The old lady is reborn

The Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Cao Yu, said nothing. Seeing his silence, His Majesty said to Zeng Chen, "I'll leave the case to you to try."

The Yulin Guards escorted a group of prisoners and went to another tent with Zeng Chen, which was the temporary Dali Temple.

Zeng Chen and two colleagues from the Dali Temple first interrogated the person whose appearance was similar to His Majesty, and after the interrogation, they planned to send this person on his way first.

This man confessed that he was originally a country bumpkin, and that he was forced by the Sixth King to learn etiquette day and night and imitate the words and deeds of Your Majesty.

He also confessed that the Sixth King sent people to Niujiagou to find him and then massacred the entire village of Niujiagou.

Because he participated in the rebellion, dressed in bright yellow clothes, and pretended to be the emperor, he was sentenced to death. Unexpectedly, the man shouted that he was innocent and said he was forced to do it. Zeng Chen was about to speak when a young eunuch came to tell him that the emperor had summoned him.

Zeng Chen has already received the emperor's nod and has borrowed the knowledgeable and well-informed Rong Huaian to help organize the confessions and participate in this major case.

The man from Niujiagou was horrified when he saw Rong Huaian, and asked tremblingly, "Are you working at the Dali Temple now?"

Rong Huaian was in a good mood, but it was a pity that the people in Niujiagou were killed by the Sixth King. He could only scare this one person. While Mr. Zeng was away, Rong Huaian said, "That's right."

The man asked, "Are you now seeking to avenge a personal vendetta?"

Rong Huaian said: "That's not the case...it's not impossible either."

The man was so frightened that his legs went limp. Rong Huai'an said, "You have committed a serious crime, but not just one.

Now let's talk about your crime of imprisoning and abusing children, teenagers, and civilians. What is your punishment?"

One of Zeng Chen's subordinates in the Dali Temple said, "Depending on the specific behavior, each offense will result in 20 to 80 strokes of the cane."

Rong Huaian said: "Once? That's how many times would it take in total."

The man was so frightened that he could not speak. After a long while, he said, "Please forgive me, sir. I am already old..."

Rong Huaian said: "But you never let go of a person who had no grudge against you."

Upon seeing the new case, two subordinates of Dali Temple Minister Zeng Chen began to record the confession of Rong Huaian who was imprisoned and beaten in Niujiagou.

This man confessed a lot without being interrogated by an experienced person. When Zeng Chen, who was very strict in his work, came back, he continued with what he had said before and told this man that according to the law, he would be executed immediately even if he was forced, but the question of whether to exonerate his relatives could be considered. He was also told by his subordinates that he had committed another crime, and according to his confession, he was punishable by 200 strokes of the cane in court.

The subordinate hesitated and whispered, "Two hundred strokes of the cane, he won't survive. Will he be executed immediately after the caning?"

Zeng Chen said, "I don't care whether he lives or dies, you must follow the law. After beating him 200 times, you will be beheaded. Nothing can be omitted."

The Dali Temple brought four veteran executioners. If the punishment was forty or even eighty strokes of the cane, the life or death would be determined by them. But if it was two hundred strokes, it would be difficult to save his life.

The man was dragged behind the tent and gagged before being executed. He was indeed beaten to a bloody pulp and could not move. However, because His Majesty had ordered that the case be handled quickly, he was beheaded again after he could not move.

Your Majesty summoned Zeng Chen, which means that except for the Vice Minister of Justice Cao Yu, who will be interrogated slowly to see how much can be uncovered, the other dozens of criminals who were arrested this time will be tried and dealt with as soon as possible.

In another day and night, the four princes and their troops will all be back. Your Majesty did not want this matter to spread widely.

So the five or six people from the Dali Temple, plus Rong Huaian, started working overnight, barely closing their eyes for two nights and one day. The files they wrote were piled high.

After all the eunuchs who tampered with the incense burner were interrogated, a group of people were implicated who would be dealt with after returning to Kyoto.

The next night, the dozens of people who committed the crime were executed by the Yulin Guards and supervised by the Dali Temple. They were all dragged to a grove and beheaded.

Once this matter was settled, Zeng Chen and part of the Imperial Guards escorted Cao Yu back to Kyoto first, and also arrested a group of criminals in Kyoto.

