Listening to Xu De's question, Chai Zhen smiled bitterly, bowed down and said, "Father-in-law, although this is the case, these things are indeed not done by me!" ”

Xu De nodded and said with a smile: "Did you do it, you didn't say it, and it wasn't what our family said." Speaking of this, Xu De turned his gaze back and said again: "Originally, at this time, it was enough to interrogate. ”

"It's just that there is a fork, and there are rumors in the market, rumors about Jinyiwei, so our family began to find out who made the rumors."

Xu De glanced at Xing Shangzhi and said lightly: "Press it up!" ”

This time it was Bai Laosan who was pressed up, kneeling beside Chai Fu and Chen Li.

"This person is the one who spreads rumors, and now there is a lot of discussion in Jinan City, and many people are beginning to want to go out of the city to avoid trouble, all because of this rumor." Saying that, Xu De opened his mouth and said, "Bai Laosan, let's talk about it!" ”

Bai Laosan didn't dare to hide it at this time, and directly confessed the old lady of the Chai family.

There was an uproar at the scene, and the face of the civil official instantly became very ugly. Regardless of whether the assassination was done by your Chai family or not, your Chai family did not run away from the rumor-mongering this time, and this crime is not small.

"Come on, go and invite Mrs. Chai out!" Xu De did not hesitate at all, and said directly.

Chai Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't say it.

It didn't take long for Mrs. Chai to be brought, and this old lady was Chai Zhen's mother. Although he is over 60 years old, he is in good spirits and looks very energetic. Xu De asked someone to move a stool for Mrs. Chai, and waited until she sat down before asking.

"Old Madam Chai, do you know this Bai Laosan?"

Old Madam Chai knew that she couldn't hide it at this time, in fact, she had been listening to it from the back just now. After all, with such a big movement, it was impossible not to alarm her, so he nodded and said, "What he said is true." ”

"The old woman is eager to save her son, and she does such a foolish thing, and asks her father-in-law to punish her, no matter what the punishment is, the old woman has no complaints." Speaking of this, Mrs. Chai directly picked up her clothes and knelt on the ground: "But my son is innocent, please ask my father-in-law to find out the truth and return my son's innocence!" ”

Chai Zhen also knelt on the ground with a thud: "Father-in-law, those things are definitely not done by me, please be aware of them." As for the matter of my mother, I don't dare to ask the public network to open up, and I just ask my father-in-law to let my surrogate mother be punished for the sake of my mother's age. ”

is old, and he is eager to save his son, as soon as these two situations come out, it is impossible to punish Mrs. Chai.

In this era, the emphasis on benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and the emphasis on the principle of normality, which is a universal value.

Of course Xu De will not dwell on this matter, an old lady, what can you do if you kill her? There is no benefit at all, and there are many benefits of handling it lightly, but this face is not something he can show, and the limelight is not something he can show.

As the eunuch beside Zhu Yijun, Xu De is well versed in "letting the emperor show his face, letting the emperor give it, and carrying the black pot himself".

After pondering for a long time, Xu De sighed and said with a wry smile: "After all, this matter violates national law, and our family does not dare to make decisions without permission." However, our family is willing to write a plea and submit it to the emperor, asking the emperor for extrajudicial favor. ”

Speaking of this, Xu De looked at the Shandong officials not far away, and said, "Presumably, are you also willing to sign?" ”

Wang Zongmu glanced at Xu De deeply, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Of course, the gentleman is the beauty of an adult, and the benevolence and righteousness of Duke Xu, we should follow." Although what Mrs. Chai did was very inappropriate, her feelings were pitiful, and I will be Your Majesty. ”

Xu De nodded with satisfaction, anyway, this great favor was given to the Chai family.

If the Chai family does anything bad in the future, it will be sorry for the emperor's grace, if you don't repay the emperor's grace with broken bones, the spitting stars will drown you. The emperor is gracious to your family, and you actually repay your kindness, so you can pay it back.

"Old Madam Chai, get up!" Xu De said to Mrs. Chai with a smile, and at the same time said to Chai Hui: "Chai Zhen, you should also get up!" ”

After the two of them were seated, Xu De continued: "The case of rumor-mongering has been concluded, can you have any objections?" Seeing that no one spoke, Xu De nodded and said, "Sign and draw!" ”

The documents recorded on the side hurriedly came over with paper, one for Bai Laosan to sign and draw, and the other for Mrs. Chai to sign and draw.

"Okay, let's talk about the case of Chai Zhuo's plot to assassinate Cheng Pigan, the director of the Shandong Taxation Department." Xu De's face also became serious, compared to the assassination of Pigan, the case of Old Lady Chai can be regarded as an appetizer at best.

"According to the confessions of Chai Fu and Chen Li, Chai Fu was involved in two cases."

"The first case is to buy murder!" Speaking of this, Xu De turned to Chai Hui and asked, "Chai Hui, what is your explanation for buying a homigre?" ”

Chai Zhen dared to hide it at this time, which of these two cases was confirmed, and he was finished. Hearing Xu De's question, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Father-in-law, I am really wronged in this case!" ”

Chai Zhen said the whole thing, and the general process was similar to what Wang Zongmu said.

