Sir, I can do it!

Rumors spread all over Shengjing City, even if Lu Ding took action to suppress them, it was too late.Knowing that Lu Zhan's case was being tried today, all the people in Shengjing City gathered outside the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.The momentum is close to that of the Meiyuan case.

However, the case involved officials ordered by the imperial court and was not heard in public.Although the common people were disappointed, their enthusiasm remained undiminished, and they gathered outside the government office just waiting to hear first-hand news.

The officials who came to hear the trial saw that the front of the government office was crowded, so they simply turned their carriages and entered through the back door.

Changsun Ke sent Wei Zhao to the back door, turned around and was about to leave. Wei Zhao was still persuading him bitterly: "You are the supervisor of Nanfu, and we jointly solved this case. You really don't want to go? The credit will fall to the Ministry of Criminal Justice." up."

Changsun Ke said with a look of disdain: "I need that little credit? Go, don't miss the hour."

Wei Zhao looked at Changsun Ke seriously, and came to a conclusion: "You don't like public places."

Changsun Ke didn't speak, just pushed him in, turned around and left.

Wei Zhao pawed at the door and looked at Changsun Ke's back, feeling inexplicably sad.He blinked, rubbed his face, twitched the corners of his mouth, put on a standard social smile, and walked to the court.

Cai Yan was still the presiding judge in this case, and officials from the Overwatch Council and various ministries were also on the jury.Wei Zhao raised his eyebrows and glanced around, and half of the jury lineup was obviously Lu Xiang's faction.You must know that the evidence they collected alone is enough to shock the court, let alone the joint trial of Jiuqing, it should not be arranged like today.The crime Lu Zhan committed is that he died ten times and eight times.It can be seen from this that the emperor does not want to be involved too much in this case.

Wei Zhao greeted all his colleagues, and then sat down in his seat.

Cai Yan and Uncle Zhou came together, seeing Wei Zhao at a glance, his eyelids twitched wildly.

Cai Yan smiled and twitched her lips: "Master Wei is investigating the Fanlou case, why don't you have time to visit the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Wei Zhao got up and saluted: "The two cases are somewhat involved, not to mention that Wangyue Tower was accidentally discovered and investigated by the lower officials. The lower officials have some understanding of the case, so Mr. Shen appointed the lower officials to come to the jury."

After speaking, he bowed to Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou."

Wei Zhao privately told Uncle Zhou that Zhou Yan's disappearance was related to Lu Zhan, so Uncle Zhou asked the emperor for a jury quota.

Uncle Zhou glanced at Wei Zhao, nodded slightly, then walked to his seat and sat down.

Cai Yan was sitting in the courtroom, seeing that everyone had arrived, he slapped the gavel and shouted: "Bring the criminal to the court."

After the case was transferred to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Lu Zhan was referred to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Cai Yan vaguely understood what the emperor meant, and only stared at Lu Zhan without torture.So Lu Zhan just looked a little sluggish.

When he saw Wei Zhao sitting on the side, his numb eyes instantly turned dark.Wei Zhao raised his head to meet Lu Zhan's eyes frankly, and smiled brightly.

Looking at Wei Zhao's piercing smile, and thinking about seeing his son's stiff and cold body in Bieyuan that night, Lu Zhan's eyes were tearing apart.He wished he could die, throw away his old face, throw away his son's reputation, and make public the fact that Wei Zhao was taken captive to another garden, so as to ruin the reputation of Zhen Guohou's mansion.

But thinking of Mrs. Cui saying that Aunt Huo was pregnant, no matter how much he hated him, he could only endure it.For the Lu family, and even more for him to have an heir to inherit.

Wei Zhao admired Lu Zhan's blue and white complexion for a while, then withdrew his eyes and remained silent.

"Lu Zhan, someone sued you for taking part in the girl trafficking case, do you have a defense?"

