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Chapter 428: Confrontation in Court (2)

Two witnesses, or two victims, actually told the sins committed by the Bian family in the lobby of the Imperial City Department, and were able to produce conclusive physical evidence, which made King Yong unable to excuse him based on his identity and made his face even more gloomy.

It doesn't matter if an official does something wrong. He knows very well that there will be no fish when the water is clear, and there will be no disciple when the person is careful. However, if you do something wrong, you must do everything after the disaster. How can you leave so many future troubles? Wait for someone to mention again today. Isn't this digging a hole for yourself?

Now, for these two unjust cases alone, as long as the Imperial City Department reports it up, it will be enough to learn the Tao to have a drink, not to mention that there are at least two cases to be witnessed later. At this moment, King Yong had already wisely chosen to give up. If he really intervened in, he might even be implicated.

King Yong fell silent with a gloomy face, but before Lu Zhen could stop, he pointed to someone outside: "You come in and talk about what kind of injustice is there." OK, now he didn't even say polite words, and he directly decided that he was injustice.

"Master, the student came to death by Bian Xuedao, a wolf-hearted beast for his father!" This was a man who looked in his thirties and dressed in a scholar shouting for justice, and his emotions were even more excited than before.

"Oh? What kind of injustice do you have? Let me tell you in detail. But did you have any land and treasures in your family taken away by the Bian family and killed your father because of this?"

"No, the student's father's surname is Li Huiwei. He was originally a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. He has always been cautious and never made any mistakes. But more than ten years ago, he was convicted by the court because of a problem with the account. He eventually sent his father and my Li family to Lingnan for more than 30 people.

"Since this was wrong with my father, my students did not dare to complain about the wrong. But just ten years ago, my father was terminally ill because he was not accustomed to the local conditions in Lingnan, he told me a secret story. It turned out that the so-called account problem was not the fault of my father, but someone else made a mistake. This person was learning the Tao!" Speaking of this, the man named Li Xun stared at the other party with resentful eyes.

Lu Zhen immediately grasped the key: "That's strange. If you really said that your father did not make a mistake at the beginning and was an insider, why would he be willing to bear such a serious crime?"

This made Li Xun's eyes even red and he cried, "It's all because it's because it's too cunning to learn Taoism here. He has always been very respectful to my father. After a problem with the accounts, he asked my father for help in panic. At that time, my father thought it was just a trivial matter, so he helped to cover it up, but unexpectedly, this matter was related to the incoming and out of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the court. Once it was verified, it would be enough for any official to pay a heavy price.

"When my father realized something was wrong and wanted to report the matter, he didn't want to learn Taoism here, but he took the lead. He reported him to the name of his father's intention to bribe the treasury and tamper with the accounts... I pity my father has worked diligently since he entered the Ministry of Revenue, caring carefully, and never made any mistakes, but because of his good thoughts, he ended up with the crime of embezzlement and change accounts.

"Although the court finally found that the corruption of the imperial court was false, the charges of the major problems in the accounts fell on my father, and they were eventually sentenced to exile and died in Lingnan... But when he learned the Tao, he was promoted by this false accusation and achieved a high position in the position of Minister of the Secretariat. It was really unfair to heaven and heaven had no eyes!"

Until this time, Bian Xuedao had just come to his senses a little while he was confused. Seeing that this scholar dared to insult him like this, he was furious and shouted: "It's simply nonsense. When did I Bian Xuedao harm Li Langzhong? It's all because he didn't do things carefully. Who can I blame? Yes, I did report this matter, but it was his own fault! You always say that it was my fault, so can you come up with evidence?"

A case that was completely qualitative more than ten years ago has suddenly made a completely opposite statement. I am afraid that no one will believe what Li Xun said after hearing it. Unexpectedly, when facing the doubts, he was not panicked, but instead stared at Bian Xue and said, "Of course I have evidence."

"What evidence? Not to mention your father's last words?" Bian Xuedao sneered. He really didn't think that the incident would have any hidden dangers.

Li Xun no longer hesitated, immediately took out a paper-yellow account book from his arms, and held it up and said, "The master clearly understands that this is the account book he left behind when he learned the Tao and made a mistake. The book handwriting on it all comes from him. It can be verified to prove that what I said is not false."

"This is impossible!" When Bian Xuedao saw the other party suddenly come up with such evidence, he was a little anxious and couldn't help but pounce on him, as if he was about to grab the account book and see what was going on.

