Chapter 619 Autumn Judgment.
At noon, outside Luoyang City, Xibianmen.
Although today is a big day for the people in the capital that many people talk about, many people go to Caishikou to watch and behead him. However, if you really put it in the huge Luoyang City and count it with a population of 1.5 million here, the number of spectators surrounding the court is only a very small number after all.
For many people in Luoyang, life is still the same, and they should do what they should do and what they should do. The soldiers guarding the city did not have that kind of thought, and they still kept the door to check and collect taxes.
At this time, outside the Xibian Gate, a cavalry team slowly entered. The first one was a smart businessman who looked very smart. Before he could speak, he bowed to the officer repeatedly: "Sir, please make a difference. The young men are fighting in the north to sell fur goods..." As he spoke, he also knew the rules and gave a bag of copper coins into the officer's hands without any trace.
As soon as he weighed the amount of copper coins in the bag, the officer estimated that he had been filial to him for about the same time, which made him laugh: "It's easy to say. But if you should check it, you still have to check it. Are you all fur?"
"There are all in the box, but in the carriage behind it, there are the muddy family and the little girl..."
"Open and see." The officer nodded casually the two boxes in front of him. In the other party's somewhat reluctant expression, he still asked the guy to open the box, revealing a thick stack of fur inside. There was nothing wrong with flipping it around.
Since the others had given me all the benefits, the officer did not make any more trouble. He waved his hand and let the entire team pass. But at the end, when the two dusty carriages passed by, he quickly stopped. With the businessman's somewhat ugly expression, he deliberately opened the curtain and looked in.
As a result, there were indeed two women in the car, one in his thirties, and the other was still charming, and the other was sixteen or seventeen. He was full of fear and was huddled in a corner, and nothing else. It was not until after confirming that the officer smiled and waved his hand and said, "Let's go there. You, come and pay the city gate tax, a total of 500 documents..."
All this looks no different from usual. In the past, every caravan entering Beijing would be searched so carefully. And if you refuse to pay the money to bribe, those soldiers may rummage you through the search, knocking the boxes and other things to the ground. It is common for you to order things.
Therefore, this merchant's approach was not too much concern, whether it was the generals defending the city or the people who also entered and exited the city gate. Of course, if it was two days earlier, the situation might be more rigorous, because the Ministry of Justice had sent people to wait at the gates of the capital to check the caravans with a large number of carriages and cargoes, and even opened each box and looked carefully, and each car had to be carefully checked inside and out.
But today, the Ministry of Justice obviously sent too many people to the Qiu Jue incident, so no one was watching the city gate. In this way, ordinary soldiers naturally returned to their previous state. People and you are not in the same yamen as you. How could they do their best to help you with the trouble and offend others?
It was not until after entering the city for a while that the merchant slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Go to the alley over there, someone will be able to pick you up." The team turned around and entered a rather deserted alley on the side of the West City. Then, under the guidance of someone who was waiting there, he quickly entered a yard.
It was not until this time that everyone really relaxed, then went forward, quickly opened the boxes in the middle, and took some fur on the top layer to reveal the mezzanine. Several men and women covered in sweat were helped out. One of them was Zhang Kang, the clerk of Yanshi County, the clerk of Zhang Kang.
When the Ministry of Justice thought that after the Qiu Jue passed, everything would die without evidence, the last card in Li Ling's hand was already brought into the capital without realizing it.
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However, at this time Li Ling himself was in a considerable crisis. He was exposed to the eyes of many soldiers from the Ministry of Justice, and the spear in his hands was about to throw it at him.
On the prison slaughter platform below, Zhang Qiu was already staring at the young official who was nearly twenty years younger than him, his eyes full of murderous aura: "Kill this bold madman!"
At this deadly moment, the restaurant window above thuded again, and a figure suddenly appeared and shouted loudly: "Who dares to do it!"
Um?
Zhang Qiu was stunned at first, and his eyes swept over immediately, wanting to see which fool there was. Zhang was so arrogant that he dared to ignore his safety and ran out to accompany Li Ling to accompany him. As a result, he was shocked when he saw it again, and subconsciously shouted: "Slow down, don't act!"
Because what caught his eye was a bright yellow robe that only the royal family could use. Although due to distance, he could not see clearly whether the embroidered pattern on the robe was a dragon or a python, there was one thing that Zhang Qiu could confirm. This guy standing side by side with Li Ling was definitely not a simple identity, but a royal relative!
