Lei Yue Longmen

It was the third time that Qiu Jianben saw the Queen staring at the confession in a daze.

He came here with an attitude, "I think this case is very involved. In the half month since Cen Zheng was arrested and imprisoned, the same faction sent people to chase and kill him six times along the way, and another The forces wanted to snatch the criminals halfway. Although the two forces had different means, their purpose was the same, which was to prevent Cen Zheng from going to Beijing for trial.

Cen Zheng was involved in two cases.According to common sense? Inference, if it is only for the Yan Luo Gang case, two completely different forces will not appear at the same time.At least one of these two forces wanted Cen Zheng to die. The minister examined their corpses and questioned the escorting soldiers.The minister thought it must have something to do with the case of Cen Zhi, the former Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate 23 years ago.Cen Zheng himself is a fugitive in that public case, and now that he is brought to justice, it is necessary for the criminal department to conduct a retrial.Since the suspects in the two cases belong to the same person, I thought that the two cases should be merged into one case, and the trial should be open! "

"My minister thinks it is impossible," the cabinet ministers who came in later, Dali Temple Minister Yue Haiyu publicly took the lead in objecting, "The case of Cen Zhi was closed that year, and the crimes committed by the people involved in the case have all been concluded. The return of Cen Zheng to the case has little impact on the case itself. If there is no new evidence, rashly retrying the case is a violation of the judicial justice of the imperial court. How will the third division win the trust of others in the future? "

Qiu Jianben said sternly: "The case of Cen Zhi not only involves judicial justice, but also concerns public opinion and public opinion. Back then, the four frontiers used force to suppress the central government and excluded the Metropolitan Procuratorate from intervening, which in itself violated judicial justice. Moreover, Cen Zhi The case itself is full of doubts, and any one of them is enough to be retried, so how can you ignore public opinion and ignore it so easily?"

Fu Mingqi and Wang Zhongxu were stunned when they heard this, thinking to themselves what a guy, what a guy.I thought that Qiu Jianben was a soft bone, but who would have thought that his mouth was sharper than a knife, and he even said the words of "the four borders use a strong force to suppress the center?" flipped.Like a stunned young man in his twenties, he also stunned the eloquent Yue Haiyu into speechless.It saves the old guys like them to beat around the bush and set up a stage to sing.

"Master Qiu's words are very true!" Song Zhian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate instantly found the backbone, "This is what I want to say. In the case of Cen Zhi, the senior censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was either demoted or killed. Now the facts have proved that The Tu family in northern Xinjiang indeed has wolfish ambitions, and there are traces of framing Zhongliang, so it makes sense to retrial this case?"

The elders of Gaotongchuan of the Ministry of Rites and other ministries kept silent, but in fact, everyone was clear in their hearts.The Metropolitan Procuratorate had long intended to promote the retrial of Cen Zhi's case, but they did not find an opportunity. Now that Cen Zheng has been brought to justice, they naturally see the hope of overturning the case.The sudden defection of the always neutral Ministry of Justice has to be suspected to be related to the change of generals some time ago.On the surface, it seems to be Her Majesty the Queen? In order to maintain judicial justice, all personnel related to Consort Cen were removed.Who knows what move she is making behind her back?

Isn't what Yue Haiyu said unreasonable? Although Beijiang was aggressive back then, without the acquiescence of the first emperor, this matter would never be settled.If the verdict is reversed rashly, it would be a major blow to the late emperor's prestige.And Her Majesty's succession to the throne is legal? Unlike other emperors, there is no reference to etiquette and law, and it is completely inherited from the personal will of the former emperor.If he hastily corrected his father's mistakes, it is still unknown what kind of impact the finally stabilized court situation will have.

And most importantly, although the Tu family in Northern Xinjiang has collapsed, the Southwest and Northwest families still stand.One of them is the mother's family of the eldest princess, and the other is the husband's family of Princess Kant. The relationship with Her Majesty the Queen is that the bones are broken and the tendons are still connected.It is not easy to retry the case of Cen Zhi.If the case is reversed rashly, it is uncertain whether the Cheng family and the Zhou family will be as rebellious as the Tu family.

No one dared to take a step before feeling the Queen's pulse.What happened to Cen Yu that year is a lesson from the past.

Although Li Jingzhu had the strength of Gan Gang's assertiveness, she couldn't ignore the current situation, and she didn't make a decision immediately.Just ask Qiu Jianben to keep the prisoner in custody, and make no mistakes until the date of the joint trial is determined.In addition, she bypassed Fu Mingqi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and transferred several seemingly irrelevant people to Beijing.

