Chapter 404: Witnesses make a brilliant appearance

Jin Shaowen, Feng Lu, Cai You and Chang Luo were kneeling under the hall, and Zhao Ji was sitting at the head of the desk.

Zhao Ji's eyes swept across the four people like a knife, and there was a kind of indifference in his eyes, so indifferent that it made people tremble.

He didn't speak, but just looked at them, his eyes half-closed, as if he was about to peel off their clothes, tear open their flesh, and see through the depths of their hearts.

Zhao Ji's sides were Zhao Zong and Yang Jian. Yang Jian had already figured out a little bit at this moment, staring at Cai You with resentment, and sneered.

Just a few days ago, he and Cai You had an unspeakable relationship. When Cai You were in Bianjing, he had a good relationship with Yang Jian. During the holidays, he would always give him a visit, occasionally gather in the palace, and nodded with a smile, or chatted in the outer hall while His Majesty was taking a break.

But this relationship is weak. Now, Yang Jian has only one mind to pay for his blood debt!

Chang Luo was the youngest of the four. He only met the emperor once during the palace examination in his life. Who would have thought that the second time he met the saint was at this time. In this occasion, he lay on the ground, trembling all over, and buried his head under his shoulders, not daring to look up.

Feng Lu's face was ashes, depressed and infatuated. He knew he would die, but now he was like a pool of mud.

Jin Shaowen just knelt down, not talking, and his face was unhappy.

Only Cai You raised his head and looked at Zhao Ji, with a faint expectation in his eyes, but what disappointed him was that when he looked at Zhao Ji, Cai You felt a strong murderous intent.

Is this... still an official? Cai You suddenly felt that Zhao Ji became unfamiliar, as strange as if he had changed his own life. Behind this coldness, there was a sense of indifference to him as a lamb to be slaughtered.

What's wrong? I haven't seen each other for only two years. Cai You's cognition seemed to be unable to react at once. He suddenly felt fear, a strong fear. He trembled with a slight hope that Zhao Ji would look at him again and could see the familiar eyes of His Majesty, but from beginning to end, Zhao Ji no longer looked at him with kind eyes.

Zhao Ji just looked at him coldly. After half an hour, not to mention the kneeling person, even Zhao Zong, who was standing beside him, was a little sore and had to constantly change his standing posture.

At this time, the first thing that could not hold on was Chang Luo. Chang Luo looked miserable and kept kowtowing: "I have died ten thousand times, ten thousand times..."

Zhao Ji smiled calmly, and there seemed to be a great sarcasm in his smile, and he said lazily: "Tell me, why are you dead?"

"I am angry with Your Majesty, so I die..."

Zhao Ji was silent, Chang Luo no longer dared to speak, and his head was buried lower.

After a while, Zhao Ji slowly said: "Feng Lu, you came from the palace, tell me."

Feng Lu raised his head carefully, saw Zhao Ji's indifferent gaze, and a cold back of his neck, he said aloofly: "Shen... Shen Jianzao is a subordinate of a slave. Now he commits suicide for fear of crime, and the slave cannot refuse to blame."

At this time, his desire to survive became stronger and stronger, and he still insisted on the word "suicide" for fear of sin.

"Yes." Zhao Ji nodded and couldn't help laughing again: "What crime is he afraid of? Jin Shaowen, tell me."

Jin Shaowen replied loudly: "Planning for rebellion."

"This is nothing wrong. It is understandable that you commit suicide because you are guilty of committing a crime of corruption. Do you think so?"

Feng Lu seemed to see a glimmer of hope and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, but this case has not yet been concluded, so he died like this. The slave is really ashamed of Your Majesty. Please give up your crime."

"Okay, then I will sue you." Just like a cat playing with a mouse, Zhao Ji raised his eyelids and glanced at Feng Lu, trembling, and said, "The palms and mouths are thirty."

An imperial guard with a tiger-backed and bear-waisted waist carried a handboard forward, and the other clamped Feng Lu's jaw tightly, and pointed Feng Lu's face towards Zhao Ji. Then the sound of slapping into the flesh came out clearly. After several boards came down, Feng Lu's mouth was already bloody and begging for mercy.

After thirty steps, Feng Lu was already in pain and lost consciousness. Blood splattered everywhere. As soon as the imperial guard loosened his jaw, he rolled his eyes and fainted.

The emperor still had to ask questions, so he naturally refused to faint. So someone carried a bucket of cold water and poured it on him. Feng Lu was clever, looked around dizzyly, and then knelt on the ground in horror.

Zhao Ji's eyes finally fell on Cai You. Cai You swallowed his saliva and said ai ai: "Your Majesty."

"They don't say it, you say it."

"I don't know."

"Will you not know?" Zhao Ji just sneered and stared at him.

Cai You knelt pitifully on the ground. He would rather Zhao Ji beat him up with his own hands at this time than he could never bear Zhao Ji's indifferent gaze and irrational sneer. He trembled and said, "I really don't know."

"What are you doing in Suzhou?"

"I... I am a man who came to Suzhou just for fun. I have no choice but to die. I should not abandon my duties. I came to Suzhou. I am just accusing me of being too playful and obsessed with it for a moment. Please punish Your Majesty for severe punishment."

“Is Suzhou fun?”

“…”

"Raise your head."

Cai You raised his head like a stray dog, looking at Zhao Ji's sharp eyes.

"What I'm asking you, is Suzhou fun?"

"I have died." Cai You lowered his head heavily again.

