The cooperation between the two was tacit understanding. Just as Lu Zhen raised this question, Li Ling followed: "Sir, there are four related cases that have been mastered by me. Now they are in Luoyang City."

"You're serious about this, Li Ling, don't talk nonsense!"

"Take it seriously, these people and things are in the Qijia Inn in Luoyang City. The adults can bring them all with just a question." Li Ling told the key points without hesitation.

However, this answer made Bian Xuedao and Yongwang change their colors together. The former even complained in his heart that he was really into Li Ling's trap this time!

At this time, Bian Xuedao even though he was slow, he could see the problem. This was not the case of the Imperial City Si Bing's impartial decision and the investigation and punishment of Li Ling's false accusation. It was clearly that the two sides joined forces to confirm the crimes on themselves.

Then, even greater fear arose. If Li Ling just wanted to frame him, he would naturally not be worried about learning Taoism. But now if I add the Imperial City Department, the situation will be completely different. They are a group of terrible guys with all their hands and eyes and secret spies all over the country. Who knows how much evidence and inside story they have mastered?

Even in this increasingly cold autumn season, Bian Xuedao still sweats on his back due to panic and nervousness, and even his forehead is covered with sweat beads. When he opens his mouth, he can't speak for a moment.

Similarly, King Yong also saw the problem. In addition to being nervous, he was angry and was played with by someone as a fool. What made him even more annoyed was that even though he had noticed this, he could not have had angered yet, because he was doing a full set of acting, and he really came according to the rules of the case trial.

Lu Zhen didn't even sweep his eyes at the two Shangguans who had changed their color, and shouted directly: "Since that's the case, I should find out. Where is Yang Chen!"

"I'm in a humble position!" Yang Chen, who had been waiting for the order, immediately stepped forward.

"You will take a group of brothers to the Qijia Inn in Dongcheng to bring me all the evidence and evidence of relevant people. Be careful, don't let them suffer any damage." Lu Zhen immediately ordered.

"As for the order!" Yang Chen held his fists and took the order. He looked at Li Ling who had already relaxed, hurried out of the hall, ordered his men and rushed out like a whirlwind.

It was not until then that King Yong calmed down again, and his tone was a little cold: "Lu Dusi, what do you mean? Do you really believe the one-sided words of this man?"

"Your Highness, please be careful not to be impatient. It is related to the majesty of the court, so the officials naturally have to investigate carefully. Since Li Ling can provide conclusive evidence, we should not assume that we don't know. That would be a blasphemy against the king's law." Lu Zhen immediately replied to him without any hesitation, and pushed King Yong's groan, but it was hard to say.

Although he, the Prince Shangshu, was very famous in the court, and many court officials were willing to serve him, some did not sell him face. After all, he was just a prince, not a prince. What's more, the Imperial City Department is different from other yamen. Not to mention him, the officials here would be tough and tough even if they really met the prince, because they were only loyal to the emperor and only followed the will of the current emperor.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became cold, and no one spoke quietly. The four of them just kept looking at each other, guessing what the other person had in mind, and considering how they should act next to the safest.

Time passed by little under this slightly dull situation. Soon, it was half past noon, and a burst of footsteps came from outside. Bian Xuedao's heart tightened. He quickly turned his head out and looked out. He saw more than a dozen people in extremely ordinary clothes and appearances being guarded by the soldiers of the Imperial City Division and came to the hall tremblingly.

Then Yang Chen reported outside the door: "Sir, I have brought all the relevant people and others by order."

"Okay, let's ask one by one." Lu Zhen nodded and immediately pointed to the person in front: "You come in and talk."

This person, who looked at his forties and fifties, looked bitter and frosty, was obviously an honest person. He was taken to such a strict court trial scene at this time. He was so scared that his body was weak. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed first: "The villain Huang Jiu kowtowed to the master..."

"Where are you from? Do you know why you came here?" When facing such an ordinary person, Lu Zhen also slowed down his tone when he spoke, as if he was afraid of scaring the other party.

Huang Jiu hurriedly looked up slightly and said nervously: "The youngest one is from Anlu, Huguang. It was because someone found a villain a few months ago and said that he could overturn the verdict for his father who was unjustly killed, so he came to the capital specially."

"Oh? Why did your father die unjustly?"

