Ye Jun unhurriedly took out a few more letters, presented them to Zhao Junsheng with both hands and said: "Your Majesty, according to Jing Min's confession, he has a separate courtyard outside Tianshui City, and he buried a few letters written by the prince to him in a wooden box under the big locust tree outside the courtyard. ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't expect that there was really physical evidence, this was completely different, he took the letters and opened them one by one to read.

Soon, Zhao Junsheng's face changed, not to mention the handwriting, this is Zhao Dong's handwriting, several letters are confidential, all of them are what the crown prince Zhao Dong secretly instructed Jing Min to do, and the content of one of them confirmed that Jing Min disobeyed the holy order to shelter the Sogdian merchant Shi Dayou and colluded with him to carry out secret smuggling.

Zhao Junsheng read all the letters, got up and said, "Drive back to the palace!" ”

East Palace.

The crown prince is the prince of the country, for a dynasty that has been established, the prince needs to be carefully cultivated, and he must learn how to govern the country, so the prince must learn to handle government affairs, and Zhao Dong is often ordered by Zhao Junsheng to assist him in handling state affairs.

After Zhao Junsheng read the pieces sent by the imperial court, the yamen, and officials from all over the country, he chose some to send to the East Palace, where the prince dealt with them first, wrote out the handling opinions, and then submitted them to the emperor for imperial approval.

At this time, Zhao Dong was processing a stack of concerts, and the prince's guests hurriedly walked in to report: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has sent someone!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Yide walked in from outside with two little eunuchs and saluted: "The old slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhao Dong immediately got up and said, "Chief Kang, I don't know what my father has to tell his sons?" ”

"Your Majesty ordered the prince to go to the Qinzheng Palace to meet him as soon as possible!"

"Sons obey orders!"

After walking out of the East Palace, Zhao Dong asked, "Please ask Manager Kang, I don't know what happened to my father and the emperor asking me to go over?" ”

Kang Yide hesitated for a moment, asked the two little eunuchs to step back a little, and he whispered to Zhao Dong: "There has been a new change in the case of the original Tianshui Taishou Jing Min, the situation is extremely unfavorable to the prince, and the specific situation is not too clear to the old slave, but looking at His Majesty's appearance, he should be very angry, you must be careful to deal with it!" ”

Zhao Dong has long known that this prince is not good, how many princes in the past dynasties not only failed to ascend the throne as emperors, but even their lives were not guaranteed, after Jing Min was arrested, the subordinate officials of the prince's east palace learned about the progress of the case from multiple channels, and it seems that someone is deliberately pushing to make this case more impactful.

The third child's actions in it are already very obvious, then Huang Dezhong is Zhao Ping's person!

In the past few days, Zhao Dong has also sent people to keep an eye on this case, but Huang Dezhong and Zhao Ping are well guarded, and the people he sent have almost no useful news, it seems that the third child must have been doing it secretly in the past few days, but Zhao Dong has a clear conscience, he has not done anything.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Zhao Junsheng was reviewing the chapters, and below was Huang Dezhong, the head of the Criminal Department, and on both sides stood Ye Jun, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, Lu Lin of Dali Temple, and even Zhao Ping, the king of Shu.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

"Let him in!" Zhao Junsheng said without raising his head.

Zhao Dong walked into the main hall and saluted: "Erchen has seen his father!" ”

Zhao Junsheng put down his pen after reviewing a piece of music, looked up at Zhao Dong, and asked, "I ask you, are you involved in the case of Yuan Tianshui Taishou Jing Min?" ”

Zhao Dongdao: "Back to my father's words, Jing Min was indeed close to his sons and ministers before, and the ministers did not need to hide it, but the ministers did not know about his acceptance of bribes from the Sogdian merchant Shi Dayou and his disobedience to the holy order to provide him with shelter!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Jing Min should be more than these crimes, right?" ”

"What does Father mean by this?" Zhao Dong wondered.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhao Dong's face, and said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, when the Criminal Department was reviewing the verdict of Jing Min in Dali Temple, I felt that this case was still suspicious, so I reported it to me, and I ordered the Criminal Department to re-investigate the case, and the Criminal Department reported that Jing Min confessed to something more important, and he also colluded with Shi Dayou to prepare for large-scale smuggling, in this period, what do you think is this crime?" ”

"Yes······ It's a crime of collaborating with the enemy! Zhao Dong hesitated for a moment and said.

