Chapter 127

Cheng Wang looked at Ji Heng with an uncertain expression.

Ji Heng has nothing to do with the Jiang family. At this point, Cheng Wang's spies at least didn't find any clues. But at this juncture, Ji Peng spoke for Jiang Li, and the relationship between them was particularly intriguing.

After a while, King Cheng smiled and said, "the Duke of Su will pity and cherish jade."

Ji Xuan raised her eyebrows: "of course."

He was not afraid of Cheng Wang. In fact, Cheng Wang did not dare to do anything to him, even if he was not comfortable in his heart and said a few words, he could not go too far. This Duke Su was cruel and Yin, so he wanted to be hated by him for doing something behind his back and causing unnecessary trouble for nothing.

"In that case, the king can't do anything to Miss Jiang er." Not daring to do anything to Ji Heng, Cheng Wang still dared to threaten Jiang Li blatantly. He said, "I just don't know what the final result of today's case is. Miss Jiang Er is now ready. In the end, I hope I can laugh." He purposefully finished this sentence, glanced at Ji Hu, turned around and walked away.

Ji Xuan didn't accept the smile on her face. I don't know whether it was to Jiang Li or to say to herself, "it seems that he came prepared."

Jiang Li regained consciousness and saluted Ji Heng: "today, thank you again for your help."

"I've never seen you so polite before." Ji Heng's ambiguous words made Ye Shijie's eyes linger on the two of them.

"In the past, circumstances forced it." Jiang Li also laughed, "if you have a chance in the future, you will naturally thank them one by one."

"Well, your mouth is as sweet as ever." He blinked calmly and asked, "what do you do now? Don't say I didn't tell you. King Cheng will certainly do something about the Xue family case. It's easy to know Feng Yutang's sin today, but it's difficult to get rid of Xue Huaiyuan's sin." He stared at Jiang Li, seemingly unintentionally, "what you value most is not to exonerate Xue Huaiyuan, isn't it?"

Jiang Li paused. Indeed, it's not difficult to convict Feng Yutang. Feng Yutang himself is a scoundrel covered with stains. Speaking of Feng Yutang alone, this case is not enough for the emperor to personally supervise. Even if Princess Yongning is involved, at most, it will be an unfavorable appointment. If you want to uncover the conspiracy of the Xue family case, you have to point out that Princess Yongning deliberately framed Xue Huaiyuan into prison. Those dirty water has been poured on the Xue family, and the "evidence" is also conclusive. Under such circumstances, it is really difficult to clear the criminal evidence of Xue Huaiyuan.

However, she still has one chance. Today's trial is not so much a trial led by Zhou Dezhao as a "Tingyi" controlled by her. Emperor Hong Xiaodi deliberately wants to weaken Cheng Wang with her knife. If he gives her this opportunity, she will make good use of it. As long as the final goal is the same, how about being treated as a knife?

"He came prepared, and we prepared a lot." Jiang Li said with a smile, "it's a great honor for the Duke of China to care about my affairs."

Ji Heng said, "you don't have to flatter me with sweet words. I can't say a word more when I'm arraigned today. But it looks like you have a way to deal with it. That's good." He said slowly, "your life is still in my hands. I don't want people to disappear before I can collect the debt. Although I don't like doing business, I never do business at a loss."

Jiang Li burst into laughter.

Sometimes she felt that Ji Heng was moody, like a person who stayed in the dark abyss day by day, unpredictable, but sometimes she felt that although Ji Heng's mouth was annoying, it was also very interesting. The most important thing is that he is smart enough to see a corner of her secret, but he never goes further.

This is probably his pride, but it also looks like a gentleman.

Although Jiang Li also knew that the words "gentleman" and "Ji Long" were originally irrelevant.

Ye Shijie looked at Jiang Li and Ji Chen's familiar words, listening silently without looking. Ji Heng didn't shy away from him. I don't know whether he didn't pay attention to him or the trust generated by his cousin Jiang Li. But ye Shijie was very suspicious of the relationship between Ji Heng and Jiang Li.

A duke, a prime minister and a daughter, Ji Heng has never had contact with the Jiang family. How can he be so close to Ji Heng?

Jiang Li said, "it's not early. If you want to gossip, another day is fine. There's still business today. Let's go to the hall first."

Ji Heng made a "please" gesture.

Jiang Li walked to the temple with Ye Shijie.

No matter how many questions in his heart, this is not the time to ask these questions. As long as ye Shijie suppressed his thoughts, he went to the temple first.

