Just after the fifth watch, for some reason, dozens of people gathered early to watch outside the Chuzhou official office. He Jingzhu, the assassin, got a report in his mansion, and he was also confused, and the person who came only said that Xu Kuangheng, who had joined the judiciary, had a case to appeal, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came.

"Xu joined the army, why did he beat the drum to open the mansion?"

He Jingzhu was dressed in an official robe, but there were slight folds on his chest, obviously dressed in a hurry, and there was a slight resentment on his face at this time.

Xu Kuangheng's face was a little pale, but he just hugged his fists and saluted, and did not reply.

Just when He Jingzhu was puzzled, Li Yuan and Liu Jiangsheng took a few personal soldiers and escorted a tightly bound Ma Liu, and walked straight into the hall.

Seeing this young and familiar face, He Jingzhu swept slightly over the person who was tightly bound with ropes all over his body, obviously his brows trembled, and then immediately returned to his normal, and asked with a smile: "Li Yuhou?" ”

"He Thorn Shi is unharmed!" Li Yuan returned the salute lightly. Then Liu Jiangsheng swept Ma Liuyi's leg down and said angrily: "Kneel!" ”

He Jingzhu was obviously slightly touched, his hands behind his back kept staggering, and he said tentatively: "This is?" ”

I saw Xu Kuangheng come forward and said respectfully: "Back to the history of the assassination, the lower official went out of the city yesterday to supervise the important case, passing through the Araki Ridge, unexpectedly besieged by the bandits, fortunately Li Yuhou led the army to rescue, killed 67 bandits, and captured the head of the bandits, and sent it to the official office today." ”

"Oh!" He Jingzhu hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward and showed a happy look towards Li Yuan: "This official thanks Li Yuhou for clearing away the bandits for the people of Chuzhou!" This official is set to sparse the imperial court and make a contribution to Li Yuhou! ”

Li Yuan had expected He Jingzhu's composure, so he said expressionlessly: "He Tingshi, I came here today, Ben Yuhou is not here to ask for merit!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Jiangsheng took out the rag in Ma Liu's mouth at this time.

"Ho, what a thorn! Help me! ”

Hearing Ma Liu's howl, He Jingzhu's face suddenly sank.

While observing He Jingzhu's reaction, Li Yuan glanced at Ma Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, with disdain, and said coldly: "Heh, it seems that you are familiar with the history of the bandit!" ”

After being captured last night, Ma Liu has been thinking in his heart, thinking that even if Li Yuan is arrogant, it is just to bluff people for a while, and he will go back to Jinling after all, where can he suppress them? At this time, when I saw He Jingzhu, an acquaintance, I was very happy, so I turned a corner cleverly and said with a sneer: "He Tingshi guards Chuzhou, is loyal to the monarch and loves the people, and the people will naturally recognize it!" ”

Li Yuan's face did not change, and he asked along the lines, "Oh? He Thorn History, then do you recognize this thief? ”

He Jingzhu was calm, and after listening to Ma Liu's words, he secretly said in his heart that this person knew each other, so he straightened up and said loudly: "Cough, there are tens of thousands of people in Chuzhou, and this official doesn't recognize it!" ”

"This thief is the scar-headed Ma Liu, who has been in trouble for many years!"

I saw He Jingzhu hurriedly walk in front of Li Yuan in two steps, and then pretended to examine Ma Liu for a while, and then made a stunned expression: "Ah, Li Yuhou is really a divine martial artist!" This thief has been wandering the sea and Chu for many years, slaughtering the people and plundering the state capital, which is a heinous crime! Your Majesty is mighty, and today he finally captured this thief, the official and the people of Chuzhou, thank you Li Yuhou for your great kindness! ”

Li Yuan sneered, and said to Ma Liu, who was kneeling on the ground but smug: "Did you hear that?" Just you, pickled goods, dare to let He Tingshi save you? Sin is unforgivable! ”

Ma Liu glared at Li Yuan fiercely, then turned his head and spit arrogantly to the side: "Sigh!" ”

