Lei Yue Longmen

With a "creak" sound, the princess, who had been calm for a long time, suddenly stood up from the chair, and without notifying anyone, she left the courtroom in full view.When intersecting with Cen Zhu, a sad wind of disappointment floated on her lips. After all, she and Ah Zheng, and Lu Su, are gradually drifting away.They are Cen Zhi's wife and daughter, and she is an accomplice of the Cheng family, so there is bound to be a dispute that cannot be avoided.

Wei Shaojie, Yue Haiyu, and Liangyue co-authored and read Cen Zheng's complaint, but they were all silent.Because the complaint provided a piece of evidence that had never been brought up before, if true, it would be earth-shattering.

People from both sides gathered around, scrambling to see the complaint on the cloak.After reading it, they all looked around in silence.

Cen Zheng looked unharmed: "This is the confession of the disaster victims in Honglu County, followed by the list of all the people who provided the confession and the household registration of each person. You can send someone to check the local household registration book. Although everyone's household registration has changed frequently. , but 23 years ago they all had a common identity, that is, disaster victims in Honglu County."

"My father used to have a habit of going to the front line during disaster relief and personally distributing food to the victims. Therefore, he became acquainted with the victims. When he heard the news of the 'rebellion', he was also familiar with it. The first? Soldiers, immediately went to the disaster victims to suppress the rebellion. When he arrived at the disaster area with food, he learned that there was no rebellion, and immediately ordered his servants to go back to deliver the letter, and asked the follow-up food team to move to the official warehouse. But the domestic servant was killed on the road, and the news was not delivered. The food escort officials insisted that they had received the order from the chief officer before transporting the grain directly to the disaster area. The main point of controversy in the joint trial of the three divisions was also with these assistant officials. It was these officials who provided the confessions. However, the confessions of the victims in Honglu County were not brought up from the beginning to the end. Many of them were present at the scene and heard with their own ears that my father asked the servants to deliver the letter and asked them to go to the official storehouse to meet them. Food. This is a very important witness, and can even be regarded as the first witness at the scene of the father's case, but he is not even qualified to enter the judicial trial. Minnv would like to ask, what is the reason for this? They counted Don't they count as witnesses? Or to take a step back, do they count as people?"

Her statement was impassioned and well-founded.No one present could refute.

Of course they couldn't refute it. Even Cen Zhu thought at first that there were no witnesses around Cen Zhi when the case happened.

When I was still Qin Zhuo, I accidentally went to Honglu County to pay my respects, and learned about this situation by accident.At first she couldn't figure it out, her father knew about these plots back then, why didn't he defend himself?It wasn't until she had been in the officialdom for many years and witnessed the strength of the Tu family that she understood her father's difficulties. He didn't want to say it, but he didn't dare to say it, and he didn't have to say it.He is mortal, but those disaster victims still have a chance to live.

Every year since then, she has been secretly looking for these people. Most of them are no longer alive. ?easy.Over the years, senior brother has been helping her find it everywhere.In some respects, she harbored deep guilt towards Qin Liang. He could have stayed out of the matter, but in order to help the Cen family rehabilitate? He was deeply involved step by step, and he couldn't even look back.

And as the search deepened, she learned a sad fact.It turned out that the neglect of these people was not accidental, but intentional.At the beginning, the government only asked the victims a few questions about Cen Zhi's private distribution of grain, but all the links about Cen Zhi's servants delivering letters were deliberately omitted.This is another absurd tragedy caused by deliberate guidance.Of course, these people present have no face to refute, because they are silent accomplices.

"As you said, since Cen Zhi understood this situation, why didn't he use it to defend himself back then, but waited for you to come out after 23 years?"

"Does your lord really want me to tell it? Do you want to hear the truth or a lie? My story is a bit long, and I may start with killing the good and pretending to be meritorious!"

"you……!"

Shen Xi sneered, and said tauntingly, "Lord Du, it's better to stop talking, there are too many mistakes."

Cen Zhu's eyes were calm, "My lords, don't panic, I embroidered the names of these people on this cloak, no? For nothing else, just to seek justice for my father. These people are already in Beijing, please summon them immediately Go to the court and present the confession in the court. The truth will naturally be revealed to the world."

Her voice was not loud, but it hit people's ears like thunder.The sweat on Jiang Tiangan's neck drenched his collar. He knew what the complaint meant, and looked at the people around him desperately, hoping to find a way.

"Where are these people now?"

