At this time, Yao Zongwen's clothes were already wet with his own cold sweat, and he no longer had the calmness he had when he was arrested just now, but he let out one or two inaudible hums from time to time.

Walking in front of Yao Zongwen, Wei Zhongxian's face showed a smile, and then he sat on the chair brought by his subordinates, and coldly ordered: "Help Lord Yao over, and prepare a stool for the documents to prepare." After saying this, Wei Zhongxian deliberately paused for a while, and then continued: "Lord Yao, if you knew today, why bother in the first place? But it's not too late, confess obediently, and then wait for Your Majesty's ruling. ”

Yao Zongwen raised his head and looked at Wei Zhongxian, the expression on his face was slightly hideous, as if he was involved in the wound, and directly let out a painful cry: "Father-in-law Wei, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, if you act like this, I am afraid that there will be no good end." ”

"I won't bother Lord Yao about this." Wei Zhongxian looked at Yao Zongwen with a calm face, and said playfully: "Lord Yao, our family has been ordered by His Majesty to investigate Xiong Tingbi's case, now let's talk about it!" ”

The paperwork next to him had already been prepared, and after listening to Wei Zhongxian's words, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly picked up the pen and began to write on the paper, which was a record.

Yao Zongwen was so painful that he couldn't speak, and he gasped for a long time before he spoke: "I have a deep grudge with Xiong Tingbi, I was in charge of the household department, and I left my job and returned to my hometown because of the funeral. After returning to the dynasty, he wanted to become an official, but several applications from the ministry were placed for several years, and they were not approved. The recommendation seal has been recommended several times, but it is still not appointed. I really couldn't think about it, so I wrote to Xiong Tingbi and asked him to ask for an official for himself. Xiong Tingbi didn't answer me, and I resented him because of it. ”

"Later, I finally made a ministry, went to Liaodong to inspect the soldiers and horses, and discussed with Xiong Tingbi, naturally most of them had different opinions. In addition, after several failed bribes, the resentment against Xiong Tingbi in his heart was even deeper. ”

Watching Yao Zongwen speak, Wei Zhongxian's heart blossomed with happiness, it was really good, this could be regarded as confirming Yao Zongwen's sin. In this way, the prerequisites for making this case bigger are there, and the emperor will inevitably be very satisfied, and his position can be consolidated, how can he not be happy?

"After returning from Liaodong, I began to contact other people and slander Xiong Tingbi in the imperial court, hoping to teach him a lesson."

Wei Zhongxian was also excited, and hurriedly asked, "Who are the accomplices?" ”

That's the key question.

"It is Liu Guojin, a native of Liaodong, Liu Guojin originally did imperial history, and was demoted in the six-year Jingcha. After the war broke out in Liaodi, the imperial court decided to use Liao, so Liu Guojin became the head of the military department and participated in military affairs. Liu Guojin advocated recruiting Liao people as soldiers, and the imperial court recruited more than 17,000 people according to his method, and more than half of them later fled. Xiong Tingbi reported the matter to the imperial court, and Liu Guojin also had a grudge against Xiong Tingbi. ”

"The two of us hit it off, and released a rumor to attack Xiong Tingbi, saying that the territory of Liaodi is decreasing day by day, slandering Xiong Tingbi and abandoning everyone's plan, the military horses there are not trained, the generals are not deployed, the people's hearts are not attached, and the punishment sometimes has no effect, but when the labor of the army and the people has not stopped. Yushi Gu Yu rose up first and impeached Xiong Tingbi for more than a year, and there was no plan for everything; Puhe was lost, concealed the news and did not report it; Soldiers with weapons are not used for battle, only for digging ditches, and Shang Fang's sword in his hand does not seek to make up for state affairs, but only for his own prestige. ”

Wei Zhongxian listened to Yao Zongwen's words, and suddenly frowned, and his face suddenly sank, he really wanted to take revenge on some imperial envoys, and these people were indeed impeaching themselves.

But Yu Feng heard that this matter itself was their errand, Yao Zongwen was going to be punished, but the others themselves were afraid that it would be difficult to deal with them. Besides, this is what I want for a big man, what are these little shrimps used for?

Looking at Yao Zongwen, Wei Zhongxian suppressed his voice and said, "Lord Yao, our family doesn't like to be treated as fools. ”

"Xiong Tingbi Liaodong is strategic, can you succeed with a few of you? Who is the one who instigated it? Wei Zhongxian looked at Yao Zongwen and scolded loudly: "It's really not like I don't cry when I don't see the coffin." ”

Yao Zongwen groaned a few times in pain, his face kept changing, he raised his head to look at Wei Zhongxian for a while, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Wei, I admit my sin, but there is no one behind me, no matter how you ask about this, there is no one behind me." ”

"Pull down, hit!" Wei Zhongxian was also ruthless, he must pry Yao Zongwen's mouth open, this matter can't go wrong.

At the end of January, heavy snow fell in the capital one after another, and the white snow on the vermilion wall made people feel moved from the bottom of their hearts. This heavy snow did not mean to stop at all, but it became heavier and heavier, and the entire capital was shrouded in heavy snow. The weather was cold, and few people traveled, but countless pieces of music flew into the Qianqing Palace along with snowflakes.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse seemed to be missing, and he ignored these notes, and he left everything to the cabinet and the celebrant of ceremonies.

The ministers outside were so anxious about Yao Zongwen's arrest that they all wanted to enter the palace to find out, but they were all blocked. This made there be a lot of rumors outside, what Wei Zhongxian was in power, what emperor was absurd, and all kinds of rumors.

At this time, in the carpenter's workshop of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was tinkering with the wooden blocks in his hand, and not far away, the prototype of a wheelchair had already come out.

"Emperor, I heard the news." Chen Hong whispered at the door.

Zhu Youxiao seriously picked up a wooden wheel, looked at it a few times, nodded with satisfaction, then put it aside, stood up and stretched a lazy waist, Zhu Youxiao said: "Then let's talk about it!" ”

"Yao Zongwen has already confessed, and Gonggong Wei is still being tortured, saying that there are still people behind Yao Zongwen." After Chen Hong said this, he stood aside, with a serious expression on his face.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Of course, there are still people, what can a Yao Zongwen and a Liu Guojin do." After saying this sentence casually, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "In the past, when Xiong Tingbi was the imperial historian, he was responsible for advancing words with Liu Guojin and Yao Zongwen. ”

Liu Guojin and others had old hopes for Xiong Tingbi, which was why Yao Zongwen would ask Xiong Tingbi to go to Xiong Tingbi's door, but Xiong Tingbi didn't dare to agree to them, or rather, Xiong Tingbi didn't look down on them, so they were even more disappointed. Yao Zong's text came from Liu Guojin's disciples, and the two of them have colluded even more since then, and they have been tilting Xiong Tingbi even more. ”

"But this Xiong Tingbi is not so easy to dump, but sometimes, some things, waiting for an opportunity."