Chapter 665: Interrogation
The emperor laughed, half because he was angry, and half because he was happy.
Angry naturally because Queen Zhao and the Queen Mother teamed up to deceive him, but this is also expected, the old princess entered the palace to find the Queen Mother, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department was assassinated, and the account books and testimony were destroyed, with this money, it is not difficult to guess that the old princess bought the murder.
As for the happiness, it is also clear that the small treasury is going to have another lot of income......
However, when he is the emperor, he will not question the queen rashly if the evidence is insufficient.
It was confirmed by the emperor that the young master Feng Da went to the pawnshop with the silver ticket to confirm that it was obtained from the title deed of the Mo family.
Then, the emperor called Empress Zhao to the imperial study, and the feeling of the stack of silver tickets smashed on the dragon case was really refreshing.
Empress Zhao knows better than anyone the origin of this silver ticket, but she didn't expect that the pawnshop would mark the silver ticket, and the house leak happened to be rainy, and now the case in the imperial dining room is gone, and there is another case.
A few days after the Mo family's accident, the day when the Mo family was the deed of land and the deed, it happened that the Mo family was grounded, and even a bird could not fly out of the Mo family, how did this expensive silver ticket enter the palace, and how did it get into the hands of the steward of the imperial dining room, and was buried under the tree by him?
The emperor questioned, and Empress Zhao didn't know about the concubines, "The concubines interrogated the steward of the imperial dining room according to what he said to find out the ...... of the silver ticket." ”
Before Empress Zhao's words fell, the emperor patted the dragon case and said, "You don't know?! The Mo family has a total of 600,000 taels of silver tickets, these 580,000 taels were sent to me by you, and the other 20,000 taels were bought by Fengluan Palace, and they are all here!"
After the emperor finished speaking, Li Guifei on the side said, "Your Majesty, you have to lose the pawnshop to make a mark on this silver ticket, otherwise I don't know how this money came from, and I really got it when I was greedy for ink from the steward of the imperial dining room, I don't know if this money was given to the queen by the Mo family, the queen is afraid that she will not be able to find out the results for a long time, and she is afraid that the emperor will take back the phoenix seal, so she used it to prevaricate the emperor, or is this money the steward of the imperial dining room, but the queen deducted 20,000 taels from it to buy the concubines in the palace, with the intention of not being good for the concubines?"
That's right, the other 20,000 taels were searched from Li Guifei's Zhaoyang Palace, and there were marks on the silver ticket, which was easy to identify.
Li Guifei interrogated, and the steward of Zhaoyang Palace confessed.
It was given to them by the queen's grandmother.
The pawnshop accidentally pitted both the Queen Mother and Queen Zhao.
Queen Zhao refused to admit that she sent someone to buy the Zhaoyang Palace steward's mother, this silver ticket was dug up by the palace people, and the palace people told her that it was 580,000 taels, even if she borrowed a few guts, she didn't dare to be greedy for a penny of silver.
Empress Zhao called aggrieved, and almost didn't swear to the sky, plus the loyal eunuch of Fengluan Palace stood up and confessed, saying that he was not used to seeing Li Guifei's command, so he climbed on the queen's head to show off his might, and wanted to inquire about Li Guifei's secrets and vent his anger for the queen, so he bought the grandmother of Zhaoyang Palace.
The faithful eunuch was put to death with a rod.
Queen Zhao's charges admit that she has been cleared, but in fact, everyone knows what is going on, but she just doesn't break it.
Young Master Feng was responsible for raiding the Mo family, and he was merit in finding silver tickets, so the emperor handed over the matter of how the 600,000 silver tickets entered the palace to Young Master Feng to check, and there was a reward for checking it.
Young Master Feng has a headache, no one has to raid the house with him so hard, this hard-earned money is not easy to earn, he said, "The emperor asked the minister to go to the yamen of the Criminal Department to interrogate Old Lady Mo?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Don't dare?"
They are a group of fox friends and dog friends, and the background adds up to the hardness, and he doesn't dare to underestimate him as an emperor, they get together, what don't you dare?
Young Master Feng shook his head, he said that he didn't dare, and his uncle wouldn't believe it, so he said, "Such a big thing, Old Lady Mo will definitely deny it, he is old, and the minister will not dare to torture him." ”
The emperor waved his hand, "I will allow you to use torture!"
The implication is that something happened, and he, the emperor, took it with all his might.
