"The son-in-law thinks that it is better for the father-in-law not to come forward in this matter."

Liu Ping thought for a while and said: "Kong Rong is an official of the imperial court, as for how to deal with it, the imperial court has its own laws, why should my father-in-law worry?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but laugh, pointing at Liu Ping and saying, "Sure enough, you kid has a lot of ideas." ”

Kong Rong is the general of the imperial court, but he secretly leaks the secrets of the imperial court to other princes, which is treason, and the Son of Heaven can naturally deal with it with the laws of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Ping's suggestion was to let Cao Cao dump the pot to the Son of Heaven, and how the Son of Heaven punished the guilty courtiers was justified, and there was no problem of Cao Cao persecuting scholars.

"Let's go, accompany me into the palace to meet the Son of Heaven," Cao Cao said with a smile.

……

The two of them rode in the same carriage and came to the palace together.

"It's Kong Rong?"

In the imperial study, after Liu Xie heard Cao Cao and Liu Ping's recital, he was also shocked and blurted out and took the case.

"How kind did I treat him Kong Wenju, and he even betrayed me? It really chilled my heart. ”

"Your Majesty, this matter has not been 100% confirmed, and it is too early to assert that Kong Rong is a spy now," Liu Ping said.

Although the evidence all pointed to Kong Rong, Liu Ping did not dare to make such a judgment easily.

"The person who sent the letter to Xuzhou was a slave of the Confucian Mansion, although it was not confirmed by his own mouth, but Kong Rong's suspicion is already more than ninety percent."

Liu Xie said, his eyes showed a hint of disappointment, even celebrities like Kong Rong betrayed him, how could he not be angry?

"Spread my message, immediately seal off Kong Rong's mansion, send someone to interrogate him strictly, and be sure to get his confession."

"No!"

Cao Cao and Liu Ping responded at the same time, they came here to ask for this edict.

When the two of them left the palace, they immediately sent people to surround Kong Rong's mansion, strictly prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving.

A scholar like Kong Rong cannot be arrested at will until he confesses his guilt, and such a siege can only be regarded as house arrest.

Of course, such a thing also caused a great sensation in Xu Du, and it spread all over the corners in an instant.

After all, Kong Rong is a celebrity and a representative of literati and doctors, so it is difficult not to cause a sensation if he is openly besieged in the mansion.

At the same time, Liu Ping sent Man Chong to try the case.

For the trial of the case, full of favor can be described as experienced, which Liu Ping may not be able to catch up.

Man Pet held back the anger in his belly and led people to carry the corpse into the Confucian Mansion.

"Full of favor, you are so bold, I have no grievances with you, why do you persecute me three or four times?"

Kong Rong didn't know anything at this time, only that his mansion was surrounded by thousands of soldiers, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Seeing Manzhong at this time, Kong Rong couldn't help but tremble all over, and his beard flew around.

"I, Kong Rong, am one of the nine kings of the imperial court, how can I allow you to be bullied arbitrarily by being full of favors? You let me out, and I will face the saint. ”

"You're afraid you don't know yet, do you? Surrounding your mansion is under the dictates of His Majesty," Man Zhong sneered: "Your conspiracy has been exposed, what's the use of the face saint, and you haven't recruited it from the truth?" ”

"Conspiracy? Where do you start? ”

Kong Rongtang will be the Shaofu, and he is also very arrogant, he stared at Man Zhong coldly and said: "Could it be that you can't catch the spies, and you still want to impose them on me?"

You are sinning with desire! ”

Man Zhong waved his hand and asked people to carry the corpse up, "Can Kong Shaofu know this person?" ”

"This is my slave for many years, so I naturally know, how did he die?"

Kong Rong glanced at the corpse, and his eyes moved slightly, "Could it be that you killed it, and you want to frame Kong?" ”

"I don't dare," Man Zhong slowly paced back and forth, his eyes showing a gleam, staring at Kong Rong, "Your slave committed suicide in fear of sin, and this can be testified by all the people who were arrested, not the words of one person."

Moreover, the secret letter sent to Xuzhou was found from him, how does this Kong Shaofu explain? ”

"Suicide? MeSign? ”

Kong Rong said angrily: "It's just nonsense, my Kong Mou's line is right, why do I need to explain it to others?"

I don't know what you say.

If you want to kill, you will kill, don't think about pouring dirty water on Kong. ”

Saying that, Kong Rong turned his back proudly and didn't say a word.

Seeing Kong Rong's denial, Man Zhong was also angry, pointed to Kong Rong's back and said loudly: "The evidence is conclusive, you still don't admit it, do you have to force Man to be sentenced?" ”

If Kong Rong is not a famous person in the world, he would have been punished for a while before he opened his mouth to ask about the case.

But Man Chong really didn't dare to punish characters like Kong Rong, if he provoked the rebellion of the corporal in the world again, he still wouldn't be able to eat and walk around.

For a time, the case reached an impasse.

Kong Rong pushed it clean with a sentence of "I don't know anything", and he couldn't help but have a big head again, and he couldn't move, how could he make Kong Rong confess his guilt willingly?

After a stalemate, Man Chong couldn't ask anything, so he had to send his subordinates to turn the Confucian Mansion upside down again to see if he could find other corroboration.

In fact, the Confucian Mansion has already searched once, and if it is searched again at this time, it will naturally find nothing.

Man Zhong had to go back and tell Cao Cao about the current situation first.

Cao Cao also had a headache when he heard it, Kong Rong didn't admit his guilt, he couldn't kill him on trumped-up charges, right?

……

At the same time, all the ministers of the court, led by Xun Yue, Han Song, Wang Lang, Hua Xin and others, appeared in the imperial study and complained for Kong Rongming.

"Your Majesty, Kong Shaofu is loyal to the imperial court, I heard that Your Majesty came to Xu and came thousands of miles to vote, but Your Majesty ordered to besiege Confucius Mansion, doesn't it make people in the world chill?"

"After Kong Wenju is a saint, if Your Majesty can't even trust him, who else can he trust?"

"We are willing to make a joint guarantee, and beg Your Majesty to release Kong Shaofu."

Kong Rong is a representative of the scholars, and he is very prestigious among the ministers, and now Kong Rong is under house arrest, although these people don't know why, but they have already fried the pot.

In their opinion, the Son of Heaven doesn't even care about people like Kong Rong, can he still care about them?

However, in order to keep it secret, Liu Xie couldn't reveal Liu Ping's strategy at this time, and he could only hope that Kong Rong could confess his guilt quickly, and then he could naturally calm the anger of the ministers.

"If I don't have evidence, how can I move for no reason? You will go back first, and the matter will soon be clear. ”

The secretaries glanced at each other, and when they saw that the Son of Heaven had no intention of relenting, they gave each other a look and retreated.

In fact, they had already discussed it before they came, and if they could not get a satisfactory answer from the Son of Heaven, they jointly went to Cao Cao to petition.

After all, everyone knows in their hearts that although the siege of Confucius was ordered by the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Confucius has no real power in his hands today, this is most likely Cao Cao's idea......

……

At this time, Cheng Yu was holding a transcription of "The Traitor of Power" and hurriedly walked into Cao Cao's study......