In the court, Xin Zhongqiao impeached Qiu Wanao with eloquence, and Zhuang Yan looked at the two of them with a smile, and he didn't stop it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, this woman is a rare talent, coupled with such a young age, her future is limitless, how could she give up her good future and do such a rebellious thing. Qiu Wanao's sincere defense.

Xin Zhongqiao immediately retorted sternly: "A little girl can know what national righteousness is, if it is not instigated by someone, she will not be able to do this, I am afraid that this instruction will be hateful;

The emperor, the minister thought that this girl would inevitably be punished with death, but the people behind the scenes had to be found out, otherwise it would be a big disaster in the future. ”

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly to indicate that he was listening, but his eyes were on Yao Yan, so calm and unmoving, not defending himself at all, could it be that he was sure that he would not blame?

He said angrily with a cold face: "Sinner Yao Shi, is this poem instructed by someone to write it? Why don't you invite it quickly~~"

Yao Xi replied unhurriedly: "Back to the emperor, the little girl has not been clear about this matter from beginning to end, so the poem is not written by my little girl, and I don't know who accused the little girl, this is full of grievances and wrongs, and I also ask the emperor to preside over justice for the little girl." ”

Xin Zhongqiao sneered: "Since you have committed something, how can you admit it, now that there is human and material evidence, if you can point out the people behind the scenes, and hope that the emperor is merciful, you can still keep your whole body." ”

Zhuang Yan groaned slightly, and ordered someone to summon the witness Lei Zhibiao, everyone in the hall was looking forward to it, not curious about who the witness was, but just worried about how the incident would end.

This time the hall is even more powerful than yesterday, Lei Zhibiao can feel hundreds of people staring at him, but his neck does not dare to move, he trembles as he walks, and he comes to the center of the hall and kneels down with his breath.

Xin Zhongqiao also asked people to do an investigation in advance, and he spoke confidently: "Your Majesty, this person is the son of the magistrate of the same county as Yao Xi, and he can testify that the poem was indeed written by this woman." ”

Lei Zhibiao's frightened heart beat faster, and when he heard his name being mentioned, he immediately panicked: "If you return to the emperor --- Hui, the student can indeed testify that the poem was written by Yao Shi, and it is true."

On the same day, Yao Xi handed in the test papers and left, and his father saw that his article was very rebellious, and knew that he did not have the right to read the test papers, so he sealed the test papers and sent them to the prefect's yamen, expecting that the prefect would definitely hand in the test papers after seeing them.

Unexpectedly, the poem was later spread to Beijing, and my father was also deeply puzzled, and personally went to ask the prefect, only to learn that Yao Shi's test paper was stolen, as for who stole it, the student thought it was her Yao Shi, afraid that the test paper would bring death to himself, so he stole his test paper. ”

The ministers were all in an uproar, this said with noses and eyes, it really sounded like that, but----

Everyone, look at me, I look at him, everyone knows that this is a silent battle between Shoufu and Taiwei, and most of the ministers of the DPRK and China have divided their positions, so after a while, someone stood up and spoke.

There are different opinions and opinions are expressed, and some people agree with it, and some people immediately oppose it, and they can't win or lose, but they will make the court like a miasma.

Lei Zhibiao didn't dare to say a word, he could only kneel on the ground motionless, for fear that he would offend someone if he was wrong.

Qiu Wanao stood out of the queue and walked around Lei Zhibiao before asking expressionlessly: "Have you been to the toasting building yesterday?"

Lei Zhibiao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant by this, but he also nodded, "The student has indeed been there." ”

"Did you have an argument with Yao Yan?" Qiu Wanao continued to ask in a cold voice.

Lei Zhibiao hesitated for a moment before nodding: "It's a little bit of a dispute, but it's just some insignificant quarrels, and the students left later." ”

Qiu Wanao gave up when he asked this, turned around and said to Zhuang Yan: "Your Majesty, this person and Yao Yan already have a grudge, and yesterday there was a dispute between the two, and Weichen also prepared witnesses, and asked the emperor to announce the witnesses to the palace." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded in agreement, and after a while, the shopkeeper of the toasting building was brought up, he was also the same as Lei Zhibiao, or even more cowardly, he had never seen this scene in his life, and it was good that he didn't faint in fright, and he didn't know what to say after kneeling, and he looked very uneasy.

