Although Ge Yi is the secretary of the criminal department, his temperament has always been peaceful, but today's pass is different from the past after all, for Cheng Hongtu, who was killed halfway out of the road, the good-natured Ge Shangshu also changed his face, and scolded: "Cheng Hongtu, Song Qian, the old man knows you!" You don't look at what the situation is today, Your Majesty has personally ascended to the city to appease the people, and you, as students, are supported by the imperial court, read the books of sages, and do not want to serve the imperial court, but come to cause chaos for the monarch's father! ”

"Lord Ge's words are wrong!" The young Song Qian raised his face and hurriedly said, "It is precisely because we have read the books of the sages and sages and distinguished right from wrong that we have disregarded our loyalty and disobeyed our ears, so that Your Majesty will open up the way of speech, so as not to close your eyes and listen and be taken advantage of by traitors and villains; We wait for the food and clothing utensils from the imperial court, but also from the people of Limin, it is they who get up early and touch the dark, a big son and a big son pay taxes on the ground, so that my classmates and Taixue can have no worries about food and clothing, and study with peace of mind, and now their lives are not guaranteed, and they are oppressed and abused by evil officials, so we naturally have to stand up and cheer for them! ”

"Well said! Cheng Taixue and Song Taixue are doing well! We'll support you! ”

"Cheng Taixue and Song Taixue speak up for our small people, and we are the only two leaders to look forward!"

"Cheng Taixue and Song Taixue need me to do something, just command! Today, I am bound to seek justice for Wang Ergou's family! ”

Seeing that the people who had just been quiet were once again driven by Cheng and Song, Ge Yi exchanged glances with several ministers, and said in a loud voice: "How should you deal with today's affairs of the two of you?" ”

Cheng Hongtu raised his voice and said: "It's not that we can't trust adults, it's just that today's things must not be perfunctory." Since the adults said that Mu Yuan, Xiaolong and others have been detained, presumably the matter has also been investigated, why not bring people here for a public trial? As long as the adults are fair and strict, we will never say anything! ”

The people below also shouted: "Open trial, we have nothing to say!" ”

The voices of tens of thousands of people converged into a torrent, which shook the ears of the emperor and his ministers on the city tower, and their hearts shook wildly!

Under the strong demand of the people, the first public trial of 10,000 people since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty kicked off in front of the imperial city of Lin'an!

Mu Yuan, Liang Yi, and Su Qing were escorted from the Imperial City Division to the foot of the Imperial City with their hands tied behind their backs, and the forbidden army opened a passage in the crowd, and the people on both sides of the road greeted them with saliva and all kinds of garbage they picked up when the three of them passed.

"A murderer with a thousand cuts! Even children will be punished! ”

"Inhuman executioner, you don't have any children at home? You don't have a son? You kill even children! How can Da Song have something like you with a wolf's heart and lungs! ”

"Kill! Damn it! Don't leave any of them, give them all to Wang Ergou's family! ”

The tall Liang Yi still wanted to distinguish a few words, but I don't know where a dirty and smelly rotten straw shoe flew from nowhere, and hit him in the face with a "snap", which completely beat Liang Yi to the point of losing his temper.

On the contrary, the people didn't pay much attention to it when Xiaolong came all the way, after all, compared with the tragic death of Wang Ergou's family, it was normal to beat two students.

After the four prisoners arrived, they knelt down to the emperor on the city tower and were about to kowtow, Zhao Gou said a little tiredly: "Don't kneel, it is the people of Lin'an who will try you today, and it is Wang Ergou who died because of you, you should kneel to them." ”

The forbidden army in charge of escorting immediately turned the four of them one hundred and eighty degrees, facing the emperor and the people sideways, and in front of them was the corpse of Wang Ergou's family of three who were brought out from the Imperial City Division.

"Take a good look, this is the family of three of Wang Ergou who was killed by you, the child is only seven years old, what mistake did he make and he died? You don't have to pretend there, go to the underworld to make amends for them! ”

Although Mu Yuan and the three of them are the leaders of the Imperial City Division, what they did was to arrest the betrayal, but Lin'an has been singing and dancing for more than 20 years, Mu Yuan and the others have actually not done anything to lick the blood, and now facing the blue-gray dead faces of Wang Ergou's family of three, his heart is beating suddenly, Su Qing, who is the youngest and the youngest, couldn't help but tremble, and his mouth was chattering: "It's not me, it's not me who killed you!" Don't look for me! ”

Mu Yuan, who was kneeling in the middle, couldn't help but bump him with his shoulder: "Kneel well!" Your Majesty and Tiju are watching from the city tower, don't embarrass the Imperial City Division! ”

Su Qing came to his senses at this time, bowed his head and knelt honestly, not daring to look at the corpse of Wang Ergou's family.

The first trial was the case of Mu Yuan and the three of them suspected of forcing and killing Wang Ergou's family of three on the street, which was personally presided over by Ge Yi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and heard by the emperor and the important ministers of Zai, as well as tens of thousands of Lin'an people present.

Ge Yi asked: "Mu Yuan, since he was ordered to arrest Wang Ergou's family and return to the Imperial City Division, how could he kill Wang Ergou on the street and force his mother and son to death?" You've got it! ”

"I ordered someone to take Wang Shi back to the Imperial City Division for questioning, and Wang Ergou and his wife openly resisted arrest and knocked us away. …… Wang Shishi took a knife to stab the lowly position, I read that he was a child and only threw him away, the lowly position was very measured, the child just fainted, and his life was unhindered. Who knew that Wang Ergou indiscriminately pulled out a fish-killing knife to resist arrest, and we had no choice but to kill him on the spot......"

