Great Lawyer

Chapter 682 Debate of the Palace ([-])

It was a raging fire in July, and the evening was already slightly cool. The city gates of Shunde had just opened, and some people just woke up to wash, while others were still sound asleep.

Suddenly, bursts of thick smoke came from all directions.

There are fire lights in the east, west, north and south.

The city suddenly became noisy, and the people beat gongs and drums and shouted to put out the fire.

Coincidentally, at the same time, such riots also occurred in Quang Binh City.

After the fire was over, a few bandits of unknown origin suddenly rebelled, robbed more than a dozen shops, and imprisoned the owners of these shops.

He also wrote to the yamen, asking the yamen of all the prefectures to report to the court, asking Zhao Yu to release King Gui and Elder Lu Ge within three days. If they did not let them go, they would kill these people.

Each yamen sent troops to suppress it all the way, and sent people all the way to send the files to the capital to report to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu looked at the report with an extremely ugly expression.

After dropping the memorial, Shi Qian was ordered to do it immediately.

On the same day, Guangdong sent an urgent message, Fu Tao suppressed 62 captured soldiers and bandits, 20 of whom were captured alive.

Under the overnight interrogation, the other party admitted that they were Guibing.Then he sent a Guibing token, together with the urgent mail, to the court.

Among them, there was one person who had worked as a servant in the Lu Mansion, and this person could clearly explain the structure of the Lu Mansion and the preferences of Lu Zhangzhi and his wife.

The morning court on the second day was the agreed three-day court debate. Du Jiuyan put on the robes of a lawyer, tied up in a high bun, and wore a hat of a lawyer. Before dawn, he packed up and was ready to go out.

"We can't enter the palace, why don't you ask the Empress Dowager to send you a servant to help you get things?" Qian Daoan asked.

"As I said, the Empress Dowager lent Wang Baoying to me, and he will accompany me to the Golden Luan Hall in a while." Du Jiuyan straightened his clothes, and cupped his hands at everyone, "Let's go."

Everyone sent her to the door, Xiao Luobo said: "Mother, you have to work hard, whether great-grandfather and father can come out depends on you."

"There's a lot of pressure." Du Jiuyan said with a smile, "It depends on their luck."

Everyone laughed, Zhou Xiao said: "It's a good thing the prince didn't hear it."

Du Jiuyan went to the palace.

When she arrived, there were already a lot of people waiting by the Jinshui River, and as soon as she arrived, there was a burst of whispering.

"Today is Du Jiuyan's defense against King Gui and Master Lu."

"Mr. Ren Ge doesn't know if he has hired a litigator. Now there are not many people who can compete with Du Jiuyan."

"Yes, in terms of litigation, she is really capable."

"It's useless. This is government affairs, and government affairs and case defense are not the same."

"If things can be clarified through litigation, then it is not considered government affairs."

In politics, what needs to be clarified is not right and wrong, but people.

"Jiu Yan," An Guogong yelled, and Du Jiuyan stepped forward to salute, "Grandfather!"

An Guogong pointed to the front, and the two went to the front together to talk away from the crowd. An Guogong asked, "How are you preparing?"

"I have prepared some materials, can you have a look?"

An Guogong waved his hand, "It doesn't matter whether I look at it or not, and I can't help you in the matter of litigation."

"As long as you know what's in your mind." Anguo said.

Du Jiuyan should be, "I can only do my best, if I lose, there will be you!"

Duke An laughed, shook his head and said, "You think I can do it? I also sent someone to investigate this matter during this period of time. Ren Yanhui's accusation against Lord Gui is not groundless."

"How to prove innocence is not easy."

"Also, reports were made in several places in Shunde yesterday that there were soldiers and bandits rioting and arresting hundreds of civilians, asking the Holy One to release King Gui back to Guangxi and pardon Elder Luge's crimes."

"Fu Tao sent an urgent message. Among the captured soldiers and bandits, there was someone who confessed to be Gui Bing, and one of them used to be a servant of the Lu Mansion. His surname was Mao. When he was 17 years old in the Lu Mansion, he was called Mao Er."

