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Chapter 255 The Contest in the Courtroom (3)

"Let him in!"

Although Li Xian was angry in his heart, he didn't bring it to his face. He glanced at Liu Yizhi who was secretly relieved, sneered, raised his hand, and gave the order loudly.

"This old servant has met His Highness, Mr. Hou and Mr. Liu."

A group of guards who were blocking Sun Quanfu heard Li Xian's order, so they didn't dare to be negligent, and retreated to the sides one after another, out of the way. Xiao Pao went up to the hall, bowed to the three presiding judges, and greeted them very politely.

"What is Master Sun doing here?"

Seeing Sun Quanfu salute to him, Hou and Liu got up to return the salute one after another, but Li Xian still sat still, did not save Sun Quanfu any face, and asked coldly road.

"So that Your Highness can know that this servant has come to proclaim the order of the empress." Facing Li Xian who was full of viciousness, Sun Quanfu did not dare to put on airs as the eunuch in charge, and replied politely. Out of the posture of proclamation.

Shit Yizhi, I'll fuck it up, if the prince doesn't come, this drama will not be able to go on!Li Xian didn't need to listen, he could guess the content of this edict, it was just Empress Wu changing her ways to intervene in the trial, so he didn't want to accept it, but in such a large audience, he couldn't do it like this, In desperation, he had no choice but to get up slowly, and almost moved to the side of Hou and Liu who had already knelt down on the ground. Just as they were about to kneel down, they suddenly heard another commotion outside the hall, and raised their eyebrows , took advantage of the situation and stood still.

"His Royal Highness is here!"

Before the crown prince arrived, the shouts of the guards of the East Palace arrived first. Sun Quanfu, who was preparing to announce the decree, was a little dumbfounded, and stood on the spot with his complexion constantly changing, not knowing whether the ordinance should be announced or not. It's good.

"The younger brother has met the elder brother of the prince."

Seeing the crown prince leading the two prime ministers, Yan and Le, to the hall, Li Xian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of what Hou, Liu and the others thought, he strode forward to welcome him, and greeted him respectfully. .

"Seventh Brother, you don't need to be too polite. I just happened to be passing by, and I stopped by to see how the trial of Seventh Brother's case is going." The crown prince ignored Hou and Liu's loud salutations, and ignored Sun Quanfu who retreated to the side in embarrassment. , said with a leisurely smile.

"Brother Prince came just in time, and now the case has made a breakthrough, but..."

Li Xian's face was happy at first, then dark again, and he only spoke half of his words.

"Oh? It's a good thing to make great progress. Do you have any concerns about the seventh brother? Don't panic, let's just listen to Gu Gu." Li Hong's acting skills are not inferior to Li Xian, and he was stunned when he heard the words , and then said something confidently, assuming that the faction will call the shots for Li Xian.

"This matter will be discussed in detail later, and Rong Chendi will not talk about it after taking over his mother's order."

Li Xian was not in a hurry to reveal the facts of the case, but changed the subject and unceremoniously involved Sun Quanfu who had been hiding aside.

"The queen mother has an imperial edict? Sun Quanfu, what is the empress mother's imperial edict?"

Li Hong seemed to have noticed Sun Quanfu's existence just now, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, he swept over him, and he gave a call without any politeness.

"This servant has seen His Highness the Crown Prince, and the empress is just here to tell you."

Hearing the prince's bad words, Sun Quanfu couldn't help feeling a little guilty, but now, Sun Quanfu didn't dare to give in a little bit, he could only stand up bravely, and said something in a blunt tone.

"Oral order? That's fine, Eunuch Sun will announce it now, and Gu will follow along to listen."

Li Hong frowned slightly, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Sun Quanfu's answer, but he didn't express much, he just ordered lightly.

"Yes, the old slave complies."

Sun Quanfu's ability to become Empress Wu's confidant is naturally not stupid. Seeing that the crown prince has arrived, he knows that Empress Wu's words of slowing down the army may not be effective, but until now, Sun Quanfu can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor Understand.

"The empress said: The case of supervisory censor Xiao Ming's impeachment of Zhou Guogong Wu Min involves a lot of things. It is necessary to find out the facts before we can be innocent. You should be cautious. The current case is not clear, and it can be postponed for retrial." After Li Xian knelt down beside Hou and Liu, Sun Quanfu gave a fake cough and proclaimed Empress Wu's orders in a dragging tone.

"The ministers and others take the decree to thank you."

As soon as Sun Quanfu finished speaking, Hou and Liu immediately thanked him impatiently. As for Li Xian, he just kept silent, but he didn't express any objection at all.

"Sun Eunuch wait a minute, I think the case will not be clear if it is not tried. The so-called facts are nothing more than the proceeds of the trial. If there is no trial, how can there be any evidence? The mother's intention is to sympathize with the seventh brother's difficulty in trying the case. However, the father has already ordered it. Mingzhao, the seventh brother should have the exclusive right to judge, whether to judge or not, the seventh brother must decide on his own. I also asked Sun Gonggong to go back and report to his mother, so that he can just sit here and listen, so that he will not be in vain risk."

