The capital of the gods, the residence of the Minister of War.
Today happened to be the day when Yu Yanyi was taking a rest, and he was thinking about the situation of the court at home, when the old servant of the family came in.
Yu Yanyi was an upright and honest official, and he would not accept any honors such as fire, ice or carbon.
With his monthly salary alone, he can only maintain his residence, food and clothing.
In the huge Yu Mansion, there was only one old servant, one handyman and two rough maids.
"Master, there is a man named Zhao outside the door, who claims to be a Jin Yiwei, and has come to see the master."
"Jinyiwei!?" Yu Yanyi frowned and put down the pen in his hand.
He is a civil servant leader and the prime minister of the imperial court. He has little contact with most of the six Anhui tribes. He only has some friendship with the Six Gates and the Shenhou Mansion. He has never had any relations with organizations such as the Jinyiwei and the East and West factories that are directly subordinate to the emperor.
Intersection, why would someone come to visit him at this time.
"Just say that I went out to visit friends and am not at home at the moment."
Yu Yanyi thought about it and still didn't plan to see the visitor.
"Uh... Sir, the visitor just said that he asked me to hand over this letter to him. You will meet him naturally."
Yu Yanyi received the letter. He didn't think much at the moment, thinking that there were many people coming to Yu's house to intercede, and many of them brought letters of recommendation.
Yu Yanyi opened the letter and his expression changed slightly.
"Go and invite people in!"
The visitor entered Yanyi's study.
"Jin Yiwei Qianhu Zhao Zheng met Mr. Yu!"
"Zhao Qianhu, I rarely interfere in the affairs of the Sixth Department of Darkness, and the Jin Yiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers. I wonder what your purpose is here?!"
Yu Yanyi seldom interacted with Jin Yiwei on weekdays. The most recent time was his cooperation with Beizhen Fusi during the Battle of Jinyang. Beizhen Fusi provided intelligence to Yu Yanyi.
It should be that the civil servant group has relatively little contact with the Jinyiwei. Instead, the six gates, which are nominally affiliated with the Ministry of Justice and occasionally take on guard duties, are closer to the civil servant group.
"Master Yu, I have taken care of all the spies around you! You don't have to worry!"
Yu Yanyi looked at Zhao Zheng and began to look directly at this Qianhu of Jin Yiwei.
He was about thirty-five years old, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. Although he was in the Jinyi Guard, the righteousness between his brows was very different from the gloomy temperament of ordinary Jinyiwei.
"What does Zhao Qianhu want to say when he comes here?!"
Zhao Zheng suddenly stood up and half-knelt on the ground.
"Please Sir Yu, please save His Royal Highness the King of Chu. He has never had any intention of treason, let alone privately seize jade seals and dragon robes!"
Zhao came here precisely for the King of Chu. If there is anyone in the capital who can save the King of Chu, it is the upright and loyal chief minister of the cabinet in front of him.
Yu Yanyi led the Jinyang War to victory, supported the building from the collapse, and assumed the position of chief assistant. His opinions were not to mention the new emperor Zhu Zhankun, even if he had ruled the world like Emperor Zhou for more than 20 years.
The emperor also needs to think carefully.
How could Yu Yanyi not know what Zhao Zheng said?
The so-called evidence now actually cannot prove the fact that King Chu conspired to rebel.
And those who really want to rebel will also need to privately make jade seals and dragon robes.
The King of Chu was the vassal king in Beijing. If an ordinary vassal prince wanted to rebel, he would naturally need to make a dragon robe and jade seal to establish his authority.
If the King of Chu really wanted to rebel, he could only launch a mutiny in the capital. If he succeeded, he would not need the privately made dragon robes; if he failed, these dragon robes would not be needed either.
The only meaning of these dragon robes is to prove the crime of King Chu's rebellion. This is outrageous.
After all, the King of Chu was not a fool, and would not be stupid enough to do such a self-incriminating thing.
Not only Yu Yanyi could see it, but also how many old foxes in the court could not see it?!
It's one thing to see it, but no one can break it!
Now the new emperor concludes that the logic of King Chu's rebellion is a presumption of guilt.
Through the jade seals and dragon robes found in the palace of the King of Chu, as well as the letters between the King of Chu and the soldiers of the Shenwu Army, we can prove that the King of Chu conspired to rebel.
Now it is necessary to find evidence to prove the innocence of King Chu after it has been confirmed that King Chu is treason.
This is an impossible task.
It is very simple to prove that a person has committed a crime, as long as there is evidence.
But what to do to prove that a person has not committed a crime?!
Under the presumption of innocence, the judge needs to use a complete chain of evidence and strict logic to prove the crime of the offender.
However, the presumption of guilt has led to an inversion of the burden of proof, requiring the suspect to prove that he has not committed a crime.
Since Yang Qingyuan took over Dali Temple, the highest political and legal institution in the Great Zhou Dynasty began to popularize the concept of trial based on suspicion of guilt.
