I'm still so majestic

Yan Ji's voice was gentle, word by word, clear and indifferent, and outlined an extremely cruel thing in front of everyone's eyes.

There were seven murderers, the main criminal was Wei Cheng, the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and the remaining six people followed him.On the evening of April [-]th in the first year of Daqitianhe, Zhao Pingting was stunned to the bamboo forest in the west of the city, tortured and raped until she died.Afterwards, he quickly cleaned up the traces of the bamboo forest itself.Now Wei Cheng and the three accomplices have confessed, and nothing is concealed, and the other three accomplices are at large.

Under the booklet are their paintings and stamps.

The moment Wei Rong heard the name of the principal criminal, his expression changed, and when he finished listening, his face was completely pale. He took a step forward and plopped down on his knees: "Your Majesty, although the dog is dull, this kind of utterly unconscionable thing It is absolutely impossible to come out! Besides, he has been closed for many days due to illness, it cannot be him, there must be a misunderstanding."

Wei Rong was an upright man, and all the courtiers really didn't believe that his only son could do such a thing, and they all expressed that they also felt that there was something strange about it.

Yan Ji listened, smiled, and looked at Jiang Baili and Lin Yin: "It seems that the adults have quite objections to the results of your investigation. Now let's see if the evidence in your hands can be convincing."

"Yes." Jiang Baili agreed, and stood in the middle of the hall: "The matter has indeed been found out. Wei Cheng lost all face in the market because he pursued Ms. Zhao and failed to rebel and ridicule him, so he fell in love with him. The six of them, after discussing with each other, became hostile, so they decided on a strategy of revenge, just waiting for the right time. Seven days later, they passed by the moat after being drunk, and happened to see Ms. Zhao returning from picking medicine outside the city, so they took her captive to the depths of the bamboo forest. , committed a murder."

After talking about the cause, he continued: "If there is no evidence, the ministers will not take people without authorization, so let's talk about the witnesses first. Now that the three of them are in the dungeon of Dali Temple, please Your Majesty take them to the palace, so that all the adults can listen. clear."

Yan Ji nodded.

Soon, the three prisoners went to the hall with shackles. They were all dandies from small families in the middle of the capital. They had no great skills except for fun, and they had never seen any big world. Now they went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony , the legs immediately went limp.

Standing behind them, Lin Yin glanced lightly: "Tell me what you did that night."

Several people were obviously very afraid of Lin Yin, they trembled when they heard the words, and after a while, they spoke out in trembling voices what happened to Zhao Pingting.

It's the same as what Jiang Baili said before.

It's just that no matter how detailed Jiang Baili said before, it was also what an outsider said, and everyone didn't feel much when they heard it.Now that the three of them spoke, what happened that night came to the surface bit by bit, and they heard it in everyone's ears. They suddenly seemed to see that dark night, in the silent depths of the bamboo forest, the ugly face of the tormentor, the miserable face of the woman... Crying, traces of abuse all over the body, and the last extinguished light in the eyes.

The three of them were very flustered, and hurriedly kowtowed after finishing speaking: "Your Majesty, Cao Min and Miss Zhao have no grievances or enmity, it was really because Wei Cheng was bewitched by drunken people, and they did evil things, it was not their intention!"

Their expressions and words didn't seem to be fake. Wei Rong was stunned, but he still didn't want to believe that the mastermind behind such vicious things was actually his only son. How much can you trust the words of these people?"

The implication is that Lin Yin used severe torture to extract a confession for his business.

Lin Yin still looked indifferent, and raised his head when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter if the minister doesn't believe the witness testimony, then let's look at the physical evidence."

The ministers were a little curious. After all, the Ministry of Punishment had searched many times before but could not find any clues. How could there be physical evidence all of a sudden.

Jiang Baili smiled and ordered someone to present the physical evidence, but what came in was not an object, but a person.

WEI Cheng.

Wei Rong frowned: "What does this mean?"

Lin Yin didn't speak, and ordered someone to remove the gauze from Wei Cheng's body, revealing patches of skin with red pustules, which was very ugly.

Jiang Baili smiled: "Why don't you tell me how the pustules on your body came from?"

Panic flashed in Wei Cheng's eyes, and he raised his voice: "I've asked the doctor to diagnose it, it's just common herpes, what's wrong?"

Jiang Baili was still smiling, but didn't speak, and looked towards the door.All the officials involuntarily followed his gaze, and almost at the same time, a trembling figure appeared far away from the originally empty palace gate, and slowly approached.

It is Zhao Ning, Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Zhao Ning walked in, saluted with a pale face, turned to look at Wei Cheng, the moment his eyes touched the pustules on his body, his face changed: "Such pustules will only grow after being stained with the little girl's medicine powder, you , you... so it's you!"

He pointed at Wei Cheng angrily, and the latter clenched his hands: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Zhao Ning's fingertips trembled violently, and the veins on his forehead popped up. He turned around and knelt down suddenly: "Your Majesty! That medicine powder is a prescription made by my little girl unintentionally a few years ago. It will only itch all over when it sticks to others. It's fine, it's just a joke, but, as long as this powder is mixed with the little girl's blood, people who touch it will get pustules like this! He, he, he has so many growths all over his body... My daughter , my daughter!"

The old man who was over fifty years old suddenly broke down in tears.

Everyone felt sad for a while, Lin Yin looked at it, his expression became colder, he suddenly stepped forward, and pulled down the clothes of the six accomplices, they all had more or less pustules like that.

