Chapter 478: Su Lang reverses the water
The three of them shook out all the things that King Ding had done, of course, including King Ding's sale of his official title in order to collect money.
As the king of a country, it is understandable that his son will do anything, the prince is recruiting talents everywhere, and the king is plotting rebellion, they want to be emperors, they have to show their ability and ambition, the more fierce they fight, the more he wants to know who will win.
But selling officials and lords, such a thing is intolerable to the emperor, if a country wants to be strong, the civil and military generals in the court must all be capable, if anyone can spend money to sell officials and promotions, then how to eliminate the miasma of smoke in the court?
It is not an easy task to rectify the rule of officials, and he has only achieved initial results after working hard for half a lifetime. If you want the Great Zhou Dynasty to be in the world for thousands of generations, you can't have the cancer of the court.
"Second child, are you short of money? Selling official beards? Are you trying to destroy the foundation of the Great Zhou? The emperor picked up the teacup in Zhang Qing's hand and smashed it towards Dingwangdao.
"Father, what's the big deal about selling officials, it's just some low-level officials." Dingwang buys not caring about the Tao.
"Low-ranking officials? That's it? I would like to ask, what are your so-called low-level officials? The emperor's eyes widened and he said angrily.
"Isn't it just some kind of tax department, treasury department and the like, and they don't have much power." King Ding pouted.
"You...... Are you really going to be angry? It doesn't matter if the tax department spends a lot of money to buy it from you. Official, where does all this money come from? Isn't it to exploit the common people? I'm really angry, come on, give me a fifty board first. The emperor waved his hand.
"Father, the trial hasn't been completed yet, selling the official mantle is just a new crime in the trial process, why don't you wait for the trial to be completed and disposed of?" King Huai got up and bowed to the emperor.
He could see that his father was still reluctant, otherwise how could he avoid the important and light? said that the person he loved the most was the fifth brother, and at this time he felt that the emperor's favorite person was King Ding.
"Okay, you can continue the trial!" The emperor said lightly.
During the trial of King Huai, the emperor just watched coldly, and King Rui was a victim, and it was inevitable that he would be interrogated in court, and Yu Jian and the three of them proved that it was King Ding who chose the candidate to assassinate King Rui among the dead soldiers they trained, and the crime of King Ding could not be escaped.
At this time, the drum outside the hall was beaten, and everyone was slightly stunned.
"Mo Feng, go take a look." King Rui said in a deep voice.
Mo Feng walked out of the hall, returned after a while, and then whispered something in King Rui's ear.
After listening to Mo Feng's relay, King Rui's sword frowned, and then he got up and saluted the emperor, "Father, there is a complaint outside the door, it's just ...... The stakes are high, does my father want to see him? ”
Hearing this, the emperor looked at King Rui and saw that his face was solemn, but now that he was in public trial, could it be that what people outside wanted to say was related to King Ding? If this is the case, then it is even more necessary to say it publicly, and if it is hidden, the people do not know what they will think.
Thinking of this, the emperor said aloud: "Nothing can be said to people, let him in."
Since the emperor has said so, then King Rui has no reason to stop it, since his father is a little reluctant, then come and help him.
"Mo Feng, bring people in!" Rui Wang said lightly.
In a moment, Mo Feng walked in with a man in a sky-blue robe.
The moment Lin Xiang saw that person, his face instantly became gloomy, this guy knows too many things, he must be here now to bring down King Ding.
"Su Lang, you eat things inside and out, the prince is kind to you, you don't want to reciprocate, what are you here for now?" Lin Xiang said hurriedly.
He just wants to give Su Lang a charge of eating inside and out, selling the owner for glory, in this way, no matter what he says, the emperor will consider it.
Su Lang? The emperor is not unfamiliar with this name at all, this Su Lang was originally a strategist in the Dingwang Mansion, but I don't know why, he suddenly moved out of the Dingwang Mansion some time ago.
"Su Lang see the emperor." Su Lang knelt down and saluted towards the emperor.
"Calm down, Su Lang, you came to this court, but do you want to argue for King Ding?" The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly.
"It's not to help the king refute it, but to come up with some evidence to prove that the king is guilty." Su Lang said in a deep voice.
"Su Lang, do you know what you're talking about?" King Ding said anxiously.
"It is very clear in the world, His Royal Highness King Ding, Su Lang thanks you for your kindness to Su Lang."
"So...... Are you still going to deal with this king? You left the palace of this king, went to seek refuge in the king of wisdom, and now you have come to identify the king, I don't know what benefits the king has given you? King Ding sneered.
At the beginning, Su Lang left the Dingwang Mansion because Su Lang refused to help him plot the Rui King, but he didn't expect that after he left, someone would help him, and he couldn't kill him several times, if he had known that this would be the result, he would definitely not let Su Lang leave the Dingwang Mansion alive.
It's too late to say anything now, but fortunately, Lin Xiang said just now that Su Lang is a treacherous person, as long as his father also believes this, he will not believe him.
