Xu Yunshen heard the guards summoning him, took a deep breath, and prepared to step into this serious occasion.

Chen Yan followed him.

The two followed the guards, step by step from the gate of the palace, along the straight white jade road, and then turned left, entered the twisting path, and walked against the red wall and glazed tiles. After a while, it suddenly dawned on me and arrived at the "Hall of Punishment".

The trial of the three legal divisions is being conducted in the Hall of Punishment.

There were not many guards, only a few dozen people, led by a general, standing in a military formation. And that general is a cliché that has not been seen for a long time.

Chen Yu, Chen Yan, Xu Yunshen, the three of them looked at each other.

"It's only passed on to Xu Yunshen, what are you going to do?" Chen Yu looked at Chen Yan, wearing a light armor with disdain.

In his opinion, Xu Yunshen has no possibility of turning over, and has such a deep relationship with this kind of big case. If Xu Yunshen was gone, maybe the indelible shame in his heart would be much better.

Chen Yan was dressed in a black brocade robe and did not reply to him.

Xu Yunshen didn't pay attention to it, but he deeply remembered this person who lost Xiao Ming.

The two of them walked straight inside.

"Damn, why don't you stop it?" Chen Yu said angrily.

The sergeants looked at him lazily, and replied with a lot of words: "That's His Royal Highness the Prince, I wait for small fish and shrimp, so I don't have to become cannon fodder for the sake of the general's battle of will?"

These dozens of people are all members of the forbidden army, and it also reflects a rather real situation, that is, many soldiers are quite dissatisfied with the statement of the airborne commander-in-chief. Moreover, Chen Yu's way of governing the army, personal strength, bearing, etc., could not impress the soldiers. This is also the main reason why the forbidden army has not fought until now - if the soldiers cannot be single-minded, the army will be scattered.

The decoration of the Hall of Punishment is more solemn and solemn, and the cyan and blue colors along the way are intertwined.

When he arrived at the main hall, Xu Yunshen saw the top level of power in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also this group of people who determined the direction of this huge empire.

Emperor Chen Ruo sat in the middle, and there was an elegantly carved coiled dragon caisson on it. There were many high-ranking officials sitting on both sides, and Xu Yunshen could only recognize Feng Yuan, the secretary of the criminal department, Wang Ding, the secretary of the household department (standing with Chen Baiyi during the general competition of the Wandao List), and Yang Sancai, the secretary of the Ministry of Cultivation (standing next to the emperor during the general competition). There are many officials standing next to them, who should be petty officials. In the middle of the field kneeled an earless man, and Li Wei stood and watched him sneer.

I really don't understand, I have a good relationship with your daughter, you have to force me to death. Although he knew that he would not have much to do, Li Wei targeted him like this, which made Xu Yunshen quite unhappy.

"Grass people Xu Yunshen, meet the emperor and all the adults. Xu Yunshen said. He originally wanted to say "the last general", but after thinking about it, isn't the lord of the military general in front of this group of civil officials and lords just carrying a lantern into the toilet - looking for (death).

"I Chen Yan, meet His Royal Highness the Emperor. Chen Yan put his right hand in front of his heart, bowed forward, and saluted.

Chen Ruo glanced at Chen Yan and said, "Why are you here? This matter has nothing to do with you." ”

Then he thought of something, and sneered: "Could it be that you saw that your wings were about to be damaged, so you jumped out of the hurry, haha, what a princeling." Could it be that Yang Shi was instructed by you this time? This time it's Zhao Dan, next time it may be everyone in the field, and next time, maybe it's me!"

Seeing that Chen Ruo's brain was overdone, the atmosphere suddenly condensed.

Chen Yan replied slowly: "Chen Yan doesn't dare. I have always respected and loved my father, and I dare not have disrespectful thoughts. And this time I came, the love of protecting the calf is only a small part, and more is to relieve my father's worries. ”

"Go on. Chen Ruo looked at his face, as if he saw a flower.

Chen Yan doesn't look like Chen Ruo, he follows his mother, and is a brilliant concubine in the world. Chen Ruo looked at his face, as if he had seen Concubine Qiang, and his anger had subsided a lot.

Chen Yan continued to reply slowly, without the slightest bullying in his tone: "Zhao Dan died, all the evils he had done before were exposed, and the human and material evidence was there. ”

The case suddenly became interesting. Although many adults know that Zhao Dan's subordinates are not clean, but to what extent they are not clean, everyone has only a vague concept.

Today, the prince suddenly came out and said that the evidence was there, which can only mean that he had already started to collect. Before the incident, Zhao Shan was inconspicuous. For such a person, the crown prince has collected all kinds of conclusive evidence that can kill him. As for more officials, Prince Bao Buqi also has the same weight or even heavier things in his hands.

Therefore, many adults looked at Chen Yan meaningfully, and Chen Yan's body did not move, and his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and the meaning was self-evident.

"Oh, what kind of person was Zhao Shangshu before?" Chen Ruo began to lean on his side, his fingers tapping on the armrest, proving that his heart had begun to fluctuate.

Chen Yan looked at him and said word by word: "There are more than 1,000 innocent people who were directly killed by him, frantically amassing wealth, and the assets they hid amounted to three million taels. ”

There was silence in the room.

