Aoyama Chronicle

After Bai Jingqing and Cao Mingdong got his third uncle Bai Ji, Wang Shi and Meng Anwen, they had a great chance of overturning Cao Fengzhong's case.Zhong Yiwen didn't pay too much attention to this matter, but Qin Jiu's two brothers who were sent to help every day could send back a lot of news.

On this day, Zhong Yiwen had just arrived at the Imperial Academy, before he had time to sit down, Shen Ying asked him to go together.

"Master Shen, is there anything important?" Zhong Yiwen asked curiously seeing Shen Ying walking away with sweat on his face.

Shen Ying wiped his forehead: "It's a big deal! Someone filed an imperial lawsuit today, and the emperor has personally come to Dali Temple to supervise the trial. He specially asked me to invite you to watch the trial together!"

Zhong Yiwen's heart moved. Although there was no definite news, he believed that it might be the case of Mr. Cao Fengzhong.I didn't expect Cao Mingdong to be so fast. In just a few days, he has already directly sued the Holy One. I am afraid that the witnesses and physical evidence have already been collected.

When Zhong Yiwen and Shen Ying arrived at Dali Temple, the trial had already started inside.On the contrary, Eunuch De had received the order from the Holy Majesty, and was waiting for them at the gate of Dali Temple. After seeing them, he led them directly into the court through the side door, and stood just behind the Holy Majesty.

Zhong Yiwen took a general look at the situation in the courtroom. Several first-rank ministers had already arrived, and the presiding judge was Li Wenli, Minister of Dali Temple.Anyone randomly pulled out in the courtroom is of a higher rank than Li Wen, and even the Holy Spirit sits on the sidelines to supervise the trial. Li Wen is under a lot of pressure.However, Li Wen was not Li Zhang, and he didn't have stage fright in such a big scene. On the contrary, his face was flat, and he didn't react much to the grand master's roar.

"Quiet!" Li Wen once again interrupted Grand Master Yu who was about to rush out, "Grand Master Yu, please be quiet in the courtroom. Bai Ji, continue talking!"

Bai Ji just mentioned that Yu Shi and his second brother Bai Qi were teasing in the study, which means that Yu Shi's child is not Bai Cen's, and he will have an adulterous relationship with Bai Qi afterwards, which is a big deal for a husband It was simply the biggest scandal, no wonder Yu Taishi was so angry.

Bai Ji's temperament was already weak, and he started to tremble when he was slapped by the grand master, but he still mustered up the courage to tell the scene of Bai Cen's murder that he saw clearly.He didn't hide that he ran away because he was too scared, and when he wanted to report the crime, he found that the culprits had become Mrs. Zhang and Mr. Cao.He didn't dare to say anything, and secretly collected evidence with Fu Lang, during which his second brother Bai Qi found out, and was almost murdered to silence him.The couple had no choice but to escape from Xuzhou and find their eldest nephew Bai Jingqing, only then could they have a chance to sue the imperial court.

Bai Jingqing is the plaintiff who filed the imperial petition today.Bai Cen is his father, and Mrs. Zhang is his grandmother, so it is not reasonable for him to come forward to confess to Yu.

"No, no! You conspired to frame me, Bai Ji, who asked you to give false testimony, are you worthy of being the head of the family?" It is impossible for Yu to admit it.

Bai Ji immediately lowered his head when Yu Shi roared.The Wang family next to him was furious: "You vicious husband, if we don't show up, we are sorry uncle! Do you think you can get away with it by killing uncle, framing other people, and making a lot of perjury? "

"What evidence do you have that those are perjury?" Li Wen asked seriously.

"Yes!" Wang said confidently, "It is said that the dagger they killed uncle belonged to Mrs. Zhang, and the servants around Mrs. Zhang testified. But in fact, Ms. Zhang never carried any dagger on her body. What I like to wear is a long black whip, which is not a secret in the prefecture of Xuzhou. The servant who testified is not the servant of Mrs. Zhang at all, but a servant of the rough envoy. The housekeeper in the White Mansion can testify!"

All eyes turned to that servant. That person was a villain. After being watched by so many people, he lost his courage early on. His face was pale and he almost fainted.

