Everyone turned around and saw He Yuting and Ding Jinzhi walking in with serious faces, followed by Luo Zhenyi, Xiao Yongnian and others.
That arrogant and arrogant aura was enough for fifteen people to stare at him for half a month.
Although Lu Wenzheng was unhappy, he had no choice but to stand up and order people to watch. Yuan Ping and Dong Wu hurriedly moved chairs.
He Yuting said coldly: "Lord Lu, you don't have to be polite. I am here just for this case. Alas, I am ashamed to say that I have some old grudges with a few unscrupulous people. I don't want them to retaliate. Twenty years later, I still feel resentful. He actually tried to kidnap Miss Ding’s family and threaten me. His crime is really heinous!
"I originally thought that with Mr. Lu's ability in handling cases, the suspect should have been arrested long ago. Unexpectedly, the result turned out to be so unsatisfactory. It is really disappointing!"
Lu Wenzheng said: "How can Master Hou say this?"
He Yuting said: "The person you are arresting now is not the criminal who kidnapped Miss Ding's family at all. Doesn't Mr. Lu know that?"
Lu Wenzheng said: "How does the Marquis know that the person we arrested is not a suspect?"
He Yuting said: "Didn't Miss Xiangluo confirm this just now? Sir Lu, please forgive me for saying such disrespectful words, arresting innocent people unjustly, and unjustly punishing good people; and also coercing and seduce a weak and helpless woman, don't you, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Is this how people handle cases?”
Lu Wenzheng's thick eyebrows were raised, and he was about to say something sarcastic; Ding Jinzhi had already taken over the words and said: "I think so, since this little Taoist priest is not a suspect, Master Lu will release him in court. You and I are all in the same court. Officials should be considerate of each other, no one has made any omissions! The Marquis no longer has to hold Master Lu accountable - I wonder what the Marquis wants?"
He Yuting said: "Forget it, someone comes and releases this little Taoist priest."
He turned around and gestured to the left and right. Luo Zhenyi and Xiao Yongnian took the opportunity to come over and push the spiritual stretcher.
Ling Yun had been silent just now, but now he couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped forward, rushed forward, and stopped Xiao and Luo with his hands.
Xiao Yongnian and Luo Zhenyi were swept away by the opponent's powerful wind and could not help but stagger back a few steps. In this way, Ling Yun snatched everyone over and gained the upper hand.
He Yuting saw this and said angrily: "Ling Yun, what are you going to do?"
Ling Yun said: "Master Hou, please listen to me. No matter what others say, Ling Yun witnessed the spiritual Taoist kidnapping Miss Ding's family with his own eyes, so Ling Yun boldly advises Master Hou not to rely solely on other people's words. Let the suspect go!"
He Yuting said: "What you say about others is one-sided. Don't you mean what you say is also one-sided? Ling Yun, let me ask you, what evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
Ling Yun said: "Ling Yun can't produce any strong evidence at the moment to prove that what I said is true; but since neither of us can prove that what we said is true, we should re-examine the case, and we should not let the suspect go easily!"
He Yuting was speechless for a moment, he hated Ling Yun in his heart.
Lu Wenzheng said: "Master Hou, Master Ding, I think Commander Ling's words are reasonable, and this case should indeed be tried carefully. In addition to Commander Ling and Miss Xiangluo, the witnesses at that time were also the young ladies of Ding House. So I The government has a merciless request, please ask Miss Ding to come forward as a witness to find out the ins and outs of this case. I wonder what the Lord Marquis and Mr. Ding want?"
Ding Jinzhi said: "It's just that my daughter has been feeling unwell recently, so I'm afraid she won't be able to testify in court."
Lu Wenzheng said: "It doesn't matter. Miss Ding is a rich man, so it is not convenient for her to show up in court. Tomorrow, Lu can bring the suspects and people from the mansion to your mansion to cause trouble. I think Miss Ding understands this very well." A person of righteousness will definitely cooperate with this government to investigate this case! I don’t think Mr. Ding will disagree, right?"
Hearing this, Ding Jinzhi could say nothing more. Lu Wenzheng asked what He Yuting meant again.
He Yuting had not expressed his position yet, and his silent heart suddenly said: "You don't have to go to any trouble to invite any witnesses. What do you want to know? I will tell you the truth."
This sentence made everyone present excited, and they all focused their attention on their souls.
But the soul seemed to be showing off, but it stopped talking at this time. The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
The one who is most worried now is He Yuting.
He already roughly knew the soul's life experience, so when the soul that had remained silent suddenly spoke, he couldn't help but feel nervous. He was afraid that the soul would reveal his disgraceful affair in public.
Lu Wenzheng said: "Du Zhenghai, just say whatever you want without any worries."
He said in his heart: "There are some offensive words that I want to make clear to the Marquis first."
Ding Jinzhi said: "Then just say it."
The soul said coldly: "Since I am betraying someone, I can only say it to Mr. Hou; Mr. Hou, I am a poor man with limited mobility. Please come closer. I think you don't want others to hear some words that they shouldn't hear." !”
