Zou Batian and Gong Chengyan were officials in the same dynasty, and the relationship can be described as "plain as water", there is no problem of confrontation, and naturally there is no problem of favoritism, so although Emperor Qinglong was suspicious of his words at first, after Jin Wei's incident, he completely believed it, and believed that since Zou Batian dared to say it, there must be some evidence.

Since Gong Chengyan did not admit his guilt, Emperor Qinglong found Zou Batian, and the two confronted each other, who told the truth and who told the lie, naturally there was a basis for judgment.

Zou Batian was summoned by Emperor Qinglong, and immediately rushed to the palace to face the saint, and as soon as he entered the main hall, he saw that Gong Chengyan and Princess Haining were there, and he understood what was going on.

"Weichen knocked on the emperor, the emperor is ten thousand-"

"Okay, okay, no courtesy." Emperor Qinglong said impatiently.

Zou Batian quickly stood up, glanced at Gong Chengyan, and lowered his head slightly to wait for Emperor Qinglong to ask.

"Zou Aiqing, the last time you told me about Wu County, you will say it again in front of me and the people in this hall."

Zou Batian hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The minister said that day, this private mining matter, and the palace lord and the princess of Haining have a great relationship, although the minister did not dare to boldly identify this matter is the palace lord's doing, but it must be inseparable from him, in fact, as early as January ago, the minister saw the three people who sued the emperor in Xushui. ”

Naturally, it was Luo's mother and son and Huang Wei who sued the royal complaint, and Zou Batian's statement that he saw the three of them in Zhushui was also true, and at that time Luo and others were evading the pursuit of the killer.

When he saw someone chasing and killing women and children, he was puzzled. couldn't bear it, so he rescued it, which allowed the three of them to escape.

Later, the minister found the weapon left by the killer. has the mark of the palace, and the minister knows that it is the killer sent by the palace lord, and he only thinks that he has saved the wrong person, after all, the one who can make the palace lord kill must not be a good kind.

For this matter, the minister deliberately concealed it, for fear that he would delay the affairs of the palace lord.

Until the three of them appeared in front of the emperor. Only then did the minister know that the three of them were just ordinary people, and they had been greatly wronged. This journey through hardships and dangers is to come to Beijing to sue the emperor.

At that time, it was the first time that the minister heard about the mine in Wu County, and the minister knew that there was no mine in Wu County, so he still didn't believe it, but he felt strange. Why did Lord Gong send people to hunt down and kill three ordinary people?

The minister was puzzled. I asked a few more questions about the Ministry of War, only to learn that someone had opened a mine without permission, which linked the cause and effect. ”

He looked at Gong Chengyan with a fierce face and said, "If Lord Gong is not a thief, why would he kill three unarmed people?" What are they doing to you, you don't even let go of the child? ”

Gong Chengyan's face was extremely ugly, and he said recklessly: "If it is a killer sent by me, why do I still use the weapons in my own house, isn't this a handle for people to catch?" ”

He kowtowed to Emperor Qinglong and said, "Please let the emperor know." This is obviously framed by someone, if it is really done by the minister. At least the minister will not use the weapons of his own house to kill people, this must be something that anyone can imagine. ”

"Just because anyone can imagine it, maybe you deliberately fell into such an obvious trick, just to confuse the public, in short, I said, even if you didn't do it, it definitely has nothing to do with you." Zou Batian said firmly.

"You-" Gong Chengyan was still arguing, but was interrupted by Emperor Qinglong's angry voice: "Okay, shut up for me, Zou Aiqing just said the facts he saw, as for you, there is Zhu Hua's confession to testify, you colluded with Princess Haining, and you dare not admit it?" ”

At this time, Princess Haining, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, I admit that this matter is indeed a conspiracy between me and the palace lord, but I was also used. ”

Princess Haining glared at Gong Chengyan resentfully and said: "You said that you were acting on orders, so I will help you for the sake of the upcoming marriage between the two countries, and I borrowed twenty of you for use, but I didn't expect you to lie to me." You deliberately provoked the relationship between Northern Qin and Ningguo in an attempt to cause a war between the two countries, with ill intentions, which is really outrageous—Your Majesty—"

She looked at Emperor Qinglong pitifully and choked up: "Your Majesty, although I have a crime that I can't get rid of in this matter, but it was all used by Gong Chengyan, and I didn't know that my people were actually doing that kind of thing to turn their backs on the king." Please also ask the emperor to take a clear look. ”

Gong Chengyan looked at Princess Haining in astonishment, "Princess, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to slander me?" ”

"Do you slander yourself." Princess Haining said resentfully: "I lent you twenty people, but now they are all dead, so many people, don't you have a little regret in your heart?" ”

Gong Chengyan looked angry, said hello three times in a row, and said sarcastically. "Since the princess is determined, no matter how much I say about it, the emperor will not believe it, I know that now that there is human and material evidence, in the eyes of everyone, I am the culprit of this matter.

But even if the knife is on my neck now, I still won't admit that this matter has nothing to do with me and the Gong family. ”

"Presumptuous." Emperor Qinglong slapped the table and roared: "If it has nothing to do with you, why does all the evidence point to you, why not to others?" Or do you have so many enemies that everyone wants to take revenge on you? ”

"Your Majesty-" Gong Chengyan said fiercely: "That Zhu Hua's words are not credible, the evidence that Lord Zou saw was also deliberately framed, Princess Haining clearly wanted to exonerate the mastermind behind the scenes, so she framed me, Your Majesty, the minister is loyal to you, and the world can learn from the world, and he will never do such a thing." ”

Emperor Qinglong was already suspicious, although he was counting on Gong Chengyan to suppress the Ling Mansion, but now Gong Chengyan betrayed himself first, how could he swallow this breath, and scolded angrily: "Come on, take down this traitor to me, copy it all over the door, all men will be punished with death, and all women will be sent as slaves." ”

Gong Chengyan's face was dull, and he was escorted down by the guards while kicking his feet and shouting that he was wronged.

Princess Haining cried silently: "Your Majesty, I know that my sin is unforgivable, the emperor wants to kill me and has nothing to say, but I must not implicate Ning Guo, I am being used, I don't know that he is actually mining privately, the emperor, I am about to be the daughter-in-law of Beiqin, how can I do such a thing of betraying my mother-in-law, ask the emperor to see." ”

Emperor Qinglong frowned, as if he was thinking about how to punish Princess Haining.

Zou Batian said again at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister still has a word-"

"Straight to the point—"

Zou Batian looked at Princess Haining silently, and stopped talking.

Emperor Qinglong pondered for a moment before saying, "Put Princess Haining in the heavenly prison for the time being." ”

Zou Batian waited for Princess Haining to be escorted down before he said: "The minister thinks that although the evidence is conclusive in this matter of Wu County, Princess Haining is the princess of Ningguo after all, and the civil strife in Ningning has now been calmed down, if she is killed at this time, it will inevitably cause a war between Northern Qin and Ningguo."

The emperor also knew that Dingguo and Yaguo lived around Northern Qin, and in the past, these two countries were like fire and water, and no one would let anyone, even if Northern Qin sent troops to attack other countries, the two countries would not let each other, so they would not rashly send troops to attack our country.

But now it is different, last month Dingguo and Yaguo were married, and now these two countries are grasshoppers on a rope, if Northern Qin sends troops, they will definitely join forces to attack us from the rear.

Therefore, the minister felt that Princess Haining could not be killed. Not only can it not be killed, but it will also have to complete the marriage with Ning Guo after the year, so that Northern Qin will have the help of Ning State, which will make other countries more fearful. (To be continued.) )