Xu De nodded: "Is there any evidence?" Or do you know where these two are now? ”

Hearing this question, Chai Zhen suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "Father-in-law, I handed over the people to Chen Liang because I trusted Chen Liang's personality and felt that he could settle them well, since I had already let them go, why bother asking where to go?" ”

"Chen Liang is dead, and there is no one to prove your testimony, and of course, Chen Li can't prove that you really bought murder."

After pondering for a moment, Xu De continued: "Then let's put down the murder case first, let's talk about the second case, why did you ask Chai Fu to find Chen Liang, and gave Chen Liang 30,000 taels of silver, what is the matter agreed in this contract?" ”

"Father-in-law, that contract is fake, I don't know that contract exists."

"As for giving Chen Liang 30,000 taels of silver, it was the money for Chen Liang to buy antiques for me." Chai Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Chen Liang told me that he has a batch of antiques in his hand, which are priceless. ”

"It's just that the origin of these antiques is not correct, but in order to make up for the fines imposed by the tax department, I not only sold two shops, but also borrowed a lot of loans, which are all interest-bearing. I thought that if I received this batch of antiques, I could sell them for a lot of money! ”

Although Chai Liang said pitiful, everyone present also understood it, and they also knew what Chai Hui and Chen Liang were doing.

To put it bluntly, it is the sale of stolen goods, or it is not possible to talk about the sale of stolen goods, after all, it is uncertain whether those antiques are stolen goods. However, looking at Chai Zhen's posture of sending money to Chen Liang, this is definitely not the first time these two people have done this.

Xu De didn't bother to pursue these, but turned to Xing Shangzhi and asked, "Have you ever found antiques in Lanruo Temple?" ”

Xing Shangzhi shook his head directly: "Back to my father-in-law, no, I think this Chai Zhen is just quibbling, and it seems that he can't confess if he doesn't move the big punishment." Why don't my father-in-law hand them over to me, and I'll let him tell them all. ”

As soon as these words came out, countless people frowned, everyone really didn't have a good impression of Jinyiwei's torture to extract confessions!

Xu De waved his hand, and he was noncommittal about Xing Shangzhi's statement, and tortured him to extract a confession? Is this occasion appropriate? In his heart, Xu De has already labeled Xing Shangzhi as a brainless, this kind of fool has no use except for making knives.

Everyone present now knew that the matter was troublesome again, after all, there was no tangible evidence to prove that what Chai Hui or Chen Li said was true.

If Chai Zhen is convicted like this, it will be troublesome, but if he is not convicted, then this case cannot be suspended! Many people looked at Xu De and wanted to see what this father-in-law Xu was going to do.

Of course Xu De wouldn't be so anticlimactic, he took a full posture in front of him, if he goes back now, where will he put his face?

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu De turned his head to look at Mrs. Chai, and then said with a smile: "Mrs. Chai, our family asks you, who gave you the plan to let you spread rumors to save your son?" Don't say it's yourself, think about your son. ”

Hearing Xu De's question, everyone present was stunned, and then their faces became serious, could it be that there is still a secret in this?

Old Madam Chai just wanted to say that she thought it herself, but before he could speak, Xu De had already pointed at Chai Zhen, which made her shut up in an instant.

Seeing that the old lady Chai didn't speak, Xu De continued to smile and said: "Let our family guess, this person must be someone close to the old lady, it is estimated that he is a blood relative, looking at the old lady's hesitation, our family will be even more sure of this." ”

The case of Chai Zhen who has been tossed for so long in front of him, Xu De is for this moment!

"Old Madam Chai, since you believe in your son, haven't you ever thought about why all the spearheads are pointed at the Chai family? Isn't there any conspiracy in this? If your son is wronged, what is the intention of the person who asked you to spread the rumors? ”

Before Xu De's words were finished, a teenager suddenly rushed out of the crowd, his face turned red, and he said loudly: "It was the student's idea for grandma!" ”

Seeing the young man come out, Xu De immediately smiled, okay, it's good if someone comes out.

What rushed out was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, and from listening to his self-proclaim, he knew that he should be Chai Zhen's grandson.

Xu De looked at the young man and said with a smile: "Our family thinks that this idea should not have come up with you, but someone taught you." After speaking, Xu De's face suddenly became serious, and he scolded loudly: "Who is it?" ”

The young man was startled, and hurriedly said, "It's the girl from Deyue Tower!" ”

"My father was arrested, and I went to her when I was upset, and she gave me this solution."

Deyue Building? Xu De's face turned pale, this is not the place where he just caught Bai Laosan. Xu De suddenly looked back at Xing Shangzhi: "Are the people from Deyue Tower still there?" You didn't let it go, did you? ”

Xing Shangzhi hurriedly shook his head: "I'll let everyone watch it!" ”

Hearing this, Xu De immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't let it go, and his gaze at Xing Shangzhi instantly became a lot more pleasing to the eye.