Chapter 621 The Imperial Court (Part 1)
The sun is about to end in the future.
The situation at Caishikou execution ground is still stalemate, but it is even more dangerous than before.
As Li Ling shouted that he would test the prisoner's body again, Zhang Qiu was completely panicked and decisively ordered to rush forward and take down Xiao Chengzhi and the others first, and then control the prisoner.
But just as the soldiers were about to take action, Li Ling and Sun Bi decisively ran out of the restaurant under dozens of escorts and rushed towards the execution platform. This was planned to meet with Xiao Chengzhi and the others above and guard the prisoners to death.
Li Ling was naturally nothing at this time, but with Sun Bi beside him, he finally made the soldiers throw themselves into trouble. Even if Zhang Qiu ordered repeatedly, no one really dared to stop him. At most, he would just squeeze up a little, but as long as they squeezed hard, the soldiers would give in.
So, after a moment, they went up to the high platform and stood in front of the prisoners with Xiao Chengzhi and formed a confrontation with the people of the Ministry of Justice. With the confrontation between the two sides as the core, tens of thousands of people spread out around them. Although these people did not dare to do anything, the sound reinforcements they caused alone were enough to make the people of the Ministry of Justice completely passive.
The confrontation lasted for more than an hour and, at this point, everyone already knew that it was not the one who could make the decision. The news had spread and the court would soon send someone to deal with it. So what was the result was depends on the attitude of the monarch and ministers in the court.
Zhang Qiu was already desperate at this time. After this incident, he was completely finished. Even if the matter was not investigated in the end and the problems of the Ministry of Justice were not dug out, he could not get better. The execution ground was disturbed and the people who should be killed could not be killed. It was embarrassing to stand for so long under the gaze of tens of thousands of people but was unable to change it. This alone was enough to ruin his reputation and even lose his official position.
So the more time goes by, the more his heart sinks. In the end, he can't even stand and can only sit back on his chair and wait for news from the palace to come.
Just after Shen, several fast horses came flying. The leading green-robed official pulled open his throat from a distance and shouted: "Your Majesty has the will, everyone will give way!" As they approached, the people quickly separated from both sides and let the knights run to the execution ground.
After glanced at the confrontation, the man was also a little stunned. Fortunately, he had not been stunned for too long, so he came back to his senses and quickly took out the order and read it out: "Your Majesty has an order to order the seventh son of the emperor, the ministers of the Ministry of Justice Zhang Qiu, Xiao Chengzhi, Li Ling and others to quickly enter the palace and report everything. The others will be on the spot and escorted to you, waiting for His Majesty to ask!"
A simple decree was enough to suppress the audience. Whether it was officials, soldiers or the people, they knelt down on the ground, claiming to obey the order, and then they all got off the stage with some confusion and uneasiness.
At this time, another team of imperial guards slowly came, with a total of 3,000 people decisively surrounding the relevant people on the scene, half escorting and half escorting the ground, and taking them to the palace.
As for the people around them, no one paid attention to them. After a riot, they divided a small part of them and plucked up the courage to follow the team and headed towards the imperial city. The others had to disperse and go home to brag about what they saw today.
It was not until the sky was getting dark before Li Ling and the others came to the palace. This was when he was here again after many years. He felt that he was feeling in his heart. Who would have thought that seeing the emperor again would be such a strange scene?
Sun Bi seemed quite calm. As a prince, after returning from filial piety, he always wanted to enter the palace to pay tribute every few days. Naturally, he had been familiar with the palace for a long time and didn't feel anything. Xiao Chengzhi was also calm because he was still carrying the imperial guards' official position and had to be on duty in the palace every half month.
But except for them and a few officials from the Ministry of Justice, everyone else was numb, especially those prisoners, who came to the towering palace with a trembling look. After being ordered to stand, many people knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to raise their heads.
After waiting for a while, the eunuchs came out and Xuan and the others went in. Then, in a side hall, they saw the emperor with a bad look and many ministers with complicated faces.
"I pay homage to Your Majesty..." Li Ling met the emperor according to the etiquette system, and by the way, he glanced at the emperor's appearance while bowing down, but found that Sun Yong was much older than before after not seeing him for a few years.
This aging manifestation not only has some old spots on his face, but also on the temperament he exudes. Although the original emperor is not young, he always gives people a feeling of energy. But now, when I see you again, I only feel a little more dusk, and my eyes become deep and tired, and I have no sense of sharpness as before.
Li Ling sighed in his heart, after all, time is unforgivable. Even if you are the emperor and the lord of the world, some things are not transferred by your will.
"Sun Bi, Xiao Chengzhi, Li Ling... Are you aware of your crime?" The emperor did not let them stand flat, but suddenly raised such a question.