A large number of officials, including the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, accepted Yang Qingyuan's concept.
This is certainly not because they are all loyal and righteous ministers with extremely high legal thinking.
Rather, it is a better choice for every individual.
Of course, for Yang Qingyuan, it would be great to be able to smoothly implement his own legal views.
Although there is no doubt that there is no guilt, the real culprit may be indulged, but there is no doubt that the innocent will be unjustly accused.
Occasionally indulging a real murderer is actually not that terrible, because the power of a single person is limited, and the destructive power is also limited. But if you depart from the principle of evidence and convict beyond the doubt, then unjust cases will be everywhere, and everyone will be in danger.
Whichever is the lesser of two evils, a world without injustice is far more valuable and worthy of pursuit than a world without thieves.
Of course, Yang Qingyuan also discussed the procedures for identifying evidence in the case with a group of capable officials from the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and introduced a set of conviction rules that fit the times.
However, this point is not very valued by others and is overshadowed by Yang Qingyuan's military and criminal investigation talents.
After all, ever since he left the Hanlin Academy, he had started his career by quelling chaos in the world and solving major and important cases.
The Battle of the Northern Territory and the Battle of Jinyang completely established Yang Qingyuan's position in the court.
After Yu Yanyi explained the matter clearly to Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng also knew that this matter was indeed difficult to handle.
If it were other matters, Yu Yanyi could naturally come forward, but the King of Chu's matter is not only a case, but also a political conspiracy. If there is no evidence, even if Yu Yanyi forcibly advises the King of Chu, the outcome will not be the same.
There are any changes.
"Besides..."
A wry smile appeared on Yu Yanyi's face.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Zheng knew what Yu Yanyi was worried about. When he entered the Yu Mansion just now, there were too many spies around to monitor the Yu Mansion.
If it is necessary to monitor a chief minister of the cabinet, then sending so many people to conduct all-round surveillance of Yanyi's residence is definitely something the new emperor has done.
Of course, this action of the new emperor has also been noticed by Yu Yanyi.
Before Cao Xueyang's previous visit, he had already discovered that he was under surveillance.
It should be from Dongchang or Xichang.
The leaders of these two families are all eunuchs who are dependent on the emperor. They are definitely the most loyal to the emperor among the six dark tribes.
Of the four families left, it goes without saying that Zhu Wuli of Hulong Villa is very scheming and cunning.
Six Gates specializes in Jianghu affairs. Liu Dufeng was a close confidant of the late emperor, but he was very close to Yang Qingyuan. Naturally, the new emperor would not use Six Gates first.
The Shenhou Mansion is not involved in court disputes, it only investigates important cases and arrests extremely evil bandits.
As for the Jin Yiwei's more functions, which are to stabilize the various regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty and to check the intelligence of the Zhou Yiyi, the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and the four major commanders have not met the new emperor, and they will definitely not use it.
There are only two factories in the east and west, which exist to monitor courtiers and check and balance each other.
"Master Yu! Can you help me meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"
Facing Zhao Zheng's request, Yu Yanyi still shook his head helplessly. The current King of Chu was imprisoned in the sky prison, but was guarded by people from the West Factory.
Although he is the chief minister of the cabinet, people in Xichang may not buy his account. What's more, now that the new emperor has begun to send people to monitor his every move, Xichang, who is the new emperor's minion, is even less likely to sell out.
He lost face.
Faced with Yan Yi's silence, Zhao Zheng also knew that he could not intervene too much in this case.
As long as Yu Yanyi did not rebel, he was just a minister, and Zhu Zhankun was still a king no matter how unstable his foundation was.
"Thank you so much, Sir, for meeting me today!"
Zhao Zheng saluted Yu Yanyi.
Yu Yanyi waved his hand, "Zhao Qianhu is too polite, but I can't help you much?! But in the case of King Chu, personally, I believe in King Chu. If Zhao Qianhu can
If there is evidence that proves His Royal Highness the King of Chu’s innocence, I am willing to hold the evidence in hand and stand up in the Hanyuan Palace to remonstrate with the Emperor for His Highness the King of Chu!”
This was Yu Yanyi's promise to Zhao Zheng. Although he could not save the King of Chu, he was willing to support the King of Chu when evidence appeared.
In the battle of Jinyang, he fought side by side with the King of Chu.
A prince like the King of Chu who fought bloody battles for his country and was not afraid of life and death should not die in a political conspiracy.
"Thank you, sir!"
Zhao Zheng also knew that this was the ultimate that Yu Yanyi could achieve.
After saluting Yu Yanyi, Zhao Zheng's figure disappeared from the mansion.
Looking at Zhao Zheng leaving, Yu Yanyi couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that among the friends of King Chu, there would be such a loyal and chivalrous person like Yu Rang."
