71. Trial of Cases
Seventy-one,
Nalan Rongque said some common things to them, because he was tired from helping the two during the day, he left early after dinner, Nalan Zhishui hadn't seen his father for a long time, and wanted to accompany Nalan Rongque to talk, so he also left together. And there were only Xie Yunxi and Yazhi left on the table.
Xie Yunxi looked at Yazhi, who was still eating, and didn't say a word. Ya Zhi glanced at him, eating by himself, he seemed to have recovered, since he entered the Central Plains, Xie Yunxi had not seen him eat such a thing. Yazhi eats very little on weekdays, and is often jokingly called "eating bird food" by Xie Yunxi. But Yazhi's appetite is very good today, and it seems that he is really fine.
"What are you looking at?" Yazhi was frozen by him, and threw out a sentence.
Xie Yunxi didn't speak, just smiled and gently patted his cheek twice with his hand.
Seeing that he wanted to ask about the slap marks on his face, Yazhi brought up the case: "I just went to prison, and he won't say a word no matter what criminal punishment he receives." I also saw the officials of Dali Temple, is this case going to be handed over?"
"Yes, but I've postponed it for a while, so let's wait for Lord Zhang to open the hall. Xie Yunxi said softly.
After hearing this, Yazhi couldn't help frowning: "If you hand it over directly, it won't be so troublesome." β
"No, I don't want Dali Temple to take a bargain. In this case, your credit will be gone, and I want to see you decide the case. Xie Yunxi smiled.
Yazhi put down her chopsticks and looked aside: "I came here to ask Master Zhang about the case of the Nalan family two years ago, and I want to know the truth about my adoptive mother's death." As for the credit, I ...... Didn't think about it. β
"I know, so I want you to come, don't I?" Xie Yunxi didn't know where to take out an elegant folding fan and handed it to him: "You didn't take the fan you were busy with, I saw that I helped you repair it." β
Yazhi took the fan and shook it backhanded, and the open fan turned around on his fingers and was pinched tightly by him, and then he put it away and said, "Thank you." It seems that there is only one way to make Cang open his mouth to confess his sins. β
"What's the solution?"
"You'll know when the time comes. Yazhi looked at Xie Yunxi with a smile on her face.
Xie Yun learned that he was selling Guanzi, so he could only go.
A few days later, the gate of Kaifeng Mansion was full of people, blocking the road. I heard that the trial was held today, and this case not only involved King Zhong, but even Prince Xiaoliang would come to listen to the trial in person, and the master who told the case was no longer Pu Cheng, but a newcomer.
At the beginning of the opening of the hall, Yazhi walked into the lobby with the file, he was dressed in a formal suit, neat and serious, focused on his hands, this was the first time he spoke in public, it was inevitable that he was a little nervous, and the palm of the hand holding the file was sweating all the time. Yazhi handed the file in his hand to Pu Cheng, and he will make a record today. And Xie Yunxi walked in from outside the house, followed by Lord Qiu from Dali Temple, and they sat on the side together.
Lord Zhang was about to speak, when the people watching outside the gate suddenly made a way out, and the crowd seemed to have stopped the sedan chair, and a person walked out of the sedan chair, this person was Wen Shiyuan, the loyal king. His condition has improved a little in the past few days, and he is concerned about this case, so he and Nangong Xiao came out of the hospital after a hard talk.
Seeing him walk in the lobby and saluting, Xie Yunxi stood up to greet him, although they are both princes, but they are of different generations, he is a seniority salute. Yazhi's focus was not on Wen Shiyuan, what he cared about was that he didn't notice that there were so many people looking at them, which made the original nervousness aggravate a lot.
Xie Yun saw Yazhi frozen in the distance, so he said to Wen Shiyuan beside him: "Uncle Wang, this case involves your private affairs, it is better to close the door and try it secretly." β
Wen Shiyuan was silent for a while before he said, "It's okay, so be it." β
As soon as Mr. Zhang spoke, the whole opening officially began. I didn't let Wen Shiyuan appear in court because he was injured before, but I didn't expect him to come. Yazhi glanced at Xie Yunxi and said: "This case was the first case of investigating the missing girl in the city, but from the in-depth study of the case, I found that this case was not as simple as imagined. Most of the missing girls were bought by King Chung's subordinate Wu Xiao, and during the search, we found this roster. β
Xu Su presented a roster in front of Master Zhang, and then he gave it to the other adults.
"The girls on this roster are his targets, and those who are willing to accept money do not speak, and those who do not want to find an opportunity to take them away. Even if everyone knows that he is a loyal king, he will not dare to offend. Even if the official was removed, in our investigation, there was one person who was willing to tell the truth, and that was Bai Sheng, a scholar in white. Ya Zhi glanced at Xu Su and whispered, "Pass Su Mu to the court." β
Xu Su repeated his words loudly, and after a while, Su Mu was brought in by the officials. , She just heard Yazhi mention Bai Sheng's name, and she knelt down and didn't dare to look up.
"Miss Su Mu is one of the girls who was taken away......" Yazhi said with a pause.
