Chapter 197 Trial in the main hall

Early the next morning, the air was still a little damp.Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was blowing, knocking down a pond of clear lotuses. The dewdrops were dripping, startling the roosting herons, and their wings fluttered with a soft sound.

The bedroom doors and windows are closed, making it difficult to see the spring scenery.

Du Lingchun had a hard time with Gongsun Zhuoyu last night, and he felt sleepy. He couldn't help but sleep for a while, and he woke up only after he had passed.He opened his eyes in a daze, only to see Gongsun Zhuoyu looking at him with his head propped up. He was stunned for a moment before he remembered what happened last night.

Du Lingchun covered his eyes with the back of his hands, his ears feeling slightly warm.

Seeing that he was awake, Gongsun Zhuoyu narrowed his eyes with a smile.He pulled Du Lingchun into his arms, buried his face in his neck and kissed him: "Master, don't you want to sleep for a while?"

Du Lingchun didn't say anything, but just touched his face gently. Thinking of what happened last night, he still had an unreal feeling like a dream.But the joy that remains in my mind cannot be faked, and there is still some unspeakable pain somewhere behind me.

Gongsun Zhuoyu saw that he was lost in thought and shouted: "Company?"

Du Lingchun scolded him in his heart for being stupid.He propped his head up and traced his handsome eyebrows with his fingertips. His soft voice was a little hoarse and hoarse, with a certain laziness afterward: "You idiot, why do you still call me company?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu pinched his fingertips, bit them lightly, and said to himself: "That's what I like to shout."

Du Lingchun could just shout if he wanted to, it wouldn't be a big deal.He didn't have the habit of sleeping in, but today it was rare for him to lie quietly in Gongsun Zhuoyu's arms for a while.A desolate heart that once could not be filled with any amount of gold, silver, and power suddenly became full at this moment.

Du Lingchun closed his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Does what you said yesterday still count?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu was studying Du Lingchun's hair. Hearing this, he hummed in confusion: "What are you talking about?"

Du Lingchun opened his eyes suddenly, looked at Gongsun Zhuoyu calmly, and said in a dangerous tone: "Have you forgotten?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu reacted, and then hugged him and rubbed him as usual: "Of course I haven't forgotten it. What I said to the company will always stand true."

Du Lingchun's originally tense heart relaxed slightly, and then he pursed his lips again.I thought to myself what was wrong with me. Even if I was sensitive and suspicious in the past, I wouldn't be where I am now.

Seeing that it was already noon, he simply got up and got dressed.It's just that the red mark on his neck cannot be covered up, and it looks weird and a little uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zhuoyu could only get up.He was much more generous and openly exposed the hickey. Seeing that Du Lingchun had been pulling on his collar, he pulled his hand off and said with a smile: "What is the company afraid of? Let people see it.They will only think that we went to a brothel to drink wine."

Du Lingchun looked at him: "You little bastard, you can just go to a place like that with fireworks, why don't I go too?"

Everyone in the capital knew that he was a eunuch, and no one could go to the brothel Du Lingchun.

Gongsun Zhuoyu kissed his neck, blushed and whispered: "Then just tell them that it was me who kissed him."

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Du Lingchun pushed him twice, but found that it was like a rice cake and couldn't be pushed away. He pinched the other person's chin that was resting on his shoulder and said, "Why do you act like a girl?"

He is always shy and alone.

Du Lingchun has eyelashes as thick as crow feathers, a fair complexion, and a handsome but feminine side face. Looking sideways at this moment, his red clothes bring out his rich beauty.Gongsun Zhuoyu's face turned red uncontrollably when he lifted his chin with his fingertips, and he lowered his head and remained silent.

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Du Lingchun: "..."

Fool……

Du Lingchun slowly let go of him, feeling stunned and wanting to laugh again. Before he could say anything, a slight knock on the door suddenly came from outside: "Company."

Du Lingchun subconsciously looked at the door and frowned slightly: "What's the matter?"

People outside said: "Your Majesty sent Eunuch Hou to deliver a message, saying that he heard that Master Gongsun had captured the murderer and brought him to justice, and summoned him to enter the palace immediately."