"The official department is really fat......" Chen Ruo gritted his teeth and said. The total amount of his own treasury is only a few hundred thousand taels, and he has to save money, but he didn't expect that one of his officials had so much property.

"What about the people, is the evidence conclusive, and when did it happen?" asked Chen Ruo.

Chen Yanzuo said: "This is another case, I will hand over the relevant evidence to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for investigation, in order to be fair and open." ”

"In that way, Yang Shi can be regarded as killing a corrupt official who committed a heinous crime for my Tang Dynasty. Chen Ruo touched his chin, "However, it was his mistake that many female relatives were humiliated and innocent people were killed." ”

Chen Yan continued: "The female relatives were humiliated, and there is another story. Presumably, Lord Zhao Guangnan already has a judgment in his heart, so I won't rush to talk. ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Guangnan.

Zhao Guangnan smiled and said, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can afford to look down on Weichen, then Weichen will have the courage to say it." According to Weichen's humble opinion, it was not Yang Shi who abused the female dependents, but someone else......"

"You mean, Yang City still has accomplices?" Chen Ruo wondered.

"What the emperor said may not be a wise guess. Zhao Guangnan patted a sycophant, and then turned around: "However, this accomplice is none other than this Zhao Wu!"

Zhao Wu trembled, and hurriedly shouted: "No, the grass people don't have it, the grass people are wronged!"

According to the on-site investigation, when the female relatives were humiliated, they all used instruments and were extremely skillful. Moreover, according to the rumors, there is no residual male body fluid in the female dependents. If it were an ordinary prisoner who took advantage of the situation, he would have been unable to wait. But there is another kind of person in this world, and that is the eunuch. As far as Weichen knows, Zhao Dan is suspicious by nature, and all the male servants he uses are eunuchs. ”

And only this Zhao Wu survived, which means that Zhao Wu hid aside and survived until Yang City killed Zhao Dan, and then Yang City committed suicide. When he saw the lust, he was disgusted by his usual female relatives, which made him hateful. He took advantage of Yang Shi's aftermath to kill his mother and humiliate many female dependents. In the end, each person made up a knife, which just coincided with the reason why the knife on the neck was not deep and there was no murderous spirit when the female dependents died. Zhao Guangnan said his inference based on the existing information.

Zhao Wu was dumbfounded, in his opinion, this was far from the truth, but there was one thing that he couldn't refute: the female dependents were indeed humiliated by him.

He hurriedly picked something else, so that he had a little confidence, and retorted: "My lord, the grass people have not hated your ladies. Not to mention holding a grudge and seeing the lust. ”

"Then how do you explain the slap on your face, and some of the beatings on your body? Last night, when you were sleeping, someone from my Dali Temple checked it, and it matched the fists and feet of the female dependent. Zhao Guangnan sneered.

Xu Yunshen stood beside him and listened with relish.

Zhao Wuyi was in a hurry, tears came out, and the color of his crotch became darker, and there was suddenly a not very good smell in the hall.

"Then the backbone of this case is over, quickly pull this person down. Chen Ruo waved his hand.

Zhao Wu was pulled down by the guards, and at the same time he was constantly struggling.

"It's a little sloppy, and the follow-up is still to be followed by the three law divisions, and then the case will be judged and dealt with after it is correct. Chen Ruo continued.

Then he looked at Xu Yunshen and said, "Now let's talk about you, Xu Yunshen." Let Zhao Qing interrogate, I will listen. ”

"The grass people are here. Xu Yunshen said.

Zhao Guangnan got off his seat, walked to the middle of the field, and paced: "Xu Yunshen, have you ever dined with Yang Shi before the incident?" ”

"Yes. ”

"Did you ever know he was going to kill someone?"

"Yes. ”

"Then why didn't you stop it and report it to the government?"

"For I believe that he slayeth all that deserves to be slain. ”

Zhao Guangnan laughed and said: "If everyone thinks like you and uses their own lynching, then what do you want me to do with the law of the Tang Dynasty? ”

"What if the government doesn't do it?" Xu Yunshen stiffened his neck rarely, wanting to argue with Zhao Guangnan.

Zhao Guangnan sneered: "How can you not do it? The blue sky and the white sun, Lang Lang Qiankun, the person who should be subdued will be subdued sooner or later." ”

"Until then, let it go unpunished? This time Zhao Dan is an example. Moreover, Yang City has never killed innocent people, and those female dependents are all the hands of that slave. Xu Yun was convinced of Zhao Guangnan's inference.

Zhao Guangnan shook his head: "That master mother was killed by Yang Shi, what do you say?"

"I trust his judgment. ”

"Ridiculous!"

Chen Yan tugged at Xu Yunshen's sleeve and signaled him to stop arguing.

Xu Yunshen secretly glanced at the emperor's face, it didn't change much, and he even looked a little relaxed, not looking displeased.

So he said with confidence: "Zhao Dan can be unharmed for so long, and he has been such a high-ranking official, isn't it the same official who carries him around?"

The phrase "officials protect each other" sums up the essence of bureaucratic politics.