Saying this, Young Master Feng happily dragged the five princes to the prison of the Criminal Department to investigate the case.
As he expected, Old Lady Mo refused to admit the pawn deed and title deed, he was the younger brother of the old princess, even if the prince saw it, he would give him a little thin noodles, and how many juniors would dare to torture him?
But on the contrary, Young Master Feng was tortured.
The torture equipment interrogated by the Criminal Department was varied, and some of them were stained with blood.
Third Young Master Chu held a red-hot iron in his hand and said, "Try this, I heard that if you burn it, you can smell the aroma of barbecue." ”
The fifth prince pointed to the clamping stick and said, "Let's try this first, with our martial arts, it shouldn't be a problem to clip off ten fingers." ”
King Mingjun had a soft spot for the tiger chair and said, "You are all too ferocious, it's better to have a tiger chair." ”
Young Master Feng is in a dilemma, they are all good brothers, he doesn't want to favor one over the other, so he said, "I see that Old Master Mo is very stubborn, he won't recruit a single torture at all, the emperor allows me to use torture, I don't have to be responsible for anything that happens, why don't you give it a try?"
It's so easy to talk to.
Third Young Master Chu picked up the soldering iron and laughed with a gust of yin wind, "I'll come first." ”
The red-hot soldering iron, you can feel the burning heat from a long distance, Old Lady Mo's face is white, and he doesn't have much contact with others, but Third Young Master Chu has seen him in the palace, and he doesn't even give the old princess face.
The soldering iron was all in front of him, and the third young master of Chu smiled and said, "If you really don't admit it, I'll do it." ”
Without waiting for Old Lady Mo to speak, the soldering iron stretched out, as if she couldn't wait, Old Lady Mo's face turned pale with fright, and her eyes were closed tightly, "I'll move! I'll send the silver ticket to the old princess!"
Third Young Master Chu bared his teeth and had no backbone at all, so he confessed so quickly.
The fifth prince patted Young Master Feng on the shoulder and said sympathetically, "There is a long way to go." ”
Young Master Feng has a headache, is he going to leave the palace to interrogate the old princess?
The emperor handed over this case to him, not to mention leaving the old princess, even the queen mother and the king, he also had to ask.
Young Master Feng asked a few questions, and Chu Li and Minglan knew about it.
When they came to leave the palace, Minglan was pruning flowers and branches in the courtyard, full of interest.
Over there, Si'er ran over, and Bizhu couldn't wait to ask, "Has the old princess been recruited?"
Si'er shook her head like a rattle, how could it be so fast, she said, "The old princess is unwell, and no one will see her." ”
Minglan, "....... ”
Well, let alone confess, I haven't even seen each other.
Over there, Third Young Master Chu entered the courtyard, saw Ming Lan, and asked, "Where is my eldest brother?"
"In the study," Minglan replied.
The Third Young Master of Chu walked over there, and Chu Li just opened the door and came out, saying, "Something to do with me?"
"Knowingly asked," Third Young Master Chu bared his teeth, and then said, "The old princess is unwell, and this case can't be investigated." ”
The old princess is not a prisoner, let alone rushing in, and there is no one visible, how can this case be tried?
Could it be that it has been dragged until the old princess is sick?
With such a lot of things in their hearts, they can't even have a good time.
Chu Li said, "This is a matter in the court, you should go to your father." ”
"Is it different from you?" said Third Young Master Chu with a roll of his eyes.
How could it be the same, he couldn't break into the old princess's house and force her to question.
Since the third young master Chu came to him for help, it was the old prince who destroyed the Mo family, and the imperial dining room was related to the queen mother, Chu Li couldn't stand by and watch this matter.
He went to the outer courtyard to find the prince.
The prince went to Changhui Courtyard in person, and the result was the same, the old princess did not see the prince.
Wang Ye frowned and said, "It's really so serious, why don't you ask for a doctor?"
Mother Wei sighed, "The Mo family was raided and imprisoned, and the old princess was angry and angry, causing an old illness, so let the old princess rest quietly for a few days." ”
The prince couldn't refuse, so he said, "Since you are not feeling well, then take a good rest." ”
Young Master Feng was anxious, and Chu Li asked them not to worry.
Mother Wei thanked her, but the prince changed her words and said, "Mother Wei is the confidant of the old princess, and she usually serves inseparably, so if there is anything to interrogate Mother Wei, take it down." ”[.]