Tuoba still refused to admit it as he did last time, and kowtowed vigorously and shouted grievances.

After Wang Ningzhi went to the palace as a witness to testify for Pei Shengqin, Tuoba Jue strongly asked Pei Shengqin to show the letter.

"Wang Ningzhi, when did I have an affair with you, how could you wronged me so much!" Tuoba Jue's face was flushed with anger, and he felt that his lungs were about to explode. Although he had prepared for the worst last night, the person who went to Modong to report the news had also arranged to go out. But at this moment, seeing that Pei Shengqin, who had never met before, actually wronged him in front of him, and said nonsense with his eyes open, Tuoba Jue felt that he had been greatly wronged!

Wang Ningzhi was so nervous that he was sweating all over his body at the moment, he was forced to come to wronged Tuoba, and at this time, when he saw Tuoba Jue questioning him angrily, he was a little cowardly. However, after thinking about it, he thought of the possible consequences of disobeying Pei Shengqin, gritted his teeth, but still mustered up the courage to look at Tuoba Jue, and continued to slander: "Tuoba Taishou, how can you turn your face and deny people." It was you who wrote to me at the beginning, saying that you were preparing to rebel, and asked me to send troops to help you if necessary. You also said that after you replace the Qin Dynasty, you will cede Qingzhou and Jizhou to the Jin Dynasty. ”

"Wang Ningzhi, you! You, you villain! "Are you still human? Do you still want face? I don't know you before, okay? How can you frame me like this? Tuoba was so angry that he couldn't speak.

However, in the end, it was the future famous Northern Wei Daowu Emperor Tuoba Jue, who was not completely carried away by anger at the moment of crisis. He had already determined that there was no misunderstanding in this matter, and Pei Shengqin and Wang Ningzhi clearly wanted to wronged him, so they no longer had verbal entanglements with Wang Ningzhi. Instead, he said angrily to Pei Shengqin: "The surname is Pei, this Wang Ningzhi was arrested by you, you must have secretly instructed him to frame me." I don't accept it, since you say that I have fornicated with Nanban, you will take out the letter of my fornication with Nanban! Your Majesty also recognizes my handwriting, and you can see at a glance whether it is true or false! ”

Naturally, there is no letter, and it is impossible to take it, both Pei Shengqin and Tuoba Jue know this. As a former minister of Qin, Tuoba Jue often wrote chapters, and the Qin Emperor also recognized his handwriting. If Pei Shengqin faked and fabricated a letter by imitating Tuoba's handwriting, then once it was seen by Emperor Qin, it would be worth the loss. What's more, Pei Shengqin couldn't find anything written by Tuoba Jue in Huiji, and there was no blueprint, so how could he copy his handwriting?

Pei Yuanluo glanced at his son worriedly, but he knew the details of this matter, and he didn't know how his son would break the situation at this time.

The eyes of the ministers were all focused on Pei Shengqin at this time, waiting for Xiao Pei Gongzi to come up with evidence and bring down the traitor Tuoba Jue.

"Pei boy, you will come up with evidence so that you can teach him to die! My old Zhang has long seen that this traitor is not pleasing to the eye, and today I will sit and watch his death! Zhang Hao took the lead in expressing his support for Pei Shengqin, this old handsome man has always been the most jealous and hateful.

"What Zhang Shuai said is very true, Xiao Pei Gongzi doesn't have to have any scruples, don't worry and boldly show his incriminating evidence, Your Majesty will definitely make a clear judgment!" What Pei Shengqin didn't expect was that the second person to speak out was Murong Chui. You must know that when it comes to the degree of treachery, Murong Chui is not much inferior to Tuoba. Pei Shengqin glanced at Murong Chui strangely, this is a dog-eat-dog?

In fact, although the reactionary clique of the Kwantung Murong clan to which Murong Chui belonged and the Modong reactionary clique to which Tuoba belonged belonged were both evil intentions, they were not the same family. In normal times, they may join forces to harm the imperial court, intentionally or unintentionally, because it is in their common interest that the Qin family is weakened. But if there is a conflict of interests between them, they will not show mercy when they bite each other. For example, in history, the Later Yan established by Murong Chui and the Northern Wei Dynasty established by Tuoba Jue rebelled against him, and later in order to compete for the former Qin Jiangshan, they were torn many times. The famous Battle of Shenhepi was a dog-eat-dog drama that broke out between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Yan.

Immediately afterwards, several ministers supported Pei Shengqin, including loyal ministers and traitorous ministers, obviously thinking that Tuoba Jue was going to be cold, and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it.

Pei Shengqin calmed down, shook his head slowly, and said, "The letter that Tuoba Jue fornicated with Nanban is gone. ”

"At that time, after the secret letter was found in the mansion of General Huijizuo, I ordered to go down and keep the secret letter in the barracks. Who knew that not long after, a large number of Nanban dead soldiers broke into our military camp and desperately snatched Tuoba's secret letter. ”

Pei Shengqin said as he spoke, and then he sighed deliberately, and then saluted Emperor Qin, saying: "The minister failed to protect the evidence of the crime, and he has failed to bear the emperor's grace, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

As Pei Shengqin thought, after he said this, the ministers did not suspect that he was wronging Tuoba, but thought that Tuoba Jue must have a deep connection with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and even the Eastern Jin Dynasty tried his best to wipe his ass clean for him.

Emperor Qin also imagined the same, and he said angrily: "Wang Ningzhi, you have recruited from the truth, what kind of collusion is there between Tuoba Jue and Ernan Man!" Your court did not hesitate to use a large number of dead soldiers to destroy the evidence of his crimes! ”

"This, this..." I don't know what else he has to do with me! Wang Ningzhi cried with a sad face, and secretly looked at Pei Shengqin as if asking for help, but was glared back by Pei Shengqin with a fierce gaze.

