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In the Shangshu's Mansion of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Kai did not go out for several days, but was only in the mansion.
Zhao Jie's body is still in Dali Temple, but Zhao Jie's memorial tablet has been erected in the mourning hall.
Mrs. Zhao often cried bitterly and could not be persuaded no matter how hard she tried. After she finished crying, she began to complain about Zhao Kai for not avenging her tragic death of her child.
At this time, Zhao Kai was sitting in the study. His black hair had turned a lot whiter in the past few days, and his haggard expression was solemn.
In order to avoid suspicion, the person in charge of the Criminal Department during the joint trial of the three departments was not Zhao Kai, but the Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department.
During the few days when Yu Zhi was imprisoned in Dali Temple, Zhao Kai was also investigating. He felt that there were many hidden things in it, including the mysterious man who sent Zhao Jie the jade pendant, why Zhao Jie appeared in that villa, and why Yu Zhi wanted to kill Zhao Jie again.
A few months ago, Zhao Jie only said that he went north to travel, but he never told Zhao Kai their true purpose.
Boom, boom, boom.
Zhao Kai's fingers tapped lightly on the desk, the rhythm was obvious, his brows were furrowed, and there was no sign of relief.
"Sir, Master Qian wants to see you."
Qian Fangyuan, left minister of the Ministry of Punishment. It was he who replaced Zhao Kai and presided over the trial on behalf of the Criminal Department.
Qian Fangyuan had come to see Zhao Kai for more than one day and wanted to ask what Zhao Kai meant.
However, Zhao Kai always stayed behind closed doors and didn't even reply.
Zhao Kai thought for a while and said to the people outside the house: "Tell Qian Fangyuan that the law will be enforced impartially. Whoever kills will pay with his life!"
Now that things have happened, Zhao Kai understands that many things are beyond his control, especially Zhao Jie's case.
Being in officialdom, Zhao Kai is particularly keen on the smell of conspiracy.
Zhao Jie's death was a coincidence, and the person who summoned Mrs. Zhao was mysterious. Now the rumors in Kyoto have a deliberate flavor.
"Jie'er, what on earth did you do in the North?"
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Three days passed quickly, especially in Kyoto.
Yu Zhi had waited a long time for this day, and Xiang Jinghao had also waited a long time.
Xiang Jinghao felt that all his patience had been worn away. If he killed Yu Zhi, he would feel happier.
Although he thought so, he didn't dare to do it. That Dali Temple was not a place where he could come and go freely.
"Mom, where have you been?" Xiang Jinghao asked.
The coachman responded: "The princess is feeling better. She said she was going to Linquan Ancient Tree to pray for the crown prince."
"It's okay to go out for a walk. I'm so bored in the palace all day long. I'm really afraid that something will happen to my mother again," Xiang Jinghao said.
"Let's go to Dali Temple."
Xiang Jinghao is very arrogant, but also very cautious. After Yu Zhi was imprisoned, he rarely left the Chu Palace. He dared to use Zhao Jie's life to frame Yu Zhi, and he also thought about how to escape.
There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth. For some reason, he always had a kind of disgust towards Yu Zhi. For things you hate, just let them disappear from the world.
Compared with Xiang Jinghao, Xiao Jingyu simply wanted to make his imperial brother uncomfortable. At the same time, he also let the ministers of the DPRK and China see what would happen if they stood in the prince's camp.
The carriage passed through the streets, and the bustling Kyoto did not cause any congestion. Because of the spaciousness of the street, and also because this is the carriage of Prince Chu's palace.
The alley leading to Dali Temple is the only alley leading to Dali Temple.
Another carriage blocked the way.
The coachman said: "Your Majesty, this is Qiu Mansion's carriage."
Xiang Jinghao smiled coldly, Qiu Mansion, isn't this Qiu Ruoruo?
Xiang Jinghao got out of the carriage and said, "It turns out to be Qiu Ruoruo. Are you here to see Yu Zhi bow his head and plead guilty today?"
Sitting in the carriage was not only Qiu Ruoruo, but also Li Wantong and Yu Lan. All three of them came to watch the trial of the three judges.
Qiu Ruoruo also got off the carriage and looked at Xiang Jinghao's stinky face, with unconcealable disgust on her face.
"It turns out to be His Highness the Crown Prince. The trial of the three divisions has not even started yet, and you are already trying to convict my brother. Are you planning to replace the three divisions in the Chu Palace?"
Xiang Jinghao squinted his eyes with a cold light. "Sharp-tongued little bitch. I haven't settled the accounts with you for what happened last time."
Qiu Ruoruo didn't give in, and she didn't care about the ladies of the world. She counterattacked: "Bed bugs in the stinking ditch only dare to hide behind their backs and engage in conspiracy. They will never live in the sun."
The prince of Chu and the young lady of the Qiu family were scolding each other in the street.
If this were known to anyone, it would be a sensation.
Xiang Jinghao's eyes were cold and he snorted: "Yu Zhi will die today. I want to see how you can save him!"
Qiu Ruoruo glanced at the Dali Temple deep in the alley. "You should be careful about your own life. If you do bad things, be careful of thunder and lightning!"
In the prison of Dali Temple, Yu Zhi walked out of the cell and put on the shackles again.
"Lao Fan, I may not come back if I go out today. Do you have anything else you want to give me?" Yu Zhi said with a relaxed look.
Fan Wenzheng was still lying on the rocking chair, seemingly uninterested in the outside world.
"Little friend, I have given you all the most precious things in my body." Fan Wenzheng said helplessly.
Yu Zhi said: "You mean this dagger?"
Yu Zhi paused and said with a smile: "Although this dagger is not valuable, I still want to give you something as a courtesy."
Fan Wenzheng became interested and looked at Yu Zhi, curious about what gift Yu Zhi would bring out.
