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In the backyard of a villa outside the city of Yangzhou, Huo Jingtang was dancing a spear in the courtyard. The silver tip of the gun snaked like Bai Lian, and his figure was agile and brave. Trembling, the black figure rolled in the air, crossed Lan Qi and pulled out a long sword to change his moves. From the domineering marksmanship to the light and flexible sword moves, he could switch freely, just like a martial arts wizard.

Commander San peeked outside: "You feel better today?"

Colleague: "Little Master Zhao came two letters a day, filled five or six sheets of paper at a time, and coaxed the general into submission. Didn't you know that the general picked out some of the letter papers and hid them in his cuffs, heart, waist, and incense sticks?" In the bag, tsk! If you miss someone, take out the letter and take a look. I once caught a glimpse...you can say everything Qingqing and Fulang said, and I really can’t see that Mr. Zhao still has such an unscrupulous side.”

"Is that so?" Commander San was surprised: "Master Zhao looks at the wind and the moon, looks like an upright gentleman, and still has such boudoir fun?"

The colleague couldn't help shaking his head, sighing in admiration, rubbing the goosebumps on his arms vividly: "These two are what kind of pot and what kind of cover. Mr. Zhao, you can't judge by appearance, and our general is not an easy person."

Commander San: "The general hasn't responded to the letter so far, and he looks quite indifferent, hasn't he lost his temper?"

The colleague sneered: "Why didn't the anger dissipate? The anger dissipated as early as the sound of 'Qingqing Fulang', but you can't see that the general is taking Joe, pretending to be indifferent and raising his status to coax Mr. Zhao to continue writing letters. These Men and women in love, and men and women, all look alike, I've seen it through."

Commander San: "..." It turns out there is a story.

The colleague came back to his senses: "What are you doing here?"

Commander San: "We have been in Yangzhou for many days, and we have been nesting in the villa. If we don't do anything, we have to ask the general what to do next."

Colleague: "Then you go in, while the general is in a turbulent mood right now."

Commander San patted his colleagues on the shoulder and stepped into the yard. Huo Jingtang just stopped, picked up a damp cloth to wipe his hands and asked, "Ask how to deal with the disaster relief money?"

"The general predicts things like a god." Commander San said cautiously: "Since the disaster relief money entered Jichang Villa, there has been no movement, but An Huaide is well-known in Xuzhou. The crime in the village, however, requires three joint trials, and both the punishment envoy and the transfer envoy will be present. Sima Jiao responded verbally to An Huaide, but he never left. Regarding the case of robbery, letters were sent to Xuzhou one after another. After questioning An Huaide, he asked the prefect of Xuzhou. After a while, he asked An Huaide whether the robbery of the official bank was the result of a rebellious party. Is there any evidence? Then he urged the prefect of Xuzhou to investigate , jumping at both ends, wishing that the fire would burn more and more vigorously."

"The prisoner is in Jiangyang County, and was detained by Mr. Zhao because of the epidemic and Deng Wen'an's unjust case."

"General, let's get back the disaster relief money as soon as possible. It's not good to hide the disaster relief money. It's hidden in Jichang Villa. I'm afraid it has something to do with... and Prince Jing." Commander San carefully considered his tone: "If we turn a blind eye, it's tantamount to Abandoning the three thousand fishermen in Xuzhou is a disappointment to His Majesty's high expectations. But if others expose you, you will inevitably be implicated and your Majesty will suspect your intentions."

Although it is helpless for heaven and earth to kill relatives with righteousness, it is despised by scholar-bureaucrats. Some people in the officialdom think that killing relatives with righteousness is not a high righteousness, but they scramble to stay away.

In the past dynasties, benevolence and filial piety were the first. The father can kill the son, but the son cannot kill the father. Otherwise, it is unfilial.

The general already had a notorious reputation for murdering his brother and being unfilial, and if he added the reputation of killing his father and being unfilial, his reputation could not be saved. However, compared with King Jing who provoked the court and even deliberately tried to usurp the throne, his reputation was almost worse.

Tired of commanding, he weighed the two sides for several days, only to feel that he was in a dilemma, and the general was unlucky to have such a father who did not give up and did not regard him as his son.

"If the general is worried about scaring the enemy, he will not mobilize the local forbidden army. Only fifteen cavalry can wipe out Jichang Villa."

