This case was unprecedented, but it was carried out in an extremely low-key and secretive manner. There was no one on the street, but the court hall of Dali Temple was already full of people.
The presiding judge, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, Guo Ming.
Hearing the trial, Minister of Rites, Qiancheng.
Several officials from the Ministry of Supervision and Punishment.
The audience was divided into two groups, one group was headed by the prime minister and more than ten officials, and the other group was the second prince Li Xiangyang and several officials.
There are countless soldiers in the hall, who are well prepared inside and outside. They must look carefully for any sign of trouble.
What is even more surprising is the emperor sitting on the side of the hall.
This time, it was the emperor himself who was attending!
Xia Shang was brought to the hall along with the team, and escorted to kneel in front of the hall along with countless others. They were separated on both sides. No one dared to speak, but everyone knew that they were not the protagonists today.
In the hall, Mr. Dongyue was wearing iron shackles, his hair was unkempt, and his face was very messy. It seemed that his spirit had not been affected by several days of tossing. He stood upright and glanced at everyone with cold eyes: "I never thought that I would have such a face, so that today The Holy One is personally monitoring the situation, and is accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials from the imperial court, as well as scholars from all over the world. I think I am satisfied."
"Bold! How can you be allowed to speak privately in court?"
Mr. Dongyue snorted coldly and glanced away, not looking at the presiding judge.
"Come here, kneel down the suspect!"
"Ahem..." From the side, the emperor spoke softly, "Mr. Dongyue is a great scholar of our time. His crime has not yet been determined, so you don't have to kneel down. Please give me a seat."
Mr. Dongyue's face is enough to allow the emperor to speak out in person.
Xia Shang took a peek at the emperor and found that he looked poor and coughed slightly from time to time. I wonder if it was a recurrence of the old illness or a stubborn disease?
The chief judge received the order and gave Mr. Dongyue a seat.
But Mr. Dongyue did not appreciate it and remained standing. It could be seen that Mr. Dongyue was determined to die and was ready to fight for his innocence in this hall.
Xia Shang had never felt the integrity of the ancients, but Mr. Dongyue's words just now touched Xia Shang's heart slightly. Perhaps this was an obsession hidden in the hearts of his old friends, a kind of "settling the affairs of the king and the world, and winning fame before and after death." Pursue it.
Mr. Dongyue's uncooperation made it very difficult for the Minister of Punishment who was the presiding judge. If he had a choice, he would never cause such trouble for himself. His Punishment Department had killed countless people and tried countless people, but none of them were like this. Mr. Dongyue is so annoying.
Mr. Dongyue is a saint in Dahua. If the crime of killing a saint falls on him, he will not be well off in this life or in the future.
Originally, this matter should be tried by the officials directly under the Dali Temple, but it happened that this Dali Temple was not from the eldest prince's family. In addition, the emperor had to hear the trial in person, and there were too many high-ranking officials and dignitaries paying attention, which exceeded the scrutiny of Dali Temple officials. scope, so he was directly appointed as the chief judge by the emperor.
At the moment, Guo Ming couldn't get into an attack, so he could only ignore Mr. Dongyue's arrogant expression and knocked on the gavel tree.
"A country is bound to perish. It is for old age not to die. Is this sentence coming from your mouth, Mr. Dongyue?"
"Hmph! Why bother to accuse me? Why bother today? Just call someone and take away the old lady's head."
"This..." Guo Ming was helpless and lowered his voice, "Mr. Dongyue, you are a saint today, why are you so extreme? The emperor is here in person, and all the officials are here, just to get to the bottom of this case. If Dongyue Mr. Dongyue is really unjust, and I should clear Mr. Dongyue's innocence. But if you, sir, are so presumptuous, even if you are not guilty, I will punish you for contempt of justice!"
Mr. Dongyue's expression remained unchanged, but he stopped talking.
Guo Ming frowned when he saw this.
At this time, Prime Minister Fu Yu, who was listening to the interrogation, said: "After hearing what Mr. Dongyue said, I felt quite resentful in my heart. It must be unfounded. However, I have heard that there are witnesses in this case who can testify. Why not invite them?
Come out and confront him in court."
"So... witness."
After a while, a young man came in and kowtowed to many officials.
Guo Ming clapped his hands and asked: "Who is here?"
"The villain Li Si is serving Mr. Dongyue of Dongyue Mansion in Beijing."
"Mr. Dongyue, do you recognize this Li Si?"
Mr. Dongyue nodded: "I understand."
"Is what he said true?"
"Feixu?"
"Okay! Li Si, since you can testify for this case, I would like to ask you whether the poem "A country will perish, and it is for old age not to die" was written by Mr. Dongyue?"
"Sir, the poems and poems are not written by Mr. Dongyue himself."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
The gavel rang again, with a crisp snap.
"Be bold, Li Si, tell the truth quickly, otherwise you will be punished!"
Li Si was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly and said, "My lord, I know clearly that everything I said is true. If there is even the slightest bit of falsehood, I wish heaven would strike with five thunders."
"You said this was not written by Mr. Dongyue. Doesn't that mean that Mr. Dongyue is not guilty?"
Li Si replied: "This pairing was not written by Mr. Dongyue, but it came from Mr. Dongyue's mouth."
"Oh? Tell me quickly."
"Mr. Dongyue returned to the capital half a month ago. Since I have been serving him all day long, I naturally heard some of Mr. Dongyue's words. I saw that Mr. Dongyue was depressed all day long and often couldn't sleep at night. He seemed to be worried about many things. One day, Xiaoren
The villain was a little worried, so he checked by the bedside to see if the gentleman was sad. On that occasion, the villain happened to hear the gentleman chanting depressedly, "The country will surely perish, and it is for old age not to die."
"In that case, what should we say if this pair was found in Dongyue Mansion?"
"After listening to the words recited by the gentleman, the villain pondered for a long time, not knowing what they meant. By chance, he met Master Yue Fangqing, a disciple of Mr. Dongyue, on the second day. Mr. Fang Qing happened to hear the words murmured by the villain,
I asked who the villain said it. The villain told him that it was Mr. Dongyue who said it casually when he was depressed. After hearing this, Mr. Fang Qing jumped for joy and said that the villain was a common man and did not understand the meaning. Then he ran to the gentleman's room.
Zhong Fen pen wrote this sentence."
"Where is Yue Fangqing? Here comes Yue Fangqing!"
Another official mission went out to bring people.
During this period, Prime Minister Fu Yu said: "This Yue Fangqing is Mr. Dongyue's favorite disciple and is quite famous in Beijing. Mr. Dongyue, don't you deny this?"
Mr. Dongyue remained silent, but his expression was extremely gloomy.
After a while, another person was brought in. This person had scars all over his body, his clothes were ragged, and he was wearing shackles. His treatment was completely different from the previous Li Si.
As soon as he entered the hall, he couldn't stop laughing: "Hahaha... You are the evildoers who have brought trouble to the country and are the thieves in troubled times. You will eventually destroy the world. At that time, I will see how many dead souls there are in the world who come to settle accounts with you."
!Hahaha……"
"Bold maniac, give me a slap!"
After a period of severe beatings, the guy finally calmed down a bit, but even though his mouth was full of blood and flesh, he was still muttering to himself: "When a country is about to perish, there will be evildoers, and if you are old and don't die, you are a thief! When a country is about to perish, there will be monsters, and when you are old and old, you will be a thief!"
Immortality is for... There is a way to do something, but it is what evildoers and thieves do. How wonderful and wonderful... It is a strange thing through the ages! It is worthy of the words of the teacher! There is no second person in the world!" (To be continued)