He Jingzhu paused for a moment, as if thinking about something, and then turned back to his senses and said solemnly to Li Yuan: "Li Yuhou, since this thief has been brought to justice, he will be handed over to this official for disposal!" Yu waited for the merit of suppressing bandits, and the official would personally go to the imperial history platform in a short time! ”

Others may think that this meeting is harmonious, Li Yuan arrested the bandit leader, He Jingzhu praised it, and then everyone was happy. But how could Li Yuan be deceived by He Jingsu? This Ma Liu and He Jingzhu, the officials and bandits sang and harmonized, what is the use of going in today and coming out tomorrow?

"Then thank you He Tingshi! But this Ma Liu's crime is probably more than just killing people and overstepping goods! He is the main culprit in the case of trafficking in illicit salt a month ago! Wang Jingguo and the other five were all deceived and framed by him! ”

"Illicit salt case?" He Jingzhu's heart moved, swallowed his saliva, then pursed the corners of his mouth, and sneered: "Hehe, Li Yuhou, this official knows that you want to exonerate that Wang Jingguo!" When was this scar-headed Ma Liu involved in the illicit salt case? Is there any real evidence? ”

Li Yuan pointed to Liu Jiangsheng and a few personal soldiers beside him, and then said calmly: "He Tingshi, if there is no real evidence, Ben Yu will not dare to come rashly!" This thief appeared on the Araki Ridge yesterday to sell smuggled salt! Ben Yuhou's battalion of forbidden troops are all witnesses! ”

He Jingzhu arranged his collar absentmindedly, shook his head and responded: "Hehe, that battalion of forbidden troops is all Li Yuhou's subordinates, I'm afraid that such a person can't be counted!" Besides, even if this Ma Liu is really selling illicit salt, this official will try it in a separate case! Wang Jingguo's case has already been tried and convicted, so how can it be forcibly involved? ”

Ma Liu's heart was overjoyed, and he immediately cooperated, shrunk his shiny head, and shouted to himself: "He Tingshi, there is no such thing!" The villain is wronged! It is clear that this Li Yuhou planted the villain in order to seek credit! The villain has never done anything to sell illicit salt! ”

He Jingzhu then scolded angrily: "Shut up! Above the court, the official has his own judgment! Left and right, take this thief down, and the official will try it on a later day! ”

If it weren't for the limitations of the era, Li Yuan really wanted to award the two of them an actor award at this time! But He Jingzhu is the assassin of this place in the end, and Li Yuan is a marquis of the forbidden army, and he has no right to interfere in local political affairs. At this time, seeing that He Jingzhu's state soldiers were about to come up and take away Ma Liu, they lost their countermeasures for a while, so they could only hold their swords tightly and grit their teeth and watch.

Seeing this, Liu Jiangsheng silently turned his head away, and at the same time gave a fierce look at several of his own soldiers.

At the critical moment, Xu Kuangheng suddenly opened his mouth and stopped loudly: "Wait! ”

He Jingzhu turned his head sharply, glared at him and said, "What's the matter with Xu joining the army?" ”

Xu Kuangheng arched his hand unhurriedly and said: "He Thorn History, what Li Yuhou said is true!" The lower officials are willing to testify for him! ”

He Jingzhu secretly slandered himself, this Xu joined the army is famous for not entering the army, and he has always raised the bar with himself in court because of several cases before, how did he jump out again at this moment? Could it be that this Li Yuan saved his life, so he thought he had a backer? It's ridiculous......

Thinking of this, He Jingzhu glanced at it contemptuously, and then said in a slightly warning tone: "Xu joins the army, this matter is very important, you have to think about it!" According to my Tang criminal law, officials are guilty of perjury, and this crime is not light......"

