Chapter 538: The Net Opens Up

There are branches in the capital money village in all parts of the country, although it is used throughout the country, but the origin of this silver ticket can be seen from the silver ticket. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause on each silver ticket, there will be the name of the branch that issued the silver ticket, and the signature of the shopkeeper.

These silver tickets found in Zuo Teng's mansion and the silver tickets handed over by Wang Gang were all issued by the capital head office of the capital money village, and it can be proved that the people who gave Zuo Teng these silver tickets must have come from the capital.

And the person who can have so many large silver tickets must be very rich, and the plan must be not small. Otherwise, who would spend so much money to bribe a lieutenant general who defends the city and make such a big detour to frame a general who defends the city? So, what exactly is the plan of this mastermind behind the scenes?

Everyone has an answer in their hearts, that is, the military rations and salaries that have been lost from the capital all the way from the capital.

However, when Wu Cheng picked up the token and saw the words on the token, he couldn't help frowning. Everything is not as simple as imagined, and the complex relationships and shocking conspiracies, as well as the various powerful relationships involved, make people reluctant to think deeply, let alone continue to investigate.

Wu Cheng handed over the token to Zhou Tianzheng beside him, and Zhou Tianzheng only glanced at the words on it lightly, and then handed it to Zhou Tianhong.

Zhou Tianhong took the token, looked at the word "willow" on the token, couldn't help frowning, sighed lightly, handed the token back to Wu Cheng, shook his head, and said: "Although the word 'willow' is written on this token, it doesn't mean that it is really Prime Minister Liu Cheng." Prime Minister Liu Cheng is the grandfather of the second prince and a relative of the emperor, so he should not do such a thing. The crown prince believes that this matter needs to be further carefully investigated, and how to deal with it needs to be reported to his father for decision. ”

Zhou Tianzheng also nodded and said, "What the eldest brother is worried about coincides with me." ”

Seeing that the two princes were in agreement, Wu Cheng hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, after the official goes back, he will write a recital and send it to the capital in an urgent manner for eight hundred miles, waiting for the emperor's instructions." ”

Zhou Tianzheng nodded slightly, stood up, and said to Zhou Tianhong beside him: "Big brother, it's almost dawn, here is Lord Wu, you and I will go back to the house to rest first." After a pause, he added, "When the day dawns, we have more important things to do." ”

Zhou Tianhong frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously, "What is the third brother talking about?"

Zhou Tianzheng hooked his lips and smiled, and said, "Brother, have you forgotten? The most urgent task given to us by our father is to recover half of the lost military rations and salaries. ”

Zhou Tianhong shook his head with a chuckle and said, "Third brother, this is an urgent task given to you by your father, not ours." ”

Zhou Tianzheng laughed and said: "Big brother doesn't know, foolish brother, I'm jealous of big brother, there is beauty on the side, and I enjoy leisure alone." Therefore, on the way to Fengming City, I have already written to ask my father to ask my eldest brother to complete this task with me. My father has approved it, and ordered you and me to recover the military rations and salaries within three days. Then, you can take your fiancΓ©e back to the palace for a big wedding. ”

Zhou Tianhong shook his head helplessly and said, "In this case, I have to stay with you for two more days." As he spoke, he had already stood up and walked out of the hall side by side with Zhou Tianzheng.

Wu Cheng and Xing Dewu got up, led everyone, bowed to each other, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Third Prince." ”

After Zhou Tianhong and Zhou Tianzheng left, Wu Cheng sat back on the high hall, picked up another piece of evidence on the table, and looked at it carefully. Although the cork on the porcelain vase has been burned to black charcoal, the shape is still intact and has not been damaged. He carefully uncorked the wood, looked into the porcelain bottle, and sure enough, there was still half of the medicinal powder left, and couldn't help but nod.

Wu Cheng raised his eyes to look at Lin Wan and said, "Second Master Wan, please take a look, is the medicinal powder in this bottle the poison in General Ouyang?"

Lin Wan hesitated a little, but still nodded, stepped forward, wrapped the porcelain bottle in a handkerchief, took it and looked at it, only to see that the bottle was filled with some black powder, which was no different from the fake evidence that Hu Shi took out before. couldn't help frowning, shook his head and sighed: "The grass people are dull and can't see it." ”

Wu Cheng frowned and looked at Lin Wan, and he didn't know if she really couldn't see it, or if she didn't want to participate in the trial of this case anymore. said unhappily: "In that case, please return to the throne of the second prince." ”

Lin Wan didn't say a word, bowed to Wu Cheng, turned around and walked back.

Wu Cheng was shocked and pronounced the verdict: "Mrs. Xiong, although the poisoning was not out of your intention, you did poison it, so the official ......."

"My lord, slow down!" Ouyang Yufei interrupted Wu Cheng's words, strode to Mrs. Xiong's side, lifted her robe, knelt down on her knees, faced Wu Cheng, and clenched her fists and pleaded: "Lord Qiyu, the last general thinks that although Granny Xiong was forced to poison the last general's meal, it was precisely because she only poured half of the poison that the last general was able to survive. The last general believes that although Granny Xiong is guilty, she also has merit, and the merits and demerits are offset by the merits, so there is no need to punish them again. ”

Wu Cheng was stunned, he didn't expect Ouyang Yufei to intercede for Mrs. Xiong, and it was not unreasonable, and he didn't know how to judge for a while.

And Mrs. Xiong, who was kneeling on the ground, saw Ouyang Yufei kneeling beside her and helping her intercede, and she was immediately ashamed in her heart, and she burst into tears, crying silently.

Lin Wan sighed, walked up to Ouyang Yufei's side, hugged his fist at Wu Cheng, and said, "My lord, the grass people can confirm that what General Ouyang said is true. If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. Xiong only gave half of the medicine, General Ouyang would not have been able to wait for the grass people to come to save him, and he would have returned to the west with his life. The grass people also pleaded with the adults for Granny Xiong, and asked the adults to open up. ”

Wu Cheng frowned and looked at Lin Wan, he didn't expect that even Wan Ergongzi, who didn't want to get into trouble, would speak for Mrs. Xiong.

Xing Han saw that Ouyang Yufei and Lin Wan were both interceding for Mrs. Xiong, thought about it, and walked out, saying, "Lord Wu, the younger generation can prove that Granny Xiong has been guarding our mansion for many years, and she has always been in peace, hard work, and has never done anything wrong. Although she is wrong now, she also has merit, and General Ouyang is now unharmed, and the big mistake has not been made. Therefore, the younger generation also implored the adults to spare Granny Xiong this time. She is also old, she can't stand the punishment, and she can't stand the pain of prison, that will kill her, after all, she is not guilty to death. ”

When Wu Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, turned his head to look at Xing Dewu again, and asked helplessly: "Lord Xing, in your opinion, how should this matter be sentenced?"

Xing Dewu thought for a while, hugged his fist at Wu Cheng, and said: "Mrs. Xiong personally poisoned General Ouyang, this is an indisputable fact, and the evidence is conclusive. But the three people in the hall are also reasonable, and there is a reason for not punishing and not punishing, all of which are judged by Lord Wu. ”