Li Cheng didn't expect Gong Shilin to come out, let alone that he would be willing to go to the city department with him.
I thought that either Minister Gong Zuo had already hidden him.
Or, he has left Gaoding.
Who would have thought that the two would stand face to face like now.
Li Cheng's hands in the lapel of his clothes couldn't help but tighten.
Gong Shilin, on the other hand, was ready to die.
He didn't want to run away anymore.
I don't want to hide anymore.
Because for him, every minute and every second will be endless torture.
Just when he said he was going to the city department with Li Cheng, Gong Zuo Xiang hurried forward and grabbed his arm.
Pull him back hard.
Sternly ordered: "It's none of your business here, step back!"
Sharp eyes.
He can't let his son have an accident!
But Gong Shilin didn't listen to him: "Father, as of now, I have to go to the city department."
"Didn't you hear what I said? I told you to step back. In short, no one can take you away today." Gong Zuo Xiang almost roared.
"The boy's mind has been decided!"
"To shut up… "
"Father, I know what I'm doing and what I'm going to face."
Gong Zuoxiang was so angry that he gritted his teeth, he raised his hand and was about to wave it towards his face, but when he raised his hand in the air, he suddenly stopped!
His palms were on fire.
But it trembled violently.
In the end, Gong Zuoxiang clenched his fist tightly and threw his arm down, but he didn't hit it in the end.
He was in tears, and his face was wrinkled.
Trembling all over.
And that clenched fist is even more blue veins burst.
It seems that at this moment, he is already ten years old!
Gong Shilin looked at his father, feeling guilty and very sad.
But he has been hiding for six years!
I don't want to hide anymore.
"Father, it's the child who is unfilial! But it's already like this, I have to go this way, no matter what the result is, I'm willing to do it." He insisted.
Gong Zuoxiang was angry and heartbroken.
It's just that in front of everyone, he still can't lose his majesty.
He tried his best to restrain the emotion in his heart.
He opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
In the end, Gong Shilin took a step forward and walked out.
Upon seeing this, the guards of the city department dispersed to both sides.
The guards with knives in the prime minister's residence also retreated.
Cleared a viable path for him.
No one dared to stop.
And Li Cheng then left with his own people.
Naturally, Minister Gong Zuo and the Marquis of Pingyang also went with him to the City Division.
After two sticks of incense, in the city department.
Court trial.
A serious atmosphere.
The officials inside held their breaths, not daring to make a sound.
One by one, their faces are solemn!
Li Cheng, dressed in an official uniform, sat majestically behind the square table in the high hall.
A plaque with the words "Ming Gong Wade" hangs above your head.
In the center of the hall, Gong Shilin stood.
He looked calm and could see nothing.
A plain robe, too weak.
Such a handsome and polite Wen Sheng, who would believe that he was the murderer of Du Mubai
On the left side of the lobby, Gong Zuo Xiang sat there with squinted eyebrows, holding the handle of the chair tightly with both hands.
On the opposite side of him, on the right side of the lobby, the Marquis of Pingyang has already taken his seat.
Unlike Gong Zuo Xiang, he was sweating in his heart!
After a long while, Li Cheng finally opened his mouth: "Gong Shilin, this official has sent someone to find out that the murder of Du Mubai, a talented Nanshen genius six years ago, is related to you, and there is direct evidence, and now I ask you , what do you have to say? To justify?"
Hearing this, Gong Shilin's eyes flickered slightly.
His eyes were fixed on the ground in front of him, but he didn't speak.
He doesn't want to argue!
but-
"Where is the evidence? Take it out." Gong Zuo Xiang said.
A pair of eyes stared at Li Cheng fiercely.
Like a fireball. Immediately, Li Cheng said: "Previously, we have already known the murderer's method and process. According to the results of the autopsy of the son of Ji Gongzi, there are three identical and equidistant bumps on Du Mubai's back ribs, like It hit a place similar to a door nail. After investigation, I finally found that place. It was a ding bell! And the place where the ding bell is located is in an abandoned pavilion! There is a lake next to it, and go to that place. If you are talking about a place, you must go through the alley in front. I have already asked the beggar at the end of the alley. The beggar said that on the day Du Mubai died, he did see him enter.
After that, it can be confirmed that the murderer and Du Mubai met in that pavilion..."
He explained how the murderer stunned Du Mubai and how he transported him to the forest opposite.
And how the murderer pretended to be Du Mubai and used the height of the rope to confuse the public, all explained clearly.
Such a meticulous murder process, with Gong Shilin's clever head, was indeed something he could come up with.
And after hearing all this, Gong Shilin, who was standing in the hall, was very calm.
Because of all this, he has experienced it himself. Afterwards, Li Cheng talked about the murderer's method of transporting Du Mubai into the Wenshe: "The murderer knew that before the imperial examination every year, many writers and children of wealthy families would pack unused books and send them to the Wenshe to give to those who are usually connected with the imperial examination. Officials who can't even afford books. The murderer took advantage of this, and that night
He hid Du Mubai in a big box with books and transported it in through the back door. After he pretended to be Du Mubai and went in, he moved the real Du Mubai out of the box to create the illusion that he was hanging. Confused! But he did all the calculations, and in the end he still missed a step..."
Saying that, his guard gestured.
The guards presented the patterns Ji Yunshu had drawn on the paper and a book.
Li Cheng raised the book: "This is the book!"
Gong Shilin raised his head and looked at the somewhat worn book he was holding tightly in his hand.
Li Cheng stared at him and asked, "You should be familiar with this book, right?"
"It's mine." He said softly. "Then you would never have imagined that it was because of this ordinary book that it pointed out the murderer for us." Li Cheng opened the book, turned to the page with the imprint, and showed it to him, "The The imprint may not even be noticed by you! Maybe you don't even know what it is! But
This imprint has been restored by the Ji Gongzi. This is not a footprint, nor any other imprint, but a seal. "
After speaking, he picked up a piece of paper in front of him.
On the paper, four words were written in strikingly: Han Chang Jian Yin!
Next to it, there is a flower whose name cannot be called.
Gong Shilin's face remained expressionless.
But these four big characters and that flower were like a thunderbolt, slashing towards Gong Zuoxiang ruthlessly. He patted the chair and stood up: "What does this... represent?"