Yamen lobby.

Sitting in front of the presiding table was Wang Shaocheng, the law enforcement officer of Jin'an City, who looked majestically at the lobby, where there were two rows of officials standing neatly, holding the killing rod in their hands, and their eyes were blazing and murderous.

Wang Shaocheng slapped the startled wood hard and shouted, "Open the hall."

The second-row officials in the hall shouted loudly: "Mighty."

The lobby was solemn and solemn, and the birds were silent.

The crowd watching the trial stood around the lobby, and Wei Yang and Bai Zhi also crowded into the crowd to watch the movement in the lobby.

"Bringing people to commit crimes."

With the order of the presiding judge Wang Shaocheng, the two officials escorted Mr. Zhang to the lobby, Mr. Zhang saw the little brother Wei Yang last night, and he had confidence in his heart, and walked into the lobby with a calm and unhurried look, and stood in the defendant's seat.

"The prisoner kneels." A small leader of the servants stepped forward and shouted.

Mr. Zhang glanced at the servant and said with a smile: "The old man is famous, so he can not kneel in this hall."

As he spoke, Mr. Zhang stood with his head held high in honor and disgrace.

The little leader of the officials had no choice but to retreat.

Many of the onlookers had been treated by Mr. Zhang, and they were well aware of Mr. Zhang's medical ethics and character, and most of them did not believe that Mr. Zhang would kill an innocent person who went to see him for medical treatment.

The surrounding area of the lobby began to talk about it, and for a while there was a lot of noise, and there was a lot of talk.

An onlooker said, "I wouldn't believe Mr. Zhang would do such a thing."

"That's right, but the problem is that his own nephew gave evidence against him, and there is evidence in court, so it's hard to say."

"Who knows what his nephew's heart is?"

"Silence, silence in the hall." Wang Shaocheng patted the startled wood, and the hall fell silent.

"Defendant Zhang Yunfeng, are you guilty? Bring upon you all the sins you have committed, so that you may not suffer the flesh and skin. ”

Wang Shaocheng said sternly.

Mr. Zhang said calmly: "I have practiced medicine all my life, saved lives and helped the wounded, conscientious, and fair, what is the crime?"

"Be bold and quibble, this official has witnesses and evidence here, so why don't you resist."

Wang Shaocheng commanded loudly: "Summons witnesses to the court and present the evidence to the court."

A servant held a paper medicine bag and placed it on the trial table.

Mr. Zhang's nephew Zhang Hua walked outside the lobby door, he walked to the witness stand with a wincing gaze and knelt down, his eyes began to wander, but he didn't dare to look at Mr. Zhang.

"Witness Zhanghua, this official asks you, you have to answer truthfully, and you must not hide it in the slightest." Wang Shaocheng said.

"The villain knows, and he must answer truthfully." Zhang Hua bowed his head and said.

"Okay, the official asks you, is the medicine bag on the officer's table handed over to you by the defendant himself? Tell us the truth about the situation. Wang Shaocheng said.

Mr. Zhang glanced at Zhang Hua lightly, looked up at the crowd of onlookers in the lobby, and met Wei Yang's eyes, the two looked at each other and smiled, and nodded lightly in understanding.

Zhang Hua raised his head and said to Wang Shaocheng: "At the time of the incident, the patient had already grabbed the medicine and walked out of the medical hall, and at this time, the defendant handed me a medicine bag and asked me to immediately chase it out and replace the patient's medicine bag, saying that it was the wrong medicine, so I had to follow the order and chase it out and replace the patient's medicine bag."

Wang Shaocheng raised the medicine bag on the table and asked, "What did the witness say, but this medicine bag?"

"Exactly." Zhang Hua glanced at the medicine bag and said affirmatively.

"Good." Wang Shaocheng said to Mr. Zhang: "Defendant, did you give this medicine bag to Zhanghua?" Recruit from the truth. “

Mr. Zhang glanced at Wei Yang, Wei Yang winked at him, and he said calmly, "Yes, I gave it to him with my own hands."

Mr. Zhang's frank and straightforward confession made the audience in the lobby in an uproar, Zhang Hua also glanced at Mr. Zhang in surprise, he thought that his uncle would definitely not admit it, how did he know that Mr. Zhang admitted it very plainly, he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, thinking that he didn't have to talk anymore, his goal would be achieved soon, as long as he could be convicted, even if his uncle was not executed, at least he would be exiled to that barren land, and he would never be able to return, so his uncle's huge family property would not belong to him? He couldn't help but feel excited.

"Okay, now that you have confessed, the official doesn't want to embarrass you more, you are suspected of deliberately using poisonous herbs to cause death, which is a crime of murder, and the official will immediately sentence you, what else do you have to say?" Wang Shaocheng said in shock.

"My lord, it's not uncommon for the doctor to prescribe the wrong medicine for a while, but fortunately, I adjusted it in time, I don't know what I'm guilty of?"

"Hehe, Zhang Yunfeng, now that the human and physical evidence is in the court, you have already admitted that the medicine bag was done by you, how can you still quibble and deny it." Wang Shaocheng said angrily.

