Zhou Yanzhao's eyes flashed, and he returned to indifference, turned to Chang Zhi and said lightly: "Is the evidence of the Criminal Department enough to convict the Wei family?" ”

Chang Zhi clenched his fists and bowed: "Enough." Your Majesty, this time the Wei guy smuggled with the people who broke into the north for a long time, and the scale was large, even if it was to raid the family and exterminate the clan, it would not be an exaggeration, and the minister implored the emperor to severely punish the Wei family! ”

Zhou Yanzhao nodded, turned to Wei Qiao again, and said, "Wei Liyuan, what else do you have to say?" ”

Zhou Yanzhao's voice was very simple: If you don't have anything to say, I will order everyone in the Wei family to be sent to the heavenly prison, and the nine clans will be directly exterminated without trial!

It's also a convention, not for whom.

Zhou Yanzhao's words fell, and everyone's eyes turned to Wei Qiao. Although Wei Qiao seems to be a weak person, the influence behind him is something that no one can ignore. If he were to be put in prison today, almost everyone would be affected. After all, most people think that this matter will be fought back and forth between the two sides for a while, and if the Wei family suddenly collapses, involving the martial disciples of the Fu Mansion, there are very few people who can not be affected.

Fat Ye swallowed his saliva fiercely, and the hand in his sleeve couldn't help but tremble.

Yun Fei also had a solemn face, if the Wei family was punished by the Nine Clans, then the Yun family would also be affected.

When Niu Ichiro, who was still quite nervous, heard this, he calmed down, and looked at Wei Qiao with an inquiring gaze, with thoughtful eyes in his eyes.

And at this time, even Fu Li, who had been sitting in front of him and had been pretending to sleep, opened his eyes and looked at Wei Qiao's cloudy eyes.

Wei Qiao's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly hugged his fists and said: "The minister has nothing to say, but as a minister in the imperial history, he has something to say." The minister believes that the arrest of people by the criminal department should be approved by the Dali Temple, after all, the Dali Temple is a full-time trial of the case, and now the criminal department has not passed the Dali Temple to determine that the evidence of the Wei family's smuggling is conclusive, and it is suspected of exceeding its authority. This case involves the Wei family, the minister should be recused, the minister suggested that the criminal department of Dali Temple will be tried, in line with the principle of obeying the law and following the law, and if there is doubt, the case of the Wei family should be strictly tried, and the case of the Wei family should not be indulged. ”

Listening to the sneering of everyone in front of him, but listening to it, he found that there were words in Wei Qiao's words, but there were some clouds and fog, and the words were not very clear, so they lowered their heads and groaned.

Chang Zhi was also thinking about it, but he couldn't figure out the meaning of Wei Qiao's words, but he still clenched his fists and said to the emperor in a deep voice: "The ministers should fulfill their duties, share the emperor's worries, and deal with the Wei family's case strictly." The evidence of the Wei family's collusion to smuggle sharp weapons in the north has been conclusive, and the ministers immediately transferred it to Dali Temple for trial as soon as possible. However, Li Xiluan, the chief treasurer of the Wei family, is still on the run, and the minister implores the emperor to order his arrest and not let him escape. ”

Regarding Wei Qiao's accusations, he directly ignored them.

"The minister objected." After Chang Zhi was impassioned, Wei Qiao suddenly clenched his fists and said loudly.

Everyone who was still puzzled was stunned, just now Wei Qiao was still weak and retreated, saying that he wanted to avoid it, and now Chang Zhiyi asked to arrest Li Xiluan Weiqiao is abnormal, which has to make people frown, feeling that Wei Qiao is upside down, back and forth, and more and more affirms the smuggling of the Wei family.

Zhou Yanzhao looked at Wei Qiao suspiciously, and did not speak indifferently.

When Chang Zhi saw it, he suddenly turned his head to look at Wei Qiao, and said lightly: "Wei Zhongcheng, you are also a member of the Wei family, this official hopes that after the next dynasty, you can go to the Criminal Department to make a record and explain the affairs of the Wei family clearly." ”

Wei Qiao shook his head, still calm, and said, "Master Chang, just now you said that you wanted to arrest Li Xiluan, but there is evidence that Li Xiluan participated in smuggling?" ”

The two of them didn't get entangled when they spoke, and they went straight to the essence of the matter.