Only when he moved, the imperial city wise men around him also quickly stepped forward, blocking his way, and shouted in a low voice: "You must not be arrogant in the court!" At the same time, two knives were swung down, forcing him to stop and look at the account book being sent to Lu Zhen's desk with a look of uneasiness.

Lu Zhen flipped it casually. To be honest, he really couldn't see the reason for this thing. However, he knew that this was a certificate of evidence that was absolutely no problem, because the account above was personally verified by Li Ling, and the handwriting was confirmed by relevant experts in the Imperial City Department. It was indeed the handwriting of Bian Xuedao.

So at this moment he just pretended to look at it, nodded and asked, "Since there is this evidence in hand, why did your father Li Wei not exonerate him?"

"Because this account book was found at home after my father was questioned, my uncle did take this account book to argue for him. As a result, he was driven out as soon as he sued Luoyang Mansion. Later, someone even wanted to snatch the account book, but by chance it was preserved to this day."

"Oh? Why is Luoyang Mansion so partial to him?" Lu Zhen frowned slightly and asked the key point.

"Just because he had a backer on his side, that was his father-in-law, Yan Baoshan, the Minister of Personnel at that time. My father had been convicted at that time, and the people in the court did not want to have any more troubles, so he stopped asking about the case and let my father be wronged..." At the end, thinking about his father's sorrow and unwillingness when he died of illness in Lingnan, Li Xun even shed tears and suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

"I would like to ask the master to seek justice for my father. The unjust case more than ten years ago not only killed my father, but also made my entire Li family fall into shame from now on. Only by restoring the truth to the world can we comfort my father and other elders of the Li family who died in a foreign land!" After a few words, Li Xun's forehead was already red and he was almost bleeding.

Lu Zhen hurriedly made a gesture and asked his subordinates to come forward to help the person aside. Then he smiled and looked at Bian Xue, who was already dissatisfied with a look of no one, "Bian Shin-san, such grievances are horrifying. I will definitely seek justice for them this time, but I don't know what you have to say?"

"I... want to add a crime, so why not worry! I have never done anything before, so I will not be scared by your words!"

"Is that so? Then... what's wrong with you?" Lu Zhen's eyes suddenly turned and he pointed at the witness of a village woman, who was planning to continue the next case.

This woman is much stupider than before. Faced with Lu Zhen’s problem, she actually knelt there for a long time, but she couldn’t even explain the whole thing.

Seeing that the master was frowning and unhappy, a man kneeling behind the woman finally raised the courage to speak: "Master, forgive me. Aunt Qi has always been afraid of the officials and can't speak, but she is afraid that she can't understand the matter."

"Oh? Are you with him?" Lu Zhen saw someone coming forward, but he did not blame the woman anymore. He looked at the person who spoke, "Where are you from? What kind of injustice should you tell me?"

When he asked this, Bian Xuedao, who was extremely panicked, was also looking at the remaining people, but found that he didn't know any of these people, as if they really had nothing to do with him, which made him feel a little relieved. Although the previous cases had put him in danger, it would always be better to be less trouble.

"The villain is from Hanjiagou outside the capital, and the little one is named Han Chuang. Caomin and others have no grievances and do not recognize this Lord Bian..." The reply made Bian Xuedao even more relieved, but before he could finish his anger, the last sentence made his heart suddenly come to his throat.

"The young people came because of the death of a man named Qin Yue'e and her son."

Rumble, when this distant but familiar name suddenly came to my ears, Bian Xuedao was even more like being struck by lightning, and he felt dizzy eyes and tinnitus. His whole body shook and almost fell down.

"Officials, I'm going to Beijing for a long journey. You must bring all the money. Su'er and I are at home. You don't have to worry..."

"Official, it's been three years now, why don't you go back to your hometown to see us mother and mother? I finally managed to get enough money and beg the caravan to take us to the capital..."

"Official, what did you say...you have already...have married someone else?"

"Bian Xuedao, how can you do this? I am your first wife, and Su'er is your own flesh and blood. How can you just abandon your wife and children and marry other women?"

"I don't believe it. I have never committed seven rules. You must not give up on me. I will even kowtow every step, go to Luoyang Prefecture, and go to the Censor Taichung to file a complaint, and I will not admit this matter!"

"Bian Xuedao, you are so cruel!"

Those past events that he thought he had forgotten had appeared in front of him at this moment. The gentle, virtuous, but strong and stubborn woman appeared again in his mind, and there was also a child who could not remember the specific appearance...
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