After the dart opened the door, he pointed to the table, "We're playing a horse hanging." Do I owe you money for the house? You knocked on the door so hard that I lost money! ”

After hearing this, Xiao Er hurriedly said with a smile: "The guest officer is angry, it's not a small one, it's these officials who want to find you!" ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper let go of the way, revealing the figures of Xiao Shunzi and others behind him. After seeing the dart head, Xiao Shunzi asked, "Are you Liao Ping from the Yuan Dart Bureau in Jiangnan Town?" ”

Although the dart head has not entered the palace, when he saw Xiao Shunzi wearing a crimson official uniform, he knew who was coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The villain Liao Ping is the dart head of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, meet my father-in-law!" ”

Xiao Shunzi walked into the house and said, "Our family is on the order of His Majesty, and we are here to invite the dart head and a few dart masters to the palace for questioning!" ”

At this time, Liao Ping remembered what happened before Xiao Shunzi came. It turned out that Gongliang Yuzhi had already planned everything, and tried his best to persuade the dart head and the dart master to expose Wan Delin's true face in front of Emperor Song. And told them that if they didn't expose it, Wan Delin would definitely not let them and their wives and children go. But if they did, he would have ensured their safety, as well as their wives and children.

Liao Fan couldn't make a decision for a while, and thought about it for a long time, after all, this was about the lives of hundreds of people. But Gongliang stopped moving him with affection and reason, and in the end, he agreed to expose Wan Delin's crimes in front of Emperor Song.

At this time, Liao Ping, who had already known about the matter, pretended to be surprised in front of Xiao Shunzi and said, "What? Your Majesty...... Your Majesty wants to see me? So, why is that? ”

Xiao Shunzi said with a smile: "Recently, a series of tricky things have happened in the capital, and someone has made a message to His Majesty, saying that Liao Darthead may know about it, so he will send our family to pick up Liao Darthead into the palace!" ”

"I see!" Liao Ping suddenly realized, "I don't know why Your Majesty asked us to enter the palace?" ”

"These Liao dart heads will know after they enter the palace!" Saying that, he approached Liao Ping a few points and said, "Your Majesty is still waiting for us in Xingde Palace, don't delay too long, let's go!" ”

"Yes!" Liao Ping led a group of people to follow Xiao Shunzi into the Xingde Hall with anxiety, and stopped at the entrance of the hall, while Xiao Shunzi walked in first, and after a while, he came out and said to Liao Ping: "Your Majesty declares you to go in!" ”

After Liao Ping and the others entered the Xingde Palace, they were both excited and nervous, and hurriedly knelt down and said to Emperor Song: "Grass people, grass people see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!" ”

"Get up!" Gongliang Rongruo waved at them, and they got up. Immediately afterwards, he said to Wan Delin on the side: "Do you know these people? ”

In fact, he recognized Liao Ping when he first came in, and now that Emperor Song asked him, he pretended to look at them for a long time, and said: "Your Majesty, these people are the dart masters and dart heads of the Jiangning Town Yuan Dart Bureau!" ”

At this time, Jia Fa, who was standing aside, said: "So, do you admit that you entrusted them to transport the ten boxes of gold and silver?" ”

Wandlin had already thought of his words, and he said, "Not really! In fact, this matter started two years ago, when the Jiangning prefect made a hasty judgment because of a case, which made the defendant dissatisfied and sued the governor's yamen. This case happened to be my case, so I had met everyone in the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and it was not surprising that I knew them. You can ask Liao Dart about this matter, and he can testify! ”

Liao Ping raised his head slightly, and said in fear: "That's right, two years ago, someone entrusted a batch of fake ginseng and wanted to use it to blackmail the dart game, and this case was tried by Lord Wan!" ”

Wan Delin raised his smug eyes and said to Jia Fa: "Look, I'm not lying!" ”

Jia Mo did not bow down because of this, he walked up to Liao Ping, pointed to the ten boxes of gold and silver, and said: "Take a closer look, these ten boxes of gold and silver are entrusted through your dart bureau?" ”

Liao Ping didn't even look at it, and said in a panic: "No, it's not!" ”

