Chapter 149 Mr. Zhou, how do you explain this? (Last day to ask for monthly tickets)
At the same time that the three courts were trying Zhao Duan in the Dali Temple, on the other side.
The capital of Dayu.
At the west city gate, the guards were taking over as usual. When the new defenders walked up the city wall, held their weapons and stood on the majestic city at their feet, looking to the west.
The people queuing up to enter the city were like a string of ink dots scattered on the ground.
"yawn."
A soldier couldn't help but yawn, rubbed his eyes, and subconsciously moved his gaze to the distance, hoping to wake up by looking into the distance.
Then he blinked and saw at the end of his sight, on the horizon, a black dot approaching at an extremely fast speed.
He couldn't see clearly at first, but when the enemy came into the range of the crossbows of the defenders, he finally saw clearly that it was a galloping horse.
The horse's hooves were raised, and the speed was almost floating on the ground, raising a trail of dust on the ground behind it.
The rider on the horse was actually a dusty "female general"!
He rides his horse and whips it, looking heroic, with his hair tied into a ponytail at the back of his head and a teardrop mole at the corner of his eye.
Seven days ago, the owner of the Narcissus Hall, who had left the capital, shouted at the people queuing at the city gate on horseback:
"The Imperial Guards are ordered to return to the city, everyone get out of the way!"
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North city gate.
Zhang Han, exhausted from the journey, stopped his horse at the city gate and asked condescendingly:
"Has anything happened in the capital these days?"
The gatekeeper knew Zhang Han and said with a strange expression:
"You've returned just in time. Hurry to the Dali Temple, or you might see some excitement. Today, the three courts are trying Zhao Duan. I'm afraid your Lihua Hall Master is near death."
Zhang Han's face suddenly changed.
…
"The evidence I've been waiting for is here."
In the court, when Zhao Duan said this loudly, the air was silent for a moment.
Immediately, people who thought the dust had settled were stunned.
His eyes involuntarily fell on the young priestess who suddenly broke into the court.
Some people were unfamiliar with him, but many people recognized this disciple of the Heavenly Master whose style of doing things was very different from that of ordinary people.
Zhao Duan's words echoed in my mind, but I became more and more confused.
"evidence?"
Ma Yan's eyes lit up, and for no reason, his heart, which had been lifted up in tension, suddenly felt at ease.
At this moment, he looked at the smile on Zhao Duan's lips and recalled the day when the traitor was caught, when the young man looked the same.
It was a smile that showed one was in control of the overall situation and had everything planned out with confidence.
"The Lord has finally spoken!"
Qian Kerou was in the crowd, excited and said on tiptoe:
"It turns out that the master is not admitting guilt, nor is he speechless, but is waiting for the evidence to be sent!"
Chen Juan, Hou Renmeng and Old Man Zheng were all perked up, their eyes burning, realizing that a turning point might have arrived.
"evidence?"
In the hall, Yuan Li's eyes showed interest and he glanced at Zhou Cheng next to him.
The gavel was still hanging in his hand, but the verdict he was about to pronounce had stopped abruptly, and a momentary uneasiness appeared on his deeply wrinkled face.
"Priest Jin Jian?"
The Minister of Justice, who had a low sense of presence, was surprised to reveal the girl's identity, and then looked at Zhao Duan:
"You said you have evidence?"
Zhao Duan waited until the commotion in the crowd had subsided a little, smiled and nodded, and said:
"Exactly. Just now, Lord Zhou repeatedly interrogated witnesses and presented physical evidence, accusing me of raping and murdering Su Hongyu, and then asked me if I had anything to say."
His tone was light and calm.
Although he was wearing prison uniform and shackles, standing in this majestic and solemn lobby, he did not show any sign of nervousness.
He walked slowly and calmly, his eyes sweeping over the faces around him, and suddenly his voice became louder:
"Of course I have something to say!"
He cast his gaze upon Wang Shan, the physician, the coroner, Su Hongyu's uncle and aunt, and other witnesses, and said with emotion:
"With so many witnesses, confessions, and detailed, interconnected evidence, it must have taken a lot of effort for you, Mr. Zhou, to arrange everything so perfectly."
The gavel in Zhou Cheng's hand finally fell with a "bang". He had no expression on his face and shouted harshly:
"How dare you, a criminal in this court, disobey me and frame me? What are your intentions?"
"False accusation?" Zhao Duan smiled and said meaningfully:
"Master Zhou, don't you feel guilty for saying this?"
Then, without waiting for Zhou Cheng to respond, he continued:
"Fortunately, when I learned that Qin Qu was missing and suspected of being kidnapped by you, I realized that you might want to attack me. So, in order to protect myself, I had no choice but to make some arrangements."
That day, he used a mirror to see Qin Qu in prison, and he guessed that Zhou Cheng was going to attack him.
He decisively summoned Jin Jian and asked her for help, secretly following Zhou Cheng, and indeed gained something.
This was also the reason why when he went to arrest people later, he waited until the two of them had finished their conspiracy before breaking into the building.
Just waiting for the evidence collection to be completed!
Arrange? Arrange?
At this moment, the expressions of everyone in Dali Temple changed significantly.
Many people outside the hall were also concentrating intently.
"Mystifying!"
In the jury box, He Zheng sneered, but the slight tension between his brows revealed his inner uneasiness.
The arrival of the golden tablet already means some kind of signal.
Is this just a trick to be mysterious? Will it alert the disciples of the Heavenly Master to come?
"Priest Jin Jian, I am unable to move my hands and feet. I would like to trouble you to take out the evidence I have entrusted to you and show it to everyone in the hall today."
Zhao Duan took in everyone's expressions, and a hint of coldness appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Okay." Jin Jian looked like he hadn't woken up yet and was very sleepy.
