"Yes," Wu Zuo replied.

"Bold!"

Jiang Chen slammed the table. "Don't you know what relationship he has with me?"

Wu Zuo was a little surprised.

Back in the court, His Majesty had made it very clear that he should find out the truth.

Now that the truth had been found, why was His Majesty dissatisfied instead?

Wu Zuo thought back and forth, afraid of misunderstanding Jiang Chen's meaning.

He raised his head slightly, trying to guess Jiang Chen's meaning from his expression, and then saw Consort Hui standing beside Jiang Chen, her face pale.

After a little thought, Wu Zuo understood Jiang Chen's intention.

He immediately bowed deeply to the ground, "Your Majesty, according to the laws of Great Wei, the prince commits a crime, the same as the common people! What Consort Hui's brother committed is a capital crime of murder!"

"Bold!"

Jiang Chen slammed the table again, "My beloved consort said that there is no such thing at all. How did you investigate it?"

Wu Zuo's heart stirred, and he understood that Jiang Chen was asking him if he had definite evidence.

He immediately said loudly, "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are both witnesses and material evidence in this case. I dare to guarantee it with my life!"

"Preposterous!"

Jiang Chen shouted again, "Are you suspecting my beloved consort of talking nonsense?"

"I dare not. But I think Consort Hui may have been deceived by villains," Wu Zuo said politely.

Seeing that Wu Zuo had already said this, Jiang Chen frowned and looked at Consort Hui.

"My beloved consort, Wu Zuo's statement on this matter seems to have some discrepancies."

Consort Hui was completely panicked at this time, and only said, "I don't know, I don't know."

Jiang Chen then said, "This matter is of great importance. I want to personally judge it. What does my beloved consort think?"

When Consort Hui heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

In her opinion, Jiang Chen's words clearly meant to favor her brother, and she nodded repeatedly, "That would naturally be the best."

Jiang Chen then said to Wu Zuo, "Wu Zuo, did you hear that? I want to personally interrogate this case!"

"The hearing will be held in the main hall tomorrow!"

The next day, after the morning court session, Jiang Chen coughed heavily.

Feng Jin said loudly, "Bring the criminal Qiao Hongyang!"

Soon, the listless Second Young Master Qiao was brought to the main hall.

Seeing Jiang Chen, Second Young Master Qiao quickly shouted, "Your Majesty, save me! Your Majesty, save me!"

"Silence!"

Feng Jin shouted, "How can you make noise in the main hall?"

After speaking, Feng Jin looked at Jiang Chen and said, "Your Majesty, the criminal has been brought. Please interrogate him, Your Majesty."

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Qiao Hongyang, I ask you, someone accused you of beating two civilians to death, and also allowing your subordinates to beat three people to death. Is this true?"

Qiao Hongyang had the same idea as Consort Hui, thinking that Jiang Chen's personal interrogation was to save him, so naturally he would not admit it.

"Your Majesty, these are all slanders, all slanders!"

Qiao Hongyang said, "Your Majesty, my sister... Consort Hui founded the Charity Foundation, and I have been working non-stop. How could I beat people? It's even more impossible for me to beat people to death!"

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "That makes sense."

After speaking, Jiang Chen looked at Wu Zuo, "Wu Zuo, I see that the case files of your Ministry of Justice state that the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. What do you say?"

Wu Zuo stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have witnesses."

"Oh?"

Jiang Chen glanced at Qiao Hongyang, "Bring them up."

"Bring the witnesses!"

With Feng Jin's loud shout, four civilians were quickly brought up.

Feng Jin said, "Why don't you pay your respects to His Majesty?"

These civilians only heard Wu Zuo say that he wanted them to be witnesses today. They never thought that they would see Jiang Chen, the emperor of Great Wei. They were immediately so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Jiang Chen said, "I ask you, did you see a murder case a few days ago?"

"We saw it, we saw it!"

"We saw it with our own eyes, there's no mistake."

…

The four people said at once.

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Then I ask you, who did it? Do you know?"

"We know!"

One of them pointed at Qiao Hongyang and said, "It's him! I saw him beat two people to death with my own eyes!"

"And his subordinates also beat three people to death!" someone added.

"Nonsense! I didn't!" Qiao Hongyang immediately retorted loudly.

"You still say you didn't! I saw it with my own eyes!" the civilian said.

…

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Jiang Chen coughed heavily.

The hall immediately quieted down, and Jiang Chen said, "You said you saw him beat people to death at that time. Very good. Then tell me everything that happened that day."

The four people were about to say it all at once, but Jiang Chen said, "First, take the other three people out. Don't let them talk to each other."

After only one person was left, Jiang Chen said, "Listen carefully, you must guarantee that every word you say now is true."

"Because the next three people will also repeat the scene of that day. If there is any inconsistency, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Qiao Hongyang, who was on the side, was very proud when he heard this. In his opinion, this was Jiang Chen helping him to intimidate these civilians.

He couldn't help but say, "Deceiving the emperor is a capital crime!"

The civilians were indeed frightened, and couldn't speak for a while.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen smiled faintly, "Don't worry, as long as you tell the truth, nothing will happen."

The civilians were encouraged by Jiang Chen, and their tense nerves relaxed a little.

He thought for a while and said, "That day..."

"Wait."

Jiang Chen interrupted the other party's words, "Which day was that day?"

The civilian said, "It was the third day of the fifth month."

Jiang Chen nodded, "Continue."

The civilian continued, "We were originally preparing food for the Dragon Boat Festival at home. We heard that the Charity Foundation was giving zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) to the people, so we went out to prepare to receive them."

"Uncle Ke is my neighbor, and we went together. But we were still a little late. By the time we arrived, the zongzi had already been taken."

"We accepted that we were unlucky and prepared to go home."

"Uncle Ke remembered that he had something to go to the town, so he walked towards the entrance of the village, and accidentally stepped on his foot."

"This person suddenly went crazy for some reason, and directly picked up the box containing the zongzi and smashed it on Uncle Ke's head. Uncle Ke was directly knocked down."

"Uncle Ke's son happened to be returning from the field, and rushed over when he saw it, but he was also knocked down by him. Uncle Ke's in-laws came to deliver zongzi, and when they saw this scene, they wanted to report to the authorities, but he had his subordinates beat them to death, and also threatened us not to report to the authorities, otherwise he would beat us to death too."

After these words were finished, the ministers present all looked at Qiao Hongyang in disbelief.

Just because someone stepped on his shoes, he beat two people to death. This was too outrageous!

Jiang Chen frowned as he listened.

Although he had already heard the general idea from Jing Yue, he couldn't help but feel angry after hearing the detailed description.

"Qiao Hongyang, is what he said true?" Jiang Chen asked coldly.

Of course Qiao Hongyang would not admit it, "It's not true!"