"You haven't seen it yet, and you say, don't you?" As he spoke, he approached him a little closer, and then said: "You have to look carefully before answering, this is an answer in front of the emperor, if you tell a lie, it is the crime of deceiving the king!" ”

Wan Delin secretly scolded Liao Ping in his heart for being too timid, and was scared like this after being bluffed by Jia Que for a few words, and at the same time he was very tired of Jia Que's pressing step by step, so he stopped talking to Gongliang: "Your Majesty, Liao Ping is a small person in the market, and he will inevitably panic when he suddenly has a strong face, and it is unfair for Lord Jia to ask this!" ”

Jia Mo said: "Your Majesty, the minister just wants to find out the truth as soon as possible and give justice to the people of Jiangning!" ”

Gongliang Rongruo raised his hand to stop their dispute and said, "Okay, you two stand down, and I will interrogate you myself!" ”

As he spoke, he said to Liao Ping: "I ask you, what are you coming to Kaifeng City for?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's to escort some darts!"

Gongliang Rongruo pointed to the ten boxes of gold and silver and said, "Go and take a look, take a closer look, are those the goods you escorted?" ”

After Liao Ping carefully looked at the goods one by one, his hands clenched fiercely, and his palms were full of sweat, "Your Majesty, is it true that as long as the grass people tell the truth, they will not worry about their lives?" ”

Gongliang said: "As long as you tell the truth of the matter, there will be no problem!" ”

"Good!" After Liao Ping said this, he said to Gongliang Rongruo: "Your Majesty, these ten boxes of gold and silver are the goods that someone entrusted the grass people to escort to Kaifeng City!" ”

Wan Delin was suddenly startled in his heart, and cast a warning look at Liao Ping, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

Gongliang Rongruo was also taken aback, but he was very deep in the city, so he asked, "Who entrusted you to escort this dart?" ”

Liao Ping was quite afraid of Wan Delin, and when he saw Wan Delin's warning eyes, he wanted to give up, but he remembered what Gongliang had said to him, and Wan Delin would not let him go. Therefore, he could only put it to death and come back to life, so he said: "Your Majesty, these ten boxes of gold and silver are exactly what Lord Wan entrusted the grass people to escort to Kaifeng City and handed them to him!" ”

Wan Delin was shocked and said to Liao Ping: "Dare to disobey the people, dare to wronged me in front of Your Majesty!" When I was an official in Jiangning, I was honest and honest, and I never took a penny of gold and silver from the people! ”

In the face of such a fierce and vicious Wan Delin, Liao Ping had no fear, and he said to Gongliang: "Your Majesty, the grass people are not lying, Lord Wan is famous for being greedy for money in Jiangning!" When he judged the case, he only judged whoever gave the most money, and then judged whoever wins. Just like the one two years ago, that person did entrust the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau to escort the ginseng, and they were all some good ginseng. The head of the dart is greedy for money, and secretly replaces those superior ginseng with inferior ones. The matter went to the prefect of Jiangning, and the prefect had already ruled that the person won the lawsuit, but the chief dart head was not convinced, found Wan Daren, and promised to exchange 3,000 taels of silver and half of the money from the sale of ginseng in exchange for the victory of the lawsuit. Lord Wan accepted the money and changed the verdict to acquit the chief darthead. The merchant was so depressed that he lay in bed and fell ill until he died. ”

Seeing that Liao Ping shook off his affairs one by one, Wan Delin panicked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said to Gongliang: "Your Majesty, the minister adheres to the teachings of the sage, and has never done this." This dart must have been instructed by someone to frame his ministers! I hope Your Majesty will see it! ”

Jia Mo said on the side: "Your Majesty, there is all the evidence and material evidence in this matter, which is enough to prove that Wan Shilang used his power for profit during his official period in Jiangning, how can such a person be lawless?" ”

At this time, Gongliang Rongruo was also a little difficult, he thought that calling Liao Ping this time was just a formality, but he not only recognized the ten boxes of gold and silver, but also told Wan Delin what he had done, and now that the human and material evidence are there, he can't keep Wan Delin.

