Fangcheng County, Su Small Inn.

King Xin took off the draped coat and handed it to the entourage behind him, and after sitting down, he looked at the furnishings in the room, and the conditions of the small inn in this small place were naturally not much better, so he frowned slightly.

"How's it going?"

He asked.

The young man who followed him into the door lowered his head and said, "The proprietor, Shen Leng and the Yao family have already entered the game, and this game depends on whether the emperor can break it." ”

"It doesn't need to be broken."

King Xin said: "Your Majesty's trust in Shen Leng is undoubted, he will not believe that Shen Leng will do such a tasteless thing, so even if he can't find evidence of Shen Leng's innocence, the emperor will find a way to get him out, and he will be sent to Dongjiang for meritorious service." ”

The young man was a little puzzled: "If the evidence is conclusive, the emperor will not sanction Shen Leng?" ”

"Sanction what?"

King Xin said: "No matter how perfect it is, you know that it is fake, do you know what imperial power is?" ”

The young man thought for a moment and replied: "Be reasonable when you want to be reasonable, and be unreasonable when you want to be unreasonable, and when you are unreasonable, it is also reasonable, and it is still a great reason." ”

"yes......"

King Xin sighed lightly: "Your Majesty trusts Shen Leng, and in the end, if he can't break the situation, the emperor will start to be unreasonable, and directly issue an order to convict and frame the Yao family, regardless of what evidence it has or not." ”

The young man shook his head: "But in this way, how can you convince the public?" ”

"You think public opinion is on our side?"

King Xin said with a smile: "The public opinion is on Your Majesty's side, on Shen Leng's side, whatever Your Majesty says, the people will not question His Majesty the Emperor of Daning, and when the emperor's will comes down, the people will not ask, is there any evidence?" The people will only clap their hands and laugh, and then run to tell each other, and everyone will say, you see, I said that An Guogong is innocent. ”

The young man sighed: "This is the imperial power. ”

"You are wrong, I said it, this is public opinion, something more terrible than imperial power, imperial power can be bullied, public opinion cannot be bullied, Your Majesty is not afraid of anyone or anything, Your Majesty is only afraid of public opinion."

King Xin said: "What I told Li Changze before, I have arranged to do it before, the auction deliberately sold the Yao family's things, but I didn't expect it to become a pit for Shen Leng to fall into, just thinking that the Yao family has no value to use, and before His Majesty destroys the Yao family, the last value of the Yao family will be squeezed dry." ”

He looked at the young man: "I didn't expect that it would become one of the evidence...... This is a fairy game, right? It's really not easy to figure it out...... The previous auction in Daguang Commercial House was just a prelude, I wanted to see if those rich people could afford to buy those rare antiques, I thought that there would be a big auction in a few days, but now it seems that there is no chance. ”

"Ao Yuan."

King Xin looked at the young man: "You are Uncle Pu's only relative, your parents died early, it was Uncle Pu who pulled you up, I said when he asked you to follow me, I will try my best to give you a future in the end, but before that, you don't doubt anything, you will do whatever I tell you." ”

Uncle Pu is the house slave of King Xin, said to be a house slave, but the relationship is like a relative, he was named King Xin when he was a teenager, Uncle Pu has followed him, and he has been working hard for decades.

"The proprietor."

Pu Ao Yuan bowed his head and said: "Grandpa asked me to learn skills from the proprietor, I don't have any other ideas, I will do whatever the proprietor commands, and I will never question or slack off." ”

"Hmm."

King Xin nodded: "Now there is one thing you have to help me do, you go back to Chang'an." ”

Pu Aoyuan asked, "What's the matter?" ”

King Xin took out an envelope from his bosom: "Give this to Yao Meilun." ”

Pu Aoyuan took the envelope: "I'll leave now." ”

King Xin snorted, "You have to hurry." ”

His eyes looked out the window: "Li Changze asked Yao Meilun to go back to Chang'an to calculate Shen Leng, although he dug a good pit, but this time it will really anger His Majesty, and if he is angry, what good will happen to him." ”

King Xin closed his eyes: "You go, I'm tired, rest for a while." ”

Pu Ao Yuan answered, turned around and went out.

A day later, Chang'an City.

Tingwei's Mansion.

In the lobby, Han Zhaozhi did not sit in the main seat, because the chief judge who came to try the case today was not him, but Lai Cheng, the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet, His Majesty willed, this case Lai became the chief judge, and Han Zhaozhi and Yu Jiangnan, the general of the forbidden army, were the jurors.

Lai Cheng sat down on the main seat and looked at Han Zhaozhi: "Who will be judged first?" ”

"The people of the Yao family have already brought a lot, some are female dependents, there are many people and many things, let's judge the people of the Yao family first, if there is nothing important, let them go back first, and it is enough not to go out at will."

After Han Zhaozhi finished answering, he said: "Shen Leng's words, I will try it again." ”

Lai Cheng smiled: "It's okay, then try the people of the Yao family first." ”

Han Zhaozhi waved his hand, and the Qianban Fang Bailu of the Tingwei Mansion turned around and went out, and after a while, he entered the hall with a large group of people, these men and women were dozens of people, Yao was close to the front, he was the respect of the country, and there were many people in his mansion who had titles, so few people knelt on the ground, most of them were standing, and Yao Jin still had a chair to sit down.