The three of them quickly turned their heads and exchanged glances with each other - they wanted to say that the three of them were indeed brave enough, and they dared to communicate with the emperor - and then Sun Bi spoke: "Father, my sons and ministers are just dedicated to serving the court and preside over justice for the people. Although they are a bit reckless, they are definitely not considered doing something wrong!"
"Hmph, at this time, I dare to say that I have never made any mistakes. You are too brave! I am here to ask you, the major affairs of Qiu Jue are related to the strictness of the king's law and the majesty of the court. If you make trouble for no reason, do you not take the king's law and the court seriously. Do you want to be a rebellious minister who has no king or father?" The emperor asked loudly with a slap in the imperial case.
Although Sun Bi still knelt down and lowered his head, his waist was straightened. He immediately said, "The reason why Father Rong Bing, the son ministers and others tried their best to prevent Qiu Jue from executing the execution was not to provoke the King's French Law. On the contrary, we are to protect the dignity of the King's Law."
"Your Majesty, I risk my life to make such a crazy act. I am really forced to do it. If it is not like this, I cannot save innocent people from water and fire. If it is not like this, I cannot let those who harm the people and harm innocent people reveal their true faces!" Li Ling suddenly spoke, and as he spoke, he suddenly looked up, facing the emperor's eyes without any fear.
His reaction frightened all the ministers around him, and Lu Zhen felt even more shocked, for fear that he would anger the emperor, so he put himself in before he finished speaking.
As a result, I was worried in vain, because the emperor had no intention of blaming him, and his eyes were just looking at Li Ling: "Li Ling... If I remember well, you are the prefect of Yangzhou, why did you suddenly come to the capital? The local officials left their posts without permission, which was a big mistake. What would you explain?"
"Return to Your Majesty, I did not leave my post without permission, but came to the capital to report my duties according to the orders of the court." Li Ling did not see any panic and explained calmly, "It was because the Ministry of Personnel was so busy that I had to stay in the capital for a while, and it happened to be the case. I had to do this crazy move because of the momentary intent. I hope Your Majesty will clearly understand."
The emperor was able to accept this explanation, and did not go into it, but only stared at him and said, "What did you say just now? Someone is causing harm to the people and harming the innocent? Are you referring to the Ministry of Justice?"
"That's right!" Li Ling nodded and responded without any hesitation.
"Absurd! The Ministry of Justice is the judicial office of our Great Vietnamese Vietnam. It is the most fair and law-abiding thing. How could it do such a thing? Don't talk nonsense and deceive me!"
"I dare not. Everything I say is true, and there is still relevant evidence to be found." Li Ling immediately sorted out his emotions and said, "The source of this incident lies in a prisoner named Chu Shiwu..."
He was really brave enough, and he actually acted as the emperor, talked freely, and told the whole story little by little. Of course, he also concealed something, such as hiding the attack on the Ministry of Justice... These things were explained in detail, and both the emperor and the court officials around him were stunned. Unexpectedly, such lawless things would actually happen at the foot of the emperor in Luoyang, the capital city.
"Your Majesty, if what I have investigated is not false, I am afraid that half of the dozens of people who have been punished by the Ministry of Justice in this autumn are innocent people. If they are allowed to do anything, then how can the national law exist and how can people feel at ease? At that time, will my great fortune be completely in chaos? The poor are dead without any faults, and the powerful are able to do anything, treat the law as nothing, and the black and white are inverted, and the discipline is inconsistent..."
"Enough!" The emperor roared, and finally interrupted Li Ling's constant talk. His face at this moment was several times worse than when he first learned about this. His body was trembling with anger, and then he swept his eyes to Sun Lin: "King Yong, is what Li Ling told me true?"
King Yong quickly took two steps forward and knelt down and shouted: "Father, my son-in-law... My minister is wronged... My minister doesn't know where Li Ling heard these rumors. Anyway, the facts are not as he said. Since he met his father's attention to entering the Ministry of Justice, although his ministers have not dared to say that they have done their best, they have never been careless. Everything in the Ministry of Justice is related to the law of the King of the Great Yue. The court's majesty, how dare I break the law so well and do nothing. I hope my father will be innocent..." When he said that, his face was covered with tears, and he looked very aggrieved.
Li Ling looked around and glanced at the corner of her mouth. She didn't expect that King Yong was still an actor. She was really full of emotions and would definitely be a movie emperor in the future.
But he was not panicked, and immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty's name is investigated, and everything I say is true! Moreover, there is no basis for speaking, and I still have evidence!"
"Oh? What evidence? Is it the Chu family you just mentioned, or the insider of the Ministry of Justice?" The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and asked at him.
Chapter completed!