Hearing this, hope rekindled in the eyes of Zhu Qilu, who was originally like ashes, since the body was not found, then the confessions of these two people alone could not cure his crimes! And my father also came forward to intercede for himself, and now the movement has become big, and His Majesty will have to come forward at that time, so it can be said that there is still a glimmer of life in despair.

I saw that he glanced at the two people who had defected before, and then knocked the jailer who was in charge of guarding him away, rushed out of the hall of the criminal department, and hugged King Zhao tightly, tears flowing, looking very aggrieved.

"Father, the child is wronged! The child hasn't done anything like that! ”

"This ...... Elder Yan Ge, what should I do next? Seeing that things had developed to such a tricky point, everyone couldn't care about anything else, and asked Yan Song for help.

"Wait, since His Royal Highness King Zhao wants to mess around, then let's consume it!" Yan Song said that, waved his sleeves angrily, and turned back to the lobby of the Criminal Department.

"This, this, this... You! Ay. "Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, as if there are countless words blocked in your chest, and in the end you can only turn into a sigh.

After Yan Song spoke, the rest of the officials also returned to the lobby of the Criminal Department and waited, leaving only a few guards to watch them and prevent them from doing anything out of the ordinary.

Just when everyone was anxious, a long-awaited voice sounded from a distance: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Jiajing got down from the dragon chariot, and Lu Fang hurriedly stepped forward to help, and followed Jiajing step by step.

"What are you?" Jiajing looked at the many ministers and King Zhao's family who were kneeling on the ground, and his face was displeased.

"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty of not handling this matter well!" Yan Song was the first to speak, taking all the blame on himself.

"I don't blame you for this, get up." Jiajing waved his hand and said lightly.

"Lu'er, this is your imperial uncle, call him the imperial uncle!" Seeing that Jiajing was coming, Zhao Wang Zhu Zaimi hurriedly reminded his son.

"I've seen Uncle Huang." Zhu Qilu saluted Jiajing very obediently, but Jiajing ignored his greetings and walked straight into the lobby.

Jiajing sat on the top, and after reading the confession a few times at random, he asked, "Aren't you just trying the case?" I'm going to see how the case goes. ”

"Your Majesty, the case has been revealed, but due to the lack of relevant physical evidence! As a result, the case was deadlocked. ”

"And in the middle of the trial, His Royal Highness King Zhao broke in with his family, resulting in ......"

Yan Song looked at the emperor sitting on the top and said tremblingly.

Seeing that the emperor turned his gaze to himself, Zhu Zaimi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, my family Lu'er is wronged!" I was also in a hurry to do such a foolish thing. ”

When Jiajing heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "But there are all the witnesses and confessions here, why do these two people frame your child?" ”

I saw King Zhao with anger on his face, stood up from the ground, stretched out his index finger and pointed at the two people, and said word by word: "These two people are famous scoundrels in the capital, and my family Lu'er has studied the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he has great ambitions, how can he mix with this kind of person?" ”

King Zhao paused for a moment, and then continued: "Maybe these two scoundrels saw that our family Lu'er was generous, weak and bullying, and they coveted it, so they just grabbed and bit indiscriminately, and I hope Your Majesty will see it."

"You!" The two people who were scolded by King Zhao pointed their noses and dared not speak angrily.

"Are you taking me for a fool, look at what you say, do you believe it yourself?" Jiajing slammed the table and reprimanded in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, according to your seniority, Lu'er wants to call you the emperor's uncle, please spare him this time! In the future, I will definitely discipline him well and confine him at home, and I only have this last bit of incense left in Pingliang Mansion! After Zhu Zaibi finished speaking, his head hit the ground heavily, and in an instant, blood flowed.

"Hmph, bastard, look at what your son did!" Jiajing said, slamming the confession in his hand on Zhu Zaimi's face.

"Robbing people's daughters, killing people and hiding corpses, expropriating and expropriating, perverting the law for bribes, tyrannical and domineering, and preying on the people! My Ming Dynasty spends so much silver every year to raise a group of pigs like you who only know how to eat in the trough! Now you still have the face to let me let him go? ”

"If I let him go, how will I explain to those victims? How do you explain to the people of my Ming Dynasty? How do you give an account to your ancestors and ancestors? ”

"Please forgive your majesty!" Seeing that the emperor was angry, everyone in the room looked frightened, knelt on the ground, and did not make any movement for a long time.

After a long time, Jiajing lost his breath, waved his hand and said, "Get up." ”

After everyone got up, Zhu Zaiyu seemed to have made up his mind, turned his heart sideways, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to my Ming law, the case can only be closed when the human and material evidence are available!" At present, there are only human witnesses and no physical evidence, so Lu'er should be acquitted. ”

After listening to this, Jiajing turned his gaze to Yan Shifan on the side, and said softly: "Little Pavilion Elder, I heard that you are quite familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and even to the point where you can recite them, you can tell me if there is such a paragraph." ”

"This ...... This, Your Majesty, seems to have such a paragraph, and the minister can't remember it clearly. ”

Originally, Yan Shifan was stunned on the side, but he was suddenly taken out by the emperor to answer the question, and after hesitating for a moment, he gave a vague answer.

"Well, since there is indeed such a paragraph in the Daming Law, then follow the Daming Law, and you can go." After listening to Yan Shifan's answer, Jiajing sighed and said helplessly.

"Sure enough, Your Majesty still can't let go of the clan!" Xu Jie silently lowered his head and thought so.

Gao Gong was angry, and just as he wanted to speak out to admonish, he was stopped by Zhang Juzheng behind him, only to see Zhang Juzheng shake his head slightly, signaling him to leave this matter alone.

And the expressions on Yan Song and Yan Shifan's faces have not changed, they are still a calm and breezy expression.

When Zhu Qilu heard what Jiajing said, his expression was ecstatic, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, with a trembling voice in his tone: "Dare to ask if what Your Majesty said is true?" ”

"I am the emperor, Chrysostom and Yuyan, and it is difficult to chase the horse." Jiajing replied lightly.

The remaining two prisoners were dead in the face after hearing the news, losing all their strength, and the whole person was paralyzed in the lobby, and their families would be disposed of by tonight at the latest.

And Zhu Zaimi was about to jump up excitedly, only to see him snatch the key from the guard on the side, open all the shackles on his son's body, and after saluting Jiajing with his family, he was ready to bow and leave.

Just as they were about to leave the lobby of the Criminal Department, Jiajing's faint voice came from behind: "I don't know if you have heard such a sentence, there is a god three feet above your head!" ”

"Some things can be escaped for a while, but there will be something else to judge them in the dark!"

As he spoke, the originally clear sky instantly became dark clouds, and lightning and thunder roared in the sky, looking like a rainstorm was about to fall.

Zhu Qilu was frightened by the current scene, his face was pale, his limbs trembled, and his whole person was paralyzed to the ground.

In an instant, five thumb-thick thunderbolts slashed down from the sky, and happened to hit Zhu Qilu's body, only to see that after trembling twice, he lay on the ground in scorched black, lifeless.

"One, two, three, four, five, exactly five thunders!" In the lobby of the Criminal Department, there were people who counted the thunder that had fallen from the sky before, and they kept muttering.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers in the room also reacted, and knelt on the ground one after another, their faces full of piety, without him, which happened to confirm the Confucian theory of heaven and man, His Majesty was communicating with God, and God felt the blood debt on Zhu Qilu's body, so he sent down five thunderbolts to destroy it.

"Get up." Jiajing withdrew his middle finger and index finger behind his back and said lightly.