Bastards

On the top there is a four-character plaque with the words "Mirror Hanging High", and on the bottom there is a six-fold screen with "Sea Water Asahi Sun", green flags, blue umbrellas, green fans, and drums on both sides of the arch guards. The mighty officials with water and fire sticks are neatly lined up. Ordinary clothes, after sitting in a public case, his eyebrows are piercing, his eyes are majestic, his momentum is Huanghuang, like the sun and the moon!

There was a sound of crisp and hard gavels, a sentence of solemn and stern shouts, and the hearts of the onlookers were beating, and they subconsciously checked whether they had done anything wrong. How could Deng not feel guilty or afraid?

"You recruit or not!"

A few words resounded, like thunder rang in his ears, Deng's heart was jumping with fear, and his ears were buzzing, he felt the golden dragon on the crown prince's chest staring at him tightly, a pair of dragon eyes seemed to spew out fire, which would draw fire to this place in an instant, She was burned alive!

"Ah-ah-ah-"

Fear spewed out of his heart in an instant, Deng couldn't bear the huge pressure any longer, and screamed.

The delicate and beautiful woman collapsed in court, which made people feel a little bit embarrassed.

Yang Xuan didn't show any pity at all, her brows were sharp and her expression didn't change at all, even a bit more majestic.

Ever since the case changed secretly and the mysterious booklet was brought out, he knew that this case was not easy to try.It is true that due to the participation of various forces from the King of Yue and the King of Pingjun, he can take the opportunity to mediate from them and use cover-ups to keep his strength hidden.The court situation is changeable, the later the strength is exposed, and the later the alarm is aroused, the more can be gained.

But complex situations are not so fun, every step has to be painstakingly designed just right.Cui Yu had already thought of the preliminary preparations for him, and he had to rely entirely on himself for the rest.

It is impossible for this case to be tried step by step like other cases.No matter how many witnesses and physical evidences there are, even if there is ironclad evidence, the murderer denies it, and the forces behind him protect him, there is nothing he can do about it.

How can the case be closed smoothly under the situation of being "unfamiliar with the situation" and being constrained everywhere?The answer: let these people want to close the case themselves.

King Yue and his gang are waiting to see his jokes, so why are they willing to let him close the case easily?It's not difficult, just find the point that can hurt them.Since the protection is entangled, since so many things have been done in this case, there is something you want.

The mysterious booklet in Peng Chuanyi's hand...

If you get it, you will get a group of loyal officials, who will do everything they can.

How can a person with a desire for power let go of such a thing?I got the news, and I'm working hard on the strategy, but I haven't got it yet, so how can I let others know?

They can't wait to keep this matter under wraps, he, the crown prince, insists on going his own way, and ask him out in court... If they don't want the secret to be announced and guessed, they have to take a certain way to compromise.

At this time, you have the initiative!

After digging so many holes, playing so many sets, and explaining and stopping layer after layer, do you think this is going to be difficult for him?

He is the crown prince, following the destiny and the will of the people, how could he lose!

"The abnormal situation in your family, the behavior of your servants, the contradictions in your words, the inconsistencies, and everything shows that you are lying. You, the Deng family, have made it clear what you want from the Peng family! Not only do you want it, but you have taken action. !"

Yang Xuan's voice was stern, sharp as a knife: "What is that thing? The deceased Peng Ping is as powerful as a fellow, and your father who has been in charge of the six bureaus wants it! Don't slander, don't try to escape. The red-headed punishment sign on the public case is not just for show!"

"Yes! Tell me what it is!"

"What the hell is it? Your family doesn't even want face!"

"What about women, treacherous ones can also be punished!"

"It doesn't matter who does evil, male or female, let alone someone who doesn't repent! His Royal Highness, torture her! See if she recruits!"

"Use punishment! Use punishment! Use punishment!"

"Trick! Trick! Trick!"

The crowd of onlookers was excited, raised their hands and drank, and the atmosphere was unprecedented.