He Yuting's face became a little uneasy and he scolded: "Stop chattering. If you have anything to say, just say it."
As he spoke, he took a few steps forward, and his body was almost close to the stretcher of his soul. He's all ears.
The people on both sides naturally moved away wisely, so as not to hear words they shouldn't hear, which would be detrimental to others and themselves.
There was a sneer on the face of the soul, and he shot like lightning, a cold light flashed from his sleeve, and it stabbed He Yuting's chest!
He was sitting on the stretcher, while He Yuting was standing, and the sharp knife popped out, just enough to stab his chest.
Everyone exclaimed, they were all at a loss and dumbfounded.
There is only one exception, Ling Yun. Before the incident happened, he had already seen the clues from the murderous eyes in his heart. His quick reaction made him raise his hand, and with a flick of the brush, the arrow from his sleeve shot out, as impartially as a white rainbow piercing the sun, hitting right there. On the ready blade!
There was a deafening sound next, Xiujian knocked out the sharp blade, sparks shot out, and the two sharp weapons broke into several pieces and fell to the ground.
Everyone let out a long breath, but He Yuting was so shocked that his face turned pale.
Seeing that his assassination failed, the soul couldn't help but sigh, and turned his palm to slap his face! He saw that things were going wrong and he was going to commit suicide!
Seeing this, Ling Yun stepped forward and raised his hands to control several key points on the soul's body, making him unable to move.
Then Ling Yun turned around, cupped his hands at He Yuting and said, "Ling Yun neglected his duty and frightened the Marquis."
He Yuting was in shock. He raised his head and his eyes collided with Ling Yun's piercing eyes.
This was the first time He Yuting looked at Ling Yun squarely. For some reason, he suddenly had an inexplicable feeling at this moment; he just felt that the other person's eyebrows and eyes seemed familiar, and this unknowingly aroused ripples in his heart.
He just stared at the other person, almost forgetting how degrading it was for him to behave like this in public.
It wasn't until Ding Jinzhi reminded him that he said unnaturally and said slowly: "Why did Commander Ling say this? I still want to thank you for your life-saving grace!"
Ding Jinzhi was a little dissatisfied when he saw that He Yuting was so tolerant to the dereliction of duty of the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He took over the conversation and said: "Master Hou is still tolerant, but Mr. Lu, Ding has the courage to ask: Your Minister of the Ministry of Justice How on earth do you control prisoners, so that the criminals are brought to court with sharp weapons, which almost causes a catastrophe!"
Before Lu Wenzheng could speak, Ling Yun had already said: "I would like to report to the Marquis, I blame Ling Yun for his improper arrangements for this matter. Master Lu did not know about it. If the Marquis wants to deal with it, please deal with Ling Yun!"
He Yuting met Ling Yun's black and white, crystal clear eyes again. He felt confused and said feebly: "Forget it, let's not pursue this matter any further. But I still have something to say to Mr. Lu: This Du Zhenghai dared to openly assassinate me in the lobby, which shows that he is rampant and vicious and has no law. Mr. Lu must deal with it strictly and must not tolerate it."
Lu Wenzheng said: "Thank you very much, Mr. Hou. As for the Du Zhenghai case, our government will find out the truth and enforce the law impartially. Please rest assured, Mr. Hou."
He Yuting said: "That's good. I still have something to do in my palace, so I'll take my leave first."
"Farewell to the Marquis."
But it was said that He Yuting and Ding Jinzhi left the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Justice in frustration and returned to the Marquis Mansion.
After sitting down and moving away, Ding Jinzhi asked He Yuting: "Brother He, why don't you hold that little Taoist priest responsible for assassinating you?"
He Yuting said: "What else is there to pursue? Isn't everything already clear? That spiritual Taoist is Ge's son Du Zhenghai. Otherwise, why would he hate me so much? He would do whatever it takes to kill me!"
Ding Jinzhi said: "Then what do you think, brother?"
He Yuting said: "Kill him and silence him. This will save him from talking nonsense in front of Lu Wenzheng and ruining the reputation of this palace."
Ding Jinzhi said: "Then we no longer need to solicit this case, and we no longer need to ask Xiang Luo to testify?"
"Nonsense! If Du Zhenghai is dead, then why should Lu Wenzheng's case be tried? Why do we need to bother to testify?"
Ding Jinzhi smiled and said: "Brother He is still wise and I admire him."
He Yuting said: "My dear brother, let me leave this matter to you. In order to prevent long nights and nightmares, this matter should be done as quickly as possible, so let's arrange it for tonight! I heard that the newly hired martial arts masters in your mansion are all martial arts masters. Gao Qiang, you must make proper arrangements!"
Ding Jinzhi said: "I will definitely do my best to handle this matter, but... Ling Yun is a bit difficult to deal with."
He Yuting said coldly: "Isn't he just Ling Yun? Is it worth bothering you so much? At that time, you only need to arrange manpower to find ways to lure him away."
