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Supervised arrests found criminal evidence and took Shentu to Dali Temple. As usual, all the officials of the capital sent it to the Zuosi Temple Chancellor of Dali Temple to convict him. The verdict of Dali Temple.

In the courtyard of the Eastern Palace, the prince is playing Cuju with officials of Zhan Shifu, preparing for the Cuju competition during the Cold Food Festival.

As the ball passed through the goal, the prince praised again and again: "Good shot!"

"Your Highness, someone from Dali Temple has sent a message!" The servant walked quickly and stood in a corner where it would not be in the way.

The prince then waved his hand to signal, "Take a break first, and then fight again later, remember, you have to go all out as you are now, otherwise I will regard you as a bully!"

"Yes."

The prince walked out of the Cuju venue, washed his hands in the copper basin and dried them, "I believe."

"Here." The servant took out a letter paper folded into a small piece and bowed and offered it.

The prince then turned his head to look around, glanced at the servant and lowered his head to open the letter. There were only two lines of small characters in the letter, the meaning was simple and clear. He sneered and said, "Oh, Shentu is in prison, how dare you hide Hanhan?"

The servant on the side said: "It is a serious crime for a general to hide Hanhan privately."

"How to punish this crime?" The prince tore the letter into pieces, walked to the table, threw the shredded paper into the charcoal stove, and deliberately asked the servant beside him.

The servant followed closely behind, "Conspiracy, the first of the ten evils, the crime should be punished, the Chijiu clan!"

"Si."

"The little guy is here."

"Let him be convicted according to the law, the sooner the better, even if it is a fake, as long as Shen Tu dies, without the cavalry, I will see how arrogant Shen Yi'an is!"

"Shen Tu is the general of Sanya, and he has made meritorious service on the battlefield. If he is sentenced in a hurry..."

"It doesn't matter, if you exchange a Dali Temple Prime Minister for the cavalry in Zhao Wang's hands, you will not lose anything!" The crown prince turned his head and said with a sinister smile: "Tell him, just stop, and I will protect him if anything happens." of!"

"Yes."

In the courtroom of Dali Temple, Zuosi Sicheng sat upright in the hall, and outside the courtroom, there were officials holding short sticks to guard the people watching the trial.

"Isn't that Shen Duyu, why did he commit a crime?"

Shen Tu was taken to the court, the general who had been in the battle to kill the enemy is still amazingly strong after several years, several officials did not subdue him.

"This general is the official of the imperial court. He has been born and died for the emperor for twenty years. How dare you tie me up?"

Si Cheng immediately rang the ruler, "No roaring in the courtroom, silence!"

Immediately, he cupped his hands towards the Ziwei star in the north, "It's natural to judge you, it's Shangyi, how can the performance of the Imperial City Secretary be false!"

"Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Imperial City?" Shen Tu raised his head in shock and said doubtfully, "I don't believe it, I want to see Your Majesty!"

"How can you allow you to make such a noise in the courtroom? Don't sinners kneel down when they see this judge?"

Shen Tu raised his neck in contempt, contemptuously, with a very contemptuous look.

Seeing people like this, Si Cheng angrily knocked on the ruler, "Since you don't want to kneel, then hit you until you kneel!"

"I kneel to the sky, kneel to my parents and kings, but I don't kneel to you, a treacherous bastard!"

"presumptuous!"

Originally, he was hesitant to carry out the sentence before being convicted, but with the scolding by Shentu, he could bring out the law and beat him justifiably, "Insulting the imperial court official, the crime is aggravated, come on, beat!"

The two sticks held a three-inch wide stick board, looked at Si Cheng's eyes, and beat Shentu hard.

After hitting with all his strength, even if Shen Tu's body was made of iron, he couldn't bear the pain at this moment and knelt down, "Dog officer!"

"Kneeler..." He didn't ask for his name, "Student Shen, as a general of the imperial court, you dare to try your best to hide gunpowder at home."

Shen Tu raised his head in shock, "Fire.powder?"

"Bring physical evidence!"

The officials brought up several wooden boxes found in Shentu's house, which contained not only gunpowder, but also a bamboo tube.

"Qi reported to Si Cheng that he also found a secret cabinet in the east courtyard room of Shen Tu's house!"