Many ministers have come to the hall, all of whom are coming to "Tingyi" today. Many years ago, when the former Emperor was alive, whenever there were many uncertain cases in the court, which were of great importance, ministers would be summoned to "hold a meeting". At that time, most of the "Tingyi" were imperial families. In the years after the first emperor reigned, the imperial clan declined, and the "Tingyi" was more open, and ordinary ministers could also participate.

Today, Japan is arraigned, so there is no need to work so hard, but emperor Hong Xiaodi, who has seen the Zhezi, chose "Tingyi" and let Jiang Li lead, which is thought-provoking. It's just a case of a county official, which can't be called "significant". After this, some smart people began to guess whether there were other secrets.

Ye Mingyu was relieved to see Jiang Li and ye Shijie coming in together. He was afraid that King Cheng would trouble Jiang Li. Seeing that Jiang Li was safe, he was relieved.

Jiang Yuanbai also saw Jiang Li and nodded slightly to Jiang Li. He was too busy for himself. This case was personally stirred up by his own daughter. Many colleagues looked at him meaningfully and at Jiang Li, with deep meaning.

Cheng Wang stood at one end, looking coldly at Jiang Li and his party. Looking at his appearance, it was very cold and cruel, and it was chilly. Even if Jiang Yuan Bai Ye Mingyu was here, he would not shrink at all.

There are also many acquaintances, such as LiuXu's father Liu Yuanfeng, adult Liu, Ji shuran's father Ji Yanlin, and Jiang Li also saw Shen Yurong.

Shen Yurong came late, but as soon as he entered the hall, many courtiers rushed up and greeted him warmly, which meant that he was in a hurry to please. Shen Yurong had a kind smile on his face. He was handsome and gentle. In this court, he was as eye-catching as a stream.

Ye Mingyu also looked straight and said, "who's that boy? So young, I look at guan'er, isn't it? He's still handsome, ah Li, if you're with him..." Ye Mingyu glanced at Ye Shijie's eyes, and then swallowed the three words "together" alive.

Nevertheless, Jiang Li could guess what ye Mingyu was going to say next, and she couldn't help sneering in her heart.

Shen Yurong is really capable of bluffing just because of that mask. You know, when he was just a scholar, many rich ladies rushed to marry him. Now that he has become an official, he wears luxurious clothes and has a more outstanding temperament, which is more rare than before. No wonder Princess Yongning wants to marry the Shen family at the expense of her husband. But this kind of Shen Yurong is more strange, disgusting and despised to Jiang Li.

Shenyurong noticed that someone was looking at him. As soon as he followed his eyes, he saw a petite girl standing beside the man with a scar on his face not far away.

The girl has a beautiful appearance and a slim figure. She is in her good years of fifteen or sixteen years old. She is as fresh and lovely as the newly opened pear flowers on the tree. Although it was not a national beauty, there was a natural aura between her eyebrows and eyes, which was calm and open. For a time, it was hard for people to see it, and she felt that her eyes were familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

Shenyurong looked at Jiang Li and became fascinated.

Ye Shijie frowned. Shen Yurong, the Buddhist monk in the middle school, knew it. On weekdays, I have occasionally seen Shen Yurong in the court. Shen Yurong is kind to him and has an excellent temperament. People in the court are willing to make friends with him, but somehow, ye Shijie doesn't like this little adult Shen very much, and he always feels that he works too well. How can it be possible to achieve the position of Zhongshu Sheren in a short time without any enemies?

After ye Shijie became an official himself, he knew how dark the officialdom was. People like Shen Yurong, who is like a duck to water in officialdom, are naturally not very clean. It's a bit of fishing for fame if it's not clean and it has to look like the wind is shining after the moon.

Ye Shijie sideways blocked Jiang Li, arched Shen Yurong and said, "Lord Shen."

Shenyurong regained consciousness and saluted Ye Shijie, but stared at Jiang Li.

He has seen Jiang Li. He has seen Jiang Li as early as the mingyitang calibration when Princess Yongning was injured. I vaguely remember that Jiang Li plays a good piano, which is comparable to Fangfei. Is Jiang Yuanbai's eldest daughter. He also knows about Jiang Li's past. At first, he was sent to the temple for murdering his stepmother. After returning, he was able to stand firm in the Shoufu mansion in just a few months. It can be seen that he is not a person without brains.

When it comes to the relationship with Jiang Li, Zhou Yanbang, whom Shen Ruyun is now going to marry, turns around and says that he was originally married to Jiang Li Ding. Now Jiang Li is involved in Xue Huaiyuan's case again. Shen Yurong has a strange feeling that Jiang Li and he can't touch each other. It seems that there is a rope in the dark, which implicates them in one place, so every pile has the shadow of Jiang Li.

