In the noisy noise, all kinds of discussions and denunciations, the anger was obvious, but he couldn't hear the exact words, the master of the Great Ci'en Temple obviously did not expect such a scene, he was not a judge, he could not judge the queen mother's guilt, he also knew that the woman kneeling under the seat with fierce eyebrows and eyes, what he needed was not the guidance and exculpation of Buddhism, he could only sink into the dantian, chanting the scriptures heavily, but it seemed that this calm and compassionate tone really had a shocking mana, and the noise around him gradually quieted down.

Suddenly, another person questioned it, coming from the crowd, but Webster Jr. couldn't tell whose mouth it was.

This person is actually He Zhan, he has been keeping an eye on Xiao Wei, and then squeezed into the mandala, just to cooperate with Xiao Wei's public murder case, although what he said is questioning, but in fact, the purpose is to guide.

The words are like this: "The criminal Shushen colluded with Yuan Dezhi to kill the first monarch of Renzong, the case has been concluded, but Wei Niangzi accused the Queen Mother of killing Emperor Mu Zong, and Yuan Dezhi is still the murderer, which seems unreasonable." ”

Although Wei Lianchi didn't find out the person who questioned it, she couldn't take it a long way, and argued in front of the crowd: "The death of Emperor Renzong can't be blamed on the deceased husband, just as many scholars questioned it, Pei Zheng's reversal case back then was indeed instigated by Wei Haichi, the evil woman!" Emperor Renzong is foolish and filial, Wei Haichi knows his temperament, since Renzong ascended the throne, he wants to control the government, but Emperor Renzong and Empress Pei have a deep husband and wife, and respect Pei's father and ancestors, although Wei Haichi lobbied, proposed to reuse Xie Raoping and Mao Wei, but was dissuaded by Pei Xiang, did not make Wei Haichi succeed, Wei Haichi knew that not to remove Pei Zheng and the two clans, can not seize the throne, this is the single-handedly planned unjust case, the deceased husband is Wei Haichi's sister-in-law, so friendship, only agreed to help. ”

He Shen is dead, and no matter how difficult it is to clear up all kinds of crimes, Wei Lianchi can't care about quibbling He Shen's innocence, she has only one purpose, that is, to let Wei Haichi be ruined and pay for her child's life!

"Although Emperor Renzong had to order the killing of the Pei Zheng clan because of those perjuries and because of Pan Bo's rebellious situation, he always insisted on refusing to abolish the queen, Wei Haichi of course refused to leave hidden dangers, and Empress Pei was really poisoned by this evil woman! Emperor Renzong was grief-stricken, but Wei Haichi indulged Emperor Renzong's alcoholism and took the opportunity to control the government! Although the deceased husband had committed a crime, if it weren't for Emperor Renzong's alcoholism, it would be a rare opportunity, but if it wasn't for Wei Haichi poisoning Empress Pei, how could Emperor Renzong be like ashes? ”

The more Wei Lianchi spoke, the more sad and indignant she became, she stood up, her voice was hoarse, and she had no reason to speak of: "Of course you don't know, before Emperor Renzong died, in fact, the testament was that Jin Wang Ye succeeded to the throne, it was Wei Haichi's soldiers who forced Zichen Palace, and used Jin Wang Ye's life as a threat to force Emperor Renzong to change his will. That Yuan Dezhi, the first rat at both ends, although he surrendered to his deceased husband and died when his deceased husband was defeated, he saw the wind and rudder again, and only hated me and Mu Zong, but he was deceived by such a villain, and he was defenseless against him, which made Wei Haichi successful! ”

"That ram Yu, has also confessed that he had offered the poison of the intestine to Wei Haichi, Yuan Dezhi and the ram Yu did not collude, but admitted that he did put the poison of the intestine in the wine and drank with Mu Zong, he took the antidote in time, it was not poisonous, three days later, Mu Zong died of abdominal pain, the poison of the intestine will cause an acute abdomen, if you read the medical book, you can verify the confession of the two!"

Wei Lianchi is not a smart person, but in the end, she also understands such procedures in the palace, and is bent on avenging her own son's blood hatred, so she can also prove her doubts in a coherent manner, saving more guidance.

