Sister, be yourself!

Chapter 160 Finding a Case

"I beg His Royal Highness Feiluan to be the master for us!"

With blood and tears every word, more than a dozen people kowtowed to Xiao Yunzhi, the pain of losing a loved one can be explained clearly in a few words.

Xiao Yunzhi knew all the people they mentioned, and she still remembers their looks, and some of them even warmed her heart after time travel. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and sucked some more With a sore nose, she suppressed her choked sobs, "Li Xi, can you admit to these crimes?"

"Your Highness, these are all their nonsense. Since I took office, I have strictly abided by the laws of our dynasty. I have never done anything that harmed the interests of the people, let alone killed people for no reason. Your Highness, the servants under the minister can testify. The common people can also testify, I beg Your Highness to look into it!"

Li Xi's acting skills are excellent, and he pretends to be a real good official.

Xiao Yunzhi didn't understand, how could he be able to sleep after killing so many people?And how dare you refuse to admit it?

"Li Xi, if one person can wrong you, how can these more than ten common people wrong you?"

Li Xi looked heartbroken, "Your Highness, I don't know who they benefited from, but they slandered me like this. I was wronged. I beg Your Highness to return my innocence."

"Snapped--"

Following the slap of the gavel, Xiao Yunzhi said: "Submit the witness again!"

Ye Shan came forward and knelt down beside Li Xi again, "Caomin Ye Shan kowtowed to His Royal Highness Fei Luan."

"Ya Shan, tell me in detail what you saw that day."

"Returning to Your Highness, that day I heard from my brother that Li Xi was going to do harm to the people in the village, so I hurriedly summoned people to rush over, and happened to witness Li Xi's men massacring the people in the village, and finally we rescued a dozen people. , and the rest..."

Li Xi hurriedly interrupted: "Your Highness, this person is a bandit who has done many evils, you can't believe his words!"

"Snapped--"

The gavel was slapped heavily on the table, Xiao Yunzhi reprimanded: "When did I allow you to interrupt?"

"Come on, give me thirty slaps!"

"Yes!"

Li Xi was pinned to the ground by the yamen servant, and a yamen servant started to greet him with a wooden stick, his movements were fast and ruthless, before Li Xi had time to beg for mercy, he was already too busy talking.

Above the courtroom, the pleasant applause continued to ring out, which was really satisfying.

Ye Shan continued: "I was afraid that Li Xi would harm the rest of the people, so I brought them back to the cottage, but because of this incident, Li Xi turned black and white and pinned all the crimes on the cottage, saying that the grassroots and the officials Dou, and said that the grassroots intends to rebel, and please Your Highness to uphold justice for the grassroots!"

The Jiang lady said: "Your Highness, what Ye Shan said is true. Ye Shan was wronged by Li Xi's dog official. He only suffered innocent injustice to save us!"

One person said: "Caomin dare to use the head of the item to guarantee that Ye Shan is not what Li Xi slandered. He not only saved our lives, but also gave us food and drink, and gave us a place to live. He is our big brother." The benefactor is also a great benevolent person."

"Yes, yes, brother Ye is a good man, he has always protected us."

"I am also willing to use my head to guarantee that what Brother Ye said is true."

Although Huniu is young, she knows who treats her well, "Sister, Brother Ye Shan is a good person, he is a good person, and that person is a bad person!"

Xiao Yuanzhi looked at Hu Niu with pity in her eyes, but when she looked at Li Xi again, there was only coldness in her eyes, "Li Xi, what else do you have to say?"

Because the yamen servant was also ruthless, and he struck very hard. After thirty blows, Li Xi's mouth was covered in blood. I don't know if it was mixed with saliva, and the dripping blood was still a little sticky.

Where did Li Xi suffer from such crimes? The pain was so painful that he didn't even want to say anything, but he had to say it. If he didn't say it, Xiao Yunzhi would convict him, "Your Highness, you must not listen to this bandit's words, my lord. I was wronged, the minister was wronged, they belonged to the same group, it must be because I saw through his intentions that he let this group of people wrong me, Your Highness must not fall for Ye Shan's trick."

"Very well, Li Xi, with so many people accusing you of crimes, you still have the face to say that you were wronged?!"

Li Xi kowtowed to Xiao Yuanzhi, "Your Highness, I have done my duty to the people of Songzhou. I have a clear conscience and nothing to prove. If I just rely on a few words, I will be convicted. If I dare to say a word, I will not accept it!"

Xiao Yuanzhi really gained insight today, "You have a clear conscience, I will let you be convinced, come and bring Liu Laoer here."

Mr. Liu, wearing a cane, was helped into the court by a soldier.

"Cao Min kowtowed to His Royal Highness Fei Luan."

Seeing that he wanted to salute, Xiao Yuanzhi said: "Second Liu, you have an injury on your leg, so I will allow you to speak standing up."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After Li Xi saw Liu's second child, his face was full of shock. He is not dead yet?

"Second Liu, did you also see Li Xi's men kill people that day?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Caomin did see it when he returned to the village, and the leader Caomin also knew that he was the head catcher in Li Xi's yamen!"

Xiao Yuanzhi nodded, "Then what's the matter with the injury on your leg?"

Liu Er Er suddenly stared at Li Xi, pointed at him and said, "It's all because of this dog official!"