Lu Zhan also knows a thing or two about outside affairs through Cui Shi.In fact, at the beginning of this business, it was simply abducting young girls from all over the place to sex, and then bribing officials of various ministries in order to do things cheaply.But Qi State has strict laws on human trafficking. He didn't want to expose the matter, so he also included the silk and satin village next to Wangyue Tower under his name.

It's just that he didn't expect that the silk and satin shop was Beiyan's hidden stake in Shengjing. What he did was always under the watchful eye of Beiyan, and the big shopkeeper he sent was controlled by Beiyan early in the morning.

In order to smoothly place people in the homes of high-ranking officials of the Qi State, Beiyan did not startle the snakes, but even covered up the Moon Tower.The two sides maintained a strange cooperation without Lu Zhan's unilateral knowledge.

At that time, someone came to talk to Lu Zhan about business, and wanted to buy or sell women from him.He also wondered where the news had been leaked.He was hesitant at first, but he couldn't stand the high reward offered by the other party.

He asked someone to check the person's background, and said that he was a merchant from Fuzhou.The business of abducting and selling women first started in Fuzhou, the journey is far away, and it is not impossible to reveal clues.After much deliberation, he agreed.Using the route opened by Lu Ding, these women were transported to various places by reselling porcelain and silk.Also bought a lot from that man.Driven by greed for profit, Lu Zhan went so far as to send his business to other countries.

At that time, although he was in charge of the business, most of the money was used for Lu Ding's affairs, so he was really not rich after all.That's why I took the courage to do this.Not only Beiyan, but also Nanliang and Dongyue were involved.

Although Lu Zhan is greedy for money and lustful, he will not do things that are collaborating with the enemy and traitorous to the country.It wasn't until the Meiyuan incident happened and Huichun Hall was closed that he realized that there was a risk of discovery.The Meiyuan case was over, and Beiyan paid Wei Zhao the silk and satin village as an apology, and Lu Zhan's face paled instantly.

Thinking about it now, the Meiyuan case happened, and the hidden stakes arranged by Beiyan Wanyanhong were pulled out one by one.If Wangyue Tower is exposed, the spies he had placed in the official's house before will also be discovered, and the loss will be heavy.But the situation was urgent that day, and Wei Zhao unconsciously noticed the silk and satin village when he was staring at Huichuntang, and Wan Yanhong ran to the west of the city, Wei Zhao soon became suspicious of the forces behind the silk and satin village.

But Wanyanzhen didn't know the secret of Wangyue Tower.He wholeheartedly wanted to weaken Wan Yanhong's power, so when Wei Zhao asked for the shop, he had the heart to compensate Wei Zhao for the shop.It is conceivable how much hatred Wan Yanhong felt in his heart.

As a result, a question that was seriously ignored by Lu Zhan came up: how many of the women he bought would be spies placed by other countries.

So when Lu Ding said he was stupid, he was really stupid.Someone took advantage of the loophole and didn't realize it.

At this point, Lu Zhan knows what to do is in his best interest. He can admit that the kidnapping and trafficking of women is operated by Lu Ding. At worst, he will be exiled.But collaborating with the enemy is absolutely unacceptable.

He stabilized his mind and said, "Does your lord have evidence?"

Although I know the evidence is solid, I still want to make a routine death struggle.

Cai Yan glanced at him: "Bring someone to the hall."

Chen Qiniang and Ye Zhen were brought to court as representatives.

Regarding what Chen Qiniang said, it was witnessed by Princess Fuxi, Mrs. Meng Yushi, and the supervisor of Dali Temple, Fan Zheng.Going to court today is just a re-appeal, so that the jury officials can understand.

Fortunately, these women have been imprisoned in Xiaoxishan Bieyuan. Although they are frightened, they have never seen the cruel side.

Ye Zhen really escaped from hell by chance, she knew that the person in front of her was the culprit of everything, she almost gritted her molars with hatred.

