Zhen Qiyao turned a deaf ear to all the voices outside, just stared at the ledger on the ground with his eyes, carefully flipped through it, and after a while, he had already read seven, seven, eight or eight.

But this is this, seven, seven, eight, eight, and eight, the more he scrolls down, the more shocking it is.

There is no doubt about the authenticity of the account book, when Zhen Qiyao was in Jinling, although he had the name of the same state knowledge, but this was just a false title, in fact, like Jia Lian's predecessor, he was helping Zhen Yingjia manage the family's affairs.

Therefore, these account books were touched by him in his hand, so the moment he picked them up, Zhen Qiyao could feel the authenticity. But that's also true, he knows it's bad.

This ledger is indeed from the Zhen family, and the ledger of the Zhen family fell into the hands of others, and it is in the hands of people like Pei Yongchun, and now it is on such an occasion.

Zhen Qiyao knew that even under Jia Lian's hint, it would probably be in vain for him to curry favor with the emperor with the dozen boxes of jewels that were already in danger just now.

The crime of privately building salt fields is not light, but now it has also added a framing of others and competing with the people for profit, and the end can be imagined.

Therefore, the flipping of his hand became slower and slower, and the calmness on Zhen Qiyao's face could no longer be maintained, and finally the ledger finally fell to the ground with a "snap", Zhen Qiyao didn't dare to raise his head, and kowtowed directly to the front.

"Your Majesty's atonement is a ghost who is obsessed, seeing that my uncle has been working hard for the affairs of the national debt, so he hid from his uncle to do such a bad thing, and he did things by himself, and asked His Majesty to be gracious and not to affect his family."

Zhen Qiyao twisted lightly, and the gesture he gave to the emperor just now made him not end up beheaded, even if he resisted all the charges.

After all, although the Pei family did not build a private salt pan, the matter of the gold mine is a sure fact, so the Pei family ended up with the whole family beheaded, and the Zhen family was not the main culprit.

At least in Zhen Qiyao's eyes.

Therefore, admit his mistake earlier at this time, as long as the Zhen family behind him does not fall, he will always come out again.

Jia Lian didn't expect this section, originally he thought that according to Zhen Qiyao's character, would he have to find a way to delay or something, but he never thought that this person would start to admit his mistake so immediately, and he chose to just take care of the matter and try not to involve the family in it.

The rest of the people were the same as Jia Lian, originally they also thought that Zhen Qiyao would have to quibble again, but who knew that he would admit his mistake so quickly and ask for mercy.

Seeing this scene, Pei Yongchun next to him was naturally excited, but he didn't agree with Zhen Qiyao's words.

"Your Majesty, such a big thing, with his strength alone, where is it so easy for my brother to be so ashamed, that day, my Pei clan was honestly doing business in Jinling, and disaster fell from the sky, and he was arrested at home and imprisoned, and those people were in the name of this Lord Qincha."

said and pointed at Jia Lian indignantly.

"And such a big thing, the grass people don't believe that the Zhen family doesn't know about it, just now the surname Zhen kept saying that all this is to repay the national debt, and the Zhen family must also know about it, and even the surname Zhen is exonerating the family!"

With red eyes, Pei Yongchun gritted his teeth and looked at Zhen Qiyao who was close at hand, if it weren't for the occasion, he couldn't wait to rush over and pinch him to death like a chicken!

"Your Majesty Mingjian, Lord Zhen's words just now were also very surprised, but the scene of that day has already been said by the previous minister, so I will not repeat it here."

Originally, Jia Lian didn't understand Zhen Qiyao's approach before, but when Pei Yongchun said it directly, Jia Lian reacted. knew Zhen Qiyao's intentions just now, so his heart began to calm down.

Jia Lian was worried just now, because he was worried about what happened last night, Zhen Qiyao jumped off the wall in a hurry and directly pulled him on his back.

But now that Zhen Qiyao has recognized everything, he is not so anxious.

Originally, there was no need to announce the certificate again, and the emperor sat at the top, looking at the ministers below with wonderful faces and slightly squinted eyes.

According to the current trend of things, in fact, it is still possible to let him protect the Zhen family.

Sacrificing a Zhen Qiyao, exile or degrading to a lowly status, can block the mouths of those people.

After all, he is not dead now, the world is his, as long as he withstands the pressure, everything is not a problem.

But then you can't get resentment, these people are not good at stubble, and if you spread it, you will ruin his reputation as a Mingjun.

"Your Majesty, now that the matter has come to light, Pei Yongnian's family died that day, since the culprit is Zhen Qiyao, I implore Your Majesty to severely punish the Zhen family, give the Pei family, and also give an explanation to the people!"

