Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

During the time of Chou, everything was silent and the night was as dark as ink, but the Ministry of Justice was brightly lit.

"Injustice!"

"Your Highness, we have been wronged!"

"Can I ask to see Emperor Dacheng? We don't know about the poison hidden in the lanterns you said, so how can we plead guilty?"

The three envoys of Xianbang Kingdom knelt down, scrambling to be the first, using blunt and awkward accents to justify, disheveled and disheveled, they were hastily captured by the imperial guards from under the hot quilt and brought here for interrogation.

"quiet!"

The eldest prince couldn't hide his agitation, he slammed the gavel hard, his voice was like thunder, and asked: "The lantern was a tribute from the Brown Kingdom, so you should be interrogated first, what is wronged?"

"Er, a small barbarian country, was able to receive the courtesy of my great master. Instead of being grateful and respectful, he hid poison in the tribute and murdered the emperor's grandson? It's really sensational, and the crime deserves to be put to death!" The second prince scolded coldly, aggressively.

"No, no, we didn't harm anyone."

"Impossible. The lantern is just a pretty little thing for the royal family to watch and play with. We have a very respectful heart and visit Emperor Dacheng by boat. It will not harm anyone!"

"There is definitely a misunderstanding, Your Highnesses, please calm down." The three messengers trembled, shaking their heads and waving their hands desperately, but the more anxious they became, the less flexible their tongues became, and finally they babbled a few strings of native language.

The gavel gave out a "snap"!

The eldest prince interrupted impatiently: "Quickly tell the truth, don't even think about denying and sophistry! If there is no accident, who has the spare time to stay up late at night to interrogate you?"

"His Royal Highness speak human language well, who can understand overseas barbarian language!" The second prince was quite angry.

"Brother Huang, they are barbarians from overseas. Up to now, they are barbarians who drink blood. They are vulgar and uncivilized. They don't cry when they see the coffin." The sixth prince Zhao Zewen spoke coldly, his jaw tightened, and he suggested, "Humph, how about first?" Give them a hard time and beat them sober before interrogation, otherwise they won't be able to find out why until tomorrow morning, and the emperor will see the confession then."

"My brother is right! Put on the board and put on the board, even the hardest mouth can be pried open for him, and justice for the nephews!" The seventh prince Zhao Zewu raised his arms and shouted, supporting his brother with all his strength, and he sat on the back side with him , looking like a noisy tail, blushing with excitement and thick neck.

"Lao Qi, calm down, this is the court of the Ministry of Punishment." King Qing turned his head to remind him.

"Hey, okay, I'm just in a hurry." Zhao Zewu took his seat awkwardly, and said angrily, "It's really insane, the murderer dared to kill the emperor's grandson, and took out his anger on the children, bah, it's extremely disgusting!"

King Qing had no time to pay attention to his reckless younger brother, and focused on looking through the files of the Xianhuang Kingdom, allowing the brothers in his ear to threaten and extract a confession.

"Third brother, did you find any problems?" The fifth prince approached and asked.He was dizzy, he kneaded the center of his brows tiredly, rubbed his wrists against his temples, and poured half a cup of strong tea to refresh himself.

"This case is difficult."

King Qing sighed and pointed at the file with his index finger: "Fifth brother, look, since the 49th year of Chengtian, the Xianhuang Kingdom has sent envoys to visit intermittently, but because of improper speech and etiquette, the Outland Division has not approved it until the end of last year. It was reported that the imperial court allowed him to bring tribute to Beijing to worship, and allocated two rooms in the Western Suburbs to entertain him." After a pause, he looked solemn and said:

"But the first time they paid tribute, something happened."

"No matter what the specifics are, the friendship between the two countries is over." The fifth prince frowned, and said sadly: "Father is in a hurry, and we are even more in a hurry, so we can celebrate the Lantern Festival, but the emperor and grandson are poisoned. Not enough to calm things down."

"Exactly." King Qing nodded, speculated carefully, and said with a headache: "The difficulty lies in the fact that the brown country is far away from the sea. They are very strangers to each other for the first time. , it will take a long time.”

"Father wants to read the confession tomorrow morning—"

"It's okay." King Qing interrupted, and said solemnly: "Confessions cannot be fabricated out of thin air. If it is really late, I will ask Father to postpone the date tomorrow morning, so as not to make mistakes in a hurry."

"That's right. Let's go together tomorrow morning. I'll go to the palace to see the child." The fifth prince nodded and kept kneading his forehead, obviously feeling unwell.

"Okay!" King Qing held down the file, turned his head and asked concerned: "Do you have a headache? Still sleepy?"

"Dizzy, I'm feeling overwhelmed." The fifth prince smiled wryly, feeling uncomfortable all over.

