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When Shen Ming'an came out of the case file pavilion, it was snowing heavily outside, fine snow fell on the black tile eaves, occasionally a few birds flew by and stood on dead tree branches not far away.

Liu Heyu held an umbrella for him, supported him and asked, "Sir, shall we go back to the palace now?"

Shen Mingan's heart was in a mess, he stepped into the ground covered with a thin layer of snow in a trance, his feet slipped when he stepped forward, and he almost fell down, but fortunately he grabbed the dead tree beside him, and With Liu and Yu supporting him, nothing happened.

After standing up straight, Shen Ming'an was still a little shocked. He stroked his abdomen and could only walk more carefully.

There were no houses on both sides for shelter, and the wind and snow went straight into their collars. Liu Heyu happened to see the hall where he had just come in just ahead, and said, "Sir, why don't we go from the main hall, it's always warmer inside than outside, and it's not easy." fall."

Shen Mingan nodded. The hall of Dali Temple is very large, and it is usually used for meeting guests and trial cases. Shen Mingan walked in for a while, and heard some noisy voices in front, and suddenly thought that Wei Boran was going to trial cases just now , if he and Liu Heyu walk from inside, they will inevitably pass through the interrogation hall, which is really a bit inappropriate.

He was about to go back, and when he turned around, he took a look into the hall, but saw Lu Ciheng frowning tightly. Shen Mingan realized almost instantly that this case was Fang Zhishu's trial.

Yesterday Lu Ciheng told him that Fang Zhishu had been found, and that he would be tried in Dali Temple this afternoon, but last night Shen Mingan's mind was filled with the case of his parents, and he was half asleep and half awake all night. After Yin Shi Lu Ciheng went to court, he got up and came to Dali Temple, so he didn't think about it carefully.

Just now before Wei Boran left, he hesitated and didn't speak, probably because he wanted to tell him that Lu Ciheng was also in Dali Temple.

Fang Zhishu's case was jointly tried by the three divisions. In addition to Lu Ciheng and Wei Boran, there were also Minister of the Criminal Ministry and Lv Yushi from the Inspectorate as the supervisor. This is enough to show the importance of this case.

Fang Zhishu's case involved officials' corruption and bribery, which had a great impact. Shen Ming'an had been very concerned about this case before, and now he wanted to listen in. But if Lu Ciheng asked him why he came to Dali Temple, Shen Ming'an couldn't explain clearly, so he thought for a while Finally decided to take a detour from the outside.

Before walking a few steps, I heard the person kneeling down in the hall chuckle lightly, "My lord, Xiaomin is just old and has no children under his knees, so he only wants to have a child to take care of him In the end, isn't that even okay?"

That voice was hoarse and rough, very familiar, and Shen Mingan would never forget it. He froze in place, his whole body was cold, and his whole body was trembling.

Shen Mingan hid behind the screen, turned around slowly, and saw Wang Xingyan kneeling in the hall, his temples were white, his face was thin and wrinkled, showing an old look, but his eyes were still sharp, he was looking up at him when he said this. The first Wei Boran.

It was in stark contrast to Yu Gaoyi, the magistrate of Linjiang County, who knelt beside him and bowed his head in silence.

Wei Boran was furious, "You need to buy someone from the procuress for the end of your retirement!?"

"Then the lord said, where should Xiaomin go to buy people?"

Naturally, Wei Boran would not reply to his words. The laws and regulations have been in use since the founding of the ancestors, and there has never been a single item in it that says how to convict people who buy and sell servants.

This section is completely vacant, not to mention that it is very common for high-ranking officials to buy and sell servants in Shangjing. There are even many young children who are sold by their parents.

Living in poverty, it is better to sell the child to work for a wealthy family than to raise it by his side and starve to death with the family, and he can exchange some money for rice.

It's just that Wang Xingyan bought Fang Zhishu from Fengyue place, so what he just said is naturally hard to convince.

