twenty-six

The Yamen of the Eastern District of Luoyang City retried the nameless case, and the presiding judge was Li Wan'er, the virtuous princess of the royal family, and the news spread, and the entire Kaiyuan Street was full of people, scrambling to squeeze forward, mostly to see the princess's demeanor.

Nameless was wearing a white prison uniform, kneeling with chains in his hands, and on the left was the accuser Fang Chen and his wife, the two of them were weak and afraid, and their foreheads were constantly sweating, Cai Lun Yaxian Ling sat in the position of the guest as a master, he was holding an ink pen, not looking at the paper, but looking at Li Wan'er, for fear that she would not be satisfied and blame.

"It's the opening of the court for retrial. ”

Li Wan'er slapped the yaboard, and the yasman made a sound of "might~wu" while knocking on the board, and after the opening ceremony, the words were first presented by the nameless.

Nameless told the story all over again, about the same as the evening at seven o'clock, he left the Taixue Mansion and returned to the Juyouju Inn along the alley, and encountered a Chen woman blocking the road and calling for help, claiming that a thief had entered the house, but after entering the house, he was slandered by the Chen couple in reverse, and when the arrester arrived quickly, there was a conflict, and then left.

After the nameless submission was completed, it was the turn of the Chen couple to submit the speech, the two of them trembled in panic, and said that in the evening at half past seven o'clock (half past seven), the nameless broke into the house, and seriously injured her husband, and then became animalistic, forcibly occupying the Chen family, and when calling for help, the arrest arrived quickly, and the nameless also injured the arrest quickly, and escaped.

After the pros and cons finished their submissions, they summoned the witness neighbor and the arrester, who said that he heard Chen's shout for help, and the arrester showed a bruise on his arm, indicating that he was injured and escaped by the nameless, and there were physical evidence such as footprints at the scene, all kinds of disadvantages pointed to the nameless.

Li Wan'er listened carefully, thought for a long time, and asked, "Cai County Order, what do you think?"

"The old man has served as a county magistrate for 30 years, has tried countless cases, has rich experience, and judging by human and physical evidence, the nameless suspect is the greatest, that is, he may be the ...... of the sinner" Cai Lun is quite confident, and the nameless has no teacher, and there is no way to find human and physical evidence to clear his suspicion, so he can only let people accuse.

Everyone in the hall looked at the chief judge Li Wan'er, thinking that she would agree with the county order's statement, but Li Wan'er slapped the yaban angrily and scolded Cai Lun: "You~ are just old fools! Thirty years of experience are all in vain! Proud! Holding officials and bullying people!"

When these words landed, everyone was surprised, Cai Lun was even more frightened and dizzy, and hurriedly said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, if there is a mistake, I hope Her Royal Highness the princess will calm her anger and teach ......."

"First of all, there is a problem with the time of the crime, the anonymous submission is that he left the Taixue Mansion when he was in the middle of the day, then he walked quickly along the alley, and it took half an hour to reach Chen's house, and that was when the neighbors heard the call, may I ask Cai County's order - doesn't it take time for Nameless to injure Chen's husband and tear Chen's clothes?"

"This ......"

Li Wan'er summoned the guards and boys of the Taixue Academy, and the two said that they were studying in the study hall when they were nameless, and they only left when they were in the middle of the day.

"This guard and boy are human witnesses, even if they sprint from the Taixue Academy to the Chen family's house, it will take almost half an hour, and there is not enough time to commit a crime! Not to mention that the nameless has the heart of a student, he should leave the school and do something against the principles of heaven! Isn't it ridiculous!"

The limit time to commit a crime is very contradictory, and Cai Lun is old, he doesn't investigate on weekdays, and he doesn't even know the distance and time from the Taixue Academy to Chen's house, and he will only listen to a few words to judge the case, and at this moment he is uneasy and even ashamed.

Nameless looked up at Li Wan'er, she looked very beautiful, and at the same time she was rational and intelligent, and she handled things seriously and responsibly.

"Please take off Chen's husband and nameless shirt, I want to see the wound!"

The trial continued, Li Wan'er ordered the officials to do things, Chen's husband took off his upper clothes, there were three bruises on his chest, two scratches on his back, and in addition, there were countless old scars on the nameless upper body, ten new bruises, red and oozing blood.

"Why do you have a sword wound on your back?"

Li Wan'er asked Chen's husband, and he pointed to the nameless branch and said, "...... It was he who hurt me......" At this moment, the Taixue guards reported: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you entered the Taixue Mansion with a sword namelessly, and the sword has been confiscated. ”

Li Wan'er angrily slapped the yaban and asked Chen's husband again: "Why did you lie? Did you know in advance that Nameless would use a sword? Do you deliberately slander him? Will you injure Nameless?"

