After leaving the palace, Zheng Yao did not wander around in the streets. Instead, he immediately arranged for people to conduct a blanket search in the mountains and forests on the southern outskirts of the city, making sure to find Ning An and others.

In addition, more than a dozen elite experts were selected from the Jinyi Guards and Ouchi Guards to go to the place where Zhengyao and the others fell into the famous valley and use long ropes to lower them down in an attempt to find clues in the famous valley.

As for Zhengyao himself, he originally planned to search for him personally, but Prince Jing stopped him in time on the grounds that he wanted to interrogate Yan Song, and finally went to the Ministry of Punishment together with him.

Now that Zhang Cheng is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and he has become a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, this can be regarded as an affirmation of his own abilities. It should be noted that it is rare for someone to do something like this at the age of twenty-seven.

When Zheng Yao and Prince Jing arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Cheng and Liu Yan had already begun the trial of Yan Song's accomplices.

I saw Zhang Cheng sitting in the hall with a stoic look, and his words when interrogating Yan Song's gang members were precise and accurate. His eyes were calm and powerful. From time to time, he slapped the gavel on the table, and spoke sharply with

Those who try to deny and refute the situation would look like Bao Qingtian if they darkened their faces.

In this regard, Zhengyao, who was standing at the door, couldn't help but lament that in the past seven years, everyone had been in trouble, and it seemed that he was the only one who was stagnant.

You know, Zhang Cheng seven years ago was a talkative person, and he was literate in his words. Although he occasionally had some insights, he was at best better than Yuan Haiyun, and he was more old-fashioned and mature. In the eyes of many people, he was not

Suitable for mixing in officialdom.

But now, this is not the case, which fully illustrates one point: if everything is really absolute, Zhang Cheng will also change.[

Of course, since Zhang Cheng has become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he must fulfill his obligations and responsibilities. A slight change is understandable. This is what Zhengyao is very happy to see.

"when!"

"Come here! Take Yan Song to the hall!"

Slapping the gavel in his right hand again, Zhang Cheng yelled slightly angrily, and the audience immediately responded with a long and mighty voice.

Soon, Yan Song was brought to the court. Under the forcible restraint of two officials, he could not help but kneel on the ground and raised his head, with disdain in his eyes.

"Rebel Yan Song, now that you have taken the stolen goods, what else do you have to say?"

In fact, this case has become very clear. Everything was done by Yan Song, the mastermind behind the scenes, and there will be no other results after further interrogation. As for Yan Song’s gang members, Zhang Cheng also believes that as long as Yan Song is captured, even if these gang members are not arrested, they will

We definitely don’t dare to do it again, it’s no longer a threat.

In the final analysis, Jiajing was still timid. He was afraid, so he asked people to kill all Yan Song's followers.

And Zhang Cheng also knows very well that interrogating Yan Song now is basically in vain. It is simply impossible to learn the whereabouts of other party members from Yan Song. Now we can only see if Yan Song is willing to tell, otherwise everything will be in vain.

It's all in vain.

However, Yan Song couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head gently. After a while, he said: "Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to show off his official authority. I didn't expect it. I have been in the officialdom for decades, and finally fell into your trap."

In the hands of these boys, there is a Li Zhengyao, a Liu Yan, a Zhang Cheng, a Yuan Haiyun, and a bunch of stupid generals who only know how to fight. It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous..."

Yan Song seemed to be going crazy. While smiling bitterly, he kept shaking his head. With his disheveled hair, he couldn't see his face or his eyes clearly. And in his slightly helpless and resentful tone, he seemed to be talking to himself.

Ridicule is more like pity for others.

"Why are you laughing? Don't you feel regretful now?"

Zhang Cheng looked at Yan Song in confusion and said.

In Zhang Cheng's eyes, Yan Song is indeed an out-and-out traitor and a sycophant. His current fate is entirely his own fault and he cannot blame anyone else.

But looking at Yan Song now, at this moment, he actually still had the heart to laugh, and his intermittent words gave him a faint feeling of sadness. For some reason, Zhang Cheng actually felt sympathy for Yan Song.[

"Sir Zhang, it is not a pity that Yan Song died. From my point of view, there is no need for further trials and the case can be decided directly!"

At this time, Xu Jie on the side couldn't help but suggest to Zhang Cheng.

Xu Jie, on the second day after Yan Song's fall, he was immediately promoted to the position of Chief Minister of the Cabinet, and his official position instantly jumped to the highest point. However, compared to Yan Song's power, he was still much inferior. At least, he did not have a staff

The official position of Shangshu.

Of course, Xu Jie's words now carry great weight.

"Sentence directly?" Zhang Cheng looked at Xu Jie with some embarrassment and said.

Although he also hated Yan Song deeply and was very shameless in everything he did to Yan Song, the trial process must pay attention to the procedure after all and cannot put the cart before the horse. It is natural that Yan Song deserved the crime, but he was sentenced like this rashly.

How to find out the other remnants of the gang and explain them to Jiajing?

"Just judge it. Just judge it how you want it to be. Mr. Zhang has to worry about the rest."