"Benefactor, I wasn't taken away. Su Mu raised his head at this time and said, "Bai Sheng and I are the doll relatives of our fathers, and he is seriously ill. Our family is poor, and we can't afford to pay for medicine anymore. On that day, Lord Wu Xiao said that the Zhongwang Mansion recruited maids, and there was a lot of wages, so I was willing to go. β
"What about when you're in the house?" asked Yazhi as she followed.
"What I didn't expect was that it was all a lie. After I went, I was locked up in a cellar with other girls who had been tricked in by Wu Xiao under different pretexts. Then there would be one less girl in a day or two, and I didn't know where I was taken. β
After hearing this, Ya Zhi waved her hand to let her withdraw, and said, "In order to find this fiancΓ©e, Bai Sheng asked He Ziyu for help in Qiongyu Pavilion. He Ziyu, as the eyeliner in the house, found something......"
He Ziyu, who was standing beside Xu Su, suddenly stepped forward and knelt in front of Lord Zhang, interrupting Yazhi's words: "My lord, I found out about Wu Xiao's abduction and trafficking of girls during the secret investigation, and he asked me not to intervene, I inadvertently fell into his spiritual needle, so I could only obey his orders and did not tell Lord Zhang the true situation." At the time of the last trial, Bai Sheng had already been killed by Wu Xiao, and the one in the court was Wu Xiao's disguise. I thought that Yazhi and Wu Xiao were in the same group, so I said something slanderous about Yazhi. Wu Xiao pretended to be Bai Sheng to infiltrate the prefect because of a plot, he caught the jealous character of Lord Pu Cheng, because he had an excellent relationship with Lord Xu Su and Lord Puyi, and Lord Yazhi did not have his own power as a newcomer in the mansion, so he was excluded. β
Yazhi was interrupted by He Ziyu, who was originally nervous and finally organized, plus this matter also involved herself, she didn't know how to speak for a while.
Xie Yunxi saw that Yazhi was in an abnormal state, he didn't expect that Yazhi was kind and gentle, but he was subjected to such an attitude in the house. So he got up and came to Yazhi's side and said to Master Zhang: "Lord Zhang, Yazhi came to Fuzhong before because of my father's meaning. The emperor asked me why King Zhong didn't come to court for a few months, so he asked me to see what he was doing recently, but I didn't expect King Zhong to be involved in the case, Yazhi happened to be in the palace to investigate the matter, so I handed it over to him. This is the plan I drafted at that time, and the emperor approved it, do you want to take a look at it?"
Lord Zhang dared to look at the fold in his hand. He Ziyu lowered his head, and he couldn't help sweating on his forehead. He was beating a drum in his heart, as if he had offended a terrible person.
"Yazhi approached Wu Xiao just to break into the Zhongwang Mansion. Xie Yunxi added again, his shoulder leaned slightly on Yazhi, and then returned to his original position. Xie Yunxi pinched the fold in his hand, this fold was just an empty one, and the behavior of the young man named He Ziyu in front of him made him angry, and he took it out to scare him.
Yazhi was told by Xie Yunxi to lean over this action, but he didn't react, he instinctively took a step back, turned slightly behind him, and glanced at the people outside. Suddenly, unintentionally, Nangong Yulu's body got out of the crowd, she patted her sleeves, pulled Nalan Zhishui in, and the two girls supported each other and stood at the front of the crowd. Before Nalan Zhishui had time to tidy up his clothes, he saw Yazhi, and they looked at each other for a moment.
"King Xiaoliang...... I just ...... "He Ziyu still wants to explain something." I saw Xie Yunxi wave his hand and said, "Are you finished? β
He Ziyu nodded a little frightened, immediately got up, and handed over the audience to Yazhi. I heard him say: "What the little prince said is good, to the point." Brother Xu passed on the cang. β
Xu Su saw him come up directly, his eyes were a little surprised, and Pu Cheng also looked at him in surprise. They had already agreed on the words before the hall opened, and Xu Su was a little caught off guard by Yazhi's sudden change, but he still followed Yazhi's meaning.
Cang was brought up by four officials, only to see that he was wearing various chains, although his kung fu had been abolished by Yazhi's "flute charm", because it was a repeat offense, his vigilance could not be reduced. Xie Yunxi was afraid that he would kill himself by gritting his teeth, so he ordered someone to pull out all his teeth. Blood was faintly visible at the corner of his mouth.
"You first used some means to make the real Wen Shiyuan captured, imprisoned him in the dungeon, and used the disguise technique to transform into his appearance, claiming to the court that he was in good health. Later, he assisted Wu Xiao's mother and forced Wu Xiao to do things for you. You took away the girl to practice the exercises, and the girl's disappearance is just one of them, right?" Ya Zhi said softly, raising his hand, and the folding fan waved leisurely, as if he was different from the nervous him.
Xie Yunxi glanced at Wen Shiyuan beside him, Wen Shiyuan was holding a jade pendant tightly in his hand, and the green tendons on his hand were bulging, but his face was as calm as water.
Cang lowered his head and did not make a sound.
"You still don't speak, I heard that you know each other, so I might as well let you speak." Ya Zhi walked a few steps and said, "Pass Wu Yue." β
When Cang Yi heard Wu Yue's name, her eyes were full of horror, wasn't she stabbed by herself?