Zhang Pan stood beside Li Yunzhou and also sneered.
"The person who harmed me is still standing here. If I don't punish him, the hatred in my heart will be hard to dispel."
While speaking, Zhang Pan looked at Li Yunhuai with a half-smile.
Li Yunhuai felt a panic in his heart, and could sense that Zhang Pan's eyes had a deeper meaning.
It’s not surprising that Zhang Pan and Li Yunzhou knew that he was the one who did it, but they actually want to expose it now. Do they have any evidence?
Li Yunhuai consoled himself, believing they couldn't possibly have any evidence. He had his men kill all the bandits in Quanyan Valley.
These two people are most likely trying to trick him, he can't be fooled by them.
Thinking of this, Li Yunhuai immediately put away his panicked expression, but his eyes still glanced around unconsciously.
He has not yet learned to hide his emotions.
Shen Zhixiu lowered his eyes with his hands behind his back, and after a moment he asked, "What's the grievance? Then please tell me in detail, General Li, so that I can make a report as appropriate."
Li Yunzhou glanced at Li Yunhuai and spoke loudly.
"Marquis Xuanwu was trapped in the Spring Valley, and this general fell off a cliff while trying to rescue him. These were not accidents, but deliberate actions."
Shen Zhixiu asked in a deep voice, "General Li said someone deliberately framed him? Who was that person?"
Li Yunzhou pointed at Li Yunhuai and said bitterly, "This man is my third brother, Li Yunhuai. In order to gain sole control of the military, he disregarded the overall situation and the lives of all the soldiers."
"Please ask Lord Shen to report to the Emperor and ask him to punish Li Yunhuai by military law."
All the officials present were alerted. Is the Li family going to have an internal conflict?
But no one was surprised by Li Yunzhou's accusation. Every family in Beijing was like this, vying for power. Some fought openly, while others did so in secret.
Li Yunhuai was prepared, so after Li Yunzhou finished speaking, he immediately retorted loudly, "Li Yunzhou, you are slandering me. This incident was an accident, what does it have to do with me? By the time I arrived at Spring Valley, it was too late."
"If you have any evidence, please bring it out. Otherwise, it's a false accusation."
In order to show that he was innocent and wronged, Li Yunhuai shouted loudly, and his shoulder was still hurting, and his face was distorted.
Li Chaoyun also spoke up, "Fourth brother, you and Third brother are brothers after all. Even if you had arguments when you were younger, broken bones are still connected by tendons."
"You can't put your brothers to death just for this military power."
Li Chaoyun seemed to be giving advice, but in fact he was saying in public that it was Li Yunzhou who was suppressing his brothers for his own selfish desires.
Li Yunzhou turned to look at Zhang Pan and said, "Bring out the evidence."
Zhang Pan nodded, turned around and walked to the side of the horse, took the two sacks one by one with one hand, and threw them in front of the people.
"You want evidence? Bring it back."
Everyone was puzzled. What evidence were these two sacks?
Li Yunzhou squatted down, untied the two sacks, and then took out two people.
The two men had their hands and feet tied and their mouths stuffed, making them unable to move or make a sound.
When he was thrown out, only his two eyes were wide open, looking around in horror.
Before others noticed anything, Li Yunhuai's expression changed drastically.
How did these two people end up in the hands of Li Yunzhou and Zhang Pan?
Li Chaoyun's heart sank when he saw Li Yunhuai's expression.
Could it be that Third Brother has really been caught?
"What are the identities of these two people? Can they prove that Li Yunhuai was the one who murdered you?" Shen Zhixiu asked the question that everyone had.
Li Yunzhou explained, "One of these two men is Yuntu, the leader of the horse bandits in Quanyan Valley. The other is Lieutenant General Liu Dahai, who was previously a close confidant of General Li Yunsi."
"These two people can prove that this incident was planned by Li Yunhuai alone."
At this point, Li Yunzhou looked around again, "Isn't Minister Wang of the Ministry of Justice here?"
Everyone looked puzzled. Today was the day to welcome the spirits of the two generals into the city, so what was the Minister of Justice doing here? To bring justice to the wronged souls?
Shen Zhixiu said in a deep voice, "Just tell me what you want to do. I've worked in the Ministry of Justice before and am familiar with the Great Zhou Law. So, there's no need for Minister Wang to come in person."
Li Yunzhou raised his eyebrows and said, "I am afraid that he has been wrongly accused, so I would like to ask Minister Wang to interrogate him personally."
Some people present curled their lips slightly, thinking, "Are you afraid of wrongly accusing someone? Are you afraid that you won't be able to convict Li Yunhuai today?"
In the past, this young master Li Si did not attract much attention. I didn't expect that such a scene would happen when he returned to Beijing. I was really short-sighted before.
Song Hongshen and Li Yunzhou had always had a close relationship. Seeing this, he suggested, "Why not interrogate him on the spot? Although no one from the Ministry of Justice has come, Elder Shen is here. I, along with all the others, will be a witness."
"If the evidence is conclusive, I will personally report it to the Emperor and will not allow the soldiers who died in the border towns to die unjustly."
Li Chaoyun wanted to speak up to object, but if she was interrogated in public, she was afraid that she would have no room for maneuver.
Even if they arrest him first and then slowly interrogate him, the Li family can still maneuver it.
But before she could say anything, Shen Zhixiu spoke.
"In that case, let's conduct a trial first."
As he spoke, he appointed Yang Wenshi, the Minister of War, to preside over the trial, and two officials from the Ministry of Rites to write confessions.
Li Chaoyun was extremely angry, but no one present could suppress Shen Zhixiu, not even her.
Besides, in such an occasion, there was no room for her to speak.
She could only signal Li Yunhuai with her eyes, telling him not to talk nonsense or admit it.
She had already secretly sent someone back home, and could only try to delay until her father and mother arrived.
But today, Li Yunzhou and Shen Zhixiu had no intention of letting Li Yunhuai return to the Li family alive. Although the presiding judge was Yang Wenshi, Yang Wenshi also had to act according to Shen Zhixiu's instructions.
So it didn't take long before the matter was brought to Li Yunhuai's attention.
Shen Zhixiu did not touch Li Yunhuai, but he used some means on Li Yunhuai's close associates.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the place where the execution took place at the city gate became a living hell.
Li Chaoyun turned his head, trying hard to suppress his nausea. Several young civil servants not far away leaned against trees and began to vomit.
Fortunately, martial law has been imposed in the vicinity. If ordinary people saw this, they would probably be so scared that they would not be able to sleep.
Shen Zhixiu remained calm. He only cared about the result and not the process.
The young official from the Ministry of Rites who was writing the confession nearly vomited on it. Scholar Yang looked at him with disdain, "This scholar is just useless. It's just a little blood and exposed bones, is it necessary to vomit like this? On the battlefield, these are the least of the trouble."
Yang Wenshi was actually a bit apprehensive, thinking to himself, no wonder Shen Zhixiu had earned the nickname "iron-faced judge" the moment he joined the Ministry of Justice. He might not have taken action, but when he did, he was truly ruthless.
Li Yunhuai was timid, and when he was asked, he was so scared that he told everything.
It was he who sent people to contact the horse thieves in Spring Valley, and it was he who arranged for people to set traps in Spring Valley.
On the day Li Yunzhou and Zhang Pan fell off the cliff, he ostensibly brought reinforcements, but in reality, he led his men to kill Li Yunzhou and Zhang Pan's confidants. He then pressed on, forcing the two to fall off the cliff.
After Li Yunzhou and Zhang Pan fell off the cliff, he sent people to kill the horse thieves in Quanyan Valley and even threw their bodies into the valley.
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