Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

avoid arousing suspicion?

After hearing this, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian and Wei Ting looked at each other, as if they understood something.

I only heard Guo Ye continue to say: "Since Gong Ji mentioned Mr. Pei, according to the laws of my Tang Dynasty, Mr. Pei should withdraw from the court immediately, immediately, and quickly to avoid interrogation. No matter how old an official you are, you should You have to follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty, right? Moreover, I remember that in the official documents of the Ministry of Criminal Justice sent to the government offices of various states, there are all introductions about avoiding suspicion. Relatives and friends avoid suspicion, teachers and students avoid suspicion, fellow villagers avoid suspicion, and suspects avoid suspicion..."

"The laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty are the foundation of our Tang Dynasty. The emperor is as guilty as the common people when he breaks the law, let alone the subjects? Could it be that Mr. Pei feels that he has the imperial decree to rely on, so he can do anything wrong, and he is better than my emperor of the Tang Dynasty? Mr. Pei People regard the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty as nothing, and rioted in Dali Temple recklessly, not to mention the final result of Gong Ji's case, at least three adults can fully punish you for a crime of contempt of the law."

"Master Pei Ji Pei, are you convinced?"

Haw!

Pei Ji was chilled by Guo Ye's words, his palms were loosened, and the imperial decree fell off and fell to the ground.

Guo Ye immediately scolded again: "Look, throwing the imperial decree on the ground at will, and then punishing you as a bully, it is more than enough to have no king!"

"Hahaha……"

After Gao Shilian heard Guo Ye's words, he clapped his hands immediately and shouted regardless of manners: "Pei, are you convinced?"

Changsun Wuji's frown was completely loosened, and the dilemma was solved by Guo Ye, huh~~

He breathed a rough sigh of relief, and turned his attention to Gong Ji. The rest of the matter about Pei Ji should be settled by Wei Ting, a neutral Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Wei Ting only heard Wei Ting say: "That's right, whether it's the laws of the Tang Dynasty or the official documents of the Ministry of Punishment, there is a saying to avoid suspicion. If this little brother hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten it. I am ashamed and ashamed, and almost missed a big deal!"

After that, his expression became tense, and he told the two classes of yamen servants: "Since Mr. Pei is involved in Gong Ji's case, in order to avoid suspicion, please ask Mr. Pei Ji to withdraw from the court first. Come on, take Mr. Pei Ji down, with light hands and feet." Don't hurt Mr. Pei!"

After ordering, Wei Ting suddenly took a meaningful look at Guo Ye, his eyes were deep, and after only one glance, he waved at Guo Ye, signaling him to leave the court as well.

Then he whispered to Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian: "You two, let's continue the trial!"

Chapter 528

Pei Ji said that he was invited out of the court, but in fact he was forcibly taken out.

At this time, Pei Ji's noise disappeared from the courtroom, and it returned to its original state.

Changsun Wuji and others sat back at the head of the hall, listening to Gong Ji's addition...

Gong Ji talked a lot about it, according to what his brother-in-law Chang He taught in the Dali Temple prison, how Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren and others protected him from corruption and perverted the law, how they threatened him to continue guarding and stealing, and how How to share the stolen money with him, all explained.

Gong Ji said it soundly, trying to smear these big bosses of the old martial arts system in different ways. Wei Ting, Minister of the Ministry of punishment, shook his head and sighed, saying that if he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he couldn't believe it.

Even the two insiders, Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian, would have almost believed Gong Ji's nonsense if they hadn't already had a plan in mind.

But the more lifelike Gong Ji portrayed, the happier they were.

Returning to the crowd outside the door, Guo Ye, who was standing with Zhenniang, also stared at Gong Ji with straight eyes, sighing in his heart, paralyzed, it is a pity that this grandson is not an actor!

After Gong Ji finished the last sentence and fell silent, Changsun Wuji looked at Wei Ting and asked softly, "Wei Shangshu, the criminal has confessed in full, do you think it's okay to sign and draw?"

Wei Ting nodded slightly, and sighed: "It's really self-inflicted, you can't live! It's a waste of the grace of the saints, and it's a waste of being a minister!"

Sighing, he turned his head and asked the famous criminal master who recorded the confession: "Master Xu, is the confession finished? You can take it to sign for Gong Ji!"

Master Xu hummed, stood up, holding the confession in one hand and the inkstone and writing brush in the other, walked up to Gong Ji, knelt down, and said, "Let's sign and draw, here~"

Master Xu pointed to a place in the confession, and said: "Sign your name here, and write 'The above is my own words, proofread and correct', yes, just write it like this, and finally write your name in the blank space. palm print, here~ the inkstone is right there, just dip some ink on the palm of your hand and make a palm print."

