In the Taiji Hall, Feng Deyi held his son's body and cried loudly. After hearing the news, there were also officials from the Feng family who came over. Most of them were from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, but there was no one from the Ministry of Punishment. There was only the minister of the Ministry of Punishment who was on duty. , stood aside awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, I have devoted my whole life to serving the country, but at the end of the day, I ended up with a white-haired man and a black-haired man. Even if my son is wrong in all kinds of ways, there are national laws and family rules, and he should not be tortured and killed in the street by Xiao Rui's son. This is Being ridiculed and insulted like a naked man. I beg your Majesty to make the decision!"
Well... Li Er lowered his eyebrows and was silent for a moment. He looked at Xiao Rui and asked, "Xiao Rui, what did you say?"
Xiao Rui spread his hands, turned his head and glanced at the civil and military officials, and said loudly: "Yes, I killed the man! Are you sure you want to intercede for him?"
you……
Arrogant boy, the hall suddenly became noisy, and countless people pointed at Xiao Rui.
Li Er still asked calmly: "Why do you want to kill someone?"
"Because he deserves to die!" Xiao Rui snorted coldly, without concealing his disdain, and looked at the Feng family and his son.
Wang Si, the Minister of Rites, stood up and shouted angrily: "Isn't this reasonable? In broad daylight, who do you think you are? Killing people in the street, if you want to kill them? What you are wearing is the official robe of the Tang Dynasty. Don't we, the Tang Dynasty, have royal laws?" "
Xiao Rui didn't even look at the other party, and sneered: "Kill those who deserve to be killed, and save those who deserve to be saved. This is what I think is the king's law. As for the king's law of the Tang Dynasty? Haha, I represented Yushitai a few days ago The father and son of the Feng family were involved, and conclusive evidence was presented, but what was the result? Nothing happened. I dare to ask, where was the law of the Tang Dynasty at that time? "
"Arrogant son, according to what you said, the entire imperial court is a fool and has no justice? Your Majesty, I am impeaching Yushi Xiao Yushi for being arrogant and rude, treasonous and arrogant, and making arrogant comments about the imperial court!" the Minister of Rites shouted loudly.
Wei Zheng coughed lightly and said, "Xiao Yushi, you are exaggerating. Just discuss the matter as it is. However, it takes a certain amount of time for Datang to investigate and convict cases."
Li Er looked at the stubborn Xiao Rui and complained in his heart, this son-in-law has a really weird temper. You offended the entire court as soon as you came in, and I couldn't even help you wipe your ass.
At this time, the eldest princess of Huainan began to cry: "Brother, please make the decision for me. My prince-in-law was killed in the street by such a crazy and rebellious child..."
The woman was crying, and Xiao Rui was the most upset. He interrupted the other party and said, "Okay, what is the message? I'm getting rid of a bad thing for you. You should be happy."
"Asshole! Xiao Rui, you and Xiangcheng are already engaged, so Huainan is also your aunt, how can you be so rude?" Li Er scolded.
"Aunt? I don't have this blessing. I just ask the emperor to investigate the murderer and give my consort justice!" The eldest princess of Huainan fell to her knees on the spot.
Li Er sighed: "Xiao Rui, you don't know the rules when you first enter the court, so no one will argue with you. But if you kill someone in the street, if you can't tell the cause and effect, I can only handle the matter in accordance with the national law, and it won't be because of you." I will forgive you when you are young."
Wei Zheng's eyes turned sharply here, and he was about to step forward and let people show evidence to prove Feng Yandao's guilt, but Xiao Rui was faster than him, "Let me explain? I was just doing justice for heaven and killed someone." He’s just a person who deserves to die. If you really want an explanation, Your Majesty, why don’t you ask the relevant people to speak up?”
"That's fine." The emperor nodded in agreement, and all the ministers understood clearly that the emperor was blatantly favoring his son-in-law, and he did not help his old minister Feng Deyi today.
Xiao Rui walked out of the hall and called all the victims and witnesses to come in.
"Let me introduce, these are all people from Zuihuafang in the west city of Chang'an City. Zuihuafang is a well-known industry, and it has been found that it is a place where stolen goods are sold. And these girls were originally women from good families, just because... …”
"How unreasonable!" A fifth-rank official from the Ministry of Personnel stood up and yelled: "In the law of the Tang Dynasty, sinners, maids, and slaves are not qualified to testify. What a group of lowly people say cannot be trusted! Xiao Yushi, are you going to use it? Their testimony? Don’t you know that they may have a grudge and deliberately take revenge on their master?”