Yang Xuan's slender eyes narrowed slightly, thinking that King Yue must regret it now.Originally, such a big trend was created just to see him make a fool of himself, but now there are countless people inside and outside the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Xu Quan Luoyang has come, and there will always be a few smart people who can guess. I thought, if I find out more, this secret... can't be kept!

……

King Yue really regretted it.He was about to vomit blood!

How could it be like this, how could it develop like this!The prince has never been to Luoyang, it is impossible to have such energy, who is helping him!Who invited those witnesses who appeared out of nowhere for him!

Could it be his good brother King Pingjun!

No... It's too terrible, the crown prince can't go on trial like this, this secret can't be known to more people!

The king of Yue murmured, and summoned his loyal subordinates to give instructions.

King Chang raised his eyebrows delicately, and spat out the melon seeds in his mouth: "Brother, what's the secret, so terrible?"

King Yue's face froze, showing a smirk, and poured him a cup of tea with the pot in his hand: "You are still young, just play around, you don't need to know these things."

"What if I have to know?" Changjun Wang smiled, his eyes were burning, he seemed to be joking, but he also seemed to be asking seriously.

King Yue reached out and touched his head, solemnly said: "...you are still young."

"Okay." Prince Chang bared his teeth, and didn't ask any more questions.

……

Of course King Pingjun was also at the scene today. He wanted to watch the case develop smoothly. Peng Chuanyi overturned the case so that he could give him the brochure!After fighting so many times, he certainly knew that the king of Yue was also nearby. It would be strange if his good brother didn't plan to do something!

To be honest, Prince Ping feels a little...in a word.

For the booklet, he worked so hard for so long, touching the Rong family Gan's, and helping to find witnesses. For this reason, he even directly confronted the King of Yue, and suffered a lot.After so much hard work, the prince picked the peaches!The prince didn't do anything, but he was ordered to sit in the court for trial. If the case is concluded to everyone's satisfaction, it is the credit of others, and it has nothing to do with him, King Pingjun!

The prince doesn't necessarily know his suffering, and won't accept too much affection from him!

This is a bit annoying, but if it can make Yue Wang feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, he will be happy!He had already guessed that the King of Yue also wanted the brochure, but he had already negotiated with Peng Chuanyi and agreed to give him the brochure. Cheng Shi is about to get it, and he is not worried about the news leaking at all. King Yue is anxious about this point, but he is not.

The current situation looks like he has formed an alliance with the crown prince. The crown prince is orthodox and has a great reputation. I don’t know if he will crowd out himself in the future...

After thinking about it, Prince Ping sneered coldly, and we will talk about the future, who can guarantee that they will be friends for life and enemies for life?Winning the heir is a long road, and the one who reaches the end is the winner. Now that I am in a weak position, it is an unprecedented low point. The mother and concubine in front of the emperor are in critical condition. Who knows what will happen next time?If you don't resist now, you will be suppressed by the king of Yue in one go, and you will never stand up!

Now follow the prince, just to take a breath.As long as he got the booklet...he would have nothing to worry about.

Just as he was thinking, the people below came to report that the useless dude from the Rong family had come out.

"This is a dog in front of King Yue. Although it is not smart, it can be used very well sometimes." King Pingjun commented in a low voice, not in a hurry, and waved to his subordinates, "Let my cousin of the Cai family follow me to have a look. "

"But your family... Could it be too sensitive, something wrong?"

"Left and right have had trouble before, but now there is no need to be afraid."

"Yes."

……

Under the lobby, Mrs. Deng had already slumped to the ground, her face was pale, her lips almost pale, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to shake.

When Yang Xuan asked again, she didn't dare to get dizzy, didn't dare to refute, and didn't dare to lie: "I really don't know... just know that there is such a thing, my father... my father said that it is very powerful..."

Yang Xuan raised her eyebrows: "Your father?"

"To my father...my father!" Deng knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Highness summon my father! I really... really don't know anything!"

Yang Xuan squinted her eyes, and her voice was slightly slow, as if she was being induced by something: "Your father knows?"