Chang Zhi snorted coldly and said: "It is the Wei family's shop that participates in the smuggling, as the Wei family's big shopkeeper, how can Li Xiluan not know?" Could it be that you are a three-year-old child when you are an official, and you don't know this reason? ”

Wei Qiao smiled indifferently and said, "In other words, Master Chang has no evidence?" ”

Chang Zhi frowned, his voice was steep, and he said: "Hmph, whether there is evidence or not, Li Xiluan is to blame, and now as long as Li Xiluan is caught, everything can be revealed!" What is the fault of this officer? ”

Wei Qiao ignored Chang Zhi, hugged his fists and said to the emperor: "Enlighten the emperor, and the minister impeach Chang Zhi of the Criminal Department." He speculated without evidence and fabricated it out of thin air, not only privately arrested Wei Kai, the shopkeeper of the Wei family, but also ordered the Jinling Mansion to surround the Horse Mansion to arrest the big shopkeeper of the Wei family. This is a complete abuse of power and oppression of the good, and the minister does not rule out the possibility that Chang Zhi has other sinister intentions. The minister believes that Chang Zhi should be suspended immediately, and the Yushitai will investigate Chang Zhi in conjunction with Dali Temple, and justice will be given to those who have been wronged! ”

When everyone heard Wei Qiao's words, they were all stunned. In the past, if this kind of thing happened, there was no need to ask, and the whole family of the person directly involved in the case would be put in prison, and then the investigation would go through a procedure, no matter whether they were wronged or innocent, they would all be killed!

But Wei Qiao is different, Wei Qiao naturally can't kill if he says kill, let alone exterminate the nine clans, otherwise the martial arts and Fu Li will be implicated. Fu Li's son is a student of Wei Qiao, and the daughter of a martial artist is Wei Qiao's daughter-in-law, if this is seriously liquidated, even the royal family can be counted in it.

After thinking about Wei Qiao's words carefully, I found that they were really reasonable and well-founded, and from the perspective of the law, I couldn't refute it at all.

Chang Zhi was also a little dumbfounded, and opened his mouth, he found that he really couldn't refute it at all. Wei Qiao's words, in terms of law, are completely leaky, and every sentence is reasonable. If it were someone else, he could still say that it was a convention or something, but Wei Qiao was in the imperial history, if he talked about this, Wei Qiao would drag it out, it would be completely contrary to his purpose.

Chang Zhi seemed to have a mouthful of water in his throat, and he couldn't swallow it, so he could only turn to the emperor and say: "Your Majesty, such a large scale and such a long duration, if the Wei family doesn't know, it's hard for the ministers to believe it." The minister believes that Wei Kai should be interrogated as soon as possible and Li Xiluan should be arrested, so as to uphold the power of heaven! ”

Chang Zhi did not dwell on the so-called impeachment, and firmly fixed everyone's eyes on the Wei family smuggling case.

"The minister seconded the proposal." After Chang Zhi finished speaking, Cui Chen hurriedly stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, such a large-scale smuggling, if it is said to be the private behavior of a small shopkeeper under the Wei family, not to mention the capital, it is not easy to get through the checkpoints in various places, and the Wei family must have high-level participation!" And Li Xiluan, as the chief treasurer of the Wei family, is the most suspicious, and the minister asks His Majesty to immediately order his arrest to prevent him from escaping. ”

"Emperor" Yan Yi glanced at Wei Qiao coldly, also stood up, and said loudly: "The minister thinks that Wei Zhongcheng is also suspicious, and he should be taken down immediately, and the court will be quiet, and the hearing and hearing will be corrected!" ”

The court immediately buzzed, and as several people stood up, the clear-eyed people immediately saw the clue and looked at Wei Qiao one after another.

This time, it is obviously a desperate fight between the two sides, this time either Wei Qiao will stand firm, or he will be swept out of the court, now it depends on their respective means!

"Emperor" Wei Qiao was still calm, bowed down and said: "The Criminal Department has no evidence that Wei Kai is involved in smuggling and will take him to prison, and the case is completely based on self-speculation, today it is a person from the Wei family, and tomorrow who knows which family it is?" The minister thought that the criminal department's handling of the case was too casual and completely unregulated, and the minister implored the emperor to order the rectification of the criminal department, so as not to let the criminal department wronged the people of the world! ”

Chang Zhi didn't let go of the Wei family's smuggling case, and Wei Qiao took the criminal department to talk about it.

"You!" Chang Zhi's face was extremely ugly when he heard this, he turned his head and his eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "Wei Zhongcheng, you must have evidence to speak, otherwise this official will definitely join you and sue you for slandering the important ministers of the court!" ”

"Not bad!" Cui Chen also looked at Wei Qiao coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Master Chang has entered the Criminal Department, conscientious, walking on thin ice, now Wei Zhongcheng asks to rectify the Criminal Department as soon as he handles the case, today it is said that the Criminal Department, and it is difficult to protect the Ministry of Officials, I am not to blame Wei Zhongcheng for being a fledgling, but please be cautious!" ”

"Wei Zhongcheng don't want to change the topic" Yan Yi also sneered and said: "Today is the court to discuss the smuggling case of the Wei family, and it is not too late to talk about other things." ”

The three of them spoke extremely quickly, and their momentum completely overwhelmed Wei Qiao.

