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The convoy sent by Jingzhong to pick up Princess Qinghe left Beijing, and Yun Heng arrived in Chang'an first.

The season happened to be a few days before the Ching Ming Festival, and Yun Heng came all the way from the gate of the city with only a few cronies with him. Wei Liao ordered the Ministry of Rites to arrange board and lodging, and also asked Guanglu Temple to arrange night banquets, and Taipu Temple to arrange music. However, as soon as Yun Heng entered the city, he hurried to Zichen Palace.

When Fu Xiru came out from Shangshu Shengdutang, he happened to meet Mi Pei.Mi Pei holds several positions and does not necessarily sit here on a daily basis, so Fu Xiru was supposed to reconcile with him, so it became him to cooperate with Fu Xiru.

It happened to be sunset, Fu Xiru breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and saw that the clouds in the sky were all trimmed with bright gold, and cupped his hands to Pei Mi: "Master Pei."

Pei Mi returned the salute, but the expressions on their faces were similar.

Spring is just around the corner, so they have no free time. Although Fu Xiru has not yet turned to Suzhi, he often stays in the forbidden area. Now there is an urgent need to solve the matter of Yunheng, and the subtle hostility between him and Pei Mi has also subsided. Woke up.

"I heard he is the son of the Lite people and the Uighur people?" Pei Mi asked suddenly on the road.

Although he had a bold and unrestrained name like iron lock Hengjiang, and looked no different from Han people, everyone in the court knew that Yun Heng was actually a Hu.When Mi Pei mentioned this, it was just a beginning.

Fu Xiru nodded.

Sure enough, Pei Mi was thoughtful: "I heard that when he entered the city, his group of people dressed up strangely and attracted commotion in the city. Could it be that this person has not been domesticated yet?"

He twirled his beard and frowned slightly, but Fu Xiru was used to Yun Heng's demeanor, and said: "Youzhou is located in a remote place, and the rules are lax. He is used to being comfortable and doesn't know the rules. I think he won't be like this in Zichen Palace."

After saying a few words about Yun Heng, the rest is just gossip.Fu Xiru knew that Pei Mi was testing him, and did not reveal any inside story about how Wei Liao planned to deal with his murder on the way, so Pei Mi stopped mentioning it.

The news Fu Xiru knew was almost the same as Pei Mi's. On that day, Jiangzhou officials hosted a banquet for Yun Heng who passed by here.The only thing that could inspire him to kill was the few words the deceased had said to him, but at that time the banquet was halfway through, noisy and drunk, no one knew what they said.

Afterwards, Yun Heng pleaded guilty, but also avoided talking about the motive for the murder, only saying that he was impulsive, and begged to be punished.It was also because of this that he entered the city easily, low-key and obedient, apparently wanting to keep the suspense in front of Wei Liao.

Yun Heng will never have no backs, let alone commit murder in public on a whim. What Fu Xiru doesn't know is just how he plans to get rid of the crime.

Pei Mi is also unknown.

Fu Xiru had met Yun Heng before, but he was only more familiar with him than the rest of the people in Beijing, so he couldn't say he knew him well. Although he knew that he would probably be safe and sound, he didn't know how Yun Heng would get rid of his crimes, and how he would clear himself up.

When they arrived at the Zichen Palace, Pei Mi and Fu Xiru went in one after the other, but before seeing Yun Heng, they heard a burst of crying.

Pei Mi turned her head to look at Fu Xiru, and the two looked at each other.It's just that they have already reached the front of the imperial court, so it's impossible to look forward and backward, so the two had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward.

Sure enough, Yun Heng was crying.

He was about forty years old, with a strong physique like a bear, lying at Wei Liao's feet crying loudly, with snot and tears, this scene was scary and funny.When Wei Liao heard them coming in, he looked up, feeling quite helpless.

Yun Heng still didn't know about Pei Mi and Fu Xiru's coming in, so he was choking and continued: "The minister is born in a barbarian, and he doesn't understand etiquette, but he also knows how to take care of his parents, but he can't find his mother... It turns out that he and his sister have suffered a long time ago. ..."

Fu Xiru heard something, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and met Pei Mi's eyes again.

The cloud on the other end was still crying, extremely pitiful: "I killed the imperial court official and disregarded your majesty's trust. A minister shouldn't do this. It's just a bloody revenge, and I have to avenge it." I thought that I would never see my mother and sister again in this life, but now I have avenged their suffering, and I have nothing to ask for, but my majesty will punish you!"

In line with his attitude of pleading guilty, is his simple attire, and the sadness on the faces of several officials who entered the hall together.

Pei Bi didn't look sideways, and his lips moved slightly: "Master Fu, it seems that he is safe this trip."

Fu Xiru also didn't look at him, and replied in the same way: "What Mr. Pei said is true."

So the two of them were silent, looking at Dali Siqing who was standing upright like a coffin board, and let Yun Heng continue to cry.Wei Liao comforted him a few words, and then repeated Yun Heng's general idea.

Yunheng's mother is a Lite dancer, and his father is a Turkic general. He has a half-sister who lived with him since he was a child. Later, the family separated. He has been looking for the lost mother and sister for decades, but there is no news.

