"Yes, this subordinate obeys." Meng Tan saw the faint smile on Zhong Zhiling's face, and couldn't help but also smiled.
"My lord. Are you here?" Jiang Boren watched Zhong Zhiling come in, and hurriedly went up to greet him, while bowing in salute. "Jiang Bairen, the commander of Jinyiwei, has seen the prince, and respectfully invites him to Jinan."
"Get up." Zhong Zhiling nodded. While entering the main hall, he looked at the room, which was much higher than ordinary rooms because it had no windows, for a while. He looked at the row of whips and other execution tools hanging on the wall, nodded, and said to Jiang Bairen slowly. "What? I'm the king who came here today? Such a major case is a repeat offender. According to the law, shouldn't the Ministry of Criminal Justice be the chief judge? Why don't you see anyone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"
"Report to the lord, the long live lord has said it. Others are fine. This crime is under the full authority of the lord to try it." Jiang Boren said hurriedly, while adding another sentence. "It doesn't matter if you live or die."
"Okay, let's bring the person up." Zhong Zhiling said lightly. Turned around and sat on the grand master's chair.
"Yes, my subordinate obeys." Jiang Boren bowed and said, while he was too busy to send someone down to lead him.
"My lord, please have some tea." Jiang Boren served the tea courteously.
Zhong Zhiling looked at the lingering and stretching tea in the cup, and looked at Jiang Boren with his lips curled up: "Is this Taiping Houkui originally a top grade, or is Commander Jiang's superb tea cooking skills? This is the first time this king has met a tea cooker better than Director Zhao." Not bad."
"My lord is absurdly praised, and my subordinates are making a fool of themselves." Jiang Boren hurriedly apologized with a smile.
Zhong Zhiling picked up the tea, brought it to his mouth and took a sip, while looking up at Jiang Boren: "Since Long Live Lord has the full authority to interrogate, please ask Commander Jiang to avoid it."
"This..." Jiang Boren suddenly looked puzzled, he couldn't have imagined that Zhong Zhiling would have such a request.
"This king will personally report the trial results to Long Live Lord. That's all right, you can step down." Zhong Zhiling waved to Jiang Boren while putting down his teacup.
"Yes, my subordinates will leave first." Jiang Boren could only bow and agree. When he turned around, he saw that Xu Chengjin had been escorted up. He immediately ordered someone to keep Xu Chengjin behind, and then he retreated with a group of guards.
"Cousin, let's meet again," Zhong Zhiling looked at the haggard man who was kneeling on the ground and looked thin, and said calmly, walking over slowly, "Cousin, remember the last time we met was thirty-four years ago forward."
"Old Seven! Old Seven! You have to save me!" Xu Chengjin, who was originally a puddle of mud, became excited as soon as he saw who the person standing in front of him was, and crawled towards Zhong Zhiling with all his hands and feet. For a while, the harsh sound of handcuffs and shackles rubbing against the floor tiles echoed in the room. The person who had suffered so many sins, spent a lot of effort before finally crawling in front of Zhong Zhiling. Looking at the five-clawed Zhenglong on his body, he said anxiously, "Old Qi! You have to save me! You have to save cousin!"
"Cousin?" Zhong Zhiling curled his lips mockingly, as if he had heard a joke. He lowered his head and looked at Xu Chengjin's haggard and excited face, and said slowly, "The cousin still remembers, three Fourteen years ago, when my cousin was about to leave Beijing, how did he beg him? What did he say that time? Then...how did he do it?"
"I..." Xu Chengjin seemed to have received a blow to the head, his lips were trembling, and he obviously wanted to say something, but as soon as he met Zhong Zhiling's gloomy eyes, he couldn't speak anymore, he silently lowered his head, Seeing that Zhong Zhiling turned to leave, he was in a hurry again. Coco grabbed Zhong Zhiling's hem again, and said hoarsely, "Old Seven! At that time, what can I do? I know that you and Siyao Lang are in love, But, but the emperor has his eyes on her! What can I do? Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's subjects on the coast of the land! The whole world belongs to the emperor, how dare I stop him if he wants Siyao? Could it be that if I become you and Siyao, I... have to bear the king's wrath and be buried with the Xu family?!"