Before leaving, Zeng Chen asked Rong Huaian if he was willing to come to the Dali Temple to be the chief clerk? With such a good memory, he could interrogate dozens of people in two nights and one day without looking through the files. He could repeat the original words of any accomplice at any time.

Huai'an shook his head and declined, preferring to work for Jingzhao Yin at present. There he worked once every three days, and here he worked three days at a time.

Zeng Chen's two subordinates disliked Zeng Chen's ability to fool people, and they could not win over Jingzhao Yin every time they tried to recruit people. Jingzhao Yin was very accurate in recruiting people from them.

Zeng Chen was also angry after hearing this, and the more he thought about it, the more new and old hatreds he had. That bastard!

The night before, the imperial guards surrounded the emperor's tent, lighting it with torches. Now, the people from the Dali Temple were taking someone away again. Although his head was covered with black cloth and no one knew who he was, something must have happened. Everyone in the camp couldn't help but talk about it.

His Majesty ordered Rong Huaian, Yan Hui and Yue Heng to be brought out, saying that they had accidentally discovered that someone had sneaked into the camp, so the Imperial Guards conducted a personnel check and arrested a few people and brought them back to Kyoto for interrogation. It was not a big deal.

Rong Huaian returned to his tent and fell asleep. He was awakened by deafening cheers while he was half asleep.

It turned out that the four princes led the team back. After comparing the prey and the number of people, it was confirmed that the blue team led by the prince won.

Then cheers resounded throughout the camp.

Luoxue was unhappy. She wanted to win, but the White Team not only had poor fighting power, but also their players were lying flat on the ground one by one.

In the end, they couldn't even beat the sickly Third Prince's team and finished last.

Jing Zhong came to Huai'an happily, carrying a cage with a beautiful little fox in it. Jing Zhong asked Huai'an: "Will He Xian like it? I have to bring something for her when I return to Kyoto. How about this?"

Lin Yindi, who came in from behind, saw this and said anxiously, "Isn't this cheating me? What can I bring back to Tang Peilin?"

Jing Zhong said, "Didn't you get a reward for catching some spy who sneaked into the camp? That's a good reward."

Lin Yindi said, "I gave each of you a short sword as a reward. It's a good sword, but if I give it to a girl, I don't think it's as good as yours."

Luo Xue was angry when she saw that Lin Yindi was also on the white team but was so heartless: "What do you mean good or bad? Is it better to stew it in clear sauce or braise it in brown sauce?

There are four teams competing, and you just take the blame!"

Lin Yindi asked, "What to eat without a pot?"

Jing Zhong and He Shao said, "We sent you raw food because you took the blame and complained to us. In previous years, we sent you cooked food prepared by the camps."

Now not only Luoxue glared at him, but Rong Huaian also glared at him. Huaian was exhausted from cooking.

Yue Heng tried to smooth things over, saying, "It's a rare opportunity to catch such a beautiful little fox. I heard that there are fish more than a foot long and prettier than koi in the mountain lake next to our camp where we draw water. Let's catch some when we leave.

It would also be interesting to have a nice fish tank.”

Lin Yindi said, "You also said that it was a lake for drawing water. The emperor and empress were here, and the lake had been guarded since the first day. I'm afraid it was too late when you left."

Jing Zhong said: "Let's not go to this lake, let's find another one."

Luo Xue asked: "Are there any more competitions in the next ten days? Just this one, these three days?"

Rong Huaian hadn't slept for two days and nights, so he said, "Why don't you go check on Yan Hui who's injured next door?"

Yan Hui limped in and said, "I heard you guys were having a lot of fun, so I couldn't help but come over. If you want to watch, just watch here."

Rong Huaian collapsed in despair.

Lin Yindi took the opportunity to retort to Luo Xue: "What are you doing here as a girl?"

Luo Xue said: "I don't have as many rules as you Central Plains women. Besides, he is my master. He didn't say anything about me, so why do you say anything about me?"

Seeing that they couldn't sleep anyway, Rong Huaian said, "Aren't we going to catch fish? Let's find another lake to go and have a look. We'll finish one thing at a time."

Lin Yindi said: "I have nothing to put in it now."

Luoxue said: "Don't you have a pot?"