Sister, be yourself!

Chapter 161 Sentencing

Although Li Xi looked flustered, he still didn't speak.

How could Xiao Yuanzhi let go of this opportunity, she picked up the piece of cloth, "The witnesses of the case are here, Master Li, don't you still want to quibble?"

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"Snapped--"

The gavel gave another slap, and Xiao Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "Come here, bring the head catcher here, and let him identify Li Xi in person!"

Seeing that Xiao Yuanzhi was so calm, Li Xi believed her words. He was terrified, so he simply kept on saying, "This matter has nothing to do with me. If Your Highness hadn't brought me here, I wouldn't know what happened in the village. When such a thing happened, the head-captor relied on the trust of his ministers to do such a reckless thing. I beg His Highness to be the master for the dead people, and to punish the head-captor as a sacrifice to the souls of those innocent people. !"

As soon as the head catcher was brought up, when he heard these words, he was immediately angry. When General Chen interrogated him, he tortured him in every possible way, but he persisted. Unexpectedly, Li Xi pushed everything on him. Doesn't this mean to find him as a scapegoat?

He is loyal to Li Xi, and has suffered so much, but Li Xi wants him to die in order to survive, and whoever puts it on him will be able to balance.

"Catcher, what Master Li said is the truth?" Xiao Yuanzhi paused for a moment, and then said: "It was you who relied on his trust in you to do such a reckless thing, all of this has nothing to do with Master Li, does it?"

Li Xi was afraid of arresting his head and speaking, so he said first: "Your Highness, what I said is true, and what I have done is also heartbroken by what I have done, but I regret it even more. I didn't discover its true face earlier, otherwise I wouldn't let so many people. To be murdered by him, as an official of the people's parents, I really have neglected my duty, and I ask your Highness to sentence him to death."

There was no trace of emotion in every sentence, and the headhunter was not only chilled, but also full of resentment. He believed that if Li Xi was given a knife, Li Xi would definitely kill him.

Xiao Yuanzhi understood very well that next Li Xi was going to threaten the arrester or make the arrester speechless, Xiao Yuanzhi would not give him this opportunity, "Li Xi, this is the court's judgment, and you, as the main suspect, say so So many times, interrupting Ben Gong repeatedly, I am afraid that he is contemptuous of Ben Gong? Do you think that Ben Gong is not qualified to judge you?"

Li Xi kowtowed his head and hurriedly said: "I don't have it, I don't dare, I definitely don't dare to despise Your Highness!"

Xiao Yuanzhi didn't listen at all, she took out the red lottery and threw it on the ground, "Come here, Li Xi despised me, dragged him outside the yamen, and beat him fifty times!"

Li Xi was dragged out by the yamen servants, he struggled and begged Xiao Yuanzhi for mercy: "Your Highness, forgive me, Your Highness, I don't mean to despise Your Highness, Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness."

General Chen stood beside Xiao Yuanzhi, admiring her, but she did not expect a dangerous trick, but she used it to an amazing effect. I am afraid that after seeing Li Xi being beaten, the common people would also join in accusing Li Xi of his crimes Let's join the ranks, and naturally that hard-headed headhunter needless to say, seeing Li Xi's ruthlessness, how could he hide it for Li Xi.

"My palace has always followed Canglai's laws in handling cases. As long as the person is guilty, no matter how high the official position is, this palace will definitely punish him severely!"

As soon as these words came out, the people outside the yamen applauded and praised her one after another.

"Captain, I said before that I will never wrong a good person, and I will never let a bad person go. You can tell the truth. If you confess, I can treat you as the one who surrendered and deal with you lightly. But if you hide something...you should know what is waiting for you."

Now that the matter has come to an end, how dare the head catcher hide it, "Your Highness, the humble official pleaded guilty. It was Li Xi who sent the humble official and others to slaughter the people in the village. Because those people were still alive, it would be troublesome for Li Xi. He told the humble official, several times. The embezzlement of government money has attracted His Majesty's attention. If the poor people have not been resolved, the higher-ups will definitely blame him, so he issued this order. Unexpectedly, during the massacre, some villagers were killed by Ye Shan's gang. He was rescued and brought back to the cottage, and Beizhi and others also wanted to attack the cottage, but there were too many people in the cottage, and it was difficult to start. In addition, Ye Shan frequently ruined Li Xi's good deeds, so Li Xi had a plan. Many rumors have been released, saying that Ye Shan occupies the mountain as the king, and has the heart of rebellion, and wants to attract the imperial army to come here, and use the imperial court's hand to wipe out the cottage."

The head catcher turned his head and glanced at Li Xi, who was screaming because of the stick, and continued: "The humble official wanted to keep this secret, but I didn't expect Li Xi to be so vicious, pushing everything to the humble official, and let him be so vicious." A lowly position is a scapegoat, and a lowly position is unwilling!"

The head catcher smacked his head heavily, "It's a crime for a lowly position, but Li Xi is the mastermind, and he can't escape the responsibility. I beg Your Highness to punish me severely!"

Following Xiao Yuanzhi's instruction, the officers and soldiers escorted several people to the court, "Captain, look at these people next to you, are they the ones who killed the common people with you?"

The head catcher looked at them and replied, "Yes."

"Master, hand over the confession to them for custody."

After the head catcher and the others finished imprinting their fingerprints, Xiao Yunzhi instantly relaxed a lot, "For the sake of being instigated by others and being honest, I want you to live a few more days so that you can go home and be filial to your parents and be with your family. Still unavoidable, five days later beheaded for public display."