Lin Yin let go of his hand, lowered his head and looked down at Wei Cheng: "Now, should we say it or not?"

Wei Cheng's pupils shrank, his face became confused, and he subconsciously looked towards Wei Rong.Wei Rong stood over there with red eyes, fingers clenched fiercely, and after noticing his gaze, he closed his eyes and turned his head away dejectedly.

There is no need to even ask after that.

The people standing in the hall are not stupid, they just watched Wei Cheng's reaction behind the hall, and knew that what Lin Yin and Jiang Baili said was true.

They looked at Wei Rong, who was bowing his head and saying nothing, and then at Zhao Ning, who was lying on the ground in pain, and they didn't know how they felt for a while.

Yan Ji looked at them, and said: "Since the truth of this matter has come to light, all the ministers will talk about it, how should these people be dealt with?"

All the ministers looked at each other and fell silent by coincidence. This silence lasted for a long time. In the end, no one expected that it was Wei Rong who spoke.

He stepped forward, his body stretched into a straight line, and his voice was mournful: "Despise the law, inflict abuse, harm human life, follow the law—"

"Shut up!"

These two words seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and after he finished speaking, his whole body sank down. Wei Cheng's eyes widened, and he struggled violently when the imperial army stepped forward to touch him: "How can you be so arrogant?" To me? Before my mother passed away, you promised her to take good care of me, have you forgotten?! How could you treat me like this!"

Wei Rong closed his eyes, trembling all over, but he never looked back.

Wei Cheng was quickly taken out, and his voice gradually dissipated in the wind. The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressed for a while. In the depression, Zhao Ning, who was lying on the ground and crying, stood up with the support of his colleagues. After calming down for a while, Zhao Ning bowed his head and stood He got up, and turned to Lin Yin and Jiang Baili: "The little girl can rest in peace this time, thanks to the two of you, the old man is very grateful."

"It's just a matter of duty." Jiang Baili shook his head: "It's a pity that there are still three people who have not been able to subdue the law, but their tracks are not well hidden, and they can be brought to justice within five days...My lord, you may also know these three people. Office of the Ministry of Officials."

He said the names of the three of them. Hearing this, Zhao Ning and Yan Zhou's faces changed completely.

Zhao Ning is because he really knows these people, or they are the people he usually entrusts with important tasks and wants to support.

As for Yan Zhou, it was because those people were clearly the candidates he was about to nominate to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"It's hard to guard against internal thieves, and it's hard to know people!" Zhao Ning said angrily, his body swayed again, and the courtiers around him hurriedly supported his arm.Yan Ji knew that he was not in good health, so he ordered someone to send the old man back to the mansion, and sent an imperial doctor to take care of him.

After sending Zhao Ning away, Yan Ji decreed to set the prison terms for Wei Cheng and others, issued an arrest warrant, and rewarded the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for meritorious service.

After the rest of the matter was over, Lin Yin and Jiang Baili retreated, and the hall was silent again.

Yan Ji looked at it, and re-tickled the previous topic: "I mentioned before that the nomination of candidates for the chief official's department, but now this matter should be taken to heart. Do you still have candidates in your mind?"

All the officials remained silent, Yan Zhou lowered his head with a dark face.

Yan Ji didn't make it difficult for them, he just said that this matter happened suddenly, after thinking about it for a few days, he went down to the court, turned his head and glanced down before leaving, and smiled when he saw that Yan Zhou still didn't move.

Everything is not over yet, and the more interesting thing is tomorrow.

You have to taste the fruit you plant yourself.

into the night.

The night wind in Miyagi is blowing, and the sky is dotted with stars.

"It's a starry night tonight, tomorrow will be sunny." Yan Ji stood by the window and looked outside, and spoke, but just as he finished speaking, a hand with strong knuckles behind him reached past his ear, closed the window, and then embraced him. Hold his waist: "Don't catch a cold."

Yan Ji agreed, and was led by Xie Wenzhuo to sit down by the bed, paused, and asked, "Wen Qing, what do you think will happen tonight?"

Xie Wenzhuo had a beastly smile on his face again: "It will definitely be, the tent will be warm during the spring night, and things will go smoothly."

"..." Yanji sighed, "Can we be more serious?"

The old and unscrupulous Mrs. Xie leaned over, brushed the hair around his ears lightly with his fingers, and said in a soothing voice, "Don't take those things to heart, Your Majesty, you don't have to be too tired, just look back when you are tired, I have always exist."

Yan Ji smiled and leaned on his shoulder: "Okay."

Xie Wenzhuo knew that he was extremely tired today, so he didn't move, just hugged him quietly, his eyes were full of softness.Xie Wenzhuo's even breathing was heard by Yanji's ears, and his usual sandalwood smell was on the tip of his nose. The combination of the two made people feel at ease for no reason. He leaned against him and fell asleep unconsciously.

Xie Wenzhuo carefully helped him lie down, tucked in the quilt, and walked out lightly. Shao He, the outer hall, stood by the table and saw him come out: "Teacher."

He hummed, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Shao He: "You give this list to Lin Yin. He knows how to do the following things. Don't let His Majesty know about it... He is already very tired."

Shao He nodded, took it and put it away, then turned and went out the door.

After he left, Xie Wenzhuo also returned to the inner hall, knelt down on the side of the couch, carefully painted Yan Ji's eyebrows and eyes, and smiled silently for a long time.

The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.