It wasn't until this time that Kyogo was finally alarmed by the sudden riot—

The Great Ci'en Temple opened such a grand ceremony, it should be reported to the ancestral department, and then announced by the two counties of Chang'an and Wannian, and publicized by the officials, and informed the people that they could participate spontaneously, in order to prevent public security accidents caused by many people, Jin Wuwei would be mobilized to maintain order as usual, but Xiao Wei disrupted the festival and accused the Queen Mother of a country of being suspected of killing the monarch in public, which was different from her behavior of breaking into the Chang'an Palace and confronting the Queen Mother, and she should also be detained by Jin Wuwei and sent to the official office.

Wei Lianchi also knew that she personally admitted that she was an insider of the murder of Empress Pei and other events, and it was difficult to escape prison, but her goal had been achieved, so she did not struggle, only tilted her head and looked at everyone proudly: "I don't need you to detain me, I will surrender myself, I am not afraid of the law, as long as I can make all the crimes of Wei Haichi, a poisonous woman, public, even if I die with her, I should smile Jiuquan." ”

After the Dharma meeting in the Great Ci'en Temple, the boiling between the market and the square became more intense, and even those hot-blooded scholars wrote a book of ten thousand words, knelt in front of the Danfeng Gate, and called for the public trial of the Queen Mother, if it is confirmed that she killed the monarch and other evil deeds, she should be punished according to the law.

Since the implementation of the new law, the concept of loyalty of monarchs and ministers before filial piety of father and son has actually been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not to mention the various evil deeds of Empress Dowager Wei, which should indeed be pointed out by thousands of people.

However, although public opinion is turbulent, it is not enough to kill the Queen Mother here, and although the crime of killing the monarch is bad, if you want to make the Queen Mother fall under the law, it is not enough to rely on the confessions of Yuan Dezhi and Xiao Wei.

A public trial, however, is necessary.

And this time, the two cases were tried together.

Therefore, after Pei Zheng's case, Wei Haichi was once again "invited" to the court, but this time it was replaced by the Xuanzheng Palace, not only officials above the fifth rank, but all those who served in the court, as well as the princes and nobles of the clan, and even included students such as Guozixue, were allowed to be heard on a special basis.

Of course, Wei Haichi understands that admitting guilt is only a dead end, unlike the last time she confessed her guilt, this time she flatly denied it: "Yuan Dezhi's evidence is slander, as for Wei Lianchi, it is nothing more than listening to the traitor's slander, so he fabricated charges and imposed it on me." ”

This time, the person in charge of the presiding judge is still Xue Qian: "Yao Qian has also confessed that Ram Yu is indeed at the mercy of the Queen Mother, does the Queen Mother want to deny that she had ordered Ram Yu to provide the poison attached to the intestines?" ”

"What kind of poison attached to the intestines, the old body doesn't know anything."

Ram Yu testified: "Yao Qian and Xie Raoping have asked sinners for intestinal attachments and other poisons, although the sinner didn't know that it was actually to kill the king, but after hearing about Emperor Mu Zong's symptoms, he also suspected that it was caused by the sinner's unique poison, although Mu Zong died for many years, it was not impossible to verify, but it was just ...... It is necessary to open the coffin for an autopsy, if Mu Zong Xianjun is poisoned by the intestines, he must have caused abdominal venom and festering bones. ”

Mu Zong died violently of poison that year, unless he was subjected to a caesarean section, ordinary medical officers could not judge that he died of poisoning, but Mu Zong was the Son of Heaven, and since the medical officer had already concluded that he was suffering from an acute abdomen, how could anyone dare to propose a caesarean section? But poison is poisoning, and such a domineering poison, after several years, will of course be revealed on the remains, but even if ordinary people die, the opening of the coffin and the autopsy will cause discussion, let alone the king of a country.

Whether Wei Haichi was guilty or not was temporarily put aside by the courtiers, and at the scene of the public trial, a dispute broke out over whether the coffin should be opened for an autopsy.

The opposition's argument is that opening the coffin is extremely disrespectful to the monarch, disturbs the spirits of the deceased, and is not in accordance with the law of etiquette.

However, the proposition of the approval faction is: If the matter involves the great crime of killing the king, if it is not investigated, will it be worthy of the soul of the ancestor and according to the law of etiquette?