King Qing comforted him and said, "You are caused by fear and worry. Don't be afraid. The nephews will recover after the joint treatment of the imperial doctor and Song Shen."

"I hope the children are safe." The fifth prince muttered to himself, then changed his voice, and praised: "The Doctor Song you recommended is good at medicine, he can not only regulate the body of the fourth brother, but also detoxify, what kind of leader is he? "

"The second-generation head of Nanxuanwu No. 40." King Qing, who has a long-term memory, told him, and then buried himself in the file again.

"Oh, there are so many talented people in Jianghu!" The fifth prince was in awe, and sincerely thanked the doctor who rescued his child.He sat up straight, poured strong tea with his neck back, moved around, and got close to his elder brother, concentrating on studying the only archives in the Xianhuang Kingdom.

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The second prince snatched the gavel, slapped it vigorously, majestic, and shouted: "There are tens of thousands of Lantern Festival lanterns, but your contribution is problematic. Why are you calling for injustice? How expensive are the emperors and grandchildren? Killing you on the spot is considered a kindness. Who ordered you? What kind of poison did you use? How did you hide it? Tell me or not?"

"I don't know, I really don't know."

"His Majesty Dacheng is wise and benevolent, my lord, we ask for a face saint."

"We were wronged."

"shut up!"

Zhao Zewen yelled: "What are you guys? Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, how can you have time to see other people? Your Majesty has entrusted the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and we will supervise it. Why don't you hurry up and recruit?"

Jiang Yong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, led two servants. The three of them sat down with their heads, showing helpless expressions. They were supposed to preside over the interrogation—but in fact, the princes in charge of supervision lost control and were anxious, and took the gavel by themselves. , the presiding judge was left to dry out, but instead supervised from the sidelines.

The emperor's grandchildren were injured, and several princes including his father and uncle gathered together to fight against the enemy, which was unstoppable.

After a long while, King Qing finished reading, pushed the thin file, and said, "I've read it, Fifth Brother, you should think about it carefully." He took a sip of warm tea, looked up at the slightly chaotic courtroom, his eyes happened to match The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, who was sitting on the left side, faced each other, and asked: "Shangshu Jiang, have the people sent by your ministry to search for clues in the foreign envoy hall come back?"

Jiang Yong hurriedly got up and replied: "As soon as the lower official receives the imperial edict, he will send people out of the city to investigate. The matter is of great importance, and he dare not not do his best. Therefore, it is estimated that it will take some time to dig deep into the ground and investigate without letting go of any clues. !"

King Qing nodded and said: "Report as soon as there is news, and I will return to the palace at dawn."

"Yes."

King Qing sat upright, patiently waiting for the opportunity, watching the interrogation of the brothers:

"Injustice!"

"I, we don't know what's going on, how do we recruit?" The three envoys argued hard, terrified, they were suddenly arrested in their sleep, their thin inner garments were wrapped in robes, and they knelt barefoot, hugging their arms from the cold, The tip of the nose is red.

The birth mother supervised the Lantern Festival feast all by herself, distributed lanterns by herself, her nephew was injured but her own child was healthy...

The eldest prince was secretly anxious, anxious to clear himself of his suspicions, changed from his usual gentleness, widened his eyes and stretched his face, and only hoped that the envoy of the former Brown Kingdom would confess as soon as possible and take all the blame for it!He tried his best to suppress his resentment, and threatened: "Stubbornly deny it! It seems that if you don't go to the board, you will die."

"Sentence! Hit, hit hard! He kept on talking hard, Master Wu saw that they were itchy." Zhao Zewu jumped up and shouted, pointing his index finger in the air.

The three envoys were criticized for no reason, and they fought hard to argue. When they heard the punishment, they immediately trembled like sieves, burst into tears, and begged for mercy:

"Forgive me! My lord, please forgive me."

"We don't know the emperor's grandson, why did we harm them?"

"Injustice—"

"Enough!" The eldest prince interrupted sharply: "Only you know the motive of committing the crime!"

"The waterway is dangerous and far away. You have traveled across the ocean to make great achievements. Is it just to obtain food, vegetable seeds, and books on farming, mulberry, and weaving?" The second prince sneered.

The envoys hurriedly nodded, slapped their chests, and swore, "Yes! We are just asking for your grain and books."

"We don't have rice and wheat in our country, but you have."

"Bring some seeds back home and see if they can grow."

……

Thinking of his son's injury, the sixth prince couldn't control his anger, and asked coldly: "Don't talk nonsense, my highness is impatient to listen! I have heard it for a long time. The climate in your overseas barbarian land is hot and humid, and poisonous substances are everywhere. There is no shortage of poisonous blood that seals the throat, right?"