According to the laws of Canglai, murderers are punished at the waist. This beheading saves a lot of pain.

As soon as the sentence was pronounced, all the criminals in the hall wept bitterly, feeling very remorseful in their hearts. As for whether it was remorse for being discovered, or remorse for killing someone, only they themselves knew.

After dealing with these people, Li Xi's fifty big boards were also finished, and he was dragged back to the court by the yamen servants.

Xiao Yuanzhi held the confession letter in his hand, "Master Li, your subordinates have been recruited, do you still want to quibble?"

Li Xi was beaten bloody, and the pain in his butt made him dizzy, he dragged his weak voice and said: "I... I was wronged, it was all done by the head arrest."

Xiao Yuanzhi just thought it was ridiculous, "Lord Li, I don't know what to say about you anymore. Others don't cry when they see the coffin, but you don't cry when you see the coffin."

"Boom boom boom——"

Suddenly there was a sound of drums, and everyone followed the sound, only to see a man beating the drums. When he noticed that everyone was looking at him, he stopped, and said timidly: "The grass people have grievances to be avenged, so we shouldn't beat the drums first." ?”

Xiao Yuanzhi waved to him, signaling him to come over.

The man knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the grass-roots people want to inform Li Xi of the government that Li Xi is an unkind official. He has levied taxes three times in one month, and each time was more than once. One time, the grass-roots people were only one day late. He Then he ordered people to burn the shop of Caomin’s house, and threatened Caomin not to speak out, and the common people can testify to these things!”

Xiao Yuanzhi finally understood that it was Li Xi who did it maliciously when Ye Shan set fire to the shop, and turned the blame on Ye Shan.

A woman also came in, "Your Highness, Minnv is his neighbor, and Minnv can testify that I watched the arrester go in."

A woman ran in and knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the woman wants to sue Li Xi, he allowed his subordinates to block the road and rob, and even injured my husband, so far my husband is sick in bed, I beg Your Highness to be the master of the woman's family! "

Everyone saw Xiao Yuanzhi's justice, and someone started to attack again. For a while, the people swarmed up, so that the yamen was full of people kneeling, all talking about Li Xi's numerous crimes.

Xiao Yuanzhi has seen how many evil deeds a common people's parents and officials have done to have this scene. Li Xi's crimes are too numerous to write down.

Li Xi lay on the ground, no matter what the people said, he kept shouting grievances, but soon his voice was drowned out by everyone's unanimous voice.

"I beg Your Highness to be the master for the people of Songzhou!"

"I beg Your Highness to be the master for the people of Songzhou!"

Xiao Yunzhi's emotions were very complicated, so complicated that she couldn't tell what it was, but there was one thing she knew, and that was to be thankful, thankful that her status was big enough to punish wicked people according to the law.

"Snapped--"

The gavel was slapped heavily by her again, "This palace has pronounced that Li Xi is an unkind official, harming the people, committing all kinds of evil, being disloyal to the court, embezzling official money, and repeatedly framing loyal and good people. People pretend to be the parents and officials of the people, and they are sentenced to ransack their homes, and after three days, they will be sentenced to waist punishment!"

When the common people heard it, they were so excited that they kowtowed to him frequently, and shouted, Your Highness, a thousand years old.

Xiao Yuanzhi couldn't stand this kind of scene, and quickly signaled them to stop, but the common people were too happy, how could they pay attention to this.

General Chen has been observing Xiao Yuanzhi, he reminded: "Everyone be quiet, Your Highness still has something to say."

After everyone quieted down, Xiao Yuanzhi continued: "It has been found out that Ye Shan has nothing to do with this matter, everything was framed by Li Xi, Ye Shan disregarded his own safety, and saved the people from danger. It rewards your deeds."

Ye Shan cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, you are serious. All this is just a matter of effort, and the grassroots don't need any rewards."

Xiao Yuanzhi stood up and walked towards Ye Shan again, "I offended you so much before, I hope you don't blame me."

"Caomin knows that His Highness cares about the people. We are already very grateful that His Highness came to Songzhou to uphold justice for the people. How dare we blame His Highness?"

Xiao Yuanzhi stopped in front of Ye Shan, she put her hands behind her back, and said with a smile: "This time His Majesty sent me to Songzhou, but there is a task, Li Xi has solved it, but there is still one most important task that has not been completed yet."

Xiao Yuanzhi looked into Ye Shan's eyes, "Only you can help me with this matter."

"Ya Shan is willing to serve His Highness like a dog!"

"It's not necessary to work like a dog or a horse. I never force others, and I don't know if you are willing to serve the court, Ye Shan?"

Although Ye Shan already knew that his wish would come true, he had adjusted his emotions in advance, and now he was more acting, but when he really heard it, he still couldn't restrain his excitement, "Ye Shan is willing!"

"Okay, after the matter of the official bank has been dealt with in the past few days, you can follow me back to the capital."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After sending the people away, Li Xi would also be imprisoned, but when he was about to leave, he saw Xiao Yuanzhi throwing away the "evidence".

A guess suddenly came to Li Xi's mind, he pointed to Xiao Yunzhi and others: "You...you...deceitful!"

Xiao Yuanzhi raised a smiling face, "You are the one who lied, Mr. Li, I have the personal evidence, but I did not find the physical evidence, only the knife marks on the door, but there are too many knives, even if you compare, There are also many similar ones, no, it’s just this little thing, I just found a quick catch and cut it out, I didn’t expect Master Li to be a guilty conscience.”