"I am the seventh son of the emperor today, Sun Bi! My clothes are the four-clawed dragon robe used by the prince. You won't insist that my clothes were stolen, right?" Sun Bi stood up suddenly, his eyes as lightning, and looked around. His aura was everywhere, so that everyone below dared not look at him. The soldiers even decisively put down their weapons, stunned and hesitated, not knowing whether they should kneel down to see him.
This is the current prince. Although his reputation is not obvious, the identity of the prince Longsun is enough to suppress the entire audience. Whether the people or the officers and soldiers, they can only look up to them and listen to their orders.
Even Zhang Qiu couldn't help swallowing, not knowing how to deal with it.
He naturally knew something about the seventh son of the emperor. Compared with King Yong, he did not even have a king's title, and he did not have any sense of existence in the capital. Many officials even looked down on him on weekdays. However, this does not mean that when he appears, the officials dared to ignore him and dared to be rude.
The prince's identity is here, and the monarch and ministers have their own differences. Not to mention that he is the Minister of Justice, even the priests in the Political Affairs Hall will have to pay tribute when they meet him. How dare they be arrogant, let alone attack him desperately. Even if Zhang Qiu dares to give such an order, none of the military generals below dare to obey the orders, that would be a serious crime to kill the nine clans.
Perhaps only His Highness Yong, who is both the prince and has a higher status, can control him! But the problem is that Yong Wang is not here at all now, and even if he knows the news, it will be too late.
Because at this moment, Sun Bi spoke again: "I recently heard that the Ministry of Justice has made all kinds of illegal acts. In order to protect some important criminals, I have even done something like a slander and angered by the innocent people. So today, I am with Lord Li Ling and Lord Li, and together with General Xiao, stopping this unjust killing!
"The villagers in Luoyang City, this matter is related to the law of the King of Dayue and the foundation of stability in the world. Although I, Sun Bi, for the sake of justice of the world, can only ignore the law and stop them from killing innocent people indiscriminately!" Li Ling shouted, "The same is true for me! Although I am just a small local prefect, I was an official in Luoyang for several years. Whether for the court or the people of Luoyang, I cannot sit idly by and watch such illegal and cruel things continue. Even if I lose my life, I will do whatever I want!"
"So too!" Xiao Chengzhi shouted loudly on the stage, but he was stupid and couldn't say too much.
"So too!" Wan Shenji followed him forward and straightened his chest.
Then, behind Li Ling and the others, twenty or thirty guards also shouted at the same time: "I'm the same!"
Their calls came down, moving many people. They thought of the possible unjust killing, and perhaps they might have been scapegoated one day. So, after several encouragement, the brave one also began to step forward and responded loudly: "I am the same..."
"I'm the same..." Dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands...
In just a moment, the same roar sounded from all around and quickly surrounded the few thousand people. All the people in Luoyang who were originally just to watch the excitement and surrounded him here turned into one mind at this moment, and they formed a rope. Following Sun Bi, Li Ling and others, they clarified their attitudes—
I am the same! I also need to figure out whether there is a conspiracy of Li Daitao Zou and a slander, whether the people on the stage are really damn people, not innocent scapegoats...
Zhang Qiu's body began to tremble, and cold sweat even made him soar. He instantly wet his hair, making his whole body cold... Things actually changed by 180 degrees in just a short moment, but I couldn't even deal with it at all.
It's over!
This was his only thought. Paper could not contain fire after all. In the eyes of tens of thousands of people, he even had a stiff body and could not move.
However, after all, he had seen the high-ranking officials of the court who had seen the world and knew better how dangerous his situation was at this time. So even if he faced such a fierce momentum, even if the prince was on the other side, he had to face it directly.
After pinching his thigh hard and using pain to stimulate his fighting spirit, Zhang Qiu shouted loudly: "Seventh Prince, Prefect Li, and General Xiao, do you know what you are talking about? What is asking someone to kill him? What is Li Dai Tao Zombie, it is so ridiculous. I... I have never heard of it in the Ministry of Justice, and I don't think any official in the Ministry of Justice really dares to do such a lawless thing!
"But you, suddenly making a big fuss in the Qiu Jue court, is the lawlessness. Where will you put me, the Great Yue King? How do you think of it? Maybe there is any misunderstanding in this matter. Please don't do it nonsense and don't mislead yourself!"
If these words were said to others, they might be under a lot of pressure, but the two people in front of them did not even frown after hearing this. Li Ling was even more lazy to argue with them and said, "Who is right and who is wrong, which is true and who is false, it is impossible to do it by just saying it. Aren't you saying that the people here are all criminals themselves? It's easy to do, just check their identities! I believe that there are at least ten people here, and they are innocent people who have been tampered with!"
Chapter completed!