The atmosphere was tense and proceeded in an orderly manner.

Even if the general trend is unstoppable, the progress in some details still gave everyone a glimpse of the Queen's attitude.The empress's court meeting is different from that of the previous emperor. Any changes are targeted and will not be easily swayed by the opinions of others.

"You want me? Tell me, Cen Zheng's runaway husband-in-law, Li Jiamu, also needs to be caught." Probably because he was afraid that he would be too insignificant and damage his image in the heart of Her Majesty, Minister of the Ministry of War Gong Which pot does Ge Lao not open? Which pot to mention.

At this time, the peacemaker Gao Tongchuan suddenly coughed.Old Gong Ge was startled inexplicably.

Wang Zhongxu and Fu Mingqi didn't have time to appreciate his good-looking face, they pricked up their gossip ears almost at the same time, and moved their dark eyes to the side, secretly observing the queen's reaction.It's a pity that the queen didn't respond, she raised her eyes and said in a normal way: "This is an errand for the Ministry of Punishment, should it be handled by Qiu Shangshu?" Qiu Jianben quickly stood up, "I have sent someone to Shangyang to investigate."

After the meeting ended, this time it was Wang Zhongxu who grabbed Fu Mingqi's sleeve and said excitedly: "There is a problem, there is definitely a problem."

"what happened?"

"Your Majesty? He was completely indifferent when he heard his name. This is really a big problem." He looked back and forth to see if no one came, and whispered in front of him: "Think about it, a normal person hears his name and Like a wanted criminal, how would she react? She must be a little surprised, surprised, or have some mood swings, right? But nothing at all, is this too abnormal? What does this mean? Mr. Fu Ge, do you think you have a guilty conscience? cover up?"

The last sentence Wang Zhongxu said almost in a tone of voice, Fu Mingqi stared at him speechlessly, "Mr. Wang Ge, have you lost your temper? Did you really take what you just said to heart? It's not like you don't know your temper, Your Majesty. Who have you seen shake her heart over the years? Not to mention a name, even if someone exactly like her stands in front of her, she probably won't even blink her eyes?"

When Wang Zhongxu thought what he said made sense, he was so excited!Wait, why is he so excited?Could it be that he really expected this Li Jiamu to be that Li Jiamu?Someone who is almost 60 years old, is it plausible?Wang Zhongxu beat his head with his fist, trying to stay awake as much as possible.

"It's another thing that makes me feel that something is wrong!"

"What's the matter?" Wang Zhongxu knew that Fu Mingqi, an old fox, would not easily show such a tense and dignified expression.

"Your Majesty? Just bypassed me and promoted some people to the capital." Fu Mingqi's tone became deeper and deeper.

"That's it...?" Wang Zhongxu looked fussy, "Is Mr. Fu overthinking? Your Majesty? It's not like you haven't directly promoted people in the past. Your ability to know people and eloquence is obvious to all inside and outside the court. According to me? Look, you are more stable than me in the seat of this minister! What are you so worried about?"

Fu Mingqi stared at him strangely, and said, "That's not what I mean. I mean, Your Majesty, among the newly promoted people, one is from the Northwest and the other is from the Southwest." People, one is from the Princess’s mansion, and the other is from the jury back then. These people are either from the prison, or from the science and technology, plus one Wu Dazhong, this time? That’s five.”

Wang Zhongxu was not as familiar with the officials below as Fu Mingqi, and when discussing matters, his attention was all on the change of Li Jingchen's expression, but he didn't notice the clue.After thinking about it carefully, this group of people was actually deeply involved in the case of Cen Zhi.Unconsciously, his expression was dignified, and his face sank like him.

"Is it possible to promote these people to Beijing for the sake of the next three divisions' joint trial?"

Fu Mingqi: "Exactly!"

"As a rule, the three divisions have three people from each division to form a nine-member presiding jury. Their faction directly took up five seats! No matter how much you want to go to the procuratorate, you can't support it alone."

Wang Zhongxu thought for a while, that was indeed the case. The attributes of the presiding jury can often determine the final direction of a case. No wonder Song Zhian just left in disgrace.

"That's not necessarily the case. Who said that promoting these five people will definitely let them enter the third division's joint trial?"

Fu Mingqi pursed his lips, "Look at what you said, if you don't let them enter the trial of the third division, why promote them for no reason?"

"Maybe, it's just to calm the hearts of Zhou Cheng and his family."