Yu Rang was Zhi Bo's retainer in ancient times. He was favored by Zhi Bo. Zhi Bo was killed by Zhao Xiangzi and his head was made into a wine vessel. Yu Rang avenged Zhi Bo and did not hesitate to paint his whole body with paint to make himself His face changed beyond recognition, and he swallowed charcoal to change his voice. Finally, he lurked under a bridge and attempted to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi, but he was arrested.
The case of the King of Chu is almost a foregone conclusion, but under such circumstances, Zhao Zheng is not only not eager to clear up his relationship with the King of Chu, but is also trying his best to work for the King of Chu. He is really a righteous man.
After a while, a long sigh came from Yu Yanyi's study.
"The rain is coming and the wind is blowing all over the building!"
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On the grassland.
Three top experts from outside the region were standing in front of Zhang Sanfeng.
"What? You also want to fight with the old Taoist?!"
Ba Shiba took a step back after hearing this. The Jinlun Imperial Counselor who participated in the previous battle in the north was the Imperial Counselor of the Golden Horde, while Ba Shiba was the Imperial Master of Da Qian and the Imperial Master whom Emperor Qian relied on. A master of the realm of heaven and earth, his God-Destroying Palm and the method of transforming the sky and striking the earth are extremely powerful.
In particular, the method of transforming the sky and striking the earth is a miraculous spiritual power. It can detect and confuse the other person's thoughts, and can make anyone reveal their deepest secrets.
He received a message from Pang Ban. He heard that the demon who fought against the Evil Emperor had reappeared in the world, so he planned to come here to join forces with Pang Ban to fight against the enemy.
Now that Xu Fu has been beaten to death by Zhang Sanfeng, the purpose of his trip has disappeared.
As for taking action against Zhang Sanfeng, after seeing what happened to Xu Fu, Ba Shiba stopped thinking about taking action.
Although he is an accomplished monk and the leader of the Sakya sect, he is trying to figure out the secret of the cycle of life and death, but he hasn't figured it out yet, so he doesn't want to die just yet.
The attitude of the magician Pang Ban is completely different from that of the Eighth Master Ba. His eyes are full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit. The power of Zhenwu Dao Zun makes Pang Ban feel excited. He needs such an opponent to sharpen himself.
But Pang Ban was in a state of indecision.
Now he can't even match Xu Fu, let alone the old Taoist priest in front of him who killed Xu Fu with two moves.
In the end, Pang Ban calmed down his fighting spirit, but this also made the magician's vision of the future a little clearer.
One day, he will go to Wudang in person to learn the art of Tai Chi from this Zhenwu Taoist Master.
As for the last Padmasambhava, he should be the one with the highest martial arts and realm among the three.
The Buddha's heart appears and the lotus flower is born.
When he was a child, he used sacrifices as food and shrouds as clothing, and eventually he understood Buddhism.
This is an eminent monk who is not inferior to Bodhidharma in terms of Buddhist cultivation.
The self-created martial arts, the Eight Transformations of Guru Rinpoche, are even more profound and unpredictable.
"Amitabha, Master Zhang, and the poor monk came here to subdue the demon and had no other intention. Now that the demon lord has been killed by the Master, the poor monk should leave."
Like Bashiba, he was invited by Pang Ban to deal with the demon Xu Fu.
As for why these three people knew about Xu Fuzhi, this was what Zhao Min wrote to the Prince of Ruyang to inform him.
Yang Qingyuan made the lingering fear in Zhao Min's heart fade away a bit. She began to think of ways to deal with that old monster like a god and demon. The first thing she thought of was the Master of the Magician Palace.
The Prince of Ruyang's Palace has a close relationship with the Magician's Palace, and the Master of the Magician's Palace is interested in accepting her as his disciple.
Therefore, during the Tianma gathering, Zhao Min once notified the Magician Palace in a letter.
"Since the devil Di Shitian has been put to death, we will retire!"
Pang Ban bowed his hands to Zhang Sanfeng and said.
It's not that he is afraid of Zhang Sanfeng, this is the basic respect for a martial arts senior.
Zhang Sanfeng also deserves the respect of his magician.
"However, the father of Princess Shaomin misses her daughter very much and hopes that Master Zhang will allow me to take her back."
Zhang Sanfeng glanced at Yang Qingyuan after hearing this and knew what his junior brother meant. Just when he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Min say, "Palace Master Pang, now my master is seriously injured and needs someone to take care of him until he recovers from his injuries."
At this time, I will return home to pay my respects to my father. Thank you very much, Palace Master, for your kindness!"
Seeing that Zhao Min didn't seem to be threatened, Pang Ban naturally didn't make any further demands.
After bowing to Zhang Sanfeng, he retreated with the Eight Masters and Padmasambhava.
Although everyone belongs to different countries, there is no life-or-death enmity or conflict of interest.
Except for Pang Ban, Bashiba and Lianhuasheng had no intention of competing with Zhang Sanfeng.
Xu Fu was killed by Zhang Sanfeng, which was the best outcome for the three of them.