Chapter 282: What a move of passing from the left hand to the right!

"If even you, Lord Chen Yan, are not willing to manage this case......"

Sun Geda knelt forward a few steps, his forehead pressing heavily against the stone steps, every kowtow raising a bloodstain: "Who else can make the decision for us people?"

"Please have pity on us helpless commoners!"

If even Chief Chen is unwilling to take over, then who else will manage it?

The Grand Minister of Justice of the Autumn Office?

Who doesn't know that the Old Zhao Lord wears the same pair of pants as the Wei Duke......

Let alone upholding justice, even getting them to let them through the door is difficult!

"It is not like that....."

Chen Yan shook his head, the hand holding the petition slowly lowered, his fingertips rubbing repeatedly over the creases, but the force became lighter and lighter, as if the paper were thousands of pounds heavy, his brows tightly furrowed: "I am the Chief of the Mingjing Si, what I must do is to clearly examine the grievances of the world, so how could I abandon the people!"

After speaking, he sighed silently.

He looked like he was in an extremely difficult position.

"Then why can't you take over?" Qian Xiaosi heard this and asked in confusion.

"Because of the principle of 'relatives concealing for relatives'!"

Chen Yan exhaled a turbid breath and blurted out.

After a pause, he continued: "If I were to try this case, it would be difficult to convince the people of the world!"

"Even if there were no bias, it would still be criticized by others!"

Liu Bingzhong heard this, thoughtful, and muttered in his heart: "The point Chief Chen refused on, indeed has no problem......"

"The Wei Duke is his biological father. Who in Chang'an doesn't know their conflict? If he handles it lightly, people will question favoritism; if he handles it heavily, people will discuss public revenge for private grievances, being unbenevolent and unfilial......"

"It's just that if he doesn't try it, what is the point of making this move?"

"Unless......."

At that moment, a certain guess surged before his eyes.

The blood on Sun Geda's face faded away, his raised hand froze in mid-air, and that burning gaze was like a spark extinguished by a sudden rain, instantly dimming.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but his throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton, only emitting a wheezing sound, and finally he collapsed back to the ground, his spine as if it had been pulled out, never able to straighten up again.

The lame old man slowly crawled back to his original position, picked up the wooden staff on the ground, but didn't lean on it, just held it tightly in his arms, as if holding onto the last bit of hope.

His turbid eyes looked at the Chief, the little flame of unwillingness that had been there was now completely extinguished, leaving only the resignation of accepting fate, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes filled with tears, but he was too lazy to even wipe them.

Just as the people gathered outside the gate were disappointed and lonely, they heard Chen Yan turn the conversation and speak again: "But this case, my Mingjing Si has taken it!"

"It will be fully responsible for the trial by the Azure Dragon Mirror Master, Li Zhuan, Li Mirror Master!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to Li Zhuan, who had come out with him.

"Who is Li Zhuan?"

"And who is this Azure Dragon Mirror Master?"

The people heard this, and the dead silence in their hearts was torn open by this sentence, and a little light suddenly lit up in their eyes, like dying sparks being re-ignited by the wind.

"Lord Chen Yan, we only trust you!"

"And we are only willing to trust you!"

Sun Geda knelt on the ground and said loudly.

"Yes, except for Lord Chen Yan, we don't trust anyone!"

Qian Xiaosi and others immediately echoed.

The autumn wind was still desolate, but the gray defeat in their eyes was fading little by little, replaced by a cautious expectation.

"Everyone, don't be impatient!"

Chen Yan saw this, pressed his hand unhurriedly, and pointed to Li Zhuan again, introducing loudly: "This Mirror Master Li is the heir of the Zhao Lord, the legitimate grandson of the Old Pillar of State Li Wei....."

"He will definitely handle the case impartially and return justice to everyone!"

Li Zhuan stepped forward in response and cupped his hands toward the people who were paying attention to him below the steps.

"So that's how it is....."

Liu Bingzhong suddenly realized, and sighed in his heart: "What a move of passing from the left hand to the right!"

Having reached this step, how could Liu Bingzhong not understand this gentleman's intention?

With Li Zhuan presiding, it perfectly practiced the principle of "relatives concealing for relatives," avoiding hidden dangers while still being able to thoroughly implement his will!

High!

"Heir of the Zhao Lord?"

"Legitimate grandson of the Old Pillar of State Li Wei?"

The people repeated it in a murmur, and those with some knowledge suddenly lit up and said loudly: "The family background of this Mirror Master Li is not inferior to the Wei Duke!"

Chen Tongyuan is one of the Eight Pillar Noble Families, and the presiding judge recommended by Chief Chen is also one.

Moreover, his grandfather is the Old Pillar of State Li, who loves the people like his own children.

