Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Huifeng was taken away by Zhu Wen, afraid that Zhu Wen would wait for an opportunity to retaliate, and Huifeng would inevitably suffer something.

At this time, Huang Chao was gossiping with his wife in the palace, and he was suddenly surprised to see his daughter and Xu Zhi rushing in in a hurry. It turned out that when Zhou Yuanzhi grew up, she rarely went home, and went out all the year round to find out news for the rebels. Since the competition to recruit relatives, Zhou Yuanzhi has moved back to live in the house, knowing that she is warm and caring for her parents.

Zhou Yuanzhi's subtle change made Mrs. Huang happy and angry, happy that her daughter had grown up and finally had her own home; she was angry that "the daughter was not staying", her daughter was back, but her mind was still on the side of Juxian Lou Xu Zhi; and Huang Chao had been busy with military and foreign affairs recently, and her wife was very lonely in the mansion alone, and there was no one to talk to, so she couldn't help but feel sulky about her daughter. But when she saw that Zhou Yuanzhi brought her son-in-law home for the first time, she suddenly felt no unhappiness in her heart.

Mrs. Huang saw that Xu Zhi was dignified and talented, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, she forgot that her daughter was also by her side, and quickly asked her subordinates to pour tea for Xu Zhi, which was very affectionate, which made Zhou Yuanzhi very jealous, and said coquettishly: "Mother, my daughter rushed back from afar to see you, and I haven't seen you so enthusiastic and thoughtful to your daughter, is Xu Zhi more important than her daughter?" After speaking, she glanced at Xu Zhi with her eyes again, her face full of happiness.

Mrs. Huang glanced at her daughter and said angrily: "Zhi'er, this girl still doesn't grow up, how can a daughter blame her parents for favoring her son-in-law?"

Huang Chao glanced at his daughter and Xu Zhi, and asked, "You two go home, what's the urgency? Look at your hot and prosperous appearance! You are such a big person, and you are still like two ignorant children!"

Mrs. Huang comforted on the side: "Aren't they just children, in the eyes of their parents, they will never grow up!"

Zhou Yuanzhi snuggled in her mother's arms and said coquettishly: "Zhi'er hasn't grown up in the first place, and she still wants to stay by her parents' side and serve her parents for the rest of her life!"

Huang Chao and his wife were amused by Zhou Yuanzhi's words, and said with a smile: "Silly girl! How can there be a reason for a daughter not to marry and live with her parents for the rest of her life?"

Xu Zhi saw Zhou Yuanzhi's family of three, and they were happy, and since the death of his parents, he once again felt the warmth of the family that he had not seen for a long time. Zhou Yuanzhi saw that it was time and reported the matter of Yanyu Building to Huang Chao.

In the end, Zhou Yuanzhi said: "Father, my daughter can vouch for her life, Brother Hui is definitely not the murderer of General Zhu Cun, my daughter and Brother Xu also happened to be at the scene that day, General Zhu died from a hidden weapon, not from Brother Hui's eagle claw." After speaking, he secretly pulled Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi understood what Zhou Yuanzhi meant, and wanted to plead with Huang Chao himself, and hurriedly said: "Huang Wang, what Yuan Zhi said is true, Xu Zhi can also testify!

Huang Chao looked at his daughter's pleading gaze, and then at Xu Zhi's helpless expression, quickly stopped Xu Zhi, sighed, and said: "This matter is really difficult to do, I also believe that Hui Feng is innocent, but who is the murderer? If you don't get the murderer, Zhu Wen will not give up, and besides, this Zhu Wen is Daddy's most powerful general, he is almost invincible, and he is invincible; not to mention that he controls the defense of the entire Caizhou, in case he offends him, he will mutiny, it will not end well!"

Zhou Yuanzhi couldn't believe it, and asked: "Father, that Zhu Wen was born poor, and he hasn't studied for a few years, can he lead troops to fight with such great ability, can he be invincible, and he can conquer everything?"