Seeing the hesitation on the emperor's face, the Liu family members of the eight families hurriedly came out.

The Liu family also owes a lot of silver to the treasury, and some time ago the palace changed, and his Liu family also had children and grandchildren.

Although he has been severely punished for the child who does not have a long brain, but in the end, that person's surname is Liu, as long as the emperor investigates it, although the Liu family will not have a big blow, but there will be some blood.

It's just that a century-old family like them, with many children in the family, has a lot of property to cover up and divide it a little bit, although it is still surnamed Liu, but slowly, it is to tear down the original huge industry.

When the family is big, there are many trivial things.

Although the silver in the treasury is nothing compared to the entire willow market.

But it's not easy to put it together.

Not only the Liu family, but basically all families who don't want to pay back the money are facing the same problem.

Therefore, when the Liu family opened his mouth, the rest of the people immediately understood the meaning and came out one after another.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

......

One after another, Jia Lian stood behind, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his brows were furrowed.

The Zhen family originally had no status in the tide, although the three daughters of the Zhen family were all married into the emperor's grandson under the emperor's arrangement, but at this time, more and more people seconded the proposal to severely punish the Zhen family, but they did not see the three sons-in-law of the Zhen family come out to intercede.

Jia Lian has already said what he should have said before, but it is not good to directly plead for the Zhen family at this time.

Although Zhen Qiyao and Jia Lian had already guessed that the scene in front of them must have deliberately set up a stumbling block for the Zhen family, but now nearly half of the officials have come out to impeach, which they did not expect.

The three of them became tigers, and now no one has come forward to speak for the Zhen family, even if the emperor has the idea of letting the Zhen family live, he will not dare to do anything because of fear.

And the only thing that is fortunate is that although these people have been emphasizing that the emperor should severely punish the Zhen family, Jia Lian's side seems to have been forgotten by them, and no one has mentioned it.

Everyone's expressions were in full view, the emperor stared, carefully looked at everyone's faces, his eyes narrowed slightly, and finally the corners of his mouth hooked up a touch of mockery, and he raised his voice to everyone.

"Okay, good, I didn't expect that the Zhen family would be so hated!"

His eyes swept over the faces of the officials one by one, and the emperor's eyes were fierce.

"Dali Temple Qing is out!"

The four words of Dali Siqing are in their ears, and everyone already knows the next ending.

If the emperor really favors the Zhen family, then for the sake of long nights and dreams, the result of the Zhen family will be directly announced in the court now.

But now it is necessary to authorize the matter to Dali Temple, which means that the affairs of the Zhen family must be handled impartially.

Although the impartial handling here does not mean that the final result of the Zhen family is directly determined, but that the Zhen family's crimes are interrogated, and finally the emperor is handed over, and after the emperor approves it, the punishment will be carried out, that is, the final conclusion will be drawn.

It was not the emperor himself, although Dali Siqing was not in the team this time, but since someone wanted to let the Zhen family fall off the horse, now the evidence is conclusive, the ending of the Zhen family, the emperor's words, have been decided.

This is what the officials present understand, but Pei Yongchun does not understand.

Before Pei Yongchun went to Beijing, someone had already instilled in Pei Yongchun that the rights of the Zhen family were not enough for Pei Yongnian's family to go to Huangquan for more than a dozen lives, so the role of the Jia family in it was also very important.

In other words, if the Zhen family is the mastermind of the Pei family, then the Jia family is an accomplice!

Therefore, seeing that the emperor just asked Dali Temple to take over the Zhen family, without mentioning the Jia family at all, Pei Yongchun was a little anxious, knowing that he would go out this time, I was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to see the emperor again, how could he miss such a good opportunity.

"The emperor's holy ruling, just Your Majesty, the Zhen family is not a Beijing official, my brother's family was killed that day, the Zhen family is far away in Jinling, there is bound to be a culprit in the capital, Qin sent Jia Lian from Jinling, has been involved in it, the grass people begged Your Majesty to call the shots, and the Jia family will also be brought to justice, so that our people will be fair!"

Although the emperor's attitude towards Pei Yongchun is not as good as it was at the beginning, Pei Yongchun saw that his goal had been achieved, and his self-confidence was unprecedentedly grand, and his voice was much higher than before.

"Hmph, it seems that you didn't hear Jia Aiqing's words clearly just now, why don't I tell you again?"

Pei Yongchun's inch by inch made the emperor's expression completely cold.

He has his own arrangements for the affairs of the Jia family, and it is not his turn to teach him how to do it.

And just now Jia Lian has already said the affairs of the Pei family twice, when Jia Lian brought people into Beijing, and after entering Beijing, he and Lin Ruhai were dealing with it.

Although Lin Ruhai is now dead, the emperor himself knows it.