Liu Laoer continued: "I came out of the gambling shop that day, but unexpectedly, I stumbled into the place where the dog official hid the official money, and heard that he wanted to embezzle the official money privately. Cao Min was shocked and frightened. When they left, Cao Min That's when I ran out secretly. Later, because the grassroots had no money in their hands, gambling addiction also came up, so I went to him, trying to blackmail him, but whoever made the idea ended up being killed. , that’s why I’m here today to expose this dog official’s evil deeds!”

Ye Shandao: "Liu Laoer is right. He also told me about this matter, but he didn't tell me the details. I sent people to search for him several times, but they couldn't find him. This Li Xi disregarded the life and death of the people for the sake of his political achievements. Disregarding human life, really damn it!"

Liu Laoer threw down his crutches, and he knelt on the ground reluctantly, "I beg Your Highness to make decisions for the dead in the village!"

The people kneeling in the court also said one after another: "I beg Your Highness to be the master of the women (caomin)!"

Xiao Yuanzhi leaned forward slightly, "Lord Li, I really didn't expect that you not only disregarded human lives, but even dared to embezzle the official money of the court. How do you think this palace will punish you for your crime?"

It is false to say that Li Xi is not afraid, but these are just the villagers' accusations, without any evidence, so as long as he beats him to death and refuses to admit it, then Xiao Yunzhi has nothing to do with him. If he was transferred, even if Liu Laoer told the location, they couldn't find it when they went looking for it, so it couldn't prove that he embezzled official money privately.

As long as he does not fall, those people dare not testify against him.

Li Xi cried and shouted, "I am wronged. Liu Laoer himself said that he is a gambler. In order to get rid of his charges, Ye Shan not only deceived the people, but also let Liu Laoer come to slander the minister. The minister is really Worse than Dou E, I beg Your Highness to investigate clearly!"

Liu Laoer was furious, pointed at Li Xi and cursed angrily: "You dog official has done all the things that are unconscionable, and you still dare to call for injustice."

The more Liu Laoer scolded, the more angry he was, he picked up the crutch next to him and wanted to beat Li Xi.

Li Xi was so shocked that he hurriedly crawled back, not to mention how funny he looked, but he said bravely: "You scumbag, how dare you beat the imperial court official in court, see if I won't let you be punished."

Although Xiao Yuanzhi was happy to see Li Xi being beaten, but there were still so many people watching, she scolded: "Presumptuous! How can the court allow you to mess around."

Xiao Yuanzhi said to Liu Laoer again: "Put down the crutches."

Liu Lao Er reluctantly put down his crutches, Li Xi was no longer afraid, he said: "Your Highness, Liu Lao Er despises His Highness, despises the court, despises the law, his heart is to be punished, I beg Your Highness to punish him with death!"

Liu Laoer was anxious, and picked up the stick again, "You dog officer..."

This gave Li Xi the right opportunity, "Look, Your Highness, not only is he ungrateful, but he also disobeyed His Highness's orders, he deserves to be punished for his crime."

"Snapped--"

Xiao Yuanzhi picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table, "Li Xi, I'm here to handle the case, not to tell you about these trivial matters, so don't interrupt me."

Seeing that his thoughts were seen through, Li Xi also found another way, "Your Highness, I was wronged. Since they said that I sent someone to kill the people in the village, is there any evidence to prove it? Everyone in the yamen has seen it. If a random person comes and says to arrest and kill people, then there are really many lives on my body."

Li Xi cupped his hands and said: "I dare to ask Your Highness, if everyone is so slanderous, who in the whole world would dare to be an official? And who would dare to think about the common people?"

"Master Li is right. There must be evidence to convict a person, otherwise it will be an unjust, false and wrongly decided case. If my palace really wronged Mr. Li, then I, Canglai, will miss a good friend who cares about the common people." official."

Xiao Yuanzhi said again: "You said Master Li sent people to kill people in the village, do you have evidence to prove it?"

There was pain in Jiang's eyes, "These eyes of the women are the evidence. Can we still blame him for the death of the whole family?"

A villager said one after another: "Li Xi is a heartless official, disregarding human life, and oppressing the people everywhere, making people's lives miserable. The people of Songzhou can all testify!"

The people outside the yamen are still watching, and you look at me and I look at you, but no one dares to stand up and testify against him.

Xiao Yuanzhi looked at Li Xi's faint smile, she had expected this would happen a long time ago, if there were old and young in these people's families, if Li Xi was not severely punished if they stood up to testify, they might be killed.

She could understand this truth, but she still felt a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Yuanzhi touched his forehead with his hand, pretending to have a headache.

Liu Laoer immediately understood, "The grassroots have evidence!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Liu Lao Er took out a broken piece of cloth, "I found this in the hands of a deceased villager. The fabric and color are exactly the same as the clothes of the arrester."

"Bring it up."

The yamen servant presented Mr. Liu's second-hand cloth to Xiao Yuanzhi, and Xiao Yuanzhi picked it up and looked at it, "As far as I know, the clothing materials for arrests in every prefecture and county are uniformly distributed by the imperial court, and ordinary people cannot buy them."

Li Xi broke out in a cold sweat, this group of useless trash, who didn't know how to do things cleanly, left him such a big trouble!

At this moment, General Chen came out and whispered something to Xiao Yuanzhi again, which made Li Xi feel a little bit of a whisper in his heart.

"It seems that the case has come to an end, and all the arrests have been made just now. Master Li, what else do you have to say?"