On the wedding night, the substitute princess cured the war king's poison

Zhang Fang interrupted, "The Regent asked you questions, so you should tell the truth. You were all wet at the time, so you were not burned by the fire. Have you forgotten, you pig-brained man?"

The yamen runner quickly agreed: "Yes, that's true."

Ning Luo sneered, "Master Zhang, you are obviously colluding with others, right?"

Zhang Fang denied it. "Doctor Ning misunderstood. He is a slow talker and a slow brainer. He was nervous when he met the Regent, so he couldn't remember the details of the firefighting that day. I just gave him a few brief reminders."

Li Yi didn't want to let him off easily. "Come here, slap Zhang Fa in the face twenty times. If he dares to collude with others again, convict him immediately!"

Soon, two guards stepped forward and held down Zhang Fang, beating his face until it was as swollen as a fermented steamed bun.

But he kept shouting that he was innocent, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Li Yi also knew that Zhang Fang was a veteran official and would not plead guilty easily. He had to let his subordinates personally identify him and there was irrefutable evidence before he could be brought to justice.

We can only continue the trial.

"Someone, let the next witness come forward and answer!"

Soon, the next yamen runner also knelt in front of Li Yili trembling with fear.

Li Yi: "What's your name?"

Yamen runner: "My name is Hu Sanwan, Your Majesty."

"When was the fire in the reserve granary put out that day?"

"It is... the hour of Hai."

"Besides the people from the county government, were there any other people who participated in the firefighting?"

"...Yes, the county yamen's city guards also went there."

"Who arrived first, you or the city defenders?"

"We got here first."

"Think carefully. If you are lying, I will investigate and confiscate your property and execute you!"

The regent was so majestic that the man was trembling like a sieve, but he still kept his mouth shut, "I dare not."

Li Yijun frowned, guessing that the Nan County government must be very complicated, so the bailiffs didn't dare to tell the truth.

Either they were oppressed by the county magistrate or they became corrupt officials.

If a county magistrate dares to be so presumptuous, it shows how hard the common people have to endure.

"Next!"

When the new witness came up, Li Yili did not give him a chance to respond and simply repeated all the previous questions.

"When did the fire start and when was it put out? How did your county magistrate get to the fire scene? How many people did you bring? How many people died? Who participated in the firefighting? Why weren't you burned by the fire?"

"The fire started...at midnight and was put out at dawn. Our master brought fifty people to put out the fire. Two of us died. The others were not burned because..."

He was sweating profusely as he worked so hard to weave.

"Why is what you said different from the testimony of the previous witness?"

"That was...I remembered it wrongly, Lord Regent. I don't remember that."

It turns out that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked too, they are all of the same character.

Li Yi frowned deeply. It seemed that the corruption in Nan County had become rotten to the point of being deeply rotten.

Ning Luo saw that these people were cruel and stubborn, and dared to lie even if the testimonies did not match, saying that they had remembered it wrongly. So he decided to use someone even more cruel to fight poison with poison.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask him a few questions."

"Accurate." Li Yi knew that Ning Luo was going to use a ruthless move, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Ning Luo asked the witness, "Your county magistrate said that several yamen runners who were helping to put out the fire that day were burned to death. Do you know their names?"

Yamen runner: "Yes, it's Yuan Zheng and Xu Gengnian."

"Did he really burn to death?"

"……Yes!"

"Are you not afraid that we will open the coffin and perform an autopsy?"

"They were burnt to ashes by the fire."

"Okay, you guys are really cruel. Since you living people can't tell the truth, I'll ask the dead!"

As soon as Ning Luo finished speaking, all the officials in Nan County were so frightened that their hair stood on end and they got goose bumps.

It's late at night now, is it appropriate to make such a joke?

What's more, those two people were executed by them.

Zhang Fang said timidly, "Doctor Ning, as a doctor, you shouldn't use tricks to scare people."

Ning Luo asked meaningfully, "Master Zhang, do you know what the next sentence of 'A man of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow' is?"

Zhang Fang didn't dare to answer.

"This imperial physician practices Taoism and has some knowledge of yin and yang. Now I will summon the spirits and ask them to tell us about the fire that day."

Ning Luo asked Li Yi for instructions.

"Will the Lord Regent allow me to use spiritualism?"

Li Yi nodded: "Yes!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Fang was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He subconsciously looked around. In the dark forest, only this place was illuminated by the torches.

Just when he was hesitating whether to confess his guilt, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing past, and then he saw two shadows and a familiar face looming in front of him. He couldn't help but scream, "Ah! I was wrong, I was wrong, I plead guilty, spare me, let them go, it's so scary——"