"My lord," Chen Qi said helplessly, "Yesterday, someone wanted to kill me, but I managed to save my life with great difficulty. Now I don't know where I'm going, so I want to take shelter here until the Lord of the Temple comes back. Just open the case for trial.”
The other party hesitated, thinking that Chen Qi was a trouble now. He was really worried that someone would come to Dali Temple to kill Chen Qi, and then the people of Dali Temple would also be unlucky.
"If I leave at this time, I will not be able to go very far. Dali Temple is a place of justice, and I have the responsibility to protect witnesses. If I die outside the gate of Dali Temple, then Dali Temple will no longer need to exist in the future."
The other party thought for a moment and realized that this was indeed the case. If a witness in the case came to Dali Temple to seek protection and Dali Temple turned him away because he was so afraid of getting into trouble, would it be necessary for Dali Temple to exist in the future? !
"Then come in."
"Thank you."
As soon as Chen Qi entered Dali Temple, it was known that the Dali Temple minister was not there, and Shaoqing made arrangements to protect Chen Qi at all levels. Chen Qi was safe for the time being. After all, no one dared to be bold in the clear sky. During the day, go to Dali Temple to kill someone.
"What?! Chen Qi is in Dali Temple?!" Taifu Song had just returned to the mansion and heard about this, and his face instantly became extremely ugly.
The people who went to Pingbaihou Mansion last night were arranged by the Song family. The prince is now detained in the East Palace. No one in the East Palace is allowed to go out. The prince's maternal grandfather's family, the Sun family, are also people who only know how to pat their beards and walk their horses. , there are few capable people, so at the moment, only the Song family is capable of doing this.
"Chen Qi disappeared last night. People from Prince Sui's Palace and ours searched for him all night. Unexpectedly, he suddenly appeared at the gate of Dali Temple. I don't know who was involved." Song Dian looked ugly, "Father, now we What should we do? There is not much time now, and it is difficult to arrange for people to enter Dali Temple."
Taifu Song gritted his teeth: "Then let's stop for now. If something happens to the prince, the family will pretend that they don't know anything and distance themselves from the relationship."
Song Dian was stunned, and his face turned pale: "What about Wanting? What should Wanting do?!"
Taifu Song said: "She is the Crown Princess."
Song Dian felt weak all over for a moment. Yes, his daughter Song Wanting was the Crown Princess, and she and the Crown Prince were husband and wife. They were both prosperous and devastated. If something happened to the Crown Prince, how could she get away with it?
After this day, I still don’t know what she should do.
The Song family learned that Chen Qi had entered Dali Temple, and King Sui naturally also knew that Chen Qi was still alive. He breathed a sigh of relief, and did not bother to settle accounts with Ping Baihou, so he immediately sent people to protect Chen Qi. Leave it to the Zhao family to handle it.
Ping Baihou was displeased by King Sui because of Chen Qi's trick, and he was afraid that he would have no chance of being reused again in the future.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the trial of the case opened in Dali Temple. Master Fu of Dali Temple was the presiding judge, and King Zhao and Taifu of Song Dynasty were jurors. Mr. Fu was wearing an official robe. He first saluted King Zhao and Taifu Song, and then sat on the throne. The judge took the position and began to review the case.
First, he ordered someone to bring Chen Qi up.
Chen Qi's face was a little tired, and his eyes were a little red. He was calm when he went to the court. He glanced over and saw the presiding judge, King Zhao and Song Taifu sitting beside him, his eyes were slightly cold.
Chen Qi stepped forward and saluted: "Young man Chen Qi, I would like to pay my respects to you, sir."
Master Fu said: "Please get up, Chen Qi, are you the one who beats the drum of injustice?!"
Chen Qi stood up, cupped his hands and said, "That's the villain."
Master Fu said: "What grievance do you have?!"
Chen Qidao: "To my lord, I am the son of the former governor of Qingzhou, Chen Shan. Dozens of members of my Chen family died unexpectedly. Please make the decision for me."
Taifu Song said: "It's ridiculous. The Chen family's entire family died in the fire. Natural disasters wiped out everyone. They deserved their fate. You want to blame and blame God. How can you go to Dali Temple to cry out for injustice? Do you want Dali Temple to convict the heaven for you? You Leave quickly today, Master Fu will not care about what you did today."
Chen Qi knew that he was Taifu Song, and his granddaughter was the crown prince, so he would naturally defend the prince. He said: "This gentleman is joking. My family did not die from natural disasters, but from unforeseen events."
"My Excellency, Chen Qi, I am here today to cry out for the grievances of my Chen family. I am suing the current crown prince, Zhao Mingqi, for murdering my family. Please make the decision for me!"
Seeing this, Taifu Song was furious. He was about to say something, but King Zhao on the side stopped him: "There is no need to be angry, Taifu. Just listen to what he has to say."
Taifu Song said: "A commoner dares to sue the prince. He is very courageous. If everyone is like him, where will the prince's face be?"
King Zhao said: "I don't know what the prince's face is. I only know that your majesty will allow you and me to serve as jury members today, but you are not allowed to interfere in the trial."
Taifu Song gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, the prince is my nephew."
King Zhao was unmoved: "I am only loyal to my brother, and I only listen to my brother."
It’s really a waste of food and salt!
Taifu Song was so angry that his face turned red.
Master Fu asked him: "Chen Qi, you are calling for injustice for your family, but you don't know what this matter has to do with the prince?!"
Chen Qidao: "My lord, this matter involves another matter, which is related to the life and death of the people of Qingzhou. Please make the decision."
"Last New Year, Mr. Sun He came to Qingzhou. At that time, my father was serving as governor of Qingzhou. Mr. Sun wanted my father to work for the prince, intending to collect more taxes on the territory of Qingzhou, save money, and serve the prince. Planning for a future, my father refused.”
"Master Sun came to lobby many times, but was rejected by my father. However, within half a year, my whole family died in a fire. I was the only one who saved my life by studying abroad."
Master Fu asked: "Then how do you know that this matter was done by the prince and was not an accident?"
Chen Qidao: "Replying to your lord, my father wrote to the villain and told me this. Before the incident happened in my house, I also returned home. My father ordered me to travel away from home and not to tell anyone where I went. .”
"After I left, I opened the package and saw a letter from my father to me, as well as a letter from the prince to my father."
"My father ordered me to go as far as I can. I must hide myself and never return home again."
"I knew something was wrong, so I disguised myself and returned to the city, only to learn that my entire Chen family had died in a fire, and no one survived."
"Since then, I have been afraid to show my face and have been hiding in the dark. Finally, I got the opportunity to come to the Imperial City. Please make the decision for me, the Chen family!"
With that said, Chen Qi took out two letters hidden close to his body. One was a handwritten letter from Chen Fuyin to him, and the other was a letter from the prince to Chen Fuyin.
The prince originally thought that the Chen family was dead, and the letter was completely burned in the fire, but he didn't know that Chen Fuyin had long expected that the Chen family would be in such a disaster, and handed the things to Chen Qi.