As for the secret room in Wangyue Tower, the jurors still don't know.So when the human skin lanterns, white bones and other evidence were presented in court, some elders had already slumped on their seats.Cai Yan's face was blue and purple, and her chest heaved and fluctuated with anger.

Uncle Zhou's face was pale.According to Wei Zhao, his daughter was once locked in that secret room.When he looked at Lu Zhan again, his eyes seemed to be poisoned.

The officials who wanted to defend Lu Zhan so that he could sell Mr. Lu were all silent.

Later, Guanshi Meng, who was brought to court, added the relationship between Huichun Hall and Wangyue Tower. Guanshi Meng could recognize all the corpses found in Wangyue Tower with recognizable faces.

Lu Zhan pleaded guilty very obediently, and the case went smoothly, which is jaw-dropping.

But the atmosphere in the courtroom was stagnant, and no one could be happy.

When Lu Ding learned the details of the court, he knelt at the gate of the palace after leaving the court that day, and bluntly said that his brother had committed a serious crime and that death was inevitable.At the same time, Lu Ding felt that his family management was not strict and he could not bear the heavy responsibility, so he resigned from the post of prime minister.He also set up an altar in Huguo Temple, and prayed on behalf of his brothers, so as to comfort the dead.

As for the silk and satin village next to the Wangyue Tower, which was once compensated by Beiyan to the third son of Wei, the courtiers seemed to have forgotten it.Cai Yan was the presiding judge, and he deliberately avoided this detail, so he took the emperor's order.The emperor wanted to protect Prime Minister Lu, who would dare to run into trouble at this time.It's just that in his heart he has his own concerns about Lu Xiangye, who is so bright and beautiful.

Although the aristocratic family is unwilling to let go like this, they also know that this is not the time to fight.

Those officials who have received the beauties sent by Lu Zhan, the first thing they do when they return home is to thoroughly check the mansion.All of a sudden, the backyards of the officials of the Qi State were full of chaos, and many nails from different forces were pulled out invisibly.Even Li Huai in the palace tracked down many spies.

With a gloomy face, he waved his hand and smashed the Ru kiln vase on the table.

When I thought about what I ate every day, which concubine's bedroom I slept in, which minister I summoned for secret talks, I was watched closely by people for every move I made, just like being admired by those people when I took off my clothes.He became even more angry.It turned out that the palace he thought was safe was like a sieve, unable to hide any secrets.

This top-to-bottom purge has silenced everyone from the officialdom to the common people in Shengjing City.The bustling Shengjingcheng Street in the past seems to have lost many people all of a sudden.

Xie Hong sat in the study with a sullen face, and his eldest son Xie Tao stood beside him with his hands down.

"The spies in the palace have lost too much, so don't contact the palace recently."

Xie Tao said: "Now is the critical moment to seize the reserve, the emperor is about to compromise. Wouldn't it be a waste of all previous efforts to stop at this time."

Xie Hong raised his eyelids: "Our Xie family is not the only one who has lost manpower. Marquis Zhen Guo has always disagreed with the establishment of a reserve at this time, and we follow his wishes to suppress this matter. The future is long, so we just have to endure it for a while. You can't ask the emperor to appoint the eldest prince as the heir. I think that's what the Xiao and Zhao families mean."

Sure enough, when the next day went to court, most of the courtiers advised not to establish a reserve for the time being, and they were unanimous to the outside world.Because of Beiyan's envoys being robbed, Wanyan Zhen being killed, and Wanyanhong's disappearance, the border has experienced several encounters.Although it did not lead to a major war, the border war has intensified.

While Li Huai breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help feeling bitter. He hated the feeling of being restrained.But he had to cheer up to discuss the Beiyan war.

The court faction that was originally torn apart due to the establishment of the reserve was now divided into three factions due to the war, one faction advocates peace, the other faction advocates war, and the other faction is ignorant.The courtiers fell into a new round of verbal war.