Liangdu, on the streets, the crowds are pouring in one direction, today is a big event for the people of Liangdu, the culprit of embezzlement of disaster money is finally going to be tried.

"Let's go, go to the Yamen of Fu Yin, Lord Fu Yin is trying the case of corruption of disaster silver."

"Yes, this time everyone must be to see if the heart of the corrupt man is black."

"I heard that this case involves a lot of ......?"

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Looking at the few people in front of her as they walked, Yun Yan followed closely behind, the corners of her mouth hooked slightly, it seems that this case of silver corruption has really attracted much attention, and I am afraid that there are few big cases that are tried openly in Liangdu.

The outside of the mansion has long been surrounded by the people, and the surrounding discussions can be described as full of people, looking around, it just so happened that there were fewer people on the left, and Yun Yan went directly, but it was not easy to squeeze in.

Standing at the door of the mansion, Yun Yan lowered her head to avoid attracting attention, but her eyes and hearing covered the entire mansion.

There were a row of officers and soldiers standing on each side of the palace, Li Congye had already sat in the position of the chief judge, he looked very serious, the master stood next to him, and no one else stood on it. Looking at this scene, Yun Yan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Mu Yangtian to really hand over this matter only to Li Zhiye, it seems that he hopes that the fewer people who will interfere this time, the better, that is to say, he wants to reorganize the discipline. However, can this Li Zhiye really be believed? Looking at him, she unconsciously remembered everything she saw in the Prime Minister's Mansion last night, and now she can only take a look at it first.

Retracting his gaze, Yun Yan looked at the man kneeling in the hall, he was unkempt, his head was slightly bowed, he had only been in this prison for a few days, and his whole face was unshaven. The blood stains on his body are even more maligned, he wears bracelets on his hands, his hands are dirty, and even his feet are shackled, and the whole person looks a little decadent. In the hall, Li Zhiye sat there, he glanced at the crowd of people talking outside, his eyes suddenly fell on the woman in the lilac dress outside, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Yang Ao who was kneeling below, and slapped his hand in shock, he shouted majestically, "Quiet! ”

Suddenly, the noisy sound outside stopped abruptly, and everyone held their breath and looked inside, waiting for the case to continue. Li Zhiye looked at Yang Ao and said in a deep voice: "Is it the prisoner Yang Ao who is kneeling in the hall? ”

Hearing this, Yang Ao raised his head and said, "Yes." He glanced at Li Zhiye, his eyes were cloudy, Xu was because he didn't sleep well, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked extremely scary.

With a "snap", Li Zhiye slapped the shocked wood again, and he shouted, "Bold Yang Ao, are you guilty?" ”

"Lord Li, General Ben doesn't know what crime Lu Dao has committed. This general originally came to Liangdu on a business trip at the behest of the emperor, but he was inexplicably detained and interrogated, and this general wanted to see the emperor. Yang Ao's mood didn't change much, and his deep voice sounded.

Li Zhiye sneered and shouted: "Do you dare to be hard to this day? As he spoke, he made a gesture towards the sky, "This official is here today to interrogate you, that is the emperor's personal order, you have embezzled and accepted bribes, and you have embezzled 1.5 million taels of disaster relief silver sent to the border area, and you don't know how to repent until today, it is really extremely hateful." ”

Yang Ao knelt there, a grim smile tugging at his rugged face, "Lord Li, you keep saying that General Ben has embezzled the disaster silver, is there any evidence?" ”

"Evidence? The victims in this cool capital are the evidence, if you didn't embezzle the disaster silver, why would these victims have left their homes and been displaced to this cool capital? A wisp of glory appeared in Li Zhiye's eyes, and his speech was neither humble nor arrogant, "You are so guilty that you still refuse to admit it!" ”

With a laugh, Yang Ao said, "This is the evidence that Master Li said?" You're not in the frontier area, so you don't know the extent of the disaster there. It is normal for these people to come to Liangdu without being able to bear the pain over there, if Lord Li thinks that this is evidence and wants to use it to cure General Ben's crimes, General Ben will definitely write to the emperor to impeach you for slandering important ministers of the court. Speaking of this, his expression was full of awe.