"Where is the butler of the White House?" Li Wen asked.

A man in his early fifties came out and bowed his head in salute: "My lord, I'm here."

Li Wen looked at the housekeeper of the White House and said, "Do you know the people around you?"

"Looks familiar." The butler of the White Mansion took a closer look at the man, and said with certainty, "It's not the servants next to the masters, but the person in charge in the kitchen!"

When the housekeeper of the White Mansion said this, he admitted what Wang said just now. This servant was not a servant next to Zhang. He came to prove that the dagger belonged to Zhang, and the water was really not ordinary.

"I'm the servant next to the doctor, I'm really the servant next to the doctor!" The servant anxiously defended himself.He was sure about it, and now as long as he firmly insists that he is someone close to Mrs. Zhang, no one can say for sure that he is not.

Yu Shi was also a little anxious: "My lord, you have to believe that he is the servant by Zhang Shi's side. I have seen him more than once by Zhang Shi's side, I promise!"

Although there is a certificate from the housekeeper of the White House, there is no definite evidence, and it is impossible to prove whether this servant is someone close to Mrs. Zhang.But this suspicion was confirmed.It is estimated that Bai Jingqing and the others are not prepared to find evidence on this servant, directly proving the innocence of Mr. Cao and Mrs. Yu.

"Do you have any other evidence to prove that this servant is not someone close to Mrs. Zhang?" Li Wen routinely asked, "Otherwise, based on the words of the White House steward, I would not be able to believe your words."

Mrs. Wang was a little anxious, and opened her mouth to say something, but couldn't come up with any new reasons.Obviously that was the servant who gave false testimony, but they couldn't find any strong evidence.But Yu Shi and the others were greatly relieved, as long as their identities were not exposed.

Zhong Yiwen suddenly bent down, and whispered in the ear of the Holy Majesty: "Your Majesty, let someone check that servant's hands!"

The Holy Majesty was slightly taken aback, and turned to look at Zhong Yiwen, a little puzzled, but still believed that Zhong Yiwen would not be indiscriminate: "Come here, go and check the hands of that servant!"

The Holy Majesty's sudden utterance surprised everyone, who didn't know what the Holy Majesty's request meant.Even Li Wen, the presiding judge, was slightly taken aback.Over there, the guard standing behind the Holy One had already responded, and stepped forward a few strides to check the servant's hands.

When everyone's attention was focused on the servant's hands, they could see what kind of hands they were. Not to mention the dull color, there were still some wounds on the palms and backs of the hands.The wound didn't look like a sharp weapon, but rather like someone who was used to rough work and was accidentally cut open by those wood and firewood.Although most of them have healed, there are still a few wounds that are still scabbing and have not fully healed.

Li Wen's face darkened. It was really Zhang's servant, how could he have such hands: "Bold and unreasonable, let's be honest, who are you?"

The servant probably didn't think that his hands would betray his identity. He didn't react when he was asked to check his hands at first, but when he saw his hands, he couldn't believe himself.At this moment, his identity was exposed on the spot, and Li Wen yelled at him, and he knelt down: "My lord, spare my life! It was the second master who gave me five taels of silver to let me say this, my lord, spare my life! My lord, spare my life! "

For five taels of silver, let a servant come over and give false testimony.Bai Qi simply regarded everyone as fools.

Bai Qi was also summoned here today. Hearing what the servant said, he immediately knelt down: "Your Excellency, I really don't know this person. He told me that he is the servant of Mrs. Zhang." , I really don’t know why he gave false testimony, I really don’t know! Please check it out!”

No matter what Bai Qi said now, it gave everyone an impression of sophistry.The people below have already started talking about it, and many people have begun to believe that what Bai Ji said earlier is probably the truth!The details that Bai Ji narrated are very clear, and they don't seem to be made up at all, but the content is too shocking.

Li Wen patted the gavel directly: "Quiet! I declare that the evidence for the dagger and the witnesses who proved that Mrs. Zhang and Cao Fengzhong murdered the imperial court official is insufficient!"

"Your Majesty, I'm not convinced!" Grand Master Yu yelled right after Li Wen finished speaking, "Master Li is simply irrational. Even if that servant is not a servant next to Mrs. Zhang, does it mean that the dagger is not Mrs. Zhang's?" ?"