She also didn't like this kind of occasion, but she still reached out her hand politely and took out a palm-sized scroll from the cloth bag at her waist.
When the scroll was taken out, many people's faces changed slightly and they recognized it.
Video reel!
When Zhao Duan first traveled through time and met the county magistrate of Ning'an, his "rival" Zhang Changshuo suffered heavy losses and spent a video reel to record the process of his meeting with the other party.
In the court of Dayu, officials who reached a certain rank were no strangers to this thing.
For example, when Feng Ju met Zhao Duan on the boat, he kept speaking in riddles in order to avoid being recorded and leaving any evidence.
What's in this scroll?
What was recorded?
No one knows, but it evokes endless imagination.
In the hall, Zhou Cheng narrowed his eyes, but he remained calm, because someone in his position would naturally not be completely unprepared for such a magical weapon.
The fiery red emerald ring on his hand, the size of a pigeon egg, is a treasure that can sense fluctuations in magical power.
Once it is spied on by magic, it will respond with a warning.
He subconsciously thought that there was a problem with the work done by his subordinates.
Or maybe Wang Shan was tricked into revealing something during the days he was in the imperial prison.
However, the next second, when the golden tablet unfolded the scroll and channeled the magic power, all the images and sounds recorded in the scroll were projected into the air in the form of a "light curtain".
Zhou Cheng's expression suddenly changed, and he was no longer calm.
What appeared on the light curtain was the scene of that day when he invited Wang Shan to meet him in Hele Tower.
This was also the scene before Zhao Duan arrived.
In the painting.
Wang Shan smiled broadly, "Since you summoned me today, I wonder if you are thinking of the past and have come to reminisce with me, right?"
Zhou Cheng said: "...I am looking for you, not for anything else, but for one person."
"who?"
"Zhao Duan!"
As soon as this scene started and the sound was heard, the expressions of the people present suddenly became subtle.
The following conversation is the real killer move.
"How about the woman you sent?"
"Speaking of this, I remember it vividly... In the end, Zhao Duan actually tied up his concubine, threw her aside, and slept all night long!... He claimed that he only had the saint in his heart, and heaven and earth could bear witness."
"How can you be sure? Explain it more carefully!"
"What the adults are reminding me is..."
"Where is that woman? I want to see her."
"Your Excellency, please be aware that Zhao Duan killed people to silence them and showed no respect for the law!"
In the painting, Zhou Cheng laughed heartily, raised his glass, and clashed with it:
"Today, I finally understand how you gained the favor of the eunuch..."
At this point, the picture stopped abruptly, the light curtain disappeared, and Jin Jian, who was acting as the projectionist, silently rolled up the scroll with an innocent look on his face.
Quiet.
Inside and outside the court, there was suddenly a deathly silence.
The next second, someone dropped something in their hand, making a noise.
The crowd buzzed and made a huge noise!
It was like the water in the pot boiling. Many of the Dali Temple officials who were on the jury stood up in shock. The files in He Zheng's hands were scattered to the ground, and his face was as pale as paper.
He subconsciously looked at Zhou Cheng in the hall, only to see that this minister, one of the Nine Ministers and the one entrusted with the care of the young emperor, was also stunned.
In my mind, there are only three words: "impossible".
I was clearly wearing a ring that day, why...
When he caught a glimpse of the golden tablet that looked like it had nothing to do with me, he suddenly came to his senses.
Yes, the magic weapon can prevent general peeping, but what if the person who peeks and records is the old master’s direct disciple?
Then it makes sense that they didn't notice it.
His eyes went dark and he almost lost his composure.
Yuan Li and the Minister of Justice beside him suddenly looked at him with pity.
In the jury box.
A smile appeared on Ma Yan's stern face.
Sun Lianying looked like he was asleep. He had already known the inside story, but he was not moved at all and even felt like laughing.
The witnesses all turned pale, especially Wang Shan. His legs went weak and he fell to the ground, his face pale and his smug look gone!
Outside the hall, everyone in Lihua Hall could not hide their joy.
"I said, Your Excellency is absolutely innocent!"
Qian Kerou's round face was red because of excitement.
"My lord... No wonder he was not in a hurry when he took us to catch people that day. He even let us eat first." Hou Renmeng realized it belatedly.
"As it should be. I said that the day the lord was taken away was unusually peaceful."
Chen Juan was amazed, "So it was already arranged."
Old man Zheng was smiling and looked relaxed.
The crowd of onlookers around were in an uproar.
No one expected that the "evidence" Zhao Duan produced would be this.
He did not explain Su Hongyu's death.
There was no response to the carefully woven evidence.
His response was simple, like a knife, cutting through the fog and going straight to the core.
Once this video recording is released, just Wang Shan's words in the video are enough to overturn the charges in this case.
The ambiguous "hints" in Zhou Cheng's words put him, the presiding judge, in the spotlight.
"To be honest... Zhao Jisi's loyalty to His Majesty is truly admirable!"
"This Wang Shan and this group of so-called witnesses are truly unscrupulous people. They are slandering Envoy Zhao with all their might!"
"Zhou Tingwei had already met Wang Shan... This..."
There was a lot of discussion and the wind direction immediately changed.
With just this one piece of evidence, Zhao Duan will not fall today. Not only that, it is even possible that the emperor's favor will be even greater.
Who can stand the saying "There is only a saint in my heart, and heaven and earth can bear witness"?
But then again, licking to this extent and not touching the beauty even when she was offered to him was a bit... Everyone felt a mixture of admiration and contempt.
I think Zhao Duan is really a little sick...
"Sir Zhou, how do you explain this?" Yuan Li looked at him with a half-smile.
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