A crime is evidence!

This sentence made everyone stunned at first, but soon everyone understood the meaning: Since Li Ling said that someone was replaced by Li Daitaozun, as long as he found out his identity, everything would be revealed.

After understanding this level, everyone changed color slightly. The emperor obviously hesitated for a moment. The ministers didn't know what to react. As for King Yong, his lower eyes had been occupied by violent panic. Even if he was barely controlled, his body still trembled, knowing that the situation was not good.

Lu Zhenze glanced at Li Ling thoughtfully. Although this junior looked a little more mature than a few years ago, his style of conduct without any change. No, not only did it not change, but it became even worse! This is a major event that concerns the face of the court, and it may even affect the trust of the people in the world in the court and the kingly law. He is good. Not only did he lift the lid, but he also stirred up the turbidity below.

The consequences are too serious. Even if it is finally found out that what he sued is true, he will probably be greatly implicated. Did Li Ling not think about this at all, and just rushed forward without hesitation in his head?

I couldn't see through and couldn't figure it out. Lu Zhen shook his head slightly, but somehow, another anger arose in his heart, as if things in the world should be like this. If he was dozens of years younger, he might have stood on Li Ling's side!

After a while of silence, the emperor finally spoke slowly: "Li Ling, do you know how heavy the matter you told me? Once you find out that what you sued is not true, you have to sit back. Can you afford it?"

"Your Majesty, since I have eaten my king's fortune, I should share my worries. The people, kings and laws are the foundation of the country, and I cannot ignore these evils. Your Majesty, in my eyes, human life is greater than that of heaven!" Li Ling spoke again, still in the calm, but his tone was sonorous and powerful, hitting everyone's hearts.

No one raised any objection to the emperor's sudden change of words. Everyone knows that if they really need to investigate carefully, it would be fine if they can't find anything. If they really find out that there is a substitute, it will inevitably cause a stir between the government and the people. It can be said that not only the emperor, but also the ministers do not want such a big change. But now, as soon as Li Ling said this, there is no room for maneuvering - the truth is on his side.

Sun Bi's eyes flashed, and then suddenly straightened his waist: "Father, I think this matter should be investigated to the end. If what I sued is wrong, I am willing to commit the same crime as Li Ling."

"I am willing!" Xiao Chengzhi shouted immediately. He was not eloquent enough, so he could only express his own opinions. It is difficult to have his own words.

Li Ling was still kneeling there, looking humble, but in everyone's eyes, the figure of this young official became taller and taller, even making people feel a little suffocating and oppressive.

The Great Yue court has indeed become a part of the king and ministers, and has many problems, but the Confucianism that has been passed down has not been completely lost and its conscience remains. So even if everyone knows what consequences this matter will cause, it will ultimately be unable to turn the black and white into a way to suppress others with power.

At this time, Lu Zhen even helped Li Ling and stepped forward slightly: "Your Majesty, since there is evidence to investigate, whether it is for the sake of King Fashen Yan or King Yong's reputation, this matter must be investigated!"

The prime minister's words, and the emperor felt embarrassed no matter how hard he was, he could only choose to support him: "Everyone, follow me out of the palace, let us see if this matter is true!" As he said that, he had already stood up and slowly walked down with Wei Tang's support.

The ministers quickly said yes, then turned slightly, waiting for the emperor to walk past them and cross the high threshold, and they followed out in a relatively neat line under the leadership of the two prime ministers. When they walked to Li Ling and the other parties who were still kneeling there, Lu Zhen shook their eyes at them again. The few people immediately understood and quickly stood up to follow. The one who fell to the end was the already devastated King Yong. Although others stood up and followed, their souls had long been floating where they had gone.

With the emperor's order, dozens of prisoners who were originally held in front of the palace were jailed by the imperial guards and walked into the palace. This is really a matter of unprecedented success, even unprecedented. From ancient times to the present, which other death row prisoners would enter the palace in this way and still meet the current emperor?

In front of the side hall was a wide square. The emperor did not completely get down from the stairs and stood at more than ten steps. Other ministers were placed on both sides of the stone steps. Then he saw the death row prisoners wearing prison uniforms and wooden signs on their backs escorted by thousands of imperial guards and kneeling down.

They were also confused, not sure what was wrong, they all knelt there, and many people were still trembling because they still had macao in their mouths, but they couldn't make any noise.

"Li Ling, if you say that some of them have been replaced, then let's prove it to me and the ministers!" The emperor swept over the dozens of prisoners in front of him and said slowly.