Xu Jie said in an understatement, and his tone of voice became different from before. It seemed to have a bit more arrogance in it.

Zhang Cheng and Xu Yuzhi have been married for five years, and Zhang Cheng has only called Xu Jie his father-in-law for five years. In the past five years, the two have actually never heard a case in the same court, and today, it seems that it is still their first time.

once.

With Xu Jie by his side, Zhang Cheng was more or less under some pressure. Firstly, he was afraid that Xu Jie would be unhappy because his performance was not good enough. Secondly, he was afraid that he would have ambiguities with Xu Jie during the trial.

It will also cause Xu Jie to be dissatisfied with himself.

After all, Xu Jie is now a highly respected minister. If something goes wrong in front of Zhang Cheng, Wu Baiguan will laugh at him.

As a result, Zhang Cheng seemed a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment, then mustered up his courage, and finally picked up the exclamation wood and slapped it on the table.

"etc."

At this time, Zhengyao suddenly walked out of the crowd and came directly to the court. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng immediately put down his right hand and closed his mouth that was about to pronounce the sentence.

"I don't know what the Lord Protector is doing?"

Xu Jie said immediately, obviously puzzled by Zhengyao's appearance.

Zhengyao had already been named the Protector of the Country before, which was naturally much higher than the official title of Prince Consort, so Xu Jie naturally called Zhengyao the Protector of the Country.

Logically speaking, Zheng Yao should be searching for the whereabouts of Ning An and others in the mountains and forests south of the city, but it is indeed a bit surprising that he came here.

Zhengyao shook his head slightly and said: "Master Xu, since the emperor asked me to jointly try this case, I naturally have to take it seriously. Yan Song's case is of great importance and has wide implications. The case must not be closed hastily."

It was nothing at first, but now that Xu Jie has replaced Yan Song, his tone of voice is also very different from before. It gives Zhengyao the feeling that Xu Jie will become another Yan Song in the future, which inexplicably makes Zhengyao very unhappy.

Hearing what Zhengyao said, Xu Jie couldn't help but froze for a moment, glanced at Prince Jing subconsciously, and then said: "Haha, the serious and responsible attitude of the Protector is really a model for us to learn from. I don't know how the Protector plans to deal with it.

What about this case?"

"There's no hurry. In my opinion, it's better to remand Yan Song to the prison first, and then slowly investigate the remaining party members."

"What? Remanded to prison? But the emperor..."

"Master Xu needs to be anxious. There are still many things that have not been clarified. We cannot pin all the charges on Yan Song. As for the emperor, I will explain it myself."

Zhengyao said firmly, and every word was so sonorous and powerful.

When Xu Jie heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Prince Jing secretly. Seeing that Prince Jing just nodded slightly, Xu Jie said nothing more and immediately closed his mouth.

Then Zhengyao also glanced at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng nodded knowingly, and then he was stunned and said to Yan Song: "Yan Song's conspiracy is very involved, and there are still many doubts. I,

It has been decided to temporarily imprison Yan Song in the Prison Prison, and then try him again at a later date! Withdraw from the court!"

"mighty--"

After that, Yan Song was taken out of the courtroom of the Ministry of Punishment under the elegance of the officials of the Ministry of Punishment.

At this time, seeing the crowd dispersed, Prince Jing also walked over to the courtroom, smiled at Zhang Cheng and said: "Master Zhang is now more and more capable of judging cases on his own, which is really gratifying! This case of Yan Song, originally

The king will not participate anymore, everything depends on you!"

"Um? Your Majesty, you are not participating? Why is that?"

Zhang Cheng asked puzzledly. Prince Jing has always liked to participate in the detection of various cases. Although the mastermind of this case has been arrested now, there is no need to solve this link, but as Zhengyao said, there are still some

The doubtful point remains to be further examined as to why Prince Jing chose not to participate.

King Jing shook his head and said: "I have been having various struggles with Yan Song. Although I am not a person who pretends to be a public person for personal benefit, I will inevitably be criticized by others. If I participate in it, more or less the case will be brought to a certain extent.

It’s unnecessary trouble, so it’s better not to participate! Besides, I believe that I’ll leave it to you and it should be handled well.”

Although Jiajing asked King Jing to participate in it, what King Jing said made sense, and it was understandable to do so in order to avoid suspicion.

"That's right, Uncle Wang understands justice so well that we can't match it. If I had more capable people like Wang Ye, Yan Song's rebellion would never have happened."

Zhengyao nodded and said, he highly praised Prince Jing for taking the initiative to avoid suspicion.

"Okay, there are still some important things to deal with in the palace. Master Xu, let's enter the palace together!" After saying that, Prince Jing looked at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, as if he was surprised, but then he immediately said with relief: "Well, then here are Duke Laohu and Lord Zhang!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Jie glanced at Prince Jing again, and after Prince Jing nodded and turned around, he immediately followed him.

In this regard, Zhengyao always felt that something was wrong, but he could never explain it. He could only shake his head, wink at Zhang Cheng, murmur, and then turned around and walked out of the courtroom. (To be continued...
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