Purple Pole City, Taiji Palace.

Morning.

The empress listened to the report of a court official below with some absent-mindedness, but her eyes were vaguely on Lu Chen, who was standing at the back of the civil official ranks.

When she first went to court, she noticed that Lu Chen's face was a little sluggish, and he looked like he hadn't rested well.

He couldn't help but yawn several times.

Seeing his haggard face, constantly rubbing his eyes in order to cheer up, the empress only felt a wave of anger rising from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't send anyone to spy on Lu Chen, she took it for granted that Lu Chen must have cared too much about Xia Yan's case, and even if he ordered to go home, he was desperately looking through the file, which was why he was so tired.

As the chief judge of the three legal divisions who presided over the case, except for Fang Ping, who really did his best, the other two judicial officers simply didn't take this matter to heart.

Not to mention that like Lu Chen, who was as obsessed with reviewing the file as he was from the Seven Grades, as the chief judicial officer, they probably didn't even read the file carefully, let alone carefully check whether there were any doubts in it.

Otherwise, how would they be as energetic as they are now?

Didn't you see that Lu Chen was so tired that he almost fell asleep standing up?

And although Fang Ping seemed to be in good spirits, he could still clearly see a little fatigue on his old face, which was obviously caused by overwork yesterday.

An old minister who is over sixty years old is still so dedicated to his duties, on the other hand, Qian Yiqian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zhao Bingliang, the secretary of the Dali Temple, are only the "important ministers" of the Mandate of Heaven, who are not even competent compared to Fang Ping, let alone compared to Lu Chen.

At this moment, Qian Yiqian and Zhao Bingliang, the two so-called famous ministers who were personally edicted by her and transferred back from the place of exile or the place of debasement to be granted important positions, plummeted in her heart.

I even regretted believing in their fame too much before.

had the intention to let Lu Chen go back to rest, but when the empress thought that Lu Chen had put in so much effort, it was just to return Xia Yan's innocence, and today was the day of the triage of the three divisions, and he would definitely not be absent, so she dispelled the idea of letting him go back.

After going down, Lu Chen came to the public room of the Sixth Branch Corridor leisurely, walked to his place and sat down, ready to deal with official business.

Generally speaking, each court official's public house will have a special official to collect the latest official documents that need to be handled and put them on the corresponding table before going down to the court, so that the court officials can start processing them as soon as possible.

However, due to the low position and weight of the six sections, it has always been a busy department with heavy official duties, so each department has to deal with quite a lot of official affairs every day.

Even if everything goes well, you have to spend at least half an hour at the table every day.

Lu Chen is naturally no exception.

However, when he habitually reached for the official document, he felt empty.

"Huh?"

When I looked up, I saw that there were always piles of official documents in the past, but at this time, there were only a few scattered official documents, which was extremely cold.

"What's going on? What about today's Kumon? ”

Hearing him ask, a person next to him who was a year older than Lu Chen replied with a smile: "The lower official has asked the clerk who passed the documents, and he said that the Ministry of Industry has nothing important to do in the past two days, and there are no official documents that need to be handed to us, so there shouldn't be much official business to deal with today." ”

Hearing this, although Lu Chen felt a little strange, he didn't think much about it.

If you can fish openly, why do you care so much?

There are still more than two hours before the trial of the three divisions begins, and if there is no official business to deal with, it is just right to make up for sleep with peace of mind, so that the eyelids that are fighting at this time are a little calmer.

Before you know it, the morning has passed.

After having lunch in a hurry, Lu Chen couldn't wait to go outside the Xuanji Gate.

According to the usual practice, the triage of the three divisions is generally carried out outside the Xuanji Gate, and after the chief official in charge of the case has finished the trial, he will order the eunuch to send the trial results to the emperor, so that the emperor can personally adjudicate and pronounce the verdict.

When Lu Chen came to the Xuanji Gate, he only saw some palace maids and eunuchs arranging the trial scene, but the others did not come.

It's not that the others came late, it's that he came too early.

Some eunuchs and palace maids had sharp eyes, and immediately noticed Lu Chen's existence, and hurriedly walked over and bowed to him.

"Lord Lu."

Lu Chen waved his hand.

"You are busy with yours, you don't have to worry about this official."

With that, he walked to a cool place and took a short rest.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Chen suddenly felt someone gently push him.

"Lu gives things, Lu gives things ......"

Lu Chen slowly opened his eyes, and then saw Fang Pingzheng looking at him with a kind face.

"Lord Fang!"

He stood up unhurriedly, and the other party bowed slightly.

Fang Ping noticed the dark circles on his face that had not disappeared, and immediately said with concern: "Lu Qishi, your face doesn't look very good, didn't you rest last night?" ”

Lu Chen shook his head and said the words about dealing with Xiao Yu again.

As he spoke, he looked around again and found that the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushi were coming over one after another.

Obviously, the triage of the three divisions is about to begin.

Seeing this, Lu Chen suddenly perked up, and the excitement that tortured him so much yesterday that he couldn't sleep surged out again.

As for the excuse he made casually, Fang Ping was old and refined, and he had eaten more salt than Lu Chen had eaten, how could he be as easy to fool as Luo Xiaoyu?

"Lu Qi doesn't have to frame the old man like this, although the old man is old, he has not yet reached the point of being confused."

As he spoke, Fang Ping sighed inexplicably.

"Presumably, Lu gave the matter for Xia Yan's case, and he was so tired when he looked through the file at home overnight last night."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes slightly.

This old man is quite good at making up his brains.

Forget it, whatever you want.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen didn't bother to explain, looking noncommittal.

At this time, Fang Ping said again: "But don't worry, Lu Zhishi, the old man already has a clue about Xia Yan's case, and he will wait for the old man to interrogate him carefully, maybe there will be an unexpected gain, this case may really have another hidden secret." ”

Well? Wait a minute!

Hearing Fang Ping's words that something was wrong, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

What the heck?

Windfall? What's hidden?

Still reassures Lao Tzu?

What do you mean?

A hint of ominous premonition rose from the bottom of his heart, and Lu Chen's eyes widened suddenly, looking at Fang Ping.

However, just as he wanted to ask, a gong suddenly sounded not far from his side.

The triage of the three divisions is about to begin.

Fang Ping also heard the sound of the gong, but he didn't go to the presiding judge right away, and when he saw Lu Chen's "surprised" look after hearing his words, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Speaking of which, the old man would like to thank Lu for giving things to you."

Lu Chen subconsciously asked, "Thank me?" Why? ”

Fang Ping nodded, didn't sell it anymore, and said bluntly: "Thanks to Lu Zhishi's unwavering persistence, the old man checked the file several more times, and found an unusual suspicion in this case at the last moment. ”

After a pause, he suddenly sighed.

This also made the old man understand a truth, some things, on the surface seem to be clear at a glance, but in fact there may be a lot of things inside, look at things can not be superficial, otherwise it is possible to be blinded by the obvious, and ignore the really important things. Master Lu is teaching the old man a lesson. ”

Hearing this, for no reason, Lu Chen suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Then without waiting for him to speak, Fang Ping suddenly laughed out loud, leaving a sentence, "Lu give things a relaxed mind, and look at the old man's methods!" He took a step and walked towards the presiding judge.

Looking at his back, which seemed to be ten years younger, Lu Chenhou felt a faint pain in his heart inexplicably.