He Zhengming's tone was sinister and strange, and Mo Ronyan's expression was also indifferent and distant.
His long eyelashes drooped, covering the emotion in his eyes, and he carelessly played with the little jade cat on his wrist:
"Mr. He Ge should be grateful that he is a veteran of two dynasties and is fair and honest."
"Otherwise, based on those two sentences you just said, I can punish you with a false accusation."
He Zhengming smiled coldly: "Does your Majesty still need to thank His Highness for not killing me?"
He glanced at Su Ruotang, with anger in his eyes, "Third prince and concubine, the prince broke the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people."
Su Ruotang lazily raised his eyes and said in a lukewarm tone, "Mr. He Ge, do you need to keep your brain small?"
He Zhengming didn't react for a moment: "What do you mean?"
"When did I say that I would protect my uncle?"
"If you don't protect Tan Ming, why are you all sitting here?" He Zhengming sneered coldly.
Su Ruotang raised the corners of her lips and lazily held her chin with one hand.
The other soft and slender hand was casually placed on the table, tapping the tea cup with its fingertips, "I'm here to listen, okay?"
With the last three words, she raised her eyes and looked at Han Ye, the young minister of Dali Temple, "Master Han, is there a law in Dongqi that prohibits relatives from listening?"
Han Ye wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and shook his head, "No."
Su Ruotang nodded slightly, looked at He Zhengming again, and suddenly asked: "Mr. He Ge, is there a lake in front of your house?"
He Zhengming's face turned ugly: "No."
Su Ruotang said slowly: "If there is no lake, you still care so much."
He Zhengming thought for a moment, and then realized that Su Ruotang secretly scolded him for meddling in his own business.
He was so angry that he blew his beard and his face turned red, "Dongqi's law prohibits bureaucrats from killing each other, and those who violate it will be killed."
"Tan Ming openly pushed Wang Hen into the water and harmed his colleagues. This is a fact witnessed by countless people."
Before Emperor Wu Shun ascended the throne, the phenomenon of officials protecting each other among aristocratic families was extremely serious.
The late emperor has been carrying out rectification, but the effect is not obvious.
Later, Emperor Wu Shun came to the throne and made laws with iron and blood, which restrained the officials from protecting each other.
The court's hard-working demeanor would never be allowed to be broken easily by Tan Ming or the third prince.
"Seeing is not necessarily believing." Su Ruotang said lightly, "Mr. He Ge eats more salt than I eat rice. Could it be that even this three-year-old child understands the truth, but Mr. He Ge doesn't understand it?"
He Zhengming choked and snorted coldly, "Then I want to take a look. What you see may not be true."
Cold sweat broke out on Han Ye's forehead.
He looked at Su Ruotang and then at He Zhengming, feeling like crying but without tears.
Sir, please wake up quickly...
He is a second-rank official and cannot serve these two giant Buddhas!
Mo Rongyan spoke calmly, interrupting Shen Ning's atmosphere, "Master Chuan Tan."
Han Ye breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he called Master Tan, not uncle.
Even He Zhengming's face looked a little better.
Judging from the third prince's intention, he probably won't cover up.
Not long after, Tan Ming, who looked slightly pale, followed the two government servants.
Han Ye asked directly: "Tan Ming, why did you push Mr. Wang into the water?"
Tan Ming pursed his pale lips and said in a hoarse voice, "I...I don't know..."
He looked at Han Ye with clear eyes: "I have no impression of the process of pushing the king."
"Absurd!" He Zhengming slammed the table, "Tan Ming, you still haven't told the truth?"
"Do you know that maliciously plotting against an imperial official should be executed according to crime?"
Tan Ming's face was calm, and he turned to look at He Zhengming, "I didn't lie."
"So many people saw you pushing Wang Hen into the water, and you are still making excuses!"
Mo Rongyan raised his eyes, his indifferent and distant voice without a trace of warmth, exuding overwhelming pressure, "Mr. He Ge, the case is not clear yet, why are you in a hurry to convict Mr. Tan."
He Zhengming snorted coldly: "The evidence is conclusive! So many people are watching!"
"Is it possible that His Highness wants to delay time and plot to save Tan Ming?"
Mo Rongyan's voice became colder and indifferent: "If we want to save someone, we will do so in an upright manner."
Han Ye felt the tense atmosphere in the air and said quickly: "Tan Ming, why do you say you don't remember?"
Before Tan Ming could say anything, a shout came from outside Dali Temple:
"The lives of the children of your family are important, but the lives of other officials are not?"
"This time Mr. Wang was lucky and didn't drown. He might be drowned next time!"
"That's right, Tan Ming killed Mr. Wang this time. I don't know who he will kill next time."
"The prince breaks the law and is as guilty as the common people!"
“If the laws of the dynasty can be ignored, what’s the point of having laws?”
Screaming and biting every word, they tortured Wang Hen and ignored the law.
He Zhengming's expression immediately improved: "Third Prince, people are divided into three, six or nine levels, but in front of the law, there are no three, six or nine levels."
Su Ruotang glanced at him lightly: "Mr. He Ge, do you not believe His Highness?"
He Zhengming's expression was meaningful: "If the third prince's concubine has nothing to do with Tan Ming, I will naturally believe in His Highness."
"But the third prince loves the third prince's concubine. This is a fact. I have to be careful."
After he finished speaking, a government servant trotted in, "Your Highness, sir, there are many officials from poor families gathered outside the door."
"They clamored to seek justice for Mr. Wang."
Mo Ronyan didn't care: "Let them in."
The poor family sect always felt that they were noble and did not want to be on good terms with the aristocratic family sect.
But they also envied the power of the aristocratic family, so whenever the children of the aristocratic family made mistakes, they would catch them and slip out of the law.
Similarly, the Aristocratic Family Faction felt that the Poor Family Faction was fake and noble, and they kept an eye on them all the time.
The government officials invited people from outside Dali Temple in.
The overwhelming crowd was led by Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's figure was as long as a bamboo, and he cupped his fists and saluted Mo Ronyan, "I have met Your Highness."
Mo Rongyan said calmly: "This case has nothing to do with Qin Zhuangyuan, right?"
Qin Feng was neither humble nor arrogant: "I'm just here to hear the case."
Mo Rongyan looked at him with a half-smile.
The poor officials following him couldn't help shouting: "Those who murder officials must be punished by law!"
