Concubine Agent: My lord, stop pretending

Chapter 225 Testifying, covering up the truth

Everyone sat down. At this time, Chu Qingzhou had already changed into an official uniform. The navy blue official robe, with complicated and exquisite patterns, added a bit of majesty for no reason.

"Bring up Li De and Maohou's words!" Chu Qingzhou slapped the gavel, and all the warmth faded away, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The guard responded and retreated.

When Su Yu heard Master Mao's name, he almost laughed out loud. He glanced at the others, all of them looked calm, as if they didn't think the name was funny at all.

Su Yan settled down and sat upright without looking sideways.

After a while, the yamen servant brought Li De and Master Mao up.

"Official... The criminals are here to meet the adults." Li De took off his official uniform and hat, and he knelt down and kowtowed towards the main hall.

"Criminals see the adults." Master Mao followed Li De and knelt down.

Chu Qingzhou said: "Li De, as an official of the imperial court, you tried to lure Kai Jing Wang and Jing Wang Concubine, and ordered Mao Houzi to take the opportunity to rob He's family. Is this a crime?"

Li De nodded, with a dejected expression, lowered his head and said: "The sinful minister pleaded guilty, and he owed the holy grace, so he dare not extravagantly ask for pardon. I hope that your lord will forgive the criminal's family."

"How to convict depends on the laws of this dynasty, and this official is powerless." Chu Qingzhou said lightly, "If you can tell everything you know, this official and all the adults will see it for your confession. , for you to read the holy majesty, as to whether your family can be pardoned, it depends on the holy order."

Li De nodded, and said: "The reason why the guilty minister wanted to kidnap Mrs. He was because she knew that she might hold important evidence in the case of Gong Jin's accident."

Everyone didn't speak, just waiting for Li De's next words.

"Although Gong Jin's accident had nothing to do with the guilty minister, it was the crime of the guilty minister who concealed it and even assisted him." Li De said, "Two years ago, after Gong Jin's accident, His Majesty sent people down to investigate the case. As a result, the official ship encountered storms and sank unexpectedly. At that time, the imperial court distributed a batch of pension money and rewarded those who made meritorious deeds. But a month later, floating corpses began to appear in the river. It was the person on the official ship. The next official was I wanted to report it, but one person found me."

"What do you want?" Chu Qingzhou asked.

"He told me to suppress this matter, otherwise the imperial court would convict me of negligence and dereliction of duty, and my future for the rest of my life would be ruined!" Li De sighed.

Chu Qingzhou's eyes were fixed: "You mean that in order to cover up the previous accomplice behavior, you decided to do nothing and stop He's?"

Li De nodded, and said slowly: "If Mr. He recruits something, my official position and future will definitely be lost, so I can only take risks!"

"You helped the murderer to cover up the truth, so you must know who the murderer is?" Chu Qingzhou asked.

"That man is Shen Zhibi, the eldest son of the Shen family!" Li De's voice suddenly rose, and he looked up at Chu Qingzhou. He found me and told me about some powerful relationships. His condition is very simple, as long as I don’t report it, I can get a lot of wealth and continue to have a smooth career. I have no reason not to agree.”

"So you just turned a blind eye and closed one eye, concealed the matter of the tribute brocade, and let hundreds of people die in vain?" Chu Qingzhou's face turned cold, and he asked sharply, "You are really the official of the people's parents!"

"The guilty minister deserves to die!" Li De was full of guilt, kowtowed heavily, bent on the ground, and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Li De, I want to ask you, do you have evidence against Shen Zhibi over and over again?" Chu Qingzhou asked.

"Evidence..." Li De straightened up, frowned and hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, looked at Master Mao beside him, "Where's the letter?"

Master Mao was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood. Tremblingly, he took out a letter from his arms and raised his hands above his head: "My lord, this is a handwritten letter from Shen Zhibi, please have a look."

"Present it." Chu Qingzhou ordered lightly, and then a guard handed over the letter.

Looking at the letter, Ye Huan couldn't help frowning, and glanced at Ye Mohua beside him, seeing his indifferent face, his suspicion became even worse.That letter was written by Ye Mohua looking for someone to imitate Shen Zhibi's handwriting. Now that Li De took it out, even if he confronted Shen Zhibi, it would be useless, right?

Su Yan also stared at the letter full of curiosity, resisting the urge to ask.What was written on it?Can it prove that everything was done by Shen Zhibi?

"Pass this letter to all the adults for reading." Chu Qingzhou said.

When this letter was passed to Su Yan, what she saw at first was not the content, but the handsome and vigorous handwriting, which was so natural that it was unimaginable. From the hand of a sickly man.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Jing asked in a low voice, seeing her in such a daze, she was very unhappy.

"The writing is good." Su Yan smiled lightly, and after reading the content, the approval on his face turned into doubt, "It's just that the content is incomprehensible."

Ye Jing snorted softly and ignored her.

Su Yu curled his lips and looked towards the hall, waiting for Chu Qingzhou to continue the trial.

Chu Qingzhou's eyes also swept across Su Yu's body. He saw her doubts in his eyes, looked at Li De, pointed to the letter, and asked, "What's so special about this letter?"

Li Dedao: "Returning to Lord Chu, the fifth aunt mentioned in the letter refers to the fifth prince. She said that the brocade cloth has been woven, which means that the trouble has been solved. I still need to pay more attention to the situation on the imperial envoy's side in the future, and notify in time if there is any news. he."

I see.Su Yan secretly felt that Shen Zhibi's thoughts were really profound, even if the letter fell into the hands of others, it would not reveal any flaws, but it happened that he met people like Ye Mohua and Ye Jing.

Chu Qingzhou nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Come here, bring Shen Zhibi to the hall!"

Su Yan was startled slightly, looked up at the crowd, and saw that they were all indifferent, as if they were not surprised that Shen Zhibi had come to Cangning.If she hadn't asked Ye Jing in the morning, she wouldn't have known that Shen Zhibi had come to Cangning.It seems that except for her, everyone here knows.

After a while, the guards came up to report, saying: "My lord, Mr. Shen said that he is ill and cannot go on the trip."

Chu Qingzhou's expression remained unchanged, he got up and said to everyone: "Since Mr. Shen can't go through the court, why don't we go there."

Ye Huan said, "Alright."

Ye Mohua shook his head and waved his hands again and again: "I won't go, it's boring!" After saying that, he walked up to Su Yu, "A Yin, A Jing, why don't I take you to swim in the river?"

Ye Jing ignored him, turned her head aside, and held Su Yan's hand tightly, as if she was afraid that she would run away.

Su Yan frowned secretly, feeling the warning from his hands, and said to Ye Mohua with a smile: "No, as one of the imperial envoys, the prince will naturally go to the jury."

"Okay!" Ye Mohua sighed regretfully, glanced at Ye Jing, then leaned closer to Su Yan's ear, said a few words softly, and walked away.

(End of this chapter)