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Chapter 333 Trial Cases (2)

Lord Zongzheng's dodging eyes were also seen by Lord Gong.Master Gong's heart sank, and he suddenly realized that this matter was much more complicated than what had surfaced now.

Mr. Gong was afraid that he would cause more trouble if he handled the case rashly, so he slapped the gavel and withdrew.

As soon as the matter came to the surface, it was about to come to light, but Master Gong suddenly announced his withdrawal, and Ji Anniang refused to let Master Gong leave.

Dong Rong knew that Mr. Gong belonged to Mr. Zongzheng after all, and it was useless for them to make trouble here, so she had to go over to persuade Ji Anniang.

Ji Anniang took Dong Rong's hand and burst into tears, "Princess, Ji An didn't kill anyone, why did Mr. Gong retreat? Why?"

Mr. Gong also realized that what he had done was a little too obvious, and he said in a panic: "If you make such a fuss again, be careful that I will punish you for disturbing the court! The purpose of retiring is to investigate this case more clearly! Come on, let me know This old woman is going to be held down."

Ji Anniang became excited and cried to Lord Gong: "You arrested Ji An, he is my life, if you want to sue me for disturbing the court, or frame me for murder, just come. If something happens to Ji An, I can't live!" "

Dong Rong hugged the excited Ji Anniang, and persuaded Ji Anniang for a while before calming down a little.

Back at Zhongshan Wangfu, Dong Rong took Ji Anniang's hand, "I said before, after the green bamboo is gone, I will be your daughter from now on. I will not let you have anything to do with Ji An, I will definitely find a way to make Ji An safe Appear in front of you without incident."

Ji Anniang nodded with tears in her eyes, "Concubine Dong, I have always known your intentions... I have always known it. You have also tried your best... It is the first time I have lived for so many years to see a dignified princess, anxious for the life of a grasshopper Very much, I am satisfied. If...Jian really has troubles, I will not live alone. Ji'an is so stupid, he will not find his way under the Nine Springs. Princess, I know you are sincere, but today I also I see, Lord Zongzheng and that Lord Gong are determined to scheme against us, and I understand it in my heart. I also understand your intentions."

Dong Rong choked up and couldn't speak.

Chen Xi shed tears when she saw her mother in pain.

When it was time to interrogate Ji An's case again, Dong Rong still accompanied Ji Anniang to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

As soon as Dong Rong and Ji Anniang entered the courtroom, they saw a familiar figure—the empress dowager.

The empress dowager didn't show much expression when she saw Dong Rong, she was still sitting upright with a serious face.

When Lord Zongzheng came, he did not expect that the Empress Dowager would come this time, he was slightly surprised, saluted according to the rules, and then sat down at the side.

The process of each trial is the same, even the questions Mr. Gong asks are the same, the soup is changed but not the medicine, sometimes even the soup and medicine are the same.

Just when Mr. Gong didn't want to announce those two villagers, the empress dowager suddenly said, "Aijia heard that there were two villagers who could prove that the man named Ji'an didn't kill anyone. Why didn't Aijia see them?"

Mr. Gong and Mr. Zongzheng looked at each other guiltily, but Mr. Zongzheng's face remained unchanged, as if he had nothing to do with him.Mr. Gong, who was on the cusp of the storm, had no choice but to respond to the Empress Dowager with an apologetic smile, "The lower official originally sent someone to invite those two villagers, but they were afraid of getting into trouble because of this matter, so they didn't dare to come."

"absurd!"

The empress dowager scolded angrily, and then felt a little pain in her chest and itchy throat, and she couldn't help coughing.Dong Rong was very concerned about the Empress Dowager's body, but she couldn't show it in court.I could only squeeze a cold sweat for the empress dowager in my heart.

Mr. Gong was terrified by the empress dowager's sudden reprimand. After realizing his gaffe, he hurriedly sorted out his state.

The Empress Dowager continued: "This case concerns the lives of three officials of our Great Qi State, and concerns the national prestige of our Great Qi State. How can these two villagers not come if they don't come?"

Lord Gong quickly agreed, "Yes, these two troublemakers are really hateful."

"Tricksters?" The empress dowager was surprised that Mr. Gong, who was the official of the court, could say such a thing. Mr. Gong also realized that he had kicked a stone, and hurriedly explained, "Mother, these two villagers have come to testify before. It happened once, and now it suddenly doesn’t come, isn’t it just playing you and me like monkeys?”

The empress dowager glanced at Master Gong coldly, "Master Gong, you mean Aijia is a monkey?"

Master Gong was so nervous that he was sweating all over, how could he say such a thing?

"Empress Dowager, that's not what I mean by being an official, what I mean by being an official..."

"Okay." The Empress Dowager didn't want to listen to Mrs. Gong talking about those things, and continued to be serious: "If you treat the witnesses well and don't put pressure on them, why would they be afraid of getting themselves into trouble? Don't feel sad If you are in the harem, you don’t know anything outside the harem. Master Gong, Aijia came here today to see how you solve the case. If you enforce the law impartially and don’t cover anyone, Aijia will still respect you as my Daqi State Lord of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If you bend the law for personal gain..."

Before the Empress Dowager could say the following words, Master Gong was so frightened that his back broke out in cold sweat, and quickly said that he didn't dare.

"Let's try the case. You should also take note of the testimony of the two villagers before. Even if they don't come, there should be other witnesses or evidence. Open the court!"

After the empress dowager finished speaking, she stopped talking.

Although Mr. Zongzheng on the side didn't speak all the time, he was so nervous that he was sweating all over. He has been an official in the court for so many years, and he has a deep understanding of the way of the mean. It was a choice between the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.But in recent years, as he got older, he also thought that the empress dowager was old and incompetent, so he chose Bo concubine on the spur of the moment.