"You even built a dark room in your home, what are you not rebelling against?"

"How could this thing be found in my house? You must have planted it, it was you!" Shentu saw the round bamboo tube, but no one else knew it, but as a general, he had also studied weapons, so he could see it at a glance. What happened, he said in horror: "Your Majesty has favored me, how could I rebel, someone must have framed it!"

Si Cheng sneered, "Didn't you still look smug just now? You felt guilty after seeing the physical evidence stand?"

"This was found in your house by the supervisor of the Ministry of Punishment. You are the general of the Sanya, and you have the imperial army under your command, and the house is guarded by the imperial guards. Even a fly may be difficult to fly in. You did not hide this thing. Yes, could it be that the official stuffed it in?"

Si Cheng got up from his seat, approached slowly, and looked down at the physical evidence lying quietly in the box, "Shen Duyu, secretly built a darkroom, privately hid gunpowder, privately made firearms, insulted the court officials, counted The crime will be punished together, and it will be enough to destroy your nine clans!"

Shen Tu turned around, endured the severe pain in his back and legs, and said in a panic: "I didn't, it's impossible!"

Si Cheng ignored it, turned around and looked at the green-robed official who was copying with a pen, "Master, have you drawn up the confession for him to draw?"

Master Bo put down the pen, got up and cupped his hands, "I report to Sicheng, the file has been sorted out, please take a look at it."

"Come here, take this rebellious minister and traitor down, and let him put him in custody. Please ask the other temple ministers to come and confirm, and notify the Ministry of Punishment to send someone to escort him."

"Yes."

Shen Tu was not that illiterate vulgar man, he was shocked when he saw the crime of treason in the confession, so he tried his best to throw away the person who tried to control him, "Even if you want to be convicted in Dali Temple, it must be confirmed by the official review of the temple. , and now that the beginning of spring has passed and the autumnal equinox has not yet arrived, according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, one must not act immediately!"

Si Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in his heart: This Tie Han actually knows some laws, don't mess up the affairs that His Highness the Crown Prince entrusted.Immediately, his face turned cold, and he said sternly: "I haven't heard of it, isn't treason included? Idiot, when death is imminent, you still talk so much!"

"Hmm!" Si Cheng winked at the officials again.

A group of people came together and forced Shentu to press his fingerprints, "Put him in custody first, and I will invite Si Zheng." Si Cheng turned around and entered the room with the confession.

Listening to Si Cheng recounting the case, the King of Chu seemed to be very surprised and picked up the confession, "This... I heard that Shen Duyu was brave in battle and won the trust of the commander. Now he is ranked in the third office, why..."

"Si Cheng doesn't know something, people's hearts are not old, this Shentu has made such great contributions, but he is still behind Ma Shuai, so he feels resentful towards His Majesty's injustice, and he has the most powerful Ma Jun under him, so he moved Distortion."

"It's not unreasonable, but..." King Chu raised his head hesitantly, "I can pass the seal, but I want to see Shen Duyu."

Seeing that the King of Chu was still as easy to deceive as ever, Si Cheng was secretly delighted, and quickly responded: "Si Zheng, please wait a moment, I will bring him here!"

Not long after, several officials brought Shen Tu in chains, and the King of Chu gently placed the confession in his hand on the case, and waved his hands and said: "Go down first, I want to talk to Shen Duyu alone!"

Several officials looked at each other and said hesitantly: "Six kings, this criminal is very powerful, and the officials are afraid that he will hurt you."

The king of Chu raised his hand, "This king believes that Shen Duyu won't, let's go down!"

"Yes!"

Shen Tu stood in front of the desk, narrowing his eyes slightly, "King Chu?"

"General Shen, long time no see. The last time we met was in Shangyuan. General Shen's bravery in capturing the flag made Xiao Wang deeply admired!"

"Stop pretending here, kill as you want, but I don't know, do you have the guts in Dali Temple, or is it that the King of Chu wants to use this prince's identity to handle the case?"

The King of Chu immediately lowered his head and smiled slightly, "I know you are under the command of the commander in chief, but this king is just a small temple official, a subject of your majesty and the crown prince, the king's order is hard to break!"

Those who heard the prince looked up in shock, "Prince..."

"The Sicheng who was judging the case outside was originally a pawn in the prison. General Shen should know, right?"