The rumor in the capital that Huo Jingtang still has a ghost soldier in his hand is not groundless, the difference is that this ghost soldier has always existed on the surface, and it is the famous six thousand Tanghe cavalry from the Dajing Dynasty.

The Tanghe iron cavalry fought with the ancestors in the north and south. They once resisted the Turkic soldiers ten times the elite with 6000 people and won a complete victory. They beheaded half of the Turkic soldiers ten times taller than themselves, making the Turkic, Daxia and Southern Xinjiang soldiers Ma Wenfeng panicked.

Each of the six thousand cavalry is equipped with five horses, and they are heavily armored. They can swing a thirty-pound hook and sickle freely, and they can also draw a two-hundred-pound hard bow.

It's a pity that it was dismantled and dispersed with the acquiescence of the ancestors. Although the later Tanghe cavalry still retained its name, it was no longer powerful.

It wasn't until Huo Jingtang defeated the Turks at the age of 15 that he reorganized a three thousand Tanghe cavalry with the acquiescence of Emperor Yuanshou, went to southern Xinjiang, conquered Xixia, and became famous.

But people in the world only know that the Northwest Army is invincible, but they don't know that the Tanghe Cavalry has been reborn.

"General?"

Commander San couldn't help urging.

Huo Jingtang has been coaxed by Zhao Baiyu to feel comfortable physically and mentally. Now he is not in a hurry, calm and calm, and has a peaceful mind. He fiddles with the Buddhist beads and recites a paragraph or two of Buddhist scriptures silently. fire."

Commander San: "..." The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry.

Huo Jingtang picked up the wet towel to wipe his face and hands again, and when he was done, he wiped his fingers with the old handkerchief he forcibly obtained from Zhao Baiyu as a 'return gift', and said slowly: "I don't want to bear the name of being unfilial, and I don’t want to turn a blind eye and pretend nothing happened.”

Commander San: "...what do you mean?"

After the general believed in Buddhism, he became more and more like a magic stick, and let them, a group of uneducated old men, guess blindly when they talked in a cloud.

Huo Jingtang: "If the 200 million disaster relief money is really robbed by the rebels, whoever gets it will be able to make a great contribution. But it has nothing to do with this king's father, so it is a hot piece in this king's hands." Sweet potatoes, if they fall into the hands of others, are also very hot.”

Commander San was a little confused: "Why?" He wondered in a low voice: "The problem left over from the previous dynasty, doesn't His Majesty hate Prince Jing very much? If such a crime is committed, Prince Jing can be completely crucified and the Northwest Army that is in King Jing's hands can be taken back." .Whoever solves your confidant's serious troubles for His Majesty will be able to make a great contribution, how can it be hot?"

Huo Jingtang smiled and said nothing, he knew it well when he was dismissed, let go of this question and moved on to the next one.

"The general is not afraid of being implicated?"

"I should have worried at first, but it's just a coincidence, and it's self-inflicted..." Huo Jingtang lowered his voice, and after a while he returned to his normal tone: "With the tragedy of Li Yiru and Jiangnan Imperial Merchant being wiped out, I won't be implicated."

Touching the old handkerchief, Huo Jingtang laughed and said, "Xiao Lang is indeed my lucky star."

Commander San: "..." Why do you suddenly feel attacked?

***

Lv Liangshi was decapitated and detained in the county government office until Deng Wen'an's unjust case was settled. At this time, he didn't dare to keep his official position, he just wanted to live.

He found people to send messages to Xiao Wence and Zheng Chuzhi respectively, the former implied that they were in the same boat, if something happened to him, they would inevitably be implicated, and they hoped to help each other.

As for the latter, while chatting about the relationship between the old king of Qin and his former subordinates, he took the initiative to explain that it was An Huaide and Song Ling who broke up with each other at the beginning. Huaide took advantage of the opportunity to compete for the case, and upheld the original judgment regardless of the ins and outs——

The essence is for one's own selfishness, adults may use this article to criticize An Huaide.

Lu Liangshi expressed his willingness to help Zheng Yunfu.

At the same time, he did not forget to send a letter to the envoy. When Adjutant Cui intercepted the letter, he sneered: "If you can have the brains and action to plead for the people, and get promoted early in the morning, why is it so precarious now?"

Zhao Baiyu: "Don't come out, I'll go see him."

Adjutant Cui had nothing to say.

