The next morning,
Li Er had just finished dressing up and was about to go to court when a servant brought in a red card from the Heavenly Policy Manor.
When the Heavenly Policy Manor presented the red card, it meant that the matter was settled. Li Er then instructed the chamberlain to send the red card back to the Heavenly Policy Manor later.
In addition, the chamberlain also brought a memorial from Weizhou, Henan Province.
"From Weizhou, Henan Province?"
Li Er's tiredness from the morning was gone.
Could it be that there was a new development in the inn murder case?
"Quickly bring it over, zhen wants to see it now!”
It was a memorial written by Imperial Censor Jiang Heng.
After Li Er finished reading it quickly, he let out a few loud laughs.
"Haha, it's indeed a romantic murder. Lin Ye was right!”
According to the memorial, Jiang Heng had found out everything. The dead inn owner was killed by his wife and her adulterer with a soldier's knife.
The innkeeper and her adulterer have confessed their crimes,
So this was a case of murder with a borrowed knife.
The three soldiers were wronged and had been beaten into confessing.
Then today in court, Li Er could use this murder case to tease Wei Zheng.
He wanted to see if Wei Zheng would still dare to boast shamelessly in front of him in the future.
Usually, Li Er would swallow his anger and accept Wei Zheng's so-called direct remonstrance. Then, he would pretend to be very generous to maintain his image as a wise ruler.
Today, Li Er finally found an opportunity to turn the tables on Wei Zheng.
After the court session, Li Er pretended as if nothing had happened and calmly said to Wei Zheng,
"Minister Wei, a few days ago, you repeatedly forced me to approve the death sentences of the three soldiers from Weizhou, Henan Province."
"But today, I have a question for you. If the three soldiers are found to be innocent, how will you deal with them?”
The express delivery from Weizhou, Henan Province, only reached Li Er's hands. Wei Zheng naturally did not know the truth.
However, Wei Zheng stood up and bowed his head,
"If those three soldiers died in vain because of my advice, I will naturally die to atone for my sins and sue the vengeful souls!”
"Pa!"
Li Er suddenly became furious. He slammed the table and shouted,
"Bastard! How can your life be worth three innocent deaths?”
Li Er's sudden anger not only shocked Wei Zheng, but also the civil and military officials in the court.
It was rare for Wei Zheng to see Li Erfa so furious. His body trembled and he said,
"I'm terrified. I don't know what mistake I've made to incur the wrath of the Saint!”
Immediately, Li Er threw the memorial that Jiang Heng had submitted to Wei Zheng.
"See for yourself!"
At this moment, Wei Zheng seemed to have guessed what had happened.
He bent down and picked up the memorial on the ground with trembling hands.
After he carefully read the contents of the memorial, he immediately knelt on the ground.
"This subject is guilty!"
Looking at Wei Zheng kneeling on the ground, although Li Er's face was still filled with anger, he felt comfortable in his heart!
However, none of the officials knew what had happened.
"Wei Zheng, you haven't replied to me. I ask you, can your life be worth the lives of those three innocent soldiers?”Li Er asked again.
"I know my sins, I'm guilty!" Wei Zheng's head hit the ground heavily.
"Wei Zheng, you have to thank me!”
Li Er wiped away the anger on his face and said earnestly,
"If I really listen to your advice and approve the death penalty of those three soldiers, then your hands will be stained with the blood of those three innocent soldiers!”
At this point, the civil and military officials finally understood what had happened. The memorial from Weizhou had arrived. There was new progress in the murder case. The three soldiers had been wronged!
Of course, Li Er did not intend to punish Wei Zheng for a serious crime. It was enough to teach him a small lesson.
"Wei Zheng, I miss you. Your intentions are not bad, but you're old and muddle-headed. You don't see things as clearly as I do."
"Zhen will not punish you for a serious crime and will punish you with a year's salary. I hope you will learn from this in the future and not be foolish again.”
While Li Er was mocking Wei Zheng, he also praised himself.
At this moment, all the officials shouted in unison,
"Your Majesty is wise!"
This time, Wei Zheng was naturally convinced. He knelt down and thanked him,"Thank you for your mercy, Your Majesty. I accept my punishment!"
However, before Li Er could finish his act, he suddenly changed the topic and said,
" Recently, there have been frequent collisions between carriages and horses in Chang 'an. Dear ministers, do you have any practical suggestions to reduce such accidents?”
At this moment, only Cheng Yaojin knew what Li Er was thinking.
Li Er wanted to use his mouth to mention Lin Ye's rule of "driving on the right" and use it to reap another wave of admiration from the civil and military officials.
More importantly, in the future, his political achievements would be added to the history books.
P.S. I'm asking for another wave of flowers and tickets!
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