Lin Ruhai dissuaded Lin Ruhai from making that decision, and it was a decision he made obstinately.

Pei Yongchun heard the displeasure in the emperor's tone, but after so many years of hard work, now that the enemy is in front of him, if he misses this opportunity, he is afraid that he will never have the opportunity to face the saint in the future, and where is he willing to give up.

"Please be gracious to Your Majesty, my brother's family is full of thirteen people, and even a little nephew who has just turned two years old, a full thirteen lives, if a faint official like the Jia family is not severely punished, then the people of my Daxuan Dynasty, the next unlucky one, I don't know who it is!"

While crying, he knelt down and kowtowed to the ground, Pei Yongchun shouted hoarsely.

Zhen Qiyao's ending has been decided, since Dali Siqing was arranged by the emperor, then he will not be the person behind the scenes. Therefore, Jia Lian is not worried at all, there will be a matter of torture and tricks, and the Jia family will be pulled into it.

And Pei Yongchun is now asking the emperor to call the shots in front of everyone, in fact, in Jia Lian's opinion, it is already very coercive.

Zhen Qiyao's mouth is closed, as long as he doesn't talk nonsense, Jia Lian doesn't have to worry about someone framing the Jia family.

Therefore, Pei Yongchun now wants the emperor to thoroughly investigate the Jia family, and Jia Lian is not afraid at all.

Moreover, Jia Lian's biggest responsibility for this matter is dereliction of duty.

But in the end, it was the emperor himself who caused this tragedy to the Pei family.

Therefore, Pei Yongchun asked the emperor to condemn the Jia family in such a reluctant, but he also wanted to force the emperor to recognize the more than a dozen lives killed that day because of one of his thoughts.

And as Jia Lian expected, in the face of Pei Yongchun's accusations in the main hall, the emperor's back molars were grinding little by little.

As a king, it is impossible to say that you do not make mistakes.

After all, kings are human beings.

But even if it's wrong, it's not something anyone else can say.

But now the person in front of him, although he keeps saying that he wants him to thoroughly investigate the Jia family and give him justice, but the culprit is himself, how can the emperor do what he wants?

These things are not only Jia Lian, but other ministers with eyes can naturally see them clearly.

Because of this, everyone's spearhead just now was pointed at the Zhen family, but no one on Jia Lian's side cared about it.

"Shut up!"

Finally couldn't bear it anymore, the emperor slapped the dragon chair hard, looking at Pei Yongchun, who was being yelled at a little ignorant on the ground, the emperor's eyes were sharp.

"Grass people, aren't my words clear enough? Or can you sway my thoughts? ”

His eyes widened like brass bells, and the emperor's chest rose and fell violently.

"I handed over the affairs of the Zhen family to Dali Temple because the Zhen family did violate my Daxuan law! But your Pei family, Pei Yongnian's vein was beheaded, and it was also because he violated my Daxuan law! ”

As he spoke, he pointed at Pei Yongchun with his left hand, and the emperor looked at his people condescendingly.

"Pei Yongnian is rich and unkind, opening a gold mine to ignore the danger of miners, I just punish him, it is already benevolent! Dozens of real lives! Even if it is to punish you of the nine clans of the Pei family, it is not an exaggeration! ”

The majestic voice echoed in the main hall, and the emperor stared at Pei Yongchun, who was so frightened that he fell to the ground, looking very terrifying.

had long expected this ending, Jia Lian lowered his head and glanced at the corners of his mouth without a trace.

When the emperor is like this, he will never admit that he is wrong.

Even if it's wrong, it's someone else's pot.

If Jia Lian hadn't made a quick decision this time, things would have just come to an end. hurriedly threw the pot out, and this time I am afraid that the man who carried the pot may also fall on him.

"Retreat!"

Flicking his sleeve behind him, the emperor gave Pei Yongchun one last glance, and then turned around.

"Congratulations to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

It was a neat voice again, Jia Lian shook his hands and beat Gong, and in a moment, it was the voice of the little eunuch shouting down again, and all the ministers came together.

"Virtuous nephew."

Baoling Hou and Zhongjing Hou walked towards Jia Lian, passed by Pei Yongchun's side and took a look at each other with mixed feelings, and then joined Jia Lian.

What happened just now was nothing more than lightning and flint.

The change in the emperor's attitude, although they, as old ministers, had been prepared for a long time, but they were still taken aback by the angry emperor.

"Let's talk about it at my house."

Jia Lian knew the meaning of these two coming here, so he didn't shirk immediately, and spoke directly to the two, and then followed his eyes to Pei Yongchun, who was erected by the dragon rider, Jia Lian hesitated slightly, and finally dispelled the idea that had just arisen in his heart.