Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 547
"My minister thinks that Cen Mao's arson case is related to royal dignity and should be severely punished."

Holding the white jade wat board, Fang Yiai clasped his hands and continued, "I think Wufeng Tower is a royal restaurant, if it is burned down by the fire, wouldn't it damage Tianwei Tianyi?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the ministers turned to Fang Yiai one after another, never expecting him to say such an evasive words.

"This is the house son-in-law?"

"He has a long history of hatred with the eldest grandson's family, why didn't he fall into the well today?"

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, I'm afraid it's Lingzang's mystery."

Everyone was discussing in private, only Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Changsun Wuji's faces were as still as water, and of course Li Chengqian who was sitting on the Jiulongkou was also included.

Li Chengqian sat on the huanghuali wood chair, looked at Fang Yiai from top to bottom, and said in his heart: "My brother-in-law probably got a suggestion from the queen mother, and this matter has wronged him."

Standing at the top of the class, Fang Xuanling closed her eyes and meditated. She already guessed the reason for Fang Yiai's strange behavior, "Could it be that someone threatened Ai'er, who could it be? His Royal Highness? Or the Empress?"

"What's wrong with Yi Ai today?" Du Ruhui caressed his long beard, thinking to himself, "Although Yi Ai is gentle and gentle, she has a gentle and kind nature. I'm afraid someone is threatening her with this move."

Changsun Wuji glanced at Fang Yiai slightly, his heart agitated, "Why did this little bastard suddenly change his sex today? Avoiding the relationship between Cen Mao and the old man, just talking about the status of Wufenglou, could it be that someone Point to him?"

When everyone was thinking about it, Li Chengqian from Jiulongkou cleared his throat and said, "Fang Aiqing's words are correct, Wufenglou is the royal restaurant, and Cen Mao's setting fire to it is clearly contempt for Xiaowang!"

Li Chengqian carried Cen Mao's crimes as far as possible, and took the matter on himself, so as to stop the mouths of Zou Yinglong, Ma Zhou, Yang Bo and others.

"His Royal Highness is far away from the cave, Cen Mao's crime is unforgivable, and I hope the crown prince will be punished severely." Fang Yi's face was as clear as water, and he held a white jade tablet and said every word.

Li Chengqian nodded slightly, and asked again: "But I don't know how to try the law? Should it be handed over to the Yousi Yamen, or the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment? Or the Procuratorate?"

Fang Yiai bowed slightly, and said: "The criminal Cen Mao is the fourth-rank censor of the procuratorate, and the trial of the procuratorate is a bit of a mess. Although the Ministry of Punishment Hall is led by a small official to arrest Cen Mao, this matter is related to the royal dignity and must not be sloppy. It should be handed over to Yousi Yamen for trial."

"It's so good." Li Chengqian said halfway, Zou Yinglong made a mistake again, raised his hand and said: "Prince, no!"

"Which Yamen is the Yousi Yamen? The City Patrolling Military Division? Chang'an Mansion? Or the Yushitai?" Zou Yinglong spoke excitedly, forgetting to mention Yushitai.

"It's unreasonable!" Li Fang frowned slightly, seeing this hot potato was about to be thrown out by Fang Yi'ai, she didn't expect to kill Zou Yinglong halfway.

"Zou Yushi! What kind of place is the Yushi Terrace? How can you hear the case?" Li Fang said angrily.

"Ah..." Zou Yinglong realized that he had slipped his words, and quickly changed his words: "I hope you will forgive me if I make a slip of the tongue for a while. If you refer to the Xuncheng Bingma Division or the Chang'an government office, it will be difficult!"

Seeing Zou Yinglong's uprightness, Fang Yiai frowned slightly, and asked, "Dare to ask Zou Yushi, why is it so difficult?"

"How can the city patrol officer interrogate the fourth-rank censor? Besides, the arrester is a son-in-law, and the interrogation is also in the Ministry of Punishment. Wouldn't he be punished if he is suddenly transferred?"

Saying that, Zou Yinglong pulled up his robe and knelt down, holding the pagoda wood wat board and said: "I hope the crown prince will make a clear decision, this case should be heard by the son-in-law!"

Seeing Zou Yinglong's persistent efforts to push Fang Yiai up, Li Chengqian's eyes flashed with displeasure, he stood up and said with a smile: "Zou Yushi, may I ask which one is Fang's son-in-law?"

"Huh? Fang Jun's son-in-law." Zou Yinglong muttered on his knees with a puzzled face.

"Bold!" Li Chengqian's face changed drastically when he heard the words, he paused and said, "In the majestic East Palace, on the court meeting of the Chongjiao Palace, where did the consort come from?"

After reprimanding Zou Yinglong, Li Chengqian looked at Fang Yiai and asked, "Master Fang, is it possible to leave this matter to Yousi Yamen?"

