Sanyuan County.

The matter involving Yuan Wai continues to ferment, and public sentiments are aroused. Li Yuanwai has already been criticized by thousands of people.

The Li family in Xiaoli Village is even called the Wolf's Nest.

"My lord, is it time for a trial?"

"Have you collected all the evidence? Is the confession given by the Li family complete?"

"They are all very sufficient, and the evidence is as solid as a mountain."

"Then we will announce that there will be a public trial in Xiaoli Village in three days."

As the current prime minister of the current dynasty, he was ordered to sit in Sanyuan County as a pilot. Wu Huaiyu now has great power. He alone has the final say on the affairs of Sanyuan County. He does not need to report to Yongzhou or even the court. The appointment and dismissal of officials can be inherited.

Zhibaifeng and judicial cases also have direct power of disposal.

This case involves only a former county captain who became an official, or a county captain who was not a member of the army.

Wait until the day of public trial.

Xiaoli Village is crowded with people.

People like to watch the excitement, especially the Li family, which has always had a bad reputation and has done a lot of evil. Now evil is rewarded. For ordinary people, this is simply the most satisfying thing. It is natural to witness it, especially for many people.

People who have been harmed and bullied by the Li family.

Officials from Yongzhou Yamen in Chang'an also came.

In Yongzhou, Yang Shidao was not sent to Zhizhong. Li Hongjie and Lu Chengqing were all here.

The three law departments of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai also sent officials here today.

However, they were not here to take over the case and try it, but just to visit the case. The emperor also issued a special decree that Wu Huaiyu would still be fully responsible for the case in Sanyuan County.

Although it is just a small case involving officials and officials outside the county, it is a case arising from the pilot project of the new tax law, and it has great significance behind it.

That's why the court paid so much attention to it.

This case must be handled with irrefutable evidence, and it will be set as a model in the future.

The three judicial divisions are here to supervise the fairness and legality of the procedure in this case.

Since early in the morning, people have been coming continuously, which is more lively than the Longqiao market. By noon, there are already tens of thousands of people.

Ma Zhou, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, also arrived from Chang'an, and Zhang Anan, the general manager of the palace, accompanied the prince.

The prince was ordered to come to hear the trial.

Despite being a small official, this case shocked the world.

A temporary wooden platform was erected,

When Wu Huaiyu invited the prince, Zhang Anan read out the emperor's decree, the prince listened to the trial, the three law ministers listened, and the governor of Yongzhou attended...

The crowd of people outside became even more excited.

Fortunately, Wu Huaiyu had already arranged his 300 imperial guards in front of the trial court. Sanyuan County, Yongzhou Yamen, and the prince came. The emperor not only mobilized 100 imperial guards, but also mobilized the Luben Army from the East Palace.

Baiqi originally belonged to the garrison, and the garrison troops on the left and right were named Yulin.

The Luben Army is the military number of the Left and Right Siyu Commandery under the Sixth Commandery of the East Palace.

Yulin on the left and Brigade Ben on the right, with three hundred soldiers each, maintained order.

When the green-robed Sanyuan Commander Zhao Renben called out the prisoner Li Jing'an, the crowd cheered like thunder. Just as Li Jing'an was respected in the past, he is being trampled on today.

Cheng Qian sat next to Wu Huaiyu, his face flushed with excitement at such a big scene.

"This Li Jing'an seems to be a villain in the countryside, and the people hate him."

"Your Highness, in fact, not long ago, Li Jing'an was a Yuanwai Lang who was respected and even praised by people from all over the country. He was a local sage."

"Why?"

"Because he is a powerful person in the government and the local government. He is powerful and deep-rooted, and the people cannot afford to offend him. The more evil people are like this, the less people dare to offend them, and the more respectful everyone is to them."

Cheng Qian was greatly surprised when he heard this.

"Of course, such people can be proud for a while, but they cannot be rampant forever. Under the rule of the sage of the Tang Dynasty, Sanyuan is still at the feet of the emperor, and the world is bright and clear. How can we condone it?"

Cheng Qian praised, "The teacher is still very good. He discovered this thief who harmed the people and acted for the people. Look at the countless people cheering for him today."

"They are all praising the teacher for being great."

"No, they are cheering for the Tang Dynasty, for the wisdom of the Tang Dynasty's saints, and for the justice of the Tang Dynasty's laws."

