"Wang Dianyu, ah no, Wang Zongqi, as the plaintiff, he has proved that the perpetrator is not Wang Ling, why do you bother to mess around? Isn't it a loss of the demeanor of the general flag of a house, or are you actually not coming for the king's order, but for me? If you want to move your ass up so much, why bother so much, you can just say a word or two to me, in addition to the Yamen of the General Department of the Beijing, there is also the position of the number one of the 12 State Street Divisions to fight for, which of your photos tells me that I will recommend talents to the General Division, but it will save so many crooked twists and turns, or is it that Wang Zongqi is really hard to leave his homeland, so he just wants to sit on my chair? ”

Du Mingtang's tone seemed to be ridiculous and questioning, looking at his gentle demeanor, listening to the ears of those with ulterior motives, the straight people shuddered, and lowered their heads weakly, Zhang Haifeng and Bai Zhijun's hearts trembled, and they were afraid that their minds would be seen, so they had to shrink to the side and pretend to be calm.

Wang Dianyu hurriedly fell to the ground, put his head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The lowly position has no such intention, it must be that Shi Geng, a lowly person, was instructed by the king's order, and what he just said is purely a slander against the lowly position, and the loyalty of the lowly position to the envoy can be seen by the sun and the moon!" ”

"Wang Zongqi doesn't have to care, since I have appointed you as the chief judge, I trust you, and I only listen to a few words of gossip from others who chew the root of my tongue, and I won't take it seriously, but I want to ask Wang Zongqi, the witnesses you invited can't confirm Wang Ling's guilt, even the prince said that it wasn't him, are you going to acquit him, or continue?" Du Mingtang narrowed his eyes and said.

"I..." Wang Dianyu's face was a little pale, and he was about to retreat, but he saw Bai Zhijun and the others looking at him with an encouraging and persecutive look, and hesitated for a while.

Wang Dianyu was in a dilemma at this time, he suddenly remembered the plan that the four of them had planned together before, that is, to convict Wang Ling as soon as possible, as long as Wang Ling was convicted, he would be able to lead the disaster to Du Mingtang, if he cowered at this time, it would be difficult to have this opportunity.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Returning to the envoy, after the king ordered the killing, he was rescued by his accomplices that day, which was seen by many brothers with their own eyes, and the prince and the other three witnesses may have been threatened, so they did not dare to testify in person, and I also know that one person will definitely be able to identify the murderer!" ”

"Oh? Who is it? Du Mingtang said.

Wang Dianyu said: "It was Cheng Yufang, the woman who collided with the son of the world that day, and her son, on the night of the incident, the mother and son were sent to the hospital of Wang Ling, and they thought that the two of them must be greatly involved with Wang Ling, so they dared to beg the envoy to allow me to summon the mother and son to come for questioning." ”

Wang Ling's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness when he heard this, and he subconsciously glanced at Du Mingtang, hoping that he would reject Wang Dianyu's request, but saw that Du Mingtang did not look at him, but said: "Wang Dianyu, if you still can't prove that Wang Ling is the one who committed the murder, what should you do?" ”

"If this is the case, the humble position has no choice but to determine that Wang Ling is not guilty, and he will not ask about this matter again!" Wang Dianyu solemnly hugged his fists.

"What about you?" Du Mingtang's gaze swept over several general flags one by one.

At this point, Zhang Haifeng, Bai Zhijun, and Guo Chao had no choice but to echo: "We have no objection." ”

Du Mingtang chuckled: "This is the best, this is your last chance, although the street division is wide, but you can't help but stuff people in again and again, I allow you to summon witnesses for the last time, regardless of the plaintiff or defendant, so that you can die, endlessly, let you call all the people in Washi, I'm afraid there will not be so many people here." ”

His cold ridicule made Wang Dianyu's old face redden, with his original idea, it was to move out of Dongchuan Hou Shizi to cover the coffin, but Lu Jialei unexpectedly slapped him in the face, seeing that the main owner was not held accountable, he could only call one testimony after another for questioning, ready to fight to the end, but the people who were called were as if they had discussed it, and the words he said were like a slap in the face, throwing his face left and right, even if Wang Dianyu was old, his cheek was a little unbearable.

"Humble duty, send someone to send their mother and son over." Wang Dianyu said.