When Zhao Baiyu went to see Lu Liangshi in the prison, he first revealed that he was a close guard of the imperial envoy. Lu Liangshi was a soldier, and at first he didn't believe it. It was not until Zhao Baiyu showed his Shangfang sword that he dared to believe his words.

"What are you going to do?"

Lu Liangshi recounted the plan he had said to Zheng Chuzhi: "Xiao Wence wants to get rid of the ties, and he has already prepared evidence to slander Deng Wen'an as an accomplice of bandits, and he should be executed according to the law."

Obviously it was the master who came up with the idea for him, so he turned around and proposed this idea to Xiao Wence, now when he came to the imperial envoy, his tone changed, and it became Xiao Wence's idea, this Lu Liangshi is really a liar and a liar sex veteran.

"What evidence did he find?"

"Three testimonials. A bustard in a flower building. That Wang Guozhi had also engaged in the business of abducting and trafficking women. Just go to the gambling house to have fun, and often ask the people in the house to send money when they lose no money, and often order Deng Wen'an, many people see him going in and out of flower houses and gambling houses with money."

"The second personal certificate is a thug in the gambling shop. As for the third personal certificate, it is naturally a gangster who once worked part-time at Wang Guozhi's house. He can not only testify that Deng Wen'an is Wang Guozhi's accomplice, but also from the couch where Deng Wen'an slept. I searched and found the silver taels. The silver taels are the belongings of the wealthy family whose family was exterminated, and there is a mark under each ingot, and the local bank can testify."

Zhao Baiyu asked, "Where did this money come from?"

Lu Liangshi's eyes flickered: "Your Majesty... No, no, no, the silver taels I found from the deceased's house were stored in the government office as evidence of the deceased. The prefect Xiao knew about this, and when he knew that His Majesty sent an envoy to Huainan, he sent an envoy to Huainan." Take it."

Zhao Baiyu's voice was soft: "What's next? How about it?"

Lu Liangshi: "Prefect Xiao wants to kill Deng Wen'an unjustly, but I already know my mistake. I know that I have committed a heinous crime. I have wronged His Majesty and the common people, so I want to atone for my sins—My lord, my lord, please intercede with the imperial envoy for me." , I am willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service, and help your lord to pull down Zhifu Xiao and Shuai An, just to spare my life!"

Zhao Baiyu: "But this case alone can't save your life, and it can't pull those two people off the horse. It's also very difficult for my lord. To be honest, Mr. Lu, you are the former subordinate of the King of Qin. It seems that you are in Zheng Guogong's mansion. For the sake of saving your face, I will save you no matter what, but... oh." He lowered his voice and asked, "An Huaide was greedy for Mo Zhihe's silver, and burned to death the supervisory censor, do you know about this?"

Lu Liangshi hesitated: "I heard."

Zhao Baiyu knelt down and flickered friendlyly: "I know you are a smart man, you can definitely guess that His Majesty sent me here specially, and he was not at all for the case of Deng Wen'an. Think about it, there is an unjust case. When I come back for a retrial, there are hundreds of counties in the [-] prefectures of Huainan Province, and thousands of officials, big and small, and there is no one who can be used?"

Lu Liangshi was engrossed in listening, and replied: "That can't be done."

Zhao Baiyu: "Is this over?"

"What do you mean? I didn't understand."

"To put it simply, I'm not here for you, nor for an unjust case, I'm here for Zhihe Yinzi who was corrupted!"

"Oh, I understand! I know this, I guessed it early on!"

"Hey. Think about it, the case was not investigated with much fanfare, but because An Huaide made it big, your life and this official were killed, who was responsible for it? Think again, if there is a big man in front of you Now, Your Majesty will still notice you? You said that the epidemic is a good opportunity, but you missed the opportunity to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds! What is the use of reining in your horse now? Unless you take the initiative to expose and become a tainted witness, but you are the former king of Qin, and An Huaide is not here The same boat, there must be no evidence that he was greedy for money."

Zhao Baiyu sighed, shook his head, and expressed deep regret: "I want to save, but unfortunately there is nothing I can do."

Lu Liangshi was anxious: "I have evidence!"

Zhao Baiyu blinked his eyes, expressed doubts, and sincerely persuaded: "I know you are in a hurry to go to the doctor, but there are some things that you can't talk nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense, I have the account books for Sima Jiao's tax evasion." Lu Liangshi gritted his teeth and said cruelly.

"Tax evasion? Is it a hidden land or a Tibetan?"