Although the emperor lived in the palace, he also had eyes and ears outside.On the day Gongsun Zhuoyu went to Luohua Hutong, he did not hide it. Many people saw him kidnapping a girl. Unexpectedly, he was seen by someone who was interested and spread to the ears of the emperor.

Gongsun Zhuoyu subconsciously looked at Du Lingchun: "Company, what should I do?"

Du Lingchun straightened his collar for him, and he didn't seem to be in any hurry at all. He said casually: "Since you have found out the real murderer, what are you afraid of? Just take the prisoner into the palace, and I will go with you."

At the same time, he estimated in his heart that Gongsun Zhuoyu's position as Jing Zhaoyin was already almost certain.

Gongsun Zhuoyu hasn't figured out how to extract Mo Jingxian from the murder case: "But..."

Du Lingchun could tell at a glance what he was hesitating about, and he whispered meaningfully: "Now that you have entered the officialdom, what are you doing with those bad intentions? I will ask my sister to say a few words in front of His Majesty, Jing ZhaoyinThe position must be yours, so don’t worry about the others, eh?"

It is a good thing to be promoted. Gongsun Zhuoyu likes to be promoted the most. Hearing this, he smiled happily and said: "Okay."

Seeing that he was happy, Du Lingchun was naturally happy in his heart, and smiled: "Let's go, we will enter the palace after lunch."

This case was related to the lives of court officials. The emperor paid much more attention to it than Gongsun Zhuoyu imagined. When he stepped into the Taiji Hall, he found that all the important officials in the court were there. The kind that would shake the capital twice when they stomped their feet.

The emperor sat high on the throne. Although he rarely got angry, he still had a calm but powerful aura: "Gongsun Zhuoyu, some people said that you captured the murderer yesterday. Is it true?"

The news has spread, and it must be true if it is not true.

Gongsun Zhuoyu cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, we have indeed captured the murderer."

Du Lingchun and the other courtiers stood aside. Hearing this, he waved his sleeves and robes calmly, and someone immediately escorted Ye Wuhen and Mo Jingxian, who were seriously injured, to the main hall and knelt on the ground.

For a moment, all the ministers' eyes were focused on them, looking at these two young and unfamiliar faces with different expressions. It was hard to believe that they were responsible for the four murders, and they were talking in low voices.

The emperor frowned: "Why are there still women?"

Tang Feishuang stood beside Prime Minister Yan Fu and looked over.He had obtained permission from His Majesty to come here to hear the trial.

Speaking is an art. What you say is likely to arouse the anger of others, and what you say may arouse the sympathy of others. It all depends on how the speaker controls it.

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought about his words before saying: "Your Majesty, this girl's name is Mo Jingxian, and she is the daughter of Longxiang General Mo Yanwu. When the late emperor was in power, Mo Yanwu was ordered to lead his troops on an expedition. On a snowy and cold day,The enemy army was fighting hard at Zhenjiang, but Dong Qianli, Guo Han and four others embezzled military pay and deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates, so that the food and grass were delayed..."

He suddenly mentioned the past events of the past year, which made the courtiers look at each other in confusion. Mo Jingxian's body trembled slightly and she closed her eyes in pain.

Gongsun Zhuoyu paused for a moment, then continued: "The sky was full of snow, the cold was biting, and the food and grass were exhausted. It was expected that even the gods would find it difficult to win in such a situation. Mo Yanwu died on the battlefield, and the battle was defeated by the enemy. The late emperorAt first, I was deceived by the villain, and out of anger, I killed the entire Mo family, but Mo Jingxian was lucky enough to escape because she was underage, but who would have thought that she would be charged into the Jiaofang Division."

The emperor didn't know why, he frowned and clenched the armrest.There are those who watch the courtiers watching the excitement, there are those who are indifferent, there are also those who sigh.

When it was the turn of the two of them to commit the crime, Gongsun Zhuoyu deliberately mentioned it briefly: "The murderer's name is Ye Wuhen, and he is a knight-errant. He once received a favor from Mo Jingxian, and in order to repay his kindness, he helped her escape by pretending to die.Jiaofangsi, and killed four people for her. They were Dong Qianli, Guo Han, Chu Lianjiang, and Bai Qiu."