Li Zhuan took the petition handed over by Chen Yan, stepped forward, and held it above his head, "Heaven is above, the bright mirror is the witness—"

His voice suddenly raised, carrying a determination to burn his boats, echoing on the long street in autumn, "I, Li Zhuan, swear here in the name of my grandfather that I will definitely investigate the case impartially. No matter who the person who violated the Great Zhou law is, I will definitely bring them to justice and imprison them for questioning!"

He paused, his gaze swept over the shocked faces of the people below the steps, and finally fell back on the four golden characters, every word like a knife, "If I violate this oath, favor the law, or shield criminals, may my family be destroyed and my grandfather's tomb be restless!"

Qian Xiaosi suddenly straightened up, a surprising light erupting in his turbid eyes, a wheezing sound coming from his throat, and it took a long time to squeeze out a complete sentence: "This Mirror Master Li didn't hesitate to take such a poisonous oath, and he was personally recommended by Lord Chen Yan, so he should be trustworthy!"

"I believe in Mirror Master Li!" Sun Geda was moved and echoed.

"Please, Mirror Master Li, make the decision!"

The people below the steps were also moved and bowed to Li Zhuan in unison.

It's done........... Li Zhuan exhaled a turbid breath, light shining in his eyes. He had seized this opportunity to become famous in the world and had also grasped his eldest brother's cultivation.

The name of the Zhao Lord's mansion and his, Li Zhuan's, will be completely sounded after today.

Chen Yan organized his words slightly, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Everyone, in order to thoroughly investigate this case, clear the grievances as soon as possible, bring the criminals to justice sooner, and be more fair and just......"

"I intend to join the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Autumn Office for a joint trial by the three departments. What do you all think?"

Liu Bingzhong heard this, expressionless, but a different color flashed in his eyes.

This so-called joint trial by the three departments of Chief Chen is not for fairness and justice, but to hold down the Old Pillar of State Zhao, making it convenient to thoroughly hammer the Wei Duke to death......

"Everything is up to Lord Chen Yan!"

The people shouted in unison.

"Then please, people of Taiping Village, enter my Mingjing Si....."

Chen Yan turned half his body, raised his hand to point inside the gate, and said: "Everyone, disperse first!"

"Mirror Master Li will soon give everyone an explanation!"

Wei Duke's mansion.

Study.

Chen Tongyuan's hand gripping the letter suddenly loosened, the letter paper drifting onto the rosewood desk, but he didn't bother to pick it up. The originally tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, the deep-locked gullies as if smoothed by the spring breeze, and smiles rippled in the fine lines at the corners of his eyes, "Gubai, fortunately you didn't participate in their affair....."

"Those few have fallen into Chen Yan's hands and haven't been released yet!"

This "they" refers precisely to Dugu Zhang and the others.

Not only did they fail to steal the chicken and lose the rice, losing the wife and the army, but they also planted themselves in.

"Yes!"

Chen Gubai nodded in agreement and said: "I don't know what eldest brother is trying to do......"

Actually, it wasn't that Chen Gubai didn't want to participate, it was that they thought he was too stupid, especially discriminated against him, and didn't want to pull him into the group.....

Only then did he escape a disaster.

"That evil obstacle Chen Yan is becoming more and more powerful now. I'm afraid we have to reconcile with him and cannot fight him anymore....."

Chen Tongyuan leaned on the back of the chair, thoughtful, and muttered in a low voice.

Previously, humiliation was humiliation, but he was also truly afraid.

Those repeated failures made this Wei Duke recognize reality.....

"But Dad, will eldest brother be willing to reconcile, willing to let us go?" Chen Gubai bit his lip, the faces of his second uncle and aunt suddenly appearing in his mind, and asked.

"Why wouldn't he be willing?"

Chen Tongyuan raised his head, snorted, and said extremely confidently: "Between us and him, after all, bones are broken and tendons are connected, blood is thicker than water!"

"No matter how cold-blooded and ruthless that evil obstacle is, he won't kill us all!"

After a pause, he continued: "At worst, I'll give him the title!"

Chen Tongyuan didn't believe that Chen Yan could kill his father, dared to kill his father.....

Unless he didn't want to stand in this world anymore!

"Yes....." Chen Gubai gritted his teeth and responded.

His eyes were full of unwillingness, resentment, and poison.....

The Duke's title is his, and it can only be his, but in the current situation, he must first hide, pretend to reconcile, and wait for Chen Yan to relax his vigilance......

"Master, something big is bad!"

Just at this moment, Qi Qian pushed the door and entered in a hurry from outside, even forgetting etiquette.

"What is bad?"

Chen Tongyuan was a little unhappy and said in a low voice: "Your master, I, am doing very well!"

After a pause, he continued: "What exactly happened?"

Qi Qian clutched his chest, and after catching his breath, said: "Just... just now, the unruly people of Taiping Village arrived in Chang'an, seeking grievances on Zhuque Avenue, accusing you of forcibly seizing women, encroaching on civilian land, and killing over one thousand two hundred people!"

"Public resentment is already boiling over!" ===== CHAPTER 283 =====