In ancient times, land tax was the main tax, followed by commercial tax. An official was not allowed to engage in business, so Zhao Baiyu first excluded commercial tax and asked about land tax and head tax. It is not uncommon for Dajing court officials to hide their heads and household registrations to evade taxes.

"Your Majesty is tolerant of this. Even if you expose Sima Jiao as a Tibetan, you will only ask him to pay the tax."

"It's tax embezzlement. Sima Jiao classified the productive land as unproductive land without taxation through private possession of land, and wrote good land as barren land, etc., but still collected taxes from the people below. This account book intercepts at least [-]% of the common people's tax revenue for their own use!"

"Forty percent?" Zhao Baiyu got up in shock, turned around and straightened his cuffs while thinking about this number.

The annual tax revenue of the Dajing Dynasty was 4000 to [-] million taels of silver, which was also due to the good weather in recent years. Business was prosperous but bound by the night ban. Commercial tax accounted for only [-] to [-] percent. Among them, Jiangnan and Liangzhe were the richest, followed by Huainan.

Jiangnan and Liangzhe are dominated by commercial taxes, while Huainan is dominated by land taxes.

There are at least 300 million taels of tax revenue every year, and 500% of it is cut every year. In four or five years, there will be 200 million taels of silver. In addition to the corruption of the rivers over the years, and the robbed [-] million taels of disaster relief silver, there will be tens of millions in total. silver.

All into the pockets of the crown prince and queen's family?

But the fifth prince is in charge of the four canals of water transport in the north, which is also a money basket, how much money does he have to spend every year?What do they want the money for?He is already the supreme position under one person, why bother to be greedy for these money?

What's more, the Sima family claimed to be a noble and noble family, and they were famous for being low-key and poor in the capital, which was considered unique, so where did the greedy money go?

Zhao Baiyu: "Don't fool me, they are greedy for the money and have not seen it spent. Could it be that they are hiding it as a display?"

Lv Liangshi was sweating profusely, and obviously he really risked his life to survive. He almost said with a sad face, "My lord, believe me, they, they are stationing troops in Huainan."

Good guy!

It makes sense that stationing and raising troops cost the most money.

There are no princelings in the Jizhou Army, the Northwest Army, and the Central Forbidden Army. Zhao Changfeng and Zhao Sanlang, who work in the Central Forbidden Army, have unstable foundations. Although they support the prince, their attitudes are sometimes unclear, and they always feel that they are testing each other.

The prince and the queen have no confidence, so it is not impossible to use An Huaide to raise troops in Huainan.

"Do you know where An Huaide's soldiers are?"

Lu Liangshi: "My lord, you must first ensure that my life is safe before I can speak."

Zhao Baiyu looked at him steadfastly, and replied after a while: "Okay. But how do you know so much?"

Lu Liangshi shook his head, quite proudly: "Of course there is a way for me to eat and save my life. Others think I am a fool, so I hide my stupidity as they wish, and fools are the last to be guarded against."

Really kind of smart.

Zhao Baiyu: "I'll go back and tell Mr. Zhao that I will definitely come back and save you!"

Lu Liangshi immediately burst into tears of gratitude.

***

Huainan Transit Deputy Ambassador's Mansion.

The staff asked: "My lord, can you believe Lu Liangshi's words?"

Zheng Chuzhi had a good time drinking tea: "Half credibility."

Staff: "Since there is half of the credibility, it can be used to make a fuss. The disappearance of the Xuzhou disaster relief bank has been characterized as the work of the rebellious party, and the rebellious party and its accomplices are directly controlled by An Huaide's battalion. I can't touch any inside information, and was referred to a book, saying that he was covering up the rebellious party, and he almost couldn't do it. An Huaide has done a good job of disaster relief, and we can't get in. Why not borrow Deng Wen'an The injustice case, stir up this muddy water?"

Zheng Chuzhi: "Of course I know, but this case is not unjust enough."

Staff: "What do you mean?"

Zheng Chuzhi: "I want Xiao Wence and Sima Jiao to join forces to force the imperial envoy to sentence Deng Wen'an to death. After that, it's my turn to appear on stage."

The staff thought about it carefully, but they didn't quite understand Zheng Chuzhi's approach.

Zheng Chuzhi smiled like an old fox: "If someone guessed his mind casually, the seat under me would have been replaced by someone else."