Feeling the threat in Pei Shengqin's eyes, Wang Ningzhi's desire to survive exploded, and he suddenly became smarter. He was blessed and said: "Tuoba Jue once entrusted my hand to present a secret letter to the court of the Jin Dynasty, and the secret letter was sealed with fire paint, and I don't know what the content is. "As for the secret letter? I have dedicated myself to the imperial court, and it is impossible for your Qin Dynasty to go to the Jin Dynasty for verification anyway.

Pei Shengqin hurriedly followed the knife and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also has an impression of this matter, I remember that when I read the secret letter written by Tuoba Jue to Wang Ningzhi, it faintly mentioned the secret letter that Tuoba Jue dedicated to the Nanban Imperial Court. It's just that I don't know what the secret letter says, so that Nanban has to try his best to eliminate the evidence of the crime for Tuoba. ”

Tuoba Jue sneered: "The surname is Pei, you are in cahoots with Wang Ningzhi, and the two sides collude to frame me." After talking for a long time, don't you still can't get a secret letter? Since there is no evidence, then I cannot be condemned, and I am innocent! ”

Emperor Qin said in a cold voice: "Tuoba Jue, what did you leak to the Southern Barbarians, and you still didn't recruit it from the truth. Don't challenge my bottom line. ”

Emperor Qin was furious, and he was enraged by Tuoba. can let the Eastern Jin Dynasty court send a dead soldier to wipe his ass for him, but it is conceivable that there must be something very important in Tuoba Jue's secret letter to the Eastern Jin Dynasty court, maybe it is to leak some major secrets of the former Qin.

Tuoba was a little panicked, the plan had come to this point, and it was completely in his plan. According to his assumptions, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty believed that he had fornicated with the Nanban, but since there was no evidence, the Qin Emperor would not immediately execute him. As long as he grasps the fact that there is no evidence to save his life, he can threaten the court to let him go back to Modong after Dugu Kuren has an uprising in Modong. Since then, the sea has been wide and the fish has jumped, and the sky is high and the birds have flown away.

But he didn't expect that this god-damn Pei Shengqin was not enough to frame him for fornicating with Wang Ningzhi, and at this moment he even framed him for writing a secret letter to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, implying that he had leaked the important secrets of the former Qin to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. So Tuoba Jue panicked, he was afraid that Emperor Qin would be angry and wouldn't tell him the evidence, so he directly gave an order, and the armed squad waiting outside rushed in and hacked him to death, and he had no place to reason.

Tuoba Jue hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed vigorously, sobbing and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, the minister is really wronged!" Without any empirical evidence, how could Your Majesty believe Pei Shengqin's words. If Your Majesty punishes the ministers because of Pei Shengqin's words, this is a violation of my Great Qin law. It's not a pity for the minister to die, if Your Majesty sets a precedent of not teaching and punishing because of the minister, and from then on my Great Qin law will collapse, and the minister will be a sinner through the ages! ”

The quick-witted Tuoba Jue knew what Emperor Qin cared about, and he firmly grasped the key point of "law". Qin Law, only when there is all the evidence and material evidence can the crime be punished, otherwise it will be punished without teaching.

Emperor Qin was silent, he was really angry before, and wanted to kill Tuoba Jue directly. But the mention of the law made him hesitate. The strict concept of the rule of law in the former Qin Dynasty was implanted in the hearts of the people after years of hard work by the Qin Emperor and the late Prime Minister Wang Meng. If he ordered to kill Tuoba Jue today with insufficient evidence, it would be a very bad precedent, and it is difficult to guarantee that the officials below will not follow the same example in the future.

"Evidence? It's obvious that you did it, and what evidence do you need! His Majesty did not use evidence when he killed the traitor Tuoba Jue, and this official is acting according to His Majesty's old routine! ”

Emperor Qin had already thought in his mind that if he killed Tuoba Jue today, it was very likely that the local officials would put on such a face in the future, thus creating countless unjust, false and wrongful cases in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner.

Pei Shengqin saw Emperor Qin's hesitation and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to send Qin to Yunzhong County in Modong and search in Tuoba Jue's mansion, and he will definitely be able to gain something." Now detain him first, wait for the Qin Cha to find evidence, and then convict him! ”

This step was planned by Pei Shengqin, and he had expected that this framing would probably not kill Tuoba Jue. However, it is false that Tuoba Jue fornicated with the Nanban, but it is true that he wanted to rebel, which has been proven by history. Since he wants to rebel, he must be prepared in advance, as long as he searches his old nest, there is a chance that he will find something.

Pei Shengqin thought about it, since he couldn't convict him today, he locked him up so that he couldn't contact Modong, and then the imperial court immediately sent Qin to search for evidence of the crime, and if he found the evidence, he could be punished for his crime.

Tuoba Jue was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is very good, the minister is frank and frank, and he is willing to accept the investigation of the imperial court." Before the return of the Qincha, the minister was willing to go to the prison cell temporarily. ”

Pei Shengqin suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong. Just think why this Tuoba Jue is so happy, doesn't he panic? Pei Shengqin didn't believe that there was no evidence of Tuoba Jue's rebellion in the Yunzhong Taishou Mansion.

"That's it, then let's do what Xiao Pei Qing said." Emperor Qin said in a deep voice: "Come on, put Tuoba Jue and his party in a prison cell." ”

Outside the door, Hou Zhi's armed squad entered in response to the call, and dragged away all the Tuoba Jue, Helan Dog and others in pairs.

Pei Shengqin was contemplating why Tuoba Jue didn't continue to struggle, but he didn't realize that Tuoba Jue actually smiled weirdly at him before being dragged out of the door.