In less than half a day, the matter of the Hanlin Academy spread quickly, and the most mainstream theory of the government and the opposition was that Cui Xilie passed on the book to the National History Museum at midnight, and gave advice to the emperor and the emperor to give ghosts and gods.

When many ministers of the DPRK and China heard this, they were secretly frightened, and those who had originally planned to intercede on behalf of Peng Chu immediately burned their records, and those who opposed the revision of the "Qianxing Shilu" also fell silent, silently watching the development of the situation.

After Emperor Yuanyong heard this, his face kept turning from blue to white, from white to red, and finally completely black, with a cold light in his eyes, and he wanted to choose someone to kill.

In anger, Emperor Yuan Yong issued several decrees, first removing Zhang Yuan from the position of head of the Hanlin Academy, and then sending troops to besiege the Hanlin Academy.

In the end, Shen Ji, the secretary of Dali Temple, was strictly ordered to thoroughly investigate the matter before the unitary time.

After Shen Ji received the holy decree, he secretly complained in his heart that he would not fall, and he had completely suffered from the disaster of innocence.

Shen Ji didn't dare to delay at all, and immediately brought people to the Hanlin Academy.

After Zhang Yuan went down, he gathered everyone in the Hanlin Academy, wanting to find out about the matter, although the people in the Hanlin Academy had different reactions, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they were trying their best to prove that they had nothing to do with this matter.

Later, seeing that the emperor surrounded the Hanlin Courtyard again, they were busy explaining the details of where they were last night.

After the Hanlin courtyard was locked yesterday, no one entered the Hanlin courtyard except for the guards, inspectors and guards.

The National History Museum was also locked yesterday as usual, and after the lock, there were guards on duty, no one moved the medicine key, the lock was not abnormal, the guards did not leave their posts without permission, and no one was found to have entered the National History Museum.

But when I opened the door in the morning, the article was on the list, and the handwriting was indeed Cui Bo's.

After Shen Ji arrived, with the assistance of Zhang Yuan, he immediately conducted a comprehensive inventory of the Hanlin Academy.

After some investigation, his mood gradually fell to the bottom, and he put all the clues in one place, and could only draw extremely absurd conclusions.

He knew that the words of the ghosts and gods were false, and the matter of the Hanlin Academy spread all over the government and the opposition in a few hours, and there must be someone behind it.

If this result is handed over, I am afraid that the emperor will suspect that he intends to protect the Hanlin Academy.

Under the pressure of time, after many rounds of interrogation to no avail, he began to torture the guards and patrols of the previous night, but the result was still the same as always, and nothing was found.

At the second moment of Shen Chu, seeing that the time limit given by Emperor Yuan Yong was about to arrive, Shen Ji was suddenly very anxious.

In desperation, he could only take the clues he found temporarily and enter the palace to face the saint.

"That's your answer to me?" Emperor Yuan Yong's face was full of anger, and his voice was cold.

"Weichen is incompetent, please forgive the emperor!" Shen Ji didn't dare to defend himself, and immediately pleaded guilty.

"Please give the minister some more time, and the minister will definitely find the thief."

Emperor Yuanyong picked up the case file sorted out by Shen Ji again, looked at it carefully, and then asked, "Is it possible that these people are connected in series?" ”

Shen Ji hurriedly said: "The minister is also so suspicious, but he hasn't asked anything yet. ”

"If this matter is not clarified, no one in the Hanlin Courtyard can leave!"

"I will give you another night's time, and I will come to see me tomorrow morning, if this is the result, you don't have to come to the court tomorrow!" Emperor Yuanyong threw the case in his hand and said angrily.

"Wechen obeys!" Shen Ji hurriedly responded.

Out of the Heart Nourishing Palace, Shen Ji wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and he sighed secretly in his heart, not knowing if he could pass this level.

After returning to the Hanlin Academy, Shen Ji no longer cared about the identities of the people in the Hanlin Academy, and began to strictly investigate and interrogate the personnel on duty.

Half of the night has passed, the lights are still bright in the Hanlin Courtyard, and the people of Dali Temple are in the Hanlin Courtyard, coming and going, but there is no effect.

Shen Ji's heart became more and more anxious, and at this moment, a doorman reported: "My lord, there is a person named Lu Jing outside the door, saying that he has something important to ask to see his lord." ”

Shen Ji thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Please let him in!" ”

After Lu Jing saw the salute, he asked directly: "What suspicious characters can Uncle Shi find?" ”

Shen Ji shook his head worriedly, and then asked, "What's the important matter of the virtuous nephew?" ”

Lu Jing muttered: "There are some speculations in the hearts of the juniors, but they still need to be verified to be sure, can Uncle Shi let the juniors see the testimony of the guards and guards on duty last night?" ”

Although Shen Ji didn't believe it much in his heart, he still asked people to give those testimonies to Lu Jing.

