In the case of Prince Yu killing his brother to seize the title, the victim was the son of Prince Yu's elder brother, and the witness was a bandit.
Li Jinzhong reported diligently and respectfully: "Prime Minister, this bandit's name is Xie Jie, nicknamed Xie Huzi. He was caught during the imperial court's crackdown last year and sentenced to execution in the autumn. When he confessed, he confessed to this matter, but it was suppressed at the time. I have found the confession at that time, and it matches the current one."
Yan Shiyue nodded, looked at the two statements, and said, "Give me all his confessions."
Li Jinzhong responded and immediately asked someone to get it.
He was very calm. He had investigated the matter thoroughly and found that there was indeed no problem.
Yan Shiyue got all the materials, then sent him away and read them slowly by herself.
She felt that she really loved what she did, and now she was a little interested in trying cases, mainly because there were not so many rules for trying people nowadays. For example, when she deceived Zhao En before, in modern times it would be called inducing a confession, but in ancient times, there was no such thing as inducing a confession. It was called cleverness!
In addition, Zhao Kuangyin was sent to investigate the situation and extract information. Well, you can do whatever you want. It is really fun to try a case this way.
The premise is that she has to be a good person.
She touched her conscience and fortunately, it was still there.
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At the beginning, the Prince of Yu was ambushed in Tianbao Mountain in Maozhou. He brought a lot of people with him. Normally, bandits would not attack such a team, but that time, they killed all of them without leaving a single one alive.
How could old Prince Yu not be angry after losing a son? He asked officials from the imperial court to go and clear out the rebellion. However, it seemed that the stronghold had received the news in advance, and when the imperial army arrived, the stronghold was already empty.
Yan Shiyue drew a circle on this point to mark it as a key point.
Although the old Prince Yu still wanted to investigate, there was a drought near Maozhou at that time and the situation was very chaotic. There were many such incidents. After searching for several months without finding the person, he had to give up and the matter was left unresolved.
On this side, Xie Huzi confessed that they were brought together because of the disaster, and because they were all good at fighting, they became a little powerful. Then someone came to them secretly and asked them to help deal with the enemy.
The person who showed up was Prince Yu’s uncle.
Since they could make money, of course they agreed. However, when a fight broke out, they found out that they were people from the palace. But since the fight had already started, there was nothing they could do, so they just killed them all and then went down the mountain.
They were originally a group of scattered people, so naturally they separated after a short time. After traveling east and west with a few brothers, he stopped in Suizhou and called himself Jieyun Village, which was also very prosperous for several years.
Who knew that the imperial court would launch a series of crackdowns afterwards, and they hid from place to place, some died, some scattered, and finally he was caught.
The whole thing seemed to be going smoothly.
Yan Shiyue thought about it carefully, and then took a closer look at the few things Xie Huzi had told him.
Xie Huzi had no children anyway, and had been sentenced to death, so he told almost everything in great detail.
Yan Shiyue looked at them one by one and found no problems.
The prince came in and saw her serious face, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Yan Qingtian."
Yan Shiyue cupped his hands and said in an old voice, "Your Highness, I am too kind to you. I only hope to have a clear conscience."
The prince smiled and rubbed her hair. "I will leave tomorrow to worship Confucius. I will bring Xu Wenqu with me. If you want to write a memorial, just ask someone to write it for you. Also, remember that if you have something to do, you can ask your fifth brother to go with you."
She asked, "Why?"
The prince said softly, "I have said it many times, you are too sharp-tongued and lazy to deal with small talk, but these etiquettes are inevitable, so why not take someone with you, you can concentrate on your work, and he can do things for you, isn't it good?"
Yan Shiyue nodded obediently: "Okay."
"Yes." The prince said, "Fifth brother is also very bored here. If you take him with you, he will definitely be grateful."
Yan Shiyue thought that the princes of this generation were too stupid. The crown prince actually knew how to support his younger brother. Such a stupid crown prince... Alas, in the future, she would probably be the only one who would have to take care of him.
While continuing to nod cutely: "Okay, brother."
The prince laughed.
He originally thought that he could do these things by himself, but Yan Shiyue was a person who did things without regard for her relatives and was very tough. She had to have the final say, and she didn't like to discuss or cooperate with others. She had to do most things herself.
So it’s better to give her a younger one to take care of, maybe seven or eight is too young, otherwise a younger brother would be better.
There's really nothing you can do about her personality. I don't know how to think about it, and he can only take the effort to take care of her.
The brother and sister each felt that they were the caring old father, and they had lunch together in great friendship.
In the afternoon, Li Jinzhong came over to ask about the results.
Yan Shiyue said: "I think it's fine at the moment, but I haven't finished reading it yet, I'll talk about it after I finish reading it."
Li Jinzhong had no choice but to withdraw while reporting to Lin Fujian.
Lin Fujian and his companions were fishing together. When they saw Li Jinzhong, Prince Yu asked directly, "Is the case going to be decided?"
Li Jinzhong could only smile and bow, saying, "That's about it. I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
"I'm just doing my job, I'm sorry." Prince Yu said calmly, "I didn't expect my uncle to be like this, alas!"
Everyone laughed inwardly, but agreed with a few words on the surface.
In fact, Prince Yu was also very strange.
Seeing Li Jinzhong's determined attitude before, I knew that the matter should have been investigated clearly, but from the tone he spoke, Yan Shiyue hasn't nodded yet?
Could it be that he holds a grudge against Guangcheng Bo and wants to take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury?
Others don't know, but he himself knows that it was actually his mother who stepped in. Because the other party was very cautious and refused to come down the mountain or allow anyone to bring guards up the mountain, it was his mother who hardened her heart and went up the mountain alone to talk to the bandit leader, and only then was she able to gain his trust.
Yan Shiyue was watching over there and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Maozhou and Suizhou are not far apart, and the drought broke out at the same time.
Xie Huzi confessed that he was from Suizhou. They were originally heading north, but later they were so hungry that they robbed a rich man in Suizhou, and then they started this business.
Maozhou is located northwest of Suizhou, so they will not pass through Maozhou when heading north.
People fleeing from Maozhou generally head north and will not pass through Suizhou.
So, how did he end up in both Suizhou and Maozhou in the winter when the drought first started?
Yan Shiyue immediately ordered Xie Huzi to be interrogated.
After thinking about it, he called the fifth prince over.
The prince obviously wanted to do her a favor, so when the fifth prince came over, he looked confused and didn't know why he was called.
Yan Shiyue said, "It's the case of the Ministry of Justice. My brother was originally with me, but he had to go out, so he asked you to come with him."
The fifth prince was somewhat surprised and said, "Yes."
If there were many jobs to choose from, no one would want to do something that offended others, but if there was nothing to do... then any job would do. And working with Yan Shiyue meant playing the role of a good person for her, and a bad thing could be turned into a good thing.
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