Before the trial began, Hong Danian saw the inspector and the commissioner sent to Anren, and he quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Is the matter done?" The inspector shook his head. In that case, why did you come back like this? ”

"My lord, that Ge Sibao is missing, the door is locked at home, and the neighbor said that he has not been seen for a few days, and his wife is also gone."

"Bastard! Why not look around? ”

"My lord, the lowly rank has been followed."

"What? What kind of people dare to follow the people of the Gaotai Yamen? ”

"Well, it's all the hawkers, the ...... who sell cloth and pear paste. In short, there are people everywhere in the front and back, left and right, and even outside the latrine. The lowly rank was too frightened to stay in that place...... ”

"Bastard, bastard!" Hong Danian was so angry that he stomped his feet again and again, he guessed what was going on, but there was no evidence and nothing to do.

Today's trial was held, and according to the rules, it was presided over by the Jiangnan West Provincial Inspector Yushi Sun, the Nanchang Prefect You Da, and the Sentencing Prosecutor Hong Danian. Lord You knocked down the shocked wood and ordered: "Take the plaintiff and the suspect." ”

Su Hu came down to the hall and summoned Li Su in, because he had an official status, everyone stood up and saluted each other, and asked someone to set up a chair on the east side and invite him to sit down. After a while, Cai Du came to report: "Your Excellency, the suspect is here." With that, he stood by the door.

Li Dan Shi Ran came in and bowed his hand: "Student, Yu Gan Li Dan, give a salute to all the adults." ”

Li Dan has a talent and fame, but it is still secondary, the most important thing is that he has a meritorious position, and officials below the third rank have to take the initiative to salute when they see him.

So it was very strange that the three chief judges in the hall, together with the complaining Li Su, got up and all together: "I've seen Lord Li, Lord Li is fine!" ”

"Your position is fine." Li Dan replied: "Today Dan is the person on trial, the ranking adults don't have to be so polite, please take your seat and do your duty." After speaking, he turned around and saluted Li Su: "My nephew has visited my uncle, I haven't seen him for a long time, and my uncle is fine." ”

Li Su was just about to sit down, but when he saw him coming to worship, he got up again and saluted, and said, "Good, good." ”

The three chief judges had different expressions, and they all thought that he would not give a good face when he saw Li Su, but Li Dan was very respectful and couldn't find the slightest fault.

The corner of the mouth of the supervising imperial historian Sun smiled, You Zhifu nodded with a twisted beard, and Hong Danian sneered at this Li Dan who was so young but so hypocritical.

He picked up the shocked wood and patted it: "Li Dan, you sit down first and I'll ask you: Your uncle made a sue and accused you of four crimes, I don't know if you can plead guilty?" ”

"Across the street, Lord Gao Sihong?" Han An, who came in after Li Dan, suddenly asked.

"Who are you?"

"Student Yu Gan Han An, now hired by Li Sanlang as a lawyer, please take care of it." Han An was dressed in a Confucian shirt, and he arched his hands without being humble or arrogant.

"The next official is Hong Danian."

"Lord Hong, please let the grass people explain that when Li Gongzi was arrested in the inn where he lived, the official showed him a document listing the crimes, and although Li Gongzi was inexplicable, he still obeyed the official.

Since then, he has been detained in the government office, and has neither been brought before to explain or arraigned. Therefore, Li Gongzi is still confused about the crimes listed in his arrest, and I don't know who is sitting at home and the disaster comes from the sky?

I hope that the adults can clarify and return his innocence! As soon as Han An's voice fell, there were students outside who cheered loudly, and Su Hu was busy directing the messengers to play and suppress.

When it was quiet below, You Zhifu glanced at Hong Danian and didn't squeak, and reached out to take the startling wood and knocked: "Clerk, you read Li Su's statement in public and listen!" ”

The scrivener got up, picked up the paper and read it aloud. Then You Zhifu asked: "Then Li Sanlang, do you understand?" Pleaded guilty? ”

"Back to the adult's words, the student was trusted by the Shangguan before, and he was ordered to fight against the lake bandits and exterminate the bandits, but he really didn't know where the crime was, and why was he convicted? What are the grounds for the statements? Begging to be explicit. Li Dan replied.