After Sun Quanfu pronounced the oral order, he wanted to leave immediately, but Li Hong didn't intend to let him go just like that. He stood up with a smile, blocked Sun Quanfu's way, and dismissed Empress Wu's edict lightly.

"Ah, this, this... yes, the servant obeys."

As early as when Li Hong appeared, Sun Quanfu knew that such an outcome was bound to happen, but when the crown prince made a move, Sun Quanfu still couldn't help being a little flustered, and after being dumbfounded for a while, he could only bow his head and accept thing.

"Seventh brother, let me go on with the interrogation, and just sit in on the side for my brother."

Looking at Sun Quanfu's almost fleeing figure, Li Hong twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a disdainful smile, but he didn't say anything more about this matter, turned his head, smiled slightly at Li Xian, He said in an orderly tone.

"Yes, my younger brother obeys the order, come here, and let His Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Yan, and Prime Minister Le take your seats!"

Now that everything is under control, Li Xian is in a good mood, but he didn't bring it to his face, he just respectfully agreed and gave a loud order that there will be a group of guards from the British Palace He hurriedly brought a few sons, Jindun and other things, and greeted the prince and the two prime ministers to take their seats.

"Come on, pass on the Luoyang Mansion's work to the court immediately!"

After everyone was seated, Li Xian's expression turned serious, he picked up the gavel and slapped it abruptly, then raised his voice and yelled.

"Liu Si and Chen Min, the small officials of the Luoyang Mansion, kowtow to His Royal Highness the Prince, to kowtow to His Highness the King of England, and to kowtow to all your lords."

As soon as Li Xian finished speaking, two old servants came up from the hall in a hurry, kowtowing to all the relatives and dignitaries in the hall.

"You don't need to panic. There is only one thing that you need to identify. Let's all get up and look at this account book. Is it a forgery?"

Li Xian would not put on airs in front of such little people, so he smiled gently, pointed to the account book on several sides, and ordered calmly.

"His Royal Highness, the handwriting on the front and back of this account book is the same. The handwriting is old and new. It must not have been written recently. As for who wrote it, I dare not speak lightly. Your Highness, please give that person a pair of handwriting."

The two old clerks studied the account book for a while, and then hid aside and discussed in a low voice, then Liu Si, who was slightly older, stood up and asked in a slightly trembling tone.

"This is easy, come here, give Wu Minzhi a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and ask him to write numbers on the spot."

Li Xian nodded, waved his hand, and gave an order in a loud voice. A group of palace guards stepped forward, released the shackles on He Lanmin's body, and brought back a few pieces of paper, pens, ink, paper and inkstone, etc. , He Lanminzhi wrote a few words.

"His Royal Highness, the young ones have completed the identification. The words on this account book are indeed from the hands of criminals. It has been a few years old and it is not a forgery." Handwriting, quickly came to a conclusion.

"It's time to work, pass the order of the orphan, each reward twenty guan, and everyone will retire."

Li Xian smiled gratifiedly, waved his hand, and offered a big reward.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your love, and the younger ones will leave."

Twenty guan is not a small amount, it is equivalent to a year's salary of two old monks, but they were so happy that they knelt down on the ground in a hurry, thanked them a lot, and then they each retired. under the hall.

"Master Hou, do you have anything else to say, huh?"

Li Xian treated the two old wives with a friendly face, but when he turned his head to the restless Hou Shanye, he was not polite at all, his complexion darkened, and he asked in an extremely cold voice.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. The official is innocent all his life. How can there be such a thing of carelessness? It is all fabricated by criminals, trying to bite him, and the official refuses to accept it!" At this point, Hou Shanye knew that something was wrong. He panicked, but he absolutely refused to admit defeat, so he insisted in a loud voice.

"Why do you want to commit a crime without excuse? Ha, in this way, it is Gu and the criminal who conspired to frame Yu Er? Is that what Master Hou meant, huh?" Li Xian laughed back angrily, his eyes glaring murderously. Hou Shanye asked incomparably coldly.

Hou Shanye has extremely rich experience in handling cases, and he knows the truth of saying more and making more mistakes. Seeing that the situation is wrong, he immediately closed his mouth with a gloomy face, and refused to speak again. The posture of boiling water.

Ha, there is no way to play silence with Lao Tzu!Li Xian glanced at Hou Shanye, and immediately figured out his little trick of procrastinating, but he didn't take it to heart. He sneered, picked up the gavel and slapped it, and shouted: "Come on, let's take a look!" Hou Shanye, who is involved in the case, please go down!"

"promise!"

Standing in the hall were all the personal guards of the Royal Palace, and they were the only ones who obeyed Li Xian's order, regardless of whether the action was legal or not, they all agreed loudly, and rushed into the hall.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness, I have something to say!"

Seeing that the situation was completely out of control, Liu Yizhi immediately became anxious, stood up without hesitation, and stopped talking loudly.

"En!" Li Xian waved his hand, signaling the guards to move slowly, and looked sideways at Liu Yizhi, his eyes were abnormally cold, but he didn't rush to ask questions, but the evil spirit on his body was stronger than ever. The waves hit Liu Yizhi's nerves...

(End of this chapter)