Li Jing'an was brought to the stage, dressed in prison clothes. Before coming up, he was specially given a clean prison clothes, and was given a bath. He was even given wine and meat before coming.

Kneeling on the stage, Li Jing'an's face was ashen. When good wine and meat were served, he knew that he was doomed. These were the food and drinks for the road trip.

Li Jing'an also met some powerful people, and even had some connections with Yu Wenshi and the family members. However, the so-called relationship was just a desire to cling to him in the past. He gave gifts during the New Year and was able to meet the officials of the family, but not even the chief steward.

, let alone Yuwen Shiji.

And if this thing happened now, if it was just a case handled by Sanyuan County, maybe he would have fought hard to bleed out and asked Yu Wenshiji to come forward to say hello, but now this case is handled by Wu Huaiyu, and the person who came here is evil, and no one can save him.

Of him.

When he was in prison, he also thought about joining Hou Junji altogether. He heard that the prime minister Hou Junji was also favored by the emperor and was not on good terms with Wu Huaiyu.

But even though he said nice things to the jailer in prison and promised to give him a large sum of money, they ignored him because the jailer was not from Sanyuan County, but the imperial army brought by Wu Huaiyu, and there were always

Wu Huaiyu's personal entourage was on duty in prison.

Even if there were bold Imperial Guardsmen who wanted to take advantage of this and help him spread the message, they would have no chance.

Before he could think of a solution, he had already been given food and drinks, and then asked him to take a shower and change clothes before going to the trial stand.

Seeing the black heads in all directions, and then looking at the group of golden and purple ministers sitting on the trial platform, there was even a young boy, holding the moon in the stars.

At first he thought it was Li Yuanchang, the Muhan King of Yongzhou.

But when he heard that this was His Highness the Crown Prince, Li Jingan was stunned.

How could he bother His Highness the Crown Prince to come forward to judge?

How virtuous and capable is he?

The trial begins,

First, Miyuan ordered Zhao Renben to read out a series of crimes found against Li Jing'an. The main crimes were colluding with bandits, kidnapping and extortion, and even murder and annihilation. There were also many loan sharking, gambling and scheming, various ways of forcing good people to be humble, occupying land, and bullying.

Behaviors such as men dominating women, etc.

As for leaking household registration and concealing land registration, it is really a trivial matter to mention in passing.

After reading,

The evidence began to be displayed, and witnesses and exhibits were put on display, including the confessions of Li Jing'an and others.

So far, in addition to Li Jing'an refusing to admit that he colluded with bandits to kidnap, murder, and rob, Li Jing'an's son, steward, and servants have even confessed.

"Please ask Prime Minister Wu to pronounce the verdict on this case!"

Some people below shouted angrily, "Kill him!"

"Behead everyone!"

"Kill this evil thief!"

Wu Huaiyu stood up and waited for everyone to shout for a while before stretching out his hands and pressing down.

The Imperial Guards on all sides of the audience slammed their spears on the ground and shouted,

Wei!~~~~~~

Wu!~~~~~

The people gradually stopped their voices,

After the silence returned, Wu Huaiyu read out the closing statement. This case involved many people. In addition to member Li's family, his brothers, nephews, etc., there were also subordinate officials in the yamen and even several Wannian people.

Involved with officials from Sanyuan County,

It also implicated many local ruffians and idlers, most of whom were involved in loan lending, gambling, and debt extortion, and were the thugs and accomplices of the Li family.

There are also some thieves and bandits.

"Li Jing'an, he harmed the countryside and did many evil things..."

"The sentence is to be executed immediately!"

As the main person in the case, Li Jing'an was seventy years old, but he was still sentenced to death.

Immediately report to the emperor and ask the saint to respond!

Three repetitions of executions for condemned prisoners was a rule set by Li Shimin himself to prevent the wrong execution. Therefore, even if he was sentenced to death, he would still have to go through three repetitions. The emperor had to execute three executions, and only three executions were executed. This means that this

The prisoner's crime was truly unforgivable and there was no room for execution, so he ordered his execution.

Wu Huaiyu could be killed directly after receiving a special order today, because the case did not follow the normal procedures, but he still requested the order three times.

Let the bullets fly for a while and don't rush to kill.
To be continued...