Zhao Zhi was startled. He looked up and saw a fair-faced and handsome young man about twenty years old walking in from outside. He knew at a glance that he was the son of a wealthy family. He naturally knew this man. He was Li Gang's youngest son, Li Xian.

. Said: "You came just in time to save me from having to send you again."

Li Xian took a step forward and bowed politely, "My nephew has met Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Zhidao: "You should call me by my official name here."

Li Gang and Zhao Zhi had known each other for a long time, and their families had contacts, so Li Xian called them uncle.

Peng Lei looked left and right, then suddenly pointed at Li Xian and said, "It's him, it's him, he's the one who killed my third sister."

When his mother, who had just woken up, heard this, she immediately jumped up and rushed towards Li Xian, "You murderer, I will fight with you to give my daughter her life."

The officer on the side immediately stepped forward and grabbed the woman.

Zhao Zhi shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, please take Mrs. Liu to the side hall."

Mrs. Liu was held by two officials and could not move, but she refused to give up and cried loudly: "Murderer, murderer, even if I am a ghost, I will never let you go."

Li Xian suddenly became extremely excited and turned to Mrs. Liu: "Auntie, Hua Lei and I truly love each other. Even if I hurt myself, I won't hurt her, so how could I kill her?"

As soon as this statement came out, the case took a turn for the worse.

Zhao Zhi frowned in confusion.

Peng Lei pointed at Li Xian and said: "Nonsense, I have never heard Third Sister mention you. You clearly killed my Third Sister out of lust."

Li Xiandao: "I dare to swear to God that I will never lie. I met Hualei at Xiangguo Temple more than two months ago. I remember that she was selling flowers at Xiangguo Temple with a basket of flowers. I fell in love with her at first sight.

, I also bought a bouquet of flowers from her. But at that time I was too shy to say anything, but I kept paying attention to her. Later I couldn't help but follow her, and I found out that she lived in Meilin Village.

At first, I often went to Meilin Village to secretly watch her. Later, I found out that she would come to Xiangguo Temple to sell flowers every month when it was open. So I went to Xiangguo Temple to meet her every day. Until last month, she seemed to be there too.

She noticed me and asked me why I wanted to follow her. That was it. We got to know each other and fell in love with each other very quickly.

The afternoon before yesterday, we made an appointment to go to the forest where she often picks flowers. However, when I arrived, I found that she had not come. I thought I had arrived early, but after waiting for a while, I found that the flower buds had not come yet. I was worried.

, I was about to look for it. But after taking a few steps, a hand suddenly covered my face from behind, and then I didn’t know anything else. When I woke up, I found the flower bud lying next to me, and I screamed repeatedly.

After several calls, she didn't respond. Then I realized something was wrong, so I stretched out my hand to take her breath away, and found that she had expired. I was really frightened at that time, and my mind went blank. Just then I heard Brother Peng shouting outside,

I was at a loss for words, so I rushed out of the ruined temple and bumped into Brother Shui on the way."

Peng Lei bulged his eyes and said, "You are only telling one side. And I have never heard Third Sister say that she knows you."

Li Xiandao: "It's just that Hua Lei thinks that our two families are very different, have the wrong family, and have the wrong household, so there can be no consequences, so that's why she has been reluctant to tell you, but - but it's my fault, because I don't know."

---I was also afraid of my father and didn't dare to tell him, so I kept dragging it on. I'm sorry for Hua Lei, but I will never hurt Hua Lei."

How could the son of the dignified president of the Judicial Yuan meet a village girl? This was an unwritten rule. Now that Li Gang was slowly building his own power, marriage was also very important to him.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhi asked: "Li Xian, you said that someone covered your face from behind in the woods and then you fainted?"

Li Xian nodded and said: "Exactly."

Zhao Zhidao: "Can anyone prove this?"

Li Xian shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhao Zhi asked again: "Can anyone confirm what you said?"

Li Xian still shook his head and said: "Because of our two family backgrounds, we would choose to have trysts in very secluded places. I was also afraid that my father would find out, so I never mentioned it to anyone."

Peng Dashu hurriedly said: "Sir, you heard it, you heard it, he must be lying."

Zhao Zhi asked again: "Then why are you here?"

Li Xian's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he said: "After I returned home the day before yesterday, I have been hiding in the house. I was very scared. But after the fear passed, I was very sad, so I rushed to Meilin Village before dawn today, hoping to see

The last time I saw Hua Lei, I also wanted to tell my uncle and aunt about what happened between Hua Lei and me, hoping to get their forgiveness."

Zhao Zhidao: "Forgive? Forgive what?"

Li Xiandao: "If Hua Lei didn't know me, he wouldn't have gone to the woods that day, and he wouldn't have--in the end, I was the one who harmed her. But when I knew that my uncle had brought Hua Lei here to complain, I rushed over.

, I am not afraid of taking any charge, but I hope to find the murderer so that I can comfort Hua Lei’s spirit in heaven.”

Peng Dashu gritted his teeth and said: "If you hadn't been guilty of being a thief, you wouldn't have fled in a hurry that day. The evidence is so solid that you can't even think about making excuses."

Zhao Zhi thought about Peng Lei again and asked: "Peng Lei, you were at the ruined temple that day. Apart from Li Xian, did you see anyone else?"

Peng Lei shook his head and said: "The common people only saw Li Xian, so they must have harmed my third sister. Please make the decision for my third sister."

Zhao Zhi nodded, suddenly looked at the Shui brothers again, and asked: "Water is thousands of miles away, water is thousands of miles away, why were you so unwilling to tell the truth just now? Moreover, according to what my people told me, when they came to find you,

You are packing your bags, wondering where you want to go?"