"The prince is wrong, Su Lang persuaded His Royal Highness to admit his guilt, although you plotted to kill King Rui, although Xiao Shizi handled it, but it still left a handle." Su Lang said lightly.
"Handle? The ones in the hands of King Rui? Or did the old nine and six work hard to prepare? The king did not personally participate, is it like killing the king to raise the dead? Lao Jiu didn't raise the dead, because he had a patrol battalion, and Lao Liu was a wreck, as for King Rui, the guards around him were not ordinary guards, Mo Feng, Ling Xiao, Jiang Xiao and others, weren't they the dead soldiers raised by King Rui? King Ding raised his voice.
If he wants to stir up trouble with the matter of raising the dead, then he will drag everyone into the water.
"Jiang Xiao, Ling Xiao, and Mo Feng have all been guards who have followed this king for many years, if their martial arts were not good, they would have died under the cliff with this king." Rui Wang said coldly.
"Su Lang, you treat King Ding like this, you have to touch your conscience, are you sorry to do this?" Lin Xiang said with a distressed look.
He asked King Ding to kill Su Lang at the beginning, but he refused to listen to him, and just drove him and his wife out.
And recently they found out that Su Lang was still in Kyoto, and he sent people to assassinate him several times without success, which shows that Su Lang is protected by masters, if it is said that King Huai has this ability, they will not believe it.
There is only one possibility, it is King Rui's people who are protecting Su Lang's family, but it is unknown how many masters there are around King Rui and how they work for him.
"Your Majesty, what Su Lang said today is not just this, but King Ding's private dragon robe, jade seal, and the money he used to sell his official beard has been used to recruit troops and buy horses. This is the account book, please read it to the emperor. Su Lang knelt in front of the emperor and held up a stack of account books above his head.
The emperor hesitated for a moment, and then turned out the account book in Su Lang's hand, and opened it to take a look, which recorded the price of each official position in detail, as well as the information he used to recruit troops and horses.
When the emperor saw the middle part of the account book, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, this account book showed that a lot of money flowed out of a strange account every year.
"Do you know what this money is for?" The emperor pointed to a road in the account book.
"Back to the emperor, this is the silver money that King Ding and the Marquis of Ningguo Mansion give to Emperor Dugu Che of Beiliang every year, when Beiliang provoked a war at the border pass, General Zhan lost, because someone not only provided grain and grass for Beiliang, but also part of the defense map."
Ning Guohou was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, he had heard of this, but there was no substantial evidence, and he couldn't casually detain such a crime on the head of a courtier.
It's just that he didn't expect that King Ding would also be involved in these things, wouldn't he be afraid that cooperating with Bei Liang to murder King Rui would lead the wolf into the house?
"What evidence do you have?" The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice.
"Yes, King Ding's private dragon robe and jade seal, as well as the location of the soldiers and horses, the grass people have already found out, and it is in an ancient tomb outside the city." Su Lang said calmly.
Hearing this, the emperor was slightly stunned, the ancient tomb outside the city? What tombs could there be outside the city? Could it be the mausoleum of the former Emperor of the Night Moon Kingdom?
It is said that the tomb of the Emperor of the Night Moon Kingdom was full of gold, silver and jewelry, which was used for the restoration of the country. It's just that so many years have passed, and no one has been able to find the tomb of the Emperor of the Night Moon Kingdom, and as time goes by, they all feel that it is just a beautiful legend.
"What kind of tomb?" The emperor asked in a deep voice.
"I don't know, it should be just an empty tomb, there is no coffin in it, and there are no burial goods. It was discovered by chance by King Ding's men in the mountains outside the city. ”
It turned out to be an empty tomb? I didn't find anything, which was a bit disappointing.
"So, where is the location of the tomb? How many soldiers and horses are there? ”
"Back to the emperor, the ancient tomb is on the back of Yuping Mountain, two hundred miles outside the city, and there are ten people patrolling nearby every day." Su Lang said lightly.
Hearing Su Lang say this, King Rui also frowned slightly, what Su Lang said, he only found out that it was near Yuping Mountain, but he didn't expect this Su Lang to find out so clearly, it seems that his identity is not as simple as he checked before.
"Lao Jiu, you should mobilize the people of the patrol camp now, let Su Lang lead the way, and let me go to the ancient tomb to see if King Ding really made a dragon robe and jade seal privately, and raised soldiers and horses." The emperor said in a deep voice.
This king has really grown, before he wanted to rebel, but he just bought off one or two officials, and wanted to take the throne while he was not in the palace, and now he actually knows how to keep his soldiers and horses in a hidden place.
"Yes, Father, then ...... here," King Huai hesitated. He left with the people of the patrol battalion, so who is the safety of this place? What if someone takes advantage of this time to rob the king? Or, someone took the opportunity to be unfavorable to the emperor? These are all mistakes he can't make.
"Go ahead, I'll wait here."
"Ninth brother, you go, I'll send someone to transfer the government soldiers to watch here, it's going to be fine, you go and come back quickly." King Hui said lightly.