Chapter 92: When will the game end?
Is this going to be a temple trial?
Hearing him say this, Gu Qinghuan's heart sank. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info He thought that he had never come forward to deal with those sons, it was Lu Yuancheng who was entrapping them, how did they know that these things were related to him?
And the incident happened suddenly, when Lu Yuancheng and the nine people were arrested, they didn't have time to meet, and later they were detained in different cells, Lu Yuancheng is an official, and his detention place must be a certain distance from the nine people, and it is impossible to collude with them afterwards.
How could you think of sending them to testify at this time?
He wasn't afraid of this, but he was curious to hear what they had to say......
Chen Jingxing agreed to summon him, and before the nine people came, let Gu Qinghuan wait aside, and he continued to select officials among the Jinshi who participated in the palace examination and assign them official positions.
Gu Qinghuan stood silently aside, listening to Chen Jingxing announce the rank of those Jinshi one by one, and felt his temples twitch suddenly.
The Jinshi who participated in the palace examination were selected by the emperor himself, but the general official position was not very high, but he was just a beginner in his career, taking this as a starting point, and those who were not given officials by the emperor and those who did not participate in the palace examination will participate in the selection of the official department and run for vacant official positions, most of them are waiting for another vacancy as an alternate official before they can officially take office.
This is the first time he has gone to the palace, secretly looking around this magnificent golden palace, there is supreme power here, honor is competing here, and there are also many dangers here......
This place is both desirable and frightening......
Just like the supreme Chen Jingxing......
The jinshi thanked them one by one and retreated together, this was about to end, and he hadn't started yet.
Chen Jingxing's dragon case contained the candidates' official papers, as well as the nine sets of papers that had been picked out separately, and the prisoners had not yet arrived.
The scroll full of splendid articles covered his face, making him even more mysterious, and when he heard that the prisoner had been brought outside, he glanced sideways and glanced at Gu Qinghuan.
Gu Qinghuan was still standing there, unfazed, in this long wait, his eyes fell on one place, that is, the corner of the dragon case, where there was a jade tube brush commonly used by Chen Jingxing, although separated by a distance, it can still be seen that the hair peak is delicate and special, the pen is carved from a whole piece of blue sky white jade, and what is even more peculiar is that the jade rod is hollow out, so it is very light.
This should be the legendary Shengtian jade pen, but anyone who sees it for the first time can't help but stare, but Gu Qinghuan is particularly fascinated.
Gu Qinghuan came back to his senses and watched the nine people wearing shackles and being escorted into the Golden Palace by the Imperial Forest Army.
Most of these noble sons knew Gu Qinghuan, when he set up a stall on the street before, those bullies were also there, but at this time, the situation of the two sides was completely different, one side became a prisoner, and the other became a minister of the Son of Heaven.
They all pointed out that it was Gu Qinghuan who drove them to cheat and tricked them into deceiving the Holy Hearing, and Lu Yuancheng was also deceived by him to act like this, and the biggest culpable was him Gu Qinghuan.
Seeing that they were so unanimous and so sure, Gu Qinghuan understood, he had always thought that he could hide that he was acting behind his back without coming forward, but in fact, Lu Yuancheng had already revealed him behind the scenes to these sons.
And he had planned for a long time, but if the result was wrong, he would put all the blame on himself and push himself out of the guilt......
His conjecture was confirmed, and he was calm.
No more doubts.
In the face of their accusations, and in the face of Lu Yuanzhi, who was in his hands to win, Gu Qinghuan sneered, indifferently took out something from his arms, and bowed his head and submitted: "Your Majesty, Lu Yuancheng once made a huge amount of debt in order to trick Yusheng into ghostwriting the paper, and promised to help the person he won over to gain fame, and then pay me a lot of money!
He raised his hands in the air, presented the arrears, and the eunuch took it and presented it to the emperor.
Lu Yuanzhi's complexion changed again, which he didn't expect.
This letter of arrears is naturally not the concise IOU at the beginning, but a complete document, which clearly states that Lu Yuan undertook to support Gu Qinghuan to act, and promised to pay Gu Qinghuan a huge amount of ghostwriting fees after the scientific examination, which is exactly what Gu Qinghuan said.