***

In private, Zhao Baiyu promised to Deng Wen'an that he would save Deng Wen'an, but he needed to wait patiently, because good things take time, and there may be twists and turns. I hope Deng old man can believe him.

Uncle Deng looked at the gentle and patient Zhao Baiyu, and said in silence for a while: "I have never seen a high-ranking official who would patiently listen to our common people's grievances in my life, let alone a high-ranking official who would repeatedly comfort and worry about the common people. So I trust you, my lord."

Zhao Baiyu was surprised and said, "Thank you."

Because the victim's family should be the most qualified to question, be hostile, and oppose his plan, but he chose to believe and was full of gratitude. Zhao Baiyu had to thank the people for their trust.

***

Jiangyang County Inn.

Zhao Baiyu and others are discussing how to handle several cases.

"The former staff members of the Huang family were all killed as rebels. There is no proof of death. It is difficult for Huang Qingshang alone to turn the situation around. An Huaide dared to blatantly wrong three thousand fishermen. He must provide evidence. I am afraid that we will be used instead to clarify for him. The death of Zhang Conglu and the robbery of relief funds have nothing to do with him."

Adjutant Cui analyzed in this way.

"Not necessarily." Zhao Baiyu said: "The staff of the Huang family were murdered, so they can't testify for Huang Qingshang, and they can't speak out to prove that they are a rebellious party. It all depends on An Huaide alone, but there are still three thousand fishermen who can complain. As long as someone complains, they can make a fuss and deal with it vaguely. The problem is that we have to give the fishermen a chance to complain, and An Huaide will not allow this opportunity to happen. As for the physical evidence, the strongest physical evidence is 200 million silver. Unless the disaster relief money is found in the hands of the rebels, any physical evidence is not strong enough and can be dismissed."

"The key is where to find the 200 million taels of disaster relief money."

"Also, what name should we use to intervene in the case of the robbery of Xuzhou's disaster relief bank. Although the envoy has the right to intervene, but if he intervenes directly, he is afraid that he will be prevaricated by various reasons and speed up their pace of covering their mouths and convicting them."

Zhao Baiyu didn't sleep all night, his head was bald because of his thoughts, and finally he knocked on the table and decided: "Try Deng Wen'an's case first, and use this case to drag An Huaide into the water and entangle him, so that he can't care about Xuzhou's case." Case. In addition, find someone to send an informant letter to Sima Jiao, saying that Lu Liangshi has Yin and Yang account books in his hands, and has already obtained evidence that he embezzled the court tax."

Adjutant Cui was startled: "Isn't this a warning?"

"It's called driving ducks into cages." Zhao Baiyu said with a smile, "Drive them all into cages, give them some bait, and let them fight with each other. At the end of the fight, the biggest and fattest one can be attracted."

Adjutant Cui didn't understand Zhao Baiyu's plan, he just knew to follow suit: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

***

On the opening day of the hall, Adjutant Cui sat at the head of the hall, with Song Tixing and Xiao Zhifu on the left and right, and Lu Liangshi, Deng Wen'an and three fake witnesses at the bottom of the hall.

Zhao Baiyu watched from outside the court.

First, the three so-called witnesses proved that Deng Wen'an was an accomplice of Wang Guozhi, and they also produced silver as physical evidence. The certified physical evidence was all there.

Prefect Xiao urged: "Now that there are all the certified physical evidence, even if Deng Wen'an is not Wang Guozhi himself, but also his accomplice, and sentenced to death according to the law, Lu Liangshi is not only innocent, but also meritorious."

"Really?" Adjutant Cui asked, "Lu Liangshi, do you have something to say?"

Lu Liangshi knelt down and kowtowed: "The one who cleans himself will clean himself, I have nothing to say."

"You!" Adjutant Cui frowned: "Don't you have anything else to say? For example, the true relationship between these three witnesses and the case?"

Lu Liangshi panicked: "Didn't the imperial envoy find the personal and physical evidence? Shouldn't the imperial envoy know more about their relationship with the case than I do?"

Adjutant Cui frowned, feeling angry, he didn't expect Lu Liangshi to speak well in the prison, and now he suddenly turned his face and denied it, as Mr. Zhao expected, it was a fool.

If it hadn't been for the testimony of the doctor from the epidemic area and the cook of Wang Guozhi's family, or if it hadn't been for the old man Deng who rescued Huang Qingshang and asked Huang Qingshang to catch the real culprit by accident, I'm afraid he would really fall into the trap at this moment, and be caught by Lu Liangshi and Xiao Xiao. The prefect and the two joined forces to play a trick.

