Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Fang Ping's words sounded like thunder on the ground, and everyone present was startled at the same time, and then looked at him in surprise.

Lu Chen's heart "thumped" even more, and his face changed slightly.

Could it be... this...impossible...

Zhao Bingliang reacted quickly, and then looked at Fang Ping in disbelief.

"Master Fang, you just said that there is something else hidden in this case?"

"That's right."

Fang Ping glanced at him, and said calmly: "There are indeed doubts in this case that cannot be ignored. The old man is sure that there must be something hidden in it, otherwise there is no way to explain it. The old man thinks that Lu Geshi's judgment is correct, and Xia Yan is indeed A good official, even if his approach is a bit deviant."

Hearing this, Qian Yiqian couldn't help squinting his eyes.

"Lord Du Yushi, I have something to remind you."

Hearing these meaningful words, Fang Ping's expression did not change at all.

"Oh? Qian Shangshu, please tell me."

Qian Yiqian fiddled with the writing brush in his hand, and said slowly: "There is no room for a joke in the courtroom. Everyone must be responsible for what they say, especially in the courtroom where the three divisions are interrogated. There must be no mistakes. Before speaking, you must Consider it carefully, think twice before acting, otherwise once you speak, no matter what the result is, it will be irreversible."

"Your Majesty Du Yushi has been an official for many years. I don't think I need to elaborate on this truth."

As a veteran official of the three dynasties who has been up and down for decades, Fang Ping naturally recognized the meaning of Qian Yiqian's words at once.

He narrowed his eyes a little, then cupped his hands to Qian Yiqian.

"Thank you, Mr. Qian, for reminding me, but this old man never shoots aimlessly, nor will he talk nonsense in the courtroom. Every judgment, every sentence, and even every word of this old man is the result of careful consideration by this old man. Since this old man dares to say that , I have enough confidence, otherwise I will never speak hastily, as long as the old man said something, I will definitely be responsible to the end!"

Hearing this, Qian Yiqian didn't know why, but a haze flashed quietly in his eyes.

"Since Mr. Fang is so confident, I won't say much."

As he said that, he suddenly turned his head, glanced at Xia Yan who had a complex expression below him, and then continued, "Then, please ask Mr. Fang to clarify for us, what doubts are there in this case, and what evidence can prove that Xia Yan It is said that this person is not a corrupt person who breaks the law and commits many crimes? Why did he confess to these crimes and willingly admit his crimes to the law?"

After the words fell, almost everyone looked at Fang Ping in unison.

Among them, of course, Hu Yan, the official of the Ministry of Punishment, who stood not far from Qian Yiqian's head.

When Fang Ping stood up just now, he was really taken aback. After all, Fang Ping was a second-rank official in the court, and he was also in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a key department with many privileges such as listening to rumors. A high-ranking top boss!

Such a big man blatantly supports Lu Chen and believes in his outrageously wrong judgment. Hu Yan, a small official of the fifth rank, is lying if he says he is not afraid.

After all, Yongchuan is a county under the jurisdiction of Jingyang Prefecture in Jingxiang Province, and he is the official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who is in charge of the entire Jingxiang criminal case. Injustice!

If such a big thing happened, he must be the first to be unlucky.

Maybe he will be beaten to the end directly, and there will never be a day of recovery.

How could he not be afraid of such serious consequences?

However, after he thought about it carefully, he quickly calmed down.

During this period of time, when he was sorting out the case files in the public house, he had already dealt with all the mistakes and omissions, and since Xia Yan was the county magistrate of Yongchuan, the source and whereabouts of the bribes and illicit money he had obtained were extremely clear. Every account can be matched, and he has never been wronged.

So, nothing to worry about.

Xia Yan was corrupt in the first place, and even colluded with the Demon Queen's gangsters. His crime is unforgivable, and there is no possibility of overturning the case.

No matter what Fang Ping said, he would never change Xia Yan's ending!

"snort!"

After much deliberation, Hu Yan, who couldn't find any flaws in this case, snorted coldly in his heart.

"I'd like to see what the old man can do to reverse the case for Xia Yan after the matter has come to an end!"

In the eyes of everyone with different expressions, Fang Ping habitually stroked his long beard, then turned his head, ignored the people around him, only looked at Xia Yan below, and said slowly:

"Magistrate Xia, please answer the old man's question honestly."

Xia Yan nodded.

"No problem, Mr. Fang, you can ask, as long as I know it, I will know everything."

"good!"

Fang Ping smiled, and without further nonsense, he said directly: "Magistrate Xia, when I was looking through the case files, I paid special attention to the testimony of the victims. As for what was mentioned in it, you received bribes and set up a pretense How much memory do you still have, Mr. Xia, about the approximate amount and reasons for the money, property, etc. collected from them by other means? If the old man checks the money with you now, can you recall it and give the old man an affirmative answer. "

Xia Yan didn't answer right away, but after thinking for a while, she nodded slightly.

"Can."

As soon as the words were finished, Qian Yiqian, Zhao Bingliang, and Hu Yan from Xiashou and others sneered from the bottom of their hearts.

Things are already obvious.

The matter of Xia Yan's embezzlement and bribery is a certainty, and even the person concerned has expressed his position in this way, this charge cannot be shirked.

Therefore, in their eyes, Xia Yan at this time is almost no different from a dead person.

After all, even Xia Yan himself gave up treatment, no matter how busy Lu Chen and Fang Ping were, it would not help, it would only add to the laughing stock.

Fang Ping didn't pay attention to their strange eyes at all. After hearing Xia Yan's answer, he was relieved.

"That's good."

Then he waved his hand suddenly, and with a flash of light, a scroll appeared out of nowhere on the table in front of him.

Fang Ping opened the scroll, and then continued: "Then start checking now."

After a pause, he looked at the first column of information in the scroll.

"In the fourth year of Shenghe, on the seventh day of March, Li Mingde, a wealthy businessman in Wuchuan, threw a hundred taels of silver in Zuixianlou to host a banquet for you. It's convenient to go up, right?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yan nodded and admitted: "Yes, I remember very clearly, it is indeed five thousand taels of silver and one hundred taels of gold."

Still no denials.

Fang Ping was not at all surprised by this, and continued to read: "In the first year of Shenghe, on the third day of February, a wine merchant in Wuping came to visit with a great gift, and asked you to open wine to him with five thousand taels of silver, right? ?”

It seems that this matter was too long ago, Xia Yan couldn't remember clearly, but this time he didn't answer so simply.

He frowned and thought for a while before finally nodding.

"Return to my lord, it is five thousand taels."

My health is a little better, but I still feel dizzy, so I managed to write a chapter. I hope you readers will not be offended.