Zhao Junsheng said again: "But Jing Min confessed that this was instructed by you, and the Sogdian merchant Shi Dayou also said the same, how do you explain this?" ”

Zhao Dong's face changed, and he quickly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Father, this is a frame-up!" The minister has never done this, can it be proved that the minister has really done something to collaborate with the enemy just by their words? This case has been strange from the beginning, Jing Min's case itself is within the scope of the investigation of the Imperial City Division, why was the secret of Jing Min's collusion with Shi Dayou to harm the interests of my Daqian not found out by the Imperial City Division, but was found out by the Criminal Department, which is not good at such cases? ”

After Zhao Dong finished speaking, he looked at Lu Lin and asked, "After the investigation and interrogation, the Imperial City Division handed over the file and the prisoner to Dali Temple, and this Lord Lu made a hasty judgment without careful re-investigation, don't you think it's too hasty?" ”

Lu Lin hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister did not neglect his duties, a total of five days have passed from taking over the file and the prisoner to the verdict, and the minister has also conducted a careful investigation within these five days, how can you say that it is a hasty judgment?" ”

"Alright, Huang Dezhong!" Zhao Junsheng shouted.

Huang Dezhong immediately stood up and saluted: "The minister is here!" ”

"You are the official of the Criminal Department who re-investigated Jing Min's case, you tell me about the investigation!"

"No!" Huang Dezhong agreed, and immediately told him about the process of investigating and interrogating Jing Min.

Zhao Junsheng took out the letter and threw it to Zhao Dong and said: "This is what Huang Dezhong sent someone to retrieve according to the location explained by Jing Min, you can see for yourself!" ”

Zhao Dong had never written a letter to Huang Dezhong at all, he picked up the letter suspiciously, and looked at it, and saw that his face changed greatly, "This······ Impossible, how is this possible? Father, the son never wrote a letter to Jing Min at all! ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "I only ask you, is this your handwriting?" ”

“······ Yes······ It's not ······" Zhao Dong was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

Zhao Junsheng shouted and asked, "Is it or not?" ”

“······ It's Erchen's handwriting, but this letter wasn't written by Erchen! ”

Next to him, Zhao Ping coughed twice and said, "Big brother, isn't your words contradictory?" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at Zhao Ping, and Zhao Ping didn't seem to notice his gaze.

Zhao Dong didn't expect that these people would come up with evidence like letters, which was exactly the same as his handwriting, and even he himself couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

Zhao Dong reacted quickly, he hurriedly said: "Father, the son has never written these letters, and he has never contacted Jing Min with letters, this letter must be fake, someone wants to frame the son of the emperor with falsehood, and ask the father to investigate!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and ordered: "Come here, pass on Li Song's visit!" Let someone be sent to the prison to bring Jing Min, and I will interrogate him myself! ”

"No!"

Soon, Li Song hurried over.

"Chen Li Song came to see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!"

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Does Li Qing know the prince's handwriting?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the prince assists Your Majesty in handling state affairs, approves the chapters, and the minister has seen the prince's handwriting!"

"Very good, you have studied handwriting, you can see if this letter is the prince's handwriting!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he waved his hand at Kang Yide.

Kang Yide took the letter and handed it to Li Song, Li Song took it and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, he couldn't help but look up at the people present, now he understood what had happened in this hall, it was obvious that someone had taken out the handle of the prince's instruction of Jing Min to collude with Sogdian merchants.

In the past, it was normal for officials to have relations with Sogdian merchants, but now it is different, and now there is a suspicion of collaborating with Sogdian merchants.

Li Song hurriedly gathered his mind and continued to read the letters, and after reading the letters, he frowned, because he was not sure whether the words on the letters were the prince's handwriting.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Li Qing, how is it?" Do you see that? Is this the handwriting of the crown prince? ”

Li Song is in a dilemma at this time, it is obvious that there are big people behind this case, otherwise who would dare to catch the prince's sore feet? If he believes that the handwriting is the prince's, it is tantamount to offending the prince, and once the prince gets through this crisis, he is afraid that the prince will regard him as a mortal enemy!

But if he says that this is not the prince's handwriting, in the eyes of the leader behind this case, he is helping the prince speak, and he will definitely be considered the prince's gang.

Li Song couldn't help but answer, and after thinking for a while, he still adopted a wise way to protect himself: "Back to Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being shallow in their studies, and they can't identify whether the handwriting on this letter is the prince's!" ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "Li Qing, you are the person with the highest attainment in handwriting research that I know, and you even said that you can't identify whether this handwriting is the prince's?" You're going to give me such an explanation? ”

Li Song also knew that he couldn't cope with the past with just one sentence, so he had to take the letter and say: "Your Majesty, the handwriting on this letter is indeed the same as the prince's handwriting, and the similarity is almost more than ninety percent, that is, the charm is a little worse, but everyone's handwriting and charm at different times fluctuates, if this letter is an imitation of the prince's handwriting, then this skill is really a bit appalling, so the minister can't be sure!" ”

Zhao Junsheng narrowed his eyes, Li Song chose Mingzhe to protect himself, which was not unexpected by him, even if Li Song could determine the authenticity of this handwriting, he was afraid that he would answer like this, so the handwriting identification procedure was necessary, but it could not end the case.

The sound of chains mopping the floor came from outside, and I saw a eunuch come in and report: "Your Majesty, the prisoner Jing Min has brought it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Bring it up!" ”

"Bring someone to commit Jing Min!"