In the East Pavilion, Dong Chuanze’s rebuke was fierce and his final question was soul-piercing!

It’s just that Songjiang’s words were a little soft, making his outburst a little less intimidating.

Zhao Shouzheng spread his hands and said, "If you want to accuse someone, you can always find a pretext."

"Here it comes, here it comes again..." Pang Shangpeng, who was standing near the palace door, felt his scalp tingling suddenly.

Although the villain changed the words, the familiar posture and the nightmarish tone made it impossible for him to make a mistake, and a new round of teasing began!

"Why, have you been wronged?" Dong Tingwei had no idea of ​​Mr. Zhao's power, and he asked in a stern voice, "Tell me, where did you go after beating him up? Why didn't you show up for twenty days?"

"No comment." Zhao Shouzheng shook his head. Of course he couldn't tell anyone, otherwise the beating would become a trivial matter.

"Everyone, you heard it, right? How arrogant is this guy?" Dong Tingwei laughed in anger, and said to the ministers: "I have reason to believe that the bloodshed in Huiji Gate was instigated by him!"

"Produce the evidence!" Master Zhao was furious when he heard this. He didn't know any eunuch except Eunuch Ji!

"Minister, calm down." Mao Minister saw that Dong Chuanze's face was red and his neck was angry. If he continued to talk nonsense, Zhao Shouzheng and his entire family would probably be executed.

Mao Butang had to step out and smooth things over, saying, "Your Majesty asked us to discuss the Donggongsheng Gate brawl, which is different from the Huiji Gate bloodshed. Don't mix them up."

"That's right." Huo Ji finally found the topic and said, "Everyone's time is precious, so let's just talk about the Donggong Shengmen and don't get distracted."

"How did it become a fight?" Before Dong Chuance could say anything, an imperial censor immediately protested, "It was Zhao Shouzheng who beat the young cabinet minister, the young cabinet minister did not do anything!"

"You still have the nerve to talk when you can't win." At this time, Taining Marquis Chen Liangbi suddenly interrupted and said, "Isn't it just a fight? Why do you have to raise your voice so high?"

"That's right. I think the young minister is being unreasonable. The number one scholar didn't do anything to him. Is it necessary for him to act like a woman and ask the emperor to do justice?" Ningyang Marquis Chen Daji took over the conversation and smiled at Xu Fan, "Are you a man? If so, practice hard, challenge the number one scholar to a fight, and fight back."

Xu Fan was so angry that his face turned red. He let these two nobles make jokes, as if he was making a big fuss!

"What do you know? My career and reputation have all been ruined by him!" Xu Fan glared at the two marquises and said, "You military generals care about the dignity of your ancestors, but we civil officials care about our own dignity. Do you understand?!"

Seeing the situation getting more and more chaotic, Huo Ji, who was presiding over the court meeting, finally lost his temper: "Shut up! Anyone who dares to speak without permission will be driven out by the warriors immediately!"

This is the power of the person presiding over the court meeting. Otherwise, given the Ming officials' behavior of "being incompetent at everything but quarreling", everything will surely end up in a mess.

Now the East Pavilion finally became quiet.

Huo Ji then slowly said to Zhao Shouzheng: "Top Scholar, you beat the young minister in the street that day, with the testimony of hundreds of officials from various government offices, which cannot be denied. Later, you repeatedly refused to come to justice, which is also true..."

Seeing Yang Bo raised his hand, Huo Ji asked, "Does the Heavenly Official have anything to say?"

"Since this matter has not been reported many times, I want to say a few words on behalf of Zhao Xiuzhuan." Yang Bo stroked his beard and said with an expression that he was just trying to do a favor:

"In fact, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Literature and Art received Zhao Xiuzhuan's leave application from the Hanlin Academy and granted him three months of leave to visit his family."

"So I think there is nothing wrong with him not being summoned repeatedly. He is already very law-abiding for being able to come back from his way home to attend the court meeting." Yang Bo took the initiative to take the blame and said, "If you want to blame someone, just blame our Ministry of Personnel for not informing the Ministry of Justice."

"It was my negligence, and I let the minister take the blame on my behalf." Wang Bengu quickly apologized to his superior.

"Well, that's it." Huo Ji was a member of the Jin Party, so he naturally followed the boss's wishes. "Then let's not discuss the latter matter. What do you think?"

"..."With the Minister of Personnel endorsing Zhao Shouzheng, even if the officials were resentful, they could only hold it in.

"Then let's discuss the beating issue alone." Huo Ji immediately opened the chapter, not giving anyone a chance to regret. He looked at Dong Chuance and said, "Tingwei Dong, you can ask questions now, but please don't get excited."

"I'm not excited!" Dong Chuance responded unhappily, then glared at Zhao Shouzheng and said, "Now I ask you, why did you commit murder in the street?!"

"No comment." Zhao Shouzheng was silent for a while and squeezed out four words.

"It's a cycle, it's really a cycle..." Pang Shangpeng reflexively felt like dry heaving.

"Humph, if you don't tell others, then they won't know?" Dong Chuanze sneered and took out a stack of testimonies from his sleeve and said, "I have testimonies from eyewitnesses here. They all say that you shouted something vaguely when you committed the crime. What was it?"

"Produce the evidence." Zhao Shouzheng stretched out his hand.

"Is it 'I called you a bad seed and wanted to kill my son'?" Dong Tingwei asked the result of the speculation.

"If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext for it..." Pang Shangpeng muttered to himself, then spread his hands.

"If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext for it." As expected, Zhao Shouzheng said this expressionlessly, and then spread his hands.

"Ugh..." Pang Shangpeng couldn't bear it any longer, rushed out of the East Pavilion, and vomited violently while holding the railing.

In the East Pavilion, officials also noticed that Zhao Shouzheng had been resisting answering questions, and they couldn't help but frown.

"Top Scholar, please answer the question directly!" Huo Ji also warned: "Otherwise you will leave a bad impression on the adults!"

"Yes..." Zhao Shouzheng had no choice but to nod his head, thinking that his son was right. It was impossible to get away with it this time.

"Answer my question!" Dong Chuanze was naturally unyielding and immediately asked in a stern voice, "What do you mean by that?"

"..." Master Zhao twitched his lips a few times. He felt that the other party was holding on to this sentence and was afraid that there was a trap inside.

But Mr. Zhao’s IQ is still not enough to see through it...

"Tell me, is it 'I called you a bad guy who wanted to kill my son?!'" Dong Chuanze shouted again: "Answer me, yes or no?"

As the Minister of Justice, Mao Kai could naturally tell that Dong Chuance was trying to induce a confession. Once Zhao Shouzheng admitted to saying this, his behavior could be classified as "murder".

In the "Great Ming Code", the sentencing for assault and fighting varies greatly.

Zhao Shouzheng was about to nod when he suddenly remembered what his son had said:

'Father can only face it bravely and not be led by the nose...'

'Don't let others lead you by the nose...'

Master Zhao suddenly had an idea, shook his head decisively and said loudly: "I beat him not just because of personal grudges!"

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