"It seems you are unwilling to answer me?"

"Very...fun."

Zhao Ji sneered: "Then I ask you, is Shen Ao's death also the result of your playing?"

"I dare not accept the words of Your Majesty's heart-killing words. I have never met Shen Ao before. What should I do if I kill him?"

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "Ju'an..." Ju'an is Cai You's word. Zhao Ji always called him like this: "I ask myself that I am not good at treating you. Among the lucky ministers in the world, I am the one who can tolerate you the most."

Cai You looked very ashamed: "I missed Your Majesty's trust and left the post without permission. I deserved to die."

"Are you still quibbling?" Zhao Ji slapped the table suddenly, his face flushed, and his bright red eyes looked at Cai You tightly.

Cai You was startled and shivered all over his body, but he knew in his heart that once he admitted his guilt, he would be dead. Instead of doing so, it would be better to bite the dereliction of duty and not let go, gritted his teeth, and said, "I have not made any arguments. It should be my crime. I accept the punishment, but I am not my minister, and I will never dare to admit it."

Zhao Ji sat down and looked at him with disgust: "Remember this sentence." Then his eyes fell on Jin Shaowen: "Jin Shaowen, you are from Xingming. Do you know what the crime is to frame the minister?"

Jin Shaowen bowed and said, "Framed the ministers and are entrusted with three thousand miles."

Zhao Ji shook his head, with a smile on his face: "No, it's the whole family that killed the three tribes of Yi, this is what I said."

Cai You and Feng Lu couldn't help but shivered again and shook their shoulders.

Jin Shaowen said: "I understand."

"Okay, let's talk, what do you understand?"

Jin Shaowen said: "I shouldn't have listened to the words of traitors, and they have collided with Chen Jianzao."

"Which traitor?"

Jin Shaowen lowered his head: "I dare not say it."

Zhao Ji glanced at Cai You and asked Jin Shaowen again: "I'm here to ask you, did you kill Chen Ao?"

"I dare not."

"What does it mean if you dare not?" Zhao Ji pressed step by step.

"The Chief Chen is deeply favored by His Majesty. Even if I have the courage to do so, I will not dare to attack him."

"Hmph!" Zhao Ji's patience had reached its limit. He unconsciously touched the gavel in his hand and shouted: "What else do you dare not? Don't you say it? The person comes..."

"Your Majesty." Jin Shaowen was quite brave. He interrupted Zhao Ji at this time and said, "If Your Majesty does not believe, I can ask someone to prove it."

"Prove? What is proven?"

"It proves that the Wei minister really dared not murder Shen Jianzao."

"Where is the witness?"

"Please wait for your Majesty, and the witness will arrive soon."

"Okay, I'll wait!"

Zhao Ji leaned on the back chair and was already a little irritated. He finally breathed a sigh of relief before closing his eyes and taking a nap.

It was at this time that someone came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there was a man asking for a visit and claimed that he was a witness of Master Jin and wanted to testify for Master Jin."

"Translation!" Zhao Ji opened his eyes. This was his last bottom line. If he couldn't ask, he wouldn't mind pushing everyone out to behead him immediately.

When he crossed the threshold, Zhao Ji was stunned and saw a familiar figure, a familiar face, and a familiar smile. He was stunned for a moment, his head buzzed, his hands stroking the table, blinking in disbelief.

"Wow, there's a ghost!" Zhao Zong screamed and his whole body immediately bounced away.

"Ahem..." The person who came was embarrassed. He was regarded as a ghost in broad daylight. It was really outrageous. Then he bowed to Zhao Ji and said loudly: "I have seen Your Majesty with Chen Ao!"

Zhao Ji: "..."

Not only Zhao Ji, everyone was stunned. Yang Jian's chin was about to fall off. His eyes looked up and down at Chen Ao, then rubbed his eyes again, and couldn't help but say, "Is the Zajia dreaming?"

Cai You and Feng Lu were even more shocked when they saw Chen Ao, and their eyes were about to stand out.

Chen Ao stood up, shaking a fan in his hand, thinking that he had been doing well in the past few days, and said proudly: "What do you guys do when you look at me like this? Could it be that Chen is a little more handsome?"

Zhao Ji tried to call out: "Chen Ao..."

"I am here." Chen Ao immediately reacted, full of energy.

A hint of ecstasy flashed through Zhao Ji's eyes: "You are not dead!"

Chen Ao smiled bitterly: "It is said that good people don't deserve their lives, and disasters will last for thousands of years, but although Weichen is a good person, he has a long life. How can he die easily?"

This tone of setting up a arch for myself is not like Chen Ao.

Zhao Ji no longer knew what expression to face this guy, and cried with joy. He couldn't cry. He couldn't stop laughing wildly? This guy was really annoying, and Zhao Ji couldn't laugh.

Zhao Ji took a deep breath, cheered up his spirit in front of everyone, and showed his demeanor to dominate the world, and said, "Where have these ***s gone?"

Chen Ao said: "I received Your Majesty's order and rushed to Suzhou without stopping. The so-called "eating the king's fortune and loyalty to the king, Your Majesty asked me to investigate the corruption and corruption in the cause. How can I slack off? Not to mention the swords and fires, even the hell of Yama, I clenched my teeth and even went to break through. The important town of Wei is brave, bold and meticulous, and is famous in the court, so of course I have been investigating the case these days, otherwise wouldn't I have gained a false reputation?"

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Chapter completed!