"If the official has no evidence, how can he interrogate you?" Li Zhiye glanced at Yang Ao, and then looked at the master on the side, who nodded and took out a piece of paper from the file next to him.

"What you think you do, no one knows." Li Zhiye took the paper in his master's hand, glanced at Yang Ao, and then his eyes fell on the paper, "As soon as you get out of the territory of Liangdu, these silver taels will be less than half, and then the disaster silver seems to be scattered along the way, and it ran into the hands of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the last to reach the frontier area is only 150,000 taels, 1.5 million taels of silver, and it was divided into 150,000 taels by you after the most lu! Hmph, this is what Zhou Ya, the deputy general who escorted Yinliang with you at that time, said, here is evidence that he personally drew the charge. As he spoke, he flipped the paper in his hand over and showed it to the people below, and the red fingerprints were clearly visible on the paper.

As soon as he heard this, Yang Ao's brows moved, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhou Yaren is in the frontier, how can he confess his guilt, Lord Li doesn't want to kill General Ben." ”

Yun Yan looked at the evidence of the crime signed and drawn in the hands of Li Congye, and her heart sank slightly, she had heard of this Zhou Ya, she was the right-hand man under Yang Ao, and she was loyal to Yang Ao, Yang Ao came back this time alone, and this Zhou Ya was indeed on the border as Yang Ao said. It's just that if this is really the case, isn't the evidence in Li Zhiye's hands fake? However, she didn't believe that Li Zhiye would do such a stupid thing, for fear that there would be something unknown to the public.

"Then you can see if this is Zhou Ya's handwriting." Saying that, Li Zhiye handed the paper in his hand to the master, who nodded, walked to Yang Ao with the paper, and put it on the ground.

Yang Ao's eyes slowly widened, looking at the familiar handwriting on the paper on the ground, a trace of disbelief gradually appeared on his face, how could it be. The whole process was recorded on paper, the whole process of disaster silver, as soon as it came out of the cool capital, half of the disaster silver was gone, and then when it was transported to the disaster area, the disaster silver gradually decreased along the way, how much it was reduced, and who it was given to was quite clear. After arriving in the frontier area, only one-tenth of the original disaster silver remained.

"Looking at General Yang's appearance, these seem to be true." Li Zhiye said coldly, looking at the people below.

Yang Ao's throat moved, he regained his composure, looked at Li Zhiye, and said with a sneer: "As far as General Ben knows, some people can copy handwriting now, and they can even confuse the real with the fake. ”

Hearing this, Li Zhiye sneered and said, "It seems that you are not dead hearted, come and bring Zhou Ya up." ”

At this time, the crowd suddenly gave way, and Yun Yan also retreated to the side, looking at the person who was escorted in, he looked about thirty years old, his body was covered with scars, and there was not even a single intact place on his face, as if he had been brought back from the ghost gate. And his face was gray, his blood was surging, and he was clearly seriously injured. Moreover, she looked at Yang Ao, looking at his appearance, he firmly believed that Zhou Ya would not appear here this week, and it seemed that there was something ulterior for Ya to appear here this week.

Looking at the people who were escorted in the hall, Li Zhiye slapped the wood in his hand, and shouted: "Is the hall Zhou Ya? ”

Zhou Ya glanced at the person beside him, a trace of unbearability flashed on his face, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and said, "Meet your lord, I am Zhou Ya." ”

Yang Ao, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly heard this voice, and suddenly turned his head to look at the person next to him, his face was full of shock, Zhou Ya seemed to notice his gaze, glanced at him, and lowered his head.