Huang Chao saw that his daughter was skeptical of Zhu Wen's ability, so he casually told his daughter and Xu Zhi about Zhu Wen's legendary war career:

It turned out that Zhu Wen was a rag in Dangshan, when the Huangchao Righteous Army passed through Dangshan, Zhu Wen led his second brother Zhu Cun to take refuge in the Righteous Army, with the continuous growth of the Righteous Army, the battle with the imperial court became more and more fierce, and the Righteous Army did not have a stable base, grain and grass, Clothes and equipment could not be supplied in time, and there were soldiers in all the battalions and villages of the rebel army who defected, only Zhu Wen was cunning, and he tattooed a gold seal on the face of each soldier, even if these soldiers fled back to their hometowns and fled to the ends of the earth, they could not hide, and they would inevitably be arrested again, so none of the soldiers under his command dared to defect. In addition, Zhu Wen's army was very strict, dividing his army into several brigades, squadrons and squads. During the battle, let the squad leader supervise the battle in the rear, and if he found a soldier retreating and fleeing, he would immediately kill him; he also set a military rule: if the squad leader dies, the whole squad will be executed, and if the squadron leader dies, all the squad leaders must be buried together, so there is no soldier he leads who does not move forward bravely. Therefore, Zhu Wen's troops are the strongest in combat effectiveness among the various units of the Huangchao Righteous Army, and half of Huangchao's rivers and mountains were defeated by him, which is no exaggeration.

Huang Chao saw that Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi were no longer speechless, and said for a long time: "If you look at the overall situation, sacrificing a Huifeng can stabilize the hearts of Zhu Wen and the army, which is the best policy, but from the perspective of morality in the rivers and lakes, saving Huifeng is to uphold justice and win the hearts of the people, and it cannot be said that it is a mistake." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi still couldn't understand Huang Chao's words, and asked: "Father, if you talk like this, can Brother Hui be saved?"

Huang Chao thought for a while before saying: "That's it! You took my gold medal order arrow, went to Zhu Wen's general's mansion to pass on the king's will, and let Zhu Wen be fully responsible for trying the case of Huifeng killing Zhu Cun, which not only gave him face, but also made him have scruples, you can also take this opportunity to listen to the trial, and if the result is not good for Huifeng, then find a way to save him." ”

Xu Zhi sighed: "Then we can only take one step at a time, we have the will of the Yellow King, Zhu Wen will not dare to deal with Senior Brother Hui privately, at least he is safe now!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said: "Well, I hope Brother Hui will be safe this time!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi led Huang Chao's will and rushed to Zhu Wen's city defense yamen, which also had a court to hear cases. I saw that the outside of the public hall was crowded with people watching the excitement, and when the people saw the princess and the horse of the Yellow King arrived, they quickly knelt on the ground and dodged a road.

Zhu Wen heard that the Yellow King's Qin mission had arrived in the mansion, and hurriedly went out to greet him, but when he went out, he was not surprised at all when he saw that it was Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi.

Zhou Yuanzhi conveyed Huang Chao's will to Zhu Wen: he was required to have full authority to try the case. Zhu Wen first thanked Huang Wang for his trust, and then hurriedly let Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi into the court to interrogate Huifeng and related witnesses together.

The three of them entered the torture hall of the general's mansion, only to see a plaque hanging in the middle of the torture hall that reads "Mirror Hanging", on the public hall has stood a group of wolf-like tigers, holding a killing rod in their hands, and lying under the hall is a beaten inhuman Huifeng, as well as two bloody corpses, and the outside of the public hall is a group of indignant people led by Yanyulou.

Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi approached and saw that Huifeng was still unconscious, covered in bruises, and was very sad. But Zhu Wen was full of smiles, his expression was calm, and he looked very humble, first pushing Zhou Yuanzhi to be the chief judge of the Huifeng case, Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly excused himself and said: "It is the intention of Huang Wang to let Lord Zhu try the case, how dare I disobey." Xu Zhi and I came here this time, just to learn from Master Zhu how to try cases!"