Wei Qiao glanced at a few people with a faint smile, and stood without speaking again. Today is just to give everyone some vaccinations, and it is not beautiful to talk too much.

With Wei Qiao's sudden silence, the people in the court looked at each other and whispered, their eyes wandering back and forth between several people.

Cui Chen and the others also looked cold, staring at Wei Qiao with unkind eyes.

"Hmm."

In the chaos below, the emperor on the dragon chair didn't know whether it was light or hummed, and let out a nasal voice.

Immediately, the people below immediately bowed down and stood up, and there was no more noise.

Zhou Yanzhao's gaze swept indifferently below, and finally fell on Chang Zhi, and said lightly: "Does the Criminal Department have evidence that Li Xiluan, Weikai and others participated in smuggling?" ”

Chang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although you don't have it, it's ......."

The emperor frowned, waved his hand, and said, "Everything is subject to the laws of my Great Qi." ”

Chang Zhi's body suddenly froze there, and when he saw the emperor's displeasure, he hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Retreat."

Zhou Yanzhao glanced at everyone again, spoke indifferently, stood up at the same time, and walked towards the side door.

"Long live my emperor!" The courtier immediately bowed down and shouted.

Cui Chen's brows furrowed, and when the emperor left, he stood up, secretly suppressing the anger rising in his heart, his face twitched slightly, and when he looked at Wei Qiao's gaze, a coldness flashed.

And Yan Yi and the others also agreed to look unswerving, but the emperor had already spoken, so they naturally didn't dare to say the word 'no'. He also glanced at Wei Qiao with a cold brow, and strode towards the door.

Niu Yilang exhaled quietly in his heart, walked to Wei Qiao's side, and said with a smile: "This Chang Zhi is really confused, how can this law be refuted face to face, is it possible to let the emperor deny the law of Daqi in the court?" ”

Wei Qiao smiled indifferently and did not speak, he knew that the matter would be transferred to Dali Temple immediately, and once the trial began, it would mean that the real decisive battle had begun.

"Lord Wei, Fu Ge is invited." Several people walked out of the Xuande Hall with a smile, and an ordinary steward outside the door seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Wei Qiao coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward.

Wei Qiao's eyes turned slightly, and he said, "Is it Fu Mingzheng Fu Ge Lao?" ”

The steward said, "Yes, the elder is waiting for Lord Wei. ”

Niu Yilang's eyes flashed with envy, and he said with a smile on the side: "Since it is Fu Ge Lao who is invited, you can go Liyuan." ”

Ye Fatzi and the others also nodded again and again. Although Ye Fatzi often goes to Fu's mansion, he went to find Fu Mingli, and when he saw Fu Mingzheng and Fu Li, he was more afraid than a mouse seeing a cat.

Wei Qiao nodded, and followed the steward to Fu Mingzheng's class.

Wei Qiao followed the steward into Fu Mingzheng's room, and when he saw Fu Mingzheng bowing his head and writing something, he hurriedly walked over, hugged his fists and bowed down and said, "See ......"

"Liyuan, you're here, sit down, it'll be fine right away." Without waiting for Wei Qiao to finish speaking, Fu Mingzheng raised his head with a smile and pointed to the stool next to him.

Wei Qiao was a little surprised, but he still smiled and sat down next to Fu Mingzheng.

Sure enough, Fu Mingzheng's pen fell quickly, picked up the fold and dried it gently, and said with a smile: "Guess who this Tanzhou Thorn History is?" ”

Wei Qiao was stunned for a moment, thought about it, shook his head and said, "I can't guess." ”

In the communication with Fu Mingzheng, he is not informal, but he is very cautious. Rarely say words that show the difference in the size and class of the two people, and more often chat like friends.

Fu Mingzheng closed the fold, handed it to a steward on the side, turned his head to look at Wei Qiao with a smile and said, "Actually, you should have guessed." Wang Yuanhui went to the border pass, but his old brother has not moved. ”

Wei Qiao's heart moved, and he said, "It's Zhongqi?" ”

Fu Mingzheng nodded with a smile and said, "Well, if you take office next month, you still have to prepare early if you have arrangements." ”

Wei Qiao nodded thoughtfully, Tanzhou, Suzhou, Chongzhou, and the Wei family are all involved, and now that Zhongqi is gone, he really has to make plans early.

Fu Mingzheng glanced at Wei Qiao carefully, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "I called you here today because I told you something, do you know why the ranking of the palace examination is delayed?" ”

Wei Qiao looked at Fu Mingzheng with doubts in his eyes, and said, "Didn't the emperor say that he wanted to consider it?" ”

Fu Ming was holding the teacup, smiled, and said, "Guess again." ”

Wei Qiao's eyes were more puzzled, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of the key, and finally looked at Fu Mingzheng with doubts.