"Hmph, it seems that you don't cry when you don't see the coffin?" Hong Danian said.

"Lord Hong, please be careful!" Sun Yushi, who has been silent, reminded that after all, the other party has an identity, Hong Danian's tone is quite rude, and he has to owe himself to apologize when he is reminded by Yushi.

"If Lord Hong has prepared witnesses and evidence, then please submit it." You Zhifu said angrily that he was also very disgusted by the rudeness of this procuratorate official.

"Bring witnesses!"

"Bring witnesses Shi Dajun and Sun She to the court!"

"The lowly Shi army, the grass people Sun Society, have seen the presiding judge."

Hong Danian glanced at Li Dan proudly: "Shi Dajun, your own resume is brief." ”

"Lord Hui, he was originally from Poyang, and then fled into the lake because of injuries and became a subordinate of Tatehuazi, and he was captured during the attack on Yu Gan and surrendered to Li Sanlang."

"Oh, so you used to be a lake bandit, and now you have been included in the group training by Li Sanlang, right?"

"My lord, I originally had seven or eight hundred brothers under my command in the lake, but later joined the group to practice and do things, and brought more than 100 people."

"Wait!" You Zhifu stopped the conversation: "Shi Dajun, you are a humble person, is it possible that you are still a person with a position?" ”

"Don't dare to hide it from your lordship, I am currently the inspection envoy from Jiupin, and I am in charge of the Shigang Inspection Division."

"What's going on?" Sun Yushi sat up straight: "Lord Hong, you can bring him, but is it to testify on the charge of harboring the leader of the bandits?" Since he is a member of the imperial court with a position and rank, where does the word "protection" begin? ”

"It's ......." Hong Danian secretly screamed badly, where did he think that this Shi Dajun, who was very showy and quite famous in the group training, was actually a high-grade official?

"The people below are not doing their jobs well......." He also wanted to explain, Sun Yushi waved his hand: "Okay, please Inspector Shi retreat!" ”

"Lord Xie, but you have to ask your lord to open a way, and now you are still in wartime, if you don't even get out of the city gate without this humble position, you have to be detained!"

"Huh? Shouldn't you go to the command of the envoy to issue it? ”

"My lord Mingjian, the lowly post was tied up by them with a rope on the way back to the county seat, and the commander of the envoy did not summon the lowly post to Hongdu, and they may not know that the lowly post is in Nanchang City at all."

"What? Monkey business! Sun Yushi glared at Hong Danian fiercely, turned his head and said as kindly as possible: "You go down to rest first, and then let You Zhifu issue it for you." Shi Dajun sang and retreated.

"Go ahead." Sun Yushi frowned and said.

"Is Sun She down there?"

"The grass people are. The grass people were coerced into being the leader of the chaotic army of Lou Zishi, and took the initiative to lead the team in front of Fengqi Pass, and now they are doing the old business of prospecting, beneficiation, and mining in the Anren branch of the Rao Nan Business Group. Sun She replied with a forked hand.

"My lord, please allow the student to ask this witness a few questions." Han An smiled and bowed.

You Zhifu thought about it and nodded: "You ask." ”

"Mr. Sun," Han An turned to Sun She, "Have you ever concealed the blood debt in your hands by surrendering on your own initiative?" ”

"Sun doesn't have any blood debts on his hands." Sun She replied: "All the soldiers and prisoners have been screened by the pacification officer, and after the discovery of blood debts, they were beheaded, and they will not live to this day at all." ”

"Then why didn't Mr. Sun continue to work hard in the group training after he descended, but went to the business group to do things, did he want to hide something?"

"Sun was originally trusted by Saburo, and he also managed thousands of teams, but that was not my strength. Going to the business group to do things is to use my strengths, so that Sun is like a fish in water.

Besides, the salary of the merchant group is very good, and there is a fixed amount of silver for four taels and two cents a month, so why do you have to be a soldier to fight and kill? ”

Han An nodded with satisfaction and arched his hand upward: "My lord, the student has finished asking." ”

Hong Danian secretly gritted his teeth and asked very maliciously: "Then Sun She, let me ask you, are there still many people like you who were originally in the bandit department are now either in the group training or in the business group?" ”

"Lord Hui, indeed!"