Deng shi was thinking, she was so stupid, she didn't do what she told her well, and her father was so smart, he would definitely be able to help her and explain everything clearly... It didn't matter that Yang Xuan didn't ask much, subconsciously He replied: "Yes, I know, my father knows..."

The surrounding audience were stunned again.

This scene is reversed back and forth. It turns out that the villain not only has a concubine, but also the concubine's father!This family has ghosts and ghosts in their hearts, and they use the girl's heart to make calculations, how can they not make plans?

Yang Xuan hid the smile on his lower lip, and patted the gavel: "Your words are accepted! Left and right, summon Deng's father to court!"

The yamen servants tapped their water and fire sticks together, and immediately someone took the lead and ran out to spread the word.

Although they are all in Luoyang, it still takes time to run through the streets, and it is not unreasonable to sit in the hall and wait. Yang Xuan suspended the public trial. continue.

It's not that something like this has never happened before. The people of Luoyang are very used to it. They all knelt down to send the prince away for a while, but they didn't disperse and gathered together to discuss.

"Although the case is progressing well, isn't Mrs. Deng a bit stupid?"

"It's more than a little stupid, it's just too stupid!"

"That's right, it's a cheating father! The cheating is deep! How did you recruit your father? You are really filial and polite, and you have taken the blame yourself!"

"Tsk tsk, if she is filial, she won't be able to do such things as being disrespectful to her parents-in-law's grave."

"Yeah... But our prince, today is too powerful! Have you seen it?"

"Who are you blind! That 'swoosh' sound of the fog-breaking arrow, the big guy saw it for real, our prince, it is the destiny!"

"Ying Tianming is not too proud or too frightened, and immediately opened the court, our prince is a person who handles practical things!"

"The heart is stable, the majesty is self-sustaining, and the destiny is in harmony. We have met the Lord of the Ming Dynasty!"

……

The people were lively, and so were the onlookers.

The officials of the clan and clan of various aristocratic families, see and think deeply, and realize that they are not in the same way as outsiders.Those who don't know the secrets of this book are very curious. They want to figure it out. If they know it, they want to shake something to attract everyone's attention. Don't stare at this point!

Everywhere in Luoyang, the atmosphere is different.

In the teahouse, Lan Qiao dexterously exchanged a cup of tea for Cui Yu: "Master, the prince is so majestic today!"

Cui Yu bowed his head to drink tea, with a smile on his lips: "Well, the performance is not bad."

"I don't hate him anymore!"

……

In the back hall of the Ministry of Justice, Shi Fu also brought Yang Xuan a cup of tea at the right time, but before Yang Xuan had a drink, Lou Deming chased after him.

"His Royal Highness, Wanan." He was standing in the hall as a side judge today, and he naturally knew where the prince was going.

Yang Xuan frowned slightly: "Master Lou is here at this time, is there something to do?"

Lou Deming looked a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, it's not good for us to try this case..."

"What's your opinion, Master Lou?"

"We are trying a murder case, and we are going to judge the murderer. Is it... wrong to be so entangled in an unimportant thing?"

Yang Xuan lowered her eyebrows, hiding her sarcasm.Not so biased, how could there be results?

The ability to hide emotions and anger, Yang Xuan has long been trained by Cui Yu, and has been trained to perfection, Lou Deming naturally can't see what the prince thinks.Seeing that the prince did not speak, he thought that the prince did not understand, and tried to explain: "This case is not just an inconspicuous murder case of a businessman. Because the Deng family won the lawsuit before, the Rong family—oh, it is the Rong family of the eighth small family in Luoyang. , there is a concubine surnamed Gan among the descendants of this generation, who used this matter to ask the empress in the palace to correct his wife's position. Who would have thought that the Gan family would have a quarrel with the Cai family... This Cai family is the king of Pingjun in the palace Grandfather's house. You see, this case involves various faces, and everyone is staring at it. Are you—"

"Just remember, this case was presided over by you before."

Yang Xuan only used one sentence, and Lou Deming was stunned, unable to speak.