Mr. Zhang said: "I just saw such a so-called witness in the lobby, where is there any physical evidence!" Mr. Zhang looked at Wang Shaocheng questioningly.

"This official sees that you are not dead to the Yellow River, come here, open the evidence in public, in order to have sufficient convincing, we invited the alchemist of the Danlou of Jin'an City to identify and explain in detail to all the people in the hall the toxicity of the medicinal materials in your medicine bag, so that you can be convinced, and also let everyone present see the truth, hehe, and then see what you have to say?"

Wang Shaocheng said proudly.

Wei Yang, who was standing on the trial, heard that someone from the Danlou had intervened in this matter, and couldn't help but think of what Fang Xianwen, an apprentice of the Qiankun Hall, said that among the people who made trouble in front of the medical hall, there were people from the Danlou mixed in and instigated the crowd to make trouble, at this time, Fang Xianwen squeezed to Wei Yang's side and said to him: "Master Wei, I just saw an alchemist who was making trouble in front of the medical hall walk into the yamen."

"Well, I know, maybe they manipulated this matter, they were dissatisfied with Mr. Zhang, and they were worried that Mr. Zhang had a master behind him, so they didn't know why, they just secretly used Zhanghua to deal with Mr. Zhang to achieve their goal of revenge." Wei Yang analyzed.

In the lobby, a young man in a black robe walked to the side of the chief judge's table, and Wang Shaocheng introduced: "Everyone, this is Mr. Mo, the third-level alchemist of the Danlou, and now he will explain the ingredients of the poisonous medicinal materials that can kill people in this medicine bag as evidence."

The alchemist surnamed Mo glanced at Mr. Zhang with a smug look and said: "At the invitation of Lord Wang, I checked the medicinal materials that the victim had eaten, and I found two kinds of herbs with similar properties in it, these two herbs are no problem to take alone, but if they are mixed together, they are extremely toxic, enough to kill people, this is where the defendant is insidious and vicious, but no matter how cunning the defendant is, it can't escape the eyes of our Danlou people."

The alchemist talked eloquently, looking like he was full of economy, and looked at Mr. Zhang with provocative eyes.

Mr. Zhang said deliberately: "It seems that you are quite proficient in medicinal materials, but you are talking nonsense here without evidence, who can believe that you are talking as if you are selling off here?"

"That is, if there is evidence, speak with evidence, and show it to everyone in kind to be convincing." Wei Yang said in a deep voice in the crowd watching the trial.

Wei Yang now regarded the alchemists of Jin'an City as bitter enemies, and he had an urge to put them to death as soon as possible.

"Rest easy, I'll convince you all."

The alchemist picked up the paper medicine bag from the chief judge's table, and said confidently to everyone in the hall, "I will immediately take out two herbs with similar attributes that can produce toxins and show them to you."

Fang Xianwen said to Wei Yang: "I know him who fanned the flames in front of the medical hall and burned him to ashes."

"This guy can't run away, I guess this poisonous herb is provided by this guy, and he is still pretending to be a thief here to catch a thief." Wei Yang said hatefully.

Mr. Zhang in the lobby clasped his hands on his shoulders and looked at the alchemist playfully, with a look of disdain on his face.

At this time, Zhang Hua was almost overjoyed, thinking that he was about to succeed, he was no longer afraid of his uncle Mr. Zhang, he turned his head and stared at Mr. Zhang provocatively, but he didn't expect that Mr. Zhang didn't glance at him out of the corner of his eyes, and ignored his existence at all.

In the end, there was still a ghost in his heart, Zhang Hua lowered his head, he knew that he was nothing in the eyes of his uncle.

Seeing the chatter and discussion of the crowd in the lobby, Wang Shaocheng was shocked and shouted: "Silence, whoever dares to disturb the court again will be expelled from the court."

The alchemist held up the paper medicine bag in front of the presiding table and said to everyone in the hall, "Present the evidence to everyone now."

As he spoke, he opened the paper medicine bag and poured the contents on the judge's table, and when he saw the things poured out of the paper medicine bag, he was immediately dumbfounded, and he whispered with a pale face, "What is this?"

Zhang Hua's originally ecstatic expression suddenly dimmed, and his face was as earthy as at a loss.

"What are those?" A young man watching the trial asked.

An old man said, "You kid is stupid, this is a small wild ginseng from the mountains, but it is nutritious."

Wang Shaocheng glanced at the little wild ginseng on the table, said nothing with a cold face, and sat there in a daze.

Mr. Zhang glanced at Wei Yang gratefully and let out a knowing smile. He said to Wang Shaocheng: "My lord, I see that the patient is extremely weak, is it a sin to give him a little tonic?"

Wang Shaocheng didn't answer a word, just awkwardly clubbed there.

"How could Mr. Zhang harm his own patients, there should be nothing to say now, hurry up and withdraw the case, the dignified government yamen trial is like child's play, it's really ridiculous."

There was an uproar in the lobby, and people pointed the finger at the witness Zhanghua, and they all scolded him for being an ungrateful beast that was inferior to pigs and dogs.