"You talk nonsense! Wang Ergou is an honest person on weekdays, and he can't beat a stuffy fart with eight sticks, if you hadn't done a black hand to his only son, how would he confront you with a knife? Besides, the three of you are more than enough to deal with him, enough to kill someone? Don't leave anyone with a way to live? It's clear that you don't take our lives seriously, just kill if you want! ”

"I saw with my own eyes that Wang Ergou took the knife just to scare you not to hurt his son, it was you who rushed up and killed people, which caused his wife to hit you on the knife and die, and then caused Wang Shi's child to commit suicide...... A seven-year-old child took a knife to cut open his stomach, how tragic was that, how could you bear it? You're still not human? ”

Mu Yuan remembered that when the three of them surrounded him, it was Su Qing who shouted: "Ouch, you cut me!" In addition, Wang Ergou looked like crazy, so he made a heavy hand, who knew that Wang Ergou was a papier-mâché shelf, and he was wiped off his neck and died of anger within two strokes.

Mu Yuan turned his head to look at Su Qing, who was still keeping his head down, whispering something, Mu Yuan listened carefully, and was still begging for mercy.

Doubts flashed in Mu Yuan's eyes, on the way here, he had already accepted his fate, and even explained that Liang Yi and Su Qing put all the fault on him, "It's better for one person to die than three people to die together!" ”

Mu Yuan had doubts in his heart, so he naturally didn't want to die in vain, and he shouted loudly: "There is a lowly position!" ”

After getting permission, Mu Yuan asked Su Qing loudly: "Su Qing, when we surrounded Wang Ergou, you shouted loudly that Wang Ergou slashed you, Liang Yi and I were afraid that you would suffer, so we made a heavy hand, but Wang Ergou's skills could not hurt you at all!" Also, you say that he cut you, but where did he cut you? You show your wounds to Your Majesty and the adults! ”

Ge Yi said loudly: "Examine the injury!" ”

Immediately, the criminal department followed by the servant and Lao Xing Ming stepped forward to carefully inspect Su Qing's whole body, "Tell your lord, Su Qing has no knife wounds on his body, only bruises on his head, face and calves!" ”

Ge Yi immediately asked, "Su Qing, why did you frame Wang Ergou and cause his family of three to die tragically?" Who's the instigator, tell me quickly! ”

Seeing that Su Qing trembled and refused to speak, Ge Yi immediately said, "Let him look at Wang Shishi's child's face and tell this official, who are you instructed by?" ”

The forbidden army in charge of guarding immediately put Su Qing in front of Wang Shishi's body, Su Qing desperately raised his head, trying to avoid Wang Shishi's blue-gray immature little face, where was the forbidden army willing to let him succeed, pressed his head, and only pasted Su Qing's face to Wang Shishi's face, which frightened Su Qing desperately.

"Don't blame me! Not me! I didn't expect to die, really! ”

Seeing that Su Qing refused to confess, the people became angry and shouted: "Everyone is dead, what's the use of what you say?" Who made you hurt Wang Ergou's family, say it quickly! ”

"Speak quickly!" "Speak quickly!"

Thousands of voices converged, like a heavy hammer, breaking through Su Qing's heart defense, and he cried: "I said, I said, yes-"

Su Qing was only an eighteen-and-a-half-year-old child, Wang Shishi's death caused him huge psychological pressure, he cried and raised his head, about to confess the mastermind behind the scenes, the bright torches illuminated the imperial city as if it were day, Su Qing suddenly screamed like a ghost: "No one is the master, it's me, it's me who can't get used to that child, I want them to die!" ”

Su Qing tilted his head after shouting, a wisp of black blood flowed out of his mouth, and he died on the spot.

Su Qing died, and most of the people's grievances disappeared, Ge Yi struck while the iron was hot, and Mu Yuan and Liang Yi were not careful in employing people and did not pay attention to their work, resulting in the death of the people's Wang Ergou family, and sentenced the two to exile to the border states and migrate thousands of miles according to the law.

Xiao Long made wild remarks to despise the imperial power and law, committed the crime of great disrespect, and removed him from the position of the Imperial City Division in accordance with the law, and punished him for venting his personal anger and beating the students Xie Zi'an and Liu Mingyi for half a year, and the Imperial City Division bore the cost of the soup and medicine of Xie and Liu.

Ge Yi took this opportunity to remind: "Wang Shishi's death is someone who ridiculed him for greedy candy and harmed his parents' lives, this is clearly someone with bad intentions to say the words of the heart, this person is mixed with the onlookers, I am afraid that there will be waves in the future, now is the eventful autumn of my Great Song Dynasty, everyone must be vigilant, don't believe people's words, let alone be bewitched by others, make relatives hurt, enemies are happy!" ”

Su Qing's accidental death made the people of Lin'an realize that there was a conspiracy behind this matter, and the recent turmoil in Lin'an City was that someone was stirring up trouble behind it. No one likes to be kept in the valley as a gunman, and the hatred of the people for the Imperial City Division in the hearts of the people suddenly lost its support and became a little ridiculous, many people were hungry, remembering that they had not eaten for most of the day, and there were old mothers and young children at home waiting for them to go home, and many people did not even listen to Ge Yi's verdict, and went home one after another.

The knock in the spring of the thirtieth year of Shaoxing began with a huge momentum, but it ended sloppily at the last moment, and did not even leave a trace in the history books.