Shui Wanli panicked and said: "My lord, you are wronged. The reason why the villain refused to tell me just now is because the other party is the son of the chief justice. In fact, the villain didn't know about Peng Sanmei that day, so he just casually said that he met Mr. Li.

, but later I learned that I regretted it very much, for fear of getting into trouble. Yesterday, both of us brothers were so frightened that we did not even go out to work. Today, we heard that Peng Dashu came to the city to file a lawsuit, and we brothers were afraid of retaliation.

, so I’m going to hide somewhere else.”

Zhao Zhi angrily rebuked: "You bastards, it is precisely because of you greedy and fearful people that the originally simple case has become more complicated. In this bright world, if you have not done anything wrong, who will

Dare to retaliate against you. Who will retaliate against you? You know that what you just said has caused injustice to the Judicial Yuan. It is really unreasonable."

"The villain is aware of his sin, the villain is aware of his sin, the master is merciful, the lord is merciful."

The two brothers quickly kowtowed and admitted their mistake.

Zhao Zhi glanced sideways and felt helpless. In fact, he could understand the mentality of the Shui brothers. Ten years ago, the Song Dynasty had been in a very dark period. It was common for these princes and nobles to do evil, and they were

It is not restricted by the law, and it will not be a day's work to change this kind of thinking, but he must explain it clearly, otherwise it will bring a lot of harm to the Judicial Yuan. After all, Li Gang has done nothing, you are so

He said, isn't it just to induce people to think that way? He said: "Although you have not broken the law and I have no power to punish you, your behavior is extremely shameful. I hope you can correct it. Also, are you responsible for this matter?"

Very important witnesses, you still need to stay here for a few days. Come, wait for them to go down and rest."

Two cadres immediately came up and said: "You two, please come."

The Shui brothers were trembling with fear. They dared to leave.

Zhao Zhidao: "With so many people watching here, how dare I do this to you? Don't worry. I'm just keeping you here to assist in the investigation. As long as you haven't broken any laws, I will let you go when the time comes."

When the Shui brothers heard this, they felt a little relieved and followed the two government officials down the road.

Zhao Zhi then said to the crowd: "There are many doubts about this case. I still need to investigate. I will stop here today. I will make a judgment after I complete the investigation."

Peng Dashu was anxious. This was a way for officials to protect each other. He said: "Your Majesty, the evidence in this case is conclusive. Are there any doubts?"

Zhao Zhidao: "At that time, Peng Lei only saw Li Xian running out of the ruined temple, but did not witness Li Xian killing Peng Hualei. Peng Lei could not be sure that there was no one else around at the time. Moreover, Li Xian refused to plead guilty. If he had

It would be too rash for the officials to just listen to your family's words and directly judge Li Xian as the murderer without even investigating. It also violates the judicial system. But don't worry, since I have taken over this case, I will definitely give you a reward.

Justice. Come here, take Li Xian into custody pending trial and withdraw from court."

After saying that, he didn't bother to talk, got up and left.

Two hours later.

"Zhao Judicial, I just heard someone say that Xian'er killed someone? What on earth is going on?"

Li Gang hurried to Dali Temple. When he saw Zhao Zhi, he hurriedly asked. Suddenly he saw two people sitting next to him. He was stunned for a moment and said: "Chen Yushi, Dean Mao, why are you here?"

Zhao Zhi stretched out his hand and said with a slight smile: "Dean Li, be patient for a moment. Please sit down first."

When Li Gang saw Chen Dong and Mao Shu both there, he felt even more anxious and sat down with a confused look on his face.

Zhao Zhi told Li Gang the whole story and handed the petition to Li Gang.

After Li Gang saw it, he stood up in anger and said, "This scoundrel has hidden so many things from me. I'm really angry."

He was an impatient person, and he was so angry that he cursed for a long time without repeating it. But after he finished cursing, he said to Zhao Zhi: "Zhao Judgment, although this scoundrel is confused sometimes, he will never kill anyone. This case has been decided."

There is something inside."

Chen Dong suddenly said: "Dean Li, you don't have the final say on whether it is right or wrong. You have to let the facts speak for themselves."

Li Gang knew he had made a mistake and said again: "Yes, yes, what Chen Yushi said is that if that evil man really did it, I will definitely kill him myself."

If you kill him, you are also guilty of murder.

Of course, Chen Dong didn't say this.

Zhao Zhi sighed slightly and said: "Dean Li, I asked you to come here today mainly to review this case. You also know that our Dali Temple does not have the power to investigate. Logically speaking, this case should be transferred to

You Judicial Yuan, but the current evidence is extremely unfavorable to Li Xian, and you are Li Xian’s father. If you leave it to the Judicial Yuan to investigate, no matter what the result is, I believe no one will be convinced. Therefore, I just talked to Dean Mao

We have also discussed that we hope that the case can be handed over to the Yushitai for investigation. It’s not that we don’t believe you, we only do this for the sake of fairness. I hope you can understand.”

Li Gang was stunned for a while, nodded and said: "This is what it should be. It should be. Chen Yushi, I'll trouble you."

Chen Dongdao: "Dean Li, please rest assured, I will definitely deal with it impartially. If it had not been done by Young Master Ling, I will definitely give Young Master Ling justice."

"Thank you. Thank you very much."

Li Gang said hurriedly.

Zhao Zhi added: "Dean Li, although the case has not yet been decided, the situation is very unfavorable to Mr. Ling. When the case was being tried, there were many people listening. I believe it will spread throughout the capital soon. You can

Be prepared, it will definitely damage the reputation of the Judicial Yuan. Moreover, there will definitely be people in the DPRK and China using this matter to criticize you."

Li Gang became even more depressed upon hearing this, and nodded absently.
To be continued...