Li Ling did not hesitate and stepped forward decisively, then reached out to the chief general of the imperial guard: "Please give me the roster of prisoners."

"Huh? Is there something?" The general looked at him blankly, but couldn't take out the things. Originally, he was just ordered to watch the prisoners in case these killers did anything in the palace, but he didn't get any roster documents.

Seeing this, Li Ling did not make things difficult for him anymore. Instead, he suddenly turned around and looked at the distracted King Yong in the crowd: "Your Highness, can you hand it over to me for the relevant roster documents of your Ministry of Justice?"

King Yong still did not respond, and he didn't even look up at him, which made him a little stiff. Fortunately, the emperor set off at this time, and the eunuch in the palace gave him the list of what he had handed over before and handed over it.

Li Ling took it solemnly, then opened it and scanned it quickly. After remembering the many names and ages of the above, he just formed the prisoners and swept the eyes one by one from the wooden signs on their backs. After a while, he had already clicked on three of the prisoners: "This, this, and him... they were definitely not the prisoners themselves to be executed on the Qiu Jue list!"

After everyone brought out three half-confused prisoners, Li Ling read the contents on the list: "The criminal Zhao Hui was 42 years old, and was a lone thief who ran around the two Huai Rivers. The government recorded that he killed twenty-three people... Your Majesty, please look at him. If you don't say anything else, does he really look for forty-two?" As he said, he ignored the dirty tricks on the other side, wiped his face with his sleeve, revealing his face that was less than thirty years old.

The emperor opened his mouth and said nothing. The others kept silent and looked at it, but they already knew the answer in their hearts.

"Fan Biao, the magistrate of the Southeast County, is extremely greedy and careless. After being found by the Yousi, he was convicted and wanted to be executed." Li Ling continued to introduce the next suspicious person, "They wrote clearly that he was fifty-four years old, but this one was only forty years old. And look at his appearance and hands, they were all traces left by farming in the fields. How could he look like a local official?"

Without waiting for everyone to react, Li Ling pointed to the last person: "And he, Qi Yuan, he is the right age, but this person looks extremely thin and can blow it down with a gust of wind. How could he look fierce as if he fights with others and kills four people in a row?"

Whenever someone was pointed out, the expressions of the ministers at the scene changed a little further. Until the end, although everyone did not speak out, the expressions on their faces were clearly expressed. They completely believed Li Ling's evidence in this matter and confirmed that there was a big problem with the Ministry of Justice.

The muscles on the emperor's face also trembled. If he didn't want to admit it, he could only accept such a result. His son, who had high hopes and entrusted with important tasks, actually controlled the Ministry of Justice so lawless. How many tricks are there in it? He can figure it out with his toes.

This made the emperor's face turn ashen. When he looked at his son next to him, his anger could not be hidden at all, and he wished he could only kick him to death now.

But Li Ling still felt that it was not enough and bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, this is just a substituted prisoner that I can see at a glance. I believe that there are other wronged people among these dozens of prisoners. As long as they are carefully investigated, they can be cleared.

"As for the deeper reason, I only know one thing, that is, what Zhang Kang, a resident of Yanshi County, said was the real serious criminals who spent money to bribe the officials of the Ministry of Justice and asked them to find someone to deceive everyone on behalf of the deceased, and a Taozhuan. It is said that there is also a saying in the Ministry of Justice that this is called killing Aries and scapegoats. If Your Majesty does not believe it, Zhang Kang is now outside the palace gate, so he can tell him to come in and reply." This was the last insurance he made. As he said, Zhang Kang, who had been stolen to Luoyang, was taken by Xu Cang, and stayed outside the palace, waiting for the summons.

Perhaps if the yamen of the Ministry of Justice really wants to try the case, important witnesses like Zhang Kang will inevitably be questioned, but now, the emperor obviously has no interest. He did not even take Li Ling's words and turned his head to look at King Yong: "Sun Lin, what do you have to say about this?"

King Yong was already extremely panicked, and now when his father asked this, he suddenly became excited. When his legs were weak, he knelt down first: "Father, son-in-law..." At this moment, he was amazed in a hurry, thought of the only way to save himself, and kowtowed, "Son-in-law knows the crime... As the Minister of Justice, he didn't know that his subordinates had done such a ridiculous thing. The son-in-law was trusted by his father and was willing to bear any punishment, so he dared not complain..."
Chapter completed!