Lai Cheng got up and bowed towards Yao Jin: "Guogong." ”

Yao Jin hurriedly got up and saluted back: "Scholar." ”

Lai Chengdao: "Go through the motions, offended." ”

Yao Jindao: "Nothing to do, I know." ”

Lai Cheng looked at Han Zhaozhi: "Lord Han, you come and ask, I'll just listen." ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted and looked at Yao Jin: "Guogong, I want to know, can you be sure now that the scale armor was stolen from Yao Chaozong's house?" ”

Yao Jindao: "Of course I'm not sure, it was Yao Jiu'er who said that, but now it seems to be somewhat credible." ”

Han Zhaozhi nodded: "There is one more thing I want to ask you...... Only one piece of obscene scale armor was lost in the house? ”

Yao Jin was silent for a while, as if hesitating, and said after slowly exhaling a breath: "Actually, this is a family ugliness that shouldn't be said, but since Lord Han asked, then I will tell you the truth, what I have lost in my family is not only the obscene scale armor, but also several ancestral treasures, one of which is a rare treasure given by Emperor Taizu, which is priceless." ”

Han Zhaozhi asked again: "When did you find these things missing?" ”

"Put it in the same room as the scale armor, and when you find that the scale armor is gone, you also find that these things are also missing."

Han Zhaozhi asked again: "If these things are placed in front of you, can you recognize them?" ”

Yao Jindao: "On weekdays, I take care of things with my own hands, so naturally I recognize them, why does Lord Han ask so?" Could it be that these things are also in the Tingwei Mansion? ”

Han Zhaozhi thought for a while and replied, "No, just ask." ”

Lai Cheng: "Ahem......"

Han Zhaozhi said: "Since the thing has been lost for so long, Guogong must have checked it, right?" Did you find anything? ”

"No, nothing."

At this moment, a maid in Yao Jin's mansion suddenly raised her head: "Han ...... Lord Han...... Is it true that if you tell the truth, you can be exonerated from sin? ”

"Huh?"

Han Zhaozhi was stunned, he looked at the maid: "What do you want to say?" If what you say is true, and it helps the case, of course you will not be punished. The maid kowtowed, and then said, "Lord Hui, my grandfather is lying!" ”

Yao Jinmeng turned his head, and his face changed.

The maid said loudly: "That night, I saw my grandfather hand over the obscene scale armor to Yao Chaozong in the study, and told him to use the obscene scale armor to buy An Guogong Shen Leng. ”

Han Zhaozhi's face changed.

A maid of the Yao family suddenly said this, why is this?

Now the Yao family can't be involved at all, as long as the Yao family bites those things to death, they will be lost, then they can only blame Yao Chaozong, so no matter how angry Your Majesty is in this case, there is no real evidence or that Your Majesty has not reached the point where you can bear it anymore, there is no need to move the people of the Yao family.

However, this maid suddenly appeared and involved the entire Yao family in one sentence, especially Yao Jin.

"You're lying!"

Yao Jinmeng stood up, turned his head and glared at the maid: "I treat you well on weekdays, and you actually framed me?!" ”

"I didn't!"

The maid seemed to have mustered up her courage and said loudly: "I asked before I came, if I don't tell the truth, the Tingwei Mansion will be tortured, I can't die, I still have an old mother to support at home...... That night, it was clear that you handed over the obscene scale armor to Yao Chaozong, and asked him to buy Shen Leng, and said that he would give him hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and said that if Shen Leng agreed, the rise and revival of the Yao family would be expected, and you also said that the sailor would go on an expedition to Sang Country in the future, and the military merits were waiting for someone to get them, and as long as the young people of the Yao family could get in, they would be able to come back with a few more generals in the future, and those things were not lost, you handed them over to Yao Chaozong and asked him to sell them for silver! ”

Lai Cheng sighed, and said to himself in a very soft voice: "Windfall, but this harvest is not very good." ”

An insignificant maid suddenly confessed to these ...... This is not only the matter of Shen Leng accepting bribes, but also the fact that the Yao family bribed Shen Leng.

"Wait a minute."

Lai Cheng looked at Han Zhaozhi, lowered his voice in his ear and said, "You ask first, I'll go see Shen Leng." ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted: "In my study." ”

Lai Cheng nodded and got up to leave.

In Han Zhaozhi's study, Shen Leng was practicing, shirtless, with two hands supporting the ground, his body was already upside down, his arms were bent and his body was sinking, and his arms were stretched out.

Lai Cheng pushed the door in, saw Shen Leng's appearance and froze for a moment, and then sighed: "You still have leisure." ”

After Shen Leng stood up, he reached out and took his clothes and put them on: "It's time for me to go up?" ”

"It shouldn't be."

Lai Cheng sat down, looked at Shen Leng's eyes and said, "The pit is big again." ”

He told Shen Leng in detail about the maid's confession, Shen Leng was also stunned, and after a while, he spitted: "What the hell, a pit, and someone wants to come in and live together?" I used to lie comfortably in the pit myself, but now I have to move someone else......"

Guangde Building.

Yao Meilun took a sip of the teacup, and Zhuo Ying, the Baiban of the Tingwei Mansion, asked her, "Why do you want to do this?" It's all your family. ”

Yao Meilun put down the teacup and said lightly: "If you don't put the Yao family in together, it won't be so credible." ”

Zhuo Ying asked: "Even if you put the entire Yao family into it, Your Majesty will believe it?" ”

"Of course Your Majesty won't believe it."

Yao Meilun smiled: "What I want is not Your Majesty's letter, what I want is the letter of the people of Chang'an City, it is not interesting to kill Shen Leng, it is interesting to let him be ruined before killing him." ”

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