A night passed by.

In the lobby outside the Meridian Gate, Lin Yanjiang, Liu Daoyun and Guan Chenghe sat upright behind the scenes, and Eunuch Pang also stood beside him and prepared to continue listening.

Under the hall, two rows of yamen runners were waiting for the battle.

Li Xiuran and Yang Wenxin, Chi Qingwan also rushed outside the hall and waited for the trial to open again.

Everything is ready.

Liu Daoyun did not talk much, but directly summoned the plaintiff Xiu'e, the defendant Sun Pei, and Li Xiuran, who was ordered to investigate the crimes listed in Wanmin's letter, and directly began to interrogate.

"Li Xiuran, Your Majesty ordered you to investigate. Now three days have passed. Have you investigated clearly? Is Sun Pei's crime listed in the Book of Wanmin true?"

Liu Daoyun looked at Li Xiuran and asked the first question.

In the hall, Sun Pei suddenly looked nervous and sweat faintly appeared on his forehead.

Although Li Xiuran had already received a response last night, Xiu'e was not known about the specific situation, and a hint of uneasiness appeared on her face.

"Back to the Lord."

Li Xiuran bowed and said, "I have investigated clearly, and all the crimes listed in Wanmin's Book are true!

During his seven years in office, Sun Pei made a lot of money, helped the evildoer, corrupt and abused the law, bullied the good, and did many evil deeds. Three hundred and seventy-four people who have been found to be suppressed by Sun Pei, and there is no way to seek justice, and eleven people died in vain because of his innocent life.

All the evidence of guilt and the testimony of the victims have been sorted out clearly. Please take a look at it."

After saying that, he took out the evidence he had sorted out and presented it to Lin Yanjiang, Liu Daoyun and Guan Chenghe.

Sun Pei's face was pale in an instant, and he opened his mouth to defend himself, but remembered that he had been slapped for it last time, so he finally endured it and did not dare to speak.

Xiu'e immediately breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Yanjiang and the other two in anticipation.

Liu Daoyun looked at the testimony and evidence presented by Li Xiuran, and his face became more and more gloomy as he looked. He suddenly raised his head and said, "Sun Pei, the evidence is conclusive now, what else do you have to say?"

"Sir, the officials are wronged. The officials have been diligent since taking office and have never been neglected. These evidences must have been forged by Li Xiuran. He has a close relationship with Shen Xiu'e, so he must have wanted to help her frame the officials. Please tell me!" Sun Pei denied it.

"You have been in office for seven years and have taken the 16-room concubine. You are so diligent."

Lin Yanjiang looked at him coldly: "This rogue named Hou San, just because he gave his sister to you as a concubine, bullied others and occupied the home of Ma Shun, a commoner in the county, and did evil everywhere. He made a forgery?"

"this……"

Sun Pei was speechless for a moment and said with a thorn in his mouth: "The official remembers that Hou San bought Ma Shun's house, how could he say he could force it?"

"Since you are buying it, why is the deed still in Ma Shun's hands? Why is it Ma Shun's name written on it?" Lin Yanjiang picked out the deed and questioned.

Sun Pei was speechless.

Liu Daoyun slapped the agglomeration and scolded: "I think you are stubborn and don't need to be tortured. You won't confess. Come and serve me with great punishment!"

Sun Pei's face changed drastically and he hurriedly looked at Guan Chenghe: "Sir, save me, sir! The official is really wronged!"

Guan Chenghe's face suddenly darkened and he pleaded with him directly. Isn't this clear that he and Sun Pei have personal interests and will favor him?

He had seen so much evidence, and he knew that Sun Pei might be doomed. Now he still wants to drag him into the water. Guan Chenghe turned against him and distanced himself from him. He said angrily:

"You dare to roar in court and beat me!"

"yes."

The yamen runners ordered to go out of the line. The two pressed Sun Pei to the ground, and the other two held water and fire sticks in hand, and then started to beat them.

"Ah...Sir, help me, sir, ah..."

Sun Pei screamed and asked for help, but unfortunately no one paid attention to it. He has always been pampered. He has never suffered such a great punishment. He could not withstand it after several strokes. He begged for mercy in a hurry:

"Stop hitting, I admit it, I confess my guilt, I beg you not to hit it!"

Liu Daoyun's face was slower and he waved his hand to remove the yamen runners: "If I had known this, why would you have to be stubborn just now? Since you have pleaded guilty, then sign and seal it."

The document immediately took the recorded confession in front of Sun Pei.

Sun Pei picked up the pen dejectedly, signed and wrote and copied it like a fate.

Seeing that the culprit who beat her parents to death finally confessed his guilt, Xiu'e burst into tears in an instant.

Yang Wenxin and Chi Qingwan stood outside the hall, and were also overjoyed.

A smile of accomplishment appeared on Li Xiuran's face.

"Since Sun Pei has pleaded guilty, it's time to interrogate another case next." Guan Cheng and Youyou said, looking at Xiu'e, "Shen Xiu'e, Gaoling County merchant Zhao Kang's family of 36 were killed, but what did you do?"

Old fox, still remember this... Li Xiuran's eyelids twitched.

Outside the hall, Yang Wenxin and Chi Qingwan also felt a little nervous.

Xiu'e was also stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said truthfully: "It was done by the people's daughter, but this move was also a cause. The family of three of them died unjustly, all because of Zhao Kang. The people's daughter is just avenging herself and her parents, not killing innocent people indiscriminately."

Guan Chenghe sneered: "It was Zhao Kang who captured you. If you want to take revenge, you will kill him. Why do you still have to exterminate his entire family and not even let his family and servants go?

What does this matter have to do with them? Do you dare to say that you are not killing innocent people indiscriminately?"

"Of course not!"

"It was because of those servants who were minions that Zhao Kang was able to bully men and dominate women, rob the people of the country and help him imprison the people in the room.

His family members even humiliated the people's daughter in various ways, especially Zhao Kang's first wife, Liu. After learning that the people's daughter was pregnant, she was worried that the people would give birth to the child and compete with her son for family property in the future, so she poisoned the people and murdered the people.

The death of the girl was thanks to her. No one from the Zhao family was innocent, so how could he kill him indiscriminately?" Xiu'e said with a sad and angry look on her face.

Guan Chenghe snorted coldly: "If you say no, then you are not? Anyway, they are dead, so you want to put all the blame on them to relieve your guilt?

Unfortunately, you made the wrong plan!

To clear yourself, you need to rely on evidence, not just by saying it in vain. Do you have evidence to prove that what you just said is true?"

"Your Honor."

Before Xiu'e could speak, Li Xiuran bowed and answered: "There is evidence to prove that Shen Xiu'e just said that he was not false."

It's you again... Guan Chenghe's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Li Xiuran coldly, and his heart felt anger.

As soon as he finished speaking, he continued, saying that he was clearly fighting against him!

Guan Chenghe said hatred: "What evidence do you have?"

You seem to be very angry with this look and tone... Li Xiuran muttered in his heart, anyway, he offended him last time, so he didn't care at all, so he took out a confession and said:

"When I investigated Sun Pei's crimes in Gaoling County these days, I also found out the cause of Shen Xiu'e's death. The shopkeeper of Shoukangfang in the county confirmed that Qiu He, the personal maid of Zhao Kang's first wife, had bought arsenic in his store not long ago, and Shen Xiu'e died of arsenic poisoning.

When the last time the church was opened, Qian Zhuang also confirmed that Shen Xiu'e was the home that Zhao Kang ordered to take back. It can be seen that the servants and maids in the Zhao family were also accomplices who caused Shen Xiu'e's death, and what she said just now was not unreasonable.
Chapter completed!