On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, look at the sun.

Chen Shizheng, outside the Danfeng Gate.

Li Xuan wore a scarlet official robe, walked side by side with his uncle Ouyang Tong, and walked towards the front queue.

On the right side of Danfeng Gate, several Qianniu guards held long knives and surrounded a middle-aged official who was kneeling on the ground, bowing his head and wearing a light purple official robe, guarding awe-inspiringly.

"It's quite embarrassing that the dignified British duke has ended up like this!"

Ouyang Tong sighed lightly, couldn't help but shake his head, took a deep look at Li Jingye, who looked pitiful, turned his head to look at Li Xuan and said, "Da Lang, the British public case, if you want to go smoothly today, it's quite difficult!" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded and said softly: "Although the evidence presented by the three divisions during the trial can indirectly prove Li Jingye's guilt, after all, there is no self-confessed guilt, and there is a chance for him to get rid of his guilt after all." ”

Ouyang Tong's face was solemn, he looked at Li Xuan and said: "If Li Jingye is still in the court today, Da Lang, you won't really find out the matter of the Demon Sect and the Hidden Prince, right?" ”

Li Xuan smiled lightly and said, "Uncle is too worried, although today's matter is a little difficult, the difficulty is not in how to convict Li Jingye, but in how to sentence Li Jingye." ”

"Why?" Ouyang Tong didn't understand the meaning of Li Xuan's words for a while.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly, and said: "If the three divisions will interrogate, without those evidence, then the British Duke is really likely to be wronged, so for the sake of justice, Your Majesty will naturally listen to his explanation."

But the problem is that although the current evidence is indirect, it can finally determine the facts, and under the deep digging of Qianniuwei and Dali Temple, there will be more and more evidence that can prove his guilt to be found. ”

After a slight pause, Li Xuan continued: "Let Li Jingye enter the main hall, it is inevitable that many people will exonerate him, and even try to ensure his innocence, but if Dali Temple and Qianniuwei come up with conclusive evidence, then these people who intercede for Li Jingye, should they be punished according to their knowledge?" ”

"It's just a plea, how can we talk about punishment?"

"How can a person who fornicates with Tibet, works for Tibet, conspires and causes chaos, and intercedes for this and others is not guilty?"

Li Xuan glanced up at the ministers in front of him, shook his head slightly, and said, "Your Majesty is such a person, in order to avoid such a thing, naturally he will not be allowed to enter the palace." ”

After speaking, Li Xuan looked sideways at Li Jingye, who was surrounded by Qianniuwei on one side.

At this moment, Li Jingye just raised his head.

At a glance, he saw Li Xuan.

One is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the king of Nanchang County, who slowly walked into the ranks of courtiers.

One is kneeling under the Danfeng Gate, bowing his head and begging for sin, the former Meizhou Thorn Shi, the British Duke.

The eyes of the two collided, and in the depths of Li Jingye's solemn eyes, there was endless fighting spirit; And in the depths of Li Xuan's eyes, there was endless calm, and there was a trace of pity.

At this time, the Danfeng Gate suddenly opened.

An attendant stood under the Danfeng Gate and shouted loudly: "The emperor is in the early dynasty, and the ministers are here!" ”

Countless voices resounded throughout the Daming Palace, reverberating in the sky.

Li Xuan had already retracted his gaze, and then walked forward slowly with Liu Boying, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and Yang Shan, the young secretary of Honglu Temple.

When the officials disappeared under the Danfeng Gate, Li Jingye withdrew his gaze.

He was surrounded by the guards of the Thousand Cows, who had just brought him from Dali Temple.

A few days ago, the three divisions were tried, and he didn't expect that he accidentally fell into the calculation of the king of Nanchang, and then he had no chance to turn over.

But today is the last and inevitable chance, as long as the emperor lets him in, he is sure enough to convince the emperor that he is innocent.

Li Jingye knelt on the ground, straightened his body, bowed his head, and then waited quietly under the Danfeng Gate.

……

"Ministers, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Dozens of Zhu Zi bowed their hands towards Li Zhi on the dragon chair at the same time.

