More and more people gathered outside the hall, blocking the entire gate of the mansion tightly, and one by one they stretched their necks to look at the young and handsome man who walked in from outside the crowd, and soon someone recognized him.

This person is not Gu Chen, who else?

And the man he was carrying in his hand, but no one recognized him.

Everyone was very curious at this time, what was he going to do with such an ordinary person in the hall? Could it be that the Yang family's father and son are greedy for ink and disaster funds, and there is really another hidden secret?

"The last general has seen His Majesty and the prince." Gu Chen clenched his fists, rushed to the emperor and the king of Zhenbei who were on the sidelines and saluted in turn, and then said directly, "This person is a middleman who sells inferior materials in Yao County for the construction of dikes and houses. ”

Guo Zheng's sharp eyes stared at the man kneeling at Gu Chen's feet, with his eyes that he had cultivated over the years of battlefield killing, he could see at a glance that there was something greasy in it.

"Who is kneeling down, and whose name is it? Is what Commander Gu said true? Guo Zheng patted the startled wood on his hand and asked in a dignified tone.

The man kneeling below could be seen from his clothes to be a rich man, the clothes he was wearing were of excellent quality, his face was white and round, and his small eyes were extremely focused, and he was a shrewd and deceitful person at first glance.

"Small, small Fan Ze is a material merchant, and the materials used for post-disaster reconstruction in Yao County are indeed from the hands of villains, but, adults, villains are just middlemen, and the small ones don't know anything!" Fan Ze said, shrunk on the ground and trembled, since he was carried into the lobby, his whole body was sweating out, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

He didn't dare to raise his head at all, although he knew that there were nobles with status here, but Gu Chen's "Your Majesty" just now scared him so much that he didn't even dare to gasp twice.

He is just greedy for money, how do you know what alarmed the emperor who was high above?

If he had known that this would be the case, he would not have agreed to this business in the first place.

"Middlemen?" Gu Chenling laughed, "Don't you, a middleman, don't you even know the materials?" Knowing that Lord Yang was going to buy it back for post-disaster reconstruction, you still dared to use shoddy, it seems that you have made a lot of money from it. ”

When the man heard this, his whole body trembled again, he just shouted wronged at first, and refused to admit that he was shoddy, and then Guo Zheng was really impatient to consume it with him, and he was going to be punished directly, so he shouted and shook everything out: "My lord, yes, it is a woman surnamed Tang, the materials she provided to the small one, she also gave the small one a large sum of silver, and asked the small one to exchange the materials that were originally going to be sold to Lord Yang for hers, the adult ......"

Wow –

The crowd outside the hall exclaimed again.

It turns out that the Yang family's case really has another hidden story!

As soon as Fan Ze's words came out, all the people present were angry, the silver used for post-disaster reconstruction was actually earned by such black-hearted merchants, it was unreasonable!

You must know that if the dikes and houses are destroyed, the number of dead and injured people will be immeasurable.

It's just the beginning of summer, and the real rainy season hasn't come yet, and the half-built levee has already collapsed, so what a miserable situation would it be if the rainy season came, when the levee was repaired, and the flood would sweep directly towards the nearby villages.

Thinking of this, everyone's gaze at Fan Ze was eager to scratch him.

"Who is the woman surnamed Tang you are talking about?" Just when everyone's attention was on Fan Ze's shoddy point, Guo Zheng keenly caught the other person Fan Ze said, "Have you ever seen it?" ”

Fan Ze thought for a while, nodded and said: "I saw it once, just two months ago, however, that woman was covered at the time, and I didn't see her real appearance, but everyone in our business knows that this woman is a famous businessman in the capital, her business is all over the country, and her ability is not inferior to us men, otherwise, such a big business, I can't respond to her." ”

When Fan Ze said this, everyone present knew who this woman surnamed Tang was.

Not to mention Guo Zheng, who was in charge of the trial of the case, even the emperor's face changed a little, he didn't expect that a mere woman could do so many things.

"The person you are talking about shouldn't be the Tang Wan of the Tang family, right?" At this time, someone in the crowd roared angrily.

The rest of the people heard someone raise their heads, and immediately echoed: "Yes, it's Tang Wan, right?" ”

The group of ordinary people blocking the door were gossiping one by one, angrily and loudly crusading, and they sat in the hall without any regard for the emperor.

"This woman is so vicious, she wants to frame the Yang family, but she takes the lives of so many ordinary people to play with her, it's really hateful!"

"That's right, Youdao is the most poisonous woman's heart, and it was just too wise for Gu Er to take a break from her at the beginning."

"I heard that even the Tang family couldn't tolerate her, so they kicked her out the door the next day, and I don't know where this woman is now, and now I should hurry up and arrest this woman back." doctor

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The discussion in the crowd became louder and louder, and gradually became a mess, affecting the trial in the hall, and Guo Zheng had to slap the alarm again, asking everyone to be quiet.

