"Sir, this, this is my father's old clothes, I just use them to remember him!"
Cheng Jingzhou sneered: "The Prince of Xiangjun is not dead yet, why do you need to see things and think about people?"
This was a bit disrespectful, but the governor of Jingzhao did not criticize him. Instead, he continued: "Li Yue, do you know that just because you are secretly hiding the county dynasty's uniform, I can sentence you to exile?"
Li Yue was frightened to death and quickly begged for mercy: "Your Excellency, that court uniform belongs to my father. Yes, it belongs to my father. Then one time he came to Zhuangzi for inspection and soiled his clothes, so he I left the court clothes on Zhuangzi and had them cleaned and put away, but I didn’t wear them myself.”
Li Yue's mind was spinning very fast at the moment.
That court uniform was indeed illegal, but no one saw him wearing it!
This is a loophole. In addition, Prince Xiang is his father. Who stipulates that his father cannot sit in his village?
But Li Yue obviously forgot one thing.
Cheng Jingzhou lowered his head to hide his smile, while the governor of Jingzhao said angrily: "That's nonsense! Those are court uniforms, not the regular uniforms of a county king. As a county king, how can you parade around in court clothes? Do you think that my great rule of law is just for show?"
The law of Dazhi is still very strict in this aspect.
Not to mention the county king, but also a county magistrate like Cheng Jingzhou. If he goes out, as long as it is not on official business, he is not allowed to wear official uniform. This is to prevent officials from disturbing the people.
As a relative of the emperor, the county prince was not allowed to go out in court uniform except when going to court or on some prescribed occasions.
The rules for county kings are even more stringent. Once you wear the county king's uniform, you usually have to wear a guard of honor. Sometimes, for simplicity, you have to wear a half guard of honor.
And the Prince of Xiangjun wore court clothes and took the Prince's guard of honor to a village here in Feng County to enjoy himself?
This is simply unreasonable!
Even if this matter is true, the one who needs to be punished is the King of Xiangjun. Do you still want the face of the King of Xiangjun?
What's more important is that there are already guards of honor. Is this something you can get away with by lying?
It's such a big battle, and you have to stay quiet when you go out. Do you think the common people can accompany you to tell this lie?
Only then did Zhao Yue realize that he had said the wrong thing in his desperation, and his eyes turned quickly: "No, no, I did lie just now, and it was just that I was frightened for a moment. After all, I have never served in this imperial court before in Zhuangzi. I’ve seen it before, it must be my good brother who came to frame me on purpose!”
The governor of Jingzhao heard this and felt more and more uncomfortable, so he immediately knocked on the gavel.
"The more you say it, the more outrageous it is! The prince has a noble status, and you are just a bastard, so why should he embarrass you? What's more, when people went there to search the house today, even though a large number of officers and soldiers went there, they still encountered strong resistance from your men. , if it is according to your words, how did the people of the prince enter your Zhuangzi?"
Cheng Jingzhou added in time: "Sir, not just today, last time Lieutenant Li led people to investigate the case, but they couldn't even get through the gate. Later, I had no choice but to send people to guard the doors everywhere. , hoping to find those missing girls. But after several days of guarding, no one other than Zhuangzi has been seen entering."
The implication is that Li Yue is lying again!
Li Yue was going to be so angry!
It was wrong no matter what, but if he wanted to be cleared now, he could only put all the blame on Li Xing, and he could not admit this crime no matter what.
"Your Excellency, my brother is indeed the heir apparent, but his conduct is bad and he often offends his father. My father doesn't like him and often praises me in front of him. My elder brother is petty-minded and doesn't want to see my younger brother being good, so he He often targets me. I really don’t know what happened this time, he must have sent someone to frame me.”
Jingzhao Prefecture Yin frowned, it involves the royal family, which means trouble!
"Do you have any evidence?"
Li Yue was stunned. How could he have any evidence?
"You are the governor, so naturally it is your turn to look for evidence. I am the victim, he framed me!"
Cheng Jingzhou couldn't listen anymore and sighed: "We are entangled in this issue of court service. Li Yue, you are just trying to divert your attention. Right now, your major crimes are raping women, privately building houses, and even lawsuits involving human lives!" "
Li Yue was so frightened that he asked, "Why do you say this, sir?"
Why are there still lives?
The governor of Jingzhao looked puzzled and looked at Cheng Jingzhou as well.
Cheng Jingzhou cupped his hands and said, "Sir, Lieutenant Li led his men to dig up several corpses in Zhuangzi just now. There are already police officers going to the scene. I believe there will be a conclusion soon."
Li Yue was stunned with fear. It was obvious that he was unaware of the matter of human life.
But Li County Lieutenant also indeed dug up the corpse on Zhuangzi. This cannot be denied.
Cheng Jingzhou suspected that these things were done by Li Yue's men. He did not think that Li Xing had the ability to bury a corpse on Zhuangzi.
It is possible that Li Xing deliberately arranged for this court dress to be released, which was considered a violation of the Holy Emperor's taboo.
The longer the case is tried, the more doubts there are.
In the end, Li Yue was temporarily detained in a cell in Feng County, and someone was arranged to be on duty day and night. No one was allowed to visit, and no mistakes could be made.
The case has not been tried yet, so Li Yue can neither be released nor die at this time, otherwise Cheng Jingzhou will not be able to explain clearly.
In addition to the county government's cells, those assigned to guard Li Yue were also people in Xie Rongzhao's hands.
Cheng Jingzhou doesn't have many available people in the capital, but he has a little boy!
Master Wu was directly guarding the door of the cell. No one could get past him to see Li Yue.
It has to be said that Cheng Jingzhou's arrangement is still effective.
Because after Li Yue was put on trial, his in-laws' family sent people to inquire, and then tried every means to get in to see him. However, with Master Wu guarding him, no matter how hard it was, it was impossible to use coercion or inducement!
Xie Rongzhao was not idle either. He arranged for people to keep an eye on those people coming from the capital to see who they had come into contact with after coming to Feng County and what kind of existence they were like in the capital.
Jingzhao Prefecture Yin rode back to the capital that day and was summoned by the Holy Emperor that night.
After hearing the whole story of the case, Emperor Jingwen only felt that this Li Yue was really a bastard.
"What do you think, Aiqing?"
The governor of Jingzhao said bluntly: "Based on his performance in court at that time, Li Yue should have never killed anyone. He was also surprised by the sudden appearance of the body. But it is certain that he was hiding illegal things."
"What did Cheng Jingzhou say?"
"Cheng County's letter also said that the human life lawsuit was probably related to the manager of the village or some small bosses. He also said that Li Yue should have never killed anyone, but that the matter of robbing civilian girls must have been ordered by Li Yue."
Emperor Jingwen nodded. In this way, Cheng Jingzhou was a fair and clear person, and would not wrongly accuse others because of his own selfish desires.
Both of these ministers felt that Li Yue had never killed anyone, so the royal family would not have a royal relative who was beheaded for some shameful things!
In other words, the royal family's reputation should have been preserved.