The prince stood on the upper right, under the dragon chair, on top of the three steps.

Down the steps, on each step stood one of his younger brothers, King Li Xian of England and King Li Dan of the Prime Minister.

The three princes also bowed to the emperor at the same time.

The bead curtain behind him sounded softly, and Li Zhi knew that Empress Wu was already sitting behind the bead curtain, he smiled slightly, and then raised his hand and said, "Zhongqing is flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers stood up, then stood solemnly.

Li Zhi's eyes looked at the ministers, and he said gently: "Can you have a performance today?" ”

"Your Majesty." Li Huaiyan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, walked out to the left, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, after the Ministry of Rites, Zongzheng Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Taixue Ministers, it has been decided: Enjoy the Taimiao, three years after the ceremony, and two years after the ceremony." ”

The Great Sacrifice is also.

Worship to Zhao Mu together with the food of the ancestors, to worship, in order to judge its dignity and humility, the righteousness of this Xu.

The ceremony said: Three years for one year, five years for one sacrifice, and five years for another sacrifice.

I thought that the new monarch would be mourned after the funeral, and the next year would be gone, and after that, it would be sacrificed again in five years.

Previously, although Gaozu and Taizong had sacrifices, they were mostly invited by the Ministry of Rites, Zongzheng Temple, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple, and now it is conclusive, it is a permanent system.

"Exactly." Li Zhi nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers bowed their hands at the same time, their faces solemn.

The emperor is now preparing for the sacrifice after the new monarch ascends the throne, and the hearts of the ministers suddenly froze.

"What else is there to do with you Aiqing?" Li Zhi spoke again, and his eyes fell on Duan Baoxuan's body.

Just as Duan Baoxuan was about to step forward and play the results of the triage of the three divisions, a figure suddenly stood up first and opened his mouth. "The minister supervises the imperial history Wei Siwen has a performance!" ”

All the ministers were slightly stunned, the affairs of the court meeting have always been in order, and before the court meeting, they have all been decided by the palace province in succession, where to allow others to play wantonly.

Li Xuan stood behind the side, a slight sneer on the corner of her mouth.

Wei Siwen is undoubtedly Li Jingye's person, he must speak before Duan Baoxuan speaks, otherwise once Li Jingye's matter is decided, there will be nothing for him.

The palace attendant on one side was about to step forward, Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and said, "If Wei Qing has anything, you can say it bluntly." ”

"Whoa!" Wei Siwen breathed a sigh of relief, he was most afraid that the emperor would not give him a chance to speak, in that case, it would be really troublesome.

Wei Siwen seriously bowed his hand, and then said: "The minister impeached Shi Di Renjie, who was the real murderer of the Zhaoling fire case, but he covered his hands, covered the vault, did not give manners, did not play, and used the Zhaoling incident to impeach Di Renjie as a minister who was disloyal and misbehaved. ”

There was a sudden sound of a gentle hem among the ministers, and although the ministers did not speak, they were also quite surprised by this matter.

The Zhaoling fire case, in the end, ended with the dereliction of duty and dismissal of Quan Shancai, and all the other people involved were sentenced to sweep the tomb of Zhaoling for three years.

Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing and the others all looked solemn.

They all knew that the culprit of the Zhaoling fire case was Liu Yizhi, one of the scholars of the North Gate.

Now Wei Siwen suddenly came forward to impeach, which is obviously Li Jingye's strategy to lead the way to the east.

If he really knew about Liu Yi, then everything would be in trouble.

Li Zhi waved his hand slightly, and the ministers suddenly quieted down: "Di Qing, I want to know, do you really have any clues about the real murderer over there?" ”

Di Renjie walked out of the queue, then bowed his hand to Li Zhi and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister does have clues, but it is difficult to investigate the case, there is no real evidence, and there are people who keep watching, and it is really difficult for the minister to act." ”

Di Renjie lowered his head heavily, he did find something, but there was no actual evidence, he didn't know what to do, but there were still people watching the impeachment.

