Chapter 425: Who Cheats Whom (3)
Laugh, boy, laugh, laugh, when you cry!
When a group of people were arguing there, Hongqing was sitting still, with a pair of eyes slightly closed, seemingly indifferent to everything, but in fact, his attention was not distracted, and he was always silently observing the every move of all the people in the field, and he could see that the smile on the corner of Hongli's mouth became more and more full, but the evil spirit in Hongqing's heart suddenly rose, but he was not in a hurry to uncover the hole cards, until Magu rolled up his sleeves and was ready to start, Hongqing suddenly opened his eyes, and broke off his throat with enough luck: "Enough, Sit down all for Benbele! ”
"Little prince, he ......"
Ma Gu was angry, pointing at Chen Busi, and reluctantly complaining again, but when he saw that Hongqing's brows were already wrinkled, his heart suddenly trembled, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he hurriedly stopped his mouth and sat back in place in a panic.
"You and the others are all officials of the imperial court, not shrews in the market, not the size of their voices, they want real evidence, and they are very noisy, huh?"
Hongqing looked around at the participants, opened her mouth coldly, and reprimanded everyone unceremoniously, but did not mention the focus of the previous controversy, as if she intended to avoid Sun Dongfang's accusation on the spot by Hongli.
"Brother Qing said it well, it is useless to argue in vain, everything has to rely on evidence to speak, and the younger brother thinks so."
Hongli thought that he had taken Hongqing's death hole, so he naturally refused to let Hongqing turn the topic to the side, and without waiting for Hongqing to continue, he couldn't wait to interject a sentence from the side.
"I'm afraid it's not good for Brother Li to have this understanding, but without further ado, since Brother Li is so determined to accuse Sun Dongfang, I think he already has empirical evidence in hand, so please take it out."
As soon as he heard Hongli's words, the evil spirit in Hongqing's heart suddenly became a little stronger, and he didn't bother to say more, so he proposed straightforwardly.
"Brother Qing has an order, the younger brother should obey it, there is an old account book here, which is the original sent by the Yamen of the Governor of Beihe the year before last, the data contained in it is quite different from the existing account book, the data is quite different, and it is strange and intriguing, if Brother Qing does not believe it, he can transfer the existing account books out, compare them, and you can know the bottom line."
Hongli also didn't want anything extraneous to happen, this listening to Hongqing's words, he didn't postpone anymore, shook his hand, and took out an old account book from his wide sleeves, holding it with one hand, but he didn't hand it over to Hongqing, but said angrily.
"Well, in addition to that, there is any evidence, so let's take it all out."
Hongli took out the account book, and there was a strange sound in the lobby, both regretful sighs, gasps in surprise, and snickering laughter from Chen Busi and others, but Hongqing was still unmoved, and said noncommittally, and urged again without care.
"Brother Qing is not in a hurry, the younger brother has an indirect evidence, according to investigation, in May last year, Sun Dongfang spent a huge amount of money in his hometown of Jeju to buy five hectares of fertile land, a manor, and accumulated down, a full amount of 55,000 taels of silver, with his more than 12 years of life in the sea, he can get the money and raise incorruptible silver, ice and charcoal, etc., and the income is only half of this amount, if it is not greedy for ink, how can it come like a lot of silver, from which it can be seen that it will be unrighteous as an official!"
Hongli is a cautious person, even if he has such a sharp weapon as the account book in hand, he does not dare to believe it all, and specially secretly sent people to check Sun Dongfang's family history and recent expenses, if it is not for the fear of startling the snake, he originally planned to send someone to Beihe Yamen to verify it, but because Chen Qidong, the governor of Beihe, and Rong Zhu, the governor of Henan, are Hongqing's people, so he made a remark, even so, in his opinion, the existing evidence can already be called ironclad, since he is not afraid that Hongqing can have the possibility of overturning the case, At this time, I said that I would get up, and I was full of confidence.
"Brother Li is very able to deduce, interesting."
Rao is Hongli said it in a daze, and Hongqing didn't have much expression, just pursed his lips and sneered at him disdainfully.
"Brother Qing said with a smile, yes or no, you will know the root of it when you check it."
Hongli is in a good mood at this time, he will not be angry with Hongqing, in his opinion, Hongqing's sour words are just a dying struggle before the bad luck, it is really difficult to get into the hall of elegance, because of this, Hongli smiled very generously, but he didn't forget to press step by step, and it was clear that he wanted Hongqing to slap himself in front of the public.
"Well, it's time to check it, but before that, my brother must know where the old account books that Brother Li said came from, otherwise, anyone can take the account books that I don't know about and ask for a thorough investigation of the officials of our Ministry of Industry, and this kind of thing will go out, wouldn't it be ridiculous to laugh at the Fang family, Brother Li, what do you say, huh?"
Looking at Hongli's smug smiling face, the corners of Hongqing's mouth were raised, and he also laughed, nodded, and slowly forced Hongli to say a word.
