I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 51 Li Chengzong's Case

"The old man is so slow, he hasn't sent anyone yet."

Just as Li Chengzong was complaining, Eunuch Hou walked in with small steps.

Eunuch Hou first bowed to the prince, then shouted, "Pass on His Majesty's oral instructions."

Seeing that Li Chengzong was about to kneel, Eunuch Hou hurriedly said with a smile: "Third Prince, the emperor has ordered that the reward from last year has not been given to you. From now on, you don't have to kneel unless it is an imperial decree."

Then, everyone in the hall knelt, except for Eunuch Hou who delivered the oral order, only Fan Xian and Li Chengzong stood.

Li Chengzong looked at him, and Fan Xian happened to look over there too.

His eyes met his.

Instantly separate.

Then Fan Xian glanced at the Crown Prince and the Second Prince who were kneeling on the ground, and thought that although they were also princes, the Third Prince's treatment was too good, as he didn't even have to kneel to answer the emperor's order.

Eunuch Hou acted as if he hadn't seen Fan Xian. He said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty has given your order. Teng Zijing is not dead. It's because the Supervisory Council has made other arrangements. I know everything. It's not deceiving the emperor. Today, the affairs of Kyoto Prefecture will be fully handled by Li Chengzong. The other members of the royal family should go home and mind their own business."

"Follow the Holy Order!"

Everyone stood up.

Li Chengzong looked directly at Mei Zhili.

"Prefect Mei, do you still remember what I said to you a year ago?"

"This……"

Mei Zhili didn't take the words from a year ago to heart, so he naturally couldn't remember them. After hesitating for a moment, he said tremblingly: "I am old, and my memory is really a little... I hope Your Highness Third Prince will explain it clearly."

"I told you a year ago that playing both sides will not end well. Do you still remember?"

After hearing these words, Mei Zhili fell to his knees in fear.

"I hope Your Highness will spare my life."

"You will go to the palace to confess your crime and be punished according to the law. Your family will be spared."

According to the original plot, Mei Zhili's family must die, but his wife and daughter are not really people who deserve to die. His wife has done many good deeds, and his daughter likes poetry and songs, and has never done anything bad, so Li Chengzong is willing to save his wife and daughter.

Of course, it’s just a wife, daughter, and at most a young son.

"Your Highness..."

Li Chengzong interrupted: "Why, you don't want to."

"I dare not. I know I am guilty of a capital crime. I just want Your Highness to give me some time to arrange my funeral."

Mei Zhili paid his respects with great ceremony, his tone full of gratitude: "I am also here, thank you Your Highness for saving the lives of my wife and children."

After all, he had been an official in Kyoto Prefecture for many years, so he has now realized what was going on.

Since the Third Prince asked him to seek death, he must have found a way to do it.

Moreover, Mei Zhili knew Emperor Qing relatively well. Given Emperor Qing's character, he would most likely give him a chance to retire with dignity because he was a veteran minister in the court. In order not to disappoint other ministers, he would then kill his entire family.

In response to Mei Zhili's request, Li Chengzong looked at Eunuch Hou and asked, "Eunuch Hou, what does His Majesty say?"

"Your Highness, His Majesty has given you full authority to handle the affairs of Kyoto Prefecture today. After today, Pei Shaoqing of the Dali Temple will be transferred to Kyoto Prefecture, and the prefect of Changping Prefecture, whom you recommended, will be transferred to Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. Now, you have the final say in the court."

Li Chengzong nodded and called out, "Mei Zhili."

"The guilty minister is here."

"I'll give you one day to arrange your affairs. Tomorrow, the king wants to hear you turn yourself in at the Dali Temple. By the way, don't forget your two sons, or you'll know what's going on."

"I understand."

Mei Zhili took off his official hat and kowtowed again, saying, "Thank you, Third Prince."

"Go down."

Li Chengzong waved his hand, looked at the Crown Prince and the others, and said jokingly: "Your Highness, Second Brother, Hongcheng, if you don't leave, Eunuch Hou can't leave."