Lu Jing nodded after looking at it and said, "They shouldn't be lying." ”

"Does the virtuous nephew also think that Choi Hee-yeol's ghost did it?" Shen Ji asked with some disappointment, although he didn't have much hope in the first place.

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "The younger generation has always believed that it is man-made, once the National History Museum is locked, it cannot be entered from the outside, the guards were always there last night, the key was not lost, and the lock was not destroyed, all this seems to be impossible to be man-made, but in fact there is a possibility." ”

Shen Ji's heart lit up when he heard this, and he instantly realized from Lu Jing's words: "You mean, someone didn't leave last night?" ”

"Yes, this is the only way to explain it, presumably after the door opened today, he took advantage of the chaos to blend into the crowd!" Lu Jing explained.

"What the virtuous nephew said makes sense, the old man will send someone to investigate!" Shen Ji said busily.

Lu Jing nodded, and didn't say anything more, Shen Ji, as the secretary of Dali Temple, has a lot of capable people, and now that the direction is clear, I believe that it will find out.

Two hours later, Shen Ji sent a message to say that the culprit had been found, and it was a Confucius named Guo Ju in the Hanlin Courtyard.

At the beginning of the Yin period, Emperor Yuan Yong sent someone to send a decree to allow everyone in the Hanlin Academy to go home.

As soon as Lu Jing and Lin Ruhai came out of the Hanlin Academy, they saw Lu Zheng and Lin Zhong coming over.

Lu Zheng and Lin Zhong heard about the Hanlin Academy, so they rushed to the Hanlin Academy, and later saw that the emperor sent troops to surround the Hanlin Academy, for fear that Lin Daiyu and Lu Zhiyu would be worried, so they didn't dare to tell them.

When Lu Jing and Lin Ruhai arrived home, it was already the third quarter of the first month, and in less than half an hour, Lin Ruhai was about to go to court, and both of them had no intention of sleeping, so they sat together and chatted.

Lin Ruhai recalled what had happened in the past few days, and said with emotion: "I thought that there was nothing to do in the Hanlin Hospital, and I could support the elderly, but I didn't expect so many things to happen in the past few days." ”

Lu Jing took this opportunity to tell Lin Ruhai about Emperor Yuanyong's gift of manuscripts.

Lin Ruhai pondered for a long time, and said without a clue: "As a teacher, you can't guess the emperor's thoughts, you don't have to worry, the emperor will hand over those to you, he must have intentions, it may just be that the time has not come." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said, "The disciple is also guessing. ”

The two didn't talk for long, the sky was already bright, and after Lin Ruhai freshened up, he went to the morning court.

In front of Fengtian Gate today, it was extremely solemn, and the civil and military officials looked at the quiet and empty Taihe Palace, and felt a sense of solemnity for no reason.

The Jingyang bell rang, and hundreds of officials entered the hall, and everyone looked solemn, without a sound.

After Emperor Yuanyong entered the palace, he sat on the throne in the center of the hall, and after the hundred officials saw the salute, he glanced down and said in a deep voice: "Since the emperor handed over this seat to me, I have been conscientious, dreaming of sleeping at night, not daring to have a moment of forgetting, nor have I had a moment of leisure. ”

"I often say that those who speak are not guilty, and I am not a person who can't listen to opinions, if I have anything to say, I can say it at the court meeting, or I can make an excerpt, even if I say it wrong, I will not blame, but if someone spreads gossip and spreads rumors behind my back, I will not spare it!"

After Emperor Yuanyong finished speaking, he immediately looked at Shen Ji.

"Initiate the saint, the minister has the book to play!" Shen Ji stood up and said.

Although Guo Ju was found yesterday, he was just escorted back to Dali Temple, and before he could interrogate, Guo Ju committed suicide in prison, and he found out from Guo Ju's home that he and his brother Guo Lang's letters, which also involved the King of Beijing.

Guo Lang is a guest of the Beijing Palace, and the content of the letter found is Guo Lang's instructions to Guo Ju, and it also vaguely mentions the King of Beijing.

He took advantage of the early court to report the matter to Emperor Yuanyong in advance, but after Emperor Yuanyong saw it, he still let him perform it truthfully in the main hall.

"What do you have to do?" Yongzheng asked.

After the Shen family told the matter in the Hanlin Courtyard, they presented the fold: "This is the content found by the minister, please ask the emperor to take it." ”

Emperor Yuanyong ordered someone to take the excerpt, and after browsing it, his face became gloomy, and he asked people to transfer the excerpt to King Beijing: "You can also take a look!" ”

King Beijing opened the fold full of doubts, and when he saw the content on it, his body trembled, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Holy Lord, the minister is wronged, it is impossible for the minister to do such a thing, this is someone is framing the minister." ”

After King Beijing finished speaking, a cold light appeared in his eyes, and after glancing at Shen Ji, he immediately withdrew his gaze, he was sure that someone was framing him.