"The emperor is the most kind-hearted, you just need to tell the truth what you saw and heard yesterday, let's say, you saw these two people yesterday?" Qiu Wanao asked.

The shopkeeper looked at Yao Shi and Lei Zhibiao successively, and then nodded in affirmation, and replied cautiously: "Back to the emperor, the grass people did see these two people yesterday, and when they heard the two arguing, in the end, this prince threatened the girl with cruel words, and left." ”

Lei Zhibiao was furious when he heard this, and even a pariahs dared to slander him?

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he trembled, and he was at a loss for what to do, "The grass people don't dare to lie, yesterday the son did say that he wanted this girl to walk and see, saying that he wanted to make this girl regret it, etc., and the grass people were next to him, and he heard it clearly." ”

Qiu Wanao stood up and spoke at the right time: "The emperor also heard it, Lei Zhibiao had already had a quarrel with Yao Shi, and it was very likely that he would take revenge with hatred, but he was taken advantage of by some people to charge Yao Shi with treason. ”

Xin Zhongqiao didn't smile: "Is it me who is referring to the first assistant? I didn't know that these two people had a dispute, and besides, the two are originally in the same county, so they naturally know each other, and it is normal to have some verbal disputes occasionally."

On the contrary, this just proves that Lei Zhibiao is not lying, he knows Yao Shi, Yao Shi has indeed participated in the county examination, he is the son of the county magistrate, and it is not impossible to hear about it from his father. ”

"There is no reason for the captain to rule out the possibility of malicious retaliation, otherwise it would be too coincidental why someone was not caught for a long time, but he was reported at this time. Qiu Wanao sneered.

This matter is uncertain after all, someone stood up and proposed: "Your Majesty, the lower officials propose to send someone to the Yamen of the local prefect of Youzhou to check whether there is a test paper of Yao Shi, if there is really no test paper of this woman, I am afraid what Lei Zhibiao said is true." ”

"I have already sent Jing Zhao Yin to investigate thoroughly, and I have sent two of Aiqing's henchmen, Shoufu and Taiwei, to accompany me, Jing Zhao Yin can go back?"

Mu Bai has been waiting in the side hall for a long time, and there are also Xin Gui and Qiu Bing, both of whom are confidants of Qiu Wanao and Xin Zhongqiao, and this time he was sent to go with him, which is also to avoid one side doing tricks, which is more fair.

The three of them entered the main hall one after another, bowed and knelt down, and then Mu Bai replied: "Your Majesty, the lower official went to the prefect and brought back Yao Shi's test papers, and it turned out that the poem was not written by Yao Shi, and her test papers are here." ”

Xin Zhongqiao was obviously stunned, looked at the test paper in Mu Bai's hand in disbelief, and stared at Xin Gui and asked silently.

Xin Guiwei shook his head to indicate that this was indeed the case, he followed the other two all the way, and it was impossible to do anything wrong, and he even watched the prefect open the sealed letter, Yao Shi's test paper was indeed inside, but it was empty, and only her name was on the sign.

Lei Zhibiao was even more sluggish, and said in astonishment: "Impossible, her test paper has already been stolen, and she is not a blank paper, this is not her test paper at all." ”

Mu Bai's face sank: "Do you suspect that I have done something?"

Lei Zhibiao said in horror: "Adults forgive sins, the student has no such intention, it's just ---- just -----" How is it possible, he remembers it clearly, Yao Xi was definitely not a blank slate that day.

Only then did Yao Xi speak: "I have already given up the exam that day, and I will not hand in the blank papers. ”

"It's impossible----- this ----- can't be -----," Lei Zhibiao muttered sluggishly, not daring to think about it at all.

Yao Yan looked at the red and swollen hands: "If it weren't for the injury to her hand, the little girl could write to prove that this test paper was mine, but these hands couldn't hold the pen at all in the past two months." She shook her head and sighed regretfully.