Lu Chen was immediately elated when he heard that someone finally stood up and "speak for justice".
This is right.
How can there be only one voice in such a huge court?
If you don't stand up to oppose, use me as a stepping stone, and show off, how can you, mediocre officials, attract the emperor's attention? How to rise to prominence? How to get promoted and make a fortune?
But just when Lu Chen was overjoyed, the empress, who had been so calm and calm just now, frowned slightly.
She looked at the front row of officials. At this moment, an orange-robed court official stood up and bowed.
Hu Yan, the newly appointed doctor of the Jingxiang Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Punishments.
"Hu Langzhong, do you have any objections to what Cai Lu Aiqing said?"
Hearing this, especially hearing the empress address her official position directly instead of calling Aiqing like Lu Chen, Hu Yan couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Gan, doesn't it mean that His Majesty has begun to dislike Lu Chen?
What's going on with such obvious favoritism?
She didn't even want to call me "Hu Aiqing"!
Hu Yan felt like he was being cheated. He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the boss in front of him on the left, whom he had just hugged - Zheng Zhong, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the top boss in charge of the Ministry of Justice, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice. Qian Yiqian.
As if noticing his gaze, Zheng Zhong nodded silently and gave him a reassuring look.
Qian Yiqian, who was further ahead, also made a vague gesture, telling him to calm down and just do his job with peace of mind.
Seeing this, Hu Yan felt relieved.
And now that the matter has come to this, even if you have to bite the bullet, you have to do it.
So he organized his language a little, and then raised his voice and said:
"Reporting to your majesty, Yongchuan County is under the jurisdiction of Jingxiang. Weichen is an official of the Ministry of Justice in Jingxiang. Just now, Lu Gaishi mentioned the case of Xia Yan, the magistrate of Yongchuan County. Weichen knows it very well!"
"The evidence in this case is conclusive. The testimonies of the witnesses have been repeatedly verified and verified. The accounts of the stolen money are also very clear. The prisoner Xia Yan confessed to the crime. There is no doubt at all. This is an iron case, even if it is tried a thousand times. Same result!"
"So Wei Chen believes that retrialing the case is just a waste of time, manpower and material resources, and is completely meaningless."
Hu Yan made an impassioned statement, with a look of selflessness and devotion to the public.
"Moreover, the Demon Queen has been in chaos for six years, and the world has been poisoned by her party members for a long time, which has caused the country to be in turmoil and the people are in danger. Now, Your Majesty has finally killed the Demon Queen and wiped out the evil spirits. At this time when everything is renewed, It is at this time when monks like us and Your Majesty are working together to create a prosperous world, how can we waste His Majesty’s and all the nobles’ precious energy on such a trivial matter?”
Having said this, he bowed again.
"Therefore, Wei Chen believes that what Lu Guishi said is totally wrong! This case must not be retried! There is no need for a retrial!!"
After the words fell, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then gradually came back to his senses, and then thought with emotion:
This is called professionalism!
This Hu Yan is obviously a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years.
It was obviously just an objection, but he could say it with such a level, and even raised the banner of "creating a prosperous world together" to add points to his words, as if he was completely thinking about the court and the empress.
Not a word was mentioned about their criminal department.
With his political wisdom, if he really wants to fight these old foxes, he probably won’t even know how he was betrayed.
Maybe you were tricked to death by someone, but you still naturally think that the other person is a good person who has your own interests in mind, right?
Fortunately, he has a system.
The more powerful these "good teammates" are, the more beneficial it will be for him.
Isn't it just a trick? He wishes that his official skin would be tricked off, so naturally he won't be afraid of it.
It would be better if the other party was more powerful.
Naturally, the empress didn't know anything about the system, and it was impossible to guess Lu Chen's true thoughts.
When she heard Hu Yan say this, she frowned again.
After a moment, she spoke slowly and said expressionlessly: "Lu Aiqing, what did you say?"
Lu Chen cupped his hands and said, "I still stick to my original idea and hope to reopen the case of Xia Yan."
