Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Strong Counterattack

The head of the Criminal Department is in charge of the world's criminal names, and although he will not personally review the cases as the secretary of the Criminal Department, he knows a lot about those strange cases in the local area compared to others above the court.

This alum water usually appears in some cases of bewitchment and confusion, many people like to use it to pretend to be a god and deceive ordinary people, and now when they see the paper stained with water, they show something that is not there, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department immediately thinks of alum water.

"Hehe, my lord, this is the alum water!" Shen Chongming smiled and turned his head to look at Song Qingyang, who had a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Song Qingyang is really scared now, it turns out that all his actions in these days have not escaped Shen Chongming's eyes, all of this is a trap he has laid for himself, and he doesn't know that he is in danger of a catastrophe, and he has been playing in front of him for a long time like a clown.

In fact, just when he saw alum water appear on the paper, Song Qingyang knew that it was left on it with alum water in advance, but when it came to such a situation, Song Qingyang could only bite the bullet, he only hoped that no one except Shen Chongming could know this, and then a statement of evil magic could add another charge to Shen Chongming.

But he never thought that without waiting for Shen Chongming to refute it, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department would tell Bai Alum Shui, and he would extinguish his next method in an instant, which was really miserable.

"Sure enough, it's graffiti!" Emperor Longqing nodded slightly and said, his face looked a lot better, and there was a slight smile.

"Your Majesty, although this is a graffiti work, the reason why it has not been written so neatly is that some people with ulterior motives regard it as a real dividend book!" As he spoke, Shen Chongming turned his head to look at Zhao Zhenji, who was trembling.

"Tongda Che Ma Xing has indeed earned a lot of silver taels over the years, according to Weichen's inquiry, a total of more than 200,000 taels of silver, and the same tax payment of more than 200,000 taels according to the decree of the imperial court, not the 100,000 taels that Zhao Zhenji said, as for the current complaint turmoil in various places, Weichen is willing to guarantee the head of the item, this is definitely a false accusation made by someone with a heart!" Shen Chongming's smile just now was gone, and the majestic expression on his face faintly contained murderous aura.

"Nonsense, the so-called no wind and no waves, in just a few years, you can earn so much money by getting through the car and horse shop, what is this not the income from bullying and dominating the market?" Song Qingyang mustered up the last shred of courage and retorted, even if he lost, he couldn't let Shen Chongming win a complete victory, if that was the case, he would be able to sit down in the name of false accusation, and there would be no room for redemption, and even Gonggong Feng couldn't save himself.

"Hmph, other people's families are busy buying land and real estate every time they make money in business, you go to check the income and expenditure account books of Tongda Che Ma Xing, and the money you earn is not all the capital made by the left hand in and the right hand out, even Xiao Pengcheng, a family member like Xiao Pengcheng, has been living in the store for many years, and there is not even a residential courtyard in the capital, to tell you the truth, this is the secret of the secret of so much silver that Tongda Che can make in the past few years, the latest chapter of the Emperor of the Immortal Kingdom!" How difficult it is for brothers to do this business, it is also a bitter tear when it is said.

The more he talked, the more angry he became, Shen Chongming turned his head and pointed at Zhao Zhenji's bandit nose and said: "Zhao Zhenji, Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop pays taxes in accordance with the laws and regulations of the imperial court, but there has been a matter of concealment and non-reporting, you said that the Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop in the account book of the household department pays taxes only 100,000 taels, so why does Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop have more than 200,000 taels of tax payment vouchers, could it be that the 100,000 taels of silver are not so greedy by you, hum, say that we are harming the imperial court, and who helped the imperial court transport grain to save the victims of Henan with the capital, are these exploits also harming the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Zhenji was completely flustered at this time, he was taking risks when he was doing this, and he gambled that Feng Bao had a complete grasp of this matter, but he didn't expect that it could be regarded as a high-flying trend at the beginning, and in a blink of an eye, he was completely overtaken by Shen Chongming.

Out of the instinct of self-preservation, Zhao Zhenji said with a flustered expression: "Lord Shen, don't misunderstand, those account books and officials are only a simple understanding, and omissions are inevitable, please rest assured, wait for the officials to carefully check the accounts, and never dare to have the slightest omission!" ”

Hearing his words, Song Qingyang, who originally wanted to continue struggling, lost his temper completely, this idiot, has he eaten all the food in the dog's stomach for so many years? When you say this now, aren't you clearly telling others that we have indeed wronged Shen Chongming in this matter?

Just as Song Qingyang thought in his heart, Emperor Longqing immediately saw the clue, and his eyes glared and reprimanded: "Zhao Zhenji, how dare you open your mouth about such a big thing, and almost wronged Shen Aiqing!" ”

"The emperor forgives the sin, it was Weichen who was abrupt, and immediately after he went back, he carefully checked the account books to return Lord Shen's innocence!" Zhao Zhenji fell to his knees with a pop.

"Hmph, framing the ministers of the imperial court can cover up the past with your abrupt actions!" Emperor Longqing's words were ruthless, he originally felt that Zhao Zhenji's ability was average, but he didn't expect that his heart was not very good, what was the use of such a useless courtier.

"The emperor is gracious, all the mistakes are the fault of the micro-minister, and please ask the emperor to forgive the micro-minister once for the sake of the micro-minister's lack of merit and hard work for so many years!" Zhao Zhenji smelled a hint of danger, if he couldn't get the emperor's understanding, he wouldn't talk about the position of the head of the household, but he was afraid that the official position of this squire would not be able to be kept.

