"The minister Wang Yun sees the emperor, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live!" Wang Yun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, bowed slightly, shouted, and the people who followed him also echoed in unison.

Zhao Ji bowed slightly, glanced at the man beside Wang Yun, and saw that he was unkempt, and the black and white Taoist robes on his body were also dirty, none of them were clean, and he frowned; The man looked back at Zhao Ji tremblingly, and when he saw that his brows were tightly locked, he was shocked and stood aside in horror.

"Wang Shangshu, who is next to you?"

Wang Yun bowed and replied: "Long live Hui, this person next to the minister is a Taoist priest from the traveling side, and he is also the person who wrote a poem a few days ago; The minister captured him, and specially escorted him to the court, confronted the king, and saw how this guy said, so as not to frame the king! ”

Zhao Ji turned his head to look at the man, and said lightly: "It turns out that you are the initiator, so don't say it quickly, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin." If there is anything to hide, Hugh will push you out and behead you; If you tell the truth, I will spare your life! ”

The man hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, the grass people Zhang Sheng, the Bianjing people, their parents died when they were young, and they were later accepted as disciples by a traveling Taoist priest, and they have been practicing in the mountains until the death of the master immortal, and the grass people have to go down the mountain and travel in all directions." ”

"At the beginning of the month, the grass people returned to Bianjing, and they were unentangled and hungry; On that day, when I came to the palace of the king, I saw that the palace was very large, and I thought that I would be able to get some silver here. Who knew that he knocked on the door but was expelled by the servants in the house, and it happened that Wang Xiangye left the grass people when he returned to the house, and reprimanded the next person. ”

"Since the grass people entered the Xiangye Mansion, the three meals a day are very rich, chicken, duck and fish, mountain and sea delicacies, etc. are all grass people have never eaten and have never seen. Xiangye left the grass people in the house as a guest for half a month, and one day when the Xiang Ye came back with some troubles, he drank with the grass people and talked about the worries in his heart. ”

Zhang Sheng was frightened to catch a glimpse of Wang Huangtie's blue face, and was shocked with fright, but when he saw the emperor's cold face, he was even more frightened in his heart, and he didn't care about it, and said truthfully: "Xiangye said that there is an official in the court who is always against him, and wants to rectify him well, saying that he wants the grass people to help; The grass people remembered that Xiangye had come to entertain him with good wine and food for many days, so he agreed. ”

At this time, Zhao Gou interrupted him, looked at Wang Hao with a sneer, and asked, "Lord Wang, can you still say that Zhao framed Lord Wang?" ”

Zhao Yougong sneered with added vinegar: "It turned out that it was a thief shouting to catch a thief, and he deserved to be a master, it was really powerful!" ”

Wang Hao dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, glared at Zhang Sheng fiercely, and quibbled: "Zhang Sheng, have you really seen your true appearance?" Whether someone forced you to say something, or was coerced to frame your true appearance? I've never met you before, so how can I say it's my idea! ”

Wang Hao's sophistry was particularly deafening in the silent hall, and everyone was secretly frightened. originally thought that Wang Hao would be caught with his hands tied and would not make any quibbles, but he didn't want to have this trick. Everyone understands in their hearts that Zhang Sheng has never seen the world at all, where can he tell lies, and he has to confide the truth under the majesty of the emperor, it must be true, even if Wang Hao defends himself very loudly, it is difficult to clear the charge.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, if they were smart, they would definitely take advantage of Wang Hao's words and go straight down the river, and put all the blame on Zhao Gou or Wang Yun, saying that they coerced him to tell a lie and clear his name. Even in the end, Zhang Sheng himself was unlucky, but Zhang Sheng couldn't understand Wang Hao's words, so he hurriedly defended himself, and was sure that he knew Wang Hao, and everything was instructed by him.

Zhang Sheng heard that Wang Hao denied knowing him, he didn't know much about human feelings, but the situation in front of him could determine that if the emperor believed what Wang Hao said, then it was his own fault, so it was a matter of losing his head, and he didn't want to shout loudly: "Wang Xiangye, you can't say that; The grass people have obviously stayed in the house, how can they say that they don't know the grass people. Besides, that poem was written by you, Xiangye, and it was handed over to the grass people by hand. ”

"Since childhood, the grass people have followed their master into the mountains to practice, where do they know a few words, even their own names are scribbled, and they can't write such beautiful handwriting at all. If the emperor doesn't believe it, the grass people have enough evidence to explain everything to prove whether what the grass people say is true! ”

Zhao Ji hurriedly asked, "What evidence is there, submit it!" ”

Zhang Sheng took out ten taels of gold ingots from his arms, as well as a piece of paper, handed them to the eunuch tremblingly, and handed them to Zhao Ji, and said tremblingly: "These ten taels of gold ingots were handed over to the grass people to buy children, Xiangye, it was originally twenty taels, and this is the rest; The other piece of paper is a poem written by Xiangye himself for the grass people to memorize, I don't know if Xiangye remembers? ”

Wang Hao glanced at it calmly and sneered, "What does this mean? ”

When everyone heard this, it suddenly dawned on them that these two things really couldn't explain anything. Although Wang Huang didn't say anything, everyone knew it; Ten taels of gold ingots can be said to be a reward for others, or they fell down on the way and were picked up by Zhang Sheng; The paper does not say anything, and the ministers of the court and the central government have more or less written a copy of the poem, so these two pieces of evidence are not convincing at all.

Zhang Sheng was at a loss, he really couldn't think of anything else to prove himself except for these for a while, and everyone's faces and disdainful eyes made his heart sink. Although Zhang Sheng didn't understand some things, he could still understand them by observing words and looks, especially when he saw that the emperor saw these two pieces of evidence, he didn't react at all and knew that things had changed, and he was even more anxious.

Wang Hao felt a little proud in his heart, and his originally frightened expression instantly became magnificent, and he walked up to Zhang Sheng with his head held high, glaring at him menacingly. At this time, Wang Hao wanted to kill him, he did it this way, but he didn't know how to let Zhang Sheng escape and almost drag himself into the water.

He didn't understand how Zhang Sheng escaped from his own people, he was still very strange in his heart, and he confronted him in the court, which made him a little surprised. Originally, everything was planned, and as soon as the poem spread, he would be killed to prevent future troubles.

Wang Hao looked at Zhang Sheng's eyes with a hint of ruthlessness, and shouted aggressively: "You guy, you don't know you in your own right, you actually speak ill of each other in front of everyone, and slander Lord Ben, do you know what crime should be committed to framing the court officials?" ”

"I want to see who has such great ability to dare you to frame you like this. If you tell the truth, you can ask the emperor to spare you from dying; If you dare to speak again, you will definitely be in a different place, and you will not be able to invite it truthfully! ”

At this time, the crowd remained silent, and no one spoke, and they could see that if this momentum continued. Wang Hao is not only able to oppose the customer, but also can use Zhang Sheng to beat a rake, which is unexpected by everyone, and they all praise Wang Hao's means of reversing the disadvantage, even Zhao Gou and others have to admire.