The case was presided over by Wei Boran. Although Lu Ciheng sat at the top, he remained silent. He had seen who bought Fang Zhishu on the case file, but the name on it was not Wang Xingyan. After Wang Xingyan came to class, Lu Ciheng realized that the name was his alias.

Although he only met Wang Xingyan outside Wu Jitong's mansion when he went to Yizhou for inspection, Lu Ciheng had a deep impression on him.

At that time, Shen Mingan reacted very strongly when he met him. This man was Shen Mingan's uncle. Logically speaking, Lu Ciheng should have some respect for him, but Lu Ciheng always had an inexplicable hostility towards him.

Lu Ciheng stared at Wang Xingyan with burning eyes, as if he wanted to stare him out of a hole. Wang Xingyan noticed his gaze, avoided it deliberately, and said with a calm smile: "Besides, Xiaomin never said that he bought Fang Zhishu. Xiaomin just thinks that he is destined to be with him, so he wants to help him redeem his body, and he doesn't know that he was actually abducted, so instead of asking Fang Zhishu why he was abducted, you want to embarrass Xiaomin here?"

Wang Xingyan was cunning, he cleared himself of the relationship with a few words, and blamed the abductors.

The old slave who kidnapped people has been investigated very clearly. Her surname is Qiao and she is the nanny next to Fang Zhishu. This is not the first time she has gone to court. Locked in the prison, she was hunched over at the moment, and she didn't respond to Wang Xingyan's words. She recruited everyone she could. She came here today because she was detained and had to come, but she also wanted to see Fang Zhishu again.

"You don't need to teach the court and the government how to do things." Lu Ciheng stood up, his tone was cold and forceful, full of oppression, "Then why did you give Yu Gao Yi money?"

Wang Xingyan was silent, avoiding talking, only said: "What money?"

Lu Ciheng snorted and turned his gaze to the magistrate of Linjiang County, who had never made a sound from the beginning to the end, "Yu Gaoyi, tell me, why did you have 2000 taels of silver in your mansion out of thin air."

Yu Gaoyi lowered his head and refused to make a sound. The gavel slapped on the table, startling him all over. He glanced at Wang Xingyan next to him, pointed at Mother Qiao with trembling hands, and said lightly, " She gave it to the subordinate."

Among them, 500 taels were indeed given to him by Mother Qiao, and they were obtained by selling Fang Zhishu, which Mother Qiao had already admitted.

"What about the remaining 500 taels?"

"Yes, it is my savings over the years and the income from several shops in the city."

"Don't I know how much salary you have every month?" Lu Ciheng threw several ledgers in his hands in front of Yu Gaoyi, his voice stern, "The ledgers of each of your shops are here, you can go through them for me Come out, which account has this money in it!"

Yu Gaoyi didn't return, but instead glanced in the direction of Wang Xingyan, his eyes were full of scruples and fear.

Obviously, he was afraid of Wang Xingyan.

"Yu Gaoyi, you didn't say that during the trial last time." Lu Ciheng's eyes were gloomy, and he was talking to Gao Yi, but his eyes fell on Wang Xingyan, "This time there are more people, you dare to bully King? Or do you want me to announce all your nine clans and ask them one by one?"

Yu Gaoyi knew that he would not be able to avoid taking bribes. He had already been unable to withstand the interrogation and recruited Wang Xingyan, otherwise Dali Temple would not have found Wang Xingyan so quickly.

But for Yu Gaoyi to accept bribes, at most he would be dismissed and assigned. He was in prison these few days, even better than facing Wang Xingyan with fear outside.

It's just that he was more worried about the safety of his family. Even though he knew that Wang Xingyan would not be so courageous as to play tricks under the eyes of the court, Yu Gaoyi was still afraid with Wang Xingyan's methods and the intricate network of courtiers.

If he could take this opportunity to send Wang Xingyan to prison, at least his family would not be involved.

Yu Gaoyi's heart beat like a drum, as if he had made up his mind, he said in a low voice, "Wang Xingyan gave it to me. He asked me to suppress this matter and deal with Fang Zhishu's parents."