Yu Zhi took out a talisman from his arms, a red fire talisman. The most valuable thing on his body is the Red Fire Talisman.
"Now. This thing is very dangerous. Don't hurt yourself when you use it."
Yu Zhi left, leaving this empty prison as if he had never been there before.
The yamen officer was also familiar with him and said, "You are still the first person to walk out of the Dali Temple prison with a smile."
Yu Zhi rubbed his nose. The smell of blood was wafting in the air, and there were many people carrying buckets to clean the blood on the ground.
The smell of blood outside the prison was far stronger than inside.
"I believe that Da Chu's law will not let a bad person go, nor will it wrongly accuse a good person."
The Yamen servant led Yu Zhi through the corridor and said with a smile: "You are the only one who has such confidence. People who enter Dali Temple are worried about being framed even if they are innocent. Who knows what happened here in the past hundreds of years?" So many unjust, false and wrongful convictions. Those people are dead when they are dead. Even if they are later found guilty, they are already dead."
Yu Zhi looked at the bloody torture instruments and said calmly: "I'm not a saint, I can only take care of myself. This is already not easy."
In Dali Temple, Jiang Qing from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Qian Fangyuan from the Criminal Department, and Han Yang from Dali Temple were sitting together, discussing the trial later.
Jiang Qing knew how to deal with this matter and said: "Master Han, Yu Zhi is an official of our Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although Your Majesty has never asked me to avoid suspicion, I know the appropriateness. The trial will be presided over by Master Han. That’s fine.”
Qian Fangyuan is a fat man, not tall, with small eyes and a mustache. At first glance, he is a smart person. He also echoed: "Sir Jiang is right. There are countless major and important cases in the hands of Mr. Han. Mr. Han will preside over the review of this meeting."
Qian Fangyuan went to the Zhao Mansion many times to ask Zhao Kai for his opinion, but only received a reply that he would enforce the law impartially.
Since the law is enforced impartially, if Han Yang is allowed to try it, there will be no bias at all.
Han Yang nodded without being polite or condescending. "I have found some clues, which I believe will be helpful to this trial."
Jiang Qing looked calm. He also asked Qiu Jinfeng what he meant. But I never got a reply.
Protection, of course it is necessary to protect it. But to what extent will this happen?
Jiang Qing couldn't predict it and couldn't control it.
Soon, Yu Zhi was brought to the lobby, where many people had gathered outside the lobby of Dali Temple. The excitement will never be short of spectators.
The joint trial of the three divisions has already spread throughout the capital, just like Yu Zhi's reputation as "the shame of asking questions", and just like the story of Yu Zhi's revenge killing of Guo Shuer on Cangshan Mountain, which has spread throughout the capital.
Yu Zhi held his head high and his chest straightened. This was supposed to be a high-spirited, heroic and upright young man.
But because of his messy long hair and dirty clothes, Yu Zhi looked like a little beggar on the street.
"Is this the shame of Wenwen? Is he the one who killed the son of the Minister of Punishment?"
"That's it. It is said that Zhao Jie's body was found in his carriage, and the evidence is conclusive."
"However, he avenged the orphan girl of the Guo family in the north. He did what the imperial court tolerated. He is truly worthy of our admiration."
"But after all, he killed the son of the Minister of Punishment. This crime of murder must be paid with life. I hope there is some hidden secret in this, and Yu Zhi can be given justice."
There were constant whispers outside the lobby. Most people are not unfamiliar with Yu Zhi's identity.
From asking about shame to being a young hero who went to Cangshan to kill someone when he saw injustice, under Qiu Ruoruo's arrangement, Yu Zhi has become the most famous figure in Kyoto.
The people who knew about Cangshan all felt sympathy in their hearts, feeling that Yu Zhi must have been framed, or that there might be something hidden in it.
Some officials sat on either side of the lobby to serve as judges. But they knew very well that the protagonists today were not them, but the three adults and Yu Zhi... and the bruised corpse.
Xiang Jinghao felt angry in his heart as he listened to the discussion among the crowd. "These scumbags actually spoke for Yu Zhi, damn it, they all deserve to die!"
He took a few deep breaths and tried to calm himself down. He wanted to kill Yu Zhi most, and even sacrificed Zhao Jie in order to set up this trap. Therefore, Yu Zhi must be put to death this time.
The lobby of Dali Temple is very spacious. Many prisoners were interrogated here and many were beheaded on the spot.
But there are very few prisoners who need to be tried by the third division.
Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the joint trials of the three departments have been just a few major cases that were not settled in the world in the early years. After the verdict, dozens of people were beheaded on the spot.
Han Yang and the others walked out of the back hall and sat down in the lobby one by one.
Han Yang, dressed in a bright red official robe, sat in the main seat, indicating that he was the chief judge of this case. Perhaps because he was not in the atmosphere of a prison, Han Yang's red robe was not as terrifying as before.
Jiang Qing and Qian Fangyuan each took the right and left positions of the main position.
Jiang Qing naturally wanted to help Yu Zhi. Even if Qiu Jinfeng didn't say anything, he knew what to do. He also believed that Yu Zhi would not kill anyone and would not be stupid enough to kill someone and hide the body in his carriage.
Qian Fangyuan also knew today's mission. Even if Zhao Kai had said that the law would be enforced impartially, in his opinion, this meant that if Yu Zhi killed someone, he would have to pay with his life.
Compared with Jiang Qing's calmness, Qian Fangyuan's situation is delicate. He has no backing, or his backing is Li Xiuyuan. The backstage of the civil servant lineage is Li Xiuyuan.
When he went out today, Li Xiuyuan sent someone to deliver a letter.
One sentence was written in the letter - the evidence of the crime is conclusive and the law will be enforced impartially.