Before Gongliang Rongruo could speak, Wei Cheng had already said on the side: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there must be something strange about this matter, and Wan Shilang will definitely not do such a thing!" I hope Your Majesty will see it! ”

Hearing his words, Jia Que scolded lightly and said, "Lord Wei is so protective of Wan Shilang, could it be that you also have a share in the corruption?" ”

With such a big hat buttoned down, Wei Cheng couldn't stand it, and hurriedly said: "What Lord Jia said, Xia Guan just thinks that it is a matter of court officials, after all, it is good to judge clearly, so as not to wronged good people!" Speaking of the back, his voice had unconsciously lowered.

Jia Que stared at him coldly, and said to Gongliang: "Your Majesty, Wan Delin, as a parent official, not only did not seek the well-being of the people, but instead greedy and accumulated wealth, such a person who bears the burden of the people and the king, Your Majesty should be severely punished!" ”

Gongliang Rongruo sighed silently in his heart, he was unwilling to punish Wan Delin, but Wan Delin was also to blame for this matter, who let him not seal Liao Ping's mouth in advance. He closed his eyes deeply, and when he opened his eyes again, there was already a cold light in his eyes, "Wan Delin, are you guilty?" ”

Wan Delin was prostrate on the ground, his head was already in a cold sweat, and he trembled and said, "Your Majesty, your ...... Grievances ......"

Before he finished speaking, Gongliang Rongruo slapped the dragon case heavily, and said, "At this time, you still dare to deceive me?" ”

Wan Delin didn't know what to say at the moment, he was trembling all over, and cold sweat fell layer after layer.

Gongliang Rongruo walked down from the dragon case, stood in front of him and said to him: "I always thought that you were a good official in Jiangning, but I didn't expect that you would hide me from your superiors and ravage the people from your subordinates, what should you be guilty of?" ”

Wan Delin kowtowed like pounding garlic, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, beg Your Majesty to look at the Queen Mother's face......"

"You still have the face to mention the queen mother! The queen mother has told you to be a good official for so many years, but what about you? What have you done? ”

Wan Delin stepped forward and grabbed the hem of Gongliang Rongruo's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, please give the minister another chance, the minister must obey the will of His Majesty and the Queen Mother and be a good official!" ”

Gongliang Rongruo looked at Wan Delin on the ground, and there was resolute indifference and murderous intent in his eyes, and he said: "I also want to give you a chance, but it's too late!" ”

As he spoke, he shouted outside, "Someone! Immediately afterward, two Praetorian guards armed with steel swords walked in, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Stripped Wan Delin of his official uniform and put him in the prison of the Criminal Department! Waiting for disposal! ”

Seeing that Gong Liangrong refused to deal with Wan Delin, Jia Que stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Wan Delin's crime is unforgivable and should be beheaded!" ”

When Wan Delin heard the word beheading, his eyes turned black for a while, and he fainted.

Gongliang Rongruo was very annoyed by Jia Fa's pressing step by step, but he couldn't show it, so he had to forcibly suppress it and said, "Don't worry, Lord Jia, Wande Lin Zhen will definitely deal with it!" This matter needs to be carefully judged! ”

Before Jia Que could speak again, Wei Cheng had already said on the side: "Your Majesty, Shengming, the ministers will retire!" Being shouted by him, Jia Fei had to follow him out.

At this time, the sunset in the sky has already appeared, and it is gorgeous and dazzling.

Wei Cheng stepped forward and said to Jia Fu in a strange manner: "It is said that every time Lord Jia is impeached, the impeachment will be very accurate!" This time, Xia Guan has understood it! However, Lord Wan is the only son of Lord Wan, and he is the younger generation that the Queen Mother values the most, is Lord Jia really not afraid? ”

Jia Mo replied to him: "If you eat the king, you should worry about the king!" If they are all like Lord Wei, who is afraid of wolves and tigers, then what else can be done? With that, he flicked his sleeves and left.

Looking at his back, Wei Cheng sneered, "That's a good thing, the show is still to come, I see how you can laugh!" ”

Just after Xiao Shunzi led the dart masters out of the front door, Gongliang Rongruo had already walked out of the back door and arrived at Ningshou Palace.

