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The lobby is so quiet that you can hear everyone's heartbeat!

Wei Zheng and the other six presiding judges did not expect Li You to ask so directly, and everyone in the lobby did not expect Li You to attack Li Ke, and Li Tai couldn't believe Li You's actions just now.

"Confession?" Li Ke suddenly smiled, he got up and walked slowly to Li You, and said in a gentle tone, "Fifth brother, what do you want me to explain to you?"

Li Ke's words immediately surprised everyone even more. He did not expect that Li Ke not only did not refute Li You's questioning, but also asked Li You how he should explain himself. Isn't this an obvious admission that he was the mastermind and planner of this matter?

Li You looked at Li Ke's face with a smile on his face, and his heart suddenly turned cold. Suddenly, an ominous premonition hit his heart, and he couldn't help calming down his thoughts, saying, "Third brother, as long as you admit... .”

"Fifth brother, should I say this to you?" Li Ke interrupted Li You, and continued to speak softly, "It's too late to admit it now, or we brothers will plead with the emperor for you It's too late."

"Li Ke," Li You suddenly roared, "What do you mean by that?"

At this time, Li You obviously didn't have the bearing of a royal family, but looked like a pissed upstart.

"Fifth brother, you are very clear about what this king said. You don't have to say it now, and this king will not force you. However, someone will ask you for this king. When the time comes, you must tell the truth!" Li Ke still kept his smile, not at all annoyed by Li You's rudeness, and his expression showed the prince's nobility and gentleman.

When Li Ke and Li You were talking, Wei Zheng and others, including Li Tai, watched the two of them carefully, but they didn't speak.After all, everyone with selfish intentions wants to find clues from the conversation between the two.

Now seeing Li You staring at Li Ke angrily, while Li Ke still maintains a graceful demeanor, Li Tai knew that the confrontation between the two had ended in Li Ke's victory, so he stepped forward to be a peacemaker, and treated them kindly. , "Fifth brother, how can you talk to third brother like that? Third brother, fifth brother doesn't mean it, I hope you don't blame him."

"Hmph!" Li You scoffed at Li Tai's words and ignored them.

"Looking at what the fourth brother said, is it possible that the third brother is a person with a small belly?" Li Ke smiled heartily, and returned to his seat again.

"Your Highness, I hope that you can respect yourself in the courtroom." Wei Zheng said at this time, and then he glanced at Wang and other jurors, and said, "It has been more than ten days since the poisoning case of the queen and the noble concubine. Many unimaginable things have indeed happened since taking over. First, the real cause of Xianglan's death was found out, then an important witness testified that Zhang Zhong was poisoned, and then Sun Yan, the imperial physician who misreported the cause of Xianglan's death, died. Everything is constantly destroying all the evidence in this case."

Wei Zheng said here with a sigh and continued, "However, no matter how cunning the enemy is, we have gained a lot after several days of hard work, and obtained an important piece of evidence Zhang Zhong's account book."

"Pa" Wei Zheng suddenly slapped the gavel and said loudly, "Bring witness Zhang Hong."

"No," the yamen servant replied.

When Wei Zheng said this, Li Tai's face turned expectant, Li You's face turned pale, and Li Ke's expression remained the same, still so amiable.

Not long after, a woman in a light red dress was brought to the Tang Dynasty. The woman had obviously never seen such a big scene of being promoted, and she seemed very frightened.

"Miss Zhang Hong, don't be afraid. The officer summoned you today just to let you confirm the thing in front of you, whether it is the thing we found that Zhang Zhong handed over to you before committing perjury." Wei Zheng finished speaking, Dai Zhou So he took out an account book and handed it to the yamen servant, who held the account book in front of Zhang Hong.

Seeing the account book, Zhang Hong's eyes turned red, and she said with a choked voice, "This thing was indeed given to the servant by Zhang Zhong!" After saying this, Zhang Hong began to cry softly.

"Miss Zhang Hong, you can go down!" Wei Zheng said.

Zhang Hong agreed and left the lobby.

Wei Zheng waited for Zhang Hong to exit the lobby, and then he said to Li You, "His Royal Highness, Zhang Zhong's account book records the number and people who took away precious medicinal materials from the medicinal food room from the first year of Zhenguan to now, and the account book is the content. It shows that four days before the poisoning of the empress and concubine Yin, you took several herbs from the medicinal room, and these herbs were the ones that were lacking when the empress and concubine were poisoned in the back. Your Highness should deal with this matter Give the officer an explanation?"

"Secretary Wei, Zhang Zhong himself is dead, and it's difficult to distinguish the authenticity of his account books, let alone the things recorded in them, how can you ask me to explain to you?" Li You had already recovered his previous stern expression, and his tone was cold Said.

"His Royal Highness, as you said, the authenticity of the account book is difficult to distinguish, so we summoned Zhang Hong to confirm it, because this account book is what Zhang Zhong personally handed over to Zhang Hong one night before he committed perjury, and you Just now I also heard that Zhang Hong has confirmed that the account book was indeed given to her by Zhang Zhong, so there is no need for you to doubt whether the account book is Zhang Zhong’s property.” Wei Zheng said suddenly, with a stern tone, “Moreover, in order to verify the contents of the account book According to the contents of Zhang Zhong's records, we investigated the files and asked many people, including the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital, the servants of the medicinal food room, the guards of the left and right prisons, etc., and confirmed the authenticity of the account records through their mouths. Moreover, the left and right prisons The guards also proved that they also saw you coming out of the palace with a large bag of things on the day Zhang Zhong’s account book recorded that you took away the medicinal materials.” Wei Zheng said here, his voice raised an octave, and he shouted sharply, “His Royal Highness , could you please explain this matter to me?"

"Yes! My king did take away a lot of medicinal materials that day. It was because my king didn't need it. The imperial doctor prescribed medicine for my king to take medicine for recuperation. That's why my king took a lot of medicinal materials from the medicinal food room, and those medicinal materials were all It is the medicinal material prescribed by the imperial doctor." Li You explained.

"His Royal Highness Qi, please tell me the truth, don't fool me, the jurors, and the two Highnesses!" Wei Zheng said in a stern tone, "We have already asked the imperial doctor in detail before this, and the imperial doctor proved that No matter how you combine the medicinal materials you took away, it is impossible to form a good prescription that can cure the disease. Therefore, your explanation is obviously perfunctory for the officials and the jurors, and the court still hopes that His Highness will respect himself."

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li You's face became paler and paler. He tried his best to calm himself down, but he found that he couldn't do it.He didn't expect Zhang Zhong to leave such a hand.Now, his heart is full of anger, unwillingness, hatred, and regret!