Next to the pillars of the Xuanzheng Palace, Lu Zuo was standing there, extremely inconspicuous, and when Emperor Han asked, everyone's eyes fell on Lu Zuo.

Lu Zuo asked, so he slowly walked out of class, took a deep look, and said: "What the prime minister said is not unreasonable, but there is no direct evidence to prove that Gao Han is guilty, how can he be easily sentenced to prison?" So the people's mouths are blocked, but after all, this is a foolish pass, and the parties have become scapegoats because of this, and when the people finally know what happened, how can His Highness be able to convince the public? I am afraid that it will backfire and arouse deeper public resentment at that time. ”

When the crown prince Liu Yan heard this, his palms were sweating, but he couldn't defend himself.

The official Shangshu Quan said, moving his bloated body out of class and playing: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just wants to temporarily put Gao Han in prison and investigate carefully, but he didn't expect Gao Han to commit suicide, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot be completely blamed for this matter." ”

Xu Bingde, the secretary of the military department, also came out of the class and continued: "Lord Quan is right, and Gao Han can't think about it himself in prison, if he is not afraid of crime, then why commit suicide?" ”

Emperor Han smiled coldly, "In this way, the crown prince is not guilty, but meritorious?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Shizhi said, "Now that this matter has happened, whether Gao Han is guilty or not, he should also appoint someone to investigate this matter again." ”

"Then this matter will be handed over to Li Aiqing to be fully responsible......"

Emperor Han changed his words, and when he was about to say another thing, Cui Hao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, suddenly came out of class and said: "This matter must not be handed over to the prime minister. ”

There was a sudden uproar in the hall, and they all looked at Cui Hao, but they didn't expect Cui Hao to be so bold and dare to top his peak. Even Li Shizhi secretly glanced at Cui Hao inexplicably.

Emperor Han also looked at Cui Hao with some surprise, he had always known that although he was still young and his qualifications were not high, he had always been upright, but he would not dare to contradict his boss, so he asked curiously: "Where do you start with this?" ”

Cui Hao's eyebrows tightened, and he breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly, as if he was doing the final breaking of the cauldron, thinking that this time he must complete the task assigned by King Ning, and he couldn't miss such a good opportunity again, so he paused before saying: "The prime minister deceives his superiors and subordinates, and is accustomed to the trick of stealing the sky and changing the day, how can he take on this great responsibility?" ”

"Bold ......"

Emperor Han couldn't help but say it, and said angrily directly. Li Shizhi's body also trembled, not because of Cui Hao's false accusation, but because he was startled by Emperor Han.

Some officials who are close to Li Shizhi on weekdays also criticized Cui Hao, "You have not been in the Criminal Department for a few years, so it is ...... to speak so disrespectfully", and there is also an authentic way, "Your Majesty, please immediately drive Cui Hao out of the palace......" The palace instantly seemed to explode into a pot, and Li Shizhi saw that many courtiers were speaking for themselves, and he felt a little proud in his heart. The crown prince Liu Yan, who was the leader, saw that the matter of Fang Cai had passed at this time, and he didn't care who they were talking about, and his uncle had never had any handle in the hands of others.

Emperor Han was originally angry and wanted to vent his anger on Cui Hao, but seeing that the reaction of the hundred officials was so fierce, it made him a little surprised and disgusted, so Emperor Han was interested in listening to Cui Hao's explanation, "Cui Hao, you tell me the reason, if not, you will be convicted of framing your colleagues and exiled to a desert island." ”

Cui Hao said unhurriedly: "This matter has to start with Lord Du, the imperial historian, who is the prime minister who was reported by Lord Du last year. ”

Du Zongting? Almost everyone's reaction was the same, and everyone's eyes fell on Du Zongting's body again. Du Zongting broke out in a cold sweat in the clouds, and said embarrassedly: "This ...... What does it have to do with me? ”

Liu Yan is also curious, Du Zongting is now his own person, did he also betray himself?

Emperor Han asked with interest, "How do you say this?" ”

Just when everyone was puzzled, Cui Hao continued: "It was last year that Lord Du reported the prime minister for favoritism and fraud in the trial of Wu Qingfeng that year, and there were originally 124 people on the Zhu pen list to be beheaded, but when the execution was carried out, there were three less, and three of them were operated by the prime minister in the dark. ”

Cui Hao said, the courtiers were in an uproar, and everyone looked different, I didn't expect Cui Hao to bring up the old matter again, and dare to offend the prime minister who was above 10,000 people under one person, and this matter is also chasing after the wind, there is no conclusive evidence, how can you have such courage!

Du Zongting has heard that his legs are weak, and the tip of his nose is sweaty, this is already an old thing, at that time, Liu Xu, the king of Wei, was still in the world, and each was the master of the prime minister Li Shizhi, at that time, the Han Emperor did not pursue it, and promoted Li Shizhi to the prime minister, this Cui Hao is clearly using himself to re-mention this matter and use himself as a shield.

Lu Zuo was even more shocked, Cui Hao wanted to sue Prime Minister Li, why didn't he discuss it with him, could this be what King Ning meant?

Emperor Han showed an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth, but the corner of his mouth was still slightly raised, and he pretended to be serious: "There is no real evidence for this matter, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, you slandered your superiors, Cui Hao!" You should know the consequences, right? ”

Cui Hao bowed slightly and continued: "Although many years have passed since this case, when the minister was looking through the old files in the Criminal Department recently, he accidentally found many flaws in the file, which is really incredible! I remember that last year, when Lord Du accused the prime minister of presiding over the case, he said that he had released three people without permission, but the number of heads recorded in the case file was not less, but there was a place in the file of the Criminal Department that was indeed different. ”

"What's the difference?"

"There are few written records in the dossier, and it is recorded in the volume: 'In the autumn of the eleventh year of Yuan Heng, Liu Chang, the Marquis of Dongping, impeached Wu Qingfeng, the governor of the army and horses, for his personal gain, plotting against him, and intending to rebel, and the emperor ordered Li Shizhi, the secretary of Dali Temple, to preside over the trial. On August 18, all 124 members of the Wu Sect were imprisoned, and after investigation, they were beheaded for public display on August 23, and a section was added at the back of this file: "The 124 corpses are not missing, and the flesh and blood of the three heads are blurry and unrecognizable." ”

Emperor Han was puzzled: "There are three human heads that are unrecognizable? Could it be that someone used the torture before that? ”

Cui Hao said: "The minister also thinks so, but the minister found in the file of another case that three criminals disappeared on August 22 of the same year. ”

"Missing?" Emperor Han wondered, "Who is missing?" ”

"The missing are three mothers and sons, a widowed mother instructed her two sons to steal the farming cattle of the next door, and they were arrested, and the time of arrest happened to be August 18, and the time of disappearance was the day before Wu Qingfeng asked for beheading." Cui Hao said eloquently without changing his face.