Zhu Wen saw that Zhou Yuanzhi said very sincerely, and pretended to regret it, so he no longer shirked, and hurriedly let Zhou and Xu sit down beside him, and then sat down calmly behind the desk in the middle of the torture hall, holding a startled wood in his hand, and shouted: "Quiet, this general is ordered by King Huang to start trying the case of the murder of Zhu Cun, the general of our righteous army!"

The officials on both sides of the party struck the ground with torture wood, stretched out their voices, roared loudly, and cheered: "Mighty, mighty!"

Zhu Wen first asked: "Suspect Huifeng, General Ben asks you: Is it true that you killed General Zhu Cun?

As soon as Zhu Wen finished speaking, he heard a discussion among the people outside the hall: "How can there be such a trial, the suspect is obviously unconscious and can't speak, but he is forced to confess!" "yes, isn't this a hard charge for Hui Yingying?"

Xu Zhi saw that Hui Feng under the hall was still in a semi-comatose state, and hurriedly stopped: "Master Zhu, in my humble opinion, now that the suspect Hui Feng is still unconscious, why don't you interrogate other witnesses first and ask the reason for the incident?"

Zhu Wen listened to Xu Zhi's words, glanced at Zhou Yuanzhi again, and saw that she didn't say anything, just stared at herself with her eyes, as if she was waiting for her to make an idea.

Zhu Wen saw that Huifeng was indeed in a deep coma, and if he was to be forcibly interrogated, first, the interrogation would not be able to continue, and he would lose his official prestige in the cold field; second, it would also cause public indignation, and then offend Zhou Yuanzhi, so it was better to borrow the slope to get off the donkey and say: "Xu Yuma, what you said is reasonable, it is rumored that the soldiers under General Zhu Cun will be interrogated that day?"

After a while, several soldiers who looked like generals came to the hall, knelt down on their knees, saluted the adults in the hall, and then said in unison: " The small ones are the personal soldiers under General Zhu Cun, when we routinely inspected Yanyulou that day, this fanatic surnamed Hui actually used alcohol to make trouble, encouraging everyone to refuse the inspection of officers and soldiers, and the big man surnamed Wu was also with him, so we had a fight in Yanyulou, we were out of self-defense and maintaining law and order, so we mistakenly killed the surnamed Wu, and the surnamed Hui in order to avenge the surname Wu, actually killed our Lord Zhu with a hidden weapon, all the soldiers we were present saw with their own eyes, and they can testify to this matter! Please also be aware of your lordship and redress our grievances!"

Zhu Wen asked again: "In front of Huang Wang Qincha, is the testimony you said true?"

The group of soldiers hurriedly said: "What the little ones say is the truth, and the little ones have an extra head, and they don't dare to deceive King Huang and Lord Zhu!"

Zhu Wen snorted, "That's how it is! You guys retreat first!", after speaking, it was rumored that the shopkeeper of Yanyu Building and some guests came to the court to testify.

The shopkeeper of Yanyu Building was timid and afraid of things by nature, knelt on the ground, did not dare to raise his head, and said: "Tell my lord, Lord Zhu did come to the small shop to inspect the court spies that day, but later, later, ......."

Zhu Wen asked, "But what happened next?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Later, General Zhu had a conflict with a girl who was selling songs, and then the small shop died, and the little one was scared to death, and he didn't dare to take a closer look, and he didn't know what happened later!

Zhu Wen had no choice but to pass Cheng Yingying to come forward and ask, Cheng Yingying first gave a salute to the adults, and then slowly knelt beside Huifeng. Both inside and outside the torture hall were attracted by her beautiful appearance and calm demeanor, and even Zhu Wen forgot to try the case for a while.