Empress Dowager Wan had been waiting for news from him, and after seeing him come in, she hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

"Very bad!"

Hearing him say this, the Empress Dowager Wan's heart chuckled, and after listening to the fair and good words, the surprise in the Empress Dowager Wan's heart was indescribable, and it took a while to barely stabilize her mind and say to him: "Where is Delin now?" ”

"My son has ordered the Praetorian Guards to love him like a prison in the Criminal Department!"

Ruoqiu said with an annoyed face: "This Jia Que is also true, Lord Wan has no grievances with him, he has to put Wan Shilang to death!" ”

"Jia Fa!" Empress Dowager Wan slowly spit out these three words, and patted the chair fiercely, even if Wan Delin is wrong in a thousand ways, he will definitely not be able to let outsiders interfere for half a point! If you don't kill Jia Que, it's hard to solve the hatred in her heart!

"Queen Mother, Delin has embezzled more than 100,000 dollars, and according to the laws of the Song Kingdom, he should be beheaded!"

"No, he is the nephew of the mourning family, and he can't be beheaded!"

Empress Dowager Wan clutched the handrail tightly, and said with a condensed face: "Your Majesty, do you remember Liu Jin?" ”

Gongliang Rongruo frowned, "The queen mother wants to emulate Liu Jin's methods back then?" ”

Empress Dowager Wan nodded and said, "That's right, if it really comes to that time, find a death row prisoner to replace Delin!" After finishing speaking, she sighed silently, "But if it is possible, the mourning family still hopes that Delin can stay in Kaifeng City!" What about the group of dart masters? ”

"I'm out of the palace!" Without waiting for the Empress Dowager Wan to speak, Gongliang Rongruo had already said: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, the sons will let Yingyi deal with this matter!" None of those dart masters can escape! ”

Empress Dowager Wan nodded slowly and said coldly: "That's good!" Whoever dares to deceive my Wan clan will not survive! ”

Gongliang Rongruo nodded, and said: "Queen Mother, Delin is like this, I'm afraid the marriage with Ye Xuemei will not be successful." As far as Erchen knows, there is no suitable candidate for the eldest and second uncles, what should I do? ”

Empress Dowager Wan replied: "If there is no suitable one, find one from the side department, in short, you must hold this woman in your hands, understand?" ”

Gongliang Rongruo arched his hand and said: "My son understands! ”

While the two of them were talking, Xiao Shunzi said outside: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom asks to see you!" ”

The news that Wan Delin was sent to the prison of the Criminal Department soon spread in Kaifeng City, and Ning Wangfu was naturally no exception. In the eastern courtyard, Gongliang Yanqing said to Ye Xuemei with a smile: "Now the girl doesn't have to worry about marrying that person who is different from the outside!" ”

Rong Xiang also patted his chest and said: "It's really lucky, the slaves and maids are about to worry about dying, but fortunately, God has eyes!" ”

Compared to their joy and happiness, Ye Xuemei just smiled faintly and said, "If nothing else, the position of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department should fall into the hands of Yang Nan!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing said: "Actually, the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department should have been Yang Nan's a long time ago, but if Gongliang Rong wants to hold the Criminal Department in his own hands, he will transfer Wan Delin back to Beijing." It's just that his wishful thinking has been overturned by the girl! As he spoke, he stood up and saluted Ye Xuemei, "Miss Ye's plan is really admired by this king!" ”

Ye Xuemei smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing, if it weren't for Wandelin's lack of virtue, I wouldn't have done it so neatly." ”

After hearing this, Gongliang Yanqing looked at Gongliang who was speechless on the side and stopped: "Why didn't the fifth brother speak?" Could it be that you still sympathize with that Wandelin? ”

Gongliang shook his head and said, "I'm worried that I just drove a tiger and another wolf!" There are so many people in the Wan clan, and some of them are candidates to marry Miss Ye! ”

Gongliang Yanqing was shocked: "You mean, the Queen Mother wants to marry the girl again?" ”

Gongliang sighed and said, "If you don't tie the princess to the Wan's boat, the queen mother will not give up!" ”

"Aren't we working in vain? Fifth brother, you have to think of a way quickly! ”

"In addition, it takes time to choose someone, and I will find a way to make the queen mother change her mind during this period!"

