Li Kai took a deep breath, as if he had mustered up great courage, and then said in a dumb voice: "Your Majesty! The grass people have evidence that Qiao Yuanshan set fire to kill people, and then planted the blame. ”

Li Kai's words made Qiao Yuanshan and Huo Pei'an startled, and stared at Li Kai who was kneeling on the ground trembling in horror. They didn't know that the other party still had such a hand, and the situation suddenly put them in an extremely passive state, and they could only watch Li Kai make the next move and couldn't stop it.

Li Kai said slowly: "When Qiao Yuanshan sent me to burn down the Yanyu Building, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, we not only used fire oil, but also used a large amount of gunpowder, so that no one in the entire Yanyu Building was spared. Although gunpowder is difficult to obtain among the people, Qiao Yuanshan is in charge of the Qingbei Army garrisoning the northern border, and it is much easier to obtain gunpowder in the name of the Qingbei Army. What's more, the amount of gunpowder obtained this time was not much, but I just asked the military department for half a cart of explosives, and there was Qiao Yuanshan's token, so the military department easily handed over the gunpowder. But this half of the cart of gunpowder was enough to blow up half of the street of Yanyulou. ”

"You actually called gunpowder to the military department?!" Wei Ming couldn't help muttering when he heard this, "It's simply unheard of, it's bold!" ”

Li Kai continued: "If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can go to the military department to check!"

The secretary of the military department, the former squire of the military department, Yue Xuan, is also a student of Yin Zheng. Because the original military department was a smuggler of court weapons and fell off, so Yue Xuan naturally became the secretary of the military department, and since he took office, he has been in good political performance, and the military department is only managed in an orderly manner. Yue Xuan lowered his head and walked out of the ranks, stood in the center of the main hall, and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, General Qiao did transfer more than half a cart of gunpowder from the military department half a month ago. Because the number was not large, and there was General Qiao's token as proof, the military department gave it a special grant. Wechen easily handed over the gunpowder without finding out the truth, causing innocent people to suffer, Wechen is guilty, and I hope His Royal Highness will punish him severely! ”

Qiao Yuanshan's face turned pale, he fell to his knees with a 'plop', and cried with tears on his face: "That token....In addition to Weichen, there are other lieutenants in the Qingbei Army who also have the same token. Again... Moreover, it may be that someone deliberately counterfeited a similar token, and it is still unknown that the military department allowed the thief to successfully fool through without careful inspection! Your Majesty, Weichen has been on the battlefield for decades, defending the frontier and guarding the northern territory for so many years, without merit and hard work! Weichen's loyalty to the court can be learned, the emperor must not believe the words of the villain! ”

Li Kai's words were reasonable, and Qiao Yuanshan said it with emotion, and the tears of grievance didn't seem to be lying. The two sides insisted on their own words, which suddenly made Liang Yinhao not know who to believe.

Just when everyone was hesitating and not knowing whose words were true and whose words were false, Li Kai said again: "Your Majesty! At first, the grass people were worried that Qiao Yuanshan would cross the river and tear down the bridge, and kill me afterwards, so the grass people kept a hand at that time in case of emergency! At that time, when the grass people asked Qiao Yuanshan to borrow the token, he secretly smeared some phosphorus powder on his hands, so Qiao Yuanshan's token must have left traces of phosphorus powder. Everyone knows that phospho powder will emit a faint light at night, as long as the emperor sends someone to check his token himself, everything will be revealed! ”

Liang Yinhao looked at Qiao Yuanshan below with scrutiny, and asked in an icy voice: "Qiao Qing's family, is there really something wrong?" This token should be on you now, right? ”

"I....I..." Qiao Yuanshan shook his head in a panic and muttered to himself, but suddenly laughed to himself. Emperor! King Rui has bad intentions, and Weichen also wants to eradicate traitors for the emperor and the court, so he is obsessed with using such a strategy! In the final analysis, Weichen is all for the emperor! ”

Qiao Yuanshan's words were tantamount to admitting his crime, Liang Yinhao was so angry that his face was flushed, he couldn't help but stand up, pointed at Qiao Yuanshan and scolded angrily: "It's ridiculous! Is it for the sake of the court or for your own selfishness? Is it to eradicate traitors or to exclude dissidents?! Do such filthy things, you still have the face to say so high-sounding?! You should be me, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are fools! ”

Qiao Yuanshan still didn't give up, and continued to struggle: "Your Majesty! King Rui's arson and smoke and rain building is indeed the fault of Weichen, but King Rui is really in the same breath as the Lingshan Gang, and they have a very close relationship in secret! Your Majesty, think about it, if it weren't for some shady deeds, how could a prince of the imperial court have close contacts with people in the rivers and lakes? ”

At this time, Qiu Feng, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "General Qiao's words are wrong! The grass people are the gang leaders of the Lingshan Gang, although the Lingshan Gang is quite powerful in the rivers and lakes, but the Lingshan Gang has an iron rule, that is, they are not allowed to participate in the temple dispute. ”

Qiao Yuanshan stared at Qiu Feng viciously, and said coldly: "Hmph! If the Lingshan Gang has nothing to do with King Rui, why are you coming to the palace now? You went to great lengths to find evidence and detain Li Kai to extort a confession, isn't it just to clear the charge for King Rui? If you have nothing to do with King Rui, who would believe you?! ”

Qiu Feng lowered his eyes and smiled, no longer looking at Qiao Yuanshan, but looked up at Liang Yinhao on the dragon chair, and said: "To say something that the emperor doesn't like to hear, the most disdainful thing for people in the rivers and lakes is to have a relationship with the imperial court. The name of the Lingshan Gang still has some weight in the rivers and lakes, and this rumor not only caused a storm among the people, but also talked about it in the rivers and lakes, which has had a great impact on the reputation of my Lingshan Gang. And the most ridiculous thing is that the Yanyu Building has nothing to do with my Lingshan Gang at all, but General Qiao said that all the gangs of the Lingshan Gang were burned to death in the Yanyu Building. I have a big gang, but I was inexplicably wiped out overnight, how can I stand by and watch as the leader of the Lingshan gang and not stand up and say something? ”

"You don't quibble here!" Qiao Yuanshan's gloomy gaze seemed to be two streaks of ice, and he went straight to Qiu Feng, then turned his head to look at Liang Yinhao, and said, "Your Majesty! Weichen has evidence of collusion between King Rui and the Lingshan Gang! On that day, Shang Shutong of the Criminal Department sent someone to Fuzhou to investigate, and found out that King Rui had a relationship with the Lingshan Gang five years ago, and has been in touch since then. The emperor will ask the children of the criminal department to know! ”

Liang Yinhao looked at Tong Yuan and asked, "Oh? Tong Yuan, is there anything going on?"

Tong Yuan stood up tremblingly, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Qiao Yuanshan, and said in a weak mosquito voice: "Back to the emperor's words, Weichen... Weichen has never sent anyone to Fuzhou, let alone received the news that King Rui colluded with the Lingshan Gang, and asked the emperor to know it! (To be continued.) )