Fu Mingzheng put down the teacup and said, "For you." ”

"Me?" Wei Qiao was stunned.

"Yes," Fu Mingzheng said with a smile: "Your talent is beyond doubt, it's just that you missed the palace test, this time you and Cui Chen's competition, in the eyes of the emperor and the cabinet, is actually a palace test." ”

Wei Qiao frowned slightly, understood a little in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Then, does the emperor plan to give me a list or a flower?" ”

Fu Mingzheng's eyes flashed with a smile, and he said, "Why isn't it the champion?" ”

Wei Qiao shook his head and said, "It's hard to convince the public." ”

Fu Mingzheng nodded, and said with a satisfied smile: "Well, as long as you can carry it over this time and stand up in the court, Tanhua will be yours." ”

Wei Qiao smiled indifferently, he understood that the so-called smuggling of the Wei family, the people above must have investigated it clearly, and let Cui Chen and a few people make trouble, I'm afraid it is not just for him. Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to ask for other purposes.

Fu Mingzheng looked at Wei Qiao's calm expression, and said with a smile, "It seems that you have also guessed that the emperor and my master both feel that some things should be cleaned up." ”

Wei Qiao was stunned in his heart, and looked at Fu Mingzheng in surprise. Cleaning up, is it cleaning up the people who broke into the north? Or does it refer to King Jin? Or is it a powerful merchant in Jinling? Or the army? I just cleaned up the court, and now I'm going to make a move again?

For a while, Wei Qiao had several thoughts in his heart, but he couldn't be sure. After all, he has not yet integrated into the court, and he still sees many things in the fog and can't see them really.

Fu Mingzheng saw Wei Qiao's expression change, smiled and waved his hand: "I shouldn't have told you this, but the emperor seems to look at you differently, so it's better for me to reveal some rumors to you in advance." ”

Wei Qiao suppressed the thoughts in his heart, looked at Fu Mingzheng, and suddenly said, "Master Fu, why does the emperor look at me differently?" It seems that I don't have anything special that the emperor pays attention to, right? ”

Fu Mingzheng was also stunned, and looked at Wei Qiao with scrutinizing eyes. He had been curious about the question, and had asked his father, but in the end he had not come up with any convincing results.

Wei Qiao looked at Fu Mingzheng's eyes and knew that he didn't know either, and frowned slightly unconsciously.

"Don't think about it" for a long time, Fu Mingzheng suddenly smiled and said: "When you should know, you will naturally know, what you have to do now is to establish a stable court!" ”

Wei Qiao smiled lightly and nodded, but he was still puzzled in his heart.

Cui Chen and Chang Zhi sat opposite each other in a private room in a restaurant, their faces were gloomy and terrifying, and their eyes seemed to be about to burst into flames.

Cui Chen frowned, his eyes were cold, and he said, "I originally sent a message to those guys, so that the Wei family couldn't speak and quibble, but I didn't want to lift a stone and hit myself in the foot, hmph, this Wei Qiao is really insidious enough!" ”

Chang Zhi also had a cold face and said: "Who would have thought that he would make a fuss on the evidence, if you can't find those people, you can't prove that the Wei family is innocent, and if you find those people, you can't prove that the Wei family is involved in smuggling, we dug a pit and jumped in by ourselves." ”

The two of them sulked in their hearts, their faces gloomy and did not speak again, but their eyes flickered coldly.

After a long time, Cui Chen said with a cold expression, "Brother Chang, can you make some fuss about that Wei Kai?" ”

Chang Zhi was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's useless, even if you make a move, there is still no evidence, Wei Kai's shop has been seized, even if you want to say that the Wei family destroys the evidence, it is impossible." ”

"What about falsifying evidence?" Cui Chen said with a gloomy expression. Now that the arrow is on the string, they can't afford to take half a step back!

Chang Zhi frowned, thinking about the feasibility of this method, and after a long time, he still shook his head and said: "Even if it can be proved that Wei Kai was involved in smuggling, but Li Xiluan did not participate, he still can't help Wei Qiao." ”

When Cui Chen heard this, he also frowned. If it can only be proved that Wei Kai participated, it is indeed impossible to bring down Wei Qiao.

"Unless another person can come out to testify against Li Xiluan," Chang Zhi suddenly said again, "This will form a chain of evidence, and Li Xiluan will be speechless at that time." ”

Cui Chen's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Can this work?" ”

Chang Zhi's eyes fluctuated violently, and he said with a cold face: "Yes!" ”

Cui Chen frowned, took a deep breath, and after a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, you go to Wei Kai, I'll go to those people who go to the north, give them some sweetness, don't be afraid that they will be disobedient." ”

Chang Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go our separate ways!" ”

(To be continued)