"Li Shangshu, Mao Shilang, the two Aiqings are also senior officials in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Why don't you speak? Each expresses his own opinion." Li Chengqian tied Li Fang, Mao Peng and Fang Yiai together in words, in order to let the two Block the mouth of Yushitai's spokesperson Youyou, lest Fang Yiai suffer from enemies and turn against too many officials.

"Weichen thinks what Fang Shilang said is very reasonable."

"My minister seconded the proposal."

Seeing this, Li Fang and Mao Peng couldn't laugh or cry, so they had to express their support for Fang Yi'ai. The three officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice had expressed their position when the two spoke. Meat to eat, after all, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is the first place in charge of judicial torture in Datang, and even the procuratorate has to stand aside.

"There is a yamen. Chang'an government office." Li Chengqian nodded slightly when he heard the words, turned to look at Wen Banchen, and asked, "Where is the governor of Chang'an government office?"

"Minister." Chang'an Governor walked out of the court tremblingly, lifted his robe and knelt behind Fang Yi'ai, holding a toothed wat and said: "My humble minister, Chang'an Governor, kowtow to the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian could not help but chuckle when he saw the cowardly expression of the governor of Chang'an, and then asked, "Why is the Qing family so nervous?"

"Chen Chen. Chen is not nervous." Chang'an Fu Yin knelt down and replied, wiping the sweat from his forehead no less than three times while speaking, obviously he didn't mean what he said.

"How high is the Qing family's official residence?" Li Chengqian returned to the entrance of Jiulong, looking at Zou Yinglong who was kneeling down, wishing to reward him with twenty court sticks as an example to others.

The governor of Chang'an Prefecture glanced at Guan Long's faction, and said hesitantly: "The ministers and officials live in the fourth rank."

"From the fourth rank? Is it possible to win Cen Mao?" Li Chengqian glanced at Fang Yi'ai, and the two of them made eye contact, and immediately there was a hint of "Uncle Lang's tacit understanding".

Before Chang'an Governor could open his mouth, Fang Yiai said first: "According to the laws of our dynasty, although officials of the same rank can try the case, they cannot make a confession to finalize the case. Besides, Cen Mao was arrested by a humble minister himself, so the trial by the Chang'an Governor may be dangerous." Many shackles."

"What Fang Shilang said is very true, I implore the prince to choose another talented person." Chang'an Mansion Yin heard the words as if he had received an amnesty, and repeatedly clapped his hands and seconded the proposal.

Li Chengqian pretentiously said: "It's not okay to have a government office patrolling the city, and it's not okay to have a government office in Chang'an. What does Fang Aiqing think?"

Seeing that Li Chengqian was about to throw the head at himself, Fang Yi expressed his love, cupped his hands and smiled slightly, saying: "We should choose a person with high morals and prestige to preside over this matter personally."

"Highly respected?" Li Chengqian turned his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and said in a loud voice: "In the court, Prime Minister Fang, Prime Minister Du, Prime Minister Changsun, Grand Master Wei, and King Hejian County are all highly respected people. I don't know which one Fang Shilang will recommend. ?”

On the surface, Li Chengqian was trying to list candidates for Fang Yiai, but in fact he was reminding him that none of the above-mentioned candidates could be used. People either hated Changsun Wuji to the bone, or were afraid of the revenge of the Guanlong Clan. There were very few people in the government and the opposition who could make a compromise between the two. After all, not everyone was good at "harmony".

Of course, except Shen Nianxing.

As soon as Li Chengqian's words came out, some of the brawny officials in the court figured out what the prince was thinking, and all of them looked at the Minister of Rites in unison, with sympathy in their eyes.

"I've seen the almanac before I went out today, why is it all due to fate!" Shen Nianxing muttered, looking at Fang Yiai, a flash of relief or complaint flashed in his eyes.

Sure enough, as expected by these humble ministers, as soon as Fang Yiai opened his mouth, the topic of conversation went straight to Shen Nianxing's head.

"There are not a few highly respected people in our dynasty. Among them, the nine ministers and the three princes are all loyal to the country. I recommend that the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Shen Nianxing, preside over the case."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian laughed secretly in his heart, thinking, "Old Shen Aiqing, you are really Xiaowang's Nine-turn Golden Elixir! It is only now that I understand why my father transferred you to the lobby of the Ministry of Rites. It's really difficult for you to reconcile left and right!"

"Okay, let's apply for the order." Li Chengqian summoned Xiaohuangmen and said in a clear voice: "The minister of the Ministry of Rites, Shen Nianxing, was specially ordered to preside over the arson case of Cen Mao's Wufeng Building. I will give you three jade belts and one piece of jade belt as a reward. .”

"Jade belt. I haven't used one of the three hangings last time, and now I want to reward the jade belt again. In my next life, I am destined to go to the market to sell track belts!"

Although he didn't want it in his heart, Shen Nianxing still went out and clapped his hands and said: "The old minister accepts the order."

(End of this chapter)