He looked at Jiang Li, and Jiang Li also looked at him. The woman looked directly at the strange man, which was very bold. But shenyurong could clearly feel that Jiang Li had no love in his eyes. Some just looked at the stranger's indifference. It seemed that there was something else hidden, but he couldn't see it again.

When Shen Yurong was still hesitating whether to say hello to Jiang Li, Jiang Li had looked away, as if he was just an insignificant person, and it was not worth looking at him a little more. Shenyurong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself.

Yes, Jiang Li is neither Fangfei nor Princess Yongning. For her, she is an insignificant stranger. Such a reaction is right. But somehow, Shen Yurong couldn't help looking at Jiang Li talking to Ye Shijie, and always felt... Something was wrong.

But I can't say why.

Just as he was saying this, Duke Su, the internal attendant, had come from the back of the hall with people, and Emperor Hong Xiao arrived.

The laws of this dynasty are loose, and even the rules of the previous dynasty are not as strict as those of the previous emperor. Some people say that this is because emperor Hong Xiaodi is weak, others are not afraid of him, and they don't know when the emperor can achieve this position, so they are all confident.

Once upon a time, Jiang Li also thought that although emperor Hong Xiao was not as moderate as he looked on the surface, he could not be said to be a Ming Jun that would be difficult to meet for thousands of years. But after knowing Ji Heng's plan, Jiang Li knew that her judgment of emperor Hong Xiao was probably very wrong. Although Ji Heng controls the court and plays with politics, he is the most arrogant. I'm afraid he can't bow down to be a useless man. Among the three forces, he chose Hong Xiaodi, naturally because he deserves his support. If Ji Chenzhi is in the highest position, Emperor Hong Xiaodi will be his opponent in the future. If emperor Hong Xiaodi is useless, choosing such an opponent is an insult to him.

If Ji Heng didn't aim at the throne, but had other plans, then for him, Emperor Hong Xiao would not be a thing in the pool, whether he used a knife or stood in an alliance on a ship.

The emperor has been playing the role of a pig and eating a tiger, which is not simple.

Emperor Hong Xiao sat down on the high seat, and the silence on the Jinluan hall seemed to be just a moment.

At the request of Zhou Dezhao, 100 people of Tongxiang jointly convened a meeting to review the Xue family case.

Jiang Li's heart became excited. As the civil and military officials fell down and kowtowed to Xie Shengen, the fingers folded in their sleeves had already clenched into fists.

Success or failure depends on it. Today's war is the key for the Xue family to wash all their grievances and open up the corner of the truth. She is bound to go all out. Even if Cheng Wang stops, she will not die!

The palace is towering and majestic, and there are civil and military officials standing in the hall, some of whom are strange to Jiang Li, and some of whom are familiar to Jiang Li. Some were once bedside people, now they are dead enemies, some were strangers, and now they become blood relatives.

Emperor Hong Xiao looked up at Zhou Dezhao and said, "Zhou Aiqing, let's start."

Zhou Dezhao stood up and respectfully said yes. After a while, Feng Yutang, dressed in prison clothes, was brought up.

"When Feng Yutang, the criminal minister, was a county magistrate in Tongxiang, he abused power for personal gain, bullied men and women, and committed all kinds of crimes. He once framed Xue Huaiyuan, the former county magistrate, and was imprisoned. His heart is punishable and has been included in the book." He looked at Feng Yutang, "Feng Yutang, do you know the sin?"

Compared with Feng Yutang, who used to be the mayor of Tongxiang County, Feng Yutang is now like a lost dog. Needless to say, he sneered and said, "Xiao Min confessed to his crime. During his tenure as county magistrate, he really used power for personal gain, but framing Xue Huaiyuan was nonsense. At the beginning, Xue Huaiyuan was imprisoned for corruption and disaster relief silver, and the evidence was conclusive, but this matter had nothing to do with Xiao min. it can be said that there is no reason to add the crime, but Xiao Min did not admit the unwarranted crime."

"Bold!" Zhou Dezhao shouted angrily, "on the Jinluan hall, how can you be eloquent!"

Feng Yutang quickly knelt down and said he didn't dare.

Jiang Li looked coldly and knew it clearly in her heart. Feng Yutang knew that he could not escape death. Now it was all his fault to bite him to death. He could die happily. If Princess Yongning is confessed, I'm afraid it's not only her sad death. All the Ji concubines and children in his family will die clean.

Feng Yutang is certainly not a person with great love. He would rather give up his ego to make everyone happy. It is only in Feng Yutang's view that his fear of the power of Princess Yongning is greater than that of the emperor that he would rather do such a move.