"Of course, even if Brother Qing doesn't ask, the younger brother has to explain, don't hide it from Brother Qing, this account book is presented by Li Shuangchun, the former palm seal of the Dushui Qing Officials, and it is the original that was tampered with by Sun Dongfang, if Brother Qing doesn't believe it, you can ask Li Langzhong to know the clue."
Hongli came prepared, and he would not be moved by Hongqing's teasing, smiled confidently, and calmly solved the mystery.
"Buzz ......"
As soon as I heard that the account book was offered by Li Shuangchun, the officials in the hall suddenly became in a commotion, no side, the reason why Li Shuangchun was replaced by Sun Dongfang was precisely because he did not listen to Hongqing's call, although he has become Langzhong who has stood aside, but after all, he has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years, and the root is still there.
"Since Brother Li said so, I'm afraid it won't work for my brother to understand, so let's come and invite Li Shuangchun, and bring it along with the account books of the Yamen, the governor of Beihe."
Everyone panicked, but Hongqing was not chaotic at all, and even the hint of teasing smile on the corner of his mouth did not restrain at all, and calmly let everyone discuss for a while, and then waved his hand, and gave the order in a cold voice.
"Wow!"
Hongqing's order was issued, and Li Minxing, who was on guard under the hall with a group of palace guards, did not dare to be the slightest slack, and after answering in a hurry, he immediately led a group of subordinates to hurry away.
"Xiaguan Dushui Qing Servant Shilang Zhong Li Shuangchun knocked to see Qing Baylor!"
Seeing Hongqing sitting at the top, the middle-aged civil official with a clear appearance didn't dare to be rude, walked a few steps, and grabbed the copywriter before he paid a big salute.
"Excuse me."
Hongqing raised his hand and called out expressionlessly.
"Xie Qing, Belleron."
Li Shuangchun is an old eunuch, the city is very deep, although the mood is agitated at this time, but the expression is very calm, after thanking the grace, there are not many words, just bow down and stand, put on a look of listening to instructions.
"Well, Li Langzhong, why did Ben Baylor call you here?"
Hongqing glanced at Li Shuangchun and said in an official tone.
"I don't know, please also ask Qing Baylor to train me."
The matter was so big, how could Li Shuangchun not know the reason for being called here, but he didn't intend to tell himself, but shook his head in a daze, and responded respectfully.
"Well, that's the case, Hongli Yan and Er once offered this account book, saying that it was the original gift from the Yamen, the governor of Beihe, I don't know if there is such a thing?"
Hongqing nodded, and continued to ask quietly.
"Books? This ......"
Faced with this question, Li Shuangchun obviously hesitated, and didn't say why.
"Master Li, don't be afraid, if you have anything to say, you just have to say it directly, right and wrong have their own justice, this is the world of the Qing Dynasty, not that some people can cover the sky with one hand."
Seeing that Li Shuangchun seemed to be retreating, Balang Puke couldn't stabilize his nerves, so he interjected from the side and put on a posture of supporting Li Shuangchun.
"Master Ba said it well, Li Lang has a lot of secrets and just said it's okay, I think Brother Qing will definitely administer justice for you."
As soon as Balangpu's voice fell, Hongli also encouraged Li Shuangchun from the side and said,
"Qing Beile Mingjian, Xia Guan is not a palm seal Langzhong, and he doesn't care about the write-off, how can he have any account books in hand, I'm afraid there is no misunderstanding."
Li Shuangchun looked at Balangpu blankly, then looked sideways at Hongli, and at the end, he arched his hand towards Hongqing, and definitely gave a negative answer.
"Buzz ......"
As soon as Li Shuangchun said this, the whole hall was in an uproar, and all the officials were shocked and inexplicable, no one thought that things would evolve like this, as for Hongli, his face had changed wildly, and the original confident smile instantly froze on his face, and his hand trembled, and the account book in his hand had already slipped to the ground.
"Li Shuangchun, you are so daring, the account book was handed over by your own hands ten days ago, and now you dare to deny it on the spot, what do you want? Come on, take this dog thief down to this official! ”
In the midst of the chaos, Baramp was the first to come back to his senses, and he was already ruthless when the big thing was not good, so he roared loudly regardless of it.
"Presumptuous! Barampu, what do you want to do? Ben Baylor is here, how can he tolerate it! ”
Barangpu shouted fiercely, but unfortunately most of the people in the hall were Hongqing's personal guards, and no one paid attention to his orders, but it provoked Hongqing's thunderous anger, but when he saw Hongqing slap the copy, he had already reprimanded him mercilessly.
"Qing Belle Haihan, the lower officials were indignant and rude, but this evil thief has ill intentions, but he must not be ......"
was scolded by Hongqing like this, Balangpu had no chance to go crazy again, but he refused to admit defeat, and insisted on explaining it again.