In the dead of night, there is an old house on the outskirts of Qiandu City.
The plaque on it is shaky and covered with cobwebs, and you can only vaguely make out the word "李".
Although this house has been in disrepair for a long time, it is not small in size, with three entrances and four exits. Even in the suburbs, it is a rare large house.
It can be seen that the Li Mansion was glorious before, but for some unknown reason, it is now completely lonely.
In the main hall of Li Mansion, among the ruins on the ground, stood a man dressed in purple.
Even though the purple clothes are very spacious, the uneven figure under the clothes is still faintly visible and graceful.
Ziyi has been standing here for a long time, as if waiting for someone.
It's just that a long time has passed and no one has come.
It wasn't until the sky turned pale that a figure in black slowly appeared from the eaves.
This man has a tall and straight figure, a tiger's back and a wasp's waist, and a red-tasseled gun in his hand, full of murderous intent!
"You waited all night just to summon me. Why?"
"Of course it's revenge for the past!" Ziyi said calmly.
"Humph, do you still remember the feud back then? I thought you were happy in the palace and didn't miss Shu!" the figure in black sneered.
"Li Jibei, you don't need to provoke me, you are a member of the Li family, and I am naturally a member of the Li family too!"
"I remember the bloody feud back then better than anyone else!"
"I didn't call you here today to argue about who is right and who is wrong."
"If you want revenge, you have your way, and I naturally have mine."
"I called you back. I just found someone who can help us deal with him. We can start preparing for some things."
When Li Jibei heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Who is it?"
"The eldest son of Wulinghou Mansion, the fifth-rank Anbei General, Li Changkong!"
"The person standing behind him is the prince!"
When Li Jibei heard this, his eyes widened, and the aura around his body became somewhat disordered.
If you want to fight against that person, a mere fifth-grade General Anbei is naturally not enough, but if the prince is here... it won't be a problem!
While he was still deep in thought, Ziyi took out a letter from his arms and threw it towards him.
"What is it?" Li Jibei took it and asked.
"You don't have to worry about it, just give it to Li Changkong. If he trusts me, he will naturally know what to do."
"Why would he believe you?"
Ziyi smiled and said: "He is one of the smartest people in the world, he will believe it."
"Then what do you think, I will help you?" Li Jibei said coldly.
Ziyi smiled helplessly again, said no more, turned around and left the ruins of Li's Mansion.
Once upon a time, this place was so prosperous.
There are great scholars when talking and laughing, but there are no idle people when coming and going, it's nothing more than that.
After Ziyi left, Li Jibei looked at the letter in his hand. After pondering for a moment, he smiled: "Li Changkong, it's quite interesting."
"You better have some skills!"
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Three days later, the Ministry of Punishment.
Emperor Jingxing sat high in his official position, and to his left sat the three elders of the cabinet and Zhong Yu.
Zhong Prison did not have such treatment, but considering that this was the place where the Ministry of Punishment tried the case, as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, he was in charge of the trial today, so he could sit here.
Sitting on the right side of Emperor Jing Xing were Prince Liu Yu and Li Changkong.
As for Liu Jing, he didn't even come.
This made Liu Yu very unhappy.
He felt slighted.
"It's getting late, and everyone who is supposed to come has arrived, so let's get started." Emperor Jing Xing said.
Hearing this, Zhong Yu stood up and said, "Bring the traffickers in!"
After a while, Luan Fu, Hao Chang and Chen Shi were brought in, all tied up.
Press down on the floor and don't move.
Zhong Yu waved his hand, and the six guards released the three of them.
When the three of them raised their heads, Liu Yu immediately frowned, feeling something was wrong.
Luan Fu was very arrogant when he was taken away.
Although he is thin, he has a good-looking face and good energy.
But now, his gray hair is hanging down, his eyes are cloudy and lifeless, and he looks desperate.
Including Hao Chang and Chen Shi, the same is true.
Liu Yu couldn't help it, and immediately stood up and asked: "Master Zhong, I have seen Luan Fu before, but he didn't look like this."
"In your punishment department, someone secretly committed a lynching?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhong Yu's heart immediately skipped a beat.
He knew that his son's previous messing up had already made His Royal Highness very unhappy.
Now in front of His Majesty, if the abuse of lynching of important persons is carried out.
The future destiny of their Zhong family is basically at an end.
So he immediately shook his head and said quickly: "I don't dare!"
"Luan Fu and the other three are key criminals appointed by His Majesty, which is of great significance."
"I have given orders to everyone in the Ministry of Punishment, and they must be strictly monitored, and there must be no violation of the rules!"
"Abuse of lynching is absolutely impossible."
"But..." Liu Yu wanted to say more, but Li Changkong tugged at the corner of his clothes.
Liu Yu turned around and saw Li Changkong shaking his head at him.
Seeing this, Liu Yu had no choice but to retreat.
Li Changkong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Previously, Zhong Yu really wanted to surrender to the Crown Prince, and Li Changkong was also sure that the Criminal Department was definitely the department with the least hands and feet of Prince Jing.
As for Zhong Yunfeng's messing up the Rouge incident, Liu Yu and the others didn't know about it, but he himself was well-informed and most likely had something to do with Wei Xiang.
Zhong Yunfeng... suffered an unreasonable disaster and became the one who took the blame.
From this point of view, the Ministry of Punishment is still worth winning over.
But now, this case clearly has little to do with the Ministry of Punishment. At most, it is being tried in the Ministry of Punishment.
The prince wants to do this in front of His Majesty.
Doesn't this force people to switch sides to Liu Jing's side?
After seeing that the prince had calmed down, Zhong Yu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and shouted directly at the three people in the audience: "You are waiting for the three of them, do you think you are guilty?"
When Luan Fu heard this, he was immediately frightened. Looking at Zhong Yu and Emperor Jing Xing who were sitting high on the stage, tears immediately flowed down his face.
He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
But after murmuring for a long time, not even a single word came out.
Finally, he looked in the direction of the prince, sighed helplessly, then raised his head and laughed: "Convicted!"
"Hahaha, I am guilty, I did everything!"
"It was I, together with Hao Chang, who forced Chen Shi to secretly use oil, coal ink and ingot seals to make counterfeit banknotes and sell them everywhere."
"I did all of this!"
Luan Fu looked crazy, as if he was crazy, and said hysterically.
Hao Chang, who was on the side, also cried bitterly when he heard this, kowtowed his head crazily, and shouted: "Confess your guilt! I also admit my guilt! We all did it!"
"I was the one who set the ink bureau on fire! I was the only one in the docket at the time. Who else could it be besides me?"
"Haha, hahaha!"
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"
Hao Chang's cries seemed to contain huge disappointment and... resentment!