"Sooner or later. Please also ask the adults to call the shots for the villains. Liu Yong said.

"Liu Yong, the official doesn't know about the matter between you, I have already talked to Lord Ouyang. He denied that you had colluded to embezzle the court's money. However, I also saw that the price of the horses you sell is indeed higher. It's not outrageously high, but it's also very high. The transporter said.

Liu Yong understood that Ma Shifan did not do all kinds of impersonations, but directly focused on the price of the horse. At that time, the price of war horses was indeed a little higher, which was also won by Zhang Xixi. But this can't be blamed on him, Zhang Dujian and others are already at the end of their rope and have nowhere to buy horses. It's not a problem to get a little more expensive.

Liu Yong explained: "My lord, these war horses are not villains. It was a friend that the villain met on the way to Western Xia. The villain is nothing more than an intermediary. As for the price of the war horse, since people are willing to sell it, the price naturally cannot be too low. The villain thought that even if the price was a little higher, it would be affordable for the war on the border. ”

"Well, you're right. However, since someone has raised doubts, the official will check on behalf of the imperial court. Liu Yong, don't worry too much, this official is just a routine. The transporter said.

At this time, Zhizhou Ouyang Song also came. He came over after learning that Liu Yong was coming. Also came with Zhang Dujian and Zhao Tongju, and it seems that they have also been more or less involved.

The transfer envoy lived in the governor's mansion, and was immediately promoted to the court and reported the case. It's none other than Guo Dequan.

Seeing that the high-ranking officials of Meizhou City had gathered in the hall, the transfer envoy who sat behind the case in the hall smiled.

"You, who are colleagues in a state, should help each other and manage the affairs of a state, but I didn't expect you to become defendants and plaintiffs. Isn't that ironic? After laughing, the transporter said lightly, his voice was very majestic.

"Your Excellency, the lower officials must report corruption when they see it, and they will correct the law of the court." Guo Dequan said.

The transporter nodded.

"Then please ask Master Guo to hand over the form." The transporter said.

Guo Dequan handed over the pleadings, and the transfer envoy read it again, which was to report that Ouyang Song, the lord of Zhizhou, and the merchant Liu Yong had raised the price of war horses together, embezzled the money of the imperial court, and made a lot of ill-gotten gains from the war.

The envoy handed the pleadings to the secretary and read them aloud to the audience.

"Lord Ouyang, Liu Yong, can you two hear clearly?" The transporter asked.

Liu Yong and Ouyang Song replied in unison: "I heard clearly." ”

"Is that true?" The transporter asked.

"It's not true, it's clearly a false accusation." Ouyang Song replied.

"Oh?" The transporter nodded, and then asked, "Lord Guo, just looking at this slightly higher price doesn't mean anything. Do you have any other evidence to prove that Lord Ouyang and Liu Yong are complicit? ”

"Back to my lord, Xia Guan naturally has evidence." Guo Dequan said.

"Then bring it in." The transporter said.

"Yes. My lord. Xia Guan has three witnesses, and they can prove that Lord Ouyang and Liu Yong are complicit. Guo Dequan said.

"Okay, let's pass it on." The transporter said.

In a moment, three witnesses came to the hall, it was Zhang Zilin, Li Gang and Wang Donglai.

Liu Yong thought to himself: Sure enough, it was the three of them, but I don't know how they testified? They are not familiar with me and Lord Zhizhou, so how can they testify? It's weird.

The three of them hugged their names.

"Okay, tell me, how did you know that the two of them were conspiring?" The transporter asked.

The three of them glanced at each other, and Wang Dong said, "Lord Hui, the three of us heard it in Hongyan Tower. ”

"Oh? Specifically. The transporter said.

"It's my lord. It was one night four months ago, and the villain waited for the three of them to go to Hongyan Tower to have a drink. While he was eating, he heard someone talking in the private room next door. It's about the topic of war horses. The villain is also a merchant in this Meizhou, and the superintendent Zhang also asked us to sell war horses. So it's very sensitive to the topic of war horses. At that time, as soon as the three of us heard the word war horse, we all listened quietly. Then I heard a person next door say: 'Lord Zhizhou, I have more than 400 war horses, and the time has come for me and my lord to get rich. Then I heard another person say: 'Liu Yong, you have done a good job, but the price you offer should not be too high, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of others.' ’”

Hearing the words Lord Zhizhou and Liu Yong, the three of us looked at each other. It turned out that the two people talking next door were Lord Zhizhou and Liu Yong, who has been quite famous in Meizhou City recently. Let's go on. I heard Liu Yong say again: 'Don't come out of this matter, Lord Zhizhou, let Zhang Dujian handle it.' As for the price, you also let Zhang Du have the right to decide, so that you will not be responsible for the time when the time comes. And I, Liu Yong, can also sit on Zhang Dujian and raise the price. ’”

"I heard Lord Zhizhou say, 'Okay, Liu Yong will do what you do.'" Liu Yong said: "Okay lord, you and I will have six or four points of the money we will earn at that time." I'm four, my lord is six. Lord Zhizhou smiled and said, "Okay, that's it." Then there was the laughter of the two. My lord, this is what the three of us have heard with our own ears, and there is no lie. ”

After Wang Dong finished speaking, he looked at Ouyang Song and Liu Yong on the side.

"Okay, Lord Ouyang, Liu Yong, what else do you two have to say?" The transporter asked.

Ouyang Song and Liu Yong glanced at each other, and Liu Yong said: "Lord Hui, the testimony of the three of them is clearly a naked frame-up. My lord, the three of them kept saying that they heard the conversation between the villain and the magistrate. The villain felt strange, the villain didn't know Lord Ouyang before selling the horse to the state capital, so how did the villain conspire with Lord Zhizhou? ”

This point, the villain is also another evidence. First, before the villain stocked up and went to Western Xia, he was just an unknown small businessman. And the villain spent nearly five months on the road to Western Xia. During this period, the villain was not in Meizhou City at all, so how did the villain conspire with Lord Zhizhou? ”

"I said, it was four months ago, just when you came back from selling horses in Western Xia, of course you could have conspired with Lord Zhizhou at that time." Wang Dong said.

The transport envoy looked at Liu Yong again.

Liu Yong smiled and said, "How did I know that Lord Zhizhou would definitely conspire with me?" The transfer envoy, if it is like what he said, the villain must be very familiar with Lord Zhizhou, so he can conspire with him. The transfer envoy can casually inquire in Meizhou City to know what kind of person Lord Zhizhou is. He is a man who never takes courtesy, even if it is a stitch and a thread. With such a person, how can the villain be sure that he will conspire with the villain? It's really not logical at all. ”