"Hey! I haven't finished speaking yet. Is it polite to interrupt others?" Xiao Rui complained dissatisfiedly.
The other party was so choked that he didn't bother to argue and retreated. But the effect has been achieved. Everyone has grasped this point and started talking about it.
Xiao Rui jokingly said to the eldest princess of Huainan: "Your Royal Highness, your good consort Feng Yan said that he opened a kiln privately to raise these slaves. Do you know this situation?"
Um? You and I……
The eldest princess of Huainan was very angry. Xiao Rui was so shameless. If I knew it, wouldn't I be indulging the consort? If you say you don't know, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? The prince-in-law fooling around outside will eventually embarrass the princess.
"Humph, the prince-in-law is a sinecure, and it's not surprising that he occasionally runs a store and wine shop." The eldest princess forced herself to defend herself.
Xiao Rui laughed loudly and grabbed the steward of Zuihuafang, "Tell everyone, what was Feng Yandao doing when I caught him?"
"me……"
Um? Dare you not say it? Xiao Rui glared fiercely.
"I said, I said, he is having sex with the next oiran, Hua Xian'er... in bed!"
Ha, still an elegant person? Xiao Rui smiled mockingly knowing that it would be a pleasure to use the bed.
"The Duke of Miguo conferred the title of Deyi? Listen clearly, I didn't take off your son's clothes, he didn't wear them at all."
You, you... Feng Deyi almost fainted from anger.
"Your Highness, the Princess, you don't know the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Are concubines allowed to be kept by concubines? What about raising prostitutes? Such a concubine? Do you want it? Wouldn't it be better for me to help you clean up the house?"
You, you...Brother, will you just let this kid run rampant? The eldest princess asked the emperor for help.
Li Er coughed lightly and said: "Xiao Rui, you are asking a question, don't talk nonsense."
Xiao Rui nodded and pointed at the women kneeling on the ground, "It doesn't matter what your status is. In front of the emperor, as long as you were born in the Tang Dynasty and eat the food of the Tang Dynasty, you are my people of the Tang Dynasty. Tell all your experiences one by one to all the officials."
Looking at Xiao Rui's encouraging eyes, a brave woman finally spoke, "The little girl's original name is Xu Hongying, and she lives in Wannian County..."
"The little girl's real name is Wei Xiaofang. She lives in Chang'an County and runs a rouge and gouache shop. She was abducted by Feng Yandao that day..."
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Seven or eight women complained one by one, and the entire Taiji Hall was silent, and the emperor's face became more and more gloomy. Listening to Feng Yandao committing these tragedies one after another, no one dared to say that the witnesses were incompetent or the testimony was invalid.
When everyone had finished speaking, Xiao Rui kicked the steward, "This guy is Feng Yandao's number one scoundrel, and he does all kinds of bad things with him. Come and tell everyone, are what these people said true?" "
The steward was so frightened that he lost two of his souls. He kowtowed and shouted, "It's all true. I know I'm wrong. It's really not what I did. It was all my prince-in-law's idea..."
Dog slave! When Feng Deyi heard this, he vomited blood and passed out.
Xiao Rui sneered and stepped forward, pinching the old guy and saving him in a few breaths.
"Feng Deyi, don't be anxious to pretend to be dead. Let's talk after you hear it. You gave birth to such a good son, which is enough to comfort our ancestors and shine for thousands of years, right?"
...It's so cruel, killing people and killing people! Is this boy really Xiao Yu's son? How old is he? This method is no worse than Feng Yandao.
"You, you... Quanzi has been killed by you, how can you taint his innocence?" Feng Deyi no longer mentioned complaining, and his guilt was extremely high.
Xiao Rui laughed, laughed wildly, the laughter penetrated the entire Tai Chi Hall, waved his sleeves and pointed at the women kneeling on the ground, and asked loudly: "Come and tell everyone, should Feng Yandao be killed? "
The woman named Wei Xiaofang shouted: "He deserves to be killed. He harmed my whole family and destroyed everything about me. I can't wait to eat his flesh and blood!"
"He deserves to die. He just dies like this. It's too easy for him. I can kill him a thousand times without getting rid of my hatred..."
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Good guy, one sentence after another, his voice was full of hatred. All the officials in the court fell silent. In other words, it was the first time they faced the anger of the people. The eldest princess of Huainan also looked ashen, and suddenly felt that she had made a wrong decision today.