"Shen Ji, what do you say?" Emperor Yuan Yong ignored King Beijing's words and turned to Shen Ji to ask.

Shen Ji took out a letter from his bosom and said, "This is what the minister found from Guo Ju's house, please take a look at it." ”

Emperor Yuanyong asked people to take it, and directly transferred it to King Beijing, saying: "Since this matter involves you, you can prove your innocence!" ”

"Obey the order!" King Beijing replied in a cold sweat.

"The minister has something to do with the saint!" After King Beijing and Shen Ji retreated, Yu Hong, the Imperial History of the Inspectorate, stood up and said.

"What are you going to do?" Emperor Yuan Yong asked.

"Please ask the Holy Lord to cure Cui Xilie for the crime of bullying the king." Yu Hong said.

Everyone in the hall was shocked when they heard this, Cui Xilie has been dead for twenty years, and it is ridiculous to convict him, not to mention that Cui Xilie has a good reputation, what a crime, and then many people stared at Yu Hong with unkind expressions.

Emperor Yuan Yong also looked at Yu Hong in surprise, wanting to hear what amazing remarks he could say.

Yu Hong ignored everyone's reactions, and said unhurriedly: "Cui Xilie is guilty of misinterpreting the holy will, and the emperor asked him to be pragmatic, but Cui Xilie has cut off some things or cut off the head and tail, or the expression is ambiguous, which is very easy for people to misunderstand Taizu's original intention." ”

"The sixth part records that Renzu likes his young son, but he doesn't like Taizu, Taizu is angry and leaves home, but according to the minister's research, Renzu's move is actually to encourage Taizu to go out, and deliberately do it, Taizu originally intended to be filial piety under Renzu's knees, but when he realized Renzu's heart, he was reluctant to give up, bid farewell to Renzu, and traveled abroad, Cui Xilie so misinterpreted Renzu's meaning and Taizu's filial piety, it was a big crime!"

The seventh chapter once recorded: When Taizu traveled to Jinling, he lamented that he sailed down to Yizhou alone, and he had no livelihood worries. According to the personal humiliation of the past, the four seas are cold for the family. ”

"Cui Xilie only remembered this poem, but did not say that Taizu went to Jinling to join his relatives at that time, and it is easy for people to misinterpret it as Taizu complaining about Renzu, so that Taizu has a loss of filial piety."

……

Yu Hong picked on the thorns one by one, picking out a few paragraphs in each article for alternative interpretation, and finally concluded: "Cui Xilie's intentions are sinister, and he seems to be loyal but is actually treacherous, so the minister asks to destroy his book and investigate his crimes." ”

Although everyone knows that what Yu Hong said is a lie, some things are really difficult to refute, especially when it comes to Taizu's filial piety, they can't accuse Yu Hong of saying something wrong, Renzu doesn't like Taizu, Taizu doesn't filial piety Renzu.

Feng Yanji glanced at Xu Chengjing angrily, this Yu Hong is Xu Chengjing's protégé, and what Yu Hong did today must have come from Xu Chengjing's instructions.

Zhang Yuan was dismissed, and Jin Yue, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, stood up and retorted: "What a bunch of nonsense, Cui Xilie's original intention was obviously to praise the virtues of Taizu, but you actually distorted the original meaning of Cui Xilie's words, wantonly slandered the historical facts recorded by him, and manipulated right and wrong, wanting to trap Cui Xilie for injustice, the saint, and the minister please punish Yu Hong's crime." ”

Yu Hong retorted coldly: "The saint has just said that the speaker is not guilty, and the minister is also the will of the emperor, and he directly admonishes in the palace, what is the crime, is it just because you don't agree with you, you have to prohibit people from speaking, blocking my way to speech, hehe, if so, you are the number one sinner in my court." ”

"The Holy Majesty bluntly talks about the pros and cons, not to let you talk nonsense and slander wantonly." Feng Yanji stood up and said.

After someone took the lead, more people stood up and began to refute Yu Hong.

Seeing that there were more and more people in the DPRK and China who were opposed to Hong, under Xu Chengjing's signal, some people immediately stood up to support Yu Hong, and in the end, except for some middle factions, the two sides of Wenchen began to argue fiercely in the main hall.

The military generals on the court happily watched the infighting among these Zi Wenchen, and some even fanned the flames next to them.

Emperor Yuanyong looked at all this coldly, and shouted angrily: "Enough, this is a temple, you are all important ministers of the court, what does it look like to be noisy, since there is a dispute, each of you will have a fold, and this matter will be postponed for discussion." ”