There was already a slight displeasure on the face of the Holy Majesty, and it was the Holy Majesty who asked to check the servant's hands just now.The Holy One was still proud of his own wisdom just now, but what Yu Taishi said now is slapping him in the face.The Holy Majesty let out a noise from his nostrils with unknown meaning, and was speechless.

Li Wen immediately understood: "Master Yu, don't worry, I will judge impartially, I will never wrong anyone, and I will not judge the case indiscriminately. It is just like what Yu said with certainty just now. I have been to this servant, and my official thought that Yu Shi was eager to punish the murderer, so he didn't pursue it!" When Li Wen's words came out, Grand Master Yu blushed and wanted to say something to refute , but can't say anything.

"Bai Jingqing, Bai Qi, Wang Shi, do you have any other evidence?" Li Wenyi finished with the grand master and turned to the main topic of the trial.

It was Mrs. Wang who replied: "Yes! The letter proving Mrs. Zhang's affair with Mr. Cao is also fake, forged!"

Li Wen turned his attention to the letter that was presented as one of the evidences, and asked, "How do you know it's a fake? The government sent many people to compare it, and they unanimously determined that the letter was indeed Cao Fengzhong's." My lord's handwriting. What evidence do you have that this is false?"

"My lord, these fake letters came from this person!" Mrs. Wang pointed directly at Meng Anwen.

Bai Qi didn't know when Meng Anwen appeared, but when he saw Meng Anwen, Bai Qi's face changed drastically.Yu Shi, who knew the truth, also had a very ugly face.

"Who is here, please report your name!" Li Wen frowned slightly. If this letter was really forged by someone else, it means that there are still big loopholes in Dali Temple's handwriting identification. Definitely not a good idea for them.

"Crassman Meng Anwen, a native of Xuzhou." Meng Anwen was still evasive, not daring to look directly at everyone.

"What evidence do you have to prove that you forged this letter? Do you know that forging someone else's letter and framing a court official is a serious crime of beheading!" Li Wen shouted sharply.

Meng Anwen knelt down in fright: "My lord, spare my life! I didn't know that the second master of the White Mansion found me to forge letters overnight to frame others. If I knew, I would definitely not do it. My lord, spare my life!"

"Ordinary forged letters are directly imitated based on other people's handwriting. Generally, they can only be [-]% to [-]% similar, and the best ones can only be [-]% complete. Among them, as long as they are carefully compared, experienced people will definitely be able to distinguish the real ones." False." Meng Anwen was elated when he talked about his specialty, and he didn't give others the feeling at all, "However, there is a method handed down from our ancestors, that is to copy other people's characters one by one. It is absolutely impossible to tell the authenticity. In order for our family members to be able to tell the difference, we usually put a mark on the copied things, as long as we use a special method, the mark can be seen."

Meng Anwen's words had attracted everyone's interest, so Li Wen simply asked Meng Anwen to show everyone how to tell the difference.

Meng Anwen directly brought the completed letter over, and after opening it, someone brought over a glass of sake, took a sip, and sprayed it directly on the letter.In everyone's surprised eyes, a red "Meng" character appeared on the letter.Such an obvious sign is hard to believe.

"Bai Qi, what else do you have to say!" Li Wen patted the gavel directly, and looked at Bai Qi sternly.The two perjury certificates were both handled by Bai Qi. If the first servant was the one who framed Bai Qi, Meng Anwen once again stated that Bai Qi bribed him to forge the letter.Who can believe Bai Qi's innocence.

"My lord, please spare me!" Bai Qi shouted loudly, "My lord, I really don't know anything. I didn't kill my elder brother, I really didn't kill him!"

"Bold and troublesome, don't hurry up and recruit me!"

"Bai Qi, why do you want to kill our leader and forge evidence to frame Mr. Cao? What are you thinking?" Yu Shi suddenly yelled loudly. If he hadn't been stopped, he might have rushed to Bai Qi. in front of.

Yu's sudden and temporary rebellion really confused Bai Qi, so he could only stare at Yu in a daze.He probably never thought that Yu Shi would be so shameless!