It's good that he didn't say this, but as soon as he said this, it could be regarded as completely arousing the anger in Emperor Longqing's heart, and he saw him sneer: "Hmph, what a courtier who has no merit and hard work, isn't your hard work to frame your colleagues?" ”

No longer let Zhao Zhenji speak, Emperor Longqing waved his hand and shouted: "Where is the Han general, get rid of this black yarn, and hand it over to the division to punish the crime!" ”

Four majestic Han generals entered in response, strode forward, one of them grabbed Zhao Zhenji there with one big hand, and couldn't move, and the other two took off their official hats and official supplements with their hands and feet, and dragged them out accompanied by Zhao Zhenji's voice begging for mercy.

Song Qingyang, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Although he already knew that the impeachment of Shen Chongming had failed, he didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the worse, and this Zhao Zhenji was dismissed when he said that he would be dismissed, but he was afraid that he would not have any good fruit to eat.

"Song Qingyang, you tell me, how did you get this account book!" Emperor Longqing turned his head to look at Song Qingyang, it turned out that this was not a good thing.

With a brain teaser, Song Qingyang thought of a rhetoric in a blink of an eye: "Emperor Qi, this account book was picked up at the door when Wechen went out a few days ago, at first Wechen didn't believe that there would be such treacherous businessmen in the world, and he didn't believe that Lord Shen would live up to the emperor's trust and do misdeeds, but Wechen is the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the responsibility given to Wechen by the imperial court is to verify the violations of law and discipline by hundreds of officials, so Wechen secretly investigated this matter in line with the principle of believing it or not!" ”

These words are beautiful, and it not only seems that Song Qingyang is not at fault, but should be praised by the emperor.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Emperor Longqing nodded slightly, this is indeed the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is understandable for him to do so: "But according to the current situation, it is impossible for Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop to have the crime of evading taxes, and it is absolutely impossible for Shen Aiqing to violate the law and discipline, why do you want to impeach him above the court!" ”

"Your Majesty, although the officials of our Metropolitan Procuratorate have the duty to verify the crimes of hundreds of officials, they can only rely on the cooperation of other yamen in the process of verification, otherwise they will not be able to start at all!" After a while, Song Qingyang's thinking became clearer, if he wanted to keep himself, then this false accusation could only be pushed to Zhao Zhenji, who was already unlucky, as for what Zhao Zhenji would say when he passed the hall later? Then it will have to be arranged by Gonggong Feng, things have already become like this, he will definitely find a way to keep himself.

"The first thing that Wei Chen thought of was to go to the household department to verify, if there were no loopholes to follow in the tax payment of the car and horse dealership, Wei Chen would have eight points of certainty to conclude that this account book was framed by a gangster!"

Speaking of this, Song Qingyang sighed slightly: "Wechen directly found Zhao Zhenji and asked him to cooperate with Wechen to secretly verify the matter, so as not to make a fuss and ruin Lord Shen's official reputation, but who would have thought that this Zhao Zhenji had bad intentions and actually deceived Wechen with lies. ”

"So, it's all Zhao Zhenji's ghost!" Emperor Longqing asked thoughtfully, you must know that although Zhao Zhenji and Shen Aiqing are ministers of the same court, they have almost no intersection, according to the usual practice, there can be no festival between the two!

"This Weichen doesn't know, if it weren't for Lord Shen exposing Zhao Zhenji's lies on the spot today, Weichen would still be kept in the dark?" Song Qingyang's words are not leaky.

"Now it seems that the turmoil that has suddenly sprung up in various places to report the current situation to the car and horse dealership is very likely to be Zhao Zhenji's ghost behind his back, Weichen is reckless, and he is determined to impeach Lord Shen, and please punish the emperor!" The situation is almost reversed, Song Qingyang believes that he will not blame himself for this move of retreating.

Without waiting for Emperor Longqing to speak, Shen Chongming, who had been silently watching his performance, suddenly laughed: "Hehe, Lord Song is so sharp-toothed, your kung fu of reversing black and white is becoming more and more innocent!" ”

"Lord Shen smiled, please forgive Lord Shen for this misunderstanding, and the officials will come to the door to apologize another day!" Song Qingyang's attitude was very humble, although his face was full of apologetic smiles, but his heart was already nervous again, and it seemed that Shen Chongming was not going to let himself go so easily.

"Hehe, Lord Song's visit to apologize to the official can't afford it, in case you make a black hand to the official, I'm afraid that the official's three-legged cat kung fu is not enough to be prepared!" 、

After some sarcasm, Shen Chongming's face suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "Don't think that this official doesn't know anything about this matter, you sent someone to steal this account book, and so many people who sued Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealer were also found by you to create a storm, do you want this official to invite all the people involved in this matter to confront you!" ”

Song Qingyang's face rose, and he immediately had no room for rebuttal, this Shen Chongming is so vicious, this is a basin on himself!

This kid must know that this matter was all handled by Gonggong Feng, and now that he is saying this, it is clear that it is impossible for such a crime to offset Gonggong Feng's status in the eyes of the emperor, and he cannot be punished, so he uses the method of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger to attack himself.

He also knew that he didn't dare to bring up Gonggong Feng, in that case, he would be unpleasing to both ends, and he would die without a place to be buried.