Chapter 64 Trial Trials (Part 1)

The news quickly spread in the capital—the Qiao family wedding banquet was held halfway, but was interrupted by King Jing. Qiao Zeyu and Qiao Songyu were accused of stealing Pei Rongbai's imperial examination questions and cheating to get the champion.

This Qiao Zeyu is a well-known talent, not to mention Qiao Songyu, everyone knows about the male god of capital. After hearing the news, the common people were very shocked. It was heard that the Jingzhao Mansion would openly hear the case.Therefore, they all flocked to Jingzhao Mansion, not only to see the demeanor of the three Qiao family brothers and Pei Rongbai, but also to see the truth of this case.

At a quarter to three in the afternoon, Jingzhao Prefecture joined forces with Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to start three joint trials.

All the people saw that Yin Wen Youqing of the Jingzhao Mansion was dressed in an official suit and came out from the back hall with a solemn face. He turned towards the Dali Temple, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, King Jing, Princess Lu Yang, and the others sitting on both sides.Pei Rongbai and others bowed their hands and said:

"This matter is of great importance. Although the official is only a fourth-rank official, as the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, he has also received His Majesty's orders, so he has the courage to try this case in front of the prince, Lord Prime Minister and all his superiors., If there is any fallacy or inappropriateness, please feel free to enlighten me.”

With King Jing and Pei Rongbai present, the rest of the people dared not speak. King Jing said with a smile on his face:

"Since His Majesty asked you to interrogate, and you are the parent officer of the capital, you can interrogate, I believe you."

There was no smile on Pei Rong's handsome face, and he also said: "Wen Qing is famous in the capital city for being upright and discerning. The people are well-known, and the truth also believes in you. You will not let a prisoner go, and you will not wrong a single person."Nice guy."

"Thank you, my lord, and Lord Prime Minister for your kindness. Then the judge will start the trial." Wen Youqing said in a neither humble nor overbearing way, straightened his clothes, and then sat down on his seat, raised his hands and let out a gavel "With a "snap" sound: "Ascension hall!"

The people we were watching outside suddenly fell silent, quietly waiting for Wen Youqing's trial.

"Come here, bring Qiao Songyu to the court!"

Soon, Qiao Songyu came in, followed by two officials. Everyone saw that he was wearing a precious silver cardigan with sapphire buttons. He looked like a fairy, and his delicate face was expressionless.It didn't look like he was afraid, and they all cheered for him in their hearts——

Sure enough, he is the male god of capital. He is really outstanding and amazing!

"Because Qiao Songyu is the prime minister's wife, although she has no imperial orders, she is not a commoner, so she is not allowed to kneel." Wen Youqing said with a blank face, and he couldn't help looking at Qiao Songyu in the hall - he had heard of Qiao Songyu's reputation for a long time., I took a look at it from afar at King Jing's welcome banquet before, but I didn't meet him face to face. This time I looked carefully, only to find that this young man is not only beautiful, but also has an excellent temperament. He is not at all like a lowly businessman.He is a child with a bit of aura, and the other party is his good friend's younger brother, so even though the trial has not yet been held, Wen Youqing has already felt a bit of sympathy for him.

He is said to be a single-minded "Lengtouqing", but he is not stupid. He has also observed that King Jing has been domineering even more than Pei Rongbai since he came back. It should be the same for the Qiao family today.He wanted to find fault with Pei Rongbai.And when Pei Rongbai came to him, he knew that if the Qiao family fell into King Jing's hands, nothing good would happen, so he tried his best to ask him to handle the case.

Thinking of this, he asked Qiao Songyu in a loud voice: "Qiao Songyu, let me ask you, are the words on this note yours?"

He asked very cleverly, not asking "did you write it", but "did the words belong to you".

Qiao Songyu glanced at the note, and said calmly: "The handwriting is indeed mine, but I have never written such a note!"

"Then how do you explain that there is such a note?" Wen Youqing continued to ask.

Qiao Songyu's complexion was not very good, but there was no trace of timidity on her pretty face, and she said: "Maybe someone imitated my handwriting. After all, I have written a lot of poems. It is too easy to get my poems and letters."gone."

"Okay." Wen Youqing nodded, and said again, "Come here, tell Qiao Zeyu to go to court!"

Soon, Qiao Zeyu came up. Today, he was wearing a royal blue brocade dress for the wedding banquet. He was already gentle and elegant, but now he also had a cold face.After seeing Wen Youqing, he cupped his hands and bowed: "The student has met Wen Fuyin."

He has fame and fame, so there is no need to kneel down and salute.

Wen Youqing glanced at him, showed him the note, and asked, "Qiao Zeyu, have you received this note?"

"I haven't received it." Qiao Zeyu directly denied, feeling a little agitated, "Fu Yin Wen, go and find out what kind of person I am, Qiao Zeyu, according to others? How could I do such a vile thing?What's more, if I really let Song'er steal the test questions for me, will I still keep the note as evidence?"

"one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature." Wen Youqing refuted his words and said coldly, "otherwise why would the note appear in the locked box in your room? That box, the keyDoes anyone else have it?"

Qiao Zeyu's complexion became a little gloomy: "Indeed, only students have it."

"That is to say, you can't explain the note in the box, can you?" Wen Youqing asked.

"Yes, I can't explain it." Qiao Zeyu had nothing to say, because he himself didn't know why there was this note in this box - he opened the box the day before yesterday, but it wasn't there.What's more, only he has the key, who would put the note into the box without anyone noticing it?"However, the students never asked Song'er to steal test questions for me. Even if you kill me, that's all I can say."

Wen Youqing nodded, and said, "This piece of paper that neither of you can explain is evidence, and there is another witness in this house, which was also provided by the informant." As he spoke, he patted the gavel and said,"Come on, bring Mrs. Sun!"

"yes!"

Not long after, a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old was brought up. She was dressed plainly, and her clothes and skirts were very cheap. One could tell she was a commoner girl. No one knew who she was, but Qiao Songyu and Qiao ZeyuI was taken aback

It's her, the flower girl!

I saw the flower girl came to the hall, Yingying prostrated herself: "The daughter of the people, Mrs. Sun, pays her respects to Governor Wen."

"Do you know the two standing beside you?" Wen Youqing asked.

Mrs. Sun looked at Qiao Zeyu and Qiao Songyu beside her, and said, "Minnv knows this man, he is the third son of the Qiao family, but this one doesn't know him."

"Okay." Wen Youqing said, facing Qiao Zeyu and Qiao Songyu, and asked, "Do you two know this person?"

Qiao Songyu was stunned for a moment, and then she had no choice but to say: "I know, she sells flowers near our Pei residence."

Qiao Zeyu also nodded: "I know it too."

"Okay, you are very honest." Wen Youqing said, and asked Sun Shi, "Sun Shi, tell me, what kind of entrustment have you ever accepted from the Qiao family?"

Kneeling straight up, Mrs. Sun said, "At that time, the third young master Qiao married into the Pei residence, and the eldest son Qiao came to ask me, saying that he was afraid that something might happen to the third young master Qiao in the Pei residence. If it is inconvenient to spread the news,Let the women of the people transmit it on their behalf, so as to deceive people."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Pei Rongbai, who had been listening quietly, also changed his expression slightly - sure enough, he guessed right!

It's just that he should have thought at the time that there was something wrong with this flower girl!