Hong Danian was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately asked: "How many similar examples may you name?" ”

"For example, Gao Hanzi, the commander who once killed the Yintuo Chinese Army and seized its military flag, and Gao Cang, who took the lead in killing the enemy when he captured Yujiang and Yingtan, and Lin Shuntang, who loved and respected him like a father and brother, and so on.

Although these people have been trapped in the bandit camp like me, Li Sanlang can use his talents and make us happy, which is the source of Raozhou's undefeated regimental training, and it is also the ...... where we admire his young hero. ”

"Enough!" The more Hong Danian listened, the more angry he became, and waved his hand: "You go down!" ”

"Lord Xie, but the grass people also need a guide, otherwise the steamship company of Yugan will not sell me the ticket this time."

Sun Yushi smiled bitterly: "Could it be that you were also kidnapped?" Okay, you go outside and wait first, and then go back and find You Zhifu to handle it! Waiting for Sun She to go down, he looked at Hong Danian: "Regarding this crime, does Lord Hong have any other witnesses?" ”

"Well, in fact, there was still one, but that person suddenly fled and disappeared without knowing where ...... went."

"Well, then there is no need to mention it, let's be charged with the next crime." Sun Yushi shook his head.

Immediately afterwards, Dong Houyong and Yang Dayi were called to the court, and when they saw two military attachés of the fifth and sixth grades coming, everyone was taken aback and quickly got up to salute.

Sun Yushi hurriedly asked: "The two of you were ordered by the commander of the capital to come to Hongdu to testify?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he let out a sigh of relief and sat down to listen to their testimony.

Hong Danian first asked Yang Dayi why he left the team without authorization, and Yang Dayi replied that he was lost in the lake bandits, and later Guangxin Zhucheng fell and the roads in Fuzhou were impassable, so he was stranded.

Later, at the invitation of Li Sanlang, he helped him train the village brave, set up a regiment to practice, and even fight against the lake bandits, and successively accepted the appointment of Yugan County and Raozhou Mansion, and I don't know where to start leaving the team without authorization.

Seeing that Yang Dayi couldn't find a loophole, Hong Danian turned to Dong Houyong again and asked him why he survived when Huangxi killed 10,000 people in the first battle.

Dong Houyong frowned when he heard this: "What do you mean, you can only die in battle with thieves and not survive, and the living are cowardly and greedy people?" How can there be such a saying in the world? ”

Hong Danian was about to retort, but he interrupted: "I and more than 100 brothers retreated to Central-earth, fortunately, the tide rose at that time to stop the enemy, otherwise we would have become ghosts long ago."

sent someone to cross the river for help, and sent the news to Lord Li, only to get the boat to get out of danger. Governor Zhao placed us to guard the south gate of Yugan, killing and injuring many bandits.

Later, a number of captured brothers were rescued, and Lord Zhao ordered us to break up and organize into the regimental training, and assign the commanders, suppressors, and small banners of each team to enhance the combat effectiveness of the regimental training.

The regimental training was able to break Anren and fight Fuzhou, thanks to the command of the officers and soldiers, but I don't know what to blame for this.

The brothers are still fighting on the front line after they escaped, and they have never hid or escaped, so it is not appropriate to be charged with desertion, right? ”

"Uh, this ......." Hong Danian was speechless for a while.

Next is the appearance of the "Duanjia Brothers", Hong Danian asked: "Duanfang, where were you and what did you do in November last autumn?" ”

"Back to my lord, the student was still a subordinate of Yintuo at that time, and he was ordered to be the guard general of Geyang."

You Zhifu was surprised by his answer: "Duanfang, why did you come from the place where you claimed to be a student?" ”

"The prefect doesn't know," Han An explained with a smile: "This end of the party was originally a civil and military double lifter, but because of his appearance, he was deposed by the Wenju people, and because he offended the examiner, he was deposed from the martial arts people, and he was desperate.

