Many officials in the DPRK did not believe Zhang Chun's motives for impeaching Cui Ming.
Although this man and Li Mu both disown each other and are blaming each other, they have one thing in common, that is, they have no selfish motives.
The old party and the new party fought because the political conflict was related to their real interests. No matter how fierce the quarrel between Li Mu and Zhang Chun was, no real benefits would fall on him.
It was impossible for him to frame him just because he was jealous that Cui Shilang was more handsome than him.
Zhang Chun snorted coldly: "Whether I am slandering or framing you will be known by just checking Cui Ming's soul-sucking investigation."
At the front of the court, a man stepped forward and said in a cold voice: "How dare you, Mr. Cui is your consort and a fourth-grade official. How can you be humiliated like this just because of your one-sided words?"
The art of capturing souls is a common method used by the government to investigate cases.
For a suspect in a certain case, as long as you use the soul-obsessing technique on him, you can easily break through his psychological defenses and make him reveal all the secrets in his heart.
Of course, the premise is that the other party is a mortal who has never condensed the soul. After the practitioner condenses the soul, the soul power is strong and difficult to capture the soul. After the three souls are combined into one, it becomes even more difficult to capture the soul. After the soul is gathered into the soul, it is even more difficult. The person who captures the soul often has to
It can only be done if the cultivation level is several levels higher than that of the person being photographed.
There are no secrets under the soul-obsessing technique, but as a practitioner, no one has secrets and opportunities. Some secrets cannot be easily exposed to others.
For practitioners, capturing souls is a taboo. There is nothing more humiliating than capturing souls and searching for souls. As long as a fourth-grade official and the prince-in-law of a country do not commit major crimes such as rebellion, the court, even if they are
Your Majesty, you can't even conduct a soul search on him.
Once this precedent is set, officials in the DPRK and China will probably be in danger. No one knows that one day they will be nakedly exposed in front of others because of something, the thoughts in their minds, and the past.
This is a bottom line that cannot be easily touched at the national level.
What's more, for the strong, it is not impossible to manipulate memory and soul. Over-reliance on them can sometimes be counterproductive.
After the Minister of Civil Affairs scolded Zhang Chun, Cui Ming stood up and said: "I have been honest and upright in my work throughout my life. I am willing to accept your majesty's soul capture. Please return my innocence to your majesty."
As soon as these words came out, some of the officials in the palace had strange expressions on their faces.
Cui Ming's words were either upright and clear-hearted, or he was confident and confident in dealing with His Majesty's soul-seizing. No matter which case it was, I'm afraid that even if His Majesty's soul-seizing really happened, there would be no results.
And it is impossible for Your Majesty to do that.
Because of an unfounded and trumped-up case, the current prince-in-law, a fourth-rank official, was possessed... This has touched the bottom line of the court and will bring greater chaos to the court.
Cui Ming pointed his finger to the sky and said: "I swear by heaven and earth. If I say anything false, I will be struck by thunder from the sky, and I will die miserably!"
In order to prove his innocence, he did not hesitate to swear an oath, which made some people in the court change their minds again.
Practitioners revere heaven and earth and will not make Taoist oaths easily. Taoist oaths are not only oaths, but also have certain mysterious powers, which can be regarded as some kind of magical power.
But Taoist oaths do not represent everything. Although many people swear, "If you violate Taoist oaths, you will be punished by God." But if every oath can be fulfilled, there is no need for the court and government.
If something is uncertain, just swear to God...
Swearing an oath cannot completely prove Cui Ming's innocence. After a moment, the Queen's voice finally came from the curtain, "This case will be jointly investigated by the Ministry of Punishment and Zongzheng Temple. The trial will be open. Cui Shilang needs to cooperate with the two investigations.
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Cui Mingdao: "I obey the decree."
Shangguanli stepped forward and said: "Retreat from the court..."
From the beginning to the end, the Queen only mentioned Cui Ming and did not mention King Shou, and the ministers also chose to forget it tacitly.
King Shou is a former royal family with a sensitive status. As long as he does not make any big mistakes, it will not be easy to deal with him.
Cui Ming had a distinguished status, and even if he was involved in a case, his freedom was not restricted. When he left Ziwei Hall, he glanced at Zhang Chun and left for Zhongshu Province.
Zhang Chun walked out of the hall, and Feng Sicheng chased him out and said angrily: "You, you, you, you Zhang Chun, you are so ambitious that you are so bold. You dare to talk nonsense in the court without evidence. Do you think the prince consort?"
I can make false accusations at will, but if Mr. Cui is found innocent by the Ministry of Punishments investigation, your official title will be gone!"
Zhang Chun glanced at him lightly and said, "You can say this again after his innocence is proven."
Feng Sicheng left angrily, and Li Mu came up from behind. Zhang Chun looked at him and asked, "Are you sure there are witnesses?"
Li Mu touched the ring on his hand and said, "Don't worry..."
Even if the Ministry of Punishment and Zongzheng Temple were unwilling to deal with Cui Ming, they had to comply with the case issued by the Queen herself.
The court was located in the Ministry of Justice. In order to avoid favoritism between Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Justice, the Queen specially added the sentence "open trial".
Open trial means that all procedures must be supervised by other officials or the people, the trial process is transparent, and all acts of favoritism and cover-up are avoided.
The person who sued Cui Ming was Zhang Chun, so naturally he could not be absent.
Zongzheng Temple was personally attended by King Shou, who served as the minister of the temple, and the Punishment Department was presided over by Zhou Zhong, the Minister of Punishment.
In addition, several officials came to the Yushitai and Dali Temple to observe, and Li Mu was one of the officials attending the Yushitai.
The people of the Divine Capital also heard about it and gathered outside the Punishment Department.