Gongsun Zhuoyu said, taking out four pieces of poetry paper: "When Wei Chen investigated the case, he found that the poems he gave to the murderer were all torn from an album called "Collection of Miscellaneous Poems", and the paper was brand new, so it must beFor a new book, I investigated and visited major bookstores to see which shopkeepers had bought such books recently. Finally, I found that he had bought a book in one of the bookstores, and was seen by the shopkeeper walking into Luohua Hutong. Wei Chen followed the clues.After investigating along the way, we captured the person."

Gongsun Zhuoyu actually originally wanted to use a little "exaggerated" rhetoric to show how hard he worked and worked hard to find the real murderer, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it.

Ye Wuhen and Mo Jingxian knelt in the hall from beginning to end, saying nothing, as quiet as a murderer with blood on his hands.

The emperor probably did not expect that there was such a secret behind the case. His expression changed slightly, he looked at Gongsun Zhuoyu, and asked in a low voice: "How did you know that Dong Qianli and the four of them had embezzled military pay, and it was not the murderer's sophistry?"Word?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu had been prepared for a long time. He took out a pamphlet from his sleeve and handed it to the eunuch before presenting it: "When I was collecting evidence, I searched the homes of these four people and finally found that there were hidden compartments in them.They hid the ledgers of their corrupt dealings.”

Corruption of military pay is not something that can be accomplished by one person. There must be many people behind the scenes. In order to ensure fairness and credibility when dividing the spoils, they will keep accounts to ensure that no more personal gain is taken.Ancient mechanisms were not very clever. Gongsun Zhuoyu casually turned around the vases in Dong Qianli and others' study, tapped the floor tiles, and found the secret grid.

The emperor took the account book with a gloomy face, flipped through a few pages, and then his temples were beating with anger. He threw the account book out with a clatter and slammed the table: "Bastard! The army is crawling on the ice and sleeping in the snow in front. In order to save the treasury, IExpenses are also reduced, but these worms deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors, and embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. They deserve to die!"

When the courtiers saw that he was angry, they all knelt down: "Your Majesty, please calm down——"

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked around and could only kneel down: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

The little eunuch ran over, picked up the thrown account book, and placed it respectfully on the imperial desk.

The emperor's chest was heaving, and he suddenly realized that he had been distracted by Gongsun Zhuoyu, and said in a deep voice: "Even if they are guilty of death, the two criminals should not commit suicide privately. Otherwise, where will the law of the King of Daye be?!"

Hearing this, Mo Jingxian lowered her head and kowtowed: "Young lady knows your crime, please punish her."

Ye Wuhen was from the world of martial arts. He would not bow down to an emperor willingly. He looked at Noila Mo Jingxian's thin body quietly and couldn't help but close his eyes.

Just when Gongsun Zhuoyu was about to plead for mercy, Prime Minister Yan Fu suddenly came out to report: "Your Majesty, although the murderer deserves to die, the law is nothing more than human kindness. The whole Mo family was beheaded back then, and dozens of lives were lost. How innocent, and General Mo went to warOn the battlefield, I have also made great achievements in battle for my great Ye, and I sincerely ask Your Majesty to show mercy and keep a bloodline of the Mo family."

Many veterans in the court had served as officials in the same court as Mo Yanwu, and many generals also came out to plead for mercy: "I beg your Majesty to show mercy."

Gongsun Zhuoyu paused and said, "Your Majesty, please have mercy."

Du Lingchun frowned secretly.

Du Lingchun's party and Yan Fu's party have always been at odds with each other. No matter what one party wants to do, the other party will jump out to oppose it and fight to the death. This has become a tacit fact.

When the officials of Du Lingchun's party saw that Yan Fu and others were pleading for mercy, they jumped out of habit and said: "Your Majesty, although Dong Qianli and others deserve death, they should not seek revenge in private under any circumstances. If they open thisBy setting a precedent, how should the country be governed in the future? Doesn’t it follow the reality of the people?”

He originally came out to be a good boy, but who would have thought that Du Lingchun turned around and gave him a fierce look.

The author has something to say: Gongsun Zhuoyu: Let your little mouth go blind