Many people looked at Yu Shi and frowned.Even Yu Shi's father, Grand Master Yu, was a little uncomfortable, and wondered if it was right to come here to watch the trial today.The current situation is not good for Yu Shi and Bai Qi Ke at all, but Yu Shi rebelled temporarily and pushed all the matter to Bai Qi, which would only make Bai Qi and him bite each other.

Sure enough, after Bai Qi realized it, he immediately began to cry: "My lord, I was wronged! Everything was done by Mrs. Yu, and my elder brother was also killed by Mrs. Yu. The third brother didn't see everything in the study. It was Mrs. Yu who stabbed my eldest brother in the chest twice with a dagger. Later, Mrs. Yu forced me with our adulterous relationship, and I became dizzy for a moment. I drew the dagger and stabbed him again, but the knife was only stuck in the shoulder. It will not hurt the vitals! Also, and, the dagger actually belonged to Mrs. Yu, and he just brought it back from the blacksmith shop to give it to his son. When the light shines through the scabbard, a 'John' can be seen. 'Character!"

"You're talking nonsense, I don't know anything at all! My lord, please investigate clearly!" Yu wailed dryly, "Master, you died a miserable death! You were killed by others. First, Mrs. Zhang was framed, and now the culprit sees you." If your deeds are exposed, you will frame me again!"

His Majesty's whole face was blackened, he never thought that such two unscrupulous people could falsely accuse a fellow magistrate of the state capital, just relying on this pile of inexplicable perjury.Seeing Yu's appearance like this, almost the same as when Grand Master Yu was roaring, His Majesty was inexplicably angry.Who in the end gave them such power, so that these people regard the king's law as correct.It seems that the Yu family's power should be taken back, but it's a pity for the queen Yu.

Li Wen was also a bit dark, he shot the gavel three times in a row and called "Quiet" several times before Yu Shi and Bai Qi calmed down.

"I want to know, what's the matter with the extra blood on my clothes, and how did the bloody clothes come from?" Cao Fengzhong, who had been detained as a suspect all this time, suddenly asked.

Only then did Li Wen remember that Cao Fengzhong and Mrs. Zhang were still being escorted to kneel on the side, and he quickly hinted to the yamen servants beside them to help them up.

"That bloody coat must be a forgery." Bai Ji said anxiously, "Brother and I are passed down from us, the color of the blood is dark red, even if the color on the bloody coat is too old It's been a month, and it's not as dark as the blood we just bleed out. If you don't believe me, look at it!" Bai Ji bit his middle finger while talking, and handed the finger that had just bled to everyone to see.Sure enough, the color was very dark. Although it was still red, it was close to black and red. It really couldn't match the color on the bloody clothes.

It turned out that this was their third strong piece of evidence, which showed that the previous pieces of evidence were all forged.

Li Wen patted his head in shock: "Bai Qi, why don't you hurry up and recruit them, where did the bloody clothes come from?"

Bai Qi seemed a little dazed. He looked at Li Wen, then at Yu Shi, and finally at the bloody coat: "My... my lord, I really don't know about this! Yu Shi, it must be you, and you forged the bloody coat." Did it come out?"

Yu Shi shook his head again and again, anyway, he can only recognize nothing now.

"You..." Bai Qi really thought that the bloody clothes were the evidence Yu made without telling him, "My lord, this bloody clothes really has nothing to do with me. I know that the blood color of the elder brother and the third younger brother is darker, even if you want to forge the bloody clothes, you can't buy them." I won’t make it so fake! My lord, please check it out! My lord... My lord, I still want to sue Yu Shi for cheating on the marriage. Back then, he had an affair with our eldest brother, and later married his son, but it was all fake. It was because he wanted to find a daddy for his unborn child, so he fell in love with my eldest brother. So the queen and Yu Taishi set up a trick for Yu Shi, and made my elder brother take advantage of him. That child Bai Jinghan is not It's not my elder brother's child, his biological father is actually King An Le."

"The child you conceived back then belonged to King An Le?" Grand Master Yu asked in surprise.

But as soon as he said that, he immediately knew that he had made a mistake, which was tantamount to admitting that they conspired to cheat Yu's marriage.