Li Chengqian nodded: "Third brother, I'll go first, and have a drink when I have time."

"Thank you, Third Brother. I will host a banquet some other day to show my appreciation."

"Third brother, I'm leaving now."

Just as Li Chengqian was leaving and passing by Fan Xian, Fan Xian suddenly spoke, causing the three people who were about to leave to pause.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry to bother you. Fan Xian has something I would like to ask you."

"speak."

"Fan was assassinated in Danzhou before. I wonder if the prince knew about it."

Li Chengqian snorted and left.

Afterwards, the second brother, Li Hongcheng, and the people brought by Eunuch Hou also left the Kyoto government office.

The entire Kyoto government hall suddenly became empty.

Li Chengzong walked over to Guo Baokun, who looked like a mummy, squatted down and asked, "Guo Baokun, are you still going to sue Fan Xian?"

"Woooooooo..."

It's so pitiful. I can't even say a word. It was so cruel.

Li Chengzong secretly glanced at Fan Xian and said, "Guo Baokun, I have actually understood your case. Let me analyze it for you and tell you whether you think it is right or not. If you think there is a problem and you want to continue to appeal, then we will proceed."

"Woooooo~~"

Li Chengzong ignored him and continued, "First, it was Teng Zijing who beat up your Guo family's servant. Then your Guo family found the Ministry of Justice and framed Teng Zijing for beating an imperial official. I can't remember if it was this reason. Anyway, you wanted to kill his wife and children. In the end, it was the Supervisory Council that saved Teng Zijing. This is what I learned."

"In the secret files of the Supervisory Council, it is said that you, Guo Baokun, killed Teng Zijing's wife and children. Of course, I know you didn't do it, but who would doubt the secret files of the Supervisory Council? Don't you think so?"

"Woooooooo..."

"It's not a big deal that you can't speak. Wait a minute, I'll try to see if I can do it." Li Chengzong said as he checked Guo Baokun's injuries.

It has to be said that Fan Xian's attack was quite heavy-handed. He even used his true Qi to beat Guo Baokun, causing the domineering true Qi to accumulate in Guo Baokun's body. He would not recover unless he suffered for a month or two.

Controlling the true energy flowing into Guo Baokun's body and circulating the Heaven and Earth Furnace Sutra, he could clearly feel that Fan Xian's domineering true energy was being devoured, and Guo Baokun's injuries were also obviously improving.

Is it really possible?

Li Chengzong's face lit up with joy.

But it's normal to think about it. The Heaven and Earth Furnace Sutra can even melt the wounds on his body, so Guo Baokun's injuries are naturally no problem.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

My voice is a little hoarse, but I can speak.

"Since you can speak, let's continue talking about the case."

Li Chengzong immediately withdrew his hand and the Qi that flowed into Guo Baokun's body, "Whatever you were thinking about saying, you can say it now."

"Your Highness, I swear, I did not kill Teng Zijing's wife and children." Guo Baokun lay on a stretcher and tried to raise his hand and swear to prove his innocence, but in the end it was too painful, so he gave up.

Li Chengzong stood up, looking down at Guo Baokun, and said with a smile: "I know that the news in the secret volume is false, but who would suspect that there is false news in the secret volume of the Supervisory Council? Teng Zijing naturally did not doubt it, so he originally planned to kill you last night. It was only after Fan Xian rushed over to persuade him that they beat you up. So I know you were really beaten."

To some extent, Fan Xian actually saved Guo Baokun's life.

If Fan Xian had not arrived to stop Teng Zijing, Guo Baokun's guards would definitely not be a match for Teng Zijing. And Teng Zijing, who had been blinded by hatred, would definitely kill Guo Baokun.

"Then Your Highness, you..."

Guo Baokun, lying on the stretcher, felt aggrieved, but did not dare to question Li Chengzong.

"Why didn't I testify for you? It's because I think you deserve this beating. He was acting bravely for justice. It would have been fine if you didn't think of punishing the servant, but instead you teamed up with that guy in the Ministry of Justice?"

