Although Li Xian was angry in his heart, he did not bring it to his face. He glanced at Liu Yizhi who was secretly relieved, sneered, raised his hand, and gave the order loudly.
"I have met His Highness, Lord Hou and Lord Liu."
When the guards who were blocking Sun Quanfu heard Li Xian's order, they did not dare to neglect, and they all retreated to both sides to get out of the way. Sun Quanfu, who was covered in sweat, did not care about arguing with the guards and hurriedly walked away.
He trotted up to the hall, bowed to the three chief judges, and greeted them politely.
"What are you doing here, Master Sun?"
As soon as they saw Sun Quanfu saluting him, Hou and Liu stood up one after another to return the salute, but Li Xian still sat still, not saving any face for Sun Quanfu, and asked coldly with a straight face.
road.
"So that His Highness will know that this slave has come to deliver an oracle on the orders of the Empress." Facing the fierce Li Xian, Sun Quanfu did not dare to act like a eunuch in charge, and responded politely, and then his face became solemn and he pretended
In a posture of announcing the decree.
I'll stop this bullshit imperial edict. If the prince doesn't come here, the play will not go on! Li Xian can guess the content of this imperial edict without having to listen. It's just Empress Wu's changing ideas.
I just wanted to intervene in the case, and I didn’t want to pick it up, but I couldn’t do it in public, so I had no choice but to stand up slowly and almost walked to the person who was already kneeling on the ground.
Next to Hou and Liu, they were about to kneel down when they suddenly heard another commotion coming from outside the lobby. They raised their brows and stood still.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"
Before the prince arrived, the shouts of the East Palace guards arrived first. Sun Quanfu, who was about to announce the edict, was a little dumbfounded when he arrived. His expression kept changing as he stood on the spot, not knowing whether he should announce the edict or not.
That's good.
"My brother has met the prince brother."
When he saw the prince leading the two prime ministers Yan and Le into the hall, Li Xiandeng was immediately relieved. Regardless of what Hou, Liu and others thought, he strode forward to greet him and greeted him respectfully.
.
"Seventh brother, there is no need to be polite. I just happened to be passing by and stopped by to see how the trial of the seventh brother's case is going." The prince ignored Hou and Liu's loud greetings, and did not pay attention to Sun Quanfu, who stepped aside in embarrassment.
, said with a leisurely smile.
"Brother Prince came just in time, and now there has been a breakthrough in the case, but..."
Li Xian's face was happy at first, then darkened again, and he only said half of what he said.
"Oh? It's a good thing that we can make great progress. Maybe Seventh Brother has any worries. Don't panic. Let's talk to Gu." Li Hong's acting skills are not inferior to Li Xian at all, and he was stunned when he heard this.
, and then said with full confidence that one group would make the decision for Li Xian.
"My brother, I will definitely talk about this in detail later, and I'll leave it to you after my mother's decree."
Li Xian did not rush to tell the details of the case, but changed the subject and unceremoniously involved Sun Quanfu, who had been hiding aside.
"What is the mother's purpose? Sun Quanfu, what is the mother's purpose?"
Li Hong seemed to have just noticed Sun Quanfu's presence. His eyes were as sharp as a knife and he swept over him and shouted unceremoniously.
"This slave has met His Highness the Crown Prince. The Queen just has a message here."
When Sun Quanfu heard the prince's unkind words, he couldn't help but feel guilty. However, until now, Sun Quanfu didn't dare to give in. He could only stand up and say something stiffly.
"Oral edict? That's fine. Eunuch Sun will announce it now. I'll listen to it too."
Li Hong frowned slightly, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Sun Quanfu's answer, but he didn't express much and just gave a faint order.
"Yes, I obey my orders."
Sun Quanfu was naturally not a fool to become Empress Wu's confidant. Seeing that the prince had arrived at this time, he knew that Empress Wu's oral instructions to slow down the war might not be effective. But now, Sun Quanfu can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
Understand.
"The Queen's Oral Order: The case of Supervising Censor Xiao Ming to impeach Zhou Guogong Wu Min involves a wide range of matters. It is necessary to find out the actual evidence before the case can be justified. You should be cautious. The case is unclear and the trial can be postponed." Wait for it.
After Li Xian arrived and knelt down beside Hou and Liu, Sun Quanfu pretended to cough and announced Empress Wu's oral edict in a drawl.
"I accept the order and thank you."
As soon as Sun Quanfu finished speaking, Hou and Liu immediately thanked him impatiently. As for Li Xian, he just remained silent but did not mean to object at all.
"Eunuch Sun, wait a minute. I think that the case will not be heard until it is tried. The so-called evidence is nothing more than what is obtained from the trial. How can we get the actual evidence without a trial? The mother's purpose is to sympathize with the seventh brother's difficulty in trying the case. However, my father has already made the decision.
According to the imperial edict, the seventh brother should have the exclusive authority to judge or not to judge. The seventh brother must ultimately make his own decision. He also asked Eunuch Sun to go back and report to his mother. I will just listen here, so I won't be in vain.
The danger.”
