39. Third instance

At this time, the lobby of the Ministry of Rites ushered in the third review of the Imperial Tomb case.

Liu Jian sat in front of the hall, and Qin Fei, Song Wang Zheng Zhao, and Yan Wang Zheng Zhuang each lined up at a table behind Liu Jian.

Liu Yong, the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Cheng, the left waiter of the Household Department, Zhao Ying, the left waiter of the Military Department, Li Hua, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, Song An, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, Li Min, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and Xia Yan, the right of the Imperial Palace, each sat on a chair and listened.

Zheng Tong, the king of Zhou, and Zheng Jiao, the king of Tang, each sat on a chair below, opposite each other. And Xie Xiong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, stood on Zheng Jiao's side, but he was separated from Zheng Jiao by a distance.

On both sides are two rows of brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives.

Liu Jian picked up the shocking wood and patted it, before he spoke: "This is the third time that the prime minister has been ordered by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the case of the emperor's tomb, and there is not much gossip, this matter itself is full of suspicions, first all the evidence points to Tang Wangye Zheng Jiao, and then the witness provided by Tang Wangye Zheng Jiao committed suicide in the court, and pulled out Zheng Tong, the prince of Zhou. ”

"Therefore, the original minister was appointed as the main trial, the Song King Zheng Zhao, the Yan King Zheng Zhuang, and the Jingying Jiedu envoy Qin Fei were the deputy judges, and the six left Lang of the six ministries and the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were the observers, vowing to investigate the case to the bottom of the matter."

"Then, the original appearance began to ask, and as for the previous question, the original appearance will not repeat the question."

"Lord Zhou, may I ask if you admit or not what Xue An said before committing suicide in court yesterday?"

Zheng Tong listened, sat motionless in the chair, and immediately said: "Of course Lone doesn't admit it, although he is a guard in Lone's house, Lone doesn't know him, and Lone was in the study all night that night, and Lone can provide evidence at any time to prove what Lone said." ”

At this time, Yan Wang Zhengzhuang interjected: "Lonely's good second brother, don't say this kind of thing, the witnesses are all people from your house, of course, what you say, it's what it is!" ”

"Yes, Lone's good brother is right, this person is a person from your house, how can it be used to prove whether your words are true." Tang Wang Zhengjiao saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and immediately said.

Zhou Wang Zheng Tong took a deep look at Zheng Zhuang, looked at Zheng Jiao again, and then said unhurriedly: "That's true!" But what I want to say is that yesterday, Xue An, as soon as he finished speaking, committed suicide, obviously a dead man, so who sent that dead man? Obviously, it can't be Lone, Lone will not drag himself into the water with a dead man. ”

"So, who sent that dead man? Obviously, anyone is possible? There are many dead soldiers, but there are obviously not many who need them. ”

"In this Imperial Tomb case, it is necessary to have the ability and courage to do it, obviously no more than four people, Gu is right!"

All the princes and ministers present listened to it and nodded in unison, obviously acquiescing.

Zheng Tong paused for a moment, and then spoke: "Then among these four people, except for Your Majesty, it is obviously impossible and unnecessary for him to do so." ”

"Excluding Lone, there are only Lone's good brother King Yan and Lone's good seventh brother King Tang, Lone's right point!"

Everyone looked at Zheng Zhuang and Zheng Jiao.

Zheng Zhuang sat in the hall with an expressionless face, as if he didn't know that everyone was looking at him.

When Zheng Jiao heard this, his face showed a look of sudden realization, but his eyes were squinting at Zheng Zhuang.

Zheng Tong struck while the iron was hot and said, "So, who is the two of them?" ”

At this time, Zheng Zhuang interjected again: "Of course it's Lone's good seventh brother, this is obvious, all the evidence points to Lone's good seventh brother, and he obviously can't get rid of his suspicion." ”

"So, he can only drag others into the water, so who to drag? Looking around, he can only drag the good second brother of the lonely and the lonely, he thinks about his own power, there happens to be an undercover agent in the house of the good second brother of the lonely, so he recruited the undercover agent, and directed and acted in the play staged in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites that day, Lone said it well, right? ”

Zheng Zhuang is face smiled, and his words were all pulled towards Zheng Jiao.

"Smack." Zheng Jiao stood up and slapped his palms twice.

He smiled again and said: "Wonderful, really wonderful, this is the most wonderful judgment I have ever heard." ”

"But obviously, this dead man is not alone, and obviously you don't believe it either."

"So, let's make a deduction, let's listen to it, and listen to whether what Gu said makes sense."

"If this dead man is not from the Lone faction, obviously he is not from the Lone Good Second Brother faction."

"Then you can only send a lonely big brother."

So why did he do it? So alone, there are only two reasons! ”

"First, he didn't do the Emperor Ling case, the purpose of sending the dead man was just to drag Lone's good second brother into the water, so that Lone's good second brother fell into this case, he was a good fisherman, and stood by to watch the jokes of the Lonely."