"These two things were sent to Beijing yesterday, and we only knew."

Du Jiuyan said: "I knew about the riots in several places in Shunde yesterday, but I don't know about Fu Tao's urgent matter."

The cripple told her about the riots in several places in Shunde. After all, Fu Tao was too far away, and it was not easy to check the correspondence.

"However, it's useless to know, after all, the time is too tight, and I can't make investigations and arrangements." Du Jiuyan knew very well that Ren Yanhui made such arrangements on purpose, just to catch her off guard, unable to make thoughtful arrangements or even think about it. There is no time.

"Do you know who did these things?" An Guogong asked Du Jiuyan.

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Mr. Ren Ge, he wants to kill two birds with one stone. He can cater to the Holy Majesty and bring down Mr. Lu Ge."

"Then what's the point?" Anguo said.

Du Jiuyan paused, and replied: "Sacred Heart. Make the Holy Majesty lose his patience and can't bear it."

"En." An Guogong nodded, "You think that's right. What Ren Yanhui meant is true. All the arrangements and advancements he made, he did put in a lot of effort, advancing layer by layer. His Majesty's current attitude is also very intriguing. "

Du Jiuyan also felt that it was true, since King Gui invited him into the clan's mansion, Zhao Yu's attitude was indeed a bit puzzling.

Just then, the whip rang.

"I'm in the hall," An Guogong said, "tell me if you have anything to do."

Du Jiuyan cupped his hands and said, "Grandfather, please walk slowly when it gets dark."

"Okay." An Guogong walked back to the train, Du Jiuyan stood aside and waited, and saw that Ren Yanhui had arrived at some time, and together with An Guogong, he led a hundred officials into the palace with one piece of paper and one weapon.

Ren Yanhui held his head high and held his chest high, as if he was the chief assistant.

Du Jiuyan stood waiting outside the hall, and heard the two urgent letters from yesterday being discussed inside. After discussing for a moment, he heard Ren Yanhui say: "Your Majesty, the person who untied the bell has to tie it. Master Lu caused it, according to the old minister, the most urgent thing is to clarify the case before discussing it."

"Is Du Jiuyan here?" Zhao Yu asked.

Ren Yanhui replied: "My lord, she is outside."

"Then invite her in."

Xue Yin shouted, "Xuan, litigator Du Jiuyan!"

Du Jiuyan stepped into the door, stepped forward and saluted, and everyone looked at her in unison.

She also looked around, the officials in the hall were almost divided into two groups, one group was waiting to watch the show, these people were naturally Ren Yanhui's accomplices.The other faction was the Lu Party, and when they looked at her, they were solemn and worried.

After all, King Gui and Lu Zhangzhi are already in prison. Whether they win or lose in today's lawsuit is not only about King Gui's future, the life of Lu Ge, but also the future of so many of them.

Whether he wins or loses depends on Du Jiuyan.

"Jiuyan, do you know that soldiers and bandits robbed the four cities of Shunde and Guangping yesterday? They threatened me not to let King Gui and Lord Lu go, and killed all the hostages in their hands." Zhao Yu said.

Du Jiuyan should say, "The students have heard about the robbing by soldiers and bandits."

"However, since the other party has set conditions and given a time limit, there is still a chance to talk. Therefore, the students have the same idea as Mr. Ren Ge, and they must first sort out all the recent files and criminal evidence before sorting out and solving this matter. the root of the matter."

Zhao Yu nodded, "The lawyer invited by the imperial court this time is Mu Yan, the president of the Yanjing Litigation Firm."

After saying that, Mu Yan came out from the side hall and saluted Zhao Yu.

"The two of you can talk freely, but you must not make wild guesses without grounds, and you must not involve malicious attacks. Talk about things if you have something to say, and you can't involve other things."

Mu Yan stepped forward, and Du Jiuyan also said, "The student knows."

"Bring all the people involved in the case." Zhao Yu said.