After Sun Quanfu finished his oral speech, he immediately wanted to leave. Unfortunately, Li Hong had no intention of letting him leave just like that. He stood up with a smile, blocked Sun Quanfu's way, and dismissed Empress Wu's order in an understatement.
"Ah, this, this..., yes, slave, I obey."
As early as when Li Hong appeared, Sun Quanfu already knew that this would be the inevitable result, but when the prince actually took action, Sun Quanfu still couldn't help but panic. After being stunned for a while, he could only surrender.
thing.
"Seventh brother, you can continue with the trial and just listen as a brother."
Looking at Sun Quanfu's almost fleeing figure, Li Hong raised the corner of his mouth and showed a disdainful smile, but he didn't say anything more about the matter. He turned around, smiled slightly at Li Xian and said with
He said something in a commanding tone.
"Yes, my brother obeys your orders. Come and show His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Mr. Yan, Mr. Lexiang, his seat!"
Now that everything was under control, Li Xian was in a good mood, but he didn't show it on his face. He just respectfully agreed and gave an order in a loud voice, "There are a group of guards of the British Prince's Palace."
He hurriedly moved in some items, brocade piers and other items, and greeted the prince and the two prime ministers to take their seats.
"Come here, it is said that the widow of Luoyang Mansion will come to court immediately!"
After everyone sat down, Li Xian looked solemn, picked up the gavel, slapped it hard, and shouted in a loud voice.
"The little brother Liu Si of Luoyang Prefecture, Chen Min goes to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, goes to see His Royal Highness the King of England, and goes to see all your lords."
As soon as Li Xian finished speaking, two old widowers hurriedly came up from the hall and kowtowed to all the dignitaries in the hall to say hello.
"There is no need for you to panic. There is only one thing for you to identify. Please get up and take a look at this account book. Can it be a forgery?"
Li Xianzi would not put on airs in front of such a small person, so he smiled gently, pointed at the account books placed on several sides, and gave instructions calmly.
"Your Highness, the King of England, the handwriting on the front and back of this account book is the same. The handwriting is from old to new. It must not have been written recently. As for whose hand it was written by, I really dare not say it lightly. Please give me a pair of handwriting by that person."
The two old men studied the account books for a long time, and after hiding to the side and discussing in low voices, Liu Si, who was slightly older, stood up and asked in a slightly trembling tone.
"This is easy. Someone comes and gives Wu Minzhi a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asks him to write the numbers on the spot."
Li Xian nodded, waved his hand, and gave the order loudly. A group of palace guards came forward, untied He Lan Minzhi's shackles, and took out a piece of paper, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other items.
, several words were written by He Lan Minzhi.
"Your Highness, the King of England, we have completed the appraisal. The words on this account book are indeed from the hand of a criminal. It has been for some years and is not a forgery." The two old gangsters are both experienced people. They just made a comparison.
The writing quickly came to a conclusion.
"Now that you have worked hard, I have given you my order to reward each of you with twenty pieces of gold. Please retreat."
Li Xian smiled happily, waved his hand, and gave a generous reward.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I will take my leave, young ones."
Twenty strings is not a small amount, it is equivalent to the salary of two old men for a year, but they were so happy that they knelt down on the ground in a hurry, thanked them profusely, and then they retreated to
Downstairs.
"Master Hou, do you have anything else to say, huh?"
Li Xian was very kind to the two old men, but when he turned to face the restless Hou Shanye, he was not polite at all, his face darkened, and he shouted coldly.
"If you want to inflict a crime, why bother? The lower official has been innocent all his life. How can there be such a sloppy thing? These are all fabricated by people in an attempt to gain revenge. The lower official refuses to accept it!" At this point, Hou Shanye knew that something was wrong, although in his heart
He was panicking, but he was never willing to admit defeat, so he said something in a loud voice.
"Why would you hesitate to accuse me? Ha, so it turns out that Gu and other criminals conspired to frame you? Is this what Mr. Hou means, huh?" Li Xian laughed back angrily, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
Hou Shanye asked coldly.
Hou Shanye has extremely rich experience in trying cases, and he is well aware of the principle that more words lead to more mistakes. Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately closed his mouth with a gloomy face and refused to speak again, showing off that he was not afraid of death.
The posture of boiling water.
Ha, there is no way to play silence with me! Li Xian glanced at Hou Shanye and immediately guessed his little trick of delaying changes, but he didn't take it to heart. He sneered, picked up the gavel and gave it a shot.
He patted and shouted: "Come on, please bring Shan Ye, the man involved in the case, down to the hall!"
"promise!"
The people standing in the hall were all the personal guards of the British Prince's Palace. They only followed Li Xian's orders, regardless of whether the move was legal or not. They all agreed loudly and swarmed into the hall.
"Your Highness, wait a minute, I have something to say!"
Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Liu Yizhi immediately became anxious and stood up regardless, shouting loudly to stop him.
"Well!" Li Xian waved his hand to signal the guards to move slowly. He looked sideways at Liu Yizhi, his eyes were extremely cold, but he was not in a hurry to ask questions, but the evil aura on his body was getting higher and higher.