"The Queen Mother is a person who says the same, how can it be so simple if she wants her to change her mind?"

Ye Xuemei gathered her silver-rimmed sleeves and said, "Although it's not simple, it's not like there's no way, the Seven Kings don't have to worry too much." Then, she glanced at the twilight sky outside the window and said, "The Seven Kings are going to see Yang Nan tonight!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing replied: "That's right! Now that Wan Delin has entered the prison, I will let Yang Nan participate in him again, so that he will never have a place to turn over! ”

Ye Xuemei looked at him and smiled lightly, and said, "I didn't ask the Seven Kings to see Yang Nan to participate in Wandelin!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing was puzzled: "Then why did I go to see him?" ”

"Wan Delin has already been sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, why should the Seven Kings go to the next book and anger Emperor Song? Yang Nan really wants to go to the book, not for impeachment, but to intercede for him! ”

"What?" Gongliang Yanqing exclaimed, "Miss Ye, you ......" He originally wanted to say if you were crazy, but he felt that it seemed inappropriate to say this, so he didn't say it.

Ye Xuemei smiled indifferently and said, "Wan Delin's crime is obvious, and no one can ask for this for him!" The Seven Kings can rest assured of this! ”

Gongliang stopped and replied: "The girl means to let Yang Nan intercede for Wan Delin, and the imperial brother will think that Yang Nan is from their side, so it will be much more convenient in the future whether it is an official career or an act!" ”

Ye Xuemei smiled lightly and stopped at Gongliang: "Yes, that's exactly what I meant!" ”

"Good!" Gongliang Yanqing is a smart person, he can understand one point, and immediately got up, "I'm going to see Yang Nan!" ”

After Gongliang Yanqing left, Gongliang Yuzhi kept looking at Ye Xuemei, Ye Xuemei raised her hand and touched her face, "The prince has been looking at me like this, but my face is dirty?" ”

Gongliangyu shook his head and said: "No, although the girl is resourceful, it is really difficult to change a person's mind, do you really have the confidence to convince the queen mother?" ”

Ye Xuemei looked at Gongliang and said, "The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, why not give it a try?" ”

"I'm afraid that no amount of methods will be enough to dispel the idea of the queen mother!" Gongliang frowned and said, "I'll ...... it anyway."

Before she finished speaking, Ye Xuemei had already said: "No, you must not speak!" "At such an extraordinary time, if once the public speaks to keep her, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Empress Dowager Wan, and it will leave him with great trouble.

"Since the girl insists on this, then I won't force it! But the girl has to promise me one thing! ”

"What's the matter, you say!"

"If that time comes, the girl must protect herself, and whatever happens, I will bear it, okay?"

Ye Xuemei replied indifferently: "Okay! ”

A warmth flowed silently between the two of them, he cared about her, how could she be!

As Ye Xuemei expected, Wan Delin's matter became the biggest controversy in the next morning. The officials in the court were divided into two factions, one advocating severe punishment and the other advocating tolerance. The two factions are at loggerheads. Although the number of people in the faction who advocated severe punishment was not large, King Yan and King An were among them, and their weight was not light.

After that, Gongliang Rongruo handed over the case to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Supervision Yuan for trial, so that they could hear the case clearly.

After the early dynasty, an old man with white hair came to Ningshou Palace, and after seeing the Empress Dowager Wan, he knelt on the ground and cried to her: "Ask the Empress Dowager to be gracious and save Delin!" ”

Empress Dowager Wan sighed and said, "Big brother, it's not that the mourning family refuses to save Delin, there is really no way to save it!" "This person is Wan Delin's father, the eldest brother of the Empress Dowager Wan, and Wan Jin, the Marquis of the Dynasty!

Wan Jin hurriedly said: "The queen mother's status is noble, as long as you make a decree, you can pardon him!" ”

Empress Dowager Wan's face sank, and she said, "Delin is confused, are you also confused?" Delin is corrupt and bribery, rampant in Jiangning, this matter is full of human and material evidence, how can you ask the mourning family to pardon him? ”