"This is impossible!"
Xie Lanqing was the first to react, and he got up in a hurry: "How could I let my son become a killer?! Your Majesty's Mingjian!"
"Yo," Pei Wenxuan smiled when he saw Xie Lanqing stand up, "Master Xie is in good health, so you stand up now?"
"The concubine is joking," Li Rong looked back at Pei Wenxuan, "Master Xie hurts his stomach, not his legs, so he can't stand up? Master Xie, don't worry, just listen to me slowly."
As Li Rong spoke, she raised Lin Feibai's face with a fan, and said to everyone, "Look carefully, do you look a bit similar to this young master and Lord Xie?"
No one dared to speak, Li Ming took a serious look around, and found that Lin Feibai's eyes were indeed exactly the same as Xie Lanqing's.
Xie Lanqing was also a famous beautiful man in Huajing when he was young. Now he is old and can't tell what he looks like. But after Li Rong reminded him, everyone thought about Xie Lanqing's youthful appearance, and then took a closer look at Lin Feibai. .
"His Royal Highness is because of this, so the killer and Xie Shangshu are father and son?"
Su Rongqing suddenly made a sound, and Li Rong was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Su Rongqing would interrupt at such a time. She turned around and met Su Rongqing's eyes.
Su Rongqing's eyes were very cold. He seemed to be trying his best to restrain something. Those cold eyes were like vortexes, and they seemed to hide all kinds of emotions. Li Rong couldn't help but pause on those eyes for a moment. She didn't react until Pei Wenxuan coughed lightly. , laughed and said, "Of course it can't be just because of this. This matter starts with the assassination of the concubine more than half a month ago."
"When the concubine was assassinated, our deputy director Su Ronghua had some conflicts with me. He questioned that another deputy director of our company, Mr. Shangguan, tortured Chen Guang to extract a confession, so I personally tried Chen under the supervision of the deputy director Su that day. Guang, after Chen Guang confessed, I received a threatening kite with the word 'stop' written in cinnabar. That afternoon, someone assassinated the concubine. They injured the concubine, but there was no poison on the knife, obviously it was just to intimidate the child My minister, my son was deeply disturbed, so I asked for a thorough investigation.”
Li Rong said, and waved her hand, Shangguanya came forward with the kite she had received, and respectfully received: "Wei Chen has been ordered by His Highness to thoroughly investigate this thing, and found that the cinnabar used on the top was specially produced by a family in Beijing. For Huimingxuan, a pen and ink shop for aristocrats, Wei Chen reviewed Huimingxuan's accounts for half a year and found that there are 20 families left after the purchase, including Xie's House."
"But Mr. Xie has nothing to do with this case," Li Rong continued, "so I didn't think about Mr. Xie. These people obviously wanted Erchen not to censor the things in their hands, especially Chen. Guang, but justice and conscience made Erchen put his life and death aside, and Erchen could only insist on it. But as the days passed, Erchen became more and more uneasy, so he decided to lead the snake out of the hole, deliberately traveled with the concubine, and released the news, Then he set up an ambush in Butterfly Gorge and used himself as bait to catch a bunch of killers alive, including this young man, Lin Feibai."
Li Rong stopped beside Lin Feibai, everyone looked at Lin Feibai, Li Rong said calmly: "After investigation, I learned that Lin Feibai is the deputy head of Qixingtang, the first killer organization in Jianghu, and Qixingtang is in Jianghu. They did not fail, but for the sake of self-protection and long-term development, they never took action against the powerful. If they could invite Hall Master Lin over, with the ability of the Chen family, I was afraid that it would not work, so Erchen began to suspect that behind the Chen family, there was someone else. Others. At this time, Erchen interrogated Hall Master Lin, and found something from Hall Master Lin."
Saying that, Li Rong squatted down and pressed the corner of Lin Feibai's clothes with a fan. Lin Feibai hurriedly grabbed Li Rong's fan and said angrily, "What are you doing?!"
"Don't worry, Young Master Lin, don't you want to know the truth?"
Lin Feibai hesitated for a moment, then watched Li Rong put the fan into her clothes, and then picked out a pendant around his neck: "What do you recognize as this necklace?"
The necklace was picked out, and the expressions on everyone's face were different. Each family has its own iconic items to identify the clan, which are used to identify them in the event of an accident. Most of these objects are close to the body and easy to carry. Some northern families use tattoos, while southern families often use some jade pendants, necklaces and other objects.
Most of these objects are named on the family crest. Most of the ordinary people do not know these things, but the nobles have to study the relationship between various ethnic groups, and they are very clear about the family crest.
And at this moment, this hollow magnolia carved with Kunshan white jade fell into the eyes of everyone, and everyone couldn't help but have a strange color.
"Where did you steal this?!" Xie Lanqing panicked, "How could you have such a thing?"
Lin Feibai didn't speak, his face was pale, Li Rong smiled and reached out to turn the jade pendant over, revealing the word 'Qing' inside.