Cui Ming is a relative of the emperor and an important minister in the court, and the national scandal should not be exposed to the public. Normally, when Zongzheng Temple tries these people, it is conducted in secret. This time, the Ministry of Punishment did not let the people observe, but closed the Ministry of Punishment.
door.
The people couldn't see what was going on inside, so they talked more enthusiastically.
"Who are you interrogating? There is such a big battle. I just saw many high officials entering, and they didn't even let us see..."
"I know that my relatives are doing odd jobs at Zongzheng Temple. Yesterday, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zongzheng Temple had a quarrel at Zongzheng Temple. I heard that Cui Prince Consort committed a major case. Mr. Zhang wanted to handle it, but Mr. Zongzheng Temple refused to do it..."
"Consort Cui, what big crime did he commit?"
"I heard that he killed his wife and all his family members for the sake of his future..."
"Hey, for being so vicious, isn't it even more hateful than Chen Shimei!"
"I don't know if it's true or not yet, but the people who are interrogating Cui Prince Consort are the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Zongzheng Temple. They are originally a team. What can they find out..."
Inside the Criminal Department, in the courtroom.
Cui Ming's case was presided over by Zhou Zhong, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and King Shou, the minister of Zongzheng Temple, served as the judge.
In terms of status, relatives of the emperor and officials of fourth rank and above were returned to Zongzong Temple for trial. However, after Zhang Chun impeached King Shou in the court, although His Majesty did not punish him, it was not appropriate to let him preside over the trial again.
Although Cui Ming was the defendant, because of his distinguished status, he could sit in the hall, while Zhang Chun had to stand aside.
Behind the table above, Zhou Zhong, the Minister of Punishment, patted the gavel tree, looked at Zhang Chun, and asked: "Zhang Sicheng, you said that Minister Cui killed the Chu family in Yangqiu County and framed the Chu family twenty years ago.
There may be evidence for colluding with evil cultivators to wipe out the Chu family. If there is no evidence, wantonly framed relatives of the emperor and important officials in the court, the crime is not light."
Cui Ming sat on the chair with a calm face, seemingly calm, but his attention was entirely on Zhang Chun.
When Zhang Chun learned about this, he was not panicked. How Zhang Chun learned about the incident between Su He and Chu Yun'er more than 20 years ago was what worried him the most.
If he only accidentally learned about the Chu family and Su He when he was the magistrate of Yangqiu County, and used this to slander him and ruin his reputation in the divine capital, he would make Zhang Chun pay even more after this incident.
A terrible price.
What he was worried about was that Zhang Chun really got some information about him.
Zhang Chun looked up at Zhou Zhong, with a smile on his face, and said: "I have been the county magistrate for more than ten years. How dare I slander the current prince-in-law without evidence?"
Cui Ming's eyelids twitched and he looked at Zhang Chun.
Zhou Zhongdao: "Since Zhang Sicheng has evidence, let's bring it out."
Zhang Chun took out a piece of spiritual jade from his arms, held it in his hand, and crushed it into pieces.
A cloud of mist emerged from the spiritual jade, and finally transformed into the figure of a woman. It was Mrs. Chu who had been relieved of her identity as a sword spirit by Li Mu.
As soon as Mrs. Chu appeared, she saw a figure sitting on a chair.
For more than twenty years, she had been thinking about this figure all the time. She wanted to drink his blood, eat his flesh, and burn his soul with will-o'-the-wisps day and night.
The strong hatred caused her to lose consciousness in an instant. Black energy surged around her body, and her eyes turned blood red. She rushed towards Cui Mingfei and said sternly: "Cui Ming, take your life!"
The moment Mrs. Chu appeared, Cui Ming could no longer maintain his composure and stood up suddenly.
The next moment, Mrs. Chu's ghostly figure flew towards him.
Cui Ming was not surprised but overjoyed. He immediately waved out his palm and attacked with all his strength!
He didn't expect that Chu Yun'er's ghost would be at Zhang Chun's place, and he didn't expect that she would attack him desperately as soon as she appeared.
This just gave him a reason to fight back.
She was only in the fourth realm, and this palm was enough to make her soul fly away, making her truly die without evidence.
He spent ten percent of his cultivation on this palm, leaving nothing behind.
"you dare!"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from his ears. Zhang Chun suddenly stood up and stood in front of Mrs. Chu. He received the palm and his body flew backwards, blood spurting out from his mouth.
After landing, he pointed at Cui Ming angrily and said loudly: "This is the ghost of the Chu family woman. Have you seen it? Cui Ming wants to destroy the witness. He has a guilty conscience..."
Cui Ming's face was gloomy, and he lowered his hand that he had raised again.
At this time, Mrs. Chu had regained some consciousness, but her aura was still extremely unstable. Standing in the court of the Ministry of Justice, her resentment continued to rise...
Zhou Zhong's eyes flashed, he stood up abruptly, a powerful aura erupted from his body, he pressed towards Mrs. Chu, and said sternly: "How dare you assassinate the consort!"
Li Mu secretly thought that something was wrong. Mrs. Chu's hatred for Cui Ming was too strong. At this moment, it burst out. Her anger affected her intelligence and almost became a demon. Instead, it gave Zhou Zhong a reason to suppress her.
Under the pressure of Zhou Zhong's powerful momentum, Mrs. Chu's soul became even more unstable and on the verge of collapse. However, the resentment in her body became stronger and stronger, and her aura became more and more terrifying...
Her hatred for Cui Ming and her extermination of officials from the Ministry of Justice all turned into a deep resentment in her heart.
At this moment, the resentment in the Punishment Department was overwhelming, and people from all directions in the capital were aware of it.
boom!
At the moment when the resentment reached its peak, countless people on the streets of Shendu looked up to the sky.
At this moment, the situation in the capital of God is turning upside down!