"Commander Gu knows where the Tang Clan is at the moment?" Guo Zheng looked directly at Gu Chen and asked.

"Back to the prince, the last general just arrested this person, that woman probably got the news, and ran away in the middle of the night last night, but the general guessed that she should not have left the city yet, and ordered someone to paste her portrait at the major city gates, and she will not be able to get out of the city for a while." Gu Chen replied in a deep voice.

Guo Zheng nodded, and couldn't help but glance at Gu Chen, knowing that since Gu Chen had already mastered the evidence, he must have made arrangements, so he didn't pay attention to it anymore, and turned his attention back to the facts of this case again.

"Since Fan Ze has made huge profits with shoddy goods, why do Lord Fan and Lord Hai insist that it is the Yang family who is greedy for disaster money? Also, what is the details of the whereabouts of this earthquake relief money? Guo Zheng held up the booklet that Zhang Ke had presented just now and asked sharply.

Zhang Ke, who was kneeling below, immediately oozed a layer of cold sweat on his back, his lips trembled, his brain was running rapidly, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

What about the named Fan Chiwu and Haiqing?

How did they know that this Gu Chen actually had a back hand, and when they were complacent, he scolded them fiercely.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang, there is still a book of all the people here, and the people of Yao County are willing to testify to the father and son of the Yang family, proving that since the two of them arrived in Yao County, they have been conscientious and conscientious, sharing weal and woe with the people, and even helping the people build houses together and eat in one place, there are no arrogant and lascivious things at all."

Gu Chen said, and presented another fold that he took out of his arms.

The messenger took it, first presented it to Guo Zheng, Guo was moved, and ordered someone to present it to the emperor, on which was a letter written by a local clerk, which described in detail what the Yang family father and son did after they arrived in Yao County in the past six months, the content of the letter was simple and sincere, and the end of the letter also explained that just a few days before the dam was washed out, they had all been transferred, so there were no casualties.

At the end of the letter, there are jerky names and dense handprints.

Guo Zheng only glanced at it and was moved.

Few officials can make so many ordinary people collectively write to avenge their grievances, if the father and son of the Yang family are really corrupt and pervert the law, how can they make so many people write to testify for him?

"Fan Chiwu, Haiqing, Yan Jian! It's disgusting that a few of you dare to join forces to frame Zhongliang! The emperor looked at the thick book of all people, his face was suddenly covered with frost, the long-hidden emotion in his eyes could no longer hold back, he suddenly got up, and directly smashed the thick book of all people to Yan Jian, who was kneeling on the ground, "Especially you, I have already tolerated you very much, but I didn't expect you to have no intention of repenting!" ”

As soon as he thought of these things that Yan Jian had done in the past few days, the emperor's face was very ugly.

Originally, for the sake of the loyal monarchs of the Yan family, he didn't want to do anything to him.

But now?

He actually began to make perjury in front of him to frame Zhongliang, he first wanted to marry Song Huai, and then he wanted to marry Song Xi, and now he is doing these things, and who is he anxious to show credit?

Once a seed of doubt is in one's heart, it will soon sprout.

Therefore, at this time, when the emperor looked at Yan Jian again, he had completely lost the trust and tolerance he had at the beginning, on the contrary, a murderous aura gradually dispersed from his body.

Yan Jian was shocked in his heart, he quickly realized that he was about to finish, he turned white with a white face, and insisted: "Your Majesty, the minister is only responsible for presenting the silver and two account books that were out of the treasury at the beginning, as for the things in between, the minister really doesn't know." ”

At this time, he couldn't admit that he was in the same group as Fan Chiwu.

The emperor's face changed back and forth, and the atmosphere of the scene suddenly froze to the extreme.

Gu Chen stood quietly aside, and did not rush to interrupt the emperor's thoughts, and there was only the voice of Yan Jian shouting injustice in the entire hall.

No one present was a fool, if he was really wronged, he would not have jumped out when Fan Chiwu wanted to join the Yang family's father and son, and took out the account book of the original appropriation, it seems that he really didn't do anything, but if he didn't want to help frame the Yang family, why should he jump out of the first knife.

If Gu Chen didn't bring up the businessman named Fan Ze today, then Zhang Cao, who was known as Xiaoyuan Wailang of the Ministry of Industry, Yan Jian of the Ministry of Households, and Dali Temple Qing Fan and Shangshu Haiqing of the Criminal Department, would these individuals want to bring down the Yang family with all their mouths?

As soon as the Yang family falls, then these people can further grow in the court, and at that time, Song Huai has now been demoted out of the capital, who have these people found as a new backer? This is almost as good as anyone with a little bit of brain can guess.

"Lord Yan pushed it cleanly." After a long time, Guo Zheng suddenly opened his mouth to break the silence in the hall, "If you really don't know, how can you jump out to give evidence so coincidentally, this king can remember that the current Shangshu of the household department is not you." ”