"It's also possible. But..." Fu Mingqi sighed, "In short, I'm not optimistic about the possibility of Cen Zhi overturning the case."

Three days later, the imperial court announced the list of presiding judges for the joint trial of the three divisions in the case of Cen Zheng. As Fu Mingqi expected, all five of them joined the presiding panel.Although the three people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate clearly support the reopening of the old case, plus Qiu Jianben from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the power of the mere four people cannot compete with the opponent.

The atmosphere in the Metropolitan Procuratorate was heavy.

Song Zhi'an: "I? What are you talking about? Your Majesty? It seems that I really don't want to touch the two borders. It's too early to reverse the case."

Zhao Chen calmed down a lot, "That might not be the case. Wei Shaojie is the presiding judge, and he is from the eldest princess's mansion. The eldest princess may not be partial to the Cheng family. As far as I know, she and Cen Zhi and his wife were very close friends back then. Hand in. If we can win him over, there are five people on our side who support the reversal of the case. Or even if he just maintains the middle ground, we can compete with the other party four to four."

Shen Xi sighed softly, "How can Mo Ni be worth her own interests? To put it bluntly, the reason why the Princess's Mansion has the current power and two generations of emperors have entrusted her with important tasks is because of the support of the Southwest Cheng family behind her." When the Cen Zhi case happened, she stayed in the Southwest, standing with the Cheng family, she made her position clear. Now you expect her to come out and reverse the case for the old man? Idiots!"

Zhao Chen frowned, and was the first to stand up, "No matter what, we must try our best to win this person. I believe in justice and freedom!"

The Eldest Princess convened her staff overnight to discuss "major matters". This is one of the few times she has exercised such a right since she opened the mansion.But faced with all kinds of feasible plans put forward by her staff, she rejected them one by one without even thinking about it.

"Gu's request is to be acquitted, not commutation of the death penalty or additional punishment. Let's discuss again."

The staff can't discuss it? Go on, "Back to the eldest princess, Cen Zheng is the old case and the new case concurrently. The new case is difficult to overturn, and the old case is even harder to overturn. All the crimes she committed are serious crimes involving treason, which cannot be mitigated in any way." .Please forgive me and others for their lack of talent and learning, and they are really helpless."

"I can't do anything? Then what's the use of raising you alone? Is it to make you stay in the house all day? Is it for nothing? Continue to find a way?!"

At this time, Wu Jingchai broke in, and the eldest princess had no time to pay attention to him, and continued to search through the mountain of files.But when Wu Tianji was serving tea and pouring water, he saw his son and instinctively stopped him, and said in a low voice, "Your mother is annoying now, don't bother her."

But this time, the young master didn't listen to his father's advice, and walked directly in front of the eldest princess, "Mother, my son wants you to save someone."

Li Pingzhu didn't raise his head: "If you want to mess around with your father, I still have serious things to do."

The young master suddenly knelt down to the eldest princess, "I beg my mother to help me, I think you are the only one in this world who can save her."

"Aren't you making enough trouble?" Li Pingzhu slammed a stack of files on the case, "You have become the laughing stock of the whole capital now because you are entangled with a married woman! The reputation of the entire Princess Palace?"

All the staff members stopped scrolling and looked at the tense mother and son in fear.Wu Jingchai blushed, knelt down for a while and then went out.Wu Tianji thought he was gone, so he looked outside the door and saw him still kneeling alone under the steps, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

At this time, Wei Shaojie, who was over sixty years old, came in. Prince Wu saw him, hurriedly invited him to be a guest, and turned his head to wink at Wu Jingchai.The young master immediately understood the meaning and followed him in.

Wei Shaojie was a skinny old man with a shriveled face, protruding cheekbones, and extremely thin eyes. When he was meditating, his eyeballs could hardly be seen.He clearly told the eldest princess, "Let's put it this way, it is almost impossible to acquit Cen Zheng without overturning the old case."

The other staff members were greatly relieved when they heard the words. Look, even the famous old Wei can't do anything about it? It's not that they are incompetent.

The eldest princess couldn't hide her disappointment.Wu Tianji knew her best. Under such circumstances, overturning the case for Cen Zhi was almost equivalent to a death sentence for the Cheng family, and she could not do it by letting her watch the Queen Mother Cheng's mother clan fall.But let her watch Cen Zheng suffer the same fate as her parents, she can't do it.Empress Cheng's status as the prostitute's daughter destined her to be caught in a dilemma.