ropes, still calm, telling the truth of the matter, as if he was telling everyone a real thing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Some of the people present knew it, and some didn't understand it, but Prime Minister Hikozhi didn't know the details, and tried to open his eyes, and sat there motionless and listened carefully. The civil servants below were recording and listening to the stone explain the whole thing, and they actually believed him somewhat.
As the prime minister, although there are some corrupt things, Yan Zhi has also done a lot of good things for the people. As an important minister of the imperial city, of course, he knows in his heart what can be done and what must not be done. If a big case like what the stone said, if it can't be handled clearly, then the result is that you can't save it, let alone support your son-in-law Xiao Yun.
The collusion of officials and bandits to experiment with living people and to train an unconscious war machine with drugs is so appalling that its conspiracy ambitions are unknown.
"Prime Minister Yan, where should this matter be tried?"
Hearing the question from the side of the fire, Yan Zhi woke up from the shock, his attitude changed calmly, and his fat palm slapped on the table, "How to try it? Investigate! Investigate thoroughly, everything and every detail from beginning to end must be investigated, and the human and physical evidence involved will be sorted out immediately!"
"Your Excellency, there is no way to escape the evil deeds of slaughtering the village with human and material evidence like stones. If you don't punish him with capital punishment first, it's hard for the people to be angry!" said the city lord Liu Zhang tentatively.
"The Imperial City ordered me to come to investigate this matter thoroughly, and I have to find out from beginning to end, and it is not as simple as beheading a felon. Besides, City Lord Liu, you are not qualified to speak even if you are only listening to the trial!"
Yan Zhi's attitude changed suddenly, and he blew his beard and stared at him when he spoke, which made Liu Zhang and Xiao Yun a little surprised, and they didn't dare to say anything for a while. However, Lihuo nodded secretly, although he didn't deal with it at ordinary times, but in some practices in court politics, he still agreed with the major rights and wrongs, and he was a good official.
Yan Zhi and Lihuo both made up their minds, and after interrogation, it was past noon in the blink of an eye, and no one dared to mention the matter of eating. Shi Jingtian seemed to be left out in the cold as a felon, and no one asked him a word in the cage. Li Hanyun secretly brought wine and meat and fed him carefully, and the soldiers of the Red Army did not stop him.
The matter of Yixiongzhuang was carefully threaded, but the deaths of Zhu Jiangping, Iron Monkey and Master Bai made all this still no progress. A layer of fine sweat appeared on Yan Zhi's chubby face, and he thought that he had dealt with a lot of big and small things, and he had never seen any tricky things, but now his mind was a mess.
Even if the incident of Yixiongzhuang is put aside, whether the stone later mixed into the Black Lotus Society, or whether he is the head of the Black Lotus Society, no one can say. There is no way to prove that what the stone says is true, and there is nothing to prove that what the stone says is false.
"After so long of interrogation, although the affairs of Yixiongzhuang are inextricably linked to the Black Lotus Society and the current affairs, I still can't figure it out!" Yan Zhi wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and leaned back in his chair to ask for Lihuo's opinion.
Yan Zhi of course agreed with Lihuo's attitude towards this matter, and said with some concern, "Prime Minister Yan, it is because this matter is too confusing that the Imperial City will send you and me here." Don't be in a hurry about everything, you can always find some clues little by little. This matter can't be tried, so we can try the next one! ”
"Well, that's all there is to it!" Hikoto nodded.
"Prime Minister, since Shi Jingtian said that he had infiltrated the Black Lotus Society and sabotaged the assassination of the daughter of the commander of the city defense of Jiuyao City, why not start here. In this way, it is unknown whether the stone is a member of the Black Lotus Society!" Xiao Yun, who had never spoken, suggested to Yanzhi.
Yan Zhi values this future son-in-law very much, and listening to him say this, there is indeed some truth. Seeing Lihuo, he also nodded and ordered, "Take the city defense commander Jiang Zifeng, and the captain Dong Fei to the court!"
Jiang Zifeng and Dong Fei were also imprisoned because they were implicated, but they were not treated like Shi Jingtian, but they just walked in with iron locks tied to their hands and under the custody of several soldiers.
Jiang Zifeng was very calm, knowing that he had been involved and had no way out, so he walked in calmly. But Dong Fei was different, staring at this with big eyes, looking at that, with an unconvinced face. Especially when I saw the stone now, I felt even more chuckled in my heart.
"Jiang Zifeng, has your daughter ever been assassinated and rescued by a man wearing a silver mask?" asked Lihuo bluntly.
"General Li, this is indeed the truth!"
"Then let's talk about it in detail!"
"My daughter Jiang Xue'er, since she was a child, loves piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and every day she will go to a piano shop to learn art, and she will come back in the evening, and pick up a centurion and a few soldiers under Dong Fei! That night, my daughter escaped from the lake wet and died, and when she returned home, she told me about the assassination and rescue, and the one who rescued him was a soldier wearing a silver mask!"
