fifth form

Chapter 2394 Recreating the Crime Scene
Throughout the dynasties, there were few officials who were impeached and dismissed from office because of urinating.

When Emperor Gaozu was conquering the world, no one was shy about things like feces and urine.

Even today, such things would be attributed to moral flaws rather than being considered a serious crime.

But the bad thing was that Zhang Xuezhou was the Taizhong doctor in charge of etiquette, and the other party was urinating in the important place where books were stored in the palace, which seemed disrespectful to the ancestors of the Han Dynasty.

To others it is just a moral issue that is not in line with etiquette, but this moral flaw can actually become a crime for the Taizhong doctor.

"How can he be a great official if his conduct is not upright?"

After Xu Chang made an impassioned speech, he glared at Zhang Xuezhou who was lying on the ground.

"Prime Minister Xu, calm down," Zhuang Qingzhai advised, "Why don't we put some medicine on your face to reduce the swelling first!"

"My personal matter is minor, but Dongfang Shuo's insult is a major one." Xu Chang said in a strong voice, "My bruises can be cured with medicine, but how can I get away with Dongfang Shuo's disrespect?"

"indeed!"

Zhuang Qingzhai lowered his head and responded.

Xu Chang usually seems like a good guy, and he always follows the orders of Anle Palace. As long as he does not go against Anle Palace's orders, the other party will just close his eyes and listen in the court, and rarely gets angry.

The abnormality in Xuchang must have its reasons.

The other party did not stop criticizing even after being persuaded by Zhuang Qingzhai, and it was obvious that the matter could not be stopped.

Some things in the court can be communicated privately, but some things cannot be discussed, so as to avoid knowing the inside story and making it difficult to truly cooperate.

Zhuang Qingzhai lowered his head, knowing full well that this matter that had not been communicated was being performed for others to see.

Either the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, or the emperor sitting on the dragon throne in front of you.

Zhang Xuezhou was a close minister to the new emperor, but Zhuang Qingzhai didn't understand why he won the favor of Anle Palace.

He lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, and finally determined that this incident was performed for the emperor on the dragon throne.

And letting Xu Chang do this also made Zhuang Qingzhai feel uncomfortable.

"I still don't know how Prime Minister Xu plans to punish Dongfang Shuo?" Zhuang Qingzhai asked in a low voice.

"Demote him from his post and make him a civilian, then drag him out and beat him to death with sticks," Xu Chang said in a serious tone.

"This……"

While Zhuang Qingzhai was hesitating, he heard the new emperor sitting on the dragon throne also coughing, and it was obvious that he was extremely dissatisfied with Xuchang's judgment.

"Prime Minister Xu, please put away the Tongtian Crown!"

As the new emperor coughed, Li Guang had to take a few steps forward and spoke politely to Xu Chang, signaling him to take away the Tongtian Crown magic weapon that was pressing on Zhang Xuezhou.

"I hope Prime Minister Xu won't make things difficult for me!"

When Li Guang narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to reach out to take off the crown, Xu Chang used a trick to take off the Tongtian crown on Zhang Xuezhou's head.

"Xu Chang, you put the prime minister's crown on my head. You don't respect the etiquette of court dress. You deserve to die!"

After removing the Tongtian crown from Zhang Xuezhou's head, Li Guang heard Zhang Xuezhou looking up and shouting that he wanted to impeach Xu Chang. He couldn't help but have a headache, and felt that the heavy crown on Zhang Xuezhou's head was not unfair.

"You are a traitor and you deserve to be put to death," Xu Chang cursed.

"You beat up a court official, you deserve to be put to death," Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"You bullied the prime minister and beat him. You deserve to be put to death," Xu Chang cursed.

"You hit me first, you deserve to die," Zhang Xuezhou cursed.

"You peed first, you deserve to die!"

"You went there to pee, too. You deserve to die!"

“I didn’t pee!”

"You have!"

……

After a round of shouting and cursing, Zhang Xuezhou and Xu Chang got into a fight, which prompted Xu Chang to look for witnesses to prove his innocence. For a while, the court was in chaos, as if it had become a vegetable market.

"This dog has dog urine and people have human urine. The urine is different. Is it Lord Dongfang's urine or Prime Minister Xu's urine? Just figure it out," said Zhuang Qingzhai.

"You can tell the difference, who can tell the difference between urine and dirt?" Zhang Xuezhou shouted, "Who has the power to prove it? Who can trust whose judgment?"

"Whether you believe it or not is not up to you, Prime Minister Xu, or me!"

Zhuang Qingzhai bowed slightly towards the new emperor sitting on the dragon throne.

As an expert at torture, Zhuang Qingzhai knew it was Zhang Xuezhou who did it after listening to Zhang Xuezhou's sharp-tongued rebuttal. He didn't need to go to Tianlu Qilin Pavilion to know that it was Zhang Xuezhou who did it, and Xuchang caught Zhang Xuezhou red-handed.