"As long as my lord summons these people to testify in court, the daughter of the people will naturally tell where they are. My lord, please summon witnesses to court first!" Cen Zhu refused to budge.

The blood in Zhao Chen's bones began to boil, and he echoed: "My lord, what the suspect said is well-founded, please obey the suspect's request, summon witnesses to the court, and confront them in court!"

Wei Shaojie broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, knowing that the interrogation was over,

"It's hard to tell whether it's true or not. Please ask the Holy Majesty to judge!"

He looked at the crowd beseechingly.The rest of the people had different expressions, and those bright embroidered characters were like a wizard's spell, lingering deeply in everyone's mind and lingering.Now that the matter has come to this point, Du Liuxi and the others are willing to withdraw and think of other countermeasures.

"Master Wei's words are reasonable," Wu Dazhong turned his head and motioned to the two scribes, "Come here and copy down the complaint!"

"Wait!" Shen Xi stopped immediately, jokingly said, "Master Wu, why are you copying these names? Do you have other plans?"

Qiu Jianben understood immediately, and bowed to Yue Haiyu and Liangyue, "This case is of great importance. Before the holy order is issued, I think that it is not appropriate to make the complaint of Cen Zheng public, so as not to fall into the hands of people with malicious intentions." , Let these witnesses be silenced."

Yue Haiyu nodded, "I agree." Liang Yue nodded in the same way, "This item is very important and must be presented to His Majesty. In order to prevent someone from changing the package, the old slave accompanied Lord Yue and Lord Wei to deliver it in person. Forbidden."

Wu Dazhong's face was very embarrassed.

Wei Shaojie closed the cloak, "Since there is no objection, then let's do it!" He knocked on the gavel, and said to the audience: "Take the suspect back to the prison for the time being, and leave the court!"

Hearing this, Cen Zhu turned around in great disappointment, and left decisively.

Inside the imperial study.

The aunt and nephew faced each other in silence, the usual warmth was lost, and there was a little more coldness.

"Is this all arranged by you?"

"Auntie, if you mean sending someone to protect secretly, then yes."

"You know what I'm asking? You used my trust in Ah Zheng to help you accomplish the purpose of the interrogation by the three divisions. You teamed up to deceive me. You knew from the beginning that Cen Zhu was Ah Zheng, and you Detaining her by your side is probably to wait for this day, and take advantage of Cen Zhi's case to completely eradicate the foundations of the four borders. You can easily accomplish something that even your father failed to do. It is really a good method. It’s just that I don’t know, Ah Zheng helped you so much, but in the end, what he got in return was the loss of his name or the death of a dead dog?”

"What's the meaning of Auntie's words?" Li Jingchen put down the memorial in his hand, under Wusha Yishan's crown was a face that was offended by chance, no?

"You know it in your heart. You put her on the fire, and you want to use her body to ignite the road to centralization for you. Her ending is bound to be the same as her father's, and she will become a stumbling block on this road. Ah Zheng is still too old. Simple, she thought you were perfecting her, but she didn't know that you were leading her to a dead end step by step."

Li Jingchen smiled, as if the winning side was telling the opponent where to lose, "Auntie, you are wrong, aren't you? I want to fulfill her, but she wants to fulfill me."

"She voluntarily entered the cage this time just to prove to me that the peace of the world actually hides crises everywhere. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. It is impossible to gently heal the abscess. It is necessary to use strong medicine and a ruthless knife Only in this way can we eradicate the poison and restore peace to the world. We did have differences on this point, but now I am persuaded by her."

"Strong medicine? Abscess? You use these two things to describe Cen Zheng and Liang Jiang, and you still say you didn't use her?"

"So what if I use it? She is willing to be used by me. And what about you, aunt? Have you never had the opportunity to 'use' her. But aunt gave up, didn't you?"

"I can't be as cruel as you, and don't even care about her life in order to achieve my own goals."

"Not necessarily! Auntie's method of taming the Southwest, isn't it? It's admirable!"

The eldest princess' eyes turned cold, and a layer of sweat broke out on her palms.

Li Jing's eyes were as clear as water, "My niece often wonders, why hasn't Cen Zheng visited my aunt for so many years? I'm afraid even she knows that what my aunt really wants to redeem in her heart is actually the one who faced her 23 years ago. You can't do anything about yourself, right?"

The eldest princess's eyes were hazy, not only because of the incident she revealed, but also because of the niece in front of her who was criticizing her.

