Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Back to the prince, Xu Wang is in charge of the Kaifeng mansion, but his supervision is not strict. Last month, the Kaifeng mansion official Kang Yongjia tortured the suspect in order to close the case as soon as possible, causing the suspect to be seriously injured. Shifu, after investigation, the lower official found that there was another inside story in the case, so he went to find Wang Xu, but Xu Wang said that the case was closed, and the court's order was limited, and the sentence could not be changed. Report to Your Majesty."

"En." Defang nodded, "Someone must have told Xu Wang, so Xu Wang is unhappy, and asked you to argue?"

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for the lack of status, King Xu has nothing to say, so why talk about theory?"

"Then what does His Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty did not summon King Xu, but only told the officials to wait, there will be a holy order in a few days."

Defang thought for a while and asked softly, "Lord Li, you are the one who gave the seal to His Majesty, right?"

Li Juyuan was stunned for a moment, and then cupped his hands, "Eight Sage Kings... I'm an official..."

"Master Li" Defang supported Li Juyuan, "The lonely king has no other intentions. You are the censor, and you should be the supervisor of all officials for your majesty. Even princes and generals should be no exception. You did the right thing, and this matter is indeed very fast. There will be a holy judgment, but...Although you did not know about your official statement and the torture in Kaifeng Mansion, King Xu is worried. Mr. Li, you have prejudices, and I may be unhappy when we meet in court in the future."

"My lord, as a censor, I only do what I should do, and don't care much about other things."

"Well, that's right, the censor should be like this. It's not easy to be an official. It's not easy to offend people, hehehe." Defang smiled, "But Mr. Li don't have to worry too much about the matter of King Xu's Kaifeng mansion. , the lonely king will help you."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Two days later, in the early court, Zhao Yuanxi submitted a report on the killing of beggars, Taizong looked at the "imperial nephew"

Defang got up and said, "The minister is here"

"Look at it too"

Defang took the memorial and looked at it, and Taizong asked, "What does the nephew think?"

De Fang turned to look at Yuan Xi, frowned slightly, turned back and said, "Your Majesty, I never thought that the Kaifeng Mansion would arrest the perpetrator so quickly and settle the case in just two days."

"Yeah, I gave it ten days, and today is only the third day. They only took two days to complete the trial, which is really fast."

"Your Majesty, this case is important. I think it's better to let the Kaifeng Mansion verify it."

"Well, what the imperial nephew said is reasonable. Such a big case must be handled carefully. Yuan Xi, who is in charge of the Kaifeng mansion to preside over this case?"

"Going back to Emperor Father, I have sent the pusher Kang Yongjia to take charge of this."

"Kang Yongjia?" Taizong looked at Yu Shi Zhongcheng, and then asked, "Yuan Xi, why is Kang Yongjia the judge?"

"Kang Yongjia is a capable official. He has never accumulated any cases in the state government, and his political performance is quite good. At the beginning of the year, he was promoted to the official of Kaifeng Prefecture. He has concluded more than [-] large and small cases. When the father made an order, the ministers thought of him, so he asked him. It took only two days to preside over the case, and the murderer’s evidence has been confirmed, and this book was also written by him.”

"Then have you personally intervened in this case?"

"Going back to my father, my son has read the evidence and confession, and it is indeed correct."

"King Xu" Defang asked, "Then have you personally questioned the witnesses and suspects?"

King Xu looked at Defang, "That's not true, but Brother Wang, he has already signed the confession, and the murder weapon is also there, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Defang looked at Yuan Xi with a serious expression, "This case is very important, and if there is an error, it is not a trivial matter."

"Brother Wang, there are all the physical evidence of the murder weapon, and the confession is convincing. How can there be any mistakes?"

"Is there any evidence?"

"Witness?" Yuan Xi thought for a while, "This...I...it seems..."