"Leaving the general, I am indeed responsible for picking up and dropping off the commander's daughter, and I checked afterwards. The soldiers who were going to pick up Jiang Xue'er were all assassinated on the road, and their armor and clothes were also stripped naked. The centurion in charge of this matter led the thugs to pick up Jiang Xue'er and then fled with his family, and now he has not found it!" Dong Fei continued with an angry face.
"The silver-faced man also told my daughter to create the illusion that the assassination was successful. I knew then that someone must have infiltrated this force, waiting for an opportunity to eradicate it. That's why I sent my daughter to a distant relative's house overnight and set up a mourning hall for my daughter!
Dong Fei couldn't hold back his temperament and interrupted Jiang Zifeng's words, "It was the stone who saved Jiang Xue'er with a mask, because a few days later, Shi Shi told me with a silver mask late at night that he had broken into the interior of the Black Lotus Society, and got the news that the leaders of the Black Lotus Society would gather in the village outside Jiuyao City!"
"Then why didn't you report the dispatch of a large army at that time?"
Shi said at the time that on the one hand, he did not know whether the news was true or false, and on the other hand, if he sent a large army there, he would definitely leak the news. So just ask me to send someone to the courtyard where he lives in the imperial city, and let his friends come to help. I was still in the city waiting for news that day, but who expected that the heavy shield barracks would suddenly go forward, and the stone would become the murderer of the village!"
What Dong Fei and Jiang Zifeng said was justified and well-founded, and the Qi was exactly the same as what Shi had narrated, which made Yan Zhi start to make trouble again. Do you believe in stones or not?
"Prime Minister Yan, General Li, Jiang Zifeng, and Dong Fei are already linked with stones, and the matter of Yixiongzhuang is proof of this, so their words are not to be believed! Otherwise, even if these good deeds for the country and the people are to be hidden, how can a few of them have the ability to eradicate an evil force?" Xiao Yun raised his own question.
"Hmph! Brother Shi's ability, you don't know! But I think the faceless heavy shield barracks instructor should be clear, or let him tell you how Shi and one of his friends guarded thousands of soldiers, and even the excellent heavy shield soldiers returned with heavy casualties!" Dong Fei snorted coldly, "Don't feel that you are incapable, everyone is incapable!"
Of course, Xiao Yun knew about Zhang Yong and Shi guarding Yixiongzhuang together, and the two thousand heavy shield soldiers couldn't break through, and he couldn't believe it, but this was the case, and he sneered and didn't say anything again.
Shi Jingtian glanced at Zhong Yan, his face may be a wound that can never be healed, when Dong Fei said that he had no face to see people, he also had no expression, still staring at the roof, as if thinking about something.
"Those friends who live with the stone are indeed first-class masters, in all fairness, none of them are inferior to me in terms of strength!" Li Siguang said truthfully, still remembering that during the auction in the Imperial City, everyone showed their hands.
"That's it!" Yan Zhi had a new understanding of Shi Jingtian, no matter what the reason was, according to Yixiongzhuang, he had indeed saved a lot of villagers, and muttered in his mouth, "For this matter, the bribed centurion has already absconded, and Jiang Xue'er is no longer in Jiuyao City, it seems that it is difficult to make a decision again!"
"Prime Minister, while imprisoning Jiang Zifeng, I have already sent someone to find Jiang Xue'er, and I have already taken her back to Jiuyao City, and now I am waiting outside! As soon as she comes, the matter will be clear!"
As soon as Yan Zhi heard Xiao Yun's words, everyone immediately appreciated, "Okay! Okay! It's still thoughtful, let Jiang Xue'er go to the court now!"
Shi Jingtian suddenly felt bad, Jiang Xue'er had already died, and now Jiang Xue'er was dressed by the treacherous Ji Liao Sha, her body shape was almost the same, and her appearance was extremely similar, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood without Yi Rong Jiang Zifeng. If she goes to court, what she says must be extremely unfavorable to herself.
A soldier walked up to the hall with Jiang Xue'er, Jiang Xue'er's white skirt fluttered, setting off her petite figure, her black hair was casually coiled on the top of her head, but her big eyes were teary eyes, and she looked pitiful.
"Dad!Dad!Are you okay?" Jiang Xue'er walked into the lobby and looked at her father with a rope, and rushed into her father's arms desperately, tears falling down her eyes.
"Good daughter, it's okay if you're fine, and your father is okay!" Jiang Zifeng was a little surprised to hear that his son and daughter had returned, but he was relieved to know that she was safe and sound.
"Dad, let's say everything, my mother and I in the province worry about you every day, confess your mistakes to all the adults, everything is too late, Dad!"
"What, daughter, what are you talking about?" Jiang Zifeng looked surprised, as if he didn't know his daughter, his hands wearing iron locks pushed Jiang Xue'er away, and the soldier next to him stepped forward and grabbed his arm.
The weak Jiang Xue'er fell to the ground, and her black hair was scattered. I believe that the adults will spare your life, even if it is imprisonment or exile, my mother and I will accompany you!"