"How could I know about Dali Temple!"

"He was favored by Zhongshu, so he changed from a small soldier to a Dali temple minister who tried all the officials in the capital."

Shen Tu seemed to have been awakened, raised his thick eyebrows, and said contemptuously: "No wonder you were a treacherous sycophant in the court before..."

"This king knows that Ma Junsi has always been General Shen's personal soldier. Without General Shen's order, even if His Majesty arrives in person, he will not be able to command you. Now that you are suffering, you only need to give an order, and the sword points at the imperial city!"

Shen Tu looked at her coldly, "So what?"

"You have also seen that there is someone who insists on killing you, and I have nothing to do with it. Since that's the case, why not..."

Shentu laughed loudly, "It turns out that the king of Chu is just like the crown prince, coveting the horse army in the hands of the last general!" Immediately, his eagle eyes turned cold and he glared angrily, "Snakes and rats are a nest, don't even think about it!" !"

Hearing Shen Tu's words, the King of Chu was not angry, but sighed heavily, and said with regret, "Hey, why is General Shen so stubborn?"

Then he lowered his face and got up, and walked slowly to Shentu's side, "General Shen, don't you think that the soldiers who have finally enjoyed peace will really abandon their wives and children to rebel with you?"

The King of Chu pointed to his head, "Think about it carefully. There are five layers of imperial guards in the capital, as well as the Dianqian Division and the Infantry Division in the hands of Shen Yi'an. There are hundreds of thousands of standing troops stationed outside the capital. They are friends in need, if you treat them like your own children, I am afraid they are not all willing to follow Du Yuhou to die, right?"

The king of Chu walked up to him with his hands behind his back, and turned his back, "This king knows that you have a token of commanding the army, and it is your private letter. As long as you hand over the token, I can change the sentence and let your people go."

"Hey, just like the prince, they are all hypocrites. Can you kill me? Will the commander-in-chief agree, will your majesty agree? I am in accordance with the law. The death penalty is not allowed between the beginning of spring and the autumn equinox. If you are sentenced, you will be sentenced to one year in prison." , In this year, I believe that the Commander-in-Chief will not abandon me, don't wait for me to come out, otherwise!" Shen Tu glared at King Chu viciously.

King Chu listened and shook his head slowly.

"Hey, when you are about to die, you still think that the master will come to save you?" Turning around immediately, he said with a very helpless look: "Once the Imperial City Secretary intervenes, do you think His Majesty will not know? Zhao Wang, but do you think that Dali Temple Chancellor really has the guts to deal with the important ministers of the Sanya?"

"What do you mean!"

"A reckless man is a reckless man. He has no force, and his mind is really simple. I don't know how you have survived until now." The King of Chu came to Shentu's side and whispered: "You think you are coveting the horse army, Is it only the king and the crown prince?"

Shen Tu turned his head to look at the King of Chu, and laughed out loud knowingly and ignorantly, and then said viciously: "So what, I come from a humble background, it's ridiculous that you want to threaten me with your clansmen, if you want, I will Then you will not get what you want!"

He underestimated Shen Tu's loyalty, so the King of Chu sat back on his seat, stretched his legs to straighten the hem of Li Gong's uniform, put his hands on the table and tapped lightly, "The beheading will be after the autumn, but the crime of treason It is regarded as special and not included in the list, and the person in charge of escorting you is the person from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice is now surnamed Xiao, do you think Xiao's family affairs will still be lenient?"

——Boom! ——

"Sizheng, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has come to escort him!"

The King of Chu stood up with a slight smile, and slightly cupped his hands towards Shen Tu, "Forget it, then I wish you to go here, sweet dreams!"

"The confession officer has sealed it, take it away with others!"

"Yes."

Shen Tu turned his head and stared at the King of Chu, "You sinister villain, you will be punished one day, you will cut off your children and grandchildren, and you will die a bad life!"

"Bold and lunatic, as a death row prisoner, he doesn't want to repent, and dares to insult the prince." The official of the Ministry of punishment grabbed Shen Tu's messy hair.

"Oh, it's okay," the king of Chu waved his hand, "I and Si Cheng convict him together, and he hates it in his heart. If he doesn't scold him, he might be suffocated to death. Let him scold him."

"you!"