"Hahaha!" Li Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "What a boy, you have the courage! It seems that if I want to save my life, I can't live without going, so let's go."
"Your Majesty, please! Get out of the way!" Xiao Yu gave the order, and the brothers of the Cavalry Guard immediately sheathed their swords and retreated back to line up.
The knife has been sheathed, but the murderous intention is still there...
Outside the Fusi Gate of Jinyiwei North Town, hundreds of melon-eating people and officials from various ministries had already gathered around. Everyone heard that Master Xiao Chenxiao was going to interrogate the prince here, so they came here to see what was going on.
Ang, I have never heard of a prince being interrogated. First of all, he is afraid that the prince will not come at all...
Xiao Chen stood at the door with a solemn expression, dignified appearance, not squinting, and turned a deaf ear to everyone's comments.
Suddenly I heard the sound of horse hoofbeats, and a Wing Guard brother arrived on Pegasus. When he got in front of Xiao Chen, he reined in the horse, flew down, and knelt down on one knee, "Sir, Prince Li Yan, the King of Yandang, has invited us!"
Everyone heard clearly, and there was an uproar. Damn it, the prince really caught him?
Everyone says that this Xiao Chen is extremely brave... Isn't this too brave?
"Yeah." Xiao Chen just nodded, straightened his clothes slowly, walked to the street, and saw a group of soldiers and horses approaching Li Yan from a distance, he raised his hands high and bowed at ninety degrees.
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"Haha, you are Xiao Chen?" Li Yan dismounted and sneered, "You are an imperial envoy and represent the emperor, but you shouldn't salute a guilty minister like me!"
"I'm asking the prince what I'm ordered to say, just to clear the prince's name. Prince, please!" Xiao Chen didn't talk nonsense to him and made a gesture of invitation.
"Why do you really want to interrogate me?" Li Yan walked into the open door and realized that he was facing the Jinyiwei Court Hall.
"I'm here to ask the prince a question... Come on, show me your seat!" Xiao Chen strode directly to the court hall and stood waiting for Li Yan to sit down in the hall before sitting down.
"Sir, do you want to close the door?" Wu Fazheng came up and asked in a low voice.
The three of them also had seats in the hall, but they didn't dare to sit down. Seeing Xiao Chen, it seemed that they were about to go to the hall, but the door was still open, and there were curious people outside...
No matter how you interrogate me, sir, you must leave some dignity for the prince and some room for the big guy, right?
"Your Majesty is aboveboard, we work impartially, why do we have to close the door?" Xiao Chen said, "Pass my order, everyone can observe the trial, but you are not allowed to make any noise, otherwise you will be severely punished!"
Yes! The three of them hurriedly agreed together. They turned around and grinned. They said to themselves, Sir, you have offended Prince Li Yan terribly this time. You might even implicate your subordinates and me... Isn't this bad luck?
Urgent?
"Is this the Prince of Yandang, Li Yan, in the hall?" Xiao Chen cleared his throat and patted the gavel... Actually, there was no need to pat it, but just placing it in front of his eyes made his hands itch.
On TV, high-ranking officials are filmed when they are trying cases... Let's have fun first, it feels pretty good.
"It's me." Li Yan's expression remained unchanged and his voice was clear.
"Someone reported that you secretly colluded with the Tianxuan Society to rebel against the bandits when you were in Minzhou. Is this true?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Who reported it?" Li Yan said calmly, "Let him come out and confront me face to face!"
"The person who reported the report is afraid of being retaliated by your prince, so it is not appropriate to show up. However, there is a confession they made here, and their names have been affixed. Do you want your prince to take a look at it?" Xiao Chen said.
"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother? Just don't look at it!" Li Yan said.
"So the prince did not collude with the rebels?" Xiao Chen's question was irritating.
"I'm just surprised that some people believe such absurd things?" Li Yan sneered.
The conversation was directed at the emperor.
"Even so, I can't explain clearly, and I can't understand the reasoning!" Xiao Chen said, "I still have a few questions to ask for advice. Please answer them one by one..."
He sounded like he was reviewing a case, and he had gradually entered the state. His voice became louder and louder, and his eyes became more and more majestic, especially when he was condescending and scrutinizing a prince. It felt really bad...
Xiao Chen has already read the case file that reported Li Yan. It is basically pure nonsense. None of it can be verified and it is full of loopholes. It seems that framing him is not the purpose, but just to throw shit on him and ruin his reputation.
It just makes a stink.
As the saying goes, three people can make a difference, and public opinion can make a fortune. Even if you know that something is wrong, if there are too many people talking about it and you listen too much, you will subjectively doubt the person involved.
It doesn't matter if others doubt him, Li Yan, but if the emperor becomes suspicious of him, then...
Now that the Emperor is hinting that the Ministry of Punishment has sent him an official document to allow him to enter the capital, it is a very bad sign. Those who framed him have achieved their basic purpose.
Li Yan really didn't like the people who reported him. They were all villains, just barking like wild dogs and couldn't bite him at all.
What makes him angry is that the emperor's uncle would listen to the words of these villains! How could the emperor's uncle be fooled by such a little trick with his wisdom and prowess? So is he trying to use this matter to deal with himself?
Your nephew and I have led troops in wars over the years and have made countless contributions. Uncle, is this how you repay me?
Needless to say, you are afraid that I will take credit for your son and brother's conquest of Yizhou, so when the war is about to end and rewards will be given based on my merits, I will be brought to the capital for questioning...
Hum hum, it was my father who died early, otherwise it would not necessarily be whose turn it would be to sit in the Great Zhou Dynasty!
There was a surge of resentment in my heart. After I arrived, I claimed that I was sick and didn't even go into the palace to see the emperor's uncle. This was also a petty act. I don't believe that you, the emperor's uncle, can kill me!
It doesn't matter if you kill me, the most you can do is reunite with my father and your eldest brother under Jiuquan, so that you can save yourself the embarrassment of your family!
He doesn't even care about the emperor, let alone the six ministries and nine ministers. He has already held his breath. If they really dare to come and cause trouble, don't blame me for turning against him. He won't be able to stand up to them in person!
Unexpectedly, the chief inquisitor turned out to be Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen did not come to 'ask for advice' at all, but sent someone to bring him directly. He had to come because he felt that those murderous soldiers could not handle him.
If he is really good, he will kill his guards and wash away the palace with blood!
This kid has a bad reputation, maybe he can actually do this!
Xiao Chen took the emperor's order as a command arrow, but he really didn't dare to cause trouble. The main reason was that he was afraid that the emperor would really kill him with his hands...
Did the emperor's uncle really want to be cruel to him? Otherwise, why would he let a ruthless character like Xiao Chen be the chief judge? And the reason why Xiao Chen treated him so arrogantly was probably because of the emperor's instruction.
So even though he acted very calm and calm, he was still worried in his heart, so he came obediently.
So even though Xiao Chen's tone of questioning was very bad, he didn't care to argue with it. He just explained everything one by one and let's see how you want to convict me!