Longevity: I am in the quiet garden, the sun and the moon

What Cui Sheng said was very clear, even if he didn't recognize it when it was dark in the prison earlier, now that he has confirmed it is correct, naturally there is nothing to criticize.

"Okay, since the culprit is confirmed to be correct, please ask Cui Xiang to listen."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Then, Cui Sheng sat down. Now the facts are not clear, he is naturally still the right prime minister.

Liu Jing patted the gavel, and then said to the butler kneeling under the hall: "Okay, tell the truth about everything you know, without any deception!"

"Those female corpses in the dry well are all maidservants of the prime minister's mansion. They are all thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls. They are all beautiful and handsome. Master Xiao once went to the mansion for a drink and fell in love with her." These girls, and then…”

"Wait, which Master Xiao, you are famous!"

Liu Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he could probably guess that it should be his uncle.

Not only the sixth prince, but everyone present except Xing Bangyi had expressions of surprise, and all eyes were on the butler as expected.

"Returning to Your Highness, it is none other than Xiao Shizhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Lord Xiao!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden sound of gasping in the field...

"Okay, let's go on!"

"Master Xiao called two girls to wait on him that night. After Master Xiao left early the next morning, the villain went over to see the two girls with scars. One of them died shortly after Master Xiao left. He was just a lowly servant girl. After the adults found out, they just let the corpses be disposed of, and the villains secretly took the corpses out of the city and buried them."

"Later, Lord Xiao often went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and girls would die every now and then. Later, Lord Xiao simply beat all the girls who had been tortured to death. There were eleven girls in total. By the time my master knew It's late, as for what Master Xiao told the master, the villain is not very clear, but he just ordered me to dispose of all these corpses, and then Master Xiao walked away."

"At first they were buried outside the city, and then the corpses were brought back secretly. The villain was afraid that the corpses would be discovered, and thought it would be safer in the prime minister's mansion, so he threw them all into the dry well. I was afraid of being silenced, so I ran away. I have been hiding in Tibet for a year, and the villain was awakened by nightmares every night. I heard that these corpses were found. The villain was really tortured, so I thought of surrendering myself. It can also be regarded as an explanation to those girls who died unjustly."

The butler had a pained look on his face.

It's clear...

Cui Sheng didn't wait for anyone to ask, he just knelt down in the hall, "Your Highness, I have committed a crime, and I have always regretted that I should not cover up this matter, but I also have unavoidable difficulties. The matter was revealed to His Majesty, but the Xiao family is the emperor's relatives after all, so I was afraid, so I never dared to mention this matter."

"Your Highness, there are a few doubts here. Can this servant ask Cui Xiang in court?"

"You are the assistant in this case, of course, you can ask the next question!"

Liu Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and Xing Bang also saw his embarrassment, so he hurriedly stood up.

"Cui Xiang, you have shielded me for so long, but what did Lord Xiao threaten you with?"

Xing Bang has already seen that Cui Sheng is determined to bite Xiao Shizhong.

"The criminal dare not lie. At that time, he deliberately planned to get these girls in order to please Mr. Xiao, but the criminal never expected such a thing to happen, and it was hard to get off. Mr. Xiao treated these girls very well from the end of his death. Disdain, I don’t worry at all if I die, so I just ordered the criminal minister to deal with these things, and comforted the criminal minister that nothing would happen, and threatened the criminal minister that he would not be able to get rid of the responsibility, and must keep his mouth shut, otherwise it would bring disaster to the whole family .”

Cui Sheng's words were true, none of the people present knew that Xiao Shizhong was arrogant and domineering, let alone some lowly maidservants, a dozen lives were regarded as worthless.

He also thought that the matter happened in Cui Sheng's house, so it was reasonable for him to safely hand over the corpse to Cui Sheng, and it could be regarded as indirectly dragging Cui Sheng into the thief's boat.

What a disregard for human life!

"It's not too much trouble for His Highness and the adults to ask more questions. The guilty minister wrote it down in detail, waiting for His Majesty's holy judgment."

"Alright!"

Xing Bang knew Cui Sheng's determination, so naturally he didn't need to ask any more questions. Now he was two witnesses, and Cui Sheng was still so convincing. The evidence in this case was solid, and Xiao Shizhong couldn't deny it at all.

"Master Wu, you are the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, do you have anything else to ask?"

"The facts of the case have been clarified, and I don't have anything to ask. Just follow His Highness' orders."

Wu Jingzhi was as shrewd as a fox, and would never have waded into this muddy water to say a word to Xiao Shizhong, and now he fully understood the purpose of Xiao Shizhong's coming to find him that day.

He was very fortunate in his heart, fortunately, he shirked the case, otherwise he would have offended the Xiao family, and he also thought that even so, Xiao Shizhong should not be punished too much.

Of course, this is just speculation, everything depends on His Majesty's intentions.

"Your Highness, since this is the case, you should invite Master Xiao to the case to hear his excuse."

"Come on, go to the Xiao Mansion and pass on Xiao Shizhong!"

Liu Jing looked very calm, which was all due to his lack of ambition.

...

Xiao House.

"Father, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has started the trial, and it is estimated that the boy will be sent to court soon. Is the boy denying it?"

"You can still deny the butler's confession, but if Cui Sheng testifies, how can you justify the evidence? Cui Sheng must have confessed to you when the matter has reached this point."

Xiao Guogang's complexion was very ugly. He had been worried for many days. He was not only thinking about the immediate matter, but also about the future of the Xiao family. If Liu Xian really wanted to do something, how would he deal with it.

"Should the child just admit it right away?"

"It's impossible not to admit the fact, but the result will be different, and we can't take advantage of Cui Sheng's bastard."

Xiao Guogang now hates Cui Sheng so much that his teeth itch.

"Also please enlighten me!"

Xiao Guogang waved his hand, and Xiao Shizhong hurried over, "You're like this..."

"have you understood?"

"Remember, my son, but Dad, you have to be prepared, just in case Your Majesty..."

Xiao Shizhong murmured somewhat in his heart, if he went to the Ministry of Punishments immediately, he would not be able to come back, and he would definitely be imprisoned to wait for His Majesty's will.

"You can go at ease, we will see the outcome soon, even if Dad tries his best, he won't let you have anything to do, and I also sent someone to inform the queen."

At this time, the servants came to report in a panic, and the people from the Ministry of Punishment had already arrived at the door.

Xiao Shizhong breathed a sigh of relief, greeted Xiao Guogang, and then went out...