Now it seems that the empress dowager's body is getting worse day by day, but her eyes are still as sharp as before.

Mr. Gong really didn't think of anything other than the witnesses to prove that the silly boy Ji'an killed someone. Mr. Zongzheng had originally come forward to let the two villagers implement the murder of Ji'an, but he didn't expect these two villagers to go to court , When mentioning the key points, there was such a big leak.

Moreover, Lord Zongzheng set up an ambush on the way back for the two villagers, intending to detain them, but unexpectedly a mysterious man in black suddenly appeared on the way and rescued the two villagers.

Now, it is impossible to find where the two villagers are.

Lord Zongzheng felt a headache when he thought of this, and regretted that he had agreed to Dowager Bo's words and mixed up with some broken Maitreya religion.Now it's all right, I'm going to compete with Dong Rong, a difficult woman. Originally, Dong Rong was difficult to deal with alone, but now there is another empress dowager.

Dong Rong saw that Mr. Gong was evasive and was not busy with the trial, so she said: "Mr. Gong, I shouldn't talk too much, but I am very curious, why my Daqi Kingdom lost three servants. The dead body of an errand is unknown."

Mr. Gong hesitated for a while, and replied: "The weather these few days is not bad, and the trial of a case will take a lot of time. Can you just watch the corpse rot in the court? If it is smoked to the emperor Queen Mother, you and I can't afford it. So, I asked someone to bury the bodies of the three officials for the time being. As for how the three officials died, I have already ordered the officer to do an inspection, so the princess does not need to I'm worried that the three corpses will lie to cover up Ji'an's crime."

Dong Rong said: "Since Wu Zuo has made a record, should Mr. Gong make the record of Wu Zuo public? This way we can also know how the three officials died."

Mr. Gong stared at Dong Rong angrily, and Mr. Zongzheng even more displeasedly. If he had known that this matter was so complicated, he would not have taken over.

That silly boy Ji'an is also true, he is obviously just a fool, if he wants status but no status, if he wants status no status, how can he be related to big figures like Princess Dong and the Empress Dowager?

"Concubine Dong, I have been handling cases for many years, so I naturally know that the records should be released to the public. I also hope that Concubine Dong can respect the court."

With Mr. Zong Zheng sitting in the courtroom, Mr. Gong still has a little bit of confidence.

Dong Rong nodded, "It's great if Mr. Gong can do this. I don't mean to disrespect the court, but I'm afraid that Mr. Gong will handle too many cases and be so busy that he will forget how to handle the case."

Mr. Gong no longer responded to Dong Rong's words. This woman is not easy to mess with, so he better not mess with it.From the beginning of his dealings with her, Mr. Gong never took advantage of her.

Mr. Gong summoned the assistant who was inspected by the three officials before he was killed, and took out the records made between the assistants, and presented it to the empress dowager for her review.

The empress dowager looked at it carefully, and said to the servant: "How long have you been working as a servant?"

No one thought that the Empress Dowager would ask such a question suddenly, especially that Zuo, who suddenly heard this question, was at a loss for a while.Lord Zongzheng only explained how to write the records, but did not explain how to answer the question asked by the Empress Dowager.

"Why didn't you answer Aijia?" The Empress Dowager looked serious and her voice was cold.

Only then did Dong Rong notice that the assistant was only in his early thirties, with dodgy eyes and a flustered expression.Although Dong Rong hadn't been to the Ministry of Criminal Justice many times, and hadn't had much contact with Wu Zuo, but after living in Daqi for so many years, Dong Rong still knew a little bit that Wu Zuo was mostly cautious and unruffled in times of crisis.

This woman seems to have a problem.

"Folk girls have been doing wu jobs... already..."

Wu Zuo, who was kneeling on the ground, hesitated, and looked at Lord Zongzheng in a panic. Lord Zongzheng had a cold face, as if he didn't know her at all.

The Empress Dowager looked puzzled and said, "You just need to answer Aijia's question truthfully, why are you hesitating?"

"Minnv has been doing Wu Zuo for three years."

After Wuzuo finished speaking, his whole body trembled.The hands supporting the body trembled.

The empress dowager was even more puzzled, "Is Aijia so scary? Or are you not a coward at all? Answer Aijia, if Aijia finds out what's wrong with you, can you afford the consequences?"

Wu Zuo hurriedly begged, "I beg the Empress Dowager to be merciful. Minnv has only been doing Wu Zuo for a year. Just now, Minnv was confused and made a mistake in a moment of panic."

The Empress Dowager looked at Mr. Gong, "Mr. Gong, this woman has only been working as a maid for a year, so she wrote such a poor record."

The empress dowager glanced at the woman again, and saw that when the woman saw Lord Zongzheng's fierce eyes, her whole body seemed to be taken out of her mind in an instant, she was at a loss, and shrank into a ball in fear.

The Empress Dowager said again: "However, as a writer who has only been working for one year, it is not bad to be able to write like this." Then she said to the woman: "After I go down, I will learn from my master. Every five years, I will go to Aijia Palace Come here to report your situation, Aijia wants to see that you have not wasted the salary of my Great Qi Kingdom."

The woman didn't understand why the Empress Dowager did this, but she could only nod her head hastily.

A flash of displeasure flashed in the heart of Mr. Zongzheng at the side. Didn't the empress dowager just do this to prevent him, Mr. Zongzheng, from being able to do anything to this scorpion?
He would go to her palace to report every five years, so would he still dare to kill this bastard quietly?

(End of this chapter)