Huo Pei'an has been in a very good mood these days, since the blade forged by King Rui appeared in the old mansion of King Rui, he has been waiting to see the good show of the complete collapse of Liang Yinhuan. originally thought that the case was already conclusive, and Liang Yinhuan would be imprisoned in less than two days, but he waited and waited, but he only waited for the bitter look on the face of Tong Yuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Tong Yuan hurried over early in the morning, uneasily asking for Huo Pei'an's opinion. "Lord Huo, what do you think the emperor means by this move? Is this case investigated or not? How deep is the investigation, how far is the investigation? You give support to the lower officials, so that the lower officials have a bottom in their hearts! ”

"Check! Why don't you check?! Huo Pei'an was not as anxious as this criminal department secretary, he sat down in his seat peacefully, leisurely fiddling with the lid of the cup, and only felt that this timid criminal department secretary was really in trouble.

Tong Yuan still hesitated: "However, looking at the attitude of the emperor last time, it seems..."

"The reason why the emperor didn't arrest King Rui immediately was because of the public opinion, and he wanted to wait for the ironclad evidence to cure King Rui's crimes, and even if King Rui was clever at that time, he would not be able to escape the punishment of national law!" Huo Pei'an said softly, "This case, you have the courage to investigate!" If you find out well, you can find out the emperor's heart, and the emperor will definitely be rewarded. Adult, you might as well take this opportunity to make up for your achievements! ”

When Tong Yuan heard this, he felt that Huo Pei'an's analysis was very reasonable, and he secretly thought in his heart: Although the emperor did not directly blame himself for the fraud case last time, the emperor always remembered this account in his heart.

Thinking of this, Tong Yuan couldn't help but nod again and again, "The lower officials will try their best to investigate this case." However, Xia Guan retrieved the archives of King Rui in Fuzhou in the past five years, and there is indeed no conclusive evidence to prove that these weapons were purchased or forged by King Rui privately! ”

Huo Pei'an was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What about five years ago?" What about the reign of the first emperor? ”

"No, King Rui's income and expenditure records have always been clean, there are no unusual money exchanges, and there is no sign of recruiting soldiers. Moreover, these blades were not uniformly forged by the imperial court, which means that the weapons of the entire five major boxes were all transported from outside Beijing, and so many boxes were transported into the capital, whether they were by water or official roads, they would definitely leave some clues. However, after checking the records of the past few years, Xia Guan did not find any records of incoming and outgoing goods related to Ruiwang. ”

"Oh? So weird? There is not even a trace of it? The two thick eyebrows were almost twisted together, and he slowly got up and paced back and forth in the hall in confusion.

"Yes, Xia Guan also thinks this thing is quite strange. It stands to reason that there can't be no trace at all, is it the wrong direction for the lower officials, or" Tong Yuan said eagerly, and suddenly paused, carefully testing Huo Pei'an's reaction. "Could it be that this matter really has nothing to do with King Rui? Did someone deliberately bury these blades in King Rui's old mansion? ”

"Nonsense! If this didn't happen to King Rui, who else could it be? Huo Pei'an immediately scolded, "It's just that King Rui acted cunningly, so he didn't leave any obvious flaws." ”

Tong Yuan said helplessly: "But after checking for these days, there is no progress, and we still only have the thief's confession on hand, so there is inevitably some insufficient evidence, right?" ”

With the evidence they have at hand, it is indeed a little difficult to be foolproof of the crime of King Rui's rebellion, but Huo Pei'an is a person who is well versed in power after all, as long as it is the person he wants to get rid of, he will definitely do whatever it takes to get rid of it. His eyes suddenly turned pale, and he looked deeply at Tong Yuan, who was at a loss, "This matter is not easy to say, but it is not difficult to say." Master Tong, think about it, this case is tried by your criminal department, how to try it, what is tried, and is it not all up to your criminal department? ”

The puzzled look on Tong Yuan's face became more and more intense, "What do you mean by this, adult?" Xia Guan didn't understand. ”

"Tsk!" Huo Pei'an walked up to Tong Yuan and whispered softly, "Since there is no evidence, then the only way to do it now is to get some evidence for him, can't we?" ”

Tong Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and stammered and asked, "This... My lord, do you want to give false testimony and set up a blame? ”

"How can it be called a blame for planting?! The initiator of this matter was King Rui, and you just made the trial process simpler. Huo Pei'an retorted, seeing that the other party was still hesitating, he became bewitched again, "The emperor has not yet publicized the matter of private weapons, but rumors have begun to spread in the DPRK and China, and people's hearts are in turmoil, this matter should be resolved as much as possible, and the emperor can't wait too long." ”

"But the Criminal Department of the fraud case has already made false testimony last time, if you don't know how to restrain it this time, in case..." Tong Yuan said worriedly, the fraud case has not passed the limelight, which really makes him have to be particularly cautious.

Huo Pei'an interrupted in a deep voice: "No case! Don't be like that! What is the current situation of King Tarui? There is neither power nor henchmen in the DPRK and China, who will say good things about his plea for mercy and overturning the case? ”

Tong Yuan said again: "But what about Wei Ming? He has always looked at the lower officials unpleasantly, and a pair of eyes are staring at the criminal department, and now once the criminal department makes a mistake, he will immediately play the emperor. If Xia Guan really fabricated perjury as Huo Xiang said, if Wei Ming found out at that time, he would not be able to bargain with me! ”

Huo Pei'an snorted coldly nonchalantly, "Although Wei Ming is nosy, he is not stupid, he knows what idle things can be managed, and what idle things can't be managed!" What is the relationship between the emperor and King Rui? If Wei Ming dared to help King Rui this time, wouldn't it be obvious that he was against the emperor? ”

Huo Pei Anfu reached out and patted Tong Yuan's shoulder again, as if to appease and instigate. "Besides, this time is different from the last time! The emperor has always wanted to move King Rui, but he has no opportunity and no reason. Now that he finally has such a great opportunity, how can he let him go? ”

"It's... This..."Tong Yuan's eyebrows were tightly locked, and after a long time, he seemed to have made a great determination, and then said slowly, "What should the lower officials do?" ”

"It's not difficult to revise the records of goods shipped to the capital." Huo Pei'an's eyes were like torches, and he said quietly, "I'll say it here, what should I do, I don't think I need to teach adults one by one, right?" ”

After such a discussion of this matter, Tong Yuan also had a bottom in his heart, so he immediately got up and rushed to the criminal department to continue to 'interrogate' his case. After Tong Yuan left, Huo Pei'an's originally peaceful face suddenly shot out two cold eyes like ice, called the housekeeper waiting outside the house, and ordered: "Go and keep an eye on that Wei Ming for me these days, don't let him spoil the good thing of his true appearance!" ”

After the housekeeper took the order to leave, Huo Pei'an looked out the window, the bright sunlight slanted on him through the window lattice, but it could not shine into the dark place in his heart.

"Liang Yinhuan, this phase will definitely cut you to the root this time!"