Ding Jinzhi repeatedly said yes. Seeing that there was nothing else to do, he exchanged a few pleasantries and then said goodbye and returned home.
After sending Ding Jinzhi away, He Yuting felt weak all over. He fell asleep very early that night.
Before going to bed, he remembered to ask: "Where is Qi'er?"
Princess Chang Qing said displeasedly: "Qi'er, why don't you care about Lin'er?"
He Yuting said: "Who said that the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh?"
"Hmph, that's nice to say!..." Women are women, and he didn't bother to listen to the verbose words below.
To be honest, I don't know why, but for this long-lost son, he has never been able to express the true love that is natural between father and son.
Maybe it's because we haven't seen each other for many years and the relationship between flesh and blood has become estranged? Or something else? ...In short, he couldn't explain the reason.
Even though his son behaved appropriately and treated him with humility and filial piety, which made everyone in the house praise him, and he felt gratified when he saw him, he still could not feel any sincere joy.
He thought vaguely, and gradually, all his thoughts became blurred.
In the haziness, he saw the cold and flashing sharp blade stabbing at him again; next was Ling Yun's handsome and tough face, those piercing eyes...
Shocked back to a thousand-mile dream. He suddenly sat up and heard the autumn insects outside the window still chirping and singing. Seeing that Princess Changqing was still sleeping beside him, he had no choice but to lie down again.
The same dream appeared again. Ling Yun's flickering figure and his piercing eyes were always lingering in his mind, unable to go away.
When he woke up for the last time, he cursed in great distress: "What a ghost!"
Princess Chang Qing was kept awake all night by his tossing, and asked irritably: "What happened to you tonight?"
He Yuting said: "I can't explain clearly. I keep dreaming about Ling Yun tonight. I wonder what bad luck happened to me?"
"Ling Yun, who is Ling Yun?"
"It's Ling Zhichao, the guard commander under Lu Wenzheng."
Princess Chang Qing said: "Maybe you interacted with him too much during the day. Do you think about it every day and dream about it at night? Stop thinking about it and go to sleep!"
He Yuting sighed and had no choice but to lie down again.
But he still couldn't sleep. He was now worried about the situation of the assassins sent by Ding Jinzhi to Lu Mansion.
However, Lu Wenzheng sent away He Yuting, Ding Jinzhi and others; and sent someone to remand the soul in prison, and then summoned the five heroes of the Lu family to find out the reason why the soul carried the murder weapon in the lobby.
When he learned that Dong Wu was responsible for this incident, he couldn't help being furious and asked Xu Zhi: "Mr. Xu, how should the crime of dereliction of duty be punished according to the law?"
Xu Zhidao: "The crime of dereliction of duty is punishable by fifty rods according to the law. However, firstly, please remember that Dong Wu is the first offender; secondly, because the remedy was timely, it did not cause serious trouble. I only ask you to forgive him this time and not in the future."
Lu Wenzheng's face darkened and he said: "The law has no mercy. Mr. Xu, if we let him go this time because of his favoritism, how can we convince the public? What will we do if similar things happen again in the future?"
"Although this time it did not cause a serious disaster, it is thanks to Commander Ling's timely response. I have always made clear rewards and punishments. Here is the order: Commander Ling will be credited with a great meritorious service, and he will be rewarded with half a year's silver. Come and push Dong Wu out. Outside the door, there will be fifty punishments with the rod!"
Ling Yun said: "My lord, wait a minute. Ling Yun is willing not to receive your reward, but I just ask you to let Dong Wu go this time!"
Lu Wenzheng said angrily: "This is unreasonable. How can we generalize whether you two have merit or fault? You don't need to say more, just stand down!"
Everyone did not dare to say any more and had to retreat.
Ling Yun left Lu Wenzheng's study and walked out, only to see Dong Wu with a depressed face, supported by two attendants, limping from behind, and bumped into him.
Ling Yun asked with concern: "Dong Wu, what do you think?"
Dong Wu said coldly: "Thanks to Commander Ling, my little brother will not die for the time being."
Ling Yun knew that he had misunderstood him, so he felt a chill in his heart and said: "Dong Wu, actually when you were being tortured just now, everyone felt very sorry. All the brothers had already interceded in front of Mr. Lu, but he was not allowed to do so. …”
Dong Wudao: "Really? It's rare for everyone to take such trouble, so I'm so grateful. I just know people but don't know their hearts, and I don't know what some people think in their hearts."
Ling Yun said angrily: "What do you mean by this?"
Dong Wudao: "I've already been like this, how can I dare to have any fun? I can't compare to you, Commander Ling, who is proud of the spring breeze and has everything you want. Since you just accept the reward, why do you need to act like you are flattered to please others?"
Ling Yun raised his eyebrows angrily and said: "You, you are simply a villain!"
Dong Wu smiled and said: "Yes, I am a villain, so how can I compare to those hypocritical hypocrites? In fact, the most hateful thing in the world is not the villain, but the hypocrites!" After that, he snorted and walked away. go.