"If the final judgment of the case is different, you will lose your official title."

Another shot.

Lou Deming knelt down directly, sweating profusely: "Your Highness...Your Highness, I don't want to ask Your Highness to save my life privately, but I really think about His Highness! Your Highness has not been in Luoyang for a long time, I don't know what is going on in the courtroom of the officialdom?" All kinds of rules, if you are so reckless, you will suffer!"

"Lord Lou can't take care of himself, but he can distract himself and care about Gu...Gu is very touched." Yang Xuan held the teacup and looked at Lou Deming quietly, "But sitting in the room to ask questions, isn't it just to clarify everything? Even if you have doubts, It should be solved."

Lou Deming saw that Prince Fangzheng was like this, he was very anxious, thinking about life and death, the officialdom is difficult, this time he came to the cusp, this time not only to win the eyes of the king, but also to save himself!After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth again: "Your Highness——"

"When will the yamen servant sent to invite Mr. Deng come back?" Yang Xuan stopped him again, making it clear that he didn't want to talk about the previous topic.

Lou Deming's eyes flickered: "This... the lower official is not sure."

I'm afraid it's not uncertain, it's some kind of trick.Yang Xuan glanced at Shi Fu.Shi Fu nodded slightly, stepped back quietly, and left the room unknowingly.

"Looking at your Ministry of Punishment, there are very few officials who need to be employed. How come there is not even a palm guard in the opening of the court today?"

Lou Deming wiped his sweat: "Recently, for some reason, everyone is busy and caught up, so..."

Yang Xuan drank tea slowly, as if she was just asking casually, and didn't care about the answer, and seemed to know everything, she already knew what was going on, and it didn't matter if she listened or not.

Lou Deming's heart beat a drum.

Just at this time, Yang Xuan moved his ears and heard some movement outside, so he raised his voice: "Your Excellency Lou, don't worry, I'm here to hear the case. Your Excellency has helped me a lot. I took the file into the palace and took the trouble to explain it to me. Prison arraignment of prisoners, and now reminding the possibility of the direction of the lone murderer - Gu accepts your love, and will definitely repay you."

"Ah?" Lou Deming was stunned, what did he do?Isn't it just that the vegetarian meal in the corpse position has not cooperated all the time, making it difficult for the prince to walk, what is going wrong?How did it succeed?

Before he could react, two people came in pushing and shoving. As soon as they entered the room, they glared at Lou Deming in unison: "I knew you are unreliable dog officer!"

The people who came were Rong Yanbin from the Rong family, and Cai Xueli from the Cai family.

Naturally, I heard what the prince said just now.

Lou Deming was slightly stunned, the Cai family pointed at Deng's failure to slap him in the face, there is a reason why he hated himself to the prince, but this Rong family...he is helping!

Seeing Rong Yanbin's fiery eyes, as if accusing a traitor, Lou Deming just realized that he thought he had betrayed him!The conscience of heaven and earth, he is devoted to the king of Yue, how could he betray the water!No matter how upright the prince looked, he didn't have any strength after all, maybe he was serving the king of Yue!

Seeing the crown prince seated prestige, the two hurriedly saluted: "Rong Yanbin and Cai Xueli, I have met His Royal Highness the crown prince."

Yang Xuan called out and asked them: "You two are here, are you in a hurry?"

Cai Xueli hurriedly pleaded guilty: "It's really disrespectful to come here suddenly and take a rest with the prince, but there is no one guarding outside, the two of us thought—"

"There's no need to apologize," Yang Xuan waved his hand, "Let's talk about the matter directly."

Cai Xueli stopped being polite, and pointed at Rong Yanbin: "That's right, this guy has a ghost in his heart, and he wants to confuse His Highness with cunning words, but I can't see it, so I followed."

Rong Yanbin was unconvinced, and stared at him: "You have a bad temper, and you are playing tricks! If you don't care, why did you see me coming!"

Cai Xueli became angry: "Don't use power to overwhelm others. There is a lady in the palace who can't afford it. There is also one in my palace who gave birth to a prince! If you dare to rely on such a small relationship to try to overwhelm the prince, I will sue you." to the top!"