"The second is, the Emperor Tomb case was done by him, obviously this is a series of plans, first let the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites commit suicide, leave two confessions, point the finger at Lone, and defile Gu is the mastermind of the Emperor Tomb case, and he let Xue An come to such a play, and take the opportunity to drag Lone's good second brother into the water, so that he can completely stay out of the matter and watch the jokes of the two Lone."

"In this way, he can become a winner who is not a winner in the Imperial Tomb case!"

"Lone is right!"

Everyone's eyes suddenly looked at Zheng Zhuang.

Zheng Zhuang seemed to be an old monk sitting still, with an expressionless face.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he spoke: "Lone's good seventh brother, a hypothesis is a hypothesis after all, obviously Lone didn't do this." ”

"And you nakedly pointed the finger at Lone, obviously confusing right and wrong, stirring up the situation, you followed the death of the good second brother of Lone into the water, and then delusionally dragged Lone into the water."

"Lone tells you, this is impossible, this Imperial Tomb case is obviously done by you, you admit it, Lone will intercede with Your Majesty for you."

As soon as Zheng Zhuang opened his mouth, he put the mastermind of the imperial tomb case on Zheng Jiao, and he hit the nail on the head as soon as he made a move.

However, the various important ministers of the Ministry of Rites had different faces, making it impossible to guess what they thought.

Zheng Jiao listened, his face did not change, but he spoke again: "Almost all the so-called evidence in this matter points to Lone, and this Lone admits it, but this matter is indeed not done by Lone." The father and emperor were very fond of Lone is during his lifetime, and it is impossible for Lone to be like this, this is obviously someone who is defiling Lone. ”

"And the people who are capable, skillful and powerful in the capital, except for Your Majesty, there are only Lone's good brother and Lone's good second brother, which is obviously done by one of the two of you."

Obviously, Zheng Jiao saw that the case of the emperor's tomb was pulled on him again, and he didn't want to admit it and couldn't admit it, so he pointed the finger at Zheng Zhuang and Zheng Tong with a dead face, so as to distract everyone's attention and alleviate his embarrassing situation, because he was indeed at the bottom of the game in this matter.

But he can't point the finger at both, because then he's on the opposite side of both, but at whom?

As soon as he thought about it, he realized that his good big brother had been targeting him today.

His good second brother is not like this, and what happened in the lobby of the criminal department that day, outsiders seem to be deliberately dragging him into the water, and he can't do this today!

So, he spoke again: "Just like what Gu said, Lone's good brother King Yan is the winner of the Emperor Ling case, so Lone has reason to think that the mastermind of the Emperor Ling case is Lone's good brother King Yan." ”

"Moreover, Lone thought that he had a reason to do this, his father didn't like him when he was alive, and often suppressed him, so he held a grudge, so he planned this matter, and framing Lone and dragging Lone's good second brother into the water was only incidental."

At this time, Zheng Zhuang's heart jumped violently, but it was not obvious on his face.

Then he calmly said: "Lone's good seventh brother, don't die and struggle, admit it, you are Your Majesty's Seventh Emperor Brother, Your Majesty will not do anything to you, and Lone will also intercede with Your Majesty for you, rest assured, you will be fine." ”

Zheng Zhuang decided not to mention anything else, but only grasped the bright result of this matter, and detained the mastermind of the Imperial Tomb case on Zheng Jiao's head.

But who was present was not an old fox, Zheng Zhuang repeatedly mentioned this matter, and they had already taken it to heart, but this was the royal internal affairs, and it was none of their business, so none of them spoke, just quietly watched the development of the situation.

When Zheng Jiao heard this, he was annoyed in his heart, and he came again, he did everything possible to change the topic, and he was brought to this result by Zheng Zhuang in a few words.

In his heart, he thought that the mastermind of the Imperial Tomb case was afraid that he was his good brother Yan Wang.

So Zheng Jiao tore his face and said: "Lonely's good brother, today you are doing everything possible to detain the mastermind of this matter on Lone, according to Lone's view, this matter is nine times out of ten you did it, you see that your father loved Gu Duo before his death, and suppressed you a lot, you are angry, so you planned this matter and defiled Lone." ”

Zheng Jiao simply went into battle shirtless and directly verbally attacked Zheng Zhuang.

When Zheng Zhuang heard this, he was not angry, so he smiled and said, "What's wrong?" Lonely's good seventh brother was annoyed and angry, first dragged Lone's good second brother into the water, and now he is ready to drag Lone into the water. ”

"But, don't forget, all the evidence points to you, you just have thousands of mouths, and you can't tell, it's yours, it's yours after all!"

"Don't struggle, no matter how much you struggle, it's useless, this matter, you, are the biggest loser!"

When Zheng Jiao heard this, his face turned red, and after a long time, he pointed at Zheng Zhuang and said, "Okay!" Good! Good! ”

"Lonely's good big brother, this time, Lone remembers!"

"But you, don't let Lone grab your hands and feet!"

Then he brushed his sleeves and left.

Zheng Zhuang looked at Zheng Jiao's departing back and showed a smug smile.

The ministers and the two princes present obviously didn't see it.

It's just that Zheng Tong showed a meaningful smile, but apparently no one noticed it!