"Is it the Cheng family that you want to deal with? Or your aunt behind the Cheng family?" She pointed at herself, forcing out a spicy taste in her mouth.

"Auntie is a good question. This is the most important thing today. I have always respected my aunt, and I will continue to do so in the future. But the premise is, will my aunt continue to be named Li or Cheng?"

The eldest princess smiled sarcastically, "It's good enough to be surnamed Li or Cheng. But don't you? Don't forget that your throne is the work of your father alone. To deny your father is to deny yourself. Cen Zhengwei On the day my father overturns the verdict, there will be chaos in the two borders, and Yurui will be full of smoke, is this what you call peace in the world?"

Li Jingchen shook his head.

"It seems that my aunt still doesn't understand Cen Zheng. During her growing up, she never took the word revenge so seriously. She is a rusty magnet, and grievance and hatred are of course the knife in her heart." , but never? Falling down for no reason to hurt others. Even if one day she pulls the knife off her body and throws it at you, but in the end the knife will return to her body. If it is only like this, you will If you feel that she is bad, or that she is flawed, you can't bear it anymore, so you throw her away. Then you don't understand her at all. Wouldn't such a person deliberately stir up chaos in order to reverse the case. "

This passage of hers is more like a questioning of her own heart than to the eldest princess.

"Auntie, do you know why I understand so clearly? Because she has a wise mother and an open-minded master. Her mother told her when she was very young that fate is impermanent, and people's misfortunes and blessings It's hard to predict, her father's death was caused by the Tu family, but more because of the Tao in his heart. You and I were spared because of this."

The eldest princess was shocked, didn't she? Looking at her niece in disbelief, she realized that she didn't know her at all before.

"And her master is probably one of the few in the world? There are a few truly compassionate people who have regarded her as the apple of their eye since they were young. They know that her path is very likely to be a road of no return, but they still don't have the heart to stop her. Because they all I have my own inner balance and judgment. I believe my aunt also has it. If I put aside my personal standpoint and Cen Zheng's identity, and look at this matter objectively, my aunt will ask herself, is this world already at the point of eradicating diseases? when?"

The eldest princess was speechless for a long time and was even speechless.Putting aside her personal position, she really thinks that what the Cheng family has done now is no longer worthy of standing in the southwest.But people live in the world, and there is no way to completely abandon their personal standpoints to look at anything.Cen Zhi has the way, Cen Zheng has the way, and she also has her own way in her heart.The way is not the same, so we can't conspire with each other.Perhaps the only consolation is that she always thought that the weak and pitiful Cen Zheng could already be alone.

The eldest princess said with emotion, "It's God's will. I think back in the farm, I officiated the marriage for you two. Maybe it was a secret arrangement made by Ah Zheng's parents. You don't need to believe it, I am Really wanted to save her life. But now, it seems that there is no need."

"Auntie is right. If a seed grows in a cold environment, don't use the stove to forcefully bake her leaves. Even if moss grows in the dark and damp ground, she enjoys it One way. Don't you think so?"

The eldest princess looked at her in shock.After returning to the mansion, he closed the door to thank the guests, followed by a serious illness, and passed away in the mansion of the eldest princess of Anguo in mid-April.

One night before the eldest princess passed away, Cen Zheng was secretly sent to the eldest princess' mansion.Li Pingzhu on the sickbed was very haggard, but he was very happy to see Cen Zheng.Holding her hand how can not see? Enough.

"Do you hate me, Zheng?"

"I never hated you. I still remember meeting a little snake in the garden when I was a child, and I was so scared that I cried. My mother hugged me, helped me drive away the little snake, and told me how to deal with the big snake. Never? We must expose our weaknesses to the front, use wisdom to deal with the big snake, be careful of dormancy, and kill with one blow."

"Ah Zheng is very smart, just like your mother. Why didn't Ah Niang see it before? It's a pity, Ah Niang still couldn't defeat the big snake in her heart. She was exhausted by being entangled so far. In the future, Ah Niang may No? I've been with you for too long. Do you remember Auntie?"

Cen Zheng was silent for a while, then took out a small bottle from his cuff, stuffed it into the eldest princess's hand, choked up and said, "I hope Auntie gets well soon, I will spend more time with Auntie in the future."

Starlight surged in the dry eyes of the eldest princess, and she caressed her thin hair on her forehead with nostalgia, "Okay, I have my prayers, and A Niang will definitely get better."