"Unfortunately, I have seen such a pendant on a sister of the Xie family, and I was attracted by this object. Lin Feibai is somewhat similar to this object, Lord Xie, and this jade pendant testifies, plus That cinnabar has a relationship with Lord Xie, and I have to think about it. So I directly asked people to check Xie Lanqing's life and past, and found that Xie Shangshu also had a romantic past when he was young. The adult fell in love with a Jianghu woman, but the family did not agree to it, so he gave Xie Shangshu the present wife, and on the day of the wedding, the Jianghu woman held a sharp sword, chopped off Lord Xie's hair crown, and walked away."
"Then I checked the time when Qixingtang was established. It was two years after this romantic past, which happened to be one year after Young Master Lin was born. So I pretended to know the location of Qixingtang and told Lin Feibai that Qixingtang was located within the Xie family. Inside, Young Master Lin was shocked, I knew it, I guessed it right."
Li Rong put down the chain, stood up, and looked at Xie Lanqing with a smile: "In this way, Qixingtang, which has never been involved in the affairs of the powerful, has a reason to take action. Because the head of Qixingtang was the one who was with Master Xie back then. A woman from all corners of the world who loves each other. Ben Gong guessed that what happened back then should be like this."
"Master Xie fell in love with the woman in the rivers and lakes when he was young, but couldn't be together due to obstacles at home. The woman left while pregnant and gave birth to Lin Feibai. After marriage, Master Xie found this woman again, provided her with shelter, and helped her set up the Seven Stars Hall. Because of various reasons, this hall master was unwilling to become Lord Xie's concubine, and did not want his children to return to Xie's house, so he left Lin Feibai and raised Lin Feibai as a successor in Qixing Hall. And Mr. Xie agreed to this matter for no apparent reason."
"You are talking nonsense!" Xie Lanqing shouted angrily, then hurriedly covered the wound, Li Rong knocked on the palm of her hand, and said with a smile, "If I am talking nonsense, you will know after a test. Come on, hold Qingshui. Come!"
Li Rong spoke up, and Xie Lanqing's face suddenly became extremely ugly.
Lin Fei was stunned with white hair. After a while, the attendant walked in with clear water. Li Rong turned to look at Xie Lanqing: "Xie Shangshu, you are the minister of the Ministry of Punishment. You have to try it out."
Xie Lanqing did not dare to speak, staring at the bowl of clear water, Li Rong looked at Lin Feibai again: "Young Master Lin?"
Lin Feibai was a little dazed, he raised his eyes to look at Li Rong, Shangguanya sighed, and said next to him: "Thousands of miles went to Huajing, and was pregnant before marriage, but was abandoned, and the bridegroom's crown was beheaded on the day of marriage, and he was alone for nearly 20 years in the future. , this is really pitiful, pathetic. As a child, you don't feel sorry for your mother at all?"
"Master Xie," Li Rong urged Xie Lanqing, "You are so hesitant, is it inconvenient to come here, or are you afraid?"
Xie Lanqing froze and did not move, Lin Feibai stood up suddenly, walked to Li Rong, raised his hand and cut his finger with a sharp blade, blood dripped into the bowl, he looked up at Xie Lanqing, and said coldly, "Come here."
Xie Lanqing didn't move, Lin Feibai looked at him coldly: "Xie Shangshu, come here."
Xie Lanqing was called out by Lin Feibai. He heard the warning in Lin Feibai's tone. Grabbing him, his hand raised the knife and fell, between Xie Lanqing's screams, he directly cut Xie Lanqing's fingers, pinching his fingers and dripping blood into the cup!
Two drops of blood permeated the water, met, and then slowly merged.
Seeing the drop of blood merging together, Xie Lanqing said anxiously: "Impossible, someone framed me, Your Majesty, Wei Chen asked for a re-examination, and then..."
"What else is there to test."
Pei Wenxuan laughed: "Lord Xie thinks that this jade pendant is fake, that Young Master Lin's eyes are fake, or are the two drops of blood in the bowl fake? Mr. Xie, you assassinated the princess first, and then channeled through. The father and son framed the princess behind, and now he has not pleaded guilty to the law in order to seek His Majesty and His Highness's forgiveness, and he has to quibble with the law here. I would like to know, who gave Master Xie such courage to ignore His Majesty and Wang Fa. , the monarch and the ministers will not care about the circle, and the morality of heaven and earth will be ignored!"
"Pei Wenxuan, you rude little boy!" Xie Lanqing shouted angrily and raised his finger to Pei Wenxuan, "It was you, who encouraged His Highness to do these messy things, and now you have to channel killers to bribe the servants to frame the old minister, and the old minister is the third official. For ten years, I have worked hard for the country and the king, but today I have to be framed by these two children, and I hope Your Majesty will investigate!"