"Lord Zhou," said Cheng Wang leisurely on one side, "There are records in all files. The evidence of Feng Yutang's crime is irrefutable and conclusive. But the crime of Xue Huaiyuan has also been tried before. In the case of Xue Huaiyuan's corruption, the silver is in the house, and there are accounts, witnesses testify, as well as personal evidence and material evidence. You can't confirm Xue Huaiyuan's innocence just because Feng Yutang is guilty. You should pay attention to evidence in everything. In the presence of the emperor, you can't beat him to pieces, and please don't waste time It's too late. "

It was very impolite to say this in front of emperor Hong Xiao. Although it is a matter of deliberation, all the ministers and families can speak. However, Cheng Wang's attitude is clearly biased against Feng Yutang.

The courtiers next to him didn't understand. They just felt that Cheng Wang was probably watching the excitement, or because he didn't like the yuan family, and it happened that the young lady of the yuan family proposed the Xue family case, which was aggressive. Hearing this in emperor Hong Xiao's ears, this remark has a different meaning.

In the fold presented by Ye Shijie, Yongning was involved in this case. If King Cheng did not act today, Emperor Hong Xiaodi also wondered whether there would be any misunderstanding in it. But king Cheng was like this, and Emperor Hong Xiaodi immediately concluded that this matter was related to Yongning, which was by no means false. It is the attitude of Cheng Wang that makes it clear that he knows the inside story of this matter.

But emperor Hong Xiao didn't say anything. He sat unfathomably and looked at the ministers' respective speeches.

Before Zhou Dezhao had time to speak, King Cheng turned his spearhead to Jiang Li, looked at Jiang Li's skin and smiled. "This case was raised by Miss Jiang er. Miss Jiang Er personally went to Tongxiang. It seems that she knows a lot of inside information that others don't know, and knows a lot of evidence that others don't know. Since you want to exonerate Xue Huaiyuan, please show me the evidence."

"Not bad." This time, it was Li Zhongnan, the right minister, who arched his hand and said, "Miss Jiang Er is not a woman as good as a man. She has the ambition of Qingming. She took the people of Tongxiang not far away and traveled a long way to Chang'an gate to complain about grievances. I think there is a great grievance. The great grievance will never be so simple. Everyone present is like your majesty. If you are willing to hear about it, please come quickly."

Li jiaran fell to the ground at this time, and Jiang Yuanbai frowned. No matter how brave and clever Jiang Li was, she was just a 15-year-old girl. The imperial court is no better than its own backyard. You don't have to worry about anything. If you say something wrong, it may offend many people if the emperor doesn't say it. Cheng Wang and Youxiang clearly see that Jiang Li is young and ignorant, and they want to attract Jiang Li to talk and fall into their trap. Jiang Yuanbai was about to help Jiang Li speak, but at this time, Jiang Li spoke instead. But what she said stunned everyone in the temple.

She said, "Your Majesty, I have traveled a long way to bring Tongxiang people to Chang'an gate to complain about their grievances, in order to sue Feng Yutang, an evil official. And... Please convict xuehuaiyuan, the predecessor of Tongxiang!"

"Conviction?" Emperor Hong Xiaodi paused and asked, "what is a conviction?"

"As we all know, Xue Huaiyuan, the Prime Minister of Tongxiang County, embezzled money for disaster relief. The evidence is conclusive. He is the moth of the imperial court. His majesty still advocates reduction. But a small Tongxiang County prime minister can be so bold, which is disrespectful to the royal family. It's nothing to mention just going to prison and beheading. In the view of the minister, she should be punished with thousands of cuts!"

Ye Shijie was stunned. Feng Yutang, who was kneeling, even forgot to bow his head and looked straight at Jiang Li. Everyone knows that Jiang Li kept running for Xue Huaiyuan, just standing on Xue Huaiyuan's side, but now she even said that Xue Huaiyuan was not enough to cut the capital, but also to cut thousands of knives. Is she crazy? Or was she not on Xue Huaiyuan's side at the beginning?!

Ye Mingyu was also surprised. He never expected Jiang Li to say this. Jiang Li took care of Xue Huaiyuan with her own eyes all the way, which was much closer to her biological father Jiang Yuanbai. How dare you say such words at this moment? Ye Mingyu almost suspected that the Jiang pear in front of him was not his niece, but someone who changed her appearance.

King Cheng and Emperor Hong Xiao were also very confused. The former is puzzled, while the latter is skeptical.

Only Shen Yurong and Ji Heng looked very different from the officials.

Shen Yurong looked strange, looking at Jiang Li's eyes with deep thought, as if he were an interested baby to have a look~