The Holy Majesty took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart.He had the impression that not long after he ascended the throne, before Yu was canonized as a queen, he ran to him crying and crying, saying that his own brother had been belittled by others and was pregnant. call the shots.At that time, His Majesty's first thought was to bring the man to justice, and he pleaded with the Queen, so His Majesty spared the man's life.In the end, the emperor personally came forward and asked the man to marry back the queen's younger brother as Ping Fulang.Only now did the Holy Majesty know that these two things were actually from the same family.

What kind of scandal would be more exciting than King An Le, who treats Princess An Le wholeheartedly with affection, and has an illegitimate child!Now everyone's focus is no longer on this case, but you and I have started to discuss the matter of An Le Wang one after another.

The Holy Majesty felt inexplicably short of breath when he thought that he had personally decided to point out the husband who was pregnant with his brother's flesh and blood: "Mr. Yu, is this true or not?"

In a panic, Yu raised her head to look at the emperor, then at his father Yu Taishi, and finally couldn't help but covered her face, sat down on the ground and cried.

Zhong Yiwen and Shen Ying stood behind the Holy Majesty and looked at each other, feeling extremely speechless.What is this Yu family doing?This Yu family has a child of King Anle, but he dare not say anything, and secretly finds someone to take advantage of him.Zhong Yiwen felt that this scene was really inexplicably familiar, didn't Princess Biyou just want to find him to be taken advantage of at the beginning.Fortunately, he insisted on not compromising, otherwise, he might be the next Bai Cen.

Today was the first time Li Wen felt the inexplicable pressure. Before the emperor and other adults were in front of him, he could still maintain the majesty of the presiding judge. After all, he had been in Dali Temple for many years, and it was not the first time he tried such a case.But now when it comes to this sudden incident, he is really at a loss, he doesn't know whether to intervene or not!

"Li Aiqing, the interrogation ends here today, let the innocent be released first!" The Holy Majesty relieved Li Wen with a voice.

Of course Li Wen complied, announcing Cao Fengzhong and Zhang's acquittal on the spot.Mr. Cao Fengzhong was reinstated as an official, and he will take up his post again within a month.Fortunately, Xuzhou Tongzhi only arranged for a temporary official to replace him, and Mr. Cao could take over and continue to be an official immediately after returning.Other matters will be adjourned for retrial.

After hearing the verdict, Cao Fengzhong suddenly bowed down and saluted the Holy Majesty: "Your Majesty, after this incident, I am no longer able to continue serving as an official and the people. Please allow me to resign and return to my hometown!"

His Majesty glanced at Cao Fengzhong. This person was indeed the most innocent, but seeing Cao Fengzhong's disheartened appearance, it would be useless to persuade him to stay: "It's a pity, but I agree! Cao Aiqing was accepted this time." If you have suffered such grievances, what do you want to ask for, as long as it is not too outrageous, I will allow it!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Cao Fengzhong turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Zhang beside him, "Your Majesty, I only have one request. I missed my love for more than 20 years because I escaped for a while, and now I want to get it back, so I ask the Emperor to agree! "

Mrs. Zhang raised her head in surprise and looked at him, but tears kept falling down without making a sound.

"Please, Your Majesty, please do it!" Bai Jingqing stood up and saluted the Holy Majesty.Bai Jingqing understood the feelings of the two of them best. When he was a child, he didn't understand what was really going on between his father and his mother, but when he saw Mrs. Zhang facing Mr. Cao, he knew how his aunt was feeling.

Zhong Yiwen came out from behind the emperor, bowed down to salute the emperor, and said, "Please allow me, Your Majesty!"

The Holy Majesty was a little confused, so he looked at Zhong Yiwen who suddenly stood up, and slightly suppressed his dissatisfaction with Cao Fengzhong's bold request just now.Even Zhong Yiwen supported them so much, maybe he should also nod in agreement.

"Please, Your Majesty, let me do it!" This time it was Li Wen, the presiding officer, who came forward this time, and after some unknown reason, he had already walked not far from the Holy Majesty.

The other officials were still considering whether this request was reasonable, but the Holy Majesty suddenly nodded in agreement.

How could the Holy Majesty respond!How did the Holy Majesty respond?