The imperial court's move was faster and bigger than they imagined. Man Bao and the others thought it would take two or three days before anyone would come to ask them questions. But on the 19th, not long after they had breakfast, the Minister of Punishment came in person.

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He saw that Xiang Mingxue was completely covered except for his head. After a moment of silence, he waved his hand and asked someone to lift a bed board to carry the Xiang brothers out.

Bai Shan and Man Bao, who were reading the book, watched silently.

Seeing that they were motionless, the Minister of Punishment couldn't help but said: "You two will have to be carried, right?"

The two of them put down their books and walked out.

The lobby of the Ministry of Punishment next to the Tianlu was tidied up. At this time, Prime Minister Ji, Wei Zhi and Lord Tang were sitting there.

Prime Minister Ji is in charge of the affairs of the Shangshu Province. Now that the Imperial Secretariat is missing, it is Wei Zhi who is in charge. The old Shizhong of the Menxia Province has long been ill and has been begging for help at home, so Tang Hui is now in charge.

The matter of the King of Yizhou raising private soldiers was not a trivial matter, so he was led by three people to examine it. Of course, it is not known whether the emperor's selfish motives were involved.

In addition to them, Feng Shangshu from the Ministry of Punishments and Liu Hui from the Ministry of Husbandry are all here.

The reason why the two of them will be arranged separately is because they will be used a lot in this case.

When they arrived at the lobby, Bai Shan raised his hands in salute. When Man Bao saw him, he only raised his hands and did not kneel down. Not to mention the two people who were carried out, they could not get up.

Wei Zhi and Lord Tang had no objection. Ji Xiang had a headache just thinking about his little grandson rolling around and sweeping the floor in his study last night, so he turned a blind eye and did not embarrass them.

Although he is sitting in the middle, but...

He looked at the two people left and right, twitched his lips and said, "If Mr. Wei and Mr. Tang have any questions, just ask them."

Wei Zhi and Mr. Old Tang quickly gave in, "Sir, please go first."

"You'd better invite me, I'll just listen." They looked at each other as if they didn't know. After what happened, one was left alone by the emperor until late at night, and the other was summoned an hour later. He was not stupid, so he used

Toes knew that the emperor preferred them to investigate this case.

Wei Zhi and Mr. Old Tang fell silent. How could they speak?

Do they know everything that should be known and what should not be known?

But the important thing is that Ji Xiang and others don't know, and they can represent the hundreds of officials. Lord Tang turned his eyes, fell on Feng Shangshu, and said directly: "Of course, the Minister of Punishment is the best at judging cases, or the Feng Shangshu?"

Minister, please ask, and we will consider and add to it when the time comes."

Everyone snorted in their hearts: As if you have never been the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?

However, Shangshu Feng did not dare to say anything about this Lord Tang, who was obviously younger than him but was a former officer. He glanced at his current officer, Lord Ji Xiang.

Seeing him nodding slightly, he stood up and bowed to the three adults. Then he glanced at Xiang Chao and Xiang Mingxue who were lying on the wooden board, waved his hands, and decided not to ask them for now.

So the officers moved the two boards to the side, exposing Bai Shan and Man Bao to the front and center of the crowd.

Feng Shangshu's eyes fell on Bai Shan and asked: "Please tell me your name and ancestral home."

Bai Shan had almost finished reading the Dajin Law Book and had memorized a lot of it. Knowing that it was a tool for interrogation, he explained everything in detail.

Feng Shangshu then asked, "Since you are from Longzhou, how come your academic record says Mianzhou?"

Bai Shan then raised his hand and said: "When I was five years old, my grandmother took my mother and me to live with my cousin in Mianzhou. Therefore, I went to school in Mianzhou, and then went to Yizhou to study in Kaofu, so my academic status has always been

In Mianzhou."

"When did you learn that King Yizhou killed your father's enemy for you?"

Bai Shan paused and then looked up. Seeing Mr. Tang lowering his eyes, he said, "We only found out this year."

Feng Shangshu's eyebrows jumped, "We only found out this year?"

Bai Shan responded "Yes."

"How do you know?"

"My grandmother told me."

"How did your grandmother know..."

Bai Shan picked out Magistrate Tang and Magistrate Yang, mentioned only his grandmother, and told Shangshu Feng that in fact, his grandmother had always been suspicious, and also told the story of his father's encounter with Zhou Yin when he fled outside Luojiang County.

As a result, Feng Shangshu had to summon Mrs. Liu for questioning.

While waiting, Shangshu Feng took a sip of tea and asked Manbao, "As for you, please tell me your name and household registration."

Man Bao reported the truth truthfully.

Feng Shangshu also asked a series of questions, many of which were repeated with Bai Shan. He asked: "How did you know about your parents?"

Man Bao pointed at Bai Shan and said, "Grandma Liu told me. I didn't know that my parents were not my biological parents before. Grandma Liu said it, and my parents told me."

Yes, so we still have to wait for Mrs. Liu to come.

Feng Shangshu went to ask the two people lying on the wooden board.

There are still many witnesses and physical evidence that have not been presented to the Bai family. Although Man Bao has already handed over a wave of evidence, Mrs. Liu still has a lot on hand, such as the letter Bai Qi sent to her family back then, and Erji's

The confessions of the three assassins who pretended to be officials and went to Qili Village back then, and even the people who were asked by Feng Shangshu, Mrs. Liu can also hand over.

Those people are now in Wei Zhi's hands, but they must be handed over to find a clear path.

But in comparison, the evidence that Xiang Jia could give was very little, and most of it was his own speculation, because he didn't even have any evidence that he was the real owner of Dongxi Village.

The land deeds and house deeds were all destroyed by floods or man-made damage, and even the files in the county and government offices were lost. Except for the genealogy that Xiang Mingxue later wrote down by himself, he did not even have a personal testimony.

So if you want to know whether what he said is true or false, you have to send someone to Suizhou.

He lowered his head and glanced at Xiang Mingxue, who was wrapped into a big rice dumpling. Although Feng Shangshu trusted him in his heart, criminal cases were all about evidence.

However, they were sure that the evidence that Bai Shan and the others handed over in the main hall the day before yesterday was not false, so they could leave.

So Feng Shangshu mentioned that Bai Shan and Zhou Man could be released.

When Ji Xiang was about to agree, Mr. Old Tang suddenly said: "It's just that Mrs. Liu still has witnesses, doesn't she? It's better to wait until the witnesses arrive in the case."

Wei Zhi also nodded, "Let's keep the two of them in jail for the time being, and we will wait until witnesses come to the case."

Bai Shan and Man Bao opened their mouths wide.

He was thrown back into jail.

Mrs. Liu, who came to testify, was not too anxious. She nodded slightly to the two children and turned around to leave the lobby of the Criminal Department.

When the four of them were escorted back by the guards, they happened to meet Zhou Lijun at the door. She was waiting for them outside the gate. She gave the guards a flattering smile, then handed them a big basket and said: "Sister-in-law, this is what you and I are going to do today."

For tomorrow morning’s meal, if you have anything in particular that you want to eat, I’ll ask Uncle Six to cook it for you.”
Chapter completed!