Li Zhiye looked at Zhou Ya and said, "Zhou Ya, you can recognize the person next to you." ”

Zhou Ya lowered his head, his eyes slightly closed, and said, "Naturally, I recognize that this is General Yang Ao, the general of Zhenwei, and I used to be an adjutant by his side." ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Li Zhiye's eyes fell on Yang Ao again, and he said in a deep voice: "Yang Ao, do you recognize the person next to you?" ”

His expression tightened, Yang Ao didn't answer Li Zhiye's words, he lowered his voice and said, "Didn't I let you go that day?" Why did you come to Liangdu and still want to expose me? I knew that Lu Dao was like this, I shouldn't have let you go in the first place, I should have stopped talking. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Ya's face was full of pain, he hung his head, and said in a low voice: "General, it's Zhou Ya who is sorry for you, and Zhou Ya has no choice but to come, if I don't come, then ......"

"Silence in the hall!" Li Zhiye shouted, he looked at Yang Ao, and said again, "Yang Ao, look at your appearance, do you recognize the person next to you?" ”

Yang Ao retracted his gaze and said indifferently: "He is indeed my lieutenant, but as early as a month ago, he stole the disaster silver and escaped from Lu, I don't know how Lord Li found him, but the reason why he made such a confession is just to exonerate himself, and it is not credible." ”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ya's face was full of surprise, and he muttered, "General......"

"Zhou Ya, is this really the case?" Li Zhiye ignored Yang Ao, he looked at Zhou Ya and said.

Zhou Ya came back to his senses, he gritted his teeth and said, "No, my lord, I left Dingtian Mansion at the beginning, but it was because the general said that the matter was about to be revealed, so let me go first." ”

"So, Yang Ao, did he deliberately let you go? Wherefore, then, do you testify against him? Li Zhiye thought about it and looked at it with an inquiring gaze.

Zhou Ya always lowered his head, and his voice trembled, "This matter is about thousands of victims, I can't speak with my conscience, even if the general is kind to me, but my heart is also made of meat, I was also born by my parents, I can't watch those parents and children who are starving to death die without turning a blind eye, I can't let my parents be spurned by thousands of people." ”

Yang Ao next to him just looked at Li Zhiye, but stopped talking.

As soon as he heard this, Yun Yan's heart became more and more curious, this Zhou Ya seemed to have something to say, and then looked at Yang Ao, he was silent, at this time, shouldn't he refute?

Li Zhiye continued, "In that case, why didn't you explain in your confession where half of the disaster silver, that is, the 750,000 taels of silver that had been missing after leaving Liangdu, had gone? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Ya couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yang Ao who was kneeling next to him, he lowered his head, choked for a long time, and said: "I really don't know how to do this, these things are handled by the general, and I'm just an adjutant." ”

With a "snap", Li Zhiye looked at Yang Ao again, and he said coldly: "Yang Ao, things are as Zhou Ya said?" Where did the 750,000 taels of silver go? ”

Yang Ao's expression became more and more calm, he closed his eyes, but after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, and Da Lu laughed.

"If you can tell where the silver went and find the silver, maybe this official can make a statement to the emperor and leave you with a whole corpse." Li Zhiye frowned and said.

The onlookers outside pointed at Yang Ao one by one, and some of them scolded angrily.

"I'm bah, this is what General Zhenwei, what a scum."

"That is, even stealing the silver for disaster relief is really a wicked person who cares about human life."

"Such people should be killed and fed to the dogs."

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Listening to these words, Yun Yan's expression was slightly grim, she didn't want to hear this, what she cared about was the whereabouts of the 750,000 taels of silver that came out of Yang Ao's mouth, and now it was at a critical point.

Suddenly, Yang Ao stopped laughing, he took a deep breath, looked at Li Zhiye, and said indifferently: "That's right, everything is just as Zhou Ya said, this disaster silver is indeed distributed through my hands." As for the seven hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver that I don't know, ......"

"Where?" Li Zhiye asked.