Rong Yanbin also rolled up his sleeves: "Bah! If you have the guts, come and see which of us is better! I just came in to watch the fun, how can I overpower the prince!"

Cai Xueli: "You can't watch the excitement outside. When you come inside, you must have something to say to the prince! What's the matter, your little concubine is still not reconciled, and if you let you keep Deng in this case, she will keep her position as wife. Is it? I am! If there are no rules, there are no rules. With this awareness, I still want to be a real wife!"

Rong Yanbin: "If my mother can't get better, your family's hot and hot wife will have a good reputation? Who in Luoyang City doesn't know that your Cai family is just three words: uneducated!"

……

The two chatted in a hurry, quarreled for a long time, pulled one into the water, pulled the other to raise the flag, and back and forth, they made it clear about each other's relationship network, how big it is, how much it can protect things, and how much it can hurt things.

Yang Xuan's thoughts changed slightly.These dandies have a special way of reminding them. If Rong Yanbin came alone and talked about what the king can do, the intimidation effect is really good.However, because of the arrival of the Cai family, the sphere of influence of King Pingjun has also been expanded. Although it is not bigger than that of King Yue, but if he really wants to fight hard, King Yue still has to weigh it...

The confrontation between the two brothers with the same father was very fierce, and the meaning was expressed very clearly, it all depends on which side Yang Xuan takes.

However, long before stepping into Luoyang City, Yang Xuan had already made a plan in his heart, regardless of the wind from south to south, from north to south, he would not waver.

"The two of you don't need to quarrel. You have made up your mind and will never change it. When Deng's father goes to court and recruits what is it, the case will be solved!" Yang Xuan put the teacup on the table and said The sound was clear and crisp, not loud, but it seemed to hit my heart, "If that Lord Deng wants to save face, and the yamen servants can't invite him, I will invite him in person!"

The prince's heart is so firm, it is difficult for others to say anything.

Rong Yanbin and Cai Xueli stared at each other for a moment, bowed to the prince, and both left bored, then turned their heads to talk to their superiors.

Prince Ping was very satisfied with the feedback: "That's right, that's it, trial! Trial them to death!"

King Yue was even more unhappy when he received the feedback, and his brows frowned even tighter.

Right now, the prince is determined to go his own way, and there are too many prying eyes around him... He began to regret why he didn't get Peng Chuanyi done sooner.After today, if the charges against Peng Chuanyi are still there, he still has the opportunity to coerce and lure him into various manipulations. If Peng Chuanyi is found not guilty, he can make sure... It's not impossible at all, but the chances are not good!If the secret is revealed again, everyone will know, and the chance of him getting the booklet will be even smaller!

What now?Do you want a case or a brochure?If he insisted on protecting the case, regardless of the booklet, with the tossing effort of Prince Heping, it is estimated that he would get nothing.What if you don't care about the case and just want the booklet?

Ask the Deng family to confess the crime, no one should mention the booklet, Peng Chuanyi will come out in one piece... at least there is still a chance to fight for it!

But this is a bit self-defeating.Did you do so much before, just because you feel uncomfortable like this now?But if you don't do it... I'm afraid it will be even more uncomfortable in the future!

The king of Yue struggled for a while, his mouth was bleeding from biting, and he punched him at the end, forget it, it's done!

……

Under the order of the prince, the Yamen servant summoned Deng Zutong, the father of the Deng family, and should have acted quickly.But under the pressure of Lou Deming, their boss, they seemed to come out quickly, but they were not very fast. They stopped after three steps, as if they were waiting for some order.

Shi Fu asked the prince's shadow servants to follow, and everyone just followed, not doing anything unnecessary, and waiting for changes ahead.

Suddenly, the prince Jinwei with strong martial arts flew close to the yamen servants, and the yamen servants immediately moved quickly...

Not long after, the murderer of the Peng Ping case was escorted to the lobby of the Ministry of Criminal Justice!