Cheng Yingying saw that the demon Zhu Cun was dead, and looked up to the sky and shouted: "Zhu Cun, this beast has died well, and finally has eyes in the sky, and he has revenge for grandpa and Brother Wu!", and then cried again: "Brother Hui was wronged, if Brother Hui wants to kill Zhu Cun, he would have killed him a long time ago, why wait for them to escape from the Yanyu Building before starting, not to mention that Brother Hui was drunk and unconscious at that time, how did he kill Zhu Cun?"

Zhu Wen listened and sneered: "Cheng Yingying, you are the granddaughter of the deceased Uncle Cheng, and you should know how to avoid it in court." As the family of the deceased, you naturally hate Zhu Cun and protect Huifeng. Besides, both of your grandfathers and grandchildren are from operas, and since ancient times, operas have been unrighteous, how can you be a good person as a testimony in court?"

Cheng Yingying saw that Zhu Wen's trial was unreasonable, so she snorted and scolded: "My lord, as the arm of King Huang and the parent official of Caizhou, should ask the reason for the matter in the trial, instead of judging the case only by the origin and appearance of the person!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Cheng Yingying's righteous and stern rebuttal of Zhu Wen, and couldn't help but shout: "What Miss Cheng said is reasonable, and the statements of all parties should be listened to when the case is decided, how can you only listen to the testimony of one party?" Please also ask Lord Zhu to think twice!"

Zhu Wen's face was red when Zhou and Cheng refuted it, so he had to shout: "Miss Cheng will step aside first, and the scholar Li Zhen will ask!"

Li Zhen saw that a high-ranking and powerful general had died in the dispute of Yanyulou, and he was deeply involved in it, so he was so frightened that his face was like earth, trembling all over, and he said incoherently: "If you go back to your lordship, yes, it was the general who wanted to insult this girl, and that Brother Hui killed someone, I can testify, I am a scholar who is powerless, and I still have to go to Chang'an to take the exam!

Cheng Yingying and the others listened to Li Zhen's words, and they all snorted at him and scolded: "Li Zhen, you are still a sensible reader, have you read all your books in the dog's belly? If it weren't for that big brother Hui to come to the rescue, all of us would have died under Zhu Cun's random arrows, you don't know the report, and you still slander him for murder? Did you see that big brother Hui killed Zhu Cun with your own eyes?"

Zhu Wen laughed a few times, interrupted everyone's discussion, and shouted: "Li Zhen Li Zhen is a passing scholar, he has nothing to do with both sides, I believe he said the most fair and clear." The whole thing is like this: General Zhu was routinely inspecting Yanyulou, while the big man surnamed Wu and the old man resisted the inspection of the officers and soldiers, and were mistakenly killed by the officers and soldiers, and they were innocent; while Huifeng was drunk and took the lead in gathering a crowd to make trouble, and the general who dared to kill the Yellow King was an unforgivable crime. Since there is this scholar as a witness, then the matter will be easy to do, let him and a few soldiers as witnesses for both the government and the people, write the case in its original form, and then trouble the two Qincha to report to the Yellow King. ”

Xu Zhi didn't expect Zhu Wen to close the case so arbitrarily, and just wanted to stand up and say something, when he saw Zhou Yuanzhi secretly pulling his hand, he knew that Zhou Yuanzhi already had an idea in his heart, so he didn't continue to argue with Zhu Wen in court.

After Zhu Wen finished the verdict, he asked the scholar Li Zhen and others to transcribe their confessions on the spot, and then announced that they would leave the court, and put Huifeng on death row.

On the way back, Xu Zhi asked Zhou Yuanzhi what she planned to do next. Zhou Yuanzhi deliberately smiled and did not answer, but when she saw Xu Zhi's anxious appearance, she couldn't bear it in her heart, so she had to say her thoughts: "We can't fight Zhu Wen in the open, so it's better to rob the prison secretly and rescue Brother Hui from death row unconsciously, Brother Xu, what about the idea of little sister?"

Xu Zhi praised: "It's still Yuan Zhi Bingxue who is smart, and now she can only do this!"