"Royal Father," Li Rong listened to Xie Lanqing's words, and she knelt down as well. She bent her spine and bowed respectfully, "My son, please apologize to Emperor Father."
"What are you asking for?"
"My son knows, in fact, these past few days, my son has been messing around, causing trouble to the father."
"Erchen is now presiding over these two cases, involving a lot of noble families. Among them, there are two death row prisoners in the Xie family involved. The royal father promised Erchen to take over this case, which must have been under great pressure. Erchen investigated and dealt with it. In this case, we should also be prepared to put life and death aside. Erchen has thought about it countless times, maybe it is better for Erchen to not investigate this matter. After all, Erchen is only a daughter's family. It is better to live a stable and rich life with the love of her husband, whether it is for the sons or the royal father."
"It's just that I can't bear to watch the Qin family get wronged, and I can't bear to see that the foundation of a country like military salaries has been eroded by moths, so I still stand up. I am a princess and supported by the world, so I can't just rely on it. Yun Jinyi, regardless of the silkworm breeder. This road is difficult, and my son is afraid that the father and emperor will be under too much pressure, and all kinds of difficulties encountered have never been reported."
Li Rong said, her voice hoarse: "Master Xie is a minister of the shoulders and shares, and he has done a lot of good things for the court. It is difficult for the ministers one or two, and the ministers should not be so deadlocked with him to the end. But the ministers... "
Li Rong said, while choking: "I really have no choice, I can risk my life, but the concubine is innocent. Today I do not ask for punishment for Lord Xie's assassination and frame-up, I just hope that you can do a good job for the concubine. Lord, there must be an explanation for the assassination of the concubine... It's enough to insult the son-in-law, after all, it was the son-in-law who provoked Lord Xie, but what about the concubine?"
When Li Rong said the latter, she burst into tears, as if she was really forced into a corner.
"His Royal Highness," Xie Lanqing panicked when she heard this, and said anxiously, "You are the princess, you are investigating the Qin case and the military salary case for the sake of the country and the people, how dare the old ministers make it difficult, not to mention the assassination and frame-up. "
"Is that why she framed you!"
Li Ming shouted loudly. He looked at Li Rong, who was kneeling on the ground and begging in a hoarse voice. The feeling of powerlessness that had been suppressed by these old ministers for more than ten years suddenly surged up. He felt a fire in his heart. The magnolia hairpin on the head of the music immediately felt that Li Rong was not bullied by Li Rong, but that Xie Lanqing pressed him to the ground and stepped on him.
"She is the princess," Li Ming raised his finger and pointed at Li Rong, "the eldest daughter of the empress, the direct daughter of the empress! You say again and again that she framed you, that she plotted against you, that she is not a nineteen-year-old. The child who arrives, even if you are an old fritter who has been in the court for more than 30 years?!"
"Your Majesty, calm down." Xie Lanqing knelt on the ground and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, there are too many misunderstandings in this matter."
"Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding? You are bullying me and dare not take you! That's all because there is no evidence today. I bear with you. Now that the evidence is solid, you have a misunderstanding and go to the prison to make it clear! Come on," Li Mingda He shouted, "Drag him down and send it to the Censor's Desk to Pei Wenxuan's trial office!"
"Your Majesty..." Dali Temple Secretary Jiang Zheng said in a hurry, "Pei Wenxuan is the princess' consort..."
"Why, when you do things, you don't have to say whether you are a relative or not, and I have to talk about avoiding suspicion when you are doing things? It's up to Pei Wen to announce the trial!"
Li Ming said angrily: "Who dares to say one more sentence today and drag it down for trial together!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in dismay. Pei Wenxuan stood up and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, calm down. Of course, it is not appropriate for a Wei minister to preside over this matter. It's better to hand it back to the Department of Punishment."
"Bring it back to the Department of Punishment?" Li Ming sneered, "Who dares to try him in the Department of Punishment?"
"Wei Chen is willing to recommend someone." Pei Wenxuan spoke calmly, and Li Ming listened to Pei Wenxuan's words and said slowly, "You say it."
"The right servant of the Ministry of Punishment, Pei Liming. This person is my uncle. He is upright and upright. He has handled cases in the Ministry of Punishment for many years. He is familiar with the criminal law, and he is a virtuous minister and does not avoid relatives. I would like to recommend Shilang Pei to investigate this case."
Li Ming was silent, and he glanced at Su Rongqing subconsciously.
It stands to reason that Su Rongqing, as the left servant of the Criminal Department, is much more suitable for investigating and handling this case than Pei Liming, but now the case is sent back to the Criminal Department, and Pei Wenxuan's relatives are not allowed to handle it. He is afraid that Xie Lanqing's case will not be settled again.
But directly asking Pei Liming to handle the case seemed unreasonable, for fear that the Su family would have an opinion. Li Mingzheng hesitated when he saw Su Rongqing stand up, and said respectfully, "This minister agrees. Wei Chen also thinks that Pei Shilang is the most suitable candidate now."