"Since there is no evidence, then continue to investigate until the evidence is found." Li Zhi looked at Wei Siwen deeply, and said softly: "Wei Qing, everything is based on actual evidence, don't hear some rumors, and attack your colleagues." ”

"Whoa!" Wei Siwen arched his hand, and then continued to speak: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang County, and the king of Nanchang was ordered to supervise the trial of the three divisions, but he repeatedly interrupted the trial process, and advocated independently, set the rules, and impeached the king of Nanchang for the crime of overstepping. ”

The ministers' eyes flashed slightly, it turned out that Wei Siwen's impeachment of Di Renjie was just a cover, and his purpose was on Li Xuan.

Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Xuan and asked directly, "King Nanchang, do you plead guilty?" ”

Li Xuan immediately stood up from among the ministers, and then arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the matter of the trial of the three divisions, the minister's emotions are difficult to suppress, so that it will have an impact, and the minister is guilty." ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you are guilty, then you will be fined five catties of copper." ”

"Command!" Li Xuan bowed his hand deeply, and then retreated.

Seeing this scene, Wei Siwen was a little stunned, how could it be so easy for King Nanchang to admit his guilt, shouldn't he have to fight a few times?

Li Zhi continued to look at Wei Siwen and asked, "Wei Qing, what else do you have to do?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Siwen hurriedly collected his emotions, and then arched his hand and said: "The minister impeached the governor of Dunhuang Dugu ......"

"Wei Qing, someone else is responsible for the affairs of Dunhuang, if other imperial histories are derelict in their duties, you can impeach other other imperial histories, don't go beyond the rules." Li Zhi's expression was slightly cold, Wei Siwen's heart was cold, and he hurriedly took a step back: "The minister's order." ”

"Stand down!" Li Zhi waved his hand directly.

"Yes!" Wei Siwen hurriedly retreated, but his cruel gaze fell on Yuan Wanqing's body.

Yuan Wanqing immediately understood in his heart that Wei Siwen was threatening.

If they don't help Li Jingye today, they Wei Siwen will directly impeach them.

When the time comes, everyone will lose both, and no one will be able to think about it.

……

Li Zhi turned his head to look at Duan Baoxuan, his tone was calm, but he asked seriously: "Duan Qing, the British Gong case, Dali Temple, Yushitai, and the Criminal Department, how did you decide the case?" ”

The entire Hanyuan Hall was suddenly solemn, and everyone understood that they were likely to witness the fall of a major faction in the military.

Duan Baoxuan walked out to the left and said seriously: "Under the command of Qi Qi, it has now been verified that the British public is guilty of smuggling contraband, and the amount of smuggled pig iron is amazing; committed the crime of bribing the city gates, and the number of officials involved was staggering; Committing the crime of assisting an enemy country to enter the country privately, receiving letters from an enemy country, and harboring and concealing foreign spies; Guilty of coercing a witness to change his confession or falsifying his testimony; Prisoner ......"

Duan Baoxuan took a breath and said the fourteen crimes that had been confirmed, all of which had human and physical evidence.

Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Imperial Historical Observatory were all found guilty of British public guilt.

"In addition, Li Jingye is also suspected of providing the secrets of the army's conquest to Tibet, providing other types of secrets to Tibet, and is suspected of arson, murder, creating counterfeit money, and other eighteen crimes, and asks His Majesty to adjudicate it." Duan Baoxuan held the piece in his hand high.

Countless officials looked at this book, and their hearts were already extremely solemn.

They really didn't expect that Li Jingye alone had more than a dozen crimes that had been verified, and each of them was a fatal crime.

Not to mention that there are more suspects, but it only takes time to investigate, and the charges can be verified.

Li Xuan watched Wang Fulai personally come down to connect the chapter, and then carefully handed it to Li Zhi's imperial case, and even his breath was completely held.

Even if Duan Baoxuan didn't report Li Jingye's suspicion of being a hidden prince this time, it was enough to kill Li Jingye.

Li Zhi looked at the music in front of him, looked up at Duan Baoxuan, and asked with a cold face: "How is the judgment of Dali Temple." ”

Duan Baoxuan solemnly arched his hand: "Return to Your Majesty, according to the law, you should be beheaded." ”

(End of chapter)