Wang Ling's residence is not far from the street division, and after waiting for a long time, a young woman dressed plainly walked in, holding an eight-year-old boy in her hand, Lu Jialei was surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this woman to be so delicate and lovely after washing, which made people involuntarily feel pity, and a trace of lust and longing flashed in his eyes.

Cheng Yufang's expression was a little timid, but the child was calm, his eyes were as deep as a pool of water, and the woman cautiously glanced around and found the royal order in the crowd.

Wang Ling nodded slightly, signaling her peace of mind, Cheng Yufang was really no longer afraid, pulled Lin Lin to kneel on the ground and bowed: "The folk woman Cheng Shi, I have seen all the adults. ”

Wang Dianyu stepped forward and asked, "Raise your head, Lord Ben has something to ask you." ”

"My lord, excuse me." Cheng Yufang raised her head and said.

Wang Dianyu said: "That day in Washi, have you ever seen who saved you? ”

Cheng Yufang's eyes flickered, and she was about to subconsciously look at Wang Ling, but suddenly found that the adult who asked her eyes was not good, her heart tightened, she forcibly stopped her movements, and said in a lamented voice: "The women can't see clearly." ”

"Didn't see clearly?" Wang Dianyu's tone was cold.

Cheng Yufang was afraid, his eyes instinctively avoided his gaze, and his lips trembled lightly: "Min... The woman fainted at that time, but she really didn't see clearly. ”

Wang Dianyu was about to scare this woman who didn't know what to do, when suddenly he caught a glimpse of the child beside her, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and he said with a smile: "In this way, then your son must have seen it, I might as well ask him." ”

Hearing him say this, Wang Ling clenched his fists viciously, but a hand was silently pressed on his shoulder, Wang Ling looked back, I don't know when Shi Geng had come to his side, and shook his head slightly to signal him not to be impulsive.

When the woman saw that this obviously malicious adult was staring at her son, she hurriedly hugged his leg and cried: "My lord, he is just a child, he doesn't know anything, and the woman really didn't see it clearly..."

"Since you fainted at the time, then I don't have to ask you again, get out!" Wang Dianyu was furious and kicked her away.

He called someone to bring a throwing tool, ready to use the knife on the woman, Wang Ling didn't know what the tool was, but when he saw that the three people who had been called before were all frightened, and knew that it was not a good thing, after a while, two servants walked in, Wang Ling saw the thing they were holding in their hands, and instantly recognized it, isn't it a torture instrument used to clamp his fingers? This thing is specially designed to deal with women.

Wang Ling hurriedly shouted to Du Mingtang: "Envoy, Wang Zongqi is planning to bend into a trick, how can he be tortured at will?!" ”

However, Du Mingtang said indifferently: "This move does not violate the law, the displaced people have no home and no household, and there is no obstacle to torture." ”

Wang Ling's eyes showed a fierce light, and he wanted to stop it, but before he raised one foot, he suddenly felt a powerful coercion enveloping his whole body, and he was pressed in place, unable to move a finger, Wang Ling showed a look of horror, turned his eyes with difficulty, and looked in the direction of Du Mingtang.

He tried to break free, but found that this powerful qi locked him from the inside out, and even if he tried his best, it only made his body tremble slightly.

This coercion was only aimed at Wang Ling, and others could not detect it, Wang Dianyu and others saw him standing in place trembling, thinking that he was angry, and they were extremely proud.

At this time, Cheng Yufang's ten fingers had been put on the torture instrument, she was panicked and cried, and kept begging for mercy, but no one paid attention to her, Lu Jialei sighed twice, and Liu Ji was still that cynical.

Wang Dianyu said in a deep voice: "Torture! ”

The two servants in charge of the execution pulled the rope in their hands suddenly, and there was a terrible cry from the woman's mouth that reached the nine heavens, Wang Dianyu looked at the little boy with satisfaction, and when he met the boy's eyes, he was suddenly stunned, he did not cry as expected, nor did he ask for himself, what he saw was a young face with almost no waves, those clear and translucent eyes, not like the coldness that human beings should have.

Wang Dianyu even had a ridiculous feeling that he had a trace of wanting to dodge, and he didn't dare to look at this boy.

While he was surprised that the boy was a little abnormal, he did not forget his purpose, and immediately put on a smile like a spring breeze, gently pressed his hand on the boy's shoulder, and then pointed at Wang Ling with his other hand: "Child, if you don't want your mother to suffer, tell me who saved you that day?" Isn't that the person? ”

Lin Lin turned his head, his eyes sparkling and staring at Wang Ling, looking extremely serious.