"My Huang family originally had more than 500 acres of fertile land in the county, but because they were attracted by the family of an official in the township, they actually used two taels of silver per acre to buy land from us. This is the master, let alone two taels of silver in our hometown, it is even ten taels. It is not easy to buy one acre of high-quality fertile land, so my father naturally refused.

"But as a result, we offended the family of the high-ranking officials. In just half a year, the local government arrested him because my father sold private salt. The master clearly explained that our Huang family has been innocent for generations, so how could it be that private salt dealer... But as a result, those officials and men did not listen at all, and just tortured my father until he was scolded, and then confiscated the property in my family..."

The man who was talking about his grievances was already pale when he heard it. In fact, since this man revealed his origin, he knew that the situation was not good because he was from Anlu, Huguang, and when he thought about it carefully, he also had some impression of this.

It was all done by the children and nephews in the family. High-ranking officials like Bian Shilang, their families are naturally domineering in their hometown and are just arbitrary. Since they have taken a fancy to the hundreds of acres of fertile land in the Huang family, the other party can only sell it at a low price. If they are as suffocated as they are, their fate will inevitably be miserable.

He just didn't expect that this matter had been discovered by Li Ling from Luoyang, and he found all the victims and brought them to confront him on the spot. This was really a bit troublesome.

In a state of uneasiness, Bian Xuedao didn't even care about what Huang Jiu said later, but he kept thinking about how to deal with it. But it was not easy. He didn't have a clear idea yet. Lu Zhen, the judge in front, looked at him: "Mr. Bian, do you have anything to say about this accusation?"

"I have not returned to my hometown for a long time, so it is unknown whether this matter is true." The Minister of State Bian could only say vaguely.

"Why, Mr. Bian wants to shirk it out that it was your unfilial nephew who was doing it on your back?" Li Ling suddenly sneered, "But as far as I know, they have always been rampant in the local area with your reputation. It is too inappropriate to say that you have no idea."

"You are just slandering people with blood! I have always been doing things right, how could I indulge my tribe members to ignore human lives? I'm afraid that someone is instructing people from the village to frame me!" Bian Xuedao could only refute at this time, "And, can such an ordinary citizen be used as testimony if he says something empty-handedly? If the people sue the official, if he is wrong, he will be punished with a third level and confiscate the family!" The latter sentence came to Huang Jiu, in order to scare him and prevent him from accusing him of another charge.

But Bian Xuedao obviously underestimated Li Ling and the others' early arrangements. Although his words made Huang Jiu's body tremble slightly, he still kowtowed hard and shouted: "Master, everything Caomin said is true. My father was indeed killed by them... I, I am not just one-sided, I also have evidence..."

"Oh, but what is the evidence?" Lu Zhen immediately asked.

Bian Xuedao's heart was shocked. Not only was there someone proof, but also physical evidence?

Huang Jiu took out a piece of paper in his arms, took out a piece of paper, held it high above his head with his hands, and shouted: "I have a land deed here, which was obtained by the county testimony ten years ago. The twenty acres of fertile land above have now been all returned to the border family. However, in the registration of the household houses in this county, there has never been a record of their land purchase and sale with my family. They were all taken together when they forced my father to confess their guilt..."

Without Lu Zhen's instructions, someone took the land deed and submitted it to him. He just glanced around and put himself aside, nodded: "This can indeed prove that you Anlu had such a fraud case of forcing people's land to rob people's land. As long as you find out which of these land belongs to and whether there is any transfer, you can know whether you have lie."

"Everything that the little people said is true, and they dare not lie." Huang Jiu kowtowed again and emphasized.

In this way, the first witness finished speaking. Lu Zhen did not ask Bian Xuedao about his thoughts. He just waved his hand and asked him to retreat. He then clicked the next person to come in and reply.

This time, the person who came in was a local Luoyang, who was much fluent in answering questions than Huang Jiu. His grievances were not much the same as the former. However, what he had taken away by the Bian family was a jade carving worth tens of thousands of taels of silver from his ancestors. There were also letters from several generations of ancestors to prove that the things were always preserved in his home.

After listening to this person's story, Lu Zhen looked at Bian Xue, who looked increasingly ugly and said, "Mr. Bian, can this jade carving be kept in your mansion? If it really has something, I'm afraid it's hard to explain this time."

"I..." Bian Xuedao could no longer speak at this time. He wanted to explain that the things were bought by himself, but a problem arose again. How could a Beijing official with an annual salary of only more than 300 taels of silver afford a jade carving worth tens of thousands of taels of silver afford?
Chapter completed!