Zhou Ya next to him said in a low voice: "General, you have to tell the truth, maybe tell the people behind the scenes, and the emperor will not necessarily give you a light sentence." ”

At this time, suddenly there was a thunderclap outside, and the people inside the entire yamen were startled and looked at the outside of the yamen in unison.

Yun Yan was also surprised, she tilted her head slightly, and looked towards the place where the voice originated, but there was nothing unusual, and the people there were also searching around for something like her. Where did this voice come from, and at this time, she turned her gaze, and a figure suddenly fell into her eyes.

Not far from her, a man in a dark robe stood there, he was wearing a cloak and a straw hat, and he couldn't see his face clearly, he glanced at the people inside the yamen, and suddenly turned around.

Looking at this person, I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Yun Yan's heart rose a trace of vigilance, and at this time, the person suddenly looked at her, his eyes were as cold as snow, without any emotion, and his eyes seemed to have a killing aura. She has seen a lot of such gazes, but there are few people who can attract her attention like him, and the cold aura makes people feel chilled, only a killer can be so ruthless.

Just at a glance, the man withdrew his gaze and squeezed out of the crowd, Yun Yan's heart sank, this person was strange, glanced at Yang Ao inside, ready to chase out, and at this time, suddenly there was a surge of people, and her whole person not only did not go out, but got closer and closer in the direction of the yamen.

"Hiss......" Yun Yan let out a painful sound, the side was squeezed tightly, the wound on her left arm was pulled, and she gritted her teeth to prevent herself from making too much noise. But her body was still squeezed by people on the left and right, she couldn't pull away at all, and now she was in a dilemma, she had to stroke her left arm with her right hand to prevent the wound from being touched.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a sense of squeezing around her, and a light female voice came from next to her.

"Watch out for the wound."

At this voice, Yun Yan's heart sank, and she turned her head suddenly, the person didn't look at her, her eyes fell on the yamen, and a trace of composure appeared on her beautiful face.

How did she get here? If you think about it, too, she is the right-hand man of the Night Charm, and it is normal for her to come here to spy on the news, but how does she know that she is injured? What Nightshade told her? She unconsciously remembered the events of that night, and Night Charm had seen her hurt with her own eyes. But why did he tell Purple Shadow?

"Yang Ao, don't talk about it quickly." Li Zhiye said impatiently.

Hearing this, Yun Yan's gaze retracted, and he looked inside the yamen, now waiting for Yang Ao to speak.

Yang Ao said lightly: "I swallowed the 750,000 taels of silver privately!" ”

These words were like a shock, and the discussion outside became louder.

Zhou Ya looked at Yang Ao suddenly, and he said in a low voice: "General, you can't ...... this."

"Shut up, traitor!" Yang Ao suddenly looked at Zhou Ya and said sharply.

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Adam immediately lowered his head, and his expression was full of unbearable.

There were even some people who directly smashed the vegetables and eggs they bought at Yang Ao.

"Sinner...... Damn it! ”

"It's time to drag out the five horses and divide the corpses!"

"It's really a shame for me to go over the country."

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Even some people wanted to come in to fight Yang Ao, but they were stopped by the officers and soldiers.

Yun Yan looked at Yang Ao in the yamen with complicated eyes, his body was already in a mess, pale yellow and shattered, together with the vegetable leaves, he looked extremely disgusting, she said in a low voice: "It seems that Yang Ao has a lot of scruples, otherwise he wouldn't even care about life and death." ”

"That's what he said." The purple shadow next to him said lightly.

He? Is it the Night Glamour? Oh, why did she hear the news of Night Charm now, she always felt a sense of strangeness in her heart.

"Silence!" Li Zhiye slapped a few times in a row, and shouted.

