Hearing that someone finally stood up and "spoke up", Lu Chen's heart suddenly burst into joy.

That's right.

How can there be only one voice in the huge court?

If you don't stand up against it, treat Lao Tzu as a stepping stone, and show it ruthlessly, how can you inactive court officials attract the attention of the emperor? How to rise to the top? How to get promoted and get rich?

And just when Lu Chen was overjoyed, the empress, who had been calm all the time, frowned slightly.

She looked at the front of the hundred officials, and at this time an orange-robed court official who had already stood up and bowed.

The new Jingxiang Qing official of the Criminal Department, Shi Langzhong, Hu Yan.

"Hu Langzhong, do you have any objection to what Lu Aiqing said?"

Hearing this, especially when he heard the empress call her official position, instead of calling Aiqing like Lu Chen, Hu Yan couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Gan, didn't you say that Your Majesty has begun to dislike Lu Chen now?

What's the deal with such obvious favoritism?

She didn't even want to call me "Hu Aiqing"!

Hu Yan had a feeling of being pitted, and couldn't help but turn his head sideways and look at the boss in front of him, who was also the thigh he had just hugged - Zheng Zhong, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and Qian Yiqian, the top boss in charge of the Criminal Department, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

As if noticing his gaze, Zheng Zhong nodded silently and gave him a reassuring look.

Qian Yiqian, who was further ahead, also made a vague gesture, signaling him to be calm and not impatient, and to do his part with peace of mind.

Seeing this, Hu Yan's heart was a little calmer.

And it's come to this, even if it's a hard shot.

So he organized his language a little, and then said in a loud voice:

"Back to Your Majesty, Yongchuan County is under the jurisdiction of Jingxiang, and Weichen is the official of Jingxiang Qing of the Criminal Department, and the case of Yongchuan County Commander Xia Yan is very well known to Weichen!"

"The evidence in this case is conclusive, the testimony of the witnesses has been repeatedly scrutinized and certified, the accounts of the stolen money are also extremely clear, and the criminal officer Xia Yan confessed to the crime he committed, and there is no trace of doubt at all, this is an iron case, even if it is tried a thousand times, it will be the same result!"

"Therefore, Weichen believes that retrying this case is just a waste of time, a waste of manpower and material resources, and there is no point at all."

Hu Yan stated impassionedly, with a selfless and wholehearted appearance on his face.

"Besides, the demon queen has been in chaos for six years, and the world has been poisoned by its henchmen for a long time, so that the country is in turmoil, and the people are in urgent need of upside down, and now Your Majesty has finally destroyed the demon queen and swept away the evil spirits.

With that, he bowed again.

"Yes, Weichen thinks that what Lu said is a big mistake! This case is not retrievable! There is no need to re-examine!! ”

When the words fell, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment before he gradually came back to his senses, and then thought with emotion:

It's called professionalism!

This Hu Yan is obviously an old fritter who has been in officialdom for many years.

is obviously just a word of opposition, but he can say it so levelly, and he also pulled out the banner of "creating a prosperous world together" to add points to these words, looking completely for the sake of the court and the empress.

There was no mention of their criminal department.

With his political wisdom, if he really wants to fight these old foxes, he probably doesn't know how to be sold.

Maybe someone was put to death, and it is taken for granted that the other party is a good person who thinks about himself, right?

Fortunately, he has a system.

The better these "good teammates" are, the better it will be for him.

Isn't it just a pit man, he wishes that the official skin on his body would be pitted, so he naturally won't be afraid of it.

It would be better if the other party gave more force.

The empress naturally didn't know about the system, and it was impossible to guess Lu Chen's true thoughts.

Hearing Hu Yan say this, she frowned again.

After a while, she spoke slowly and said expressionlessly: "Lu Aiqing, what do you say?" ”

Lu Chen arched his hand and said, "The minister still insists on his original idea and hopes to retry Xia Yan's case." ”

The empress nodded, still not asking why.