Fortunately, he met Li Sanlang and asked his two brothers to go undercover in the enemy camp, and finally lifted the whole city of Guixi anyway, blocking the road for Lou Zishi to go north to Anren. ”

"Oh, so there is still such a plot?" You Zhifu was surprised.

"In this way, the examiner has no eyes and no heroes." Sun Yushi glanced at Hong Danian, arched his hand and said, "I'm sorry to disturb Lord Hong to ask about the case, but I don't know what Lord Hong wanted to ask just now, but do you want to continue?" ”

"I don't have anything to ask." Hong Danian was embarrassed, he originally wanted Ge Sibao to testify against Yan, but that kid didn't know where to slip away, and now the Duanjia brothers said: We are undercover!

Then even if Ge Sibao is standing here, the secret bandit is untenable.

"Lord Hong, after asking for a long time, three of the four charges are not established, do we still need to waste time in this case?" You Zhifu asked unhappily.

Hong Danian looked at Li Su: "Whistleblower Li Su, you said that Li Sanlang abducted the palace maid, what is going on, can there be witnesses?" ”

"My lord, this Li Dan kidnapped out two beautiful and fragrant little ladies from the palace of Shangrao County, some time ago he got married, and also welcomed one of the daughters into the family as a concubine, this is what hundreds of people in Yu Gan have seen with their own eyes, please be aware of it!"

Before Li Su's words fell, he heard a sharp voice shouting: "No need to check, our family is here, we can give you an explanation." ”

The three chief judges were stunned for a moment, and immediately called for someone to let the speaker in. I saw a man who was dressed in the inner service and walked up to the hall holding the pole and dusting, first handed the sign to Cai Du by the door, and then looked upward:

"Hou Jing in the palace of Fengning County has seen all the adults!" After finishing speaking, he got up, and by the way, he glanced at Hong Danian: "We were appointed by the king of the county to serve Yu Gan to serve Huaiyu Xiangjun, who knew that it was only a few days before my uncle was taken away."

The old slave had no choice but to chase down this Hongdu to ask for someone. The townsman has a life, if the uncle can't go back, the old slave can't be returned! Alas, what a sad death! ”

You Zhifu smiled and asked, "Dare to ask who ......is the Huaiyu Xiangjun mentioned at your feet?" ”

"Wu Shi Ning, the righteous daughter of the king of Fengning County. His sister Wu is a trance and is a townsman of Shaoyang. ”

"Alas, the old man understood. Waiter, please exit first, and I will wait for the judgment later. ”

Hou Jing is also a person who can look at his face, and he knows about it when he hears this slippery head, and he gives a deep gift.

You Zhifu looked left and right: "Two, there is no need for this case to be tried again, right?" Sun Yushi nodded expressionlessly, Hong Danian looked at Li Su with difficulty, and nodded.

"So, the evidence in this case is insufficient, and Li Sanlang is released in court, do the two adults have any opinions?" Seeing that the two had no objections, he said to Li Su, who was full of shame:

"Brother Yanruo, it seems that you have been deceived by your subordinates, you must think twice about doing things in the future, don't do this. This hurts the face of one's own family and the hearts of one's fellow clansmen. Right? After speaking, he turned to Li Dan's side: "Li Gongzi." ”

"The students are here!"

"Although your father's accusations are based on various misunderstandings or hearsay, you must not have a malicious heart." The meaning of the prefect of You: You have to be forgiving and forgiving, you Li Sanlang don't jump up and sue Li Su, it's best if you don't have much to do.

"Students know. Self-denial and retribution, students should take today's events as a warning, encourage them if they have nothing to change, wipe them from time to time, cultivate their minds, do more beneficial things and good deeds for the people and Your Majesty, and dare not complain about their predecessors because of today's events. ”

Li Dan understood, and immediately put this merit hat of admonishing himself on Old Man You's head with his backhand.

You Zhifu smiled: "Very good, very good, then so be it." The defendant was convicted in a public trial and released on the spot. Retire! After speaking, he knocked the wood and stood up. The officials on both sides shouted in unison: "The defendant is acquitted and quit!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......