This remark made Cai Lun panic, and it was he who made the officials torture to extract a confession, if Li Wan'er had to track it down, not only would she lose her official position, but also the entire government personnel would be punished, he hurriedly said: "Report to Her Royal Highness the Princess, according to Chen's confession, he and Nameless are fighting each other......"

“...... Ridiculous! It is obviously a trick of the two Chens, who have created their own injuries and slandered the nameless, but the injuries are clumsy, the sword wounds are light, and the bruises are shallow; on the contrary, the nameless injuries are serious, the bruises are black and oozing blood, and in the end, whoever seriously injures whom! The Chen husband has the ability to seriously injure the nameless! Will he also make his wife be occupied but unable to resist!"

Li Wan'er slapped the yaban angrily three times, shocking everyone inside and outside the hall, even the golden armor guards were scared into a cold sweat, her sharp eyes stared at the Chen couple, and said fiercely: "Honestly, if you can confess, the crime will be lenient, and if you find out again, you will definitely be investigated to the end." ”

"My lord, we confess!"

The Chen couple knelt on the ground and kowtowed to confess their guilt, they couldn't stand the inner torment, and even the last line of defense of their psychology was shattered by the sound of the yaban, and they were so uncomfortable that they cried bitterly.

"What's the crime?"

“...... Our husband and wife noticed that Nameless was an outsider, so they devised a trap to slander him...... He threatened to hand over the money, but he refused, so we framed him ....... "The Chan couple are still lying, for fear of offending the people behind the scenes.

At this moment, the hall gave way, it was the wife of the Honglu Temple Qing Doctor Wuzisong, who was also the daughter of the household servant - Sima Li came, she entered the hall with a special status, looked at the nameless and pretended to be heartbroken and said: "Nameless, I am your aunt, I just heard that you returned to Yanguo but were entangled in a lawsuit, and I am particularly worried about you." ”

Li Wan'er knows the reason for Sima Li's arrival, first, after the nameless identity is revealed, it will always be found out, if no family member does not come forward, I am afraid that it will be criticized, if the aunt generously takes the initiative to accept, then it can win reputation. 2. The Chen couple pleaded guilty, and if they continued the trial and torture, I am afraid that they would confess that Sima Li was behind the scenes, and this matter would be a big problem, and it would be difficult for all parties to step down, so they could personally state their position and defend themselves.

When Nameless first saw Sima Li's heart, he thought to himself - Aunt is beautiful and elegant, with a gentle smile and constant condolences and care, but her heart is vicious, and she thinks about her death three times and twice, and what is even more ridiculous is that she wants to smile and say: "Auntie, it's ......so good to see you."

"Aunt is not only afraid, but also you today, Ming'er, I won't let you wander in the Northern Han Dynasty, and I won't let people hurt you. Sima Li pretended to show favor to Nameless, and at the same time turned around and bowed to Her Royal Highness the Princess, and continued: "I hope that the princess can give justice to her name in the trial." ”

Li Wan'er gently put down the yaboard, because she saw Nameless shaking her head, signaling her not to pursue responsibility anymore.

"Then Cai County Order, do you still have to be tried if you are injured soon?"

"Since Nameless is innocent, he will be injured by mistake and arrested quickly, and the injury is very minor, and the government will not pursue it again. ”

"So nameless, let me ask you if you killed Xiao Yan?"

Li Wan'er deliberately asked Nameless, and Nameless smiled: "Back to the princess, Yanguo Huating, Xiao Yan committed suicide, not I killed him." ”

"Then why do you admit it?"

"I was just delirious and talking crazy. ”

Nameless replied wisely, Li Wan'er was happy but didn't dare to laugh, so she stood up and said: "Since Nameless didn't kill Xiao Yan, this matter has no evidence, and it happened in Yanguo, and it is difficult to verify, so it can't be filed for trial." ”

This excellent trial made the people of the Northern Han Dynasty applaud and cheer when they saw the demeanor and talent of Princess Xianshu, and they were very happy, Li Wan'er went down the steps to leave, and when she passed by the nameless, she said softly: "I won't let you have anything, I will do what I say......"

The public hall was full of cheers and applause, the focus was on the virtuous princess Li Wan'er, completely ignoring the county order Cai Lun, he saw the golden guards escorting Li Wan'er away, and said anxiously: "Your Royal Highness the princess, you haven't decided yet......

But Li Wan'er ignored it at all and left by herself, but the master asked, "My lord, what else should we do?"

Cai Lun scolded angrily: "Of course, the Chen couple will be taken into a prison cell, convicted on another day, and released the nameless!"

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(It's original Mint Lotus, please don't plagiarize.) Note: The royal family members of the Northern Han Dynasty can directly impeach officials, or even the prime minister, and once impeached, the Ministry of Justice will investigate, and if it is verified, they will be removed and punished. ）