Obviously, Xia Yan's case is not important to her.

Whether Xia Yan is corrupt or bribery, whether she bribes the demon queen's henchmen, whether she is the demon queen's remnants, whether she kills it or lets it go, she doesn't care.

Now she doesn't have the energy to think about such inconsequential trifles.

It's just that Lu Chen cares about the Qipinzhi County named Xia Yan, and what she cares about is Lu Chen.

So even if Xia Yan is released for the time being and let him live longer, for her, it is actually nothing.

There is no need to make Lu Chen uncomfortable in this matter.

After all, unless Xia Yan was a really good official, after Xuanwu Wei personally collected evidence that could convince Lu Chen, all the problems would naturally be solved.

In her opinion, Lu Chen was just too kind and upright, so he was deceived and used by his former parents.

A gentleman can be bullied.

At this time, Hu Yan suddenly snorted coldly.

"Dare to ask Lu Zhishi, why do you think there is a problem with the case that has been verified below? What's wrong with this case? Why do you insist so much on retrying this case? ”

At the same time as asking three questions, Hu Yan forced Lu Chen to look at him, and then said: "I am not an unreasonable person in Xia, as long as Lu Zhishi can tell a reason, even if it is just a reasonable reason, I will no longer object to it." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Isn't this the foreplay?

This guy named Hu Yan is really a good person!

Look at this triangular eye, look at this sharp-beaked monkey gills, so kind-faced, no wonder Lao Tzu looks so pleasing to the eye!

Lu Chen gave Hu Yan 10,000 likes in his heart.

Then, while quietly giving Hu Yan a thumbs up in his heart, he played an Oscar-level acting skill.

"Why?"

Lu Chen looked at Hu Yan without fear, and then replied firmly:

"Under the Yongchuan people, and Xia Yan took office as the commander of Yongchuan County, he constantly organized people to reclaim fertile land, encourage production, and crack down on lawlessness, the people of Yongchuan County have been living and working in peace and contentment, it is a happy land, therefore, in the eyes of Xia, Lord Xia has always been a good official with justice in his heart and dedicated to the people!"

After a pause, he added:

"Therefore, I never believe that Lord Xia will collude with the demon queen's henchmen, let alone believe that he will prey on the common people and use the scraped people's fat and ointment to curry favor with the shameless rebels who follow the demon queen!"

Hearing this, Hu Yan immediately smiled.

Then he sneered unceremoniously: "Lu Zhishi, you mean, you don't have any evidence to prove Xia Yan's innocence, you just think that he is a good official, so you suspect that there is something wrong with this case and needs to be retried?" ”

The yin and yang in the words can be heard by any person.

Lu Chen's mind was very normal, and he naturally heard that Hu Yan's words were sarcastic.

But he didn't care at all.

After all, that was his purpose.

"Yes, Hu Langzhong."

He nodded as a matter of course, and then said: "Although there is no evidence in Xiaxia, it can be guaranteed that Lord Xia Yanxia is definitely a rare good official, and he will not be able to do such a hurtful thing!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around abruptly and said to the empress sitting on the dragon chair:

"I hope that Your Majesty will see everything clearly, order the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to retry this case, investigate this case to the ground, and return Xia Yan's innocence!"

"Humph!"

Before the empress could say anything, Hu Yan suddenly snorted coldly.

"Lu Zhishi, you're too child's play, aren't you?"

Lu Chen frowned, glared at him angrily, and said with an unhappy face:

"What do you mean by this, Lord Hu?"

"Evidence in everything!"

Hu Yan sneered and said: "Lu Zhishi, you keep saying that Xia Yan is innocent, so why is there a bribery record in the account book found from the demon harem?" Could it be that the demon queen calculated in advance that His Majesty would be in charge again, and deliberately falsified accounts to frame him for a small seven-grade county order? ”

"This kind of nonsense, whether you believe it or not, will you believe it yourself?"