"Oh, oh, ok, ok..."

Gong Ji was already in a daze, and he would come as Master Xu ordered. He thought in his heart to settle the case early, and then punish him lightly, and let him be a farmer who owns a thousand acres of land, keeps slaves and takes concubines. .

Gong Ji signed his name, and after writing that sentence, he covered the entire inkstone with his palm, covered with black and wet ink, and raised his hand to cover the confession form.

"The decree has arrived!"

Suddenly there was another sharp, frosty voice outside the courtroom, which blocked Gong Ji's final fingerprinting procedure.

After the voice fell, a person hurriedly squeezed in from the crowd, dressed in eunuch robes, holding a dust whisk, sweating profusely, came into the court hall, muttering in his mouth: "I'm running to death, I'm exhausted, I'm exhausted... "

The person who came was an eunuch in the palace, with short stature and black as coal head.

Guo Ye did recognize this person, damn it, it was the ugly and dark Qiu Dehei who came to Xichuan to announce the decree!

I saw this guy spread out the imperial decree in his hand, and said to Changsun Wuji and the three of them: "My lords, there is a decree from the Holy Spirit, please accept it!"

After finishing speaking, Qiu Dehei glanced at the people inside and outside the hall, and shouted loudly: "Xuan imperial decree, idlers, wait, kneel!"

wow~

The crowd all knelt down, Guo Ye took Zhenniang's little hand, secretly stared at Qiu Dehei, and cursed secretly, you are a dead eunuch, you are so frightened?Kneel, kneel, you are paralyzed, kneel?

But in the end, he still held Zhenniang reluctantly and knelt down slightly.

The three of Changsun Wuji stood respectfully aside with their hands down, lowered their heads slightly, and shouted in unison: "I will accept the order!"

Qiu Dehei, who looked like Wu Dalang, shook his fat pig's head and slowly recited the imperial decree: "Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, and Wei Ting, the three noble families, suspend the joint trial of Gong Ji's case by the three divisions, and postpone the retrial. , let Changsun Wuji quickly enter the palace to see me without any delay. Hereby!"

"The minister waits for the order!"

The three of them agreed together, but they each had their own tastes and differences in their hearts.

Wei Ting was full of doubts, the case had already reached the point where the truth came to light, why did His Majesty stop it all of a sudden for no reason?

Changsun Wuji tidied up his official robe a little bit, and said directly to Qiu Degang, "Eunuch Qiu, I will follow you into the palace, please lead the way!"

After all, without even saying goodbye to Gao Shilian and Wei Ting, he hurriedly followed Qiu Dehei out of the courtroom and out of Dali Temple.

Only Gao Shilian had a gloomy face, shook his head in disappointment, and sighed, as if he had guessed the reason why His Majesty Li Er suddenly stopped.

At this time, the interrogation of the three divisions was suspended for a while, and the retrial was postponed. The crowd of onlookers outside the courtroom began to retreat sparsely. Even Guo Ye led Zhenniang out of Dali Temple in a bit of disappointment.

Gao Shilian bowed his hands to Wei Ting in a somewhat dispirited way: "Wei Shangshu, you are in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and you are familiar with the criminal law. I will leave it to you to take care of the matters above the court. Hehe, the old man is getting old and wants to go back home first." Go and rest."

Wei Ting is also a good talker. Hearing what Gao Shilian said, he immediately nodded and agreed: "Lord Gao, please return home with peace of mind. I will leave this place to Wei. You should pay attention to your body, and don't fall ill at that time. It's not beautiful that you will be absent from the Gong Ji case at the next three-division trial, haha!"

It was rare for Wei Ting to make a joke, but Gao Shilian didn't respond, but murmured to himself: "The next time the three divisions will try the Gong Ji case? Hehe...the old man will go back home to rest."

Turning around and walking away, I secretly added a sentence in my heart: "Next time, hehe, it will be difficult, it will be difficult..."

Wei Ting watched Gao Shilian walk away slowly, walked out of Dali Temple, and then began to order two classes of yamen servants to continue to put Gong Ji in shackles and escort him back to the prison.

As soon as Gong Ji heard that the retrial was to be postponed, his face was full of bitterness, and he cried secretly in his heart, "Damn it, you haven't played yet?"When is this fucking head?

Jingle jingle, jingle, jingle~

Escorted by several yamen servants, Gong Ji left the courtroom slowly, carrying shackles and shackles.