Li Chengzong looked at Teng Zijing, who had already been untied, and immediately saluted and said, "Your Highness, it was Cheng Wanshou, the head of the Ministry of Justice, who framed me for assassinating an imperial official."

"It seems that you have investigated it very clearly."

Li Chengzong replied casually and continued to say to Guo Baokun: "You, the Guo family, have joined forces with this Cheng Wanshou to frame someone for assassinating an imperial official and to kill his entire family. Do you think you deserve to be beaten?"

"Your Highness, I don't know about this."

Li Chengzong smiled faintly: "I know you don't know, otherwise do you think you can live and talk to me now?"

Guo Baokun shuddered all over.

"Although you don't know, it's true that it was your servant of the Guo family who did this, and it's true that he relied on the power of the Guo family, right? Then, are you guilty of failing to discipline Mr. Guo? Do you think you deserve to be beaten?"

Li Chengzong's words were very calm, but they frightened Guo Baokun so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"It's not a loss, it's not a loss."

"I am now in charge of your case, and I must give both of you an explanation. I have to make things clear. Although I think you deserved to be beaten, you were beaten after all, and the reason for your beating was the secret files of the Overwatch Council, so you have to hold this grudge against the Overwatch Council..."

"I dare not, I dare not." Guo Baokun interrupted, thinking that that is the Supervisory Council, how can our Guo family afford to offend it? We can't afford to offend this gentleman in front of us, but we can't afford to offend the Supervisory Council even more.

Li Chengzong was stunned. No, I haven’t finished speaking. You, the son of the Minister of Rites, are frightened by the three words "Inspectorate"?

It seems that the power of the Supervisory Commission is indeed scary. The power of the Supervisory Commission is a bit too great.

Li Chengzong's mind moved, but he immediately restrained it and said with a smile, "Are you still going to sue Fan Xian now?"

"No more sue, no more sue."

Li Chengzong hummed, and the smile on his face became brighter, but the words he said made Guo Baokun feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.

"Go back and tell your father Guo Youzhi that since you have a dog, you must tie it up properly. If it bites someone again, the dog must die, and the owner of the dog must also die."

"I understand." Guo Baokun was almost crying.

"Since the plaintiff has withdrawn the case, there is naturally no case. Let's leave it at that."

Li Chengzong smiled and shouted to the outside, "Where are the people from the Guo family? Why don't you send your young master back home?"

Several servants of the Guo family hurried in, carrying Guo Baokun away.

"Wait a moment."

Li Chengzong's shout directly scared the Guo family's servants.

With a trembling hand, Guo Baokun was thrown to the ground.

Still face to the ground!
"Ah~"

The shrill screams echoed throughout the government hall.

It's so tragic that new injuries have appeared before the old ones have healed.

Li Chengzong felt pain for Guo Baokun, so he turned his head away from him and said to Teng Zijing, "Go with Guo Baokun to the Guo residence. Protect him along the way and don't let him fall again."

Before Teng Zijing could answer, He Zongwei spoke instead.

"Your Highness, please don't bother. We can protect Master Guo."

Li Chengzong ignored this idiot and said with a smile, "Fan Xian, the case is over and you are innocent now, but I still want to say that you were too harsh. If the Guo family seeks revenge on you in the future, you deserve it."

"It's okay. If the Guo family comes to seek revenge, I will take over."

Fan Xian smiled calmly, walked to Li Chengzong and put his arm around his shoulders.

"Thank you for today. If you have anything else to do, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Forget it, next time."

Li Chengzong shook his head and reminded him, "Fan Xian, you are in Kyoto now, not Danzhou. You are far away in Danzhou, and you are the most powerful son of Danzhou. You can do whatever you want. But if you still behave like you did in Danzhou in Kyoto, you will suffer sooner or later. Think about it carefully. I am leaving now."

After saying that, Li Chengzong took Si Lili and left the Kyoto government office without looking back.

(End of this chapter)