"Yes." The envoy nodded honestly.

"Isn't that enough?" Zhao Zewu jumped up again, and said plausibly: "I have been in Dacheng for hundreds of years, and the murder of the emperor and grandson has not yet happened. It happened when the brown country visited for the first time and presented a broken lantern. I don't blame you. who?"

His Royal Highness, you have to pay attention to evidence when deciding a case!

The two servants of the Ministry of Punishment looked at each other, hesitated to speak, glanced at the minister quietly, but found that Jiang Yong looked down at his nose, the tip of his nose was blocked by a teacup, he couldn't see any instructions, and he pretended to be deaf and dumb, so they also learned to look down. He drank tea first, kept silent, and thought to himself:

Alas, that's all, the emperor's grandson is injured, let the princes and princes decide, if His Majesty asks, don't dare to say, at least King Qing will come forward to explain.

The sixth prince, who had nowhere to vent, couldn't take it anymore, grabbed the gavel and smashed it, without even looking at it, he took out three sticks from one of the four sticks on the case table of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, threw them on the ground, and yelled: "First brown!" The envoy of the country despised the prince and committed disrespect. Come on, drag down the staff and beat them until they confess!"

"Forgive me, Your Highness, forgive me!"

"Please forgive me, we have done nothing wrong."

Angrily scolded and begged for mercy, it was a mess, and seeing the chaos, King Qing was expressionless, without saying a word, got up and picked up the four sticks engraved with the words "Strict Law Enforcement", and handed them to the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and solemnly told: "Shangshu Jiang , keep your signature from the Ministry of Punishment!"

"Yes." Jiang Yong accepted it, unable to hide his guilt: He knew that the prince should not be allowed to mess around, but he still let it go, shrinking his neck and watching vaguely.

"Third brother!" The sixth prince shouted angrily.

"Third brother, they are arguing about Miansheng with their mouths. They deserve to be beaten. Don't stop me." The seventh prince persuaded him in a low voice. After a lot of experience, he respected King Qing very much.But after waiting, he turned his head in doubt, and questioned the police of the Ministry of Criminal Justice: "Hey, the execution order has been signed, and the water can't be taken away. Why don't you do it?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the officials bowed their heads and tried their best to hold back their laughter.

King Qing frowned, lowered his voice as much as possible, and said, "Are you still asking? Open your eyes and see, what kind of lottery are you throwing on the ground?"

"Ah? What lottery?" Zhao Zewu looked down at the ground and asked nonchalantly.

King Qing gave the head catcher a look. The latter was clever and understanding. He hurriedly squatted down to pick up the warrant, and presented it with both hands respectfully. King Qing took it, walked steadily to the desk, and gently placed the three warrants. : "This is an arrest warrant. The people involved in the case have already brought it. What is this order for?"

It was the sixth prince Zhao Zewen who threw the order. He recognized him, but he was impulsive and made a careless mistake.

After all, they are all surnamed Zhao, and everyone is prosperous and everyone is hurt.

Therefore, the other three princes also felt embarrassed. They didn't understand, but they couldn't detect and stop it in time in the chaos.

The tense atmosphere gradually eased, and the princes took a cup of tea and took a short rest.

However, Zhao Zewu really didn't understand.Curiously, he held the arrest warrant, flipped it over and over again, and said curiously, "Is there a difference? I've never looked at it carefully before—" Before he could say a word, the next sentence was knocked down by his brother's warning elbow. Swallowed back resentfully.

King Qing glanced at his brothers. He wanted to stop him early in the morning, but he knew that his brothers were angry and refused to listen to persuasion. He didn't take the opportunity to remind them until now: "My brothers, my father ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to preside over the interrogation. , I am sure that the Ministry of Criminal Justice is more experienced, we might as well supervise according to order, so as not to waste time."

"What the third brother said is reasonable." The fifth prince was the first to agree, and he also opposed the layman's nonsense.

The oral order cannot be disobeyed, the first prince drank tea without saying a word, the second prince had a dark face, and the twin dragon sons agreed afterward.

Therefore, King Qing turned his head and said: "Jiang Shangshu, you can proceed with the trial."

"Yes." Jiang Yong sighed, and the presiding officer finally got the right to interrogate.

The envoys of Xian Brown Kingdom seized the opportunity, met and discussed for a while, and finally——they went all out!Righteously complained, and accused:

"We are too wronged!"

"The ship was bumpy. We didn't bring any lanterns because they were easily broken. The tribute lanterns were actually ordered by His Royal Highness—"

The eldest prince was dumbfounded, and interrupted with a violent roar: "You are talking nonsense!"