"yes, look closely, isn't he?" Wang Dianyu said.

Wang Ling looked at Cheng Yufang, who was suffering, at this time her face was pale, her forehead was oozing dense sweat, and there was an extra bloody ring on each finger, he couldn't bear it, and he actually hoped that Lin Lin could identify himself, so as not to let others suffer for him, the pain of ten fingers and heart was beyond ordinary people to bear, let alone a weak woman.

At this time, the little boy's lips and teeth moved slightly, and he said in a glutinous voice: "It's not this uncle." ”

"You say it again!!" Wang Dianyu's hand holding his shoulder was violently exerted.

The boy's face suddenly twisted together, but he still bit his lips stubbornly, and he didn't make a sound.

When Wang Dianyu was angry, as if he had lost his mind, his palm was raised high against the boy's little brain, seeing that the gesture was actually to do it to the boy.

The king is in a hurry!

Suddenly, feeling that the coercion that had imprisoned him suddenly disappeared, he didn't care about the surprise, he quickly went out, and swept across Wang Dianyu's head with a whip leg.

Wang Dianyu had already noticed Wang Ling's movements behind him, and he imperceptibly evoked a smile, ignoring Wang Ling's attack at all, but the movements in his hands slowed down a lot.

Seeing this, Shi Geng's secret path was not good, it was too late to stop him, Wang Dianyu knew that he had failed, so he planned to provoke Wang Ling to do it to himself, so he could kill Wang Ling on the spot on the grounds of attacking his superiors.

"How much do you don't take me seriously to dare to be so presumptuous?" Du Mingtang's voice came between the two, his tone was flat but there was a penetrating coldness, he didn't know when he appeared between the two, holding Wang Ling's leg with one hand and Wang Dianyu's forearm with the other.

Wang Dianyu said: "Envoy, I just want to scare this child, but Wang Ling is violent and abnormal, and he actually has murderous intentions against me, he will definitely dare to kill the guards of the Hou Mansion, even if it cannot be proved that the murder in Washi was committed by him today, he should be punished for attacking his superiors, and he should be beheaded!" ”

"Wang Dianyu, what kind of calculations are you making, don't you really think I can't see it, do you think that I, the commander, are very easy to fool and talk?" Du Mingtang said coldly.

Wang Dianyu hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be humble. ”

"Don't dare? You've made enough trouble today, you should know how to stop it in time. Du Mingtang turned to Wang Ling and said, "As for you Wang Ling, don't you feel tired when you hold your legs like this?" Or do you want me to hold it for you all the time? ”

When Wang Ling heard this, he quickly withdrew his legs, and saluted respectfully: "Humble duty knows mistakes. ”

Du Mingtang glanced at him lightly, then withdrew his gaze and said: "Today's matter is understood, the king ordered him to be acquitted, but for the time being, you don't have to go back to the yamen on duty, punish you at home and think about it behind closed doors, you can't go out, the imperial court's mission will personally try the case in a few days, no one will make a small move for me, if something goes wrong, I will not spare it." ”

"But the envoy..."Wang Dianyu was really dizzy, he was already like this and wanted to entangle, but he was interrupted by Du Mingtang waving his hand, making what he was about to say choke in his throat.

After Du Mingtang broke Wang Dianyu, he said: "You have been in a hurry to convict Wang Ling, but you have ignored two key issues. ”

Wang Dianyu was puzzled and said, "Please give me advice." ”

Du Mingtang turned his head, looked at Wang Ling and asked, "Where have you gone in the past few days since you disappeared?" Why did you only come back today? ”

Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, then put on a humble posture and said sincerely: "That day, I saw a man in black fighting with the prince's guards, and I wanted to help those guards drive away that person, but I didn't expect that this little bit of martial arts was difficult to resist, and as soon as I made a move, I was knocked to the ground by the man in black, and finally he was taken captive. ”

Few of the people present really knew the inside story, Lu Jialei was knocked out before his secret guard appeared, although the three witnesses didn't dare to look at it at the time to avoid trouble, but they also knew that the man in black was obviously the last to appear, but they didn't dare to say it, even so, the people present without exception all thought that Wang Ling was, but he said righteous words, as if it was true.

"Seven guards were killed, why did they take you captive?" Bai Zhijun bluntly pierced the flaws in his story.