The approval faction gradually gained the upper hand, and suddenly heard Wei Haichi sneering again: "Even if Mu Zong is indeed poisoned, it is Yuan Dezhi and Yao Qian who colluded with the ram to commit the crime, what evidence is there to prove that it was instigated by the old body?" ”

This is naturally without evidence, and the behavior is extremely heinous and criminal, Wei Haichi is not so stupid to write a secret edict.

As for the queen mother of a country, no one dares to propose that torture can be used to extract confessions.

Tao Baoyi advocated to the prince and the queen: "Weichen believes that although there are many confessions, there is no solid evidence to confirm that the queen mother is indeed the main envoy, and the case is still difficult to decide. ”

This remark was seconded and approved by the new Dali Siqing and other judicial officials.

Shi Niang did not think that she was as disappointed as the Queen Mother, but affirmed these officials who adhered to the legal system.

Xue Qian asked again: "Then according to the confession of Xu Xiuneng and others, the Empress Dowager had been secretly edicted to trap King Huaien and the 100,000 rebels of the old department, can the Empress Dowager have a defense?" ”

Regarding this big case, Wei Haichi really has no way to deny it, and the secret edict handed over by Xu Xiuneng can be stamped with her seal.

And although even Mu Zong had agreed to make peace with the Turks and thoroughly investigate He Zheng's conspiracy, he did not instruct Xu Xiuneng to directly order Yao Qian to slaughter and frame him without questioning, and this time he could only bear the responsibility of Wei Haichi himself.

But she said brazenly: "At the beginning, how could I have expected that the Turks would rebel and have to compromise with the Turks for the sake of a truce. ”

"So, the Queen Mother admits that she is the mastermind to frame King Wynne and his old subordinates?" Xue Qian asked.

Wei Haichi can only be defaulted.

The next step is to discuss the crime, but there is no need for the ministers to participate in the opinion, and there is no need to ask for Wei Haichi's approval, after the public trial, it should be decided by the queen and the officials of the political hall.

The result is that the Queen Mother enjoys the privilege of "discussing nobles" and can avoid death.

However, Xue Qian advocated that Zhongzong should be followed and the example of abolishing the throne of his mother-in-law Jiang.

It turned out that the Great Zhou Dynasty was passed to Zhongzong Dynasty, and there was also a regent Empress Dowager Jiang, she had neither the wisdom of Empress Wen, nor the ambition of Wei Haichi, Zhongzong was not her own person, it was the concubine who ascended the throne, because she was thirteen years old when she ascended the throne, and Empress Dowager Jiang had three years of regent.

After Zhongzong's sixteenth / big wedding, Empress Dowager Jiang took the initiative to retreat to the harem, but she was about used to the words of the regency period, and was a little unaccustomed to Zhongzong's "not listening to teachings" and "making his own opinions", and planned to intervene in the government several times, but was hindered by Cui Hong, who hated Cui Hong to the bone, and actually assassinated Cui Hong.

This case once caused controversy in the court.

In the end, Zhongzong still abolished the Empress Dowager Jiang and sent her family to her family, until Jiang died of illness, and then she was posthumously named the concubine and buried in the concubine's mausoleum.

Wei Haichi's crime is much worse than that of the Jiang family, and the abolition of the throne and repatriation to his own family has been extremely lenient.

Only the Jiang family back then, because his relatives did not do evil, his father still retained the title of duke, and the Jiang family could still enjoy brocade clothes and jade food, how could it be compared to the Empress Dowager Wei's family at this time - because of Yao Qian, Yuan Dezhi and other accusations, Wei Yuanping was involved in the murder of Mu Zong, although he did not commit the murder with his own hands, but even if he knew it and did not report it, it was enough to be executed!

Although the case is still not concluded, Wei Yuanping must be arrested and imprisoned for interrogation, and his family property has been confiscated.

Wei Haichi was sent back to her own family, and she could only live in a manor in the outer city, she was abolished from the throne of the queen mother, and naturally she no longer deserved to enjoy the treatment of the queen mother.

Although Wei Yuanping was imprisoned, in the end, the rest of Jing Zhaowei's clan would not ignore Wei Haichi, let him fend for himself, and never forget to provide food and clothing for his daily life.

It's just that, compared to Wei Haichi's poverty and luxury in Daming Palace, such a life is like a prison cage.

Of course, she resented the emperor even more, and cursed every day.