The empress nodded, still not asking why.
Obviously, Xia Yan's case is not important to her.
It didn't matter to her whether Xia Yan was corrupt or bribed, whether he bribed the Demon Queen's gang, whether he was a remnant of the Demon Queen's gang, whether he was killed or let go.
Now she doesn't have the energy to think about such trivial matters.
It's just that Lu Chen cares about the seventh-grade county magistrate named Xia Yan, while she cares about Lu Chen.
So even if she lets Xia Yan go for the time being and lets him live a little longer, it actually doesn't matter to her.
There was no need to make Lu Chen uncomfortable on this matter.
After all, unless Xia Yan is a truly good official, all problems will naturally be solved after Xuanwuwei personally collects evidence that can convince Lu Chen.
In her opinion, Lu Chen was just too kind and upright, so he was deceived and used by his former parents.
A gentleman can be deceived.
At this time, Hu Yan suddenly snorted coldly.
"I would like to ask Lu Guishi, why do you think there is something wrong with the case you are reviewing? What is wrong with this case? Why do you, Lu Guishi, insist on reopening the case?"
While asking three questions in a row, Hu Yan looked at Lu Chen, and then said: "I am not an unreasonable person. As long as Lu Guixi can explain why, even if it is just a reasonable reason, I will no longer do it." be opposed to."
Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
Foreplay is here, isn’t it?
This guy named Hu Yan is indeed a good person!
Look at those triangular eyes, look at those sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, look at such a kind face, no wonder I look so pleasing to the eye!
Lu Chen gave Hu Yan ten thousand likes in his heart.
Then, while calmly giving Hu Yan a thumbs up in his heart, he displayed Oscar-winning acting skills.
"Reason?"
Lu Chen looked at Hu Yan without fear, and then replied firmly:
"I am from Yongchuan, and when Xia Yan took office as the magistrate of Yongchuan County, he constantly organized people to cultivate fertile fields, encourage production, and crack down on lawlessness. The people of Yongchuan County have always lived and worked in peace and contentment. It is a paradise. Therefore, in my eyes, Mr. Xia has always been A good official with justice in his heart and serving the people wholeheartedly!"
After a moment's pause, he added:
"Therefore, I will never believe that Lord Xia will collude with the Demon Queen's gang, let alone prey on the common people and use the people's fat and oil collected to please the shameless and rebellious ministers who follow the Demon Queen!"
Hearing this, Hu Yan suddenly laughed.
Then he sneered unceremoniously: "Lu Guishi, you mean that you don't have any evidence to prove Xia Yan's innocence, and you just think he is a good official, so you suspect that there is something wrong with the case and that it needs to be retried?" "
Anyone can hear the strangeness in his words.
Lu Chen's mind was normal, and he naturally understood that Hu Yan was mocking him.
But he didn't care at all.
After all, this was his purpose.
"Yes, Hu Langzhong."
He nodded matter-of-factly, and then said: "Although I have no evidence, I can guarantee that Mr. Xia Yanxia is definitely a rare good official, and he will definitely not do anything so harmful to the world!"
As he spoke, he turned around suddenly and said in a passionate voice to the empress sitting high on the dragon throne:
"I hope your Majesty will understand everything and order the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to re-examine the case, get to the bottom of this case, and restore Xia Yan's innocence!"
"snort!"
Before the empress could express anything, Hu Yan suddenly snorted coldly.
"Lu, what are you doing? It's too childish, isn't it?"
Lu Chen frowned, glared at him, and said with an "unpleasant look":
"What do you mean, Mr. Hu?"
“Everything must be based on evidence!”
Hu Yan sneered and said: "Lu Goshi, you keep saying that Xia Yan is innocent, so why do the account books found from the Demon Empress' palace include that guy's bribery record? Could it be that the Demon Empress had anticipated the day when His Majesty would regain control of the world? , is it possible to deliberately falsify accounts and frame him, a small seventh-grade county magistrate?"
"Whether I believe this nonsense or not, would you believe it yourself, Lu Gaishi?"