Chen Jingxing glanced at it wordlessly, and said to Lu Yuanzhi casually: "Xiangguo, you might as well take a look and identify whether the signature on this is from Ling Lang's hand?"
The father-in-law took the arrears again and sent it to Lu Yuanzhi, he took it and looked at it, his face became worse and worse, knowing that even if he denied it, the emperor would send someone to verify it again, and he was embarrassed for a while, so he could only say: "It is indeed a little similar......
"How similar is it?"
Chen Jingxing looked at him in a blink of an eye, and a pair of ink pupils suddenly appeared in a pair of awe-inspiring cold eyes after the twelve beads, his complexion changed suddenly, he got up at once, and threw the fold in front of Lu Yuanzhi: "This is your precious son-in-law's love letter written by himself in prison! Complain to me! Let's see if the handwriting on it is the same as the signature on this note?"
Long Yan was furious, the whole hall was shocked, everyone bowed down together, only Gu Qinghuan slowed down by half a beat: "The minister is guilty! Your Majesty is angry!"
Gu Qinghuan's heart sank for a moment, and only then did he appreciate the prosperity of the emperor's prestige, and he couldn't help but feel a little related.
Lu Yuanzhi rushed to the front and knelt on the ground: "The old minister has no way to teach his son, and he has committed a great crime! Your Majesty is angry! The old minister is willing to admit the guilt! He will not hesitate to die!"
Chen Jingxing turned sideways, calmed down again, did not get angry and arrogant, lowered his eyes, raised his finger and pointed at the official of the Criminal Department next to him, and said: "Criminal Department, tell Xiangguo what crime should be committed for cheating in the science field?"
Yin Qixiu, the servant of the Criminal Department, stepped forward and replied calmly: "Those who cheat and deceive to gain fame will be beheaded, and those who bribe officials to gain fame by fraud will be punished for the three clans, and those who collude with party friends to bribe and bully will be punished for the nine clans." ”
Chen Jingxing opened his eyes and looked at Lu Yuanzhi and those involved in the case, standing on a high place, leaning over slightly, and said, "Do you hear it? Do you hear clearly? It's not that I want you to wait for death, it's that you want to find death yourself!"
Gu Qinghuan felt his temples twitch a few more times, and secretly raised his eyes to glance at Chen Jingxing's expression.
Lu Yuanzhi coughed violently a few times, almost unable to make a sound, but gradually straightened his back, saluted dignifiedly, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the facts of the case have been ascertained, and the death of the old minister is not a pity! But although this son is not good, he is already the only surviving son of the old minister! I beg Your Majesty to spare him for his capital crime! The old minister is willing to die to repay Your Majesty!"
Chen Jingxing seemed to be considerate, turned his back to the ministers, and did not see his face.
Gu Qinghuan knew that he would not condemn the Lu family to death like this, not to mention that the case had not yet been decided, I don't know what tricks Lu Yuanzhi would use again, just talk about the power of the Lu family, and Queen Lu in the harem, if you really want to move the Lu family, you have to weigh it again.
You might as well push it yourself......
Gu Qinghuan moved forward a little, kowtowed again, made a big salute, spoke sincerely, and said with a sincere face: "Your Majesty is gentle, foolish and lowly, you shouldn't say much, but now that you have entered the Golden Palace, you can't be derelict in your majesty's responsibility, you can only sincerely advise and be loyal." ”
"Your Majesty, foolish people have the courage to admonish, please forgive the Lu family!"
Everyone looked at him, and he continued to say fearlessly: "Your Majesty, you are foolish, Lord Xiangguo is an important minister of the society, and the Lu family is the first gate in Chang'an City, and his achievements and reputation are unprecedented, and no one can match him! As the prime minister of a country, how hard and meritorious is Lord Xiangguo? His prestige is wide and widespread, all officials look up to him, and the people admire his name, and he is really the pillar of the Great Qi and the strong shield of the family and the country! How can he implicate the Xiangguo because of his son's fault? The law is strict, and the country is supreme, if the Xiangguo Lord is connected, it will cause turmoil in the government and the opposition, and the society will be lost! Please think twice and forgive the Lu family's sins!"