It was a lot quieter outside, Li Zhiye looked at Yang Ao, and said in a deep voice: "Yang Ao, do you know that it is a capital crime for you to say this?" It's better to honestly confess the people behind this scene. You don't have a deep foundation in this cool capital, but the 750,000 taels of silver disappeared as soon as you came out of the cool capital, say, who did you give this silver to? ”

Yang Ao said indifferently: "Lord Li, I have already recruited all of them, and the 750,000 taels of silver have indeed been swallowed by me privately, as for where to go, eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, there is no need to spend money." ”

Li Zhiye frowned, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth, come and torture." As he spoke, he threw away the token.

An officer and soldier from the left and right carried Yang Ao to the ground, and the board was added, but Yang Ao was silent, even though his head was already sweating profusely because of the pain.

Fifty years later, Yang Ao lay on the ground, his eyes looking at Li Zhiye.

Next to him, Zhou Ya whispered: "General, why are you so troubled? ”

Li Zhiye said in a deep voice: "Yang Ao, are you recruiting or not?" ”

"I ...... I have already recruited the 750,000 taels of silver, and I have swallowed them privately. If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. Yang Ao said with a low breath, and finally fainted.

Looking at Yang Ao below, Li Zhiye said in a deep voice: "Press the prisoner into the prison first, and then try it another day." Retire! With that, he left directly, and the officers and soldiers below dragged Yang Ao's body away.

In this way, the entire yamen instantly became deserted, Yun Yan took a deep breath, looked at the people beside him and whispered, "It seems that we must first find the whereabouts of the disaster silver." ”

Upon hearing this, Ziying glanced at Yun Yan in surprise, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, she could see the problem so calmly? After thinking about it, he said indifferently, "He asked me to tell you that he will go to you tonight." With that, she turned away and did not look back.

Hearing this, Yun Yan was stunned, the night charm came to her? Her hands clenched unconsciously, and the feeling became stranger and stranger.

Taking a deep breath, Yun Yan retracted her thoughts, she glanced at the yamen, this Li Zhiye had a lot of evidence, and he was able to force Yang Ao to this point, but at that time, the moment Yang Ao confessed, the sudden sound, and the man in Xuanyi who left suddenly, is all this really just an accident?

Walking on the street, Yun Yan only felt tired, she looked at her arm, the wound was not broken, there was still something to do at night, now she had to go back quickly, suddenly a familiar figure in front of her flickered, she frowned slightly, it was her!

It seems that she has not seen her again during this time, I don't know what her mood was after the incident that happened two days ago, thinking of this, Yun Yan sighed slightly, she really didn't expect this kind of misunderstanding with her, but since she saw it, she always had to greet her.

"Princess......" Yun Yan suddenly shouted.

Listening to the voice behind her, Mu Zhaoyang turned her head and looked at the woman in a lilac dress behind her, she frowned and said in surprise, "Why are you here?" It's bad luck. ”

Yun Yan directly ignored the sentence behind her, she took a few steps forward, looked at Mu Zhaoyang and said with a smile: "But there is nothing to do, walk around, the princess is in a good mood today to play outside this palace." ”

Looking at Yun Yan's smile, Mu Zhaoyang's face instantly stiffened, she gritted her teeth, and said dissatisfiedly: "Yun Yan, even you laugh at me, right?" Hmph, if you have some ability, my sixth brother will not like the seventh son, all this is your fault. I tell you, I won't forgive you, don't show up in front of me. With that, she turned her head and left angrily.

Yun Yan gently stroked her face, and looked at Mu Zhaoyang who was gradually moving away in front of her in surprise, just now she just wanted to smile politely at her, afraid that she would be unhappy, is this laughing at her? She put down her hand and sighed slightly in her heart, this Zhaoyang princess's way of thinking is really not something she can understand. But this matter depends on her, who made her the seventh prince, who made Mu Qingyuan want to win over the seventh prince, who made this a political wedding banquet directed by the royal family, hey, she didn't have anything to do, and in the end it was the innocent Mu Zhaoyang who was harmed.

Retracting his gaze, Yun Yan continued to walk forward, and he didn't know what happened to the matter of Lu Dao and clear water?