Wang Ling didn't even look at him, but replied to Du Mingtang: "At first, I couldn't figure it out, but that person took me away for another reason, the reason why he kidnapped me was because he saw that I wanted to stop the little marquis from whipping the people, and felt that I still had a sense of justice, so he spared my life, but also advised me to serve the city people to oppress the good, hoping that I would stay away from the street division, after saying that, the man left, and never came back, leaving me alone in the mountains and forests to recuperate. But when I think of my colleagues treating me like a brother, and when I think that the envoy is still working hard for the cause of the Street Division, how can I leave ruthlessly? Therefore, after the injury was healed, I came back, but I didn't think about it, but I was unreasonably suspected by your general banner because of this incident, and I am guilty of lowly duty, and I deserve to die for my lowly position! ”

He portrayed the man in black in that story as a chivalrous man who made a bold move when he saw the road, his tone changed with emotion, and with his exaggerated acting skills, everyone gasped, how did he say such a nonsense story with a cheeky face?

Knowing that he was making things up, but he couldn't come up with evidence, he could only listen to his words, Lu Jialei snorted disdainfully, his eyes were full of resentment, Bai Zhijun and others had an expression like eating flies, Liu Ji was stunned, only felt ridiculous, and Shi Geng held back his smile and blushed.

Du Mingtang coughed lightly twice and said, "That's the case, it makes sense over there." ”

What the hell does that make sense?! Wang Dianyu and the others exclaimed in their hearts.

"That's the end of this question, I'm going to point out the second one." Du Mingtang glanced at everyone with a serious expression and said, "What do you think, what kind of strength did Wang Ling show just now?" ”

Zhao Hailong is an honest man, and he replied without thinking: "I look at the breath fluctuations when he comes out of his legs, it should be seven grades." ”

Du Mingtang was silent, he stared at the crowd, and at this time these people had realized the crux of the problem.

"The seven guards of the Hou Mansion are all above the seventh grade, and among them there is a sixth-grade Yuan Martial Realm, and he is proficient in the battle formation with tacit understanding, even if he fights against the five-grade Kaiyang Realm, he can also have the power to fight, if it is only the seventh grade, he will definitely lose within the five-in-one." Zhao Hailong grasped the key point, and Tidu Mingtang pointed out the truth.

"Therefore, this matter is definitely not the work of the king's decree." Du Mingtang said firmly.

Everyone was silent, Wang Dianyu was unwilling, but he couldn't convince himself that Wang Ling should fight six seven-rank plus one six-rank when Wang ordered a seven-rank to fight.

In the end, everyone dispersed unhappily, and before leaving, Wang Dianyu did not forget to release cruel words to Wang Ling: "Don't be complacent, sooner or later you will die at my hands." ”

Regarding his threat, Wang Ling only regarded it as unnutritious, and didn't take it to heart at all.

After Wang Dianyu left, Lu Jialei, the prince of Dongchuan, quietly came to Wang Ling's side, and said in a deep voice: "This time the matter is clear, dare to threaten me with that incident again, even if you fight to the death, I want you to know what life is better than death." ”

Wang Ling snorted and laughed: "The prince's injury has not healed, it is better to raise it first and then come to me to trouble, but I still advise the prince, or don't provoke me, now you have the handle in my hands, I am a lowly person, and a husband, irritable and irritable, you are the little marquis of Dongchuan Houfu, your status is noble, if you really make trouble, you can not do this kind of loss-making business." ”

A look of jealousy appeared on Lu Jialei's face, and then he snorted angrily, and left with his head wrapped in gauze.

went straight to Cheng Yufang's side and helped her up, Wang Ling said guiltily: "Sister Yufang, let you and Xiao Linzi be wronged." ”

Cheng Yufang looked at Wang Ling with soft eyes, she shook her head lightly to signal that he didn't have to care, and she was already speechless to comfort Wang Ling's apology in her heart.

He Shi Geng said hello, and said goodbye to Du Mingtang, Wang Ling led Lin Lin, supported Cheng Yufang and left the street division, and slowly left in the direction of home.

After Wang Ling left, Shi Geng came to Du Mingtang, bowed and saluted: "Honor." ”

"You're doing well, go down." Du Mingtang said.

"Yes." Shi Geng said goodbye, turned around and walked out.

The lobby that was lively before, now only Du Mingtang was left, he sat on the chair, looked out of the door silently, the back of Wang Ling and the others leaving was reflected in his eyes, and after a while, he suddenly chuckled and said: "It's a little interesting." ”