"Censor Zhuang is good at identification, so go and identify it!"

Seeing Zhuang Qingzhai bowing, the new emperor nodded and indicated that Zhuang Qingzhai could make his own arrangements.

"Untie me!" Zhang Xuezhou shouted on the ground, but this time Li Guang ignored Zhang Xuezhou and Xu Chang did not loosen the golden rope.

Everyone just let Zhang Xuezhou scream on the ground.

Xu Chang and Zhuang Qingzhai were the leaders of the Empress Dowager's lineage. Xu Chang had already stepped down, and when Zhuang Qingzhai nodded in agreement, everyone had a direction.

How things will proceed depends entirely on the results of Zhuang Qingzhai's investigation.

"How about it?"

It took no more than a quarter of an hour for Zhuang Qingzhai to be gone and back.

When Zhuang Qingzhai returned to the court, Xu Chang immediately asked eager questions.

"Not urgent!"

Zhuang Qingzhai had a solemn look on his face. He looked at Zhang Xuezhou who was lying on the ground, lifted up the clothes on Zhang Xuezhou's lower body and sniffed it, and then looked at Xu Chang.

"Do I want to do this too?" Xu Chang said.

"For the sake of fairness, I hope Prime Minister Xu can reveal it!"

Zhuang Qingzhai looked solemn.

When Xu Chang lifted up his official robe, he couldn't help but move closer and take a sniff.

If Zhang Xuezhou's body is clean and odorless, the old age smell of Xu Chang's body is difficult to remove, especially the heavy smell that is difficult to describe.

Zhuang Qingzhai forced himself to suppress the nauseating feeling and touched it with his fingers before standing up.

"Censor Zhuang?"

"Your Majesty, there are indeed traces of urine outside the Tianlu Qilin Pavilion, and this urine does not belong to Prime Minister Xu!"

Zhuang Qingzhai pursed his lips and bowed to respond to the new emperor.

"That's what I'm saying. Dongfang Shuo is a traitor." Xu Chang pounded the ground with his crutches and said, "Officials like him need to be dismissed and then beaten to death!"

"But I cannot completely prove that this urine was left by the Taizhong doctor Dongfang Shuo," Zhuang Qingzhai said, "If you want to seek complete verification, you need Dongfang Shuo to urinate again!"

"I don't want to pee!" Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"Go to Qilin Pavilion and pee again and you'll know the result!"

Zhuang Qingzhai frowned.

Judging from Zhang Xuezhou's performance in the past two years, there is no need to wait until now to deal with Zhang Xuezhou.

Xu Chang tried to kill Zhang Xuezhou, but Zhuang Qingzhai did not fully agree after realizing that things were not simple.

The Imperial Censor who was in charge of impeaching officials had not yet made up his mind, so no one dared to speak for a while.

"If I pee again it will be irrefutable evidence. I don't know how badly I will be treated by Prime Minister Xu. There is no way I would do such a thing," Zhang Xuezhou shouted.

"I hope Your Majesty will allow me," Zhuang Qingzhai bowed and asked.

"This kind of thing... This kind of thing is not good, but whatever, I'll just agree to it!"

In the court, the new emperor's expression also changed.

On the issue of how to deal with Zhang Xuezhou, Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai were obviously not on the same page, which made the new emperor think deeply.

"Treason once, treason twice..."

Xu Chang cursed while leaning on his crutches.

He looked at Zhang Xuezhou being carried away and couldn't help but follow him.

The trial was originally held in the main hall of Weiyang Palace, but eventually everyone followed it out and headed for the Tianlu Qilin Pavilion.

"Master Dongfang, pee!"

There was no special smell outside Tianlu Qilin Pavilion.

If Zhuang Qingzhai had not pointed it out and Xu Chang had not corrected it, it would have been difficult for the officials to see clearly that the slightly wet ground was caused by urine.

Being instructed by Zhuang Qingzhai to recreate the crime scene again, many officials couldn't help but look at each other, and some of them stared at Zhang Xuezhou.

"It's too tight, I can't pee!"

"I hope Lord Xu will untie me!"

Zhang Xuezhou muttered something, while Zhuang Qingzhai politely discussed the matter with Xu Chang.

After a few seconds, the golden rope that was wrapped around Zhang Xuezhou like a python belt shrank and turned into a strap around Xu Chang's waist again.

"I smelled the odor, and there is no doubt that it is your urine. Now that I have helped you to urinate according to the emperor's order, the charge has been reduced by at least half. What are you afraid of!"

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou was still hesitating and refusing to cooperate, Zhuang Qingzhai moved his lips and whispered in Zhang Xuezhou's ear to remind him.

He pushed Zhang Xuezhou, and then he saw Zhang Xuezhou taking off his pants and rustling around.