Zhang Er was having second thoughts, but just as he was looking blankly at the crowd, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a dark face holding a knife to his own neck.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Er instantly realized that these were assassins sent by the King of Han!
If he did not do as the King of Han said, today would be his death day!
Therefore, Zhang Er forced down his panic and looked firmly at Lü Junfang sitting on the platform.
"Your Excellency, I intend to file a complaint against the Crown Prince!"
Upon hearing this, Lü Junfang sighed inwardly.
In fact, there was nothing in Chang'an that he didn't know. He didn't even need to interrogate him to know what kind of people were standing behind Zhang Er.
They were nothing more than imperial relatives whose business had been taken over by the Crown Prince.
As for the poisoned salt, he didn't believe a word of it.
Because his family now uses the imperial grandson's salt for cooking, if the salt were truly poisonous, he would have been poisoned to death long ago.
Furthermore, the dark gray lumpy salt sold by those princes and princesses didn't kill anyone, so why would the imperial grandson's high-quality green salt kill someone?
However, since Zhang Er is courting death, I will grant his wish!
"Someone, bring Zhang Er's complaint to us!"
"promise!"
Lu Junfang took the petition, glanced at it casually, and then handed it to someone standing to the side.
"read!"
"Say it out loud, make sure everyone hears you!"
"promise!"
"I, Zhang Er, am suing the Crown Prince of the current dynasty for selling poisoned salt, which poisoned my elder brother to death..."
After the clerk finished reading the petition, Lü Junfang looked at Li Jue.
"May I ask, Your Highness, what are your thoughts on Zhang Er's complaint?"
Li Jue spoke calmly upon hearing this.
"I have nothing to say, I just want an autopsy performed in court!"
"If it can be proven that the deceased was indeed killed by me, I am willing to pay with my life!"
"If it is proven that the deceased has nothing to do with the salt I sold, then this person must be punished for false accusation!"
Lü Junfang nodded upon hearing this.
"The Crown Prince's request is not excessive; it is exactly as it should be!"
"Bring up the victim's body and order the coroner to perform an autopsy!"
"promise!"
Several constables quickly jumped off the platform and carried the deceased's body back up.
However, just as the coroner was about to step forward to examine the body, an elderly man with white hair and beard walked out from the crowd.
"Wait!"
When Lü Junfang saw who it was, she was so shocked that she jumped off the platform on the spot.
"This junior greets Immortal Sun!"
"I wonder what brings you here today, Immortal Sun?"
Sun Simiao waved his hand dismissively upon hearing this.
"Master Lü, please don't stand on ceremony!"
"I have come here simply to uphold justice!"
After saying this, Sun Simiao leaped lightly onto the high platform and then shouted in a deep voice.
"This humble Taoist priest, Sun Simiao, greets all fellow villagers!"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding people knelt on the ground and shouted.
"Greetings, Immortal Sun!"
"Sun Wukong is a bodhisattva who saves people from suffering..."
"What Bodhisattva? That Immortal Sun is from the Taoist sect; you should call him a Celestial Venerable..."
Sun Simiao was sweating bullets when he heard what the people around him were saying. Did these people not even know whether they were Taoist or Buddhist?
"Cough cough!"
"Please be quiet, everyone, and listen to what I have to say!"
"I have come here today simply to uphold justice for all of you, to ensure that the coroner and the yamen runners do not engage in any favoritism or perversion of justice!"
"I wonder if you, my fellow citizens, trust this humble Taoist priest?"
As the saying goes, a person's name is like the shadow of a tree.
In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao was a man of exceptional character. The mere mention of his name, Sun Simiao, was enough to earn him a fortune!
The surrounding people cheered with joy upon hearing this.
"Trustworthy!"
"If even the immortal Sun cannot be trusted, then no one in the world can be trusted!"
Upon hearing this, Li Er, who was standing on the city wall, awkwardly touched his nose, thinking to himself that his reputation was pretty good, wasn't it?
Li Er had been watching the commotion from the city wall for a while. Although he didn't know what Sun was up to, he knew that this grandson must have some other tricks up his sleeve, since Li Jue had even invited Master Sun.
When Sun Simiao saw what the people around him were saying, he immediately stood aside and took on the role of supervisor.
When the coroner in charge of examining the body saw Sun Simiao in person, he was so nervous that he broke out in a sweat, and his hands, hidden in his sleeves, nervously kneaded a gold ingot.
This gold ingot was given to him by Prince Li Yuanchang of Han, with the purpose of making him give false testimony!
However, now that the immortal Sun is in front of us, who would dare to fake it?
But if he didn't lie, how could he explain it to the King of Han?
Just as the coroner was sweating profusely with anxiety, Sun Simiao stepped forward and said.
"Young man, if you're not feeling well, let me do it!"
"This...this isn't a good idea, is it?"
"fine!"
"In the past few years, I have been studying the art of the Green Bag, and I have done my fair share of disemboweling!"
"Moreover, this person looks like someone who has been ill for a long time, and most likely had tuberculosis before his death. Even without the poisonous words, he probably didn't live much longer."
The coroner became even more nervous upon hearing this.
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Immortal Sun. I'll be there to assist you!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Simiao waved his hand magnanimously.
"Need not!"
"Do you, my fellow citizens, trust this humble Taoist priest?"
"If you all trust me, I will take the place of the coroner and examine this person's body!"
"Trustworthy!"
"Immortal Sun, hurry up and do it! Clear the Crown Prince's name!"
Encouraged by the crowd, Sun Simiao immediately opened the package he was carrying, revealing a row of various knives.
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