At the banquet that day, the governor of Jiangzhou treated the guests with his privately saved orchid, but Yun Heng found a girl who looked like his mother among them—so he became suspicious, questioned carefully, and finally learned about his mother and sister.

It turned out that after the separation, Yun Heng's mother and elder sister wandered about and were sold by others. His mother had died of illness, and his elder sister was the concubine of the governor of Jiangzhou.

If that was the case, perhaps this person was not guilty of death. However, when he learned that his sister had been abused and died of illness, and that his only niece was taken out to entertain guests, he suddenly became angry, killed him on the spot, and took his niece with him. All the way to Beijing.

... What a great show.

Since Yun Heng said so, there must be absolute evidence to prove his origin, the whereabouts of his mother and sister, and even his niece.

What he said was forceful: "I have violated the laws of the country. It is irrefutable. My mother has passed away and I have found my niece. I have no regrets. Even if Your Majesty wants me to pay for my life with my life, I am willing to die!"

Wei Liao remained silent, glanced at the people in the hall, sighed, and asked the minister of Dali Temple: "How should we deal with it according to the law?"

The minister of Dali Temple is named Zhou Shuo, who was born in a rich and wealthy family in central Sichuan. Cold and hard, probably the coldest one in the temple.

"Assassination and killing, beheading."

Pei Mi frowned, and was the first to object: "Jiedu Envoy is a second-rank official, his feelings are pitiful, and he has no plan, so it should be attributed to manslaughter, how can he be killed suddenly?"

He didn't want to face Zhou Shuo's cold eyes, because Wei Liao had no intention of killing, and Jiedushi was an important local official, especially Yun Heng was in charge of the defense affairs of the three places, which involved many people, so he really killed him , What if there is a mutiny in the army?

Had to think more.However, Zhou Shuo was born with such a nature that he turned a blind eye to his winks. Pei Mi retorted, and before he finished speaking, he heard him sneer: "Humph."

Criminal name is his profession. Although Pei Mi has also read the laws and regulations of this dynasty, he is not as proficient as him. Zhou Shuo turned his eyes and retorted concisely: "Since he knows the identity of the orchid during the banquet, he has something in his heart. Killing intent, this is why he beat the governor of Jiangzhou, so why is it not murder, but manslaughter? As for the second-rank officer..."

Zhou Shuo's face was icy, and he sneered again: "The governor of Jiangzhou is also an official, Mr. Pei."

Although he said the sentence of murder and beheading, after Pei Mi was speechless, Zhou Shuo continued to tell Wei Liao, "This case is complicated and needs to be interrogated carefully. Your Majesty should hand over the criminals and witnesses to Dali. The temple will hear it, and the minister will be able to give an answer."

This is true, as it should be.

Wei Liao looked at Yun Heng who had been lying on the ground without saying a word for a long time, and his subordinates who were also silent with grief, and then looked at Pei who had just tried to stop Zhou Shuo but was pushed back. Mi, and Fu Xiru standing beside him stood up from the throne.

There was a lot of noise in the hall.

Wei Liao leaned over and helped Yun Heng up himself, handed him a handkerchief to signal him to wipe it, and said to Zhou Shuo in a warm voice: "There is no need to put him in prison, he is in Chang'an, and he is at your disposal. This dynasty governs the world with filial piety , if he really avenged his mother, and his feelings are true, then the crime should be lightened, what does Ai Qing think?"

Zhou Shuo obviously had some opinions on not putting Yun Heng in prison, but Wei Liaoming could not do much to prevent Yun Heng from going to prison, at least he could "obey the summons", which was enough.As for "the sympathy is merciful, the crime is lighter", he just bowed his head and cupped his hands: "Yes."

As a last resort, he temporarily agreed to Wei Liao's decision.

Just as Yun Heng wiped away the tears from his face, he bowed down to thank him again. Wei Liao smiled kindly, as if a monarch and his ministers were getting along well.

Since Yun Heng's matter needs to be re-tried, the night banquet cannot be held for him. Fortunately, Wei Liao loves to be lively, and there is no shortage of such reasons. He immediately ordered Yun Heng to go out of the palace to change his clothes, and Wei Liao still listened in the Zichen Palace. Waiting for the official's report, he sent Zhou Shuo, who had a very ugly face, by the way.

Fu Xiru and Pei Mi came here originally to know the whole story of Yun Heng's matter at the first time, and now they are naturally waiting for the night banquet to start in Daming Palace.

Although both belong to Shangshu Province, one is the chief official and the other is a subordinate official, but in fact Pei Mi and Fu Xiru know very little about each other.One is because they are afraid of each other, and the other is that Wei Liao didn't play a good role in the process of getting acquainted.

Fu Xiru always travels between Daming Palace and Miyagi a few times in ten days, and most of the real sitting time is in the afternoon, so the communication with Pei Mi can only focus on business affairs, and there are very few opportunities to sit and chat with each other. few.

That's it.

It was just now that Zhou Shuo was not polite to Pei Mi. If he put it on other people, he would at least change his face or get angry. However, maybe Pei Mi suffered too much cold stare and ridicule, or he had long since treated Zhou Shuo like this. I got used to it, and there was no trace of strangeness. After sitting down, I sighed and said: "This Jiedu envoy is rare, he really has a heart of a child."

Fu Xiru smiled, but didn't answer.

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