Xu Kuangheng just showed an unpredictable expression, and then said quietly: "He Tingshi, please forgive the officials for being rude!" ”

After taking a few steps back, with a "bang", Xu Kuangheng untied his robe in public, and then ripped off the bloodstained inner coat together, revealing a terrible wound on his abdomen, and the yellowed and festering flesh was constantly oozing red blood beads outside, and everyone couldn't help but hiss and took a breath of cold air!

Li Yuan's face was full of shock, Xu Kuangheng's move was not informed in advance, and this serious knife wound was the minor injury that Xu Kuangheng himself said? Thinking that he went into battle to kill the enemy with this injury last night, and now he is examining his injuries in public for Li Yuan to solve the case, he sighed deeply in his heart! Staring at the sweat on Xu Kuangheng's forehead, this pain must not be light, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Mr. Xu......"

Xu Kuangheng only responded to Li Yuan with a calm look, and then continued to point to his wound and said: "He Tingshi is optimistic, Xiaguan is injured, the wound is about three inches long and two points wide, it is from the long knife used by Ma Liu, and the assassin Shi ordered someone to check the edge of the knife!" When the lower official was injured and in pain, he accidentally stumbled and fell into Ma Liu's private salt car, which happened to be stained with a few points, which was used as evidence. This salt is very coarse and of insufficient purity, which is very similar to the illegal salt confiscated in Wang Jingguo's case! You only need to order the salt officials to inspect it. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color in unison.

Looking at the crystal-white salt grains on Xu Kuangheng's wound, Li Yuan was already convinced, but secretly smiled bitterly, this Mr. Xu was too cruel to himself! But I have to admire his precautions, this bitter trick has already taken He Jingzhu's army.

He Jingzhu's lips twitched, in addition to resenting Xu Kuangheng, he was more suspicious of Ma Liu, this guy went out last night, why didn't the owner tell me? I couldn't help but curse secretly, even if you wait for the goods to go rashly, how can you leave such physical evidence! also ran into the hands of Li Yuan and Xu Kuangheng, and he killed himself, stupid!

Xu Kuangheng's face was still pale, his hands trembled and his shirt was back, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Xia Guan, as a judicial member of the army, is in charge of the state prison, and now the human and material evidence are complete, and please retry Wang Jingguo's case immediately!" ”

Ma Liu was the first to panic, his eyes dodged again and again, as if he was in disbelief, and his mind was confused: "What a thorn history!" What a stabbing history! He's planting! After the beginning of the month, how can the villain walk through private salt again? They were the ones who pretend to be the proprietor to lure me in—"

He Jingzhu hurriedly said sharply: "Shut up! ”

Finally hearing the flaw, Li Yuan immediately sneered: "Oh? This thief is honest! Who is your owner? ”

Ma Liu was stunned for an instant, knowing that he had lost his mouth, so he could only turn his gaze for help to He Jingzhu, whose face was gloomy. And this Chuzhou assassin is obviously in a mess at this time, and he wants to speak out but he is stuck in his throat.

Li Yuan slowly walked to He Jingzhu's side, and said with a solemn face: "He Tingshi, the matter has come to this, if the case of private salt is not retried, I am afraid that it will be unfair and wronged the good people!" Although Ben Yuhou has no right to interfere, as a witness in this case, he also knows the law of our dynasty! He Tingshi guards one side, don't live up to Your Majesty's trust......"

This statement is not alarmist, now that the human and material evidence is complete, Ma Liu has lost his words in public. He Jingzhu knows very well that the case of private salt is a big case, and it has attracted the attention of His Majesty and the government and the opposition, if he forcibly obstructs the retrial and unjustly kills the people and riskes merit, once it reaches Jinling afterwards, even if he He Jingzhu is taken care of, this assassination history will not be done! Now I can only hope that Ma Liu can withstand the punishment and stop biting indiscriminately......

Above the public court, He Jingzhu held on to the table, fell down on the upper seat in a languid, closed his eyes and waved his hand: "Alas......"

Xu Kuangheng understood, walked to the hall and waved his hand, and said loudly: "There is an order to assassinate history, and the case of private salt will be retried immediately!" ”