Zhao Baiyu, who was watching in the hall, was calm and relaxed. Lu Liangshi contacted both parties to say that they would turn against each other at any time, depending on which side had the higher stakes. He himself did not quite believe in the relationship between the imperial envoy and Zheng Chuzhi.

Only Xiao Wence was seen in the hall, but Zheng Chuzhi didn't come, so Lu Liangshi was afraid of being let go, so he turned against Xiao Wence temporarily.

No need to guess, the current situation is still under Zhao Baiyu's control.

Adjutant Cui slapped the gavel and scolded: "Even if Deng Wen'an is an accomplice of the gangsters, he pretended to be Wang Guozhi to take the blame. From the county magistrate to the magistrate to the torture envoy and comfort envoy, no one found out that something was wrong, and no one picked it up. In the end, letting the real culprit get away with it is dereliction of duty!"

Prefect Xiao: "The lower officials are dereliction of duty, and they are willing to be punished. It's just that if you make mistakes, you should be punished, and if you do right, you should be rewarded. According to the law of Dajing, there is no dereliction of duty in our sentence." He sat in his original position and raised his hands above his head: "How to punish and how to reward, please explain clearly."

Adjutant Cui was very hesitant, and seemed restless in the courtroom.

Prefect Xiao kept urging, and even pulled Song Ling together to persecute: "Song Tixing, you are good at handling prisons, and no one here understands the law of the scene better than you. How can you judge this situation?"

Song Ling, who had been silently pretending to be dead, had no choice but to bite the bullet and answer: "According to the Dajing law...the gangsters' accomplices should be sentenced to death. Mistakes, a small punishment will do.”

Adjutant Cui made a suppressed and angry expression, clutching the gavel tightly, and did not make a judgment for a long time.

Lu Liangshi was so happy that he couldn't help showing a smile.

Deng Wen'an showed despair, and old man Deng looked bewildered. Fortunately, he remembered Zhao Baiyu's words, but the sadness still came from it, and he couldn't help crying.

Prefect Xiao suddenly stood up and asked: "Why did your lord delay the judgment? You don't trust Lu Liangshi, you don't trust this official, don't you even believe all the witnesses and material evidence in the hall? Prosecutions and prisons pay attention to evidence, and now the evidence is placed in the hall. Why is your lord still hesitating? Could it be that folk gossip misleads lord to judge, or is it that the poor and innocent people in the hall are used to deceiving lord, which makes lord you act emotionally and hesitate again and again?"

"My lord!" Xiao Zhifu cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please judge in court!"

Adjutant Cui was not as he wished: "There are still doubts in this case, it will be retrialed after adjournment. Withdraw!"

After saying that, regardless of Xiao Wence's persecution, he was about to forcibly retreat, but at this moment someone shouted: "Slow down!"

The crowd immediately parted, and officers and soldiers rushed in to separate the two sides, and out of them came out a civil servant in his [-]s or [-]s with a refined temperament.He stood under the courtroom and reported his family name: "Huainan transshipment envoy Sima Jiao has met Fu Envoy."

Adjutant Cui asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Du Cao?"

Sima Jiao said: "As a transfer envoy of a province, I exercise the power of supervision. If there is an unjust case under the supervision, it is a supervisory error. It is my duty to retry the unjust case. I just watched the whole process outside, and I was puzzled. I wanted to ask the imperial envoy. With all the witnesses and material evidence, what are the doubts in this case?"

Adjutant Cui: "I am the envoy personally entrusted by His Majesty, and I am the sole presiding judge of this case. If I say the retrial will be postponed, then the retrial will be postponed. Why should Du Cao question me?"

Sima Jiao: "Just rely on the official's conscience! With the official hat on my head and the identity of the empress and prince's family, I should set an example for the world. Furthermore, as a provincial transit envoy, I have the right to monitor the fairness of the imperial envoys. And duty! So this officer is here to exercise the supervision power of the capital of a province. May I ask my lord, what are the doubts in this case? If there is no doubt, please announce the verdict immediately!"

Every word and every sentence was resounding and grand, and the case finally succeeded in reaching a fever pitch.

Under the hall, Zhao Baiyu pressed the prayer beads on his left wrist, with a relaxed smile on his lips.

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