Later, King Gui and Elder Lu Ge went to the main hall. King Gui was wearing a vermilion robe, striding gracefully, while Elder Lu Ge was wearing a half-worn gown. It looks fine.

Everyone looked at them carefully.

"Close the door!" Xue pressed.

The door of the main hall was closed, and Xue Yin signaled Mu Yan to start.

Mu Yan stepped forward to salute, glanced at Du Jiuyan, cupped his hands and said, "The case of King Guiye and Elder Lu Ge can be summarized in two parts."

"First, the soldiers and horses raised by Lord Gui in Guangxi have far exceeded the upper limit of one thousand family members stipulated by a vassal king. In Guangxi, there are at most 5000 soldiers and horses registered in the register, and there are no According to secret investigations, there are probably [-] more.”

"In addition to these soldiers and horses, there are also a fleet of three hundred sailors and seven ships."

"Also, Taoist Mao secretly developed gunpowder, but never reported it to the court. If it wasn't for selfishness, why did he spend so much energy on it?"

"The above acts should be deprived of his throne according to the law and dealt with as treason."

"Secondly, according to the letter from Fu Tao, the chief envoy of Guangdong, Gui soldiers turned into bandits and repeatedly caused chaos in Guangdong."

"Thirdly, according to what Tuda, a member of the Tuqi tribe from Guangxi, said, King Gui's claim to be king in Guangxi is by no means just a prince conferred by the court. Because of his imprisonment, the people rioted, burned and killed many shops, detained innocent people, and demanded the pardon of King Gui and Lu Ge, which is adding to the crime."

"The above are not empty words, there is evidence for each item." Mu Yan took out the evidence and showed it to everyone, "This is the military brochure of the Guangxi government. It was reported to the court that there are thousands of people, but the actual number is five thousand."

"This is the evidence of the seven ships and the sailors. All the above testimonies are testified by the people on the seashore. Every sentence has its source and fingerprints. The seven beds are also docked by the sea."

Mu Yan said, suddenly raised his arms, and said loudly: "Zhou Lv has always been fair and strict, and never varies from person to person. Therefore, based on the above evidence, Prince Gui can be sentenced to death."

Everyone's heart skipped a beat when they heard this. So far, only King Huai has been sentenced to death, and he is still locked up in Dali Temple, and has not beheaded immediately.

Could it be that another prince is going to die?
"With regard to Lu Zhangzhi's crimes, there is no need to list other charges. As long as one has close contact with the fief prince and secretly colluded, it is enough!"

"Therefore, the students request the Holy Majesty to remove all positions in Luzhang, according to the law, and make a decision!"

Mu Yan said word by word: "The two are of great power, and they committed the crime of treason, and they are famous all over the world. But just because of their high power, they should not be punished lightly, and their crimes should be ignored."

"If this is the case, how can we be worthy of those innocent people who lost their lives during King Gui's rebellion and chaos! We must severely punish the law, restore justice to the dead, and restore justice to the people of the world."

"I beg the Holy One to discern!" Mu Yan said.

All the ministers whispered, the three crimes Mu Yan listed just now were verified by the Ministry of War, so King Gui and Lu Zhangzhi are really mysterious.

How can Du Jiuyan argue so that Lord Gui and Lu Zhangzhi can be exonerated?

　The typos in this chapter have not been corrected, and I will correct them together when we, Meng Huahua, find the typos.Go to bed, sleepy as a dog!
　　I thought of the train ticket Lao Li bought for me when I came back yesterday. When I got on the train and was about to arrive at the station, I heard the train report: "Nanjing South Railway Station is the next stop." My old Li called and said, oops, this bus also stops at Nanjing South Railway Station, why don't I get off at South Railway Station.

　　Lao Li was furious and said, are you stupid? I bought you the South Railway Station. If you don’t get off at the South Railway Station, you plan to take this trip to Anqing?
　　I:……

　　If I hadn't called Lao Li on a whim, I would have missed Nanjing South Railway Station, and I might have taken the bus to Anqing, and I would have been crying stupidly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)